0001397403-16-000050.txt : 20160329 0001397403-16-000050.hdr.sgml : 20160329 20160329143116 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001397403-16-000050 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 7 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160329 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20160329 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160329 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: IMH Financial Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001397403 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE [6500] IRS NUMBER: 810624254 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-52611 FILM NUMBER: 161535059 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7001 NORTH SCOTTSDALE ROAD, SUITE 2050 CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85253 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-840-8400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7001 NORTH SCOTTSDALE ROAD, SUITE 2050 CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85253 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: IMH Secured Loan Fund, LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070424 8-K 1 a20162303-sre5thloanamendm.htm 8-K 8-K


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 23, 2016

IMH Financial Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


000-52611
 
23-1537126
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
7001 N. Scottsdale Rd., Suite # 2050
Scottsdale, Arizona
 

85253
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

480-840-8400
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):


 
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
and
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

SRE Loan Extension

On March 23, 2016, IMH Financial Corporation (the “Company”) and SRE Monarch Lending, LLC (“SRE Monarch Lending”) entered into a Fifth Amendment to Loan Agreement (“Fifth Amendment”) extending the maturity date of the Company’s loan from SRE Monarch Lending (“SRE Loan”) from March 23, 2016 to June 21, 2016. The Company paid a fee of $100,000 to SRE Monarch Lending in connection with this extension. The Fifth Amendment provides the Company with an option to extend the maturity date for an additional three months in exchange for an extension fee of $100,000. SRE Monarch Lending is a related party of Seth Singerman, one of the Company’s directors.
SRE Revolver
On March 23, 2016, a subsidiary of the Company, Buena Yuma, LLC (“Buena Yuma”), and SRE Monarch Lending entered into a line of credit agreement for a revolving line of credit facility (“SRE Revolver”). The SRE Revolver is secured by real estate assets owned by Buena Yuma (the “Buena Yuma Land”) and is guaranteed by the Company. The SRE Revolver has an initial advance limit of $2.5 million that may be increased to $4.0 million on advance notice from Buena Yuma. The advance rate fee is $50,000 for each advance under the initial advance limit of $2.5 million, and $25,000 for each advance in excess of $2.5 million. Upon execution of the SRE Revolver agreement, the Company paid a facility fee of $100,000. All amounts advanced under the SRE Revolver may be prepaid in whole or in part without premium or penalty.
The SRE Revolver bears interest at a per annum base rate of 5% and has a term that expires on the earliest to occur of 1) June 23, 2016 (which date may be extended for an additional three months in exchange for an extension fee payment of $50,000), 2) the sale of the Buena Yuma Land, or 3) the sale of our multi-family residential project located in Apple Valley, Minnesota.
In the event that a sale of the Buena Yuma Land occurs before March 31, 2017 (“Facility Exit Date”), we are obligated to pay SRE Monarch Lending either a) an amount equal to i) 3% of net sales proceeds if no advances have been made under the SRE Revolver as of the date of sale, or ii) 5% of net sale proceeds if one or more advances have been made under the SRE Revolver as of the date of sale; or b) if no sale has occurred or is expected to occur prior to the Facility Exit Date, an amount equal to the foregoing applicable percentages of the presumed net sales proceeds based on the appraised value of the Buena Yuma Land.
The foregoing descriptions of the Fifth Amendment and the SRE Revolver are not complete and are qualified by reference to the complete agreements and other related documents which are attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits    
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.





Exhibits
Exhibit Description
10.1
Fifth Amendment to Loan Agreement between IMH Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation and SRE Monarch Lending, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dated March 23, 2016.
10.2
Loan Agreement between Buena Yuma LLC, a subsidiary of IMH Financial Corporation, and SRE Monarch Lending, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dated March 23, 2016.
10.3
Promissory Note between Buena Yuma, LLC, a subsidiary of IMH Financial Corporation, and SRE Monarch Lending, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dated March 23, 2016.
10.4
Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement between Buena Yuma, LLC, a subsidiary of IMH Financial Corporation, and SRE Monarch Lending, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dated March 23, 2016.
10.5
Guaranty Agreement between IMH Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and SRE Monarch Lending, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dated March 23, 2016.
10.6
Environmental Indemnity Agreement between Buena Yuma LLC, a subsidiary of IMH Financial Corporation, and SRE Monarch Lending, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dated March 23, 2016.





SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:  March 29, 2016

 
IMH FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Lawrence D. Bain
 
 
Lawrence D. Bain
Chief Executive Officer




EX-10.1 2 ex101-sre5thamendment.htm EXHIBIT 10.1 Exhibit

FIFTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT
THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of the 23rd day of March, 2016 (the “Amendment Date”), by and between IMH FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), and SRE MONARCH LENDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Lender”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Borrower and Lender have entered into that certain Loan Agreement dated as of December 31, 2014, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Loan Agreement dated as of April 23, 2015, as further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Loan Agreement dated as of June 23, 2015, as further amended by that certain Third Amendment to Loan Agreement dated as of August 24, 2015, and as further amended by that certain Fourth Amendment to Loan Agreement dated as of November 23, 2015 (collectively, the “Loan Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, Borrower and Lender desire to amend the Loan Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, based upon the foregoing Recitals, the mutual premises and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
AMENDMENT
1.    Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings provided to such terms in the Loan Agreement (including as amended by this Amendment).
2.    Amendment. The Loan Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a)    The definition of “Facility Maturity Date” is deleted and the following is substituted in its place:
“ “Facility Maturity Date”: The latest of (a) January 22, 2016, (b) if the Borrower timely and properly exercises the First Extension Option, February 22, 2016, (c) if the Borrower has timely and properly exercised the First Extension Option and timely and properly exercises the Second Extension Option, March 23, 2016, (d) if the Borrower has timely and properly exercised the First Extension Option and the Second Extension Option and timely and properly exercises the Third Extension Option, June 21, 2016, or (e) if the Borrower has timely and properly exercised the First Extension Option, the Second Extension Option and the Third Extension Option

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and timely and properly exercises the Fourth Extension Option, September 19, 2016.”
(b)    The definition of “Facility Use Fee Date” is deleted and the following is substituted in its place:
“ “Facility Use Fee Date”: The nineteenth day of March, June, September and November, commencing on September 20, 2016. If any such day is not a Business Day, the Facility Use Fee Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day.”
(c)    A new definition of “Fifth Amendment” is added immediately after the definition of “FATCA”:
“ “Fifth Amendment”: The Fifth Amendment to Loan Agreement between Borrower and Lender.”
(d)    A new definition of “Seventh Facility Additional Fee” is added immediately after the definition of “Sedona Subsidiary”:
“ “Seventh Facility Additional Fee”: The fee in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), which shall be earned on the Closing Date and shall be due and payable not later than March 23, 2016.”
(e)    A new definition of “Eighth Facility Additional Fee” is added immediately after the definition of “Dollars”:
“ “Eighth Facility Additional Fee”: The fee in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) which, if the Borrower exercises the Third Extension Option, shall be deemed to have been earned on the Closing Date and shall be due and payable not later than June 21, 2016.”
(f)    A new definition of “Third Extension Option” is added immediately after the definition of “Third Amendment”:
“ “Third Extension Option”: The meaning specified in Section 2.7.”
(g)    A new definition of “Fourth Extension Option” is added immediately after the definition of “Fourth Amendment”:
“ “Fourth Extension Option”: The meaning specified in Section 2.7.”
(h)    Section 2.4 is deleted in its entirety and the following is substituted in its place:
“Section 2.4. Determination and Payment of Interest. The Borrower shall pay all then outstanding, accrued Interest on the date of the First Amendment. The Borrower shall, to the extent not previously paid by Borrower to Lender, pay all then

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outstanding, accrued Interest on the date of the Second Amendment. The Borrower shall, to the extent not previously paid by Borrower to Lender, pay all then outstanding, accrued Interest on the date of the Third Amendment. The Borrower shall, to the extent not previously paid by Borrower to Lender, pay all then outstanding, accrued Interest on the date of the Fourth Amendment. If Borrower exercises the First Extension Option, the Borrower shall, to the extent not previously paid by Borrower to Lender, pay all then outstanding, accrued Interest on January 22, 2016. If Borrower exercises the Second Extension Option, the Borrower shall, to the extent not previously paid by Borrower to Lender, pay all then outstanding, accrued Interest on February 22, 2016. If Borrower exercises the Third Extension Option, the Borrower shall, to the extent not previously paid by Borrower to Lender, pay all then outstanding, accrued Interest on March 23, 2016. If Borrower exercises the Fourth Extension Option, the Borrower shall, to the extent not previously paid by Borrower to Lender, pay all then outstanding, accrued Interest on June 21, 2016. The Borrower shall, to the extent not previously paid by Borrower to Lender, pay all outstanding, accrued Interest on the Facility Maturity Date.”
(i)    Section 2.3(a) is deleted and the following is substituted in its place:
“(a) The Borrower shall not prepay the Advances Outstanding in whole or in part on or before March 23, 2016. The Borrower may prepay Advances Outstanding in whole or in part (in minimum increments of $500,000) at any time after April 30, 2016, upon not less than three (3) Business Days’ notice from Borrower to Lender, which prepayment shall be accompanied by payment to Lender of all accrued, unpaid Interest plus (B) the aggregate amount of Interest that would have been due to Lender with respect to the amount of principal being prepaid for the period from and after the date of such prepayment through and including the earlier of (1) the Facility Maturity Date or (2) the last date of the month in which such prepayment occurs;”
(j)    Section 2.7 is deleted and the following is substituted in its place:
“Section 2.7    Borrower’s Options to Extend the Facility Maturity Date. Provided no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing either at the time the applicable extension option is exercised or on the Facility Maturity Date that is being extended pursuant to the exercise of the related extension option, the Borrower shall have four consecutive options to extend the Facility Maturity Date, the first to extend the Facility Maturity Date to February 22, 2016 (the “First Extension Option”) and, if the Facility Maturity Date has been extended to February 22, 2016 by the timely and proper exercise of the First Extension Option, the second to extend the Facility Maturity Date from February 22, 2016 to March 23, 2016 (the “Second Extension Option”) and, if the Facility Maturity Date has been extended to March 23, 2016 by the timely and proper exercise of the First Extension Option and the Second Extension Option, the third to extend the Facility Maturity Date from March 23, 2016 to June 21, 2016 (the “Third Extension Option”) and, if the Facility

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Maturity Date has been extended to June 21, 2016 by the timely and proper exercise of the First Extension Option, the Second Extension Option, and the Third Extension Option, the fourth to extend the Facility Maturity Date from June 21, 2016 to September 19, 2016 (the “Fourth Extension Option”). The Borrower may exercise the First Extension Option by giving written notice to the Lender of Borrower’s intent to exercise the First Extension Option and paying to Lender on or before 1:00 PM Central Time on January 21, 2016 (it being agreed that, to constitute effective notice of such exercise of the First Extension Option, such notice must be in writing and received by Lender not later than 1:00 PM Central Time on January 21, 2016) (a) the Fifth Facility Additional Fee and (b) an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid Interest as of January 22, 2016. The Borrower may, if the First Extension Option has been timely and properly exercised, exercise the Second Extension Option by giving written notice to the Lender of Borrower’s intent to exercise the Second Extension Option and paying to Lender on or before February 19, 2016 (it being agreed that, to constitute effective notice of such exercise of the Second Extension Option, such notice must be in writing and received by Lender not later than 1:00 PM Central Time on February 19, 2016) (a) the Sixth Facility Additional Fee and (b) an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid Interest as of February 22, 2016. The Borrower may, if the First Extension Option and Second Extension Option have each been timely and properly exercised, exercise the Third Extension Option by giving written notice to the Lender of Borrower’s intent to exercise the Third Extension Option and paying to Lender on or before March 23, 2016 (it being agreed that, to constitute effective notice of such exercise of the Second Extension Option, such notice must be in writing and received by Lender not later than 5:00 PM Central Time on March 23, 2016) (a) the Seventh Facility Additional Fee and (b) an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid Interest as of March 23, 2016. The Borrower may, if the First Extension Option, Second Extension Option and Third Extension Option have each been timely and properly exercised, exercise the Fourth Extension Option by giving written notice to the Lender of Borrower’s intent to exercise the Fourth Extension Option and paying to Lender on or before June 21, 2016 (it being agreed that, to constitute effective notice of such exercise of the Fourth Extension Option, such notice must be in writing and received by Lender not later than 1:00 PM Central Time on June 21, 2016) (a) the Eighth Facility Additional Fee and (b) an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid Interest as of June 21, 2016.”
(k)    Section 2.11(c) is deleted and the following is substituted in its place:
“(c) The Borrower shall pay the First Facility Additional Fee on or before April 24, 2015. The Borrower shall pay the Second Facility Additional Fee on or before June 24, 2015. The Borrower shall pay the Third Facility Additional Fee on or before August 24, 2015. The Borrower shall pay the Fourth Facility Additional Fee on or before November 23, 2015. If Borrower exercises the First Extension Option, the Borrower shall pay the Fifth Facility Additional Fee on or before January 22, 2016. If Borrower exercises the Second Extension Option, the Borrower shall pay the Sixth Facility Additional Fee on or before February 22, 2016. If Borrower

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exercises the Third Extension Option, the Borrower shall pay the Seventh Additional Facility Fee on or before March 23, 2016. If Borrower exercises the Fourth Extension Option, the Borrower shall pay the Eighth Additional Facility Fee on or before June 21, 2016. The First Facility Additional Fee, the Second Facility Additional Fee, the Third Facility Additional Fee, the Fourth Additional Facility Fee, the Fifth Additional Facility Fee, the Sixth Additional Facility Fee, the Seventh Additional Facility Fee and the Eighth Additional Facility Fee are each non-refundable.”
3.    Borrower hereby remakes, on and as of the Amendment Date, each and every one of the representations and warranties of the Borrower in the Transaction Documents. Borrower hereby represents and warrants that no Event of Default exists.
4.    Borrower hereby warrants and represents that as of the Amendment Date, (i) Borrower has been duly authorized to execute and deliver this Amendment; (ii) Borrower has no defense, offset or counterclaim with respect to the payment of any sum owed to Lender, or with respect to any agreement or covenant in the Transaction Documents; and (iii) Lender, on and as of the Amendment Date, has fully performed all obligations to Borrower which it may have had or has on and as of the Amendment Date. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Borrower, on its own behalf and on the behalf of its respective past, present and future representatives, partners, managers, members, shareholders, officers, directors, agents, employees, servants, affiliates and related companies, heirs, successors and assigns (hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Borrowing Group”), hereby waives, releases and forever discharges Lender, and its past, present and future officers, directors, subsidiary and affiliated entities or companies, agents, servants, employees, shareholders, partners, members, managers, representatives, successors, assigns, attorneys, accountants, assets and properties, as the case may be (hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Lender Group”), from and against all manner of actions, cause and causes of action, suits, debts, sums of money, accounts, reckonings, bonds, bills, specialties, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, promises, obligations, liabilities, costs, expenses, losses, damages, judgments, executions, claims and demands, of whatever kind and nature, in law or in equity, whether known or unknown, whether or not concealed or hidden, arising out of or relating to any matter, cause or thing whatsoever, that any of the Borrowing Group, jointly or severally, may have had, or now have or that may subsequently accrue against the Lender Group by reason of any matter or thing whatsoever that occurred, existed or may have occurred or existed on or before the Amendment Date arising out of or in any way connected to the Transaction Documents. It is acknowledged and agreed that Lender is specifically relying upon the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein and that such representations, warranties, covenants, and agreements constitute a material inducement to enter into this Amendment.
4.    Borrower further agrees to pay, promptly after request from Lender, all fees and expenses up to a maximum of $3,500 (collectively, the “Modification Expenses”) associated with the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Amendment, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of Lender’s counsel and any related expenses incurred by Lender in connection with this Amendment.

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5.    Nothing contained this Amendment shall establish a custom or course of dealing. The execution and delivery of this Amendment by Lender is on a one-time basis only, and Lender shall not have any obligation to consent to any other matter or thing. By execution and delivery of this Amendment, Lender does not waive any Events of Default, defaults, or rights and remedies, all of which rights and remedies being expressly reserved by Lender.
6.    Conditions. As consideration for, and as a condition precedent to, Lender’s agreement to enter into this Amendment, Borrower shall pay concurrently with the mutual execution of this Amendment:
(a)    To Lender, the Seventh Facility Additional Fee;
(b)    To Lender, an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid Interest as of the Amendment Date (it being agreed that if payment of such Interest is so paid, no Facility Exit Fee shall be due and Borrower shall have no further obligation to pay the Facility Exit Fee); and
(c)    as directed by Lender, all Modification Expenses.
7.    No Other Changes. Except as expressly modified or waived hereby, all of the terms and provisions of the Loan Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall remain in full force and effect. The term “this Agreement” or “Loan Agreement” and all similar references as used in each of the Transaction Documents shall hereafter mean the Loan Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
8.    Governing Law. This Amendment shall construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Illinois.
9.    Counterparts; Execution. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts (including by facsimile or electronic exchange of PDF signature pages), each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
10.    Entirety. This Amendment and the other Transaction Documents embody the entire agreement between the parties and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, if any, relating to the subject matter hereof. These Transaction Documents represent the final agreement between the parties and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent oral agreements of the parties. There are no oral agreements between the parties.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
 
 
BORROWER:
 
 
IMH FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
 
 
a Delaware corporation
 
 
By:__________________________________
 
 
          Lawrence D. Bain
 
 
Its: Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
 
LENDER:
 
 
SRE MONARCH LENDING, LLC,
 
 
a Delaware limited liability company
 
 
By: Singerman Real Estate Management Company, L.P., its Manager
 
 
          By: Singerman Real Estate, LLC, its
 
 
                 General Partner
 
 
By:__________________________________
 
 
Name: Seth Singerman
 
 
Title: Manager



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EX-10.2 3 ex102-sre40millionloc.htm EXHIBIT 10.2 Exhibit

U.S. $4,000,000


LOAN AGREEMENT
by and among
SRE MONARCH LENDING, LLC,
as the Lender
and
BUENA YUMA, LLC,
as the Borrower

Dated as of March 23, 2016




LOAN AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN AGREEMENT (as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, this “Agreement”) is made as of March 23, 2016, by and between:
(1)    SRE MONARCH LENDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns, the “Lender); and
(2)    BUENA YUMA, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (the “Borrower”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Borrower is the fee owner of the Land.
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lender extend credit by making Advances (as defined below) from time to time prior to the earlier of (a) the Facility Maturity Date (as defined below) or (b) the occurrence of a Default (as defined below); and
WHEREAS, the Lender is willing to extend such credit to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, based upon the foregoing Recitals, the mutual premises and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1    Certain Defined Terms.
Certain capitalized terms used throughout this Agreement are defined in this Section 1.1. As used in this Agreement and its schedules, exhibits and other attachments, unless the context requires a different meaning, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
1940 Act”: The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Accrual Period:”: The period from and including the initial Advance Date to and including the applicable Determination Date.
Additional Interest”: Sale Interest or Appraisal Interest.
Advance”: The meaning specified in Section 2.1(b).

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Advance Date”: With respect to any Advance, the date on which such Advance is made.
Advances Outstanding”: On any day, the aggregate principal amount of all Advances outstanding on such day, after giving effect to all repayments of Advances and the making of new Advances on such day.
Affiliate”: With respect to a Person, means any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, or is a director or officer of such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any specified Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to vote 20% or more of the voting securities of such Person or to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Agreement to the contrary, it is agreed that Lender is not an Affiliate of the Borrower for purposes of the Transaction Documents.
Agreement”: The meaning specified in the Preamble.
Applicable Law”: For any Person or property of such Person, all existing and future laws, rules, regulations (including proposed, temporary and final income tax regulations), statutes, treaties, codes, ordinances, permits, certificates, orders and licenses of and interpretations by any Governmental Authority which are applicable to such Person or property (including, without limitation, predatory lending laws, usury laws, the Federal Truth in Lending Act, and Regulation Z and Regulation B of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and applicable judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs, awards or orders of any court, arbitrator or other administrative, judicial, or quasi‑judicial tribunal or agency of competent jurisdiction.
Applicable Percentage”: If the Lender has never made an Advance, the Applicable Percentage shall be an amount equal to three percent (3%) of either Sale Interest or Appraisal Interest, as applicable. If the Lender has made one or more Advances, the Applicable Percentage shall be an amount equal to five percent (5%) of either of either Sale Interest or Appraisal Interest, as applicable.
Appraisal Interest”: The meaning specified in Section 2.6(b).
Appraisal Standards” means the standards utilized in connection with the preparation of FIRREA appraisals. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such appraisal standards shall contemplate the orderly disposition and marketing of the Mortgaged Property in a transaction that maximizes disposition proceeds to the seller between a willing purchaser and a willing seller on the basis of an arms-length transaction and shall assume the highest and best use of the Land and any improvements thereon.
Appraised Value”: The ‘as-is’ fair market value of Borrower’s right, title and interest in the Mortgaged Property, which fair market value will be calculated as net of customary brokerage commissions, accrued property taxes and other items typically prorated and deducted from sales

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proceeds in the sale of real property in the county in which the Mortgaged Property is located and which shall be made in accordance with the Appraisal Standards and determined as follows:
(i)    If there is an uncured Event of Default, the Appraised Value shall be determined by an Appraiser selected by Lender, and Borrower shall pay all costs of, and cooperate with, such Appraiser; or
(ii)    In all other cases, the Appraised Value shall be determined as follows:
(a)    Borrower shall deliver to Lender an Appraisal (such Appraisal being deemed the “First Appraisal”, and the Appraiser thereof, the “First Appraiser”) dated within the 30 days preceding the date of delivery of such Appraisal to Lender determining the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property (the Appraised Value determined thereunder is herein referred to as the “First Appraised Value”). If Lender does not disapprove the First Appraisal prior to the thirtieth (30th) day following its receipt of the First Appraisal, the Appraised Value shall be the First Appraised Value.
(b)    In the event that Lender disapproves the First Appraisal by notice given to Borrower on or before the thirtieth (30th) day following Lender’s receipt of the First Appraisal, then Lender shall have thirty (30) days from the sending to Borrower of its notice disapproving the First Appraisal to deliver to Borrower an Appraisal (such Appraisal being deemed the “Second Appraisal”, and the Appraiser thereof the “Second Appraiser”) determining the Appraised Value (and the Appraised Value determined under the Second Appraisal is herein referred to as the “Second Appraised Value”). If the Second Appraisal is not timely delivered to Borrower, the Appraised Value will be the First Appraised Value. If the Second Appraised Value is within ten percent (10%) of the First Appraised Value, the Appraised Value shall be equal to the average of the First Appraised Value and the Second Appraised Value. If the Second Appraised Value is not within ten percent (10%) of the First Appraised Value, Borrower and Lender shall commence the process of obtaining the Third Appraisal pursuant to subsection (c) below.
(c)    Not later than fifteen (15) days after delivery of the Second Appraisal to Borrower, and if the Second Appraised Value is not within ten percent (10%) of the First Appraised Value, Borrower and Lender shall jointly choose a third Appraiser (the “Third Appraiser”). Not later than fifteen (15) days after such selection of the Third Appraiser, the Third Appraiser shall select either the First Appraised Value or the Second Appraised Value as the Appraised Value. If Lender and Borrower fail to choose the Third Appraiser within fifteen (15) days after delivery of the Second Appraisal to Borrower, either Lender or Borrower will request the President of the American Society of Real Estate Appraisers to select the Third Appraiser within fifteen (15) days of such request, which selection shall be the Third Appraiser, and said Third Appraiser shall then have thirty (30) days to provide the Third Appraisal.

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(d)    Borrower shall pay all costs of, and cooperate with, the First Appraiser, the Second Appraiser, if applicable, and the Third Appraiser, if applicable.
With respect to determining the Appraisal Interest calculated in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.6(b), the Borrower shall cause the First Appraisal (or the appraisal selected by Lender if there is an uncured Event of Default) to be delivered to the Lender not later than seven (7) days preceding the Facility Exit Date.
Appraiser” means an independent M.A.I. appraiser which is a member of the American Society of Real Estate Appraisers or other professional property valuation organization with at least ten (10) years of experience in appraising properties similar to and with the same general location as the Mortgaged Property.
Bankruptcy Code”: The United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. § 101, et seq.).
Borrower”: The meaning specified in the Preamble.
Business Day”: Any day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are not required or authorized to be closed in Chicago, Illinois.
Capital Stock”: Any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all similar ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.
Change of Control”: The occurrence of any one or more of the following: (i) any change of control of the Borrower, including any event resulting in the Guarantor ceasing to directly or indirectly Control the business and affairs of Borrower or (ii) any change of control of the Guarantor, including any Person that was not previously a direct or indirect owner of the Guarantor acquiring, in one or more transactions, ownership or control of forty-nine percent (49%) or more of the voting stock, shares, voting trust certificates, bonds, debentures, options, warrants, notes, or other evidences of Indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, of the Guarantor (“control” being defined for purposes of this definition as the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management, actions and policies of a person, whether through voting rights, ownership rights, or by contract or otherwise).
Closing Date”: March 23, 2016.
Code”: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Collateral”: The Mortgaged Property and all other real and personal property of Borrower or any other Person pledged or mortgaged to Lender as collateral security for repayment of the Loan.
Commitment”: The commitment of the Lender to make Advances in accordance herewith in an amount not to exceed (a) prior to the earlier of (I) the Facility Maturity Date or (II)

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the occurrence of a Default, $4,000,000, and (b) on or after the earlier of (I) the Facility Maturity Date or (II) the occurrence of a Default, zero.
Contractual Obligation”: With respect to any Person, any provision of any securities issued by such Person or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement, instrument or other document to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound or to which either is subject.
Deed of Trust”: The Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement executed by the Borrower to or for the benefit of the Lender of even date herewith, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, constituting a first Lien on Mortgaged Property as collateral for the Loan.
Default”: Any event that, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default.
Determination Date”: Any day on or after the initial Advance Date.
Dollars”: Means, and the conventional “$” signifies, the lawful currency of the United States.
Environmental Indemnity Agreement”: The Environmental Indemnity Agreement, dated of even date herewith, executed by the Borrower and Guarantor in favor of the Lender, together with all amendments, modifications, renewals, substitutions and extensions thereto.
Environmental Laws”: All present and future federal, state and/or local laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules, regulations, orders, decrees, licenses, decisions, orders, injunctions, requirements and/or directives of governmental authorities, as well as common law, imposing liability, standards of conduct or otherwise pertaining or relating to, or for, for the environment, industrial hygiene, the regulation of Hazardous Materials, natural resources, pollution or waste management.
Environmental Report”: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment prepared by AEI Consultants dated December 30, 2014.
ERISA”: The United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
ERISA Affiliate”: (a) Any corporation that is a member of the same controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code) as the Borrower, (b) a trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control (within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code) with the Borrower, or (c) a member of the same affiliated service group (within the meaning of Section 414(m) of the Code) as the Borrower.
Event of Default”: The meaning specified in Section 9.1.
Excepted Persons”: The meaning specified in Section 12.13(a).

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Exchange Act”: The United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Excluded Taxes”: The meaning specified in Section 2.13(e).
Extension Conditions” shall mean the following conditions, all of which must be satisfied, in order for the Facility Initial Maturity Date to be extended to the Facility Extended Maturity Date: (a) not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the Facility Initial Maturity Date, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Lender an irrevocable written notice requesting the extension and simultaneously therewith have paid to the Lender a non-refundable extension fee in the amount equal to $50,000; (b) the Borrower shall have paid to Lender all accrued Interest as of the Facility Initial Maturity Date; (c) no Default or Event of Default shall exist under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents either at the time of the delivery of the notice to extend or at the time of the effective date of the extension; and (d) Borrower shall deliver to Lender, an Officer’s Certificate dated as of the Facility Initial Maturity Date certifying, without qualification, (i) that no Default or Event of Default has occurred which remains uncured and (ii) that the representations and warranties in the Transaction Documents of all parties thereto (other than the Lender) are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Facility Initial Maturity Date.
Facility Advance Minimum”: The meaning specified in Section 2.2(b)(ii).
Facility Amount”: $4,000,000, as such amount may vary from time to time pursuant to Section 2.3(d) hereof; provided that on and after the earlier of (a) the Facility Maturity Date or (b) the occurrence of a Default, the Facility Amount shall mean the Advances Outstanding.
Facility Advance Fee”: A fee in the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000), due and payable pursuant to Section 2.11(c).
Facility Exit Date”: March 31, 2017.
Facility Extended Maturity Date”: The meaning specified in Section 2.3(b).
Facility Increase Fee”: The fee in the amount of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), due and payable pursuant to Section 2.11(d).
Facility Initial Maturity Date”: The meaning specified in Section 2.3(b).
Facility Maturity Date”: The meaning specified in Section 2.3(b).
Facility Structuring Fee”: A fee in the amount of $100,000, due and payable pursuant to Section 2.11(b).
FATCA”: Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as in effect on the Closing Date, and any regulations or official interpretations thereof (including any Revenue Rulings, Revenue Procedure, Notice or similar guidance issued by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service thereunder as a precondition to relief or exemption from Taxes under such provisions, and applicable agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and any applicable intergovernmental agreement with respect to the foregoing.

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Final Judgment”: An order of a court of competent jurisdiction that becomes final by appeal or lapse of time for appeal.
Financing Statements” means the UCC‑1 Financing Statements naming the Borrower, as debtor, and the Lender, as secured party, and filed with such filing offices as the Lender may require.
Foreign Lender”: A Lender that is not a United States Person.
Funding Date”: With respect to any Advance, the second (2nd) Business Day or twelfth (12th) Business Day, as applicable pursuant to Section 2.2(b), after receipt by the Lender of a Funding Notice and other required deliveries in accordance with Section 2.2.
Funding Notice”: A notice in the form of Exhibit C requesting an Advance, including the items required by Section 2.2.
GAAP”: Generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States.
Gabella Assets”: The apartment buildings, amenities and land owned or operated by a Subsidiary of Guarantor that are commonly referred to as “Parkside at Gabella Apartments” in Apple Valley, Minnesota.
Guarantor”: IMH Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
Guaranty”: The Guaranty by Guarantor in favor of Lender of even date herewith, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.
Governing Documents”: (a) With respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non‑US. jurisdiction), (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and, if applicable, any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
Governmental Authority”: With respect to any Person, any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any central bank (or similar monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any body or entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government and any court or arbitrator having jurisdiction over such Person.
Guarantee Obligation”: As to any Person (the “guaranteeing person”), any obligation of (a) the guaranteeing person or (b) another Person (including, without limitation, any bank under any letter of credit) to induce the creation of which the guaranteeing person has issued

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a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, in either case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the “primary obligations”) of any other third Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any Property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase Property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term “Guarantee Obligation” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The terms “Guarantee” and “Guaranteed” used as a verb shall have a correlative meaning. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith.
Hazardous Materials”: (a) Any pollutants, toxic pollutants, oil, gasoline, petroleum products, asbestos, materials or substances containing asbestos, explosives, chemical liquids or solids, radioactive materials, polychlorinated biphenyls or related or similar materials, or any other solid, liquid or other emission, substance, material, product or by‑product defined, listed or regulated as a hazardous, noxious, toxic or solid substance, material or waste or defined, listed or regulated as causing cancer or reproductive toxicity, or otherwise defined, listed or regulated as hazardous or toxic in, pursuant to, or by any federal, state or local law, ordinance, rule, or regulation, now or hereafter enacted, amended or modified, in each case to the extent applicable to the Mortgaged Property including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. Section 9601, et seq.); the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. Section 1801, et seq.); the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. Section 6901, et seq.); any so‑called “Superfund” or “Superlien” law; the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. Section 2601 et seq.); the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq.); and the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7901 et seq.); (b) any substance which is or contains asbestos, radon, polychlorinated biphenyl, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, explosive or radioactive material, lead paint, motor fuel or other petroleum hydrocarbons, (c) fungus, mold, mildew, or other biological agents the presence of which may adversely affect the health of individuals or other animals or materially adversely affect the value or utility of the Mortgaged Property, and/or (d) any other substance which causes or poses a threat to cause a contamination or nuisance with respect to all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property or any adjacent property or a hazard to the environment or to the health or safety of Persons.

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Impositions” means all real estate and personal property taxes, and vault charges and all other taxes, levies, assessments and other similar charges, general and special, ordinary and extraordinary, foreseen and unforeseen, of every kind and nature whatsoever, which at any time prior to, at or after the execution hereof may be assessed, levied or imposed by, in each case, a Governmental Authority upon the Mortgaged Property or upon the ownership, use, occupancy or enjoyment thereof, and any interest, cost or penalties imposed by such Governmental Authority with respect to any of the foregoing. Impositions shall not include any sales or use taxes or any income taxes payable by Borrower.
Indebtedness”: With respect to any Person at any date without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (whether by loan or the issuance and sale of debt securities) or for the deferred purchase price of Property or services (other than current trade liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary practices), (b) any other indebtedness of such Person which is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument, (c) all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit, acceptances or similar instruments issued or created for the account of such Person, (d) all liabilities secured by (or for which the holder of such obligations has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on any property owned by such Person even though such Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof, (e) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (d) above. The amount of any Indebtedness under clause (d) shall be equal to the lesser of (A) the stated amount of the relevant obligations and (B) the fair market value of the property subject to the relevant Lien. The amount of any Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
Indemnified Amounts”: The meaning specified in Section 10.1(a).
Indemnified Parties”: The meaning specified in Section 10.1(a).
Indemnified Taxes”: The meaning specified in Section 2.13(a).
Instrument”: The meaning specified in Section 9‑102(a)(47) of the UCC.
Insolvency Event”: With respect to a specified Person, (a) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction over such Person or any substantial part of its property in an involuntary case under any applicable Insolvency Law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding‑up or liquidation of such Person’s affairs, and such decree, order or appointment shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days, (b) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under any applicable Insolvency Law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law or (c) the consent by such Person to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,

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sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by such Person of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
Insolvency Laws”: The Bankruptcy Code and all other applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, suspension of payments, or similar debtor relief laws from time to time in effect affecting the rights of creditors generally.
Insolvency Proceeding”: Any case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to any Insolvency Event.
Interest”: For any Accrual Period, the sum of the amounts determined (with respect to each day during such Accrual Period) in accordance with the following formula:
IR x P x 1
D
where:
IR
=
the Interest Rate applicable on such day;
P
=
the Advances Outstanding on such day; and
D
=
360 days (or, to the extent the Interest Rate is the Base Rate, 365 or 366 days, as applicable).

Interest Rate”: The rate per annum equal to five percent (5%); provided that, following the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Interest Rate per annum shall be equal to fifteen percent (15%).
Land”: The real estate comprising the Mortgaged Property, as more specifically described in the Deed of Trust, including all oil, gas and mineral rights, oil, gas and minerals (whether before or after extraction), easements, appurtenances, water rights, water stock, rights in and to streets, roads and highways (whether before or after vacation thereof), hereditaments and privilege relating, in any manner whatsoever, to the Land and owned by Borrower. The Land is legally described on Exhibit A.
Lender”: The meaning specified in the Preamble (and for purposes of Section 2.12 and Section 2.13 of this Agreement, any successor and assignee or participant).
Lien”: Any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, right, claim, security interest or encumbrance of any kind of or on any Person’s assets or properties in favor of any other Person (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, and any agreement to give any security interest).
Loan”: The loan in the aggregate amount of up to $4,000,000 from the Lender to the Borrower as evidenced by the Note.

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Material Adverse Effect”: With respect to any event or circumstance, a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, financial condition, operations, performance or properties of the Borrower, the Guarantor or the Mortgaged Property, (b) the validity, enforceability or collectability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (c) the rights and remedies of the Lender with respect to matters arising under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or (d) the ability of the Borrower or the Guarantor to perform its obligations under any Transaction Document to which it is a party.
Maximum Lawful Rate”: The meaning specified in Section 2.5.
Mortgaged Property”: The meaning specified in the Deed of Trust.
Net Sales Proceeds”: The gross sale proceeds for the sale of the Mortgaged Property, less bona fide, customary, actual, reasonable, verifiable, third party (i.e., parties not affiliated with the Borrower or the Guarantor) closing costs and expenses incurred in connection with such sale, such as title premiums, survey costs and brokerage fees, and customary net prorations credited to a purchaser pursuant to a purchase and sale agreement, all subject to Lender’s approval. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of determining Net Sales Proceeds, indebtedness secured by Liens on the Mortgaged Property shall not be deducted from the gross sale proceeds.
Non‑Exempt Lender”: The meaning specified in Section 2.13(e).
Note”: The Promissory Note executed and delivered to Lender pursuant to Section 2.1(a), as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.
Obligations”: In the aggregate, the unpaid principal amount of, and interest (including, without limitation, Additional Interest, interest accruing after the maturity of the Advances and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post‑filing or post‑petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) on the Advances and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to the Lender, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, or out of or in connection with any Transaction Document, and any other document to which the Borrower is a party made, delivered or given in connection therewith or herewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Lender that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents). The term “Obligations” shall also include any judgment against the Borrower or the Mortgaged Property with respect to such obligations, liabilities and Indebtedness of Borrower.
OFAC”: The meaning specified in Section 4.1(u).
Officer’s Certificate”: A certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Person providing the applicable certification, as the case may be.

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Opinion of Counsel”: A written opinion of legal counsel, which opinion and counsel are acceptable to the Lender in its reasonable discretion.
Other Taxes”: The meaning specified in Section 2.13(b).
Pension Plan”: The meaning specified in Section 4.1(q).
Permitted Encumbrances”: Means the matters identified on Exhibit B attached hereto.
Permitted Use: The meaning specified in Section 2.1(c).
Person”: An individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust (including a statutory or business trust), unincorporated association, sole proprietorship, joint venture, government (or any agency or political subdivision thereof) or other entity.
Register”: The meaning specified in Section 12.16(b).
Regulation U”: Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R. §221, or any successor regulation.
Reportable Event”: A reportable event within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA, other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period referred to in Section 4043(c) of ERISA has been waived.
Responsible Officer”: With respect to any Person, any duly authorized officer of such Person with direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other duly authorized officer of such Person to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Sale of the Gabella Assets”: (a) Any, direct or indirect, sale, conveyance, assignment, Transfer, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all the Gabella Assets; (b) any ground and/or improvements lease, sublease or sub-sublease of all or substantially all the Gabella Assets; or (c) any assignment, sale, conveyance, assignment, Transfer, exchange, or other disposition of 100% of the ownership interests, direct or indirect, of the owner of the Gabella Assets.
Sale of the Mortgaged Property”: (a) Any, direct or indirect, sale, conveyance, assignment, Transfer, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all the Mortgaged Property; (b) any ground and/or improvements lease, sublease or sub-sublease of all or substantially all the Mortgaged Property (a “Ground Lease Disposition”); or (c) any assignment, sale, conveyance, assignment, Transfer, exchange, or other disposition of 100% of the ownership interests, direct or indirect, of the owner of the Mortgaged Property.
Sale Interest”: The meaning specified in Section 2.6(a)(i).
Section 2.6 Account”: The meaning specified in Section 2.6(a)(iii).

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Solvent”: As to any Person at any time, having a state of affairs such that all of the following conditions are met: (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the amount of such Person’s liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as such value is established and liabilities evaluated for purposes of Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of such Person in an orderly liquidation of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts and other liabilities as they become absolute and matured; (c) such Person is able to realize upon its property and pay its debts and other liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as they mature in the normal course of business; (d) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; and (e) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and does not propose to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property assets would constitute unreasonably small capital.
Subsidiary”: As to any Person, a corporation, partnership or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.
Taxes”: The meaning specified in Section 2.13(a).
Title Company”: Chicago Title Insurance Company.
Title Policy”: A mortgagee’s policy of title insurance issued on the 2006 ALTA form by the Title Company (or the closest equivalent available in any given jurisdiction), together with such reinsurance and direct access agreements as Lender may require, insuring that the Deed of Trust is a valid first and prior enforceable lien on the Borrower’s fee simple interest in the Mortgaged Property (including any easements appurtenant thereto but excluding any non-real estate property interests included in the definition of Mortgaged Property) subject only to the Permitted Encumbrances. The Title Policy shall contain such endorsements as Lender may require.
Transaction Documents”: This Agreement, the Note, the Deed of Trust, the Financing Statements, the Guaranty, the Environmental Indemnity and all other documents, instruments, certificates and other deliveries made by the Borrower or Guarantor to the Lender in accordance herewith or which otherwise evidence, secure and/or govern the Loan.
Transfer”: (a) When used as a verb, to, directly or indirectly, lease, sell, assign, convey, give, exchange, devise, mortgage, encumber, pledge, hypothecate, alienate, grant a security interest, or otherwise create or suffer to exist any Lien, transfer or otherwise dispose, whether by operation of law, voluntarily, involuntarily or otherwise, as well as any other action or omission which has the practical effect of initiating or completing the foregoing and (b) when used as a noun, a direct or indirect, lease, sale, assignment, conveyance, gift, exchange, devise, mortgage, encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, alienation, grant of a security interest or other creation or sufferance of a Lien, transfer or other disposition, whether by operation of law, voluntary or

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involuntary and any other action or omission which has the practical effect of initiating or completing the foregoing.
UCC”: The Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Illinois.
UCC Collateral”: The meaning specified in the Deed of Trust.
United States”: The United States of America.
United States Person”: A “United States person” as defined under Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
USA Patriot Act”: The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107‑56.
Uses Statement”: A statement describing the uses of each Advance to be attached to each Funding Notice, in the form specified on Exhibit A.
Section 1.2    Other Terms.
All accounting terms used but not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP.
Section 1.3    Computation of Time Periods.
Unless otherwise stated in this Agreement, in the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding.”
Section 1.4    Interpretation.
In each Transaction Document, unless a contrary intention appears:
(a)    the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa;
(b)    reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by the Transaction Documents;
(c)    reference to any gender includes each other gender;
(d)    reference to day or days without further qualification means calendar days;
(e)    reference to any time means Chicago, Illinois, time;
(f)    reference to any agreement (including any Transaction Document), document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms of the other Transaction Documents, and reference to any

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promissory note includes any promissory note that is an extension or renewal thereof or a substitute or replacement therefor; and
(g)    reference to any Applicable Law means such Applicable Law as amended, modified, codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and reference to any Section or other provision of any Applicable Law means that provision of such Applicable Law from time to time in effect and constituting the substantive amendment, modification, codification, replacement or reenactment of such Section or other provision.
ARTICLE II

THE LOAN
Section 2.1    The Note.
(a)    On the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Borrower shall deliver on the Closing Date, to the Lender at the address set forth on Annex A to this Agreement, a duly executed promissory note in substantially the form of Exhibit D, dated as of the date of this Agreement, in a face amount equal to the Lender’s Commitment as of the Closing Date and otherwise duly completed. The Note shall evidence Borrower’s obligations to pay Advances with Interest and Additional Interest.
(b)    The Borrower may, at its option, request that the Lender make advances of funds (each, an “Advance”) pursuant to a Funding Notice; provided, however, that the Lender shall not be obligated to make any Advance after the earlier of (I) the Facility Maturity Date or (II) the occurrence of a Default. Following the receipt of a Funding Notice and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Lender shall fund such Advance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Lender shall not make any Advance if, after giving effect to such Advance, (i) a Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom or (ii) the Advances Outstanding would exceed the Commitment.
(c)    Any Advance made to Borrower shall only be used by Borrower to distribute funds to its sole member, Guarantor, for use by Guarantor for reserves, or as working capital to pay the expenses of Guarantor or any of Guarantor’s Subsidiaries (including Borrower), or for any other purpose not inconsistent with Guarantor’s governing documents, but specifically excluding any new acquisitions by Guarantor or any of Guarantor’s Subsidiaries (including Borrower) (collectively, the “Permitted Use”). Borrower shall not use any Advance for any purpose other than the Permitted Use.
Section 2.2    Procedures for Advances by the Lender.
(a)    Subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 2.1(b) and 2.1(c), the Borrower may request an Advance from the Lender by delivering to the Lender at certain times the information and documents set forth in this Section 2.2.

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(b)    With respect to all Advances, the Borrower shall deliver to the Lender the following:
(i)    a wire disbursement and authorization form, to the extent not previously delivered; and
(ii)    a duly completed Funding Notice which shall (a) specify the desired amount of such Advance, which amount shall not cause the Advances Outstanding to exceed the Commitment and shall be at least equal to $1,000,000 (“Facility Advance Minimum”), (b) specify the proposed Funding Date of such Advance, and (c) specify the uses of the requested Advance in the Uses Statement attached to the Funding Notice, which shall be limited to one or more Permitted Uses. Each Funding Notice with respect to any Advance that will cause the Advances Outstanding to exceed $2,500,000 shall be irrevocable when it is received by the Lender. Each Funding Notice with respect to any Advance that will not cause the Advances Outstanding to exceed $2,500,000 shall be revocable for one (1) Business Day after it is received (or deemed to be received) by the Lender, but thereafter, such Funding Notice shall be irrevocable. To the extent a Funding Notice is revoked by the Borrower and no related Advance is made by the Lender pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, no Facility Advance Fee shall be due by the Borrower in connection therewith. If any Funding Notice is received by the Lender after 1:00 p.m. (Chicago, Illinois time) or on a day that is not a Business Day, such Funding Notice shall be deemed to be received by the Lender at 9:00 a.m. (Chicago, Illinois, time) on the next Business Day;
which shall be delivered no later than 1:00 p.m. (Chicago, Illinois, time) (I) two (2) Business Days prior to the proposed Funding Date for all Advances (except for any Advance for which twelve (12) Business Days is required pursuant to item (II) immediately following) and (II) twelve (12) Business Days prior to the proposed Funding Date for any Advance that will cause the Advances Outstanding to exceed $2,500,000.
(c)    On the proposed Funding Date, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.1(b) and this Section 2.2 and upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, the Lender shall make available to the Borrower in same day funds, by wire transfer to the account designated by Borrower in the Funding Notice given pursuant to this Section 2.2, an amount equal to the amount requested by the Borrower for such Advance.
Section 2.3    Principal Repayments; Facility Maturity.
(a)    The Borrower may prepay Advances Outstanding in whole or in part prior to the Facility Maturity Date without premium or penalty, upon not less than two (2) Business Days’ prior notice to the Lender. Any amount that is repaid may be reborrowed, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement for Advances (including, without limitation, Section 2.2(b)(ii) and Section 2.11(c)).
(b)    The Obligations (other than contingent obligations for which the applicable contingency has not yet occurred) shall be repaid in full on the following (“Facility Maturity Date”): (I) the earliest to occur of (i) June 23, 2016 (the “Facility Initial Maturity Date”); provided, however,

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if the Extension Conditions are satisfied prior to the Facility Initial Maturity Date, the maturity date of the Loan shall be extended for an additional three (3) month period to September 23, 2016 (the “Facility Extended Maturity Date”); (ii) the date Net Sales Proceeds of the Sale of the Mortgaged Property are paid to, or on the order of, the Borrower; or (iii) the date of the Sale of the Gabella Assets; (II) such earlier date as the Loan is prepaid in full or accelerated or (III) on such later date as is agreed to in writing by the Borrower and the Lender; provided, however, in the event the Mortgaged Property is not sold on or prior to the Facility Maturity Date, the Additional Interest shall be paid to the Lender at the time determined pursuant to Section 2.6 herein, and the Lender may require, in its sole and absolute discretion, that $10,000 or less of Advances Outstanding remain outstanding until the Lender receives payment in full of the Additional Interest. This Agreement, the Deed of Trust and the other Transaction Documents shall remain in full force and effect until the Additional Interest shall have been paid to the Lender.
(c)    The Borrower shall, not later than thirty (30) days prior to the Facility Maturity Date, give Lender notice of the anticipated source of funds for the payment due on the Facility Maturity Date.
(d)    The Borrower shall have the right, on any day, to permanently reduce the Facility Amount in whole or in part upon not less than one (1) Business Day prior written notice to the Lender; provided that, after giving effect to such reduction, the Facility Amount shall not be less Advances Outstanding.
(e)    The Obligations are secured by, among other things, the Mortgage.
Section 2.4    Determination and Payment of Interest. The Borrower shall pay to the Lender all outstanding accrued Interest and the Additional Interest on the Facility Maturity Date; provided, however, in the event the Mortgaged Property is not sold on or prior to the Facility Maturity Date, the Additional Interest shall be paid to the Lender at the time determined pursuant to Section 2.6 herein. In the event the Lender has required pursuant to Section 2.3(b) herein that $10,000 or less of Advances Outstanding remain outstanding until the Additional Interest has been paid to the Lender, the Borrower shall pay to the Lender all accrued Interest on such Advances Outstanding amount at the time the Additional Interest shall be paid to the Lender as determined pursuant to Section 2.6 herein.
Section 2.5    Maximum Lawful Rate. Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this Agreement or the Note, if at any time the rate of interest payable by the Borrower under the Note when combined with any and all other charges provided for in the Note, in this Agreement or in any other document (to the extent such other charges would constitute interest for the purpose of any applicable law limiting interest that may be charged on this Note), exceeds the highest rate of interest permissible under applicable law (the “Maximum Lawful Rate”), then for so long as the Maximum Lawful Rate would be exceeded, the rate of interest under the Note and this Agreement shall be equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate. In no event shall the total interest received by the Lender under the Note and this Agreement exceed the amount which the Lender could lawfully have received had the interest due under the Note and this Agreement been calculated since the date of this Note at the Maximum Lawful Rate.

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Section 2.6    Additional Interest (Sale Interest or Appraisal Interest). The Borrower shall pay as Additional Interest to the Lender either Sale Interest or Appraisal Interest (but not both) as provided in this Section 2.6. Borrower will, as soon as reasonably possible but not less than five (5) days prior to the date Additional Interest is due, deliver to the Lender the Borrower’s reasonable estimate (and the calculation thereof) of the amount of Additional Interest that will be paid, accompanied by such supporting information as may be reasonably requested by Lender, and an Officer’s Certificate confirming that such estimate is the Borrower’s reasonable estimate of the Additional Interest, but such estimate shall not be binding on the Lender or the Borrower.
(a)    Sale Interest. In the event of a Sale of the Mortgaged Property on or before the Facility Exit Date, the Borrower shall pay Sale Interest to the Lender as provided in this Section 2.6(a). Under no circumstances shall Borrower enter into a Sale of the Mortgaged Property to any Affiliate of the Borrower or the Guarantor without the Lender’s prior written consent.
(i)    In the event of an all-cash Sale of the Mortgaged Property (other than a Sale of the Mortgaged Property as described in Section 2.6(a)(ii)), the Borrower shall pay to the Lender an amount (“Sale Interest”) equal to the Applicable Percentage of the Net Sales Proceeds of such Sale of the Mortgaged Property. The Sale Interest shall be due and payable to Lender on the date Net Sales Proceeds of such Sale of the Mortgaged Property are paid to, or on the order of, the Borrower.
(ii)    In the event of (x) a Sale of the Mortgaged Property that is not an all-cash sale, (y) a Sale of the Mortgaged Property that is part of a sale that includes other assets, or (z) a Sale of the Mortgaged Property that is a Ground Lease Disposition, the Borrower shall pay to the Lender an amount equal to the Applicable Percentage of the greater of (1) Sale Interest that would be paid on account of the purchase price allocated to the Sale of the Mortgaged Property as if the sale were all-cash or (2) Appraisal Interest calculated in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.6(b).
(b)    Appraisal Interest. In the event no Sale of the Mortgaged Property has occurred or is expected to occur on or before the Facility Exit Date or upon the occurrence of a Sale of the Mortgaged Property contemplated under Section 2.6(a)(ii) for which Appraisal Interest is payable, the Borrower shall pay Appraisal Interest to the Lender as provided in this Section 2.6(b). Upon determination of the Appraised Value pursuant to the method contained with the definition of “Appraised Value” herein, the Borrower shall pay to the Lender an amount (“Appraisal Interest”) equal to the Applicable Percentage of the amount that would be allocable and paid to the Lender as Sale Interest in a Sale of the Mortgaged Property in accordance with Section 2.6(a) were a hypothetical Sale of the Mortgaged Property to occur with Net Sales Proceeds equal to the Appraised Value on the applicable date specified above in this Section 2.6(b).
(c)    Survival. This Section 2.6 shall survive any termination of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents until the Additional Interest has been paid to, and received by, the Lender.
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Section 2.8    [Reserved].
Section 2.9    [Reserved].
Section 2.10    Payments, Computations, Etc.
Whenever any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of the payment of Interest, Additional Interest or any fee payable hereunder, as the case may be. All payments made under the Transaction Documents shall be applied first, to the payment of any sums (other than principal, interest and Additional Interest) due from Borrower to Lender under the Transaction Documents, second, to any interest (other than Additional Interest), third, to the Additional Interest, and last to the principal amount.
Section 2.11    Fees.
(a)    The Borrower shall pay Lender’s reasonable estimated fees and out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of Lender’s counsel) in connection with the negotiation, documentation and closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement incurred through the Closing Date on the Closing Date, together with all recording fees and taxes, title insurance premiums, and other costs and expenses related to the Loan.
(b)    The Borrower shall pay the Facility Structuring Fee to the Lender on the Closing Date.
(c)    The Borrower shall pay to the Lender a Facility Advance Fee contemporaneously with each and every Advance; provided, that, without duplication, the Lender may elect to pay itself a Facility Advance Fee with monies deducted from the related Advance.
(d)    The Borrower shall pay to the Lender a one-time Facility Increase Fee concurrently with the Advance, if any, that is the first Advance in which the aggregate Advances made by the Lender shall exceed $2,500,000; provided, that, without duplication, the Lender may elect to pay itself the Facility Increase Fee with monies deducted from the related Advance. For the avoidance of doubt, the payment of a one-time Facility Increase Fee does not negate the requirement that the Borrower simultaneously pay a Facility Advance Fee in connection with the one-time Advance described in this Section 2.11(d).
Section 2.12    Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy; Illegality.
(a)    If either (i) the introduction of or any change (including, without limitation, any change by way of imposition or increase of reserve requirements) in or in the interpretation of any Applicable Law or (ii) the compliance by an Indemnified Party with any guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law), shall (a) subject an Indemnified Party to any Tax or increased Tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement or change the basis of taxation of payments to the Lender in respect

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thereof, or any right or obligation to make Advances or on any payment made hereunder, (b) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any reserve requirement imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, but excluding any reserve requirement, if any, included in the determination of Interest), special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the amount of, or credit extended by, any Indemnified Party or (c) impose any other condition affecting any Indemnified Party’s rights hereunder or under any other Transaction Document, the result of which is to increase the cost to any Indemnified Party or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by an Indemnified Party under this Agreement or under any other Transaction Document, then on the Facility Maturity Date following demand by such Indemnified Party (which demand shall be accompanied by a statement setting forth the basis for such demand), the Borrower shall pay directly to such Indemnified Party such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Indemnified Party for such additional or increased cost incurred or such reduction suffered.
(b)    If either (i) the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law, guideline, rule, regulation, directive or request or (ii) compliance by any Indemnified Party with any law, guideline, rule, regulation, directive or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority or agency (whether or not having the force of law), including, without limitation, compliance by an Indemnified Party with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of any Indemnified Party as a consequence of its obligations hereunder or arising in connection herewith to a level below that which any such Indemnified Party could have achieved but for such introduction, change or compliance (taking into consideration the policies of such Indemnified Party with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Indemnified Party to be material, then from time to time, on the Facility Maturity Date following demand by such Indemnified Party (which demand shall be accompanied by a statement setting forth the basis for such demand), the Borrower shall pay directly to such Indemnified Party such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Indemnified Party for such reduction.
(c)    If as a result of any event or circumstance similar to those described in clause (a) or (b) of this Section 2.12, any Indemnified Party is required to compensate a bank or other financial institution providing liquidity support, credit enhancement or other similar support to such Indemnified Party in connection with this Agreement or the funding or maintenance of Advances hereunder, then within ten (10) days after demand by such Indemnified Party, the Borrower shall pay to such Indemnified Party such additional amount or amounts as may be necessary to reimburse such Indemnified Party for any amounts payable or paid by it.
(d)    In determining any amount provided for in this Section 2.12, the Indemnified Party may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods. Any Indemnified Party making a claim under this Section 2.12 shall submit to the Borrower a written description as to such additional or increased cost or reduction and the calculation thereof, which written description shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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demand or receive such compensation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.12, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate an Indemnified Party pursuant to this Section 2.12 for any amounts incurred more than six (6) months prior to the date that such Indemnified Party notifies the Borrower of such Indemnified Party’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided that, if the circumstances giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such six (6) month period shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive effect.
(f)    The Lender agrees that it will take such commercially reasonable actions as the Borrower may reasonably request that will avoid the need to pay, or reduce the amount of, any increased amounts referred to in this Section 2.12 or Section 2.13; provided that the Lender shall not be obligated to take any actions that would, in the reasonable opinion of the Lender, be disadvantageous to the Lender. In no event will Borrower be responsible for increased amounts referred to in this Section 2.12 which relates to any other entities to which the Lender provides financing.
(g)    The payment of amounts under this Section 2.12 shall be on an after‑Tax basis.
Section 2.13    Taxes.
(a)    Any and all payments by or on behalf of the Borrower under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents to which the Borrower is a party shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities (including penalties, interest and additions to tax) with respect thereto, whether now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any taxation authority or other Governmental Authority (collectively, “Taxes”), unless required by law. If the Borrower shall be required under any applicable requirement of law to deduct or withhold any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under or in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents to the Lender (including for purposes of Section 2.12 and this Section 2.13, any assignee, successor, or participant), (i) Borrower shall make all such deductions and withholdings in respect of Taxes, (ii) Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted or withheld in respect of Taxes to the relevant taxation authority or other Governmental Authority in accordance with any requirement of law, and (iii) the sum payable by Borrower shall be increased as may be necessary so that after Borrower has made all required deductions and withholdings (including deductions and withholdings applicable to additional amounts payable under this Section 2.13(a)) the Lender receives on the date on which the related payment is due an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made in respect of Indemnified Taxes. For purposes of this Agreement “Indemnified Taxes” are Taxes other than (A) Taxes that are imposed on the Lender’s overall net income (and franchise taxes imposed in lieu thereof and branch profits taxes) by the jurisdiction of its applicable lending office, or any political subdivision thereof, unless such Taxes are imposed solely as a result of the Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received payments under, or enforced, this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents (in which case such Taxes will be treated as Indemnified Taxes), (B) Taxes imposed under FATCA, (C) any U.S. federal withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to a Lender at the time

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such person becomes a party hereto (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a change in law) to comply with Section 2.13(e), except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.13(a).
(b)    In addition, Borrower hereby agrees to pay any present or future stamp, recording, documentary, excise, property or value‑added taxes, or similar taxes, charges or levies that arise from any payment made under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or from the execution, delivery or registration of, any performance under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (collectively, “Other Taxes”).
(c)    Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify the Lender for, and to hold it harmless against, the full amount of Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes, and the full amount of Taxes of any kind imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 2.13(c) imposed on or paid by the Lender or any direct or indirect owner of the Lender and any liability (including penalties, additions to tax, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto. The indemnity by Borrower provided for in this Section 2.13(c) shall apply and be made whether or not the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes for which indemnification hereunder is sought have been correctly or legally asserted. Amounts payable by the Borrower under the indemnity set forth in this Section 2.13(c) shall be paid within ten (10) days from the date on which the Lender makes written demand therefor.
(d)    Within thirty (30) days after the date of any payment of Taxes, Borrower (or any Person making such payment on behalf of Borrower) shall furnish to the Lender for its own account a certified copy of the original official receipt evidencing payment thereof.
(e)    Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrower hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Borrower contained in this Section 2.13 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. Nothing contained in Section 2.12 or this Section 2.13 shall require the Lender to make available any of its tax returns or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary.
ARTICLE III

CONDITIONS TO CLOSING AND ADVANCES
Section 3.1    Conditions to Closing.
The Lender shall not be obligated to make any Advance hereunder, nor shall the Lender be obligated to take, fulfill or perform any other action hereunder, until the following conditions have been satisfied, in the sole discretion of, or waived in writing by the Lender:
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(b)    The Lender shall have received satisfactory evidence that the Borrower and the Guarantor have obtained all required consents and approvals of all Persons to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby;
(c)    The Lender shall have received an executed Opinion of Counsel from counsel to the Borrower and the Guarantor, in form and substance acceptable to the Lender in its reasonable discretion;
(d)    All corporate and other proceedings, and all documents, instruments and other legal matters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Lender, and the Lender shall have received such other documents and legal opinions in respect of any aspect or consequence of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby as it shall reasonably request;
(e)    The Lender shall have received a duly executed copy of the Note in a principal amount equal to the Commitment;
(f)    The Lender shall have received a secretary’s certificate of the Borrower and the Guarantor, dated as of the Closing Date, that includes a copy of the resolutions, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender, of the Board of Directors (or analogous governing body) of the Borrower or Guarantor (as Borrower’s sole member) authorizing (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and (ii) the borrowings contemplated thereunder, which certification shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender and shall state that the resolutions thereby certified have not been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded;
(g)    The Lender shall have received a secretary’s certificate of the Borrower and the Guarantor, dated as of the Closing Date, as to the incumbency and signature of the officers of the Borrower and the Guarantor executing any Transaction Document, which certificate shall be included in the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.1(f), shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Lender, and shall be executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and the Guarantor, as applicable;
(h)    The Lender shall have received true and complete copies of the Governing Documents of the Borrower and the Guarantor, certified as of the Closing Date as complete and correct copies thereof by the Secretary of the Borrower and the Guarantor, which certification shall be included in the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.1(f) and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender;
(i)    The Lender shall have received certificates dated as of a recent date from the Secretary of State or other appropriate authority, evidencing the good standing of the Borrower and the Guarantor in the jurisdiction of its organization;
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certified to such Persons as the Lender may designate and prepared in accordance with the Lender’s requirements; and
(k)    The Lender shall have received the Facility Structuring Fee to be received on the Closing Date referred to in Section 2.11(b).
Section 3.2    Conditions Precedent to All Advances.
Each Advance under this Agreement shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that:
(a)    The Borrower shall have delivered to the Lender no later than 1:00 p.m. (Chicago, Illinois, time), two (2) Business Days or twelve (12) Business Days, as applicable pursuant to Section 2.2(b), prior to the related Funding Date a Funding Notice in the form of Exhibit C;
(b)    No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(c)    Lender shall have approved the Uses Statement set forth in the related Funding Notice, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld provided such use(s) shall be a Permitted Use;
(d)    On the date of such Advance the following shall be true and correct, and the Borrower shall have certified in the related Funding Notice that all conditions precedent to the requested Advance have been satisfied and shall thereby be deemed to have certified that:
(i)    The representations and warranties contained in Section 4.1 are true and correct in all respects on and as of such day as though made on and as of such day and shall be deemed to have been made on such day (other than any representation and warranty that is made as of a specific date);
(ii)    No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred;
(iii)    On and as of such day, immediately after giving effect to such Advance, the Advances Outstanding do not exceed the Commitment;
(iv)    On and as of such day, the Borrower has performed all of the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement to be performed by such Person on or prior to such day;
(v)    No Applicable Law shall prohibit or enjoin the making of such Advance by the Lender;
(e)    With respect to any Advance, neither the Facility Maturity Date nor the occurrence of a Default shall have occurred;
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(including survey exceptions), together with a title search indicating that the Mortgaged Property is free from all Liens, claims and other encumbrances not previously approved by the Lender, subject to the Borrower’s rights to contest Liens, claims and other encumbrances in accordance with this Agreement; and
(g)    The Borrower shall have paid all fees then required to be paid and, without duplication of Section 2.11, shall have reimbursed the Lender for all fees, costs and expenses then required to be paid in connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents and each Advance, if any, including the reasonable attorney fees and any other legal and document preparation costs incurred by the Lender.
The failure of the Borrower to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions precedent in respect of any Advance shall give rise to a right of the Lender, which right may be exercised at any time on the demand of the Lender, to rescind such Advance relating to the Loan that failed to satisfy the foregoing conditions precedent and direct the Borrower to pay to the Lender an amount equal to such Advance.
ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 4.1    Representations and Warranties of the Borrower.
The Borrower represents and warrants as follows as of the Closing Date, each Funding Date, and as of each other date provided under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents on which such representations and warranties are required to be (or deemed to be) made:
(a)    Organization and Good Standing. The Borrower (i) has been duly organized, and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing, under the laws of the State of Arizona, and (ii) has all requisite corporate power and authority to own or lease the Mortgaged Property, and conduct its business as such business is presently conducted. The Guarantor (i) has been duly incorporated, and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing, under the laws of the State of Delaware, and (ii) has all requisite corporate power and authority to be the sole member of the Borrower and to conduct its business as such business is presently conducted.
(b)    Due Qualification. The Borrower and the Guarantor are each (i) duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a limited liability company or corporation, as applicable, in its jurisdiction of formation, and (ii) has obtained all necessary qualifications, licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualifications, licenses or approvals, except where the failure to be so qualified, licensed or approved would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c)    Power and Authority; Due Authorization; Execution and Delivery. The Borrower and the Guarantor each (i) have all necessary limited liability company or corporation, as applicable, power, authority and legal right to (a) execute and deliver each Transaction Document to which it is a party, and (b) carry out the terms of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party,

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and (ii) has duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company or corporation, as applicable, action, the execution, delivery and performance of each Transaction Document to which it is a party on the terms and conditions herein provided. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which the Borrower or the Guarantor is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower or the Guarantor, as applicable.
(d)    Binding Obligation. Each Transaction Document to which the Borrower and the Guarantor is a party constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower or the Guarantor, as applicable, enforceable against the Borrower or the Guarantor, as applicable, in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Insolvency Laws and by general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in equity).
(e)    No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by each Transaction Document to which it is a party and the fulfillment of the terms thereof will not (i) conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, the Governing Documents of the Borrower, the Guarantor or any Contractual Obligation of the Borrower or the Guarantor, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the terms of any such Contractual Obligation, other than this Agreement, or (iii) violate any Applicable Law.
(f)    Agreements. The Borrower is not a party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any corporate restriction that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary of the Borrower is in default in any manner under any provision of any indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing other Indebtedness, or any other material agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties or assets are or may be bound, or any judgment, decree or order by which the Borrower is bound, where such defaults could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(g)    No Proceedings. There is no litigation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower, before any Governmental Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of any Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by any Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party or (iii) that could reasonably be expected to have Material Adverse Effect.
(h)    All Consents Required. All approvals, authorizations, consents, orders, licenses, filings or other actions of any Person or of any Governmental Authority (if any) required for (i) the due execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of each Transaction Document to which the Borrower or the Guarantor is a party and (ii) the grant of a security interest in the Collateral on the terms and conditions provided herein, have been obtained.
(i)    Solvency. The Borrower (i) is Solvent and (ii) is not the subject of any Insolvency Proceedings or Insolvency Event. The transactions under the Transaction Documents to which the Borrower is a party do not and will not render the Borrower not Solvent.

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(j)    Taxes.
(i)    The Borrower is and has been treated as a disregarded entity of Guarantor for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
(ii)    The Borrower is and has been owned directly by Guarantor.
(iii)    Guarantor is treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
(iv)    The Borrower and Guarantor have timely filed or caused to be timely filed all Tax returns required to be filed by it and have timely paid all Taxes due (including all Taxes on the income and gain of the Borrower).
(k)    Exchange Act Compliance; Regulations T, U and X. None of the transactions contemplated herein or in the other Transaction Documents will violate or result in a violation of Section 7 of the Exchange Act, or any regulations issued pursuant thereto, including, without limitation, Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R., Chapter II. The Borrower does not own or intend to carry or purchase, and no proceeds from the Advances will be used to carry or purchase, any “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulation U or to extend “purpose credit” within the meaning of Regulation U.
(l)    Reports Accurate. All information, exhibits, Funding Notices, financial statements, documents, books, records or reports relating to the Borrower and the Guarantor furnished or to be furnished to the Lender by the Borrower or the Guarantor in connection with this Agreement are true, complete and correct in all material respects. No financial statement, material report, material certificate or other material information (other than projected financial information, pro forma financial information, estimated financial information and other projected or estimated information) furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of the Borrower and the Guarantor to the Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), taken together as a whole, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, pro forma financial information, estimated financial information and other projected or estimated information, such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.
(m)    FEIN. The Borrower’s Federal Employee Identification Number is 36-4746825.
(n)    Burdensome Provisions. The Borrower does not have any actual knowledge of future expenditures needed to meet the provisions of any statutes, orders, rules or regulations of a Governmental Authority will be so burdensome as to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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(o)    Absence of Defaults. No event has occurred or is continuing which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default.
(p)    Investment Company Act. The Borrower is not, and is not “controlled by”, an “investment company” within the meaning of, and is not subject to regulation under, the 1940 Act.
(q)    ERISA. The Borrower does not maintain, nor are any employees of the Borrower permitted to participate in, an “employee pension benefit plan,” as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which is subject to Title IV of ERISA (a “Pension Plan”).
(r)    Compliance with Law. The Borrower has complied in all material respects with all Applicable Law to which it may be subject (including, without limitation, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws, laws, rules and regulations relating to licensing, truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting, equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy).
(s)    No Material Adverse Effect. Since the most recent date the Borrower has provided the Lender such financial statements for the Borrower, no event, change or condition has occurred that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the Borrower.
(t)    Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. Each representation or warranty by the Borrower contained herein or in any report, financial statement, exhibit, schedule, certificate or other document furnished by the Borrower or the Guarantor pursuant hereto, in connection herewith or in connection with the negotiation hereof is true and correct in all material respects.
(u)    USA Patriot Act. Neither the Borrower, the Guarantor nor any Affiliate of the Borrower or the Guarantor is (i) a country, territory, organization, person or entity named on an Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) list; (ii) a Person that resides or has a place of business in a country or territory named on such lists or which is designated as a “Non‑Cooperative Jurisdiction” by the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering, or whose subscription funds are transferred from or through such a jurisdiction; (iii) a “Foreign Shell Bank” within the meaning of the USA Patriot Act, i.e., a foreign bank that does not have a physical presence in any country and that is not affiliated with a bank that has a physical presence and an acceptable level of regulation and supervision; or (iv) a person or entity that resides in or is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction designated by the United States Secretary of the Treasury under Sections 311 or 312 of the USA Patriot Act as warranting special measures due to money laundering concerns.
(v)    Broker’s Fees. No broker’s or finder’s fee, commission or similar compensation will be payable with respect to the Loan, the issuance of the Note or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby or by any of the Transaction Documents based upon any broker or lender engaged by the Borrower, the Guarantor or their respective Affiliates.

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(w)    Title to Mortgaged Property. To the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, the Borrower has good and marketable fee simple title to the Land and good title to the other components of the Mortgaged Property, subject only to the Permitted Encumbrances. Borrower owns or leases all real and personal property necessary for the operation of the Mortgaged Property subject only to the Permitted Encumbrances. To the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, except for the Permitted Encumbrances, the Mortgaged Property is free and clear of Liens and other encumbrances. There are no assessments for improvements or other similar outstanding charges or Impositions affecting the Mortgaged Property. To the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, no improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the Land to any extent which would materially impair the Mortgaged Property. The Title Policy premium has been fully paid. Except for customary gap undertakings and customary owner’s affidavits and indemnities, neither the Borrower, nor, to the Borrower’s knowledge, any other Person, has provided any title indemnities (or analogous documentation) or deposits of cash or other security to the title insurer to obtain the Title Policy. To the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, the Permitted Encumbrances do not and will not materially interfere with the security intended to be provided by the Deed of Trust, the use or operation of the Mortgaged Property or the marketability or value of the Mortgaged Property. Borrower will preserve its right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Property for so long as the Obligations remain outstanding and will warrant and defend same and the validity and priority of the Deed of Trust and the Liens arising pursuant to the Transaction Documents from and against any and all claims whatsoever other than the Permitted Encumbrances. To Borrower’s knowledge, the plat of survey provided by, or on behalf of the Borrower, to the Lender in connection with this Agreement does not fail to reflect any material matter affecting the Mortgaged Property or the title to the Mortgaged Property.
(x)    Vacant Land. The Land is vacant and no buildings, improvements, alterations or appurtenances are located upon, in, under or above the Land or any part thereof.
(y)    Flood; Irrigation; Access, etc. To the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, no part of the Mortgaged Property is within a flood plain or in a flood hazard area as defined by the Federal Insurance Administration. To the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, any irrigation lines servicing the Mortgaged Property are entirely located on the Mortgaged Property or are located on adjacent property pursuant to validly created and existing perpetual appurtenant easements insured as appurtenant easements in the Title Policy. To the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, the Land has legally adequate contiguous rights of access to public ways or private roads created by perpetual appurtenant easements insured as appurtenant in the Title Policy. To the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, all roads necessary for the full utilization of the Land for their current purpose have been completed and dedicated to public use and accepted by all governmental authorities or are validly created and existing perpetual appurtenant easements insured as appurtenant easements in the Title Policy. To the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, no offsite improvements are necessary or used for the ownership of the Mortgaged Property, other than public utilities and public and/or private roadways. Borrower has not entered into any agreement or option, and is not otherwise bound, to sell the Mortgaged Property (or any part thereof) or to acquire any additional real estate or investments.
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pending or, to Borrower’s knowledge threatened, or judgments or orders relating to any Hazardous Materials (collectively called “Environmental Claims”) asserted or threatened against Borrower, or to Borrower’s knowledge, against any predecessor owner, tenant or operator or relating to any real property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by Borrower, including the Mortgaged Property. To Borrower’s knowledge, neither Borrower nor any other Person has caused or permitted any Hazardous Material to be used, generated, reclaimed, transported, released, treated, stored or disposed of in a manner which could form the basis for an Environmental Claim against Borrower. To Borrower’s knowledge, no Hazardous Materials in violation of applicable Environmental Laws are or were stored or otherwise located, and no underground storage tanks or surface impoundments are or were located, on real property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by Borrower, including the Mortgaged Property, or on adjacent parcels of real property, and no part of such real property and no part of such adjacent parcels of real property, including the groundwater located thereon, is presently contaminated by Hazardous Materials in violation of applicable Environmental Laws or to any extent which has, or might reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the Environmental Report, to Borrower’s knowledge, Borrower and the Mortgaged Property has been and is currently in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, including obtaining and maintaining in effect all permits, licenses or other authorizations required by applicable Environmental Laws.
(aa)    Insurance. All insurance premiums due and payable with respect to the Mortgaged Property have been paid in full, no notice of cancellation has been received with respect to such policies and, to Borrower’s knowledge, Borrower is in compliance, in all material respects, with all conditions contained in such policies.
(bb)    Special Assessments; Taxes. Except as disclosed in the Title Policy, there are no pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower proposed, special or other assessments for public improvements or otherwise affecting the Mortgaged Property, nor, to Borrower’s knowledge, are there any contemplated improvements to the Mortgaged Property that may result in such special or other assessments. Borrower has provided Lender with true, correct and complete copies of all bills and invoices for material Impositions which have been levied or assessed against or are outstanding with respect to the Mortgaged Property. Borrower has provided Lender with a true, correct and complete schedule of the assessment of the Mortgaged Property in effect as of the Closing Date. Borrower has not received any notice that any portion of the Mortgaged Property has been re‑assessed or is currently the subject of a reassessment. No portion of the Mortgaged Property is exempt from taxation or constitutes an “omitted” tax parcel. No material Impositions are currently delinquent or outstanding with respect to the Mortgaged Property. The conveyance of the Mortgaged Property to Borrower does not, in and of itself, constitute the basis for any reassessment of all or any part of the Mortgaged Property or the basis for any increase in any currently outstanding or previously satisfied Impositions which has not already been imposed and disclosed in writing to Lender by Borrower. No tax contests of any Impositions or assessments are currently pending. The Land constitutes a separate tax lot or lots, with a separate tax assessment or assessments, independent of any other Land not constituting a part of the Mortgaged Property and no other Land is assessed and taxed together with any portion of the Mortgaged Property.

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(cc)    Business Loan. The Loan is solely for business and/or investment purposes, and is not intended for personal, family, household or agricultural purposes. The Borrower warrants that the proceeds of the Loan shall be used for commercial purposes and stipulates that the Loan shall be construed for all purposes as a commercial loan.
(dd)    Valid Security Interest. This Agreement constitutes a security agreement within the meaning of Section 9‑102(a)(74) of the UCC as in effect from time to time in the State of Illinois. Upon the delivery to the Lender of all Collateral constituting Instruments, and the filing of the Financing Statements in the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, such security interest shall be a valid and first priority perfected security interest in all of the Collateral (subject to Permitted Liens) in that portion of the Collateral in which a security interest may be created under 9 of the UCC as in effect from time to time in the State of Illinois.
(ee)    Title to Gabella Assets. To the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, a Subsidiary of Guarantor has good and marketable fee simple title to the Gabella Assets.
ARTICLE V

GENERAL COVENANTS
Section 5.1    Affirmative Covenants of the Borrower.
The Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lender that so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the Obligations shall have been paid in full:
(a)    Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will comply in all material respects with all Applicable Laws.
(b)    Preservation of Company Existence. The Borrower will (i) preserve and maintain its company existence, rights, franchises, licenses and privileges necessary to the conduct of its business in the jurisdiction of its formation, (ii) qualify and remain qualified in good standing as a limited liability company in each jurisdiction where the failure to preserve and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, licenses, privileges and qualification has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) maintain the Governing Documents of the Borrower in full force and effect and shall not amend the same without the prior written consent of the Lender if such amendment would be materially adverse to the Lender.
(c)    Keeping of Records and Books of Account. The Borrower and the Guarantor will keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and all requirements of law are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Borrower and the Guarantor will permit any representatives designated by the Lender to visit and inspect the financial records and the properties of such person at reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested, without unreasonably interfering with such party’s business and affairs and to make extracts from and copies of such financial records, and permit any representatives designated by the Lender to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of such person with the officers thereof and independent accountants therefor, in each case, other than (x) material

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and affairs protected by the attorney‑client privilege and (y) materials which such party may not disclose without violation of confidentiality obligations binding upon it. For the avoidance of doubt, the right of the Lender provided herein to visit and inspect the financial records and properties of the Borrower and the Guarantor shall be limited to not more than one (1) such visit and inspection in any fiscal quarter; provided that after the occurrence of an Event of Default and during its continuance, there shall be no limit to the number of such visits and inspections, and after the resolution of such Event of Default, the number of visits occurring in the current fiscal quarter shall be deemed to be zero.
(d)    Compliance with Agreements. The Borrower will comply in all material respects with each term, condition and provision of all material leases, material agreements and other material instruments to which it is a party.
(e)    Events of Default. Promptly following the Borrower’s knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default or Default, the Borrower will provide the Lender with written notice of the occurrence of such Event of Default or Default of which the Borrower has knowledge or has received notice. In addition, such notice will include a written statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of such event and the action that the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto.
(f)    Obligations. The Borrower shall (i) pay all assessments and other governmental charges that may be levied or assessed upon it or any of its assets, including the Mortgaged Property, (ii) pay its Indebtedness and other obligations promptly and in accordance with the terms thereof, and (iii) pay and discharge promptly when due all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies or otherwise that, if unpaid, might give rise to a Lien on any of its assets, including the Mortgaged Property.
(g)    Taxes.
(i)    The Borrower will at all times continue to be treated as a disregarded entity of the Guarantor for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
(ii)    The Borrower will at all times continue to be owned directly and indirectly by the Guarantor.
(iii)    The Guarantor will at all times continue to be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
(iv)    The Guarantor will timely file or cause to be timely filed all Tax returns required to be filed by it and will timely pay all Taxes due (including all Taxes on the income and gain of the Borrower).
(h)    Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Advances only for a Permitted Use as specified in the Uses Statement.
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(i)    Income Tax Liability. Within ten (10) Business Days after its receipt of the same, any revenue agent report or other written proposal, determination or assessment of the Internal Revenue Service (or any other taxing authority) which proposes, determines or otherwise sets forth any increase to the Tax liability of, or assesses or proposes the collection of Taxes required to have been withheld by, the Borrower which, when aggregated with all other such items, equals or exceeds $1,000,000 in the aggregate, in each case. specifying the nature of the items giving rise to such adjustments and the amounts thereof. The Borrower may deliver such required notice by telephone if the same is confirmed in writing within five (5) Business Days;
(ii)    Auditors’ Management Letters. Promptly after the receipt thereof, any auditors’ management letters are received by the Guarantor or by its accountants;
(iii)    Representations and Warranties. Promptly after receiving knowledge or notice of the same, the Borrower shall notify the Lender if any representation or warranty set forth in Section 4.1 was incorrect at the time it was given or deemed to have been given and at the same time deliver to the Lender a written notice setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such facts and circumstances. In particular, but without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower shall notify the Lender in the manner set forth in the preceding sentence before any Funding Date of any facts or circumstances within the knowledge of the Borrower which would render any of the said representations and warranties untrue as of such Funding Date;
(iv)    ERISA. Promptly after receiving notice of any Reportable Event with respect to the Borrower (or any ERISA Affiliate thereof), a copy of such notice;
(v)    Proceedings. As soon as possible after an executive officer of the Borrower receives notice or obtains knowledge thereof, notice of (A) any settlement of, material judgment (including a material judgment with respect to the liability phase of a bifurcated trial) in or commencement of any material labor controversy, material litigation, material action, material suit or material proceeding before any court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, or (B) any other material attachment, material Lien, material levy or material order that may be assessed against or threatened against any of its assets or, the Transaction Documents, or the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower;
(vi)    Accounting Changes. As soon as possible after the effective date thereof, notice of any change in the accounting policies of the Borrower relating to loan accounting or revenue recognition.
(vii)    Anti-Money Laundering. Promptly upon the request thereof, such other information and documentation required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations (including, without limitation, the USA Patriot Act), as from time to time requested by the Lender.

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(viii)    Contractual Obligations. Promptly upon becoming aware thereof, notice of any event that constitutes or that with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute a default or event of default under any material Contractual Obligation of the Borrower (or any Subsidiary of the Borrower) or by which the Borrower may be bound.
(ix)    Governmental Violations. Promptly upon becoming aware thereof, notice of any violation of Applicable Law by the Borrower (or any Subsidiary of the Borrower) received by the Borrower (or any Subsidiary of the Borrower) from any Governmental Authority.
Each notice pursuant to this Section 5.1(i) shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth, in reasonable detail, details of the occurrence related to therein and stating what action the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to such Sections shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Transaction Document that have been breached.
(j)    Financial Statements. The Borrower and the Guarantor shall furnish to the Lender:
(i)    as soon as available, but in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of Borrower and Guarantor, a copy of the balance sheet of Borrower and Guarantor as at the end of such year and the related statements of income and retained earnings and of cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, reported on without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by an independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing;
(ii)    as soon as available, but in any event not later than 60 days after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of Borrower and Guarantor, the balance sheets of the Borrower and Guarantor as at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited statements of income and retained earnings and of cash flows of Borrower and Guarantor for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer of Borrower and Guarantor as being fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year end audit adjustments);
(iii)    within five (5) Business Days after the same are filed, copies of all financial statements, filings and reports which the Borrower and Guarantor may make to, or file with, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;
(iv)    upon demand by the Lender, copies of all foreign, federal, state and local income tax returns and reports filed by the Borrower or the Guarantor or in which the Borrower or the Guarantor was included.

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All financial statements described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 5.1(j) shall be complete and correct in all material respects and shall be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods (except as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed therein).
So long as Guarantor is required by Applicable Laws to file 10Q and 10K Reports with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Guarantor’s obligations under this Section 5.1(j) may be satisfied by delivery to the Lender of such forms 10K with respect to clause (i) of this Section 5.1(j) not later than five (5) Business Days after the date such report is filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and forms 10Q with respect to clause (ii) of this Section 5.1(j) not later than five (5) Business Days after such report is filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
(k)    Further Assurances. The Borrower and the Guarantor will execute any and all further documents, agreements and instruments, and take all further action that may be required under applicable law, or that the Lender may reasonably request, in order to effectuate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(l)    Insurance. The Borrower will maintain or cause to be maintained such policies of insurance as Persons similarly situated to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries would prudently maintain, including without limitation, commercial general liability and umbrella liability insurance, including but not limit to, coverage for bodily injury, property damage, and personal and advertising injury claims arising from the Mortgaged Property with total combined limits of not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 products completed operations aggregate; umbrella liability insurance with limits of $3,000,000 per occurrence and $3,000,000 aggregate. The Borrower shall add the Lender, its subsidiaries, successors, assigns, directors, officers, employees and agents as additional insureds on such insurance policies. All insurance policies shall be issued by an insurer or insurers with an A.M. Best rating of “A: IX” or better and a Standard and Poor’s rating of “A,” or equivalent rating from another agency acceptable to the Lender and be authorized in the state where the Mortgaged Property is located. The amount of any deductible under any insurance policy must be reasonably acceptable to Lender. The Borrower shall pay the premiums for the insurance policies as the same become due and payable. The Borrower shall deliver a certificate or other evidence of insurance acceptable to the Lender evidencing the insurance required hereunder on the Closing Date, together with receipts for the payment of premiums. Any insurance carried by the Lender shall be for its sole benefit and shall not inure to the benefit of the Borrower and any insurance required from the Borrower shall be primary to any available, if any, to the Lender. All required insurance policies, other than professional liability, shall provide that insurers have waived rights of subrogation against the Lender. The required insurance shall be primary without right of contribution from any insurance, which may be carried by the Lender.
(m)    Real Estate Taxes. The Borrower shall pay when due all Impositions relating to the Mortgaged Property.
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working order and condition and will make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs, renewals and replacements thereof. Borrower will prevent any act or thing which might materially impair the value or usefulness of the Mortgaged Property. The Borrower will not commit or permit any waste of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof.
(o)    Environmental Compliance. The Borrower shall: (a)  comply (or cause compliance) at all times with all applicable Environmental Laws in all material respects, and (b) promptly take, or cause to be taken, any and all necessary remedial actions upon obtaining knowledge of the presence, storage, use, disposal, transportation, release or discharge of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Mortgaged Property which has a Material Adverse Effect or is in violation of any Environmental Laws. Borrower shall cause all remedial action with respect to Hazardous Material on, under or about the Mortgaged Property, to comply with all applicable Environmental Laws and the applicable policies, orders and directives of all federal, state and local Governmental Authorities. If Lender at any time has a reasonable basis to believe that there may be a violation of any Environmental Law by, or any liability arising thereunder of, Borrower or related to the Mortgaged Property, Borrower shall, upon request from Lender, provide Lender with such reports, certificates, engineering studies and other written material or data as Lender may reasonably require to confirm compliance by Borrower and the Mortgaged Property with all applicable Environmental Laws. Borrower shall permit Lender, its authorized representatives, consultants or other Persons retained by Lender to enter upon, examine, inspect and perform non-invasive tests (or perform invasive tests, to the extent reasonably approved by the Borrower) on the Mortgaged Property with regard to compliance with Environmental Laws, the presence of Hazardous Materials and the environmental condition of the Mortgaged Property and properties adjacent to the Land, provided such occurs with reasonable advance written notice. Such entry, examination, testing and inspecting and reporting shall be at the expense of Borrower if (x) an Event of Default is then in existence or (y) Lender has reasonably determined based on the results of such entry, examination, testing and/or inspection that there is a material violation of Environmental Law or any material liability arising under Environmental Law, which expense shall be paid by Borrower to Lender upon demand.
(p)    Environmental Disclosure. Borrower shall promptly (in any event within five (5) Business Days) upon becoming aware thereof advise Lender in writing and in reasonable detail of: (1) any release, disposal or discharge of any Hazardous Material at the Mortgaged Property required to be reported to any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory agency under all applicable Environmental Laws; (2) any and all written communications sent or received by Borrower or its agents with respect to any Environmental Claims or any release, disposal or discharge of Hazardous Material required to be reported to any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory agency; (3) any remedial action taken by Borrower or any other Person in response to any Hazardous Material on, under or about any real property owned, leased or operated by Borrower or the Mortgaged Property or its agents, the existence of which could result in an Environmental Claim; and (4) any request for information from any Governmental Authority that indicates such Governmental Authority is investigating whether Borrower or another present or former occupant of the Mortgaged Property may be potentially responsible for a release, disposal or discharge of Hazardous Materials from any of the Mortgaged Property. Borrower shall promptly notify Lender of any proposed action to be taken by Borrower to commence any operations that could reasonably

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be expected to subject Borrower to additional laws, rules or regulations, including laws, rules and regulations requiring additional or amended environmental permits or licenses. Borrower shall, at its own expense, provide copies of such documents or information as Lender may reasonably request in relation to any matters disclosed pursuant to this Section 5.1(p).
(q)    Notice of Sale of Gabella Assets. The Borrower shall cause the Guarantor to cause the Subsidiary of the Guarantor owning title to the Gabella Assets to give notice to the Lender of (i) a Sale of the Gabella Assets or (ii) any contract related to a Sale of the Gabella Assets.
(r)    Groundwater Replenishment District Fees. The Borrower shall timely pay when due any assessments, fees or other charges required under that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for The Village at Sundance Phases 1, 2 & 3 Regarding Membership in the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District, including any assessments, fees or other charges required thereunder in connection with a Sale of the Mortgaged Property.
Section 5.2    Negative Covenants of the Borrower.
The Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lender that so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the Obligations shall have been paid in full:
(a)    Investment. The Borrower will not make any new investments without Lender’s consent other than the purchase of direct obligations of the United States.
(b)    Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, etc. The Borrower will not be a party to any merger or consolidation unless the Borrower is the surviving entity or sell, transfer, convey or lease all or substantially all of its assets.
(c)    ERISA Matters. The Borrower will not (i) engage or permit any ERISA Affiliate to engage in any transaction that is a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code for which an exemption is not available or has not previously been obtained from the United States Department of Labor, (ii) permit to exist any accumulated funding deficiency, as defined in Section 302(a) of ERISA and Section 412(a) of the Code, or funding deficiency with respect to any Pension Plan or an ERISA Affiliate, if any, other than a Multiemployer Plan, (iii) fail to make or permit any ERISA Affiliate to fail to make, any payments to a Multiemployer Plan that the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate may be required to make under the agreement relating to such Multiemployer Plan or any law pertaining thereto, (iv) terminate any Pension Plan of an ERISA Affiliate, if any, so as to result in any liability, or (v) permit to exist any occurrence of any Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan of an ERISA Affiliate, if any.
(d)    Governing Documents. The Borrower will not amend, modify, waive or terminate any provision of its articles or certificate of incorporation, in each instance, which would be materially adverse to the Lender, without the prior written consent of the Lender.

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(e)    Restricted Payments. The Borrower will not, without the prior written consent of the Lender, declare or pay any dividend on, or make any payment or distribution on account of, or purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire (directly or indirectly), or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of its Capital Stock or make any distribution of cash, property, or assets to the holders of its Capital Stock, or make any payment to redeem, purchase, repurchase or retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire membership interests of the Borrower now or hereafter outstanding; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may make distributions (including tax distributions) to the holder of its preferred capital stock that is outstanding of the Closing Date.
(f)    Fiscal Year. The Borrower and the Guarantor shall not change its fiscal year or method of accounting without providing the Lender with prior written notice (i) providing a detailed explanation of such changes and (ii) including pro forma financial statements demonstrating the impact of such change.
(g)    Change of Control. The Borrower and the Guarantor shall not enter into any transaction or agreement which results in a Change of Control.
(h)    Nature of Business. The Borrower will not engage in any business other than the business conducted by the Borrower as of the Closing Date and business activities reasonably related or ancillary thereto.
(i)    Indebtedness. The Borrower will not incur (or permit any Subsidiary of the Borrower to incur), any Indebtedness, without the Lender’s prior written consent.
(j)    Vacant Land. Without Lender’s consent, the Borrower shall not construct or place or permit any construction or placement of any buildings, structures, improvements, alterations or appurtenances upon, in, under or above the Land or any part thereof.
(k)    Liens and Related Matters. The Borrower will not directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to the Mortgaged Property or other Collateral whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, except Permitted Encumbrances. With Lender’s prior written consent, Borrower shall have the right to contest any such Lien securing Claims.
(l)    Transactions with Affiliates. Borrower shall not directly or indirectly enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any director, officer, employee or Affiliate of Borrower or Guarantor, except (i) transactions in the ordinary course of and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the business of Borrower and upon fair and reasonable terms which are fully disclosed to Lender and are no less favorable to Borrower than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate, director, officer or employee of Borrower and (ii) as otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement. Each such agreement with any Affiliate, director, officer or employee of Borrower shall provide that the same may be terminated by Lender at its option if an Event of Default exists. Borrower shall not pay any

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management, consulting, director or similar fees to any director, officer, employee or Affiliate of Borrower, except as specifically provided for in this Agreement.
(m)    Due on Sale or Encumbrance. Without Lender’s reasonable consent, which consent may be given or withheld in the sole discretion of Lender, neither Borrower nor any other Person directly or indirectly holding any direct or indirect legal, beneficial, equitable or other interest in the Borrower or in the Guarantor (at each and every tier or level of ownership) shall, or permit other Persons to, effect a Change of Control or Transfer (whether or not for consideration or of record) of all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property or any direct or indirect legal, equitable, beneficial or other interest (1) in all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property; (2) in Borrower; (3) in Guarantor; or (4) at each and every tier or level of ownership, in Borrower’s direct or indirect partners, members, shareholders, beneficial or constituent owners, including Guarantor and any owners of Guarantor (or the direct or indirect owners of any direct or indirect interests in any such constituent owners), including any merger, consolidation, dissolution, conversion or liquidation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shall not be deemed to be prohibited under this Section 5.2(m): (i)  Transfers of ownership interests in a Person whose stock is listed or quoted on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or NASDAQ, (ii) Transfers of ownership interests in a Person whose stock is or contains preferred equity or (iii) Transfers of common or preferred shares of the Guarantor that do not result in a Change of Control of the Guarantor.
ARTICLE VI

CASUALTY AND CONDEMNATION
Section 6.1    All compensation, proceeds, damages, claims, insurance recoveries, rights of action and payments which the Borrower may receive or to which the Borrower may become entitled with respect to the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof as a result of any casualty or condemnation (the “Proceeds”), shall be paid over to the Lender and shall be applied first toward reimbursement of all costs and expenses of the Lender in connection with recovery of the same, and then shall be applied in the sole and absolute discretion of Lender, without regard to the adequacy of Lender’s security hereunder, to the payment or prepayment of the Obligations in such order as Lender may determine. Any application of the Proceeds or any portion thereof to the Obligations shall not be construed to cure or waive any Default or Event of Default or invalidate any act done pursuant to any such Default or Event of Default.
Section 6.2    The Borrower shall obtain the Lender’s approval prior to any settlement, adjustment or compromise of any claims for loss, damage or destruction under any policy or policies of insurance or with respect to any condemnation, and the Lender shall have the right to participate with the Borrower in negotiation of any such settlement, adjustment or compromise; provided, however, the Borrower shall be permitted, so long as no Event of Default exists, to settle insurance claims of $100,000 or less without the Lender’s approval (but with reasonable advance notice to the Lender). The Lender shall also have the right to appear with the Borrower in any action against an insurer based on a claim for loss, damage or destruction under any policy or policies of insurance.

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ARTICLE VII

[RESERVED]
ARTICLE VIII

SECURITY INTEREST
Section 8.1    Grant of Security Interest.
(a)    To secure the payment, performance and discharge of the Obligations, this Agreement constitutes a security agreement and the Advances effected hereby constitute secured loans by the Lender to the Borrower under Applicable Law. For such purpose, the Borrower hereby conveys and grants as of the Closing Date to the Lender, a lien and continuing security interest in all of the Borrower’s right, title and interest in, to and under the following, in each case, whether now owned or existing, or hereafter acquired or arising, the UCC Collateral (as defined in the Deed of Trust), and wherever the same may be located, to secure the prompt, complete and indefeasible payment and performance in full when due, whether by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise, of the Obligations, whether now or hereafter existing, due or to become due, direct or indirect, or absolute or contingent. Notwithstanding any of the other provisions set forth in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in any property to the extent that such grant of a security interest is prohibited by any Applicable Law not in effect as of the date hereof or requires a consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority pursuant to such Applicable Law. The powers conferred on the Lender hereunder are solely to protect the Lender’s interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Lender to exercise any such powers. The Lender shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither it nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to the Borrower for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. If the Borrower fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein, the Lender, at its option, but without any obligation to do so, may itself perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement. The expenses of the Lender incurred in connection with such performance or compliance, together with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to Advances, shall be payable by the Borrower to the Lender on demand and shall constitute Obligations secured hereby.
(b)    The grant of a security interest under this Section 8.1 does not constitute and is not intended to result in a creation or an assumption by the Lender of any obligation of the Borrower or any other Person in connection with any or all of the Collateral or under any agreement or instrument relating thereto. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) the Borrower shall remain liable under any applicable Collateral to the extent set forth therein to perform all of its duties and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, (b) the exercise by the Lender of any of its rights in the Collateral shall not release the Borrower from any of its duties or obligations under any applicable Collateral, and (c) the Lender shall have no obligation or liability under the Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall the Lender be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of the Borrower thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder.

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Section 8.2    Certain Secured Party Remedies. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Lender shall have all the remedies of a secured party under the UCC and all other rights and remedies now or hereafter provided or permitted by law, including, without limitation, the right to take immediate and exclusive possession of the UCC Collateral, or any part thereof, and for that purpose Lender may, as far as Borrower can give authority therefor, with or without judicial process, enter (if this can be done without breach of the peace) upon any premises on which any of the Collateral or any part thereof may be situated. Without limitation of the foregoing, Lender shall be entitled to hold, maintain, preserve and prepare all of the Collateral for sale and to dispose of said Collateral, if Lender so chooses, from the Mortgaged Property, provided that Lender may require Borrower to assemble such UCC Collateral and make it available to Lender for disposition at a place to be designated by Lender from which the UCC Collateral would be sold or disposed of, and provided further that, for a reasonable period of time prior to the disposition of such UCC Collateral, Lender shall have the right to use same in the operation of the Mortgaged Property. Borrower will execute and deliver to Lender any and all forms, documents, certificates and registrations as may be necessary or appropriate to enable Lender to sell and deliver good and clear title to the UCC Collateral to the buyer at the sale as herein provided. Unless the UCC Collateral is of the type customarily sold on a recognized market, Lender will give Borrower at least ten (10) days’ notice of the time and place of any public sale of such UCC Collateral or of the time after which any private sale or any other intended disposition thereof is to be made. The requirements of reasonable notice shall be met if such notice is given to Borrower at least ten (10) days before the time of the sale or disposition. Lender may buy at any public sale and, if the UCC Collateral is of a type customarily sold in a recognized market or is a type which is the subject of widely distributed standard price quotations, it may buy at private sale. Unless Lender shall otherwise elect, any sale of the UCC Collateral shall be solely as a unit and not in separate lots or parcels; it being expressly agreed, however, that Lender shall have the absolute right to dispose of such UCC Collateral in separate lots or parcels. Lender shall further have the absolute right to elect to sell the UCC Collateral as a unit with, and not separately from, the Land and any improvements constituting a portion of the Mortgaged Property. The net proceeds realized upon any disposition of the UCC Collateral, after deduction for the expenses of retaining, holding, preparing for sale, selling and the like and the attorneys’ fees and legal expenses incurred by Lender shall be applied towards satisfaction of such of the Obligations secured hereby, and in such order of application, as Lender may elect. If all of the Obligations are satisfied, Lender will account to Borrower for any surplus realized on such disposition.
Section 8.3    Power of Attorney. The Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints the Lender its true and lawful attorney (with full power of substitution) in its name, place and stead and at is expense, in connection with the enforcement of the rights and remedies provided for (and subject to the terms and conditions set forth) in this Agreement during the continuance of an Event of Default, including without limitation the following powers: (a) to give any necessary receipts or acquittance for amounts collected or received hereunder, (b) to make all necessary transfers of the Collateral in connection with any such sale or other disposition made pursuant hereto, (c) to execute and deliver for value all necessary or appropriate bills of sale, assignments and other instruments in connection with any such sale or other disposition, the Borrower hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney (or any substitute) shall lawfully do hereunder and pursuant hereto, and (d) to sign any agreements, orders or other documents in connection with or pursuant

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to any Transaction Document. Nevertheless, if so requested by the Lender, the Borrower shall ratify and confirm any such sale or other disposition by executing and delivering to the Lender or such purchaser all proper bills of sale, assignments, releases and other instruments as may be designated in any such request.
ARTICLE IX

EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section 9.1    Events of Default.
The following events shall be Events of Default (“Events of Default”) hereunder:
(a)    any failure by the Borrower to make any payment when due under the Transaction Documents; or
(b)    the occurrence of a default resulting from any failure by the Borrower, the Guarantor and/or their respective Affiliates to make any payment when due under any loans or financings between (i) the Lender or its Affiliates and (ii) the Borrower, the Guarantor and/or their respective Affiliates, which is not cured within any applicable grace or cure period; or
(c)     any failure on the part of the Borrower or the Guarantor duly to observe or perform in any material respect any other covenants or agreements of the Borrower or the Guarantor (other than those specifically addressed by a separate Event of Default), as applicable, set forth in this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents and the same continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days (if such failure can be remedied) after the date on which written notice of such failure requiring the same to be remedied shall have been given to the Borrower or the Guarantor; provided, however, if such remedy cannot reasonably be completed prior to the end of such 30-day period, such 30-day remediation period will be extended as reasonably necessary, but not by more than sixty (60) days provided that Borrower or the Guarantor has commenced the remediation within such 30-day period and proceeds with reasonable diligence to remedy such failure; or
(d)    the occurrence of (i) an Insolvency Event in respect of the Bankruptcy Code relating to the Borrower or the Guarantor or (ii) any other Insolvency Event relating to Borrower or the Guarantor; or
(e)    the acceleration of any Indebtedness incurred (i) by Borrower with respect to an aggregate outstanding principal balance in excess of $100,000, or if such Indebtedness is not paid in full at its stated maturity or (ii) by Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to an aggregate outstanding principal balance in excess of $5,000,000, or if such Indebtedness is not paid in full at its stated maturity; or
(f)    the rendering of one or more Final Judgments, decrees or orders by a court or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction against (I) the Borrower for the payment of money in excess individually or in the aggregate of $100,000, and the Borrower shall not have either (i) discharged or provided for the discharge of any such judgment, decree or order in accordance with its terms

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or (ii) perfected a timely appeal of such judgment, decree or order and caused the execution of same to be stayed during the pendency of the appeal, or (II) the Guarantor (or any of its Subsidiaries) for the payment of money in excess individually or in the aggregate of $5,000,000, and the Guarantor shall not have either (i) discharged or provided for the discharge of any such judgment, decree or order in accordance with its terms or (ii) perfected a timely appeal of such judgment, decree or order and caused the execution of same to be stayed during the pendency of the appeal; or
(g)    the Borrower shall assign or attempt to assign any of its rights, obligations or duties under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Lender (such consent to be provided) in the sole and absolute discretion of the Lender; or
(h)    any failure by the Borrower to pay Proceeds to the Lender when due under this Agreement; or
(i)    any Transaction Document shall (except in accordance with its terms) terminate, cease to be effective or cease to be the legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Borrower or the Guarantor, as applicable; or
(j)    the Borrower or the Guarantor shall, directly or indirectly, contest in any manner the effectiveness, validity, binding nature or enforceability of any Transaction Document; or
(k)    the Borrower or the Guarantor shall become required to register as an “investment company” within the meaning of the 1940 Act or the arrangements contemplated by the Transaction Documents shall require registration as an “investment company” within the meaning of the 1940 Act; or
(l)    the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority shall file notice of a lien pursuant to Section 6323 of the Code with regard to any assets of the Borrower or the Guarantor (or any of their Subsidiaries), or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation shall file notice of a lien pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA with regard to any assets of the Borrower or the Guarantor (or any of their Subsidiaries) and such lien shall not have been released within five (5) Business Days; or
(m)    any representation, warranty or certification made by the Borrower or the Guarantor in any Transaction Document or in any certificate delivered pursuant to any Transaction Document shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made and the same continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days (if such failure can be remedied) after the date on which written notice of such failure requiring the same to be remedied shall have been given to the Borrower; provided, however, if such remedy cannot reasonably be completed prior to the end of such 30-day period, such 30-day remediation period will be extended as reasonably necessary, but not by more than sixty (60) days provided that Borrower has commenced the remediation within such 30-day period and proceeds with reasonable diligence to remedy such failure; or

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(n)    (A) any material provision of any Transaction Document shall at any time for any reason cease to be valid and binding or in full force and effect; or (B) the Borrower or the Guarantor shall deny that the Borrower or the Guarantor has any or further liability or obligation under any material provision of any Transaction Document to which such entity is a party; or (C) the validity or enforceability of any material provision of any Transaction Document shall be contested by the Borrower or the Guarantor; or
(o)    Any lien, levy or assessment is filed or recorded with respect to or otherwise imposed upon all or any part of the Mortgaged Property by the United States or any department or instrumentality thereof or by any state, county, municipality or other governmental agency (other than Permitted Encumbrances) and such lien, levy or assessment is not stayed, vacated, paid, discharged or insured or bonded over within thirty (30) days; or
(p)    Either (i) the Borrower or the Guarantor is enjoined, restrained or in any way prevented by the order of any court or any administrative or regulatory agency from conducting all or any material part of its business relating to the Mortgaged Property and such order continues for more than thirty (30) days; or (ii) any order or decree is entered by any court of competent jurisdiction directly or indirectly enjoining or prohibiting the Borrower or the Guarantor from performing any of their obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents; or
(q)    The occurrence of any direct or indirect Change of Control with respect to the Borrower or the Guarantor under Section 5.2(m).
Section 9.2    Remedies.
(a)    Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Lender, in addition to any other rights or remedies available to the Lender at law or in equity, or under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, may exercise any one or more of the following rights and remedies as it, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or desirable:
(1)    Acceleration. Declare immediately due and payable, without further notice, protest, presentment, notice of protest or demand, notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, all Obligations including all monies advanced under this Agreement, the Note, the Deed of Trust and/or any of the Transaction Documents which are then unpaid, together with all interest then accrued thereon and all other amounts then owing. If payment of the Obligations is accelerated, Lender may, in its sole discretion, exercise all rights and remedies hereunder and under the Note, the Deed of Trust and/or any of the other Transaction Documents at law, in equity or otherwise.
(2)    Possession. Enter upon and take possession of the Mortgaged Property and proceed in the name of Lender or Borrower as the attorney-in-fact of Borrower (which authority is hereby granted by Borrower, is coupled with an interest, and is irrevocable), as Lender shall elect. If Lender elects to so enter upon and take possession of the Mortgaged Property, Lender (i) may enforce or cancel all contracts entered into by Borrower or make other contracts which are in Lender’s sole opinion

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advisable, and (iii) shall be reimbursed by Borrower upon demand any reasonable amount or amounts expended by Lender for such performance together with any reasonable costs, charges, or expenses incident thereto or otherwise incurred or expended by Lender or its representatives (including an appraisal) on behalf of Borrower in connection with the Mortgaged Property, and the amounts so expended shall be considered part of the Loan evidenced by the Note and secured by the Transaction Documents and shall bear interest at the Interest Rate.
(3)    No Further Obligations. Terminate Lender’s obligations under this Agreement.
(4)    Injunctive Relief. Institute appropriate proceedings for injunctive relief (including specific performance of the obligations of Borrower).
(5)    Cessation of Advances. Cease making any Advance.
(b)    Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and on and after the Facility Maturity Date, the Lender shall have, in addition to all other rights and remedies under this Agreement or otherwise, all other rights and remedies provided under Applicable Laws, which rights shall be cumulative.
ARTICLE X

INDEMNIFICATION
Section 10.1    Indemnities by the Borrower.
(a)    Without limiting any other rights that any such Person may have hereunder or under Applicable Law, the Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify the Lender, and its successors, assigns and officers, members, managers, partners, Affiliates, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”), forthwith on demand, from and against any and all damages, losses, claims, liabilities and related costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as the “Indemnified Amounts”) awarded against or incurred by such Indemnified Party and other non‑monetary damages of any such Indemnified Party or any of them arising out of or as a result of this Agreement, excluding, however, any Indemnified Amounts to the extent resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of any Indemnified Party or in respect of Taxes (other than those described in clause (iv) of this Section 10.1(a) or in Section 2.12, Section 2.13, or Section 12.9). If the Borrower has made any indemnity payment pursuant to this Section 10.1 and Section 10.3 and such payment fully indemnified the recipient thereof and the recipient thereafter collects any payments from others in respect of such Indemnified Amounts then, the recipient shall repay to the Borrower an amount equal to the amount it has collected from others in respect of such indemnified amounts. Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower shall indemnify each Indemnified Party for Indemnified Amounts (except to the extent resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of any Indemnified Party) relating to or resulting from:

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(i)    any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Borrower or any of its officers or members under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, which shall have been false or incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made or delivered;
(ii)    the failure by the Borrower to comply with any term, provision or covenant contained in this Agreement or any agreement executed in connection with this Agreement, or with any Applicable Law, with respect to any Collateral or the nonconformity of any Collateral with any such Applicable Law;
(iii)    the failure by the Borrower to pay when due any Taxes for which the Borrower is liable, including without limitation, sales, excise or personal property taxes payable in connection with the Collateral, or Impositions payable in connection with the Mortgaged Property;
(iv)    any repayment by the Lender of any amount previously distributed in reduction of Advances Outstanding or payment of Interest or any other amount due hereunder which amount the Lender believes in good faith is required to be repaid; or
(v)    any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to this Agreement or the use of proceeds of Advances.
(b)    Following any Indemnified Party’s demand therefor, accompanied by a reasonably detailed description in writing of the related damage, loss, claim, liability and related costs and expenses, any amounts subject to the indemnification provisions of this Section 10.1 shall be due and payable by the Borrower to such Person on the Facility Maturity Date.
(c)    If for any reason the indemnification provided above in this Section 10.1 is unavailable to the Indemnified Party or is insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless, then the Borrower shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits received by such Indemnified Party on the one hand and the Borrower, on the other hand but also the relative fault of such Indemnified Party as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to contribute in respect of any Indemnified Amounts excluded in Section 10.1(a). Any amount to be contributed by Borrower under this Section 10.1(c) shall be due and payable by Borrower on the Facility Maturity Date.
Section 10.2    After‑Tax Basis.
Indemnification under Section 10.1, Section 2.12, Section 2.13, and Section 12.9 shall be on an after‑Tax basis.
ARTICLE XI

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ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.1    Amendments and Waivers.
No amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective without the written agreement of the Borrower and the Lender.
Section 12.2    Notices, Etc.
All notices, reports and other communications provided for hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing (including communication by facsimile copy) and mailed, e‑mailed, faxed, transmitted or delivered, as to each party hereto, at its address set forth on Annex A to this Agreement or at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties hereto. All such notices and communications shall be effective, upon receipt, or in the case of (a) notice by mail, five (5) days after being deposited in the United States mail, first class postage prepaid, (b) notice by e‑mail, when verbal or electronic communication of receipt is obtained, or (c) notice by facsimile copy, when verbal communication of receipt is obtained.
Section 12.3    Jury Trial.BORROWER AND LENDER HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS CREDIT TRANSACTION AND LENDER/BORROWER RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED. BORROWER AND LENDER ALSO WAIVE ANY BOND OR SURETY OR SECURITY UPON SUCH BOND WHICH MIGHT, BUT FOR THIS WAIVER, BE REQUIRED OF BORROWER OR LENDER. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL‑ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS CREDIT TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. BORROWER AND LENDER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THE WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THE WAIVER IN THEIR RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. BORROWER AND LENDER FURTHER WARRANT AND REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING, AND THE WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THE TRANSACTINO DOCUMENTS, OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE LOAN. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

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Initial (Lender): _____        Initial (Borrower): ____
Section 12.4    No Waiver; Remedies.
No failure on the part of the Lender to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights and remedies provided by law.
Section 12.5    Binding Effect; Benefit of Agreement.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Lender and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Each Indemnified Party and each Indemnified Party shall be an express third party beneficiary of this Agreement.
Section 12.6    Term of this Agreement.
This Agreement, including, without limitation, the Borrower’s representations and covenants set forth in Articles IV and V, creates and constitutes the continuing obligation of the parties hereto in accordance with its terms, and shall remain in full force and effect until the indefeasible payment and satisfaction of all of Borrower’s Obligations; provided that the rights and remedies with respect to any breach of any representation and warranty made or deemed made by the Borrower pursuant to Articles IV and V, the provisions, including, without limitation, the indemnification and payment provisions, of Article X, Section 2.13 and Section 12.9, shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
Section 12.7    Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Objection to Venue.
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Section 12.8    Waivers.
The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a)    submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non‑exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Illinois, the courts of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois, and appellate courts from any thereof;
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proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c)    agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the Borrower;
(d)    agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and
(e)    waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 12.8 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
Section 12.9    Costs and Expenses.
(a)    In addition to the rights of indemnification granted to the Indemnified Parties under Article X hereof, the Borrower agrees to pay on demand (except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11(a) and 2.11(b)) all costs and expenses of the Lender therefor incurred in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration (including periodic auditing), renewal, amendment or modification of, or any waiver or consent issued in connection with, this Agreement, the Note, the other Transaction Documents and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and out‑of‑pocket expenses of counsel for such Person with respect thereto and with respect to advising such Person as to their respective rights and remedies under this Agreement, the Note, the other Transaction Documents and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, and all costs and expenses, if any (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses), incurred by such Person in connection with the enforcement of the Transaction Documents by such Person and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or in connection herewith.
Section 12.10    Execution in Counterparts; Severability; Integration.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts (including by facsimile), each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. In case any provision in or obligation under this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and any agreements or letters (including fee letters) executed in connection herewith contain the final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings.
Section 12.11    Waiver of Setoff.

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Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right of setoff it may have or to which it may be entitled under this Agreement from time to time against the Lender or its assets.
Section 12.12    Assignments by the Lender.
(a)    The Lender may assign, transfer, dispose of, hypothecate, encumber, pledge, or grant a security interest in or sell a participation interest in all or any part its interest in the Advances and any Transaction Document to any Person. The Borrower shall not assign or delegate, or grant any interest in, or permit any Lien to exist upon, any of the Borrower’s rights, obligations or duties under the Transaction Documents without the prior written consent of the Lender.
(b)    The Lender, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of Borrower, shall maintain at its office, a copy of each assignment of transfer pursuant to Section 12.12(a) delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the applicable parties (including participants), and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Advances owing thereto pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). Transfer by the Lender of its rights hereunder or under any Note may be effected only by the recording by the Lender of the identity of the transferee in the Register. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and Borrower, the Lender and each transferee may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The register shall be available for inspection by Borrower and transferee, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
Section 12.13    Heading and Exhibits.
The headings herein are for purposes of references only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof. The schedules and exhibits attached hereto and referred to herein shall constitute a part of this Agreement and are incorporated into this Agreement for all purposes.
Section 12.14    USA Patriot Act.
The Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow the Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the USA Patriot Act.
Section 12.15    Recourse.
All Obligations under this Agreement and under the other Transaction Documents shall be full recourse obligations of the Borrower.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
 
BORROWER:
 
 
 
 
 
BUENA YUMA, LLC,
an Arizona limited liability company
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
Name:
 
Title:

[Signatures Continued on the Following Page]






 
LENDER:
 
 
 
SRE MONARCH LENDING, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
 
By: Singerman Real Estate Management Company, L.P., its Manager
 
 
 
By: Singerman Real Estate, LLC, its General Partner
 
 
 
By: _________________________________
 
 
 
Name: Seth Singerman
 
Title: Manager
 
 







Annex A
Buena Yuma, LLC
7001 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 2050
Scottsdale, Arizona 85253
Attention: Lawrence D. Bain
E-Mail: ldb@imhfc.com
Fax: 602-926-0343

With a copy to:
IMH Financial Corporation
7001 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 2050
Scottsdale, Arizona 85253
Attention: Legal Department
E-Mail: legal@imhfc.com




Annex A (Continued)
SRE Monarch Lending, LLC
c/o Singerman Real Estate, LLC
980 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1660
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Attention: Charlie Kellogg
E-Mail: ckellogg@singerman.com
Fax: (312) 475-9304

With a copy to:

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
525 West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois 60661-3693
Attention: Kenneth M. Jacobson, Esq.
Email: kenneth.jacobson@kattenlaw.com
Fax: (312) 902-1061




EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Parcel No. 1:

That parcel of land situated in the Southeast quarter of Section 17, Township 1 North, Range 3 West of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona, described as follows:

Commencing at the East quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation Brass Cap marked LS No. 29891, from which the Southeast corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Brass Cap, bears as a basis of bearings South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, 2621.47 feet;

Thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 41 seconds West, along the East-West mid-section line of said Section 17, 1320.37 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 52 seconds West, 1310.75 feet;

Thence South 28 degrees 40 minutes 19 seconds West, 27.33 feet;

Thence South 07 degrees 14 minutes 33 seconds West, 44.78 feet;

Thence South 04 degrees 12 minutes 16 seconds East, 25.44 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 56 minutes 04 seconds East, 142.96 feet to the True point of beginning;

Thence South 00 degrees 56 minutes 04 seconds East, 5.33 feet;

Thence North 85 degrees 16 minutes 11 seconds East, 162.81 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve,
concave Northwesterly, whose radius point bears North 04 degrees 43 minutes 49 seconds West, 600.00 feet;

Thence Northeasterly, along said curve to the left, through a central angle of 43 degrees 20 minutes 02 seconds,
an arc distance of 453.79 feet to a point of tangency;

Thence North 41 degrees 56 minutes 09 seconds East, 24.03 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve, concave Northwesterly, whose radius point bears North 48 degrees 03 minutes 51 seconds West, 492.00 feet;





Thence Northeasterly, along said curve to the left, through a central angle of 31 degrees 18 minutes 01 seconds,
an arc distance of 268.78 feet to a point of tangency;

Thence North 10 degrees 38 minutes 08 seconds East, 9.45 feet;

Thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 18 seconds East, 641.09 feet to a point lying on the Easterly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17;

Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, along said Easterly line, 1360.93 feet;

Thence South 80 degrees 44 minutes 54 seconds West, 1126.04 feet to a point lying on the Southerly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17;

Thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes 25 seconds West, along said Southerly line, 1525.84 feet to the South quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation Brass Cap marked LS No. 29891;

Thence North 00 degrees 17 minutes 46 seconds East, along the North-South mid-section line, 997.14 feet;

Thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 14 seconds East, 375.13 feet;

Thence North 86 degrees 31 minutes 58 seconds East, 135.00 feet;

Thence North 86 degrees 36 minutes 47 seconds East, 142.68 feet;

Thence North 83 degrees 24 minutes 43 seconds East, 419.66 feet;

Thence South 88 degrees 40 minutes 22 seconds East, 84.09 feet;

Thence North 09 degrees 35 minutes 55 seconds East, 26.60 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve, concave Northwesterly, whose radius point bears North 80 degrees 24 minutes 05 seconds West, 175.00 feet;

Thence Northeasterly, along said curve to the left, through a central angle of 03 degrees 47 minutes 06 seconds, an arc distance of 11.56 feet;

Thence South 84 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East, 50 feet;

Thence South 80 degrees 24 minutes 05 seconds East, 97.01 feet to the true point of beginning;

Except that property described as follows:





Commencing at the East quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation Brass Cap marked LS No. 29891, from which the Southeast corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Brass Cap, bears as a basis of bearings South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, 2621.47 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 44 seconds West, along the Easterly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17, 2339.19 feet;

Thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes 24 seconds West, 50.02 feet to the true point of beginning;

Thence South 79 degrees 32 minutes 47 seconds West, 94.39 feet;

Thence North 00 degrees 18 minutes 50 seconds West, 95.36 feet;

Thence North 79 degrees 36 minutes 13 seconds East, 95.48 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 25 seconds West, 95.46 feet to the true point of beginning; and

Except that parcel of land situate in the Southeast quarter of Section 17, Township 1 North, Range 3 West of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona, described as follows:

Commencing at the Southeast quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation Brass Cap, from which the East quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation Brass Cap marked "RLS 29891", bears as basis of bearings North 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds East, 2621.47 feet;

Thence North 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds East, along the Easterly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17, 282.02 feet;

Thence North 89 degrees 39 minutes 18 seconds West, 50.02 feet to the true point of beginning;

Thence South 79 degrees 32 minutes 47 seconds West, 208.69 feet;

Thence North 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds East, 291.06 feet;

Thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 18 seconds East, 205.00 feet to a point on a line which is parallel with, and 50.02 feet Westerly of, the Easterly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17;





Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, along said parallel line, 251.96 feet to the true point of beginning.

Except from this exception that property described as follows::

Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation Brass Cap, from which the East quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation Brass Cap marked "RLS 29891", bears as basis of bearings, North 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds East, 2621.47 feet;

Thence North 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds East, along the Easterly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17, 282.02 feet;

Thence North 89 degrees 39 minutes 18 seconds West, 50.02 feet to the true point of beginning;

Thence South 79 degrees 32 minutes 47 seconds West, 94.39 feet;

Thence North 00 degrees 18 minutes 50 seconds West, 95.36 feet;

Thence North 79 degrees 36 minutes 13 seconds East, 95.48 feet to a point on a line which is parallel with, and 50.02 feet Westerly of, the Easterly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17;

Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, along said parallel line, 95.46 feet to the true point of beginning.


Parcel No. 2:

That parcel of land situated in the Southeast quarter of Section 17, Township 1 North, Range 3 West of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona, described as follows:

Commencing at the East quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation brass cap marked LS No. 29891, from which the Southeast corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County brass cap, bears as a basis of bearings South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, 2621.47 feet;

Thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 41 seconds West, along the East-West mid-section line of said Section 17, 1320.37 feet to the true point of beginning;

Thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 52 seconds West, 1310.75 feet;





Thence South 28 degrees 40 minutes 19 seconds West, 27.33 feet;

Thence South 07 degrees 14 minutes 33 seconds West, 44.78 feet;

Thence South 04 degrees 12 minutes 16 seconds East, 25.44 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 56 minutes 04 seconds East, 148.30 feet;

Thence North 85 degrees 16 minutes 11 seconds East, 162.81 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve, concave Northwesterly, whose radius point bears North 04 degrees 43 minutes 49 seconds West, 600.00 feet;

Thence Northeasterly, along said curve to the left, through a central angle of 43 degrees 20 minutes 02 seconds, an arc distance of 453.79 feet to a point of tangency;

Thence North 41 degrees 56 minutes 09 seconds East, 24.03 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve, concave Northwesterly, whose radius point bears North 48 degrees 03 minutes 51 seconds West, 492.00 feet;

Thence Northeasterly, along said curve to the left, through a central angle of 31 degrees 18 minutes 01 second, an arc distance of 268.78 feet to a point of tangency;

Thence North 10 degrees 38 minutes 08 seconds East, 9.45 feet;

Thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 18 seconds East, 641.09 feet to a point lying on the Easterly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17;

Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, along said Easterly line, 1360.93 feet;

Thence South 80 degrees 44 minutes 54 seconds West, 1126.04 feet to a point lying on the Southerly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17;

Thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes 25 seconds West, along said Southerly line, 1525.84 feet to the South quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation brass cap marked LS No. 29891;

Thence North 00 degrees 17 minutes 46 seconds East, along the North-South mid-section line, 2624.33 feet to the center of said Section 17, which is monumented by a brass cap in a handhole;

Thence South 89 degrees 53 minutes 41 seconds East, along the East-West mid-section line, 1317.99 feet to the true point of beginning;

Except that property described as follows:





Commencing at the East quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation brass cap marked LS No. 29891, from which the Southeast corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County brass cap, bears as a basis of bearings South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, 2621.47 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 44 seconds West, along the Easterly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17, 2339.19 feet;

Thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes 24 seconds West, 50.02 feet to the true point of beginning;

Thence South 79 degrees 32 minutes 47 seconds West, 94.39 feet;

Thence North 00 degrees 18 minutes 50 seconds West, 95.36 feet;

Thence North 79 degrees 36 minutes 13 seconds East, 95.48 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 25 seconds West, 95.46 feet to the true point of beginning; and
That portion described as follows:

That parcel of the Southeast quarter of Section 17, Township 1 North, Range 3 West of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona, described as follows:

Commencing at the East quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation Brass Cap marked LS No. 29891, from which the Southeast corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Brass Cap, bears as a basis of bearings South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, 2621.47 feet;

Thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 41 seconds West, along the East-West mid-section line of said Section 17, 1320.37 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 52 seconds West, 1310.75 feet;

Thence South 28 degrees 40 minutes 19 seconds West, 27.33 feet;

Thence South 07 degrees 14 minutes 33 seconds West, 44.78 feet;

Thence South 04 degrees 12 minutes 16 seconds East, 25.44 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 56 minutes 04 seconds East, 142.96 feet to the true point of beginning;

Thence South 00 degrees 56 minutes 04 seconds East, 5.33 feet;





Thence North 85 degrees 16 minutes 11 seconds East, 162.81 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve, concave Northwesterly, whose radius point bears North 04 degrees 43 minutes 49 seconds West, 600.00 feet;

Thence Northeasterly, along said curve to the left, through a central angle of 43 degrees 20 minutes 02 seconds, an arc distance of 453.79 feet to a point of tangency;

Thence North 41 degrees 56 minutes 09 seconds East, 24.03 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve, concave Northwesterly, whose radius point bears North 48 degrees 03 minutes 51 seconds West, 492.00 feet;

Thence Northeasterly, along said curve to the left, through a central angle of 31 degrees 18 minutes 01 seconds, an arc distance of 268.78 feet to a point of tangency;

Thence North 10 degrees 38 minutes 08 seconds East, 9.45 feet;

Thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 18 seconds East, 641.09 feet to a point lying on the Easterly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17;

Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, along said Easterly line, 1360.93 feet;

Thence South 80 degrees 44 minutes 54 seconds West, 1126.04 feet to a point lying on the Southerly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17;

Thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes 25 seconds West, along said Southerly line, 1525.84 feet to the South quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation Brass Cap marked LS No. 29891;

Thence North 00 degrees 17 minutes 46 seconds East, along the North-South mid-section line, 997.14 feet;

Thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 14 seconds East, 375.13 feet;

Thence North 86 degrees 31 minutes 58 seconds East, 135.00 feet;

Thence North 86 degrees 36 minutes 47 seconds East, 142.68 feet;

Thence North 83 degrees 24 minutes 43 seconds East, 419.66 feet;

Thence South 88 degrees 40 minutes 22 seconds East, 84.09 feet;

Thence North 09 degrees 35 minutes 55 seconds East, 26.60 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve, concave Northwesterly, whose radius point bears North 80 degrees 24 minutes 05 seconds West, 175.00 feet;





Thence Northeasterly, along said curve to the left, through a central angle of 03 degrees 47 minutes 06 seconds, an arc distance of 11.56 feet;

Thence South 84 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East, 50 feet;

Thence South 80 degrees 24 minutes 05 seconds East, 97.01 feet to the true point of beginning;

Except from this exception that property described as follows:

Commencing at the East quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation Brass Cap marked LS No. 29891, from which the Southeast corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Brass Cap, bears as a basis of bearing South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, 2621.47 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 44 seconds West, along the Easterly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17, 2339.19 feet;

Thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes 24 seconds West, 50.02 feet to the true point of beginning;

Thence South 79 degrees 32 minutes 47 seconds West, 94.39 feet;

Thence North 00 degrees 18 minutes 50 seconds West, 95.36 feet;

Thence North 79 degrees 36 minutes 13 seconds East, 95.48 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 25 seconds West, 95.46 feet to the true point of beginning.


Parcel No. 3:

That parcel of land situated in the Northeast quarter of Section 17, Township 1 North, Range 3 West of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona, described as follows:

Commencing at the East quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation brass cap marked LS No. 29891, from which the Southeast corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County brass cap, bears as a basis of bearings South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, 2621.47 feet;

Thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 41 seconds West, along the East-West mid-section line of said Section 17, 1320.37 feet to the true point of beginning;





Thence continuing North 89 degrees 53 minutes 41 seconds West, along said East-West mid-section line, 1317.99 feet to the center of said Section 17, which is monumented by a brass cap in a hand hole;

Thence North 00 degrees 17 minutes 50 seconds East, along the North-South mid-section line of said Section 17, 2005.57 feet;

Thence South 69 degrees 22 minutes 19 seconds East, 1406.03 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 52 seconds West, 1512.65 feet to a point lying on the East-West mid-section line and the true point of beginning.




EXHIBIT B
PERMITTED ENCUMBRANCES
1.
Property taxes, which are a lien not yet due and payable, including any assessments collected with taxes to be levied for the year 2016.
2.
Water rights, claims or title to water, whether or not disclosed by the public records.
3.
Reservations contained in the Patent to said land:
Recorded: October 22, 1955
Docket: 1743
Page: 471
Which among other things recites as follows:
Subject to any vested and accrued water rights for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes and rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights, as may be recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws and decisions of the courts, and the reservation from the lands hereby granted, a right of way thereon for ditches or canals constructed by the authority of the United States.
(Affects the East half of the East half of Section 17)
4.
Reservations contained in the Patent to said land:
Recorded: April 19, 1929
Book: 232 of Deeds
Page: 380
Which among other things recites as follows:
Subject to any vested and accrued water rights for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes and rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights, as may be recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws and decisions of the courts, and the reservation from the lands hereby granted, a right of way thereon for ditches or canals constructed by the authority of the United States.
(Affects the West half of the East half of Section 17)
5.
Easement(s) for the purpose(s) shown below and rights incidental thereto as set forth in a document:

Purpose: underground communication lines and appurtenant facilities
In favor of: American Telephone and Telegraph Company of Wyoming, its successors and assigns




Width: One rod wide
Recorded: February 17, 1947
Book: 82 of Miscellaneous Records
Page: 47

6.
Easement(s) for the purpose(s) shown below and rights incidental thereto as set forth in a document:
Purpose: electric lines and appurtenant facilities
In favor of: Arizona Public Service Company
Width: Eight (8) feet
Recorded: September 14, 1971
Docket: 8944
Page: 102

7.
Central Arizona Project Contract and Grant of Electric Transmission Line Easement one hundred (100) feet in width for the purpose(s) shown below and rights incidental thereto:
In favor of: United States of America
Purpose: electric lines and appurtenant facilities
Recorded: March 24, 1977
Docket: 12134
Page: 506
8.
Utility easement four (4) feet in width for the purpose(s) shown below and rights incidental thereto:
In favor of: Arizona Public Service Company
Purpose: electric lines and appurtenant facilities
Recorded: July 23, 1996
Recording No: 1996-515240
9.
A non-exclusive easement twenty (20) feet in width for the purpose(s) shown below and rights incidental thereto:
In favor of: Valencia Water Company, Inc.
Purpose: ingress and egress purposes
Recorded: December 12, 1996
Recording No: 1996-865436

10.
All matters set forth in Document:
Entitled: Reciprocal Easement Agreement and Declaration of Restrictions and Covenants and Agreement to Transfer Property
In favor of: Leaf Verde RV Resort, L.C., an Arizona limited liability company and Leaf Verde Mobile Home Park, LLC., an Iowa limited liability company




Recorded: November 14, 1997
Recording No.: 1997-800159
11.
Final Order of Condemnation granting an easement one hundred sixty (160) feet in width for the purpose(s) shown below and rights incidental thereto:
In favor of: Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District
Purpose: 500kV electric lines and appurtenant facilities
Recorded: September 22, 2003
Recording No: 2003-1329739

And thereafter Assignment of Right-of-Way
In favor of: Arizona Public Service Company
Affects: an undivided 70% interest in the easement
Recorded: December 30, 2009
Recording No.: 2009-1196258
12.
A non-exclusive, temporary easement twenty (20) feet in width for the purpose(s) shown below and rights incidental thereto:
In favor of: Buena Vista of Arizona, LLC
Purpose: sewer lines and appurtenant facilities
Recorded: January 21, 2005
Recording No: 2005-0087886
13.
An easement thirty (30) feet in width for the purpose(s) shown below and rights incidental thereto:
In favor of: Town of Buckeye
Purpose: sewer lines and appurtenant facilities
Recorded: May 20, 2005
Recording No: 2005-670755
14.
All matters set forth in Document:
Entitled: Watson Road Community Facilities District (Town of Buckeye, Arizona) Waiver and Development Agreement
Recorded: October 19, 2005
Recording No.: 2005-1559019 and
Re-recorded: November 15, 2005
Recording No.: 2005-1727787; and thereafter Notice of Formation
Recorded: October 19, 2005
Recording No.: 2005-1559020; and thereafter Resolution 65-05
Recorded: October 20, 2005
Recording No.: 2005-1570264; and thereafter General Plan




Recorded: October 19, 2005
Recording No.: 2005-1559021; and thereafter Notice of Recording of Assessment
Recorded: December 9, 2005
Recording No.: 2005-1864436
15.
All matters set forth in Document:
Entitled: Agreement and Notice of Municipal Provider Supporting Requirements for the Village at Sundance Phases 1, 2 and 3 Regarding Membership in the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District
Recorded: May 9, 2006
Recording No.: 2006-624221

16.
All matters set forth in Document:
         
Entitled: Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for the Village at Sundance Phases 1, 2 and 3 Regarding Membership in the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District
Recorded: May 9, 2006
Recording No.: 2006-624222

17.
An easement ten (10) feet in width for the purpose(s) shown below and rights incidental thereto:

In favor of: Arizona Public Service Company
Purpose: electric lines and appurtenant facilities
Recorded: May 11, 2007 Recording No: 2007-550816 and
Re-recorded: May 23, 2007
Recording No.: 2007-596773

18.
All matters set forth in Document:
              
Entitled: Memorandum of First Amendment to Option and Easement Agreement
Recorded: October 22, 2010
Recording No.: 2010-925837

19.
Easement(s) for the purpose(s) shown below and rights incidental thereto as set forth in a document:

Purpose: right of way for road
Recording Date: May 6, 1959
Recording No: Docket 2852, page 295
(Affects Parcel No. 1)

20.
Matters contained in that certain document





Entitled: Temporary Access and Utility Easement Agreement
Recording Date: January 14, 2008
Recording No: 2008-34206
(Affects Parcel No. 1)

Reference is hereby made to said document for full particulars.

21.
Matters contained in that certain document

Entitled: Access/Utility Easement Agreement
Recording Date: September 10, 2008
Recording No: 2008-783905 and re-recorded
Recording Date: October 31, 2008
Recording No: 2008-940790

Reference is hereby made to said document for full particulars.

22.
Matters shown on Lot Split for The Villages at Sundance Phase I:

Recording No.: Book 1008 of Maps, page 2

23.
Easement(s) for the purpose(s) shown below and rights incidental thereto as set forth in a document:

Purpose: temporary access and water utilities
Recording No: 2015-440551
Assignment
Recording No: 2015-505040

24.
Any rights, interests, or claims which may exist or arise by reason of the following matters disclosed by survey:

Dated: September 4, 2012
Prepared by: RBF Consulting
Matters shown:
a) existing chain link fence encroaches onto Parcels No. 1 and 2 along the West boundary line;
b) existing dirt road runs through Parcel No. 1;
c) existing dirt ditch encroaches onto Parcel No. 1 along the South boundary line;
d) existing electric panel and meter sitting on concrete pad in the Southeast corner of the property lies outside any recorded easement area; and
e) existing dirt road encroaches onto Parcel No. 3 along the West boundary line.




EXHIBIT C
FORM OF FUNDING NOTICE
____________ ____, 2016
(Buena Yuma, LLC)
SRE Monarch Lending, LLC
c/o Singerman Real Estate, LLC
980 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1660
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Attention: Charlie Kellogg
via e-mail: ckellogg@singermanre.com
Attention: Stephen Duncan
via e-mail: sduncan@singerman.com
    
Re:
Loan Agreement dated as of March ___, 2016 (as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), by and between Buena Yuma, LLC (the “Borrower”) and SRE Monarch Lending, LLC (the “Lender”)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Funding Notice is delivered to you pursuant to the Loan Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Loan Agreement.
The undersigned, through its duly elected Responsible Officer, and holding the office set forth below such officer’s name, hereby certifies as follows:
1.
The Borrower hereby requests an Advance in the principal amount of $_____________. The Advance shall be at least $1,000,000.
2.
The Borrower hereby requests that such Advance be made on the following date: _____________.
3.    Wire Instructions:    
Name of Bank:____________________
A/C No.: ________________________
ABA No.: _______________________
Reference: _______________________

4.
Attached to this Funding Notice as Exhibit A is a true, correct and complete Uses Statement relating to the Advance.




5.
All of the conditions precedent to the Advance requested herein as set forth in Article III of the Loan Agreement have been satisfied as of the date hereof and will remain satisfied to the date of such Advance, including the following:
(i)    The representations and warranties contained in Section 4.1 are true and correct on and as of such day as though made on and as of such day and shall be deemed to have been made on such day (other than any representation and warranty that is made as of a specific date);
(ii)    No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Advance or from the application of proceeds therefrom, which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default; and
(iii)    The Borrower is in compliance with each of its covenants and agreements set forth in the Transaction Documents and, with respect to such Advance, no action, omission, fact, circumstance, condition or event has occurred or exists that would have constituted a Default or Event of Default under Section 5.2 had the covenants and agreements in Section 5.2 been in effect and binding on the Borrower from and after the Closing Date.
6.
The undersigned certifies that all information contained herein and in the attached Uses Statement is true, correct and complete as of the date hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Funding Notice this ______ day of __________, ____.
Borrower:
BUENA YUMA, LLC,
an Arizona limited liability company
 
By: __________________________________
 
Name:
 
Title:
 




Exhibit A
Uses Statement
[To be attached]




EXHIBIT D
FORM OF PROMISSORY NOTE
PROMISSORY NOTE
$4,000,000
 
 
 
March 23, 2016
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, BUENA YUMA, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (the “Borrower”), promises to pay to the order of SRE MONARCH LENDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns, the “Lender”), the principal sum of FOUR MILLION DOLLARS ($4,000,000), or, if less, the unpaid principal amount of the aggregate advances (“Advances”) made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Loan Agreement (as defined below), as set forth on the attached Schedule, on the dates specified in the Loan Agreement, and to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Advance on each day that such unpaid principal amount is outstanding, at the Interest Rate as provided in the Loan Agreement, on the Facility Maturity Date, and to pay the Additional Interest at the time set forth in the Loan Agreement.

This Promissory Note (this “Note”) is issued pursuant to the Loan Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), by and between the Borrower and the Lender. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Loan Agreement.
Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this Note, if at any time the rate of interest payable by the Borrower under this Note, when combined with any and all other charges provided for in this Note, in the Loan Agreement or in any other document (to the extent such other charges would constitute interest for the purpose of any applicable law limiting interest that may be charged on this Note), exceeds the highest rate of interest permissible under applicable law (the “Maximum Lawful Rate”), then for so long as the Maximum Lawful Rate would be exceeded, the rate of interest under this Note shall be equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate. In no event shall the total interest received by the Lender under this Note exceed the amount which the Lender could lawfully have received had the interest due under this Note been calculated since the date of this Note at the Maximum Lawful Rate.
Payments of the principal of, and interest on, Advances and the Additional Interest represented by this Note shall be made by or on behalf of the Borrower to the holder hereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds in the manner and at the address specified for such purpose as provided in the Loan Agreement, or in such manner or at such other address as the holder of this Note shall have specified in writing to the Borrower for such purpose, without the presentation or surrender of this Note or the making of any notation on this Note.




If any payment under this Note falls due on a day that is not a Business Day, then such due date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and interest shall be payable on any principal so extended at the applicable Interest Rate.
Payment of the principal amount of the Note shall become due and payable at the time or times set forth in the Loan Agreement. The indebtedness evidenced by this Note may be borrowed, repaid and reborrowed, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement.
The Borrower expressly waives presentment, demand, diligence, protest and all notices of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Note.
All amounts evidenced by this Note, the Advances and all payments and prepayments of the principal hereof and the respective dates and maturity dates thereof shall be endorsed by the Lender on the schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof or on a continuation thereof, which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof; provided, however, that the failure of the Lender to make such a notation shall not in any way limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower under this Note as provided in the Loan Agreement.
The holder hereof may sell, assign, transfer, negotiate, grant participations in or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of any Advances made by the Lender and represented by this Note and the indebtedness evidenced by this Note.
The holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Loan Agreement and may enforce the agreements of the Borrower contained in the Loan Agreement and exercise the remedies provided for by, or otherwise available in respect of, the Loan Agreement, all in accordance with, and subject to the restrictions contained in, the terms of the Loan Agreement.
This Promissory Note is the “Note” referred to in Section 2.1 of the Loan Agreement.
This Note shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Illinois.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Note as on the date first written above.
 
Borrower:
BUENA YUMA, LLC,
an Arizona limited liability company

 
By:___________________________________
 
Name:
 
Title:




Schedule attached to Promissory Note dated March ___, 2016 of BUENA YUMA, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company, payable to SRE MONARCH LENDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors and assigns.
Date of Advance or Repayment
Principal Amount of Advance
Principal Amount of Repayment
Outstanding Principal Amount
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


EX-10.3 4 ex103-sre40millionpromisso.htm EXHIBIT 10.3 Exhibit


PROMISSORY NOTE

$4,000,000
 
 
 
March 23, 2016

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, BUENA YUMA, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (the “Borrower”), promises to pay to the order of SRE MONARCH LENDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns, the “Lender”), the principal sum of FOUR MILLION DOLLARS ($4,000,000), or, if less, the unpaid principal amount of the aggregate advances (“Advances”) made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Loan Agreement (as defined below), as set forth on the attached Schedule, on the dates specified in the Loan Agreement, and to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Advance on each day that such unpaid principal amount is outstanding, at the Interest Rate as provided in the Loan Agreement, on the Facility Maturity Date, and to pay the Additional Interest at the time set forth in the Loan Agreement.
This Promissory Note (this “Note”) is issued pursuant to the Loan Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), by and between the Borrower and the Lender. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Loan Agreement.
Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this Note, if at any time the rate of interest payable by the Borrower under this Note, when combined with any and all other charges provided for in this Note, in the Loan Agreement or in any other document (to the extent such other charges would constitute interest for the purpose of any applicable law limiting interest that may be charged on this Note), exceeds the highest rate of interest permissible under applicable law (the “Maximum Lawful Rate”), then for so long as the Maximum Lawful Rate would be exceeded, the rate of interest under this Note shall be equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate. In no event shall the total interest received by the Lender under this Note exceed the amount which the Lender could lawfully have received had the interest due under this Note been calculated since the date of this Note at the Maximum Lawful Rate.
Payments of the principal of, and interest on, Advances represented by this Note shall be made by or on behalf of the Borrower to the holder hereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds in the manner and at the address specified for such purpose as provided in the Loan Agreement, or in such manner or at such other address as the holder of this Note shall have specified in writing to the Borrower for such purpose, without the presentation or surrender of this Note or the making of any notation on this Note.
If any payment under this Note falls due on a day that is not a Business Day, then such due date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and interest shall be payable on any principal so extended at the applicable Interest Rate.





Payment of the principal amount of the Note shall become due and payable at the time or times set forth in the Loan Agreement. The indebtedness evidenced by this Note may be borrowed, repaid and reborrowed, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement.
The Borrower expressly waives presentment, demand, diligence, protest and all notices of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Note.
All amounts evidenced by this Note, the Advances and all payments and prepayments of the principal hereof and the respective dates and maturity dates thereof shall be endorsed by the Lender on the schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof or on a continuation thereof, which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof; provided, however, that the failure of the Lender to make such a notation shall not in any way limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower under this Note as provided in the Loan Agreement.
The holder hereof may sell, assign, transfer, negotiate, grant participations in or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of any Advances made by the Lender and represented by this Note and the indebtedness evidenced by this Note.
The holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Loan Agreement and may enforce the agreements of the Borrower contained in the Loan Agreement and exercise the remedies provided for by, or otherwise available in respect of, the Loan Agreement, all in accordance with, and subject to the restrictions contained in, the terms of the Loan Agreement.
This Promissory Note is the “Note” referred to in Section 2.1 of the Loan Agreement.
This Note shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Illinois.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Note as on the date first written above.
 
Borrower:
BUENA YUMA, LLC,
an Arizona limited liability company
 
By:___________________________________
 
Name:
 
Title:





Schedule attached to Promissory Note dated March 23, 2016 of BUENA YUMA, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company, payable to SRE MONARCH LENDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors and assigns.
Date of Advance or Repayment
Principal Amount of Advance
Principal Amount of Repayment
Outstanding Principal Amount
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


EX-10.4 5 ex104-sredeedoftrust.htm EXHIBIT 10.4 Exhibit




PREPARED BY AND UPON
RECORDATION RETURN TO:
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
525 W. Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois 60661-3693
Attention: Kenneth M. Jacobson, Esq.



BUENA YUMA, LLC,
an Arizona limited liability company, as grantor
(Borrower)


to
CHICAGO TITLE AGENCY, INC.,
an Arizona corporation, as trustee
(Trustee)


for the benefit of


SRE MONARCH LENDING, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company, as beneficiary
(Lender)



DEED OF TRUST,
ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS
AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

Dated: As of March 23, 2016
Location: Buena Yuma
Buckeye, Arizona
County: Maricopa County











DEED OF TRUST,
ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS
AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS DEED OF TRUST, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Deed of Trust”) is made as of the 23rd day of March, 2016 by BUENA YUMA, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company, having an address at 7001 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 2050, Scottsdale, Arizona 85253, as grantor (the “Borrower”), to CHICAGO TITLE AGENCY, INC., an Arizona corporation, having an address at 6710 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona  85253, as trustee (together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “Trustee”), for the benefit of SRE MONARCH LENDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, whose address is c/o Singerman Real Estate, LLC, 980 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1660, Chicago, Illinois 60611, as beneficiary (together with its successors and assigns, the “Lender”).
THIS INSTRUMENT IS A DEED OF TRUST, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS AND SECURITY AGREEMENT AFFECTING BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY, INCLUDING FIXTURES. THIS DOCUMENT IS A SECURITY AGREEMENT WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ARIZONA UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE, AS WELL AS A FINANCING STATEMENT WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ARIZONA UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE, AND A FIXTURE FILING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ARIZONA UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE.
Borrower is indebted to Lender in the original principal amount of up to Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000) or so much thereof as may be advanced from time to time (the “Loan”). The Loan bears interest and is to be repaid pursuant to that certain Promissory Note (the “Note”), dated on or about the date hereof, executed and delivered by Borrower in favor of Lender in the principal amount of the Loan. The indebtedness evidenced by the Note may be borrowed, repaid and reborrowed, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement (as defined below).
Performance of the Note is secured in part by this Deed of Trust and by certain other security agreements, collateral and documents, dated on or about the date hereof, executed by Borrower. In connection with the Loan, Borrower has entered into a Loan Agreement executed by Borrower in favor of Lender dated as of the date hereof (as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”). All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Loan Agreement.
BORROWER, IN CONSIDERATION OF AND AS AN INDUCEMENT FOR LENDER TO MAKE THE LOAN, IRREVOCABLY GRANTS, TRANSFERS, CONVEYS AND ASSIGNS TO TRUSTEE, IN TRUST, WITH POWER OF SALE, all of Borrower’s estate, right, title and interest now existing or hereafter acquired in, to and under that certain real estate comprising the Mortgaged Property, as more specifically described in Exhibit A attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof, including all oil, gas and mineral rights, oil, gas and minerals (whether before or after extraction), easements, appurtenances, water rights, water stock, rights in and to streets, roads and highways (whether before or after vacation thereof), hereditaments





and privilege relating, in any manner whatsoever, to the Land and owned by Borrower (collectively, the “Land”), located in the County of Maricopa, State of Arizona.
TOGETHER with all of Borrower’s right, title and interest in and to:
1.    All buildings, structures and improvements now existing or to be hereafter constructed and erected on the Land;
2.    All easements, rights and appurtenances thereto or used in connection therewith;
3.    All rents, royalties, issues, profits, revenues, income and other benefits thereof or arising from the use or enjoyment of all or any portion thereof (subject, however, to the rights and authorities given herein to Borrower to collect and apply such rents, royalties, issues, profits, revenues, income and other benefits);
4.    All interests in and rights, royalties and profits in connection with all minerals, oil and gas and other hydrocarbon substances thereon or therein, development rights or credits, air rights, water, water rights (whether riparian, appropriative, underground, drilling rights, well rights, well site rights, water development rights, or otherwise, and whether or not appurtenant) and water stock shares of any and all water, water rights and water delivery corporations which shares are appurtenant to the Land or any part thereof;
5.    All intangible property and rights relating to the Land, the improvements thereon, or the operation of either or both, or used in connection therewith, including without limitation, entitlements or other governmental or quasi-governmental approvals, licenses, permits, designs, plans and specifications, contracts, trade names, trademarks, copyrights or other similar intellectual property of any kind whatsoever used or incidental to the foregoing;
6.    All furniture, fixtures, machinery, equipment, furnishings, building materials, appliances, inventory and goods of every nature whatsoever (collectively called “equipment and other personal property”) now or hereafter located in or on, or attached or affixed to, or used or intended to be used in connection with, the Land, including, but without limitation, stepping stones, trees, plants, grass, ground cover, timber, crops and other items of landscaping whether boxed, placed in any containers or other planters on the Land or attached, affixed or growing in the Land; all of which, including replacements and additions thereto, shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law and for the purposes of this Deed of Trust, be deemed to be part and parcel of, and appropriated to the use of, the Land and, whether affixed or annexed thereto or not, be deemed conclusively to be real property and conveyed by this Deed of Trust. Borrower agrees to execute and deliver, from time to time, such further instruments and documents as may be required by Lender to confirm the lien of this Deed of Trust on any of the foregoing. The foregoing property, together with the Land, is referred to herein as the “Mortgaged Property.”
THIS DEED OF TRUST SHALL SECURE TO LENDER:
1.    Repayment of the indebtedness and performance of the obligations evidenced by the Note, with all interest and additional interest thereon, including without limitation, the Additional

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Interest, and any and all prepayment charges, late charges, costs and fees required thereunder, and all extensions, renewals, modifications, amendments and replacements thereof.
2.    The payment of all other sums which may be advanced by or otherwise be due to Trustee or Lender or any successor to the interest of Lender in and to the Note under any provision of this Deed of Trust or under any other instrument or document referred to in paragraph 3 below, with interest thereon at the rate provided herein or therein;
3.    The performance of each and all of the covenants and agreements of Borrower contained:
(a)    herein, in the Note, and/or in any note evidencing a Future Advance (as hereinafter defined); and/or
(b)    in any and all loan commitments, pledge agreements, loan agreements, supplemental agreements, assignments and instruments of indebtedness or security now or hereafter executed by Borrower in connection with any indebtedness referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this paragraph or for the purpose of supplementing or amending this Deed of Trust or any instrument secured hereby (all of the foregoing in this clause, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, being referred to hereinafter as “Related Agreements”); and
(c)    the repayment of any other loans or advances, with interest thereon, hereafter made to Borrower (or any successor in interest to Borrower as the owner of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof) by Lender when the promissory note evidencing the loan or advance specifically states that said note is secured by this Deed of Trust, together with all extensions, renewals, modifications, amendments and replacements thereof (“Future Advance”).
ARTICLE I
COVENANTS OF BORROWER
To protect the security of this Deed of Trust, Borrower covenants and agrees as follows:
1.1    Performance of Obligations Secured. Borrower:
a.    Shall promptly pay when due the principal of and interest on the indebtedness evidenced by the Note, including without limitation, the Additional Interest, the principal of and interest on any Future Advances, and any prepayment, late charges, costs and fees provided for in the Note or in any note evidencing a Future Advance, or as provided for herein; and
b.    Shall further perform fully and in a timely manner all other obligations of Borrower contained herein or in the Note or in any note evidencing a Future Advance, or in any of the Related Agreements.

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1.2    Insurance. The provisions of Section 5.1(l) of the Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference into this Deed of Trust to the same extent and with the same force as if fully set forth herein.
1.3    Condemnation and Insurance Proceeds. The provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of the Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference into this Deed of Trust to the same extent and with the same force as if fully set forth herein.
1.4    Taxes, Liens and Other Items. Borrower shall pay all taxes, bonds, assessments, fees, Liens, charges, fines, impositions and any and all other items which are attributable to or affect the Mortgaged Property and which may attain a priority over this Deed of Trust by making payment prior to delinquency directly to the payee thereof. Borrower shall promptly discharge any Lien which has or may attain priority over this Deed of Trust, except for the Permitted Encumbrances.
1.5    Rents and Profits.
a.    All of the rents, royalties, issues, profits, revenue, income and other benefits of the Mortgaged Property arising from the use or enjoyment of all or any portion thereof or from any lease or agreement pertaining thereto (the “Rents and Profits”), whether now due, past due, or to become due, and including all prepaid rents and security deposits, are hereby absolutely, presently and unconditionally assigned, transferred, conveyed and set over to Lender to be applied by Lender in payment of the principal and interest, and all other sums payable on the Note, and of all other sums payable under this Deed of Trust. Prior to the happening of any Event of Default, Borrower shall have a license to collect and receive any and all Rents and Profits, which license shall be terminable at the sole option of Lender, without regard to the adequacy of its security hereunder and without notice to or demand upon Borrower, upon and during the continuance of any Event of Default. It is understood and agreed that neither the foregoing assignment of Rents and Profits to Lender nor the exercise by Lender of any of its rights or remedies under this Section 1.5 or Article III hereof shall be deemed to make Lender a “mortgagee-in-possession” or otherwise responsible or liable in any manner with respect to the Mortgaged Property or the use, occupancy, enjoyment or operation of all or any portion thereof, unless and until Lender, in person or by agent, assumes actual possession thereof. Nor shall appointment of a receiver for the Mortgaged Property by any court either at the request of Lender or by agreement with Borrower, or the entering into possession of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof by such receiver, be deemed to make Lender a “mortgagee-in-possession” or otherwise responsible or liable in any manner with respect to the Mortgaged Property or the use, occupancy, enjoyment or operation of all or any portion thereof.
b.    Borrower shall not execute any lease or other occupancy agreement (herein “leases”) of any part of the Mortgaged Property without Lender’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and shall at all times fully perform the obligations of the lessor under all such leases. Borrower shall at any time or from time to time, upon request of Lender, transfer and assign to Lender in such form as may be satisfactory to Lender, Borrower’s interest in any lease, subject to and upon the condition, however, that prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default hereunder, except as provided in Section 1.5(c) below, Borrower

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shall have a license to collect and receive all Rents and Profits under such lease after accrual, but not prior thereto, as set forth in Section 1.5(a) above. Whenever requested by Lender, Borrower shall furnish to Lender a certificate of Borrower setting forth the names of all lessees under any leases, the terms of their respective leases, the space occupied, and the rents payable thereunder.
c.    Without the prior written consent of Lender, Borrower shall not (i) except as is customary in certain forms of leases, accept prepayments of rent exceeding one month under any leases of any part of the Mortgaged Property, or (ii) take any action under or with respect to any such leases which would materially decrease either the obligations of the lessee thereunder or the rights or remedies of the lessor, or (iii) modify or amend any such leases or, except when the lessee is in default or as provided in the lease, cancel or terminate the same or accept a surrender of the leased premises, or (iv) create or permit any lien or encumbrance (except mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens upon lessee’s interest, duly perfected) which, upon foreclosure, would be superior to any such leases, or (v) in any other manner impair Lender’s rights and interest with respect to the Rents and Profits.
d.    If Lender hereafter requests Borrower to do so, each lease thereafter of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, shall make provision for the attornment and non-disturbance of the lessee thereunder to any person succeeding to the interest of Borrower as the result of any foreclosure, trustee’s sale or transfer in lieu of foreclosure hereunder, said provision to be in form and substance approved by Lender.
1.6    Security Agreement. This Deed of Trust is intended to be a security agreement pursuant to the Arizona Uniform Commercial Code for any items of personal property specified above as part of the Mortgaged Property which, under applicable law, may be subject to a security interest pursuant to the Arizona Uniform Commercial Code and which are not herein effectively made part of the real property, and Borrower hereby grants Lender a security interest in said personal property, and in all additions thereto, substitutions therefor and proceeds thereof, for the purpose of securing all indebtedness and other obligations of Borrower now or hereafter secured by this Deed of Trust (“UCC Collateral”), all of which shall be deemed part of the Mortgaged Property. Borrower agrees to execute and deliver financing and continuation statements covering the UCC Collateral from time to time and in such form as Lender may require to perfect and continue the perfection of Lender’s lien or security interest with respect to the UCC Collateral and all the Mortgaged Property. Borrower shall pay all costs of filing such statements and renewals and releases thereof and shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses of any record searches for financing statements Lender may reasonably require. Without the prior written consent of Lender, Borrower shall not create or suffer to be created any other security interest in any part of said Mortgaged Property, including replacements and additions thereto. Upon the occurrence of any default of Borrower hereunder, Lender shall have the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Arizona Uniform Commercial Code as well as all other rights and remedies available at law or in equity, and, at Lender’s option, Lender may also invoke the remedies provided in Article III of this Deed of Trust as to the UCC Collateral and all the portions of the Mortgaged Property which are personal property.

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1.7    Further Encumbrances or Sales. Without the prior written consent of Lender being first had and obtained, which consent may be given or withheld in Lender’s sole discretion, and except as expressly set forth in the Loan Agreement, Borrower shall not:
a.    sell or transfer all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein. If such consent is given, the transfer shall nevertheless be subject to this Deed of Trust and payment of the indebtedness (including, without limitation, the Note) and performance of the obligations secured hereby. Any transferee shall be required to assume and shall be bound by all obligations of payment and performance pursuant to or secured by this Deed of Trust, including, without limitation, the obligation to pay the Note. Lender retains the right to change the terms of the Note, including but not limited to, increasing the rate of interest provided therein. Such assumption will not release Borrower from any liability to Lender without the prior consent of Lender to such release and Borrower agrees to remain directly and primarily liable to Lender pursuant hereto and for the payment and performances secured hereby despite such assumption. Consent to one such transfer will not be deemed to be a waiver by the Lender of the right to require consent to successive transfers. As used herein, the words “sale” or “transfer” include, in addition to any Change of Control, any sale, lease with option to purchase, lease for a term in excess of three (3) years (other than leases to tenants executed in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business), creation of any lien or other encumbrance subordinate to the lien of this Deed of Trust or alienation, disposition or conveyance of the Mortgaged Property and/or the UCC Collateral described herein or any portion thereof or interest therein, whether voluntary, involuntary or by operation of law or otherwise or the dissolution of Borrower or any change in the control of Borrower. Any Change of Control shall be deemed to be a conveyance of Borrower’s interest in the Mortgaged Property. Borrower shall also comply with the terms of the Loan Agreement.
b.    execute or deliver any pledge, security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument of hypothecation, covering all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein.
1.8    Preservation and Maintenance of Mortgaged Property.
a.    Borrower shall keep the Mortgaged Property and every part thereof in good condition and repair, and shall not permit or commit any waste, impairment, or deterioration of the Mortgaged Property, nor commit, suffer or permit any act upon or use of the Mortgaged Property in violation of law or applicable order of any governmental authority, whether now existing or hereafter enacted and whether foreseen or unforeseen, or in violation of any covenants, conditions or restrictions affecting the Mortgaged Property, or bring or keep any article upon any of the Mortgaged Property or cause or permit any condition to exist thereon which would be prohibited by or could invalidate any insurance coverage maintained, or required hereunder to be maintained, by Borrower on or with respect to any part of the Mortgaged Property, and further shall do all other acts which from the character or use of the Mortgaged Property may be reasonably necessary to protect the security hereof, the specific enumerations herein not excluding the general. Borrower shall not construct any building or structure on the Mortgaged Property without obtaining the prior written consent of Lender. Borrower shall promptly notify Lender in writing of any damage to the Mortgaged Property in excess of Ten Thousand ($10,000.00).

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b.    To the extent the Mortgaged Property is used to grow vines, trees, plants, grass or ground cover, Borrower shall manage the same using good and proper practices of husbandry, and shall keep all vines, trees, plants, grass, and ground cover on said Mortgaged Property properly cultivated, irrigated, fertilized, sprayed, fumigated and maintained, and further shall replace promptly all dead or unproductive vines, trees, plants, grass and ground cover with new ones and keep all buildings, fences, ditches, canals, wells and other farming structures, improvements and equipment on the Mortgaged Property in good operating condition, order and repair.
c.    Borrower shall not drill or extract or enter into any lease for the drilling for or extraction of oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances or any mineral of any kind or character on or from the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof without first obtaining Lender’s written consent.
d.    Except as set forth herein, Borrower shall not initiate or acquiesce in any change in any zoning or other land use classification now or hereafter in effect and affecting the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof without in each case obtaining Lender’s prior written consent which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Lender acknowledges that Borrower may submit applications to the county/municipality in which the Mortgaged Property is located in order to rezone the Land, obtain one or more preliminary and final subdivision plats of the Land (which may entail the granting or creation of access and/or utility easements), and/or entering into a development/annexation agreement with such county/municipality. Lender shall reasonably cooperate in connection therewith (at no expense to Lender) and shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition any consent or approval thereof required by the county/municipality.
e.    As to environmental matters, the provisions of the Environmental Indemnity Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference into this Deed of Trust to the same extent and with the same force as if fully set forth herein.
1.9    Trustee’s Costs and Expenses; Governmental Charges. Borrower shall pay all costs, fees and expenses of Trustee, its agents and counsel in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder, including, without limitation, the cost of any trustee’s sale, guaranty or other title insurance coverage ordered in connection with any foreclosure proceedings hereunder, and shall pay all taxes (except federal and state income taxes) or other governmental charges or impositions imposed by any governmental authority on Trustee or Lender by reason of their interest in the Note, or any note evidencing a Future Advance, or this Deed of Trust.
1.10    Protection of Security; Costs and Expenses. Borrower shall appear in and defend any action or proceeding purporting to affect materially and adversely the security hereof or the rights or powers of the Lender or Trustee, and shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses, including, without limitation, cost of evidence of title and reasonable attorneys’ fees, as determined by the judge of the court in any such action or proceeding in which Lender or Trustee may appear, and in any suit brought by Lender to foreclose this Deed of Trust or to enforce or establish any other rights or remedies of Lender hereunder. If Borrower fails to perform any of the covenants or agreements contained in this Deed of Trust, or if any action or proceeding is commenced which adversely affects Lender’s interest in the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, including, but not limited to, eminent domain, code enforcement, or proceedings of any

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nature whatsoever under any federal or state law, whether now existing or hereafter enacted or amended, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, arrangement, reorganization or other form of debtor relief, or to a decedent, then Lender or Trustee may, but without obligation to do so and without notice to or demand upon Borrower and without releasing Borrower from any obligation hereunder, make such appearances, disburse such sums and take such action as Lender or Trustee deems necessary or appropriate to protect Lender’s interest, including, but not limited to, disbursement of reasonable attorneys’ fees, entry upon the Mortgaged Property to make repairs or otherwise protect the security hereof, and payment, purchase, contest or compromise of any encumbrance, charge or lien which in the judgment of either Lender or Trustee appears to be prior or superior hereto. Borrower further agrees to pay all reasonable expenses of Lender (including fees and disbursements of counsel) incident to the protection of the rights of Lender hereunder, and enforcement or collection of payment of the Note or any Future Advances whether by judicial or non-judicial proceedings, or in connection with any bankruptcy, insolvency, arrangement, reorganization or other debtor relief proceeding of Borrower, or otherwise. Any amounts disbursed by Lender or Trustee pursuant to this section shall be additional indebtedness of Borrower secured by this Deed of Trust and each of the Related Agreements as of the date of disbursement and shall bear interest at the Interest Rate prior to demand. All such amounts shall be payable by Borrower upon demand and shall thereafter bear interest at the Interest Rate due and payable following the occurrence of an Event of Default pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement (the “Default Rate”). Nothing contained in this Section 1.10 shall be construed to require Lender or Trustee to incur any expense, make any appearance, or take any other action. Notwithstanding any provision in this paragraph to the contrary, if any dispute contemplated under the terms of this paragraph results in litigation, the prevailing party shall, in addition to any other relief granted or awarded by the court, be entitled to an award of reasonable attorneys’ fees to be determined by the judge of the court.
1.11    Funds for Taxes and Insurance. If within ten (10) days after the delinquency date of the obligations of Borrower under Sections 1.2 and 1.4 hereof, Borrower fails to provide Lender with proof satisfactory to Lender that such sums have been timely paid, Lender may upon five (5) days’ written notice require the deposit by Borrower, at the time of each payment of an installment of interest or principal under the Note, of an additional amount sufficient to discharge the obligations of Borrower under Sections 1.2 and 1.4 hereof as and when they become due. The determination of the amount payable and of the fractional part thereof to be deposited with Lender shall be made by Lender in its sole discretion. Said amounts shall be held by Lender not in trust and not as agent of Borrower and shall not bear interest, and shall be applied to the payment of the obligations in respect to which the amounts were deposited or, at the option of Lender if the sums deposited shall be insufficient to pay all such obligations in full, to the payment of said obligations in such order or priority as Lender shall determine. If at any time after thirty (30) days prior to the delinquency date of any of the aforementioned obligations the amounts then on deposit therefor shall be insufficient for the payment of such obligation in full, Borrower shall within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice deposit the amount of the deficiency with Lender. If the amounts deposited are in excess of the actual obligations for which they were deposited, Lender may refund any such excess, or, at its option, may hold the same in a reserve account, not in trust and not as agent of Borrower and not bearing interest, and reduce proportionately the required monthly deposits for the ensuing year. Nothing

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herein contained shall be deemed to affect any right or remedy of Lender under any other provision of this Deed of Trust or under any statute or rule of law to pay any such amount and to add the amount so paid to the indebtedness hereby secured.
If Lender requires deposits to be made pursuant to this section, Borrower shall deliver to Lender true and correct copies of all tax bills, bond and assessment statements, statements of insurance premiums, and statements for any other obligations referred to above as soon as the same are received by Borrower.
If Lender sells or assigns this Deed of Trust, Lender shall transfer all amounts deposited under this section to the purchaser or assignee, and Lender shall thereupon be released and have no further liability hereunder for the application of such deposits, and Borrower shall look solely to such purchaser or assignee for such application and for all responsibility relating to such deposits.
ARTICLE II
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
2.1    The provisions of Section 9.1 of the Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference into this Deed of Trust to the same extent and with the same force as if fully set forth herein.
ARTICLE III
REMEDIES
Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and the expiration of any applicable period within which to cure the same, Trustee and Lender shall have the following rights and remedies in addition to any other available at law or in equity, including those set forth in the Loan Agreement:
3.1    Acceleration. Lender may declare the entire principal amount of the Note and/or any Future Advances then outstanding (if not then due and payable), and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and all other sums or payments required thereunder, including without limitation, the Additional Interest, hereunder or under the Related Agreements, to be due and payable immediately, and notwithstanding the stated maturity in the Note, or any note evidencing any Future Advance, the principal amount of the Note and/or any Future Advances and the accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all other sums or payments required thereunder, hereunder or under the Related Agreements, including the additional interest, shall thereupon become and be immediately due and payable.
3.2    Entry. Without regard to the value of the security, Lender in person or by agent or by court-appointed receiver may enter upon, take possession of, manage and operate the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof and do all things necessary or appropriate in a commercially reasonable manner, including, without limitation, making and enforcing, and if the same be subject to modification or cancellation, modifying or canceling leases upon such terms or conditions as Lender deems proper, obtaining and evicting tenants, and fixing or modifying rents, contracting for and making repairs and alterations, and doing any and all other acts which Lender deems proper to protect the security hereof; and either with or without so

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taking possession, in its own name or in the name of Borrower, suing for or otherwise collecting and receiving the Rents and Profits, including those past due and unpaid, and applying the balance after paying costs and expenses of operation and collection, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, upon any indebtedness secured hereby, and in such order as Lender may determine. Upon request of Lender, Borrower shall assemble and make available to Lender at the site of the Land covered hereby any of the Mortgaged Property which has been removed therefrom. The entering upon and taking possession of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, the collection of any Rents and Profits and the application thereof as aforesaid shall not cure or waive any default theretofore or thereafter occurring or affect any notice of default hereunder or invalidate any act done pursuant to any such default or notice, and, notwithstanding continuance in possession of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof by Lender, Borrower or a receiver, and the collection, receipt and application of the Rents and Profits, Lender shall be entitled to exercise every right provided for in this Deed of Trust or by law or in equity. Subject to any notice provisions and other provisions affording Borrower an opportunity to cure defaults hereunder, any and all such actions may be taken by Lender irrespective of whether any notice of default or election to sell has been given hereunder and without regard to the adequacy of the security for the indebtedness hereby secured. The exercise by Lender of any of the remedies provided herein shall be deemed an acceleration pursuant to Section 3.1.
3.3    Judicial Action. Lender may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to foreclose this instrument by judicial foreclosure of mortgage or to enforce any of the covenants and agreements hereof which are specifically enforceable, and seek damages for the breach of other covenants and agreements.
3.4    Power of Sale. Lender may elect to cause the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof to be sold under the power of sale herein granted in any manner permitted by applicable law for sale of property secured by a deed of trust. In connection with any sale or sales hereunder, Lender may elect to treat any of the Mortgaged Property which consists of a right in action or which is property that can be severed from the real property covered hereby or any improvements thereon without causing structural damage thereto as if the same were personal property, and dispose of the same in accordance with applicable law, separate and apart from the sale of real property. Lender shall not, however, sever fixtures from the Land and dispose of the same as personal property or sell other personal property, subject hereto, apart from the Land unless required by law to do so, or unless the law does not permit joint sale of said other personal property with the Land. Any sale of the UCC Collateral and any other personal property hereunder shall be conducted in any manner permitted by the Arizona Uniform Commercial Code, including the sale of personal property as part of the sale of real property as permitted by the Arizona Uniform Commercial Code. Should Lender elect to sell the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, which is real property or which Lender has elected to treat as real property or sell as personal property with any such sale of any real property as provided above, Lender or Trustee shall give such notice of default and election to sell as may then be required by law. Thereafter, upon the expiration of such time and the giving of such notice of sale as may then be required by law, Trustee, at the time and place specified in the notice of sale, shall sell said real property or part thereof at public auction to the highest bidder for cash in lawful money of the United States. Trustee may, and upon request of Lender shall, from time to time, postpone

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any sale hereunder by public announcement thereof at the time and place noticed therefor. If the Mortgaged Property consists of several lots, parcels or items of property, Lender may designate the order in which such lots, parcels or items shall be offered for sale or sold. Any person, including Lender, may purchase at any public sale hereunder, and Lender shall have the right to purchase at any public sale hereunder by crediting upon the bid price the amount of all or any part of the indebtedness hereby secured. Should Lender desire that more than one sale or other disposition of the Mortgaged Property be conducted, Lender may, at its option, cause the same to be conducted simultaneously, or successively, on the same day, or at such different days or times and in such order as Lender may deem to be in its best interests, and no such sale shall terminate or otherwise affect the lien of this Deed of Trust on any part of the Mortgaged Property not sold until all indebtedness secured hereby has been fully paid. Upon any sale hereunder, Trustee shall execute and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers a deed or deeds conveying the property so sold, but without any covenant or warranty whatsoever, express or implied, whereupon such purchaser or purchasers shall be let into immediate possession; and the recitals in any such deed or deeds of facts, such as default, the giving of notice of default and notice of sale, and other facts affecting the regularity or validity of such sale or disposition, shall be conclusive proof of the truth of such facts, and any such deed or deeds shall be conclusive against all persons as to such facts recited therein.
3.5    Proceeds of Sale. Except as may otherwise be required by law, the proceeds of any sale made under or by virtue of this Article III, together with all other sums which then may be held by Trustee or Lender under this Deed of Trust, whether under the provisions of this Article III or otherwise, shall be applied as follows:
First: To the payment of the costs and expenses of operation of the Mortgaged Property to the extent that the same shall not be paid from operating revenues, to the costs and expenses of exercising the remedies hereunder, including, but not limited to, the payment of the Trustee’s and reasonable attorney’s fees, actually incurred, to the payment of all expenses, liabilities and advances made or incurred by Trustee under this Deed of Trust, together with interest on all advances made by Trustee at the Interest Rate until demand and thereafter at the Default.
Second: To the payment of any and all sums expended by Lender under the terms hereof, not then repaid, with accrued interest at the Default Rate, and all other sums (except advances of principal and interest thereon) required to be paid by Borrower pursuant to any provisions of this Deed of Trust, the Note or any note evidencing any Future Advance, or any of the Related Agreements, including, without limitation, late fees and charges, all expenses, liabilities and advances made or incurred by Lender under this Deed of Trust or in connection with the enforcement thereof, together with interest thereon at the Default Rate.
Third: To the payment of the entire amount then due, owing or unpaid for principal and interest upon the Note and any notes evidencing any Future Advances, with interest on the unpaid principal at the rate set forth therein from the date of advancement thereof until the same is paid in full, together with the Additional Interest.
Fourth: The remainder, if any, to the person or persons legally entitled thereto.

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3.6    Waiver of Marshaling. Borrower, for itself and for all persons hereafter claiming through or under it or who may at any time hereafter become holders of liens junior to the lien of this Deed of Trust, hereby expressly waives and releases all rights (except as may be granted by the statutes of the State of Arizona) to direct the order in which any of the Mortgaged Property shall be sold in the event of any sale or sales pursuant hereto and to have any of the Mortgaged Property and/or any other property now or hereafter constituting security for any of the indebtedness secured hereby marshaled upon any foreclosure of this Deed of Trust or of any other security for any of said indebtedness.
3.7    Remedies Cumulative. No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to Trustee or Lender is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy herein or by law provided, but each shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute. No delay or omission of Trustee or Lender to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any Event of Default or any acquiescence therein; and every power and remedy given by this Deed of Trust to Trustee or Lender may be exercised from time to time as often as may be deemed expedient by Trustee or Lender. If there exists additional security for the performance of the obligations secured hereby, the Lender under the provisions of the Note, at its sole option, and without limiting or affecting any of its rights or remedies hereunder, may exercise any of the rights and remedies to which it may be entitled hereunder either concurrently with whatever rights and remedies it may have in connection with such other security or in such order as it may determine. Any application of any amounts or any portion thereof held by Lender at any time as additional security hereunder, whether pursuant to Sections 1.2, 1.3 or 3.2 hereof or otherwise, to any indebtedness secured hereby shall not extend or postpone the due dates of any payments due from Borrower to Lender hereunder or under the Note, any Future Advances or any of the Related Agreements, or change the amounts of any such payments or otherwise be construed to cure or waive any default or notice of default hereunder or invalidate any act done pursuant to any such default or notice.
ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS
4.1    Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Deed of Trust shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Deed of Trust, but this Deed of Trust shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.
4.2    Certain Charges. Interest rate charges on default are provided for in the Loan Agreement at a Default Rate.
4.3    Notices. Except as required by Arizona statutes relating to trust deed sales, all notices expressly provided hereunder to be given by Lender to Borrower and all notices and demands of any kind or nature whatsoever which Borrower may be required or may desire to give to or serve on Lender shall be in writing and shall comply and be given in compliance with the

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provisions of Section 12.2 of the Loan Agreement, which are hereby incorporated by reference into this Deed of Trust to the same extent and with the same force as if fully set forth herein.
4.4    Borrower Not Released. Extension of the time for payment or modification of the terms of payment of any sums secured by this Deed of Trust granted by Lender to any successor in interest of Borrower shall not operate to release, in any manner, the liability of the original Borrower. Lender shall not be required to commence proceedings against such successor or refuse to extend time for payment or otherwise modify the terms of payment of the sums secured by this Deed of Trust by reason of any demand made by the original Borrower. Without affecting the liability of any person, including Borrower, for the payment of any indebtedness secured hereby, or the lien of this Deed of Trust on the remainder of the Mortgaged Property for the full amount of any such indebtedness unpaid, Lender and Trustee are respectively empowered as follows: Lender may from time to time and without notice (a) release any person liable for the payment of any of the indebtedness, (b) extend the time or, with the consent of Borrower, otherwise alter the terms of payment of any of the indebtedness, (c) accept additional real or personal property of any kind as security therefor, whether evidenced by deeds of trust, mortgages, security agreements or any other instruments of security, or (d) alter, substitute or release any property securing the indebtedness; Trustee may, at any time, and from time to time, upon the written request of Lender (a) consent to the making of any map or plat of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, (b) join in granting any easement or creating any restriction thereon, (c) join in any subordination or other agreement affecting this Deed of Trust or the lien or charge hereof, or (d) reconvey, without any warranty, all or any part of the Mortgaged Property.
4.5    Inspection. Lender may at any reasonable time or times make or cause to be made entry upon and inspections of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof in person or by agent.
4.6    Reconveyance. Upon the payment in full of all sums secured by this Deed of Trust, and upon the performance in full of all terms, conditions and obligations of Borrower under the provisions of all contracts secured by this Deed of Trust, Lender shall request Trustee to reconvey the Mortgaged Property and shall surrender this Deed of Trust and all notes, if any, evidencing indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust to Trustee. Upon payment of its fees and any other sums owing to it under this Deed of Trust, Trustee shall reconvey the Mortgaged Property, without warranty to the person or persons legally entitled thereto. Such person or persons shall pay all costs of recordation, if any. The recitals in such conveyance of any matters or facts shall be conclusive proof of the truthfulness thereof. The grantee in such reconveyance may be described as “the person or persons legally entitled thereto.” Six years after issuance of such full reconveyance, Trustee may destroy the Note, said notes, if any, and this Deed of Trust unless otherwise directed by Lender.
4.7    Statute of Limitations. The pleading of any statute of limitations as a defense to any and all obligations secured by this Deed of Trust is hereby waived to the fullest extent permitted by law.
4.8    Variable Rate; Future Advances. Lender may make advances of principal to Borrower (which amounts shall bear interest under the Note), may accept partial payments or entire payments of such advances, and interest thereon, and may re-advance principal previously

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repaid by Borrower (which amounts shall bear interest under the Note), provided that the amount of principal outstanding shall not exceed the face amount of the Note as set forth on the first (1st) page of this Deed of Trust, plus such amounts of interest (including the Additional Interest) as may be added to principal and such other interest, charges and fees, as may be otherwise be accrued and outstanding under the Note from time-to-time. The terms of the Note are incorporated herein by this reference as though set forth in full. For so long as this Deed of Trust remains of record and not fully reconveyed, any such advance (or re-advance), and interest thereon, shall remain fully secured by this Deed of Trust and shall have priority over any encumbrance, mortgage, deed of trust, or other obligation or interest in the Mortgaged Property or secured by the Mortgaged Property (individually each “Junior Encumbrance” and, collectively, the “Junior Encumbrances”) which is granted, conveyed, assigned, attaches to, becomes perfected, or otherwise encumbers the Mortgaged Property, or any portion thereof or interest therein, after the date of recordation of this Deed of Trust (or which is concurrently herewith or hereafter subordinated by express agreement to this Deed of Trust), whether such Junior Encumbrance is prior to or subsequent in time to the making of such advance or the accrual of such interest. The lien and priority of this Deed of Trust shall remain as aforesaid, notwithstanding that the amount outstanding and unpaid under the Note may be reduced to zero, and any subsequent advance and interest thereon shall retain the same priority over Junior Encumbrances as this Deed of Trust has as of the date of its recordation (or by such express subordination agreement). The Note may provide for an adjustable interest rate accrual of interest, adjustments of interest, addition of interest to principal and accrual of interest thereon, negative amortization and other terms and conditions which may have the effect of increasing the amount outstanding above the maximum principal sum of the Note set forth on the first (1st) page of this Deed of Trust, all of which are and shall be secured by this Deed of Trust. It is the intent of this Article IV that this Deed of Trust shall encumber the Mortgaged Property, that Borrower shall be entitled to no reconveyance in full thereof, and that any Junior Encumbrance (whether rendered such by priorities in time or by express subordination to this Deed of Trust) at all times shall be subordinated entirely to all sums and obligations secured by this Deed of Trust, whether or not under applicable law such sum or obligation would otherwise be deemed an “optional advance” and whether or not the lien of this Deed of Trust under applicable law would otherwise be deemed to have expired by reason of a satisfaction of the debt secured hereby, until (a) all sums secured hereby have been fully paid, with interest; and (b) this Deed of Trust has actually been reconveyed in full. Any holder of a Junior Encumbrance, by becoming such holder, or by subordinating hereto, shall be deemed to have notice of this Article IV and all other terms of this Deed of Trust as well as notice of all other Related Agreements. The waiver by Lender of any term, condition, remedy, or provision of any of said documents which could enable Lender to withhold further advances or to demand immediate payment of all or portions of principal or interest shall not give rise to any loss of priority whatsoever as against any such Junior Encumbrance. In addition to all of the foregoing, this Deed of Trust may secure one or more future advances (“Future Advances”) by Lender, and interest thereon. It is expressly acknowledged and agreed that Lender has no obligation whatsoever to make any Future Advances to Borrower, except with respect to “Advances” pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement.

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4.9    Interpretation. Wherever used in this Deed of Trust, unless the context otherwise indicates a contrary intent, or unless otherwise specifically provided herein, the word “Borrower” shall mean and include both Borrower and any subsequent owner or owners of the Mortgaged Property, and the word “Lender” shall mean and include not only the original Lender hereunder but also any future owner, holder or assignee, including pledgees, of the Note secured hereby, the evidence of any other indebtedness or obligation secured hereby and this Deed of Trust. In this Deed of Trust whenever the context so requires, the masculine gender includes the feminine and/or neuter, and the neuter includes the feminine and/or masculine, and the singular number includes the plural and conversely. In this Deed of Trust, the use of the word “including” shall not be deemed to limit the generality of the term or clause to which it has referenced, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “without limitation,” or “but not limited to,” or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto. The captions and headings of the articles and sections of this Deed of Trust are for convenience only and are not to be used to interpret, define or limit the provisions hereof.
4.10    Consent; Power of Attorney Delegation to Sub-Agent. The granting or withholding of consent by Lender to any transaction as required by the terms hereof shall not be deemed a waiver of the right to require consent to future or successive transactions. Wherever a power of attorney is conferred upon Lender hereunder, it is understood and agreed that such power is conferred with full power of substitution, and Lender may elect, in its sole, absolute and uncontrolled discretion, to exercise such power itself or to delegate such power, or any part thereof, to one or more sub-agents.
4.11    Successors and Assigns. All of the grants, obligations, covenants, agreements, terms, provisions and conditions herein shall apply to be binding upon and inure to the benefit of, the heirs, administrators, executors, legal representatives, successors and assigns of Borrower and the substitutes for and successors of Trustee as a trustee and the endorsees, transferees, successors and assigns of Lender. In the event Borrower is composed of more than one party, the obligations, covenants, agreements, and warranties contained herein as well as the obligations arising therefrom are and shall be joint and several as to each such party.
4.12    Governing Law. THIS DEED OF TRUST WAS NEGOTIATED IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, AND ACCEPTED BY LENDER IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, AND THE PROCEEDS OF THE NOTE SECURED HEREBY WERE DISBURSED FROM THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, WHICH STATE THE PARTIES AGREE HAS A SUBSTANTIAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE PARTIES AND TO THE UNDERLYING TRANSACTION EMBODIED HEREBY, AND IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, THIS DEED OF TRUST AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE (WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS) AND ANY APPLICABLE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, EXCEPT THAT AT

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ALL TIMES THE PROVISIONS FOR THE CREATION, PERFECTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE LIENS AND SECURITY INTERESTS CREATED PURSUANT HERETO AND PURSUANT TO THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPERTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA; IT BEING UNDERSTOOD THAT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS SHALL GOVERN THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND ENFORCEABILITY OF ALL TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS AND ALL OF THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BORROWER HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY CLAIM TO ASSERT THAT THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION GOVERNS THIS DEED OF TRUST OR THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, AND THIS DEED OF TRUST AND/OR THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
4.13    Substitution of Trustee. Lender may, at Borrower’s sole cost and expense, remove Trustee at any time or from time to time and appoint a successor trustee, and upon such appointment, all powers, rights, duties and authority of Trustee, as aforesaid, shall thereupon become vested in such successor. Such substitute trustee shall be appointed by written instrument, duly recorded in the county or counties where Land is located, which appointment may be executed by any authorized agent of Lender or in any other manner permitted by applicable law.
4.14    Request for Notices. Borrower hereby requests that a copy of notice of default and notice of sale as may be required by law be mailed to it at its address above stated, unless in the event such notice address is changed pursuant to the provisions of the Loan Agreement, in which event to such changed address.
4.15    Limitation on Lender’s Responsibility. No provision of this Deed of Trust shall operate to place any obligation or liability for the control, care, management or repair of the Mortgaged Property upon Lender, nor shall it operate to make Lender responsible or liable for any waste committed on the Mortgaged Property by any tenants or any other Person, or for any dangerous or defective condition of the Mortgaged Property, or for any negligence in the management, upkeep, repair or control of the Mortgaged Property resulting in loss or injury or death to any tenant, licensee, employee or stranger. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as constituting Lender a “mortgagee in possession.”
4.16    Fully Recourse. The provisions of Section 12.15 of the Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference into this Deed of Trust to the same extent and with the same force as if fully set forth herein.
4.17     Additional Interest. This Deed of Trust shall remain in full force and effect until the Additional Interest shall have been paid to Lender by Borrower pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement.

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4.18     Additional Sums. In the event that the law applicable to interest payable in connection with the Loan shall be the law of the State of Arizona, Borrower agrees that all loan origination, standby, commitment and other fees, including attorneys’ fees and any commissions or fees paid or to be paid to brokers, prepayment premiums, additional interest, charges, points, goods, things in action or any other sums or things of value, including any impound accounts, compensating balance requirements or other contractual obligations (collectively, the “Additional Sums”) paid or payable by Borrower with respect to the Indebtedness, whether pursuant to the Note or otherwise, that under the laws of the State of Arizona may be deemed to be interest with respect to the Indebtedness, shall be payable by Borrower as, and shall be deemed to be additional interest, and the interest rate shall be the sum of the Interest Rate or the Default Rate, as applicable, plus the interest rate resulting from the Additional Sums being considered as interest.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the party has caused this Deed of Trust to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
BORROWER:

BUENA YUMA, LLC,
an Arizona limited liability company

By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:

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STATE OF _________    )
                ) ss.
COUNTY OF __________    )

On this, the _____ day of ____________, 2016, before me the undersigned Notary Public, personally appeared Lawrence D. Bain, as the Chairman and CEO of IMH FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, which is the sole member and manager of BUENA YUMA, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company, and acknowledged that he executed the foregoing instrument in the capacity thereon stated, for the purposes therein contained.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.

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Notary Public


My commission expires:





EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Parcel No. 1:

That parcel of land situated in the Southeast quarter of Section 17, Township 1 North, Range 3 West of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona, described as follows:

Commencing at the East quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation Brass Cap marked LS No. 29891, from which the Southeast corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Brass Cap, bears as a basis of bearings South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, 2621.47 feet;

Thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 41 seconds West, along the East-West mid-section line of said Section 17, 1320.37 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 52 seconds West, 1310.75 feet;

Thence South 28 degrees 40 minutes 19 seconds West, 27.33 feet;

Thence South 07 degrees 14 minutes 33 seconds West, 44.78 feet;

Thence South 04 degrees 12 minutes 16 seconds East, 25.44 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 56 minutes 04 seconds East, 142.96 feet to the True point of beginning;

Thence South 00 degrees 56 minutes 04 seconds East, 5.33 feet;

Thence North 85 degrees 16 minutes 11 seconds East, 162.81 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve,
concave Northwesterly, whose radius point bears North 04 degrees 43 minutes 49 seconds West, 600.00 feet;

Thence Northeasterly, along said curve to the left, through a central angle of 43 degrees 20 minutes 02 seconds,
an arc distance of 453.79 feet to a point of tangency;

Thence North 41 degrees 56 minutes 09 seconds East, 24.03 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve, concave Northwesterly, whose radius point bears North 48 degrees 03 minutes 51 seconds West, 492.00 feet;






Thence Northeasterly, along said curve to the left, through a central angle of 31 degrees 18 minutes 01 seconds,
an arc distance of 268.78 feet to a point of tangency;

Thence North 10 degrees 38 minutes 08 seconds East, 9.45 feet;

Thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 18 seconds East, 641.09 feet to a point lying on the Easterly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17;

Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, along said Easterly line, 1360.93 feet;

Thence South 80 degrees 44 minutes 54 seconds West, 1126.04 feet to a point lying on the Southerly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17;

Thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes 25 seconds West, along said Southerly line, 1525.84 feet to the South quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation Brass Cap marked LS No. 29891;

Thence North 00 degrees 17 minutes 46 seconds East, along the North-South mid-section line, 997.14 feet;

Thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 14 seconds East, 375.13 feet;

Thence North 86 degrees 31 minutes 58 seconds East, 135.00 feet;

Thence North 86 degrees 36 minutes 47 seconds East, 142.68 feet;

Thence North 83 degrees 24 minutes 43 seconds East, 419.66 feet;

Thence South 88 degrees 40 minutes 22 seconds East, 84.09 feet;

Thence North 09 degrees 35 minutes 55 seconds East, 26.60 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve, concave Northwesterly, whose radius point bears North 80 degrees 24 minutes 05 seconds West, 175.00 feet;

Thence Northeasterly, along said curve to the left, through a central angle of 03 degrees 47 minutes 06 seconds, an arc distance of 11.56 feet;

Thence South 84 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East, 50 feet;

Thence South 80 degrees 24 minutes 05 seconds East, 97.01 feet to the true point of beginning;

Except that property described as follows:


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Commencing at the East quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation Brass Cap marked LS No. 29891, from which the Southeast corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Brass Cap, bears as a basis of bearings South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, 2621.47 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 44 seconds West, along the Easterly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17, 2339.19 feet;

Thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes 24 seconds West, 50.02 feet to the true point of beginning;

Thence South 79 degrees 32 minutes 47 seconds West, 94.39 feet;

Thence North 00 degrees 18 minutes 50 seconds West, 95.36 feet;

Thence North 79 degrees 36 minutes 13 seconds East, 95.48 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 25 seconds West, 95.46 feet to the true point of beginning; and

Except that parcel of land situate in the Southeast quarter of Section 17, Township 1 North, Range 3 West of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona, described as follows:

Commencing at the Southeast quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation Brass Cap, from which the East quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation Brass Cap marked "RLS 29891", bears as basis of bearings North 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds East, 2621.47 feet;

Thence North 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds East, along the Easterly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17, 282.02 feet;

Thence North 89 degrees 39 minutes 18 seconds West, 50.02 feet to the true point of beginning;

Thence South 79 degrees 32 minutes 47 seconds West, 208.69 feet;

Thence North 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds East, 291.06 feet;

Thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 18 seconds East, 205.00 feet to a point on a line which is parallel with, and 50.02 feet Westerly of, the Easterly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17;


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Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, along said parallel line, 251.96 feet to the true point of beginning.

Except from this exception that property described as follows::

Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation Brass Cap, from which the East quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation Brass Cap marked "RLS 29891", bears as basis of bearings, North 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds East, 2621.47 feet;

Thence North 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds East, along the Easterly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17, 282.02 feet;

Thence North 89 degrees 39 minutes 18 seconds West, 50.02 feet to the true point of beginning;

Thence South 79 degrees 32 minutes 47 seconds West, 94.39 feet;

Thence North 00 degrees 18 minutes 50 seconds West, 95.36 feet;

Thence North 79 degrees 36 minutes 13 seconds East, 95.48 feet to a point on a line which is parallel with, and 50.02 feet Westerly of, the Easterly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17;

Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, along said parallel line, 95.46 feet to the true point of beginning.


Parcel No. 2:

That parcel of land situated in the Southeast quarter of Section 17, Township 1 North, Range 3 West of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona, described as follows:

Commencing at the East quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation brass cap marked LS No. 29891, from which the Southeast corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County brass cap, bears as a basis of bearings South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, 2621.47 feet;

Thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 41 seconds West, along the East-West mid-section line of said Section 17, 1320.37 feet to the true point of beginning;

Thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 52 seconds West, 1310.75 feet;


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Thence South 28 degrees 40 minutes 19 seconds West, 27.33 feet;

Thence South 07 degrees 14 minutes 33 seconds West, 44.78 feet;

Thence South 04 degrees 12 minutes 16 seconds East, 25.44 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 56 minutes 04 seconds East, 148.30 feet;

Thence North 85 degrees 16 minutes 11 seconds East, 162.81 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve, concave Northwesterly, whose radius point bears North 04 degrees 43 minutes 49 seconds West, 600.00 feet;

Thence Northeasterly, along said curve to the left, through a central angle of 43 degrees 20 minutes 02 seconds, an arc distance of 453.79 feet to a point of tangency;

Thence North 41 degrees 56 minutes 09 seconds East, 24.03 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve, concave Northwesterly, whose radius point bears North 48 degrees 03 minutes 51 seconds West, 492.00 feet;

Thence Northeasterly, along said curve to the left, through a central angle of 31 degrees 18 minutes 01 second, an arc distance of 268.78 feet to a point of tangency;

Thence North 10 degrees 38 minutes 08 seconds East, 9.45 feet;

Thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 18 seconds East, 641.09 feet to a point lying on the Easterly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17;

Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, along said Easterly line, 1360.93 feet;

Thence South 80 degrees 44 minutes 54 seconds West, 1126.04 feet to a point lying on the Southerly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17;

Thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes 25 seconds West, along said Southerly line, 1525.84 feet to the South quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation brass cap marked LS No. 29891;

Thence North 00 degrees 17 minutes 46 seconds East, along the North-South mid-section line, 2624.33 feet to the center of said Section 17, which is monumented by a brass cap in a handhole;

Thence South 89 degrees 53 minutes 41 seconds East, along the East-West mid-section line, 1317.99 feet to the true point of beginning;

Except that property described as follows:


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Commencing at the East quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation brass cap marked LS No. 29891, from which the Southeast corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County brass cap, bears as a basis of bearings South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, 2621.47 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 44 seconds West, along the Easterly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17, 2339.19 feet;

Thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes 24 seconds West, 50.02 feet to the true point of beginning;

Thence South 79 degrees 32 minutes 47 seconds West, 94.39 feet;

Thence North 00 degrees 18 minutes 50 seconds West, 95.36 feet;

Thence North 79 degrees 36 minutes 13 seconds East, 95.48 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 25 seconds West, 95.46 feet to the true point of beginning; and
That portion described as follows:

That parcel of the Southeast quarter of Section 17, Township 1 North, Range 3 West of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona, described as follows:

Commencing at the East quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation Brass Cap marked LS No. 29891, from which the Southeast corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Brass Cap, bears as a basis of bearings South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, 2621.47 feet;

Thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 41 seconds West, along the East-West mid-section line of said Section 17, 1320.37 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 52 seconds West, 1310.75 feet;

Thence South 28 degrees 40 minutes 19 seconds West, 27.33 feet;

Thence South 07 degrees 14 minutes 33 seconds West, 44.78 feet;

Thence South 04 degrees 12 minutes 16 seconds East, 25.44 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 56 minutes 04 seconds East, 142.96 feet to the true point of beginning;

Thence South 00 degrees 56 minutes 04 seconds East, 5.33 feet;


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Thence North 85 degrees 16 minutes 11 seconds East, 162.81 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve, concave Northwesterly, whose radius point bears North 04 degrees 43 minutes 49 seconds West, 600.00 feet;

Thence Northeasterly, along said curve to the left, through a central angle of 43 degrees 20 minutes 02 seconds, an arc distance of 453.79 feet to a point of tangency;

Thence North 41 degrees 56 minutes 09 seconds East, 24.03 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve, concave Northwesterly, whose radius point bears North 48 degrees 03 minutes 51 seconds West, 492.00 feet;

Thence Northeasterly, along said curve to the left, through a central angle of 31 degrees 18 minutes 01 seconds, an arc distance of 268.78 feet to a point of tangency;

Thence North 10 degrees 38 minutes 08 seconds East, 9.45 feet;

Thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 18 seconds East, 641.09 feet to a point lying on the Easterly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17;

Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, along said Easterly line, 1360.93 feet;

Thence South 80 degrees 44 minutes 54 seconds West, 1126.04 feet to a point lying on the Southerly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17;

Thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes 25 seconds West, along said Southerly line, 1525.84 feet to the South quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation Brass Cap marked LS No. 29891;

Thence North 00 degrees 17 minutes 46 seconds East, along the North-South mid-section line, 997.14 feet;

Thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 14 seconds East, 375.13 feet;

Thence North 86 degrees 31 minutes 58 seconds East, 135.00 feet;

Thence North 86 degrees 36 minutes 47 seconds East, 142.68 feet;

Thence North 83 degrees 24 minutes 43 seconds East, 419.66 feet;

Thence South 88 degrees 40 minutes 22 seconds East, 84.09 feet;

Thence North 09 degrees 35 minutes 55 seconds East, 26.60 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve, concave Northwesterly, whose radius point bears North 80 degrees 24 minutes 05 seconds West, 175.00 feet;


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Thence Northeasterly, along said curve to the left, through a central angle of 03 degrees 47 minutes 06 seconds, an arc distance of 11.56 feet;

Thence South 84 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East, 50 feet;

Thence South 80 degrees 24 minutes 05 seconds East, 97.01 feet to the true point of beginning;

Except from this exception that property described as follows:

Commencing at the East quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation Brass Cap marked LS No. 29891, from which the Southeast corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Brass Cap, bears as a basis of bearing South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, 2621.47 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 44 seconds West, along the Easterly line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 17, 2339.19 feet;

Thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes 24 seconds West, 50.02 feet to the true point of beginning;

Thence South 79 degrees 32 minutes 47 seconds West, 94.39 feet;

Thence North 00 degrees 18 minutes 50 seconds West, 95.36 feet;

Thence North 79 degrees 36 minutes 13 seconds East, 95.48 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 25 seconds West, 95.46 feet to the true point of beginning.


Parcel No. 3:

That parcel of land situated in the Northeast quarter of Section 17, Township 1 North, Range 3 West of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona, described as follows:

Commencing at the East quarter corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County Department of Transportation brass cap marked LS No. 29891, from which the Southeast corner of said Section 17, which is monumented by a Maricopa County brass cap, bears as a basis of bearings South 00 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds West, 2621.47 feet;

Thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 41 seconds West, along the East-West mid-section line of said Section 17, 1320.37 feet to the true point of beginning;


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Thence continuing North 89 degrees 53 minutes 41 seconds West, along said East-West mid-section line, 1317.99 feet to the center of said Section 17, which is monumented by a brass cap in a hand hole;

Thence North 00 degrees 17 minutes 50 seconds East, along the North-South mid-section line of said Section 17, 2005.57 feet;

Thence South 69 degrees 22 minutes 19 seconds East, 1406.03 feet;

Thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 52 seconds West, 1512.65 feet to a point lying on the East-West mid-section line and the true point of beginning.

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EX-10.5 6 ex105-sreguarantyofimh.htm EXHIBIT 10.5 Exhibit


GUARANTY
THIS GUARANTY (this “Guaranty”), dated as of March 23, 2016, is made and entered into by IMH FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Guarantor”), to and for the benefit of SRE MONARCH LENDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns, the Lender”), with an address for notice hereunder of c/o Singerman Real Estate, LLC, 980 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1660, Chicago, Illinois 60611.
RECITALS
A.    Buena Yuma, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (“Borrower”), and Lender have entered into a certain Loan Agreement of even date herewith (as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”). All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Loan Agreement.
B.    Guarantor directly or indirectly owns an interest in the Borrower and will derive material financial benefit from the making of the Loan and the financial accommodations extended to Borrower pursuant to the Loan Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
C    Lender has relied on the statements and agreements contained herein in agreeing to make the Loan. The execution and delivery of this Guaranty by Guarantor is a condition precedent to the making of the Loan by Lender.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the matters described in the Recitals, which Recitals are incorporated herein and made apart hereof, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, Guarantor hereby unconditionally, absolutely and irrevocably guarantee to Lender, its successors and assigns, the due payment, fulfillment and performance of the “Guaranteed Obligations” (as hereinafter defined). Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally covenants and agrees that it is liable for and shall pay the Guaranteed Obligations as primary obligor, this Guaranty being upon the following terms and conditions:
1.    Guaranteed Obligations. As used herein, the term “Guaranteed Obligations” means the full, complete and punctual observance, performance, payment and satisfaction of all of the Obligations, including without limitation, the Additional Interest, plus Enforcement Costs (as defined in Section 20). The failure by Guarantor to pay or perform any Guaranteed Obligations or any other covenant, agreement or obligation of Guarantor under this Guaranty or the inaccuracy when made, or deemed made, of any representations, certifications and warranties of Guarantor in this Guaranty or in any certificate, agreement or document provided by, or on behalf of Guarantor, pursuant to this Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents shall constitute an “Event of Default” for purposes of this Guaranty.
2.    Continuing Guaranty. This is an irrevocable, absolute, continuing guaranty of payment and performance and not of collection. This Guaranty may not be revoked by Guarantor and shall continue to be effective with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations arising or created after

Guaranty



any attempted revocation by Guarantor and after Guarantor’s dissolution (in which event this Guaranty shall be binding upon Guarantor’s successors and assigns). It is the intent of Guarantor that the obligations and liabilities of Guarantor hereunder are absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and that until the Guaranteed Obligations are fully, finally and indefeasibly satisfied, such obligations and liabilities shall not be discharged or released in whole or in part, by any act or occurrence which might, but for the provisions of this Guaranty, be deemed a legal or equitable discharge or release of Guarantor. Each and every default in payment of any amounts due or performance of any obligation required under this Guaranty shall give rise to a separate cause of action hereunder, and separate suits may be brought hereunder as each cause of action arises, or, in the discretion of Lender, may be brought as a consolidated suit or suits. This is a guaranty of payment and performance and not of collection.
3.    Waivers.
(a)    Guarantor hereby assents to all terms and agreements heretofore or hereafter made by Borrower with Lender, and, except as such waiver may be expressly prohibited by law, waives notice of:
(i)    Any loans or advances made by Lender to Borrower under the Transaction Documents;
(ii)    The present existence or future incurring of any of the Indebtedness pursuant to the Note or any future modifications thereof or any terms or amounts thereof or any Guaranteed Obligations or any terms or amounts thereof;
(iii)    The obtaining or release of any guaranty or surety agreement (in addition to this Guaranty), pledge, assignment, or other security for any of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note, or any Guaranteed Obligations; and
(iv)    Notice of protest, default, notice of intent to accelerate and notice of acceleration in relation to any instrument relating to the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note or any Guaranteed Obligations.
(b)    Guarantor hereby waives any rights and defenses that any Guarantor might have as a result of any representation, warranty or statement made by Lender or its agents to Guarantor in order to induce Guarantor to execute this Guaranty and further waives any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of the Guarantor.
(c)    Upon a default by Borrower, Lender in its sole discretion, without prior notice to or consent of Guarantor, may elect to: (i) foreclose either judicially or nonjudicially against any real or personal property security it may hold for the Loan, (ii) accept a transfer of any such security in lieu of foreclosure, (iii) compromise or adjust the Loan or any part of it or make any other accommodation with Borrower or Guarantor, or (iv) exercise any other remedy against Borrower or any security. No such action by Lender shall release or limit the liability of Guarantor, which shall remain liable under this Guaranty after the action, even if the effect of the action is to deprive Guarantor of any subrogation rights, rights of indemnity, or other rights to collect reimbursement from Borrower for any sums paid to Lender, whether contractual or arising by operation of law or

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otherwise. Guarantor expressly agrees that under no circumstances shall it be deemed to have any right, title, interest or claim in or to any real or personal property held by Lender or any third party after any foreclosure or transfer in lieu of foreclosure of any security for the Loan.
(d)    Regardless of whether Guarantor may have made any payments to Lender, until the Loan is indefeasibly paid in full and except as set forth in Section 10 hereof, Guarantor hereby waives: (i) all rights of subrogation, indemnification, contribution and any other rights to collect reimbursement from Borrower or any other party for any sums paid to Lender, whether contractual or arising by operation of law (including the United States Bankruptcy Code or any successor or similar statute) or otherwise, (ii) all rights to enforce any remedy that Lender may have against Borrower, and (iii) all rights to participate in any security now or later to be held by Lender for the Loan.
(e)    Guarantor further waives any defense to the recovery by Lender against Guarantor of any deficiency or otherwise to the enforcement of this Guaranty or any security for this Guaranty based upon Lender’s election of any remedy against Guarantor or Borrower, including the defense to enforcement of this Guaranty by virtue of any “anti-deficiency” statutes and their application following a non-judicial foreclosure sale.
(f)    Guarantor waives all rights and defenses arising out of an election of remedies by Lender, even though that election of remedies, such as a nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to security for a Guaranteed Obligation may adversely affect Guarantor’s right of subrogation and reimbursement against Borrower.
4.    Events and Circumstances Not Reducing or Discharging Guarantor’s Obligations. Guarantor hereby consents and agrees to each of the following, and agrees that Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty shall not be released, diminished, impaired, reduced or adversely affected by any of the following, and waives any rights and defenses (excluding the rights to notice, if any, as herein provided or as required by law) which Guarantor might have otherwise as a result of or in connection with any of the following:
(a)    any and all extensions, modifications, adjustments, indulgences, forbearances or compromises that might be granted or given by Lender to Borrower, including, without limitation, any and all amendments, modifications, supplements, extensions or restatements of any of the Transaction Documents;
(b)    the insolvency, bankruptcy, rearrangement, adjustment, composition, liquidation, disability, dissolution or lack of power of Borrower or any other party at any time liable for the payment of all or part of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note or any Obligations; or any dissolution, consolidation or merger of Borrower or Guarantor, or any sale, lease or transfer of any or all of the assets of Borrower or Guarantor, or any changes in the ownership, partners or members of Borrower or Guarantor;
(c)    the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of all or any part of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note or any Guaranteed Obligations, or any document or agreement executed in connection with the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note or any Guaranteed Obligations, for any reason whatsoever, including, without limitation, the fact that the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note, or any part thereof exceeds the amount permitted by law, the act of creating the

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Indebtedness evidenced by the Note or any Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof is ultra vires, the representatives executing the Note or the other Transaction Documents or otherwise creating the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note or any Guaranteed Obligations acted in excess of their authority, the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note violates applicable usury laws, Borrower has valid defenses, claims or offsets (whether at law, in equity or by agreement) that render the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note or any Guaranteed Obligations wholly or partially uncollectible from Borrower, the creation, performance or repayment of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note or any Guaranteed Obligations is illegal, uncollectible, legally impossible or unenforceable, or any of the other Transaction Documents pertaining to the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note or any Guaranteed Obligations are irregular or not genuine or authentic;
(d)    the taking or accepting of any other security, collateral or guaranty, or other assurance of the payment, for all or any of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note or any Guaranteed Obligations;
(e)    any release, surrender or exchange of any Collateral, property or security, at any time existing in connection with, or assuring or securing payment of, all or any part of the indebtedness evidenced by the Note or the Guaranteed Obligations;
(f)    the failure of Lender or any other party to exercise diligence or reasonable care in the preservation, protection, enforcement, sale or other handling or treatment of all or any part of such Collateral, property or security;
(g)    the fact that any Collateral, security, security interest or lien contemplated or intended to be given, created or granted as security for the repayment of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note or Guaranteed Obligations shall not be properly perfected or created, or shall prove to be unenforceable or subordinate to any other security interest or lien, it being recognized and agreed by Guarantor that Guarantor is not entering into this Guaranty in reliance on, or in contemplation of the benefits of, the validity, enforceability, collectibility or value of any of the Collateral for the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note or the Guaranteed Obligations;
(h)    any payment by Borrower to Lender is held to constitute a preference under the Bankruptcy Code, or for any reason Lender is required to refund such payment or pay such amounts to Borrower or any other Person; or
(i)    any other action taken or omitted to be taken with respect to the Deed of Trust, the Transaction Documents, the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note or the Guaranteed Obligations, the security and Collateral therefor, whether or not such action or omission prejudices Guarantor or increases the likelihood that Guarantor will be required to pay the Guaranteed Obligations.
It is the unambiguous and unequivocal intention of Guarantor that Guarantor shall be obligated to pay and perform the Guaranteed Obligations when due, notwithstanding any occurrence, circumstance, event, action or omission whatsoever, whether contemplated or uncontemplated, and whether or not otherwise or particularly described herein, except for the full and final payment and satisfaction of all Guaranteed Obligations.

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5.    Payment by Guarantor. If the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, are not punctually paid or performed, as the case may be, Guarantor shall, immediately on demand and without protest or notice of protest, pay the amount due thereon to Lender, at its address set forth above or as otherwise designated by Lender. Such demand(s) may be made at any time coincident with or after the time for payment or performance of all or part of the Guaranteed Obligations. Such demand shall be deemed made if given in accordance with Section 17 hereof. It shall not be necessary for Lender, in order to enforce such payment or performance by Guarantor, first to institute suit or exhaust its remedies against Borrower, or others liable to pay or perform such Guaranteed Obligations, or to enforce its rights against any security or Collateral that shall ever have been given to secure the Guaranteed Obligations. Lender shall not be required to mitigate damages or take any other action to reduce, collect or enforce the indebtedness evidenced by the Note or Guaranteed Obligations. No set-off, counterclaim, reduction, or diminution of any Obligations, or any defense of any kind or nature that Guarantor has or may hereafter have against Borrower or Lender shall be available hereunder to Guarantor.
6.    Indebtedness or Other Obligations of Guarantor. If Guarantor is or becomes liable for any indebtedness owed by Borrower to Lender by endorsement or otherwise than under this Guaranty, such liability shall not be in any manner impaired or affected by this Guaranty, and the rights of Lender hereunder shall be cumulative of any and all other rights that Lender may ever have against Guarantor. The exercise by Lender of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other instrument or at law or in equity shall not preclude the concurrent or subsequent exercise of any other instrument or remedy at law or in equity and shall not preclude the concurrent or subsequent exercise of any other right or remedy. Further, without in any way diminishing or limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is specifically understood and agreed that this Guaranty is given by Guarantor as an additional guaranty to any and all guaranties hereafter executed and delivered to Lender by Guarantor in favor of Lender relating to the Obligations of Borrower to Lender, and nothing herein shall ever be deemed to replace or be in lieu of any other of such previous or subsequent guaranties.
7.    Application of Payments. If, at any time, there is any Indebtedness or Obligations (or any portion thereof) of Borrower to Lender that is not guaranteed by Guarantor, Lender, without in any manner impairing its rights hereunder, may, at its option, apply all amounts realized by Lender from Collateral or security held by Lender first to the payment of such unguaranteed Indebtedness or Obligations, with the remaining amounts, if any, to then be applied to the payment of the Indebtedness or Obligations guaranteed by Guarantor.
8.    Suits, Releases of Settlements with Others. Guarantor agrees that Lender, in its sole discretion, may bring suit against any other Guarantor without impairing the rights of Lender or its successors and assigns against Guarantor or any other Guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; and Lender may settle or compromise with such other Guarantor for such sum or sums as Lender may see fit and release such other Guarantor from all further liability to Lender, all without impairing its rights against Guarantor.
9.    Warranties and Representations, Covenants and Agreements.
(a)    Guarantor warrants, represents, and agrees as follows:

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(i)    Guarantor has received, or will receive, direct or indirect benefit from the making of this Guaranty, the making of the Loan and the entering into and execution of the Loan Agreement and the Transaction Documents in connection therewith;
(ii)    Guarantor is familiar with, and has independently reviewed the financial condition of the Borrower and is familiar with the value of any and all Collateral intended to be created as security for the payment and performance of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note and the Guaranteed Obligations, Guarantor assumes full responsibility for keeping fully informed as to such matters in the future, and Guarantor is not relying on such financial condition or the Collateral as an inducement to enter into this Guaranty;
(iii)    All financial statements concerning Guarantor that have been or will hereafter be furnished by Guarantor or Borrower to Lender pursuant to the Transaction Documents, have been or will be prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied (except as disclosed therein, to the extent Lender approves such disclosure) and, in all material respects, present fairly the financial condition of the Persons covered thereby as at the dates thereof and the results of their operations for the periods then ended;
(iv)    Guarantor is not an “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of section 3(3) of ERISA) to which ERISA applies and Guarantor’s assets do not constitute plan assets. No actions, suits or claims under any laws and regulations promulgated pursuant to ERISA are pending or, to Guarantor’s knowledge, threatened against Guarantor. Guarantor has no knowledge of any material liability incurred by Guarantor that remains unsatisfied for any taxes or penalties with respect to any employee benefit plan or any Multiemployer Plan, or of any lien that has been imposed on Guarantor’s assets pursuant to section 412 of the Code or sections 302 or 4068 of ERISA. The Loan, the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated by this Guaranty are not a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA;
(v)    As of the date hereof, and after giving effect to this Guaranty and the contingent obligations evidenced hereby, Guarantor is and expects to be solvent at all times, and has and expects to have assets at all times that, fairly valued, exceed his or its obligations, liabilities and debts, and has and expects to have property and assets at all times sufficient to satisfy and repay his or its obligations and liabilities;
10.    Subordination. If, for any reason Borrower is now or hereafter becomes indebted to Guarantor (such indebtedness and all interest thereon being referred to as the “Affiliated Debt”), such Affiliated Debt shall, at all times, be subordinate in all respects to the full payment and performance of the Indebtedness and Obligations evidenced by the Note, and Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or receive payment thereof until all of the Indebtedness and Obligations evidenced by the Note have been fully paid. Guarantor agrees that any liens, mortgages, deeds of trust, security interests, judgment liens, charges or other encumbrances upon Borrower’s assets securing payment of the Affiliated Debt shall be and remain subordinate and inferior to any liens, security interests, judgment liens, charge or other encumbrances upon Borrower’s assets securing the payment of the Indebtedness and Obligations evidenced by the Note and Guaranteed Obligations, and without the prior written consent of Lender, Guarantor shall not exercise or enforce any creditor’s rights of any nature against Borrower to collect the Affiliated Debt (other than demand payment

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therefor). In the event of the receivership, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, debtor’s relief or other insolvency proceedings involving Borrower as a debtor, Lender shall have the right and authority, either in its own name or as attorney-in-fact for Guarantor, to file such proof of debt claim, petition or other documents and to take such other steps as are necessary to prove its rights hereunder.
11.    Waiver of Subrogation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Guaranty to the contrary, until the Loan is indefeasibly paid in full, Guarantor hereby waives any claim or other rights that Guarantor may now have or hereafter acquire against Borrower or any other guarantor of all or any of the obligations that arise from the existence or performance of Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty (all such claims and rights are referred to as “Guarantor’s Conditional Rights”), including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, or indemnification, any right to participate in any claim or remedy of Lender against Borrower or any security or Collateral that Lender now has or hereafter acquires, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute (including the Bankruptcy Code or any successor or similar statute) or common law, by any payment made hereunder or otherwise, including without limitation, the right to take or receive from Borrower, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by setoff or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim or other rights. If, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, any amount shall be paid to Guarantor on account of Guarantor’s Conditional Rights and either (i) such amount is paid to Guarantor at any time when the Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been paid or performed in full, or (ii) regardless of when such amount is paid to Guarantor, any payment made by Borrower to Lender is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid by Lender or paid over to a trustee, receiver or any other entity, whether under any bankruptcy act or otherwise, then such amount paid to Guarantor shall be held in trust for the benefit of Lender and shall forthwith be paid to Lender to be credited and applied upon the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine. The foregoing waivers shall be effective until the Guaranteed Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full.
12.    Impairment of Subrogation Rights; Waivers of Rights Under the Anti-Deficiency Rules.
(a)    Guarantor agrees that upon an Event of Default under the Transaction Documents, Lender may elect to foreclose either nonjudicially or judicially against any real or personal property Collateral or security (including, without limitation, the Mortgaged Property) it holds for the Indebtedness and Obligations evidenced by the Note or any Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, or accept an assignment of any such Collateral or security in lieu of foreclosure, or compromise or adjust any part of such Obligations, or make any other accommodation with Borrower or Guarantor, or exercise any other remedy against Borrower or any Collateral or security. No such action by Lender will release or limit the liability of Guarantor to Lender, and Guarantor shall remain liable under this Guaranty after the action, even if the effect of that action is to deprive Guarantor of the right to collect reimbursement from Borrower or any other person for any sums paid to Lender or Guarantor’s rights of subrogation, contribution, or indemnity against Borrower or any other person. Without limiting the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that on any foreclosure or assignment in lieu of foreclosure of any Collateral or security held by Lender, such Collateral or security will no longer exist and that any right that Guarantor might otherwise have, on full payment of the Guaranteed Obligations by Guarantor to Lender, to participate in any such

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Collateral or security or to be subrogated to any rights of Lender with respect to any such Collateral or security will be nonexistent; nor shall Guarantor be deemed to have any right, title, interest or claim under any circumstances in or to any real or personal property held by Lender or any third party following any foreclosure or assignment in lieu of foreclosure of any such Collateral or security.
(b)    Guarantor understands and acknowledges that if Lender forecloses judicially or nonjudicially against any real property Collateral or security for Borrower’s Indebtedness or Obligations, such foreclosure could impair or destroy any right or ability that Guarantor may have to seek reimbursement, contribution, or indemnification for any amounts paid by Guarantor under this Guaranty.
(c)    Without limiting the foregoing, Guarantor waives all rights and defenses arising out of an election of remedies by Lender, even though that election of remedies, such as nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to security for a Guaranteed Obligation, has destroyed Guarantor’s rights of subrogation and reimbursement.
(d)    Guarantor intentionally, freely, irrevocably and unconditionally waives and relinquishes all rights that may be available to it under any provision of applicable law to limit the amount of any deficiency judgment or other judgment that may be obtained against Guarantor under this Guaranty to not more than the amount by which the unpaid Guaranteed Obligations plus all other Indebtedness due from Borrower under the Transaction Documents exceeds the fair market value or fair value of any real or personal property securing said obligations and any other Indebtedness due from Borrower under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, all rights to an appraisement of, judicial or other hearing on, or other determination of the value of said property. Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that, as a result of the foregoing waiver, Lender may be entitled to recover from Guarantor an amount that, when combined with the value of any real or personal property foreclosed upon by Lender (or the proceeds of the sale of which have been received by Lender) and any sums collected by Lender from Borrower or other Persons, might exceed the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations plus all other Indebtedness due from Borrower under the Transaction Documents.
(e)    Guarantor understands and agrees that Lender may have the ability to pursue Guarantor for a judgment on the Guaranteed Obligations without having first foreclosed on the real property Collateral or security for such Guaranteed Obligations, that Lender may have the ability to sue Guarantor for a deficiency judgment on the Guaranteed Obligations after a non-judicial foreclosure sale or, regardless of any election of remedies by Lender, if the Guaranteed Obligations or any of the other Indebtedness of Borrower to Lender under the Transaction Documents is considered to have been provided by a vendor to a buyer and to evidence part of the purchase price for the real property Collateral or security, and that Lender may be able to recover from Borrower an amount that, when combined with the fair market value of the property acquired by Lender in a foreclosure sale or the proceeds of the foreclosure sale received by Lender, might exceed the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations due and owing by Guarantor and the amounts payable under the Transaction Documents.
(f)    Without limiting any of the other waivers and provisions set forth in this Guaranty: Guarantor waives all rights and defenses that Guarantor may have because Borrower’s Obligations are secured by real property; this means, among other things: (a) Lender may collect

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from Guarantor without first foreclosing on any real or personal property Collateral pledged by Borrower; (b) the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations may be reduced only by the price for which that Collateral is sold at the foreclosure sale, even if the collateral is worth more than the sale price; (c) Lender may collect from Guarantor even if Lender, by foreclosing on the real property Collateral, has destroyed any right Guarantor may have to collect from Borrower. This is an unconditional and irrevocable waiver of any rights and defenses Guarantor may have because the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note is secured by real property. Guarantor waives all rights and defenses arising out of an election of remedies by Lender, even though that election of remedies by Lender, such as a nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to security for the Guaranteed Obligation, has destroyed Guarantor’s rights of subrogation and reimbursement against the principal.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provisions of Section 3(c) hereof, nothing contained in this Guaranty shall in any way be deemed to imply that any other state’s law other than the law of the State of Illinois shall govern this Guaranty or any of the Transaction Documents in any respect, except as expressly set forth therein, including with respect to the exercise of Lender’s remedies under the Transaction Documents.
Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, upon the indefeasible payment in full of the Note, Guarantor shall have all rights of subrogation available at law or in equity.
13.    Successors and Assigns. This Guaranty is for the benefit of Lender, its successors and assigns, and in the event of an assignment by Lender, its successors and assigns, of the obligations evidenced by the Note, or any part or parts thereof, the rights and benefits hereunder, to the extent applicable to the obligations so assigned, may be transferred with such obligations. This Guaranty is binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns.
14.    No Release if Preference, Refund, Etc. In the event any payment by Borrower to Lender is determined to be a preferential payment under any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws, or if for any reason Lender is required to refund part or all of any payment or pay the amount thereof to any other party, such repayment by Lender to Borrower shall not constitute a release of Guarantor from any liability hereunder, and Guarantor agrees to pay such amount to Lender upon demand to the extent such amount constitutes a Guaranteed Obligation.
15.    Right of Set-Off. In addition to any other rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon Guarantor’s failure to pay the Guaranteed Obligations, after demand by Lender, Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, without notice to Guarantor or to any other person, to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special) and any other Indebtedness at any time held or owing by Lender to or for the credit or the account of Guarantor against or on account of the obligations evidenced by the Note.
16.    GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.
17.    Notices. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given shall be in writing addressed to the respective

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party as set forth below and may be personally served, telecopied (with request for confirmation) or sent by overnight courier service or United States registered mail return receipt requested, postage prepaid. Any notice so given shall be deemed effective upon delivery or on refusal or failure of delivery during normal business hours. Notices shall be addressed to the parties at the following addresses or to such other address as the party addressed shall have previously designated by written notice to the serving party, given in accordance with this Section 17.
If to Guarantor:
IMH Financial Corporation
7001 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 2050
Scottsdale, Arizona 85253
Attention: Lawrence D. Bain, CEO
E-Mail: ldb@imhfc.com

With a copy to:
IMH Financial Corporation
7001 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 2050
Scottsdale, Arizona 85253
Attention: Legal Department
E-Mail: legal@imhfc.com

If to Lender:
SRE Monarch Lending, LLC
c/o Singerman Real Estate, LLC
980 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1660
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Attention: Charlie Kellogg
E-Mail: ckellogg@singerman.com
Fax: (312) 475-9304
With a copy to:
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
525 West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois 60661-3693
Attn: Kenneth M. Jacobson
Email: kenneth.jacobson@kattenlaw.com
Telephone: 312-902-5445
Facsimile: 312-902-1061

18.    CONSENT OF JURISDICTION/SERVICE OF PROCESS. GUARANTOR HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED WITHIN THE COUNTY OF COOK, STATE OF ILLINOIS AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT, SUBJECT TO LENDER’S ELECTION, ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE LITIGATED IN SUCH COURTS. GUARANTOR ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS AND WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ANY JUDGMENT RENDERED THEREBY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTY, THE NOTE, SUCH OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR SUCH OBLIGATION. GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION,

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SUIT OR PROCEEDING WILL BE DEEMED EFFECTIVE. SERVICE OF PROCESS ON GUARANTOR IF PERSONALLY SERVED OR SERVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 17 ABOVE OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS AS SUCH GUARANTOR MAY HAVE FURNISHED AS TO ITSELF TO THE SERVING PARTY BY LIKE NOTICE, OR TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF SUCH GUARANTOR PROVIDED THEREUNDER WILL BE DEEMED EFFECTIVE.
19.    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. GUARANTOR AND LENDER HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS GUARANTY, ANY OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION AND THE RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED. GUARANTOR AND LENDER ALSO WAIVE ANY BOND OR SURETY OR SECURITY UPON SUCH BOND THAT MIGHT, BUT FOR THIS WAIVER, BE REQUIRED OF GUARANTOR OR LENDER. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL‑ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. GUARANTOR AND LENDER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THE WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS GUARANTY AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THE WAIVER IN THEIR RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. GUARANTOR AND LENDER FURTHER WARRANT AND REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING, AND THE WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS GUARANTY, THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE LOAN. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS GUARANTY MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
20.    Expenses. Guarantor agrees to fully and punctually pay all costs and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs and costs of appeal, which Lender may incur in enforcing and collecting the Guaranteed Obligations (collectively, “Enforcement Costs”).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Guaranty as of the day and year first above written.

GUARANTOR:
IMH FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation


By: ____________________________
Name:     Lawrence D. Bain
Its:     Chairman and CEO
 

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EX-10.6 7 ex106-eviornmentalindemnity.htm EXHIBIT 10.6 Exhibit


ENVIRONMENTAL INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
THIS ENVIRONMENTAL INDEMNITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of the 23rd day of March, 2016, by BUENA YUMA, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (the “Borrower”), IMH FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Guarantor”) (Borrower and Guarantor are hereinafter referred to herein individually as an “Indemnitor” and collectively as the “Indemnitors”), each of such parties, having joint and several liability hereunder), in favor of SRE MONARCH LENDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns, the “Lender”).
RECITALS
A.    Borrower is the owner of the Mortgaged Property. Guarantor is the owner, directly or indirectly, of all ownership interests in the Borrower.
B.    Lender is prepared to make a loan (the “Loan”) to Borrower in the aggregate principal amount of FOUR MILLION AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($4,000,000.00) pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement of even date herewith between Borrower and Lender (as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”). The Loan shall be evidenced by the Note. The Note shall be secured by, among other things, the Deed of Trust and the other Transaction Documents. Terms used but not otherwise defined herein (including, without limitation, in Section 6 of this Agreement) shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Loan Agreement.
C.    Lender is unwilling to make the Loan unless Indemnitors agree to provide the indemnifications, representations, warranties, covenants and other matters described in this Agreement for the benefit of the Indemnified Parties (as defined in Section 6 of this Agreement).
D.    Indemnitors will derive financial and other benefits from the Loan.
E.    Indemnitors are entering into this Agreement to induce Lender to make the Loan.
AGREEMENT
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Indemnitors hereby represent, warrant, covenant and agree for the benefit of the Indemnified Parties as follows:
1.    Representations And Warranties.
(a)    There are no claims, liabilities, investigations, litigation, administrative proceedings, whether pending or, to Indemnitor’s knowledge threatened in writing, or judgments or orders relating to any Hazardous Materials (collectively called “Environmental Claims”) asserted or threatened in writing against Borrower or any past or present tenant, operator or owner of all or any part of the Land (the Land is sometimes collectively referred to as the “Real Estate”).





To Indemnitors’ knowledge, neither Indemnitors nor any other Person has caused or permitted any Release of any Hazardous Materials to be at, from, onto or on the Real Estate in a manner which could form the basis for an Environmental Claim.
(b)    To Indemnitors’ knowledge, (i) there has been no presence or Release of Hazardous Materials (other than Hazardous Materials used in the usual and customary course of constructing, operating and maintaining the Real Estate or any other real property covered by this paragraph in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws) at, from, onto or on the Real Estate in violation of Environmental Laws or in any manner that could have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) to the knowledge of Indemnitors, there has been no presence or Release of Hazardous Substances on parcels of land adjacent to the Real Estate, and (iii) no part of the Real Estate or, to the knowledge of Indemnitors, no part of parcels adjacent to the Real Estate, including the groundwater located thereon, is presently contaminated by Hazardous Materials in violation of applicable Environmental Laws or in any manner that could have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of Indemnitors, no underground or above ground storage tanks or surface impoundments are, or were located, on, under or at the Real Estate.
(c)    To Indemnitors’ knowledge, Borrower and the Mortgaged Property has been and is currently in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, including obtaining and maintaining in effect all permits, licenses or other authorizations required by Environmental Laws.
(d)    Neither the Borrower nor the Real Estate is the subject of any pending or proposed or threatened site Remediation.
2.    Environmental Covenants.
(a)    Indemnitors shall at all times comply, and cause the Mortgaged Property to comply, with all applicable Environmental Laws. Indemnitors shall not install or permit to be installed any asbestos containing material or above-ground or below-ground storage tanks at, on, above or under the Real Estate.
(b)    Indemnitors shall promptly take any and all necessary remedial actions upon obtaining knowledge of the presence or Release of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Real Estate in violation of any Environmental Laws or in any manner that could have a Material Adverse Effect. In the event any such Person undertakes any remedial action with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, such Person shall conduct and complete such remedial action in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and in accordance with the applicable policies, orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities.
(c)    If an Event of Default exists or Lender at any time has a reasonable basis to believe that there may be a violation of any Environmental Laws by, or any liability arising thereunder of, an Indemnitor or any other Person relating to the Real Estate, then Indemnitors shall, upon request from Lender, provide Lender with such reports, certificates, engineering studies or other written material or data as Lender may require so as to satisfy Lender that the Borrower and the Mortgaged Property are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws.

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(d)    In the event that the Real Estate (or any portion thereof) becomes the subject of any Remediation, Indemnitors shall commence such Remediation no later than the earlier of (a) thirty (30) days after written demand by Lender for performance thereof, or (b) such shorter period of time as may be required under applicable law or direction of any Governmental Authorities and thereafter shall diligently prosecute the same to completion in accordance with applicable law or direction of any Governmental Authorities. All Remediation shall be performed by contractors approved in advance by Lender, and under the supervision of a consulting engineer approved by Lender. All costs and expenses of such Remediation shall be paid by Indemnitors, including, without limitation, Lender’s reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in connection with monitoring or review of such Remediation. In the event Indemnitors shall fail to timely commence, or cause to be commenced, or fail to diligently prosecute to completion, such Remediation, Lender may, but shall not be required to, cause such Remediation to be performed, and all costs and expenses thereof, or incurred in connection therewith, shall become part of the Loan.
3.    Indemnified Rights/Cooperation and Access. Indemnitors shall permit Lender, any authorized representative of Lender and any consultant or other Person retained by Lender to enter upon, examine, test and inspect the Real Estate during normal business hours upon reasonable advance notice, unless in the case of an emergency with regard to compliance with Environmental Laws, the presence of Hazardous Materials and the environmental condition of the Real Estate and properties adjacent to the Land. Such entry, examination, testing and inspecting and any reporting with respect to such entry, examination, testing or inspecting shall be at the expense of Indemnitors if (a) an Event of Default has occurred, (b) Lender reasonably suspects that a Release has occurred or (c) Lender has reasonably determined that there may be a violation of Environmental Laws or any liability arising under Environmental Laws, which expense shall be paid by Indemnitors to Lender upon demand.
4.    Indemnification. Indemnitors shall indemnify, pay, defend, and hold harmless Lender and all other Indemnified Parties from and against any and all liability, obligation, Losses, damages, (including consequential damages, diminution in value and lost profits), actions, penalties, causes of action, costs, disbursements or expenses whatsoever (including attorneys' fees and costs and costs of appeal) and any and all claims, suits, judicial, administrative, arbitration or other proceedings and judgments which Lender or any other Indemnified Party may suffer, as a result of or with respect to (collectively, “Indemnified Losses”): (a) any Environmental Claim relating to or arising from the Real Estate; (b) the violation of any Environmental Laws in connection with the Mortgaged Property; (c) any presence or Release of any Hazardous Materials affecting the Mortgaged Property; (d) the presence at, in, on or under, or the Release, at or from, the Real Estate of any Hazardous Materials, whether or not such condition was known or unknown to Indemnitors; and (e) any Remediation. If any such claim, action or proceeding shall be brought against Lender, upon notice from Indemnitors to Lender (given reasonably promptly following Lender's notice to Indemnitors of such action or proceeding), Indemnitors shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof, at Indemnitors’ expense, with counsel reasonably acceptable to Lender; provided, however, Lender may, at its own expense, retain separate counsel to participate in such defense, but such participation shall not be deemed to give Lender a right to control such defense, which right Indemnitors expressly retain. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Lender shall, following notice to and consultation with Indemnitor, have the right to employ separate counsel at Indemnitors’

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expense if, in the reasonable opinion of legal counsel, a conflict or potential conflict exists between the Indemnified Parties and Indemnitors that would make such separate representation advisable. Indemnitors shall have no obligation to indemnify an Indemnified Party to the extent of damage or loss resulting from such Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Indemnitors’ obligations under this Agreement shall not be subject to any limitations on liability provided for in any of the Transaction Documents.  The covenants and agreements of Indemnitors set forth in this Agreement (including the indemnity provided for herein):  (a) are separate and distinct obligations from Indemnitors’ obligations with respect to the Loan and under the Transaction Documents and do not constitute the substantial equivalent of such obligations, (b) shall not be discharged or satisfied by foreclosure of the Deed of Trust or any Lien created by any of the other Transaction Documents, and (c) shall continue in effect after any transfer of the Property, including transfers pursuant to foreclosure proceedings (whether judicial or nonjudicial), or by any deed in lieu of foreclosure. Indemnitors shall include Lender as an additional insured on Indemnitors’ environmental insurance policies with respect to the Mortgaged Property, and Indemnitors hereby authorize and direct any affected insurance company or other Persons to make payment of environmental insurance proceeds directly to Lender. To the extent Lender actually receives any insurance proceeds from the Indemnitors’ environmental insurance policies or any indemnity, contribution or other similar payment with respect to Indemnified Losses, Lender agrees that such proceeds or payments actually received by Lender may be utilized by Indemnitors, in Lender’s reasonable discretion, to cure or offset such Indemnified Losses.
5.    Duty to Defend and Attorneys and Other Fees and Expenses.
(a)    Indemnitors shall immediately upon becoming aware thereof advise Lender in writing and in reasonable detail of: (1) any Release, disposal, existence or discharge of any Hazardous Materials at the Real Estate required to be reported to any Governmental Authority under all applicable Environmental Laws, (2) any and all written communications sent or received by an Indemnitor with respect to any Environmental Claims or any Release, disposal, existence or discharge of Hazardous Materials required to be reported to any Governmental Authority or otherwise, (3) any remedial action taken by an Indemnitor or any other Person in response to any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Real Estate (or parcels adjacent to the Real Estate), the existence of which could result in an Environmental Claim; (4) the discovery by an Indemnitor of any occurrence or condition on any real property adjoining or in the vicinity of the Real Estate that could cause such real property or any part thereof to be classified as “border-zone property” or to be otherwise subject to any restrictions on the ownership, occupancy, transferability or use thereof under any Environmental Laws; (5) any request for information from any Governmental Authority that indicates such Governmental Authority is investigating whether an Indemnitor may be potentially responsible for a Release, disposal or discharge of Hazardous Materials; and (6) the Release, existence, disposal or discharge of Hazardous Materials that would reasonably be anticipated to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)    Indemnitors shall promptly notify Lender of any proposed action to be taken by either Indemnitor to commence any operations that could reasonably be expected to subject either Indemnitor to additional laws, rules or regulations, including laws, rules and regulations requiring additional or amended environmental permits or licenses. Indemnitors shall, at their own expense,

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provide copies of such documents or information as Lender may reasonably request in relation to any matters disclosed pursuant to this Section 5.
6.    Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not specifically defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Loan Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
The term “Indemnified Parties” includes Lender and also any Person who is or will have been involved in the origination of the Loan, any Person who is or will have been involved with the servicing of the Loan, any Person in whose name the encumbrance created by the Deed of Trust is or will have been recorded, persons and entities who may hold or acquire or will have held a full or partial interest in the Loan (including, but not limited to, Investors (defined below)), as well as custodians, trustees and other fiduciaries who hold or have held a full or partial interest in the Loan for the benefit of third parties) as well as the respective directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, managers, employees, agents, servants, representatives, contractors, subcontractors, affiliates, subsidiaries, participants, successors and assigns of any and all of the foregoing (including, but not limited to, any other Person who holds or acquires, or will have held, a participation or other full or partial interest in the Loan or the Property, whether during the term of the Loan or as a part of or following a foreclosure of the Loan and including, but not limited to, any successors by merger, consolidation or acquisition of all or a substantial portion of Lender’s assets and business).
The term “Investors” means collectively, any purchaser, transferee, assignee, servicer, participant or investor of or in the Loan.
The term “Losses” includes any losses, damages, costs, fees, expenses, claims, suits, judgments, awards, liabilities (including but not limited to strict liabilities), obligations, debts, diminutions in value, fines, penalties, charges, costs of remediation (whether or not performed voluntarily), amounts paid in settlement, foreseeable and litigation costs, attorneys’ fees, engineers’ fees, environmental consultants’ fees, and investigation costs (including but not limited to costs for sampling, testing and analysis of soil, water, air, building materials, and other materials and substances whether solid, liquid or gas), of whatever kind or nature, and whether or not incurred in connection with any judicial or administrative proceedings, actions, claims, suits, judgments or awards.
The term “Release” includes any release, deposit, discharge, emission, leaking, spilling, seeping, migrating, injecting, pumping, pouring, emptying, escaping, dumping, disposing or other movement of Hazardous Substances.
The term “Remediation” includes any investigation, site monitoring, containment, cleanup, removal, restoration, or other activity of any kind which are reasonably necessary or desirable under an applicable Environmental Laws.
7.    UNIMPAIRED LIABILITY. The liability of Indemnitors under this Agreement shall in no way be limited or impaired by, and each Indemnitor hereby consents to and agrees to be bound by, any amendment or modification of the provisions of the Transaction

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Documents. In addition, the liability of Indemnitors under this Agreement shall in no way be limited or impaired by (i) any extensions of time for performance required by the Transaction Documents, (ii) any sale or transfer of all or part of the Mortgaged Property, (iii) limitations on, or release of liability under, any of the other Transaction Documents, (iv) the accuracy or inaccuracy of the representations and warranties made by an Indemnitor under any of the Transaction Documents or herein, (v) the release of an Indemnitor or any other Person from performance or observance of any of the agreements, covenants, terms or condition contained in any of the other Transaction Documents by operation of law, Lender’s voluntary act or otherwise, (vi) the release or substitution in whole or in part of any Collateral, or (vii) Lender’s failure to record the Deed of Trust or file any UCC financing statements (or Lender’s improper recording or filing of any thereof) or to otherwise perfect, protect, secure or insure any security interest or lien given as security for the Loan; and, in any such case, whether with or without notice to Indemnitors and with or without consideration.
8.    ENFORCEMENT. Indemnified Parties may enforce the obligations of Indemnitors without first resorting to or exhausting any security or collateral or without first having recourse to any other Transaction Documents or any of the Collateral, through foreclosure proceedings or otherwise, provided, however, that nothing herein shall inhibit or prevent Lender from suing on the Note, foreclosing, or exercising any power of sale or other rights and remedies under the Transaction Documents. This Agreement is not collateral or security for the Indebtedness of an Indemnitor pursuant to the Loan, unless Lender expressly elects in writing to make this Agreement additional collateral or security for the Indebtedness of an Indemnitor pursuant to the Loan, which Lender is entitled to do in its sole and absolute discretion. It is not necessary for an Event of Default to have occurred for Indemnified Parties to exercise their rights pursuant to this Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision of the Loan Agreement, the obligations pursuant to this Agreement are exceptions to any non-recourse or exculpation provision, if any, contained in the Transaction Documents; Indemnitor is fully and personally liable for such obligations, and such liability is not limited to the original or amortized principal balance of the Loan or the value of the Collateral.
9.    SURVIVAL The obligations and liabilities of Indemnitors under this Agreement shall fully survive indefinitely notwithstanding any termination, satisfaction, assignment, entry of a judgment of foreclosure, exercise of any power of sale, or delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure of the Deed of Trust. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the liabilities and obligations of Indemnitors hereunder shall not apply to the extent that Indemnitors can prove that such liabilities and obligations arose solely from Hazardous Materials that: (a) were not present on or a threat to the Real Estate prior to the earlier of (1) a foreclosure under the Deed of Trust, (2) the delivery by Borrower to, and acceptance by, Lender or its designee of, a deed in lieu of foreclosure with respect to the Mortgaged Property or (3) Lender's (or its designee, including any receiver) taking possession and control of the Mortgaged Property after the occurrence of an Event of Default, or (b) were the proximate result of any intentional act or gross negligence of Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnification obligations of Indemnitors hereunder shall terminate two (2) years after the full and indefeasible payment by Indemnitors of the Obligations (including the Additional Interest), provided that at the time of such payment, Indemnitors furnish to Lender, at Indemnitors’ sole cost and expense, a then current Phase I environmental report with respect to the Mortgaged Property, which report shall be from an

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environmental consultant reasonably acceptable to Lender, which environmental report discloses, as of the date of such repayment, no actual or threatened (A) non-compliance with or violation of applicable Environmental Laws (or permits issued pursuant to Environmental Laws) in connection with the Mortgaged Property or operations thereon, (B) environmental Liens encumbering the Mortgaged Property, (C) administrative processes or proceedings or judicial proceedings in any way connected with any matter addressed in this Agreement or (D) presence or Release of Hazardous Substances in, on, above, or under the Mortgaged Property that has not been fully remediated in accordance with all applicable Environmental Laws.
10.    INTEREST. Any amounts payable to any Indemnified Parties under this Agreement shall become immediately due and payable on demand and, if not paid within ten (10) days of such demand therefor, shall bear interest at the lesser of (a) the Interest Rate due and payable following the occurrence of an Event of Default pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement or (b) the maximum interest rate which Indemnitor may by law pay or Indemnified Parties may charge and collect, from the date payment was due.
11.    WAIVERS. (a) Indemnitors hereby waive and relinquish (i) any right or claim of right to cause a marshaling of Indemnitors’ assets or to cause Lender or other Indemnified Parties to proceed against any of the Collateral before proceeding under this Agreement against an Indemnitor; (ii) all rights and remedies accorded by applicable law to indemnitors or guarantor, 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 or other Indemnified Parties; (iii) the right to assert a counterclaim, other than a mandatory or compulsory counterclaim, in any action or proceeding brought against or by Lender or other Indemnified Parties; (iv) notice of acceptance hereof and of any action taken or omitted in reliance hereon; (v) presentment for payment, demand of payment, protest or notice of nonpayment or failure to perform or observe, or other proof, or notice or demand; and (vi) all homestead exemption rights against the obligations hereunder and the benefits of any statutes of limitations or repose. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Indemnitors hereby agree to postpone the exercise of any rights of subrogation with respect to any Collateral securing the Loan until the Loan shall have been paid in full.
12.    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. INDEMNITORS AND LENDER HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION AND RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED. INDEMNITORS AND LENDER ALSO WAIVE ANY BOND OR SURETY OR SECURITY UPON SUCH BOND WHICH MIGHT, BUT FOR THIS WAIVER, BE REQUIRED OF INDEMNITORS OR LENDER. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL‑ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO

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THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. INDEMNITORS AND LENDER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THE WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THE WAIVER IN THEIR RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. INDEMNITORS AND LENDER FURTHER WARRANT AND REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING, AND THE WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE LOAN. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
13.    SUBROGATION. Indemnitors shall take any and all reasonable actions, including institution of legal action against third parties, necessary or appropriate to obtain reimbursement, payment or compensation from such persons responsible for the presence of any Hazardous Materials at, in, on, under or near the Real Estate or otherwise obligated by law to bear the cost. Indemnified Parties shall be and hereby are subrogated to all of Indemnitors’ rights now or hereafter in such claims.
14.    INDEMNITORS’ REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each Indemnitor represents and warrants that:
(a)    it has the full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Indemnitor has been duly and validly authorized; and all requisite action has been taken by Indemnitor to make this Agreement valid and binding upon Indemnitor, enforceable in accordance with its terms;
(b)    its execution of, and compliance with, this Agreement is in the ordinary course of business of Indemnitor and will not result in the breach of any term or provision of the charter, by-laws, partnership or trust agreement, or other governing instrument of Indemnitor or result in the breach of any term or provision of, or conflict with or constitute a default under, or result in the acceleration of any obligation under, any agreement, indenture or loan or credit agreement or other instrument to which Indemnitor or the Property is subject, or result in the violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which Indemnitor or the Property is subject;
(c)    it does not believe, nor does it have any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant contained in this Agreement;

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(d)    to the best of Indemnitor’s knowledge, no approval, authorization, order, license or consent of, or registration or filing with, any governmental authority or other person, and no approval, authorization or consent of any other party is required in connection with this Agreement; and
(e)    this Agreement constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of Indemnitor, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof.
15.    NO WAIVER. No delay by any Indemnified Party in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any such privilege, power or right.
16.    NOTICE OF LEGAL ACTIONS. Each Indemnitor hereto shall, within five (5) Business Days of receipt thereof, give notice to the Lender of (i) any notice, advice or other communication from any Governmental Authority or any source whatsoever with respect to Hazardous Materials on, from or affecting the Real Estate, and (ii) any legal action brought against such party or related to the Mortgaged Property. Such notice shall comply with the provisions of Section 19 hereof.
17.    EXAMINATION OF BOOKS AND RECORDS. In addition to any other rights of Indemnified Parties under the Transaction Documents, the Indemnified Parties and their attorneys, representations and accountants shall have the right to examine the records, books, management and other papers of Indemnitors or at the office regularly maintained by Indemnitors where the books and records are located. Indemnified Parties and their accountants and other representatives shall have the right to make copies and extracts from the foregoing records and other papers.
18.    TRANSFER OF LOAN. Lender may, at any time, sell, transfer or assign the Transaction Documents. Lender may forward to each purchaser, transferee, assignee, servicer or participant (the foregoing entities hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Interested Parties”) and all prospective Interested Parties, their counsel and advisors, all documents and information which Lender now has or may hereafter acquire relating to Indemnitors and the Mortgaged Property, whether furnished by an Indemnitor, any guarantor or otherwise, as Lender determines necessary or desirable. Indemnitors and any guarantor agree to cooperate with Lender in connection with any transfer made pursuant to this Section, including, without limitation, the delivery of an estoppel certificate and such other documents as may be reasonably requested by Lender. Indemnitors shall also furnish, and Indemnitors and any guarantor hereby consent to Lender furnishing to such Interested Parties or such prospective Interested Parties, any and all information concerning the financial condition of the Indemnitors and any guarantor and any and all information concerning the Mortgaged Property as may be furnished in connection with any sale or transfer.
19.    NOTICES. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given shall be in writing addressed to the respective party as set forth below and may be personally served, telecopied (with request for confirmation) or sent by overnight courier service or United States registered mail return receipt requested, postage prepaid. Any notice so given shall be deemed effective upon delivery or on refusal or failure of

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delivery during normal business hours. Notices shall be addressed to the parties at the following addresses or to such other address as the party addressed shall have previously designated by written notice to the serving party, given in accordance with this Section 19.
If to Indemnitors:
Buena Yuma, LLC
c/o IMH Financial Corporation
7001 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 2050
Scottsdale, Arizona 85253
Attention: Lawrence D. Bain, CEO
E-Mail: ldb@imhfc.com

And:
IMH Financial Corporation
7001 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 2050
Scottsdale, Arizona 85253
Attention: Legal Department
E-Mail: legal@imhfc.com

If to Lender:
SRE Monarch Lending, LLC
c/o Singerman Real Estate, LLC
980 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1660
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Attention: Charlie Kellogg
E-Mail: ckellogg@singerman.com
Fax: (312) 475-9304
With a copy to:
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
525 West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois 60661-3693
Attn: Kenneth M. Jacobson
Email: kenneth.jacobson@kattenlaw.com
Telephone: 312-902-5445
Facsimile: 312-902-1061

20.    DUPLICATE ORIGINALS; COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of duplicate originals and each duplicate original shall be deemed to be an original. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed an original instrument and all of which together shall constitute a single Agreement. The failure of any party hereto to execute this Agreement, or any counterpart hereof, shall not relieve the other signatories from their obligations hereunder.
21.    NO ORAL CHANGE. This Agreement, and any provisions hereof, may not be modified, amended, waived, extended, changed, discharged or terminated orally or by any act or failure to act on the part of an Indemnitor or any Indemnified Party, but only by an agreement

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in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of any modification, amendment, waiver, extension, change, discharge or termination is sought.
22.    HEADINGS, ETC. The headings and captions of various paragraphs of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be construed as defining or limiting, in any way, the scope or intent of the provisions hereof.
23.    NUMBER AND GENDER/SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural as the identity of the person or persons referred to may require. Without limiting the effect of specific references in any provision of this Agreement, the term “Indemnitor” shall be deemed to refer to each and every Person comprising an Indemnitor from time to time, as the sense of a particular provision may require, and to include the heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of Indemnitors, all of whom shall be bound by the provisions of this Agreement, provided that no obligation of Indemnitors may be assigned except with the written consent of Lender. Each reference herein to Lender shall be deemed to include its successors and assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of Indemnified Parties and their respective successors and assigns forever.
24.    RELEASE OF LIABILITY. Any one or more parties liable upon or in respect of this Agreement may be released without affecting the liability of any party not so released.
25.    RIGHTS CUMULATIVE. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies that Lender has under the other Transaction Documents or would otherwise have at law or in equity.
26.    INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS. If any term, condition or covenant of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, this Agreement shall be construed without such provision.
27.    GOVERNING LAW. INDEMNITORS AGREE THAT THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
28.    CONFLICT. In the event of any specific conflict between this Agreement and the Loan Agreement, the provisions of the Loan Agreement shall control. In the event such a determination cannot be made, the terms of the Loan Agreement shall control.
29.    JOINT AND SEVERAL. The Obligations of Indemnitors, and each of them hereunder, are joint and several.
30.    MISCELLANEOUS. (a) Wherever pursuant to this Agreement (i) Lender exercises any right given to it approve or disapprove, (ii) any arrangement or term is to be satisfactory to Lender, or (iii) any other decision or determination is to be made by Lender, the decision of Lender to approve or disapprove, all decisions that arrangements or terms are satisfactory or not

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satisfactory and all other decisions and determinations made by Lender, shall be in the sole and absolute discretion of Lender and shall be final and conclusive, except as may be otherwise expressly and specifically provided herein.
(b)    Wherever pursuant to this Agreement it is provided that Indemnitors pay any costs and expenses, such costs and expenses shall include, but not be limited to, legal fees and disbursements of Lender, whether retained firms, the reimbursements for the expenses of the in-house staff or otherwise.
31.    Consent of Jurisdiction/Service of Process. INDEMNITOR HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED WITHIN THE COUNTY OF COOK, STATE OF ILLINOIS AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT, SUBJECT TO LENDER’S ELECTION, ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LITIGATED IN SUCH COURTS. INDEMNITOR ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS AND WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ANY JUDGMENT RENDERED THEREBY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. INDEMNITOR ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING WILL BE DEEMED EFFECTIVE. SERVICE OF PROCESS ON INDEMNITOR IF PERSONALLY SERVED OR SERVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 19 ABOVE OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS AS SUCH INDEMNITOR MAY HAVE FURNISHED AS TO ITSELF TO THE SERVING PARTY BY LIKE NOTICE, OR TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF SUCH INDEMNITOR PROVIDED THEREUNDER WILL BE DEEMED EFFECTIVE.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by Indemnitors and is effective as of the day and year first above written.
INDEMNITORS:
BUENA YUMA, LLC,
an Arizona limited liability company

By:    IMH Financial Corporation,
a Delaware corporation
Its:    Sole member and manager


By: __________________________
Name:     Lawrence D. Bain
Its:     Chairman and CEO


IMH FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation


By: ____________________________
Name:     Lawrence D. Bain
Its:     Chairman and CEO


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