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Exhibit
10.3
COMPLETION, PAYMENT AND
PERFORMANCE GUARANTY
THIS COMPLETION, PAYMENT AND
PERFORMANCE GUARANTY (this “Guaranty”), dated as
of July 11, 2006, is made and entered into by ALEXION
PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a Delaware corporation
(“Guarantor”), in favor of iSTAR FINANCIAL INC.,
a Maryland corporation (collectively, with its successors and/or
assigns, “Lender”), with an address for notice
hereunder of 1114 Avenue of the Americas, 27 th
Floor, New
York, New York 10036.
Background
A. ALEXION
MANUFACTURING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“Borrower”) and Lender have entered into that
certain Loan Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented or
restated from time to time, the “Loan
Agreement”), dated of even date herewith, wherein, among
other things, Lender has agreed to make, and Borrower has agreed to
accept, a loan in an original maximum principal amount up to TWENTY
SIX MILLION AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($26,000,000.00) (the
“Loan”) upon the terms and conditions set forth
in the Loan Agreement. Any capitalized term used but not defined in
this Guaranty shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Loan Agreement.
B. The Loan is
evidenced by a Promissory Note, dated of even date herewith, in the
original principal amount of up to $26,000,000.00 (together with
any notes given in substitution or exchange from time to time, as
such Promissory Note and substitute or exchange notes may, from
time to time, be amended, modified, supplemented or restated, the
“Note” ). The Note is secured by, among other
things, a Construction Mortgage Deed, Assignment of Leases and
Rents, Security Agreement, and Fixture Filing of even date herewith
(as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time,
the “Mortgage”).
C. Guarantor is the
sole member of Borrower.
D. It is a condition
to the making of the Loan that Guarantor execute and deliver this
Guaranty.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the Loan, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged,
Guarantor and its successors and assigns, hereby covenants and
agrees with Lender for the benefit of Lender, its endorsees,
participants, successors and assigns, as follows:
1. Guaranty
.
(a) Scope of Guaranty
. Guarantor as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, hereby
absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to Lender
the prompt and complete payment (and performance, in the case of
non-pecuniary obligations) of all of the Guaranteed Obligations (as
defined below) in full, when and as the same shall become due,
whether on any due date or performance date or at stated maturity
thereof, or by declaration, acceleration or required payment, or
upon demand or otherwise (including amounts and
performance that would become
due but for the operation of the automatic stay under
Section 362(a) of the United States Bankruptcy Code, Title 11,
United States Code, as amended (the “Bankruptcy
Code”).
Guarantor hereby agrees, in
furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other
right that the Lender may have at law or in equity against
Guarantor by virtue hereof, that upon the failure of Borrower to
pay or perform any of the Guaranteed Obligations when and as the
same shall become due (or, as provided below, would have become
due), whether at stated maturity or due date or performance date,
as the case may be, by required payment or prepayment, declaration,
acceleration, demand or otherwise (including without limitation
amounts that would have become due, or could have been accelerated,
but for the operation of the automatic stay under
Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, whether or not any
Creditor has taken any action to enforce or exercise any right or
remedy in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, and interest and
fees which, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with
respect to Borrower, would have accrued and become due on, or
constituting, such Guaranteed Obligations, whether or not a claim
is allowed against Borrower for such amounts in any such bankruptcy
proceeding), Guarantor will forthwith pay and perform, or cause to
be paid and performed, all Guaranteed Obligations then due (or that
would have accrued and/or become due but for the filing of a
petition in bankruptcy with respect to Borrower) as aforesaid, and
all other Guaranteed Obligations then owed to the Lender as
aforesaid.
(b) Obligations
Guaranteed . As used in this Guaranty, “Guaranteed
Obligations” means, collectively: (1) the prompt and
complete payment of the all principal and interest payments and all
other amounts, when due, in accordance with the Loan Agreement,
including, without limitation, the Loan, whether at stated maturity
or otherwise, (2) the payment and performance of all
Obligations as defined in the Loan Agreement, as and when due, and
(3) all of the obligations, duties and agreements of Borrower
under the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents relating to
the construction, renovation, redevelopment, equipping and
furnishing of the Mortgaged Property and the Completion of the
Initial Construction Work in accordance with the Project Plans and
Specifications, all applicable Legal Requirements and all
provisions of the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, Guarantor absolutely, irrevocably and
unconditionally guarantees to Lender that:
(i) Borrower shall timely
construct, renovate, redevelop, equip, furnish and substantially
complete and achieve Substantial Completion of Initial Construction
Work on or before Required Completion Date in compliance with the
Project Plans and Specifications, applicable Legal Requirements and
the Loan Documents;
(ii) The Borrower shall keep
the Loan “in balance” (as more particularly described
in Section 3.2(d) of the Loan Agreement);
(iii) The Borrower shall
fully and punctually deposit amounts required to be paid pursuant
to the loan balancing provisions of Section 3.2(d) of the Loan
Agreement;
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(iv) Borrower shall fully and
punctually pay and discharge any and all costs and expenses and
liabilities incurred for or in connection with the construction,
renovation, redevelopment, equipping, furnishing and Completion of
Initial Construction Work, when and as the same may become due and
payable, and also pay and discharge any and all claims and demands
for labor and materials used and services rendered for or in
connection with the construction, renovation, redevelopment and
Completion Initial Construction Work and/or installation of all
items of fixtures, furnishings and equipment and other personalty
in connection therewith; and
(v) The Mortgaged Property
shall be and remain free and clear of any and all Liens, claims,
and demands from any and all Persons furnishing materials, labor or
services for or in connection with the construction, equipping,
furnishing or completion of the Initial Construction Work and/or
the installation of all items of fixtures, furnishings and
equipment and other personalty in connection therewith.
(c) Indemnity,
Reimbursement and Performance . In the event that Borrower does
not fully perform the Guaranteed Obligations, then:
(i) Guarantor shall, within
ten (10) days of demand by Lender, perform the Guaranteed
Obligations;
(ii) In the event that
Guarantor fails to commence performance under the immediately
preceding Section l(c)(i) (i) within ten
(10) Business Days after Lender’s written demand and to
diligently prosecute such performance to completion thereof, and if
Lender shall (a) cause any construction, renovation,
redevelopment, equipping and furnishing of the Initial Construction
Work and the Project Improvements, or takes any action whatsoever
toward Completion of the Project, (b) pay any costs in
connection with the construction, renovation, redevelopment,
equipping and furnishing of the Initial Construction Work or the
completion of the Project Improvements, or (c) cause any lien,
claim or demand to be released or paid, then Guarantor shall
promptly reimburse Lender within ten (10) Business Days after
written demand, for all sums paid and all costs and expenses
incurred by Lender in connection therewith; and
(iii) Guarantor will fully
indemnify, defend and save Lender harmless from all actual out of
pocket third party costs and damages (including reasonable
attorney’s fees, including any diminution in value) that
Lender may suffer by reason of Guarantor’s failure to
promptly and fully perform under the immediately preceding Section
l(c) (i) and (ii) above. In no event shall the
indemnification contained herein include consequential or punitive
damages.
(d) Balancing . If, at
any time and for any reason, Borrower shall fail to deposit amounts
required to be deposited by Section 3.2 of the Loan Agreement
within the ten (10) Business Day period provided therein for
such payment, then Guarantor shall, within five (5) Business
Days after a written request by Lender, deposit with Lender cash in
an amount sufficient to cover the deficiency not paid by Borrower.
Lender shall hold and apply such deposited cash as provided in the
Loan Agreement.
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(e) Enforcement Costs
. In addition to the foregoing payment obligations, Guarantor
further agrees to pay any and all actual out of pocket third party
costs and other expenses (the “Enforcement
Costs”) that may be paid or incurred directly or
indirectly by each of the Lender in, or allocable to, collecting
any or all of the Guaranteed Obligations and/or preserving and/or
enforcing any rights and remedies under this Guaranty and/or in
respect of the Guaranteed Obligations (including, without
limitation, all reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Lender
and its respective agents and representatives in connection with
any default or event of default, beyond any applicable notice and
cure period, relating to, or other breach or violation of, this
Guaranty and/or Guaranteed Obligation and, to the extent the Lender
from time to time deem it necessary to employ counsel and/or
consultants for any purpose relating to this Guaranty and/or any
Guaranteed Obligation, the reasonable fees and expenses of such
counsel and/or consultants). For purposes of this paragraph, the
term “counsel” includes attorneys who are employees of
Lender acting as counsel for Lender, and the terms “costs and
expenses” and “fees and expenses” shall include,
without limitation, the fees charged by Lender for its in-house
counsel provided such fees are within the range of fees charged by
attorneys of similar experience at medium to large sized law firms
located in the City of Chicago, Illinois.
(f) Maximum Amount of
Guaranty . Guarantor shall be liable under this Guaranty for
the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred
without rendering this Guaranty, as it relates to Guarantor,
voidable under applicable Legal Requirements relating to fraudulent
conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater
amount.
(g) Continuing
Guaranty . This is an irrevocable, absolute, continuing
guaranty of payment and performance. This Guaranty may not be
revoked by Guarantor and shall continue to be effective with
respect to the Guaranteed Obligations arising or created after 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
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