Exhibit 10.2
MANAGEMENT AND SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT
THIS MANAGEMENT AND SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT") is
made and entered into as of ________, 2007, by and between TRAVELCENTERS OF
AMERICA LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Company"), and REIT
MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("RMR").
WHEREAS, the Company wishes to: (i) purchase from RMR certain
management and administrative services designed to assist the Company in the
management and oversight of the Company's daily business activities, and (ii)
make use of the advice and assistance of RMR and information available to RMR,
and to have RMR undertake the duties and responsibilities hereinafter set forth,
all in the manner and pursuant to terms and conditions as more specifically
described herein; and
WHEREAS, RMR is a company that provides management and administrative
services, and RMR desires to provide those services requested by the Company on
the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual
covenants and agreements set forth herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and
intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1.
MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
1.1 MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO BE RENDERED. RMR shall provide the Company
with the management services described below (each, a "SERVICE", and
collectively, the "SERVICES"), in each case to the extent requested by the
Company:
(a) MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS. Advice in obtaining, when appropriate,
the services of property managers or management firms to perform customary
property management services with regard to the hospitality and fuel service
facilities (each a "TRAVEL CENTER") operated or owned by or in the possession of
the Company or any subsidiary thereof; performance of such supervisory,
evaluation or monitoring services on behalf of the Company with respect to the
activities of those property managers or management firms as would be performed
by a prudent operator, owner or lessee in the Company's business, including but
not limited to, supervising the activities of property managers or management
firms, reviewing the maintenance and renovation needs for governmental or
regulatory compliance at the Company's properties, assessing capital and
engineering projects, property inspections, and participating in property
management budgeting, but excluding the actual on-site property management
functions performed by Company personnel, property managers or management firms.
(b) SITE SELECTION, ETC. Advice in site selection of properties on
which new Travel Centers may be developed, and in the identification and
acquisition of new and existing Travel Centers and travel center companies.
(c) ACCOUNTING SUPPORT. Advice and assistance with accounting, tax,
audit and financial reporting of the Company, including, without limitation,
advice and assistance in (i) setting up and maintaining systems for financial
record keeping; (ii) conducting the administration of the day-to-day bookkeeping
and accounting functions as are required for the proper management of the assets
of the Company; (iii) establishing and implementing internal audit functions;
(iv) contracting for and supervising the process for independent annual audits;
and (v) preparation of financial reports as may be required by any governmental
authority in connection with the ordinary conduct of the Company's business,
including without limitation, periodic reports, returns or statements required
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT"), the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "CODE"), the securities and tax
statutes of any jurisdiction in which the Company is obligated to file such
reports, or the rules and regulations promulgated under any of the foregoing.
(d) CAPITAL MARKETS AND INVESTMENT ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE.
(1) EQUITY CAPITAL MARKETS. Advice and assistance relating to
equity capital raising transactions, but not including solicitation of
investors as a broker, dealer or underwriter in any capital raising
transactions.
(2) DEBT FINANCING. Advice and assistance relating to
revolving lines of credit and other issuances of indebtedness.
(3) INVESTMENT. Advice and assistance relating to investments
and other growth opportunities as may come to the attention of the
Company or RMR, including without limitation, acquisitions, joint
ventures and other business expansion transactions.
(e) CASH MANAGEMENT. Advice and assistance in (i) operating and
managing the Company's collection systems, concentration systems and electronic
disbursements; (ii) managing the Company's short-term investments, including the
acquisition and sale of money market instruments or other temporary investments
in accordance with the Company's policies; (iii) maintaining bank accounts,
including opening and closing of operating, security deposits, local depository
and ▇▇▇▇▇ cash accounts; (iv) bank administration; and (v) maintaining bank
relationships.
(f) COMMON SUPPORT SERVICES. Provide applicable common services,
such as certain secretarial services to support personnel of the Company as is
reasonably necessary.
(g) HUMAN RESOURCES. Advice and assistance in management of the
Company's 401(k) plan, Company employee recruitment, performance evaluation and
establishment of salary, bonus and other compensation scales and executive and
staff employee structure.
(h) INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION. Advice and assistance in (i) securing
all forms of insurance, including property, casualty, workers' compensation;
(ii) managing insurance policies; (iii) negotiation of premiums and arranging
payment terms; (iv) managing claims; and (v) preparation of loss analysis. The
amount and levels of insurance shall be determined in the sole and absolute
discretion of the Company.
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(i) INVESTOR RELATIONS. Advice and assistance in the preparation
and coordination of (i) annual and quarterly reports to shareholders; (ii)
presentations to the public; (iii) public relations; (iv) preparation of
marketing materials; (v) internet web-site; and (vi) investor relations
services.
(j) LEGAL. Advice and assistance in review of and advice concerning
Company contracts and agreements, coordination and supervision of all third
party legal services and oversight of processing of claims by or against the
Company.
(k) MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS.
(1) APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT. Advice and assistance related to
development and maintenance of Company information technology system
applications, including, without limitation, intra-net, financial,
accounting and clerical systems.
(2) TELECOMMUNICATIONS. Advice and assistance related to
design, operation and maintenance of network infrastructure, including
telephone and data transmission lines, voice mail, facsimile machines,
cellular phones, pager, etc.; negotiation of contracts with third party
vendors and suppliers; and local area network and wide area network
communications support.
(3) OPERATIONS/TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND USER SUPPORT. Advice and
assistance related to design, maintenance and operation of the
computing environment, including business specific applications,
network wide applications, electronic mail and other systems; managing
the purchase and maintenance of equipment, including hardware and
software; configuration, installation and support of computer
equipment; and education and training of the user community.
(l) RESEARCH. Advice and assistance in the conduct of market
research reports and special research assignments; investigation and evaluation
of investment, financing, refinancing, leasing and other business opportunities;
and making recommendations concerning these opportunities.
(m) SECURITIES FILINGS. Advice and assistance in the preparation
and filing of periodic and other reports required to be filed by Sections 13 and
15 of the Exchange Act; advice and assistance in the preparation and filing of
all offering documents (public and private), and all registration statements,
prospectuses or other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") or any state (it being understood that the Company shall
be responsible for the content of any and all of its offering documents and SEC
filings, and RMR shall not be held liable for any costs or liabilities arising
out of any misstatements or omissions in the Company's offering documents or SEC
filings, whether or not material, and the Company shall indemnify RMR from such
costs and liabilities).
(n) SPECIAL PROJECTS. Advice and assistance in special projects and
such other services within the scope contemplated by this Agreement although not
expressly covered elsewhere in this SUBSECTION 1.1.
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(o) SUPERVISION OF THIRD PARTY MANAGER ARRANGEMENTS. Advice and
oversight concerning the Company's relationship with any and all, current or
future, third party managers of its current or future facilities or properties.
(p) TAX ADMINISTRATION. Advice and assistance in the preparation,
review and filing of all federal, state and other required tax returns and tax
related matters. All tax matters shall be determined by the Company in its
absolute and sole discretion.
1.2 PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES. RMR covenants that it will perform or
cause to be performed the Services in a timely, efficient and workmanlike
manner. RMR further covenants that it will maintain or contract for a sufficient
staff of trained personnel to enable it to perform the Services hereunder. With
the Company's approval, RMR may retain third parties or its affiliates to
provide certain of the Services hereunder. In such cases, and notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall reimburse RMR for its actual
out-of-pocket costs and expenses for arranging for such Services (including,
without limitation, the fees and costs of such third parties or affiliates). Any
arrangements between RMR and its affiliates for the provision of Services
hereunder shall be commercially reasonable and on terms not less favorable than
those which could be obtained from unaffiliated third parties. All services
shall be performed as requested and/or authorized by the Company from time to
time.
1.3 COMPENSATION.
(a) PAYMENT FOR SERVICES. RMR shall be paid a fee (the "SERVICE
FEE") for the Services provided to the Company under this Agreement equal to the
sum of (i) 0.6% of the gross fuel margin and (ii) 0.6% of the total non-fuel
revenues (collectively, "REVENUES") of the Company and its subsidiaries
determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP").
The Service Fee shall be estimated and paid monthly by the Company in advance
based upon the prior calendar month's Revenues, and such payment shall be paid
within 15 calendar days of the end of the applicable prior calendar month. The
calculation of the fee for any month shall be based upon the Company's monthly
financial statements. A copy of the computations (in reasonable detail) shall
promptly be delivered to RMR accompanied by payment of the Service Fee thereon
to be due and payable. The Service Fee shall be pro-rated for any partial month
this Agreement shall be in effect.
The aggregate Service Fee paid in any fiscal year shall be subject to
adjustment as of the end of that year. On or before the 30th day after public
availability of the Company's annual audited financial statements for each
fiscal year, the Company shall deliver to RMR a notice setting forth (i) the
Company's Revenues for such year, (ii) the Company's computation of the Service
Fee payable for such year and (iii) the amount of the Service Fee theretofore
paid to RMR in respect of such year. If the Service Fee payable for any fiscal
year exceeds the aggregate amounts previously paid by the Company, the Company
shall pay the deficit to RMR at the time of delivery of such notice. If the
aggregate Service Fee payable for any fiscal year as shown in the notice is less
than the aggregate amounts previously paid by the Company, the Company shall
specify in such notice whether RMR should (i) refund to the Company an amount
equal to the difference or (ii) grant the Company a credit against the Service
Fee next coming due in the amount of the difference until that amount has been
fully paid or otherwise discharged.
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(b) PAYMENT SUBORDINATION. No Service Fee payments shall be paid by
the Company to RMR if any of the contractual rent obligations of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries to Hospitality Properties Trust or any of its
subsidiaries (collectively "HPT") pursuant to any lease agreement are past due.
Any Service Fee payment unpaid as a result of the preceding sentence shall
accrue interest until paid at the Prime Rate (as defined below), and shall be
automatically due and payable: (i) when the condition preventing the payment of
such Service Fee is no longer in effect, (ii) upon any termination of the
Agreement, or (iii) upon the occurrence of any event of default by the Company
enumerated in subsection 3.2. This subsection 1.3(b) is only intended to define
the relative rights of RMR and HPT. Without intending to limit the generality of
the foregoing, nothing in this subsection 1.3(b) shall: (i) impair, as between
the Company and RMR, the obligation of the Company to pay any amounts owing
hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof; or (ii) affect the relative
rights of RMR and creditors of the Company other than HPT. For purposes of this
Agreement, "PRIME RATE" shall mean the Prime Rate or base rate on corporate
loans at large U.S. money center commercial banks as published in the WALL
STREET JOURNAL or, if publication of such rate shall be suspended or terminated,
Prime Rate shall mean the annual rate of interest, determined daily and
expressed as a percentage, from time to time announced by one of the three
largest national or New York State chartered banking institutions having their
principal office in New York, New York and selected by RMR at the time such
publication is suspended or terminated. All interest hereunder shall be
calculated on the basis of actual days elapsed and a 360-day year.
1.4 REIMBURSEMENT. The Company will reimburse RMR for (i) reasonable
out-of-pocket travel and lodging expenses of RMR personnel in providing the
Services and (ii) reasonable out-of-pocket third party expenses incurred by RMR
in connection with its performance of the Services and for the Company's share,
if any, of internal audit costs that are provided to the Company and to other
customers of RMR, in each case within 30 days of receipt of the invoice
therefor, but only to the extent that the Company shall have approved such
expenses and costs. RMR shall submit to the Company such reports detailing said
expenses and supporting receipts and bills, or other suitable evidence, as may
be reasonably requested by the Company. The Company will make Company aircraft
available to RMR personnel traveling in providing the Services at no cost to
RMR.
Section 2.
LIMITATIONS.
2.1 LIMITS OF RMR RESPONSIBILITY. RMR assumes no responsibility other
than to render the services described herein in SUBSECTIONS 1.1 and 4.1 in good
faith and shall not be responsible for any action of the Company in following or
declining to follow any advice or recommendation of RMR.
2.2 THIRD PARTY COSTS. Except to the extent expressly provided herein
to the contrary, all third party costs incurred in connection with actions to be
taken by the Company shall solely be the responsibility of the Company,
including, but not limited to, all listing and registration fees or other costs
of the SEC, any state or local governments, any national securities exchange and
the NASD, Inc.
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Section 3.
TERM; TERMINATION.
3.1 TERM. The initial term of this Agreement shall commence on the date
hereof and expire on December 31, 2008 (the "INITIAL TERM") and shall be
automatically renewed for successive one-year terms (each, a "RENEWAL TERM")
upon the expiration of the Initial Term and each Renewal Term unless notice of
non-renewal is given in writing by the Company or RMR not less than ninety (90)
calendar days before the expiration of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term.
3.2 DEFAULT; BANKRUPTCY; ETC. At the option of the nondefaulting party,
this Agreement may be terminated immediately by written notice from the
nondefaulting party to the defaulting party if any of the following events shall
have occurred:
(a) RMR or the Company shall have violated any provision of this
Agreement and, after written notice from the Company or RMR, as the case may be,
of the violation, shall have failed to cure the default within thirty days;
(b) a petition shall have been filed against RMR or the Company for
an involuntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect, and that petition shall not have been
dismissed within ninety days of filing; or a court having jurisdiction shall
have appointed a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official of RMR or the Company for any substantial
portion of its property, or ordered the winding up or liquidation of its
affairs, and that appointment or order shall not have been rescinded or vacated
within ninety days of the appointment or order;
(c) RMR or the Company shall have commenced a voluntary proceeding
under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, or shall have made any general assignment for the benefit
of creditors, or shall have failed generally to pay its debts as they became
due; or
(d) any Change in Control (as defined in SECTION 10) of the
Company.
3.3 ACTION UPON TERMINATION. From and after the effective date of any
termination of this Agreement by the Company pursuant to SUBSECTION 3.2, RMR
shall be entitled to no compensation for services rendered hereunder for the
remainder of the then current term of this Agreement but shall be paid all
compensation due for services performed prior to termination, including, without
limitation the then current year's Service Fee through the date of termination.
In the event of any termination of this Agreement by RMR pursuant to SUBSECTION
3.2, RMR shall be entitled to compensation for the remainder of the then current
term of this Agreement. Upon the expiration or sooner termination of this
Agreement, RMR immediately shall deliver to the Company all property and
documents of the Company then in its custody or possession. This SUBSECTION 3.3
shall govern the rights, liabilities and obligations of the parties upon
termination of this Agreement; and, except as provided in SECTION 7, a
termination shall be without further liability of either party to the other for
breach or violation of this Agreement prior to termination.
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Section 4.
SENIOR EXECUTIVES.
4.1 ADDITIONAL SERVICES. To the extent requested by the Company, RMR
shall make its executive officers and directors reasonably available to the
Company for the provision of additional services, including day-to-day
activities enumerated in SUBSECTION 1.1. The parties acknowledge and agree that
no additional compensation shall be due and payable for any additional services
requested by the Company and provided by executive officers and directors of RMR
pursuant to this SUBSECTION 4.1.
4.2 CO-EMPLOYMENT OF SENIOR EXECUTIVES. The parties acknowledge and
agree that certain senior executives of the Company may be employees of both the
Company and RMR. Each party shall be solely responsible for payment of
compensation to such senior executives for services rendered to or on behalf of
such party.
Section 5.
PREVENTION OF PERFORMANCE.
RMR shall not be determined to be in violation of this Agreement if it
is prevented from performing any Services hereunder for any reason beyond its
reasonable control, including without limitation, acts of God, nature, or of
public enemy, strikes, or limitations of law, regulations or rules of the
Federal or of any state or local government or of any agency thereof.
Section 6.
RMR RESTRICTIONS.
Other than activities or arrangements existing as of the date hereof or
those consented to by the Company, RMR shall not directly or indirectly provide
any advice or assistance to any business or enterprise that is competitive with
the Company's business, including, but not limited to, any business or
enterprise that manages or operates travel centers along the North American
highway system.
Section 7.
INDEMNIFICATION; REMEDIES.
7.1 BY THE COMPANY. The Company shall indemnify, defend and hold RMR,
and its directors, officers, employees and agents harmless from and against any
and all damages, claims, losses, expenses, costs, obligations and liabilities,
including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, liabilities for all
reasonable attorneys', accountants' and experts' fees and expenses incurred
(collectively, "LOSSES AND EXPENSES") or suffered by them by reason of or
arising out of the course of performing the Services and any duties on behalf of
the Company and its subsidiaries as prescribed hereby, except for matters
covered by subsection 7.2 hereof.
7.2 BY RMR. RMR shall indemnify, defend and hold the Company and its
subsidiaries and their respective directors, trustees, officers, employees and
agents harmless from and against Losses and Expenses suffered by them by reason
of or arising out of any willful bad faith or gross negligence in the
performance of any obligation or agreement of RMR herein.
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7.3 COMPANY REMEDIES. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7.2
hereof, RMR does not assume any responsibility under this Agreement other than
to render the Services called for under this Agreement in good faith. Except as
otherwise provided in subsection 7.2 hereof, the Company's remedy on account of
the failure of RMR to render the Services as and when required hereunder shall
be to terminate this Agreement; provided however, that if RMR acts with willful
bad faith or gross negligence, the Company's remedy shall be to procure services
elsewhere and to charge RMR the difference between the reasonable increased
cost, if any, to procure new services, and the Service Fee, pro-rated, that
would have been payable to RMR had RMR performed such Services under this
Agreement.
7.4 RMR REMEDIES. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7.1, the
Company does not assume any responsibility under this Agreement other than to
pay the Service Fee in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Except as
otherwise provided in subsection 7.1, RMR's sole remedy on account of the
failure of the Company to pay the Service Fee as and when required under this
Agreement shall be to terminate this Agreement and receive the Service Fee
payable for the then remaining Initial Term or Renewal Term of this Agreement,
as the case may be.
Section 8.
RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES.
8.1 NO PARTNERSHIP OR JOINT VENTURE. The parties are not partners or
joint venturers with each other and neither the terms of this Agreement nor the
fact that the Company and RMR have joint interests in any one or more
investments, have common employees or have a tenancy relationship shall be
construed so as to make them partners or joint venturers or impose any liability
on either of them.
8.2 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. The parties acknowledge that, as of the date
hereof, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries lease all or substantially all of
their real estate from HPT and may enter into additional leases or other
transactions with HPT, and (ii) RMR is the investment advisor to HPT pursuant to
an advisory agreement. The parties agree that these relationships shall not
affect either party's rights and obligations under this Agreement; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, the Company acknowledges and agrees that whenever any conflicts of
interest arise resulting from the relationships described in this subsection 8.2
or any such relationship as may arise or be present in the future by and between
the Company and any of RMR, Affiliates of RMR or any publicly owned entity with
whom RMR has a relationship or contract: (i) RMR will act on its own behalf and
on behalf of HPT or such entity and not on the Company's behalf, and (ii) the
Company shall make its own decisions and require and obtain the advice and
assistance of independent third parties at its own cost, as it may deem
necessary.
Section 9.
RECORDS.
RMR shall maintain appropriate books and records relating to Services
performed pursuant to this Agreement, which books and records shall be available
for inspection by representatives of the Company upon reasonable notice during
ordinary business hours.
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Section 10.
ASSIGNMENT.
The Company may terminate this Agreement in the event of its assignment
by RMR except in the case of an assignment to a corporation, partnership, trust,
or other successor entity which may take over the property and carry on the
affairs of RMR; provided that, following such a permitted assignment, one or
more of the persons who controlled the operations of RMR immediately prior to
the assignment shall control the operations of the successor, including the
performance of its duties under this Agreement, and this successor shall be
bound by the same restrictions by which RMR was bound prior to such assignment.
A permitted assignment or any other assignment of this Agreement by RMR shall
bind the assignee hereunder in the same manner as RMR is bound hereunder. This
Agreement shall not be assignable by the Company without the prior written
consent of RMR, except in the case of any assignment by the Company to a trust,
corporation, partnership or other entity which is the successor to the Company
(so long as there is no Change in Control), in which case the successor shall be
bound hereby and by the terms of said assignment in the same manner and to the
same extent as the Company is bound hereby. For purposes of this Agreement, a
"CHANGE IN CONTROL" shall mean (a) the acquisition by any person or entity (each
a "PERSON"), or two or more Persons acting in concert, of beneficial ownership
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the SEC) of 9.8% or more, or rights,
options or warrants to acquire 9.8% or more, of the outstanding shares of voting
stock of the Company, (b) any one or more sales or conveyances to any Person of
all or any material portion of the assets (including capital stock) or business
of the Company, or (c) the cessation, for any reason, of the individuals who at
the beginning of any twenty-four (24) consecutive month period commencing on the
date hereof, or any anniversary thereof, constitute the Board of Directors of
the Company (together with any new directors whose election by such Board or
whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Company, was approved
by a vote of a majority of the directors then still in office who were either
directors at the beginning of any such period or whose election or nomination
for election was previously so approved) to constitute a majority of the Board
of Directors of the Company then in office.
Section 11.
ARBITRATION.
Any and all disputes and disagreements arising out of or relating to
this Agreement, other than actions or claims for injunctive relief or claims
raised in actions or proceedings brought by third parties, shall be resolved
through negotiations or, if the dispute is not so resolved, through binding
arbitration conducted in Boston, Massachusetts under the JAMS Comprehensive
Arbitration Rules and Procedures (as revised February 19, 2005), with the
following amendments to those rules. First, in no event shall the arbitration
from commencement to issuance of an award take longer than 180 days. Second, the
arbitration tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators and the optional appeal
procedure provided for in Rule 34 shall not be utilized. Third, in lieu of the
one deposition permitted in Rule 17(c) as of right and the optional further
depositions that may be allowed, the only deposition per side shall be a single
individual or entity deposition to last no longer than one seven-hour day that
each party may take of the opposing party or an individual under the control of
the opposing party.
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Section 12.
MISCELLANEOUS.
12.1 NOTICES.
(a) Any and all notices, demands, consents, approvals, offers,
elections and other communications required or permitted under this Agreement
shall be deemed adequately given if in writing and the same shall be delivered
either in hand, or by telecopy or by Federal Express or similar expedited
commercial carrier, addressed to the recipient of the notice, and with all
freight charges prepaid (if by Federal Express or similar carrier).
(b) All notices required or permitted to be sent hereunder shall
be deemed to have been given for all purposes of this Agreement upon the date of
receipt or refusal, except that whenever under this Agreement a notice is either
received on a day which is not a business day or is required to be delivered on
or before a specific day which is not a business day, the day of receipt or
required delivery shall automatically be extended to the next business day.
(c) All such notices shall be addressed:
If to the Company, to:
TravelCenters of America LLC
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Telecopy no: ___________________________
If to RMR, to:
Reit Management & Research LLC
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Attn: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Telecopy no: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
(d) By notice given as herein provided, the parties hereto and
their respective successors and assigns shall have the right from time to time
and at any time during the term of this Agreement to change their respective
addresses effective upon receipt by the other parties of such notice and each
shall have the right to specify as its address up to two other addresses within
the United States of America.
12.2 ENTIRE AGREEMENT.
This Agreement constitutes and sets forth the entire agreement and
understanding of the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof, and no
prior or contemporaneous written or oral agreements, understandings,
undertakings, negotiations, promises, discussions, warranties or covenants not
specifically referred to or contained herein or attached hereto shall be valid
and enforceable. No supplement, modification, termination in whole or in part,
or waiver of this
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Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the party to be bound
thereby. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed,
or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision hereof (whether or not
similar), nor shall any such waiver constitute a continuing waiver unless
otherwise expressly provided.
12.3 BINDING EFFECT.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto, each of their respective successors and permitted assigns.
12.4 SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid by a court
with jurisdiction over the parties to this Agreement, then and in that event
such provision shall be deleted from the Agreement, which shall then be
construed to give effect to the remaining provisions thereof. If any one or more
of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other instrument
referred to herein shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, then in that event, to the maximum extent
permitted by law, such invalidity, illegality or enforceability shall not affect
any other provisions of this Agreement or any other such instrument.
12.5 COUNTERPARTS.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall be
considered one and the same instrument.
12.6 AMENDMENTS.
The Agreement shall not be amended, changed, modified, terminated, or
discharged in whole or in part except by an instrument in writing signed by each
of the parties hereto, or by their respective successors or assigns.
12.7 GOVERNING LAW.
This Agreement shall be interpreted, construed, applied and enforced in
accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts applicable to
contracts between residents of Massachusetts which are to be performed entirely
within Massachusetts.
12.8 INTERPRETATION.
The Company and RMR agree and covenant to construe the provisions of
and give effect to this Agreement in such a manner to enable HPT to continue to
comply with its REIT qualification requirements under applicable tax laws.
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12.9 CAPTIONS.
The headings and titles of the various paragraphs of this Agreement are
inserted merely for the purpose of convenience, and do not expressly or by
implication limit, define, extend or affect the meaning or interpretation of
this Agreement or the specific terms or text of the paragraph so designated.
12.10 ATTORNEYS' FEES.
If any arbitration or legal action is brought for the enforcement of
this Agreement, or because of an alleged dispute, breach, default or
misrepresentation in connection with any of the provisions of this Agreement,
the successful or prevailing party or parties shall be entitled to recover
reasonable attorneys' fees and other costs incurred in that arbitration or
action in addition to any other relief to which it or they may be entitled.
12.11 SURVIVAL.
The provisions of SECTION 7 and subsections 1.1(m), 1.2, 1.4 and 3.3 of
this Agreement will survive the termination hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as
of the date first above written.
TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA LLC
By:
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Name:
Title:
REIT MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH LLC
By:
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President