EXHIBIT 10.31

AMENDED AND RESTATED RECOURSE LIABILITY AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED RECOURSE LIABILITY AGREEMENT is made as of November 7,
2014 among ASHFORD HOSPITALITY PRIME LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited
partnership (“Sponsor”), CHH CAPITAL HOTEL PARTNERS, LP, a Delaware limited
partnership (“Capital Borrower”) and CHH TORREY PINES HOTEL PARTNERS, LP, a
Delaware limited partnership (together with Capital Borrower, individually and
collectively, “Borrower”; Borrower and Sponsor, individually and collectively,
“Recourse Liability Party”), and AAREAL CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation, as agent (in such capacity, “Agent”) for Lenders as more
particularly set forth in the Loan Agreement (as hereinafter defined). All
capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in the Loan Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Ashford Hospitality Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership
(“Former Sponsor”), and Borrower executed and delivered that certain Recourse
Liability Agreement to and for the benefit of Aareal Bank AG (as predecessor to
Agent), dated as of August 8, 2008, (the “Original Agreement”), which was given
in connection with a loan in the original principal sum of up to $160,000,000
(the “Original Loan”) to Borrower pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement, dated
as of August 8, 2008, by and among Borrower, CHH Capital Tenant Corp., CHH
Torrey Pines Tenant Corp., Aareal Bank AG (as predecessor to Agent), as agent,
and the Lenders party thereto (the “Original Loan Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Original Loan Agreement was amended by that certain Amended and
Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of February 26, 2013, by and among Borrower,
CHH Capital Tenant Corp., CHH Torrey Pines Tenant Corp., Agent and the Lenders
party thereto, (the “A&R Loan Agreement”), and the Original Loan, as amended and
increased to $199,875,000 of which $195,700,646.72 remains outstanding as of the
date hereof (the “Existing Loan”) was evidenced by that certain Amended and
Restated Promissory Note dated as of February 26, 2013 in the original principal
amount of One Hundred Ninety-Nine Million Eight Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand
and No/100 Dollars ($199,875,000) as replaced, amended and restated by that
certain (i) Substitute Promissory Note made as of August 20, 2013 in favor of
Aareal Bank AG, a German banking corporation, in the principal amount of Sixty
Five Million and No/100 Dollars ($65,000,000), (ii) Substitute Promissory Note
made as of August 20, 2013 in favor of Aareal Capital Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, in the principal amount of Eighty-One Million Two Hundred Sixty
Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty and No/100 Dollars ($81,260,950), and (iii)
Substitute Promissory Note made as of August 20, 2013 in favor of Westdeutsche
ImmobilienBank AG, a German banking corporation, in the principal amount of
Fifty-Two Million Six Hundred Nine Thousand One Hundred Sixty-Eight and 24/100
Dollars ($52,609,168.24) (as so amended, restated, replaced, substituted
supplemented or otherwise modified, collectively, the “Existing Notes);
WHEREAS, in connection with the execution and delivery of the A&R Loan
Agreement, the Original Agreement was amended and restated by that certain
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Liability Agreement, dated as of February 26, 2013 (the “A&R Agreement”), by
Former Sponsor and Borrower to and for the benefit of Agent;
WHEREAS, the A&R Loan Agreement was subsequently amended by that certain First
Amendment to the Loan Agreement dated November 19, 2013 (the A&R Loan Agreement,
as so amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified, the
“Existing Loan Agreement”), and concurrently therewith, (i) the A&R Agreement
was amended pursuant to that certain Amendment and Ratification of Recourse
Liability Agreement and Environmental Indemnity Agreement, dated as of November
19, 2013 (the “Amendment and Ratification;” the A&R Agreement, as amended by the
Amendment and Ratification, called the “Existing A&R Agreement”), among Former
Sponsor, Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc., Borrower and Agent, to, among other
things, release Former Sponsor from liability under the A&R Agreement with
respect to events, acts or omissions occurring from and after the date of the
Amendment and Ratification, and (ii) Sponsor and Borrower executed and delivered
that certain supplemental Recourse Liability Agreement (“Existing Agreement”),
dated as of November 19, 2013, to, among other things, obligate Sponsor with
respect to events, acts or omissions first accruing from and after the Amendment
and Ratification pursuant to the terms of the Existing Agreement;
WHEREAS, Borrower has requested, and Agent and Lenders have agreed, to amend,
restate and consolidate the terms and provisions of the Existing Loan Agreement
and the other Loan Documents (as such term is defined in the Existing Loan
Agreement) in their entirety pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in
that certain Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement of even date herewith by
and among Borrower, CHH Capital Tenant Corp., CHH Torrey Pines Tenant Corp.,
Agent and Lenders (as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”) and increase the
principal amount of the Existing Loan to $198,000,000 (the Existing Loan, as so
modified and increased, the “Loan”), which Loan is evidenced by (a) that certain
Second Amended and Restated Promissory Note A in the original principal amount
of $82,265,215.47, (b) that certain Second Amended and Restated Promissory Note
B in the original principal amount of $63,964,069.38 and (c) that certain Second
Amended and Restated Promissory Note C in the original principal amount of
$51,770,715.15 (collectively the “Notes”) dated as of the date hereof in said
principal amount made by Borrower, which Notes amend, restate and replace the
respective Existing Notes in their entirety and secured by, among other things,
that certain Second Amended and Restated Leasehold Deed of Trust, Security
Agreement, Financing Statement, Fixture Filing, and Assignment of Rents dated as
of the date hereof by CHH Torrey Pines Hotel Partners, LP in favor of Agent and
that certain Second Amended and Restated Deed of Trust, Security Agreement,
Financing Statement, Fixture Filing, and Assignment of Rents dated as of the
date hereof by CHH Capital Hotel Partners, LP in favor of Agent (collectively,
the “Mortgage”) encumbering, inter alia, certain real property and improvements
located in LaJolla, California and Washington, D.C. (individually and
collectively, the “Property”, as such defined term is more particularly
described in the Loan Agreement);
WHEREAS, Sponsor is an Affiliate of Borrower and will obtain substantial
benefits from Lenders making, and Agent administering, the Loan; and

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WHEREAS, to induce Lenders to make, and Agent to administer, the Loan, Former
Sponsor has agreed to execute a Ratification of Recourse Liability Agreement and
Environmental Indemnity Agreement to reaffirm its obligations under the Existing
A&R Agreement, and Recourse Liability Party has agreed to execute and deliver
this agreement to amend and restate the Existing Agreement in its entirety to
inter alia indemnify and compensate Agent and Lenders for Recourse Liability
Events with respect to any events, acts or omissions first accruing from and
after the Amendment and Ratification as hereinafter set forth (this
“Agreement”).
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants herein
contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and legal
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by all parties, the parties hereto
agree, and the Existing Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
pursuant to this Agreement, as follows:
Section 1.Recourse Liability Events. Recourse Liability Party hereby
irrevocably, unconditionally, absolutely, jointly and severally agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless Agent and Lenders from and against any and all loss,
cost, damage, liability or expense, including attorney’s fees and disbursements,
suffered or incurred by Agent or Lenders by reason of the occurrence of any of
the Recourse Liability Events first arising from and after November 19, 2013.
Section 2.    Full Recourse Events. In the event of the occurrence of any Full
Recourse Event, Recourse Liability Party hereby irrevocably, unconditionally,
absolutely, jointly and severally agrees to assume and be responsible for the
prompt and complete observance, fulfillment and performance of all of the
Obligations of Borrower under the Loan Documents, including the making of all
payments of all principal, Interest, Additional Interest and other sums
evidenced by the Note. Such assumption and responsibility shall occur
automatically upon the occurrence of any Full Recourse Event without further
action on the part of any Person.
Section 3.    Termination. The obligations of Recourse Liability Party under
this Agreement shall terminate upon the actual and irrevocable receipt by Agent
of payment in full of all of the Obligations.
Section 4.    Application of Amounts Realized. In the event Agent has caused a
foreclosure sale or has otherwise caused a transfer of the Property, Agent shall
not be required to apply any net proceeds of any such sale on account of any
sums which are the subject of any obligation of Recourse Liability Party
pursuant to this Agreement unless such net proceeds shall be in excess of the
amount which would satisfy in full all of the Obligations (other than
obligations of Recourse Liability Party arising pursuant to this Agreement), in
which case Agent shall apply such excess, if any, on account of any sums which
are the obligation of Recourse Liability Party pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 5.    Default Rate. Any amount payable by Recourse Liability Party
pursuant to Sections 1 and 2 hereof, that is not paid by Recourse Liability
Party within five (5) Business Days after demand therefor from Agent shall bear
interest from the date of such demand at the Default Rate.

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Section 6.    Representations and Warranties. Sponsor represents and warrants to
Agent and Lenders (which representations and warranties shall be given as of the
date hereof and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement)
that:
(a)    Sponsor is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other
entity (as recited in the preamble to this Recourse Liability Agreement) duly
formed, validly existing and in good standing pursuant to the laws of its state
of formation (which state of formation is as recited in the preamble to this
Recourse Liability Agreement), and is qualified to do business in each other
jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary to carry out its business.
(b)    Sponsor has the power and requisite authority and is duly authorized to
execute and deliver this Agreement and perform its obligations under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party.
(c)    This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of
each Sponsor, enforceable against each Sponsor in accordance with its terms.
(d)    Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor consummation of
any of the transactions herein contemplated nor compliance with the terms and
provisions hereof, will (i) to the actual knowledge of Sponsor, contravene any
provision of law, statute, rule or regulation to which Sponsor is subject or any
judgment, decree, license, order or permit applicable to Sponsor, or (ii)
materially conflict or be inconsistent with, or result in any material breach of
any of the terms of the covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a
default under, or result in the creation or imposition of a Lien (except liens
in favor of Agent or Lenders) upon any of the property or assets of Sponsor
pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or
other instrument to which Sponsor is a party or, to the actual knowledge of
Sponsor, by which Sponsor may be bound, or to which Sponsor may be subject, or
(iii) violate any provision of any organizational document of Sponsor.
(e)    All consents, approvals, authorizations or orders of any Person, court or
Governmental Authority or any third party that are required in connection with
the execution and delivery by any Sponsor of this Agreement or to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby have been obtained and are in full force and
effect. To the actual knowledge of Sponsor, Sponsor is not in default with
respect to any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, license, permit, order,
writ injunction or decree of any court or Governmental Authority applicable to
Sponsor.
(f)    There are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or at equity, pending
or, to Sponsor’s actual knowledge, threatened against or affecting any Sponsor
which involve or might involve the validity or enforceability of this Agreement
or which might materially adversely affect the financial condition of any
Sponsor or the ability of any Sponsor to perform any of its respective
obligations under this Agreement.
(g)    All statements of financial condition and related schedules and all
certificates, statements, documents or other information of or relating to any
Sponsor heretofore delivered to Agent or its agents or counsel (i)  are true,
correct and complete in all material respects, (ii) do not contain any
misleading information or any untrue statements of a material fact, (iii) do not
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state a material fact and (iv) fairly present the financial condition of the
subjects thereof as of the respective dates thereof in all material respects. No
material adverse change has occurred in the financial conditions reflected in
the most recent of the aforesaid statements of financial condition and related
schedules since the respective dates thereof. No representation or warranty made
by any Sponsor in this Agreement or any other Loan Document contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements contained therein or herein not misleading.
Section 7.    Liability Not Limited. Except as expressly set forth herein,
Recourse Liability Party’s liability hereunder shall not be subject to, limited
by or affected in any way by any nonrecourse provisions or provisions limiting
liability contained in the Loan Agreement, the Note, the Mortgage or any other
Loan Document. Recourse Liability Party agrees that the indemnities made in
Sections 1 and 2 hereof and given in this Agreement are separate and distinct
from, independent of and in addition to Borrower’s undertakings under the Note,
the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents. Recourse Liability Party agrees that
a separate action may be brought to enforce the provisions of this Agreement
which shall in no way be deemed to be an action on the Note, the Loan Agreement
or any other Loan Document. Recourse Liability Party hereby waives the defenses
of laches and any applicable statute of limitations.
Section 8.    Unconditional Character of Obligations.
(a)    Obligations. The obligations of Recourse Liability Party hereunder shall
be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or
enforceability, in whole or in part, of the Note, the Loan Agreement, the
Mortgage or the other Loan Documents or any provision thereof, or the absence of
any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any
provision thereof, the recovery of any judgment against Borrower or any other
Person or any action to enforce the same, any failure or delay in the
enforcement of the obligations of Borrower, Recourse Liability Party or any
other Person under any Loan Document, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment,
limitation or termination, and irrespective of any other circumstances which
might otherwise limit recourse against Recourse Liability Party by Agent or
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor or surety.
Agent may enforce the obligations of Recourse Liability Party hereunder by a
proceeding at law, in equity or otherwise, independent of any foreclosure or
similar proceeding or any deficiency action against Borrower or any other Person
at any time, and either before or after an action against the Collateral or any
part thereof, Borrower or any other Person. Recourse Liability Party waives
diligence, filing of claims with any court, any proceeding to enforce any
provision of the Note, the Loan Agreement, the Mortgage or any other Loan
Documents against Borrower or any other Person, any right to require a
proceeding first against Borrower or any other Person (or, if Recourse Liability
Party consists of more than one Person, to proceed against the Persons
constituting Recourse Liability Party in any particular order), or to exhaust
any security (including the Collateral) for the performance of the obligations
of Borrower or any other Person, or to cause a marshalling of Borrower’s assets,
and any protest, presentment, notice of default or other notice or demand
whatsoever.
(b)    Agreement and Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the
provisions of Section 8(a) hereof and except as otherwise limited by applicable
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Liability Party under this Agreement, and the rights of Agent to enforce the
same by proceedings, whether by action at law, suit in equity or otherwise,
shall not be in any way affected by any of the following:
(i)    any insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization, readjustment,
composition, dissolution, receivership, conservatorship, winding up or other
similar proceeding involving or affecting Borrower, Recourse Liability Party or
any other Person or the Collateral or any part thereof, including any automatic
stay granted pursuant to any provision of a bankruptcy or similar law;
(ii)    any failure by Agent, any Lender or any other Person, whether or not
without fault on its part, to perform or comply with any of the terms of the
Loan Agreement, or any other Loan Documents or any document or instrument
relating thereto;
(iii)    the sale, transfer or conveyance of the Collateral or any interest
therein to any Person, whether now or hereafter having or acquiring an interest
in the Collateral or any interest therein and whether or not pursuant to any
foreclosure, trustee sale or similar proceeding against Borrower or the
Collateral or any part thereof;
(iv)    the conveyance to Agent, any Lender, any Affiliate of Agent or any
Lender or Agent’s or any Lender’s nominee of the Collateral or any interest
therein by a deed in lieu of foreclosure;
(v)    the release of Borrower, another Recourse Liability Party or any other
Person from the performance or observance of any of the agreements, covenants,
terms or conditions contained in any of the Loan Documents by operation of law
or otherwise;
(vi)    the release in whole or in part of the Collateral;
(vii)    any failure by Agent to record, register or file the Mortgage, any UCC
financing statements or other security document or to otherwise perfect,
protect, secure or insure any security interest or lien given as security for
the Obligations;
(viii)    any recovery from Recourse Liability Party or any other obligor of any
of the Obligations, which recovery is obtained under this Agreement or any other
guaranty or indemnity executed in connection with the Loan; or
(ix)    any accuracy or inaccuracy of any representations or warranties made by
Borrower, Recourse Liability Party or any other Person in any of the Loan
Documents.
(c)    Waiver. Recourse Liability Party hereby expressly and irrevocably waives
all defenses in an action brought by Agent to enforce this Agreement based on
claims of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise and all setoffs,
reductions, or impairments, whether arising hereunder or otherwise.
(d)    Agent’s and Lenders’ Ability to Act. Agent and Lenders may deal with
Borrower, Affiliates of Borrower and the Collateral in the same manner and as
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not exist and shall be entitled, among other things, to grant Borrower or any
other Person such extension or extensions of time to perform any act or acts as
may be deemed advisable by Agent, at any time and from time to time, without
terminating, affecting or impairing the validity of this Agreement or the
obligations of Recourse Liability Party hereunder.
(e)    Changes to Loan Documents and Other Documents. No compromise, alteration,
amendment, modification, extension, renewal, release or other change of, or
waiver, consent, delay, omission, failure to act or other action with respect
to, any liability or obligation under or with respect to, or of any of the
terms, covenants or conditions of, the Note, the Loan Agreement, the Mortgage or
the other Loan Documents shall in any way alter, impair or affect any of the
obligations of Recourse Liability Party hereunder.
(f)    Agent’s Remedies. Agent may proceed to protect and enforce any or all of
its rights under this Agreement by suit in equity or action at law against
Recourse Liability Party, whether for the specific performance of any covenants
or agreements contained in this Agreement or otherwise, or to take any action
authorized or permitted under applicable law, and shall be entitled to require
and enforce the performance of all acts and things required to be performed
hereunder by Recourse Liability Party. All rights, remedies, powers and
privileges conferred by the other Loan Documents are cumulative of all other
rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein or by law or in equity provided,
or provided in any other Loan Document, and shall not be deemed to deprive Agent
of any such other legal or equitable rights, remedies, powers and privileges to
enforce the conditions, covenants and terms of this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents by judicial proceedings or otherwise, and the employment of any
rights, remedies, powers and privileges hereunder or otherwise, shall not
prevent the concurrent or subsequent employment of any other appropriate rights,
remedies, powers and privileges.
(g)    Actions. At the option of Agent, Recourse Liability Party may be joined
in any action or proceeding commenced by Agent against Borrower in connection
with or based upon the Note, the Loan Agreement, the Mortgage or any other Loan
Documents and recovery may be had against Recourse Liability Party in such
action or proceeding or in any independent action or proceeding against Recourse
Liability Party to the extent of Recourse Liability Party’s liability hereunder,
without any requirement that Agent first assert, prosecute or exhaust any remedy
or claim against Borrower or any other Person, or any security for the
obligations of Borrower or any other Person. Any demand by Agent for payments,
or performance of the obligations under, this Agreement upon Recourse Liability
Party shall not be and shall not be construed to be a release or waiver by Agent
of any other obligor with respect to such payment or obligation.
(h)    Continuance or Reinstatement of Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Agreement, Recourse Liability Party agrees that
this Agreement shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the
case may be, if at any time any payment is made by Recourse Liability Party to
Agent or any Lender and such payment is rescinded or must otherwise be returned
by Agent or such Lender upon insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation,
reorganization, readjustment, composition, dissolution, receivership,
conservatorship, winding up or other similar proceeding involving or affecting
Recourse Liability Party, all as though such

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payment had not been made. Agent may, but shall not be required to, litigate or
otherwise dispute such rescission or its obligation to make such repayments.
(i)    Payments to Recourse Liability Party; Subrogation. In the event that
Recourse Liability Party shall advance or become obligated to pay any sums under
this Agreement, or in the event that for any reason whatsoever Borrower or any
subsequent owner of the Collateral or any part thereof is now, or shall
hereafter become, indebted to Recourse Liability Party, Recourse Liability Party
agrees that (i) the amount of such sums and of such indebtedness and all
interest thereon shall at all times be subordinate as to lien, the time of
payment and in all other respects to all Obligations, including principal and
interest and other amounts, at any time owed to Agent and/or Lenders under the
Loan Documents, and (ii) Recourse Liability Party shall not be entitled to
enforce or receive payment thereof until the actual and irrevocable receipt by
Agent of payment in full of all Obligations. Nothing herein contained is
intended or shall be construed to give Recourse Liability Party any right of
subrogation in or under the Loan Documents or any right to participate in any
way therein, or in the right, title or interest of Agent or any Lender in or to
the Collateral, notwithstanding any payments made by Recourse Liability Party
under this Agreement, all such rights of subrogation and participation, if any,
being hereby expressly postponed until the actual and irrevocable receipt by
Agent of payment in full of all Obligations. If any amount shall be paid to
Recourse Liability Party by reason of the payment of sums by Recourse Liability
Party under this Agreement at any time when any such sums due and owing to Agent
and/or Lenders shall not have been fully paid, such amount shall be paid by
Recourse Liability Party to Agent for credit and application against such sums
due and owing to Agent and/or Lenders.
(j)    Effect of Foreclosure, Exercise of Remedies. Recourse Liability Party’s
obligations hereunder shall continue notwithstanding a foreclosure, deed in lieu
of foreclosure or similar proceeding or transaction involving the Mortgaged
Property or any part thereof or other exercise by Agent of the other remedies
under the Loan Documents, at law or in equity.
Section 9.        Additional Covenants. Sponsor shall not make (or permit to be
made) any transfer with respect to (i) any direct or indirect ownership interest
of Sponsor in any Borrower Party or Borrower Party Partner except, in each case,
for a Permitted Transfer in accordance with the Loan Agreement. Any breach of
the covenant contained in this Section 9 shall constitute an immediate Event of
Default hereunder and under the Loan Agreement.
Section 10.        Rights of Agent. Unless expressly provided to the contrary in
any particular instance, with respect to any and all rights of Agent to (a) give
or withhold any consent, approval or other authorization requested by Recourse
Liability Party with respect to this Agreement, (b) make any election or
exercise any option granted herein, (c) make any decision, judgment or
determination with respect hereto, (d) modify or amend this Agreement or waive
any obligation of Recourse Liability Party hereunder or grant any extension of
time for performance of the same or (e) take or omit to take any other action of
any kind whatsoever, Agent shall, to the maximum extent permitted by law, have
the right, and Recourse Liability Party expressly acknowledges Agent’s right, in
each instance, to make or give the same or take such action or to omit to take
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Section 11.        Further Assurances. Recourse Liability Party shall, within
five (5) Business Days after written request, make, execute or endorse, and
acknowledge and deliver or file or cause the same to be done, all such vouchers,
invoices, notices, certifications, additional agreements, undertakings or other
assurances, and take all such other action, as Agent may, from time to time,
deem reasonably necessary in order to give effect to the rights and benefits
conferred on Agent and Lenders pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 12.        Amendment, Waivers, Consents and Approvals. No failure or
delay of Agent in exercising any power or right hereunder or to demand payment
for any sums due pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, shall
operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce
such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right or power. No waiver of any provision of this
Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents or consent to any departure by
any Recourse Liability Party or any other Person therefrom shall in any event be
effective unless signed in writing by Agent, and then such waiver or consent
shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which
given. Consents, approvals and waivers granted by Agent for any matters covered
under this Agreement or any Loan Document shall not be effective unless signed
in writing by Agent, and such consents, approvals and waivers shall be narrowly
construed to cover only the parties and facts identified in any such consent,
approval or waiver. No notice or demand on any Recourse Liability Party or any
other Person in any case shall entitle such Recourse Liability Party or such
Person to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other
circumstances. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, any consents,
approvals or waivers of Agent or Lenders pursuant to this Agreement or any other
Loan Documents shall be granted or withheld in Agent’s or Lenders’ sole
discretion, as the case may be. No amendment, modification or termination of any
provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing and signed by
Recourse Liability Party and Agent.
Section 13.        Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon Recourse
Liability Party and its heirs, legatees, personal representatives, successors
and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by
Agent, Lenders and their respective successors and assigns.
Section 14.        Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which when
taken together shall be one and the same Agreement.
Section 15.        Notices. Any notice, demand, request, consent, approval or
other communication, which any party hereto may be required or may desire to
give hereunder, shall be made in accordance with Section 10.1 of the Loan
Agreement to the party to whom notice is being given, in any of the foregoing
cases, at the address set forth below:
Agent:
Aareal Capital Corporation

250 Park Avenue, Suite 820
New York, New York 10177
Attention: Linda Burg

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Telephone: 646-205-4513
Facsimile: 917-322-0290
with a copy similarly delivered to:
Aareal Capital Corporation
250 Park Avenue, Suite 820
New York, New York 10177
Attention: Alan L. Griffin, Esq.
Telephone: 646-465-8619
Facsimile: 917-322-0285

with a copy to:
Kaye Scholer LLP
250 West 55th Street
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Warren J. Bernstein, Esq.
Telephone: 212-836-8000
Facsimile: 212-836-8689

Recourse Liability Party:
Ashford Hospitality Prime Limited Partnership
14185 Dallas Parkway, Suite 1100
Dallas, Texas 75254
Attention: David A. Brooks
Telephone: 972-778-9207
Facsimile: 972-490-9605

and to:
CHH Capital Hotel Partners, LP
14185 Dallas Parkway, Suite 1100
Dallas, Texas 75254
Attention: David A. Brooks
Telephone: 972-778-9207
Facsimile: 972-490-9605
and to:

CHH Torrey Pines Hotel Partners, LP
14185 Dallas Parkway, Suite 1100
Dallas, Texas 75254
Attention: David A. Brooks
Telephone: 972-778-9207
Facsimile: 972-490-9605

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with a copy to:

Andrews Kurth LLP
1717 Main Street, Suite 3700
Dallas, Texas 75201-4605
Attention: Brigitte G. Kimichik, Esq.
Telephone: 214-659-4441
Facsimile: 214-659-4777
Any party may change its address for purposes of this Agreement by giving notice
of such change to the other parties pursuant to this Section 15. All such
notices, certificates, demands, requests, approvals, waivers and other
communications given pursuant to this Section 15 shall be effective when
received or refused at the address specified as aforesaid.
Notwithstanding any provision contained herein or in any of the other Loan
Documents to the contrary, in the event that Agent shall fail to give any notice
to Recourse Liability Party under this Agreement, the sole and exclusive remedy
for such failure shall be to seek appropriate equitable relief to enforce this
Agreement to give such notice and to have any action of Recourse Liability Party
postponed or revoked and any proceedings in connection therewith delayed or
terminated pending the giving of such notice by Agent, and Recourse Liability
Party shall not have any right to damages (whether actual or consequential) or
any other type of relief against Agent not specifically provided for herein, all
of which damages or other relief are hereby expressly waived. The foregoing is
not intended and shall not be deemed under any circumstances to require Agent to
give notice of any type or nature to Recourse Liability Party except as
expressly required hereby.
Section 16.        Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions
contained in this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any respect in a particular jurisdiction or as to particular Persons or
circumstances, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions contained herein (or the effectiveness of the invalid, illegal or
unenforceable provision in a different jurisdiction or as to different Persons
or circumstances) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The
parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid,
illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of
which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or
unenforceable provisions.
Section 17.        Captions. The captions, headings and arrangements used in
this Agreement are for convenience only and do not in any way affect, limit,
amplify or modify the terms and provisions hereof.
Section 18.        Governing Law; Choice of Forum; Consent to Service of Process
and Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury. This Agreement shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the substantive and procedural laws of the
State of New York. Recourse Liability Party irrevocably (a) agrees that any
suit, action or other legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement, the Note or the other Loan Documents may be brought in (i) the courts
of the United States of America located in the Southern District of New York or
the District where the Property is located or (ii) in the state courts of the
State and County of New York or the state courts of the State and County where
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court in any such suit, action or proceeding and (c) waives any objection which
it may have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any
of such courts and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding has been
brought in an inconvenient forum. Each Recourse Liability Party irrevocably
consents to the service of any and all process in any such suit, action or
proceeding by service of copies of such process to such Recourse Liability Party
at its address provided in Section 15 hereof, as the same may be changed
pursuant to Section 15 hereof. Nothing in this Section 18, however, shall affect
the right of Agent to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by law
or affect the right of Agent to bring any suit, action or proceeding against
Recourse Liability Party or its property in the courts of any other
jurisdiction. EACH RECOURSE LIABILITY PARTY HEREBY WAIVES, AND AGENT, BY
ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR
PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH WAIVER IS INFORMED
AND VOLUNTARY.
Section 19.        Definitional Provisions. For purposes of this Agreement,
(a) defined terms used in the singular shall import the plural and vice-versa;
(b) the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and similar terms when used in
this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement; (c) the words “include” and “including”
wherever used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be followed by the words
“without limitation” and (d) all of the agreements or instruments referred to in
this Agreement shall mean such agreements or instruments as the same may, from
time to time, be modified, supplemented or amended, or the terms thereof waived
or modified to the extent permitted by, and in accordance with, the terms and
conditions thereof and of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Section 20.        No Other Party Beneficiary. This Agreement is for the sole
benefit of Agent, Lenders and their successors and assigns, and is not for the
benefit of any other party. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed
to confer upon anyone other than Agent, Lenders and their successors and assigns
any right to insist upon or to enforce the performance or observance of any of
the obligations contained herein.
Section 21.        Joint and Several Obligations. The obligations of Recourse
Liability Party under this Agreement shall be joint and several.
Section 22.        Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents
constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the
subject matter hereof and supersede all other prior agreements and
understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the
subject matter contained in this Agreement.
Section 23.          Special State Provisions.
(a)    To the extent California law applies, nothing herein shall be deemed to
limit the right of Agent and/or Lenders to recover in accordance with California
Code of Civil Procedure Section 736 (as such Section may be amended from time to
time), any costs, expenses, liabilities or damages, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and costs, incurred by Agent and/or Lenders and arising from any
covenant, obligation, liability, representation or warranty contained in any
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relating to the cleanup of Hazardous Substances or any other “environmental
provision” (as defined in such Section 736) relating to the Property or any
portion thereof or the right of Agent and/or Lenders to waive, in accordance
with the California Code of Civil Procedure Section 726.5 (as such Section may
be amended from time to time), the security of the Mortgages as to any parcel of
the Mortgaged Property that is “environmentally impaired” or is an “affected
parcel” (as such terms are defined in such Section 726.5), and as to any
personal property attached to such parcel, and thereafter to exercise against
Borrower, to the extent permitted by such Section 726.5, the rights and remedies
of any unsecured creditor, including reduction of Agent and/or Lender’s claim
against Borrower to judgment, and any other rights and remedies permitted by
law.
(b)    To the extent California law applies, each Recourse Liability Party
hereby waives all rights and defenses arising out of an election of remedies by
Agent and/or Lenders even though that election of remedies, such as a
nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to security for guaranteed obligations, has
destroyed such Recourse Liability Party’s rights of subrogation and
reimbursement against the principal by the operation of Section 580d of the
California Code of Civil Procedure or otherwise. Specifically, and without in
any way limiting the foregoing, each Recourse Liability Party hereby waives any
rights of subrogation, indemnification, contribution or reimbursement arising
under Sections 2846, 2847, 2848 and 2849 of the California Civil Code or any
right of recourse to or with respect to Borrower or the assets or property of
Borrower or to any collateral for the Loan. In connection with the foregoing,
each Recourse Liability Party expressly waives any and all rights of subrogation
against Borrower, and such Recourse Liability Party hereby waives any rights to
enforce any remedy which Agent and/or Lenders may have against Borrower and any
right to participate in any collateral for the Loan. Each Recourse Liability
Party recognizes that, pursuant to Section 580d of the California Code of Civil
Procedure, Agent and/or Lenders’ realization through nonjudicial foreclosure
upon any real property constituting security for Borrower’s obligations under
the Loan Documents could terminate any right of Agent and/or Lenders’ to recover
a deficiency judgment against Borrower, thereby terminating subrogation rights
which such parties otherwise might have against Borrower. In the absence of an
adequate waiver, such a termination of subrogation rights could create a defense
to enforcement of this Agreement against such parties. Each Recourse Liability
Party hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any such defense. In
addition to and without in any way limiting the foregoing, each Recourse
Liability Party hereby subordinates any and all indebtedness of Borrower now or
hereafter owed to such Recourse Liability Party to all the indebtedness of
Borrower to Lenders and agrees with Agent and Lenders that until such time as
Agent and Lenders may have no further claim against Borrower, such Recourse
Liability Party shall not demand or accept any payment of principal or interest
from Borrower, claim any offset or other reduction of such Recourse Liability
Party’s obligations hereunder because of any such indebtedness and shall not
take any action to obtain any of the collateral for the Loan. Further, no
Recourse Liability Party shall have any right of recourse against Agent or
Lenders by reason of any action Agent or Lenders may take or omit to take under
the provisions of this Agreement or under the provisions of any of the Loan
Documents. If any amount shall nevertheless be paid to a Recourse Liability
Party by Borrower or another guarantor prior to payment in full of the
Obligations, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of Agent and
Lenders and shall forthwith be paid to Agent to be credited and applied to the
Obligations, whether matured or unmatured. The provisions of this paragraph
shall survive any satisfaction and discharge of Borrower by virtue of any
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in full of the Obligations. Without limiting the foregoing, each Recourse
Liability Party waives (i) all rights of subrogation, reimbursement,
indemnification, and contribution and any other rights and defenses that are or
may become available to such Recourse Liability Party by reason of California
Civil Code Sections 2787 to 2855, inclusive; (ii) any rights or defenses such
Recourse Liability Party may have with respect to its obligations as a guarantor
by reason of any election of remedies by Agent and/or Lenders; and (iii) all
rights and defenses that such Recourse Liability Party may have because
Borrower’s debt is secured by real property. This means, among other things,
that Agent and/or Lenders may collect from each Recourse Liability Party without
first foreclosing on any real or personal property collateral pledged by
Borrower, and that if Agent or Lenders foreclose on any real property collateral
pledged by Borrower (A) the amount of the debt 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, and (B) Agent and Lenders may
collect from such Recourse Liability Party even if Agent or Lenders, by
foreclosing on the real property collateral, have destroyed any rights such
Recourse Liability Party may have to collect from Borrower. This is an
unconditional and irrevocable waiver of any rights and defenses each Recourse
Liability Party may have because Borrower’s debt evidenced by the Note is
secured by real property. These rights and defenses include, but are not limited
to, any rights or defenses based upon Section 580a, 580b, 580d or
726 of the California Code of Civil Procedure.
Section 24.    Limitation of Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement, Recourse Liability Party’s liability under this
Agreement shall be limited as may expressly be set forth in the Loan Agreement,
including, without limitation, Section 10.14(c) of the Loan Agreement.
Section 24.    
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Recourse Liability Party has executed this instrument the
day and year first above written.
BORROWER:

CHH CAPITAL HOTEL PARTNERS, LP, a Delaware limited partnership
By:
CHH Torrey Pines Hotel GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, its
general partner

By: /s/ David A. Brooks
David A. Brooks, Vice President
CHH TORREY PINES HOTEL PARTNERS, LP, a Delaware limited partnership
By:
CHH Capital Hotel GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, its general
partner

By: /s/ David A. Brooks
David A. Brooks, Vice President
ASHFORD HOSPITALITY PRIME LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership
By: Ashford Prime OP General Partner LLC
By:
/s/ David A. Brooks
Name: David A. Brooks
Title:Vice President

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Agent is executing this Agreement to confirm Agent’s agreement to the amendment
and restatement of the Existing Agreement as evidenced by this Agreement.
AAREAL CAPITAL CORPORATION, as Agent
By: /s/ David C. Lee
Name: David C. Lee
Title: Director
By: /s/ Alan L. Griffin
Name: Alan, L. Griffin
Title: General Counsel

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