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  Exhibit 10.15    
    


 
    PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT    
    


        PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this
"Agreement") dated as of December 8, 2011 by ACRC LENDER LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (together with its permitted successors and/or assigns, "Pledgor"), for the benefit of CITIBANK,
N.A. (together with its successors and/or assigns, "Lender"). 


 
 

RECITALS    
    


        WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Master Loan and Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof, by and between  ACRC Lender C LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, as borrower (together with its permitted successors and assigns, collectively, the
"Borrower") and Lender, as lender (the "Loan Agreement"), Lender has agreed to make loans to Borrower in
an aggregate amount up to the Maximum Credit (as defined in the Loan Agreement) (such loans, collectively, the "Loan") evidenced by that certain
Promissory Note dated the date hereof (the "Note") by Borrower to the order of Lender; and 


        WHEREAS,
Pledgor is the legal and beneficial owner of one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding limited liability company interests of Borrower and will receive direct or
indirect benefit from Lender making the Loan to Borrower; and 


        WHEREAS,
it is a condition precedent to the obligation of Lender to make the Loan to Borrower that Pledgor shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to Lender pursuant to which
Pledgor has agreed to pledge and grant a first priority security interest in the Collateral (as defined below) as security for the Obligations (as defined below). 


        NOW,
THEREFORE, to induce Lender to make the Loan to Borrower, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto agree as follows: 


        Section 1.    Definitions.    Terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms
in the Loan Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth below: 


        "Agreement" shall mean this Pledge and Security Agreement, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time 


        "Assignment of Interest" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.2
hereof. 


        "Borrower" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Recitals
hereof. 


        "Borrower Operating Agreement" shall mean, that certain Limited Liability Company Agreement of Borrower dated as of September 27,
2011. 


        "Collateral" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.1 hereof. 


        "Issuer" shall mean Borrower. 


        "Loan" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Recitals hereof. 


        "Loan Agreement" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Recitals hereof. 



        "Note" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Recitals hereof. 


        "Obligations" shall mean all of the obligations of Borrower under the Loan Documents. 


        "Pledged Securities" shall mean, collectively, the limited liability company interests held or owned by Pledgor in Issuer listed on  Schedule 1 hereto,
together with all certificates evidencing ownership of such interests, and all claims, powers, privileges, benefits, remedies,
voting rights, options or rights of any nature whatsoever which currently exist or may be issued or granted by Issuer to Pledgor while this Agreement is in effect. 







 

        "Pledgor" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Recitals
hereof. 


        "Relevant Documents" shall mean, collectively, the Borrower Operating Agreement and all other organizational documents of Borrower, as any
of the same may hereafter be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. 


        "Uniform Commercial Code" shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the state of New York or as the context
may require, the State of Delaware, or, as the context may require, in effect in the State or States in which any Collateral is located. 


        Section 2.    Pledge and Delivery of Collateral.    



        2.1    The Pledge.    As continuing collateral security for the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations, Pledgor hereby irrevocably grants, pledges and assigns, subject to the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, a continuing
first priority lien on and security interest in, and, as a part of such grant, pledge and assignment, hereby assigns to Lender as collateral security, all of Pledgor's right, title and interest in the
following property, whether now owned by Pledgor or hereafter acquired and whether now existing or hereafter coming into existence (all being collectively referred to herein as the
"Collateral"): 



        (a)   all
Pledged Securities; 


        (b)   all
ownership interests, membership interests, shares, securities, moneys, instruments or property representing a dividend, a distribution or return of capital upon or
in respect of the Pledged Securities, or otherwise received in exchange therefor, and any warrants, rights or options issued to the holders of, or otherwise in respect of, the Pledged Securities; 


        (c)   all
rights of Pledgor under the Relevant Documents or any other agreement or instrument relating to the Pledged Securities, including, without limitation, (i) all
rights of Pledgor to receive moneys or distributions with respect to the Pledged Securities due and to become due under or pursuant to the Relevant Documents, (ii) all rights of Pledgor to
receive proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty with respect to the Pledged Securities, (iii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, all claims of Pledgor for damages
arising out of or for breach of or default under any Relevant Document, and (iv) to the extent permitted by applicable law any right of Pledgor to perform thereunder and to compel performance
and otherwise exercise all rights and remedies thereunder; and 


        (d)   all
proceeds of and to any of the property of Pledgor described in clauses (a) through (c) above and, to the extent related to any property described in
said clauses or such proceeds, all books, correspondence, credit files, records, invoices and other papers. 




        2.2    Delivery of the Collateral.    Pledgor shall deliver to Lender (i) the original certificate evidencing
the Pledged Securities pledged by Pledgor concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and (ii) all other documents evidencing or representing all other Collateral promptly
after Pledgor's receipt thereof. All Collateral which are "certificated securities" within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code shall be in bearer form or, if in registered form, shall be
accompanied by undated blank equity interest powers (in a form attached hereto as Exhibit A and made a part hereof) (the
"Assignment of Interest"), note power, endorsement or other necessary instruments of transfer, registration or assignment, duly executed in blank and in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender. Subject to the terms of the Loan Agreement, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender shall have the right, at
any time, in its discretion: (A) to transfer to or to register in the name of Lender or its nominee any or all of the Collateral, and (B) without notice to Pledgor, to transfer to, and
to designate on the Assignment of Interest, any Person to whom the Pledged Securities are sold in accordance with the provisions hereof. In addition, 


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Lender
shall have the right at any time to exchange the Assignment of Interest representing or evidencing the Pledged Securities or any portion thereof for one or more additional or substitute
Assignments of Interest representing or evidencing smaller or larger percentages of the Pledged Securities represented or evidenced thereby, subject to the terms thereof. 



        2.3    Acknowledgment of Pledge.    Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Pledgor shall cause Issuer to
execute and deliver to Lender a letter in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. Pledgor shall cause Issuer to comply with its covenants and
warranties in such letter. 


        Section 3.    Further Assurances; Remedies.    In furtherance of the grant of the pledge and security interest
pursuant to Section 2 hereof, Pledgor hereby agrees with Lender as follows: 



        3.1    Delivery and Other Perfection.    



        (a)   Pledgor
hereby represents and warrants that (i) the terms of each of the Pledged Securities expressly provide that they are securities governed by
Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in each applicable jurisdiction, (ii) Section 25 of the Borrower Operating Agreement is in full force and effect, and
(iii) the certificate evidencing the ownership of Borrower contains a legend substantially as follows: 



"This
certificate evidences an interest in ACRC Lender C LLC and shall be a security governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Delaware and, to
the extent permitted by applicable law, Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of each other applicable jurisdiction. Each limited liability company interest in the Company shall constitute a
"security" within the meaning of, and governed by, (i) Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code (including Section 8-102(a)(15) thereof) as in effect from time to time
in the State of Delaware, and (ii) Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction that now or hereafter substantially includes the 1994 revisions to
Article 8 thereof as adopted by the American Law Institute and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and approved by the American Bar Association on February 14,
1995. THE TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND/OR THE INTEREST EVIDENCED HEREBY IS RESTRICTED AS PROVIDED IN THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF THE COMPANY (AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME)." 




        (b)   Pledgor
hereby covenants and agrees that (i) it will not agree to any amendment or repeal of Section 25 of the Borrower Operating Agreement, and
(ii) in any event it shall promptly notify Lender in
writing if for any reason the Pledged Securities shall cease to be securities for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code in any applicable jurisdiction. 


        (c)   Pledgor
hereby covenants and agrees to register on Issuer's books and records the pledge of the Pledged Securities by Pledgor to Lender. In the event that at any time
after the date hereof any Collateral shall be evidenced by an instrument or a certificate other than the Pledged Securities, Pledgor shall or shall cause Issuer to promptly deliver any such instrument
or certificate, duly endorsed or subscribed by Pledgor or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank by Pledgor, to Lender as additional Collateral. Any
such instruments or certificates received by Pledgor shall be held by Pledgor in trust, as agent for Lender. 


        (d)   Pledgor
shall give, execute, deliver, file and/or record any financing statement, notice, instrument, document, agreement or other papers that may be necessary (in the
reasonable judgment of Lender) to create, preserve or perfect the security interest granted pursuant hereto or, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default (but subject to
the terms of the Loan Agreement), to enable Lender to exercise and enforce its rights hereunder with respect to such pledge and security interest, including, without limitation, causing any or all of
the 



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Collateral
to be transferred of record into the name of Lender or its nominee (and Lender agrees that if any Collateral is transferred into its name or the name of its nominee, Lender will thereafter
promptly give to Pledgor copies of any notices and communications received by it with respect to the Collateral). 



        (e)   Pledgor
shall permit representatives of Lender, upon reasonable notice, at any time during normal business hours to inspect and make abstracts from its books and records
pertaining to the Collateral, and forward copies of any notices or communications received by Pledgor with respect to the Collateral in such manner as Lender may reasonably require. 




        3.2    Preservation of Rights.    Except in accordance with applicable law, Lender shall not be required to take steps
necessary to preserve any rights against prior parties to any of the Collateral. 


        3.3    Pledged Collateral; Distributions.    



        (a)   So
long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Pledgor shall have the right to exercise all of Pledgor's rights under the Relevant Documents for
all purposes not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, or any other Loan Document or any other instrument or agreement referred to herein or therein, including the right to exercise any and
all voting rights, the right to receive distributions on the Collateral (subject to Borrower's obligations under the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents) and other rights relating to the
Pledged Securities; and Lender shall execute and deliver to Pledgor or cause to be executed and delivered to Pledgor all such proxies, powers of attorney, distribution and other orders, and all such
instruments, without recourse, as Pledgor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling Pledgor to exercise the rights and powers which they are entitled to exercise pursuant to this  Section 3.3(a). 


        (b)   If
any Event of Default shall have occurred, then so long as such Event of Default shall continue, and whether or not Lender exercises any available right to declare any
of the Obligations due and payable or seeks or pursues any other relief or remedy available to it under applicable law or under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (i) all distributions
on the Collateral shall be paid directly to Lender for application to the Obligations pursuant to the terms hereof and the Loan Agreement, (ii) if Lender shall so request in writing, Pledgor
agrees to execute and deliver to Lender appropriate distribution and other orders and documents to that end and (iii) Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs Issuer, after an Event of
Default and for so long as such Event of Default is continuing, to pay all such distributions on the Collateral directly to Lender for application to the Obligations in the order, priority and manner
set forth herein and in the Loan Agreement. The foregoing authorization and instructions are irrevocable, may be relied upon by Issuer and may not be modified in any manner other than by Lender
sending to Issuer a notice terminating such authorization and direction. 



        (c)   Anything
to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) Pledgor shall remain liable under the Relevant Documents to perform all of its duties and obligations thereunder to
the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, (ii) the exercise by Lender of any of the rights hereunder shall not release Pledgor from any of its duties or obligations under the
Relevant Documents and (iii) Lender shall have no obligation or liability under the Relevant Documents by reason of this Agreement, nor shall Lender be obligated to perform any of the
obligations or duties of Pledgor thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder, except as provided by applicable law. 




        3.4    Events of Default; Remedies, etc.    During the period during which an Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing: 



        (a)   Lender
shall have all of the rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code (whether or not said Code is in
effect in the 



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jurisdiction
where the rights and remedies are asserted) and such additional rights and remedies to which a secured party is entitled under the laws in effect in any jurisdiction where any rights and
remedies hereunder may be asserted, including, without limitation, the right, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to exercise all voting, consensual and other powers of ownership pertaining to the
Collateral as if Lender were the sole and absolute owner thereof (and Pledgor agrees to take all such action as may be appropriate to give effect to such right); 


        (b)   Lender
in its discretion may, in its name or in the name of Pledgor or otherwise, demand, sue for, collect or receive any money or property at any time payable or
receivable on account of or in exchange for any of the Collateral, but shall be under no obligation to do so; 


        (c)   Lender
may, upon ten (10) Business Days' prior written notice to Pledgor of the time and place, with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof which shall
then be or shall thereafter come into the possession, custody or control of Lender or any of its agents, sell, assign or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such Collateral, at such place or
places as Lender deems best, and for cash or on credit or for future delivery (without thereby assuming any credit risk), at public or private sale, without demand of performance or notice of
intention to effect any such disposition or of time or place thereof (except such notice as is required above or by applicable statute and cannot be waived) and Lender or anyone else may be the
purchaser, assignee or recipient of any or all of the Collateral so disposed of at any public sale (or, to the extent permitted by law, at any private sale), and thereafter hold the same absolutely,
free from any claim or right of whatsoever kind, including any right or equity of redemption (statutory or otherwise), of Pledgor, any such demand, notice or right and equity being hereby expressly
waived and released. Unless prohibited by applicable law, Lender may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by
announcement at the time and place fixed for the sale, and such sale may be made at any time or place to which the same may be so adjourned; 



        (d)   Lender
may exercise all membership rights, powers and privileges to the same extent as Pledgor is entitled to exercise such rights, powers and privileges; 


        (e)   Upon
ten (10) Business Days' prior notice to Pledgor, Lender may cause the Pledged Securities to be sold in accordance with  Subsection (c) above and, in connection therewith, cause each purchaser
of all or any part of any Pledged Securities to be admitted as a new
member or partner of Issuer to the extent of such Pledged Securities, and cause Pledgor to withdraw as a member or partner of Issuer to the extent such Pledged Securities are sold (in accordance with  Subsection (c)
 above), and, if appropriate, cause one or more amended or restated certificates of limited partnership or certificates of limited
liability company to be filed with respect to Issuer; 


        (f)    Lender
may exercise any and all rights and remedies of Pledgor under or in connection with the Relevant Documents or otherwise in respect of the Collateral, including,
without limitation, any and all rights of Pledgor to demand or otherwise require payment of any amount under, or performance of any provisions of, the Relevant Documents; and 


        (g)   all
payments received by Pledgor under or in connection with the Relevant Documents or otherwise in respect of the Collateral shall be received in trust for the benefit
of Lender, shall be segregated from other funds of Pledgor and shall be forthwith paid over to Lender in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement). 



The
proceeds of each collection, sale or other disposition under this Section 3.4 shall be applied by Lender to the Obligations pursuant to  Section 3.6 hereof. 




        Pledgor
recognizes that, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable state securities laws, Lender may be compelled, with
respect to any sale of all or any part of the Collateral, to limit purchasers to those who will agree, among other things, to 


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acquire
the Collateral for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Pledgor acknowledges that any such private sales may be at prices and on terms
less favorable to Lender than those obtainable through a public sale without such restrictions, and that Lender shall have no obligation to engage in public sales and no obligation to delay the sale
of any Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer thereof to register it for public sale. 


        3.5    Private Sale.    Lender shall not incur any liability as a result of the sale of the Collateral, or any part
thereof, at any private sale pursuant to Section 3.4 hereof conducted in a commercially reasonable manner. Pledgor hereby waives any claims
against Lender arising by reason of the fact that the price at which the Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale or
was less than the aggregate amount of the Obligations. 


        3.6    Application of Proceeds.    Except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the proceeds of any collection, sale
or other realization of all or any part of the Collateral pursuant hereto, and any other cash at the time held by Lender under this Section 3,
shall be applied by Lender: 


        First, to the payment of the costs and expenses of such collection, sale or other realization, including reasonable out-of-pocket costs
and expenses of Lender and the fees and expenses of their respective agents and counsel, and all expenses, and advances made or incurred by Lender in connection therewith; 


        Next, to the payment in full of the Obligations; and 


        Finally, to the payment to Pledgor, or its successors or assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct, of any surplus then
remaining. 


As
used in this Section 3, "proceeds" of Collateral shall mean cash, securities and other
property realized in respect of, and distributions in kind of, Collateral, including any thereof received under any reorganization, liquidation or adjustment of debt of Pledgor or any issuer of or
obligor on any of the Collateral. 


        3.7    Attorney-in-Fact.    Without limiting any rights or powers granted by this Agreement to
Lender while no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default Lender is hereby appointed the attorney-in-fact of Pledgor for
the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Section 3 and taking any action and executing any instruments which Lender may deem necessary
or reasonably advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment as attorney-in-fact is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, so long
as Lender shall be entitled under this Section 3 to make collections in respect of the Collateral, Lender shall have the right and power to
receive, endorse and collect all checks made payable to the order of Pledgor representing any payment or other distribution in respect of the Collateral or any part thereof and to give full discharge
for the same. 


        3.8    Termination.    When all Obligations shall have been paid in full, the pledge of the Collateral contained in  Section 2
shall terminate without further action of any Person and Lender shall forthwith authorize Pledgor to terminate any Uniform Commercial
Code financing statement and cause to be assigned, transferred and delivered, against receipt but without any recourse, warranty or representation whatsoever (except that Lender has not sold, created
or suffered to exist thereon any lien, security interest or encumbrance in favor of any third party) any remaining Collateral and money received in respect thereof, to or on the order of Pledgor. 



        3.9    Further Assurances.    Pledgor agrees that, from time to time upon the written request of Lender, Pledgor will
execute and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as Lender may reasonably request in order fully to effect the purposes of this Agreement, provided such documents or
actions do not increase the obligations or diminish the rights of Pledgor hereunder. 


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        Section 4.    Miscellaneous.    


        4.1    No Waiver.    No failure on the part of Lender or any of its agents to exercise, and no course of dealing with
respect to, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise by Lender or any of its agents of any right,
power or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and are not exclusive of any
remedies provided by law. 


        4.2    Governing Law.    



        (a)   THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS
MADE AND PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE AND ANY APPLICABLE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY
CLAIM TO ASSERT THAT THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION GOVERNS THIS AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO
§ 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW. 


        (b)   ANY
LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST LENDER OR PLEDGOR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY AT LENDER'S OPTION BE INSTITUTED IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE
COURT IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NEW YORK, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES ANY OBJECTIONS WHICH IT MAY NOW
OR HEREAFTER HAVE BASED ON VENUE AND/OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, AND EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN
ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. PLEDGOR AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON PLEDGOR AT THE ADDRESS FOR PLEDGOR SET FORTH HEREIN AND WRITTEN NOTICE OF SAID SERVICE MAILED OR DELIVERED TO PLEDGOR IN THE
MANNER PROVIDED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED IN EVERY RESPECT EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON PLEDGOR IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. PLEDGOR (I) SHALL GIVE PROMPT
NOTICE TO LENDER OF ANY CHANGE IN THE ADDRESS FOR PLEDGOR SET
FORTH HEREIN, (II) MAY AT ANY TIME AND FROM TIME TO TIME DESIGNATE AN AUTHORIZED AGENT WITH AN OFFICE IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK (WHICH AGENT AND OFFICE SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS THE PERSON AND ADDRESS
FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS), AND (III) SHALL PROMPTLY DESIGNATE AN AUTHORIZED AGENT IF PLEDGOR CEASES TO HAVE AN OFFICE IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK. 




        4.3    Notices.    All notices, consents, approvals and requests required or permitted hereunder shall be given in the
manner and to the addresses set forth in the Loan Agreement. 


        4.4    Waivers, etc.    The terms of this Agreement may be waived, altered or amended only by an instrument in writing
duly executed by Pledgor and Lender. Any such amendment or waiver shall be binding upon Lender and Pledgor. 


        4.5    Successors and Assigns.    This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of Pledgor and inure
to the benefit of the successors and assigns of Lender (provided, however, that Pledgor shall not assign or transfer its rights hereunder without the prior written consent of Lender, 


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which
consent may be withheld in Lender's sole and absolute discretion). Without limiting the foregoing, subject to the terms of the Loan Agreement, including its restrictions on transfer, Lender may
at any time and from time to time without the consent of Pledgor, assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and remedies under this Agreement to any other person or entity, either
separately or together with other property of Pledgor for such purposes in connection with a transfer of Lender's interest in the other Loan Documents and on such terms as Lender shall elect, and such
other person or entity shall thereupon become vested with all of the rights and obligations in respect thereof granted to Lender herein or otherwise. Each representation and agreement made by Pledgor
in this Agreement shall be deemed to run to, and each reference in this Agreement to Lender shall be deemed to refer to, Lender and each of its successors and assigns. 


        4.6    Indemnification.    Pledgor hereby agrees to indemnify Lender and its directors, officers, employees and agents
from, and hold each of them harmless against, any and all actual losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses incurred by any of them arising out of or by reason of any claim of any Person
(1) relating to or arising out of the acts or omissions of Pledgor under this Agreement or the Relevant Documents (but excluding any such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses
incurred by reason of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Person to be indemnified), or (2) resulting from the ownership of or lien on any Collateral, including, without
limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred in connection with any such investigation or litigation or other proceedings (but excluding any such losses, liabilities, claims,
damages or expenses incurred by reason of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Person to be indemnified). 


        4.7    No Election of Remedies.    



        (a)   Without
limitation as to any other right or remedy provided to Lender in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, in the case of an Event of Default which has
occurred and is continuing (i) Lender shall have the right to pursue all of its rights and remedies under this Agreement and the Loan Documents, at law and/or in equity, in one proceeding, or
separately and independently in separate proceedings from time to time, as Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine from time to time, (ii) Lender shall not be required to
either marshal assets, sell any of the Collateral in any particular order of alienation (and may sell the same simultaneously and together or separately), or be subject to any "one action" or
"election of remedies" law or rule with respect to any of the Collateral, (iii) the exercise by Lender of any remedies against any one item of Collateral will not impede Lender from
subsequently or simultaneously exercising remedies against any other item of Collateral, (iv) all liens and other rights, remedies or privileges provided to Lender herein shall remain in full
force and effect until Lender has exhausted all of its remedies against the Collateral and all Collateral has been sold and/or otherwise realized upon in satisfaction of the Obligations in full or the
Obligations have otherwise been satisfied in full, and (v) Lender may resort for the payment of the Obligations to any security held by Lender in such order and manner as Lender, in its sole
and absolute discretion, may elect and Lender may take action to recover the Obligations, or any portion thereof, or to enforce any covenant hereof without prejudice to the right of Lender thereafter
to foreclose this Agreement. 


        (b)   Without
notice to or consent of Pledgor and without impairment of the lien and rights created by this Agreement, Lender may (but shall not be obligated to), at any time
(in its sole and absolute discretion), execute and deliver to Pledgor a written instrument releasing all or a portion of the security interest and lien created by this Agreement and any UCC financing
statement filed in connection herewith as security for any or all of the Obligations, whereupon following the execution and delivery by Lender to Pledgor of any such written instrument of release,
this Agreement shall no longer secure such Obligations so released. 



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        4.8    Severability.    If any provision hereof is invalid and unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, (i) the other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in favor of Lender in order to carry out the
intentions of the parties hereto as nearly as may be possible and (ii) the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. 


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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Pledgor has caused this Pledge Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written. 

 






					
	 
	 	 ACRC LENDER LLC,
	 
	 	a Delaware limited liability company
	 
	 	 By:
	 	 /s/ Timothy B. Smith








 
	 
	 	Name:	 	Timothy B. Smith
	 
	 	Title:	 	Vice President




 

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	 ACCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED:	 	 
	
 CITIBANK, N.A.,

a national banking association	
 	
 
	
 By:	
 	
/s/ Richard S. Schlenger







 	
 	
 
	Name:	 	Richard S. Schlenger	 	 
	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory	 	 



 

 






 








































 
 

  SCHEDULE I
  DESCRIPTION OF PLEDGED SECURITIES    
    

 






							
	Issuer




 
	 	Class of Interest 	 	Percentage of

Interests 	 
	 ACRC LENDER C LLC
	 	LLC	 	 	100	%




 


   

   


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  EXHIBIT A    
    
    MEMBERSHIP INTEREST POWER    
    


        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto                                    (100%) of the membership
interests of  ACRC LENDER C LLC standing in its name on the books of ACRC LENDER C LLC represented by
membership Certificate Number 1 herewith, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and
appoint                                    as attorney in fact to
transfer such membership interests on the books of  ACRC LENDER C LLC with full power of substitution in the premises. 



Dated:                            ,
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	 	 	 ACRC LENDER LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company,
	

 	
 	
By:	
 	








 
	 	 	Name:

Title:




 

  


 






			
	In presence of	 	 
	







  Name:

	
 	

 



 

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  EXHIBIT B    
    
    FORM OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PLEDGE    
    
    [LETTERHEAD OF ISSUER]    



December 8,
2011 


Citibank,
N.A.

388 Greenwich Street

19th Floor

New York, New York 10013

Attention: Richard Schlenger 


Ladies
and Gentlemen: 


        Reference
is made to the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the "Pledge
Agreement") between ACRC LENDER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the pledgor (the  "Pledgor"), and you, as Lender. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings provided
in the Pledge Agreement. 


        In
connection with the pledge of the Collateral to you by the Pledgor, the undersigned hereby represents, warrants and agrees with you as follows: 



        (a)   As
set forth in the Borrower Operating Agreement, the undersigned has irrevocably elected that all membership interests in the undersigned shall be securities governed
by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code. In accordance with the Pledgor's instructions, the undersigned has registered on its books and records your security interest in the Pledged
Securities and other Collateral; no other lien on such Pledged Securities or other Collateral is registered on the books and records of the undersigned; 



        (b)   The
undersigned shall deliver directly to you at your address set forth above, any and all instruments and/or certificates evidencing any right, option or warrant, and
all new, additional or substituted securities issued to, or to be received by, Pledgor by virtue of its ownership of the Pledged Securities issued by the undersigned or upon exercise by Pledgor of any
option, warrant or right attached to such Pledged Securities; 


        (c)   The
Pledged Securities constitute all of the membership interests in the undersigned; there are no options or rights outstanding to acquire any interests in the
undersigned, and the undersigned will not issue any additional membership interests or securities without the prior written consent of Lender; 



        (d)   The
undersigned has not entered into an agreement with any third party to act on such third party's instructions without further consent of Pledgor with respect to the
Pledged Securities; and agrees that it will not enter into any such agreement with any third party concerning any Pledged Securities; 


        (e)   After
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the undersigned shall pay directly to you any and all cash distributions which might be declared
and payable (including any unpaid distributions accrued prior to the date hereof) on any of the Pledged Securities or any of the other Collateral issued by the undersigned, and which but for the
provisions of this letter would be paid to Pledgor; 


        (f)    At
any time upon and during the continuance of an Event of Default, and upon your exercise of applicable remedies pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, upon your written
instructions, the undersigned shall register the transfer of such Pledged Securities to you or your nominee, as applicable; 



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        (g)   The
Pledged Securities have been duly authorized and validly issued and are not subject to, nor will the undersigned at any time permit it to become subject to, any
restrictions governing its issuance, transfer, ownership or control other than those currently set forth in the Borrower Operating Agreement; and 


        (h)   The
undersigned will comply with your instructions relating to the Pledged Securities without the need for further consent from Pledgor provided such instructions are in
accordance with the Loan Documents. 




        The
undersigned agrees that, if at any time you shall determine to exercise your right to sell all or any of the Collateral issued by the undersigned, the undersigned will, upon your
request and at Pledgor's expense: 



        (a)   provide
you with such other information as may be necessary or, in your reasonable opinion, advisable to enable you to effect a commercially reasonable sale of such
Collateral; 


        (b)   do
or cause to be done all such other acts and things as may be necessary to make the sale of such Collateral or any part thereof valid and binding and in compliance
with applicable law; and 


        (c)   do
or cause to be done all such other acts and things as may be necessary to constitute you or your designees or transferees a member of the undersigned. 



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        You
are hereby authorized, in connection with any sale of the Collateral issued by the undersigned, to deliver or otherwise disclose to any prospective purchaser of such Collateral
(i) any information provided to you pursuant to subsection (a) above and (ii) any other information in your possession relating to the undersigned or such Collateral. 

 






					
	 
	 	Very truly yours,
	 
	 	   ACRC LENDER C LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

	 
	 	 By:
	 	   








 
	 
	 	Name:	 	 
	 
	 	Title:	 	 




 

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