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Exhibit 10.24.14.1




AMENDED AND RESTATED CROSS-COLLATERALIZATION AND

COOPERATION AGREEMENT




     THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED CROSS-COLLATERALIZATION AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”) is made as of the 20th day of December, 2005, by and between (i)
ASHFORD CRYSTAL CITY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, NEW CLEAR LAKE HOTEL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, NEW
INDIANAPOLIS DOWNTOWN HOTEL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, PALM BEACH FLORIDA HOTEL AND OFFICE BUILDING
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, and ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA HOTEL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (collectively, the
“Pool 2 Borrowers”) and (ii) MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE LENDING, INC., in its capacity as
mortgage lender (“Lender”).



RECITALS




     A. Ashford Crystal City Limited Partnership, New Clear Lake Hotel Limited Partnership and New
Indianapolis Downtown Hotel Limited Partnership (collectively, the “Original Borrowers”)
and Lender entered into a certain Cross-Collateralization and Cooperation Agreement dated as of
October 13, 2005 (the “Original Agreement”) in connection with a certain loan from Lender
to Original Borrower described in the Original Agreement (the “Original Loan”).



     B. Lender, the Original Borrowers and the Pool 2 Borrowers have agreed to modify the terms of
the Original Loan to, among other things, cause the Original Borrowers to assign to the Pool 2
Borrowers, and the Pool 2 Borrowers to assume from the Original Borrowers, all rights and
obligations of the Original Borrowers in and to the Original Loan, as modified.



     C. As a condition to modifying the terms of the Original Loan, Lender has required that the
Pool 2 Borrowers and the Original Borrowers enter into this Agreement with Lender to amend and
restate the terms of the Original Agreement in their entirety.



     D. The Pool 2 Borrowers, under that certain Amended and Restated Promissory Note of even date
herewith given to Lender (“Note 2”), are indebted to Lender in the original principal sum
of $115,645,000 (“Loan 2”) as governed by that certain Amended and Restated Loan Agreement
of even date herewith between the Original Borrowers, the Pool 2 Borrowers and Lender (together
with all extensions, renewals, modifications, substitutions and amendments thereof, “Loan
Agreement 2”)



     E. The Borrowers identified on Schedule 1 as the “Pool 3 Borrowers” (collectively, the
“Pool 3 Borrowers”), under that certain Amended and Restated Promissory Note dated as of
October 13, 2005 given to Lender (“Note 3”), are indebted to Lender in the original
principal sum of $95,905,000 (“Loan 3”) as governed by that certain Amended and Restated
Loan Agreement dated as of October 13, 2005 between, inter alia, the Pool 3 Borrowers and Lender
(together with all extensions, renewals, modifications, substitutions and amendments thereof,
“Loan Agreement 3”).



 









 





     F. The Borrowers identified on Schedule 1 as the “Pool 7 Borrowers” (collectively, the
“Pool 7 Borrowers”, and together with Pool 2 Borrowers and Pool 3 Borrowers, collectively,
the “Borrowers”), under that certain Amended and Restated Promissory Note dated as of
October 13, 2005 given to Lender (“Note 7”, and together with Note 2 and Note 3,
collectively, the “Notes”), are indebted to Lender in the original principal sum of
$83,075,000 (“Loan 7”, and together with Loan 2 and Loan 3, collectively, the
“Loans”) as governed by that certain Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of
October 13, 2005 between, inter alia, the Pool 7 Borrowers and Lender (together with all
extensions, renewals, modifications, substitutions and amendments thereof, “Loan Agreement
7”, and together with Loan Agreement 1, Loan Agreement 2 and Loan Agreement 3, collectively,
the “Loan Agreements”).



     G. Loan 2, Loan 3 and Loan 7 are secured, in part, by Mortgages (as defined in the Loan
Agreements) on the Properties in the respective pools of Properties identified on Schedule
2 (each, a “Pool”, and collectively, the “Pools”). Each of such Properties is
referred to herein as a “Property” and, collectively, as the “Properties”. The
Properties in each Pool are referred to, respectively, as the “Pool 2 Properties”,
“Pool 3 Properties” and “Pools 7 Properties”.



     H. As an inducement to the Lender to enter into Loan Agreement 2, the Borrowers have agreed to
amend and restate the Original Agreement in order to modify the terms of the Original Agreement.



AGREEMENT




     For ten ($10) dollars and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of
which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:



     Section 1. Cross Collateralization Within Pool; Contribution.



               (a) Each Pool 2 Borrower acknowledges that Lender is making Loan 2 to the Pool 2 Borrowers
upon the security of its collective interest in the Pool 2 Properties and in reliance upon the
aggregate of the Pool 2 Properties taken together being of greater value as collateral security
than the sum of each Pool 2 Property taken separately. Each Pool 2 Borrower agrees that each
Mortgage of a Pool 2 Property is and will be cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with each
other Mortgage of a Pool 2 Property so that (i) an Event of Default which continues beyond the
expiration of any applicable notice and cure periods under any of such Mortgages shall constitute
an Event of Default under each of the other such Mortgages securing the related Note; (ii) an Event
of Default which continues beyond the expiration of any applicable notice and cure periods under
the related Loan Agreement or this Agreement shall constitute an Event of Default under each such
Mortgage; (iii) each such Mortgage shall constitute security for the related Note as if a single
blanket lien were placed on all of the Pool 2 Properties as security for Note 2; and (iv) such
cross-collateralization shall in no event be deemed to constitute a fraudulent conveyance.



               (b) Without limitation to any other right or remedy provided to Lender in this Agreement or
any of the other Loan Documents, each Pool 2 Borrower covenants and



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agrees that (i) Lender shall have the right to pursue all of its rights and remedies in one
proceeding, or separately and independently in separate proceedings which it, as Lender, in its
sole and absolute discretion, shall determine from time to time, (ii) Lender is not required to
either marshall assets, sell any or all of the Collateral in any inverse order or alienation, or be
subjected to any “one action” or “election of remedies” law or rule, (iii) the exercise by Lender
of any remedies against any of the Collateral will not impede Lender from subsequently or
simultaneously exercising remedies against any other Collateral, (iv) all Liens and other rights,
remedies and privileges provided to Lender in this Agreement and/or any other Loan Documents
otherwise shall remain in full force and effect until Lender has exhausted all of its remedies
against the Collateral and all the Collateral has been foreclosed, sold and/or otherwise realized
upon and (v) each Pool 2 Property and all Collateral as defined in Loan Agreement 2 shall be
security for the performance of all each Pool 2 Borrower’s obligations hereunder and under each of
the other Loan Documents.




               (c) As a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each Pool 2 Borrower will
benefit, directly and indirectly, from the obligation of each other Pool 2 Borrower to pay the
related Indebtedness and perform its obligations hereunder and under the other related Loan
Documents and in consideration therefore each Pool 2 Borrower desires to enter into an allocation
and contribution agreement among themselves as set forth in this Section 1(c) to allocate
such benefits among themselves and to provide a fair and equitable agreement to make contributions
among each Pool 2 Borrower in the event any payment is made by any individual Pool 2 Borrower under
the Loan Documents to Lender (such payment being referred to herein as a “Contribution”,
and for purposes of this Section, includes any exercise of recourse by Lender against any
Collateral of a Pool 2 Borrower and application of proceeds of such Collateral in satisfaction of
such Borrower’s obligations, to Lender under the Loan Documents).




               (i) Each Pool 2 Borrower shall be liable under the related Loan Documents with respect
to the related Indebtedness only for such total maximum amount (if any) that would not
render its Indebtedness under the related Loan Agreement or under any of the Loan Documents
subject to avoidance under Section 548 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any comparable
provisions of any state law.




               (ii) In order to provide for a fair and equitable contribution among Pool 2 Borrowers
in the event that any Contribution is made by an individual Pool 2 Borrower (a “Funding
Borrower”), such Funding Borrower shall be entitled to a reimbursement Contribution
(“Reimbursement Contribution”) from all other Pool 2 Borrowers for all payments,
damages and expenses incurred by that Funding Borrower in discharging any of the
Indebtedness, in the manner and to the extent set forth in this Section.




               (iii) For purposes hereof, the “Benefit Amount” of any individual Pool 2
Borrower as of any date of determination shall be the net value of the benefits to such
Borrower from extensions of credit made by Lender to (A) such Borrower and (B) to the other
Pool 2 Borrowers under the related Loan Documents.



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               (iv) Each Pool 2 Borrower shall be liable to a Funding Borrower in an amount equal to
the (A) ratio of the Benefit Amount of such Borrower to the total amount of related
Indebtedness, multiplied by (B) the amount of such Indebtedness paid by such Funding
Borrower.




               (v) In the event that at any time there exists more than one Funding Borrower with
respect to any Contribution (in any such case, the “Applicable Contribution”), then
Reimbursement Contributions from other Pool 2 Borrowers pursuant hereto shall be allocated
among such Funding Borrowers in proportion to the total amount of the Contribution made for
or on account of the other Pool 2 Borrowers by each such Funding Borrower pursuant to the
Applicable Contribution. In the event that at any time any Pool 2 Borrower pays an amount
hereunder in excess of the amount calculated pursuant to this Section 1 above, that
Borrower shall be deemed to be a Funding Borrower to the extent of such excess and shall be
entitled to a Reimbursement Contribution from the other Pool 2 Borrowers in accordance with
the provisions of this Section.




               (vi) Each Pool 2 Borrower acknowledges that the right to Reimbursement Contribution
hereunder shall constitute an asset in favor of such Borrower to which such Reimbursement
Contribution is owing.




               (vii) No Reimbursement Contribution payments payable by a Pool 2 Borrower pursuant to
the terms of this Section 1 shall be paid until all amounts then due and payable by
all Pool 2 Borrowers to Lender, pursuant to the terms of the related Loan Documents, are
paid in full in cash. Nothing contained in this Section 1 shall limit or affect in
any way the Indebtedness of any Pool 2 Borrower to Lender under the Note or any other Loan
Documents.




               (viii) Each Pool 2 Borrower waives:



                    (A) any right to require Lender to proceed against any other Borrower or any other person or
to proceed against or exhaust any security held by Lender at any time or to pursue any other remedy
in Lender’s power before proceeding against Borrower;



                    (B) any defense based upon any legal disability or other defense of any other Borrower, any
guarantor of any other person or by reason of the cessation or limitation of the liability of any
other Borrower or any guarantor from any cause other than full payment of all sums payable under
the Notes, this Agreement and any of the other Loan Documents;



                    (C) any defense based upon any lack of authority of the officers, directors, partners or
agents acting or purporting to act on behalf of any other Borrower or any principal of any other
Borrower or any defect in the formation of any other Borrower or any principal of any other
Borrower;



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                    (D) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a
surety must be neither larger in amount nor in any other respects more burdensome than that of a
principal;



                    (E) any defense based upon any failure by Lender to obtain collateral for the Indebtedness or
failure by Lender to perfect a lien on any Collateral;



                    (F) presentment, demand, protest and notice of any kind;



                    (G) any defense based upon any failure of Lender to give notice of sale or other disposition
of any collateral to any other Borrower or to any other person or entity or any defect in any
notice that may be given in connection with any sale or disposition of any Collateral;



                    (H) any defense based upon any failure of Lender to comply with applicable laws in connection
with the sale or other disposition of any Collateral, including any failure of Lender to conduct a
commercially reasonable sale or other disposition of any Collateral;



                    (I) any defense based upon any use of cash collateral under Section 363 of the Federal
Bankruptcy Code;



                    (J) any defense based upon any agreement or stipulation entered into by Lender with respect to
the provision of adequate protection in any bankruptcy proceeding;



                    (K) any defense based upon any borrowing or any grant of a security interest under Section 364
of the Federal Bankruptcy Code;



                    (L) any defense based upon the avoidance of any security interest in favor of Lender for any
reason;



                    (M) any defense based upon any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement,
readjustment of debt, liquidation or dissolution proceeding, including any discharge of, or bar or
stay against collecting, all or any of the obligations evidenced by the Notes or owing under any of
the Loan Documents;



                    (N) any defense or benefit based upon such Borrower’s, or any other party’s, resignation of
the portion of any obligation secured by the Mortgages to be satisfied by any payment from any
other Borrower or any such party;



                    (O) all rights and defenses arising out of an election of remedies by Lender even though the
election of remedies, such as non-judicial foreclosure with respect to security for the Loan or any
other amounts owing under the Loan Documents, has destroyed Borrower’s rights of subrogation and
reimbursement against any other Borrower;



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                    (P) all rights and defenses that such Borrower may have because any Indebtedness is secured by
real property. This means, among other things: (1) Lender may collect from such Borrower without
first foreclosing on any real or personal property collateral pledged by any other Borrower, (2) if
Lender forecloses on any real property collateral pledged by any other Borrower, (I) the amount of
the Indebtedness 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, (II) Lender may collect
from such Borrower even if any other Borrower, by foreclosing on the real property collateral, has
destroyed any right such Borrower may have to collect from any other Borrower. This is an
unconditional and irrevocable waiver of any rights and defenses such Borrower may have because any
of the Indebtedness is secured by real property; and



                    (Q) except as may be expressly and specifically permitted herein, any claim or other right
which such Borrower might now have or hereafter acquire against any other Borrower or any other
person that arises from the existence or performance of any obligations under the Notes, this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents, including any of the following: (i) any right of
subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, or indemnification; or (ii) any right to
participate in any claim or remedy of Lender against any other Borrower or any collateral security
therefore, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute
or common law.



     Section 2. Cross-Collateralization Across Pools; Contribution; Release of
Cross-Collateralization.



               (a) Until repayment of the Indebtedness under each Loan Agreement and satisfaction of all
obligations under each Loan Agreement, each Pool 2 Borrower acknowledges and agrees (subject to
Lender’s election(s) at Lender’s sole discretion from time to time or otherwise pursuant to
Section 2(g) below): (i) that each of the Pool 2 Properties shall secure not only Loan 2
but also all of the other Loans, and that the Liens of the related Loan Documents shall constitute
Liens securing not only Loan 2 but also all of the other Loans; and (ii) that Lender would not
make the Loans to the Pool 2 Borrowers unless the Pool 2 Borrowers granted liens on the Pool 2
Properties to secure the payment of each of the Loans.



               (b) Until the date that all of the Loans shall have been paid and satisfied in full, the Pool
2 Borrowers (i) shall have no right of subrogation with respect to the Loans and (ii) waive any
right to enforce any remedy which Lender now has or may hereafter have against the Borrowers, any
endorser or any guarantor of all or any part of the Loans or any other individual or entity, and
the Pool 2 Borrowers waive any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any security or
collateral given to Lender to secure the payment or performance of all or any part of the Loans or
any other liability of any of the other Borrowers to Lender. Should any Pool 2 Borrower have the
right, notwithstanding the foregoing, to exercise its subrogation rights, each Pool 2 Borrower
hereby expressly and irrevocably (1) subordinates any and all rights at law or in equity to
subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification or set off that such
Borrower may have to the payment in full in cash of the Loans and (2) waives



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any and all defenses available to a surety, guarantor or accommodation co-obligor until the
Loans are paid in full in cash. Each Pool 2 Borrower acknowledges and agrees that this
subordination is intended to benefit Lender and shall not limit or otherwise affect any Borrower’s
liability hereunder or the enforceability of any of the Loan Agreements or the Loan Documents.




               (c) Each Pool 2 Borrower agrees that any and all claims of such Borrower against any Borrowers
in any of the other Pools or any endorser or any guarantor of all or any part of the Loans
(collectively, the “Crossed Obligors”) with respect to any obligations, liabilities or
indebtedness now or hereafter owing by the Crossed Obligors, or any of them, to such Borrower, or
otherwise existing or claimed to be owed or to exist on the part of any of the Crossed Obligors, or
against any of their respective properties (collectively, the “Crossed Party Obligations”)
shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment, in full and in cash, of
all of the Loans. Notwithstanding any right of any Borrower to ask, demand, sue for, take or
receive any payment from any of the Crossed Obligors, all rights, liens and security interests of
each Borrower, whether now or hereafter arising and howsoever existing, in and to any assets of any
of the Crossed Obligors shall be and are subordinated to the rights of Lender in those assets under
the Loan Documents relating to each Loan or otherwise, and no Borrower shall, until the date that
all of the Loans shall have been paid and satisfied in full, (i) assert, collect, sue upon, or
enforce all or any part of the Crossed Party Obligations; (ii) commence or join with any other
creditors of any of the Crossed Obligors in commencing any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership
or insolvency proceeding against any of the Crossed Obligors; (iii) take, accept, ask for, sue
for, receive, set off or demand any payments upon the Crossed Party Obligations; or (iv) take,
accept, ask for, sue for, receive, demand or allow to be created liens, security interests,
mortgages, deeds of trust or pledges of or with respect to any of the assets of any of the Crossed
Obligors in favor of or for the benefit of such Borrower.



               (d) If all or any part of the assets of any of the Crossed Obligors, or the proceeds thereof,
are subject to any distribution, division or application to the creditors of such Crossed Obligor,
whether partial or complete, voluntary or involuntary, and whether by reason of liquidation,
bankruptcy, arrangement, receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other action
or proceeding, or if the business of any such Crossed Obligor is dissolved or if substantially all
of the assets of any such Crossed Obligor are sold, then, and in any such event (such events being
herein referred to as an “Crossed Obligor Insolvency Event”), any payment or distribution
of any kind or character, either in cash, securities or other property, which shall be payable or
deliverable to any Pool 2 Borrower upon or with respect to any Crossed Party Obligations shall be
paid or delivered directly to the Lender for application on the Loans, due or to become due, until
the Loans shall have been fully paid and satisfied (in cash). Should any payment, distribution,
security or instrument or proceeds thereof be received by any Pool 2 Borrower upon or with respect
to the Crossed Party Obligations after any Crossed Obligor Insolvency Event and prior to the
payment in full and satisfaction of all of the Loans, such Borrower shall receive and hold the same
in trust, as trustee, for the benefit of Lender and shall forthwith deliver the same to Lender in
precisely the form received (except for the endorsement or assignment of such Borrower where
necessary), for application to any of the Loans, due or not due, and, until so delivered, the same
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Lender. If such Borrower fails to make any such endorsement or assignment to Lender, Lender
or any of its officers or employees is irrevocably authorized to make the same. Each Pool 2
Borrower agrees that until the Loans have been paid in full (in cash) and satisfied, no Pool 2
Borrower will assign or transfer to any individual or entity (other than Lender) any claim such
Borrower has or may have against any Crossed Obligor.




               (e) Subject to the provisions of Section 2(g), to the extent that any collection upon
any of the Loans is made by Lender from one of the Borrowers or the Properties in a Pool other than
Pool 2 or other assets of the Borrowers other than the Pool 2 Borrowers (a “Crossed Loans
Collection”) which, taking into account all other Crossed Loans Collections then previously or
concurrently made by such Borrower, exceeds the amount which otherwise would have been collected
from such Borrower if each Borrower had paid the portion of the Loans satisfied by such Crossed
Loans Collection in the same proportion as such Borrower’s Allocable Amount (as defined below) (as
determined immediately prior to such Crossed Loans Collection) bore to the aggregate Allocable
Amounts of each Borrower as determined immediately prior to the making of such Crossed Loans
Collection, then, following payment in full in cash of the Loans, such Borrower shall be entitled
to receive contribution and indemnification payments from, and be reimbursed by, each other
Borrower for the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon their respective Allocable Amounts in
effect immediately prior to such Crossed Loans Collection. As of any date of determination, the
“Allocable Amount” of any Borrower shall be equal to the maximum amount of the claim which
could then be recovered from such Borrower under the related Loan Documents without rendering such
claim voidable or avoidable under Section 548 of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code or under any
applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or similar
statute or common law. The foregoing provision shall be for the benefit of each of the Borrowers
and Lender, but shall be subject to modification as provided in Section 2(g) below and to
amendment by agreement of the Borrowers and Lender. This Section 2(e) is intended only to
define the relative rights of the Borrowers, and nothing set forth in this Section 2(e) is
intended to or shall impair the liens and security interests of any of the Loan Agreements or the
related Loan Documents or the obligations of the Borrowers thereunder. Each Pool 2 Borrower
acknowledges that the rights of contribution and indemnification under this Section 2(e)
constitute assets of the Borrowers to which such contribution and indemnification is owing.



               (f) Each Pool 2 Borrower hereby consents and agrees to each of the following, and agrees that
such Borrower’s obligations under its Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the Liens
created under its Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents securing the Loans shall not be
released, diminished, impaired, reduced or adversely affected by any of the following, and waives
any common law, equitable, statutory or other rights (including without limitation rights to
notice) that such Borrower might otherwise have as a result of or in connection with any of the
following:




               (ix) Any renewal, extension, increase, modification, alteration or rearrangement of all
or any part of the Loans, the Loan Documents, or other document,



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instrument, contract or understanding between the Borrowers and Lender, or any other
parties, pertaining to the Loans or any failure of Lender to notify such Borrower of any
such action.




               (x) Any adjustment, indulgence, forbearance or compromise that might be granted or
given by Lender to the Borrowers.




               (xi) The insolvency, bankruptcy, arrangement, adjustment, composition, liquidation,
disability, dissolution or lack of power of any of the Borrowers or any other party at any
time liable for the payment of all or part of the Loans; or any dissolution of any of the
Borrowers, or any sale, lease or transfer of any or all of the assets of any of the
Borrowers, or any changes in the shareholders, partners or members of any of the Borrowers;
or any reorganization of any of the Borrowers.




               (xii) The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of all or any part of the Loans,
or any document or agreement executed in connection therewith, for any reason whatsoever,
including without limitation the fact that (A) the Loans, or any part thereof, exceeds the
amount permitted by law, (B) the act of creating the Loans or any part thereof is ultra
vires, (C) the officers or representatives executing the Loan Documents or otherwise
creating the Loans acted in excess of their authority, (D) the Loans violate applicable
usury laws, (E) the Borrowers have valid defenses, claims or offsets (whether at law, in
equity or by agreement) which render the Loans wholly or partially uncollectible from the
Borrowers, (F) the creation, performance or repayment of the Loans (or the execution,
delivery and performance of any document or instrument representing part of the Loans or
executed in connection with the Crossed Loans, or given to secure the repayment of the
Loans) is illegal, uncollectible or unenforceable, or (G) any of the Loan Documents have
been forged or otherwise are irregular or not genuine or authentic, it being agreed that
each Borrower shall remain liable hereon regardless of whether any other Borrower or any
other person be found not liable on the Loans or any part thereof for any reason.




               (xiii) Any full or partial release of the liability of the Borrowers on the Loans, or
any part thereof, or of any co-guarantors, or any other person or entity now or hereafter
liable, whether directly or indirectly, jointly, severally, or jointly and severally, to
pay, perform, guarantee or assure the payment of the Loans, or any part thereof, it being
recognized, acknowledged and agreed by each Borrower that such Borrower has not been induced
to enter into its Loan Agreement, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents on the basis of
a contemplation, belief, understanding or agreement that other parties will be liable to pay
or perform the Loan or such Borrower’s obligations under its Loan Agreement, this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents, or that Lender will look to other parties to pay or perform the
Loans.




               (xiv) The taking or accepting of any other security, collateral or guaranty, or other
assurance of payment, for all or any part of the Loans.



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               (xv) Any release, surrender, exchange, subordination, deterioration, waste, loss or
impairment (including without limitation negligent, willful, unreasonable or unjustifiable
impairment) of any collateral, property or security, at any time existing in connection
with, or assuring or securing payment of, all or any part of the Loans.




               (xvi) The failure of or refusal of Lender or any other party acting on behalf of Lender
to exercise diligence or reasonable care in the preservation, protection, enforcement, sale
or other handling or treatment of all or any part of such collateral, property or security,
including but not limited to any neglect, delay, omission, failure or refusal of Lender (A)
to take or prosecute any action for the collection of any of the Loans, (B) to foreclose, or
initiate any action to foreclose, or, once commenced, prosecute to completion any action to
foreclose upon any security therefor, or (C) to take or prosecute any action in connection
with any instrument or agreement evidencing or securing all or any part of the Loans.




               (xvii) The fact that any collateral, security, security interest or lien contemplated
or intended to be given, created or granted as security for the repayment of the Loans, or
any part thereof, shall not be properly perfected or created, or shall prove to be
unenforceable or subordinate to any other security interest or lien, it being recognized and
agreed by each Borrower that it is not entering into this Loan Agreement in reliance on, or
in contemplation of the benefits of, the validity, enforceability, collectibility or value
of any of the collateral for the Loans.




               (xviii) Any payment by any of the Borrowers to Lender is held to constitute a
preference under bankruptcy laws, or for any reason Lender is required to refund such
payment or pay such amount to any of the Borrowers or someone else.




               (xix) Any other action taken or omitted to be taken with respect to any of the Loan
Documents, the Loans, or the security and collateral therefor.



               (g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or in any of the Loan
Agreements, but subject to Section 4 of this Agreement, (i) upon Lender’s delivery to Borrowers of
written notice, sent at Lender’s sole option and in its sole discretion, from time to time (one or
more times) stating that any Loan Agreement, the related Mortgages and the other related Loan
Documents shall no longer secure one or more (at Lender’s sole election) of the other Loans (each a
“Cross Release Notice”), or (ii) except as set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement, upon
Lender’s sale of one or more Pools in a Secondary Market Transaction (including a securitization),
or (iii) upon a sale by Borrowers of one or more Pools pursuant to and in accordance with the terms
of the related Loan Agreement(s), (x) the applicable Loan Agreement (as specified in the Cross
Release Notice or, in the case of a Secondary Market Transaction or a sale of one or more Pools by
the applicable Borrowers, relating to the Pool or Pools being sold) and the other Loan Documents
relating thereto shall, automatically and without any further notice or other action by Lender or
Borrowers, no longer secure any of the Loans made pursuant to the other Loan Agreements (any such
Loan, an “Excluded Loan”, and,



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collectively, the “Excluded Loan(s)”; each Borrower which is the borrower with respect
to an Excluded Loan is herein referred to as an “Excluded Borrower”, and the Loan
Agreements, Mortgages and other Loan Documents executed and delivered by the Excluded Borrowers
with respect to any Excluded Loan are herein referred to as the “Excluded Loan Agreements”,
“Excluded Mortgages” and “Excluded Loan Documents”, respectively, and each Property
encumbered by the Excluded Loan Documents is herein referred to as an “Excluded Property”),
and the Excluded Loan Agreements and the other Loan Documents relating thereto shall, automatically
and without any further notice or other action by Lender or Borrowers, no longer secure the Loan
made pursuant to the Loan Agreement specified in the Cross Release Notice or, in the case of a
Secondary Market Transaction or a sale of one or more Pools by the applicable Borrowers, relating
to a Pool or Pools being sold, (y) with respect to such Loan Agreement and the related Borrowers,
the provisions of Section 2(e) of this Agreement shall not apply to any Crossed Loans
Collection from any Excluded Borrower or its Excluded Property and such Borrowers shall have no
obligation or liability on account thereof, and (z) with respect to such Loan Agreement and the
related Borrowers, such Borrowers shall no longer be beneficiaries of the covenants and agreements
set forth in Section 2(e) with respect to any Excluded Loan Agreement, and such Borrowers
shall have no rights or claims on account of any contribution or indemnification obligations of any
Excluded Borrower under Section 2(e) with respect to Excluded Loan Agreement. In addition
to and without limiting the foregoing, the Pool 2 Borrowers hereby agree to fully cooperate with
Lender, if Lender is considering the termination of the cross collateralization and cross default
of any Loan and Loan Documents with any of the other Loans, including, but not limited to (I)
amending this Agreement, any Loan Agreement and any other Loan Documents as may be reasonably
required by Lender, and reasonably approved by the applicable Borrowers, to effectuate such
termination of the cross collateralization and cross default provisions thereof, and (II) updating
and/or endorsing the title insurance policies (at Lender’s cost as to additional premium charges,
if any) to reflect the continuation of the first priority lien of any Loan Agreement.




          (h) In the event any Loan is repaid or defeased in full in accordance with the provisions of
the related Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then provided no Event of Default then
exists under the related Loan Agreement, and no “Event of Default” exists under any of the other
Loan Agreements (other than Excluded Loan Agreements) or the Loan Documents relating thereto, the
cross-collateralization and cross-default of such repaid or defeased Loan and the Loan Documents
relating thereto with the other Loans, and vice versa, shall terminate and all of such other Loans
shall be deemed Excluded Loans with respect to the repaid or defeased Loan and the provisions of
Section 2(g) above shall become automatically applicable with respect thereto.




     Section 3. Adjustment of Loans; Loan Modification.



          (a) Lender shall have the right in its sole discretion, at any time prior to the final
Start-Up Day of the last of the Loans to be securitized, to cause any of the following to occur
(each, a “Loan Modification”) with respect to any of the Pools:




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               (i) separately adjust the principal amount and applicable interest rates of any of the
Loans, provided that (A) the aggregate principal amount of the Loans immediately after such
adjustment shall equal the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Loans immediately
prior to such adjustment, (B) the weighted average interest rate of the Loans immediately
after such adjustment shall equal the weighted average interest rate which was applicable to
the Loans immediately prior to such adjustment, (C) the aggregate debt service payments on
the Loans immediately after such adjustment shall equal the aggregate debt service payments
which were due under the Loans immediately prior to such adjustment, and (D) the other
material terms and provisions of each of the Loans shall remain unchanged and none of the
foregoing adjustments shall increase the obligations or reduce the rights of the Borrowers
in any material respect; and/or




               (ii) cause any of the Properties in any one or more of the Pools to become Collateral
for any other Pool.



(b) Any Loan Modification shall be subject to the following:




               (i) If Lender elects to increase the principal amount of any of the Loans and decrease
the amount of any of the other Loans, the applicable Borrowers (whose Loans are to be
increased) shall distribute to the applicable Borrowers (whose Loans are to be decreased)
such additional loan proceeds to be applied to repay, dollar for dollar, the applicable
Notes, and the Lender under the applicable Notes will accept such prepayment without
penalty, premium or additional costs to the Borrowers (except as provided herein).




               (ii) The Borrowers shall cooperate with all reasonable requests of Lender in connection
with any Loan Modification including, without limitation (x) execution and delivery of such
documents as shall reasonably be required by Lender and reasonably approved by Borrower in
connection therewith (including amended and restated notes, amended and restated loan
agreements, replacement Mortgages, replacement Assignments of Leases), and (y) transfers of
one or more Properties among the Borrowers, to the extent required to comply with the terms
of this Section.



          (c) At Lender’s request, in connection with any Loan Modification the Borrowers shall deliver
to Lender replacement opinion letters in form and substance similar to the opinion letters
delivered on the Closing Date addressed to any subsequent holders of any of the Loans or any
interest therein (including, without limitation, each trustee holding any of the Loans ) with
respect to any opinion letter delivered in connection with the Loans.



Section 4. Concurrently Securitized Pools; Restrictions on Permitted Transfer.




          (a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement (including, without limitation Section 2(g)
hereof) or any Loan Agreement or other Loan Documents to the contrary, the Pool 2 Borrowers agree
that (i) upon Lender’s sale of more than one Pool in the same Secondary Market




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Transaction (including a securitization) (Pools sold by Lender in the same Secondary Market
Transaction are referred to herein as “Concurrently Securitized Pools”), the
cross-collateralization and cross-default among the Concurrently Securitized Pools shall not be
released as set forth in Section 2(g)(ii) hereof, and the Concurrently Securitized Pools and the
Loans, Loan Agreements and other Loan Documents relating thereto shall remain cross-collateralized
and cross-defaulted with each other (but not, however, with any other Pools), and the Loan
Agreement and other Loan Documents relating to each Concurrently Securitized Pool shall continue to
secure the Loan relating to each other Concurrently Securitized Pool following the related
Secondary Market Transaction and be cross-defaulted with each other Concurrently Securitized Pool.




          (b) With respect to Concurrently Securitized Pools, notwithstanding anything in any Loan
Agreement or other Loan Documents to the contrary, no sale of Properties pursuant to clause (ix) of
the definition of “Permitted Transfers” in each Loan Agreement shall be permitted unless all of the
Properties in the related Concurrently Securitized Pools are also sold to the same purchaser in the
same transaction and (in addition to satisfying all other requirements in the related Loan
Agreements) such purchaser assumes all Loans comprising the Concurrently Securitized Pools.




          (c) With respect to Concurrently Securitized Pools, notwithstanding anything in any Loan
Agreement or other Loan Documents to the contrary, an Event of Default under any Loan that is a
Concurrently Securitized Pool shall be an Event of Default under each other Loan that is a
Concurrently Securitized Pool and vice versa, such that all Concurrently Securitized Pools are
cross-defaulted with each other.




          (d) With respect to Concurrently Securitized Pools, notwithstanding anything in any Loan
Agreement or other Loan Documents to the contrary, no prepayment pursuant to Section 2.6(a) of any
Loan Agreement for a Concurrently Securitized Pool shall be permitted unless all Loans that
comprise the Concurrently Securitized Pools are prepaid in full simultaneously and together in
accordance with Section 2.6(a) of each related Loan Agreement.




          (e) With respect to Concurrently Securitized Pools, notwithstanding anything in any Loan
Agreement or other Loan Documents to the contrary, no Full Defeasance (as defined in the Loan
Agreement for each Concurrently Securitized Pool) shall be permitted unless a Full Defeasance
occurs with respect to all Loans that comprise the Concurrently Securitized Pools simultaneously
and together in accordance with the related provisions of each related Loan Agreement.




     Section 5. Capitalized Terms; Notices. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein
shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Loan Agreements. Any notices, requests,
demands or other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be delivered as specified in
the Loan Agreements.



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     Section 6. Event of Default. It shall be an Event of Default under the Loans if any
of the Borrowers fail to comply with any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement
within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of written request from Lender.



     Section 7. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed, construed, applied and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York and the applicable laws of the United
States of America.



     Section 8. No Oral Change. This Agreement, and any provisions hereof, may not be
modified, amended, waived, extended, changed, discharged or terminated orally or by any act or
failure to act on the part of the Borrowers or Lender, but only by an agreement in writing signed
by the party against whom enforcement of any modification, amendment, waiver, extension, change,
discharge or termination is sought.



     Section 9. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the Borrowers and Lender and their respective successors and assigns forever.



     Section 10. Inapplicable Provisions. If any term, covenant or condition of this
Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, this Agreement shall be
construed without such provision.



     Section 11. Headings, etc. The headings and captions of various paragraphs of this
Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be construed as defining or
limiting, in any way, the scope or intent of the provisions hereof.



     Section 12. Duplicate Originals, Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of duplicate originals and each duplicate original shall be deemed to be an original. This
Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed an
original instrument and all of which together shall constitute a single Agreement. The failure of
any party hereto to execute this Agreement, or any counterpart hereof, shall not relieve the other
signatories from their obligations hereunder.



     Section 13. Costs and Expenses. Notwithstanding anything herein, in any Loan
Agreement or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, in connection with any “uncrossing” of
Loans pursuant to Section 2(g) of this Agreement, any Loan Modification (as defined herein), and
any transaction described in Section 2.13 of the Loan Agreement or any of the other Loan
Agreements, Lender shall be responsible for all reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses
incurred by the Borrowers (in the aggregate under this Agreement, each of the other similar
agreements referenced in Section 14, and each of the other Loan Agreements) in connection with
complying with their obligations set forth in this Agreement and Section 2.13 of the Loan Agreement
and the other Loan Agreements (including, costs and expenses for outside counsel fees, mortgage
recording fees and taxes, required endorsements, if any, to the Title Policies, any costs and
expenses of the Title Company, and any transfer costs in connection with the Properties, but
excluding internal costs and expenses of any Borrower), except that Borrowers shall be responsible
for such costs and expenses in connection with any of the foregoing up to an



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amount equal to $25,000 in the aggregate during the term of the Loan and the other Loans, and
Lender shall be responsible and pay and/or reimburse Borrower for any such costs and expenses in
excess of $25,000 in the aggregate during the term of the Loan and the other Loans.




     Section 14. Similar Agreements by other Borrowers. The Borrowers in each Pool have
entered into Cross-Collateralization and Cooperation Agreements or Amended and Restated
Cross-Collateralization and Cooperation Agreements, as applicable, dated as of even date herewith
with Lender, which agreements are identical in form and substance to this Agreement, and under
which the Borrowers in each Pool have agreed to be bound by terms and provisions identical in
substance to the agreements made by the Pool 2 Borrowers herein.



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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date and year first
written above.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	LENDER:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE
	 	 	LENDING, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/S/ ROBERT SPINNA

Name: Robert Spinna
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Vice President	 	 






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	 	 	ORIGINAL BORROWERS:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ASHFORD CRYSTAL CITY LIMITED
	 	 	PARTNERSHIP
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	Ashford Senior General Partner II LLC, its	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Sole General Partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By: /S/ DAVID A. BROOKS	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: David A. Brooks	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Vice President	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	NEW CLEAR LAKE HOTEL LIMITED
	 	 	PARTNERSHIP
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	New Clear Lake GP LLC, its Sole General	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By: /S/ DAVID A. BROOKS	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: David A. Brooks	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Vice President	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	NEW INDIANAPOLIS DOWNTOWN HOTEL
	 	 	LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	New Indianapolis Downtown GP LLC, its	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Sole General Partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By: /S/ DAVID A. BROOKS
	 	 	Name: David A. Brooks
	 	 	Title: Vice President






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	 	 	POOL 2 BORROWERS:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ASHFORD CRYSTAL CITY LIMITED
	 	 	PARTNERSHIP
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	Ashford Senior General Partner II LLC, its	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Sole General Partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By: /S/ DAVID A. BROOKS
	 	 	Name: David A. Brooks
	 	 	Title: Vice President
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	NEW CLEAR LAKE HOTEL LIMITED
	 	 	PARTNERSHIP
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	New Clear Lake GP LLC, its Sole General	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By: /S/ DAVID A. BROOKS
	 	 	Name: David A. Brooks
	 	 	Title: Vice President
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	NEW INDIANAPOLIS DOWNTOWN HOTEL
	 	 	LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	New Indianapolis Downtown GP LLC, its	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Sole General Partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By: /S/ DAVID A. BROOKS	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: David A. Brooks	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Vice President	 	 






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	 	 	PALM BEACH FLORIDA HOTEL AND OFFICE
	 	 	BUILDING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	Palm Beach GP LLC, its
	 

	 	 	 	Sole General Partner
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By: /S/ DAVID A. BROOKS
	 	 	Name: David A. Brooks
	 	 	Title: Vice President
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA HOTEL LIMITED
	 	 	PARTNERSHIP
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	St. Petersburg GP LLC, its
	 

	 	 	 	Sole General Partner
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By: /S/ DAVID A. BROOKS
	 	 	Name: David A. Brooks
	 	 	Title: Vice President






 









 






SCHEDULE 1




BORROWERS




Pool 2 Borrowers




NEW INDIANAPOLIS DOWNTOWN HOTEL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

NEW CLEAR LAKE HOTEL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

ASHFORD CRYSTAL CITY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

PALM BEACH FLORIDA HOTEL AND OFFICE BUILDING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA HOTEL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP




Pool 3 Borrowers




ASHFORD CENTERVILLE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

ASHFORD FT. LAUDERDALE WESTON I LLC

ASHFORD FT. LAUDERDALE WESTON II LLC

ASHFORD FT. LAUDERDALE WESTON III LLC

ASHFORD GAITHERSBURG LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

NEW FORT TOWER I HOTEL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

NEW FORT TOWER II HOTEL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

NEW BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP




Pool 7 Borrowers




RUBY IRVINE SPECTRUM FOOTHILL RANCH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

ASHFORD MIRA MESA SAN DIEGO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

ASHFORD FALLS CHURCH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

ASHFORD ALPHARETTA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

NEW HOUSTON HOTEL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP




 









 





SCHEDULE 2




PROPERTIES




Pool 2




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Property Name	 	Location
	 

	 	Radisson
	 	Indianapolis, IN
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Hilton Nassau
	 	Houston, TX
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Courtyard
	 	Crystal City, VA
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Embassy Suites
	 	Palm Beach, FL
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Hilton
	 	St. Petersburg, FL






Pool 3




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Property Name	 	Location
	 

	 	Crowne Plaza
	 	Los Angeles
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Courtyard
	 	Ft. Lauderdale, FL
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Springhill Suites
	 	Gaithersburg, MD
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Radisson
	 	Ft. Worth, TX
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Springhill Suites
	 	Centerville, VA






Pool 7




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Property Name	 	Location
	 

	 	Courtyard
	 	Foothill Ranch, CA
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Residence Inn
	 	San Diego, CA
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Residence Inn
	 	Falls Church, VA
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Courtyard
	 	Alpharetta, GA
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Embassy Suites
	 	Houston, TX
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Townplace Suites — Ft. Worth
	 	Ft. Worth, TX
	 

	 	River Plaza