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EX-10.23 SECURED GUARANTY

 

Exhibit 10.23

SECURED GUARANTY

     SECURED GUARANTY, dated as of October 9, 2007 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise
modified from time to time, this “Guaranty”), made by WELLS REAL ESTATE FUNDS, INC., a
Georgia corporation (the “Guarantor”), in favor of WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for each of the Lender
Parties.

W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS, pursuant to the Subordinated Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as
amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Subordinated
Credit Agreement”), among Timberlands II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“Wells Timberland”), Wells Timberland Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“Wells Acquisition”, together with Wells Timberland, each a “Borrower” and
collectively, the “Borrowers”), the various lending institutions as are, or may from time
to time become, parties thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”), and the Administrative
Agent, the Lenders have agreed to make a loan or loans to the Borrowers in the aggregate principal
amount of up to ONE HUNDRED SIXTY MILLION DOLLARS ($160,000,000); and

     WHEREAS, the Guarantor owns, directly or indirectly, at least 99% of the issued and
outstanding equity interests of Wells Timberland and Wells Acquisition; and

     WHEREAS, as a condition precedent to the Funding Date, the Guarantor is required to execute
and deliver this Guaranty and the Guarantor Pledge Agreement (as hereinafter defined); and

     WHEREAS, the Guarantor has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this
Guaranty and will receive direct and indirect benefits from the making of the Loans to the
Borrowers by the Lenders;

     NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, and in order to induce the Lenders to make the Loans to the Borrowers pursuant
to the Subordinated Credit Agreement, the Guarantor hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent,
for its benefit and the benefit of each other Lender Party, as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

     SECTION 1.1 Certain Terms. The following terms (whether or not underscored) when used
in this Guaranty, including its preamble and recitals, shall have the following meanings (such
definitions to be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms thereof):

     “Administrative Agent” is defined in the preamble.

     “Bankruptcy Code” is defined as Title 11 of the United States Code.

     “Borrower” and “Borrowers” are defined in the first recital.

 

 

     “Guaranteed Obligations” is defined in Section 2.1.

     “Guarantor” is defined in the preamble.

     “Guarantor Pledge Agreement” is defined in Section 2.8.

     “Guaranty” is defined in the preamble.

     “Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” has the meaning provided for in the
Subordinated Intercreditor Agreement.

     “Lenders” is defined in the first recital.

     “Pledged Collateral” is defined in Section 2.8.

     “Pledged Common Stock” has the meaning provided for in that certain Secured Guaranty
Pledge Agreement of even date between Wells Advisory Services I, LLC (“WAS I”), as the Pledgor, and
the Administrative Agent.

     “Subordinated Credit Agreement” is defined in the first recital.

     SECTION 1.2 Subordinated Credit Agreement Definitions. Unless otherwise defined
herein or the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used in this Guaranty, including its
preamble and recitals, have the meanings provided for such terms in the Subordinated Credit
Agreement.

ARTICLE II

GUARANTY

     SECTION 2.1 Guaranty. The Guarantor hereby, unconditionally, absolutely and
irrevocably, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, guarantees to the Lenders, the
punctual and complete payment when due in Dollars, whether at or after maturity, upon acceleration
or otherwise, of all Obligations of the Borrowers to the Lenders under any and all of the Loan
Documents, in each case, as such Obligations may from time to time be supplemented, increased,
modified, amended, renewed and extended, whether evidenced by amendments, supplements, amendments
and restatements or new or additional documents, including, without limitation, (i) the outstanding
principal amount of the Loans along with any Exit Fees due and payable, (ii) all interest payable
under the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, interest accruing at the rate set forth in
Section 3.2 of the Subordinated Credit Agreement, after the Stated Maturity Date or interest that
would otherwise have been owed by the Borrowers under the Loan Documents but the payment of which
is unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization
or similar proceeding involving the Borrowers, and any late charges, fees or other amounts due by
reason of any later payment of interest, and (iii) all other sums, fees, costs, expenses and
payments due to the Lenders (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs and expenses) pursuant
to the Subordinated Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (the obligations are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the “Guaranteed Obligations”).

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     This Guaranty constitutes a guaranty of payment when due and not merely of collection, and the
Guarantor specifically agrees that it shall not be necessary or required that any Lender Party
exercise any right, assert any claim or demand or enforce any remedy whatsoever against the
Borrowers, any other Loan Party or any Collateral before or as a condition to the obligations of
the Guarantor hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder
shall be limited to a maximum aggregate amount equal to the greatest amount that would not render
the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance
under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or any provisions of applicable state Law.

     SECTION 2.2 Acceleration of Guaranty. The Guarantor agrees that, if any Event of
Default shall occur or the Loans are declared due and payable, the Guarantor will, automatically
and without the requirement that any demand for payment be made, pay to the Lender Parties
forthwith the full amount of the Guaranteed Obligations that are then due and payable and
thereafter the full amount of the Guaranteed Obligations that may become due and payable from time
to time.

     SECTION 2.3 Guaranty Absolute. This Guaranty is a continuing, absolute, unconditional
and irrevocable guaranty of payment and shall remain in full force and effect until all the
Guaranteed Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash and all Commitments shall have
irrevocably terminated. The Guarantor guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid
strictly in accordance with the terms of the agreement under which they arise, regardless of any
law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms
or the rights of any Lender Party with respect thereto. The liability of the Guarantor under this
Guaranty shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:

          (a) any lack of validity, legality or enforceability of any Loan Document or any other
agreement or instrument relating to any thereof;

          (b) the failure of any Lender Party:

               (i) to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Borrowers, any
other Loan Party or any other Person (including any other guarantor) under the provisions of any
Loan Document or otherwise, or

               (ii) to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of, or collateral securing,
any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

          (c) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any
of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any compromise, renewal, extension, acceleration or release with
respect thereto, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from any Loan
Document;

          (d) any addition, exchange, release, impairment or non-perfection of any collateral, or any
release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any other guaranty, for all or any
of the Guaranteed Obligations;

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          (e) any defense, set-off or counterclaim which may at any time be available to or be asserted
by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party against any Lender Party;

          (f) any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination of the Guaranteed Obligations for any
reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not
be subject to (and the Guarantor hereby waives any right to or claim of) any defense or setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality,
nongenuineness, irregularity, compromise, unenforceability of, or any other event or occurrence
affecting, the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise; or

          (g) any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a
legal or equitable discharge of, the Borrowers, any other Loan Party or the Guarantor, including as
a result of any proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 8.1.8 of the Subordinated Credit
Agreement.

     SECTION 2.4 Reinstatement, etc. The Guarantor agrees that this Guaranty shall
continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment (in whole
or in part) of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any
Lender Party, upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrowers, any other Loan
Party or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

     SECTION 2.5 Waiver. The Guarantor hereby waives promptness, diligence, notice of
acceptance and any other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this
Guaranty, and any requirement that any Lender Party protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien on
any property or exhaust any right or take any action against the Borrowers, any other Loan Party or
any other Person (including any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations) or any collateral
securing the Guaranteed Obligations.

     SECTION 2.6 Waiver of Subrogation. The Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives to the
extent permitted by applicable Law and until such time as the Guaranteed Obligations shall have
been paid in full in cash and the Commitments have irrevocably terminated, any claim or other
rights which it may now or hereafter acquire against the Borrowers or any other Loan Party that
arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the Guarantor’s obligations under
this Guaranty or any other Loan Document, including any right of subrogation, reimbursement,
exoneration or indemnification, and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of any Lender
Party against the Borrowers or any other Loan Party or any collateral which any Lender Party now
has or hereafter acquires, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity, or under
contract or Law. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding
sentence, such amount shall be deemed to have been paid to the Guarantor for the benefit of, and
held in trust for, the Lender Parties, and shall forthwith be paid to the Administrative Agent on
behalf of the Lender Parties to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations, whether
matured or unmatured. The Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits
from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Subordinated Credit Agreement and that the waiver set forth in this Section is knowingly made
in contemplation of such benefits.

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     SECTION 2.7 Payments Free of Taxes. All payments made by the Guarantor hereunder
shall be free and clear of all Taxes.

     SECTION 2.8 Pledged Collateral. As security for the Guaranteed Obligations, (i) the
Guarantor has delivered to the Administrative Agent a pledge agreement in favor of the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lender Parties duly executed by an Authorized Officer of
Guarantor (the “Guarantor Pledge Agreement”) pursuant to which it has pledged the
collateral described thereto, subject to the terms of the Guarantor Pledge Agreement and original
certificates evidencing all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock and other Equity
Interests required to be pledged pursuant to the terms of the Guarantor Pledge Agreement, which
certificates shall be accompanied by undated stock and other powers duly executed in blank by each
relevant pledgor together with U.C.C. financing statements naming Guarantor as the debtor and the
Administrative Agent as the secured party, such U.C.C. financing statements to be filed under the
U.C.C. of all jurisdictions as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent,
desirable to perfect the security interest of the Administrative Agent in the collateral the
subject thereof and (ii) WAS I has delivered to the Administrative Agent a pledge agreement in
favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lender Parties duly executed by an Authorized
Officer of WAS I (the “Secured Guaranty Pledge Agreement”) pursuant to which it has pledged the
Pledged Common Stock, subject to the terms of the Secured Guaranty Pledge Agreement.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS

     SECTION 3.1 Representations and Warranties. The Guarantor hereby represents and
warrants, as of the date it becomes a party to this Guaranty, to the Administrative Agent as set
forth below:

          (a) the Guarantor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of
its jurisdiction of organization, and has full power and authority, and holds all requisite
licenses, permits and other approvals of Governmental Authorities, to enter into this Guaranty and
the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby;

          (b) the execution and delivery by the Guarantor of this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents
to which it is a party and the consummation by the Guarantor of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action of the Guarantor. This
Guaranty and such other Loan Documents to which the Guarantor is a party have each been duly
executed and delivered by the Guarantor and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject
to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws at the time in
effect affecting the rights of creditors generally and subject to the effects of general principles
of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in law or equity); and

          (c) the execution and delivery of this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents to which the
Guarantor is a party and the consummation by the Guarantor of the transactions

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contemplated hereby
do not (i) contravene or result in a default under the Guarantor’s Organizational Documents, (ii)
contravene or result in a default under any material contractual restriction or Law binding on the
Guarantor, (iii) require any filings, consents or authorizations which have not been duly obtained
or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on the Guarantor’s properties (other than
on behalf of the Administrative Agent).

     SECTION 3.2 Ownership of Interests. The Guarantor is the owner, directly or
indirectly, of at least 99% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of the Wells Timberland
and Timberland II and the Pledged Common Stock.

     SECTION 3.3 Financial Information. The Guarantor shall furnish, or cause to be
furnished, to the Lenders copies of the following financial statements, reports, notices and
information:

          (a) as soon as available and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each
Fiscal Quarter, a consolidated balance sheet of the Guarantor, and a consolidated statement of cash
flow of the Guarantor, in each case, as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter as well as for the period
commencing at the end of the previous Fiscal Year and ending with the end of such Fiscal Quarter,
certified as complete and correct by the chief financial or accounting Authorized Officer of the
Guarantor;

          (b) as soon as available and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each
Fiscal Quarter, a consolidated quarterly operating statement of the Guarantor, certified as
complete and correct by the chief financial or accounting Authorized Officer of the Guarantor;

          (c) as soon as available and in any event within one hundred eighty (180) days after the end
of each Fiscal Year, a copy of the annual audited consolidated financial statements for such Fiscal
Year for the Guarantor and a consolidated statement of earnings and cash flow of the Guarantor for
such Fiscal Year, in each case as audited (without any Impermissible Qualifications) by independent
public accountants reasonably acceptable to the Lenders;

          (d) as soon as available and in any event within five (5) Business Days after any change in
the Authorized Officers of the Guarantor, a certified specimen signature of such new Authorized
Officer so appointed together with evidence of the authority of such new Authorized Officer;

          (e) as soon as possible and in any event within five (5) Business Days after the Guarantor
obtains knowledge of the occurrence of a Default, any casualty or condemnation or any act, event or
condition which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, a statement of the
chief executive, financial or accounting Authorized Officer of the Guarantor setting forth details
thereof and the action which the Guarantor has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto;

          (f) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all reports required to be filed
by the Guarantor with any Governmental Authority, including any reports with respect to matters
relating to Environmental Laws;

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          (g) as soon as possible and in any event within five (5) Business Days after the Guarantor
receives notice or obtains knowledge of the occurrence or existence of any matters relating to
Environmental Laws requiring notice to a Governmental Authority or with respect to which notice is
received from a Governmental Authority, a copy of all relevant documentation relating thereto; and

          (h) such other information and reports respecting the condition or operations, financial or
otherwise, of the Borrowers, the Guarantor, the Collateral and the Pledged Collateral as required
under the Loan Documents, and such other information as the Lenders may reasonably request from
time to time.

     By accepting delivery of any of the aforementioned items, the Lenders shall not be deemed to
have warranted, consented to, or affirmed the sufficiency, legality, effectiveness or legal effect
of the same, or of any term, provision or condition thereof, and such acceptance of delivery
thereof shall not be or constitute any consent or affirmation with respect thereto or estoppel by
the Lenders.

     SECTION 3.4 Additional Covenants. The Guarantor agrees that, until all the Guaranteed
Obligations have been paid in full in cash on terms and pursuant to documentation in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and all Commitments shall have
irrevocably terminated, it will comply with all the terms and provisions of the Subordinated Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents that are applicable to it.

ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS

     SECTION 4.1 Loan Document. This Guaranty is a Loan Document executed pursuant to the
Subordinated Credit Agreement and shall (unless otherwise expressly indicated herein) be construed,
administered and applied in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof, including Section 1.3
and Article X thereof.

     SECTION 4.2 Amendments, etc.; Successors and Assigns.

          (a) No amendment to or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty nor consent to any departure
by the Guarantor herefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the
Administrative Agent and the percentage of the Lenders as required by Section 11.1 of the
Subordinated Credit Agreement, and then such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only
in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it is given.

          (b) This Agreement shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors, transferees and
assignees, and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Administrative Agent and
each other Lender Party and their respective successors and assigns; provided,
however, that the Guarantor may not assign or delegate its obligations hereunder without
the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, any Lender may assign or otherwise transfer (in whole or in part) its Loans to
any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the rights and
benefits in respect thereof granted to such Lender under any Loan Document (including this

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Guaranty) or otherwise, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 11.10 and Article X of the
Subordinated Credit Agreement.

     SECTION 4.3 Addresses for Notices. All notices and other communications provided for
hereunder shall be made as provided in, and subject to the terms of, Section 11.2 of the
Subordinated Credit Agreement. All notices to the Administrative Agent shall be sent as provided in
the Subordinated Credit Agreement. All notices to the Guarantor shall be sent as follows:

Wells Real Estate Funds, Inc.

330 Corners Parkway

Norcross, Georgia 30092

Attention:                     

Facsimile No.:                     

     SECTION 4.4 No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of the Administrative Agent
or any other Lender Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall
operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The
Administrative Agent and each other Lender Party shall have all remedies available at law or
equity, including without limitation, the remedy of specific performance for any breach of any
provision hereof. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies
provided by law or equity.

     SECTION 4.5 Right to Set-Off. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any
Event of Default, the Administrative Agent and each other Lender Party are hereby authorized at any
time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to setoff and apply any and all
deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other
indebtedness at any time owing to the Administrative Agent or any such Lender Party, as the case
may be, to or for the credit or the account of the Guarantor against any and all of the Guaranteed
Obligations now or hereafter existing under this Guaranty, irrespective of whether the
Administrative Agent or any such Lender Party shall have made any demand under this Guaranty. Each
Lender Party agrees promptly to notify the Guarantor, the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent
after any such set-off and application made by the Administrative Agent or any such Lender Party,
provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off
and application. The rights of the Administrative Agent and each other Lender Party under this
Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights
of set-off) which the Administrative Agent or any of the other Lender Parties may have.

     SECTION 4.6 Severability. Any provision of this Guaranty which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Guaranty
or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provisions in any other jurisdiction.

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     SECTION 4.7 Counterparts. This Guaranty may be executed by the parties hereto in
several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall
constitute but one and the same agreement.

     SECTION 4.8 Governing Law; Entire Agreement. THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THIS GUARANTY AND THE
OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS CONSTITUTE THE ENTIRE UNDERSTANDING AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO
THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND SUPERSEDE ANY PRIOR AGREEMENTS, WRITTEN OR ORAL, WITH RESPECT
THERETO.

     SECTION 4.9 Waiver of Jury Trial. THE GUARANTOR AND EACH LENDER PARTY HEREBY
KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN
RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
GUARANTY, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR
ACTIONS OF ANY LENDER PARTY OR THE GUARANTOR. THE GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT HAS
RECEIVED FULL AND SUFFICIENT CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROVISION AND THAT THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL
INDUCEMENT FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ENTERING INTO THIS GUARANTY.

     SECTION 4.10 Forum Selection and Consent to Jurisdiction. ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON,
OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS GUARANTY OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF
DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF, ANY LENDER PARTY OR THE GUARANTOR
SHALL BE BROUGHT AND MAINTAINED IN THE FEDERAL AND STATE COURTS LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE GUARANTOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION AS SET FORTH ABOVE AND
IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ANY JUDGMENT RENDERED THEREBY IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH LITIGATION.
EACH LENDER PARTY AND THE GUARANTOR FURTHER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS BY
REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, OR BY PERSONAL SERVICE WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
THE GUARANTOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY
OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY HAVE OR HEREAFTER MAY HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION
BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT REFERRED TO ABOVE AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH LITIGATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT
IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. TO THE EXTENT THAT THE GUARANTOR HAS OR HEREAFTER MAY ACQUIRE ANY
IMMUNITY FROM JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER THROUGH SERVICE OR
NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT,

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ATTACHMENT IN AID OF EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY, THE
GUARANTOR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES SUCH
IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS GUARANTY.

     SECTION 4.11 Waiver of Certain Claims. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE
GUARANTOR SHALL NOT ASSERT, AND HEREBY WAIVES, ANY CLAIM AGAINST EACH LENDER PARTY ON ANY THEORY OF
LIABILITY FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (AS OPPOSED TO DIRECT OR ACTUAL
DAMAGES) ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR AS A RESULT OF, THIS GUARANTY OR ANY INSTRUMENT
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

     SECTION 4.12 No Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated jointly in
the negotiation and drafting of this Guaranty. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or
interpretation arises, this Guaranty shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto
and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of
the authorship of any provisions of this Guaranty.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed and delivered
by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WELLS REAL ESTATE FUNDS, INC., a	 	 
	 	 	Georgia corporation	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Randall D. Fretz	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Acknowledged and Accepted:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,	 	 
	as Administrative Agent	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	/s/ Steve W. Whitcomb 	 	 
	Name:
	 	Steve
W. Whitcomb 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	Title:
	 	Director	 	 

Limited GuarantyEX-10.24 LIMITED GUARANTY

 

Exhibit 10.24

LIMITED GUARANTY

     LIMITED GUARANTY, dated as of October 9, 2007 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise
modified from time to time, this “Guaranty”), made by WELLS TIMBERLAND REIT, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the “Guarantor”), in favor of WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for each of the Lender
Parties.

W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS, pursuant to the Subordinated Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as
amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”), among Timberlands II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Wells Timberland
Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (each a “Borrower” and collectively,
the “Borrowers”), the various lending institutions as are, or may from time to time become,
parties thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”), and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders
have extended Commitments (capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein, and all other
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein, to have the meanings provided for in Article
I) to make Loans to the Borrowers; and

     WHEREAS, as a condition precedent to the Funding Date, the Guarantor is required to execute
and deliver this Guaranty; and

     WHEREAS, the Guarantor has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this
Guaranty and will receive direct and indirect benefits by reason of the availability of such
Commitments and the making of the Loans to the Borrowers by the Lenders;

     NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, and in order to induce the Lenders to make the Loans to the Borrowers pursuant
to the Credit Agreement, the Guarantor hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent, for its benefit
and the benefit of each other Lender Party, as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

     SECTION 1.1 Certain Terms. The following terms (whether or not underscored) when used
in this Guaranty, including its preamble and recitals, shall have the following meanings (such
definitions to be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms thereof):

     “Administrative Agent” is defined in the preamble.

     “Bankruptcy Code” is defined as Title 11 of the United States Code.

     “Borrower” and “Borrowers” are defined in the first recital.

     “Credit Agreement” is defined in the first recital.

     “Guaranteed Obligations” is defined in Section 2.1.

 

 

     “Guarantor” is defined in the preamble.

     “Guaranty” is defined in the preamble.

     “Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” has the meaning provided for in the
Intercreditor Agreement.

     “Lenders” is defined in the first recital.

     “Protective Advances” has the meaning provided for in the Intercreditor Agreement.

     SECTION 1.2 Credit Agreement Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein or the
context otherwise requires, terms used in this Guaranty, including its preamble and recitals, have
the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.

ARTICLE II

GUARANTY

     SECTION 2.1 Guaranty. The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees
the full and prompt payment to the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Lender Parties) of
all losses, costs, expenses, and damages incurred or suffered by any of the Lender Parties as a
result of, or arising in connection with, any of the following (collectively, the “Guaranteed
Obligations”):

          (a) any fraud or intentional misrepresentation or omission by any Loan Party or any Loan
Party’s Affiliates, partners, members, officers, directors, shareholders or principals in
connection with (i) the performance of any of the conditions to the Lenders making the Loans; (ii)
any inducements to the Lenders to make the Loans; (iii) the execution and delivery of the Loan
Documents; (iv) any certificates, representations or warranties given in connection with the Loans;
or (v) any Loan Party’s performance of the Obligations;

          (b) any breach of any Loan Party’s obligations under Sections 6.25 or 7.2.19 of the Credit
Agreement;

          (c) any Lien on the Collateral not permitted by Section 7.2.3 of the Credit Agreement or by
any Loan Party incurring Indebtedness not permitted by Section 7.2.2 of the Credit Agreement;

          (d) the sale, transfer, lease, contribution, conveyance or other disposition by any Loan Party
of any Collateral other than as permitted by Section 7.2.9 of the Credit Agreement;

          (e) the replacement cost of any property removed by any Loan Party from the Real Property
without the consent of the Administrative Agent after an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing;

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          (f) any intentional acts or omissions by any Loan Party that result in waste (including
economic and non-physical waste) of all or any part of the Collateral;

          (g) all Protective Advances made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to the
provisions of the Loan Documents;

          (h) the occurrence of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in which one or more Loan
Parties has acted in concert with, colluded or conspired with any other Person, to cause the
occurrence of any such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding;

          (i) any amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification, termination or assignment of any
MW Supply Agreement not permitted by clause (l) of Section 7.1.11 of the Credit Agreement;

          (j) the failure (i) of any Loan Party to deposit or cause to be deposited any payments in the
Revenue Account as required by Section 9.2 of the Senior Credit Agreement and any payments in the
Equity Raise Account as required by Section 9.2 of the Credit Agreement, (ii) of any amounts on
deposit in the Revenue Account to be applied in accordance with the Revenue Waterfall (except as
approved by the Senior Administrative Agent or requisite Senior Lenders thereunder) or (iii) of any
amounts on deposit in the Equity Raise Account to be applied in accordance with the Equity Raise
Waterfall (except as approved by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders);

          (k) the forfeiture or threatened forfeiture of the Collateral to any Governmental Authority
pursuant to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act or similar Law;

          (l) any breach of Section 6.23 of the Credit Agreement;

          (m) any payments in violation of Section 7.2.6 of the Credit Agreement;

          (n) any action by any Loan Party or any of their Affiliates, partners, members, officers,
directors, shareholders or principals takes action to frustrate, hinder or delay the Administrative
Agent’s or any Lender’s exercise of its remedies, it being understood that the foregoing shall not
include any reasonable action taken by a Loan Party in good faith to either contest the existence
of any Default or an Event of Default or dispute the meaning or construction of a contractual term
of any Loan Document; and

          (o) the willful misconduct of any Loan Party.

     This Guaranty constitutes a guaranty of payment when due and not merely of collection, and the
Guarantor specifically agrees that it shall not be necessary or required that any Lender Party
exercise any right, assert any claim or demand or enforce any remedy whatsoever against the
Borrowers, any other Loan Party or any Collateral before or as a condition to the obligations of
the Guarantor hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder
shall be limited to a maximum aggregate amount equal to the greatest amount that would not render
the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent

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transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or any provisions of
applicable state Law.

     SECTION 2.2 Acceleration of Guaranty. Subject to the Subordinated Intercreditor
Agreement, the Guarantor agrees that, if any Event of Default under Section 8.1.8 of the Credit
Agreement shall occur or the Loans are declared due and payable, the Guarantor will, automatically
and without the requirement that any demand for payment be made, pay to the Lender Parties
forthwith the full amount of the Guaranteed Obligations that are then due and payable.

     SECTION 2.3 Guaranty Absolute. This Guaranty is a continuing, absolute, unconditional
and irrevocable guaranty of payment and shall remain in full force and effect until all the
Guaranteed Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash and all Commitments shall have
irrevocably terminated. The Guarantor guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid
strictly in accordance with the terms of the agreement under which they arise, regardless of any
law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms
or the rights of any Lender Party with respect thereto. The liability of the Guarantor under this
Guaranty shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:

          (a) any lack of validity, legality or enforceability of any Loan Document or any other
agreement or instrument relating to any thereof;

          (b) the failure of any Lender Party:

               (i) to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Borrowers, any
other Loan Party or any other Person (including any other guarantor) under the provisions of any
Loan Document or otherwise, or

               (ii) to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of, or collateral securing,
any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

          (c) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any
of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any compromise, renewal, extension, acceleration or release with
respect thereto, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from any Loan
Document;

          (d) any addition, exchange, release, impairment or non-perfection of any collateral, or any
release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any other guaranty, for all or any
of the Guaranteed Obligations;

          (e) any defense, set-off or counterclaim which may at any time be available to or be asserted
by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party against any Lender Party;

          (f) any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination of the Guaranteed Obligations for any
reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not
be subject to (and the Guarantor hereby waives any right to or claim of) any defense or setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the

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invalidity, illegality, nongenuineness, irregularity, compromise, unenforceability of, or any
other event or occurrence affecting, the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise; or

          (g) any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a
legal or equitable discharge of, the Borrowers, any other Loan Party or the Guarantor, including as
a result of any proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 8.1.8 of the Credit Agreement.

     SECTION 2.4 Reinstatement, etc. The Guarantor agrees that this Guaranty shall
continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment (in whole
or in part) of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any
Lender Party, upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrowers, any other Loan
Party or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

     SECTION 2.5 Waiver. The Guarantor hereby waives promptness, diligence, notice of
acceptance and any other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this
Guaranty, and any requirement that any Lender Party protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien on
any property or exhaust any right or take any action against the Borrowers, any other Loan Party or
any other Person (including any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations) or any collateral
securing the Guaranteed Obligations.

     SECTION 2.6 Waiver of Subrogation. The Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives to the
extent permitted by applicable Law and until such time as the Guaranteed Obligations shall have
been paid in full in cash and the Commitments have irrevocably terminated, any claim or other
rights which it may now or hereafter acquire against the Borrowers or any other Loan Party that
arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the Guarantor’s obligations under
this Guaranty or any other Loan Document, including any right of subrogation, reimbursement,
exoneration or indemnification, and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of any Lender
Party against the Borrowers or any other Loan Party or any collateral which any Lender Party now
has or hereafter acquires, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity, or under
contract or Law. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding
sentence, such amount shall be deemed to have been paid to the Guarantor for the benefit of, and
held in trust for, the Lender Parties, and shall forthwith be paid to the Administrative Agent on
behalf of the Lender Parties to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations, whether
matured or unmatured. The Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits
from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Credit Agreement and that the waiver set forth
in this Section is knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

     SECTION 2.7 Payments Free of Taxes. All payments made by the Guarantor hereunder
shall be free and clear of all Taxes.

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ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS

     SECTION 3.1 Representations and Warranties. The Guarantor hereby represents and
warrants, as of the date it becomes a party to this Guaranty, to the Administrative Agent as set
forth below:

          (a) the Guarantor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of
its jurisdiction of organization, and has full power and authority, and holds all requisite
licenses, permits and other approvals of Governmental Authorities, to enter into this Guaranty and
the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby;

          (b) the execution and delivery by the Guarantor of this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents
to which it is a party and the consummation by the Guarantor of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action of the Guarantor. This
Guaranty and such other Loan Documents to which the Guarantor is a party have each been duly
executed and delivered by the Guarantor and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject
to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws at the time in
effect affecting the rights of creditors generally and subject to the effects of general principles
of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in law or equity); and

          (c) the execution and delivery of this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents to which the
Guarantor is a party and the consummation by the Guarantor of the transactions contemplated hereby
do not (i) contravene or result in a default under the Guarantor’s Organizational Documents, (ii)
contravene or result in a default under any material contractual restriction or Law binding on the
Guarantor, (iii) require any filings, consents or authorizations which have not been duly obtained
or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on the Guarantor’s properties (other than
on behalf of the Administrative Agent).

     SECTION 3.2 Additional Covenants. The Guarantor agrees that, until all the Guaranteed
Obligations have been paid in full in cash on terms and pursuant to documentation in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and all Commitments shall have
irrevocably terminated, it will comply with all the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement
and the other Loan Documents that are applicable to it, including without limitation Article IX.

ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS

     SECTION 4.1 Loan Document. This Guaranty is a Loan Document executed pursuant to the
Credit Agreement and shall (unless otherwise expressly indicated herein) be construed, administered
and applied in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof, including Section 1.3 and Article
X thereof.

     SECTION 4.2 Amendments, etc.; Successors and Assigns.

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          (a) No amendment to or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty nor consent to any departure
by the Guarantor herefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the
Administrative Agent and the percentage of the Lenders as required by Section 10.1 of the Credit
Agreement, and then such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific
instance and for the specific purpose for which it is given.

          (b) This Agreement shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors, transferees and
assignees, and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Administrative Agent and
each other Lender Party and their respective successors and assigns; provided,
however, that the Guarantor may not assign its obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any
Lender may assign or otherwise transfer (in whole or in part) its Loans to any other Person, and
such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the rights and benefits in respect thereof
granted to such Lender under any Loan Document (including this Guaranty) or otherwise, subject,
however, to the provisions of Section 11.10 and Article X of the Credit Agreement.

     SECTION 4.3 Addresses for Notices. All notices and other communications provided for
hereunder shall be made as provided in, and subject to the terms of, Section 11.2 of the Credit
Agreement. All notices to the Guarantor shall be sent care of the Borrowers at their address set
forth in the Credit Agreement and all notices to the Administrative Agent shall be sent as provided
in the Credit Agreement.

     SECTION 4.4 No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of the Administrative Agent
or any other Lender Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising any right hereunder shall operate
as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The Administrative Agent and
each other Lender Party shall have all remedies available at law or equity, including without
limitation, the remedy of specific performance for any breach of any provision hereof. The remedies
herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law or equity.

     SECTION 4.5 Right to Set-Off. Subject to the Subordinated Intercreditor Agreement,
upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent
and each other Lender Party are hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, to setoff and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or
demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by the
Administrative Agent or any such Lender Party, as the case may be, to or for the credit or the
account of the Guarantor against any and all of the Guaranteed Obligations now or hereafter
existing under this Guaranty, irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent or any such Lender
Party shall have made any demand under this Guaranty. Each Lender Party agrees promptly to notify
the Guarantor, the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application
made by the Administrative Agent or any such Lender Party, provided that the failure to
give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of the
Administrative Agent and each other Lender Party under this Section are in addition to other rights
and remedies (including, without limitation,

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other rights of set-off) which the Administrative Agent or any of the other Lender Parties may
have.

     SECTION 4.6 Severability. Any provision of this Guaranty which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Guaranty
or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provisions in any other jurisdiction.

     SECTION 4.7 Counterparts. This Guaranty may be executed by the parties hereto in
several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall
constitute but one and the same agreement.

     SECTION 4.8 Governing Law; Entire Agreement. THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THIS GUARANTY AND THE
OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS CONSTITUTE THE ENTIRE UNDERSTANDING AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO
THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND SUPERSEDE ANY PRIOR AGREEMENTS, WRITTEN OR ORAL, WITH RESPECT
THERETO.

     SECTION 4.9 Waiver of Jury Trial. THE GUARANTOR AND EACH LENDER PARTY HEREBY
KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN
RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
GUARANTY, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR
ACTIONS OF ANY LENDER PARTY OR THE GUARANTOR. THE GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT HAS
RECEIVED FULL AND SUFFICIENT CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROVISION AND THAT THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL
INDUCEMENT FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ENTERING INTO THIS GUARANTY.

     SECTION 4.10 Forum Selection and Consent to Jurisdiction. ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON,
OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS GUARANTY OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF
DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF, ANY LENDER PARTY OR THE GUARANTOR
SHALL BE BROUGHT AND MAINTAINED IN THE FEDERAL AND STATE COURTS LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE GUARANTOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION AS SET FORTH ABOVE AND
IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ANY JUDGMENT RENDERED THEREBY IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH LITIGATION.
EACH LENDER PARTY AND THE GUARANTOR FURTHER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS BY
REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, OR BY PERSONAL SERVICE WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
THE GUARANTOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND

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IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY HAVE OR
HEREAFTER MAY HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT REFERRED
TO ABOVE AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH LITIGATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. TO THE
EXTENT THAT THE GUARANTOR HAS OR HEREAFTER MAY ACQUIRE ANY IMMUNITY FROM JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT
OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER THROUGH SERVICE OR NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT,
ATTACHMENT IN AID OF EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY, THE GUARANTOR,
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES SUCH IMMUNITY IN
RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS GUARANTY.

     SECTION 4.11 Waiver of Certain Claims. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE
GUARANTOR SHALL NOT ASSERT, AND HEREBY WAIVES, ANY CLAIM AGAINST EACH LENDER PARTY ON ANY THEORY OF
LIABILITY FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (AS OPPOSED TO DIRECT OR ACTUAL
DAMAGES) ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR AS A RESULT OF, THIS GUARANTY OR ANY INSTRUMENT
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

     SECTION 4.12 No Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated jointly in
the negotiation and drafting of this Guaranty. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or
interpretation arises, this Guaranty shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto
and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of
the authorship of any provisions of this Guaranty.

     SECTION 4.13 Intercreditor Agreement. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE
CONTRARY, THE TERMS OF THIS GUARANTY AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT OR ANY LENDER HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, DATED
AS OF OCTOBER 9, 2007 (AS AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED, RESTATED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME,
THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, COBANK, ACB, AS SENIOR
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, AND THE LOAN PARTIES. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS OF THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS GUARANTY, THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN
AND CONTROL.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed and delivered
by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WELLS TIMBERLAND REIT, INC., a

Maryland corporation	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/
Randall D. Fretz 
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Randall D. Fretz
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Senior Vice President	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Acknowledged and Accepted:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 

as Administrative Agent	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	/s/
Steve
W. Whitcomb 
	 	 
	Name:

	 	Steve
W. Whitcomb 
	 	 
	Title:

	 	Director 

	 	 

Limited
Guaranty

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