SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY Dated as of August 31, 2007 From THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN and THE ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS REFERRED TO HEREIN as Guarantors in favor of PRIDES CAPITAL FUND I, L.P.
Exhibit 10.7
Dated as of August 31, 2007
From
THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN
and
THE ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS REFERRED TO HEREIN
as Guarantors
in favor of
PRIDES CAPITAL FUND I, L.P.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| Section 1. |
Guaranty; Limitation of Liability | 1 | ||
| Section 2. |
Guaranty Absolute | 2 | ||
| Section 3. |
Waivers and Acknowledgments | 3 | ||
| Section 4. |
Subrogation | 3 | ||
| Section 5. |
Payments Free and Clear of Taxes, Etc. | 4 | ||
| Section 6. |
Representations and Warranties | 5 | ||
| Section 7. |
Covenants | 5 | ||
| Section 8. |
Amendments, Guaranty Supplements, Etc. | 6 | ||
| Section 9. |
Notices, Etc. | 6 | ||
| Section 10. |
No Waiver; Remedies | 6 | ||
| Section 11. |
Right of Set-off | 6 | ||
| Section 12. |
Indemnification | 7 | ||
| Section 13. |
Subordination | 7 | ||
| Section 14. |
Continuing Guaranty; Assignments under the Note | 8 | ||
| Section 15. |
Execution in Counterparts | 9 | ||
| Section 16. |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial, Etc. | 9 | ||
Exhibit A—Guaranty Supplement
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THIS SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY dated as of August 31, 2007 is made by the parties listed on the signature pages hereof under the caption “Subsidiary Guarantors” and the Additional Guarantors (as defined in Section 8(b)) (such Persons so listed and the Additional Guarantors being, collectively, the “Guarantors” and, individually, each a “Guarantor”) in favor of Prides Capital Fund I, L.P. (the “Purchaser”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT. The Purchaser has purchased a $10,000,000 note dated as of the date hereof (the “Note”; capitalized terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined) pursuant to a Note Purchase Agreement dated August 31, 2007 (the “Note Purchase Agreement”) between ▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and the Purchaser. Each Guarantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from financing provided by the Note. It is a condition precedent to the purchase of the Note that each Guarantor shall have executed and delivered this Guaranty.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and in order to induce the Purchaser to purchase the Note, each Guarantor, jointly and severally with each other Guarantor, hereby agrees as follows:
Section 1. Guaranty; Limitation of Liability (a) Each Guarantor hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the punctual payment when due, whether at scheduled maturity or on any date of a required prepayment or by acceleration, demand or otherwise, of all amounts due under the Note ( the “Obligations”) (including, without limitation, any extensions, modifications, substitutions, amendments or renewals of any or all of the foregoing Obligations), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal, interest, premiums, fees, indemnities, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise (such Obligations being the “Guaranteed Obligations”), and agrees to pay any and all expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by the Purchaser in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty, the Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “Security Agreement”) among the Purchaser and the parties signatory thereto (each such party, a “Note Party” and collectively, the “Note Parties”) or the Note (collectively, the “Note Documents”). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by any other Note Party under or in respect of the Note Documents but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving such other Note Party.
(b) Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of this Guaranty, the Purchaser, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that this Guaranty and the Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law (as hereinafter defined), the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law to the extent applicable to this Guaranty and the Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Purchaser and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the Obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as will result in the Obligations of such Guarantor under this Guaranty not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance. For purposes hereof, “Bankruptcy Law” means the
Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
(c) Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that in the event any payment shall be required to be made to the Purchaser under this Guaranty or any other guaranty, such Guarantor will contribute, to the maximum extent permitted by law, such amounts to each other Guarantor and each other guarantor so as to maximize the aggregate amount paid to the Purchaser under or in respect of the Note Documents.
Section 2. Guaranty Absolute. Each Guarantor guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the Note Documents, regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the Purchaser with respect thereto. The Obligations of each Guarantor under or in respect of this Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Obligations of any other Note Party under or in respect of the Note Documents, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against each Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty, irrespective of whether any action is brought against the Company or any other Note Party or whether the Company or any other Note Party is joined in any such action or actions. The liability of each Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to, any or all of the following:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Note Document or any agreement or instrument relating thereto;
(b) 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 other Obligations of any other Note Party under or in respect of the Note Documents, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from any Note Document, including, without limitation, any increase in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from the extension of additional credit to any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise;
(c) any taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any Collateral (as such term is defined in the Security Agreement) (or any other collateral, or any taking, release or amendment or waiver of, or consent to departure from, any other guaranty, for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations);
(d) any manner of application of Collateral or any other collateral, or proceeds thereof, to all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any manner of sale or other disposition of any Collateral or any other collateral for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Obligations of any Note Party under the Note Documents or any other assets of any Note Party or any of its subsidiaries;
(e) any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of any Note Party or any of its subsidiaries;
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(f) the failure of any other individual or business entity to execute or deliver this Guaranty, any Guaranty Supplement (as hereinafter defined) or any other guaranty or agreement or the release or reduction of liability of any Guarantor or other guarantor or surety with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; or
(g) any other circumstance (including, without limitation, any statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any representation by the Purchaser that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Note Party or any other guarantor or surety.
This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Purchaser or any successor-in-interest, assignee or transferee of the Purchaser upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or any other Note Party or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
Section 3. Waivers and Acknowledgments (a) Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance, presentment, demand for performance, notice of nonperformance, default, acceleration, protest or dishonor and any other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty and any requirement that the Purchaser protect, secure, perfect or insure any lien or other encumbrance or any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against any Note Party or any other entity or any Collateral.
(b) Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Guaranty and acknowledges that this Guaranty is continuing in nature and applies to all Guaranteed Obligations, whether existing now or in the future.
(c) Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives (i) any defense arising by reason of any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by the Purchaser that in any manner impairs, reduces, releases or otherwise adversely affects the subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification rights of such Guarantor or other rights of such Guarantor to proceed against any of the other Note Parties, any other guarantor or any entity or any Collateral and (ii) any defense based on any right of set-off or counterclaim against or in respect of the Obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.
(d) Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Note Documents and that the waivers set forth in Section 2 and this Section 3 are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
Section 4. Subrogation. Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against the Company, any other Note Party or any other insider guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of such Guarantor’s Obligations under or in respect of this Guaranty or any other Note Document, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of the Purchaser against the Company, any other Note Party or any other insider
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guarantor or any Collateral, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Company, any other Note Party or any other insider guarantor, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, such amount shall be received and held in trust for the benefit of the Purchaser, shall be segregated from other property and funds of such Guarantor and shall forthwith be paid or delivered to the Purchaser in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or assignment) to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Note Documents, or to be held as Collateral for any Guaranteed Obligations or other amounts payable under this Guaranty thereafter arising. If (i) any Guarantor shall make payment to the Purchaser of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations and (ii) all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash, the Purchaser will, at such Guarantor’s request and expense, execute and deliver to such Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to such Guarantor of an interest in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from such payment made by such Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty.
Section 5. Payments Free and Clear of Taxes, Etc. (a) Any and all payments made by any Guarantor under or in respect of this Guaranty or any other Note Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future Taxes (as defined below). If any Guarantor shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under or in respect of this Guaranty or any other Note Document to the Purchaser, (i) the sum payable by such Guarantor shall be increased as may be necessary so that after such Guarantor and the Purchaser have made all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 5), the Purchaser receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Guarantor shall make all such deductions and (iii) such Guarantor shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In addition, each Guarantor agrees to pay any present or future Other Taxes (as defined below) that arise from any payment made by or on behalf of such Guarantor under or in respect of this Guaranty or any other Note Document or from the execution, delivery or registration of, performance under, or otherwise with respect to, this Guaranty and the other Note Documents.
(c) Each Guarantor will indemnify the Purchaser for and hold it harmless against the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes of any kind imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 5, imposed on or paid by the Purchaser and any liability (including penalties, additions to tax, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto. This indemnification shall be made within 30 days from the date the Purchaser makes written demand therefor.
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(d) Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes by or on behalf of any Guarantor, such Guarantor shall furnish to the Purchaser, at its address referred to in Section 9, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing such payment. In the case of any payment hereunder by or on behalf of any Guarantor through an account or branch outside the United States or by or on behalf of such Guarantor by a payor that is not a United States person, if such Guarantor determines that no Taxes are payable in respect thereof, such Guarantor shall furnish, or shall cause such payor to furnish, to the Purchaser, at such address, an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Purchaser stating that such payment is exempt from Taxes.
(e) For the purpose of this Section 5:
(i) The term “Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any governmental authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto;
(ii) The term “Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Note Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Note Document; and
(iii) The terms “United States” and “United States person” shall have the meanings specified in Section 7701 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Section 6. Representations and Warranties. Each Guarantor hereby makes each representation and warranty made in the Note Documents by the Company with respect to such Guarantor and each Guarantor hereby further represents and warrants as follows:
(b) There are no conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Guaranty that have not been satisfied or waived.
(c) Such Guarantor has, independently and without reliance upon the Purchaser on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Guaranty and each other Note Document to which it is or is to be a party, and such Guarantor has established adequate means of obtaining from each other Note Party on a continuing basis information pertaining to, and is now and on a continuing basis will be completely familiar with, the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties and prospects of such other Note Party.
Section 7. Covenants. Each Guarantor covenants and agrees that, so long as any part of the Guaranteed Obligations shall remain unpaid such Guarantor will perform and observe, and cause each of its subsidiaries to perform and observe, all of the terms, covenants and agreements set forth in the Note Documents on its or their part to be performed or observed or that the Company has agreed to cause such Guarantor or such subsidiaries to perform or observe.
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Section 8. Amendments, Guaranty Supplements, Etc. (a) No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty and no consent to any departure by any Guarantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Purchaser and the Guarantors, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
(b) Upon the execution and delivery by any entity of a guaranty supplement in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto (each, a “Guaranty Supplement”), (i) such entity shall be referred to as an “Additional Guarantor” and shall become and be a Guarantor hereunder, and each reference in this Guaranty to a “Guarantor” shall also mean and be a reference to such Additional Guarantor, and each reference in any other Note Document to a “Subsidiary Guarantor” shall also mean and be a reference to such Additional Guarantor, and (ii) each reference herein to “this Guaranty”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to this Guaranty, and each reference in any other Note Document to the “Subsidiary Guaranty”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to this Guaranty, shall mean and be a reference to this Guaranty as supplemented by such Guaranty Supplement.
Section 9. Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile communication) and mailed, faxed, sent by electronic mail or delivered to the Purchase or any Guarantor at the Purchaser or such Guarantors’ address as specified in Section 20 of the Security Agreement. All such notices and other communications shall, when mailed, faxed, sent by electronic mail or otherwise, be effective when deposited in the mails, confirmed by facsimile answerback or sent by electronic mail, respectively. Delivery by facsimile or electronic mail of an executed counterpart of a signature page to any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty or of any Guaranty Supplement to be executed and delivered hereunder shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart thereof.
Section 10. No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of the Purchaser 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 remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
Section 11. Right of Set-off. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and (b) the acceleration of the amounts due and payable under the Note pursuant to Section 6 of the Note, the Purchaser and any of its affiliates are hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off 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 Purchaser or any such affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Guarantor against any and all of the Obligations of such Guarantor now or hereafter existing under the Note Documents, irrespective of whether the Purchaser shall have made any demand under this Guaranty or any other Note Document and although such Obligations may be unmatured. The Purchaser agrees promptly to notify such Guarantor after any such set-off and application; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect
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the validity of such set-off and application. The rights the Purchaser under this Section 11 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) that the Purchaser and its affiliates may have.
Section 12. Indemnification (a) Without limitation on any other Obligations of any Guarantor or remedies of the Purchaser under this Guaranty, each Guarantor shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify, defend and save and hold harmless the Purchaser and each of its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors (each, an “Indemnified Party”) from and against, and shall pay on demand, any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) that may be incurred by or asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party in connection with or as a result of any failure of any Guaranteed Obligations to be the legal, valid and binding obligations of any Note Party enforceable against such Note Party in accordance with their terms.
(b) Each Guarantor hereby also agrees that none of the Indemnified Parties shall have any liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract, tort or otherwise) to any of the Guarantors or any of their respective affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors, and each Guarantor hereby agrees not to assert any claim against any Indemnified Party, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages arising out of or otherwise relating to the Note Documents, the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Note or any of the transactions contemplated by the Note Documents.
(c) Without prejudice to the survival of any of the other agreements of any Guarantor under this Guaranty or any of the other Note Documents, the agreements and obligations of each Guarantor contained in Section 1(a) (with respect to enforcement expenses), the last sentence of Section 2, Section 5 and this Section 12 shall survive the payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations and all of the other amounts payable under this Guaranty.
Section 13. Subordination. Each Guarantor hereby subordinates any and all debts, liabilities and other Obligations owed to such Guarantor by each other Note Party (the “Subordinated Obligations”) to the Guaranteed Obligations to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Section 13:
(a) Prohibited Payments, Etc. Except during the continuance of an Event of Default (including the commencement and continuation of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Note Party), each Guarantor may receive regularly scheduled payments from any other Note Party on account of the Subordinated Obligations. After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default (including the commencement and continuation of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Note Party), however, unless the Purchaser otherwise agrees, no Guarantor shall demand, accept or take any action to collect any payment on account of the Subordinated Obligations.
(b) Prior Payment of Guaranteed Obligations. In any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Note Party, each Guarantor agrees that the Purchaser shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of all Guaranteed Obligations
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(including all interest and expenses accruing after the commencement of a proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law, whether or not constituting an allowed claim in such proceeding (“Post Petition Interest”)) before such Guarantor receives payment of any Subordinated Obligations.
(c) Turn-Over. After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default (including the commencement and continuation of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Note Party), each Guarantor shall, if the Purchaser so requests, collect, enforce and receive payments on account of the Subordinated Obligations as trustee for the Purchaser and deliver such payments to the Purchaser on account of the Guaranteed Obligations (including all Post Petition Interest), together with any necessary endorsements or other instruments of transfer, but without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability of such Guarantor under the other provisions of this Guaranty.
(d) Purchaser Authorization. After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default (including the commencement and continuation of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Note Party), the Purchaser is authorized and empowered (but without any obligation to so do), in its discretion, (i) in the name of each Guarantor, to collect and enforce, and to submit claims in respect of, Subordinated Obligations and to apply any amounts received thereon to the Guaranteed Obligations (including any and all Post Petition Interest), and (ii) to require each Guarantor (A) to collect and enforce, and to submit claims in respect of, Subordinated Obligations and (B) to pay any amounts received on such obligations to the Purchaser for application to the Guaranteed Obligations (including any and all Post Petition Interest).
Section 14. Continuing Guaranty; Assignments under the Note. This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, (b) be binding upon the Guarantor, its successors and assigns and (c) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Purchaser and its successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of clause (c) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Purchaser may assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under the Note to any entity, and such entity shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to the Purchaser herein or otherwise. No Guarantor shall have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Purchaser.
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Section 15. Execution in Counterparts. This Guaranty and each amendment, waiver and consent with respect hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties thereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Guaranty by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Guaranty.
Section 16. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial, Etc. (a) This Guaranty shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
(b) Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty or any other Note Document to which it is a party and irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Nothing in this Section 16 shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to any Note Document in the courts of any jurisdiction. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, (a) any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of this Guaranty or any other Note Document in any New York State or Federal court and (b) the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(c) EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY OF THE NOTE DOCUMENTS OR THE ACTIONS OF THE PURCHASER IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
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[Signature Page to Subsidiary Guaranty]
Exhibit A
To The
FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY SUPPLEMENT
,
Prides Capital Fund I, L.P.,
as Purchaser
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Senior Secured Note dated as of August 31, 2007 (the “Note”)
issued by ▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”)
in favor of Prides Capital Fund I, L.P. (the “Purchaser”)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the above-captioned Note and to the Subsidiary Guaranty dated as of August 31, 2007 in respect thereof (such Subsidiary Guaranty, as in effect on the date hereof and as it may hereafter be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, together with this Guaranty Supplement, being the “Subsidiary Guaranty”). The capitalized terms defined in the Subsidiary Guaranty or in the Note and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as therein defined.
Section 1. Guaranty; Limitation of Liability. (a) The undersigned hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the punctual payment when due, whether at scheduled maturity or on any date of a required prepayment or by acceleration, demand or otherwise, of all Obligations of each other Note Party now or hereafter existing under or in respect of the Note Documents (including, without limitation, any extensions, modifications, substitutions, amendments or renewals of any or all of the foregoing Obligations), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal, interest, premium, fees, indemnities, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise (such Obligations being the “Guaranteed Obligations”), and agrees to pay any and all expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by the Purchaser in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty Supplement, the Subsidiary Guaranty or any other Note Document. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the undersigned’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by any other Note Party to the Purchaser under or in respect of the Note Documents but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving such other Note Party.
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(b) The undersigned, and by its acceptance of this Guaranty Supplement, the Purchaser, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that this Guaranty Supplement, the Subsidiary Guaranty and the Obligations of the undersigned hereunder and thereunder not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law to the extent applicable to this Guaranty Supplement, the Subsidiary Guaranty and the Obligations of the undersigned hereunder and thereunder. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Purchaser and the undersigned hereby irrevocably agree that the Obligations of the undersigned under this Guaranty Supplement and the Subsidiary Guaranty at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as will result in the Obligations of the undersigned under this Guaranty Supplement and the Subsidiary Guaranty not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
(c) The undersigned hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that in the event any payment shall be required to be made to the Purchaser under this Guaranty Supplement, the Subsidiary Guaranty or any other guaranty, the undersigned will contribute, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, such amounts to each other Guarantor and each other guarantor so as to maximize the aggregate amount paid to the Purchaser under or in respect of the Note Documents.
Section 2. Obligations Under the Guaranty. The undersigned hereby agrees, as of the date first above written, to be bound as a Guarantor by all of the terms and conditions of the Subsidiary Guaranty to the same extent as each of the other Guarantors thereunder. The undersigned further agrees, as of the date first above written, that each reference in the Subsidiary Guaranty to an “Additional Guarantor” or a “Guarantor” shall also mean and be a reference to the undersigned, and each reference in any other Note Document to a “Subsidiary Guarantor” or a “Note Party” shall also mean and be a reference to the undersigned.
Section 3. Representations and Warranties. The undersigned hereby makes each representation and warranty set forth in Section 6 of the Subsidiary Guaranty to the same extent as each other Guarantor.
Section 4. Delivery by Facsimile or Electronic Mail. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Guaranty Supplement by facsimile or electronic mail shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Guaranty Supplement.
Section 5. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial, Etc. (a) This Guaranty Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
(b) The undersigned hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or any federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty Supplement, the Subsidiary Guaranty or any of the other Note Documents to which it is or is to be a party, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and the undersigned hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. The undersigned
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agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Guaranty Supplement or the Subsidiary Guaranty or any other Note Document shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Guaranty Supplement, the Subsidiary Guaranty or any of the other Note Documents to which it is or is to be a party in the courts of any other jurisdiction.
(c) The undersigned irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty Supplement, the Subsidiary Guaranty or any of the other Note Documents to which it is or is to be a party in any New York State or federal court. The undersigned hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE ACTIONS OF THE PURCHASER IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| [NAME OF ADDITIONAL GUARANTOR] | ||
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