PARENT GUARANTY Dated as of August 30, 2016 From FORESIGHT ENERGY LP as Guarantor in favor of THE SECURED PARTIES REFERRED TO IN THE CREDIT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN
Exhibit 10.13
Dated as of August 30, 2016
From
as Guarantor
in favor of
THE SECURED PARTIES REFERRED TO IN
THE CREDIT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Section | Page | |||||
| Section 1. |
Guaranty |
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| Section 2. |
Guaranty Absolute |
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| Section 3. |
Waivers and Acknowledgments |
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| Section 4. |
Subrogation |
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| Section 5. |
Payments Free and Clear of Taxes, Application of Credit Agreement |
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| Section 6. |
Representations and Warranties |
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| Section 7. |
Covenants |
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| Section 8. |
Amendments, Etc. |
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| Section 9. |
Notices, Etc. |
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| Section 10. |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
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| Section 11. |
Right of Set-off |
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| Section 12. |
Indemnification |
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| Section 13. |
Subordination |
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| Section 14. |
Continuing Guaranty; Assignments under the Credit Agreement |
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| Section 15. |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
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| Section 16. |
Existing MLP Guaranty; Reaffirmation; No Novation |
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| Section 17. |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc. |
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PARENT GUARANTY dated as of August 30, 2016, made by FORESIGHT ENERGY LP, a Delaware limited partnership, (the “Guarantor”), in favor of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below) (the “Guaranty”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS.
The Guarantor is Parent (as defined in the Credit Agreement) to the Borrower (defined below), and party to that certain Subsidiary Guaranty, dated as of August 12, 2010 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Existing MLP Guaranty”).
Foresight Energy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Guarantor (the “Borrower”), certain subsidiaries of the Borrower as subsidiary guarantors (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and the financial institutions and other Persons party thereto are party to a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 23, 2013 (as amended through the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”).
The Guarantor is party to that certain Amendment Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2016 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Amendment Agreement”), with the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, each of the Lender Parties party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (“Agent”).
Pursuant to the terms of the Amendment Agreement, the Existing Credit Agreement will be amended and restated to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 30, 2016 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; the capitalized terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined) with certain Lender Parties party thereto and the Agent as Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent. The Guarantor, as Parent to the Borrower, will derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the transactions contemplated by the Amendment Agreement and the Credit Agreement and may receive, directly or indirectly, a portion of the proceeds of the Loans under the Credit Agreement. It is a condition precedent to the Amendment Agreement that the Guarantor shall have executed and delivered this Guaranty in order to amend and restate the Existing MLP Guaranty.
NOW, THEREFORE, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Amendment Agreement, and in order to induce the Lender Parties to make Loans and to issue Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement and the Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Hedge Agreements from time to time, the Guarantor hereby agrees to amend and restated the Existing MLP Guaranty as follows:
Section 1. Guaranty (a) The 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 Obligations of each other Loan Party now or hereafter existing under or in respect of the Loan 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, premiums, fees, indemnities, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise (such Obligations being the “Guaranteed Obligations”), and agrees to pay any and all reasonable and documented expenses (including the reasonable and documented fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel and one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction) incurred by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty or any other Loan Document. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Guarantor’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by any other Loan Party to any Secured Party under or in respect of the Loan 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 Loan Party.
(b) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that in the event any payment shall be required to be made to any Secured Party under this Guaranty or the Subsidiary Guaranty or any other guaranty, the Guarantor will contribute, to the maximum extent permitted by law, such amounts to each other guarantor so as to maximize the aggregate amount paid to the Secured Parties under or in respect of the Loan Documents.
Section 2. Guaranty Absolute The Guarantor guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the Loan 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 any Secured Party with respect thereto. The Obligations of the Guarantor under or in respect of this Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Obligations of any other Loan Party under or in respect of the Loan Documents, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against the Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty, irrespective of whether any action is brought against the Borrower or any other Loan Party or whether the Borrower or any other Loan Party is joined in any such action or actions. The liability of the Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and the 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 Loan 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 Loan Party under or in respect of the Loan Documents, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from any Loan Document, including, without limitation, any increase in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from the extension of additional credit to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise;
(c) any taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any Collateral 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;
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(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 Loan Party under the Loan Documents or any other assets of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries;
(e) any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries;
(f) any failure of any Secured Party to disclose to any Loan Party any information relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of any other Loan Party now or hereafter known to such Secured Party (the Guarantor waiving any duty on the part of the Secured Parties to disclose such information);
(g) the failure of any other Person to execute or deliver any other guaranty or agreement or the release or reduction of liability of any other guarantor or surety with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; or
(h) any law or regulation of any jurisdiction or any other event affecting any term of a guaranteed obligation; or
(i) any other circumstance (other than payment in full in cash or performance of the Guaranteed Obligations) or any existence of or reliance on any representation by any Secured Party that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan 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 any Secured Party or any other Person upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or any other Loan Party or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
Section 3. Waivers and Acknowledgments (a) The 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 any Secured Party protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien or any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against any Loan Party or any other Person or any Collateral.
(b) The 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) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives (i) any defense arising by reason of any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by any Secured Party that in any manner impairs, reduces, releases or otherwise adversely affects the subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification rights of the Guarantor or other rights of the Guarantor to proceed against any of the other Loan Parties, any other guarantor or any other Person or any Collateral and (ii) any defense based on any right of set-off or counterclaim against or in respect of the Obligations of the Guarantor hereunder.
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(d) The Guarantor acknowledges that the Collateral Agent may, without notice to or demand upon the Guarantor and without affecting the liability of the Guarantor under this Guaranty, foreclose under any mortgage by nonjudicial sale, and the Guarantor hereby waives any defense to the recovery by the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties against the Guarantor of any deficiency after such nonjudicial sale and any defense or benefits that may be afforded by applicable law.
(e) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any duty on the part of any Secured Party to disclose to the Guarantor any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of any other Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter known by such Secured Party.
(f) The Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Loan 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 The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other insider guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the Guarantor’s Obligations under or in respect of this Guaranty or any other Loan Document, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of any Secured Party against the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other insider 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 Borrower, any other Loan 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 (other than unmatured contingent indemnification obligations), all Letters of Credit and all Secured Hedge Agreements shall have expired or been terminated and the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the latest of (a) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than unmatured contingent indemnification obligations) and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, (b) the Latest Maturity Date and (c) the latest date of expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit and all Secured Hedge Agreements, such amount shall be received and held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall be segregated from other property and funds of the Guarantor and shall forthwith be paid or delivered to the Administrative Agent 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 Loan Documents, or to be held as Collateral for any Guaranteed Obligations or other amounts payable under this Guaranty thereafter arising. If (i) the Guarantor shall make
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payment to any Secured Party of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash (other than unmatured contingent indemnification obligations), (iii) the Latest Maturity Date shall have occurred and (iv) all Letters of Credit and all Secured Hedge Agreements shall have expired or been terminated, the Secured Parties will, at the Guarantor’s request and expense, execute and deliver to the Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to the Guarantor of an interest in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from such payment made by the Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty.
Section 5. Payments Free and Clear of Taxes, Application of Credit Agreement Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Guarantor hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes on the same terms and to the same extent that payments by the Borrower are required to be made free and clear of Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 6. Representations and Warranties The Guarantor hereby represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Satisfaction of Conditions Precedent. There are no conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Guaranty that have not been satisfied or waived.
(b) Independent Verification. The Guarantor has, independently and without reliance upon any Secured Party and based 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 Loan Document to which it is or is to be a party, and the Guarantor has established adequate means of obtaining from each other Loan 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 Loan Party.
(c) Existence, Qualification and Power. The Guarantor (a) (i) is duly organized or formed and, validly existing and (ii) in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party and consummate the Transactions and the Amendment Transactions, and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and, as applicable, in good standing, under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license; except in each case referred to in clauses (b)(i) and (c), to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of each Loan Document to which it is a party, (a) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and (b) do not and will not (i) contravene the terms of any of the Guarantor’s Organization Documents; (ii) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien (except for any Liens that may arise under
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the Loan Documents) under, or require any payment to be made under (A) any Contractual Obligation to which the Guarantor is a party or affecting the Guarantor or the properties of the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries or (B) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which the Guarantor or its property is subject; or (c) violate any Law, except in each case referred to in clause (b)(ii) or (c) to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. (a) No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority and (b) no material approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with any other Person, in each case, is necessary or required in connection with (i) the execution, delivery or performance by the Guarantor of this Guaranty or any other Loan Document or for the consummation of the Transactions and the Amendment Transactions, (ii) the grant by any Guarantor of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Collateral Documents or (iii) the perfection of the Liens created under the Collateral Documents, (x) except for those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations or other actions which have already been obtained, taken, given or made, as listed on Schedule 5.03 of the Credit Agreement, and are in full force and effect, (y) any filings required to perfect the Liens created under the Collateral Documents and (z) those landlord consents required with respect to the leasehold mortgages required to be delivered hereunder. All applicable waiting periods in connection with the Transactions and the Amendment Transactions have expired without any action having been taken by any Governmental Authority restraining, preventing or imposing materially adverse conditions upon the Transactions and the Amendment Transactions or the rights of the Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries freely to transfer or otherwise dispose of, or to create any Lien on, any properties now owned or hereafter acquired by any of them.
(f) Binding Effect. This Guaranty has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered under the Credit Agreement, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party that is party thereto. This Guaranty constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other Laws relating to or affecting the Guarantor’s rights generally, general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at Law and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
(g) Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Guarantor, threatened, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Guarantor or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Guaranty, any other Loan Document or the consummation of the Transactions and the Amendment Transactions or (b) except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.06 of the Credit Agreement, as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(h) No Default. The Guarantor is not in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation that would, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
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expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement, this Guaranty or any other Loan Document.
(i) Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act. (a) The Guarantor is not engaged, and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. Following the application of the proceeds of each Borrowing or drawing under each Letter of Credit pursuant to the Credit Agreement, not more than 25% of the value of the assets of the Guarantor subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, Section 7.04 or Section 7.05 of the Credit Agreement or subject to any restriction contained in any agreement or instrument between the Guarantor and any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender relating to Indebtedness and within the scope of Section 8.01(e) of the Credit Agreement will be margin stock. (ii) None of the Guarantor, any Person Controlling the Guarantor, or any subsidiary of the Guarantor is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(j) Solvency. On the Amendment Effective Date, the Guarantor is, and after giving effect to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and the incurrence of the Indebtedness and obligations being incurred in connection herewith and therewith, will be, Solvent.
Section 7. Covenants (a) Affirmative Covenants. The Guarantor covenants and agrees that, so long as any part of the Guaranteed Obligations shall remain unpaid, any Letter of Credit shall be outstanding, any Lender Party shall have any Commitment or any Secured Hedge Agreement shall be in effect, the Guarantor will cause the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries to perform and observe, all of the terms, covenants and agreements set forth in the Credit Agreement on its or their part to be performed or observed or that the Borrower has agreed to cause its Subsidiaries to perform or observe.
(b) Negative Covenants. The Guarantor covenants and agrees that, so long as any part of the Guaranteed Obligations shall remain unpaid, any Letter of Credit shall be outstanding, any Lender Party shall have any Commitment or any Secured Hedge Agreement shall be in effect, the Guarantor will not, and will not cause or permit the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to, consummate a transaction that results in a Change of Control.
Section 8. Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty and no consent to any departure by the Guarantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by all of the Secured Parties (other than any Lender Party that is, at such time, a Defaulting Lender), (a) reduce or limit the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder, release the Guarantor hereunder or otherwise limit the Guarantor’s liability with respect to the Obligations owing to the Secured Parties under or in respect of the Loan Documents, (b) postpone any date fixed for payment hereunder or (c) change the number of Secured Parties or the percentage of (x) the Commitments, (y) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans or (z) the L/C Obligations that, in each case, shall be required for the Secured Parties or any of them to take any action hereunder.
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Section 9. Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile transmission, and, to the extent permitted under Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement, in an electronic medium as specified therein) and mailed, faxed or delivered to it, if to the Guarantor, addressed to it in care of the Borrower at the Borrower’s address specified in Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement, if to any Agent or any Lender Party, at its address specified in Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement, if to any Hedge Bank, at its address specified in the Secured Hedge Agreement to which it is a party, or, as to any party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party. All such notices and other communications shall, when mailed or faxed, be effective when deposited in the mails, transmitted by facsimile, respectively. Delivery by facsimile or by electronic transmission of a .pdf copy of an executed counterpart of a signature page to any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty to be executed and delivered hereunder shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart thereof.
Section 10. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies No failure by any Secured Party to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided, and provided under each other Loan Document, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
Section 11. Right of Set-off Upon any amount becoming due and payable hereunder (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), each Secured Party and its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Secured Party or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Guarantor or any other Credit Party against any and all of the obligations of the Guarantor or such Credit Party now or hereafter existing under this Guaranty or any other Loan Document to such Secured Party, irrespective of whether or not such Secured Party shall have made any demand under this Guaranty or any other Loan Document or are owed to a branch or office of such Secured Party different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The rights of each Secured Party and its Affiliates under this Section 11 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Secured Party or its Affiliates may have. Each Secured Party agrees to notify the Guarantor and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
Section 12. Indemnification (a) Without limitation on any other Obligations of the Guarantor or remedies of the Secured Parties under this Guaranty, the Guarantor shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify, defend and save and hold harmless each Secured Party and each of their Affiliates and their respective partners, officers, directors, employees,
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agents and advisors (each, an “Indemnified Party”) from and against, and shall pay on demand, any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, obligations, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs and expenses, joint or several, of any kind or nature (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel and one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction), 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 Loan Party enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with their terms, except to the extent such liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, claim, demand, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement is found in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, but without duplication, the applicable provisions of Section 10.04 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Guaranty mutatis mutandis.
(b) The Guarantor hereby also agrees that none of the Indemnified Parties shall have any liability (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) to the Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of their respective equity holders or creditors for or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and in the other Loan Documents, except to the extent such liability is determined in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Indemnified Party’s bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct. In no event, however, shall any Indemnified Party be liable to any Person on any theory of liability for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (including, without limitation, any loss of profits, business or and each such Loan Party’s respective anticipated savings). The Guarantor hereby waives, releases and agrees (each for itself and on behalf of each of its Subsidiaries) not to ▇▇▇ upon any such claim for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.
(c) Without prejudice to the survival of any of the other agreements of the Guarantor under this Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents, the agreements and obligations of the 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 The Guarantor hereby subordinates any and all debts, liabilities and other Obligations owed to the Guarantor by each other Loan 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 a Default (including the commencement and continuation of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Loan Party), the Guarantor may receive regularly scheduled payments from any other Loan Party on account of the Subordinated Obligations. After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default (including the commencement and continuation of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Loan Party), however, unless the Administrative Agent otherwise agrees, the Guarantor shall not demand, accept or take any action to collect any payment on account of the Subordinated Obligations.
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(b) Prior Payment of Guaranteed Obligations. In any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Loan Party, the Guarantor agrees that the Secured Parties shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of all Guaranteed Obligations (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 the Guarantor receives payment of any Subordinated Obligations.
(c) Turn-Over. After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default (including the commencement and continuation of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Loan Party), the Guarantor shall, if the Administrative Agent so requests, collect, enforce and receive payments on account of the Subordinated Obligations as trustee for the Secured Parties and deliver such payments to the Administrative Agent 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 the Guarantor under the other provisions of this Guaranty.
(d) Administrative Agent Authorization. After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default (including the commencement and continuation of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Loan Party), the Administrative Agent is authorized and empowered (but without any obligation to so do), in its discretion, (i) in the name of the 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 the 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 Administrative Agent for application to the Guaranteed Obligations (including any and all Post Petition Interest).
Section 14. Continuing Guaranty; Assignments under the Credit Agreement This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the latest of (i) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations, other than unmatured contingent indemnification obligations, and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, (ii) the Latest Maturity Date and (iii) the latest date of expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit and all Secured Hedge Agreements, (b) be binding upon the Guarantor, its successors and assigns and (c) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Secured Parties and their successors, transferees and permitted assigns. Without limiting the generality of clause (c) of the immediately preceding sentence, any Secured Party may assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, all or any portion of its Commitments, the Loans owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it) to any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Secured Party herein or otherwise, in each case as and to the extent provided in Section 10.06 of the Credit Agreement or such applicable provision in any Secured Hedge Agreement. The Guarantor shall not have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Secured Parties.
Section 15. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness This Guaranty may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single
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contract. This Guaranty and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. This Guaranty shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Guaranty by telecopy, or electronic transmission of a .pdf, shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Guaranty.
Section 16. Existing MLP Guaranty; Reaffirmation; No Novation
The Existing MLP Guaranty, as specifically amended, restated and replaced by this Guaranty shall continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed; provided that all obligations of the Guarantor thereunder shall be as set forth herein in this Guaranty and, on and after the date hereof, the Guarantor shall have no obligations in respect of the Existing MLP Guaranty, the Guarantor expressly acknowledging and agreeing that such obligations (including the Guaranteed Obligations) are now set forth in this Guaranty. Without limiting the foregoing, nothing in this Guaranty shall be deemed to constitute a novation of the Existing MLP Guaranty which, for the avoidance of doubt, on and after the date hereof, is and shall be as set forth in this Guaranty. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Guarantor hereby acknowledges, confirms and agrees that the Secured Obligations shall constitute obligations which are and continue to be guaranteed by this Guaranty.
Section 17. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc. GOVERNING LAW. THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. THE GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAWS, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO 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 OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST THE GUARANTOR OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
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(c) WAIVER OF VENUE. THE GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAWS, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION 17. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAWS, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
(d) SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 9. NOTHING IN THIS GUARANTY WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAWS.
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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 first above written.
| FORESIGHT ENERGY LP, a Delaware limited partnership | ||||
| By | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ | |||
| Name: | ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ | |||
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
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