Limited Guarantee December 15, 2006
Exhibit 7f
December 15, 2006
MacDermid, Incorporated
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Limited Guarantee is being delivered by Weston Presidio V, L.P. (the “Limited
Guarantee”) to MacDermid, Incorporated, a Connecticut corporation (the “Company”), in
connection with the execution of that Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as
it may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), between Matrix Acquisition
Corporation, a Connecticut corporation (“Merger Sub”), MDI Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“Parent”), and the Company, pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge into
the Company. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such
terms in the Merger Agreement.
The Limited Guarantor and the Company hereby agree as follows:
1. GUARANTEE. To induce the Company to enter into the Merger Agreement, the Limited
Guarantor hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and unconditionally guarantees to the Company, on the
terms and conditions set forth herein, due and punctual payment, performance and discharge of the
payment obligations or liabilities of each of Parent and Merger Sub under (a) Section
7.2(b) of the Merger Agreement (the “Parent Fee Obligation”) and (b) the last sentence
of Section 5.10 and Section 7.2(d) of the Merger Agreement (the “Other
Obligations”); provided that (a) in no event shall the liability of the Limited
Guarantor in respect of the Parent Fee Obligation exceed $4,950,000 (the “Cap”; the Parent
Fee Obligation, as limited by the Cap, collectively with the Other Obligations, the
“Obligations”), it being understood that the Company will not seek to enforce this Limited
Guarantee with respect to the Parent Fee Obligation without giving effect to the Cap, (b) in no
event shall Limited Guarantor be obligated to pay more than 15% of any Other Obligations arising
under the last sentence of Section 5.10 and (c) Limited Guarantor’s obligation to pay under
Section 7.2(d) shall be limited to its failure or delay to satisfy its portion of the
Parent Fee Obligation) . In furtherance of the foregoing, the Limited Guarantor acknowledges that
its liability under this Limited Guarantee shall extend to the Obligations and that the Company
may, in its sole discretion, bring and prosecute a separate action or actions against the Limited
Guarantor for the full amount of the Obligations, regardless of whether action is brought against
Parent, Merger Sub or any other guarantor or Person, whether Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person
is joined in any such action or actions or whether Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person were
primarily responsible for causing the payment obligations of Parent, Merger Sub or the Limited
Guarantor under the Merger Agreement.
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2. CHANGES IN OBLIGATIONS; CERTAIN WAIVERS. The Limited Guarantor agrees that the
Company may from time to time and at any time, without notice to or further consent of the Limited
Guarantor, extend the time of payment of any of the Obligations, and may also make any agreement
with Parent, Merger Sub or with any other Person interested in the transactions contemplated by the
Merger Agreement, for the payment, compromise, extension, discharge, renewal, or release thereof,
in whole or in part, or for any modification of the terms thereof or of any agreement between the
Company and Parent, Merger Sub or any such other Person without in any way impairing or affecting
the Limited Guarantor’s obligations under this Limited Guarantee. The Limited Guarantor agrees
that its obligations hereunder shall not be released or discharged, in whole or in part, or
otherwise affected by (a) the existence of any claim, set-off or other right which the Limited
Guarantor may have at any time against Parent or Merger Sub, whether in connection with the
Obligations or otherwise; (b) any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar
proceeding affecting Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person interested in the transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement; (c) the failure of the Company to assert any claim or demand
or to enforce any right or remedy against Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person interested in the
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; (d) any change in the corporate existence,
structure or ownership of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person interested in the transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement; (e) the addition, substitution or release of any Person to or
from this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, or any related agreement or document (provided
that any such addition, substitution or release shall be subject to the prior written consent of
Parent and Merger Sub to the extent required under the Merger Agreement); (f) the adequacy of any
other means the Company may have of obtaining payment of any of the Obligations; or (g) any change
in the time, place or manner of payment of any of the Obligations or any rescission, waiver,
compromise, consolidation or other amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of
the Merger Agreement or any other agreement evidencing, securing or otherwise executed in
connection with any of the Obligations (provided that any such change, rescission, waiver,
compromise, consolidation or other amendment or modification shall be subject to the prior written
consent of Parent and Merger Sub to the extent required under the Merger Agreement). To the
fullest extent permitted by law, the Limited Guarantor hereby expressly waives any and all rights
or defenses arising by reason of any law which would otherwise require any election of remedies by
the Company. The Limited Guarantor waives promptness, diligence, notice of the acceptance of this
Limited Guarantee and of the Obligations, presentment, demand for payment, notice of
non-performance, default, dishonor and protest, notice of any Obligations incurred and all other
notices of any kind (except for notices to be provided to Parent, Merger Sub and their counsel in
accordance with Section 8.7 of the Merger Agreement), any right to require the marshalling of
assets of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person interested in the transactions contemplated by the
Merger Agreement, all defenses which may be available by virtue of any valuation, stay, moratorium
law or other similar law now or hereafter in effect and all suretyship defenses generally (other
than fraud or willful misconduct by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, defenses to the payment
of the Obligations that are available to Parent and Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement or breach
by the Company of this Limited Guarantee). The Limit
ed Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive
substantial direct and indirect benefits from the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement
and that the waivers set forth in this Limited Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of
such benefits.
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The Limited Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any rights
that it may now have or hereafter acquire against Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person interested
in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement that arise from the existence, payment,
performance, or enforcement of the Limited Guarantor’s obligations under or in respect of this
Limited Guarantee or any other agreement in connection therewith, including, without limitation,
any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right
to participate in any claim or remedy of the Company against Parent, Merger Sub or such other
Person, 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 Parent, Merger Sub or
such other Person, 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
Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Limited Guarantee shall have been paid in full
in cash. If any amount shall be paid to the Limited Guarantor in violation of the immediately
preceding sentence at any time prior to the payment in full in cash of the Obligations and all
other amounts payable under this Limited Guarantee, such amount shall be received and held in trust
for the benefit of the Company, shall be segregated from other property and funds of the Limited
Guarantor and shall forthwith be paid or delivered to the Company in the same form as so received
(with any necessary endorsement or assignment) to be credited and applied to the Obligations and
all other amounts payable under this Limited Guarantee, in accordance with the terms of the Merger
Agreement, whether matured or unmatured, or to be held as collateral for any Obligations or other
amounts payable under this Limited Guarantee thereafter arising.
The Company is a party to and intended beneficiary of this Limited Guarantee. Except as
provided in the preceding sentence, this Limited Guarantee is solely for the benefit of Parent and
Limited Guarantor and is not intended to confer any benefits on, or create any rights in favor of,
any other Person or entity. This Limited Guarantee may not be amended or waived in any respect
that will reduce or otherwise modify the Limited Guarantor’s obligations under this Limited
Guarantee without the Company’s prior written consent. The Limited Guarantor hereby covenants and
agrees that it shall not institute, and shall cause its respective Affiliates not to institute, any
proceedings asserting and shall not in any case assert that this Limited Guarantee is illegal,
invalid or unenforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally, and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law). The Company hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not institute, and
shall cause its subsidiaries and Controlled Affiliates (as defined below) not to institute, and
shall instruct each affiliate that is not a Controlled Affiliate not to institute in the name of or
on behalf of the Company or any other person, any proceeding or bring any other claim arising
under, or in connection with, the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby,
against the Limited Guarantor, Parent, Merger Sub or the Limited Guarantor Representatives (as
defined below) except for claims against the Limited Guarantor under this Letter Agreement and
against any other limited guarantors under their letter agreements. For purposes of this Limited
Guarantee, “Controlled Affiliate” of any person means any affiliate that such person
directly or indirectly controls (within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) and, for
purposes of this Limited Guarantee, includes the directors and
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officers of such person. Anything to the contrary contained in this Limited Guarantee
notwithstanding, the Company hereby agrees that to the extent Parent, Merger Sub or any other
limited guarantor are relieved of their obligations under Section 5.10, Section 7.2(b) and Section
7.2(d) of the Merger Agreement (in the case of any other limited guarantor, other than because it
has satisfied its Obligations in full), the Limited Guarantor shall be similarly relieved of its
obligations under this Limited Guarantee.
3. NATURE OF GUARANTEE. The Company shall not be obligated to file any claim relating
to the Obligations in the event that Parent or Merger Sub becomes subject to a reorganization,
bankruptcy or similar proceeding, and the failure of the Company to so file shall not affect the
Limited Guarantor’s obligations under this Limited Guarantee. In the event that any payment to the
Company in respect of an Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason
whatsoever, the Limited Guarantor shall remain liable hereunder with respect to its Obligations as
if such payment had not been made (subject to the terms hereof). This is an unconditional
guarantee of payment, and not merely of collectibility.
4. NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE RIGHTS. No failure on the part of the Company to exercise,
and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof,
nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Company of any right, remedy or power hereunder
preclude any other or future exercise of any right, remedy or power. Each and every right, remedy
and power hereby granted to the Company or allowed it by law or other agreement shall be cumulative
and not exclusive of any other, and may be exercised by the Company at any time or from time to
time.
5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Limited Guarantor hereby represents and
warrants that:
(a) the execution, delivery and performance of this Limited Guarantee have been duly
authorized by all necessary action and do not contravene any provision of the Limited
Guarantor’s charter, partnership agreement, operating agreement or similar organizational
documents or any law, regulation, rule, decree, order, judgment or contractual restriction
binding on the Limited Guarantor or its assets;
(b) the Limited Guarantor has the financial capacity to pay and perform its obligations
under this Limited Guarantee, and all funds necessary for the Limited Guarantor to fulfill
its obligations under this Limited Guarantee shall be available to the Limited Guarantor for
so long as this Limited Guarantee shall remain in effect in accordance with Section 8
hereof;
(c) this Limited Guarantee constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Limited Guarantor enforceable against the Limited Guarantor in accordance with its terms;
and
(d) all consents, approvals, authorizations, permits of, filings with and notifications
to, any governmental authority necessary for the due execution, delivery and performance of
this Limited Guarantee by the Limited Guarantor have been obtained or
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made and all conditions thereof have been duly complied with, and no other action by,
and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required
in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Limited Guarantee.
6. NO ASSIGNMENT. Neither the Limited Guarantor nor the Company may assign its
rights, interests or obligations hereunder to any other Person (except by operation of law) without
the prior written consent of the Company or the Limited Guarantor, as the case may be; provided,
however, that the Limited Guarantor may assign all or a portion of its obligations hereunder to an
affiliate or to an entity managed or advised by an affiliate of the Limited Guarantor, provided
that no such assignment shall relieve the Limited Guarantor of any liability or obligation
hereunder except to the extent actually performed or satisfied by the assignee.
7. NOTICES. Any notice required to be given hereunder shall be sufficient if in
writing, and sent by facsimile transmission (provided that any notice received by facsimile
transmission or otherwise at the addressee’s location on any Business Day after 5:00 p.m.
(addressee’s local time) shall be deemed to have been received at 9:00 a.m. (addressee’s local
time) on the next Business Day), by reliable overnight delivery service (with proof of service),
hand delivery or certified or registered mail (return receipt requested and first-class postage
prepaid), addressed as follows:
if to Limited Guarantor, Parent or Merger Sub, then to:
Weston Presidio V, L.P.
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or to such other address as any party shall specify by written notice so given, and such
notice shall be deemed to have been delivered as of the date so telecommunicated or personally
delivered or three (3) Business Days after mailed. Any party to this Limited Guarantee may notify
any other party of any changes to the address or any of the other details specified in this
paragraph; provided, however, that such notification shall only be effective on the
date specified in such notice or five (5) Business Days after the notice is given, whichever is
later. Rejection or other refusal to accept or the inability to deliver because of changed address
of which no notice was given shall be deemed to be receipt of the notice as of the date of such
rejection, refusal or inability to deliver.
8. CONTINUING GUARANTEE. This Limited Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect
and shall be binding on the Limited Guarantor, its successors and assigns until the Obligations are
satisfied in full. The foregoing notwithstanding, this Limited Guarantee shall terminate and the
Limited Guarantor shall have no further obligations under this Limited Guarantee as of the earlier
of (i) the Effective Time (but only if Parent’s obligation pursuant to Section 2.2(a) of
the Merger Agreement shall have been performed in full) and (ii) the first anniversary of the
termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms if the Company has not presented a
claim for payment of any of the Obligations to Parent and Merger Sub or any Limited Guarantor by
such first anniversary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates asserts in any litigation or other proceeding that the
provisions of Section 1 hereof limiting the Limited Guarantor’s liability to the amount of the Cap
or the provisions of this Section 8 or Section 9 hereof are
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illegal, invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, or asserting any theory of liability
against the Limited Guarantor, the Limited Guarantor Representatives, Parent or the Parent
Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement other than
liability of the Limited Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee (as limited by the provisions of
Section 1), or if the Company fails to instruct any affiliate that is not a Controlled Affiliate
not to make any such assertion prior to such affiliate that is not a Controlled Affiliate actually
making such assertion, then (i) the obligations of the Limited Guarantor under this Letter
Agreement shall terminate ab initio and be null and void, (ii) if the Limited Guarantor has
previously made any payments under this Limited Guarantee, it shall be entitled to recover such
payments, and (iii) neither the Limited Guarantor nor any of its affiliates shall have any
liability to the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or
under this Limited Guarantee; provided, however, that if the Limited Guarantor
asserts in any litigation or other proceeding that this Limited Guarantee is illegal, invalid or
unenforceable in accordance with its terms, then, to the extent the Company prevails in such
litigation or proceeding, the Limited Guarantor shall pay on demand all reasonable fees and out of
pocket expenses of the Company in connection with such litigation or proceeding.
9. NO RECOURSE. Anything that may be expressed or implied in this Limited Guarantee
notwithstanding, the Company, by its acceptance hereof, acknowledges and agrees that (a)
notwithstanding that the signatory below is a partnership, no recourse hereunder or under any
documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith may be had against any officer, agent or
employee of the Limited Guarantor, its general partner, its management company or any other
guarantor or any partner or member of the Limited Guarantor, its general partner, its management
company or any director, officer, employee, partner, affiliate, assignee, or representative of the
foregoing (any such Person or entity, a “Representative”), whether by the enforcement of
any judgment or assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any statute,
regulation or other applicable law, and (b) no personal liability whatsoever will attach to, be
imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any of the Limited Guarantor’s Representatives under this
Limited Guarantee or any documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith or with the
Merger Agreement or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or by
their creation. Recourse against the Limited Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee and against
any other limited guarantor pursuant to the terms of their written limited guarantees delivered
contemporaneously herewith shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Company and all of its
subsidiaries and affiliates against the Limited Guarantor, the Limited Guarator Representatives,
Parent and Merger Sub in respect of any liabilities or obligations arising under, or in connection
with, the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby or hereby. Nothing set forth
in this Limited Guarantee shall be construed to confer or give to any person (including any person
acting in a representative capacity) other than the Company and the Limited Guarantor any rights or
remedies against any person other than the Company and the Limited Guarantor as expressly set forth
herein.
10. RELEASE. (a) By its acceptance of this Limited Guarantee, the Company hereby
covenants and agrees that (1) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, and
the Company agrees, to the maximum extent permitted by law, none of its affiliates, members,
securityholders or representatives, has or shall have any right of recovery under or in connection
with the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby or otherwise
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relating thereto, and to the extent that it has or obtains any such right, it, to the maximum
extent permitted by law, hereby waives (on its own behalf and on behalf of each of the
aforementioned persons) each and every such right against, and hereby releases, the Limited
Guarantor, Merger Sub, Parent and each of the former, current or future security holders,
directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates, members, managers, general or limited partners
or assignees and representatives of the Limited Guarantor and Merger Sub (collectively, the
“Released Persons”), from and with respect to any claim, known or unknown, now existing or
hereafter arising, in connection with any transaction contemplated by or otherwise relating to the
Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby, whether by or through attempted piercing
of the corporate, partnership or limited liability company veil, by or through a claim by or on
behalf of Merger Sub (or any other person) against any Released Person, or otherwise under any
theory of law or equity (the “Released Claims”), other than claims against the Limited
Guarantor pursuant to this Limited Guarantee for up to its Obligations; and (2) recourse against
the Limited Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee (and solely to the extent of the Limited
Guarantor’s Obligations) shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Company and the Company
agrees, to the maximum extent permitted by law, each of its affiliates and representatives, against
the Limited Guarantor and each Released Person in respect of any liabilities or obligations arising
under, or in connection with, the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby or
otherwise relating thereto. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that, it shall not institute,
directly or indirectly, and shall cause its Controlled Affiliates not to institute, and shall
instruct its affiliates that are not Controlled Affiliates not to institute, any proceeding or
bring any other claim arising under, or in connection with, the Merger Agreement or the
transactions contemplated thereby or otherwise relating thereto, against any Released Person except
claims against the Limited Guarantor (and solely to the extent of the Limited Guarantor’s
Obligations) under this Limited Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the
pursuit by the Company of a claim under this Limited Guarantee, the Company may pursue a
declaratory judgment claim against Merger Sub, but solely to the extent necessary to demonstrate
that Merger Sub has failed to perform its obligations under the Merger Agreement; provided,
that such claim by the Company does not seek any other remedy (including damages) against Merger
Sub.
(b) For all purposes of this Limited Guarantee, pursuit of a claim against a person by the
Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates or the failure of the Company
to instruct any affiliate that is not a Controlled Affiliate not to bring any claim in the name of
or on behalf of the Company prior to such affiliate that is not a Controlled Affiliate actually
pursuing such a claim, shall be deemed to be pursuit of a claim by the Company. A person shall be
deemed to have pursued a claim against another person if such first person brings a legal action
against such person, adds such other person to an existing legal proceeding, or otherwise asserts a
legal claim of any nature against such person.
(c) The Company acknowledges the Limited Guarantor is agreeing to enter into this Limited
Guarantee in reliance on the provisions set forth in this Section 10. This Section 10 shall
survive termination of this Limited Guarantee.
11. GOVERNING LAW. This Limited Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict of laws principles).
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12. JURISDICTION. In any action or proceeding between any of the parties arising out
of or relating to this Limited Guarantee or any of the transactions contemplated by this Limited
Guarantee, each of the parties hereto: (i) irrevocably and unconditionally consents and submits,
for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any Delaware state court or
the United States District Court for the District of Delaware; (ii) agrees that all claims in
respect of such action or proceeding must be commenced, and may be heard and determined,
exclusively in the aforementioned courts; (iii) waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and
effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any
such action or proceeding in the aforementioned courts; and (iv) waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or
proceeding in the aforementioned courts. 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. Each party to this Limited Guarantee
irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 7
of this Limited Guarantee. Nothing in this Limited Guarantee shall affect the right of any party
to this Limited Guarantee to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
13. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY
LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS LIMITED
GUARANTEE OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
14. COUNTERPARTS. This Limited Guarantee may be executed and delivered (including by
facsimile transmission) in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of
which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(Signature pages follow)
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| Very truly yours, | ||||
| WESTON PRESIDIO V L.P. | ||||
| By: | Weston Presidio Management V, LLC, its General Partner | |||
| By: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |||
| Name: Its: |
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Partner |
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| Acknowledged and accepted: | ||||
| MACDERMID, INCORPORATED | ||||
By: Name: |
/s/ Authorized Person
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