AMENDED AND RESTATED HOLDINGS GUARANTY AGREEMENT
Exhibit 4.2
EXECUTION COPY
AMENDED AND RESTATED
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED HOLDINGS GUARANTY AGREEMENT (this “Guaranty”), dated as of June 30, 2014, made by TRANSOCEAN LTD., a Swiss corporation registered in Zug, Switzerland (the “Guarantor”) and the sole shareholder of Transocean Inc., a Cayman Islands company (the “Borrower”), in favor of (i) the banks and other financial institutions that are parties to the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined) and each assignee thereof becoming a “Lender” as provided therein (the “Lenders”), (ii) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) under the terms of the Credit Agreement, and (iii) the Issuing Banks (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement) under the terms of the Credit Agreement (the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks being collectively referred to herein as the “Guaranteed Parties”);
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, certain banks and other lenders party thereto as “Lenders,” and the Administrative Agent entered into a certain Credit Agreement dated as of November 1, 2011, as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 23, 2013 (as so amended and in effect as of the date hereof, and including all schedules, exhibits, and supplements thereto, the “2011 Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Guarantor has previously executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent, pursuant to the terms of the 2011 Credit Agreement, the Holdings Guaranty Agreement dated as of November 1, 2011 (the “2011 Guaranty”), providing for the guarantee by the Guarantor of all Obligations (as defined in the 2011 Credit Agreement) from time to time owing by the Borrower under the 2011 Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents (as defined in the 2011 Credit Agreement);
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are entering into the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 30, 2014 (as the same may hereafter be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and including all schedules, exhibits and supplements thereto, the “Credit Agreement”; terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), which Credit Agreement amends and restates the 2011 Credit Agreement in its entirety to (i) increase the aggregate commitments of the Lenders thereunder, (ii) extend the termination date of the revolving credit facility evidenced thereby, and (iii) make other amendments and modifications to the 2011 Credit Agreement as set forth in the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Guarantor owns all of the outstanding shares of the Borrower;
WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Guarantor share an identity of interest as members of a consolidated group of companies engaged in substantially similar businesses;
WHEREAS, consummation of the transactions pursuant to the Credit Agreement will continue to facilitate expansion and enhance the overall financial strength and stability of the Borrower’s entire corporate group, including the Guarantor; and
WHEREAS, it is a condition under Section 4.1(a) of the Credit Agreement to the effectiveness of the Credit Agreement that the Guarantor amend and restate the 2011 Guaranty in its entirety by executing and delivering this Guaranty, and the Guarantor desires to execute and deliver this Guaranty to satisfy such condition;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and in order to satisfy the requirements of the Credit Agreement, and for Ten Dollars ($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration, the Guarantor hereby agrees as follows:
SECTION 1. Guaranty. The Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees the punctual payment when due, in lawful money of the United States of America, or in another currency as provided for in Section 3.2(a) of the Credit Agreement (the “Obligation Currency”), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all Revolving Loans, L/C Obligations, and all other Obligations (including, without limitation, all additional Obligations that may be owing following any increases in the Revolving Credit Commitments Amount pursuant to the Credit Agreement) owing by the Borrower to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks, or any of them, under the Credit Agreement, the Notes, and the other Credit Documents, including all renewals, extensions, increases, modifications and refinancings thereof, whether now or hereafter owing, and whether for principal, interest, fees, expenses or otherwise, and any and all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or the Administrative Agent in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty (collectively, the “Guaranteed Obligations”), including without limitation, all interest which, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, would accrue on any principal portion of the Guaranteed Obligations. Any and all payments by the Guarantor hereunder shall be made in the Obligation Currency free and clear of and without deduction for any set-off, counterclaim, or withholding so that, in each case, each Guaranteed Party will receive, after giving effect to any Taxes (other than Excluded Taxes), the full amount, in the Obligation Currency, that it would otherwise be entitled to receive with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations (but without duplication of amounts for Taxes already included in the Guaranteed Obligations). The Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that this is a guarantee of payment when due, and not of collection, and that this Guaranty may be enforced up to the full amount of the Guaranteed Obligations without proceeding against the Borrower, against any security for the Guaranteed Obligations, or under any other guaranty covering any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations.
SECTION 2. Guaranty Absolute. The Guarantor guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the Credit 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 Guaranteed Party with respect thereto. The liability of the Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be absolute and unconditional, with the same effect as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, in accordance with its terms and shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and shall not be released, suspended, discharged, terminated or otherwise affected by, any circumstance or occurrence whatsoever, including, without limitation, the following (whether or not the Guarantor consents thereto or has notice thereof):
(a) any change in the time, place or manner of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations, any waiver, indulgence, renewal, extension, amendment or modification of or addition, consent or supplement to or deletion from or any other action or inaction under or in respect of the Credit Agreement or the other Credit Documents, or any other documents, instruments or agreements relating to the Guaranteed Obligations or any other instrument or agreement referred to therein or any assignment or transfer of any thereof;
(b) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or the other Credit Documents, or any other document, instrument or agreement referred to therein or any assignment or transfer of any thereof;
(c) any furnishing to the Guaranteed Parties of any additional security for the Guaranteed Obligations, or any sale, exchange, release or surrender of, or realization on, any security for the Guaranteed Obligations;
(d) any settlement or compromise of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, any security therefor, or any liability of any other party with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, or any subordination of the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations to the payment of any other liability of the Borrower;
(e) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, composition, adjustment, dissolution, liquidation or other like proceeding relating to the Guarantor or the Borrower, or any action taken with respect to this Guaranty by any trustee or receiver, or by any court, in any such proceeding;
(f) any nonperfection of any security interest or lien on any collateral, or any amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any guaranty or security, for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(g) any application of sums paid by the Borrower or any other Person with respect to the liabilities of the Borrower to the Guaranteed Parties, regardless of what liabilities of the Borrower remain unpaid;
(h) any act or failure to act by any Guaranteed Party which may adversely affect the Guarantor’s subrogation rights, if any, against the Borrower to recover payments made under this Guaranty;
(i) any increase in the Guaranteed Obligations, whether resulting from any increases in the Revolving Credit Commitments Amount or any other actions by any parties to the Credit Documents; and
(j) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Guarantor.
If claim is ever made upon any Guaranteed Party for repayment or recovery of any amount or amounts received in payment or on account of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and any Guaranteed Party repays all or part of said amount by reason of (a) any judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative body having jurisdiction over the Guaranteed Party or any of its property (including, without limitation, in any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or insolvency proceeding), or (b) any settlement or compromise of any such claim effected by the Guaranteed Party with any such claimant (including the Borrower or the Guarantor, or any trustee or other representative for the Borrower or the Guarantor in any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or insolvency proceeding), then and in such event the Guarantor agrees that any such judgment, decree, order, settlement or compromise shall be binding on it, and notwithstanding any revocation hereof or the cancellation of the Credit Agreement, the other Credit Documents, or any other instrument evidencing any liability of the Borrower, all obligations of the Guarantor under this Guaranty shall remain in effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, and the Guarantor shall be and remain liable to the Guaranteed Party for the amounts so
repaid or recovered to the same extent as if such amount had never originally been paid to the Guaranteed Party.
SECTION 3. Waiver. The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Guaranty, notice of any liability to which it may apply, and further waive presentment, demand of payment, protest, notice of dishonor or nonpayment of any such liabilities, suit or taking of other action by the Guaranteed Parties against, and any other notice to, the Borrower or any other party liable with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations (including any other Person executing a guaranty of the obligations of the Borrower).
SECTION 4. Subrogation. The Guarantor shall not exercise any rights against the Borrower which it may acquire by way of subrogation, by any payment made hereunder or otherwise, until all the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been irrevocably paid in full and the Credit Agreement shall have been irrevocably terminated. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all the Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Guaranteed Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the Administrative Agent to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement. If (i) the Guarantor shall make payment to the Guaranteed Parties of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations and (ii) all the Guaranteed Obligations shall be irrevocably paid in full and the Credit Agreement irrevocably terminated, the Guaranteed Parties will, at the Guarantor’s request, 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 by the Guarantor.
SECTION 5. Severability. Any provision of this Guaranty which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 6. Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty nor consent to any departure by the Guarantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing executed by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 7. Notices. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be given in the manner specified in the Credit Agreement (i) in the case of the Administrative Agent, at the address specified for the Administrative Agent in the Credit Agreement, and (ii) in the case of the Guarantor, at the address specified for the Guarantor in this Guaranty.
SECTION 8. No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of the Administrative Agent or other Guaranteed Parties 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. No notice to or demand on the Guarantor in any case shall entitle the Guarantor to any other further notice or demand in any similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of the Administrative Agent or other Guaranteed Parties to any other or further action in any circumstances without notice or demand. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 9. Right of Set Off. In addition to and not in limitation of all rights of offset that the Administrative Agent or other Guaranteed Parties may have under applicable law, the
Administrative Agent or other Guaranteed Parties shall, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and whether or not the Administrative Agent or other Guaranteed Parties have made any demand or the Guaranteed Obligations are matured, have the right to appropriate and apply to the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, all deposits of the Guarantor (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) then or thereafter held by and other indebtedness or property then or thereafter owing by the Administrative Agent or other Guaranteed Parties to the Guarantor, whether or not related to this Guaranty or any transaction hereunder.
SECTION 10. Continuing Guaranty; Transfer of Obligations. This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (i) remain in full force and effect until payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty and the termination of the Credit Agreement, (ii) be binding upon the Guarantor, its successors and assigns, and (iii) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Guaranteed Parties.
SECTION 11. Governing Law; Appointment of Agent for Service of Process; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.
(A) THIS GUARANTY AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS, THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO, AND ANY CLAIMS, DISPUTES OR CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) ARISING THEREFROM OR RELATING THERETO, SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
(B) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT COMMENCE ANY ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR DESCRIPTION, WHETHER IN LAW OR EQUITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT OR OTHERWISE, AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER, ANY ISSUING BANK, OR ANY RELATED PARTY OF THE FOREGOING IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATING HERETO OR THERETO, IN ANY FORUM OTHER THAN 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 SUCH COURT, AND THE GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADJUDICATING AND ENFORCING ITS RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS, OR THE RIGHTS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND OTHER GUARANTEED PARTIES WITH RESPECT TO THIS GUARANTY AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. NOTHING IN THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER OR ANY ISSUING BANK MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY AGAINST THE GUARANTOR OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE GUARANTOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK FOR THE
PURPOSE OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION AS SET FORTH ABOVE AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ANY JUDGMENT RENDERED THEREBY IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH LITIGATION.
(C) THE GUARANTOR HEREBY (1) IRREVOCABLY DESIGNATES CAPITOL SERVICES, INC., ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, AS THE DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE AND AGENT OF THE GUARANTOR TO RECEIVE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE GUARANTOR, SERVICE OF PROCESS IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT HERETO, AND (2) IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS, BY REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, OR BY PERSONAL SERVICE WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OR BY NOTICE GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 10.7 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT IN ANY SUCH LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING. NOTHING IN THIS GUARANTY WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
(D) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE GUARANTOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY HAVE OR HEREAFTER MAY HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT REFERRED TO ABOVE AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH LITIGATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. TO THE EXTENT THAT THE GUARANTOR HAS OR HEREAFTER MAY ACQUIRE ANY IMMUNITY FROM JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER THROUGH SERVICE OF NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID OF EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY, THE GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SUCH IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS GUARANTY.
(E) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (1) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (2) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO AND ACCEPT THIS GUARANTY AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION AND IN THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.
SECTION 12. Borrower Activities and Use of Proceeds.
(a) The Guarantor will:
(1) ensure that the Borrower maintains its incorporation, day-to-day management and all board of directors meetings of the Borrower outside of Switzerland;
(2) not permit the Borrower to use the proceeds of any Revolving Loans or Letters of Credit made available to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement for any financing activities in Switzerland (other than dividends, distributions, equity contributions and other activities as described in clauses (3)(iii), (iv) and (v) below) or for any other purpose that would cause payments under the Credit Agreement or other Credit Documents to be subject to Swiss Withholding Taxes or Swiss Stamp Taxes; and
(3) not permit any direct or indirect flow-back of proceeds of any Revolving Loans or Letters of Credit made available to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement to the Guarantor or any Swiss Group Company, it being understood for purposes of interpreting this clause (3), that
(i) a direct flow-back will be deemed to occur if the Borrower grants a loan or other extension of credit to a Swiss Group Company from the proceeds of Revolving Loans or Letters of Credit made available to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement;
(ii) an indirect flow-back will be deemed to occur if the Borrower first transfers proceeds of Revolving Loans or Letters of Credit made available to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement to one or more other Subsidiaries or other Persons, which would then make such proceeds of Revolving Loans or Letters of Credit available to a Swiss Group Company through a loan or other extension of credit;
(iii) equity contributions of rigs, financed with proceeds of Revolving Loans or Letters of Credit made available to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, made to Swiss Group Companies for the purpose of leasing such equipment to lessees outside Switzerland, will not be deemed to be an unpermitted flow-back of such proceeds of Revolving Loans or Letters of Credit to such Swiss Group Companies, so long as such transactions are effected in a manner consistent with the Swiss FTA Ruling or other tax ruling in effect as described in clause (v) below;
(iv) future dividend distributions from the Borrower to the Guarantor will not be deemed to be an unpermitted flow-back of funds to the Guarantor or other Swiss Group Company; and
(v) notwithstanding the provisions in clauses (i) and (ii) above, to the extent that the Borrower or the Guarantor has furnished to the Administrative Agent, with respect to any proposed use of proceeds of Revolving Loans or Letters of Credit to be made available to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, a tax ruling (including the Swiss FTA Ruling) or other evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that such use would not result in any payments under the Credit Agreement or other Credit Documents being subject to any Swiss Withholding Tax or Swiss Stamp Tax, then such use will not be deemed to be an unpermitted flow-back of proceeds of Revolving Loans or Letters of Credit;
provided, however, that if as a result of any change in applicable Swiss tax laws or regulations or any rulings or interpretations thereof, any uses of proceeds of Revolving Loans or Letters of Credit made available to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement described in clauses (iii), (iv) or (v) above are of a type determined to be unpermitted flow-back of such proceeds of Revolving Loans or Letters of
Credit, then in such event the Guarantor shall not permit any such use of proceeds of Revolving Loans or Letters of Credit to be effected.
(b) The Guarantor or the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent prompt written notice if the Guarantor or the Borrower becomes aware that any payments under the Credit Agreement or other Credit Documents have become subject to Swiss Withholding Tax or Swiss Stamp Tax. If any determination is made that any such payments have become subject to Swiss Withholding Tax or Swiss Stamp Tax (such determination to be deemed to have occurred upon (i) the Guarantor’s or the Borrower’s giving of such notice to the Administrative Agent as described in the preceding sentence, (ii) the Administrative Agent receiving notice thereof from any Swiss tax or other governmental authorities, or any opinion to such effect from Swiss tax counsel or accounting firm, or (iii) the failure of the Guarantor or the Borrower to provide, at least quarterly, a certification to the effect that no such payments have become subject to Swiss Withholding Tax or Swiss Stamp Tax), then in such event at the written request of the Administrative Agent, the Guarantor shall ensure that the Borrower establishes and maintains at all times with the Administrative Agent a Collateral Account holding Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to pay all such taxes that the Administrative Agent determines may become payable for a period of the following three months, pursuant to such Collateral Account documentation as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require. The Guarantor acknowledges that the failure of the Borrower to have established such Collateral Account within fifteen (15) Business Days after such request by the Administrative Agent shall constitute an Event of Default under the terms of the Credit Agreement. Any Cash Collateral so held in such Collateral Account shall be subject to release by the Administrative Agent upon its receipt of a tax ruling or other evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to the effect that no payments under the Credit Agreement or other Credit Documents remain subject to Swiss Withholding Tax or Swiss Stamp Tax.
SECTION 13. Judgment Currency. The Guarantor’s obligation hereunder to make payments in the Obligation Currency shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender or recovery pursuant to any judgment expressed in or converted into any currency other than the Obligation Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery results in the effective receipt by the Guaranteed Parties of the full amount of the Obligation Currency expressed to be payable under this Guaranty or the Credit Agreement. If for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against the Guarantor in any court or in any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into or from any currency other than the Obligation Currency an amount due in the Obligation Currency, the conversion shall be made in accordance with Section 10.18 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 14. Automatic Acceleration in Certain Events. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 7.1(f) or (g) of the Credit Agreement, all Guaranteed Obligations shall automatically become immediately due and payable by the Guarantor, without notice or other action on the part of the Administrative Agent or other Guaranteed Parties, and regardless of whether payment of the Guaranteed Obligations by the Borrower has then been accelerated.
SECTION 15. Credit Agreement.
(a) The Guarantor hereby represents and warrants as to itself and the other Members of the Consolidated Group that all representations and warranties relating to it and the other Members of the Consolidated Group contained in Article 5 of the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 5.5(a) of the Credit Agreement) are true and correct.
(b) The Guarantor hereby agrees to observe and perform, and to cause the other Members of the Consolidated Group to observe and perform, all requirements, covenants, agreements, and other obligations applicable to the Guarantor or the other Members of the Consolidated Group
pursuant to the Credit Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof (including without limitation, the provisions of Sections 3.3, 6.9(c), 10.6 and 10.14 of the Credit Agreement). Without limiting the foregoing, the Guarantor acknowledges that it is a “Loan Party” as provided in the Credit Agreement, and agrees to pay all amounts and perform all obligations as such Loan Party as set forth in Section 3.3 of the Credit Agreement.
(c) The undersigned officer of the Guarantor, in his capacity as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Guarantor, acknowledges and confirms that he has authorized the final terms of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 16. Indemnity and Subrogation. In addition to all such rights of indemnity and subrogation as the Guarantor may have under applicable law (but subject to Section 4 hereof), the Borrower agrees that (i) in the event a payment shall be made on behalf of the Borrower by the Guarantor hereunder, the Borrower shall indemnify the Guarantor for the full amount of such payment and the Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the person to whom such payment shall have been made to the extent of such payment, and (ii) in the event any assets of the Guarantor shall be sold to satisfy a claim of any Guaranteed Party hereunder, the Borrower shall indemnify the Guarantor in an amount equal to the greater of the book value or the fair market value of the assets so sold.
SECTION 17. Information. The Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Borrower’s financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that the Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that none of the Guaranteed Parties will have any duty to advise the Guarantor of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.
SECTION 18. Survival of Agreement. All agreements, representations and warranties made herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Guaranty, the Credit Agreement, the advance of all Borrowings, the issuance of all Letters of Credit, and the execution and delivery of the Notes and the other Credit Documents.
SECTION 19. Counterparts. This Guaranty and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 20. Currency of Payment. All payments to be made by the Guarantor hereunder shall be made in the applicable currency as provided in Section 10.18 of the Credit Agreement and, in the case of any required conversion of any currency, shall be determined, and the related amounts calculated, in the manner provided in Section 10.18 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 21. Amendment and Restatement of 2011 Guaranty. This Guaranty continues in effect the 2011 Guaranty, and the 2011 Guaranty shall be amended and restated in its entirety by the terms and provisions of this Guaranty, which shall supersede the terms and provisions of the 2011 Guaranty as of the Restatement Effective Date. This Guaranty is not intended to, and shall not, constitute a novation of any obligations of the Guarantor under the 2011 Guaranty, or a waiver or release of any such obligations of the Guarantor under the 2011 Guaranty, based on any facts or events occurring or existing at or prior to the execution and delivery of this Guaranty.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.
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JUNE, 2014, BY THE |
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT: |
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., |
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as Administrative Agent |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Managing Director |
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO HOLDINGS GUARANTY AGREEMENT]