Guarantee Limitations The limitations applicable to the Guarantees, as set forth in Section 209 of the Indenture, will apply to the Guarantees issued hereunder; provided, however, that any further limitations, or any amendments or modifications to such Guarantees or limitations thereon, shall be set forth in an additional supplemental indenture, in each case in accordance with the Indenture.
Guaranty; Limitation of Liability (a) Each Guarantor jointly and severally, 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 Secured Obligations of each other Loan Party now or hereafter existing (including, without limitation, any extensions, modifications, substitutions, amendments or renewals of any or all of the Secured Obligations) whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal, reimbursement obligations, interest (including Post Petition Interest), premiums, fees, indemnities, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise (all of the foregoing being hereafter collectively referred to as the “Guaranteed Obligations”), and agrees to pay any and all expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty or any other Loan Document or any Secured Hedge Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by any other Loan Party to any Secured Party under or in respect of the Loan Documents, the Secured Cash Management Agreements or the Secured Hedge Agreements 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) Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of this Guaranty, the Administrative Agent and each other Secured Party, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such Persons that this Guaranty and the Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any Debtor Relief Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law to the extent applicable to this Guaranty and the Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Administrative Agent, the other Secured Parties and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the Obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as will result in the Obligations of such Guarantor under this Guaranty not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance (after taking into account the provisions of Section 8.01(c)).
(c) Each 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 any other guaranty, such Guarantor will contribute, to the maximum extent permitted by law, such amounts to each other Guarantor and each other guarantor so as to maximize the aggregate amount paid to the Secured Parties under or in respect of the Loan Documents. This Guaranty constitutes a guaranty of payment and performance when due and not merely a guaranty of collection, and each Guarantor specifically agrees that it shall not be necessary or required that any Secured Party exercise any right, assert any claim or demand or enforce any remedy whatsoever against any Loan Party or any other Person before or as a condition to the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.
Limitation on Guarantors’ Liability Each Guarantor by its acceptance hereof and each Holder of a Security entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the guarantee by such Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any federal or state law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, each Holder of a Security entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably agrees that the obligations of each Guarantor under the Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor and to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under the Guarantee, not result in the obligations of such Guarantor under the Guarantee constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law.
Guaranty Obligations Unless otherwise specified, the amount of any Guaranty Obligation shall be the lesser of the principal amount of the obligations guaranteed and still outstanding and the maximum amount for which the guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guaranty Obligation.
Limitation on Guarantee Obligations Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Guarantee Obligation except:
(a) Guarantee Obligations in existence on the Closing Date and listed in Schedule 8.4(a), and any refinancings, refundings, extensions or renewals thereof, provided that the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall not be increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, extension or renewal except to the extent that the amount of Indebtedness in respect of such Guarantee Obligations is permitted to be increased by subsection 8.2(o);
(b) Guarantee Obligations for performance, bid, appeal, judgment, replevin and similar bonds and suretyship arrangements, all in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Guarantee Obligations in respect of indemnification and contribution agreements expressly permitted by subsection 8.10(iv) or similar agreements by the Parent Borrower;
(d) Reimbursement Obligations in respect of the Letters of Credit or reimbursement obligations in respect of any other letters of credit permitted under subsection 8.2;
(e) Guarantee Obligations in respect of third-party loans and advances to officers or employees of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (i) for travel and entertainment expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) for relocation expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, or (iii) for other purposes in an aggregate amount so long as all Guarantee Obligations incurred under this paragraph (e), together with the aggregate amount of all Investments permitted under subsection 8.8(e) (other than clause (iv) thereof), does not exceed $5,000,000 outstanding at any time;
(f) obligations to insurers required in connection with worker’s compensation and other insurance coverage incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(g) obligations of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries under any Interest Rate Protection Agreements (other than those entered into for speculative purposes) or under Permitted Hedging Arrangements;
(h) Guarantee Obligations incurred in connection with acquisitions permitted under subsection 8.9, provided that if any such Guarantee Obligation inures to the benefit of any Person other than the Person from whom such acquisition is made or any Affiliate thereof, such Guarantee Obligation shall not exceed, with respect to any such acquisition, 70% of the purchase price of such acquisition (including any Indebtedness assumed in connection with any such acquisition) (or such greater percentage as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the U.S. Administrative Agent or, if any such purchase price shall be greater than $75,000,000, such greater percentage shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders);
(i) guarantees made by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of obligations of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to subsections 8.2(b), (c), (d), (j), (k) and (q)) which obligations are otherwise permitted under this Agreement;
(j) Guarantee Obligations in connection with sales or other dispositions permitted under subsection 8.6, including indemnification obligations with respect to leases, and guarantees of collectability in respect of accounts receivable or notes receivable for up to face value;
(k) Guarantee Obligations incurred pursuant to the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any Canadian Security Document or otherwise in respect of Indebtedness permitted by subsection 8.2(a);
(l) Guarantee Obligations in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to subsections 8.2(b), (c) and (d), provided that (x) if any such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of any Loan Party hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then any corresponding Guarantee Obligations are subordinated to Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this Agreement and other Loan Documents to substantially the same extent, (y) Guarantee Obligations in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to subsections 8.2(b) and 8.2(d) shall be permitted only so long as such Guarantee Obligations are incurred only by Guarantors or Borrowers and (z) Guarantee Obligations in respect of Assumed Indebtedness permitted pursuant to subsection 8.2(c) shall be permitted to the extent no additional guarantors of such Indebtedness are added following the Closing Date;
(m) accommodation guarantees for the benefit of trade creditors of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(n) Guarantee Obligations in respect of Indebtedness or other obligations of a Person in connection with a joint venture or similar arrangement in respect of which no other co-investor or other Person has a greater legal or beneficial ownership interest than the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and as to all of such Persons does not at any time exceed $20,000,000 in aggregate principal amount; provided that such amount shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of Investments permitted by subsection 8.8(k); and
(o) Guarantee Obligations of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to subsection 8.2(q); provided that the aggregate amount of such Guarantee Obligations outstanding pursuant to this clause (o), when aggregated with (i) all dividends made pursuant to paragraph 8.7(k), (ii) all Investments (determined as the amount originally advanced, loaned or otherwise invested, less any returns on the respective Investment) outstanding pursuant to paragraphs 8.8(k) and (o), (iii) all cash consideration paid in respect of acquisitions pursuant to paragraph 8.9(b)(iii) and (iv) all optional prepayments made pursuant to subsection 8.13(f) do not at any time exceed $100,000,000.
Limitations of contractual liability No Party shall be responsible to any other Party for any indirect or consequential loss or similar damage such as, but not limited to, loss of profit, loss of revenue or loss of contracts, provided such damage was not caused by a willful act or by a breach of confidentiality. For any remaining contractual liability, a Party’s aggregate liability towards the other Parties collectively shall be limited to the Party’s share of the total costs of the Project as identified in Project Contract, provided such damage was not caused by a willful act or gross negligence. The terms of the Partnership Agreement shall not be construed to amend or limit any Party’s statutory liability.
GUARANTEE CONDITIONS 4.1 The performance certification requirements for the Aircraft, except where otherwise noted, will be as stated in Section 02 of the Standard Specification.
4.2 For the determination of JAR take-off and landing performance a hard dry level runway surface with no runway strength limitations, no line-up allowances, no obstacles, zero wind, atmosphere according to ISA, except as otherwise noted, and the use of speed brakes, flaps, landing gear and engines in the conditions liable to provide the best results will be assumed.
4.2.1 When establishing take-off and second segment performance no air will be bled from the engines for cabin air conditioning or anti-icing.
Guaranty Provisions (a) In consideration of loans, advances or disbursements heretofore or hereafter granted by CoBank to the Borrowers pursuant to the CoBank Loan Agreement or otherwise and for other good and valuable consideration, the adequacy, sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, Guarantor hereby absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably, completely and immediately guarantees the prompt payment of, when due, whether by acceleration or Continuing Guaranty/Knology Broadband, Inc. Loan No. ML0883T1 otherwise, and the prompt payment and performance of the CoBank Loan Agreement Obligations, subject to the provisions set forth herein. The liability of Guarantor hereunder shall not be reduced as a result of amounts collected pursuant to any other guaranty, but shall be determined with reference to the amount of CoBank Loan Agreement Obligations prior to collection from any party other than the Borrowers;
(b) Subject to the provisions set forth herein, Guarantor further agrees to pay to CoBank, upon demand, (i) all losses and reasonable costs and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, incurred in attempting to cause the CoBank Loan Agreement Obligations to be paid, performed or otherwise satisfied or in attempting to protect or preserve any property, personal or real, securing the CoBank Loan Agreement Obligations and (ii) all losses and reasonable costs and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, incurred in enforcing or endeavoring to enforce this Guaranty and any other CoBank Loan Document to which Guarantor is a party or in attempting to protect or preserve property pledged under any CoBank Loan Document to which Guarantor is a party;
(c) Subject to the provisions set forth herein, Guarantor expressly guarantees, within its maximum liability hereunder, any sum or sums which become due and owing to CoBank as a result of any order of a bankruptcy court which requires CoBank to turn over moneys paid by the Borrowers, Guarantor or any other person to CoBank on account of the CoBank Loan Agreement Obligations;
(d) Guarantor assents to all terms and agreements heretofore or hereafter made by the Borrowers, any of their subsidiaries or any other guarantor of the Borrowers with CoBank;
(e) Guarantor hereby consents to the following and agrees that its liability will not be affected or impaired by (i) the exchange, release or surrender of any collateral to the Borrowers or any other person, including any other guarantor, pledgor or grantor, or the waiver, release or subordination of any security interest, in whole or in part; (ii) the waiver or delay in the exercise of any of CoBank's rights or remedies against the Borrowers or any other person, including any other guarantor; (iii) the release of the Borrowers or any other person, including any other person guaranteeing any portion of the CoBank Loan Agreement Obligations; (iv) the renewal, extension or modification of the terms of any of the CoBank Loan Agreement Obligations or any instrument or agreement evidencing the same;
(f) Guarantor waives acceptance hereof, notice of acceptance hereof, and notice of acceleration of and intention to accelerate the CoBank Loan Agreement Obligations, and waives presentment, demand, protest, notice of dishonor, notice of default, notice of nonpayment or protest in relation to any instrument evidencing any of the CoBank Loan Agreement Obligations, and any other demands and notices required by law except as such waiver may be expressly prohibited by law;
(g) This is a guaranty of payment and performance and not of collection. Subject to the provisions set forth herein, the liability of Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be absolute, unconditional, direct, complete and immediate and shall not be contingent upon the pursuit of Continuing Guaranty/Knology Broadband, Inc. Loan No. ML0883T1 any remedies against the Borrowers or any other guarantor or person, nor against any security or lien available to CoBank, its successors, successors-in-title, endorsees or assigns. Guarantor waives any right to require that an action be brought against the Borrowers or any other person or to require that resort be had to any security. In the event of a default under the CoBank Loan Documents, or any of them, CoBank shall have the right to enforce its rights, powers and remedies under any of the CoBank Loan Documents, in any order, and all rights, powers and remedies available to CoBank in such event shall be nonexclusive and cumulative of all other rights, powers and remedies provided thereunder (including, without limitation, under the Companion Guaranty) or hereunder or by law or in equity. Accordingly, Guarantor hereby authorizes and empowers CoBank upon acceleration of the maturity of the Note or any other CoBank Loan Agreement Obligation, at its sole discretion, and without notice to Guarantor, to exercise any right or remedy which CoBank may have or any right or remedy hereinafter granted which CoBank may have as to any security, subject to the provisions set forth herein. Guarantor expressly waives any right to require any action on the part of CoBank to proceed to collect amounts due under the Note or any other CoBank Loan Agreement Obligation;
(h) Until the CoBank Loan Agreement Obligations are paid in full, Guarantor hereby subordinates any and all indebtedness of any Borrower now or hereafter owed to Guarantor to all CoBank Loan Agreement Obligations of the Borrowers to CoBank, and agrees with CoBank that, from and after the occurrence of a default or event of default under any of the CoBank Loan Documents and for so long as such default or event of default exists, Guarantor shall not demand or accept any payment of principal or interest from the Borrowers, shall not claim any offset or other reduction of Guarantor's liability hereunder because of any such indebtedness and shall not take any action to obtain any of the security for the CoBank Loan Agreement Obligations; provided, however, that, if CoBank so requests, such indebtedness shall be collected, enforced and received by Guarantor as trustee for CoBank and be paid over to CoBank on account of the CoBank Loan Agreement Obligations of the Borrowers to CoBank, but without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability of Guarantor under the other provisions of this Guaranty;
(i) Guarantor hereby authorizes CoBank, without notice to Guarantor, to apply all payments and credits received from the Borrowers or from any guarantor or realized from any security in such manner and in such priority as CoBank in its sole judgment shall see fit to the CoBank Loan Agreement Obligations which are the subject of this Guaranty;
(j) The liability of Guarantor under this Guaranty shall not in any manner be affected by reason of any action taken or not taken by CoBank, which action or inaction is consented and agreed to by Guarantor, nor by the partial or complete unenforceability or invalidity of any other guaranty (including, without limitation, under the Companion Guaranty) or surety agreement, pledge, assignment, or other security for any of the CoBank Loan Agreement Obligations. No delay in making demand on Guarantor for satisfaction of its liability hereunder shall prejudice CoBank's right to enforce such satisfaction. All of CoBank's rights and remedies shall be cumulative and any failure of CoBank to exercise any right hereunder shall not be construed as a waiver of the right to exercise the same or any other right at any time, and from time to time, thereafter; Continuing Guaranty/Knology Broadband, Inc. Loan No. ML0883T1
(k) This Guaranty shall be a continuing one and shall be binding upon Guarantor regardless of how long before or after the date hereof the CoBank Loan Agreement Obligations are incurred. This Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect until a written instrument of termination shall be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of CoBank. CoBank will only be obligated to execute such an instrument of termination if: (i) all CoBank Loan Agreement Obligations have been paid in full and (ii) CoBank has no further commitment or obligation to extend credit to the Borrowers. If so terminated, this Guaranty and Guarantor's obligations hereunder shall be automatically reinstated if at any time payment in whole or in part of any of the CoBank Loan Agreement Obligations is rescinded or restored to the Borrowers or other payor, or must be paid to any other person, upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution or reorganization of the Borrowers or other payor, all as though such payment has not been made; and
(l) Until the CoBank Loan Agreement Obligations are paid finally and in full, or this Guaranty is released as provided herein, Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any and all rights it may have to enforce any of CoBank's rights or remedies or participate in any security now or hereafter held by CoBank, and any and all such other rights of subrogation, reimbursement, contribution or indemnification against the Borrowers or any other person having any manner of liability for the Borrowers' obligations to CoBank, whether or not arising hereunder, by agreement, at law or in equity.
Foreign Subsidiaries Security If following a change in the relevant sections of the Code or the regulations, rules, revenue rulings, notices or other official pronouncements issued or promulgated thereunder, counsel for Silgan reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent does not within 30 days after a request from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders deliver a written opinion or other evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary directly owned by Silgan or another US Credit Party which has not already had all of its stock pledged pursuant to the US Pledge Agreement (other than of any Excluded Entity (as defined in the US Pledge Agreement)) that (i) a pledge of 66-2/3% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of capital stock of such Foreign Subsidiary entitled to vote to secure the Obligations of the US Credit Parties (as opposed to the Obligations of a Foreign Credit Party, including, for this purpose, any guaranty of such Obligations by a US Credit Party), (ii) the entering into by such Foreign Subsidiary of a pledge agreement substantially in the form of the US Pledge Agreement to secure the Obligations of the US Borrowers and of such Foreign Subsidiary under the US Borrowers/Subsidiaries Guaranty and (iii) the entering into by such Foreign Subsidiary of a guaranty in substantially the form of the US Borrowers/Subsidiaries Guaranty guaranteeing the Obligations of the US Borrowers, in any such case could reasonably be expected to cause the undistributed earnings of such Foreign Subsidiary as determined for US Federal income tax purposes to be treated as a deemed dividend to such Foreign Subsidiary’s United States parent for Federal income tax purposes, then, except during a Collateral Release Period, (A) in the case of a failure to deliver the evidence described in clause (i) above, that portion of such Foreign Subsidiary’s outstanding capital stock so issued by such Foreign Subsidiary not theretofore pledged pursuant to the US Pledge Agreement to secure the Obligations of the US Credit Parties shall be pledged to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors pursuant to the US Pledge Agreement, (B) in the case of a failure to deliver the evidence described in clause (ii) above, such Foreign Subsidiary shall execute and deliver the US Pledge Agreement (or another pledge agreement in substantially similar form, if needed, including by amending or otherwise modifying the comparable Foreign Security Document), granting to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors a security interest in all of such Foreign Subsidiary’s capital stock or the capital stock directly owned by such Foreign Subsidiary in the Material Subsidiaries of such Foreign Subsidiary organized in the same jurisdiction as such Foreign Subsidiary, as the case may be, and securing the Obligations of the US Borrowers and, in the event the US Borrowers/Subsidiaries Guaranty shall have been executed by such Foreign Subsidiary, the obligations of such Foreign Subsidiary thereunder, and (C) in the case of a failure to deliver the evidence described in clause (iii) above, such Foreign Subsidiary shall execute and deliver the US Borrowers/Subsidiaries Guaranty (or another guaranty in substantially similar form, if needed), guaranteeing the Obligations of the US Borrowers, in each case to the extent that the entering into of the US Pledge Agreement or the US Borrowers/Subsidiaries Guaranty (or substantially similar documents) is permitted by the laws of the respective foreign jurisdiction (after complying with any “whitewash” or other applicable proceedings) and with all documents delivered pursuant to this Section 8.10 to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Limitation on Guarantor Liability Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
