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.
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 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.
Cross-Guaranty Each Borrower hereby agrees that such Borrower is jointly and severally liable for, and hereby absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to Agent and Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, the full and prompt payment (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) and performance of, all Obligations owed or hereafter owing to Agent and Lenders by each other Borrower. Each Borrower agrees that its guaranty obligation hereunder is a continuing guaranty of payment and performance and not of collection, that its obligations under this Section 12 shall not be discharged until payment and performance, in full, of the Obligations has occurred, and that its obligations under this Section 12 shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and unaffected by,
(a) the genuineness, validity, regularity, enforceability or any future amendment of, or change in, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, document or instrument to which any Borrower is or may become a party;
(b) the absence of any action to enforce this Agreement (including this Section 12) or any other Loan Document or the waiver or consent by Agent and Lenders with respect to any of the provisions thereof;
(c) the existence, value or condition of, or failure to perfect its Lien against, any security for the Obligations or any action, or the absence of any action, by Agent and Lenders in respect thereof (including the release of any such security);
(d) the insolvency of any Credit Party; or
(e) any other action or circumstances that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor. Each Borrower shall be regarded, and shall be in the same position, as principal debtor with respect to the Obligations guaranteed 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.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The Company irrevocably (a) submits to the jurisdiction of any court of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan or any federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the purpose of any suit, action, or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement, or any of the agreements or transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (each, a “Proceeding”), (b) agrees that all claims in respect of any Proceeding may be heard and determined in any such court, (c) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any immunity from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process therein, (d) agrees not to commence any Proceeding other than in such courts, and (e) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claim that such Proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum. THE COMPANY (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS RESPECTIVE EQUITY HOLDERS AND CREDITORS) HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND THE PROSPECTUS.
GUARANTOR'S WAIVERS (a) Guarantor waives any right to require WFBC to: (i) proceed against any Obligor or any other Person; (ii) marshal assets or proceed against or exhaust any security granted by any Obligor or any other Person; (iii) give notice of the terms, time and place of any public or private sale or other disposition of personal property security granted by any Obligor or any other Person; (iv) take any other action or pursue any other remedy in WFBC’s power; or (v) make any presentment or demand for performance, or give any notice of nonperformance, protest, notice of protest or notice of dishonor hereunder or in connection with any obligations or evidences of indebtedness held by WFBC as security for or which constitute in whole or in part the Obligations guaranteed hereunder, or in connection with the creation of new or additional Obligations.
(b) Guarantor waives any defense to its obligations hereunder based upon or arising by reason of: (i) any disability or other defense of any Obligor or any other Person; (ii) the cessation or limitation from any cause whatsoever, other than payment in full, of the Obligations or the indebtedness of any other Person; (iii) any lack of authority of any officer, director, partner, agent or any other Person acting or purporting to act on behalf of any Obligor, if it is a corporation, partnership or other type of entity, or any defect in the formation of any Obligor; (iv) the application by any Obligor of the proceeds of any Obligations for purposes other than the purposes represented by such Obligor to, or intended or understood by, WFBC or Guarantor; (v) any act or omission by WFBC which directly or indirectly results in or aids the discharge of any Obligor or any portion of the Obligations by operation of law or otherwise, or which in any way impairs or suspends any rights or remedies of WFBC against any Obligor; (vi) any impairment of the value of any interest in any security for the Obligations or any portion thereof, including without limitation, the failure to obtain or maintain perfection or recordation of any interest in any such security, the release of any such security without substitution, or the failure to preserve the value of, or to comply with applicable law in disposing of, any such security; (vii) any modification of the Obligations, in any form whatsoever, including any modification made after revocation hereof to any Obligations incurred prior to such revocation, and including without limitation the renewal, extension, acceleration or other change in time for payment of, or other change in the terms of, the Obligations or any portion thereof; or (viii) any requirement that WFBC give any notice of acceptance of this Guaranty. Until all Obligations have been paid in full, Guarantor shall have no right of subrogation, and Guarantor waives any right to enforce any remedy which WFBC now has or may hereafter have against any Obligor or any other Person, and waives any benefit of, or any right to participate in, any security now or hereafter held by WFBC. Guarantor further waives all rights and defenses Guarantor may have arising out of (A) any election of remedies by WFBC, even though that election of remedies, such as a non-judicial foreclosure with respect to any security for any portion of the Obligations, destroys Guarantor’s rights of subrogation or Guarantor’s rights to proceed against any Obligor for reimbursement, or (B) any loss of rights Guarantor may suffer by reason of any rights, powers or remedies of any Obligor in connection with any anti-deficiency laws or any other laws limiting, qualifying or discharging the Obligations, whether by operation of law or otherwise, including any rights Guarantor may have to a fair market value hearing to determine the size of a deficiency following any foreclosure sale or other disposition of any real property security for any portion of the Obligations.
Complete Agreement/Severability This Waiver and Release of Claims constitutes the complete and final agreement between the parties and supersedes and replaces all prior or contemporaneous agreements, negotiations, or discussions relating to the subject matter of this Waiver and Release of Claims. All provisions and portions of this Waiver and Release of Claims are severable. If any provision or portion of this Waiver and Release of Claims or the application of any provision or portion of the Waiver and Release of Claims shall be determined to be invalid or unenforceable to any extent or for any reason, all other provisions and portions of this Waiver and Release of Claims shall remain in full force and shall continue to be enforceable to the fullest and greatest extent permitted by law.
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 and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, (ii) the Maturity Date and (iii) the latest date of expiration, termination or Cash Collateralization or provision of Credit Support therefor of all Letters of Credit and the expiration or termination of all Secured Hedge Agreements, (b) be binding upon each Guarantor, its successors and assigns and (c) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Secured Parties and their successors, transferees and 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 10.07 of the Credit Agreement. Subject to Section 7.04 of the Credit Agreement, no Guarantor shall have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Secured Parties.
GOVERNING LAW AND TIME; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
