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EXHIBIT 4.11
GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
AMERICAN COIN MERCHANDISING, INC.
(AS GUARANTOR)
AND
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
(AS TRUSTEE)
DATED AS OF
September ___, 1998
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
SECTION OF TRUST SECTION OF
INDENTURE ACT OF 1939, AS AMENDED GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
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310(a) 4.1(a)
310(b) 4.1(c), 2.8
310(c) Inapplicable
311(a) 2.2(b)
311(b) 2.2(b)
31l(c) Inapplicable
312(a) 2.2(a)
312(b) 2.2(b)
313 2.3
314(a) 2.4
314(b) Inapplicable
314(c) 2.5
314(d) Inapplicable
314(e) 1.1, 2.5, 3.2
314(f) 2.1, 3.2
315(a) 3.1(d)
315(b) 2.7
315(c) 3.1
315(d) 3.1(d)
316(a) 1.1, 2.6, 5.4
316(b) 5.3
316(c) 9.2
317(a) Inapplicable
317(b) Inapplicable
318(a) 2.1(b)
318(b) 2.1
318(c) 2.1(a)
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* This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Guarantee
Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms or
provisions.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 1.1 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ARTICLE II TRUST INDENTURE ACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Section 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Section 2.2 List of Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Section 2.4 Periodic Reports to the Guarantee Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Section 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Section 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Section 2.7 Event of Default; Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Section 2.8 Conflicting Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
ARTICLE III POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Section 3.1 Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Section 3.2 Certain Rights of Guarantee Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Section 3.3 Indemnity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
ARTICLE IV GUARANTEE TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of the Guarantee Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
ARTICLE V GUARANTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 5.1 Guarantee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 5.3 Obligations Not Affected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 5.4 Rights of Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 5.5 Guarantee of Payment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
ARTICLE VI COVENANTS AND SUBORDINATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 6.1 Subordination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 6.2 Pari Passu Guarantees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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ARTICLE VII CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 7.1 Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 7.2 Successor Guarantor Substituted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 8.1 Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 9.1 Successors and Assigns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 9.2 Amendments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 9.3 Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 9.4 Benefit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 9.5 Interpretation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 9.6 Governing Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
THIS GUARANTEE AGREEMENT, dated as of September __, 1998, is executed
and delivered by AMERICAN COIN MERCHANDISING, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Guarantor") having its principal office at 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000, and WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation,
as trustee (the "Guarantee Trustee"), for the benefit of the Holders from time
to time of the Preferred Securities (as defined herein) of American Coin
Merchandising Trust I, a Delaware statutory business trust (the "Trust").
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as
of September __, 1998 (the "Trust Agreement"), among the Guarantor, as
Depositor, Wilmington Trust Company as Property Trustee, Wilmington Trust
Company, as Delaware Trustee, the Administrative Trustees named therein and the
Holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of
the Trust, the Trust issued [$17,000,000/ $19,550,000] aggregate Liquidation
Amount (as defined in the Trust Agreement) of its Ascending Rate Cumulative
Trust Preferred Securities, Liquidation Amount $10 per Trust Preferred Security
(the "Preferred Securities");
WHEREAS, the Preferred Securities will be issued by the Trust and the
proceeds thereof, together with the proceeds from the issuance of the Trust's
Common Securities (as defined below), will be used to purchase the Debentures
(as defined in the Trust Agreement) of the Guarantor which was deposited with
Wilmington Trust Company, as Property Trustee under the Trust Agreement, as
trust assets;
WHEREAS, as an incentive for the Holders to purchase the Preferred
Securities, the Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to
the extent set forth herein, to pay to the Holders of the Preferred Securities
the Guarantee Payments (as defined herein) and to make certain other payments
on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each Holder of
Preferred Securities, which purchase the Guarantor hereby agrees shall benefit
the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Guarantee Agreement and
pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof extends the Guarantee for the benefit of the
Holders from time to time of the Preferred Securities.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions.
As used in this Guarantee Agreement, the terms set forth below shall,
unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings.
Capitalized or otherwise defined terms used but not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Agreement and the
Indenture (as defined herein), each as in effect on the date hereof.
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"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person; provided, however, that an Affiliate of the
Guarantor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Trust. For purposes of
this definition, "control" when used with respect to any specified Person means
the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or
indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the
Guarantor or any committee of that board duly authorized to act hereunder.
"Common Securities" means the securities representing common undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.
"Event of Default" means a default by the Guarantor on any of its
payment or other obligations under this Guarantee Agreement; provided, however,
that, except with respect to a default in payment of any Guarantee Payments,
the Guarantor shall have received notice of default and shall not have cured
such default within 90 days after receipt of such notice.
"Guarantee" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
"Guarantee Payments" means the following payments or distributions,
without duplication, with respect to the Preferred Securities, to the extent
not paid or made by or on behalf of the Trust: (i) any accrued and unpaid
Distributions (as defined in the Trust Agreement) required to be paid on the
Preferred Securities, to the extent the Trust shall have funds on hand
available therefor at such time, (ii) the applicable Redemption Price (as
defined in the Trust Agreement), to the extent the Trust shall have funds on
hand available therefor at such time, and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary
termination, winding up or liquidation of the Trust, unless Debentures are
distributed to the Holders, the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the Liquidation
Distribution (as defined in the Trust Agreement) and (b) the amount of assets
of the Trust remaining available for distribution to Holders of Preferred
Securities after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as
required by applicable law.
"Guarantee Trustee" means Wilmington Trust Company, until a Successor
Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant
to the terms of this Guarantee Agreement, and thereafter means each such
Successor Guarantee Trustee.
"Holder" means any holder, as registered on the books and records of
the Trust, of any Preferred Securities; provided, however, that in determining
whether the holders of the requisite percentage of Preferred Securities have
given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, "Holder" shall not
include the Guarantor, the Guarantee Trustee, or any Affiliate of the Guarantor
or the Guarantee Trustee.
"Indenture" means the Junior Subordinated Indenture dated as of
September __, 1998, as supplemented and amended, between the Guarantor and
Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee.
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"List of Holders" has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a).
"Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities" means,
except as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, a vote by the Holder(s), voting
separately as a class, of more than 50% of the Liquidation Amount of all then
outstanding Preferred Securities issued by the Trust.
"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by the Chairman or a Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
of such Person or the President or a Vice President of such Person, and by the
Chief Financial Officer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such
Person, and delivered to the Guarantee Trustee. Any Officers' Certificate
delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for
in this Guarantee Agreement shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers'
Certificate has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating
thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation undertaken by each such officer in rendering the
Officers' Certificate;
(c) a statement that each such officer has made such
examination or investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to
enable such officer to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each
such officer, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Other Guarantees" means any guarantees similar to the Guarantee
issued, from time to time, by the Guarantor on behalf of holders of one or more
series of Preferred Securities issued by any American Coin Merchandising Trust
(as defined in the Indenture) other than the Trust.
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever
nature.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Guarantee Trustee,
any officer of the Corporate Trust Department of the Guarantee Trustee and also
means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer
to whom such matter is referred because of that officer's knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Successor Guarantee Trustee" means a successor Guarantee Trustee
possessing the qualifications to act as Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.1.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended.
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ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
Section 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application.
(a) This Guarantee Agreement is subject to the provisions
of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Guarantee
Agreement and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
(b) If and to the extent that any provision of this
Guarantee Agreement limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by
Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties
shall control.
Section 2.2 List of Holders.
(a) The Guarantor shall furnish or cause to be furnished
to the Guarantee Trustee (a) semiannually, on or before January 1 and July 1 of
each year, a list, in such form as the Guarantee Trustee may reasonably
require, of the names and addresses of the Holders ("List of Holders") as of a
date not more than 15 days prior to the delivery thereof, and (b) at such other
times as the Guarantee Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the
receipt by the Guarantor of any such request, a List of Holders as of a date
not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished, in each case to
the extent such information is in the possession or control of the Guarantor
and is not identical to a previously supplied list of Holders or has not
otherwise been received by the Guarantee Trustee in its capacity as such. The
Guarantee Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given to it on
receipt of a new List of Holders.
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its
obligations under Section 311(a), Section 311(b) and Section 312(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act.
Section 2.3 Reports by the Guarantee Trustee.
Not later than December 31 of each year, commencing December 31, 1998,
the Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders such reports as are required
by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, if any, in the form and in the
manner provided by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act. The Guarantee
Trustee shall also comply with the requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
Section 2.4 Periodic Reports to the Guarantee Trustee.
The Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee, the Securities
and Exchange Commission and the Holders such documents, reports and
information, if any, as required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act and
the compliance certificate required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act,
in the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the
Trust Indenture Act.
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Section 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
The Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee, on an annual
basis, such evidence of compliance with such conditions precedent, if any,
provided for in this Guarantee Agreement that relate to any of the matters set
forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion
required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) may be given
in the form of an Officers' Certificate.
Section 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver.
The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred
Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders, waive any past Event of
Default and its consequences. Upon such waiver, any such Event of Default
shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be
deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Guarantee Agreement, but
no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of
Default or impair any right consequent therefrom.
Section 2.7 Event of Default; Notice.
(a) The Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after the
occurrence of an Event of Default, transmit by mail, first class postage
prepaid, to the Holders, notices of all Events of Default known to the
Guarantee Trustee, unless such defaults have been cured before the giving of
such notice, provided, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of
a Guarantee Payment, the Guarantee Trustee shall be protected in withholding
such notice if and so long as the Board of Directors, the executive committee
or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Guarantee
Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the
interests of the Holders.
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have
knowledge of any Event of Default unless the Guarantee Trustee shall have
received written notice, or a Responsible Officer charged with the
administration of this Guarantee Agreement shall have obtained written notice,
of such Event of Default.
Section 2.8 Conflicting Interest.
The Trust Agreement shall be deemed to be specifically described in
this Guarantee Agreement for the purpose of clause (i) of the first proviso
contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
Section 3.1 Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee.
(a) This Guarantee shall be held by the Guarantee Trustee
for the benefit of the Holders, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer
this Guarantee to any Person except to a
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Holder exercising his or her rights pursuant to Section 5.4(iv) or to a
Successor Guarantee Trustee on acceptance by such Successor Guarantee Trustee
of its appointment to act as Successor Guarantee Trustee. The right, title and
interest of the Guarantee Trustee shall automatically vest in any Successor
Guarantee Trustee, upon acceptance by such Successor Guarantee Trustee of its
appointment hereunder, and such vesting and cessation of title shall be
effective whether or not conveyancing documents have been executed and
delivered pursuant to the appointment of such Successor Guarantee Trustee.
(b) If an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Guarantee Trustee shall enforce this Guarantee for the benefit
of the Holders.
(c) The Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of any
Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have
occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Guarantee Agreement, and no implied covenant shall be read into
this Guarantee Agreement against the Guarantee Trustee. In case an Event of
Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section
2.6), the Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested
in it by this Guarantee Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in
its exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
(d) No provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall be
construed to relieve the Guarantee Trustee from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except
that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default
and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may
have occurred:
(A) The duties and obligations of the Guarantee
Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this
Guarantee Agreement, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable
except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Guarantee Agreement; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of
the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, as
to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions
expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the
Guarantee Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Guarantee
Agreement; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that
by any provision hereof or of the Trust Indenture Act are specifically
required to be furnished to the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee
Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether
or not they conform to the requirements of this Guarantee Agreement;
(ii) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any
error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the
Guarantee Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Guarantee
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts upon which
such judgment was made;
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(iii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable with
respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith
in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a
Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities relating to
the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Guarantee Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Guarantee Agreement;
and
(iv) no provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall
require the Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any
of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if
the Guarantee Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to
it under the terms of this Guarantee Agreement or adequate indemnity
against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
Section 3.2 Certain Rights of Guarantee Trustee.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1:
(i) The Guarantee Trustee may rely and shall be fully
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to
be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the proper
party or parties.
(ii) Any direction or act of the Guarantor
contemplated by this Guarantee Agreement shall be sufficiently
evidenced by an Officers' Certificate unless otherwise prescribed
herein.
(iii) Whenever, in the administration of this Guarantee
Agreement, the Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter
be proved or established before taking, suffering or omitting to take
any action hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (unless other evidence is
herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on
its part, request and rely upon an Officers' Certificate which, upon
receipt of such request from the Guarantee Trustee, shall be promptly
delivered by the Guarantor.
(iv) The Guarantee Trustee may consult with legal
counsel, and the written advice or opinion of such legal counsel with
respect to legal matters shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be
taken by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice
or opinion. Such legal counsel may be legal counsel to the Guarantor
or any of its Affiliates and may be one of its employees. The
Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek
instructions concerning the administration of this Guarantee Agreement
from any court of competent jurisdiction.
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(v) The Guarantee Trustee shall be under no
obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by
this Guarantee Agreement at the request or direction of any Holder,
unless such Holder shall have provided to the Guarantee Trustee such
adequate security and indemnity as would satisfy a reasonable person
in the position of the Guarantee Trustee, against the costs, expenses
(including attorneys' fees and expenses) and liabilities that might be
incurred by it in complying with such request or direction, including
such reasonable advances as may be requested by the Guarantee Trustee;
provided that, nothing contained in this Section 3.2(a)(v) shall be
taken to relieve the Guarantee Trustee, upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default, of its obligation to exercise the rights and powers
vested in it by this Guarantee Agreement.
(vi) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be bound to make
any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Guarantee Trustee, in
its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit.
(vii) The Guarantee Trustee may execute any of the
trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either
directly or by or through its agents or attorneys, and the Guarantee
Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on
the part of any such agent or attorney appointed with due care by it
hereunder.
(viii) Whenever in the administration of this Guarantee
Agreement the Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive
instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking
any other action hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (A) may request
instructions from the Holders, (B) may refrain from enforcing such
remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions
are received, and (C) shall be protected in acting in accordance with
such instructions.
(b) No provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall be
deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Guarantee Trustee to perform any
act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or
imposed on it in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the
Guarantee Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with
applicable law, to perform any such act or acts or to exercise any such right,
power, duty or obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the
Guarantee Trustee shall be construed to be a duty to act in accordance with
such power and authority.
Section 3.3 Indemnity.
The Guarantor agrees to indemnify the Guarantee Trustee for, and to
hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without
negligence or bad faith on the part of the Guarantee Trustee, arising out of or
in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Guarantee
Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any
claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties hereunder.
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ARTICLE IV
GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
Section 4.1 Guarantee Trustee: Eligibility.
(a) There shall at all times be a Guarantee Trustee which
shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and
(ii) be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000, and shall be a corporation meeting
the requirements of Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. If
such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually,
pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining
authority, then, for the purposes of this Section 4.1(a)(ii) and to
the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital
and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published.
(b) If at any time the Guarantee Trustee shall cease to
be eligible to so act under Section 4.1(a), the Guarantee Trustee shall
immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set out in Section 4.2(c).
(c) If the Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire any
"conflicting interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act, the Guarantee Trustee and Guarantor shall in all respects comply
with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of the Guarantee
Trustee.
(a) Subject to Section 4.2(b), the Guarantee Trustee may
be appointed or removed without cause at any time by the Guarantor.
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed until a
Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such
appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor Guarantee Trustee
and delivered to the Guarantor.
(c) The Guarantee Trustee appointed hereunder shall hold
office until a Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed or until
its removal or resignation. The Guarantee Trustee may resign from office
(without need for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing
executed by the Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor, which
resignation shall not take effect until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been
appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument in writing executed
by such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor and the
resigning Guarantee Trustee.
(d) If no Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been
appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.2 within 60
days after delivery to the Guarantor of an
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instrument of resignation, the resigning Guarantee Trustee may petition, at the
expense of the Guarantor, any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment
of a Successor Guarantee Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after prescribing
such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a Successor Guarantee
Trustee.
ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
Section 5.1 Guarantee.
The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full on
a subordinated basis to the Holders the Guarantee Payments (without duplication
of amounts theretofore paid by or on behalf of the Trust), as and when due,
regardless of any defense, right of set-off or counterclaim which the Trust may
have or assert other than the defense of payment (the "Guarantee"). The
Guarantee is a continuing guarantee, and the Guarantor fully, knowingly and
unconditionally waives any right the Guarantor may have to revoke the Guarantee
as to any future transactions under Section 2815 of the California Civil Code
or otherwise. The Guarantor's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be
satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the
Holders or by causing the Trust to pay such amounts to the Holders.
Section 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand.
The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of the Guarantee and
of any liability to which it applies or may apply, presentment, demand for
payment, any right to require a proceeding first against the Guarantee Trustee,
Trust or any other Person before proceeding against the Guarantor, protest,
notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other
notices and demands.
Section 5.3 Obligations Not Affected.
The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Guarantor
under this Guarantee Agreement shall in no way be affected or impaired by
reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following:
(a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or
otherwise, of the performance or observance by the Trust of any express or
implied agreement, covenant, term or condition relating to the Preferred
Securities to be performed or observed by the Trust;
(b) the extension of time for the payment by the Trust of
all or any portion of the Distributions (other than an extension of time for
payment of Distributions that results from the extension of any interest
payment period on the Debentures as provided in the Indenture), Redemption
Price, Liquidation Distribution or any other sums payable under the terms of
the Preferred Securities or the extension of time for the performance of any
other obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with, the Preferred
Securities;
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(c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on
the part of the Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege,
power or remedy conferred on the Holders pursuant to the terms of the Preferred
Securities, or any action on the part of the Trust granting indulgence or
extension of any kind;
(d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution,
sale of any collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment
of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting, the Trust or any of the
assets of the Trust;
(e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the
Preferred Securities;
(f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation
guaranteed hereby or hereby incurred; or
(g) any other circumstance whatsoever that might
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor,
it being the intent of this Section 5.3 that the obligations of the Guarantor
hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.
There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or
obtain the consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of
the foregoing.
Section 5.4 Rights of Holders.
The Guarantor expressly acknowledges that: (i) this Guarantee will be
deposited with the Guarantee Trustee to be held for the benefit of the Holders;
(ii) the Guarantee Trustee has the right to enforce this Guarantee on behalf of
the Holders; (iii) the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Preferred Securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee in
respect of this Guarantee Agreement or exercising any trust or power conferred
upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Guarantee Agreement; and (iv) any Holder
may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce its
rights under this Guarantee Agreement, without first instituting a legal
proceeding against the Guarantee Trustee, the Trust or any other Person.
Section 5.5 Guarantee of Payment.
This Guarantee creates a guarantee of payment and not of collection.
This Guarantee will not be discharged except by payment of the Guarantee
Payments in full (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid by the Trust)
or upon distribution of Debentures to Holders as provided in the Trust
Agreement.
Section 5.6 Subrogation.
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights of the
Holders against the Trust in respect of any amounts paid to the Holders by the
Guarantor under this Guarantee Agreement
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and shall have the right to waive payment by the Trust pursuant to Section 5.1;
provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required
by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any rights
which it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or
other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this Guarantee, if,
at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due and unpaid under this
Guarantee. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the
preceding sentence, the Guarantor agrees to hold such amount in trust for the
Holders and to pay over such amount to the Holders.
Section 5.7 Independent Obligations.
The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are
independent of the obligations of the Trust with respect to the Preferred
Securities and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor
hereunder to make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee
Agreement notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in
subsections (a) through (g), inclusive, of Section 5.3 hereof.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS AND SUBORDINATION
Section 6.1 Subordination.
The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee will constitute
unsecured obligations of the Guarantor and will rank subordinate and junior in
right of payment to all Senior Debt and Subordinated Debt (as defined in the
Indenture) in the same manner as Debentures (as defined in the Trust
Agreement).
Section 6.2 Pari Passu Guarantees.
The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall rank pari
passu with the obligations of the Guarantor under all Other Guarantees.
ARTICLE VII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
Section 7.1 Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain
Terms.
The Guarantor shall not consolidate with or merge into any other
Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as
an entirety to any Person, and no Person shall consolidate with or merge into
the Guarantor or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to the Guarantor, unless:
(a) in case the Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge
into another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Guarantor is merged or the Person which
acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets
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substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership or trust
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any
State or the District of Columbia, and shall expressly assume the Guarantor's
obligations under this Guarantee;
(b) immediately after giving effect thereto, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing;
(c) such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or
lease is permitted under the Trust Agreement and the Indenture and does not
give rise to any breach or violation of the Trust Agreement or the Indenture;
and
(d) the Guarantor has delivered to the Guarantee Trustee
an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and assumption of the
Guarantor's obligations under this Guarantee Agreement comply with this Article
and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such
transaction have been complied with; and the Guarantee Trustee, subject to
Section 3.1 hereof, may rely upon such Officers' Certificate and Opinion of
Counsel as conclusive evidence that such transaction complies with this Section
7.1.
Section 7.2 Successor Guarantor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger by the Guarantor with or into any
other Person, or any conveyance, transfer or lease by the Guarantor of its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance
with Section 7.1, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into
which the Guarantor is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is
made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and
power of, the Guarantor under this Guarantee Agreement with the same effect as
if such successor Person had been named as the Guarantor herein; and in the
event of any such conveyance, transfer or lease the Guarantor shall be
discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Guarantee Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION
Section 8.1 Termination.
This Guarantee Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force
and effect upon the earliest of (i) full payment of the applicable Redemption
Price of all Preferred Securities, (ii) the distribution of Debentures to the
Holders in exchange for all of the Preferred Securities or (iii) full payment
of the amounts payable in accordance with the Trust Agreement upon liquidation
of the Trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii), this
Guarantee Agreement will continue to be effective or will be reinstated if it
has been terminated pursuant to one of such clauses (i) through (iii), as the
case may be, if at any time any Holder must restore payment of any sums paid
with respect to Preferred Securities or this Guarantee Agreement.
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ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.1 Successors and Assigns.
All guarantees and agreements contained in this Guarantee Agreement
shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of
the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders of the Preferred
Securities then outstanding. Except in connection with a consolidation, merger
or sale involving the Guarantor that is permitted under Article VII hereof and
Article VIII of the Indenture, the Guarantor shall not assign its obligations
hereunder.
Section 9.2 Amendments.
Except with respect to any changes which do not adversely affect the
rights of the Holders in any material respect (in which case no vote will be
required), this Guarantee Agreement may not be amended without the prior
approval of the Holders of not less than a Majority in Liquidation Amount of
the Preferred Securities. The provisions of Article VI of the Trust Agreement
concerning meetings of the Holders shall apply to the giving of such approval.
Section 9.3 Notices.
Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be
given hereunder shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such
notice, and delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail as follows:
(a) if given to the Guarantor, to the address set forth
below or such other address, facsimile number or to the attention of such other
Person as the Guarantor may give notice to the Holders:
American Coin Merchandising, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
(b) if given to the Trust, in care of the Guarantee
Trustee, at the Trust's (and the Guarantee Trustee's) address set forth below
or such other address as the Guarantee Trustee on behalf of the Trust may give
notice to the Holders:
American Coin Merchandising, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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with a copy to:
Wilmington Trust Company
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
(c) if given to any Holder, at the address set forth on
the books and records of the Trust.
All notices hereunder shall be deemed to have been given when
received in person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class
mail, postage prepaid, except that if a notice or other document is refused
delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice
was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered
on the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.
Section 9.4 Benefit.
This Guarantee is solely for the benefit of the Holders and is not
separately transferable from the Preferred Securities.
Section 9.5 Interpretation.
In this Guarantee Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) capitalized terms used in this Guarantee Agreement
but not defined in the preamble hereto have the respective meanings assigned to
them in Section 1.1;
(b) a term defined anywhere in this Guarantee Agreement
has the same meaning throughout;
(c) all references to "the Guarantee Agreement" or "this
Guarantee Agreement" are to this Guarantee Agreement as modified, supplemented
or amended from time to time;
(d) all references in this Guarantee Agreement to
Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Guarantee Agreement
unless otherwise specified;
(e) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the
same meaning when used in this Guarantee Agreement unless otherwise defined in
this Guarantee Agreement or unless the context otherwise requires;
(f) a reference to the singular includes the plural and
vice versa; and
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(g) the masculine, feminine or neuter genders used herein
shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders.
Section 9.6 Governing Law.
THIS GUARANTEE AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WITHOUT
REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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THIS GUARANTEE AGREEMENT is executed as of the day and year first
above written.
AMERICAN COIN MERCHANDISING, INC.,
as Guarantor
By:
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chairman of the Board, Chief
Executive Officer and President
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Guarantee Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
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