GUARANTY
THIS
GUARANTY, is entered into as of August 9,
2006 by
INNOPUMP , INC., a Nevada corporation ( the “Guarantor”),
in
favor of and for the benefit of MELLON HBV MASTER U.S. EVENT DRIVEN FUND, L.P.
and MELLON HBV GLOBAL EVENT DRIVEN FUND, L.P. (collectively, the “Investor”).
RECITALS
Pursuant
to the terms, and subject to the conditions, of a Securities Purchase Agreement
dated the date hereof (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) between
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Borrower”), and the
Investor, the Investor will purchase senior secured redeemable convertible
promissory notes of the Borrower in the aggregate principal amount of $7,500,000
(the “Notes”).
Simultaneously
with or immediately after the purchase of the Notes by the Investor, the
Guarantor will enter into a merger transaction (the “Merger”) with Pump
Acquisition Corp., a subsidiary of the Borrower, and become a subsidiary
of the Borrower. As a party to the Merger, the Guarantor is receiving a
direct
or indirect benefit from the opportunity of the Merger and/or the purchase
proceeds of the Notes, and even if the Merger does not consummate or is
deemed
ineffective or invalid thereafter for any reason, the opportunity of, or
related
to, the Merger constitutes a valuable benefit and consideration to the
Guarantor. The Investor is not willing to provide to, or otherwise make
investment in, the Borrower unless, as one of the conditions to the purchase
of
the Notes from the Borrower by the Investor, the Guarantor unconditionally
guarantees the payment the Notes and performance of obligations under any
other
Investment Documents (defined hereinafter) by the Borrower to the Investor.
At
the request of Borrower and as an inducement to the Investor to purchase
the
Notes, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and legal
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Guarantor enters into
this
Guaranty in favor of the Investor. Accordingly, the Guarantor hereby agrees
as
follows:
1. Guaranty.
The
Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Investor,
and
its respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and
complete payment and performance by the Borrower when due of all its
obligations, liabilities and indebtedness under the Notes, the Securities
Purchase Agreement and any other agreement of the Borrower referred to in the
Securities Purchase Agreement (the Notes, the Securities Purchase Agreement,
any
other such agreement and the security agreement entered into by the Guarantor
in
favor of the Investor pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement are herein
collectively referred to as the “Investment Documents”), whether by lapse of
time, by acceleration of maturity or otherwise. The Guarantor hereby
unconditionally and irrevocably covenants and agrees that the Borrower and
the
Guarantor, jointly and severally, are liable for the obligations guaranteed
hereunder as primary obligors. In the event any Investment Document shall be
terminated as a result of the rejection thereof by any trustee, receiver or
liquidating agent of the Borrower or any of their properties in any bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation,
dissolution or similar proceeding, the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall
continue to the same extent as if such Investment Document had not been so
rejected.
(a) If
all or
any part of the payment or obligations guaranteed hereunder shall not be
punctually paid or performed when due, whether at demand, maturity, acceleration
or otherwise, the Guarantor shall, immediately upon demand by an Investor,
and
without presentment, protest, notice of dishonor, notice of non-payment, notice
of intention to accelerate the maturity, notice of acceleration of the maturity,
or any other notice whatsoever, pay such due amount in lawful money of the
United States of America, or perform such due obligations, to such Investor.
Such demands may be made at any time coincident with or after the time for
payment of all or part of the obligations guaranteed hereunder, and may be
made
from to from with respect to the same or different items of obligations
guaranteed hereunder. Such demand shall be deemed made, given and received
in
accordance with the notice and the waiver provisions hereof.
(b) The
Guarantor agrees to pay all reasonable costs, expenses (including, without
limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements) and damages incurred in
connection with the enforcement of the Guaranty to the extent that such costs,
expenses and damages are not paid by the Borrower pursuant to the respective
Investment Documents.
(c) The
Guarantor further agrees that if any payment made by the Borrower or the
Guarantor to the Investor on this Guaranty is rescinded, recovered from or
repaid by the Investor, in whole or in part, in any bankruptcy, insolvency
or
similar proceeding instituted by or against the Borrower or Guarantor, this
Guaranty shall continue to be fully effective to the same extent as though
the
payment so recovered or repaid had never originally been made on the Guaranty
of, and, without giving effect to, any discharge or release of the Guarantor’s
obligations hereunder granted by the Investor after the date
hereof.
2. Guaranty
Continuing, Absolute, Unconditional.
The
obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be a continuing, absolute,
unlimited and unconditional guaranty of payment and performance and not merely
a
guaranty of collection, and shall not be subject to any counterclaim, setoff,
deduction or defense based upon any claim the Guarantor may have against the
Investor or the Borrower or any other person, and shall remain in full force
and
effect without regard to, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, shall not be released, discharged or in any way affected by, any
circumstance or condition (whether or not the Guarantor shall have any knowledge
or notice thereof) whatsoever which might constitute a legal or equitable
discharge or defense. This Guaranty may not be revoked by the Guarantor and
shall continue to be effective with respect to any guaranteed obligations
arising or created after any attempted revocation by the Guarantor.
3. Waivers.
The
Guarantor unconditionally and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law: (a) notice of any of the matters referred to
in Section 2; (b) all notices which may be required by statute, rule of law
or otherwise to preserve any rights against the Guarantor hereunder, including,
without limitation, notice of the acceptance of this Guaranty, or the creation,
renewal, extension, modification or accrual of the Guaranty or notice of any
other matters relating thereto, any presentment, demand, notice of dishonor,
protest, nonpayment of any damages or other amounts payable under any Investment
Document; (c) any requirement for the enforcement, assertion or exercise of
any right, remedy, power or privilege under or in respect of any Investment
Document, including, without limitation, diligence in collection or protection
of or realization upon the Guaranty or any part thereof or any collateral
therefor; (d) any requirement of diligence; (e) any requirement to
mitigate the damages resulting from a default by the Borrower under any
Investment Document; (f) the occurrence of every other condition precedent
to which the Guarantor or the Borrower may otherwise be entitled; (g) the
right to require the Investor to proceed against the Borrower or any other
person liable on the Guaranty, to proceed against or exhaust any security held
by the Borrower or any other person, or to pursue any other remedy in the
Investor’s power whatsoever; (h) the right to have the property of the
Borrower first applied to the discharge of the Guaranty; (i) any right or
requirement to enforce the Investor’s rights against any security, collateral,
or other assurance of payment which shall ever have been to secure the payment
and performance of the obligations of the Borrower or the Guarantor or to
exhaust any remedies available to the Investor against any such security,
collateral, or assurance; (j) any right or requirement to enforce the Investor’s
rights against any other guarantors or co-guarantors of the obligations
guaranteed hereunder; and (k) until such time that the Guaranty has been
indefeasibly paid in full, any and all rights it may now or hereafter have
under
any agreement or at law or in equity (including, without limitation, any law
subrogating the Guarantor to the rights of the Investor) to assert any claim
against or seek contribution, indemnification or any other form of reimbursement
from the Borrower or any other party liable for payment of any or all of the
Guaranty for any payment made by the Guarantor under or in connection with
this
Guaranty or otherwise. The Investor may, at its election, exercise any right
or
remedy it may have against the Borrower without affecting or impairing in any
way the liability of the Guarantor hereunder and the Guarantor waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any defense arising out of the
absence, impairment or loss of any right of reimbursement, contribution or
subrogation or any other right or remedy of the Guarantor against the Borrower,
whether resulting from such election by the Investor or otherwise. The Guarantor
waives any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of
the
Borrower or by reason of the cessation for any cause whatsoever of the
liability, either in whole or in part, of the Borrower to the Investor for
the
Guaranty. The Guarantor assumes the responsibility for being and keeping
informed of the financial condition of the Borrower and of all other
circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranty and agrees
that the Investor shall not have any duty to advise the Guarantor of information
regarding any condition or circumstance or any change in such condition or
circumstance. The Guarantor acknowledges that the Investor has not made any
representations to the Guarantor concerning the financial condition of the
Borrower.
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4. Other
Security.
The
Guarantor hereby consents and agrees that the obligations of the Guarantor
hereunder shall not be released, diminished, impaired, reduced or adversely
affected by, and Guarantor hereby waives any common law, equitable, statutory
or
other rights which the Guarantor might otherwise have as a result of or in
connection with, (a) the taking or accepting of any security, collateral or
guaranty or other assurance of payment, for all or any part of the obligations
guaranteed hereunder, (b) any release, surrender, exchange, subordination,
deterioration, waste, loss or impairment of any collateral, property or security
at any time existing in connection with, or assuring or securing payment of,
all
or any part of the obligations guaranteed hereunder.
5. Parties.
This
Guaranty shall inure to the benefit of the Investor and its successors, assigns
or transferees, and shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors
and
assigns. Guarantor may not delegate any of Guarantor’s duties under this
Guaranty without the prior written consent of the Investor.
6. Notices.
Notices
to the Investor and to the Guarantor shall be given to each at the respective
addresses set forth in the security agreement pertaining to this Guaranty
entered into between them, or at such other address as may subsequently be
specified in a notice given pursuant to the provisions of this
Section.
7. Right
to Deal with the Borrower.
At any
time and from time to time, without terminating, affecting or impairing the
validity of this Guaranty or the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder, the
Investor may deal with the Borrower in the same manner and as fully as if this
Guaranty did not exist and shall be entitled, among other things, to grant
the
Borrower, without notice or demand and without affecting the Guarantor’s
liability hereunder, such extension or extensions of time to perform, renew,
compromise, accelerate or otherwise change the time for payment of or otherwise
change the terms of indebtedness or any part thereof contained in or arising
under any Investment Document or any other document evidencing obligations
of
the Borrower to the Investor, or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to
perform, any act or acts as the Investor may deem advisable.
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8. GOVERNING
LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
THIS
GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE
STATE OF NEW YORK. THE GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION
OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND
ANY COURT IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT
AGAINST THE GUARANTOR AND RELATED TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTY OR
THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW,
THE GUARANTOR HEREBY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT BY WAY OF MOTION, AS A
DEFENSE OR OTHERWISE IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY CLAIM THAT
THE
GUARANTOR IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS, THAT
THE
SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM, THAT THE VENUE
OF THE SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS IMPROPER, OR THAT THIS GUARANTY OR ANY
DOCUMENT OR ANY INSTRUMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN OR THE SUBJECT MATTER THEREOF
MAY
NOT BE LITIGATED IN OR BY SUCH COURTS. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, THE GUARANTOR AGREES (I) NOT TO SEEK AND HEREBY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO ANY
REVIEW OF THE JUDGMENT OF ANY SUCH COURT BY ANY COURT OF ANY OTHER NATION OR
JURISDICTION WHICH MAY BE CALLED UPON TO GRANT AN ENFORCEMENT OF SUCH JUDGMENT
AND (II) NOT TO ASSERT ANY COUNTERCLAIM, IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING
UNLESS SUCH COUNTERCLAIM COULD NOT, BY REASON OF ANY APPLICABLE FEDERAL OR
STATE
PROCEDURAL LAWS, BE INTERPOSED, PLEADED OR ALLEGED IN ANY OTHER ACTION. THE
GUARANTOR AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE UPON THE GUARANTOR BY
CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL TO THE ADDRESS FOR NOTICES SET FORTH IN THIS
GUARANTY OR ANY METHOD AUTHORIZED BY THE LAWS OF NEW YORK. THE GUARANTOR
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR
COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY, THE INVESTMENT
DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
9. Miscellaneous.
(a) If
any
term of this Guaranty or any application hereof shall be invalid or
unenforceable, the remainder of this Guaranty and any other application of
such
term shall not be affected thereby.
(b) Any
term
of this Guaranty may be amended, waived, discharged or terminated only by an
instrument in writing signed by the Guarantor and the Investor. No notice to
or
demand on the Guarantor shall be deemed to be a waiver of the obligations of
the
Guarantor or of the right of the Investor to take further action without notice
or demand as provided in this Guaranty. No course of dealing between the
Guarantor and the Investor shall change, modify or discharge, in whole or in
part, this Guaranty or any obligations of the Guarantor hereunder. No waiver
of
any term, covenant or provision of this Guaranty shall be effective unless
given
in writing by the Investor and if so given shall only be effective in the
specific instance in which given.
(c) The
headings in this Guaranty are for purposes of reference only and shall not
limit
or define the meaning hereof.
(d) No
delay
or omission by the Investor in the exercise of any right under this Guaranty
shall impair any such right, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver thereof;
nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any
other or further exercise of any other right.
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(e) The
execution and delivery of this Guaranty shall not supersede, terminate, modify
or supplement in any manner any other guaranty previously executed and delivered
to the Investor by the Guarantor and no release or termination of any guaranty
shall be construed to terminate or release any other guaranty unless such
guaranty is specifically referred to in any such termination.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Guaranty as
of
the day and year first above written.
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