PERSONAL GUARANTY OF JASON NANCHUN JIANG
Exhibit 99.12
EXECUTION COPY
PERSONAL GUARANTY OF XXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXX
GUARANTY (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
the “Guaranty”), dated as of December 9, 2009 of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx (the
“Guarantor”) in favor of Nomura Securities International, Inc., as the Agent, and the
Lenders from time to time under (and, each, as defined in) the Margin Loan Agreement referred to
below (the “Beneficiaries”).
WHEREAS, JJ Media Investment Holding Limited (the “Company”) has entered into a Margin
Loan Agreement dated as of December 9, 2009 (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to
time, and together with all schedules, annexes and exhibits thereto, the “Margin Loan
Agreement”) with the Beneficiaries;
WHEREAS, all capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings
assigned to them in the Margin Loan Agreement;
WHEREAS, in consideration of the Loan made under the Margin Loan Agreement, the Guarantor has
agreed to guarantee the payment of all amounts, and the performance of all obligations, under the
Margin Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Guarantor hereby agrees as follows:
Section 1. The Guaranty. (a) The Guarantor hereby irrevocably, absolutely and
unconditionally guarantees to the Beneficiaries, with effect from the date of the Margin Loan
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the due and punctual payment (and not merely collection),
in U.S. dollars, of all present and future amounts, whether absolute or contingent, and whether for
principal, interest, fees, breakage costs, expenses, indemnification or otherwise, owing by the
Company under the Margin Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as and when such amounts
become due and payable, whether at their scheduled due dates, upon acceleration or otherwise (or
would otherwise be owing, due or payable under the Margin Loan Agreement and the other Loan
Documents but for the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding in respect
of the Company) and the performance of all delivery and other obligations of the Company under the
Margin Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with the terms thereof (such
payment and performance obligations, the “Guaranteed Obligations”).
(b) The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guaranty constitute a guaranty of payment and
performance when due and not of collection.
(c) The Guarantor hereby agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses (including, without
limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by any Beneficiary in enforcing this
Guaranty.
(d) In no event shall any Beneficiary be obligated to take any action, obtain any judgment or
file any claim prior to enforcing this Guaranty. Each of the Beneficiaries shall have
the right, individually or jointly, to demand payment or performance of the Guaranteed
Obligations upon failure of the Company punctually to pay or perform the same and to enforce the
obligations of the Guarantor under this Guaranty. Accordingly, upon failure of the Company
punctually to pay or perform any Guaranteed Obligation and upon demand by any Beneficiary to the
Guarantor, the Guarantor agrees to pay or perform, or cause to be paid or performed, such
Guaranteed Obligation; provided that delay by any Beneficiary in giving such demand shall
in no event affect the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty. The rights, powers, remedies
and privileges provided in this Guaranty are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, powers,
remedies and privileges provided by any other agreement or by law.
(e) The Guarantor hereby agrees that this is a continuing guaranty and that the Guaranteed
Obligations shall be unconditional. The Guaranteed Obligations shall not be discharged except by
the complete payment of the amounts payable under the Margin Loan Agreement, irrespective of (1)
any claim as to the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Margin Loan Agreement or this
Guaranty or any other of the Loan Documents; (2) any purported lack of authority of the Company to
execute or deliver the Loan Documents; (3) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of,
or in any other term of, or amendment to, any Loan Document; (4) any waiver or consent by any
Beneficiary with respect to any provisions of the Margin Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document
or any compromise or release of any of the obligations thereunder; (5) the absence of any action to
enforce the Margin Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document, to recover any judgment against the
Company or to enforce a judgment against the Company under the Margin Loan Agreement or any other
Loan Document; (6) the existence of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar
proceedings involving the Company; (7) any setoff, counterclaim, or defense of any kind or nature
which may be available to or asserted by the Guarantor or the Company against the Beneficiaries or
any of their affiliates; (8) any impairment, furnishing, exchange or release of, or failure to
perfect or enforce any security interest in, collateral securing the Obligations; (9) any change in
the laws, rules or regulations of any jurisdiction; (10) any present or future action of any
Governmental Authority amending, varying, reducing or otherwise affecting, or purporting to amend,
vary, reduce or otherwise affect, any of the obligations of the Company under the Margin Loan
Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party or of the Guarantor under this
Guaranty, or (11) any other circumstance (other than full payment or performance) which might
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor generally.
(f) The Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand on the Company for payment or
otherwise, any filing of claims, any requirement of a prior proceeding against the Company and
protest or notice of any kind whatsoever. If at any time (including any time after termination or
expiration of this Guaranty) payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must be
otherwise restored or returned by any Beneficiary upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization
of the Company or the Guarantor or otherwise, the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder with respect to
such payment shall be reinstated upon such restoration or return being made by such Beneficiary,
all as though such payment had not been made.
Section 2. Representations and Warranties. The Guarantor represents and warrants to each
Beneficiary on the date hereof and during the duration of this Guaranty that:
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(a) he has full power, authority, and legal right to execute and deliver this Guaranty and to
perform the provisions of this Guaranty on his part to be performed;
(b) this Guaranty has been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor and constitutes the
legal, binding and enforceable obligation of the Guarantor and the Guarantor’s executors,
administrators, guardians, conservators, successors and assigns;
(c) his execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty have been and remain duly
authorized by all necessary action and do not contravene any provision of any organizational
document, any Laws applicable to him or any contractual restriction binding on him or his assets;
(d) no notice to, consent, authorization or approval by, or filing with, any Governmental
Authority having jurisdiction over the Guarantor or his property is required for his execution,
delivery or performance of this Guaranty;
(e) except for the legal proceeding In re: Focus Media Limited-Litigation, described under
item 8.A “Legal Proceedings” in the annual report on Form 20-F of Focus Media Holding Limited, as
filed on June 30, 2009, to which proceeding Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx as a director of Focus Media
Holding Group is named as a party, there is not pending or, to the Guarantor’s knowledge,
threatened against the Guarantor, any action, suit or proceeding before any Governmental Authority
or governmental official or any arbitrator that could be reasonably be expected to affect the
legality, validity or enforceability against the Guarantor of this Guaranty or the Guarantor’s
ability to perform his obligations under this Guaranty; and
(f) the execution by the Guarantor of this Guaranty is a free, voluntary and competent act.
Section 3. Subrogation of Rights. By accepting this Guaranty and entering into the Loan
Documents to which it is a party, each Beneficiary agrees that the Guarantor shall be subrogated to
all rights of such Beneficiary against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor
pursuant to this Guaranty, provided that the Guarantor shall be entitled to enforce or to
receive any payment or take any other action arising out of or based upon such right of subrogation
only when all amounts payable by the Company under the Loan Documents to which it is a party have
been paid and the Loan Documents to which it is a party have been terminated.
Section 4. Binding Effect. This Guaranty shall be binding upon the Guarantor, his executors,
administrators, guardians, conservators, successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of
each Beneficiary and its successors and assigns. The Guarantor may not assign his rights nor
delegate his obligations under this Guarantee, in whole or in part, without prior written consent
of all of the Beneficiaries, and any purported assignment or delegation absent such consent is
void. If a Lender assigns or otherwise transfers all or any portion of its rights and obligations
under the Margin Loan Agreement to any other Person in accordance with the terms thereof, then such
other Person shall thereupon become a Beneficiary hereunder vested with all the benefits in respect
of such transferred rights and obligations granted to the predecessor Beneficiary herein.
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Section 5. Notices. Any notice to the Guarantor hereunder shall be in writing and sent in
any manner permitted by Section 10.02 of the Margin Loan Agreement to the following address and
person or to such other address or person’s attention as the Guarantor shall from time to time
notify the Beneficiaries.
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
c/o Focus Media Holding Company
28-30/F, Zhao Feng World Trade Building
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx 000000
People’s Republic of China
c/o Focus Media Holding Company
28-30/F, Zhao Feng World Trade Building
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx 000000
People’s Republic of China
Any notice addressed as provided above shall be deemed given as provided in Section 10.02 of the
Margin Loan Agreement.
Section 6. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction. (a) This Guaranty shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York, without giving effect to any
conflict of laws principles that would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.
(b) The Guarantor irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the courts specified in Section
10.13(b) of the Margin Loan Agreement for purposes of any action or proceeding relating to this
Guaranty and irrevocably appoints the Process Agent identified in Section 10.02(f) of the Margin
Loan Agreement as its agent to receive service of summons or any other legal process in connection
with any action or proceeding relating to this Guaranty brought in any such court. The Guarantor
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any defense or objection it may have
that any such action or proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
Section 7. Amendment. This Guaranty shall not be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
except by a writing signed by the Guarantor and all of the Beneficiaries.
Section 8. Gross-Up. The provisions of Section 3.01 of the Margin Loan Agreement are
incorporated by reference herein mutatis mutandis for the benefit of the Beneficiaries with respect
to any and all payments by the Guarantor under this Guaranty.
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
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