RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE by THE RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES OF AMERIGAS PROPANE, L.P. as Guarantors, for the benefit of WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND THE BANKS, Dated as of November 6, 2006
EXHIBIT 10.2
by
THE RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES OF
AMERIGAS PROPANE, L.P.
as Guarantors,
AMERIGAS PROPANE, L.P.
as Guarantors,
for the benefit of
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
AND THE BANKS,
AND THE BANKS,
Dated as of November 6, 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1. |
Guaranteed Obligations | 2 | ||||
Section 2. |
Obligations Exclusive | 2 | ||||
Section 3. |
Obligations Independent | 3 | ||||
Section 4. |
Waiver of Notice | 3 | ||||
Section 5. |
Guarantee of Payment | 3 | ||||
Section 6. |
Obligations Unconditional | 4 | ||||
Section 7. |
Continuing Guarantee | 5 | ||||
Section 8. |
Subordination | 5 | ||||
Section 9. |
Exhaustion of Remedies | 6 | ||||
Section 10. |
Representations and Warranties | 8 | ||||
Section 11. |
Additional Covenants | 10 | ||||
Section 12. |
Costs and Expenses | 10 | ||||
Section 13. |
Assignment | 10 | ||||
Section 14. |
Termination; Amendments; Waiver of Remedies | 10 | ||||
Section 15. |
Availability of Documents | 10 | ||||
Section 16. |
Set-off | 11 | ||||
Section 17. |
Notices | 11 | ||||
Section 18. |
Reinstatement | 11 | ||||
Section 19. |
Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Submission to Jurisdiction | 11 | ||||
Section 20. |
Counterparts | 13 | ||||
Section 21. |
Certain Rights | 13 | ||||
Section 22. |
Persons Becoming Restricted Subsidiaries | 13 | ||||
Section 23. |
Guarantors Ceasing to be Restricted Subsidiaries | 14 |
RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE, dated as of November 6, 2006 (as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, the “Guarantee Agreement”) made by the undersigned Restricted
Subsidiaries (each a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”) of AmeriGas Propane, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (the “Company”) for the benefit of Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as agent (the “Agent”) and the other financial institutions party to the Credit
Agreement dated as of November 6, 2006 by and among the Company, the General Partner, as guarantor,
Xxxxxxxxx, as guarantor, the financial institutions party thereto (each a “Bank” and together the
“Banks”), the Agent and the other parties thereto. All capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings provided in Credit Agreement hereto.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, each of the Company, Xxxxxxxxx and the General Partner has entered into the Credit
Agreement with the Banks and the Agent;
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the financial accommodations provided under the Credit
Agreement that the Company shall have caused its Restricted Subsidiaries to execute and deliver
this Guarantee Agreement to the Agent and the Banks;
WHEREAS, each Guarantor desires to execute this Guarantee Agreement to satisfy the conditions
described in the preceding paragraph;
WHEREAS, each Guarantor is a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; and
WHEREAS, the board of directors or equivalent governing body of each Guarantor has determined
that it is in the best interest of such Guarantor to execute this Guarantee Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the benefits accruing to each Guarantor, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Guarantor hereby makes the following
representations and warranties to the Agent and the Banks and hereby covenants and agrees with the
Agent and the Banks as follows:
Section 1. Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor, jointly and severally, irrevocably
and unconditionally guarantees the Obligations; provided, however, that each
Guarantor shall be liable under this Guarantee Agreement for the maximum amount of such liability
that can be hereby incurred without rendering this Guarantee Agreement, as it relates to such
Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer,
and not for any greater amount. Each Guarantor understands, agrees and confirms that the Agent and
the Banks may enforce this Guarantee Agreement up to the full amount of the Obligations against
each Guarantor, subject as aforesaid, without proceeding against the Company, against any security
for the Obligations, or under any other Guaranty covering the Obligations.
All payments made by any Guarantor under this Guarantee Agreement shall be made to the Agent
for the account of the Banks and be applied as provided in Section 9.4 of the Credit Agreement. All
payments shall be made no later than 12:00 noon (New York time) on the date when due and shall be
made in Dollars and in immediately available funds to the Agent at the Agent’s Payment Office or at
such other place as the Agent shall notify the Guarantors. All payments made by any Guarantor
hereunder shall be without setoff, counterclaim or other defense.
Section 2. Obligations Exclusive. The liability of each Guarantor hereunder is
exclusive and independent of any security for or other guaranty of the Obligations whether executed
by such Guarantor, any other Guarantor, any other guarantor or by any other party, and the
liability of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected or impaired by (a) any direction as to
application of payment by the Company or by any other party, or (b) any other continuing or other
guaranty, undertaking or maximum liability of a Guarantor or of any other party as to the
Indebtedness of the Company, or (c) any payment on or in reduction of any such other guaranty or
undertaking except to the extent such payment is applied to the Obligations or such reduction
results from application of a payment to the Obligations, or (d) any dissolution, termination or
increase, decrease or change in personnel by the Company, or (e) any payment made to any Bank or
the Agent on the amounts which the Banks or the Agent repay the Company pursuant to a court order
in any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium or other debtor relief proceeding, and
each Guarantor waives any right to the deferral or modification of its obligations hereunder by
reason of any such proceeding.
Section 3. Obligations Independent. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are
independent of the obligations of any other Guarantor, any other guarantor or the Company, and a
separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against each Guarantor whether or not
action is brought against any other Guarantor, any other guarantor or the Company and whether or
not any other Guarantor, any other guarantor or the Company be joined in any such action or
actions. Each Guarantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the benefit of any statute
of limitations affecting its liability hereunder or the enforcement thereof. Any payment by the
Company or other circumstance which Operates to toll any statute of limitations as to the Company
shall operate to toll the statute of limitations as to each Guarantor.
Section 4. Waiver of Notice. Each Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this
Guarantee Agreement and notice of any liability to which it may apply, and waives promptness,
diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest, notice of dishonor or nonpayment of any such
liabilities, suit or taking of other action by the Agent or any Bank against, and any other notice
to, any party liable thereon (including such Guarantor or any other guarantor).
Section 5. Guarantee of Payment. This Guarantee Agreement is a guarantee of payment
and not of collection. The Agent or any Bank may at any time and from time to time without the
consent of, or notice to, any Guarantor, without incurring responsibility to such Guarantor,
without impairing or releasing the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder, upon or without any
terms or conditions and in whole or in part:
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(a) change the manner, place or terms of payment of, and/or change or extend the time of
payment of, renew or alter, any of the Obligations, any security therefor, or any liability
incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof, and the guarantee made in this Guarantee
Agreement shall apply to the Obligations as so changed, extended, renewed or altered;
(b) sell, exchange, release, surrender, realize upon or otherwise deal with, in any manner and
in any order, any property by whomsoever at any time pledged or mortgaged to secure, or howsoever
securing, the Obligations or any liabilities (including any of those hereunder) incurred directly
or indirectly in respect thereof or hereof, and/or any offset thereagainst;
(c) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company or any Guarantor or
others or otherwise act or refrain from acting;
(d) settle or compromise any of the Obligations, any security therefor or any liability
(including any of those hereunder) incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof or hereof,
and may subordinate the payment of all or any part thereof to the payment of any liability (whether
due or not) of the Company to creditors of the Company;
(e) apply any sums by whomsoever paid or howsoever realized to any liability or liabilities of
the Company to the Obligations regardless of what liabilities of the Company remain unpaid;
(f) consent to or waive any breach of, or any act, omission or default under the Credit
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any of the instruments or agreements referred to therein, or
otherwise amend, modify or supplement the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any of such
other instruments or agreements; and/or
(g) fail to perfect any Lien granted to the Agent or to or for the benefit of any of Bank to
secure any of the Obligations.
Section 6. Obligations Unconditional. (a) The obligations of each Guarantor under this
Guarantee Agreement are absolute and unconditional and shall remain in full force and effect
without regard to, and shall not be released, suspended, discharged, terminated (except in
accordance with the terms hereof) or otherwise affected by, any circumstance or occurrence
whatsoever, including without limitation: (i) any action or inaction by the Agent or any Bank as
contemplated in Section 5 of this Guarantee Agreement; (ii) any invalidity, irregularity or
unenforceability of all or part of the Obligations or of any security therefor; or (iii) to the
extent permitted by applicable law, any other act or circumstance that might otherwise constitute a
legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or a guarantor. This Guarantee Agreement is a
primary obligation of each Guarantor.
(b) The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall be automatically reinstated if and to
the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of the Company in respect of the
Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise returned by any holder of any of the obligations,
whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise.
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Section 7. Continuing Guarantee. This Guarantee Agreement is a continuing one and all
liabilities to which it applies (or may apply) under the terms hereof shall be conclusively
presumed to have been created in reliance hereon. No failure or delay on the part of the Agent or
any Bank in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof;
nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The
rights and remedies herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or
remedies which the Agent or any Bank would otherwise have. No notice to or demand on any Guarantor
in any case shall (i) entitle such Guarantor to any other further notice or demand in similar or
other circumstances except for any notice or demand required hereunder or (ii) constitute a waiver
of the rights of the Agent or any Bank to any other or further action in any circumstances without
notice or demand. It is not necessary for the Agent or any Bank to inquire into the capacity or
powers of the officers, directors, partners or agents acting or purporting to act on behalf of any
Guarantor or the Company, and any Obligations made or created in reliance upon the professed
exercise of such powers shall be guaranteed hereunder.
Section 8. Subordination. Any Indebtedness of the Company now or hereafter held by any
Guarantor, whether arising by subrogation, contribution or otherwise, is hereby subordinated to the
Obligations as provided for below; and such Indebtedness of the Company to any Guarantor, if the
Agent, after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, so requests, shall be collected,
enforced and received by such Guarantor as trustee for the Agent and the Banks and be paid over to
the Agent on account of the Obligations, but without affecting or impairing in any manner the
liability of such Guarantor under the other provisions of this Guarantee Agreement. Prior to the
transfer to any non-Affiliate by any Guarantor of any note or negotiable instrument evidencing any
Indebtedness of the Company to such Guarantor, such Guarantor shall mark such note or negotiable
instrument with a legend, acceptable to the Agent, that the same is subject to this subordination.
Section 9. Exhaustion of Remedies. (a) Each Guarantor waives any right (except as
shall be required by applicable statute and cannot be waived) to require the Agent or the Bank to
(i) proceed against the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person, (ii) proceed against or
exhaust any security held from the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person or (iii) pursue
any other remedy in the Agent’s or the Banks’ power whatsoever. Each Guarantor waives any defense
based on or arising out of any defense of the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person
other than payment in full of the Obligations, including without limitation any defense based on or
arising out of the disability of the Company, any other Guarantor or any other party, or the
unenforceability of the Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any
cause of the liability of the Company other than payment in full of the Obligations. The Agent on
behalf of the Banks may, at its election, foreclose on any security held by the Agent or the Banks
by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, whether or not every aspect of any such sale is
commercially reasonable (to the extent such sale is permitted by applicable law), or exercise any
other right or remedy the Agent or the Banks may have against the Company or any other Person, or
any security, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Guarantor hereunder
except to the extent the Obligations have been paid. Each Guarantor waives any defense arising out
of any such election by the Agent or the Banks, even
though such election operates to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or
other right or remedy of such Guarantor against the Company or any other Person or any security.
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(b) Each Guarantor waives all presentments, demands for performance, protests and notices,
including without limitation notices of nonperformance, notice of protest, notices of dishonor,
notices of acceptance of this Guarantee Agreement, and notices of the existence, creation or
incurring of new or additional Indebtedness. Each Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being
and keeping itself informed of the Company’s financial condition and assets, and of all other
circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations and the nature, scope and
extent of the risks which such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that the Agent
and the Banks shall have no duty to advise any Guarantor of information known to them regarding
such circumstances or risks.
(c) Each Guarantor understands, is aware and hereby acknowledges that to the extent the
Obligations are secured by real property located in the State of California, such Guarantor shall
be liable for the full amount of its liability hereunder notwithstanding foreclosure on such real
property by trustee sale or any other reason impairing each Guarantor’s or the Agent’s or any
Bank’s right to proceed against the Company. Each Guarantor hereby waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, all rights and benefits under Section 2809 of the California Civil Code
purporting to reduce a guarantor’s obligation in proportion to the principal obligation. Each
Guarantor hereby waives all rights and benefits under Section 580a of the California Code of Civil
Procedure purporting to limit the amount of any deficiency judgment which might be recoverable
following the occurrence of a trustee’s sale under a deed of trust and all rights and benefits
under Section 580b of the California Code of Civil Procedure stating that no deficiency judgment
may be recovered on a real property purchase money obligation. Each Guarantor further understands,
is aware and hereby acknowledges that if the Agent on behalf of the Banks elects to nonjudicially
foreclose on any real property security located in the State of California, any right of
subrogation of the Guarantors against the Agent or the Banks may be impaired or extinguished and
that as a result of such impairment or extinguishment of subrogation rights, each Guarantor will
have a defense to a deficiency judgment arising out of the operation of (i) Section 580d of the
California Code of Civil Procedure which states that no deficiency judgment may be recovered on a
note secured by a deed of trust on real property in case such real property is sold under the power
of sale contained in such deed of trust, and (ii) related principles of estoppel. To the fullest
extent permitted by law, each Guarantor hereby waives all rights and benefits and any defense
arising out of the operation of Section 580d of the California Code of Civil Procedure and related
principles of estoppel, even though such election operates to impair or extinguish any right of
reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Guarantor against the Company or any
other party or any security. In addition, each Guarantor hereby waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law and without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other
provision hereof, all rights and benefits which might otherwise be available to such Guarantor
under Section 726 of the California Code of Civil Procedure and all rights and benefits which might
otherwise be available to such Guarantor under California Civil Code Sections 2809, 2810, 2815,
2819, 2821, 2839, 2845, 2848, 2849, 2850, 2899, 3275 and 3433. Furthermore, each Guarantor hereby
waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, the benefits of the provisions of Nevada Revised Statutes §§ 40.430 et
seq., 40.451 et seq., and 40.465 et seq.
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(d) Each Guarantor agrees that, as between such Guarantor and the Agent and Banks, the
Obligations may be declared to be forthwith due and payable (and shall be deemed to have become
automatically due and payable) in accordance with the terms thereof for purposes of Section 1
hereof notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or
preventing such Obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against the Company and
that, in the event of such declaration (or such Obligations being deemed to have become
automatically due and payable) such Obligations (whether or not due and payable by the Company)
shall forthwith become due and payable by each Guarantor for purposes of said Section 1.
Section 10. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce the Banks to make
financial accommodation and extend the credit as contemplated by the Credit Agreement, each
Guarantor represents, warrants and covenants that:
(a) Such Guarantor (i) is a duly organized and validly existing corporation or partnership, as
the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) has
the requisite corporate or partnership power and authority to own or hold under lease its property
or assets and to transact the business in which it is engaged and presently proposes to engage and
(iii) is duly qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or
operation of property or conduct of its business requires such qualification except where failure
to be so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the business, assets or financial
condition of such Guarantor.
(b) Such Guarantor has the corporate or partnership power, authority and legal right to
execute, deliver and perform the terms and provisions of this Guarantee Agreement and has taken all
necessary action (including without limitation any required shareholder approval) to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance by it of this Guarantee Agreement. Such Guarantor has duly
executed and delivered this Guarantee Agreement, and this Guarantee Agreement constitutes the
legal, valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws generally affecting creditors’ rights and by
equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law).
(c) Neither the execution, delivery or performance by such Guarantor of this Guarantee
Agreement, nor compliance by it with the terms and provisions hereof, (i) will violate any
provision of any law, statute, rule or regulation or any order, writ, injunction or decree of any
court or governmental instrumentality, (ii) will conflict or be inconsistent with or result in any
breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under,
or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon
any of the property or assets of such Guarantor pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, credit agreement, loan agreement or any other material agreement, contract or
instrument to which such Guarantor is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound or to which it may be subject or (iii) will violate or require any consent not
obtained prior to the date hereof under any provision of the certificate of incorporation,
partnership agreement or by-laws of such Guarantor, except (with respect to clause (ii) above only)
for such violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, present a reasonable
likelihood of materially and adversely affecting the business, assets or financial condition of
such Guarantor.
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(d) No order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording
or registration with, or exemption by, any court, governmental or public body or authority, or any
subdivision thereof, is required to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this
Guarantee Agreement or as a condition to the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability
of this Guarantee Agreement.
(e) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending, or to the best knowledge of such
Guarantor, threatened (i) with respect to this Guarantee Agreement or (ii) that would materially
and adversely affect the business, assets or financial condition of such Guarantor.
(f) On the date hereof, such Guarantor has no subsidiaries.
Section 11. Additional Covenants. Each Guarantor covenants and agrees that on and
after the date hereof and until the Acquisition Loan Termination Date and the Revolving Termination
Date have occurred and all Obligations have been paid in full, such Guarantor shall take, or will
refrain from taking, as the case may be, all actions that are necessary to be taken or not taken so
that no violation of any provision, covenant or agreement contained in, Section 8 of the Credit
Agreement, and so that no Default or Event of Default, is caused by the actions of such Guarantor.
Section 12. Costs and Expenses. Each Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally, agrees
to pay all reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses of each Bank and the Agent in connection
with the enforcement of this Guarantee Agreement and any amendment, waiver or consent relating
hereto (including without limitation the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel employed by
any of the Banks and the Agent (including the allocated costs of internal counsel and all
disbursements thereto)).
Section 13. Assignment. This Guarantee Agreement shall be binding upon each Guarantor
and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Agent and the Banks and their
respective successors and assigns.
Section 14. Termination; Amendments; Waiver of Remedies. This Guarantee Agreement
shall remain in force and effect with respect to each Guarantor until indefeasible payment in full
of the Obligations and the termination or cancellation of the Credit Agreement in accordance with
its terms. This Guarantee Agreement may not be amended except in writing signed by the Agent and
each Guarantor. No delay or failure on the part of the Agent or any Bank in the exercise of any
right or remedy it may have against any Guarantor hereunder or otherwise shall operate as a waiver
thereof, and no single or partial exercise by the Agent or any Bank of any
such right or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other such right or remedy.
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Section 15. Availability of Documents. Each Guarantor acknowledges that an executed
(or conformed) copy of the Credit Agreement has been made available to its principal executive
officers and such officers are familiar with the contents thereof.
Section 16. Set-off. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under
applicable law (including, without limitation, Section 151, of the New York Debtor and Creditor
Law) and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, each Bank is hereby authorized at any time or from time to
time, without notice to any Guarantor or to any other Person, any such notice being expressly
waived, to set off and to appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or special) and any
other Indebtedness at any time held by or owing to such Bank to or for the credit or the account of
such Guarantor, against and on account of the Obligations under this Guarantee Agreement, although
said Obligations shall be contingent or unmatured.
Section 17. Notices. All notices, requests, demands or other communications pursuant
hereto shall be made at the addresses, in the manner and with the effect provided in the Credit
Agreement.
Section 18. Reinstatement. If claim is ever made upon the Agent or any Bank for
repayment or recovery of any amount or amounts received in-payment or on account of any of the
Obligations and any of the aforesaid payees repays all or part of said amount by reason of (a) any
judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative body having jurisdiction over such payee
or any of its property or (b) any settlement or compromise of any such claim effected by such payee
with any such claimant (including the Company), then and in such event each Guarantor agrees that
any such judgment, decree, order, settlement or compromise shall be binding upon such Guarantor,
notwithstanding any revocation hereof or other instrument evidencing any liability of the Company,
and such Guarantor shall be and remain liable to the aforesaid payees hereunder for the amount so
repaid or recovered to the same extent as if such amount had never originally been received by any
such payee.
Section 19.
Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Submission
To Jurisdiction. (a) THIS GUARANTEE AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE AGENT AND THE BANKS AND OF THE UNDERSIGNED HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES.
To Jurisdiction. (a) THIS GUARANTEE AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE AGENT AND THE BANKS AND OF THE UNDERSIGNED HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES.
(b) EACH GUARANTOR HERETO KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS IT MAY
HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS GUARANTEE AGREEMENT, OR ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING OR
STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) MADE BY THE PARTIES HEREIN.
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(c) Each Guarantor, by execution and delivery of this Guarantee Agreement, irrevocably submits
to the non-exclusive in personam jurisdiction of any New York State or federal
court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York over any suit, action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Guarantee Agreement or any Loan Document to which it is a party.
To the fullest extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, each Guarantor irrevocably
waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is
not subject to the in personam jurisdiction of any such court, any objection that
it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding
brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any
such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum; provided that such consent to jurisdiction is
solely for the purposes referred to in this Section 19(c) and shall not be deemed to be a general
submission to jurisdiction of such courts or in the State of New York other than for such purposes.
(d) Each Guarantor agrees, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so under applicable
law, that a final judgment in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in
subsection (c) brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon such Guarantor
subject to rights of appeal, as the case may be, and may be enforced in the courts of the United
States of America or the State of New York (or any other courts the jurisdiction of which such
Guarantor is or may be subject) by a suit upon such judgment.
(e) Each Guarantor consents to process being served in any suit, action or proceeding of the
nature referred to in subsection (c) by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the address of such Guarantor specified in or
designated pursuant to Section 17 or by commercial delivery service. Each Guarantor agrees that
such service upon receipt (i) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it
in any such suit, action or proceeding and (ii) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be
taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to such Guarantor. Notices
hereunder shall be conclusively presumed received as evidenced by a delivery receipt furnished by
the United States Postal Service or any commercial delivery service.
(f) Nothing in this Section 19 shall affect the right of the Agent or any Bank to serve
process in any manner permitted by law, or limit any right that the Agent or any Bank may have to
bring proceedings against any Guarantor in the courts of any appropriate jurisdiction or to enforce
in any lawful manner a judgment obtained in one jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction.
Section 20. Counterparts. This Guarantee Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the
same instrument. A set of counterparts executed by all the parties hereto shall be lodged with each
Guarantor and the Agent.
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Section 21. Certain Rights. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Guarantee
Agreement, the Company may liquidate, sell or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Guarantor to
the extent permitted by the terms of the Credit Agreement but only if (i) no Default or Event of
Default then exists or would result from such sale or disposition and (ii) the proceeds of such
liquidation, sale or disposition are applied as provided in, and to the extent required by Sections
2.7 and 8.8 of the Credit Agreement. At the time of any such liquidation, sale or disposition or
release, such Guarantor shall cease to be a Guarantor hereunder and shall have no further liability
or obligations arising from this Guarantee Agreement and the Agent shall, at the request and
expense of such Guarantor, execute any necessary documents or instruments confirming such
Guarantor’s release from any further liability or obligation hereunder.
Section 22. Persons Becoming Restricted Subsidiaries. Upon any person becoming a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company after the date hereof, each party hereto agrees that such
Person will become a party to this Guarantee Agreement by executing a separate counterpart of this
Guarantee Agreement, whereupon such Person will be deemed a Guarantor for purposes of this
Guarantee Agreement on and after the date of such execution.
Section 23. Guarantors Ceasing to be Restricted Subsidiaries. So long as no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, upon any Guarantor ceasing to be a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Section 7.8 of the Credit Agreement or
as a consequence of being sold in accordance with Section 8.8 of the Credit Agreement, each party
hereto agrees that such Subsidiary will no longer be deemed a Guarantor under this Guarantee
Agreement and the Agent will, at the expense of the Company, execute such instruments necessary to
evidence such release.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Guarantee Agreement to be executed and
delivered as of the date first above written.
AMERIGAS EAGLE PROPANE, INC., | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
AMERIGAS EAGLE HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
AMERIGAS PROPANE PARTS & SERVICE, INC. | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
Accepted and Agreed to:
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as agent for the Bank
as agent for the Bank
By: |
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Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
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