SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE, dated as of May 21, 2008 (this "Guarantee"), made by
each of the signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may become a
party hereto as provided herein, the "Guarantors"), in favor of the purchasers
signatory (together with their permitted assigns, the "Purchasers") to that
certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between ABC
Funding, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company") and the Purchasers.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as
of the date hereof, by and between the Company and the Purchasers (the "Purchase
Agreement"), the Company has agreed to sell and issue to the Purchasers, and the
Purchasers have agreed to purchase from the Company the Debentures, subject to
the terms and conditions set forth therein; and
WHEREAS, each Guarantor will directly benefit from the extension of credit
to the Company represented by the issuance of the Debentures; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the
Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to carry out the
transactions contemplated thereby, each Guarantor hereby agrees with the
Purchasers as follows:
1. Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the
Purchase Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the
Purchase Agreement. The words "hereof," "herein," "hereto" and "hereunder" and
words of similar import when used in this Guarantee shall refer to this
Guarantee as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Guarantee, and
Section and Schedule references are to this Guarantee unless otherwise
specified. The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms. The following
terms shall have the following meanings:
"Guarantee" means this Subsidiary Guarantee, as the same may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Obligations" means, in addition to all other costs and expenses of
collection incurred by Purchasers in enforcing any of such Obligations
and/or this Guarantee, all of the liabilities and obligations (primary,
secondary, direct, contingent, sole, joint or several) due or to become
due, or that are now or may be hereafter contracted or acquired, or owing
to, of the Company or any Guarantor to the Purchasers under this Guarantee
and the Debentures, whether now or hereafter existing, voluntary or
involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or
unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether or not
from time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, created
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or incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities
that are paid, to the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or
recovered directly or indirectly from any of the Purchasers as a
preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise as such obligations may be
amended, supplemented, converted, extended or modified from time to time.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term "Obligations"
shall include, without limitation: (i) principal of, and interest on the
Debentures and the loans extended pursuant thereto; (ii) any and all other
fees, indemnities, costs, obligations and liabilities of the Company or
any Guarantor from time to time under or in connection with this Guarantee
and the Debentures; and (iii) all amounts (including but not limited to
post-petition interest) in respect of the foregoing that would be payable
but for the fact that the obligations to pay such amounts are
unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy,
reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Company or any
Guarantor.
2. Guarantee.
(a) Guarantee.
(i) The Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally,
unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantee to the Purchasers and
their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns, the
prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the
stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations.
(ii) Anything herein or in any other Transaction Document to
the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each
Guarantor hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents shall
in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such
Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws, including laws
relating to the insolvency of debtors, fraudulent conveyance or
transfer or laws affecting the rights of creditors generally (after
giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section
2(b)).
(iii) Each Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any
time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of
such Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained
in this Section 2 or affecting the rights and remedies of the
Purchasers hereunder.
(iv) The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in
full force and effect until all the Obligations and the obligations
of each Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2
shall have been satisfied in full.
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(v) No payment made by the Company, any of the Guarantors, any
other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the
Purchasers from the Company, any of the Guarantors, any other
guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding
or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from
time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Obligations shall
be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the
liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding
any such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in
respect of the Obligations or any payment received or collected from
such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations), remain liable for the
Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder
until the Obligations are satisfied in full.
(vi) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Guarantee, with respect to any defaulted non-monetary Obligations
the specific performance of which by the Guarantors is not
reasonably possible (e.g. the issuance of the Conversion Stock), the
Guarantors shall only be liable for making the Purchasers whole on a
monetary basis for the Company's failure to perform such Obligations
in accordance with the Debenture.
(b) Right of Contribution. Subject to Section 2(c), each Guarantor
hereby agrees that to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more
than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor
shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any
other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of
such payment. Each Guarantor's right of contribution shall be subject to
the terms and conditions of Section 2(c). The provisions of this Section
2(b) shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any
Guarantor to the Purchasers and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the
Purchasers for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
(c) No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment made by any
Guarantor hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any
Guarantor by the Purchasers, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be
subrogated to any of the rights of the Purchasers against the Company or
any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of
offset held by the Purchasers for the payment of the Obligations, nor
shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or
reimbursement from the Company or any other Guarantor in respect of
payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the
Purchasers by the Company on account of the Obligations are satisfied in
full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such
subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations shall not have
been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust
for the Purchasers, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and
shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the
Purchasers in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by
such Guarantor to the Purchasers, if required), to be applied against the
Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the Purchasers
may determine.
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(d) Amendments, Etc. With Respect to the Obligations. Each Guarantor
shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any
reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or
further assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the
Obligations made by the Purchasers may be rescinded by the Purchasers and
any of the Obligations continued, and the Obligations, or the liability of
any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security
or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from
time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended,
modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the
Purchasers, and the Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may
be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as
the Purchasers may deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral
security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Purchasers
for the payment of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived,
surrendered or released. The Purchasers shall have no obligation to
protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by them as
security for the Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this
Section 2 or any property subject thereto.
(e) Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. Each Guarantor waives any
and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of
the Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Purchasers upon
the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or acceptance of the guarantee
contained in this Section 2; the Obligations, and any of them, shall
conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or
renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee
contained in this Section 2; and all dealings between the Company and any
of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Purchasers, on the other hand,
likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in
reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2. Each Guarantor
waives to the extent permitted by law diligence, presentment, protest,
demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the
Company or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Obligations. Each
Guarantor understands and agrees that the guarantee contained in this
Section 2 shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional
guarantee of payment and performance without regard to (a) the validity or
enforceability of the Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction
Document, any of the Obligations or any other collateral security therefor
or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from
time to time held by the Purchasers, (b) any defense, set-off or
counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance or fraud by
Purchasers) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the
Company or any other Person against the Purchasers, or (c) any other
circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the
Company or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to
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constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Company for the
Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this
Section 2, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand
hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against
any Guarantor, the Purchasers may, but shall be under no obligation to,
make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as
they may have against the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person
or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Obligations or any
right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Purchasers to
make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to
collect any payments from the Company, any other Guarantor or any other
Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to
exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Company, any
other Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral security,
guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any
obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the
rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of
law, of the Purchasers against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof,
"demand" shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal
proceedings.
(f) Reinstatement. The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall
continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any
time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Obligations is rescinded
or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Purchasers upon the
insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the
Company or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a
receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for,
the Company or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or
otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.
(g) Payments. Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments
hereunder will be paid to the Purchasers without set-off or counterclaim
in U.S. dollars at the address set forth or referred to in the Signature
Pages to the Purchase Agreement.
3. Representations and Warranties. Each Guarantor hereby makes the
following representations and warranties to Purchasers as of the date hereof:
(a) Organization and Qualification. The Guarantor is a corporation,
duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the applicable jurisdiction set forth on Schedule 1, with the requisite
corporate power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and
to carry on its business as currently conducted. The Guarantor has no
subsidiaries. The Guarantor is duly qualified to do business and is in
good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the
nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in
good standing, as the case may be, could not, individually or in the
aggregate, (x) adversely affect the legality, validity or enforceability
of any of this Guaranty in any material respect, (y) have a material
adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, prospects, or
financial condition of the Guarantor or (z) adversely impair in any
material respect the Guarantor's ability to perform fully on a timely
basis its obligations under this Guaranty (a "Material Adverse Effect").
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(b) Authorization; Enforcement. The Guarantor has the requisite
corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Guaranty, and otherwise to carry out its
obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Guaranty by the
Guarantor and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated
hereby have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the
part of the Guarantor. This Guaranty has been duly executed and delivered
by the Guarantor and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the
Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws
relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors' rights
and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.
(c) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Guaranty by the Guarantor and the consummation by the Guarantor of the
transactions contemplated thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or
violate any provision of its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or
(ii) conflict with, constitute a default (or an event which with notice or
lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any
rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any
agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Guarantor is a party, or
(iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment,
injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental
authority to which the Guarantor is subject (including Federal and State
securities laws and regulations), or by which any material property or
asset of the Guarantor is bound or affected, except in the case of each of
clauses (ii) and (iii), such conflicts, defaults, terminations,
amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as could not,
individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a Material Adverse
Effect. The business of the Guarantor is not being conducted in violation
of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, except
for violations which, individually or in the aggregate, do not have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Consents and Approvals. The Guarantor is not required to obtain
any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, or make any filing or
registration with, any court or other federal, state, local, foreign or
other governmental authority or other person in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of this Guaranty.
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(e) Purchase Agreement. The representations and warranties of the
Company set forth in the Purchase Agreement as they relate to such
Guarantor, each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference, are
true and correct as of each time such representations are deemed to be
made pursuant to such Purchase Agreement, and the Purchasers shall be
entitled to rely on each of them as if they were fully set forth herein,
provided that each reference in each such representation and warranty to
the Company's knowledge shall, for the purposes of this Section 3, be
deemed to be a reference to such Guarantor's knowledge.
(f) Foreign Law. Each Guarantor has consulted with appropriate
foreign legal counsel with respect to any of the above representations for
which non-U.S. law is applicable. Such foreign counsel have advised each
applicable Guarantor that such counsel knows of no reason why any of the
above representations would not be true and accurate. Such foreign counsel
were provided with copies of this Subsidiary Guarantee and the Transaction
Documents prior to rendering their advice.
4. Covenants.
(a) Each Guarantor covenants and agrees with the Purchasers that,
from and after the date of this Guarantee until the Obligations shall have
been satisfied in full, such Guarantor shall take, and/or shall refrain
from taking, as the case may be, each commercially reasonable action that
is necessary to be taken or not taken, as the case may be, so that no
Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) is caused by the failure
to take such action or to refrain from taking such action by such
Guarantor.
(b) So long as any of the Obligations are outstanding, unless
Purchasers holding at least 67% of the aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding Debentures shall otherwise consent in writing, each
Guarantor will not directly or indirectly on or after the date of this
Guarantee:
i. enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind, including but not
limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property
or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or
any income or profits therefrom;
ii. enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or
assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or
any income or profits therefrom;
iii. other than the Charter Amendment, amend its certificate
of incorporation, bylaws or other charter documents so as to
adversely affect any rights of any Purchaser;
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iv. repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or
otherwise acquire more than a de minimis number of shares of its
securities or debt obligations;
v. pay cash dividends on any equity securities of the Company;
vi. enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the
Guarantor which would be required to be disclosed in any public
filing of the Company with the Commission, unless such transaction
is made on an arm's-length basis and expressly approved by a
majority of the disinterested directors of the Company (even if less
than a quorum otherwise required for board approval); or
vii. enter into any agreement with respect to any of the
foregoing.
5. Miscellaneous.
(a) Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this
Guarantee may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
except in writing by the Purchasers.
(b) Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the
Purchasers or any Guarantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner
provided for in the Purchase Agreement, provided that any such notice,
request or demand to or upon any Guarantor shall be addressed to such
Guarantor at its notice address set forth on Schedule 5(b).
(c) No Waiver By Course Of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies. The
Purchasers shall not by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant
to Section 5(a)), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to
have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any
default under the Transaction Documents or Event of Default. No failure to
exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Purchasers, any
right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No
single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder
shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Purchasers of any
right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a
bar to any right or remedy which the Purchasers would otherwise have on
any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are
cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive
of any other rights or remedies provided by law.
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(d) Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification.
(i) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, or reimburse the Purchasers
for, all its costs and expenses incurred in collecting against such
Guarantor under the guarantee contained in Section 2 or otherwise
enforcing or preserving any rights under this Guarantee and the
other Transaction Documents to which such Guarantor is a party,
including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements
of counsel to the Purchasers.
(ii) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Purchasers
harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting
from any delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise, sales or other
taxes which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection
with any of the transactions contemplated by this Guarantee.
(iii) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Purchasers
harmless from, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the
execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of
this Guarantee to the extent the Company would be required to do so
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
(iv) The agreements in this Section shall survive satisfaction
of the Obligations and repayment of all other amounts payable under
the Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
(e) Successor and Assigns. This Guarantee shall be binding upon the
successors and assigns of each Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of
the Purchasers and their respective successors and assigns; provided that
no Guarantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or
obligations under this Guarantee without the prior written consent of the
Purchasers.
(f) Set-Off. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the
Purchasers at any time and from time to time while an Event of Default
under any of the Transaction Documents shall have occurred and be
continuing, without notice to such Guarantor or any other Guarantor, any
such notice being expressly waived by each Guarantor, to set-off and
appropriate and apply any and all deposits, credits, indebtedness or
claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute
or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by the
Purchasers to or for the credit or the account of such Guarantor, or any
part thereof in such amounts as the Purchasers may elect, against and on
account of the obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor to the
Purchasers hereunder and claims of every nature and description of the
Purchasers against such Guarantor, in any currency, whether arising
hereunder, under the Purchase Agreement, any other Transaction Document or
otherwise, as the Purchasers may elect, whether or not the Purchasers have
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made any demand for payment and although such obligations, liabilities and
claims may be contingent or unmatured. The Purchasers shall notify such
Guarantor promptly of any such set-off and the application made by the
Purchasers of the proceeds thereof, provided that the failure to give such
notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The
rights of the Purchasers under this Section are in addition to other
rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of
set-off) which the Purchasers may have.
(g) Counterparts. This Guarantee may be executed by one or more of
the parties to this Guarantee on any number of separate counterparts
(including by telecopy), and all of said counterparts taken together shall
be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
(h) Severability. Any provision of this Guarantee which is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and
any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not
invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
(i) Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Guarantee
are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the
construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation
hereof.
(j) Integration. This Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents
represent the agreement of the Guarantors and the Purchasers with respect
to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises,
undertakings, representations or warranties by the Purchasers relative to
subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to
herein or in the other Transaction Documents.
(k) Governing Laws. All questions concerning the construction,
validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Guarantee shall be
governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal
laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of
conflicts of law thereof. Each of the Company and the Guarantors agree
that all proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and
defense of the transactions contemplated by this Guarantee (whether
brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors,
officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be
commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City
of New York, Borough of Manhattan. Each of the Company and the Guarantors
hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and
federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for
the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or
with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby
irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any proceeding, any claim
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that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court,
that such proceeding is improper. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably
waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in
any such proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified
mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at
the address in effect for notices to it under this Guarantee and agrees
that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process
and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in
any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Each
party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Guarantee or the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(l) Acknowledgements. Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges that:
(i) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation,
execution and delivery of this Guarantee and the other Transaction
Documents to which it is a party;
(ii) the Purchasers have no fiduciary relationship with or
duty to any Guarantor arising out of or in connection with this
Guarantee or any of the other Transaction Documents, and the
relationship between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the
Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith
is solely that of debtor and creditor; and
(iii) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other
Transaction Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the
transactions contemplated hereby among the Guarantors and the
Purchasers.
(m) Additional Guarantors. The Company shall cause each of its
subsidiaries formed or acquired on or subsequent to the date hereof to
become a Guarantor for all purposes of this Guarantee by executing and
delivering an Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex 1 hereto.
(n) Release of Guarantors. Each Guarantor will be released from all
liability hereunder concurrently with the satisfaction in full of the
Obligations and the indefeasible repayment in full of all amounts owed
under the Purchase Agreement, the Debentures and the other Transaction
Documents.
(o) Seniority. The Obligations of each of the Guarantors hereunder
rank senior in priority to any other Indebtedness (as defined in the
Purchase Agreement) of such Guarantor.
(p) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH GUARANTOR AND, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THE
BENEFITS HEREOF, THE PURCHASERS, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY
WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS
GUARANTEE AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
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(Signature Pages Follow)
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee to
be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
ENERGY VENTURE, INC.
By:
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
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SCHEDULE 1
GUARANTORS
The following are the names, notice addresses and jurisdiction of
organization of each Guarantor.
COMPANY
JURISDICTION OF OWNED BY
INCORPORATION PERCENTAGE
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Energy Venture, Inc. Nevada 100%
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Annex 1 to
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of ____ __, ______ made by _____________________,
a ______________ corporation (the "Additional Guarantor"), in favor of the
Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement referred to below. All capitalized
terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in such
Purchase Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, ABC Funding, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company") and the
Purchasers have entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May
__, 2008 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Purchase Agreement");
WHEREAS, in connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Subsidiaries of
the Company (other than the Additional Guarantor) have entered into the
Subsidiary Guarantee, dated as of May ___, 2008 (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the "Guarantee") in favor of the
Purchasers;
WHEREAS, the Purchase Agreement requires the Additional Guarantor to
become a party to the Guarantee; and
WHEREAS, the Additional Guarantor has agreed to execute and deliver this
Assumption Agreement in order to become a party to the Guarantee;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:
1. Guarantee. By executing and delivering this Assumption Agreement, the
Additional Guarantor, as provided in Section 5(m) of the Guarantee, hereby
becomes a party to the Guarantee as a Guarantor thereunder with the same force
and effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor and, without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly assumes all obligations and
liabilities of a Guarantor thereunder. The information set forth in Annex 1
hereto is hereby added to the information set forth in Schedule 1 to the
Guarantee. The Additional Guarantor hereby represents and warrants that each of
the representations and warranties contained in Section 3 of the Guarantee is
true and correct on and as the date hereof as to such Additional Guarantor
(after giving effect to this Assumption Agreement) as if made on and as of such
date.
2. Governing Law. THIS ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assumption Agreement
to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
[ADDITIONALGUARANTOR]
By: _____________________
Name:
Title:
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