GUARANTY
Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION COPY
THIS GUARANTY (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, this “Guaranty”) is made as of April 15, 2011 by and among each of the Subsidiaries
of American Medical Systems, Inc. (the “Borrower”) listed on the signature pages hereto (each an
“Initial Guarantor”) and those additional Subsidiaries of the Borrower which become parties to this
Guaranty by executing a supplement hereto (a “Guaranty Supplement”) in the form attached hereto as
Annex I (such additional Subsidiaries, together with the Initial Guarantors, the “Guarantors”), in
favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), for the
benefit of the Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement described below. Unless otherwise defined
herein, capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to
such terms in the Credit Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the financial institutions from time to time party thereto
(collectively, the “Lenders”), and the Administrative Agent have entered into that certain Credit
Agreement of even date herewith (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), which Credit Agreement provides, subject to
the terms and conditions thereof, for extensions of credit and other financial accommodations to be
made by the Lenders to or for the benefit of the Borrower;
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the extensions of credit by the Lenders under the
Credit Agreement that each of the Guarantors (constituting all of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower
required to execute this Guaranty pursuant to Section 5.09 of the Credit Agreement) execute
and deliver this Guaranty, whereby each of the Guarantors, without limitation and with full
recourse, shall guarantee the payment when due of all Secured Obligations, including, without
limitation, all principal, interest, letter of credit reimbursement obligations and other amounts
that shall be at any time payable by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement or the other Loan
Documents; and
WHEREAS, in consideration of the direct and indirect financial and other support and benefits
that the Borrower has provided, and such direct and indirect financial and other support and
benefits as the Borrower may in the future provide, to the Guarantors, and in consideration of the
increased ability of each Guarantor that is a Subsidiary of the Borrower to receive funds through
contributions to capital, and for each Guarantor to receive funds through intercompany advances or
otherwise, from funds provided to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the flexibility
provided by the Credit Agreement for each Guarantor to do so which significantly facilitates the
business operations of the Borrower and each Guarantor and in order to induce the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent to enter into the Credit Agreement, and to make the Loans and the other
financial accommodations to the Borrower and to issue the Letters of Credit described in the Credit
Agreement, each of the Guarantors is willing to guarantee the Secured Obligations under the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Each of the Guarantors
represents and warrants to each Lender and the Administrative Agent as of the date of this
Guaranty, giving effect to
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents on the Effective Date,
and thereafter on each date as required by Section 4.02 of the Credit Agreement that:
(a) It (i) is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company duly incorporated or
organized, as the case may be, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, (ii) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
entity and is in good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable) under the laws of each
jurisdiction where the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, and (iii) has
all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority, as the case
may be, to own, operate and encumber its property and to conduct its business in each jurisdiction
in which its business is conducted or proposed to be conducted, except to the extent that the
failure to have such authority could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) It has the requisite corporate, limited liability company or partnership, as applicable,
power and authority and legal right to execute and deliver this Guaranty and to perform its
obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery by it of this Guaranty and the performance of
its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by proper corporate, limited liability company
or partnership proceedings, including any required shareholder, member or partner approval, and
this Guaranty constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor, enforceable
against such Guarantor, in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
(i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyances, reorganization or similar laws relating to or
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general equitable principles
(whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (iii) requirements of reasonableness,
good faith and fair dealing.
(c) Neither the execution and delivery by it of this Guaranty, nor the consummation by it of
the transactions herein contemplated, nor compliance by it with the terms and provisions hereof,
will (i) conflict with the charter or other organizational documents of such Guarantor, (ii)
conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or
both) a default under any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award
(including, without limitation, any environmental property transfer laws or regulations) applicable
to such Guarantor or any provisions of any indenture, material instrument or material agreement to
which the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries is party or is subject or by which it or
its property is bound or affected, or require termination of any such indenture, instrument or
agreement, (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien whatsoever upon any of the
property or assets of such Guarantor, other than Liens permitted or created by the Loan Documents,
or (iv) require any approval of such Guarantor’s board of directors, shareholders, members,
partners or unitholders except such as have been obtained. The execution, delivery and performance
by such Guarantor of each of the Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party do not and will
not require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with
or by any Governmental Authority, including under any environmental property transfer act or
environmental laws or regulations, except filings, consents or notices which have been made.
(d) It has no Indebtedness other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 of the Credit
Agreement.
In addition to the foregoing, each of the Guarantors covenants that, so long as any Lender has
any Commitment or Letter of Credit outstanding under the Credit Agreement or any amount payable
under the Credit Agreement or any other Secured Obligations shall remain unpaid, it will, and, if
necessary, will cause the Borrower to, fully comply with those covenants and agreements of the
Borrower applicable to such Guarantor set forth in the Credit Agreement.
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SECTION 2. The Guaranty. Each of the Guarantors hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
guarantees, jointly and severally with the other Guarantors, the full and punctual payment and
performance when due (whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured
Obligations, including, without limitation, (i) the principal of and interest on each Loan made to
the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, (ii) obligations owing under or in connection with
Letters of Credit, (iii) all other amounts payable by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, and including, without limitation, all Swap Obligations and Banking
Services Obligations, and (iv) the punctual and faithful performance, keeping, observance, and
fulfillment by the Borrower of all of the agreements, conditions, covenants, and obligations of the
Borrower contained in the Loan Documents (all of the foregoing being referred to collectively as
the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Upon the failure by the Borrower, or any of its Affiliates, as
applicable, to pay punctually any such amount or perform such obligation, subject to any applicable
grace or notice and cure period, each of the Guarantors agrees that it shall forthwith on demand
pay such amount or perform such obligation at the place and in the manner specified in the Credit
Agreement or the relevant other Loan Document, as the case may be. Each of the Guarantors hereby
agrees that this Guaranty is an absolute, irrevocable and unconditional guaranty of payment and is
not a guaranty of collection.
SECTION 3. Guaranty Unconditional. The obligations of each of the Guarantors hereunder shall
be unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall not be
released, discharged or otherwise affected by:
(i) any extension, renewal, settlement, indulgence, compromise, waiver or release of or
with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof or any agreement relating thereto,
or with respect to any obligation of any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations,
whether (in any such case) by operation of law or otherwise, or any failure or omission to
enforce any right, power or remedy with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof
or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any obligation of any other guarantor of
any of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(ii) any modification or amendment of or supplement to the Credit Agreement, any Swap
Agreement, any Banking Services Agreement or any other Loan Document, including, without
limitation, any such amendment which may increase the amount of, or the interest rates applicable
to, any of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby;
(iii) any release, surrender, compromise, settlement, waiver, subordination or modification,
with or without consideration, of any collateral securing the Guaranteed Obligations or any part
thereof, any other guaranties with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or
any other obligation of any person or entity with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any
part thereof, or any nonperfection or invalidity of any direct or indirect security for the
Guaranteed Obligations;
(iv) any change in the corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other existence,
structure or ownership of the Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting
the Borrower or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any of their respective
assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the Borrower or any other
guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(v) the existence of any claim, setoff or other rights which the Guarantors may have at any
time against the Borrower, any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the
Administrative Agent, any Secured Party or any other Person, whether in connection herewith or
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connection with any unrelated transactions, provided that nothing herein shall prevent
the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim;
(vi) the enforceability or validity of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof or the
genuineness, enforceability or validity of any agreement relating thereto or with respect to any
collateral securing the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or any other invalidity or
unenforceability relating to or against the Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the
Guaranteed Obligations, for any reason related to the Credit Agreement, any Swap Agreement, any
Banking Services Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any provision of applicable law,
decree, order or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Borrower or any other
guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise
affecting any term of any of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(vii) the failure of the Administrative Agent to take any steps to perfect and maintain any
security interest in, or to preserve any rights to, any security or collateral for the Guaranteed
Obligations, if any;
(viii) the election by, or on behalf of, any one or more of the Secured Parties, in any
proceeding instituted under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. 101 et
seq.) (or any successor statute, the “Bankruptcy Code”), of the application of Section 1111(b)(2)
of the Bankruptcy Code;
(ix) any borrowing or grant of a security interest by the Borrower, as debtor-in-possession,
under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code;
(x) the disallowance, under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code, of all or any portion of the
claims of the Secured Parties or the Administrative Agent for repayment of all or any part of the
Guaranteed Obligations;
(xi) the failure of any other guarantor to sign or become party to this
Guaranty or any amendment, change, or reaffirmation hereof; or
(xii) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Borrower, any other
guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Administrative Agent, any Secured Party or any other
Person or any other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the
provisions of this Section 3, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of any Guarantor’s obligations hereunder or
otherwise reduce, release, prejudice or extinguish its liability under this Guaranty.
SECTION 4. Discharge Only Upon Payment In Full; Reinstatement In Certain
Circumstances. Each of the Guarantors’ obligations hereunder shall remain in full force and
effect until all Guaranteed Obligations shall have been paid in full in cash (other than
Unliquidated Obligations that have not yet arisen) and the Commitments and all Letters of Credit
issued under the Credit Agreement shall have terminated or expired or, in the case of all Letters
of Credit, are fully collateralized on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, at
which time, subject to all the foregoing conditions, the guarantees made hereunder shall
automatically terminate. If at any time any payment of the principal of or interest on any Loan,
Secured Obligation or any other amount payable by the Borrower or any other party under the Credit
Agreement, any Swap Agreement, any Banking Services Agreement or any other Loan Document is
rescinded or must be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or
reorganization of the Borrower or otherwise, each of the Guarantors’ obligations hereunder with
respect to such payment shall be reinstated as though such payment had been due but not made at
such time. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that each of the Guaranteed Obligations shall
be due and
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payable in the same currency as such Guaranteed Obligation is denominated, but if currency
control or exchange regulations are imposed in the country which issues such currency with the
result that such currency (the “Original Currency”) no longer exists or the relevant Guarantor is
not able to make payment in such Original Currency, then all payments to be made by such Guarantor
hereunder in such currency shall instead be made when due in Dollars in an amount equal to the
Dollar Amount (as of the date of payment) of such payment due, it being the intention of the
parties hereto that each Guarantor takes all risks of the imposition of any such currency control
or exchange regulations.
SECTION 5. General Waivers; Additional Waivers.
(a) General
Waivers. Each of the Guarantors irrevocably waives acceptance hereof,
presentment, demand or action on delinquency, protest, the benefit of any statutes of limitations
and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any notice not provided for herein or under the other
Loan Documents, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any Person
against the Borrower, any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other Person.
(b) Additional Waivers. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the
Guarantors hereby absolutely, unconditionally, knowingly, and expressly waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by law:
(i) any right it may have to revoke this Guaranty as to future Guaranteed Obligations or
notice of acceptance hereof;
(ii) (1) notice of acceptance hereof; (2) notice of any Loans, Letters of Credit or other
financial accommodations made or extended under the Loan Documents or the creation or existence
of any Guaranteed Obligations; (3) notice of the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations, subject,
however, to each Guarantor’s right to make inquiry of the Administrative Agent and the Secured
Parties to ascertain the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations at any reasonable time; (4) notice
of any adverse change in the financial condition of the Borrower or of any other fact that might
increase such Guarantor’s risk hereunder; (5) notice of presentment for payment, demand, protest,
and notice thereof as to any instruments among the Loan Documents; (6) notice of any Default or
Event of Default; and (7) all other notices (except if such notice is specifically required to be
given to such Guarantor hereunder or under the Loan Documents) and demands to which each
Guarantor might otherwise be entitled;
(iii) its right, if any, to require the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties
to institute suit against, or to exhaust any rights and remedies which the Administrative Agent
and the other Secured Parties has or may have against, the other Guarantors or any third party,
or against any Collateral provided by the other Guarantors, or any third party; and each
Guarantor further waives any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense (other
than the defense that the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been fully and finally performed and
indefeasibly paid in full in cash) of the other Guarantors or by reason of the cessation from any
cause whatsoever of the liability of the other Guarantors in respect thereof;
(iv) (a) any rights to assert against the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties
any defense (legal or equitable), set-off, counterclaim, or claim which such Guarantor may now or
at any time hereafter have against the other Guarantors or any other party liable to the
Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties; (b) any defense, set-off, counterclaim, or
claim, of any kind or nature, arising directly or indirectly from the present or future lack of
perfection, sufficiency, validity, or enforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any
security therefor; (c) any defense such Guarantor has to performance hereunder, and any right
such
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Guarantor has to be exonerated, arising by reason of: (1) the impairment or
suspension of the Administrative Agent’s and the other Secured Parties’ rights or remedies
against the other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; (2) the alteration by the
Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties of the Guaranteed Obligations; (3) any
discharge of the other Guarantors’ obligations to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured
Parties by operation of law as a result of the Administrative Agent’s and the other Secured
Parties’ intervention or omission; or (4) the acceptance by the Administrative Agent and the
other Secured Parties of anything in partial satisfaction of the Guaranteed Obligations; and (d)
the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantor’s liability hereunder or the
enforcement thereof, and any act which shall defer or delay the operation of any statute of
limitations applicable to the Guaranteed Obligations shall similarly operate to defer or delay
the operation of such statute of limitations applicable to such Guarantor’s liability hereunder;
and
(v) any defense arising by reason of or deriving from (a) any claim or defense based upon an
election of remedies by the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties; or (b) any election by
the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties under the Bankruptcy Code, to limit the
amount of, or any collateral securing, its claim against the Guarantors.
SECTION 6. Subordination of Subrogation; Subordination of Intercompany Indebtedness.
(a) Subordination of Subrogation. Until the Guaranteed Obligations have been fully
and finally performed and indefeasibly paid in full in cash (other than Unliquidated Obligations),
the Guarantors (i) shall have no right of subrogation with respect to such Guaranteed Obligations
and (ii) waive any right to enforce any remedy which the Issuing Bank, any of the Secured Parties
or the Administrative Agent now have or may hereafter have against the Borrower, any endorser or
any guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, and until such
time the Guarantors waive any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any security or
collateral given to the Secured Parties, the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent to secure
the payment or performance of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other liability
of the Borrower to the Secured Parties, the Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent. Should any
Guarantor have the right, notwithstanding the foregoing, to exercise its subrogation rights, each
Guarantor hereby expressly and irrevocably (A) subordinates any and all rights at law or in equity
to subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification or set off that such
Guarantor may have to the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations until the
Guaranteed Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full in cash (other than Unliquidated Obligations)
and (B) waives any and all defenses available to a surety, guarantor or accommodation co-obligor
until the Guaranteed Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full in cash (other than Unliquidated
Obligations that have not yet arisen). Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that this
subordination is intended to benefit the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties and shall not
limit or otherwise affect such Guarantor’s liability hereunder or the enforceability of this
Guaranty, and that the Administrative Agent, the Secured Parties and their respective successors
and assigns are intended third party beneficiaries of the waivers and agreements set forth in this
Section 6(a).
(b) Subordination of Intercompany Indebtedness. Each Guarantor agrees that any and
all claims of such Guarantor against the Borrower or any other Guarantor hereunder (each an
“Obligor”) with respect to any “Intercompany Indebtedness” (as hereinafter defined), any endorser,
obligor or any other guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, or against any of
its properties shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment, in full
and in cash, of all Guaranteed Obligations; provided that, as long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, such Guarantor may receive payments of principal and interest from any
Obligor with respect to Intercompany Indebtedness. Notwithstanding any right of any Guarantor to
ask, demand, xxx for, take or receive any payment from any Obligor, all rights, liens and security
interests of such Guarantor, whether now or
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hereafter arising and howsoever existing, in any assets of any other Obligor shall be and are
subordinated to the rights of the Secured Parties and the Administrative Agent in those assets. No
Guarantor shall have any right to possession of any such asset or to foreclose upon any such asset,
whether by judicial action or otherwise, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations shall
have been fully paid and satisfied (in cash) and all financing arrangements pursuant to any Loan
Document, any Swap Agreement or any Banking Services Agreement have been terminated. If all or any
part of the assets of any Obligor, or the proceeds thereof, are subject to any distribution,
division or application to the creditors of such Obligor, whether partial or complete, voluntary or
involuntary, and whether by reason of liquidation, bankruptcy, arrangement, receivership,
assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other action or proceeding, or if the business of
any such Obligor is dissolved or if substantially all of the assets of any such Obligor are sold,
then, and in any such event (such events being herein referred to as an “Insolvency Event”), any
payment or distribution of any kind or character, either in cash, securities or other property,
which shall be payable or deliverable upon or with respect to any indebtedness of any Obligor to
any Guarantor (“Intercompany Indebtedness”) shall be paid or delivered directly to the
Administrative Agent for application on any of the Guaranteed Obligations, due or to become due,
until such Guaranteed Obligations shall have first been fully paid and satisfied (in cash). Should
any payment, distribution, security or instrument or proceeds thereof be received by the applicable
Guarantor upon or with respect to the Intercompany Indebtedness after any Insolvency Event and
prior to the satisfaction of all of the Guaranteed Obligations and the termination of all financing
arrangements pursuant to any Loan Document among the Borrower and the Secured Parties, such
Guarantor shall receive and hold the same in trust, as trustee, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties and shall forthwith deliver the same to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, in precisely the form received (except for the endorsement or assignment of the
Guarantor where necessary), for application to any of the Guaranteed Obligations, due or not due,
and, until so delivered, the same shall be held in trust by the Guarantor as the property of the
Secured Parties. If any such Guarantor fails to make any such endorsement or assignment to the
Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent or any of its officers or employees is irrevocably
authorized to make the same. Each Guarantor agrees that until the Guaranteed Obligations (other
than the Unliquidated Obligations) have been paid in full (in cash) and satisfied and all financing
arrangements pursuant to any Loan Document among the Borrower and the Secured Parties have been
terminated, no Guarantor will assign or transfer to any Person (other than the Administrative
Agent) any claim any such Guarantor has or may have against any Obligor.
SECTION 7. Contribution with Respect to Guaranteed Obligations.
(a) To the extent that any Guarantor shall make a payment under this Guaranty (a “Guarantor
Payment”) which, taking into account all other Guarantor Payments then previously or concurrently
made by any other Guarantor, exceeds the amount which otherwise would have been paid by or
attributable to such Guarantor if each Guarantor had paid the aggregate Guaranteed Obligations
satisfied by such Guarantor Payment in the same proportion as such Guarantor’s “Allocable Amount”
(as defined below) (as determined immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment) bore to the
aggregate Allocable Amounts of each of the Guarantors as determined immediately prior to the making
of such Guarantor Payment, then, following indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guarantor
Payment and the Guaranteed Obligations (other than Unliquidated Obligations that have not yet
arisen), and all Commitments and Letters of Credit have terminated or expired or, in the case of
all Letters of Credit, are fully collateralized on terms reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, and the Credit Agreement, the Swap Agreements and the Banking Services
Agreements have terminated, such Guarantor shall be entitled to receive contribution and
indemnification payments from, and be reimbursed by, each other Guarantor for the amount of such
excess, pro rata based upon their respective Allocable Amounts in effect
immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment.
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(b) As of any date of determination, the “Allocable Amount” of any Guarantor shall be equal to
the maximum amount of the claim which could then be recovered from such Guarantor under this
Guaranty without rendering such claim voidable or avoidable under Section 548 of Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, Uniform Fraudulent
Conveyance Act or similar statute or common law.
(c) This Section 7 is intended only to define the relative rights of the Guarantors, and
nothing set forth in this Section 7 is intended to or shall impair the obligations of the
Guarantors, jointly and severally, to pay any amounts as and when the same shall become due and
payable in accordance with the terms of this Guaranty.
(d) The parties hereto acknowledge that the rights of contribution and indemnification
hereunder shall constitute assets of the Guarantor or Guarantors to which such contribution and
indemnification is owing.
(e) The rights of the indemnifying Guarantors against other Guarantors under this Section 7 shall
be exercisable upon the full and indefeasible payment of the Guaranteed Obligations in cash (other
than Unliquidated Obligations that have not yet arisen) and the termination or expiry (or in the
case of all Letters of Credit full collateralization), on terms reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, of the Commitments and all Letters of Credit issued under the Credit
Agreement and the termination of the Credit Agreement, the Swap Agreements and the Banking Services
Agreements.
SECTION 8. Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any
amount payable by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, any counterparty to any Swap Agreement,
any Banking Services Agreement or any other Loan Document is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy
or reorganization of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, all such amounts otherwise subject to
acceleration under the terms of the Credit Agreement, any Swap Agreement, any Banking Services
Agreement or any other Loan Document shall nonetheless be payable by each of the Guarantors
hereunder forthwith on demand by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 9. Notices. All notices, requests and other communications to any
party hereunder shall be given in the manner prescribed in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement
with respect to the Administrative Agent at its notice address therein and, with respect to any
Guarantor, in the care of the Borrower at the address of the Borrower set forth in the Credit
Agreement, or such other address or telecopy number as such party may hereafter specify for such
purpose in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 10. No Waivers. No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party in exercising any
right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or
partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies provided in this Guaranty, the Credit
Agreement, any Swap Agreement, any Banking Services Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be
cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
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SECTION 11. Successors and Assigns. This Guaranty is for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns,
provided, that no Guarantor shall have any right to assign its rights or obligations hereunder
without the consent of the Administrative Agent, and any such assignment in violation of this
Section 11 shall be null and void; and in the event of an assignment of any amounts payable under
the Credit Agreement, any Swap Agreement, any Banking Services Agreement or the other Loan
Documents in accordance with the respective terms thereof, the rights hereunder, to the extent
applicable to the indebtedness so assigned, may be transferred with such indebtedness. This
Guaranty shall be binding upon each of the Guarantors and their respective successors and assigns.
SECTION 12. Changes in Writing. Other than in connection with the addition of
additional Subsidiaries, which become parties hereto by executing a Guaranty Supplement hereto in
the form attached as Annex I, neither this Guaranty nor any provision hereof may be changed,
waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only in writing signed by each of the Guarantors and
the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 13. Governing Law; Jurisdiction.
(a) THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK.
(b) Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its
property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in
New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and
any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to
this Guaranty or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and
each Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such
action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted
by law, in such Federal court. Each Guarantor agrees that a final judgment in any such action or
proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment
or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Guaranty or any other Loan Document shall
affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have
to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Guaranty or any other Loan Document against any
Guarantor or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may
legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of
venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty or any other
Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each Guarantor hereby
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to
the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each party to this Guaranty irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided
for notices in Section 9 of this Guaranty, and each of the Guarantors hereby appoints the Borrower
as its agent for service of process. Nothing in this Guaranty or any other Loan Document will
affect the right of any party to this Guaranty to serve process in any other manner permitted by
law.
SECTION 14. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT
(WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).
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EACH GUARANTOR (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER GUARANTOR HAS
REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER GUARANTOR WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER
GUARANTORS HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS GUARANTY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS
AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 15. No Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated jointly in
the negotiation and drafting of this Guaranty. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or
interpretation arises, this Guaranty shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto
and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of
the authorship of any provisions of this Guaranty.
SECTION 16. Taxes, Expenses of Enforcement, Etc.
(a) Taxes. Unless otherwise required by law, each payment by any Guarantor hereunder
or under any promissory note or application for a Letter of Credit shall be made free and clear of,
and without deduction for, any Indemnified Taxes on the same terms and to the same extent that
payments by any Loan Party are required to be made pursuant to the terms of Section 2.17 of the
Credit Agreement. The provisions of Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to each
Guarantor mutatis mutandis. By accepting the benefits hereof, each Lender agrees that the
provisions of Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to such Lender mutatis mutandis.
(b) Expenses of Enforcement, Etc. The Guarantors agree to reimburse the
Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations for any reasonable costs and
out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of one U.S. counsel and one
additional local counsel and regulatory counsel in each applicable jurisdiction for the
Administrative Agent and one additional counsel for all the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations other
than the Administrative Agent and additional counsel in light of actual or potential conflicts of
interest or the availability of different claims or defenses for the Administrative Agent or the
other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations) paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent or any other
Holder of Guaranteed Obligations in connection with the collection and enforcement of amounts due
under the Loan Documents, including without limitation this Guaranty.
SECTION 17. Setoff. At any time after all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations
have become due and payable (by acceleration or otherwise), each Secured Party and the
Administrative Agent may, without notice to any Guarantor and regardless of the acceptance of any
security or collateral for the payment hereof, set off and apply toward the payment of all or any
part of the Guaranteed Obligations any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand,
provisional or final and in whatever currency denominated at any time held) and other obligations
at any time owing by such Secured Party or the Administrative Agent or any of their Affiliates to
or for the credit or the account of any Guarantor against any of and all the Guaranteed
Obligations, irrespective of whether or not such Secured Party or the Administrative Agent shall
have made any demand under this Guaranty and although such obligations may be unmatured. Each
Secured Party, the Administrative Agent or their respective Affiliates exercising its right of
setoff shall notify the applicable Guarantor of such exercise of such right promptly after
exercising such right. The rights of each Secured Party or the Administrative Agent under this
Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such
Secured Party or the Administrative Agent may have.
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SECTION 18. Financial Information. Each Guarantor hereby assumes responsibility for
keeping itself informed of the financial condition of the Borrower, the other Guarantors and any
and all endorsers and/or other guarantors of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, and of
all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any
part thereof, that diligent inquiry would reveal, and each Guarantor hereby agrees that none of the
Secured Parties or the Administrative Agent shall have any duty to advise such Guarantor of
information known to any of them regarding such condition or any such circumstances. In the event
any Secured Party or the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, undertakes at any time or
from time to time to provide any such information to a Guarantor, such Secured Party or the
Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation (i) to undertake any investigation not a part of
its regular business routine, (ii) to disclose any information which such Secured Party or the
Administrative Agent, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance or banking practices,
wishes to maintain confidential or (iii) to make any other or future disclosures of such
information or any other information to such Guarantor.
SECTION 19. Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Guaranty shall be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision
of this Guaranty shall be prohibited by or invalid under such law, such provision shall be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without invalidating the remainder of
such provision or the remaining provisions of this Guaranty.
SECTION 20. Merger. This Guaranty represents the final agreement of each of the
Guarantors with respect to the matters contained herein and may not be contradicted by evidence of
prior or contemporaneous agreements, or subsequent oral agreements, between each such Guarantor and
any Secured Party or the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 21. Headings. Section headings in this Guaranty are for convenience of
reference only and shall not govern the interpretation of any provision of this Guaranty.
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SECTION 22. Judgment Currency. For the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it
is necessary to convert a sum due from any Guarantor hereunder in the currency expressed to be
payable herein (the “Specified Currency”) into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the
fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at
which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the
Specified Currency with such other currency at the Administrative Agent’s main New York City office
on the Business Day preceding that on which final, non-appealable judgment is given. The
obligations of each Guarantor in respect of any sum due hereunder shall, notwithstanding any
judgment in a currency other than the Specified Currency, be discharged only to the extent that on
the Business Day following receipt by any Secured Party (including the Administrative Agent), as
the case may be, of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency such Secured Party
(including the Administrative Agent), as the case may be, may in accordance with normal, reasonable
banking procedures purchase the Specified Currency with such other currency. If the amount of the
Specified Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Secured Party
(including the Administrative Agent), as the case may be, in the Specified Currency, each Guarantor
agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as a separate obligation and
notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Secured Party (including the Administrative
Agent), as the case may be, against such loss, and if the amount of the Specified Currency so
purchased exceeds (a) the sum originally due to any Secured Party (including the Administrative
Agent), as the case may be, in the Specified Currency and (b) amounts shared with other Secured
Parties as a result of allocations of such excess as a disproportionate payment to such other
Secured Party under Section 2.18 of the Credit Agreement, such Secured Party (including the
Administrative Agent), as the case may be, agrees, by accepting the benefits hereof, to remit such
excess to such Guarantor.
SECTION 23. Termination of Guarantors. The obligations of any Guarantor under
this Guaranty shall automatically terminate in accordance with Section 9.15 of the Credit
Agreement.
[SIGNATURE PAGES TO FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Initial Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed by
its authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.
AMS SALES CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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LASERSCOPE |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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AMS RESEARCH CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Signature Page to Guaranty
Acknowledged and Agreed to:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
Signature Page to Guaranty
ANNEX I TO GUARANTY
Reference is hereby made to the Guaranty (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guaranty”), dated as of April 15, 2011, made
by each of the Subsidiaries of American Medical Systems, Inc. (the “Borrower”) listed on
the signature pages thereto (each an “Initial Guarantor”, and together with any additional
Subsidiaries which become parties to the Guaranty by executing Guaranty Supplements thereto
substantially similar in form and substance hereto, the “Guarantors”), in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, under the Credit Agreement.
Each capitalized term used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning given to it in the
Guaranty.
By its execution below, the undersigned, [NAME OF NEW GUARANTOR], a [________________]
[corporation] [partnership] [limited liability company] (the “New Guarantor”), agrees
to become, and does hereby become, a Guarantor under the Guaranty and agrees to be bound by
such Guaranty as if originally a party thereto. By its execution below, the undersigned
represents and warrants as to itself that all of the representations and warranties contained
in Section 1 of the Guaranty are true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Guarantor has executed and delivered this Annex I counterpart to
the Guaranty as of this __________ day of _________, 20__.
[NAME OF NEW GUARANTOR] |
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Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||