SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
Exhibit
10.7
SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTEE, dated as of March 5, 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”, and
together with the Company (as defined below), the “Debtors”), in favor
of the purchasers (including such purchasers’ successors, transferees and
assigns, the “Purchasers”)
signatory to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).
W
I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (“Purchase Agreement”)
dated as of March 5, 2008 by and between Blue Holdings, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (the “Company”), and the
Purchasers, the Company has agreed to sell and issue to the Purchasers, and the
Purchasers have agreed to purchase from the Company the Company’s 8% Senior
Secured Convertible Notes (the “Notes”), subject to
the terms and conditions set forth therein;
WHEREAS,
each Guarantor is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company, and as a
condition to the Closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase
Agreement, and in order to induce the Purchasers to enter into and consummate
the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (including without
limitation purchasing the Notes and making the loans evidenced thereby), the
Company has agreed that the Guarantors would guaranty the Company’s obligations
under the Notes, Purchase Agreement and other Transaction
Documents in accordance with the terms set forth in this Guaranty,
the Notes, the Purchase Agreement and other Transaction Documents;
and
WHEREAS,
each Guarantor will directly benefit from the extension of credit to the Company
represented by the issuance of the Notes;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Purchasers to
enter into the applicable 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, initially capitalized 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, of any Debtor to the Purchasers, including without limitation all
obligations under the Purchase Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants, this
Guarantee and any other instruments, agreements or other documents executed
and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith, in each case, 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 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 Notes and the loans extended pursuant thereto; (ii) any and all other
fees, indemnities, costs, obligations and liabilities of the Debtors from time
to time under or in connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Notes, the
Warrants, this Guarantee and any other instruments, agreements or other
documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith; 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 any
Debtor.
2.
Guarantee.
(a) Guarantee.
(i) The
Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, absolutely, unconditionally and
irrevocably, guarantee to the Purchasers and their respective successors,
indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and
performance by the Company when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations. The Guarantors’
liability under this Guarantee shall be unlimited, open and continuous for so
long as this Guarantee remains in force.
(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 set forth 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 by payment 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 paid 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 Company's Common 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 Transaction Documents.
(b) Right of
Contribution. 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 paid 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 have not 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, promptly following
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, the Notes 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 fullest 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
without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of the Purchase Agreement,
the Notes 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 and
performance in full of the Obligations) 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
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 without limitation the commencement and
continuance of any legal proceedings.
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(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 Purchase Agreement.
3. Representations and
Warranties. Each Guarantor hereby makes the following representations and
warranties to the Purchasers as of the date hereof:
(a) Organization and
Qualification. The Guarantor is an entity, duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction set
forth on Schedule 1, with the requisite 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 other than those identified as such on the
Disclosure Schedules to the Purchase Agreement. 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”).
(b) Authorization;
Enforcement. The Guarantor has the requisite 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 action on the part of the Guarantor. This Guaranty has been
duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor and constitutes the legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in
accordance with its terms.
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(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 Articles of
Organization or Operating Agreement 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.
(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 the 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) Company’s
Request. This Guarantee is executed at the Company’s request
and not at the request of the Purchasers.
(g) Obtaining Company
Information. The Guarantor has established adequate means of
obtaining from the Company on a continuing basis information regarding the
Company’s financial condition.
(h) Solvency. As
of the date hereof and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated
hereby (a) the property of the Guarantor, at a fair valuation, will exceed its
debt; (b) the capital of the Guarantor will not be unreasonably small to conduct
its business; (c) the Guarantor will not have incurred debts, or have intended
to incur debts, beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature; and (d) the
present fair salable value of the assets of the Guarantor will be greater than
the amount that will be required to pay its probable liabilities (including
debts) as they become absolute and matured. For purposes of this
subsection (i), “debt” means any liability on a claim, and “claim” means (i) the
right to payment, whether or not such right is reduced to judgment, liquidated,
unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, undisputed, legal,
equitable, secured or unsecured, or (ii) the right to an equitable remedy for
breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether
or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed,
contingent, matured, unmatured, undisputed, secured or
unsecured.
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4.
Covenants.
(a) Actions. Each
Guarantor covenants and agrees with the Purchasers that, from and after the date
of this Guarantee until the Obligations shall have been paid 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 is caused by the failure to take
such action or to refrain from taking such action by such
Guarantor.
(b) Insurance. So
long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Guarantors shall have in full force
and effect (a) insurance reasonably believed by the Guarantors to be adequate on
all assets and activities, covering property damage and loss of income by fire
or other casualty, and (b) insurance reasonably believed to be adequate
protection against all liabilities, claims and risks against which it is
customary for companies similarly situated as the Guarantors to
insure.
(c) Compliance with
Laws. So long as any Notes remain outstanding, Guarantors will
use reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations,
orders and decrees of all governmental authorities, except to the extent
non-compliance (in one instance or in the aggregate) would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(d) Corporate Existence; Merger
and Consolidation. So long as any Notes remain outstanding,
the Guarantors shall maintain their corporate existence. The
Guarantors shall not consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer
or lease all or substantially all its assets to, any Person, except to the same
extent that the Company is so permitted, and in accordance with the same
provisions applicable to the Company, in the Purchase Agreement or the Notes
(with the assumption of obligations applying to the assumption of the
obligations under this Guarantee).
(e) Taxes. The
Guarantors shall pay, and shall cause each of its subsidiaries to pay, prior to
delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies except
such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the
failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the
Guarantors or the Purchasers.
(f) Stay, Extension and Usury
Laws. The Guarantors covenant (to the extent that they may
lawfully do so) that they shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any
manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension
or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may
affect the covenants or the performance of this Guarantee; and the Guarantors
(to the extent that they may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit
or advantage of any such law, and covenant that they shall not, by resort to any
such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any right herein granted to
the Purchasers, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such right as
though no such law has been enacted.
(g) Negative
Covenants. So long as any of the Obligations are outstanding,
unless Purchasers holding at least a majority-in-interest of the aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes shall otherwise consent in
writing, each Guarantor will not directly or indirectly on or after the date of
this Guarantee:
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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. amend its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other charter documents so as to
adversely affect any rights of the Purchasers
hereunder;
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;
provided, however,
that the Guarantor shall not be prohibited from undertaking any of the actions
described above that the Company is permitted to undertake pursuant to the terms
of the Purchase Agreement, Notes and any and all other agreements or other documents
entered into in connection with the
financings contemplated by the Purchase
Agreement.
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 Purchasers holding a majority-in-interest of the principal amount of
Notes then outstanding.
(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
1.
(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 provided herein 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 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 repayment of the Obligations and all
other amounts payable under the Purchase Agreement, the Notes 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 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.
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(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 fax or PDF), 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
Law. This guarantee shall be governed by, and construed and
interpreted in accordance with, the law of the state of New York without regard
to any principles of conflicts of laws.
(l) Submission to
Jurisdictional; Waiver. Each Guarantor hereby
irrevocably
and unconditionally:
(i) submits
for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this
Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, or for
recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the
non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the Courts of the State of New York,
located in New York County, New York, the courts of the United States of America
for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any
thereof;
(ii) consents
that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any
objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or
proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an
inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
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(iii) agrees
that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by
mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially
similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Guarantor at its address
referred to in Schedule 1 below or at such other address of which the Purchasers
shall have been notified pursuant thereto;
(iv) agrees
that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any
other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to xxx in any other
jurisdiction; and
(v) waives,
to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or
recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section any
special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
(m) 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.
(n) Release of
Guarantors. Subject to Section 2, each Guarantor will be released from
all liability hereunder concurrently with the repayment in full of all amounts
owed under the Purchase Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction
Documents.
(o) 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.
(p) Security. The
Obligations and Guarantors’ obligations hereunder and under the other
Transaction Documents are secured by the assets of the Guarantors pursuant to
the terms of the Security Documents.
(q) Multiple
Closings. For clarification, the Guarantors acknowledge and
agree that there may be more than one Closing under the Purchase Agreement and
that this Guarantee guarantees all Obligations regardless of when (1) any
Purchaser executes the Purchase Agreement, (2) any Closing occurs or (3) any
Notes are issued, without any need for the Guarantors to execute any further
documentation or be notified of any Closing or for any other action to
occur.
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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.
ANTIK
DENIM, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Chief
Executive Officer
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TAVERNITI
SO JEANS, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Chief
Executive Officer
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SCHEDULE
1
GUARANTORS
The
following are the names, notice addresses, jurisdiction of organization and
percentage ownership of each Guarantor.
NAME
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ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
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JURISDICTION
OF
INCORPORATION
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PERCENTAGE
OWNED
BY
COMPANY
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ANTIK
DENIM, LLC
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0000
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
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California
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100%
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TAVERNITI
SO JEANS, LLC
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0000
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
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California
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100%
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