CONTINUING GUARANTY
Exhibit
10.11
TO: XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
1. GUARANTY;
DEFINITIONS. In consideration of any credit or other financial accommodation
heretofore, now or hereafter extended or made to Target Logistic Services,
Inc.
(“Borrower”) by XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Bank”), and for other
valuable consideration, the undersigned Target Logistics, Inc. (“Guarantor”),
jointly and severally unconditionally guarantees and promises to pay to Bank,
or
order, on demand in lawful money of the United States of America and in
immediately available funds, any and all Indebtedness of Borrower to Bank.
The
term “Indebtedness” is used herein in its most comprehensive sense and includes
any and all advances, debts, obligations and liabilities of Borrower heretofore,
now or hereafter made, incurred or created, whether voluntary or involuntary
and
however arising, whether due or not due, absolute or contingent, liquidated
or
unliquidated, determined or undetermined, including under any swap, derivative,
foreign exchange, hedge, deposit, treasury management or other similar
transaction or arrangement, and whether Borrower may be liable individually
or
jointly with others, or whether recovery upon such Indebtedness may be or
hereafter becomes unenforceable. This Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and
not
collection.
2. MAXIMUM
LIABILITY; SUCCESSIVE TRANSACTIONS; REVOCATION; OBLIGATION UNDER OTHER
GUARANTIES. The liability of Guarantor shall not exceed at any time the sum
of
(a) Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00), (b) all accrued and unpaid interest
on any Indebtedness, and (c) all costs and expenses pertaining to the
enforcement of this Guaranty and/or the collection of the Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Bank may permit the Indebtedness of Borrower
to
exceed Guarantor’s liability. This is a continuing guaranty and all rights,
powers and remedies hereunder shall apply to all past, present and future
Indebtedness of Borrower to Bank, including that arising under successive
transactions which shall either continue the Indebtedness, increase or decrease
it, or from time to time create new Indebtedness after all or any prior
Indebtedness has been satisfied, and notwithstanding the dissolution,
liquidation or bankruptcy of Borrower or Guarantor or any other event or
proceeding affecting Borrower or Guarantor. This Guaranty shall not apply to
any
new Indebtedness created after actual receipt by Bank of written notice of
its
revocation as to such new Indebtedness; provided however, that loans or advances
made by Bank to Borrower after revocation under commitments existing prior
to
receipt by Bank of such revocation, and extensions, renewals or modifications,
of any kind, of Indebtedness incurred by Borrower or committed by Bank prior
to
receipt by Bank of such revocation, shall not be considered new Indebtedness.
Any such notice must be sent to Bank by registered U.S. mail, postage prepaid,
addressed to its office at South Bay RCBO, 000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx #000,
Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, or at such other address as Bank shall from time
to time designate. Any payment by Guarantor shall not reduce Guarantor’s maximum
obligation hereunder unless written notice to that effect is actually received
by Bank at or prior to the time of such payment. The obligations of Guarantor
hereunder shall be in addition to any obligations of Guarantor under any other
guaranties of any liabilities or obligations of Borrower or any other persons
heretofore or hereafter given to Bank unless said other guaranties are expressly
modified or revoked in writing; and this Guaranty shall not, unless expressly
herein provided, affect or invalidate any such other guaranties.
3. OBLIGATIONS
JOINT AND SEVERAL; SEPARATE ACTIONS; WAIVER OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS;
REINSTATEMENT OF LIABILITY. The obligations hereunder are joint and several
and
independent of the obligations of Borrower, and a separate action or actions
may
be brought and prosecuted against Guarantor whether action is brought against
Borrower or any other person, or whether Borrower or any other person is joined
in any such action or actions. Guarantor acknowledges that this Guaranty is
absolute and unconditional, there are no conditions precedent to the
effectiveness of this Guaranty, and this Guaranty is in full force and effect
and is binding on Guarantor as of the date written below, regardless of whether
Bank obtains collateral or any guaranties from others or takes any other action
contemplated by Guarantor. Guarantor waives the benefit of any statute of
limitations affecting Guarantor’s liability hereunder or the enforcement
thereof, and Guarantor agrees that any payment of any Indebtedness or other
act
which shall toll any statute of limitations applicable thereto shall similarly
operate to toll such statute of limitations applicable to Guarantor’s liability
hereunder. The liability of Guarantor hereunder shall be reinstated and revived
and the rights of Bank shall continue if and to the extent for any reason any
amount at any time paid on account of any Indebtedness guaranteed hereby is
rescinded or must otherwise be restored by Bank, whether as a result of any
proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, all as though such
amount had not been paid. The determination as to whether any amount so paid
must be rescinded or restored shall be made by Bank in its sole discretion;
provided however, that if Bank chooses to contest any such matter at the request
of Guarantor, Guarantor agrees to indemnify and hold Bank harmless from and
against all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, expended
or incurred by Bank in connection therewith, including without limitation,
in
any litigation with respect thereto.
4. AUTHORIZATIONS
TO BANK. Guarantor authorizes Bank either before or after revocation hereof,
without notice to or demand on Guarantor, and without affecting Guarantor’s
liability hereunder, from time to time to: (a) alter, compromise, renew, extend,
accelerate or otherwise change the time for payment of, or otherwise change
the
terms of the Indebtedness or any portion thereof, including increase or decrease
of the rate of interest thereon; (b) take and hold security for the payment
of
this Guaranty or the Indebtedness or any portion thereof, and exchange, enforce,
waive, subordinate or release any such security; (c) apply such security and
direct the order or manner of sale thereof, including without limitation, a
non-judicial sale permitted by the terms of the controlling security agreement,
mortgage or deed of trust, as Bank in its discretion may determine; (d) release
or substitute any one or more of the endorsers or any other guarantors of the
Indebtedness, or any portion thereof, or any other party thereto; and (e) apply
payments received by Bank from Borrower to any Indebtedness of Borrower to
Bank,
in such order as Bank shall determine in its sole discretion, whether or not
such Indebtedness is covered by this Guaranty, and Guarantor hereby waives
any
provision of law regarding application of payments which specifies otherwise.
Bank may without notice assign this Guaranty in whole or in part. Upon Bank’s
request, Guarantor agrees to provide to Bank copies of Guarantor’s financial
statements.
5. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES. Guarantor represents and warrants to Bank that: (a) this
Guaranty is executed at Borrower’s request; (b) Guarantor shall not, without
Bank’s prior written consent, sell, lease, assign, encumber, hypothecate,
transfer or otherwise dispose of all or a substantial or material part of
Guarantor’s assets other than in the ordinary course of Guarantor’s business;
(c) Bank has made no representation to Guarantor as to the creditworthiness
of
Borrower; and (d) Guarantor has established adequate means of obtaining from
Borrower on a continuing basis financial and other information pertaining to
Borrower’s financial condition. Guarantor agrees to keep adequately informed
from such means of any facts, events or circumstances which might in any way
affect Guarantor’s risks hereunder, and Guarantor further agrees that Bank shall
have no obligation to disclose to Guarantor any information or material about
Borrower which is acquired by Bank in any manner.
6. GUARANTOR’S
WAIVERS.
(a) Guarantor
waives any right to require Bank to: (i) proceed against Borrower or any
other person; (ii) marshal assets or proceed against or exhaust any
security held from Borrower or any other person; (iii) give notice of the
terms, time and place of any public or private sale or other disposition of
personal property security held from Borrower or any other person; (iv) take
any
other action or pursue any other remedy in Bank’s power; or (v) make any
presentment or demand for performance, or give any notice of nonperformance,
protest, notice of protest or notice of dishonor hereunder or in connection
with
any obligations or evidences of indebtedness held by Bank as security for or
which constitute in whole or in part the Indebtedness guaranteed hereunder,
or
in connection with the creation of new or additional Indebtedness.
(b) Guarantor
waives any defense to its obligations hereunder based upon or arising by reason
of: (i) any disability or other defense of Borrower or any other person; (ii)
the cessation or limitation from any cause whatsoever, other than payment in
full, of the Indebtedness of Borrower or any other person; (iii) any lack of
authority of any officer, director, partner, agent or any other person acting
or
purporting to act on behalf of Borrower which is a corporation, partnership
or
other type of entity, or any defect in the formation of any such Borrower;
(iv)
the application by Borrower of the proceeds of any Indebtedness for purposes
other than the purposes represented by Borrower to, or intended or understood
by, Bank or Guarantor; (v) any act or omission by Bank which directly or
indirectly results in or aids the discharge of Borrower or any portion of the
Indebtedness by operation of law or otherwise, or which in any way impairs
or
suspends any rights or remedies of Bank against Borrower; (vi) any impairment
of
the value of any interest in any security for the Indebtedness or any portion
thereof, including without limitation, the failure to obtain or maintain
perfection or recordation of any interest in any such security, the release
of
any such security without substitution, and/or the failure to preserve the
value
of, or to comply with applicable law in disposing of, any such security; (vii)
any modification of the Indebtedness, in any form whatsoever, including any
modification made after revocation hereof to any Indebtedness incurred prior
to
such revocation, and including without limitation the renewal, extension,
acceleration or other change in time for payment of, or other change in the
terms of, the Indebtedness or any portion thereof, including increase or
decrease of the rate of interest thereon; or (viii) any requirement that Bank
give any notice of acceptance of this Guaranty. Until all Indebtedness shall
have been paid in full, Guarantor shall have no right of subrogation, and
Guarantor waives any right to enforce any remedy which Bank now has or may
hereafter have against Borrower or any other person, and waives any benefit
of,
or any right to participate in, any security now or hereafter held by Bank.
Guarantor further waives all rights and defenses Guarantor may have arising
out
of (A) any election of remedies by Bank, even though that election of remedies,
such as a non-judicial foreclosure with respect to any security for any portion
of the Indebtedness, destroys Guarantor’s rights of subrogation or Guarantor’s
rights to proceed against Borrower for reimbursement, or (B) any loss of
rights Guarantor may suffer by reason of any rights, powers or remedies of
Borrower in connection with any anti-deficiency laws or any other laws limiting,
qualifying or discharging Borrower’s Indebtedness, whether by operation of
Sections 726, 580a or 580d of the Code of Civil Procedure as from time to time
amended, or otherwise, including any rights Guarantor may have to a Section
580a
fair market value hearing to determine the size of a deficiency following any
foreclosure sale or other disposition of any real property security for any
portion of the Indebtedness.
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7. BANK’S
RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO GUARANTOR’S PROPERTY IN BANK’S POSSESSION. In addition to
all liens upon and rights of setoff against the monies, securities or other
property of Guarantor given to Bank by law, Bank shall have a lien upon and
a
right of setoff against all monies, securities and other property of Guarantor
now or hereafter in the possession of or on deposit with Bank, whether held
in a
general or special account or deposit or for safekeeping or otherwise, and
every
such lien and right of setoff may be exercised without demand upon or notice
to
Guarantor. No lien or right of setoff shall be deemed to have been waived by
any
act or conduct on the part of Bank, or by any neglect to exercise such right
of
setoff or to enforce such lien, or by any delay in so doing, and every right
of
setoff and lien shall continue in full force and effect until such right of
setoff or lien is specifically waived or released by Bank in
writing.
8. SUBORDINATION.
Any Indebtedness of Borrower now or hereafter held by Guarantor is hereby
subordinated to the Indebtedness of Borrower to Bank. Such Indebtedness of
Borrower to Guarantor is assigned to Bank as security for this Guaranty and
the
Indebtedness and, if Bank requests, shall be collected and received by Guarantor
as trustee for Bank and paid over to Bank on account of the Indebtedness of
Borrower to Bank but without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability
of Guarantor under the other provisions of this Guaranty. Any notes or other
instruments now or hereafter evidencing such Indebtedness of Borrower to
Guarantor shall be marked with a legend that the same are subject to this
Guaranty and, if Bank so requests, shall be delivered to Bank. Bank is hereby
authorized in the name of Guarantor from time to time to file financing
statements and continuation statements and execute such other documents and
take
such other action as Bank deems necessary or appropriate to perfect, preserve
and enforce its rights hereunder.
9. REMEDIES;
NO WAIVER. All rights, powers and remedies of Bank hereunder are cumulative.
No
delay, failure or discontinuance of Bank in exercising any right, power or
remedy hereunder shall affect or operate as a waiver of such right, power or
remedy; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or
remedy preclude, waive or otherwise affect any other or further exercise thereof
or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. Any waiver, permit, consent
or approval of any kind by Bank of any breach of this Guaranty, or any such
waiver of any provisions or conditions hereof, must be in writing and shall
be
effective only to the extent set forth in writing.
10. COSTS,
EXPENSES AND ATTORNEYS’ FEES. Guarantor shall pay to Bank immediately upon
demand the full amount of all payments, advances, charges, costs and expenses,
including reasonable attorneys’ fees (to include outside counsel fees and all
allocated costs of Bank’s in-house counsel), expended or incurred by Bank in
connection with the enforcement of any of Bank’s rights, powers or remedies
and/or the collection of any amounts which become due to Bank under this
Guaranty, and the prosecution or defense of any action in any way related to
this Guaranty, whether incurred at the trial or appellate level, in an
arbitration proceeding or otherwise, and including any of the foregoing incurred
in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding (including without limitation,
any
adversary proceeding, contested matter or motion brought by Bank or any other
person) relating to Guarantor or any other person or entity. All of the
foregoing shall be paid by Guarantor with interest from the date of demand
until
paid in full at a rate per annum equal to the greater of ten percent (10%)
or
Bank’s Prime Rate in effect from time to time.
11. SUCCESSORS;
ASSIGNMENT. This Guaranty shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the
heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns
of the parties; provided however, that Guarantor may not assign or transfer
any
of its interests or rights hereunder without Bank’s prior written consent.
Guarantor acknowledges that Bank has the right to sell, assign, transfer,
negotiate or grant participations in all or any part of, or any interest in,
any
Indebtedness of Borrower to Bank and any obligations with respect thereto,
including this Guaranty. In connection therewith, Bank may disclose all
documents and information which Bank now has or hereafter acquires relating
to
Guarantor and/or this Guaranty, whether furnished by Borrower, Guarantor or
otherwise. Guarantor further agrees that Bank may disclose such documents and
information to Borrower.
12. AMENDMENT.
This Guaranty may be amended or modified only in writing signed by Bank and
Guarantor.
13. UNDERSTANDING
WITH RESPECT TO WAIVERS; SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. Guarantor warrants and
agrees that each of the waivers set forth herein is made with Guarantor’s full
knowledge of its significance and consequences, and that under the
circumstances, the waivers are reasonable and not contrary to public policy
or
law. If any waiver or other provision of this Guaranty shall be held to be
prohibited by or invalid under applicable public policy or law, such waiver
or
other provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition
or
invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such waiver or other provision
or any remaining provisions of this Guaranty.
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14. GOVERNING
LAW. This Guaranty shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of California.
15. ARBITRATION.
(a) Arbitration.
The
parties hereto agree, upon demand by any party, to submit to binding arbitration
all claims, disputes and controversies between or among them (and their
respective employees, officers, directors, attorneys, and other agents), whether
in tort, contract or otherwise, in any way arising out of or relating to this
Guaranty and its negotiation, execution, collateralization, administration,
repayment, modification, extension, substitution, formation, inducement,
enforcement, default or termination.
(b) Governing
Rules.
Any
arbitration proceeding will (i) proceed in a location in California selected
by
the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”); (ii) be governed by the Federal
Arbitration Act (Title 9 of the United States Code), notwithstanding any
conflicting choice of law provision in any of the documents between the parties;
and (iii) be conducted by the AAA, or such other administrator as the parties
shall mutually agree upon, in accordance with the AAA’s commercial dispute
resolution procedures, unless the claim or counterclaim is at least
$1,000,000.00 exclusive of claimed interest, arbitration fees and costs in
which
case the arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the AAA’s optional
procedures for large, complex commercial disputes (the commercial dispute
resolution procedures or the optional procedures for large, complex commercial
disputes to be referred to herein, as applicable, as the “Rules”). If there is
any inconsistency between the terms hereof and the Rules, the terms and
procedures set forth herein shall control. Any party who fails or refuses to
submit to arbitration following a demand by any other party shall bear all
costs
and expenses incurred by such other party in compelling arbitration of any
dispute. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to be a waiver by any party
that is a bank of the protections afforded to it under 12 U.S.C. §91 or any
similar applicable state law.
(c) No
Waiver of Provisional Remedies, Self-Help and Foreclosure.
The
arbitration requirement does not limit the right of any party to (i) foreclose
against real or personal property collateral; (ii) exercise self-help remedies
relating to collateral or proceeds of collateral such as setoff or repossession;
or (iii) obtain provisional or ancillary remedies such as replevin, injunctive
relief, attachment or the appointment of a receiver, before during or after
the
pendency of any arbitration proceeding. This exclusion does not constitute
a
waiver of the right or obligation of any party to submit any dispute to
arbitration or reference hereunder, including those arising from the exercise
of
the actions detailed in sections (i), (ii) and (iii) of this
paragraph.
(d) Arbitrator
Qualifications and Powers.
Any
arbitration proceeding in which the amount in controversy is $5,000,000.00
or
less will be decided by a single arbitrator selected according to the Rules,
and
who shall not render an award of greater than $5,000,000.00. Any dispute in
which the amount in controversy exceeds $5,000,000.00 shall be decided by
majority vote of a panel of three arbitrators; provided however, that all three
arbitrators must actively participate in all hearings and deliberations. The
arbitrator will be a neutral attorney licensed in the State of California or
a
neutral retired judge of the state or federal judiciary of California, in either
case with a minimum of ten years experience in the substantive law applicable
to
the subject matter of the dispute to be arbitrated. The arbitrator will
determine whether or not an issue is arbitratable and will give effect to the
statutes of limitation in determining any claim. In any arbitration proceeding
the arbitrator will decide (by documents only or with a hearing at the
arbitrator’s discretion) any pre-hearing motions which are similar to motions to
dismiss for failure to state a claim or motions for summary adjudication. The
arbitrator shall resolve all disputes in accordance with the substantive law
of
California and may grant any remedy or relief that a court of such state could
order or grant within the scope hereof and such ancillary relief as is necessary
to make effective any award. The arbitrator shall also have the power to award
recovery of all costs and fees, to impose sanctions and to take such other
action as the arbitrator deems necessary to the same extent a judge could
pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the California Rules of Civil
Procedure or other applicable law. Judgment upon the award rendered by the
arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The institution
and
maintenance of an action for judicial relief or pursuit of a provisional or
ancillary remedy shall not constitute a waiver of the right of any party,
including the plaintiff, to submit the controversy or claim to arbitration
if
any other party contests such action for judicial relief.
(e) Discovery.
In any
arbitration proceeding, discovery will be permitted in accordance with the
Rules. All discovery shall be expressly limited to matters directly relevant
to
the dispute being arbitrated and must be completed no later than 20 days before
the hearing date. Any requests for an extension of the discovery periods, or
any
discovery disputes, will be subject to final determination by the arbitrator
upon a showing that the request for discovery is essential for the party’s
presentation and that no alternative means for obtaining information is
available.
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(f) Class
Proceedings and Consolidations.
No
party hereto shall be entitled to join or consolidate disputes by or against
others in any arbitration, except parties who have executed this Guaranty or
any
other contract, instrument or document relating to any Indebtedness, or to
include in any arbitration any dispute as a representative or member of a class,
or to act in any arbitration in the interest of the general public or in a
private attorney general capacity.
(g) Payment
Of Arbitration Costs And Fees.
The
arbitrator shall award all costs and expenses of the arbitration
proceeding.
(h) Real
Property Collateral; Judicial Reference.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no dispute shall be submitted
to arbitration if the dispute concerns indebtedness secured directly or
indirectly, in whole or in part, by any real property unless (i) the holder
of
the mortgage, lien or security interest specifically elects in writing to
proceed with the arbitration, or (ii) all parties to the arbitration waive
any
rights or benefits that might accrue to them by virtue of the single action
rule
statute of California, thereby agreeing that all indebtedness and obligations
of
the parties, and all mortgages, liens and security interests securing such
indebtedness and obligations, shall remain fully valid and enforceable. If
any
such dispute is not submitted to arbitration, the dispute shall be referred
to a
referee in accordance with California Code of Civil Procedure Section 638 et
seq., and this general reference agreement is intended to be specifically
enforceable in accordance with said Section 638. A referee with the
qualifications required herein for arbitrators shall be selected pursuant to
the
AAA’s selection procedures. Judgment upon the decision rendered by a referee
shall be entered in the court in which such proceeding was commenced in
accordance with California Code of Civil Procedure Sections 644 and
645.
(i) Miscellaneous.
To the
maximum extent practicable, the AAA, the arbitrators and the parties shall
take
all action required to conclude any arbitration proceeding within 180 days
of
the filing of the dispute with the AAA. No arbitrator or other party to an
arbitration proceeding may disclose the existence, content or results thereof,
except for disclosures of information by a party required in the ordinary course
of its business or by applicable law or regulation. If more than one agreement
for arbitration by or between the parties potentially applies to a dispute,
the
arbitration provision most directly related to the documents between the parties
or the subject matter of the dispute shall control. This arbitration provision
shall survive termination, amendment or expiration of any of the documents
or
any relationship between the parties.
(j) Small
Claims Court.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each party retains the right
to
pursue in Small Claims Court any dispute within that court’s jurisdiction.
Further, this arbitration provision shall apply only to disputes in which either
party seeks to recover an amount of money (excluding attorneys’ fees and costs)
that exceeds the jurisdictional limit of the Small Claims Court.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Guarantor has executed this Guaranty as of
March 19, 2007.
Target
Logistics, Inc.
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By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
Chief Financial Officer
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