EXHIBIT 10.7
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE, dated as of January 27, 2005, made by each of the
signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party
hereto as provided herein, (the "Guarantors"), in favor of the purchaser(s)
signatory (the "Purchasers") to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof, between Xxxxxx Capital Financial Group, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company") and the Purchasers.
W I T N E S S E T H:
Whereas, pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as
of the date hereof, by and between the Company and the Purchasers (the "Purchase
Agreement"), the Company has agreed to sell and issue to the Purchasers, and the
Purchasers have agreed to purchase from the Company the Company's 12% Senior
Secured Notes, due December 31, 2005 (the "Notes"), subject to the terms and
conditions set forth therein; and
Whereas, each Guarantor will directly benefit from the extension of credit
to the Company represented by the issuance of the Notes; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the
Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to carry out the
transactions contemplated thereby, each Guarantor hereby agrees with the
Purchasers as follows:
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1. Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in
the Purchase Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to
them in the Purchase Agreement. The words "hereof," "herein," "hereto" and
"hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Guarantee shall
refer to this Guarantee as a whole and not to any particular provision of
this Guarantee, and Section and Schedule references are to this Guarantee
unless otherwise specified. The meanings given to terms defined herein
shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such
terms. The following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Guarantee" means this Subsidiary Guarantee, as the same may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Obligations" means the collective reference to all obligations and
undertakings of the Company of whatever nature, monetary or otherwise,
under the Notes, the Purchase Agreement, the Security Agreement, the
Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement or any other future agreement
or obligations undertaken by the Company to the Purchasers, together with
all reasonable attorneys' fees, disbursements and all other costs and
expenses of collection incurred by Purchasers in enforcing any of such
Obligations and/or this Guarantee.
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2. Guarantee.
(a) Guarantee.
(i) The Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally
and irrevocably, guarantee to the Purchasers and their
respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns, the
prompt and complete payment and performance by the Company
when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise) of the Obligations.
(ii) Anything herein or in any other Transaction Document to the
contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each
Guarantor hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents
shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by
such Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws,
including laws relating to the insolvency of debtors,
fraudulent conveyance or transfer or laws affecting the rights
of creditors generally (after giving effect to the right of
contribution established in Section 2(b)).
(iii) Each Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and
from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such
Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained
in this Section 2 or affecting the rights and remedies of the
Purchasers hereunder.
(iv) The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in full
force and effect until all the Obligations and the obligations
of each Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this
Section 2 shall have been satisfied by payment in full.
(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.
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(vi) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
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.
(g) 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.
(h) 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 shall not have been paid in full, such
amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Purchasers, segregated
from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such
Guarantor, be turned over to the Purchasers in the exact form received by such
Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Purchasers, if required), to
be applied against the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order
as the Purchasers may determine.
(i) Amendments, Etc. With Respect to the Obligations. Each Guarantor shall
remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of
rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any
Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Obligations made by the
Purchasers may be rescinded by the Purchasers and any of the Obligations
continued, and the Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon or for
any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of
offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be
renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived,
surrendered or released by the Purchasers, and the Purchase Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents and any other documents executed and delivered in
connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in
whole or in part, as the Purchasers may deem advisable from time to time, and
any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the
Purchasers for the payment of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived,
surrendered or released. The Purchasers shall have no obligation to protect,
secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by them as security for the
Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or any property
subject thereto.
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(j) Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. Each Guarantor waives any and
all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the
Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Purchasers upon the
guarantee contained in this Section 2 or acceptance of the guarantee contained
in this Section 2; the Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be
deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended,
amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2;
and all dealings between the Company and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand,
and the Purchasers, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed
to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this
Section 2. Each Guarantor waives to the extent permitted by law diligence,
presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to
or upon the Company or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Obligations.
Each Guarantor understands and agrees that the guarantee contained in this
Section 2 shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional
guarantee of payment without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of the
Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document, any of the Obligations or
any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with
respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Purchasers, (b) any
defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance
or fraud or misconduct by Purchasers) which may at any time be available to or
be asserted by the Company or any other Person against the Purchasers, or (c)
any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the
Company or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to
constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Company for the Obligations,
or of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2, in
bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand hereunder or
otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the
Purchasers may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or
otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as they may have against the Company,
any other Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or
guarantee for the Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and
any failure by the Purchasers to make any such demand, to pursue such other
rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Company, any other
Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or
guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the
Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral
security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any
obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and
remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the
Purchasers against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof, "demand" shall
include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.
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(k) 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.
(l) 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.
13. Representations and Warranties. Each Guarantor hereby makes the
following representations and warranties to Purchasers as of the date hereof:
(a) Organization and Qualification. The Guarantor is a corporation or
limited liability company, duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction set forth on Schedule 1,
with the requisite corporate power and authority to own and use its properties
and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. The Guarantor
has no subsidiaries 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").
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(b) Authorization; Enforcement. The Guarantor has the requisite corporate
power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Guaranty, and otherwise to carry out its obligations
hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Guaranty by the Guarantor and the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly
authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Guarantor. This
Guaranty has been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor and constitutes
the valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the
Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement
of, creditors' rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general
application.
(c) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty
by the Guarantor and the consummation by the Guarantor of the transactions
contemplated thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any
provision of its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or (ii) conflict with,
constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both
would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination,
amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or
instrument to which the Guarantor is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of
any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other
restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Guarantor is
subject (including Federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by
which any material property or asset of the Guarantor is bound or affected,
except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such conflicts, defaults,
terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as could
not, individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a Material Adverse
Effect. The business of the Guarantor is not being conducted in violation of any
law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, except for
violations which, individually or in the aggregate, do not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(d) Consents and Approvals. The Guarantor is not required to obtain any
consent, waiver, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration
with, any court or other federal, state, local, foreign or other governmental
authority or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance by the Guarantor of this Guaranty.
(e) Purchase Agreement. The representations and warranties of the Company
set forth in the Purchase Agreement as they relate to such Guarantor, each of
which is hereby incorporated herein by reference, are true and correct as of
each time such representations are deemed to be made pursuant to such Purchase
Agreement, and the Purchasers shall be entitled to rely on each of them as if
they were fully set forth herein, provided, that each reference in each such
representation and warranty to the Company's knowledge shall, for the purposes
of this Section 3, be deemed to be a reference to such Guarantor's knowledge.
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(f) Foreign Law. Each Guarantor has consulted with appropriate foreign
legal counsel with respect to any of the above representations for which
non-U.S. law is applicable. Such foreign counsel have advised each applicable
Guarantor that such counsel knows of no reason why any of the above
representations would not be true and accurate. Such foreign counsel were
provided with copies of this Subsidiary Guarantee and the Transaction Documents
prior to rendering their advice.
7. Covenants. 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.
8. Miscellaneous.
(a) Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this
Guarantee may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in
writing by the Purchasers.
(b) Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Purchasers
or any Guarantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in the
Purchase Agreement; provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon
any Guarantor shall be addressed to such Guarantor at its notice address set
forth on Schedule 5(b).
(c) No Waiver By Course Of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies. The Purchasers
shall not by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 5(a)),
delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or
remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any default under the Transaction
Documents or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in
exercising, on the part of the Purchasers, any right, power or privilege
hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of
any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A
waiver by the Purchasers of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion
shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Purchasers
would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein
provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not
exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.
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(d) Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification.
(i) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, or reimburse the Purchasers for,
all its costs and expenses incurred in collecting against such
Guarantor under the guarantee contained in Section 2 or
otherwise enforcing or preserving any rights under this
Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents to which such
Guarantor is a party, including, without limitation, the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the
Purchasers.
(ii) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Purchasers
harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or
resulting from any delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise,
sales or other taxes which may be payable or determined to be
payable in connection with any of the transactions
contemplated by this Guarantee.
(iii) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Purchasers
harmless from, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses
or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect
to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and
administration of this Guarantee to the extent the Company
would be required to do so pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
(iv) The agreements in this Section shall survive repayment of the
Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Purchase
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
(e) Successor and Assigns. This Guarantee shall be binding upon the
successors and assigns of each Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the
Purchasers and their respective successors and assigns; provided that no
Guarantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations
under this Guarantee without the prior written consent of the Purchasers.
(f) Set-Off. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Purchasers
at any time and from time to time while an Event of Default under any of the
Transaction Documents shall have occurred and be continuing, without notice to
such Guarantor or any other Guarantor, any such notice being expressly waived by
each Guarantor, to set-off and appropriate and apply any and all deposits,
credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or
owing by the Purchasers to or for the credit or the account of such Guarantor,
or any part thereof in such amounts as the Purchasers may elect, against and on
account of the obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor to the Purchasers
hereunder and claims of every nature and description of the Purchasers against
such Guarantor, in any currency, whether arising hereunder, under the Purchase
Agreement, any other Transaction Document or otherwise, as the Purchasers may
elect, whether or not the Purchasers have 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
telecopy), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to
constitute one and the same instrument.
(h) Severability. Any provision of this Guarantee which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
(i) Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Guarantee are for
convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or
be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.
(j) Integration. This Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents
represent the agreement of the Guarantors and the Purchasers with respect to the
subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings,
representations or warranties by the Purchasers relative to subject matter
hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other
Transaction Documents.
(k) Governing 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.
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(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;
(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 the Purchase Agreement 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.
(f) 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
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(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.
(d) Additional Guarantors. The Company shall cause each of its
subsidiaries formed or acquired on or subsequent to the date hereof to become a
Guarantor for all purposes of this Guarantee by executing and delivering an
Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex 1 hereto.
(e) Release of Guarantors. Subject to Section 2.6, each Guarantor will be
released from all liability hereunder concurrently with the repayment in full of
all amounts owed under the Purchase Agreement, the Debentures and the other
Transaction Documents.
(f) Seniority. The Obligations of each of the Guarantors hereunder rank
senior in priority to any other unsecured Debt (as defined in the Debentures) of
such Guarantor.
(g) Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH GUARANTOR AND, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THE
BENEFITS HEREOF, THE PURCHASERS, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS GUARANTEE AND
FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee to
be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
Subsidiary
PENSION ADMINISTRATION SERVICES, INC.
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
President
Subsidiary
COMPLETE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT OF PHILADELPHIA, INC.
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
President
Subsidiary
MD XXXXXXXXX, INC.
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
President
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