Contract
Exhibit
10.3
THIS
CONTINUING AND UNLIMITED GUARANTY AGREEMENT
(this "Guaranty") made as of January 12, 2007 by and between LSI
INDUSTRIES INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Ohio with its primary offices at 00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000 (the "Guarantor") and FIFTH THIRD BANK,
an Ohio banking corporation with its primary offices located at 00 Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000 ("Beneficiary").
WHEREAS,
Beneficiary has agreed to extend credit
and financial accommodations to LSI Saco Technologies Inc., a corporation
incorporated under the law of Canada with its primary offices located at 0000
XxxxxXxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X0X0X0 (the "Borrower"), pursuant to
that
certain promissory note, dated as of January 12, 2007 in the maximum principal
amount of $7,000,000.00 and made payable by the Borrower to the Beneficiary(the
"Note") and all agreements, instruments and documents executed or delivered
in
connection with any ofthe foregoing or otherwise related thereto (together
with
any amendments, modifications, or restatements thereof, the "Loan Documents");
and
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litigation,
all of
which is within Beneficiary's discretion, Guarantor shall be liable for the
full
amount Beneficiary is required to repay, plus costs, interest, reasonable
attorneys' fees and any and all expenses that Beneficiary reasonably paid or
incurred in connection therewith, including such fees and expenses incurred
in
collection or enforcement of the obligations of other guarantors, if any. A
successor of Borrower, including Borrower in its capacity as debtor in a
bankruptcy reorganization case, shall not be considered to be a different person
than Borrower; and this Guaranty shall apply to all Obligations incurred by
such
successor.
(c)
Guarantor agrees that Guarantor is directly and primarily liable to Beneficiary
and that the Obligations hereunder are independent of the Obligations of
Borrower, or of any other guarantor. The liability of Guarantor hereunder
shall survive discharge or compromise of any Obligation of Borrower in
bankruptcy or otherwise. Beneficiary shall not be required to prosecute or
seek
to enforce any remedies against Borrower or any other party liable to
Beneficiary on account of the Obligations, or to seek to enforce or resort
to
any remedies with respect to any collateral granted to Beneficiary by Borrower
or any other party on account of the Obligations, as a condition to payment
or
performance by Guarantor under this Guaranty.
2.
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS. Guarantor
hereby represents, warrants and covenants as follows:
3.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. Guarantorcovenants with, and
represents and warrants to, Beneficiary that, from and after the execution
date
of the Loan Documents until the Obligations are paid and satisfied in
full:
(a)
Access to Business Information. Guarantorshall maintain
proper books of accounts and records and enter therein complete and accurate
entries and records of all of its transactions in accordance with reasonable
cash accounting methods consistently applied in accordance with past
practicesand give representatives
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of
Beneficiary access thereto at all reasonable times, including permission to:
(a)
examine, copy and make abstracts from any such books and records and such other
information which might be helpful to Beneficiary in evaluating the status
of
the Obligations as it may reasonably request from time to time, and (b)
communicate directly with any of Guarantor'sofficers, employees, agents,
accountants or other financial advisors with respect to the business, financial
conditions and other affairs of the Guarantor.
(b)
Financial Statements. Guarantor shall maintain a standard and
modern system for accounting and shall furnish to Beneficiary:
(i)
Promptly following Beneficiay’s request therefor, copies of Guarantor's
financial statements in a form reasonably acceptable to Beneficiary, certified
as complete and correct, subject to changes resulting from year-end adjustments,
by the principal financial officer of Guarantor;
All
of the statements referred to above shall be in
conformance with reasonable accrual accounting methods consistently applied
in
accordance with past practicesand give representatives of Beneficiary access
thereto at all reasonable times, including permission to examine, copy and
make
abstracts from any such books and records and such other information which
might
be helpful to Beneficiary in evaluating the status of the loans as it may
reasonably request from time to time.
(c)
Taxes. Guarantor shall pay when due all taxes, assessments and
other governmental charges imposed upon it or its assets, franchises, business,
income or profits before any penalty or interest accrues thereon, and all claims
(including, without limitation, claims for labor, services, materials and
supplies) for sums which by law might be a lien or charge upon any of its
assets, provided that (unless any material item or property would be lost,
forfeited or materially damaged as a result thereof) no such charge or claim
need be paid if it is being diligently contested in good faith, if
Guarantorestablishes an adequate reserve or other appropriate provision required
by generally accepted accounting principles and deposits with Beneficiary cash
or bond in an amount acceptable to Beneficiary.
(d)
Existence; Business. Guarantor shall (a) maintain its existence
as a corporation, and (b) continue to engage primarily in business of the same
general character as that now conducted,
(e)
Compliance with Laws. Guarantor shall comply with all
federal, state and local laws, regulations and orders applicable to it or its
assets including but not limited to all Environmental Laws, in all respects
material to its business, assets or prospects Guarantorshall obtain and maintain
any and all licenses, permits, franchises, governmental authorizations, patents,
trademarks, copyrights or other rights necessary for the ownership of its
properties and the advantageous conduct of its business and as may be required
from time to time by applicable law.
(f)
Notice of Default. Guarantor shall, within
ten
(10)
days of its knowledge thereof, give
written notice to Beneficiary of: (a) the occurrence of any event or the
existence of any condition which would be, after notice or lapse of applicable
grace periods, an Event of Default, and (b) the occurrence of any event or
the
existence of any condition which would prohibit or limit the ability of
Guarantorto reaffirm any of the representations or warranties, or to perform
any
of the covenants, set forth in the Agreementor herein.
(g)
Costs. Guarantor shall reimburse Beneficiary for any and all
fees, costs and expenses including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys'
fees, other professionals' fees, appraisal fees, , expert fees, court costs,
litigation and other expenses (collectively, the "Costs") incurred or paid
by
Beneficiary or any of its officers, employees or agents in connection with:
(a)
the preparation, negotiation, procurement, review, administration or enforcement
of the Obligation or any instrument, agreement, document, policy, consent,
waiver, subordination, release of lien, termination statement, satisfaction
of
mortgage, financing statement or other lien search, recording or filing related
thereto (or any amendment, modification or extension to, or any replacement
or
substitution for, any of the foregoing), whether or not any particular portion
of the transactions contemplated during such negotiations is ultimately
consummated, and (b) the defense, preservation and protection of Beneficiary’s
rights and remedies
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thereunder,
including without limitation, its security interest in the Collateral or any
other property pledged to secure the Obligation, whether incurred in bankruptcy,
insolvency, foreclosure or other litigation or proceedings or otherwise. The
Costs shall be due and payable upon demand by Beneficiary. If Guarantor fails
to
pay the Costs when upon such demand, Beneficiary is entitled to disburse such
sums as Obligations. Thereafter, the Costs shall bear interest from the date
incurred or disbursed at the highest rate set forth in the Note(s). This
provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement and/or the repayment
of any amounts due or the performance of any
Obligation.
(h) Other Amounts
Deemed Loans. If Borrower fails to pay any tax, assessment,
governmental charge or levy or to maintain insurance within the time permitted
or required by this Agreement, or to discharge any Lien prohibited hereby,
or to
comply with any other Obligation, Lender may, but shall not be obligated to,
pay, satisfy, discharge or bond the same for the account of Borrower, and to
the
extent permitted by law and at the option of Lender, all monies so paid by
Lender on behalf of Borrower shall be deemed Obligations.
(i)
Further Assurances. Borrower shall execute, acknowledge and
deliver, or cause to be executed, acknowledged or delivered, any and all such
further assurances and other agreements or instruments, and take or cause to
be
taken all such other action, as shall be reasonably necessary from time to
time
to give full effect to the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated
thereby.
4.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT. Any of the following occurrences shall
constitute an "Event of Default" under this Guaranty:
(b)
Demand is made under any of the Obligations which have a demand feature and
remains unpaid for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of such
demand.
(d)
The legal
dissolutionof Guarantor,or of any endorser or other
guarantor of the
Obligations, or the merger or consolidation of any of the foregoing with a
third
party, or the lease, sale or other conveyance of a material part of the assets
or business of any of the foregoing to a third party outside the ordinary course
of its business, or the lease, purchase or other acquisition of a material
part
of the assets or business of a third party by any of the foregoing.
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(f) This
Guaranty shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the
State of Ohio. Guarantor agrees that the state and federal courts for the
County in which the Beneficiary is located or any other court in which
Beneficiary initiates proceedings have exclusive jurisdiction over all matters
arising out of this Guaranty.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be executed as of
the
date first above written.
WITNESS/ATTEST:
GUARANTOR:
By: /s/Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
By: /s/Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx
X.
Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Secretary
Title: Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
andTreasurer
Accepted
this 12th
day of January, 2007
BENEFICIARY:
FIFTH THIRD BANK
By:
/s/Xxxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President and Principal
Officer