GUARANTY
Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION VERSION
GUARANTY (this “Guaranty”), dated as of August 20, 2014, by each of REVOLUTION LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“RLT”), LUMIFICIENT CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation (“Lumificient”), LIGHTING INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“LIT”), SEESMART TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Seesmart”), RELUME TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Relume”), TRI-STATE LED DE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Tri-State”), VALUE LIGHTING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Value”), SEESMART, INC., a Delaware limited liability company (“Seesmart”), ENVIROLIGHT LED, LLC, a California limited liability company (“Envirolight”), SENTINEL SYSTEM, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (“Sentinel”), and VALUE LIGHTING OF HOUSTON, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“Value Lighting Houston”, and each such Person, individually, a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”) in favor of (a) BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., (the “Lender”), and (b) the Secured Parties.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, reference is made to that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of even date (as amended, modified, supplemented or restated hereafter, the “Loan Agreement”), by and between, among others, (i) Revolution Lighting Technologies, Inc. (the “Borrower Agent”), (ii) the other Borrowers party thereto, (iii) the Guarantors party thereto, and (iv) the Lender. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Loan Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Lender has agreed to make Loans to the Borrowers, and the Lender has agreed to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrowers, pursuant to, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions specified in, the Loan Agreement.
WHEREAS, each Guarantor acknowledges that it is an integral part of a consolidated enterprise and that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the availability of the credit facility provided for in the Loan Agreement, from the making of the Loans by the Lender, and the issuance of the Letters of Credit by the Lender.
WHEREAS, the obligations of the Lender to make Loans and of the Lender to issue Letters of Credit are each conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery by the Guarantors of a guaranty in the form hereof. As consideration therefor, and in order to induce the Lender to make Loans and the Lender to issue Letters of Credit, the Guarantors are willing to execute this Guaranty.
Accordingly, each Guarantor hereby agrees as follows:
SECTION 1. Guaranty. Each Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally guaranties, jointly with the other Guarantors and severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the due and punctual payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by required prepayment,
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by acceleration or otherwise) and performance by the Borrowers of all Obligations (collectively, the “Guaranteed Obligations”), including all such Guaranteed Obligations which shall become due but for the operation of the Bankruptcy Code. Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon this Guaranty notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.
SECTION 2. Guaranteed Obligations Not Affected. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, each Guarantor waives presentment to, demand of payment from, and protest to, any Obligor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of this Guaranty, notice of protest for nonpayment and all other notices of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (a) the failure of the Lender or any other Secured Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce or exercise any right or remedy against any Obligor under the provisions of the Loan Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise or against any other party with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations, (b) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from, any of the terms or provisions of this Guaranty, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, with respect to any Obligor or with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, (c) the failure to perfect any security interest in, or the release of, any of the Collateral held by or on behalf of the Lender or any other Secured Party, or (d) the lack of legal existence of any Obligor or legal obligation to discharge any of the Guaranteed Obligations by any Obligor for any reason whatsoever, including, without limitation, in any insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Obligor.
SECTION 3. Security. Each of the Guarantors hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Lender may release or substitute any one or more endorsees, the Borrowers, other Guarantors or other obligors, in each case without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Guarantor hereunder.
SECTION 4. Guaranty of Payment. Each of the Guarantors further agrees that this Guaranty constitutes a guaranty of payment and performance when due of all Guaranteed Obligations and not of collection and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Lender or any other Secured Party to any of the Collateral or other security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Lender or any other Secured Party in favor of any Obligor or any other Person or to any other guarantor of all or part of the Guaranteed Obligations. Any payment required to be made by the Guarantors hereunder may be required by Lender or any other Secured Party on any number of occasions and shall be payable to the Lender, for the benefit of the Lender and the other Secured Parties, in the manner provided in the Loan Agreement.
SECTION 5. Indemnification. Without limiting any of their indemnification obligations under the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and without duplication of any indemnification provided for under the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents, each of the Guarantors, jointly and severally, EACH GUARANTOR SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE INDEMNITEES AGAINST ANY CLAIMS THAT MAY BE INCURRED BY OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY INDEMNITEE, including, without
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limitation, any and all losses, claims, causes of action, damages, liabilities, settlement payments, reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsels for Lender and other Indemnitees) incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by any Borrower or any other Guarantor arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by Lender to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, any bank advising or confirming a Letter of Credit and any other Person seeking to enforce the rights of an Guarantor, beneficiary, transferee, or assignee or Letter of Credit proceeds or the holder of an instrument or document related to any Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of hazardous materials on or from any property owned or operated by any Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries, or any environmental liability related in any way to any Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) any claims of, or amounts paid by any Secured Party to, any Person which has entered into a control agreement with any Secured Party hereunder, or (v) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by any Borrower or any other Guarantor or any of the Guarantors’ directors, shareholders or creditors; provided that, in no event shall any party to an Guarantor have any obligation thereunder to indemnify or hold harmless an Indemnitee with respect to a Claim to the extent said Claim is determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.
SECTION 6. No Discharge or Diminishment of Guaranty. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and shall not be subject to any defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Guaranteed Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of the Lender or any other Secured Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Guaranty, the Loan Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any provision of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Guaranteed Obligations, or by any other act or omission that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or that would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations).
SECTION 7. Defenses of Loan Parties Waived. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, each of the Guarantors waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of any Obligor or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof
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from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of any Obligor, other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges that the Lender and the other Secured Parties may, at their election, foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by one or more judicial or non-judicial sales, accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of foreclosure, compromise or adjust any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, make any other accommodation with any Obligor, or exercise any other right or remedy available to them against any Obligor, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Guarantor hereunder except to the extent that the Guaranteed Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash. Pursuant to, and to the extent permitted by, applicable Law, each of the Guarantors waives any defense arising out of any such election and waives any benefit of and right to participate in any such foreclosure action, even though such election operates, pursuant to applicable Law, to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Guarantor against any Obligor, as the case may be, or any security. Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not assert any claim in competition with the Lender or any other Secured Party in respect of any payment made hereunder in any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or any other proceeding.
SECTION 8. Agreement to Pay; Subordination. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that the Lender or any other Secured Party has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of any Obligor to pay any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each of the Guarantors hereby promises to and will forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Lender or such other Secured Party as designated thereby in cash the amount of such unpaid Guaranteed Obligations. Upon payment by any Guarantor of any sums to the Lender or any other Secured Party as provided above, all rights of such Guarantor against any Obligor arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Guaranteed Obligations. In addition, any indebtedness of the Borrowers or any other Obligor now or hereafter held by any Guarantor is hereby subordinated in right of payment to the prior indefeasible payment in full in cash of all of the Guaranteed Obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Borrowers or any other Obligor may make payments to any Guarantor on account of any such indebtedness. After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, none of the Guarantors will demand, xxx for, or otherwise attempt to collect any such indebtedness until the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations, termination or expiration of the Commitments, and termination of the Lender’s obligation to issue Letters of Credit under the Loan Agreement. If any amount shall erroneously be paid to any Guarantor on account of (a) such subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or similar right or (b) any such indebtedness of any Obligor, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Credit Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the Lender to be credited against the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement.
SECTION 9. Limitation on Guaranty of Guaranteed Obligations. In any action or proceeding with respect to any Guarantor involving any state corporate law, the Bankruptcy Code or any other state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of such Guarantor under Section 1 hereof
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would otherwise be held or determined to be void, invalid or unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims of any other creditors, on account of the amount of its liability under said Section 1, then, notwithstanding any other provision hereof to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by such Guarantor, the Lender or any other Secured Party, or any other Person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount which is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or proceeding.
SECTION 10. Termination. This Guaranty (a) shall terminate when (i) the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated, (ii) the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees and other Guaranteed Obligations shall have been paid in full, and (iii) all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated or been cash collateralized or backstopped by a letter of credit reasonably acceptable to the Lender to the extent provided in the Loan Agreement, and (iv) all LC Obligations shall have been paid in full, and (b) shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Secured Party or any Guarantor upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of any Obligor or otherwise.
SECTION 11. Costs of Enforcement. Without limiting any of their obligations under the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and without duplication of any fees or expenses provided for under the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents, the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to pay on demand all Secured Party expenses in connection with (i) the administration, negotiation, documentation or amendment of this Guaranty, and (ii) the Lender’s efforts to collect and/or to enforce any of the Guaranteed Obligations of the Guarantors hereunder and/or to enforce any of the rights, remedies, or powers of the Lender against or in respect of the Guarantors (whether or not suit is instituted by or against the Lender).
SECTION 12. Binding Effect; Several Agreement; Assignments. Whenever in this Guaranty any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the successors and assigns of such party, and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of the Guarantors that are contained in this Guaranty shall bind and inure to the benefit of each of the Guarantors and its respective successors and assigns. This Guaranty shall be binding upon each of the Guarantors and their respective successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Lender and any other Secured Party, and their respective successors and assigns, except that no Guarantor shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein (and any such attempted assignment or transfer shall be void), except as expressly permitted by this Guaranty or the Loan Agreement. This Guaranty shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each Guarantor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any Guarantor without the approval of any other Guarantor and without affecting the obligations of any other Guarantor hereunder.
SECTION 13. Waivers; Amendment.
(a) The rights, remedies, powers, privileges, and discretions of the Lender hereunder and under applicable Law (herein, the “Lender’s Rights and Remedies”) shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which they would otherwise have. No delay or omission by the Lender in exercising or enforcing any of the Lender’s
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Rights and Remedies shall operate as, or constitute, a waiver thereof. No waiver by the Lender of any Event of Default or of any default under any other agreement shall operate as a waiver of any other default hereunder or under any other agreement. No single or partial exercise of any of the Lender’s Rights or Remedies, and no express or implied agreement or transaction of whatever nature entered into between the Lender and any Person, at any time, shall preclude the other or further exercise of the Lender’s Rights and Remedies. No waiver by the Lender of any of the Lender’s Rights and Remedies on any one occasion shall be deemed a waiver on any subsequent occasion, nor shall it be deemed a continuing waiver. The Lender’s Rights and Remedies may be exercised at such time or times and in such order of preference as the Lender may determine. The Lender’s Rights and Remedies may be exercised without resort or regard to any other source of satisfaction of the Guaranteed Obligations. No waiver of any provisions of this Guaranty or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Guarantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Guarantor or any other Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Guaranty nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to a written agreement entered into between the Lender and the Guarantor or Guarantors with respect to whom such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 10.01 of the Loan Agreement.
SECTION 14. Copies and Facsimiles. This instrument and all documents which have been or may be hereinafter furnished by the Guarantors to the Lender may be reproduced by the Lender by any photographic, microfilm, xerographic, digital imaging, or other process. Any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made in the regular course of business). Any facsimile or other electronic transmission which bears proof of transmission shall be binding on the party which or on whose behalf such transmission was initiated and likewise so admissible in evidence as if the original of such facsimile or other electronic transmission had been delivered to the party which or on whose behalf such transmission was received.
SECTION 15. Governing Law. THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
SECTION 16. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 11.4 of the Loan Agreement, provided that communications and notices to the Guarantors may be delivered to the Borrower Agent on behalf of each of the Guarantors.
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SECTION 17. Survival of Agreement; Severability.
(a) All covenants, agreements, indemnities, representations and warranties made by the Guarantors herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Guaranty, the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Lender and the other Secured Parties and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Guaranty, the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the making of any Loans by the Lender and the issuance of any Letters of Credit by the Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Lender or any other Secured Party or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Lender or other Secured Party may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended, and shall continue in full force and effect until terminated as provided in SECTION 11 hereof. The provisions of Section 5 and Section 11 hereof shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the repayment of the Guaranteed Obligations, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Guaranty or any provision hereof.
(b) Any provision of this Guaranty held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof, and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 18. Counterparts. This Guaranty may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Guaranty by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Guaranty.
SECTION 19. Rules of Interpretation. The rules of interpretation specified in Sections 1.02 through 1.05 of the Loan Agreement shall be applicable to this Guaranty.
SECTION 20. Consent to Forum.
(a) Forum. LENDER AND EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT SITTING IN OR WITH JURISDICTION OVER NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK AND THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, IN ANY DISPUTE, ACTION, LITIGATION OR OTHER PROCEEDING RELATING IN ANY WAY TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS, AND AGREES THAT ANY DISPUTE, ACTION, LITIGATION OR OTHER PROCEEDING SHALL BE BROUGHT BY IT SOLELY IN ANY SUCH COURT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER THE LENDER MAY ELECT TO CONSENT TO ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IF REQUIRED TO FORECLOSE ANY SECURITY INTEREST IN ANY COLLATERAL. LENDER AND EACH GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE ALL CLAIMS, OBJECTIONS AND DEFENSES THAT IT MAY HAVE REGARDING ANY OF THE FOREGOING COURT’S
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PERSONAL OR SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, VENUE OR INCONVENIENT FORUM. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 11.4.1. A final judgment in any proceeding of any such court shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or any other manner provided by applicable law.
(b) Other Jurisdictions. Nothing herein shall limit the right of the Lender to bring proceedings against any Guarantor in any other court, nor limit the right of any party to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to preclude enforcement by Lender of any judgment or order obtained in any forum or jurisdiction.
SECTION 21. Waivers by Guarantors. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives (a) the right to trial by jury (which Lender hereby also waives) in any proceeding or dispute of any kind relating in any way to any Loan Documents, Obligations or Collateral; (b) presentment, demand, protest, notice of presentment, default, non-payment, maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension or renewal of any commercial paper, accounts, documents, instruments, chattel paper and guaranties at any time held by Lender on which a Guarantor may in any way be liable, and hereby ratifies anything Lender may do in this regard; (c) notice prior to taking possession or control of any Collateral; (d) any bond or security that might be required by a court prior to allowing Lender to exercise any rights or remedies; (e) the benefit of all valuation, appraisement and exemption laws; (f) any claim against Lender, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) in any way relating to any enforcement action, Obligations, Loan Documents or transactions relating thereto; and (g) notice of acceptance hereof. Each Guarantor acknowledges that the foregoing waivers are a material inducement to Lender entering into this Agreement and that Lender is relying upon the foregoing in its dealings with Guarantors. Each Guarantor has reviewed the foregoing waivers with its legal counsel and has knowingly and voluntarily waived its jury trial and other rights following consultation with legal counsel. In the event of litigation, this Agreement may be filed as a written consent to a trial by the court.
SECTION 22. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY) AND WAIVES THE RIGHT TO ASSERT ANY SETOFF, COUNTERCLAIM OR CROSS-CLAIM IN RESPECT OF, AND ALL STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS WHICH MAY BE RELEVANT TO, SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING; AND WAIVES DUE DILIGENCE, DEMAND, PRESENTMENT AND PROTEST AND ANY NOTICES THEREOF AS WELL AS NOTICE OF NONPAYMENT. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF
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LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVERS, AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE LENDER AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 22.
SECTION 23. California Matters. IN THE EVENT ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING IS FILED IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA (THE “CALIFORNIA COURT) BY OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CLAIM AND THE WAIVER SET FORTH IN SECTION 22 ABOVE IS NOT ENFORCEABLE IN SUCH PROCEEDING, THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE AS FOLLOWS
(a) WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MATTERS SPECIFIED IN SUBCLAUSE (b) BELOW, ANY CLAIM SHALL BE DETERMINED BY A GENERAL REFERENCE PROCEEDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTIONS 638 THROUGH 645.1. THE PARTIES INTEND THIS GENERAL REFERENCE AGREEMENT TO BE SPECIFICALLY ENFORCEABLE. VENUE FOR THE REFERENCE PROCEEDING SHALL BE IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
(b) THE FOLLOWING MATTERS SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO A GENERAL REFERENCE PROCEEDING: (A) NON-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF ANY SECURITY INTERESTS IN REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY, (B) EXERCISE OF SELF-HELP REMEDIES (INCLUDING SET-OFF OR RECOUPMENT), (C) APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER, AND (D) TEMPORARY, PROVISIONAL, OR ANCILLARY REMEDIES (INCLUDING WRITS OF ATTACHMENT, WRITS OF POSSESSION, TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS, OR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIONS). THIS GUARANTY DOES NOT LIMIT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO EXERCISE OR OPPOSE ANY OF THE RIGHTS AND REMEDIES DESCRIBED IN THE PRECEDING CLAUSES (A) - (D) AND ANY SUCH EXERCISE OR OPPOSITION DOES NOT WAIVE THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO PARTICIPATE IN A REFERENCE PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO THIS GUARANTY WITH RESPECT TO ANY OTHER MATTER.
(c) UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF ANY PARTY, THE PARTIES SHALL SELECT A SINGLE REFEREE, WHO SHALL BE A RETIRED JUDGE OR JUSTICE. IF THE PARTIES DO NOT AGREE UPON A REFEREE WITHIN 10 DAYS OF SUCH WRITTEN REQUEST, THEN, ANY PARTY SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO REQUEST THE CALIFORNIA COURT TO APPOINT A REFEREE PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 640(B). THE REFEREE SHALL BE APPOINTED TO SIT WITH ALL OF THE POWERS PROVIDED BY LAW. PENDING APPOINTMENT OF THE REFEREE, THE CALIFORNIA COURT SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO ISSUE TEMPORARY OR PROVISIONAL REMEDIES.
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(d) EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS GUARANTY, THE REFEREE SHALL DETERMINE THE MANNER IN WHICH THE REFERENCE PROCEEDING IS CONDUCTED INCLUDING THE TIME AND PLACE OF HEARINGS, THE ORDER OF PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE, AND ALL OTHER QUESTIONS THAT ARISE WITH RESPECT TO THE COURSE OF THE REFERENCE PROCEEDING. ALL PROCEEDINGS AND HEARINGS CONDUCTED BEFORE THE REFEREE, EXCEPT FOR TRIAL, SHALL BE CONDUCTED WITHOUT A COURT REPORTER, EXCEPT WHEN ANY PARTY SO REQUESTS A COURT REPORTER AND A TRANSCRIPT IS ORDERED, A COURT REPORTER SHALL BE USED AND THE REFEREE SHALL BE PROVIDED A COURTESY COPY OF THE TRANSCRIPT. THE PARTY MAKING SUCH REQUEST SHALL HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO ARRANGE FOR AND PAY THE COSTS OF THE COURT REPORTER, PROVIDED THAT SUCH COSTS, ALONG WITH THE REFEREE’S FEES, SHALL ULTIMATELY BE BORNE BY THE PARTY WHO DOES NOT PREVAIL, AS DETERMINED BY THE REFEREE.
(e) THE REFEREE MAY REQUIRE ONE OR MORE PREHEARING CONFERENCES. THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE ENTITLED TO DISCOVERY, AND THE REFEREE SHALL OVERSEE DISCOVERY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES OF DISCOVERY, AND SHALL ENFORCE ALL DISCOVERY ORDERS IN THE SAME MANNER AS ANY TRIAL COURT JUDGE IN PROCEEDINGS AT LAW IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
(f) THE REFEREE SHALL APPLY THE RULES OF EVIDENCE APPLICABLE TO PROCEEDINGS AT LAW IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND SHALL DETERMINE ALL ISSUES IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA SUBSTANTIVE AND PROCEDURAL LAW. THE REFEREE SHALL BE EMPOWERED TO ENTER EQUITABLE AS WELL AS LEGAL RELIEF AND RULE ON ANY MOTION WHICH WOULD BE AUTHORIZED IN A TRIAL, INCLUDING MOTIONS FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT OR SUMMARY JUDGMENT. THE REFEREE SHALL REPORT HIS OR HER DECISION, WHICH REPORT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW. THE REFEREE SHALL ISSUE A DECISION AND PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, SECTION 644, THE REFEREE’S DECISION SHALL BE ENTERED BY THE CALIFORNIA COURT AS A JUDGMENT IN THE SAME MANNER AS IF THE ACTION HAD BEEN TRIED BY THE CALIFORNIA COURT. THE FINAL JUDGMENT OR ORDER FROM ANY APPEALABLE DECISION OR ORDER ENTERED BY THE REFEREE SHALL BE FULLY APPEALABLE AS IF IT HAS BEEN ENTERED BY THE CALIFORNIA COURT.
(g) THE PARTIES RECOGNIZE AND AGREE THAT ALL CLAIMS RESOLVED IN A GENERAL REFERENCE PROCEEDING PURSUANT HERETO WILL BE DECIDED BY A REFEREE AND NOT BY A JURY. AFTER CONSULTING (OR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT) WITH COUNSEL OF THEIR OWN CHOICE, EACH PARTY HERETO KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY AND FOR THEIR MUTUAL BENEFIT AGREES THAT THIS REFERENCE PROVISION SHALL APPLY TO ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN THEM THAT ARISES OUT OF OR IS RELATED TO THIS GUARANTY.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantors have duly executed this Guaranty as of the day and year first above written.
| GUARANTORS: | REVOLUTION LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||||
| Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||||
| Title: | President, CFO, Secretary and | |||||
| Treasurer | ||||||
| Address: | ||||||
| 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx | ||||||
| Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||||
| LUMIFICIENT CORPORATION | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||
| Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||
| Title: | President | |||||
| Address: | ||||||
| 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx | ||||||
| Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||||
| LIGHTING INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||||
| Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||||
| Title: | President | |||||
| Address: | ||||||
| 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx | ||||||
| Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||||
| SEESMART TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | President, CFO, Secretary and | |
| Treasurer | ||
| Address: | ||
| 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx | ||
| Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
| RELUME TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | President, Secretary and | |
| Treasurer | ||
| Address: | ||
| 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx | ||
| Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
| TRI-STATE LED DE, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | President | |
| Address: | ||
| 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx | ||
| Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
| VALUE LIGHTING, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | President | |
| Address: | ||
| 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx | ||
| Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
| SEESMART, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | President and Secretary | |
| Address: | ||
| 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx | ||
| Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
| SENTINEL SYSTEM, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | President, Secretary and | |
| Treasurer | ||
| Address: | ||
| 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx | ||
| Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
| VALUE LIGHTING OF HOUSTON, LLC | ||
| By: Value Lighting, LLC, | ||
| Its Sole Member | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | President | |
| Address: | ||
| 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx | ||
| Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
| ENVIROLIGHT LED, LLC | ||
| By: Seesmart, Inc., | ||
| Its Sole Member | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | President | |
| Address: | ||
| 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx | ||
| Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
