EXHIBIT 10.58
UNCONDITIONAL UNLIMITED CONTINUING GUARANTY
FOR VALUE RECEIVED and in consideration of credit given or to be given,
and of other financial accommodations afforded or to be afforded to XXXXXXX FOOD
SERVICE, INC. (hereinafter referred to as "Borrower"), pursuant to that certain
Credit Agreement of even date and other credit and collateral documents
(hereinafter collectively referred to as "Loan Documents") executed or to be
executed by and between the Borrower and OLD NATIONAL BANK (hereinafter referred
to as "Bank"), the receipt and sufficiency of which consideration are hereby
acknowledged, and as an inducement to the Bank to extend such financial
accommodations to the Borrower, SYNDICATED FOOD SERVICE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(hereinafter referred to as "Guarantor"), hereby guaranties the full payment,
when due, whether by acceleration or otherwise, of any and all indebtedness
which now exists or may hereafter accrue or arise in any manner from or on
behalf of the Borrower to the Bank and the performance of any and all
obligations and liabilities of the Borrower, or any of them, to the Bank from
whatever source or origin and whenever arising, whether direct, indirect or
contingent, whether on open account, evidenced by an instrument or otherwise,
including without limitation all renewals, extensions and future advances,
together with interest at the rate provided in the note, notes, or other
documents evidencing such indebtedness, together with all costs, expenses and
attorneys' fees (the above-described obligations and the liabilities in addition
to any other liabilities or obligations of the Borrower and Guarantor to Bank
which may arise in any manner are hereinafter referred to as "Liabilities"), all
without relief from valuation and appraisement laws.
If the Borrower fails to pay or perform all or any part of the
Liabilities when due, then immediately upon demand by Bank, the Guarantor will
pay the amount due and perform the obligations of the Borrower in connection
therewith as if such amount and obligations constituted the direct and primary
debts and obligations of the Guarantor. The Bank shall not be required to make
any demand upon or pursue or exhaust any of its rights or remedies against the
Borrower or others, including without limitation other guarantors, with respect
to the payment or performance of any of the Liabilities or to pursue or exhaust
any of its rights or remedies with respect to any collateral held by the Bank.
This Guaranty shall be and remain a continuing, unlimited
unconditional, and absolute guaranty. This Guaranty shall remain fully
enforceable irrespective of any defenses which the Borrower may assert on the
underlying Liabilities, including but not limited to failure of consideration,
breach of warranty, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and
satisfaction and usury.
This Guaranty shall continue in force with respect to the Guarantor
until the Bank receives written notice of the Guarantor's election not to
guaranty any new Liabilities arising after receipt of such notice. Any such
notice shall not in any way affect or limit either (i) the promise of the
Guarantor giving such notice to pay all Liabilities existing at the time such
notice is received by the Bank or (ii) the promises, obligations and
undertakings of the remaining guarantors, if any, with respect to any
Liabilities, including, "without limitation, those arising after the date of
such notice. Regardless of when a renewal or extension of pre-termination
Liabilities occurs (with or without adjustment of interest rate or other terms),
the Liabilities shall be deemed to have been incurred prior to the termination
to the extent of the renewal or extension and to be fully covered and included
within this Guaranty.
The Guarantor waives (a) notice to the Guarantor or the Borrower or
other guarantors of (i) acceptance of this Guaranty by the Bank, (ii) the
Borrower incurring additional Liabilities, and (iii) the amount of the
Liabilities at any time outstanding; (b) presentment for payment, demand,
protest, notice to the Guarantor, the other guarantors or the Borrower of
dishonor, nonpayment, default and non-performance with respect to any of the
Liabilities; (c) the right to require proration among the Guarantor and other
guarantors; (d) any and all rights to require the Bank to xxxxxxxx assets of the
Borrower or any
other guarantor or other party providing any security for the Liabilities; (e)
any defense which the Borrower or other guarantors may have against the Bank
other than payment; (f) all defenses given to sureties or guarantors at law or
in equity other than payment; and (g) all errors and omissions in connection
with the Bank's administration of the Liabilities, except actions or inactions
which amount to fraud, bad faith or willful and wanton misconduct. All remedies
or actions by the Bank for payment or fulfillment of the Liabilities are
cumulative and the pursuit of one shall not preclude the exercise of any other
rights or remedies.
The Guarantor hereby grants to the Bank full power, in its uncontrolled
discretion and without notice to the Guarantor, the other guarantors, or the
Borrower, to deal in any manner with the Liabilities including, without
limitation, the following powers: (a) to modify or otherwise change any terms of
the Liabilities, or the rate of interest thereon, or to grant any extension or
renewal thereof, and any other indulgence with respect thereto, and to effect
any release, compromise, or settlement with respect thereto; (b) to forbear from
enforcing payment or any term of the Liabilities; or (c) to release any other
guarantor or surety of the Liabilities. The obligations of the Guarantor
hereunder shall not be released, discharged, or in any way affected, nor shall
the Guarantor have any rights or recourse against the Bank by reason of any
action the Bank may take, omit to take, or delay in taking under the foregoing
powers. The obligations of Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be the joint and
several obligations of Guarantor and any other guarantors (now existing or
hereafter arising) of the obligations of the Borrower to the Bank.
Without limiting the foregoing waivers by the Guarantor of right to
notice, and without obligating the Bank to follow the following procedure if
demand is made after the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the
Loan Documents), the Bank may at any time demand payment from the Guarantor by
mailing to the Guarantor written demand therefor addressed to any address of the
Guarantor in the Bank's records, and in the manner provided for in the, Loan
Documents, and the Guarantor agrees that the sending of such written demand as
herein provided shall be a sufficient demand for payment hereunder.
Whenever possible, each provision of this Guaranty shall be interpreted
in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if such
provision shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision
shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without
invalidating the remainder of such provision or remaining provisions of this or
any related agreement or instrument.
Notwithstanding any other terms or conditions set forth in this
Guaranty until the Liabilities are unconditionally paid in full or otherwise
satisfied, the Guarantor waives the right to assert any claim or other right
which it might now have or hereafter acquire against the Borrower or any other
person that is primarily or contingently liable on the Liabilities that arise
from the existence or performance of the Guarantor's obligations under this
Guaranty, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation,
reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification, any right to
participate in any claim or remedy of the Bank against the Borrower or any
collateral security therefore which the Bank now has or hereafter acquires;
whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity, or under contract,
statute or common law.
The Guarantor represents to and for the benefit of the Bank, upon which
the Bank is entitled to rely and the Guarantor acknowledges that the Bank is
relying, that (i) the Guarantor is a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Florida, (ii) the execution, delivery and
performance hereof will not violate any law or any material contract, agreement
or understanding which is binding on the Guarantor, (iii) this Guaranty is the
valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, and (iv) the financial statements of Guarantor provided to the Bank
are true,
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accurate and complete, have been prepared on a consistent basis, and fairly
present the financial position of the Guarantor as of the date thereof.
Guarantor and Bank acknowledge that this Guaranty is made and give in connection
with the Loan Documents and documents under another loan agreement between Bank
and an affiliate of Guarantor.
The Guarantor agrees to provide annual current financial statements on
or before March 31 of each year while the Liabilities are outstanding and such
delivery shall constitute confirmation of the representations, warranties and
agreements contained herein as of the date of each delivery. The Guarantor
acknowledges that (i) it is capable of and responsible for obtaining information
on and keeping informed as to all aspects of the Borrower's business, including
without limitation its financial affairs and business prospects, and the status
of the Liabilities from time to time and (ii) the Bank has no responsibility to
so inform the Guarantor.
The Guarantor acknowledges that separate guaranties may be given in
connection with the Liabilities and this Guaranty shall not be modified,
amended, limited (other than in accordance with the terms hereof), or
extinguished if one or more of the terms of the other guaranty agreements differ
from those of this Guaranty or are subsequently amended, modified, limited, or
extinguished. The execution of this Guaranty shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any existing guaranties, which guaranties shall remain in full
force and effect. All obligations hereunder shall continue, notwithstanding the
incapacity or lack of authority of the other guarantors, and any failure by the
Bank to file, pursue or enforce a claim against any of the other guarantors, or
any waiver, release, consent or other accommodation given or provided to any of
the other guarantors, shall not operate to release the Guarantor or other
guarantors from liability hereunder, or limit the rights of the Bank against the
Guarantor or any other guarantor. The failure of any other person to sign this
Guaranty or any other guaranty shall not release or affect the liability of the
signer hereof. The Loan Documents have been submitted to the Guarantor for
examination, and the Guarantor acknowledges that, by execution of this Guaranty,
it has approved the Loan Documents.
This writing is intended by the parties hereto as a final expression of
this Guaranty and is also intended as a complete and exclusive statement of the
terms of that agreement. No course of dealing, course of performance or trade
usage, and no parol evidence of any nature, shall be used to supplement or
modify any terms hereof.
The Guarantor further agrees that, to the extent that the Borrower
makes a payment or payments to the Bank, or the Bank receives any proceeds of
collateral, which payment or payments or any part thereof are subsequently
invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or otherwise
is required to be repaid to the Borrower, its estate, trustee, receiver or any
other party, including, without limitation, under any bankruptcy law, state or
federal law, common law or equitable cause, then to the extent of such payment
or repayment, the Liabilities or part thereof which has been paid, reduced or
satisfied by such amount shall be reinstated and continued in full force and
effect as of the date such initial payment, reduction or satisfaction occurred.
The Guarantor shall defend and indemnify the Bank from any claim or loss under
this paragraph including the Bank's attorney's and paralegal's fees and expenses
and other expenses in the defense of any such action or suit.
The Guarantor agrees that the Guarantor's responsibility under this
Guaranty to pay to the Bank the Liabilities and any payments thereof repaid as
preferences shall not be extinguished or modified by any release of the Borrower
or other party primarily liable on the Liabilities, whether by voluntary
release, settlement of a bankruptcy proceeding, settlement of the contested
matter in a bankruptcy, settlement of litigation, settlement of a claim not yet
resulting in litigation, settlement of a preference
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claim or otherwise. In all events the responsibility of the Guarantor to pay the
Bank and the Bank's right to recover from the Guarantor the full amount of the
Liabilities shall extend until Bank has received actual payment in full in cash
of and performance of all of the Liabilities, without regard to any modification
or a release thereof, and shall continue until such payment, by the passage of
time and the Statute of Limitations, cannot be recovered by the Borrower, the
Borrower as debtor in possession, a trustee in bankruptcy of the Borrower or any
other person or organization.
This Guaranty shall extend to and bind the successors and assigns of
the Guarantor. This Guaranty shall inure to the benefit of all affiliates,
transferees, assignees and/or endorsees of the Bank of any part or parts or all
of the Liabilities and of the Bank's successors and assigns.
THE VALIDITY OF THIS GUARANTY, ITS CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION AND
ENFORCEMENT AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER,
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF
INDIANA, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. GUARANTOR AGREES THAT
ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE
TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF MONROE,
STATE OF INDIANA, OR THE FEDERAL COURTS WHOSE VENUE INCLUDES THE COUNTY OF
MONROE, STATE OF INDIANA. GUARANTOR WAIVES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER
APPLICABLE LAW, THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY AND ANY RIGHT GUARANTOR MAY HAVE TO
ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF "FORUM NON CONVENIENS" OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE
EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PARAGRAPH.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, as the authorized officer of the
Guarantor, has executed this Unconditional Unlimited Continuing Guaranty
effective as of this 27th day of February, 2003.
SYNDICATED FOOD SERVICE
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
("Guarantor")
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx., Chief Executive
Officer
ACCEPTED:
OLD NATIONAL BANK
("Bank")
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. XxxXxxXxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. XxxXxxXxxxx, Vice President
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