GUARANTY
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Exhibit
10.10
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Guaranty
by Trendsetter Production Company.
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GUARANTY
This GUARANTY AGREEMENT (“Agreement”), dated as
of February 6, 2008 is made by Trendsetter Production (the “Guarantor”), in favor
of YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS,
L.P. (the “Secured
Party”).
WHEREAS, in connection with
the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among HYPERDYNAMICS
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and the
Secured Party of even date herewith (the “Securities Purchase
Agreement”), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, to issue to the Secured Party
(i) an aggregate original principal amount of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000)
of senior secured notes (the “Notes”), which shall,
in certain instances, be convertible into shares (the “Conversion Shares”)
of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”); and
(ii) warrants (the “Warrants”) to be
exercisable to acquire additional shares of Common Stock (the “Warrants Shares”)
initially in that number of shares of Common Stock set forth in the Securities
Purchase Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Guarantor is
executing and delivering a Security Agreement dated the date hereof (the “Security Agreement”)
granting a lien in all of the Pledged Property (as defined in the Security
Agreement) to the Secured Party;
WHEREAS, it is a condition
precedent to the Secured Party purchasing the Notes and Warrants pursuant to the
Securities Purchase Agreement that the Guarantor shall have executed and
delivered to the Secured Party this Agreement guaranteeing all of the
obligations of the Company under the Transaction Documents (as defined in the
Securities Purchase Agreement, the “Transaction
Documents”);
WHEREAS, the Guarantor has
determined that the execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty
directly benefits, and is in the best interest of, such Guarantor;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the agreements herein and in order to induce
the Secured Party to perform under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the
Guarantor hereby agrees with the Secured Party as follows:
Definitions. Reference
is hereby made to the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Notes issued
pursuant thereto for a statement of the terms thereof. All terms used
in this Guaranty, which are defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement or the
Notes and not otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meanings herein as
set forth therein.
Guaranty. The
Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably, guaranties the punctual
payment, as and when due and payable, by stated maturity or otherwise, of all
Obligations (as defined in the Security Agreement) of the Company from time to
time owing by it to the Secured Party (such obligations, to the extent not paid
by the Company, being the “Guaranteed
Obligations”), and agrees to pay any and all expenses (including
reasonable counsel fees and expenses) reasonably incurred by the Secured Party
in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Guarantor’s liability hereunder shall extend to
all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed
by the Company to the Secured Party but for the fact that they are unenforceable
or not allowable due to the existence of an insolvency proceeding involving any
Guarantor or the Company (each, a “Transaction
Party”).
Guaranty Absolute;
Continuing Guaranty; Assignments.
The
Guarantor, guaranties that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in
accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, regardless of any law,
regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any
of such terms or the rights of the Secured Party with respect
thereto. The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guaranty are
independent of the Guaranteed Obligations, and a separate action or actions may
be brought and prosecuted against the Guarantor to enforce such obligations,
irrespective of whether any action is brought against any Transaction Party or
whether any Transaction Party is joined in any such action or
actions. The liability of the Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be
irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and the Guarantor
hereby irrevocably waives, to the extent permitted by law, any defenses it may
now or hereafter have in any way relating to, any or all of the
following:
any lack
of validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document or any agreement or
instrument relating thereto;
any
change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all
or any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any
consent to departure from any Transaction Document, including, without
limitation, any increase in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from the
extension of additional credit to any Transaction Party or
otherwise;
any
taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any Pledged Property (as defined
in the Security Documents), or any taking, release or amendment or waiver of or
consent to departure from any other guaranty, for all or any of the Guaranteed
Obligations;
any
change, restructuring or termination of the corporate, limited liability company
or partnership structure or existence of any Transaction Party; or
any other
circumstance (including any statute of limitations) or any existence of or
reliance on any representation by the Secured Party that might otherwise
constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Transaction Party or
any other guarantor or surety.
This
Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if
at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or
must otherwise be returned by the Secured Party or any other Person upon the
insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Transaction Party or otherwise,
all as though such payment had not been made.
This
Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (i) remain in full force and effect
until the indefeasible cash payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations (other
than inchoate indemnity obligations) and (ii) be binding upon the Guarantor and
its respective successors and assigns. This Guaranty shall inure to
the benefit of and be enforceable by the Secured Party and its successors, and
permitted pledgees, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing sentence, the Secured Party may pledge, assign or
otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under and
subject to the terms of any Transaction Document to any other Person, and such
other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect
thereof granted to the Secured Party herein or otherwise, in each case as
provided in the Securities Purchase Agreement or such Transaction
Document.
Waivers. To
the extent permitted by applicable law, the Guarantor hereby waives promptness,
diligence, notice of acceptance and any other notice with respect to any of the
Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty and any requirement that the Secured
Party exhaust any right or take any action against any Transaction Party or any
other Person or any Pledged Property. The Guarantor acknowledges that
it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements
contemplated herein and that the waiver set forth in this Section 4 is knowingly
made in contemplation of such benefits. The Guarantor hereby waives
any right to revoke this Guaranty, and acknowledges that this Guaranty is
continuing in nature and applies to all Guaranteed Obligations, whether existing
now or in the future.
Subrogation. The
Guarantor may not exercise any rights that it may now or hereafter acquire
against any Transaction Party or any other guarantor that arise from the
existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the Guarantor’s obligations
under this Guaranty, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation,
reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to
participate in any claim or remedy of the Secured Party against any
Transaction Party or any other guarantor or any Pledged Property, whether or not
such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or
common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from any
Transaction Party or any other guarantor, directly or indirectly, in cash or
other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security solely
on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until all of the
Guaranteed Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) and all other
amounts payable under this Guaranty (other than inchoate indemnity obligations)
shall have indefeasibly been paid in full in cash. If any amount
shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding
sentence at any time prior to the later of the payment in full in cash of the
Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, such
amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Party and shall
forthwith be paid to the Secured Party to be credited and applied to the
Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty,
whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Transaction
Document, or to be held as Pledged Property for any Guaranteed Obligations or
other amounts payable under this Guaranty thereafter arising. If
(a) any Guarantor shall make payment to the Secured Party of all or any
part of the Guaranteed Obligations, and (b) all of the Guaranteed
Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) and all other amounts
payable under this Guaranty (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) shall
indefeasibly be paid in full in cash, the Secured Party will, at the Guarantor’s
request and expense, execute and deliver to the Guarantor appropriate documents,
without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence
the transfer by subrogation to the Guarantor of an interest in the Guaranteed
Obligations resulting from such payment by the Guarantor.
Representations, Warranties
and Covenants.
(a) The
Guarantor hereby represents and warrants as of the date first written above as
follows:
(i) The
Guarantor (A) is a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization, (B) has all corporate, limited liability
company or limited partnership power and authority to conduct its business as
now conducted and as presently contemplated and to execute and deliver this
Guaranty and each other Transaction Document to which the Guarantor is a party,
and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and (C) is
duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in
which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the
transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary except where the
failure to be so qualified would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(ii) The
execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of this Guaranty and each
other Transaction Document to which the Guarantor is a party (A) have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or limited
partnership action, (B) do not and will not contravene its charter or by-laws,
its limited liability company or operating agreement or its certificate of
partnership or partnership agreement, as applicable, or any applicable law or
any contractual restriction binding on the Guarantor or its properties (except
where the contravention of such contractual restriction would not result in a
Material Adverse Effect), (C) do not and will not result in or require the
creation of any lien (other than pursuant to any Transaction Document) upon or
with respect to any of its properties, and (D) do not and will not result in any
default, noncompliance, suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or
nonrenewal of any material permit, license, authorization or approval applicable
to it or its operations or any of its properties.
(iii) No
authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any governmental authority is required in connection with the due execution,
delivery and performance by the Guarantor of this Guaranty or any of the other
Transaction Documents to which the Guarantor is a party (other than expressly
provided for in any of the Transaction Documents).
(iv) Each
of this Guaranty and the other Transaction Documents to which the Guarantor is
or will be a party, when delivered, will be, a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance
with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, suretyship or other similar
laws and equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in
equity or at law).
(v) There
is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Guarantor, threatened action, suit or
proceeding against the Guarantor or to which any of the properties of the
Guarantor is subject, before any court or other governmental authority or any
arbitrator that (A) if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect or (B) relates to this Guaranty or any of the
other Transaction Documents to which the Guarantor is a party or any transaction
contemplated hereby or thereby.
(vi) The
Guarantor (A) has read and understands the terms and conditions of the
Securities Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and (B) now
has and will continue to have independent means of obtaining information
concerning the affairs, financial condition and business of the Company and the
other Transaction Parties, and has no need of, or right to obtain from the
Secured Party, any credit or other information concerning the affairs, financial
condition or business of the Company or the other Transaction Parties that may
come under the control of the Secured Party.
Right of
Set-off. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance
of any Event of Default, the Secured Party may, and is hereby authorized to, at
any time and from time to time, without notice to the Guarantor (any such notice
being expressly waived by the Guarantor) and to the fullest extent permitted by
law, set-off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand,
provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing
by the Secured Party to or for the credit or the account of the Guarantor
against any and all obligations of the Guarantor now or hereafter existing under
this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document, irrespective of whether or not
the Secured Party shall have made any demand under this Guaranty or any other
Transaction Document and although such obligations may be contingent or
unmatured. The Secured Party agrees to notify the Guarantor promptly
after any such set-off and application made by the Secured Party, provided that
the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off
and application. The rights of the Secured Party under this Section 7
are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation,
other rights of set-off) which the Secured Party may have under this Guaranty or
any other Transaction Document in law or otherwise.
Notices,
Etc. All notices and other communications provided for
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, telecopied or delivered, if
to the Guarantor, to it at its address set forth on the signature page hereto,
or if to the Secured Party, to it at its respective address set forth in the
Securities Purchase Agreement; or as to either such Person at such other address
as shall be designated by such Person in a written notice to such other Person
complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section 8. All such
notices and other communications shall be effective (i) if mailed (by certified
mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested), when received or three
Business Days after deposited in the mails, whichever occurs first; (ii) if
telecopied, when transmitted and confirmation is received, provided same is on a
Business Day and, if not, on the next Business Day; or (iii) if delivered by
hand, upon delivery, provided same is on a Business Day and, if not, on the next
Business Day.
Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey without regard to the
principles of conflict of laws. The parties further agree that any
action between them shall be heard in Xxxxxx County, New Jersey, and expressly
consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the Superior Court of New Jersey,
sitting in Xxxxxx County and the United States District Court for the District
of New Jersey sitting in Newark, New Jersey for the adjudication of any civil
action asserted pursuant to this Paragraph.
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL,
ETC. THE GUARANTOR HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY
IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM CONCERNING ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS
GUARANTY OR THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, OR UNDER ANY AMENDMENT, WAIVER,
CONSENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR OTHER AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH IN THE
FUTURE MAY BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH, OR ARISING FROM ANY
FINANCING RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTY OR THE OTHER
TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION, PROCEEDING OR
COUNTERCLAIM SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. THE
GUARANTOR CERTIFIES THAT NO OFFICER, REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE
SECURED PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT THE SECURED PARTY
WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM, SEEK TO
ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVERS. THE GUARANTOR HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE SECURED PARTY ENTERING INTO THIS
AGREEMENT.
Miscellaneous.
The
Guarantor will make each payment hereunder in lawful money of the United States
of America and in immediately available funds to the Secured Party, at such
address specified by the Secured Party from time to time by notice to the
Guarantor.
No
amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty and no consent to any
departure by any Guarantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the
same shall be in writing and signed by each Guarantor and the Secured Party, and
then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and
for the specific purpose for which given.
No
failure on the part of the Secured Party to exercise, and no delay in
exercising, any right hereunder or under any other Transaction Document shall
operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
right hereunder or under any Transaction Document preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The rights and
remedies of the Secured Party provided herein and in the other Transaction
Documents are cumulative and are in addition to, and not exclusive of, any
rights or remedies provided by law. The rights of the Secured Party
under any Transaction Document against any party thereto are not conditional or
contingent on any attempt by the Secured Party to exercise any of their
respective rights under any other Transaction Document against such party or
against any other Person.
Any
provision of this Guaranty that 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 portions
hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
This
Guaranty shall (i) be binding on the Guarantor and its respective successors and
assigns, and (ii) inure, together with all rights and remedies of the Secured
Party hereunder, to the benefit of the Secured Party and their respective
successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality
of clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Secured Party may
assign or otherwise transfer its rights and obligations under the Securities
Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document to any other Person in
accordance with the terms thereof, and such other Person shall thereupon become
vested with all of the benefits in respect thereof granted to the Secured Party,
as the case may be, herein or otherwise. None of the rights or
obligations of the Guarantor hereunder may be assigned or otherwise transferred
without the prior written consent of Secured Party.
This
Guaranty reflects the entire understanding of the transaction contemplated
hereby and shall not be contradicted or qualified by any other agreement, oral
or written, entered into before the date hereof.
Section
headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not
constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be executed by its respective duly
authorized officer, as of the date first above written.
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Trendsetter
Production
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By:
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Name:
Xxxx Xxxxx
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Title:
President and CEO
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Address:
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Signature page to Closing Statement
