EXHIBIT 10.3
AMENDED AND RESTATED SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY
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AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY, dated as of June 19, 1998, and amended
and restated as of March 19, 1999 (as amended, restated, modified or
supplemented from time to time, this "Guaranty"), made by each of the
undersigned guarantors (each, a "Guarantor" and, together with any other entity
that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 27 hereof, the "Guarantors").
Except as otherwise defined herein, terms used herein and defined in the Credit
Agreement (as defined below) shall be used herein as therein defined.
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, CII Technologies, Inc., Communications Instruments, Inc. (the
"Borrower"), the several financial institutions from time to time party thereto
(the "Lenders"), NationsBank, N.A., as an Issuing Lender and the Swingline
Lender, and NationsBank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (together with any
successor administrative agent, the "Administrative Agent"), have entered into a
Credit Agreement, dated as of June 19, 1998, and amended and restated as of
March 19, 1999 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the
"Credit Agreement"), providing for the making of Loans to the Borrower and the
issuance of, and participation in, Letters of Credit for the account of the
Borrower, all as contemplated therein (the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders, the
Swingline Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are herein
called the "Lender Creditors");
WHEREAS, the Borrower may from time to time be party to one or more
Interest Rate Protection Agreements or Other Hedging Agreements with one or more
Lenders or with an affiliate of a Lender (each such Lender or affiliate, even if
the respective Lender subsequently ceases to be a Lender under the Credit
Agreement for any reason, together with such Lender's or affiliate's successors
and assigns, collectively, the "Other Creditors," and together with the Lender
Creditors, are herein called the "Creditors");
WHEREAS, each Guarantor is a Subsidiary of the Borrower;
WHEREAS, the Guarantors (other than Products Unlimited and its
Domestic Subsidiaries) entered into the Subsidiary Guaranty, dated as of June
19, 1998 (the "Original Subsidiary Guaranty"), in connection with the Original
Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend and restate the Original
Subsidiary Guaranty in its entirety in the form of this Guaranty;
WHEREAS, it is a condition to the Restatement Effective Date and to
the making of Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of the
Borrower under the Credit Agreement that each Guarantor shall have executed and
delivered this Guaranty; and
WHEREAS, each Guarantor will obtain benefits from the incurrence of
Loans by, and the issuance of Letter of Credit for account of, the Borrower
under the Credit Agreement and the entering into of Interest Rate Protection
Agreements or Other Hedging Agreements and, accordingly, desires to execute this
Guaranty in order to satisfy the condition described in the preceding paragraph
and to induce the Lenders to make Loans to, and issue (and/or participate in)
Letters of Credit for the account of, the Borrower and Other Creditors to enter
into Interest Rate Protection Agreements or Other Hedging Agreements with the
Borrower;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other benefits
accruing to each Guarantor, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, (i) the parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that the
Original Subsidiary Guaranty shall be, and hereby is, amended and restated in
its entirety in the form of this Guaranty and (ii) each Guarantor hereby makes
the following representations and warranties to the Creditors and hereby
covenants and agrees with each Creditor as follows:
1. Each Guarantor, jointly and severally, irrevocably and
unconditionally guarantees: (i) to the Lender Creditors the full and prompt
payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise)
of (x) the principal of and interest on the promissory notes issued by, and the
Loans made to, the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and all reimbursement
obligations and unpaid drawings with respect to Letters of Credit and (y) all
other obligations (including obligations which, but for the automatic stay under
Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, would become due) and liabilities owing
by the Borrower to the Lender Creditors under the Credit Agreement (including,
without limitation, indemnities, fees, interest and other "Obligations" under
and as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the other Loan Documents to which
the Borrower is a party, whether now existing or hereafter incurred under,
arising out of or in connection with the Credit Agreement and any such other
Loan Document and the due performance and compliance by the Borrower with the
terms of the Loan Documents (all such principal, interest, liabilities and
obligations under this clause (i), except to the extent consisting of
obligations or liabilities with respect to Interest Rate Protection Agreements
or Other Hedging Agreements, being herein collectively called the "Loan Document
Obligations"); and (ii) to each Other Creditor the full and prompt payment when
due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all
obligations (including obligations which, but for the automatic stay under
Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, would become due) and liabilities owing
by the Borrower under any Interest Rate Protection Agreements or Other Hedging
Agreements, whether now in existence or hereafter arising, and the due
performance and compliance by the Borrower with all terms, conditions and
agreements contained therein (all such obligations and liabilities being herein
collectively called the "Other Obligations", and together with the Loan Document
Obligations are herein collectively called the "Guaranteed Obligations"). Each
Guarantor understands, agrees and confirms that the Creditors may enforce this
Guaranty up to the full amount of the Guaranteed Obligations against each
Guarantor without proceeding against any other Guarantor, the Borrower, against
any security for the Guaranteed Obligations, or under any other guaranty
covering all or a portion of the Guaranteed Obligations. All payments by each
Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be made on the same basis as payments by the
Borrower are made under the Credit Agreement.
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2. Additionally, each Guarantor, jointly and severally,
unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees the payment of any and all
Guaranteed Obligations of the Borrower to the Creditors whether or not due or
payable by the Borrower upon the occurrence in respect of the Borrower of any of
the events specified in Sections 9.01(f) and 9.01(g) of the Credit Agreement,
and unconditionally and irrevocably, jointly and severally, promises to pay such
Guaranteed Obligations to the Creditors, or order, on demand, in lawful money of
the United States.
3. The liability of each Guarantor hereunder is exclusive and
independent of any security for or other guaranty of the Guaranteed Obligations
of the Borrower whether executed by such Guarantor, any other Guarantor, any
other guarantor or by any other party, and the liability of each Guarantor
hereunder shall not be affected or impaired by (a) any direction as to
application of payment by the Borrower or by any other party, (b) any other
continuing or other guaranty, undertaking or maximum liability of a guarantor or
of any other party as to the Guaranteed Obligations of the Borrower, (c) any
payment on or in reduction of any such other guaranty or undertaking, (d) any
dissolution, termination or increase, decrease or change in personnel by the
Borrower or (e) any payment made to any Creditor on the Guaranteed Obligations
which any Creditor repays to the Borrower pursuant to court order in any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium or other debtor relief
proceeding, and each Guarantor waives any right to the deferral or modification
of its obligations hereunder by reason of any such proceeding.
4. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the
obligations of any other Guarantor, any other guarantor or the Borrower, and a
separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against each Guarantor
whether or not action is brought against any other Guarantor, any other
guarantor or the Borrower and whether or not any other Guarantor, any other
guarantor of the Borrower or the Borrower be joined in any such action or
actions. Each Guarantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the
benefit of any statute of limitations affecting its liability hereunder or the
enforcement thereof. Any payment by the Borrower or other circumstance which
operates to toll any statute of limitations as to the Borrower shall operate to
toll the statute of limitations as to each Guarantor.
5. Each Guarantor hereby waives (to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law) notice of acceptance of this Guaranty and notice of any
liability to which it may apply, and waives promptness, diligence, presentment,
demand of payment, protest, notice of dishonor or nonpayment of any such
liabilities, suit or taking of other action by the Administrative Agent or any
other Creditor against, and any other notice to, any party liable thereon
(including such Guarantor or any other guarantor or the Borrower).
6. Any Creditor may (except as shall be required by applicable
statute and cannot be waived) at any time and from time to time without the
consent of, or notice to, any Guarantor, without incurring responsibility to
such Guarantor, without impairing or releasing the obligations of such Guarantor
hereunder, upon or without any terms or conditions and in whole or in part:
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(a) change the manner, place or terms of payment of, and/or change or
extend the time of payment of, renew, increase, accelerate, alter, sell,
assign or participate any of the Guaranteed Obligations, any security
therefor, or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect
thereof, and the guaranty herein made shall apply to the Guaranteed
Obligations as so changed, extended, renewed, altered, sold, assigned or
participated;
(b) sell, exchange, release, impair, surrender, realize upon or
otherwise deal with in any manner and in any order any property by
whomsoever at any time pledged or mortgaged to secure, or howsoever
securing, the Guaranteed Obligations or any liabilities (including any of
those hereunder) incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof or
hereof, and/or any offset thereagainst;
(c) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the
Borrower or others or otherwise act or refrain from acting;
(d) settle or compromise any of the Guaranteed Obligations, any
security therefor or any liability (including any of those hereunder)
incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof or hereof, and may
subordinate the payment of all or any part thereof to the payment of any
liability (whether due or not) of the Borrower to creditors of the
Borrower;
(e) apply any sums by whomsoever paid or howsoever realized to any
liability or liabilities of the Borrower to the Creditors regardless of
what liabilities of the Borrower remain unpaid;
(f) consent to or waive any breach of, or any act, omission or default
under, any of the Interest Rate Protection Agreements or Other Hedging
Agreements, the Loan Documents or any of the instruments or agreements
referred to therein, or otherwise amend, modify or supplement any of the
Interest Rate Protection Agreements or Other Hedging Agreements, the Loan
Documents or any of such other instruments or agreements; and/or
(g) act or fail to act in any manner referred to in this Guaranty
which may deprive such Guarantor of its right to subrogation against the
Borrower to recover full indemnity for any payments made pursuant to this
Guaranty.
7. No invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of all or any part
of the Guaranteed Obligations or of any security therefor shall affect, impair
or be a defense to this Guaranty, and this Guaranty shall be primary, absolute
and unconditional notwithstanding the occurrence of any event or the existence
of any other circumstances which might constitute a legal or equitable discharge
of a surety or guarantor except payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations.
8. This Guaranty is a continuing one and all liabilities to which it
applies or may apply under the terms hereof shall be conclusively presumed to
have been created in reliance hereon. No failure or delay on the part of any
Creditor in exercising any right, power or
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privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other
or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or
privilege. The rights and remedies herein expressly specified are cumulative and
not exclusive of any rights or remedies which any Creditor would otherwise have.
No notice to or demand on any Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Guarantor
to any other further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or
constitute a waiver of the rights of any Creditor to any other or further action
in any circumstances without notice or demand. It is not necessary for any
Creditor to inquire into the capacity or powers of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or the officers, directors, partners or agents acting or purporting
to act on its behalf, and any indebtedness made or created in reliance upon the
professed exercise of such powers shall be guaranteed hereunder.
9. Any indebtedness of the Borrower now or hereafter held by any
Guarantor is hereby subordinated to the indebtedness of the Borrower to the
Creditors; and such indebtedness of the Borrower to any Guarantor, if the
Administrative Agent, after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
so requests, shall be collected, enforced and received by such Guarantor as
trustee for the Creditors and be paid over to the Creditors on account of the
indebtedness of the Borrower to the Creditors, but without affecting or
impairing in any manner the liability of such Guarantor under the other
provisions of this Guaranty. Prior to the transfer by any Guarantor of any note
or negotiable instrument evidencing any indebtedness of the Borrower to such
Guarantor, such Guarantor shall mark such note or negotiable instrument with a
legend that the same is subject to this subordination. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor hereby agrees with the Guaranteed
Creditors that it will not exercise any right of subrogation which it may at any
time otherwise have as a result of this Guaranty (whether contractual, under
Section 509 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise) until all Guaranteed
Obligations have been irrevocably paid in full in cash.
10. (a) Each Guarantor waives any right (except as shall be required
by applicable statute or law and cannot be waived) to require the Creditors to:
(i) proceed against the Borrower, any other Guarantor, any other guarantor of
the Borrower or any other party; (ii) proceed against or exhaust any security
held from the Borrower, any other Guarantor, any other guarantor of the Borrower
or any other party; or (iii) pursue any other remedy in the Creditors' power
whatsoever. Each Guarantor waives (to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law) any defense based on or arising out of any defense of the
Borrower, any other Guarantor, any other guarantor of the Borrower or any other
party other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations, including,
without limitation, any defense based on or arising out of the disability of the
Borrower, any other Guarantor, any other guarantor of the Borrower or any other
party, or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof
from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of the Borrower
other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations. The Creditors may, at
their election, foreclose on any security held by the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent or the other Creditors by one or more judicial or nonjudicial
sales, whether or not every aspect of any such sale is commercially reasonable
(to the extent such sale is permitted by applicable law), or exercise any other
right or remedy the Creditors may have against the Borrower or any other party,
or any security, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any
Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Guaranteed
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Obligations have been paid in full. Each Guarantor waives any defense arising
out of any such election by the Creditors, even though such election operates to
impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or
remedy of such Guarantor against the Borrower or any other party or any
security.
(b) Each Guarantor waives all presentments, demands for performance,
protests and notices, including, without limitation, notices of nonperformance,
notices of protest, notices of dishonor, notices of acceptance of this Guaranty,
and notices of the existence, creation or incurring of new or additional
indebtedness. Each Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping
itself informed of the Borrower's financial condition and assets, and of all
other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed
Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks which such Guarantor
assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that the Creditors shall have no duty
to advise any Guarantor of information known to them regarding such
circumstances or risks.
11. The Creditors agree that this Guaranty may be enforced only by
the action of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, in each case
acting upon the instructions, or with the consent, of the Majority Lenders (or,
after the date on which all Loan Document Obligations have been paid in full and
the Aggregate Commitment has been terminated, the holders of at least a majority
of the outstanding Other Obligations) and that no other Creditor shall have any
right individually to seek to enforce or to enforce this Guaranty or to realize
upon the security to be granted by the Collateral Documents, it being understood
and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised by the Administrative
Agent or the Collateral Agent or the holders of at least a majority of the
outstanding Other Obligations, as the case may be, for the benefit of the
Creditors upon the terms of this Guaranty and the Collateral Documents. The
Creditors further agree that this Guaranty may not be enforced against any
director, officer, employee or stockholder of any Guarantor (except to the
extent such stockholder is also a Guarantor hereunder).
12. In order to induce the Lenders to make Loans and issue Letters of
Credit pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and in order to induce the Other
Creditors to execute, deliver and perform the Interest Rate Protection
Agreements or Other Hedging Agreements, each Guarantor represents, warrants and
covenants that:
(a) Such Guarantor (i) is a duly organized and validly existing
corporation and is in good standing (to the extent such concept is relevant
in such jurisdiction) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization, and has the corporate power and authority to own its property
and assets and to transact the business in which it is engaged and
presently proposes to engage and (ii) is duly qualified and is authorized
to do business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions where it is
required to be so qualified and where the failure to be so qualified could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Such Guarantor has the corporate power and authority to execute,
deliver and carry out the terms and provisions of this Guaranty and each
other Loan Document to which it is a party and has taken all necessary
corporate action to authorize the execution,
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delivery and performance by it of each such Loan Document. Such Guarantor
has duly executed and delivered this Guaranty and each other Loan Document
to which it is a party and each such Loan Document constitutes the legal,
valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor enforceable in accordance
with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability hereof or
thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors'
rights generally and by equitable principles (regardless of whether
enforcement is sought in equity or at law).
(c) Neither the execution, delivery or performance by such Guarantor
of this Guaranty or any other Loan Document to which it is a party, nor
compliance by it with the terms and provisions hereof or thereof (i) will
contravene any applicable provision of any law, or any order, writ,
injunction or decree of any court or Governmental Authority, (ii) will
conflict or be inconsistent with or result in any breach of, any of the
terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, or (other than pursuant to the Collateral Documents) result in the
creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien
upon any of the property or assets of such Guarantor or any of its
Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any Contractual Obligation to which
such Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any
of its property or assets is bound or to which it may be subject or (iii)
will violate any provision of the articles or certificate of incorporation,
by-laws or any other organizational document of such Guarantor or any of
its Subsidiaries.
(d) No order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation
of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by, any
Governmental Authority, or any subdivision thereof, is required to
authorize, or is required in connection with, (i) the execution, delivery
and performance of this Guaranty or any other Loan Document to which such
Guarantor is a party, or (ii) the legality, validity, binding effect or
enforceability of this Guaranty or any other Loan Document to which such
Guarantor is a party.
(e) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or to the
knowledge of such Guarantor, threatened with respect to such Guarantor (i)
that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii)
that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
rights or remedies of the Creditors or on the ability of such Guarantor to
perform its respective obligations to the Creditors hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents to which it is a party.
13. Each Guarantor covenants and agrees that on and after the date
hereof and until the termination of the Aggregate Commitment and all Interest
Rate Protection Agreements and Other Hedging Agreements and when no promissory
note or Letter of Credit under the Credit Agreement remains outstanding (other
than Letters of Credit, together with all fees that have accrued and will accrue
thereon through the stated termination date of such Letters of Credit, which
have been secured in a manner satisfactory to the respective Issuing Lenders in
its sole and absolute discretion) and all Guaranteed Obligations have been paid
in full (other than indemnities described in Section 12.05 of the Credit
Agreement and analogous provisions in the Collateral Documents which are not
then due and payable), such Guarantor shall take, or will
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refrain from taking, as the case may be, all actions that are necessary to be
taken or not taken so that no violation of any provision, covenant or agreement
contained in Article VII or VIII of the Credit Agreement, and so that no Default
or Event of Default, is caused by the actions of such Guarantor or any of its
Subsidiaries.
14. The Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree to pay all
reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of each Creditor in connection with
the enforcement of this Guaranty and any amendment, waiver or consent relating
hereto (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel (including in-house counsel) employed by any of the Creditors).
15. This Guaranty shall be binding upon each Guarantor and its
successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Creditors and their
successors and assigns.
16. Neither this Guaranty nor any provision hereof may be changed,
waived, discharged or terminated except with the written consent of each
Guarantor directly affected thereby and either (x) the Majority Lenders (or to
the extent required by Section 12.01 of the Credit Agreement, with the written
consent of each Lender) at all times prior to the time on which all Loan
Document Obligations have been paid in full and the Aggregate Commitment has
been terminated or (y) the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding
Other Obligations at all times after the time on which all Loan Document
Obligations have been paid in full and the Aggregate Commitment has been
terminated; provided, that any change, waiver, modification or variance
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affecting the rights and benefits of a single Class (as defined below) of
Creditors (and not all Creditors in a like or similar manner) shall require the
written consent of the Requisite Creditors (as defined below) of such Class of
Creditors (it being understood that the addition or release of any Guarantor
hereunder shall not constitute a change, waiver, discharge or termination
affecting any Guarantor other than the Guarantor so added or released). For the
purpose of this Guaranty the term "Class" shall mean each class of Creditors,
i.e., whether (x) the Lender Creditors as holders of the Loan Document
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Obligations or (y) the Other Creditors as the holders of the Other Obligations.
For the purpose of this Guaranty, the term "Requisite Creditors" of any Class
shall mean each of (x) with respect to the Loan Document Obligations, the
Majority Lenders and (y) with respect to the Other Obligations, the holders of
at least a majority of the Other Obligations.
17. Each Guarantor acknowledges that an executed (or conformed) copy
of each of the Loan Documents and Interest Rate Protection Agreements or Other
Hedging Agreements has been made available to its principal executive officers
and such officers are familiar with the contents thereof.
18. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under
applicable law, and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default (such term to mean
and include any "Event of Default" as defined in the Credit Agreement or any
payment default under any Interest Rate Protection Agreement or Other Hedging
Agreement continuing after any applicable grace period), each Creditor is hereby
authorized at any time or from time to time, without notice to any Guarantor or
to any other
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Person, any such notice being expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate
and apply any and all deposits (general or special) and any other indebtedness
at any time held or owing by such Creditor to or for the credit or the account
of such Guarantor, against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of
such Guarantor to such Creditor under this Guaranty, irrespective of whether or
not such Creditor shall have made any demand hereunder and although said
obligations, liabilities, deposits or claims, or any of them, shall be
contingent or unmatured.
19. All notices, requests, demands or other communications pursuant
hereto shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered to the
Person to which such notice, request, demand or other communication is required
or permitted to be given or made under this Guaranty, addressed to such party at
(i) in the case of any Lender Creditor, as provided in the Credit Agreement,
(ii) in the case of any Guarantor, at: c/o CII Technologies, Inc., 1396
Charlotte Highway, Fairview, N.C. 29730, Attention: Richard Heggelund,
Telephone No.: (704) 628-1711, Telecopier No.: (704) 628-1439, and (iii) in the
case of any Other Creditor, at such address as such Other Creditor shall have
specified in writing to the Guarantor; or in any case at such other address as
any of the Persons listed above may hereafter notify the others in writing.
20. If claim is ever made upon any Creditor for repayment or recovery
of any amount or amounts received in payment or on account of any of the
Guaranteed Obligations and any of the aforesaid payees repays all or part of
said amount by reason of (i) any judgment, decree or order of any court or
administrative body having jurisdiction over such payee or any of its property
or (ii) any settlement or compromise of any such claim effected by such payee
with any such claimant (including, without limitation, the Borrower or any
Guarantor), then and in such event each Guarantor agrees that any such judgment,
decree, order, settlement or compromise shall be binding upon such Guarantor,
notwithstanding any revocation hereof or other instrument evidencing any
liability of the Borrower, and such Guarantor shall be and remain liable to the
aforesaid payees hereunder for the amount so repaid or recovered to the same
extent as if such amount had never originally been received by any such payee.
21. (A) THIS GUARANTY AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
CREDITORS AND OF THE UNDERSIGNED HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Guaranty or
any other Loan Document to which such Guarantor is a party may be brought in the
courts of the State of New York or of the United States of America for the
Southern District of New York, and, by execution and delivery of this Guaranty,
each Guarantor hereby irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of its
property, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid
courts. Each Guarantor hereby further irrevocably waives any claim that any
such courts lack jurisdiction over such Guarantor, and agrees not to plead or
claim, in any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Guaranty or any
other Loan Document to which such Guarantor is a party brought in any of the
aforesaid courts, that any such court lacks jurisdiction over such Guarantor.
Each Guarantor further irrevocably consents to the service of process out of any
of the aforementioned courts in any such action or proceeding by the mailing of
copies thereof by
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registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to each Guarantor at its address
set forth opposite its signature below, such service to become effective 30 days
after such mailing. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any objection to
such service of process and further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead
or claim in any action or proceeding commenced hereunder or under any other Loan
Document to which such Guarantor is a party that service of process was in any
way invalid or ineffective. Nothing herein shall affect the right of any of the
Creditors to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence
legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against each Guarantor in any other
jurisdiction.
(c) Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any objection which it
may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions
or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Guaranty or any other
Loan Document to which it is a party brought in the courts referred to in clause
(b) above and hereby further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim
in any such court that such action or proceeding brought in any such court has
been brought in an inconvenient forum.
22. In the event that all of the capital stock of one or more
Guarantors is sold or otherwise disposed of or liquidated in compliance with the
requirements of Section 8.02 of the Credit Agreement (or such sale or other
disposition or liquidation has been approved in writing by the Majority Lenders
(or all Lenders if required by Section 12.01 of the Credit Agreement)) and the
proceeds of such sale, disposition or liquidation are applied in accordance with
the provisions of the Credit Agreement, to the extent applicable, such Guarantor
shall be released from this Guaranty and this Guaranty shall, as to each such
Guarantor or Guarantors, terminate, and have no further force or effect (it
being understood and agreed that the sale of one or more Persons that own,
directly or indirectly, all of the equity interests of any Guarantor shall be
deemed to be a sale of such Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 22).
23. This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts and
by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together
constitute one and the same instrument. A set of counterparts executed by all
the parties hereto shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent.
24. EACH GUARANTOR AND EACH OF THE CREDITORS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
25. All payments made by any Guarantor hereunder will be made without
setoff, counterclaim or other defense.
26. Each Guarantor and each Creditor (by its acceptance of the
benefits of this Guaranty) hereby confirms that it is its intention that this
Guaranty not constitute fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of the
Bankruptcy Code, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act of any similar Federal or
state law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, each
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Guarantor and each Creditor (by its acceptance of the benefits of this Guaranty)
hereby irrevocably agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed by such
Guarantor shall be limited to such amount as will, after giving effect to such
maximum amount and all other (contingent or otherwise) liabilities of such
Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any
rights to contribution pursuant to any agreement providing for an equitable
contribution among such Guarantor and the other Guarantors, result in the
Guaranteed Obligations of such Guarantor in respect of such maximum amount not
constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
27. It is understood and agreed that any Subsidiary of Holdings that
is required to execute a counterpart of this Guaranty after the date hereof
pursuant to Sections 7.12 and/or 8.15 of the Credit Agreement shall
automatically become a Guarantor hereunder by executing a counterpart hereof (or
a Guarantor Supplement) and delivering the same to the Administrative Agent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be
executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
KILOVAC CORPORATION,
as a Guarantor
By:_____________________________
Name:________________________
Title:_______________________
KILOVAC INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
as a Guarantor
By:_____________________________
Name:________________________
Title:_______________________
CORCOM, INC.,
as a Guarantor
By:_____________________________
Name:________________________
Title:_______________________
PRODUCTS UNLIMITED CORPORATION,
as a Guarantor
By:_____________________________
Name:________________________
Title:_______________________
MARC INDUSTRIES, INC.,
as a Guarantor
By:_____________________________
Name:________________________
Title:_______________________
SOL INDUSTRIES, INC.,
as a Guarantor
By:_____________________________
Name:________________________
Title:_______________________
GW INDUSTRIES, INC.,
as a Guarantor
By:_____________________________
Name:________________________
Title:_______________________
NATIONSBANK, N.A., as
Administrative Agent for the Lenders
By:_____________________________
Name:________________________
Title:_______________________