GUARANTY AND PAYMENT AGREEMENT
(VACTOR MANUFACTURING, INC.)
This GUARANTY AND
PAYMENT AGREEMENT (VACTOR MANUFACTURING, INC.) (this “
Agreement ”) is made as of June 27, 2008 by
FEDERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“
Guarantor ”), in favor of BANC OF AMERICA PUBLIC
CAPITAL CORP, a Kansas corporation (“ Buyer
”).
Vactor
Manufacturing, Inc., an Illinois corporation (“ Seller
”), and Buyer propose to enter into a Tax-Exempt Lease
Purchase Agreement dated as of June 27, 2008 (as amended,
supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“ Purchase Agreement ”) pursuant to which Seller
has agreed to sell to Buyer, and Buyer has agreed to purchase from
Seller, in each case from time to time in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the Purchase Agreement, certain tax-exempt leases
and certain related assets.
Guarantor is the
sole shareholder of Seller and will derive substantial benefit from
the execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement. The execution
and delivery of this Agreement by Guarantor is a condition
precedent to the execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement
by Buyer.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement
and for other consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, Guarantor hereby agrees as
follows:
1.1.
Definitions . All capitalized terms used but not defined in
this Agreement shall have the respective meanings assigned to such
terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
“
Buyer ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to
this Agreement.
“
Enforcement Costs ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.8 .
“
Excluded Amounts ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.2 .
“
GAAP ” means accounting principles as in effect from
time to time generally accepted in the United States, applied by
Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries on a basis consistent
with the preparation of Guarantor’s consolidated financial
statements.
“
Guaranteed Obligations ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1 .
“
Guarantor ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble
to this Agreement.
“
Indemnified Amounts ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1 .
“
Indemnified Party ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1 .
“
Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse
effect on (i) the ability of Guarantor to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document,
(ii) the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or
any other Transaction Document, (iii) the interest of Buyer in the
Purchased Assets or (iv) the collectibility of the Purchased
Leases.
“
Purchase Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble to this Agreement.
“
Recourse Obligations ” means (i) the obligation
of Seller to repurchase certain Purchased Assets pursuant to
Article V of the Purchase Agreement, (ii) the
obligation of Seller to forward certain Collections to Buyer
pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Purchase Agreement and
(iii) the obligation of Seller to indemnify Buyer against
certain amounts and to reimburse Buyer for certain costs and
expenses, in each case pursuant to Article VII of the
Purchase Agreement.
“
Seller ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to
this Agreement.
2.1. Scope of
Guaranty . Guarantor absolutely, unconditionally and
irrevocably guarantees to Buyer (i) the full and prompt
payment of all Recourse Obligations when due and payable and at all
times thereafter, (ii) the full and prompt payment of all
Enforcement Costs when due and payable and at all times thereafter
and (iii) the full, complete and punctual observance,
performance and satisfaction of all of the obligations, duties,
covenants and agreements of Seller under the Purchase Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents to the extent that any failure or
delay by Seller in the observance, performance or satisfaction of
such obligations, duties, covenants or agreements would constitute
or give rise to a Recourse Obligation. All payment obligations
described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above are
referred to herein as the “ Guaranteed Obligations
”, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any
bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding, including any interest
that would have accrued under the terms of any of the Transaction
Documents.
2.2. Payment by
Guarantor . The liability of Guarantor under this Agreement
shall be direct and immediate and not conditional or contingent
upon the pursuit of any remedies against Seller or any other Person
(including, without limitation, any other guarantor). Guarantor
hereby waives any right to require that an action be brought
against Seller or any other Person or to require that resort be had
to any security or to any balance of any deposit account or credit
on the books of Buyer in favor of Seller or any other Person. Buyer
shall have the right, at its option, either before, during or after
pursuing any other right or remedy against Seller or Guarantor, to
perform any and all of the Guaranteed Obligations by or through any
agent, contractor or subcontractor, or any of their agents, of its
selection, all as Buyer in its sole discretion deems proper, and
Guarantor shall indemnify and hold Buyer free and harmless from and
against any and all loss, damage, cost, expense, injury or
liability Buyer may suffer or incur in connection with the exercise
of its rights under this Agreement or the performance of the
Guaranteed Obligations, except to the extent the same arises as a
result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
Buyer.
2.3. Cumulative
Remedies . All of the remedies set forth herein and/or provided
by any of the other Transaction Documents or in equity or at law
shall be equally available to Buyer, and the choice by Buyer of one
such alternative over another shall not be subject to question or
challenge by Guarantor or any other Person, nor shall any such
choice be asserted as a defense, set-off or failure to mitigate
damages in any action, proceeding or counteraction by Buyer to
recover or seeking any other remedy under this Agreement, nor shall
such choice preclude Buyer from subsequently electing to exercise a
different
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remedy. The
parties have agreed to the alternative remedies hereinabove
specified in part because they recognize that the choice of
remedies in the event of a failure hereunder will necessarily be
and should properly be a matter of business judgment, which the
passage of time and events may or may not prove to have been the
best choice to maximize recovery by Buyer at the lowest cost to
Seller and/or Guarantor. It is the intention of the parties that
such choice by Buyer be given conclusive effect regardless of such
subsequent developments.
2.4.
Waivers . Guarantor hereby waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, and agrees not to assert: (i) notice of
acceptance of this Agreement by Buyer and any and all notices and
demands of every kind which may be required to be given by any
statute, rule or law; (ii) the defense of the statute of
limitations in any action hereunder; (iii) any defense that
may arise by reason of the lack of authority of Seller or the
failure of Buyer to file or enforce a claim against the estate (in
any bankruptcy or other proceeding) of Seller; (iv) demand,
presentment for payment, notice of nonpayment, protest, notice of
protest and all other notices (other than as may be expressly
herein required) of any kind, or the lack of any thereof,
including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, notice
of the existence, creation or incurrence of any new or additional
indebtedness or obligation of Seller or of any action or non action
on the part of Seller or Buyer under this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document; (v) any defense based upon an election
of remedies by Buyer; (vi) any right or claim to or right to
cause a marshalling of the assets of Seller or Guarantor;
(vii) any principle or provision of law, statutory or
otherwise, which is or might be in conflict with the terms and
provisions of this Agreement; (viii) any duty on the part of
Buyer to disclose to Guarantor any facts Buyer may now or hereafter
know about Seller, regardless of whether Buyer has reason to
believe that any such facts materially increase the risk beyond
that which Guarantor intends to assume or have reason to believe
that such facts are unknown to Guarantor or have a reasonable
opportunity to communicate such facts to Guarantor, it being
understood and agreed that Guarantor is fully responsible for being
and keeping informed of the financial condition of Seller and of
any and all circumstances bearing on the risk that liability may be
incurred by Guarantor hereunder; (ix) any invalidity,
irregularity or unenforceability, in whole or in part, of any one
or more of the Transaction Documents; (x) any assertion or
claim that the automatic stay provided by 11 U.S.C. §362
(arising upon an insolvency proceeding of Seller) or any other stay
provided under any other debtor relief law (whether statutory,
common law, case law or otherwise) of any jurisdiction whatsoever,
now or hereafter in effect, which may be or become applicable,
shall operate or be interpreted to stay, interdict, condition,
reduce or inhibit the ability of Buyer to enforce any of its
rights, whether now or hereafter required, which Buyer may have
against Guarantor; and (xi) any modification of any
Transaction Document or any obligation of Seller relating to any of
the Recourse Obligations by operation of law or by action of any
court, whether pursuant to the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as
amended, or any other debtor relief law (whether statutory, common
law, case law or otherwise) of any jurisdiction whatsoever, now or
hereafter in effect, or otherwise. Without limiting the foregoing,
Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that Leases may be purchased from
time to time by Buyer from Seller without notice to or
authorization from Guarantor, regardless of the financial or other
condition of Seller at the time of any such purchase. Buyer shall
have no obligation to disclose or discuss with Guarantor its
assessment of the financial or other condition of Seller. Guarantor
acknowledges that no representations of any kind whatsoever have
been made by Buyer to Guarantor.
2.5. Renewals;
Modifications; Amendments . Guarantor agrees that
Guarantor’s liability as guarantor shall in no way be
impaired by (i) any renewals or extensions which may be made
from time to time, with or without the knowledge or consent of
Guarantor, of the time for payment of any Guaranteed Obligation,
(ii) any forbearance or delay in collecting any Guaranteed
Obligation or any waiver by Buyer under the Purchase Agreement or
any other Transaction Document, (iii) Buyer’s failure or
election not to pursue any other remedies it may have against
Seller or any change or modification in the Purchase Agreement or
any other Transaction Document, (iv) the acceptance by Buyer
of any security or any increase, substitution or change therein,
(v) the release by Buyer of any security or any withdrawal
thereof
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or decrease
therein or (vi) the application of payments received from any
source other than on account of the Guaranteed Obligations to the
payment of any obligation other than the Guaranteed Obligations,
even though Buyer might lawfully have elected to apply such
payments to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations.
Guarantor further agrees that Buyer may at any time enter into
agreements with Seller to amend and modify the Purchase Agreement
or any other Transaction Document and may waive or release any
provision of the Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction
Document and, with reference to such instruments, may make and
enter into any such agreement as Buyer and Seller may deem proper
and desirable, without in any manner impairing this Agreement or
any of Buyer’s rights hereunder or any of Guarantor’s
obligations hereunder.
2.6.
Unconditional Obligation . This Agreement constitutes an
absolute, unconditional, complete, present and continuing guaranty
of payment and performance and not of collection, and the
obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall be primary, absolute,
independent and unconditional under any and all circumstances
whatsoever. Guarantor intends to remain liable as principal for
payment or performance of the Guaranteed Obligations until all such
indebtedness has been irrevocably paid in full and the other terms,
covenants and conditions of the Purchase Agreement, the other
Transaction Documents and this Agreement have been performed,
notwithstanding any circumstance, act or thing that might otherwise
operate as a legal or equitable discharge of a surety. Neither
Guarantor’s obligations under this Agreement nor any remedy
for the enforcement thereof shall be impaired, modified, changed or
released in any manner whatsoever by any impairment, modification,
change, release or limitation of the liability of Seller under the
Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document or by reason
of Seller’s bankruptcy or by reason of any creditor or
bankruptcy proceeding instituted by or against Seller. If at any
time all or any part of any payment made by Guarantor or received
by Buyer under or with respect to this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document is or must be rescinded or returned for any
reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, the insolvency,
bankruptcy or reorganization of Guarantor or Seller), then the
obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall, to the extent of the
payment rescinded or returned, be deemed to have continued in
existence, notwithstanding such previous payment by Guarantor or
receipt of payment by Buyer, and the obligations of Guarantor
hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the
case may be, as to such payment, all as though such previous
payment had never been made. The obligations of Guarantor pursuant
to the preceding sentence shall survive any termination,
cancellation or release of this Agreement.
2.7.
Application of Payments . Buyer may apply any amounts
received by it from any source on account of any Guaranteed
Obligation to the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations in such
order as Buyer may from time to time elect.
2.8.
Enforcement Costs . If (i) an attorney is retained to
collect this Agreement or this Agreement is collected through any
legal proceeding, (ii) an attorney is retained to represent
Buyer in any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership, or other
proceedings affecting creditors’ rights and involving a claim
under this Agreement or in respect of any Guaranteed Obligation,
(iii) an attorney is retained to provide advice or other
representation with respect to an enforcement action or potential
enforcement action relating to this Agreement after a default has
occurred hereunder or (iv) an attorney is retained to
represent Buyer in any other legal proceeding whatsoever in
connection with this Agreement or any Guaranteed Obligation, then
Guarantor shall pay to Buyer upon demand all reasonable
attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses, including, without
limitation, court costs, filing fees, recording costs, expenses of
foreclosure and all other costs and expenses incurred in connection
therewith, (collectively, “ Enforcement Costs ”)
in addition to all other amounts due hereunder.
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF GUARANTOR
3.1.
Representations and Warranties Concerning Guarantor .
Guarantor represents and warrants that the following are true as of
the date of this Agreement. Each representation and warranty is
made to induce Buyer to enter into the Purchase Agreement and shall
be automatically restated and ratified as of each Purchase
Date.
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3.1.1.
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Organized and Existing
. Guarantor is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, and Guarantor is qualified
and in good standing to do business as a foreign corporation in
each state or other jurisdiction where its business requires such
qualification and
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