Exhibit 4.87
AMENDED AND RESTATED
GUARANTY AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY AGREEMENT
(this “Guaranty”) is made as of the 10th day of March,
2006, by the undersigned (hereinafter collectively referred to as
the “Guarantors” and individually as a
“Guarantor”), to and for the benefit of WACHOVIA BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association in its
capacity as Agent (the “Agent”) for itself, the Banks
and the Swing Line Lender (as such terms are defined in the Credit
Agreement referred to below) and their successors and assigns
(collectively, the “Secured Parties”).
WHEREAS, the Guarantors have requested the Banks
to extend credit to Outback Steakhouse, Inc. (the
“Borrower”) under the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of March 10, 2006 (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”) among the Borrower, the Banks from time to time
party thereto, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Agent,
SunTrust Bank, as Syndication Agent and Bank of America, N.A. and
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents,
and the Banks have agreed to extend such credit by reason of such
request and in reliance upon this Guaranty; and
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the
Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Secured Parties require additional
assurances and guarantees by the Guarantors as one of the
conditions for making the Money Market Loans, Swing Line Loans and
Syndicated Loans (collectively referred to herein as the
“Loans”) to the Borrower and entering into the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents; and
WHEREAS, each Guarantor is a Subsidiary of the
Borrower; and
WHEREAS, each Guarantor acknowledges the receipt
of substantial direct benefits by the making of the Loans to the
Borrower.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the Loans
extended and/or to be extended by the Banks and Swing Line Lender
to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, and for other
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, each Guarantor agrees as follows:
1. Guaranty . Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally,
absolutely, jointly and severally, guarantees to the Secured
Parties and their respective successors, endorsees and assigns that
(a) the Borrower will duly and punctually pay and perform, at the
place specified therefor in the Credit Agreement, all indebtedness,
obligations and liabilities, direct or indirect, matured or
unmatured, primary or secondary, certain or contingent, of the
Borrower to the Secured Parties now or hereafter owing or incurred
pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan
Documents (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’
fees and other costs and expenses incurred by the Secured Parties
in attempting to collect or enforce any of the foregoing after an
Event of Default) accrued in each case to the date of payment
hereunder (collectively, the “Obligations” and
individually, an “Obligation”); and (b) the Borrower
will perform in all other respects its obligations under the Credit
Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents in accordance
with the respective terms of the Credit Agreement, the Notes and
the other Loan Documents.
2. Guaranty Absolute . This Guaranty is an absolute, unconditional,
continuing and unlimited guaranty of the full and punctual payment
and performance by the Borrower of the Obligations and not of their
collectibility only and is in no way conditioned upon any
requirement that any Secured Party first attempt to collect any of
the Obligations from the Borrower, any other Guarantor, or any
other person, or resort to any security for the Obligations or this
Guaranty or to other means of obtaining payment of any of the
Obligations which any Secured Party now has or may acquire after
the date hereof, or upon any other contingency whatsoever, and the
Secured Parties may proceed hereunder against any Guarantor in the
first instance to collect the Obligations when due, without first
proceeding against the Borrower or any other Person and without
first resorting to any security or other means of obtaining
payment. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are
irrevocable, absolute and unconditional, irrespective of
genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the
Obligations or any security given therefor or in connection
therewith or any other circumstance (except payment to, or express,
written waiver, release or consent by, the Secured Parties) which
might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a
surety or guarantor. This Guaranty shall be in addition to any
other guaranty or other security for the Obligations, and it shall
not be prejudiced or rendered unenforceable by the invalidity of
any such other guaranty or security. The liability of each
Guarantor hereunder shall in no way be affected or impaired by any
acceptance by the Secured Parties of any direct or indirect
security for, or other guaranties of, the Obligations or any other
indebtedness, liability or obligations of the Borrower, any
Guarantor or other Person to any Secured Party or by any failure,
delay, neglect or omission of any Secured Party to realize upon or
protect any Obligations or any such other indebtedness, liability
or obligation or any notes or other instruments evidencing the same
or any direct or indirect security therefor, or by any approval,
consent, waiver or other action taken or omitted to be taken by any
Secured Party. Upon any default by the Borrower in the payment and
performance of the Obligations (and after the expiration of any
applicable grace period provided in the Credit Agreement), the
liabilities and obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall, at
the option of the Required Banks, become forthwith due and payable
to the Secured Parties without demand or notice of any nature, all
of which are expressly waived by each Guarantor; provided
that if any Event of Default specified in clause (g) or (h) of
Section 6.01 of the Credit Agreement occurs, without any notice to
any Guarantor or any other act by any Secured Party, the
liabilities and obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall
automatically become immediately due and payable without
presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of
which are hereby waived by the Guarantors. Payments by the
Guarantors, or any of them, hereunder may be required by the
Secured Parties on any number of occasions.
3. No Impairment . Each Guarantor agrees that its obligations
hereunder shall not be impaired, modified, changed, released or
limited in any manner whatsoever by any impairment, modification,
change, release or limitation of liability of the Borrower or its
estate by reason of the commencement of any case, proceeding or
other action seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,
liquidation, dissolution or composition of the Borrower or its
property under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, relief of debtors or seeking appointment of a
receiver, trustee, custodian or similar official for the Borrower
or for all or part of its property.
4. Guarantors’ Further Agreement to
Pay . Each Guarantor
further agrees to pay to the Secured Parties forthwith upon demand,
in funds immediately available to the Secured Parties, all costs
and expenses (including court costs and reasonable attorneys’
fees) incurred or expended by the Secured Parties in connection
with the enforcement of this Guaranty.
5. Termination of Guaranty . It is the intention hereof that the Guarantors
shall remain liable under this Guaranty until all of the
Obligations have been fully paid and performed notwithstanding any
act, omission or thing (except payment to, or express, written
waiver, release or
consent by, the
Secured Parties) which might otherwise operate as a legal or
equitable discharge of the Guarantors. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, each Guarantor agrees that to the
extent all or any part of any payment of any of the Obligations
previously received by any Secured Party pursuant to the Credit
Agreement or any Loan Document or otherwise is subsequently
invalidated, voided, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set
aside, recovered, rescinded or is required to be retained by or
repaid to a trustee, receiver, or any other person under any
bankruptcy code, common law, or equitable cause, or otherwise
required to be returned by any Secured Party for any reason,
whether by court order, administrative order or settlement, this
Guaranty and the obligation or part thereof intended to be
satisfied shall be revived and reinstated and continued in full
force and effect as to each Guarantor’s obligations
hereunder, and each Guarantor agrees that it shall immediately pay
to such Secured Party the amount of such payment, notwithstanding
any termination of this Guaranty or any cancellation of the Credit
Agreement or the Notes.
6. Security; Setoff . Each Guarantor hereby grants to the Secured
Parties, as security for the full and punctual payment and
performance of such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, a
continuing lien on and security interest in all deposits and other
sums credited by or due from any Secured Party to the Guarantor or
subject to withdrawal by the Guarantor. Regardless of the adequacy
of any collateral or other means of obtaining repayment of the
Obligations, any Secured Party may at any time upon or after the
occurrence of any Event of Default, and without notice to any
Guarantor, set off the whole or any portion or portions of any or
all such deposits and other sums credited by or due from any
Secured Party to a Guarantor or subject to withdrawal by a
Guarantor against amounts payable under this Guaranty, whether or
not any other person or persons could also withdraw money
therefrom. Each Guarantor agrees, to the fullest extent it may
effectively do so under applicable law, that any holder of a
participation in a Note, whether or not acquired pursuant to the
terms of the Credit Agreement, may exercise rights of set-off or
counterclaim and other rights with respect to such participation as
fully as if such holder of a participation were a direct creditor
of the Guarantor in the amount of such participation.
7. Secured Parties’ Freedom to Deal with
Borrower and Other Parties . The Secured Parties shall be at liberty,
without giving notice to or obtaining the assent of the Guarantors,
or any of them, and without relieving any Guarantor of any
liability hereunder, to deal with the Borrower and with each other
party who is now, or after the date hereof becomes, liable in any
manner for any of the Obligations (including, without limitation,
any co-guarantor), in such manner as the Secured Parties in their
sole discretion deem fit and to this end each Guarantor hereby
gives to the Secured Parties full authority in their sole
discretion to do any or all of the following things: (a) extend
credit, make loans and afford other financial accommodations to the
Borrower or to any such other party at such times, in such amounts
and on such terms as the Secured Parties may approve, (b) vary the
terms and grant extensions or renewals of any present or future
indebtedness or obligation of the Borrower or of any such other
party to the Secured Parties, (c) grant extensions of time, waivers
and other indulgences in respect thereof, (d) vary, exchange,
release or discharge, wholly or partially, or delay in or abstain
from perfecting and enforcing any security or guaranty or other
means of obtaining payment of any of the Obligations or any
liability under this Guaranty, which security or guaranty the
Secured Parties now have or acquire after the date hereof, (e)
accept partial payments from the Borrower or such other party, (f)
release or discharge, wholly or partially, any endorser or
guarantor, and (g) compromise or make any settlement or other
arrangement with the Borrower or any such other party.
8. Representations and Warranties of
Guarantors . To induce
the Banks to extend credit to the Borrower, each Guarantor
represents and warrants to the Secured Parties that all
representations and warranties relating to it contained in the
Credit Agreement are true and correct.
9. Covenants . Each Guarantor covenants and agrees that, from
the date hereof and until payment in full of the Obligations, such
Guarantor shall, unless the Agent otherwise consents in writing,
comply with all of the covenants contained in the
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