EXHIBIT 10.5
CORPORATE GUARANTY OF B.H.I.T.
INC.
THIS CORPORATE GUARANTY (“Guaranty”)
is made and entered into as of September 4, 2009, by B.H.I.T. Inc.
a Delaware Corporation whose address is 2255 Glades Road, Suite
342-W, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, on behalf of itself and its
subsidiaries (the “Guarantor”), in favor of FIFTH THIRD
BANK, a national banking association
(“Bank”).
WHEREAS, contemporaneously herewith, The Wood
Energy Group, Inc., a Missouri corporation (the
“Borrower”) desires Lender to provide certain
extensions of credit, loans or other financial accommodations to
Borrower (the “Financial Accommodations”) pursuant to
that certain Loan and Security Agreement of even date herewith by
and between Lender and Borrower (as amended, renewed or restated
from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), and the other
agreements, documents and instruments referenced in or executed and
delivered pursuant to the Loan Agreement, including, without
limitation, certain Capex, Revolving and Term Notes of even date
herewith executed and delivered by Borrower to Lender in a maximum
aggregate principal amount not to exceed Five Million and No/100
Dollars ($5,000,000.00) (as set forth in Section 3.1 of the Loan
Agreement, as amended, renewed or restated from time to time, the
“Loan Documents”). Unless otherwise defined
herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Loan Agreement.
WHEREAS, Guarantor is the holder of a majority
interest of the stock and membership interests of
Borrower.
WHEREAS, all financial accommodations made by
Bank to Borrower under the Loan Agreement will inure to the direct
and material benefit of Guarantor.
WHEREAS, Lender is willing to provide the
Financial Accommodations to Borrower, provided, among other things,
Guarantor executes and delivers this Guaranty to Lender.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
premises, the sum of $10.00, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, and to induce Bank to consummate the transactions
under the Loan Agreement, Guarantor hereby represents, warrants and
agrees to and with Bank as follows:
1. Guarantor
unconditionally guarantees the due and punctual performance and
payment in full of (i) all liabilities and obligations of Borrower
under the Loan Agreement, and (ii) all the liabilities and
obligations of Borrower or any other party (other than Bank) under
the other Loan Documents (the “Guaranteed
Obligations”); provided, however, that the liability of
Guarantor hereunder shall not exceed the maximum amount not subject
(but for provisions of this Section) to avoidance under title 11 of
the United States Code, as same may be amended from time to time,
or any applicable state law (collectively, the “Bankruptcy
Code”). To that end, only to the extent such
obligations would otherwise be subject to avoidance under the
Bankruptcy Code if the Guarantor is not deemed to have received
valuable consideration, fair value or reasonably equivalent value
for its obligations hereunder, Guarantor’s obligations
hereunder shall be reduced to that amount which, after giving
effect thereto, would not render the Guarantor insolvent, or leave
the Guarantor with an unreasonably small capital to conduct its
business, or cause the Guarantor to have incurred debts (or
intended to have incurred debts) beyond its ability to pay such
debts as they mature, at the time such obligations are deemed to
have been incurred under the Bankruptcy code. As used
herein, the terms “insolvent” and “unreasonably
small capital” shall likewise be determined in accordance
with the Bankruptcy Code. This Section is intended
solely to preserve the rights of the Bank hereunder to the maximum
extent not subject to avoidance under the Bankruptcy Code, and
neither the Guarantor nor any other person or entity shall have any
right or claim under this Section with respect to the limitation
described herein, except to the extent necessary so that the
obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall not be rendered
voidable under the Bankruptcy Code. The Guarantor agrees
that the Guaranteed Obligations may at any time and from time to
time exceed the maximum liability of Guarantor, without impairing
this Guaranty or affecting the rights and remedies of the Bank
hereunder.
2. Guarantor
agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed,
in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from
Guarantor, whether in its capacity as Guarantor of the Guaranteed
Obligations or otherwise, or from any other guarantor and that
Guarantor will remain bound upon this Guaranty notwithstanding any
extension or renewal of the Guaranteed Obligations.
3. Guarantor
waives presentation to, demand of payment from, and protest to
Borrower of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and also waives
notice of protest for non-payment.
4. Guarantor
further agrees that this Guaranty constitutes a guaranty of payment
and not of collection and it waives any right to require that any
resort be had by Bank to (i) any security held by Bank for payment
of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) any other monetary obligations
of Borrower to Bank or (iii) Bank’s rights against any other
guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations.
5. The
obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any
reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason,
including, without limitation, any claim of waiver, release,
surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to
any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination
whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability of the provisions of this Guaranty, the Loan
Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the Guaranteed
Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall not be
discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of Bank
to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy hereunder or
under the Loan Agreement, or the other Loan Documents, by any
default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance
of the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement, or the other
Loan Documents, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay
to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to
any extent vary the risk of Guarantor, or which would otherwise
operate as a discharge of Guarantor, as a matter of law.
6. Guarantor
further agrees that this Guaranty shall continue to be effective or
be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any
part thereof, of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must
otherwise be restored by Bank upon the bankruptcy or reorganization
of any Borrower or otherwise.
7. In
furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other
right which Bank may have at law or in equity against Guarantor by
virtue hereof, upon failure of Borrower to make any payment on the
Guaranteed Obligations when and as the same shall become due,
whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or
otherwise, Guarantor hereby agrees that Bank shall be entitled to
exercise any and all of its rights and remedies with respect to the
Collateral as set forth in the Loan Agreement and that any proceeds
from the sale of the Collateral may be applied in payment of the
unpaid amount of such Guaranteed Obligations and all other monetary
obligations of Guarantor to Bank under this Guaranty.
8. Guarantor
hereby irrevocably waives and forever releases all rights of
subrogation, reimbursement and contribution, and any and every
similar right, which it would otherwise have against Borrower in
connection with this Guaranty or the payment or performance of any
of the Guaranteed Obligations by Guarantor, regardless of whether
such right arises by operation of law or otherwise.
9. Guarantor
hereby waives any and all rights to assert against Bank, any claims
or defenses based upon any failure of Bank to furnish to Guarantor
any information or facts relating to the ability of Borrower to pay
and perform its Obligations. Guarantor hereby waives all
defenses, counterclaims and offsets of any kind or nature, in
connection with the validity and/or enforceability of this
Guaranty, arising directly or indirectly from the perfection,
sufficiency, validity and/or enforceability of any security
interest granted, or any agreement, instrument or document executed
and delivered, by or for the benefit of Borrower to Bank, or
acquired by Bank from or for the benefit of
Borrower. Guarantor waives any and all right to assert
against Bank any claim or defense based upon any election of
remedies by Bank, which in any manner impairs, affects, reduces,
releases or extinguishes Guarantor’s subrogation rights or
Guarantor’s right to proceed against Borrower for
reimbursement, or any other rights of Guarantor against Borrower,
or against any other Person or security, including, without
limitation, any defense based upon an election of remedies by Bank
under any provision of law or regulation of any state, governmental
entity or country. Guarantor waives any right to assert
against Bank as a defense, counterclaim, setoff or crossclaim to
the payment or performance of the Guaranteed Obligations, any
defense (legal or equitable), setoff, counterclaim or claim which
Guarantor may now or at any time or times hereafter have against
Borrower or any other Person liable to Bank in any way or
manner.
10. Guarantor
hereby waives notice of the following events or occurrences and
agrees that Bank may do any or all of the following in such manner,
upon such terms and at such times as Bank in its sole and absolute
discretion deems advisable without in any way impairing, affecting,
reducing or releasing Guarantor from its obligations
hereunder: (a) Bank’s acceptance of this Guaranty;
(b) Bank’s heretofore, now or from time to time hereafter,
loaning monies or giving or extending credit to or for the benefit
of Borrower, whether pursuant to the Loan Documents or any
amendments, modifications or additions thereto or alterations or
substitutions made heretofore, now or at any time or times
hereafter; (c) any Person’s heretofore, now or at any time or
times hereafter, granting to Bank security interests, liens or
encumbrances in any assets of Borrower; (d) Bank’s
heretofore, now or from time to time hereafter, obtaining,
substituting for, releasing, waiving or modifying any such security
interests, liens or encumbrances; (e) Bank’s heretofore, now
or at any time or times hereafter, obtaining, releasing, waiving or
modifying of any other guaranty or any Person’s obligations
or any security interest, lien or encumbrance in any other
Person’s assets given to Bank; (f) Bank’s heretofore,
now or at any time or times hereafter, obtaining, amending,
substituting for, releasing, waiving or modifying any of the Loan
Documents; (g) presentment, demand, notices of default, nonpayment,
partial payment and protest, and all other notices or formalities
to which Guarantor may be entitled; (h) Bank’s heretofore,
now or at any time or times hereafter, granting to Borrower (and
any other Person liable to Bank on account of the Guaranteed
Obligations) any indulgences or extensions of time of payment or
performance; and (i) Bank’s heretofore, now or at any time or
times here
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