Exhibit 10.6
CONTINUING AND UNCONDITIONAL GUARANTY
To: BOS
(USA) Inc.
1. The Guaranty . For
valuable consideration, FRANKLIN CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation (“ Guarantor ”) hereby
unconditionally guarantees the prompt and complete payment and
performance of all Obligations (as hereinafter defined) of Tribeca
Lending Corp, a New York corporation (“ Borrower
”) and each Company Subsidiary (as defined in the Loan
Agreement hereinafter referred to; the Borrower and the Company
Subsidiaries, collectively, the “ Obligors ”) to
BOS (USA) Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively,
“ Lender ”), or order, in lawful money of the
United States. The liability of Guarantor under this Guaranty is
not limited as to the principal amount of the Obligations
guaranteed and includes, without limitation, liability for all
interest, fees, indemnities (including, without limitation,
hazardous waste indemnities), and other reasonable costs and
expenses relating to or arising out of the Obligations. This
Guaranty is cumulative and does not supersede any other outstanding
guaranties, and the liability of Guarantor under this Guaranty is
exclusive of Guarantor’s liability under any other guaranties
signed by Guarantor.
2. Definitions .
(a) Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following
terms used herein have the following meanings (and shall include in
the singular number the plural and in the plural number the
singular):
“
Loan Agreement ” shall mean the Master Credit and
Security Agreement dated as of March 24, 2006, among Borrower, the
Company Subsidiaries and Lender, as now in effect and as hereafter
amended, restated, renewed, or superseded.
“
Obligations ” shall mean any and all debts,
liabilities, and obligations of each Obligor to Lender under the
Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as such term is
defined in the Loan Agreement), now or hereafter existing, whether
voluntary or involuntary and however arising, whether direct or
indirect or acquired by Lender by assignment, succession, or
otherwise, whether due or not due, absolute or contingent,
liquidated or unliquidated, determined or undetermined, held or to
be held by Lender for its own account or as agent for another or
others, whether such Obligor may be liable individually or jointly
with others, whether recovery upon such debts, liabilities and
obligations may be or hereafter become unenforceable for any
reason. Obligations includes, without limitation, any and all
obligations of any Obligor to Lender for reasonable
attorneys’ fees and all other reasonable costs and expenses
incurred by Lender in the collection or enforcement of any debts,
liabilities, and obligations of any Obligor to Lender under the
Loan Documents. Unless the context indicates otherwise, capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
provided for such terms (directly or by cross-reference) in the
Loan Agreement.
3. Obligations
Independent . The obligations hereunder are independent of the
obligations of each Obligor or any other guarantor, and a separate
action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against Guarantor
whether action is brought against any Obligor or any other
guarantor or whether any Obligor or any other guarantor be joined
in any such action or actions. Anyone executing this Guaranty shall
be bound by its terms without regard to execution by anyone
else.
4. Rights of Lender .
(i) Guarantor acknowledges that Lender, without notice or
demand and without affecting its liability hereunder, may from time
to time to:
(a) Intentionally
omitted;
(b) receive
and hold security for the payment of this Guaranty or any
Obligations and exchange, enforce, waive, release, fail to perfect,
sell, or otherwise dispose of any such security;
(c) apply
such security and direct the order or manner of sale thereof as
Lender in its discretion may determine;
(d) release
or substitute any Guarantor or any one or more of any endorsers or
other guarantors of any of the Obligations; and
(e) permit
the Obligations to exceed Guarantor’s liability under this
Guaranty, and Guarantor agrees that any amounts received by Lender
from any source other than Guarantor shall be deemed to be applied
first to any portion of the Obligations not guaranteed by
Guarantor.
(ii) This Guaranty to Lender is
a continuing guaranty which applies to any renewal, compromise,
extension, acceleration, or otherwise that may change the time for
payment, or otherwise change the terms of the Obligations or any
part thereof, including increase or decrease of the rate of
interest thereon, or otherwise result in a change the terms of any
Loan Documents; provided however , that any renewal,
compromise, extension, acceleration, or change is by agreement of
the parties to the applicable Loan Document, or pursuant to
the terms and conditions thereof.
Lender
acknowledges that nothing in this Guaranty grants Lender the right
to unilaterally amend any of the terms of the Loan Agreement or any
other Loan Document.
5. Guaranty to be
Absolute . Guarantor agrees that until the Obligations have
been paid in full and any commitments of Lender or facilities
provided by Lender with respect to the Obligations have been
terminated, Guarantor shall not be released by or because of the
taking, or failure to take, any action that might in any manner or
to any extent vary the risks of Guarantor under this Guaranty or
that, but for this paragraph, might discharge or otherwise reduce,
limit, or modify Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty.
Guarantor waives and surrenders any defense to any liability under
this Guaranty based upon any such action, including but not limited
to any action of Lender described in the immediately preceding
paragraph of this Guaranty. It is the express intent of Guarantor
that Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty are and
shall be absolute and unconditional.
6. Guarantor’s Waivers
of Certain Rights and Certain Defenses . Guarantor
waives:
(a) any
right to require Lender to proceed against any Obligor, proceed
against or exhaust any security for the Obligations, or pursue any
other remedy in Lender’s power whatsoever;
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(b) any
defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of any
Obligor, or the cessation from any cause whatsoever of the
liability of any Obligor; and
(c) any
defense based on any claim that Guarantor’s obligations
exceed or are more burdensome than those of any Obligor.
No provision or waiver in this
Guaranty shall be construed as limiting the generality of any other
waiver contained in this Guaranty.
7. Waiver of Subrogation
. Until the Obligations have been paid in full and any commitments
of Lender or facilities provided by Lender with respect to the
Obligations have been terminated, even though the Obligations may
be in excess of Guarantor’s liability hereunder, Guarantor
waives to the extent permitted by applicable law any right of
subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification, and contribution
(contractual, statutory, or otherwise) including, without
limitation, any claim or right of subrogation under the Bankruptcy
Code (Title 11, United States Code) or any successor statute,
arising from the existence or performance of this Guaranty, and
Guarantor waives to the extent permitted by applicable law any
right to en
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