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EXHIBIT 10.23
COMMERCIAL GUARANTY
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Principal Amount: $20,000,000.00
Loan Date: November 30, 2006
Maturity: November 30, 2007
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Borrower:
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Wilshire Acquisitions Corporation
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Guarantor:
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Beverly Hills Bancorp Inc.
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23901 Calabasas Rd, Ste. 1050
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Calabasas, CA 91302
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Lender:
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First Tennessee Bank National Association
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Financial Institutions
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845 Crossover Lane, Ste. 150
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Memphis, TN 38117
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AMOUNT OF GUARANTY. The amount of this Guaranty
is Unlimited.
CONTINUING UNLIMITED GUARANTY. For good and valuable
consideration, Beverly Hills Bancorp, Inc. ("Guarantor") absolutely
and unconditionally guarantees to First Tennessee Bank National
Association ("Lender") or its order, the timely performance and
payment by Wilshire Acquisitions Corporation ("Borrower") of the
Indebtedness on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Guaranty. Under this Guaranty, the liability of Guarantor is
unlimited and the obligations of Guarantor are continuing.
INDEBTEDNESS GUARANTEED. The Indebtedness guaranteed by this
Guaranty includes any and all of Borrower’s indebtedness to
Lender and is used in the moat comprehensive sense and means and
includes any and all of Borrower’s liabilities, obligations
and debts to Lender, now existing or hereinafter incurred or
created, including, without limitation, all loans, advances,
interest, costs, debts, overdraft indebtedness, credit card
indebtedness, lease obligations, other obligations, and liabilities
of Borrower, or any of them, and any present or future judgments
against Borrower, or any of them; and whether any such Indebtedness
is voluntarily or involuntarily incurred, due or not due, absolute
or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, determined or
undetermined; whether Borrower may be liable individually or
jointly with others, or primarily or secondarily, or as guarantor
or surety; whether recovery on the Indebtedness may be or may
become barred or unenforceable against Borrower for any reason
whatsoever; and whether the Indebtedness arises from transactions
which may be voidable on account of infancy, insanity, ultra vires,
or otherwise.
DURATION OF GUARANTY. This Guaranty will take
effect when received by Lender without the necessity of any
acceptance by Lender, or any notice to Guarantor or to Borrower,
and will continue in full force until all Indebtedness incurred or
contracted before receipt by Lender of any notice of revocation
shall have been fully and finally paid and satisfied and all of
Guarantor’s other obligations under this Guaranty shall have
been performed in full. If Guarantor elects to revoke this
Guaranty, Guarantor may only do so in writing. Guarantor’s
written notice of revocation must be mailed to Lender, by certified
mail, at Lender’s address listed above or such other place as
Lender may designate in writing. Written revocation of this
Guaranty will apply only to advances or new Indebtedness created
after actual receipt by Lender of Guarantor’s written
revocation. For this purpose and without limitation, the term "new
Indebtedness" does not include Indebtedness which at the time of
notice of revocation is contingent, unliquidated, undetermined or
not due and which later becomes absolute, liquidated, determined or
due. This Guaranty will continue to bind Guarantor for all
Indebtedness incurred by Borrower or committed by Lender prior to
receipt of Guarantor’s written notice of revocation,
including any extensions, renewals, substitutions or modifications
of the Indebtedness. All renewals, extensions, substitutions, and
modifications of the Indebtedness granted after Guarantor’s
revocation, are contemplated under this Guaranty and, specifically
will not be considered to be new Indebtedness. Release of any other
guarantor or termination of any other guaranty of the Indebtedness
shall not affect the liability of Guarantor under this Guaranty. A
revocation Lender receives from any one or more Guarantors shall
not affect the liability of any remaining Guarantors under this
Guaranty. It is anticipated that fluctuations may occur in the
aggregate amount of Indebtedness covered by this Guaranty, and
Guarantor specifically acknowledges and agrees that reductions in
the amount of Indebtedness, even to zero dollars ($0.00), prior to
Guarantor’s written revocation of this Guaranty shall not
constitute a termination of this Guaranty. This Guaranty is binding
upon Guarantor and Guarantor’s heirs, successors and assigns
so long as any of the guaranteed Indebtedness remains unpaid and
even though the Indebtedness guaranteed may from time to time be
zero dollars ($0.00). Upon payment and satisfaction of the
Indebtedness in full, and at such time as Lender shall have no
further obligation to extend credit under that certain Loan
Agreement dated the date hereof by and among Lender, Borrower and
Guarantor, Lender shall execute and deliver to Guarantor a written
release and termination of this Guaranty.
GUARANTOR’S AUTHORIZATION TO LENDER. Guarantor authorizes
Lender, either before or after any revocation hereof, without
notice or demand and without lessening Guarantor’s liability
under this Guaranty, from time to time: (A) prior to
revocation as set forth above, to make one or more additional
secured or unsecured loans to Borrower, to lease equipment or other
goods to Borrower, or otherwise to extend additional credit to
Borrower; (B) to alter, compromise, renew, extend, accelerate,
or otherwise change one or more times the time for payment or other
terms of the Indebtedness or any part of the Indebtedness,
including increases and decreases of the rate of interest on the
Indebtedness; extensions may be repeated and may be for longer than
the original loan term; (C) to take and hold security for the
payment of this Guaranty or the Indebtedness, and exchange,
enforce, waive, subordinate, fail or decide not to
perfect, and release any such security, with or
without the substitution of new collateral; (D) to release,
substitute, agree not to sue, or deal with any one or more of
Borrower’s sureties, endorsers, or other guarantors on any
terms or in any manner Lender may choose; (E) to determine
how, when and what application of payments and credits shall be
made on the Indebtedness; (F) to apply such security and
direct the order or manner of sale thereof, including without
limitation, any nonjudicial sale permitted by the terms of the
controlling security agreement or deed of trust, as Lender in its
discretion may determine; (G) to sell, transfer, assign or
grant participations in all or any part of the Indebtedness; and
(H) to assign or transfer this Guaranty in whole or in
part.
GUARANTOR’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, Guarantor
represents and warrants to Lender that (A) no representations
or agreements of any kind have been made to Guarantor which would
limit or qualify in any way the terms of this Guaranty;
(B) this Guaranty is executed at Borrower’s request and
not at the request of Lender; (C) Guarantor has full power,
right and authority to enter into this Guaranty; (D) the
provisions of this Guaranty do not conflict with or result in a
default under any agreement or other instrument binding upon
Guarantor and do not result in a violation of any law, regulation,
court decree or order applicable to Guarantor; (E) Guarantor
has not and will not, without the prior written consent of Lender,
sell, lease, assign, encumber, hypothecate, transfer, or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of Guarantor’s assets, or
any interest therein;(F) Lender has made no representation to
Guarantor as to the creditworthiness of Borrower; and
(G) Guarantor has established adequate means of obtaining from
Borrower on a continuing basis information regarding
Borrower’s financial condition. Guarantor agrees to keep
adequately informed from such means of any facts, events, or
circumstances which might in any way affect Guarantor’s risks
under this Guaranty, and Guarantor further agrees that, absent a
request for information, Lender shall have no obligation to
disclose to Guarantor any information or documents acquired by
Lender in the course of its relationship with Borrower.
GUARANTOR’S WAIVERS. Except as prohibited by applicable
law, Guarantor waives any right to require Lender (A) to
continue lending money or to extend other credit to Borrower;
(B) to make any presentment, protest, demand, or notice of any
kind, including notice of any nonpayment of the Indebtedness or of
any nonpayment related to any collateral, or notice of any action
or non-action on the part of Borrower, Lender, any surety,
endorser, or other guarantor in connection with the Indebtedness or
in connection with the creation of new or additional loans or
obligations; (C) to resort for payment or to proceed directly
or at once against any person, including Borrower or any other
guarantor; (D) to proceed directly against or exhaust any
collateral held by Lender from Borrower, any other guarantor, or
any other person; (F) to give notice of the terms, time, and
place of any public or private sale of personal property security
held by Lender from Borrower or to comply with any other applicable
provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code; (F) to pursue any
other remedy within Lender’s power; or (G) to commit any
act or omission of any kind, or at any time, with respect to any
matter whatsoever.
Guarantor also waives any and all rights or defenses arising by
reason of (A) any "one action" or "anti-deficiency" law or any
other law which may prevent Lender from bringing any action,
including a claim for deficiency, against Guarantor, before or
after Lender’s commencement or completion of any foreclosure
action, either judicially or by
exercise of a power of sale; (B) any
election of remedies by Lender which destroys or otherwise
adversely affects Guarantor’s subrogation rights o
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