Exhibit
10.5
SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTEE
THIS SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTEE (this “ Guarantee ”), dated
as of February 6, 2007, made by each of the undersigned guarantors
(together with any other entity that may become an additional
guarantor hereunder, the “ Guarantors
”), in favor of the purchasers (the “
Purchasers ”) of Senior Secured Debentures,
dated as of the date hereof (the “ Debentures
”), issued by Digital Angel Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company ”), and
Imperium Advisers, LLC, as the Collateral Agent (the “
Collateral Agent ”). Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings
specified in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the
Company and the Purchasers (the “ Purchase
Agreement ”), the Company has agreed to sell and
issue to the Purchasers, and each of the Purchasers has agreed to
purchase from the Company the Debentures; and
WHEREAS, each Guarantor, as a subsidiary of the
Company, will directly or indirectly benefit from the extension of
credit to the Company represented by the issuance of the
Debentures.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
agreements herein contained and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
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Guarantee of
Obligations .
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(a) Each
Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and
irrevocably, guarantees to each Purchaser and its lawful
successors, endorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and
complete payment and performance by the Company when due (whether
at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all
obligations and undertakings of the Company of whatever nature,
monetary or otherwise, under the Debentures, the Purchase
Agreement, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Security Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, together
with all reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements and all
other costs and expenses of collection incurred by Purchasers in
enforcing any of such Obligations and/or this Guarantee
(collectively, the “ Obligations ”).
This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until all the
Obligations and the obligations of each Guarantor under this
Guarantee shall have been satisfied by payment and performance in
full. Each Guarantor shall be regarded, and shall be in the same
position, as principal debtor with respect to the
Obligations.
(b) Anything
herein or in any other Transaction Document to the contrary
notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder
and under the other Transaction Documents shall in no event exceed
the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under
applicable federal and state laws, including laws relating to the
insolvency of debtors, fraudulent conveyance or transfer or laws
affecting the rights of creditors generally (after giving effect to
the right of contribution established in Section
1.3 of this Guarantee).
1.2
Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional . Each Guarantor
understands and agrees that this Guarantee shall be construed as a
continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment and
performance without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of
the Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document, any of
the Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or
guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or
from time to time held by the Purchasers, (b) any defense, set-off
or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance or
fraud or misconduct by Purchasers) which may at any time be
available to or be asserted by the Company or any other Person
against the Purchasers, or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever
(with or without notice to or knowledge of the Company or such
Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute,
an equitable or legal discharge of the Company for the Obligations,
or of such Guarantor under this Guarantee, in bankruptcy or in any
other instance.
1.3 Right of
Contribution . Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent
that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share
of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to
seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor
hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such
payment. Each Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be
subject to the terms and conditions of Section 1.4
of this Guarantee. The provisions of this Section
1.3 shall in no respect limit the obligations and
liabilities of any Guarantor to the Purchasers, and each Guarantor
shall remain liable to the Purchasers for the full amount
guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
1.4 No
Subrogation . Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor
hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor
by the Purchasers, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated
to any of the rights of the Purchasers against the Company or any
other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of
offset held by the Purchasers for the payment of the Obligations,
nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any
contribution or reimbursement from the Company or any other
Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder,
until all amounts owing to the Purchasers by the Company on account
of the Obligations are paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to
any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time
when all of the Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such
amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the benefit of
the Purchasers, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and
shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to
the Purchasers in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly
indorsed by such Guarantor to the Purchasers, if required), to be
applied against the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in
such order as the Purchasers may determine.
1.5
Modification of Guaranteed Obligations . Each Guarantor
shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any
reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to
or further assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any
of the Obligations made by the Purchasers may be rescinded by the
Purchasers and any of the Obligations continued, and the
Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon or for any
part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or
right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in
whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified,
accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the
Purchasers, and the Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents and any other documents executed and delivered in
connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or
terminated, in whole or in part, as the Purchasers may deem
advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee
or right of offset at any time held by the Purchasers for the
payment of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived,
surrendered or released. The Purchasers shall have no obligation to
protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by
them as security for the Obligations or for this Guarantee or any
property subject thereto.
1.6
Waiver . Each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the
creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Obligations
and notice of or proof of reliance by the Purchasers upon the
guarantees contained in this Section 1 or
acceptance of the guarantees contained in this Section
1 . The Obligations shall conclusively be deemed to have
been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended
or waived, in reliance upon the guarantees contained in this
Section 1 . All dealings between the Company and
any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Purchasers, on the
other hand, shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or
consummated in reliance upon the guarantees contained in this
Section 1 . Each Guarantor waives to the extent
permitted by law diligence, presentment, protest, demand for
payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the Company
or any of the Guarantors with respect to the
Obligations.
1.7
Enforcement of Guarantee .
(a) When making
any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies
hereunder against any Guarantor, the Collateral Agent, acting on
behalf of each Purchaser, may, but shall be under no obligation to,
make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and
remedies as the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the
Purchasers, may have against the Company, any other Guarantor or
any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee
for the Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto,
and any failure by the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the
Purchasers, to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or
remedies or to collect any payments from the Company, any other
Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such
collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of
offset, or any release of the Company, any other Guarantor or any
other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of
offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or
liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and
remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law,
of the Purchasers against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof,
“ demand ” shall include the
commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.
(b)
Expenses; Indemnification .
(i) Each
Guarantor agrees to pay, or reimburse the Collateral Agent, acting
on behalf of the Purchasers, all of the Collateral Agent’s
costs and expenses incurred in collecting against such Guarantor
under this Guarantee or otherwise enforcing or preserving any
rights under this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents to
which such Guarantor is a party, including, without limitation, the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Collateral
Agent.
(ii) Each
Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Purchasers harmless from,
any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any
delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise, sales or other taxes
which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with
any of the transactions contemplated by this Guarantee.
(iii) Each Guarantor
agrees to pay, and to save the Purchasers harmless from, any and
all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or
nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery,
enforcement, performance and administration of this Guarantee to
the extent the Company would be required to do so pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement.
(v)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
with respect to any defaulted non-monetary Obligations the specific
performance of which by the Guarantors is not reasonably possible
(e.g., the issuance of the Company’s Common Stock), the
Guarantors shall only be liable for making the Purchasers whole on
a monetary basis for the Company’s failure to perform such
Obligations in accordance with the Transaction
Documents.
1.8 Right to
Set-Off . Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the
Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Purchasers, at any time
and from time to time while an Event of Default (as defined in the
Debentures) under any of the Transaction Documents shall have
occurred and be continuing, without notice to such Guarantor or any
other Guarantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each
Guarantor, to set-off and appropriate and apply any and all
deposits, credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each
case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or
unmatured, at any time held or owing by a Purc
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