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Exhibit
10.2
GUARANTEE
AGREEMENT
dated and effective as
of
December 4,
2006
among
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE
MATERIALS HOLDINGS INC.,
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE
MATERIALS INC.
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE
MATERIALS USA INC.,
BLITZ 06-103 GMBH,
each of the Subsidiary Loan
Parties identified herein,
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
N.A.,
as Administrative
Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I |
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| Definitions |
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SECTION 1.01.
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Credit
Agreement |
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SECTION 1.02.
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Other
Defined Terms |
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| ARTICLE II |
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| Guarantee |
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SECTION 2.01.
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Guarantee |
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SECTION 2.02.
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Guarantee
of Payment |
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SECTION 2.03.
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No
Limitations, Etc |
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SECTION 2.04.
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Reinstatement |
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SECTION 2.05.
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Agreement
To Pay; Contribution; Subrogation |
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SECTION 2.06.
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Information |
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SECTION 2.07.
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Maximum
Liability |
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SECTION 2.08.
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Payment
Free and Clear of Taxes |
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SECTION 2.09.
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Additional Borrowers or Subsidiary Parties |
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SECTION 2.10.
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No
Foreign Guarantee of U.S. Obligations |
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| ARTICLE III |
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| Indemnity, Subrogation and
Subordination |
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SECTION 3.01.
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Indemnity |
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SECTION 3.02.
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Contribution and Subrogation |
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SECTION 3.03.
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Subordination; Subrogation |
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| ARTICLE IV |
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| Miscellaneous |
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SECTION 4.01.
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Notices |
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SECTION 4.02.
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Limitation By Law |
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SECTION 4.03.
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Binding
Effect; Several Agreement |
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SECTION 4.04.
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Successors and Assigns |
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SECTION 4.05.
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Administrative Agent’s Fees and Expenses;
Indemnification |
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SECTION 4.06.
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Governing
Law |
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SECTION 4.07.
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Waivers;
Amendment |
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SECTION 4.08.
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WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL |
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SECTION 4.09.
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Severability |
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SECTION 4.10.
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Counterparts |
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SECTION 4.11.
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Headings |
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SECTION 4.12.
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Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
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SECTION 4.13.
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Termination or Release |
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SECTION 4.14.
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Additional Subsidiaries |
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SECTION 4.15.
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Parallel
Debt. |
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SECTION 4.16.
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Judgment
Currency |
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Schedules
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Schedule I
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Subsidiary Loan Parties |
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Exhibits
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Exhibit I
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Form of
Supplement to the Guarantee Agreement |
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GUARANTEE AGREEMENT dated and
effective as of December 4, 2006 (this “
Agreement ”), among MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE
MATERIALS HOLDINGS INC., a Delaware corporation (“
Holdings ”), MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS
INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Intermediate
Holdings ”), MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS USA
INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ U.S.
Borrower ”), BLITZ 06-103 GMBH, a company organized
under the laws of Germany (the “ German
Borrower ” and together with the U.S. Borrower,
the “ Borrowers ”), each Subsidiary of
Intermediate Holdings identified herein as a party and JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A. (“ JPMorgan ”), as
administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities, the
“ Administrative Agent ”) for the Secured
Parties (as defined below).
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENT
Reference is made to the
Credit Agreement dated as of December 4, 2006 (as amended,
restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the Borrowers, the Lenders party
thereto from time to time, JPMorgan, as administrative agent and
collateral agent for the Lenders, and General Electric Capital
Corporation and UBS Loan Finance LLC, as co-syndication
agents.
The Lenders and the Issuing
Banks have agreed to extend credit to the Borrowers subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement. The
obligations of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks to extend such
credit are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and
delivery of this Agreement. The Subsidiary Loan Parties are
affiliates of the Borrowers, will derive substantial benefits from
the extension of credit to the Borrowers pursuant to the Credit
Agreement and are willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in
order to induce the Lenders and the Issuing Banks to extend such
credit.
Now therefore, in
consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of the parties
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be
legally bound, the parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Credit
Agreement . (a) Capitalized terms used in this
Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the respective
meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.
(b) The rules of construction
specified in Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement also apply
to this Agreement.
SECTION 1.02. Other
Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the
following terms have the meanings specified below:
“ Additional
Secured Party ” means any Affiliate of a Lender, any
Affiliate of the Administrative Agent or any other financial
institution reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in
each case that is a provider of Cash Management Services or the
Overdraft Line and to which any obligation referred to in clause
(c) or (d) of the definition of the term
“Obligations” is owed.
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Borrowers ” has the meaning assigned to such
term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“ Canadian
Guarantor ” means any of the Guarantors designated as
such on Schedule I and any party entering into this
Agreement as a Guarantor after the date hereof that is incorporated
in and existing in Canada or any political subdivision
thereof.
“ Cash Management
Services ” means any cash management services
(including, but not limited to, intraday, ACH and purchasing
card/T&E services) that are (i) in effect on the Closing
Date with a counterparty that is a Lender or the Administrative
Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or the Administrative Agent as of
the Closing Date or (ii) entered into after the Closing Date
with any counterparty that is a Lender or the Administrative Agent
or an Affiliate of a Lender or the Administrative Agent at the time
such services are entered into.
“
Collateral ” means, collectively, the
Collateral defined in each of the Collateral Agreements.
“ Credit
Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
the preliminary statement of this Agreement.
“ Dutch
Guarantor ” means any party entering into this
Agreement as a Guarantor after the date hereof that is incorporated
in and existing in the Netherlands.
“ Foreign
Guarantor ” means any Guarantor that is incorporated
or organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
United States of America, any State thereof or the District of
Columbia.
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“ German
Guarantors ” means the Guarantors designated as such
on Schedule I and any party entering into this Agreement as
a Guarantor after the date hereof that is incorporated in and
existing in Germany.
“ Guaranteed
Obligations ” means:
(i) in the case of the
German Borrower, the Obligations of the Foreign Subsidiaries in
respect of Guaranteed Swap Agreements, Cash Management Services and
the Overdraft Line;
(ii) in the case of the
Foreign Guarantors (other than the German Borrower), (A) the
Obligations of the German Borrower and (B) the Obligations of
the Foreign Subsidiaries in respect of Guaranteed Swap Agreements,
Cash Management Services and the Overdraft Line;
(iii) in the case of the
U.S. Borrower, (A) the Obligations of the German Borrower and
(B) the Obligations of the other Loan Parties and the other
Subsidiaries in respect of Guaranteed Swap Agreements, Cash
Management Services and the Overdraft Line; and
(iv) in the case of the
US Guarantors (other than the U.S. Borrower), (A) the
Obligations of the Borrowers and (B) the Obligations of the
Loan Parties and the other Subsidiaries in respect of Guaranteed
Swap Agreements, Cash Management Services and the Overdraft
Line.
“
Guarantors ” means Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the Borrowers and each of the Subsidiary Loan Parties set
forth on Schedule I and any additional Subsidiary Loan Party
that becomes a party hereto pursuant to
Section 4.14.
“ Loan Document
Obligations ” means (a) the due and punctual
payment by each of the Borrowers of (i) the unpaid principal
of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of
any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such
proceeding) on the Loans made to the Borrowers, when and as due,
whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set
for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be
made by any of the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement in respect
of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in
respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon
(including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of
whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and obligations to
provide cash collateral and (iii) all other monetary
obligations of the Borrowers to any of the Secured Parties under
the Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents,
including obligations to pay fees, expenses and reimbursement
obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary,
secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including
monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding,
regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such
proceeding)
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and (b) the due and punctual
payment of all the obligations of each other Loan Party under or
pursuant to this Agreement and each of the other Loan
Documents.
“
Obligations ” means (a) the Loan Document
Obligations, (b) the due and punctual payment of all
obligations of each Loan Party and each other Subsidiary under each
Guaranteed Swap Agreement, (c) the due and punctual payment of
all obligations of each Loan Party and each other Subsidiary under
any Cash Management Services and (d) the due and punctual
payment of all obligations in respect of the Overdraft Line most
recently identified in writing by Intermediate Holdings to the
Administrative Agent; provided that in no event shall the
holders of any obligations under the Overdraft Line have the right
to receive proceeds in respect of a claim in excess of $25.0
million in the aggregate (plus (A) any accrued and unpaid
interest in respect of Indebtedness incurred by Intermediate
Holdings or any Subsidiary under the Overdraft Line and
(B) any accrued and unpaid fees and expenses owing by
Intermediate Holdings or any Subsidiary under the Overdraft
Line).
“ Secured
Parties ” means (a) the Lenders ,the
Administrative Agent and the Additional Secured Parties,
(b) each Issuing Bank, (c) each counterparty to any
Guaranteed Swap Agreement, the obligations under which constitute
Obligations, (d) the beneficiaries of each indemnification
obligation undertaken by any Loan Party under any Loan Document and
(e) the successors and permitted assigns of each of the
foregoing.
“ Subsidiary Loan
Party ” means each Subsidiary set forth on
Schedule I, and any Subsidiary that becomes a party
hereto pursuant to Section 4.14.
“
Supplement ” has the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 4.14.
“ Swiss
Guarantors ” means the Guarantors designated as such
on Schedule I and any party entering into this
Agreement as a Guarantor after the date hereof that is incorporated
in and existing in Switzerland.
“ US
Guarantors ” means the Guarantors designated as such
on Schedule I and any party entering into this Agreement as
a Guarantor after the date hereof that is incorporated in and
existing in the United States of America, any State thereof or the
District of Columbia.
ARTICLE II
Guarantee
SECTION 2.01.
Guarantee . Each Guarantor unconditionally and
irrevocably guarantees, jointly with the other Guarantors and
severally, to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of
the Secured Parties, as a primary obligor and not merely as a
surety, the due and punctual payment of its Guaranteed Obligations.
Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may
be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or
further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon its
guarantee notwithstanding any extension or renewal of
any
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Guaranteed Obligation. Each Guarantor
waives presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to any
Borrower or any other Loan Party of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of its guarantee
and notice of protest for nonpayment.
SECTION 2.02. Guarantee
of Payment . Each Guarantor further agrees that its
guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due
(whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) and
not of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort
be had by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to
any security held for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations or
to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party in favor of any
Borrower or any other person.
SECTION 2.03. No
Limitations, Etc. (a) Except for termination of a
Guarantor’s obligations hereunder as expressly provided for
in Section 4.13 and except for the limitations set forth in
Section 2.07 or, with respect to any Subsidiary Loan Party
that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 4.14 or
otherwise, in any Supplement to this Agreement, the obligations of
each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction,
limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including 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 Guaranteed Obligations or
otherwise (other than defense of payment or performance). Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each
Guarantor hereunder, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by,
and each Guarantor hereby waives any defense to the enforcement
hereof by reason of:
(i) the failure of the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to assert any claim
or demand or to exercise or enforce any right or remedy under the
provisions of any Loan Document or otherwise;
(ii) any rescission, waiver,
amendment or modification of, increase in the Guaranteed
Obligations with respect to, or any release from any of the terms
or provisions of, any Loan Document or any other agreement,
including with respect to any other Guarantor under this
Agreement;
(iii) the failure to perfect
any security interest in, or the exchange, substitution, release or
any impairment of, any security held by the Administrative Agent or
any other Secured Party for the Guaranteed Obligations;
(iv) any default, failure or
delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Guaranteed
Obligations;
(v) any other act or omission
that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of
any Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge
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of any Guarantor as a matter
of law or equity (other than the payment in full in cash or
immediately available funds of all the Guaranteed
Obligations);
(vi) any illegality, lack of
validity or enforceability of any Guaranteed Obligation;
(vii) any change in the
corporate existence, structure or ownership of any Loan Party, or
any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar
proceeding affecting a Loan Party or its assets or any resulting
release or discharge of any Guaranteed Obligation;
(viii) the existence of any
claim, set-off or other rights that the Guarantor may have at any
time against any Borrower, the Administrative Agent, or any other
corporation or person, whether in connection herewith or any
unrelated transactions, provided that nothing herein will prevent
the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory
counterclaim;
(ix) any action permitted or
authorized hereunder; or
(x) any other circumstance
(including without limitation, any statute of limitations) or any
existence of or reliance on any representation by the
Administrative Agent that might otherwise constitute a defense to,
or a legal or equitable discharge of, any Borrower or the Guarantor
or any other guarantor or surety.
Each Guarantor expressly authorizes the
Secured Parties to take and hold security for the payment and
performance of the Guaranteed Obligations, to exchange, waive or
release any or all such security (with or without consideration),
to enforce or apply such security and direct the order and manner
of any sale thereof in their sole discretion or to release or
substitute any one or more other guarantors or obligors upon or in
respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, all without affecting the
obligations of any Guarantor hereunder.
(b) To the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives any defense
based on or arising out of any defense of any other Loan Party or
the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part
thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the
liability of any other Loan Party, other than the payment in full
in cash or immediately available funds of all the Guaranteed
Obligations (other than contingent or unliquidated obligations or
liabilities). The Administrative Agent and the other Secured
Parties may, at their election, foreclose on any security held by
one or more of them by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales,
accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of foreclosure,
compromise or adjust any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, make
any other accommodation with any other Loan Party or exercise any
other right or remedy available to them against any other Loan
Party, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of
any Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Guaranteed
Obligations (other than contingent or unliquidated obligations or
liabilities) have been paid in full in cash or immediately
available funds. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
each Guarantor waives any defense arising out of any
such
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election even though such election
operates, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or to extinguish
any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy
of such Guarantor against any other Loan Party, as the case may be,
or any security.
SECTION 2.04.
Reinstatement . Each Guarantor agrees that its
guarantee hereunder shall continue to be effective or be
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part
thereof, of any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must
otherwise be restored by the Administrative Agent or any other
Secured Party upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower
or any other Loan Party or otherwise.
SECTION 2.05. Agreement
To Pay; Contribution; Subrogation . In furtherance
of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party has at law or in
equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of
any Borrower or any other Loan Party to pay any Guaranteed
Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at
maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise,
each Guarantor hereby promises to and will forthwith pay, or cause
to be paid, to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the
applicable Secured Parties in cash the amount of such unpaid
Guaranteed Obligation. Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and
irrevocably agrees that in the event any payment shall be required
to be made to any Secured Party under this guarantee, such
Guarantor will contribute, to the maximum extent permitted by law,
such amounts to each other Guarantor so as to maximize the
aggregate amount paid to the Secured Parties under or in respect of
the Loan Documents. Upon payment by any Guarantor of any sums to
the Administrative Agent as provided above, all rights of such
Guarantor against the applicable Borrower or any other Guarantor
arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation,
contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all
respects be subject to Article III.
SECTION 2.06.
Information . Each Guarantor assumes all
responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the
financial condition and assets of each of the Borrowers and each
other Loan Party, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the
risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations and the nature,
scope and extent of the risks that such Guarantor assumes and
incurs hereunder, and agrees that none of the Administrative Agent
or the other Secured Parties will have any duty to advise such
Guarantor of information known to it or any of them regarding such
circumstances or risks.
SECTION 2.07. Maximum
Liability . (a) Each US Guarantor, and by its
acceptance of this guarantee, the Administrative Agent and each
Lender hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such Persons
that this guarantee and the Guaranteed Obligations of each US
Guarantor hereunder not constitute a fraudulent transfer or
conveyance for purposes of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any other
federal, state or non-U.S. bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
similar law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform
Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal, state or non-U.S.
law to the extent applicable to this guarantee and the Guaranteed
Obligations of each US Guarantor hereunder. To effectuate the
foregoing intention, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the
US Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the
Obligations
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of each US Guarantor under this
guarantee at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as
will result in the Guaranteed Obligations of such US Guarantor
under this guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or
conveyance.
(b) In respect of any German
Guarantor incorporated as a GmbH or GmbH & Co KG under the
laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the “
Relevant German Guarantor ” ), the
Administrative Agent agrees to enforce the guarantee provided
hereunder (the “ Guarantee ”) in
accordance with this clause (b) only.
(i) If and to the extent that
the Guarantee secures obligations (A) which are owed by direct
or indirect shareholders of the Relevant German Guarantor or
Subsidiaries of such shareholders (with the exception of
Subsidiaries which are also Subsidiaries of the Relevant German
Guarantor) and provided that (B) such obligations do not
correspond to funds that have been on-lent to, or otherwise been
passed on to, or issued for the benefit of, the Relevant German
Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries the limitation as set out in
clause (ii) below shall apply. In relation to any other
Guaranteed Obligations, the Guarantee of the Relevant German
Guarantor remains unlimited.
(ii) Subject to paragraph
(i), the Administrative Agent agrees not to enforce any amount
under the Guarantee which is higher than the Realisable
Amount.
(iii) “
Realisable Amount ” shall mean an amount
of the proceeds resulting from the enforcement of the Guarantee
which may be applied towards the Guaranteed Obligations without
having the effect of:
(A) reducing the Relevant
German Guarantor’s net assets (Nettovermögen)
(or, in case of a GmbH & Co. KG, the net assets of the
general partner of the Relevant German Guarantor (the
“ Net Assets ” ) to an
amount less than its stated share capital (Stammkapital) ;
or
(B) if the Net Assets are
already an amount less than the stated share capital of the
Relevant German Guarantor causing such amount being further
reduced,
and thereby affecting the
assets required for the preservation of the stated share capital
according to Sects. 30, 31 German Limited Liability Companies Act
(GmbHG) (the “ Capital Impairment
” ).
(iv) The value of the
Relevant German Guarantor’s (or, in case of a GmbH &
Co. KG, of its general partner’s) net assets shall be
determined in accordance with the principles for ordinary
bookkeeping and the preparation of balance sheets as they were
consistently applied by the Relevant German Guarantor in preparing
its unconsolidated balance sheets in the previous years and shall
be calculated as an amount equal to the sum of the values
of
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the Relevant
Guarantor’s assets (consisting of all assets which correspond
to the items set forth in section 266 sub-section (2) A, B and
C of the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch) less the
aggregate amount of the German Guarantor’s liabilities
(consisting of all liabilities and liability reserves which
correspond to the items set forth in section 266 sub-section
(3) B, C and D of the German Commercial Code). When
determining the Relevant German Guarantor’s or its general
partner’s net assets, the following shall apply:
(A) the amount of any
increase of the stated share capital (Stammkapital) of the
Relevant German Guarantor or its general partner after the date of
this agreement, effected without the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent, shall be deducted from the Relevant German
Guarantor’s or its general partner’s stated share
capital (Stammkapital) ;
(B) loans provided to the
Relevant German Guarantor which are subordinated according to a
qualified subordination ( qualifizierter Rankrücktritt
) shall be disregarded; and
(C) loans and other
liabilities incurred by the Relevant German Guarantor in wilful or
grossly negligent violation of the provisions of any Loan Document
shall be disregarded.
(v) Upon the written request
of the Administrative Agent, the Relevant German Guarantor shall
for the purposes of the determination of the Realisable Amount,
dispose of all assets (other than real estate) at market value
which are not necessary for the Relevant German Guarantor’s
business ( nicht betriebsnotwendig ) and are shown in the
balance sheet of the Relevant German Guarantor with a book value
(Buchwert) which is significantly lower than the market
value of such assets.
(vi) The limitations set out
in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above shall only apply if and
to the extent that:
(A) within ten (10) days
following a notice of realisation of the Guarantee to the Relevant
German Guarantor by the Administrative Agent (the “
Relevant Date ”), the managing director(s) on
behalf of the Relevant German Guarantor has demonstrated in writing
to the Administrative Agent (x) to what extent the Guarantee
is an up-stream or cross-stream security and the secured Guaranteed
Obligations do not correspond to funds that have been on-lent to,
or otherwise passed on to, the Relevant German Guarantor or any of
its Subsidiaries; and (y) that amount by which the proceeds
from the enforcement would exceed the Realisable Amount; and such
demonstration is supported by evidence satisfactory to
the
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Administrative Agent (the
“ Management Determination
” ) and the Administrative Agent has not contested
this; or
(B) within thirty
(30) days from the date the Administrative Agent has contested
the Management Determination, the Administrative Agent is provided
with a determination of the Realisable Amount as of the last day of
the calendar month ending before the Relevant Date which is
prepared by auditors of international standard and reputation (the
“ Auditor’s Determination ”) appointed by
the Relevant German Guarantor with the consent of the
Administrative Agent. Absent manifest error, such determination
shall be binding on all parties.
(vii) If the Guarantee were
enforced without limitation because the Management Determination
was not delivered within the relevant period of time or contested
by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall repay
upon written demand by the Relevant German Guarantor to the
Relevant German Guarantor any amount which is necessary according
to the Auditor’s Determination to cure the Capital Impairment
(calculated as of the date of the relevant demand) provided such
demand for repayment is made to the Administrative Agent within 6
months ( Ausschlussfrist ) from the date the Guarantee has
been enforced.
(viii) If the Relevant German
Guarantor demonstrates that an enforcement of the Guarantee has,
despite the fact that its liability is limited pursuant to
paragraph (ii) above, the effect of the Relevant German
Guarantor not being able to pay its debts as they fall due (
Verlust der Zahlungsfähigkeit ), then the payment
obligation of that Relevant German Guarantor under this Guarantee
shall be limited in such way that the Agent may only enforce the
Guarantee up to such amount(s) and at such times (for instance in
payment installments) that the Relevant German Guarantor is at all
times left with the liquidity necessary to remain able to pay its
debts as they fall due ( zahlungsfähig ) in order to
ensure the continued existence of the Relevant German Guarantor (
kein Existenzvernichtender Eingriff ).
(ix) If the Relevant German
Guarantor invokes a limitation of its liability pursuant to
paragraph (viii), then the Relevant German Guarantor shall promptly
realize any and all of its assets that are not necessary for the
Relevant German Guarantor’s business ( nicht
betriebsnotwendig ), to the extent necessary to satisfy the
amounts demanded under this Guarantee.
(x) The limitation set out in
this clause (b) does not affect the right of the
Administrative Agent to claim against any outstanding amount at a
later point in time if and to the extent that the limitation set
out in this clause (b) would allow such claim at that later
point.
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(c) Any guarantee provided
hereunder by any Dutch Guarantor shall be limited to the extent
required so that such guarantee does not constitute a breach of the
financial assistance prohibitions contained in Section 2:207c
or 2:98c, as applicable, of the Dutch Civil Code (the “
Prohibition ”). For the avoidance of any doubt
it is expressly acknowledged that the relevant Dutch Guarantors
will continue to guarantee all such Guaranteed Obligations which,
if included, do not constitute a violation of the
Prohibition.
(d) The guarantee provided
hereunder by the Swiss Guarantor shall be limited as
follows:
(i) If and to the extent
the Guaranteed Obligations are not the primary obligations of the
Swiss Guarantor or the primary obligations of the direct or
indirect subsidiaries of th
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