Exhibit 10.16
GUARANTY
dated as of January 31,
2007
among
SBARRO HOLDINGS,
LLC,
THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS FROM
TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A.,
as Administrative
Agent
TABLE OF
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ARTICLE I
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GUARANTY
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SECTION 1.01
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THE
GUARANTY
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SECTION 1.02
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GUARANTY
ABSOLUTE
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SECTION 1.03
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PAYMENTS
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SECTION 1.04
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DISCHARGE;
REINSTATEMENT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
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SECTION 1.05
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WAIVER BY
THE GUARANTORS
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SECTION 1.06
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AGREEMENT TO
PAY; SUBORDINATION OF SUBROGATION CLAIMS
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SECTION 1.07
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STAY OF
ACCELERATION
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SECTION 1.08
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NO
SET-OFF
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ARTICLE II
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INDEMNIFICATION, SUBROGATION AND
CONTRIBUTION
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SECTION 2.01
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INDEMNITY
AND SUBROGATION
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SECTION 2.02
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CONTRIBUTION
AND SUBROGATION
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ARTICLE III
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REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND
COVENANTS
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SECTION 3.01
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; CERTAIN
AGREEMENTS
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SECTION 3.02
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INFORMATION
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SECTION 3.03
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SUBORDINATION BY GUARANTORS
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ARTICLE IV
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SET-OFF
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SECTION 4.01
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RIGHT OF
SET-OFF
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ARTICLE V
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MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION 5.01
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NOTICES
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SECTION 5.02
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BENEFIT OF
AGREEMENT
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The Table of
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SECTION 5.03
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NO WAIVERS;
NON-EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES
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SECTION
5.04
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EXPENSES;
INDEMNIFICATION
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SECTION
5.05
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ENFORCEMENT
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SECTION
5.06
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AMENDMENTS
AND WAIVERS
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SECTION
5.07
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GOVERNING
LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION
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SECTION
5.08
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LIMITATION
OF LAW; SEVERABILITY
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SECTION
5.09
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COUNTERPARTS; INTEGRATION;
EFFECTIVENESS
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SECTION
5.10
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WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL
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SECTION
5.11
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ADDITIONAL
GUARANTORS
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SECTION
5.12
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TERMINATION;
RELEASE OF GUARANTORS
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SECTION
5.13
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CONFLICT
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GUARANTY dated as of January 31, 2007 (as amended,
restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, this “
Agreement ”) among SBARRO HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“ Holdings ”), the
Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party hereto (the “
Subsidiary Guarantors ” and, together with Holdings,
the “ Guarantors ”) and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Finance Parties
referred to herein.
Holdings and MidOcean SBR
Acquisition Corp., a New York corporation (“
AcquisitionCo ” and, prior to the Merger, the “
Borrower ”), Sbarro, Inc., a New York corporation
(“ Sbarro ” and, following the Merger, the
“ Borrower ”), propose to enter into a credit
agreement dated as of January 31, 2007 (as amended, restated,
modified, supplemented, restructured or refinanced from time to
time, the “ Credit Agreement ”) among Holdings,
AcquisitionCo, Sbarro, the banks and other lending institutions
from time to time party thereto (each a “ Lender
” and, collectively, the “ Lenders ”),
Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent,
Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, Credit Suisse, as Syndication
Agent, and Banc of America Securities LLC and Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book
Managers (collectively, the “ Lead Arrangers ”).
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.
Certain Lenders and their Affiliates
acting as Swap Creditors may from time to time provide forward rate
agreements, options, swaps, caps, floors and other Swap Agreements
to the Loan Parties. In addition, certain Lenders or their
Affiliates may provide credit cards, stored value cards or cash or
treasury management services to, for the benefit of, or otherwise
in respect of, the Borrower and its subsidiaries (including
controlled disbursement, intraday credit, Automated Clearing House
(ACH) services, foreign exchange services, return items,
overdrafts, daylight overdrafts, zero balance arrangements and
interstate depository network services). (i) The Lenders or
their Affiliates providing such credit cards, stored value cards or
treasury and cash management services which the Borrower may from
time to time notify the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent are intended to constitute Finance Obligations under the
Finance Documents, (ii) each L/C Issuer, (iii) the Swing
Line Lender, (iv) each other Lender, (v) the
Administrative Agent and (vi) the Syndication Agent, the
Documentation Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Control Agent and
their respective successors and assigns, are herein referred to
individually as a “ Credit Party ” and
collectively as the “ Credit Parties ”, and each
Credit Party and each Swap Creditor and their respective successors
and assigns are herein referred to individually as a “
Finance Party ” and collectively as the “
Finance Parties ”.
To induce the Credit Parties to
enter into the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents
referred to therein (collectively with the Credit Agreement, the
“ Loan Documents ”), certain Lenders and their
Affiliates to enter into agreements or other instruments to provide
the credit cards, stored value cards or treasury and cash
management services referred to above which the Borrower may from
time to time notify the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent are intended to constitute Finance Obligations under the
Finance Documents and the Swap Creditors to enter into Swap
Agreements permitted under the Credit Agreement (collectively with
the Loan Documents, the “ Finance Documents ”),
and as a condition precedent to the obligations of the Credit
Parties under the Credit Agreement, Holdings and each of the
Subsidiaries of the Borrower which shall become parties hereto from
time to time in accordance with Section 5.11 (each a
“ Subsidiary Guarantor ” and, collectively, the
“ Subsidiary Guarantors ” and,
together
with Holdings, the “ Guarantors
”), have agreed, jointly and severally, to provide a guaranty
of all obligations of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Loan
Parties under and in respect of the Finance Documents. Holdings,
the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors are referred to herein
individually as a “ Loan Party ” and,
collectively, as the “ Loan Parties ). As used herein,
“ Other Loan Parties ” means, with respect to
any Guarantor, any and all of the Loan Parties other than such
Guarantor.
Upon the consummation of the
Acquisition and Merger, Holdings is the direct parent of the
Borrower, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors is a subsidiary of the
Borrower and Holdings, and the Subsidiary Guarantors will receive
not insubstantial benefits from the financial accommodation to be
provided by the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents.
Accordingly, the Guarantors hereby agree with the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Finance Parties as follows:
ARTICLE I
GUARANTY
Section 1.01
The Guaranty . Each
Guarantor unconditionally guarantees, jointly with the other
Guarantors, and severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a
surety: (x) the due and punctual payment of:
(i) all Senior Credit Obligations of
the Borrower;
(ii) all Swap Obligations of all
Loan Parties permitted under the Credit Agreement and owed or owing
to any Swap Creditor; and
(iii) all Cash Management
Obligations of all Loan Parties owing to a Lender or one or more of
its Affiliates which the Borrower has notified the Administrative
Agent are intended to constitute “Finance Obligations”
under the Finance Documents;
in each case whether now or
hereafter due, owing or incurred in any manner, whether actual or
contingent, whether incurred solely or jointly with any other
Person and whether as principal or surety (and including all
liabilities in connection with any notes, bills or other
instruments accepted by any Credit Party in connection therewith),
together in each case with all renewals, modifications,
consolidations or extensions thereof, and (y) the due and
punctual performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and
liabilities of Holdings, the Borrower and the Other Loan Parties
under or pursuant to the Loan Documents and the other Finance
Documents (all such monetary and other obligations being herein
collectively referred to as the “ Guaranteed
Obligations ”).
Anything contained in this Agreement
to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of each Subsidiary
Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to a maximum aggregate amount
equal to the greatest amount that would not render such Subsidiary
Guarantor’s obligations hereunder subject to avoidance as a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of Title
11 of the United States Code or any provisions of applicable state
law (collectively, the “ Fraudulent Transfer Laws
”), in each case after giving effect to all other liabilities
of such Subsidiary Guarantor, contingent or otherwise, that are
relevant under the Fraudulent Transfer Laws
(specifically
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excluding, however, any liabilities of such
Subsidiary Guarantor (i) in respect of intercompany
indebtedness to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates to the extent
that such indebtedness (A) would be discharged or would be
subject to a right of set-off in an amount equal to the amount paid
by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder or (B) has been pledged
to, and is enforceable by, the Collateral Agent on behalf of the
Finance Parties and (ii) under any guaranty of Indebtedness
subordinated in right of payment to the Guaranteed Obligations
which guaranty contains a limitation as to a maximum amount similar
to that set forth in this paragraph pursuant to which the liability
of such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder is included in the
liabilities taken into account in determining such maximum amount)
and after giving effect as assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor to
the value (as determined under the applicable provisions of the
Fraudulent Transfer Laws) of any rights to subrogation,
contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or similar rights of such
Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to (i) applicable Law or
(ii) any agreement providing for an equitable allocation among
such Subsidiary Guarantor and other Affiliates of the Borrower of
obligations arising under guaranties by such parties (including the
agreements in Article II of this Agreement). If any
Subsidiary Guarantor’s liability hereunder is limited
pursuant to this paragraph to an amount that is less than the total
amount of the Guaranteed Obligations, then it is understood and
agreed that the portion of the Guaranteed Obligations for which
such Subsidiary Guarantor is liable hereunder shall be the last
portion of the Guaranteed Obligations to be repaid.
Section 1.02 Guaranty
Absolute . Each
Guarantor guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid
strictly in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents,
regardless of any Law now or hereafter in effect in any
jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the
Finance Parties with respect thereto. The obligations of the
Guarantors under this Agreement are independent of the Guaranteed
Obligations, and a separate action or actions may be brought and
prosecuted against each Guarantor to enforce this Agreement,
irrespective of whether any action is brought against the Borrower
or any Other Loan Party or whether the Borrower or any Other Loan
Party is joined in any such action or actions. This Agreement is an
absolute and unconditional guaranty of payment when due, and not of
collection, by each Guarantor, jointly and severally with each
other Guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations in each and every
particular. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are several
from those of the Other Loan Parties and are primary obligations
concerning which each Guarantor is the principal obligor. The
Finance Parties shall not be required to mitigate damages or take
any action to reduce, collect or enforce the Guaranteed
Obligations.
The obligations of each Guarantor
hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation,
impairment or termination for any reason, including the existence
of any claim, set-off or other right which any Guarantor may have
at any time against any Other Loan Party, any Agent or other
Finance Party or any other Person, whether in connection herewith
or any unrelated transactions. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, each Guarantor’s liability shall extend to all
amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and
would be owed by any Other Loan Party to any Finance Party under
the Finance Documents but for the fact that they are unenforceable
or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy,
reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Borrower or such
Other Loan Party.
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Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall
not be released, discharged or otherwise affected or impaired
by:
(i) any extension, renewal,
settlement, compromise, acceleration, waiver or release in respect
of any obligation of any Other Loan Party under the Credit
Agreement, the Notes, any Swap Agreement, any other Finance
Document or any other agreement or instrument evidencing or
securing any Guaranteed Obligation, by operation of Law or
otherwise;
(ii) any change in the manner,
place, time or terms of payment of any Guaranteed Obligation or any
other amendment, supplement or modification to the Credit
Agreement, the Notes, any Swap Agreement, any other Finance
Document or any other agreement or instrument evidencing or
securing any Guaranteed Obligation;
(iii) any release, non-perfection or
invalidity of any direct or indirect security for any Guaranteed
Obligation, any sale, exchange, surrender, realization upon, offset
against or other action in respect of any direct or indirect
security for any Guaranteed Obligation or any release of any Other
Loan Party or any other guarantor or guarantors of any Guaranteed
Obligation;
(iv) any change in the existence,
structure or ownership of any Other Loan Party or any insolvency,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment, composition,
liquidation or other similar proceeding affecting any Other Loan
Party or its assets or any resulting disallowance, release or
discharge of all or any portion of any Guaranteed
Obligation;
(v) the existence of any claim,
set-off or other right which any Guarantor may have at any time
against any Other Loan Party, any Agent, any other Finance Party or
any other Person, whether in connection herewith or any unrelated
transaction; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the
assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory
counterclaim;
(vi) any invalidity or
unenforceability relating to or against any Other Loan Party for
any reason of the Credit Agreement, any Note, any Swap Agreement,
any other Finance Document or any other agreement or instrument
evidencing or securing any Guaranteed Obligation or any provision
of applicable Law purporting to prohibit the payment by any Other
Loan Party of any Guaranteed Obligation;
(vii) any failure by any Agent or
any other Finance Party: (A) to file or enforce a claim
against any Other Loan Party or its estate (in a bankruptcy or
other proceeding); (B) to give notice of the existence,
creation or incurrence by any Other Loan Party of any new or
additional indebtedness or obligation under or with respect to the
Guaranteed Obligations; (C) to commence any action against any
Other Loan Party; (D) to disclose to any Guarantor any facts
which such Agent or such other Finance Party may now or hereafter
know with regard to any Other Loan Party; or (E) to proceed
with due diligence in the collection, protection or realization
upon any collateral securing the Guaranteed Obligations;
(viii) any direction as to
application of payment by any other Loan Party or any other
Person;
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(ix) any subordination by any
Finance Party of the payment of any Guaranteed Obligation to the
payment of any other liability (whether matured or unmatured) of
any Other Loan Party to its creditors;
(x) any act or failure to act by the
Administrative Agent, any other Finance Party under this Agreement
or otherwise which may deprive any Guarantor of any right to
subrogation, contribution or reimbursement against any Other Loan
Party or any right to recover full indemnity for any payments made
by such Guarantor in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations;
or
(xi) any other act or omission to
act or delay of any kind any Other Loan Party, the Administrative
Agent or any Finance Party or any other Person or any other
circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this
clause, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of any
Guarantor’s obligations hereunder (except that a Guarantor
may assert the defense of final payment in full of the Guaranteed
Obligations).
Each Guarantor irrevocably and
unconditionally has delivered this Agreement to the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Finance Parties, and the failure by
any Other Loan Party or any other Person to sign this Agreement or
a guaranty similar to this Agreement or otherwise shall not
discharge the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder. The
irrevocable and unconditional liability of each Guarantor hereunder
applies whether it is jointly and severally liable for the entire
amount of the Guaranteed Obligations, or only for a pro-rata
portion, and without regard to any rights (or the impairment
thereof) of subrogation, contribution or reimbursement that such
Guarantor may now or hereafter have against any Other Loan Party or
any other Person. This Agreement is and shall remain fully
enforceable against each Guarantor irrespective of any defenses
that any Other Loan Party may have or assert in respect of the
Guaranteed Obligations, including, without limitation, failure of
consideration, breach of warranty, payment, statute of frauds,
statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury, except
that a Guarantor may assert the defense of final payment in full of
the Guaranteed Obligations.
Section 1.03 Payments
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(a) Payments to be Made Upon
Default . If the Borrower or any Other Loan Party fails to
pay or perform any Guaranteed Obligation when due in accordance
with its terms (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise) or if any Event of Default specified in
Section 8.01(f ) of the Credit Agreement occurs with
respect to the Borrower, the Guarantors shall, forthwith on demand
of the Administrative Agent, pay the aggregate amount of all
Guaranteed Obligations owed respectively to the Administrative
Agent.
(b) General Provisions as to
Payments . Each payment hereunder shall be made without
set-off, counterclaim or other deduction, in Federal or other funds
immediately available in New York City, to the Administrative Agent
at the addresses referred to in Section 5.01 (it being
understood that a Guarantor may assert the defense of final payment
in full of the Guaranteed Obligations).
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(c) Application of
Payments .
(i) Priority of
Distributions . All payments received by the Administrative
Agent hereunder shall be applied as provided in
Section 8.03 of the Credit Agreement.
(ii) Distributions with
Respect to Letters of Credit . Each of the Guarantors and
the Finance Parties agrees and acknowledges that if (after all
outstanding Loans and L/C Disbursements have been paid in full) the
Lenders are to receive a distribution on account of undrawn amounts
with respect to Letters of Credit issued (or deemed issued) under
the Credit Agreement, such amounts shall be deposited in the L/C
Cash Collateral Account as cash security for the repayment L/C
Obligations or shall otherwise be distributed in accordance with
Section 2.05(i) of the Credit Agreement.
Section 1.04
Discharge; Reinstatement in
Certain Circumstances . Each Guarantor’s obligations
hereunder shall remain in full force and effect until (i) the
principal of and interest (including interest accruing on or after
the commencement of Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether
or not a claim for such interest is, or would be, allowed in such
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) and premium, if any, on all
Indebtedness outstanding under the Loan Documents and termination
of all commitments to lend or otherwise extend credit under the
Loan Documents, (ii) payment in full of all other Finance
Obligations that are due and payable or otherwise accrued and owing
at or prior to the time such principal and interest are paid
(including legal fees and other expenses, costs or charges accruing
on or after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding, whether or not a claim for such fees, expenses, costs
or charges is, or would be, allowed in such Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding but excluding contingent indemnification
obligations), (iii) termination, cancellation or cash
collateralization in accordance with Section 2.05 of the
Credit Agreement of, all letters of credit issued or deemed issued
under the Loan Documents, (iv) termination or cash
collateralization of any Swap Agreement with a Swap Creditor and
the payment in full in cash of all Swap Obligations owed to a Swap
Creditor (the occurrence of all of the foregoing subclauses
(i) through (iv) being referred to herein as “
Discharge of Senior Finance Obligations ”) and
(v) such time as such Guarantor is no longer required to be a
Guarantor under the Credit Agreement. No payment or payments made
by the Borrower, any Other Loan Party or any other Person or
received or collected by any Finance Party from the Borrower, any
Other Loan Party or any other Person by virtue of any action or
proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any
time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the
Guaranteed Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release
or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder, it
being understood that each Guarantor shall, notwithstanding any
such payment or payments, remain liable for the Guaranteed
Obligations until Discharge of Senior Finance Obligations. If at
any time any payment by the Borrower, any Other Loan Party or any
other Person of any Guaranteed
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Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be
restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution,
liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or such Other Loan
Party or other Person or upon or as a result of the appointment of
a receiver, intervener or conservator of, or trustee or similar
officer for, the Borrower or such Other Loan Party or other Person
or any substantial part of its respective property or otherwise,
each Guarantor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such
payment shall be reinstated as though such payment had been due but
not made at such time. Each Guarantor agrees that payment or
performance of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or other acts
which toll any statute of limitations applicable to the Guaranteed
Obligations shall also toll the statute of limitations applicable
to each Guarantor’s liability hereunder.
Section 1.05 Waiver by the
Guarantors . Each
Guarantor hereby waives, only to the extent permitted by applicable
Law, presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to the
Other Loan Parties of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and also
waives to the extent permitted by applicable Law, promptness,
diligence, notice of acceptance of its guarantee, any other notice
with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this
Agreement and any requirement that any Agent or any other Finance
Party protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien or any property
subject thereto. Each Guarantor further waives to the extent
permitted by applicable Law, any right to require that resort be
had by any Agent or any other Finance Party to any security held
for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations or to any balance of any
deposit, account or credit on the books of any Agent or any other
Finance Party in favor of any Loan Party or any other Person. Each
Guarantor hereby consents and agrees to each of the following to
the fullest extent permitted by Law, and agrees that such
Guarantor’s obligations under this Agreement shall not be
released, diminished, impaired, reduced or adversely affected by
any of the following, and waives to the extent permitted by
applicable Law, any rights (including rights to notice) which such
Guarantor might otherwise have as a result of or in connection with
any of the following:
(i) any renewal, extension,
modification, increase, decrease, alteration or rearrangement of
all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any instrument
executed in connection therewith, or any contract or
understanding