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GUARANTY AGREEMENT

Guarantee Agreement

GUARANTY AGREEMENT | Document Parties: COMMISSION JUNCTION, INC | HI-SPEED MEDIA, INC | I-DEAL DIRECT INTERACTIVE, LLC | MEDIAPLEX, INC | MEZI MEDIA, INC | WEB CLIENTS, LLC | WEB MARKETING HOLDINGS, LLC | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | VALUECLICK INC You are currently viewing:
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COMMISSION JUNCTION, INC | HI-SPEED MEDIA, INC | I-DEAL DIRECT INTERACTIVE, LLC | MEDIAPLEX, INC | MEZI MEDIA, INC | WEB CLIENTS, LLC | WEB MARKETING HOLDINGS, LLC | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | VALUECLICK INC

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Title: GUARANTY AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 11/18/2008
Industry: Advertising     Sector: Services

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Exhibit 10.3

GUARANTY AGREEMENT

Dated as of November 14, 2008

by

EACH GUARANTOR PARTY HERETO

in favor of

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as the Administrative Agent

1

GUARANTY AGREEMENT

This GUARANTY AGREEMENT (this “ Guaranty ”), dated as of November 14, 2008, is made by HI-SPEED MEDIA, INC., a California corporation, WEB MARKETING HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, WEB CLIENTS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, I-DEAL DIRECT INTERACTIVE, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company, MEZI MEDIA, INC., a California corporation, SEARCH123.COM INC., a California corporation, MEDIAPLEX, INC., a Delaware corporation, BE FREE, INC., a Delaware corporation, COMMISSION JUNCTION, INC., a Delaware corporation, and each of the other entities which becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 4.15 hereof (each a “ Guarantor ” and collectively, the “ Guarantors ”) in favor of WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent for the Lenders as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”).

A. Each of the Guarantors is in the same corporate family as VALUECLICK, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”);

B. The Borrower has entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated of November 14, 2008 (as the same from time to time hereafter may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated, the “ Credit Agreement ”), by and among the Borrower, the financial institutions party thereto from time to time, and the Administrative Agent, pursuant to which the Lenders have agreed to extend loans and other financial accommodations to the Borrower for the purposes, and on the terms and subject to the conditions, set forth in the Credit Agreement.

C. The Lenders are willing to make and maintain loans and other financial accommodations to the Borrower on and after the date of the Credit Agreement, but only upon the condition, among others, that the Guarantors shall have executed and delivered this Guaranty to the Administrative Agent.

D. To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into, and to extend credit under, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Guarantor has agreed to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations upon the terms and conditions of this Guaranty.

E. Each Guarantor has obtained and may in the future obtain working capital and loans needed for its operations from the Borrower, and the Borrower will have access to credit under the Credit Agreement to obtain funds to provide and lend to such Guarantors. In addition, all Guarantors expect to realize direct and indirect benefits as the result of the availability of the aforementioned credit facilities to the Borrower, as the result of financial or business support which will be provided to the Guarantors by the Borrower.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS .

1.01. Definitions . Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used in this Guaranty that are defined in the Credit Agreement (including those terms incorporated by reference) shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement. In addition, the following terms shall have the following meanings under this Guaranty:

Bankruptcy Code ” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code.

Guaranteed Obligations ” shall mean (a) any and all Obligations of the Borrower, (b) any and all obligations of the Borrower for the performance of its agreements, covenants and undertakings under or in respect of the Credit Documents, and (c) any and all other obligations of the Borrower for the payment of all amounts, liabilities and indebtedness (whether for principal, interest, reimbursement, fees, charges, indemnification or otherwise) now or in the future owed to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or any such Person individually, and for the performance by the Borrower of its agreements, covenants and undertakings, in each case under or in respect of any and all of the Credit Documents and the Lender Rate Contracts, it being acknowledged by each Guarantor that such other obligations may arise or be created, incurred or assumed at any time and from time to time and in such manner and such circumstances and with such terms and provisions as the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders or any such Person individually may agree without notice or demand of any kind or nature whatsoever to the Guarantors. The Guaranteed Obligations shall include interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement after the maturity thereof and interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to any Loan Party thereunder or any Obligor whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed or allowable in such proceeding. Each Guarantor acknowledges that some extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement may be available on a revolving basis.

Obligor ” shall mean any additional or separate guarantor, surety or other Person that is directly or indirectly liable for all or a portion of the Guaranteed Obligations or who has provided security for the Guaranteed Obligations.

1.02. Interpretation . The rules of interpretation set forth in Article I of the Credit Agreement shall, to the extent not inconsistent with the terms of this Guaranty, apply to this Guaranty and are hereby incorporated by reference.

 

 

 

SECTION 2. THE GUARANTEE .

 

2.01.

 

Guarantee Provisions.

 

 

 

(a)  Guarantee . Each Guarantor hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to the Administrative Agent and each Lender the timely payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations in each case strictly in accordance with their terms. Each Guarantor hereby further agrees that if the Borrower shall fail to pay in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, such Guarantor will immediately pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same will be timely paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal. This Guaranty is absolute, irrevocable and unconditional in nature and is made with respect to any and all Guaranteed Obligations now existing or in the future arising. Each Guarantor’s liability under this Guaranty shall continue until indefeasible payment in cash of all Guaranteed Obligations. This Guaranty is a guarantee of due and punctual payment and performance and not of collectibility.

(b)  Savings Clause . If under any applicable law (including without limitation state and Federal fraudulent transfer laws) the obligations of any Guarantor under Section 2.01(a) would otherwise be held or determined to be void, invalid or unenforceable or if the claims of the Lenders in respect of such obligations would be subordinated to the claims of any other creditors on account of such Guarantor’s liability under Section 2.01(a) , then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Guaranty to the contrary, the amount of the liability of such Guarantor shall, without any further action by the Guarantors, any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any other Person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount which is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or proceeding. Each Guarantor agrees that it has obtained and may in the future obtain working capital and loans needed for its operations from the Borrower, and the Borrower will have access to credit under the Credit Agreement to obtain funds to provide and lend to such Guarantors. In addition, all Guarantors expect to realize direct and indirect benefits as the result of the availability of the aforementioned credit facilities to the Borrower, as the result of financial or business support which will be provided to the Guarantors by the Borrower.

(c)  Joint and Several Obligations . The obligations and liability of the Guarantors under this Guaranty are joint and several. Except as expressly set forth in Section 2.01(b) , the liability of the Guarantors is not limited in any respect.

2.02. Acknowledgments, Agreements; Waivers and Consents . Each Guarantor acknowledges that the obligations undertaken by it under this Guaranty involve the guarantee of obligations of Persons other than such Guarantor and that such obligations of each Guarantor are absolute, irrevocable and unconditional under any and all circumstances. In full recognition and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Guarantor agrees that:

(a) Without affecting the enforceability or effectiveness of this Guaranty in accordance with its terms and without affecting, limiting, reducing, discharging or terminating the liability of such Guarantor, or the rights, remedies, powers and privileges of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Guaranty, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may, at any time and from time to time and without notice or demand of any kind or nature whatsoever to or on any Guarantor:

(i) amend, supplement, modify, extend, renew, waive, accelerate or otherwise change the time for payment or performance of, or the terms of, all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (including any increase or decrease in the principal portion of, or rate or rates of interest on, all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations);

(ii) amend, supplement, modify, extend, renew, waive or otherwise change, or enter into or give, any Credit Document or any agreement, security document, guarantee, approval, consent or other instrument with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, any Credit Document or any such other instrument or any term or provision of the foregoing;

(iii) accept or enter into new or additional agreements, security documents, guarantees (including letters of credit) or other instruments in addition to, in exchange for or relative to any Credit Document, all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any collateral now or in the future serving as security for the Guaranteed Obligations;

(iv) accept or receive (including from any Obligor) partial payments or performance on the Guaranteed Obligations (whether as a result of the exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege or otherwise);

(v) accept, receive and hold any additional collateral for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (including from any Obligor);

(vi) release, reconvey, terminate, waive, abandon, allow to lapse or expire, fail to perfect, subordinate, exchange, substitute, transfer, foreclose upon or enforce any collateral, security documents or guarantees (including letters of credit or the obligations of any Obligor) for or relative to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;

(vii) apply any collateral or the proceeds of any collateral or guarantee (including any letter of credit or the obligations of any Obligor) to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations in such manner and extent as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may in its sole discretion determine;

(viii) release any Person (including any Obligor or other Guarantor) from any liability with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;

(ix) settle, compromise, release, waive, liquidate or enforce upon such terms and in such manner as the Administrative Agent or the Lenders may determine or as applicable law may dictate all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any collateral on or guarantee of (including any letter of credit issued with respect to) all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (including with any Obligor);

(x) consent to the merger or consolidation of, the sale of substantial assets by, or other restructuring or termination of the existence of the Borrower, any Loan Party or any other Person (including any Obligor);

(xi) proceed against the Borrower, such Guarantor, any other Guarantor or any Obligor of (including any issuer of any letter of credit issued with respect to) all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any collateral provided by any Person and exercise the rights, remedies, powers and privileges of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Documents or otherwise in such order and such manner as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may, in its discretion, determine, without any necessity to proceed upon or against or exhaust any collateral, right, remedy, power or privilege before proceeding to call upon or otherwise enforce this Guaranty as to such Guarantor;

(xii) foreclose upon any deed of trust, mortgage or other instrument creating or granting liens on any interest in real property by judicial or nonjudicial sale or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, bid any amount or make no bid in any foreclosure sale or make any other election of remedies with respect to such liens or exercise any right of set-off;

(xiii) obtain the appointment of a receiver with respect to any collateral for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations and apply the proceeds of such receivership as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may in its discretion determine (it being agreed that nothing in this clause (xiii) shall be deemed to make the Administrative Agent or any Lender a party in possession in contemplation of law, except at its option);

(xiv) enter into such other transactions or business dealings with the Borrower, any other Loan Party, any Obligor or Affiliate thereof of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may desire; and

(xv) do all or any combination of the actions set forth in this Section 2.02(a) .

(b) The enforceability and effectiveness of this Guaranty and the liability of such Guarantor, and the rights, remedies, powers and privileges of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, under this Guaranty shall not be affected, limited, reduced, discharged or terminated, and each Guarantor hereby expressly waives any defense now or in the future arising (other than a defense that the Guaranteed Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash), by reason of:

(i) the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, any Credit Document or any agreement, security document, guarantee or other instrument relative to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;

(ii) any disability or other defense with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations of the Borrower, or any Obligor with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (including any issuer of any letters of credit), including the effect of any statute of limitations that may bar the enforcement of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or the obligations of any such Obligor;

(iii) the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of any security or guarantee (including any letter of credit) for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or the lack of perfection or continuing perfection or failure of the priority of any lien on any collateral for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;

(iv) the cessation, for any cause whatsoever (including, without limitation, release, expiration, termination or the unenforceability of the underlying documentation), of the liability of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any Obligor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than, subject to Section 2.05 , by reason of the full payment and performance of all Guaranteed Obligations);

(v) any failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to marshal assets in favor of the Borrower or any other Person (including any Obligor), to exhaust any collateral for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, to pursue or exhaust any right, remedy, power or privilege it may have against the Borrower, any other Loan Party, any Obligor with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (including any issuer of any letter of credit) or any other Person or to take any action whatsoever to mitigate or reduce such or any other liability of such Guarantor under this Guaranty, neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender being under any obligation to take any such action notwithstanding the fact that all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations may be due and payable and that the Borrower may be in default of its obligations under any Credit Document;

(vi) any failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to give notice of sale or other disposition of any collateral (including any notice of any judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure or sale of any interest in real property serving as collateral for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations) for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations to the Borrower, such Guarantor or any other Person (including any Obligor) (except for any such notice expressly required to be given to such Guarantor by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Documents) or any defect in, or any failure by such Guarantor or any other Person to receive, any notice that may be given in connection with any sale or disposition of any collateral;

(vii) any failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to comply with applicable laws in connection with the sale or other disposition of any collateral for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;

(viii) any judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure or sale of, or other election of remedies with respect to, any interest in real property or other collateral serving as security for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, even though such foreclosure, sale or election of remedies may impair the subrogation rights of such Guarantor or may preclude such Guarantor from obtaining reimbursement, contribution, indemnification or other recovery from the Borrower, any Obligor or any other Person and even though the Borrower may not, as a result of such foreclosure, sale or election of remedies, be liable for any deficiency;

(ix) any act or omission of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Person that directly or indirectly results in or aids the discharge or release of the Borrower, any Loan Party or any Obligor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security or guarantee for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations by operation of law or otherwise;

(x) any law which provides that the obligation of a surety or guarantor must neither be larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal or which reduces a surety’s or guarantor’s obligation in proportion to the principal obligation;

(xi) the possibility that the obligations of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may at any time and from time to time exceed the aggregate liability of such Guarantor under this Guaranty;

(xii) any counterclaim, set-off or other claim which the Borrower, any Loan Party, any Obligor or any other Person has or alleges to have with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;

(xiii) any failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to file or enforce a claim in any bankruptcy or other proceeding with respect to any Person.

(xiv) the election by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in any bankruptcy proceeding of any Person, of the application or nonapplication of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code;

(xv) any extension of credit or the grant of any Lien under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code;

(xvi) any use of cash collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code;

(xvii) any agreement or stipulation with respect to the provision of adequate protection in any bankruptcy proceeding of any Person;

(xviii) the avoidance of any Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent or any Lender for any reason;

(xix) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of debt, liquidation or dissolution proceeding commenced by or against any Person, including any discharge of, or bar or stay against collecting, all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (or any interest on all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations) in or as a result of any such proceeding;

(xx) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any Obligor;

(xxi) any action taken by the Administrative


 
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