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
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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
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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.
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SECTION 2. THE GUARANTEE .
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Guarantee Provisions.
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(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