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Exhibit 10.3
This instrument prepared by:
MARK A. JACOBS, Esq
BERGMAN AND JACOBS, P.A.
2001 Hollywood Boulevard, Suite 200
Hollywood, Fl. 33020
GUARANTY AGREEMENT
IMPROVED PROPERTY LOCATED IN FLORIDA
THIS GUARANTY AGREEMENT is made this
day of October, 2008, by:
THE PBSJ CORPORATION , a Florida corporation ("
GUARANTOR ," and if more than one, then, collectively and
jointly and severally, the " GUARANTOR ")
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Mailing Address:
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9095 S.W. 87 th Avenue, Suite 777
Miami, Fl. 33176
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AND
SUNTRUST BANK
a State Bank organized under the laws of Georgia
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Mailing Address:
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777 Brickell Avenue
Miami, Fl. 33131
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(" LENDER ," such term to include
subsequent holders, if any, of the Promissory Note(s) which this
Guaranty secures, unless the context requires otherwise),
concerning the obligations of: POST, BUCKLEY, SCHUH &
JERNIGAN, INC., a Florida corporation (" BORROWER
").
RECITALS OF FACT:
A. POST, BUCKLEY, SCHUH & JERNIGAN, INC., a Florida
corporation (" MORTGAGOR ") is the owner of certain real
property located in the State of Florida which is legally described
in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof, the
improvements thereon, and all personal property used in connection
therewith (hereinafter collectively the " PROPERTY ").
B. LENDER previously provided to BORROWER
financing and BORROWER provided to LENDER a mortgage
on the PROPERTY and in connection therewith the
BORROWER and MORTGAGOR and GUARANTOR executed
and delivered to LENDER loan documents, including but not
limited to, the following:
i) that certain Promissory Note dated March 19, 2001 in the
original principal amount of $9,000,000.00.
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ii) a Mortgage, Security Agreement and Assignment
of Leases, Rents, and Profits ("Mortgage") dated March 19,
2001, recorded March 21, 2001 in Official Records Book 6218 at
Page 4333 of the Public Records of Orange County,
Florida.
iii) an Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits dated
March 19, 2001, recorded March 21, 2001 in Official
Records Book 6218 at Page 4368 of the Public Records of Orange
County, Florida.
iv) a Guaranty Agreement dated March 19, 2001 from the
GUARANTOR .
v) all other related loan documents.
C. The BORROWER has requested a future advance in the
amount of SEVEN MILLION TWO HUNDRED FORTY SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED
ELEVEN DOLLARS AND EIGHTY NINE CENTS ($7,246,111.89), pursuant to
the terms of the Mortgage.
D. LENDER is providing to BORROWER the future
advance which shall be secured by the PROPERTY and
BORROWER , in connection therewith, has executed
(i) the Future Advance Promissory Note in the principal amount
of $7,246,111.89, (ii) the Consolidated Renewal Promissory
Note in the amount of $13,600,000.00 that consolidates and renews
the Future Advance Promissory Note and the Promissory Note
(hereinafter the "Note") and (iii) a Future Advance, Note and
Mortgage Modification Agreement, and (iv) certain other
documents creating liens, granting security interests, or otherwise
evidencing or securing the loan (hereinafter the "Loan") by
LENDER to BORROWER (all of which such documents,
whether or not listed in the preceding sentence, are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "Loan Documents").
E. LENDER has required a guaranty of the Loan by
GUARANTOR and the LENDER would not make the Loan but
for the guaranty of GUARANTOR .
F. The GUARANTOR and the BORROWER’s business
interest are closely intertwined or GUARANTOR has a
substantial ownership interest in BORROWER ; accordingly,
the GUARANTOR will substantially benefit from any credit
extensions by the LENDER to the BORROWER .
G. In consideration of the substantial benefits flowing to
GUARANTOR by virtue of the Loan, GUARANTOR has agreed
to fully guarantee any and all debts, obligations and liabilities
of the BORROWER arising from the Note and the other Loan
Documents, and GUARANTOR wishes to set forth its guaranty in
writing for the benefit of LENDER .
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of LENDER ’s
agreement to make the Loan to BORROWER ; in consideration of
the terms, covenants and provisions of the Loan Documents; pursuant
to the requirement of LENDER ; and with the understanding
and agreement on the part of GUARANTOR that the Loan and
other financial accommodations granted by LENDER to
BORROWER are and will be of direct interest, benefit and
advantage to GUARANTOR and that the Loan and other financial
accommodations granted by LENDER to BORROWER would
not be made or granted in the absence of this Guaranty,
GUARANTOR hereby agrees that the foregoing recitals are true
and correct and incorporated herein by this reference, and further
states and agrees as follows:
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1. Request to Make Loan . GUARANTOR
hereby requests LENDER to make the Loan to BORROWER
and to extend credit, to permit credit to remain outstanding and to
give financial accommodations to BORROWER , as
BORROWER may desire and as LENDER may grant, from
time to time, whether to the BORROWER alone or to the
BORROWER and others, and specifically to make the Loan
described in the Loan Documents.
2. Guaranty .
2.1. GUARANTOR hereby absolutely, unconditionally,
irrevocably and jointly and severally guarantees, full and punctual
payment and performance when due, whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, of
(a) all principal, interest and any other charges due on the
Note as the same may be extended, renewed or modified; (b) all
obligations, covenants, and indebtedness arising under any of the
Loan Documents, including all other Financial Contract Obligations,
as defined in the Loan Documents, and (c) all expenses
incurred by LENDER in the enforcement and collection of any
of the liabilities or other indebtedness now or hereafter owed by
BORROWER to LENDER , the enforcement of all rights
and remedies under the Loan Documents or any other security
therefor or the enforcement of any LENDER ’s rights
under this Guaranty Agreement or under any of the Loan Documents
(all of the above are hereinafter collectively referred to as the
"Liabilities").
2.2. Upon the request of LENDER , GUARANTOR shall
immediately pay or perform the Liabilities when they or any of them
become due under the terms of any of the Loan Documents. Any
amounts received by LENDER from any sources and applied by
LENDER towards the payment of the Liabilities shall be
applied in such order of application as LENDER may from time
to time elect in its sole discretion. All Liabilities shall
conclusively be presumed to have been created, extended,
contracted, or incurred by LENDER in reliance upon this
Guaranty and all dealings between BORROWER and LENDER
shall likewise be presumed to be in reliance upon this
Guaranty.
2.3. It is the intention of the GUARANTOR and the
LENDER that the GUARANTOR’s obligations
hereunder shall be in, but not in excess of, the maximum amount
(the "Maximum Guaranty Liability") permitted by applicable law
governing bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of
debts, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or other similar
laws applicable to the GUARANTOR ("Applicable Law"). To that
end, but only if and to the extent such obligations would otherwise
be subject to avoidance under Applicable Law, the
GUARANTOR’s obligations hereunder shall be reduced to
the maximum amount which, after giving effect thereto, would not,
under Applicable Law, render such obligations unenforceable or
avoidable under Applicable Law. In no event, however, shall the
Maximum Guaranty Liability be reduced to an amount less than the
amount the LENDER would be entitled to enforce under
Applicable Law (e.g., 11 U.S.C. §548 (c)) by virtue of
LENDER’s having given value to the GUARANTOR in
exchange for the Liabilities. This §2.3 is intended solely to
preserve the rights of the LENDER hereunder to the maximum
extent permitted by Applicable Law and neither the GUARANTO
R nor any other person shall have any right or claim under this
§2.3 that would not otherwise be available under Applicable
Law.
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3. Renewals, Extensions, and Releases .
GUARANTOR hereby agrees and consents that, without notice to
or further consent by GUARANTOR , the obligations of
BORROWER or any other party for the Liabilities may be
renewed, extended, modified, accelerated or released by
LENDER as LENDER may deem advisable in its sole
discretion and that any collateral which the LENDER may hold
or in which the LENDER may have an interest may be
exchanged, sold, released or surrendered by it, as it may deem
advisable in its sole discretion, without impairing or affecting
the obligations of GUARANTOR hereunder in any way
whatsoever.
4. Waivers .
4.1 GUARANTOR hereby waives each of the following:
(a) any and all notice of the acceptance of this Guaranty or of
the creation, renewal or accrual of any Liabilities, present or
future;
(b) the reliance of LENDER upon this Guaranty;
(c) notice of the existence or creation of any Loan Document or
of any of the Liabilities;
(d) protest, presentment, demand for payment, notice of default
or nonpayment and notice of dishonor to or upon GUARANTOR ,
BORROWER or any other party liable for any of the
Liabilities;
(e) any and all other notices or formalities to which
GUARANTOR may otherwise be entitled, including notice of
LENDER’s granting the BORROWER any indulgences
or extensions of time on payment of any of the Liabilities; and
(f) promptness in making any claim or demand hereunder.
4.2 No delay or failure on the part of the LENDER in the
exercise of any right or remedy against either BORROWER or
GUARANTOR , or any other party against whom LENDER
may have any right, shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no
single or partial exercise by LENDER of any right or remedy
herein shall preclude other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right or remedy whether contained herein or
in the Note or any of the other Loan Documents. No action of
LENDER permitted hereunder shall in any way impair or affect
this Guaranty.
4.3 GUARANTOR acknowledges and agrees that
GUARANTOR shall be and remain absolutely and unconditionally
liable for the full amount of all Liabilities notwithstanding any
of the following, and expressly waives the right to assert any
defenses, set-off or counterclaims with respect thereto as to:
(a) Any or all of the Liabilities being or hereafter becoming
invalid or otherwise unenforceable for any reason whatsoever or
being or hereafter becoming released or discharged, in whole or in
part, whether pursuant to a proceeding under any bankruptcy or
insolvency laws or otherwise wherein GUARANTOR ,
BORROWER , any general partner thereof, or any other party
to the Loan is involved; or
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(b) LENDER failing or delaying to properly
perfect or continue the perfection of any security interest in or
lien on any property which secures any of the Liabilities, or to
protect the property covered by such security interest or enforce
its rights respecting such property or security interest;
or
(c) LENDER failing to give notice of any disposition of
any property serving as collateral for any Liabilities or failing
to dispose of such collateral in a commercially reasonable manner;
or
(d) Any changes in the name, legal entity or structure of
BORROWER , or any termination, death or dissolution of
BORROWER or GUARANTOR as may be applicable; or
(e) Any changes in GUARANTOR’S status or
relationship with BORROWER , whether by employment,
GUARANTOR’S holdings in BORROWER , or
otherwise; or
(f) Any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a
defense.
5. Guaranty of Payment . GUARANTOR agrees that
their liability hereunder is primary, absolute and unconditional
without regard to the liability of any other party. This Guaranty
shall be construed as an absolute, irrevocable and unconditional
guaranty of payment and performance (and not a guaranty of
collection), without regard to the validity, regularity or
enforceability of any of the Liabilities.
6. Guaranty Effective Regardless of Collateral . This
Guaranty is made and shall continue as to any and all Liabilities
without regard to any liens or security interests in any
collateral; the validity, effectiveness or enforcability of such
liens or security interests; or the existence or validity of any
other guaranties or rights of LENDER against any other
obligors. Any and all such collateral
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