Exhibit 10.2
GUARANTY
Dated as of March 19,
2007
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Grace
Semiconductor USA, Inc.
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CIT
Technologies Corporation
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530 Alder
Drive
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2285 Franklin
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Milpitas, CA
95035
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Bloomfield
Hills, MI 48302
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Telephone:
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(248)
253-9000
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Fax:
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(248)
339-1590
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1. Lease
. Capitalized terms used in this
Guaranty (the “Guaranty”) which are not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Schedule
No. 003 dated March 19, 2007 (the “Schedule”)
between Lessee and Lessor, and, as provided below, counter-signed
by Guarantor subject to the terms of this Guaranty, to the Master
Equipment Lease Agreement dated as of October 26, 2006 between
Lessee and Lessor (“Master Lease”; the Schedule and the
Master Lease, as applicable thereto, collectively, the
“Lease”). The Lease provides for (a) an Initial
Term commencing on Lessee’s written acceptance of the
Equipment under the Lease and continuing for 36 months following
May 1, 2007; and (b) Rental Payments, to be paid by
Lessee, quarterly in advance, at the rate of US $218,809.00 for
each quarter during the Initial Term. Copies of the Lease
documents, as executed by Lessee, have been reviewed and accepted
by Guarantor. Guarantor has signed a true and correct copy of the
Schedule solely for purpose of acknowledging that the copy so
signed is the form of the Schedule which is the subject of this
Guaranty; and each reference to the Schedule in this Guaranty is
substantively limited to the Schedule as so acknowledged by
Guarantor, provided further that this Guaranty shall not apply to
any changes in the Schedule, the Master Lease or any other
agreements between Lessor and Lessee without Guarantor’s
prior written consent such that Guarantor’s liability for the
Guaranteed Obligations (as defined below) shall in the absence of
such written consent and an amendment to this Guaranty signed by
Guarantor and Lessor continue in full force with respect to the
Guaranteed Obligations as they existed prior to such
change).
2. Guaranty
. Guarantor understands and
acknowledges that the Equipment is being leased by Lessor to Lessee
with the understanding that the Equipment and/or its use will be
furnished by the Lessee to Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing
Corporation, an exempted company corporation of the Cayman Islands
(“Grace Parent”; Grace Parent is the Lessee’s
parent company and is guarantying the obligations of Lessee under
the Lease), and that the Equipment and/or its use will be further
furnished by Grace Parent itself to Grace Parent’s
subsidiary, Shanghai Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
(“Grace Shanghai”), and the Equipment will be located
in Shanghai, China for the benefit of Grace Shanghai and Grace
Parent and be used for production by Grace Parent/Grace Shanghai of
goods under a contract with Cypress. Guarantor acknowledges that it
will derive commercial benefit from Lessor’s extension of the
Lease to Lessee and the giving of this Guaranty since without the
benefit of this Guaranty Lessor would not be entering into the
Lease, or acquiring the Equipment for lease thereunder.
Accordingly, in order to induce Lessor to enter into the Lease and
acquire the Equipment, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, Guarantor unconditionally guarantees to Lessor the
full and prompt payment, observance, and performance when due of
all obligations of Lessee under the Lease to pay Rental Payments
(as provided in the Lease, including, without limitation as
referenced in Section 5 of the Master Lease, and pursuant to
the Schedule) (collectively, “Guaranteed Obligations”).
Guarantor will pay any Guaranteed Obligations to Lessor within 10
days of Lessor’s written
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demand to Guarantor therefor (such demand, the
“Demand Notice”; such period, the “Demand
Period”), and Guarantor agrees to pay, and the Guaranteed
Obligations shall also include, late interest accruing under the
Lease to the extent, and only to the extent consistent with the
following calculation: late interest accruing with respect to such
Guaranteed Obligations at the rate of 9% per annum, such late
interest to commence accruing after Guarantor has failed to pay any
Guaranteed Obligations during the Demand Period. This Guaranty is
absolute, continuing (for so long as the Guaranteed Obligations
remain unsatisfied), limited only by the amount of Guaranteed
Obligations, and independent, and shall not be affected, diminished
or released for any reason (other than actual payment thereof),
including, but not limited to, the following: (a) any
invalidity or lack of enforceability of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations; or (b) the absence of any attempt by the Lessor
to collect any of the Guaranteed Obligations from the Lessee or
Grace Parent or any other guarantor, or the absence of any other
action to enforce the same; or (c) the renewal, extension,
acceleration or any other change (provided any such change is
approved by Guarantor and is the subject of (and referenced in) an
amendment to this Guaranty signed by Guarantor and Lessor;
provided, however, and in the event such change is not approved by
Guarantor, or no such amendment is entered into, Guarantor’s
liability for the Guaranteed Obligations shall continue as provided
above with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations as they existed
prior to such change) in the time for payment of, or other terms
relating to the Guaranteed Obligations respecting Rental Payments
coming due during the Initial Term of the Lease, or any
modification, amendment, waiver, or other change of the terms of
any instrument evidencing the Guaranteed Obligations,
provided , however, that if any one or more events of the
kind referred to in this subsection (c) shall occur, and if
such event(s) shall have the effect of increasing the total dollar
amount of the Guaranteed Obligations, this Guaranty shall continue
in full force and effect with respect to the Guaranteed
Obligations, but only to the extent of the total dollar amount the
Guaranteed Obligations would have had if any such event(s)
increasing the total dollar amount of the Guaranteed Obligations
had not occurred; or (d) the failure by the Lessor to take any
steps to perfect and maintain its security interest in, or to
preserve its rights to, any security or collateral relating to the
Guaranteed Obligations (including, without limitation, the Security
Funds); or (e) any judicial or governmental action, including,
without limitation, judicial or governmental action in the nature
of any bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency or similar proceeding,
that affects Lessee, the Equipment, or the Guaranteed Obligations,
including, but not limited to, Lessee’s release from the
Guaranteed Obligations or the rejection or disaffirmance of the
Lease or any other agreement or any of the terms thereof, provided
further that, for the avoidance of doubt, Lessor acknowledges that
Guarantor shall not be liable for any costs or other damages
associated with Lessor’s inability to recover possession of
the Equipment; (f) any disability, defense or cessation of the
liability of Lessee; or (g) any assignment or transfer by
Lessor of any rights relating to the Guaranteed Obligations; or
(h) the disallowance of all or any portion of Lessor’s
claim(s) for repayment of the Guaranteed Obligations under
Section 502 of Title 11 of the United States Code.
3. Waivers
. Guarantor waives acceptance of
this Guaranty (except that Guarantor shall have no obligation to
provide the original Credit described below until it has received a
counterpart of this Guaranty executed by Lessor) and diligence,
presentment, or demand for payment (except for the demand provided
for in Section 2 above necessary to begin the Demand Period
for any Guaranteed Obligations or other notices required to be
provided hereunder as specified in Section 6 as relating to
any non-Guaranteed Obligations of Guarantor hereunder), notice of
default or nonperformance by Lessee, and all affirmative defenses
and offsets and counterclaims against Lessor (but nothing in such
waiver of offsets and counterclaims shall diminish or affect such
liability as Lessor may have to Guarantor from being asserted by
Guarantor against Lessor in a separate action, it being the sole
intent of this waiver to waive the right to assert offsets and
counterclaims in any enforcement of this Guaranty against the
Guarantor, and not a waiver of the underlying substantive rights
Guarantor may have against Lessor), any right to the benefit of any
security, and any requirement that Lessor proceed first against
Lessee, Grace Parent or any other guarantor or the Security Funds
or any other collateral security. Guarantor hereby waives any right
to
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require that Lessor apply any payments or
proceeds received toward satisfaction of the Guaranteed Obligations
in any particular order, including any right to require Lessor to
apply payments first to rent or principal, provided, however, that
Guarantor shall not be liable under this Guaranty for any amounts
respecting Guaranteed Obligations which are satisfied by payment
from the Lessee or Grace Parent.
4. Payments
. The parties agree that all
payments made by Lessee, Grace Parent or Guarantor to Lessor on any
of the Guaranteed Obligations will, when made, be final. If any
such payment is recovered from or repaid by the Lessor, in whole or
in part, in any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding
instituted by or against Lessee or Guarantor, this Guaranty shall
continue to be fully applicable to the Guaranteed Obligations to
the same extent as though the payment so recovered had never been
originally made. If any Guaranteed Obligation is paid by Guarantor
but recovered by Lessor from or repaid by the Lessee or Grace
Parent, and such amounts are not applied by Lessor to any other
Guaranteed Obligations arising from the Lease, Lessor agrees to
return or reimburse such recovered but unapplied amounts to
Guarantor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
foregoing or elsewhere in this Guaranty, Guarantor understands and
agrees that the Security Funds are not intended as security for the
Guaranteed Obligations (or other obligations of Guarantor under
this Guaranty, if any), and, therefore, if as a requirement of law,
including, as a result of any action by a bankruptcy or other court
Lessor is required to apply, or it otherwise determines that it
needs to apply and does so apply, all or any portion of the
Security Funds in satisfaction of any Guaranteed Obligations,
Guarantor agrees that for purposes of this Guaranty Guarantor will
remain fully liable for the Guaranteed Obligations paid out of the
Security Funds and that any such payment utilizing the Security
Funds shall not be considered a payment of the Guaranteed
Obligation in question. For the avoidance of doubt, Guarantor
waives any right, title or interest it may have in or to the
Security Funds or the proceeds or benefits thereof, whether by way
of subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement, contribution or
otherwise, provided that no party other than Lessor or its lawful
assigns shall be entitled to assert the foregoing provision (or any
other provision in this Guaranty) as against Guarantor.
5. Lists of Outstanding
Amounts . From time
to time, but not more than once in any three month period,
Guarantor may request from Lessor, in writing, directed to the
Lessor’s address stated above, Attention: Lease Operations,
and Lessor will promptly provide to Guarantor, a list of all Rental
Payments under the Lease which have come due and remain
outstanding. Any such list provided by Lessor will be binding upon
Lessor, except with respect to payments recovered from or repaid by
Lessor, as contemplated under Section 4 above and the
collection of instruments received in respect of the Guaranteed
Obligations.
6. Notices of Default and
Other Notices Under the Lease; Notice of Payments Received; Notice
of Default Under this Guaranty . As a courtesy and accommodation to Guarantor,
but not as a condition to Guarantor’s obligations hereunder,
Lessor shall endeavor to (a) provide notice to Guarantor of
copies of any written notices of default given under the Lease at
the same time as, or promptly following, the time it gives such
notices to Lessee, (b) provide notice to Guarantor of a copy
of any other notice sent under the Lease at the same time as, or
promptly following, the time it gives the notice to the Lessee,
(c) any notice of nonrenewal of the Credit (as defined in
Section 8 below) received from the issuer thereof; and
(d) confirm to Guarantor of Lessor’s receipt of any
Rental Payments, promptly after such receipt, by fax or telephone,
or in such other manner reasonably acceptable to Lessor as Cypress
may from time to time request of Lessor, directed to Attn: Brad W.
Buss, Chief Financial Officer, Cypress Semiconductor Corp., 198
Champion Ct., San Jose, CA 95134, Telephone: (408) 943-2754,
Fax: (408) 943-4730, at such other address as Cypress may from
time to time notify Lessee (any such confirmation, however, shall
be subject to Section 4 with respect to payments recovered
from or repaid by Lessor, as contemplated under Section 4
above, and the collection of instruments received in respect of the
Guaranteed Obligations). Except with respect to any obligation of
Guarantor to provide a Substitute Credit, as provided in
Section 8 below (with
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respect to which the obligation to provide a
Substitute Credit shall be only subject to the