Exhibit 10.68
HOLDINGS/SMITH & WESSON CORP. GUARANTY
THIS GUARANTY (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
this “ Agreement ”), dated as of
November 30, 2007, is made by and among Smith & Wesson
Holding Corporation, a Nevada corporation (“ Holdings
”), Smith & Wesson Corp., a Delaware corporation (“
S&W Corp. ”), and those additional entities that
hereafter become guarantors hereunder by executing a joinder
agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto
(each a “ Guarantor ” and collectively the
“ Guarantors ”), and Toronto Dominion (Texas)
LLC, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “
Administrative Agent” ) for the Secured Parties (as
defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below).
Reference is made to that certain
Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“ Credit Agreement ”) , among Holdings,
S&W Corp., and Thompson/Center Arms Company, Inc., a New
Hampshire corporation (“ TCAC ”) (Holdings,
S&W Corp. and TCAC are, individually, “ Borrower
”, and collectively, “ Borrowers ”), the
lenders party from time to time party thereto (the “
Lenders ”), and the Administrative Agent. Capitalized
terms used and not defined herein are used with the meanings
assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
The Lenders have agreed to make Loans
and grant financial accommodations to one or more of the Borrowers,
pursuant to, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions
specified in, the Credit Agreement. Each Guarantor acknowledges
that it has derived and will derive substantial benefit from the
making of the Loans by the Lenders to the Borrowers. As
consideration therefor and in order to induce the Lenders to make
Loans, each Guarantor is willing to execute this Agreement.
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree
as follows:
SECTION 1. Guarantee . Each
Guarantor unconditionally guarantees, jointly with any other
Guarantor of the several Obligations of TCAC under the Credit
Agreement and other Loan Documents (“ TCAC’s
Obligations ”) and severally, as a primary obligor and
not merely as a surety, the due and punctual payment of
TCAC’s Obligations. Each Guarantor waives notice of, and
hereby consents to any agreements or arrangements whatsoever by the
Secured Parties with any other Person pertaining to TCAC’s
Obligations, including agreements and arrangements for payment,
extension, renewal, subordination, composition, arrangement,
discharge or release of the whole or any part of TCAC’s
Obligations, or for the discharge or surrender of any or all
security, or for the compromise, whether by way of acceptance of
part payment or otherwise, and, the same shall in no way impair
each Guarantor’s liability hereunder.
SECTION 2. TCAC’s
Obligations Not Waived . To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, each Guarantor waives presentment to, demand of
payment from and protest to TCAC or any other Person of any of
TCAC’s Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of
its guarantee, notice of protest for nonpayment and all other
formalities. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the
Guarantee of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by
(a) the failure of any Loan Party to assert any claim or
demand or to enforce or exercise any right or remedy against TCAC
or any Guarantor under the provisions of the Credit Agreement, any
other Loan Document or otherwise; (b) any extension, renewal
or increase of or in any of
TCAC’s Obligations; (c) any rescission, waiver,
amendment or modification of, or any release from, any of the terms
or provisions of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, any other
Loan Document, any guarantee or any other agreement or instrument,
including with respect to any Guarantor under the Loan Documents;
(d) the release of (or the failure to perfect a security
interest in) any of the security held by or on behalf of the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party; or (e) the
failure or delay of any Secured Party to exercise any right or
remedy against TCAC or any Guarantor of TCAC’s
Obligations.
SECTION 3. Security. Each
Guarantor authorizes the Administrative Agent to (a) take and
hold security for the payment of this Guaranty and TCAC’s
Obligations and exchange, enforce, waive and release any such
security pursuant to the terms of any other Loan Documents;
(b) apply such security and direct the order or manner of sale
thereof as it in its sole discretion may determine subject to the
terms of any other Loan Documents; and (c) release or
substitute any one or more endorsees, other Guarantors or other
obligors pursuant to the terms of any other Loan Documents. In no
event shall this Section 3 require any Guarantor to grant
security, except as required by the terms of the Loan
Documents.
SECTION 4. Guarantee of
Payment. Each Guarantor further agrees that its guarantee
constitutes a guarantee of payment when due and not of collection
and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to any of the
security held for payment of TCAC’s Obligations or to any
balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party in favor of TCAC or
any other Person.
SECTION 5. No Discharge or
Diminishment of Guaranty. The obligations of each Guarantor
hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation,
impairment or termination for any reason (other than the
indefeasible payment in full in cash of TCAC’s Obligations),
including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or
compromise of any of TCAC’s Obligations, and shall not be
subject to any defense (other than a defense of payment) or setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of TCAC’s
Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be
discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to assert any claim
or demand or to enforce any remedy under the Credit Agreement, any
other Loan Document, any guarantee or any other agreement or
instrument, by any amendment, waiver or modification of any
provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or
other agreement or instrument, by any default, failure or delay,
willful or otherwise, in the performance of TCAC’s
Obligations, or by any other act, omission or delay to do any other
act that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk
of any Guarantor or that would otherwise operate as a discharge of
any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the
indefeasible payment in full in cash of all TCAC’s
Obligations) or which would impair or eliminate any right of any
Guarantor to subrogation.
SECTION 6. Defenses Waived. To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor
waives any defense based on or arising out of the unenforceability
of TCAC’s Obligations or any part thereof from any cause or
the cessation from any cause of the liability (other than the final
and indefeasible payment in full in cash of TCAC’s
Obligations) of TCAC
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or any
other Person. Subject to the terms of the other Loan Documents, the
Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties may, at their
election, foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by
one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of
any such security in lieu of foreclosure, compromise or adjust any
part of TCAC’s Obligations, make any other accommodation with
TCAC or any other Guarantor or exercise any other right or remedy
available to them against TCAC or any other Guarantor, without
affecting or impairing in any way the liability of each Guarantor
hereunder except to the extent TCAC’s Obligations have been
fully, finally and indefeasibly paid in cash. Each Guarantor waives
any defense arising out of any such election even though such
election operates, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or to
extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right
or remedy of each Guarantor against TCAC or any other Guarantor or
any security.
SECTION 7. Agreement to Pay;
Subordination. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in
limitation of any other right that the Administrative Agent or any
other Secured Party has at law or in equity against each Guarantor
by virtue hereof, upon the failure of TCAC or any other Loan Party
to pay any Secured Obligation when and as the same shall become
due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of
prepayment or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby promises to and will
forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Administrative Agent or
such other Secured Party as designated thereby in cash an amount
equal to the unpaid principal amount of such Obligations then due,
together with accrued and unpaid interest and fees on such
Obligations. Upon payment by each Guarantor of any sums to the
Administrative Agent or any Secured Party as provided above, all
rights of each Guarantor against TCAC arising as a result thereof
by way of right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement,
indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be subordinate and
junior in right of payment to the prior indefeasible payment in
full in cash of all TCAC’s Obligations. In addition, any
indebtedness of TCAC or any Subsidiary now or hereafter held by
each Guarantor that is required by the Credit Agreement to be
subordinated to TCAC’s Obligations is hereby subordinated in
right of payment to the prior payment in full of TCAC’s
Obligations. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on
account of (i) such subrogation, contribution, reimbursement,
indemnity or similar right or (ii) any such indebtedness at
any time when any Secured Obligation then due and owing has not
been paid, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of
the Secured Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the
Administrative Agent to be credited against the payment of
TCAC’s Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in
accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents.
SECTION 8. General Limitation on
Guarantee Obligations . In any action or proceeding involving
any state corporate law, or any state, Federal or foreign
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affe
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