Exhibit 10.67
HOLDINGS/THOMPSON/CENTER ARMS 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
”), Thompson/Center Arms Company, Inc., a New Hampshire
corporation (“ TCAC ”), 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,
Smith &Wesson Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ S&W
Corp. ”), 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 S&W Corp. under the
Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents (“ S&W
Corp.’s Obligations ”) and severally, as a primary
obligor and not merely as a surety, the due and punctual payment of
S&W Corp.’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 S&W
Corp.’s Obligations, including agreements and arrangements
for payment, extension, renewal, subordination, composition,
arrangement, discharge or release of the whole or any part of
S&W Corp.’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. S&W Corp.’s
Obligations Not Waived . To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, each Guarantor waives presentment to, demand of
payment from and protest to S&W Corp. or any other Person of
any of S&W Corp.’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 S&W Corp. 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 S&W
Corp.’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 S&W Corp. or any Guarantor of S&W
Corp.’s Obligations.
SECTION 3. Security. Each
Guarantor authorizes the Administrative Agent to (a) take and
hold security for the payment of this Guaranty and S&W
Corp.’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 S&W Corp.’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 S&W
Corp. 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 S&W Corp.’s
Obligations), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender,
alteration or compromise of any of S&W Corp.’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 S&W Corp.’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 S&W Corp.’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
S&W Corp.’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 S&W Corp.’s
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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 S&W Corp.’s
Obligations) of S&W Corp. 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 S&W
Corp.’s Obligations, make any other accommodation with
S&W Corp. or any other Guarantor or exercise any other right or
remedy available to them against S&W Corp. or any other
Guarantor, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability
of each Guarantor hereunder except to the extent S&W
Corp.’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 S&W Corp. 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 S&W Corp. 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 S&W Corp. 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 S&W Corp.’s
Obligations. In addition, any indebtedness of S&W Corp. or any
Subsidiary now or hereafter held by each Guarantor that is required
by the Credit Agreement to be subordinated to S&W Corp.’s
Obligations is hereby subordinated in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of S&W Corp.’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 S&W Corp.’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 stat
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