Exhibit 10.2
LIMITED GUARANTEE
OF
KELSO INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES VII,
L.P.
AND
INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS,
INC.
LIMITED GUARANTEE, dated as of
December 22, 2006 (this “ Limited Guarantee ”),
by Kelso Investment Associates VII, L.P. (“ Kelso
”) and Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (“ IAAI
” and together with Kelso, the “ Guarantors
”), in favor of ADESA, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
“ Company ”). On the date hereof, the
Company has entered into guarantees (the “ Other
Guarantees ”) with (i) ValueAct Capital Master Fund,
L.P., (ii) GS Capital Partners VI, L.P. (together with GS Capital
Partners VI Parallel, L.P., GS Capital Partners VI Offshore, L.P.
and GS Capital Partners VI GmbH & Co. KG) and (iii) Parthenon
Investors II, L.P. and Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (collectively,
the “ Other Guarantors ”) on substantially
similar terms, except as otherwise expressly provided
therein. Any capitalized term not otherwise defined herein
shall be as defined in the Merger Agreement (as defined
below).
1.
LIMITED GUARANTEE
. To induce
the Company to enter into that certain Agreement and Plan of
Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Merger
Agreement ”), by and among the Company, KAR Holdings II,
LLC, a limited liability company (“ Buyer ”),
KAR Holdings, Inc, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned
subsidiary of Buyer (“ Holdings ”) and KAR
Acquisition, Inc, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned
subsidiary of Holdings (“ Merger Sub ” and
together with Buyer and Holdings, the “ Buyer Parties
”), the Guarantors, jointly and severally, absolutely,
unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Company, on the
terms and conditions set forth herein, the prompt and complete
payment, if and when due of 29.5181% (the “ Guaranteed
Percentage ”) of the obligations of the Buyer Parties
pursuant to and in accordance with: (i) Section 8.3(d)(i) of the
Merger Agreement with respect to the Buyer Termination Fee; (ii)
Section 8.3(d)(ii) of the Merger Agreement with respect to the
reimbursement of the Company Transaction Expenses; and (iii)
Section 8.3(d)(iii) of the Merger Agreement with respect to the
reimbursement of the Company Financing Fees and Expenses and the
Credit Facility Fees and Expenses (the Guaranteed Percentage of the
payment obligations identified in clauses (i) through (iii) above,
are collectively referred to herein as the “
Obligations ”); provided , that,
notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that
the Guarantors have actually paid the Guaranteed Percentage of the
Buyer Termination Fee pursuant to clause (i) above or the
Guaranteed Percentage of the Company Transaction Expenses pursuant
to clause (ii) above, the Guarantors shall have no payment
obligation with respect to the Company Financing Fees and Expenses
or the Credit Facility Fees and Expenses referenced in clause (iii)
above; and provided , further that the maximum aggregate
amount payable by the Guarantors under this Limited Guarantee
(exclusive of any amounts required to be paid by the Guarantors
pursuant to and in accordance with Section 16 hereof (the “
Prevailing Party Costs ”)) shall not exceed the
aggregate of Eleven Million Eight Hundred Seven Thousand and Two
Hundred and Twenty Nine U.S. Dollars (U.S.$ 11,807,229) (the
“ Cap ”); it being understood that this Limited
Guarantee may not be enforced without giving effect to the Cap.
Except for Prevailing Party Costs, the Company hereby agrees
that in no event shall the Guarantors be required to pay to any
Person under, in respect of, or in connection with this Limited
Guarantee or the Merger Agreement, more than the Cap, and that the
Guarantors shall not have any obligation or liability to any Person
relating to, arising out of or in connection with, this Limited
Guarantee other than as expressly set forth
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herein.
Should either of the Buyer Parties default in the prompt and
complete payment or performance of the Obligations, the
Guarantors’ obligations hereunder shall become immediately
due and payable to the Company. The Company shall provide
Buyer and the Guarantors with reasonable documentation, as
applicable, of the Company Financing Fees and Expenses and the
Company Transaction Expenses and shall use reasonable best efforts
to provide Buyer with reasonable documentation of the Credit
Facility Fees and Expenses. All sums payable by the
Guarantors hereunder shall be made in immediately available
funds. The Company may, in its sole discretion, bring and
prosecute a separate action or actions against the Guarantors for
the full payment of the Obligations, subject to the Cap (plus any
Prevailing Party Costs), regardless of whether the action is
brought against one or both of the Buyer Parties or any Other
Guarantor or whether one or both of the Buyer Parties or any Other
Guarantor is joined in any such action or actions.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Limited
Guarantee or any other document, the obligations (i) of the
Guarantors under this Limited Guarantee shall be joint and several
and (ii) of any Other Guarantor under any Other Guarantee shall be
several and not joint.
2.
NATURE OF LIMITED GUARANTEE
.
(a)
The Company shall
not be obligated to file any claim relating to the Obligations in
the event that one or both of the Buyer Parties becomes subject to
a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding, and the failure
of the Company to so file shall not affect the Guarantors’
obligations hereunder. In the event that any payment to the
Company in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must
otherwise be returned for any reason whatsoever, the Guarantors
shall remain liable hereunder with respect to the Obligations (plus
any Prevailing Party Costs) as if such payment had not been made
(subject to the terms hereof). This is an unconditional
guarantee of payment and not of collectibility.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Limited Guarantee, the
Company hereby agrees that (i) the Guarantors may assert, as a
defense to any payment or performance by the Guarantors under this
Limited Guarantee, any defense to such payment or performance that
the Buyer Parties could assert against the Company under the terms
of the Merger Agreement, other than any such defense arising out
of, due to, or as a result of, the insolvency or bankruptcy of any
Buyer Party or any of the Other Guarantors, or any defense based
upon a claim of fraudulent conveyance and similar laws of general
applicability relating to creditors rights; and (ii) to the extent
the Buyer Parties are relieved by the parties to the Merger
Agreement (including the Company) of their obligations under
Section 8.3(d) of the Merger Agreement, the Guarantors shall be
similarly relieved of their Obligations under this Limited
Guarantee.
(b)
The Company
hereby acknowledges and agrees that, as of the date hereof, each of
the Buyer Parties’ sole assets are a de minimis amount
of cash and their respective rights under the Merger Agreement, and
that no additional funds or assets are expected to be contributed
to the Buyer Parties, except as contemplated by the Merger
Agreement in connection with the Closing.
(c)
Notwithstanding
anything that may be expressed or implied in this Limited Guarantee
or any document or instrument delivered contemporaneously herewith,
and notwithstanding the fact that either of the Guarantors may be a
partnership or limited liability company, by its acceptance of the
benefits of this Limited Guarantee, the Company covenants and
agrees that (i) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates, and the Company agrees to the maximum extent permitted
by Law, none of its officers, directors,
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security holders
or representatives, has or shall have any right of recovery under
the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby, and
to the extent that it has or obtains any such right, it, to the
maximum extent permitted by Law, hereby waives (on its own behalf
and on behalf of each of the aforementioned persons) each and every
such right against, and hereby releases, and no personal liability
shall attach to, the Guarantors or any of the Sponsor Affiliates
(as defined below), from and with respect to any claim, known or
unknown, now existing or hereafter arising, relating to the Merger
Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby, whether by or
through attempted piercing of the corporate (or limited liability
company or limited partnership) veil, or by or through a claim by
or on behalf of any Buyer Party (or any other Person) against any
Sponsor Affiliate (including, without limitation, a claim to
enforce the Equity Commitment Letters) (the “ Released
Claims ”), except for its rights to recover from the
Guarantors (but not any Sponsor Affiliate, under and to the extent
provided in this Limited Guarantee (subject to the limitations
described herein)), and its rights against the Other Guarantors
pursuant to the terms of the Other Guarantees; and (ii) recourse
against the Guarantors under this Limited Guarantee (subject to the
limitations described herein) and against the Other Guarantors
pursuant to the Other Guarantees shall be the sole and exclusive
remedy of the Company and all of its Subsidiaries and Affiliates
against the Guarantors and each Sponsor Affiliate in respect of any
liabilities or obligations arising under the Merger Agreement or
the transactions contemplated thereby. For purposes of this Limited
Guarantee, “ Sponsor Affiliate ” means,
collectively, any former, current or future director, officer,
employee, agent, general or limited partner, manager, member,
stockholder, Affiliate or assignee of the undersigned or any
Sponsor Affiliate or any former, current or future director,
officer, employee, agent, general or limited partner, manager,
member, stockholder, Affiliate or assignee of any of the foregoing;
provided, that, if the Person is an Other Guarantor, such Person
shall also have such obligations to Company as are set forth in the
Other Guarantee of such Person.
(d)
The Company
hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not institute, directly
or indirectly, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and controlled
Affiliates not to institute, in the name of or on behalf of the
Company or any other Person, any proceeding or bring any other
claim arising under the Merger Agreement or the transactions
contemplated thereby, against the Guarantors or the Sponsor
Affiliates except for claims against the Guarantors under this
Limited Guarantee (subject to the limitations described herein),
any claims against any Sponsor Affiliate that is an Other Guarantor
under an Other Guarantee, any claims for equitable relief permitted
under Section 9.12 of the Merger Agreement, or any claims permitted
under the Confidentiality Agreement.
(e)
The Company
acknowledges that the Guarantors are agreeing to enter into this
Limited Guarantee in reliance on the provisions set forth in
Sections 2(b) through (e). Sections 2(b), 2(c), 2(d) and 2(e) shall
survive termination of this Limited Guarantee.
3.
CHANGES IN OBLIGATIONS; CERTAIN
WAIVERS . The Guarantors agree
that the Company may at any time and from time to time, without
notice to or further consent of the Guarantors, extend the time of
payment of any of the Obligations, and also may make any agreement
with one or both of the Buyer Parties or any Other Guarantor for
the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, discharge or release
thereof, in whole or in part, or for any modification of the terms
thereof or of any agreement between the Company, on the one hand,
and one or both of the Buyer Parties or any Other Guarantor, on the
other hand, without in any way impairing or affecting the
Guarantors’ obligations under this Limited Guarantee.
The
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Guarantors agree
that the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be
released or discharged, in whole or in part, or otherwise affected
by: (a) the failure of the Company to assert any claim or
demand or to enforce any right or remedy against one or both of the
Buyer Parties or any Other Guarantor; (b) any change in the
time, place or manner of payment of any of the Obligations or any
rescission, waiver, compromise, consolidation or other amendment or
modification of any of the terms or provisions of the Merger
Agreement, any Other Guarantee, or any other agreement evidencing,
securing or otherwise executed in connection with any of the
Obligations (provided that any such change, rescission, waiver,
compromise, consolidation or other amendment or modification shall
be subject to the prior written consent of the Buyer Parties to the
extent expressly required by the Merger Agreement or to the prior
written consent of any of the applicable Other Guarantors, to the
extent expressly required by any of the Other Guarantees);
(c) the addition, substitution or release of any
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