EXHIBIT 10.4
LIMITED
GUARANTY
THIS
LIMITED GUARANTY (this “Guaranty” )
is made as of March 30, 2007 by M. DAVID KAMRAT ,
individually, having his residence at 5194 Solar Heights, Eugene,
OR 97405 (“ Guarantor ”), to and for
the benefit of P&S SPIRIT, LLC , a Nevada
limited liability company, having an address at 2700 Lighthouse
Point East, Suite 626, Baltimore, MD 21224 (“
Lender ”).
WHEREAS , NEW WORLD BRANDS, INC. , a
Delaware corporation, ( “Borrower”)
and Lender have entered into that certain Term Loan and Security
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented or
modified from time to time, the “ Loan
Agreement ”), pursuant to which Borrower has agreed
to borrow from Lender, and Lender has agreed to lend to Borrower,
certain amounts pursuant to a term loan in the principal amount of
$1,000,000.00 (the “ Loan ”), all in
accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth
in the Loan Agreement, that certain Term Note in the amount of the
Loan having a Maturity Date of January 2, 2009 (the
“Note ”) and all of the other
agreements, documents, instruments, certificates, reports and
financing statements heretofore or hereafter executed or delivered
in connection therewith or with the Loan to be made under the Loan
Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified
from time to time, (collectively referred to herein as the “
Loan Documents ”);
WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that Lender extend the
Loan pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement, and that Borrower
and Lender execute, deliver and perform in accordance with the
terms of the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
and
WHEREAS, Guarantor has a financial interest in Borrower
and, pursuant to Lender’s request, as an incident to the
obligation of Lender to make the Loan to Borrower pursuant to the
Loan Agreement, Guarantor is required, and has agreed, to execute
and deliver Guaranty.
NOW, THEREFORE , in
consideration of the foregoing and of the covenants and agreements
hereinafter set forth, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, and as an inducement for Lender to enter into
the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the Guarantor,
intending to be legally bound hereby, agrees as follows:
1.
All capitalized terms in this
Guaranty and not defined herein shall have the defined meanings
provided in the Loan Agreement. Whenever the context so requires,
each reference to gender includes the masculine and feminine, the
singular number includes the plural and vice versa. The words
“hereof” “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Guaranty shall refer to this Guaranty as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Guaranty, and references to
section, article, annex, schedule, exhibit and like references are
references to this Guaranty unless otherwise specified. A Default
or Event of Default shall “continue” or be
“continuing” until such Default or Event of Default has
been cured or waived by Lender. References in this Guaranty to any
Person shall include such Person and its successors and permitted
assigns.
2.
Guarantor unconditionally and
absolutely guarantees (i) the due and punctual payment and
performance when due of the principal of the Loan, any Note
evidencing the Loan, and the interest thereon and of the
Obligations and any and all other monies and amounts due or which
may become due on or with respect to any of the foregoing, and the
due and punctual performance and observance by Borrower of all of
the other terms, covenants, agreements and conditions of the Loan
Documents, in any case whether according to the present terms
thereof, at any earlier or accelerated date
or dates or
pursuant to any extension of time or to any change in the terms,
covenants, agreements and conditions thereof now or at any time
hereafter made or granted, (ii) all liabilities and
obligations of Guarantor hereunder, and (iii) all costs, expenses
and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys fees and expenses, documentation and diligence fees and
legal expenses, and search, audit, recording, professional and
filing fees and expenses) that may be incurred or advanced by
Lender in any way in connection with the foregoing and/or otherwise
required to be paid by Guarantor hereunder (collectively, such
items in clauses (i) through (iii) being the
“Guaranteed Obligations” ). Guarantor
acknowledges that this Guaranty shall be deemed a continuing
guaranty of the Guaranteed Obligations under the Loan
Documents.
3.
This Guaranty is a guaranty of
payment and not a guaranty of collection. If any Guaranteed
Obligation is not satisfied when due, whether by acceleration or
otherwise, the Guarantor shall forthwith satisfy such Guaranteed
Obligation, upon demand, and no such satisfaction shall discharge
the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder until all Guaranteed
Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in cash and performed and
satisfied in full and the Loan Agreement terminated. The liability
of Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be primary and direct and
not conditional or contingent upon the enforceability of any
obligation, the solvency of Borrower or any other Person, any
obligation or circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal
or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guaranty or the
pursuit by Lender of any remedies it may have against Borrower or
any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other
Person. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Lender
shall not be required to make any demand on Borrower or any other
guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person or to
sell at foreclosure or otherwise pursue or exhaust its remedies
against any Collateral of Borrower or any other guarantor of the
Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person before, simultaneously
with or after enforcing its rights and remedies hereunder against
Guarantor, and any one or more successive and/or concurrent actions
may be brought against Guarantor in the same action brought against
Borrower or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations or
any other Person or in separate actions, as often as Lender may
deem advisable, in its sole discretion. The obligations of
Guarantor hereunder shall not in any way be affected by any action
taken or not taken by Lender, which action or inaction is hereby
consented and agreed to by Guarantor, or by the partial or complete
unenforceability or invalidity of any other guaranty or surety
agreement, pledge, assignment, Lien or other security interest or
security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations or of the value,
genuineness, validity or enforceability of the Collateral or any of
the Guaranteed Obligations.
4.
Guarantor hereby represents and
warrants to Lender (which representations and warranties shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Guaranty and the making
of the Loan under the Loan Agreement) as follows:
(A) The execution, delivery and performance by
Guarantor of this Guaranty and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not
(1) conflict with or violate any provision of any applicable
law, statute, rule, regulation, ordinance, license or tariff or any
judgment, decree or order of any court or other Governmental
Authority binding on or applicable to Guarantor or any of its
properties or assets; (2) conflict with, result in a breach of,
constitute a default of or an event of default under, or an event,
fact, condition or circumstance which, with notice or passage of
time, or both, would constitute or result in a conflict, breach,
default or event of default under, require any consent not obtained
under, or result in or require the acceleration of any indebtedness
pursuant to, any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which
Guarantor is a party or by which it or any of its properties or
assets are bound or subject; or (3) result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien or Encumbrance of any nature whatsoever upon
any of the properties or assets of Guarantor except those
contemplated under the Loan Documents;
(B) Guarantor is not (1) a party or subject to any
judgment, order or decree or any agreement, document or instrument
or subject to any restriction, any of which do or would adversely
affect or prevent its ability to execute or deliver, perform under,
consummate the transactions contemplated by, or observe the
covenants and agreements contained in, this Guaranty or other Loan
Documents to which it is a party or to pay the Guaranteed
Obligations; or (2) in default or breach of the performance,
observance or fulfillment of any obligation, covenant or condition
contained in any agreement, document or instrument to which it is a
party or by which it or any of its properties or assets is or are
bound or subject, which default or breach, if not remedied within
any applicable grace period or cure period, could reasonably be
expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect or Material
Adverse Change, nor is there any event, fact, condition or
circumstance which, with notice or passage of time, or both, would
constitute or result in a conflict, breach, default or event of
default under, any of the foregoing which, if not remedied within
any applicable grace or cure period, could reasonably be expected
to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect or Material Adverse
Change.
(C) Guarantor is in compliance with all laws,
statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances and tariffs of any
Governmental Authority with respect or applicable to it and/or its
assets and properties and is not in violation of any order,
judgment or decree of any court or other Governmental Authority or
arbitration board or tribunal, in each case except where
noncompliance or violation could not reasonably be expected to have
or result in a Material Adverse Effect, and there is no event,
fact, condition or circumstance which, with notice or passage of
time, or both, would constitute or result in any noncompliance
with, or any violation of, any of the foregoing, in each case
except where noncompliance or violation could not reasonably be
expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(D) There is no action, suit, proceeding or
investigation pending or, to Guarantor’s knowledge,
threatened before or by any court, arbitrator or Governmental
Authority against or affecting the Collateral, Guarantor, this
Guaranty or other Loan Documents to which Guarantor is a party or
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (1) that questions
or could prevent the validity of this Guaranty or other Loan
Documents to which Guarantor is a party or the right or ability of
Guarantor to execute or deliver this Guaranty or such other
documents or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby; or (2) that could reasonably be expected to have or result
in, either individually or in the aggregate, any Material Adverse
Change or Material Adverse Effect.
(E) None of the business or properties of
Guarantor, any relationship between Guarantor and any other Person,
any circumstance in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of this Guaranty, or any of the other Loan Documents to
which it is a party or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, requires a consent, approval or
authorization of, or filing, registration or qualification which
has not been obtained with, any Governmental Authority or any other
Person;
(F) Guarantor is not a party to and has not entered
into any agreement, document or instrument that conflicts with this
Guaranty or that otherwise relates to the Guaranteed Obligations
(other than the Loan Documents to which it is a party);
(G) The obligations of Guarantor under this
Guaranty are not subordinated in any way to any other obligation of
Guarantor or to the rights of any other Person;
(H) No representation or warranty made by
Guarantor in this Guaranty or in any other Loan Document contains
any untrue statement of material fact or omits to state any fact
necessary to make the statements herein or therein not materially
misleading, and there is no fact known to Guarantor which Guarantor
has not disclosed to Lender in writing which could reasonably be
expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(I) Guarantor hereby confirms, adopts and makes, as
to itself, as if set out in full herein, all of the other
representations and warranties not expressly included in this
Guaranty that are set forth in the Loan Agreement and that relate
or apply to any Guarantor (as defined in the Loan Agreement), and
shall be deemed to have made all such representations and
warranties as to itself in this Guaranty as if set out in full
herein.
(J) the foregoing representations and warranties
are made with the knowledge and intention that Lender is relying
and will rely thereon, and such representations and warranties
shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Guaranty.
5.
Guarantor hereby waives demand,
setoff, counterclaim, presentment, protest, notice of dishonor or
non-payment, as well as all defenses with respect to any and all
instruments, notice of acceptance hereof, notice of Loan or
Advances made, credit extended, collateral received or delivered,
or any other action taken by Lender in reliance hereon, and all
other demands and notices of any description, except such as are
expressly provided for herein, it being the intention hereof that
Guarantor shall remain liable as a principal until the full amount
of all Guaranteed Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in
full in cash and performed and satisfied in full and the Loan
Agreement terminated, notwithstanding any act, omission, or
anything else which might otherwise operate as a legal or equitable
discharge of Guarantor. The pleading of any statute of limitations
as a defense to any demand against Guarantor hereunder and under
the other Loan Documents is expressly waived by
Guarantor.
6.
Guarantor acknowledges and agrees
that its obligations as Guarantor shall not be impaired, modified,
changed, released or limited in any manner whatsoever by any
impairment, modification, change, release or limitation of the
liability of Borrower or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed
Obligations or any other Person or its estate in bankruptcy
resulting from the operation of any present or future provision of
the bankruptcy laws or other similar statute, or from the decision
of any court.
7.
Guarantor acknowledges and agrees
that Lender shall have the full right and power, in its sole
discretion and without any notice to or consent from Guarantor and
without affecting or discharging, in whole or in part, the
liability of Guarantor hereunder to deal in any manner with the
Guaranteed Obligations and any security or guaranties therefore,
including, without limitation, to (A) release, extend, renew,
accelerate, compromise or substitute and administer the Guaranteed
Obligations and other obligations under the Loan Documents in any
manner it sees fit, (B) release any or all collateral for the
Guaranteed Obligations, (C) release any guarantor of the
Guaranteed Obligations, (D) extend the time for payment of the
Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, (E) change the interest
rate on the Guaranteed Obligations or any Note under the Loan
Agreement, (F) reduce or increase the outstanding principal amount
of the Guaranteed Obligations or any Note under the Loan Agreement,
(G) accelerate the Guaranteed Obligations, (H) make any
change, amendment or modification whatsoever to the terms or
conditions of the Loan Documents, (I) extend, in whole or in part,
on one or any number of occasions, the time for the payment of any
principal or interest or any other amount pursuant to any Note or
for the performance of any term or condition of the Loan Documents,
(J) settle, compromise, release, substitute, impair, enforce
or exercise, or fail or refuse to enforce or exercise, any claims,
rights, or remedies, of any kind or nature, which Lender may at any
time have against Borrower or any other
guarantor of
the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, or with respect to
any security interest of any kind held by Lender at any time,
whether under any Loan Document or otherwise, (K) release or
substitute any security interest of any kind held by Lender at any
time, (L) collect and retain or liquidate any collateral subject to
such security interest, (M) make advances for the purpose of
performing any term or covenant contained in the Loan Documents
with respect to which the Borrower or any other guarantor of the
Guaranteed Obligations is in default, (N) foreclose on any of the
Collateral, (O) grant waivers or indulgences, (P) take additional
collateral, (Q) obtain any additional guarantors, (R) take a deed
in lieu of foreclosure and/or (S) take or fail to take any other
action whatsoever with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations.
Guarantor hereby waives and agrees not to assert against Lender any
rights which a guarantor or surety could exercise. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Guaranty or any other Loan Document,
Guarantor agrees that Lender has no duties of any nature whatsoever
to Guarantor, whether express or implied, by virtue of this
Guaranty or any other Loan Document, operation of law or
otherwise.
8.
Guarantor agrees that its
obligations hereunder are irrevocable, joint and several and
independent of the obligations of Borrower or any other guarantor
of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person. Guarantor shall
take all necessary and appropriate actions to ensure that this
Guaranty is and remains enforceable against Guarantor in accordance
with their respective terms and that Guarantor complies with each
of its obligations hereunder and thereunder. Guarantor shall not
(a) cause or permit to be done, or enter into or make or become a
party to any agreement (oral or written), arrangement or commitment
to do or cause to be done, any of the things prohibited by this
Guaranty or the other Loan Documents to which it is a party or that
would breach this Guaranty any other Loan Document to which
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