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EXECUTION COPY
LIMITED GUARANTY AGREEMENT
THIS LIMITED GUARANTY AGREEMENT
(this “ Guaranty ”), dated as of
September 28, 2007, by and between SCOTT
DORFMAN , an individual resident of
Georgia (“ Guarantor
”) and CHATHAM CREDIT
MANAGEMENT III, LLC, a Georgia limited
liability company, individually and as agent (in such capacity,
“ Agent ”) for itself and the lenders from time to time signatory
to the Loan Agreement hereinafter defined (“
Lenders ”).
W I T N E S S E T H
:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Loan and Security
Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and between Innotrac
Corporation, a Georgia corporation (“ Borrower ”) Agent and the
Persons signatory thereto from time to time as Lenders (including
all annexes, exhibits and schedules thereto, and as from time to
time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the
“ Loan Agreement
”), the Lenders have agreed, subject to
certain terms and conditions, to make the Term Loan to
Borrower;
WHEREAS, Guarantor is a shareholder and officer of
Borrower and, as such, Guarantor will derive direct and indirect
economic benefits from the making of the Term Loan to the Borrower
pursuant to the Loan Agreement; and
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Lending Parties to
enter into the Loan Agreement and other Loan Documents and to
induce Lenders to make the Term Loan as provided for in the Loan
Agreement, the Guarantor has agreed to guarantee payment of the
Obligations;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and
the covenants hereinafter contained, and to induce Lenders to
provide the Loans and other financial accommodations under the Loan
Agreement, it is agreed as follows:
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Loan Agreement, unless otherwise
defined herein.
2.1.
Guaranty of Guaranteed Obligations of
Borrower . Subject to
Section 9 hereof,
Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to Agent and Lenders,
and their respective successors, endorsees, transferees and
assigns, the prompt payment (whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) and performance of the Obligations of
Borrower under the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents
(hereinafter the “ Guaranteed
Obligations ”). Guarantor agrees
that this Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and performance and not
of collection, and that Guarantor’s obligations under this
Guaranty shall be primary, absolute and unconditional, irrespective
of, and unaffected by:
(a) the
genuineness, validity, regularity, enforceability or any future
amendment of, or change in this Guaranty, any other Loan Document
or any other agreement, document or instrument to which Borrower
and/or Guarantor are or may become a party;
(b) the
absence of any action to enforce this Guaranty or any other Loan
Document or the waiver or consent by Agent and/or Lenders with
respect to any of the provisions thereof;
(c) the
existence, value or condition of, or failure to perfect its Lien
against, any Collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations or any
action, or the absence of any action, by Agent in respect thereof
(including, without limitation, the release of any such
security);
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(d)
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the insolvency of Borrower; or
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(e) any other
action or circumstances which might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor,
it being agreed by Guarantor that its obligations
under this Guaranty shall not be discharged until the Termination
Date. Guarantor shall be regarded, and shall be in the same
position, as principal debtor with respect to the Guaranteed
Obligations. Guarantor agrees that any notice or directive given at
any time to Agent which is inconsistent with the waiver in the
immediately preceding sentence shall be null and void and may be
ignored by the Lending Parties, and, in addition, may not be
pleaded or introduced as evidence in any litigation relating to
this Guaranty for the reason that such pleading or introduction
would be at variance with the written terms of this Guaranty,
unless the Lending Parties have specifically agreed otherwise in
writing. It is agreed among Guarantor and the Lending Parties that
the foregoing waivers are of the essence of the transaction
contemplated by the Loan Documents and that, but for this Guaranty
and such waivers, the Lending Parties would decline to enter into
the Loan Agreement.
2.2.
Demand by Agent or Lenders . In addition to the terms of the Guaranty set forth in
Section 2.1 hereof, and
in no manner imposing any limitation on such terms, it is expressly
understood and agreed that, if, at any time, the outstanding
principal amount of the Guaranteed Obligations (including all
accrued interest thereon) is declared to be immediately due and
payable, then Guarantor shall, without demand, pay to the holders
of the Guaranteed Obligations the entire outstanding Guaranteed
Obligations due and owing to such holders. Payment by Guarantor
shall be made to Agent in immediately available Federal funds to an
account designated by Agent or at the address set forth herein for
the giving of notice to Agent or at any other address that may be
specified in writing from time to time by Agent, and shall be
credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations.
2.3.
Enforcement of Guaranty . In no event shall Agent have any obligation (although it is
entitled, at its option) to proceed against Borrower or any other
Borrower or any Collateral pledged to secure Guaranteed Obligations
before seeking satisfaction from either of the Guarantors, and
Agent may proceed, prior or subsequent to, or simultaneously with,
the enforcement of Agent’s rights hereunder, to exercise any
right or remedy which it may have against any Collateral, as a
result of any Lien it may have as security for all or any portion
of the Guaranteed Obligations.
2.4.
Waiver . In addition to
the waivers contained in Section
2.1 hereof, Guarantor waives, and agrees
that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead or in any manner
whatever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any appraisal,
valuation, stay, extension, marshaling of assets or redemption
laws, or exemption, whether now or at any time hereafter in force,
which may delay, prevent or otherwise affect the performance by
Guarantor of its Guaranteed Obligations under, or the enforcement
by Agent or Lenders of, this Guaranty. Guarantor hereby waives
diligence, presentment and demand (whether for non-payment or
protest or of acceptance, maturity, extension of time, change in
nature or form of the Guaranteed Obligations, acceptance of further
security, release of further security, composition or agreement
arrived at as to the amount of, or the terms of, the Guaranteed
Obligations, notice of adverse change in Borrower’s financial
condition or any other fact which might increase the risk to
Guarantor) with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations or all
other demands whatsoever and waive the benefit of all provisions of
law which are or might be in conflict with the terms of this
Guaranty. Guarantor represents, warrants and agrees that, as of the
date of this Guaranty, its obligations under this Guaranty are not
subject to any offsets or defenses against Agent or Lenders or
Borrower of any kind. Guarantor further agrees that its obligations
under this Guaranty shall not be subject to any counterclaims,
offsets or defenses against any Lending Party or against Borrower
of any kind which may arise in the future.
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2.5.
Benefit of Guaranty .
The provisions of this Guaranty are for the benefit of the Lending
Parties and their respective successors, transferees, endorsees and
assigns, and nothing herein contained shall impair, as between
Borrower and the Lending Parties, the obligations of Borrower under
the Loan Documents. In the event all or any part of the Guaranteed
Obligations are transferred, indorsed or assigned by Agent or any
Lender to any Person or Persons, any reference to
“Agent” or “Lender” herein shall be deemed
to refer equally to such Person or Persons.
2.6.
Modification of Guaranteed Obligations,
Etc . Guarantor hereby acknowledges and
agrees that any of the Lending Parties may at any time or from time
to time, with or without the consent of, or notice to,
Guarantor:
(a) change or
extend the manner, place or terms of payment of, or renew or alter
all or any portion of, the Guaranteed Obligations;
(b) take
any action under or in respect of the Loan Documents in the
exercise of any remedy, power or privilege contained therein or
available to it at law, equity or otherwise, or waive or refrain
from exercising any such remedies, powers or privileges;
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(c)
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amend or modify, in any manner whatsoever, the Loan
Documents;
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(d) extend
or waive the time for Borrower’s performance of, or
compliance with, any term, covenant or agreement on its part to be
performed or observed under the Loan Documents, or waive such
performance or compliance or consent to a failure of, or departure
from, such performance or compliance;
(e) take and
hold Collateral for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations
guaranteed hereby or sell, exchange, release, dispose of, or
otherwise deal with, any property pledged, mortgaged or conveyed,
or in which Agent or Lenders have been granted a Lien, to secure
any Obligations;
(f) release
anyone who may be liable in any manner for the payment of any
amounts owed by Guarantor or Borrower to any Lending
Party;
(g) modify
or terminate the terms of any intercreditor or subordination
agreement pursuant to which claims of other creditors of Guarantor
or Borrower are subordinated to the claims of the Lending Parties;
and/or
(h) apply
any sums by whomever paid or however realized to any amounts owing
by Guarantor or Borrower to any Lending Party in such manner as
such Lending Party shall determine in its discretion;
and Agent and Lenders shall not incur any liability
to Guarantor as a result thereof, and no such action shall impair
or release the Guaranteed Obligations of the Guarantors under this
Guaranty.
2.7.
Reinstatement . This
Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be
effective should any petition be filed by or against Borrower or
Guarantor for liquidation or reorganization, should Borrower or
Guarantor become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of
creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or
any significant part of Borrower’s or Guarantor’s
assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the
case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the
Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to
applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise
be restored or returned by Agent or any Lender, whether as a
“voidable preference,” “fraudulent
conveyance,” or otherwise, all as though such payment or
performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or
any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the
Guaranteed Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only
by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or
returned.
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2.8.
Deferral of Subrogation, Etc
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Guaranty, or in any other Loan Document, Guarantor
hereby:
(a) expressly
and irrevocably waives, on behalf of itself and its heirs,
successors, assigns and personal representatives (including any
surety) until the Termination Date, any and all rights at law or in
equity to subrogation, to reimbursement, to exoneration, to
contribution, to indemnification, to set off or to any other rights
that could accrue to a surety against a principal, to Guarantor
against a principal, to Guarantor against a maker or obligor, to an
accommodation party against the party accommodated, to a holder or
transferee against a maker, or to the holder of any claim against
any Person, and which Guarantor may have or hereafter acquire
against Borrower in connection with or as a result of
Guarantor’s execution, delivery and/or performance of this
Guaranty, or any other documents to which Guarantor is a party or
otherwise; and
(b) acknowledges and
agrees (i) that this waiver is intended to benefit the Lending
Parties and shall not limit or otherwise effect Guarantor’s
liability hereunder or the enforceability of this Guaranty, and
(ii) that the Lending Parties and their respective successors and
assigns are intended third party beneficiaries of the waivers and
agreements set forth in this Section
2.8 and their rights under this
Section 2.8 shall
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