Exhibit 10.5
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTEE, dated as of March 31, 2008 (this “
Guarantee ”), made by each of the signatories hereto
(together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as
provided herein, the “ Guarantors ”), in favor
of the purchasers signatory (together with their permitted assigns,
the “ Purchasers ”) to that certain Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between Advanced
Cell Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”) and the Purchasers.
W I T
N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the
Company and the Purchasers (the “ Purchase Agreement
”), the Company has agreed to sell and issue to the
Purchasers, and the Purchasers have agreed to purchase from the
Company the Debentures, subject to the terms and conditions set
forth therein; and
WHEREAS, each Guarantor will directly benefit
from the extension of credit to the Company represented by the
issuance of the Debentures; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
premises and to induce the Purchasers to enter into the Purchase
Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby,
each Guarantor hereby agrees with the Purchasers as
follows:
1.
Definitions . Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined
in the Purchase Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings
given to them in the Purchase Agreement. The words
“hereof,” “herein,” “hereto”
and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used
in this Guarantee shall refer to this Guarantee as a whole and not
to any particular provision of this Guarantee, and Section and
Schedule references are to this Guarantee unless otherwise
specified. The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be
equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such
terms. The following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“ Guarantee ” means this
Subsidiary Guarantee, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
“ Obligations ”
means, in addition to all
other costs and expenses of collection incurred by Purchasers in
enforcing any of such Obligations and/or this Guarantee, all of the
liabilities and obligations (primary, secondary, direct,
contingent, sole, joint or several) due or to become due, or that
are now or may be hereafter contracted or acquired, or owing to, of
the Company or any Guarantor to the Purchasers, including, without
limitation, all obligations under this Guarantee, the Debentures
and any other instruments, agreements or other documents executed
and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith, in each case,
whether now or hereafter existing, voluntary or involuntary, direct
or indirect,
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absolute or contingent, liquidated or
unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether
or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later
increased, created or incurred, and all or any portion of such
obligations or liabilities that are paid, to the extent all or any
part of such payment is avoided or recovered directly or indirectly
from any of the Purchasers as a preference, fraudulent transfer or
otherwise as such obligations may be amended, supplemented,
converted, extended or modified from time to time. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term
“Obligations” shall include, without limitation:
(i) principal of, and interest on the Debentures and the loans
extended pursuant thereto; (ii) any and all other fees,
indemnities, costs, obligations and liabilities of the Company or
any Guarantor from time to time under or in connection with this
Guarantee, the Debentures and any other instruments, agreements or
other documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or
therewith; and (iii) all amounts (including but not limited to
post-petition interest) in respect of the foregoing that would be
payable but for the fact that the obligations to pay such amounts
are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a
bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the
Company or any Guarantor.
2.
Guarantee .
(a)
Guarantee
.
(i)
The Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and
irrevocably, guarantee to the Purchasers and their respective
successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and
complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the
Obligations.
(ii)
Anything herein or in any other Transaction Document to the
contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor
hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents shall in no
event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor
under applicable federal and state laws, including laws relating to
the insolvency of debtors, fraudulent conveyance or transfer or
laws affecting the rights of creditors generally (after giving
effect to the right of contribution established in
Section 2(b)).
(iii)
Each Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from
time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor
hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this
Section 2 or affecting the rights and remedies of the
Purchasers hereunder.
(iv)
The guarantee contained in
this Section 2 shall remain in full force and effect until all
the Obligations and the obligations of each
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Guarantor under the
guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall have been
satisfied by indefeasible payment in full.
(v)
No payment made by the
Company, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other
Person or received or collected by the Purchasers from the Company,
any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by
virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation
or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or
in payment of the Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce,
release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor
hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than
any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or
any payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of
the Obligations), remain liable for the Obligations up to the
maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Obligations
are indefeasibly paid in full.
(vi)
Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Guarantee, with respect to any defaulted
non-monetary Obligations the specific performance of which by the
Guarantors is not reasonably possible (e.g. the issuance of the
Company’s Common Stock), the Guarantors shall only be liable
for making the Purchasers whole on a monetary basis for the
Company’s failure to perform such Obligations in accordance
with the Transaction Documents.
(b)
Right of
Contribution .
Subject to Section 2(c), each Guarantor hereby agrees that to
the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its
proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor
shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against
any other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate
share of such payment. Each Guarantor’s right of contribution
shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2(c).
The provisions of this Section 2(b) shall in no respect
limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the
Purchasers and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Purchasers
for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor
hereunder.
(c)
No
Subrogation . Notwithstanding any payment made by any
Guarantor hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any
Guarantor by the Purchasers, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be
subrogated to any of the rights of the Purchasers against the
Company or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or
guarantee or right of offset held by the Purchasers for the payment
of the Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to
seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Company or any
other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor
hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Purchasers by the Company
on account of the Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full. If any
amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such
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subrogation rights at
any time when all of the Obligations shall not have been paid in
full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the
Purchasers, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and
shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to
the Purchasers in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly
indorsed by such Guarantor to the Purchasers, if required), to be
applied against the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in
such order as the Purchasers may determine.
(d)
Amendments, Etc. With Respect to the Obligations . Each
Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that,
without any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without
notice to or further assent by any Guarantor, any demand for
payment of any of the Obligations made by the Purchasers may be
rescinded by the Purchasers and any of the Obligations continued,
and the Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon or
for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee
therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to
time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified,
accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the
Purchasers, and the Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents and any other documents executed and delivered in
connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or
terminated, in whole or in part, as the Purchasers may deem
advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee
or right of offset at any time held by the Purchasers for the
payment of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived,
surrendered or released. The Purchasers shall have no obligation to
protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by
them as security for the Obligations or for the guarantee contained
in this Section 2 or any property subject thereto.
(e)
Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional . Each Guarantor waives
any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual
of any of the Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the
Purchasers upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or
acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Section 2; the
Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have
been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended
or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this
Section 2; and all dealings between the Company and any of the
Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Purchasers, on the other hand,
likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or
consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this
Section 2. Each Guarantor waives to the extent permitted by
law diligence,
presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or
nonpayment to or upon the Company or any of the Guarantors with
respect to the Obligations. Each Guarantor understands and agrees
that the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall be
construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of
payment and performance without regard to (a) the validity or
enforceability of the Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction
Document, any of the Obligations or any other collateral security
therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at
any time or from time to time held by the Purchasers,
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(b) any defense,
set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or
performance or fraud or misconduct by Purchasers) which may
at any time be available to or be asserted by the Company or any
other Person against the Purchasers, or (c) any other
circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of
the Company or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be
construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the
Company for the Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the
guarantee contained in this Section 2, in bankruptcy or in any
other instance. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise
pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor,
the Purchasers may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a
similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as
they may have against the Company, any other Guarantor or any other
Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the
Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any
failure by the Purchasers to make any such demand, to pursue such
other rights or remedies or to collect any payment
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