EXHIBIT 10.9
SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTEE
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE, dated as of July 31, 2009
(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 C apital G rowth S ystems , I nc ., a Florida corporation (the
“Company”) and the Purchasers.
WITNESSETH:
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
Company’s Original Issue Discount Secured Convertible
Debentures, due May 30, 2011 (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, 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.
(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 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
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, (b) any defense, set-off
or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance or
fraud 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 payments
from the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person or to
realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to
exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Company,
any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral
security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any
Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not
impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied
or available as a matter of law, of the Purchasers against any
Guarantor. For the purposes hereof, “demand” shall
include the commencement and continuance of any legal
proceedings.
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