THIS SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTY, dated as of September 22, 2008 (together with all
amendments and supplements hereto, this “ Guaranty
”), is made by LENNOX INDUSTRIES INC., an Iowa corporation,
ALLIED AIR ENTERPRISES INC., a Delaware corporation, SERVICE
EXPERTS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, LENNOX GLOBAL
LTD., a Delaware corporation, and each other Subsidiary of Parent
Guarantor which, pursuant to Section 5.3(d)(19) of the
Participation Agreement, becomes a “Guarantor”
hereunder pursuant to a Subsidiary Joinder Agreement in the form of
Exhibit A hereto (a “ Subsidiary Joinder
Agreement ”), on a joint and several basis (collectively,
together with their respective successors and assigns, “
Guarantors ” and each, individually, a “
Guarantor ”), each having an address at 2140 Lake Park
Boulevard., Richardson, TX 75080, in favor of BTMU CAPITAL
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (together with its successors
and assigns, “ Lessor ”), having an address at
111 Huntington Avenue, Suite 400, Boston, MA 02199, and the
INDEMNITEES, as such term is defined in the Lease (hereinafter
defined) (Lessor and each Indemnitee are each a “ Guaranty
Beneficiary ” and, collectively, “ Guaranty
Beneficiaries ”). Terms not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings set forth in Appendix A to the
Lease.
Lessor entered
into a Lease Agreement dated as of June 22, 2006 with Lennox
Procurement Company Inc., a Delaware corporation, as lessee
(together with its successors and assigns, and together with each
other Lessee from time to time, collectively, “ Lessee
”) relating to the Leased Property (such Lease Agreement, as
supplemented or amended from time to time, together with any
Memorandum of Lease related thereto, herein called the “
Lease ”). Pursuant to the terms of the Lease, Lessee
has leased the Leased Property from Lessor for a term of years, as
more particularly set forth in the Lease. Pursuant to the terms of
the Participation Agreement, Lessor acquired the Land and
Improvements and leased the same to Lessee, which has leased the
same from Lessor and otherwise agreed to perform certain
obligations relating thereto, all as more particularly set forth in
the Lease and other Operative Documents.
Lennox
International Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent
Guarantor ”), is the owner, directly or indirectly, of
all of the issued and outstanding stock of Lessee. Parent Guarantor
executed and delivered that certain Guaranty dated as of
June 22, 2006 (the “ Parent Guaranty ”) in
favor of the Guaranty Beneficiaries wherein it agreed to, among
other things, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranty the prompt
payment and performance of all debts, duties and obligations of
Lessee under the Lease, the Participation Agreement and all other
Operative Documents. Parent Guarantor is the owner, directly or
indirectly, of all of the issued and outstanding stock of each
Guarantor and, as a result, the Guarantors and Lessee are under
common control.
Pursuant to that
certain Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of the date
hereof (the “ Assignment Agreement ”), and other
instruments, MHCB (USA) Leasing and Finance Corporation
(“MHCB”) assigned all of its rights and obligations as
Lender and Administrative Agent under the Operative Documents to
Compass Bank (“ Lender ”), and Lender assumed
such rights and obligations.
In connection with
the Assignment Agreement, the Lessee and Parent Guarantor desire to
amend certain terms of the Operative Documents and the parties are
simultaneously herewith executing and delivering that certain First
Omnibus Amendment to Operative Documents dated as of the date
hereof by and among Lessor, Parent Guarantor, Guarantors, Lessee
and Lender (the “ Omnibus Amendment
”).
In order to induce
Lessor and Lender to enter into the Omnibus Amendment, and to
induce Lender to assume all of the rights and obligations of MHCB
under the Operative Documents pursuant to the Assignment Agreement
and other instruments, the Guarantors are entering into this
Guaranty with respect to the obligations of Lessee under the Lease
and the other Operative Documents.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, each Guarantor agrees as follows:
1. Each
Guarantor, jointly with the other Guarantors and severally,
unconditionally and irrevocably guaranties, as primary obligor and
not merely as surety, to Guaranty Beneficiaries, the prompt payment
and performance of all debts, duties, liabilities and obligations
of Lessee (pecuniary or otherwise) including, without limitation,
all obligations in respect of Rent, Lease Balance, Purchase Amount,
End of Term Adjustment, fees, expenses and indemnities, under the
Lease, the Participation Agreement and all other Operative
Documents (all of the foregoing payment and performance
obligations, collectively, the “ Guaranteed
Obligations ”) as and when the same shall become due and
payable and in the manner required of Lessee. This Guaranty is an
irrevocable, absolute, present, primary, continuing, unlimited and
unconditional promise with respect to the full and punctual payment
and performance by Lessee of each of the Guaranteed Obligations,
and is not a promise of collectibility only, and is in no way
conditional upon the requirement that any Guaranty Beneficiary
first attempt to collect payment or demand performance from Lessee
or that any Guaranty Beneficiary resort to any security or other
means of obtaining such payment or performance or upon any other
contingency. If for any reason (i) any such sums shall not be
paid promptly by Lessee when due, or (ii) any such covenant,
agreement, term or condition is not performed or observed by Lessee
in accordance with the Lease, the Participation Agreement or any
other Operative Document, each Guarantor, shall, without notice or
demand of any nature, pay the same by wire transfer of immediately
available federal funds to the Person or Persons entitled thereto
pursuant to the provisions of said instruments and shall perform
and observe or cause to be promptly performed and observed every
such covenant, agreement, term and condition, in each case
regardless of (i) any defenses or rights of set-off or
counterclaims which any Guarantor or Lessee may have or assert,
other than the defense of payment and performance in full of the
Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) whether any Guaranty Beneficiary
shall have taken any steps to enforce any rights against Lessee or
any other remedy thereunder as a result of the default of Lessee
thereunder and (iii) any other event, condition, contingency
or circumstance whatsoever. Each Guarantor also agrees to pay to
such Persons such further amounts as shall be sufficient to cover
the costs and expenses of collecting such sums or any part thereof,
or of otherwise enforcing or protecting the rights of such Persons
under the Lease, the Participation Agreement, the other Operative
Documents and this Guaranty, including reasonable fees and expenses
of its attorneys and to Lessor and its attorneys for all services
rendered in that connection and in any related
proceeding.
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Notwithstanding
anything herein or in any other Operative Document to the contrary,
in any action or proceeding involving any state corporate law, or
any state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if, as a
result of applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or
fraudulent transfer, including Section 548 of the Bankruptcy
Code or any applicable provisions of comparable state law
(collectively, “ Fraudulent Transfer Laws ”),
the obligations of any Guarantor under this Section 1
would otherwise, after giving effect to (a) all other
liabilities of such Guarantor, contingent or otherwise, that are
relevant under such Fraudulent Transfer Laws and (b) the value
as assets of such Guarantor (as determined under the applicable
provisions of such Fraudulent Transfer Laws) of any rights of
subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or similar
rights held by such Guarantor pursuant to (i) applicable
requirements of law, (ii) Section 5 hereof or
(iii) any other contractual obligations providing for an
equitable allocation among such Guarantor and other Affiliates of
the Lessee of obligations arising under this Guaranty or other
guaranties of the obligations by such parties, be held or
determined to be void, invalid or unenforceable, on account of its
liability under this Section 1, then the amount of such
liability shall, without any further action by such Guarantor, any
Guaranty Beneficiary, or any other Person, be automatically limited
and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable as
determined in such action or proceeding.
2. The
obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of each Guarantor
under this Guaranty shall be absolute and unconditional, shall not
be subject to any counterclaim, setoff, deduction, diminution,
abatement, recoupment, suspension, deferment, reduction or defense
based upon any claim that any Guarantor or any other Person may
have against Lessee, any Guaranty Beneficiary or any other Person,
and, until the payment or performance in full of the Guaranteed
Obligations, shall remain in full force and effect without regard
to, and shall not be released, discharged or in any way affected
by, any circumstance or condition whatsoever (whether or not any
Guaranty Beneficiary, any Guarantor or Lessee shall have any
knowledge or notice thereof), including, without limitation, the
happening from time to time of any of the following, although
without notice to, or the consent of, any Guarantor:
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(a)
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the
waiver by any Guaranty Beneficiary of the performance or observance
by Lessee, any Guarantor or any other party of any of the
agreements, covenants, terms or conditions contained in the Lease,
the Participation Agreement, this Guaranty or any other instrument
or Operative Document;
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(b)
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the
extension, in whole or in part, of the time for payment by Lessee,
Parent Guarantor or any Guarantor of any sums owing or payable
under the Lease, the Participation Agreement, this Guaranty or any
other Operative Document, as applicable, or of any other sums of
obligations under or arising out of or on account of the Lease, the
Participation Agreement, this Guaranty or any other Operative
Document or the renewal or extension of either thereof;
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(c)
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any
assignment or subsequent reassignment of the Lease, the
Participation Agreement, this Guaranty or any other Operative
Document, in whole or in part, or the leasing or subletting of the
Leased Property or any part thereof;
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(d)
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the
modification or amendment (whether material or otherwise) of any of
the obligations of Lessee, Parent Guarantor or any Guarantor under
the Lease, the Participation Agreement, this Guaranty or any other
Operative Document, as applicable;
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(e)
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the
taking or the omission by Lessee of any of the acts referred to in
the Lease, the Participation Agreement, this Guaranty or any other
Operative Document (including, without limitation, any such acts or
omissions to which Lessor or Administrative Agent has given any
consent referred to herein or therein);
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(f)
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any
failure, omission or delay on the part of any Guaranty Beneficiary
to enforce, assert or exercise any right, power or remedy conferred
on or available to such Guaranty Beneficiary in or by the Lease,
the Participation Agreement, any other Operative Document, this
Guaranty or any other instrument, or any action on the part of any
Guaranty Beneficiary granting indulgence or extension in any form
whatsoever;
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(g)
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the
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of all or
substantially all of the assets, marshaling of assets and
liabilities, receivership, conservatorship, insolvency, bankruptcy,
assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization,
arrangement, composition or readjustment of, or other similar
proceeding affecting, any Guaranty Beneficiary, Lessee, Parent
Guarantor, any Guarantor or any other Person or any of their
respective assets;
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(h)
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the
release of Lessee, Parent Guarantor or any Guarantor from the
performance or observance of any of the agreements, covenants,
terms or conditions contained in the Lease, the Participation
Agreement, this Guaranty or any other Operative Document, as
applicable, by operation of law or otherwise, or any assignment or
reassignment thereof or of this Guaranty, as applicable, or any
invalidity or unenforceability of the Lease, the Participation
Agreement, this Guaranty or any other Operative Document;
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(i)
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any
defect in the title, or any damage to or loss or destruction of, or
any interruption or cessation in the use of the Leased Property or
any portion thereof by Lessee for any reason whatsoever (including,
without limitation, any governmental prohibition or restriction,
condemnation, requisition, or any other act on the part of any
governmental authority) regardless of the duration thereof (even
though such duration would otherwise constitute a frustration of
the Lease, the Participation Agreement or any other Operative
Document, as the case may be), whether or not resulting from
accident and whether or not without fault on the part of Lessee or
any other Person;
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(j)
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the
inability of any Guaranty Beneficiary to enforce any provision of
the Lease, the Participation Agreement or any other Operative
Document against Lessee for any reason including due to any
invalidity thereof or claim thereof;
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(k)
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any
merger or consolidation of Lessee, Parent Guarantor or any
Guarantor into or with any other Person or any sale, lease or
transfer of any of the assets of Lessee, Parent Guarantor or any
Guarantor to any other Person;
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(l)
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any
change in the corporate relationship between any Guarantor, Parent
Guarantor and Lessee;
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(m)
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the
acceptance and release by any Guaranty Beneficiary of any other
security or guarantor for any obligation hereunder;
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(n)
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any
value, estimation, termination, rejection, discharge or
disaffirmance by any Person (including trustees, trustees in
bankruptcy, liquidators or repre
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