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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT

Guarantee Agreement

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT | Document Parties: ALLIANCE TRADING, INC | CYPRESS, INC | FORT WAYNE POOLS, INC | POOL DEVELOPMENT LLC | SCP ACQUISITION CO LLC | SCP DISTRIBUTORS LLC | SCP INTERNATIONAL, INC | SCP NORTHPARK LLC | SCP POOL CORPORATION | SUPERIOR POOL PRODUCTS LLC | US Borrower, SCP DISTRIBUTORS INC | WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION You are currently viewing:
This Guarantee Agreement involves

ALLIANCE TRADING, INC | CYPRESS, INC | FORT WAYNE POOLS, INC | POOL DEVELOPMENT LLC | SCP ACQUISITION CO LLC | SCP DISTRIBUTORS LLC | SCP INTERNATIONAL, INC | SCP NORTHPARK LLC | SCP POOL CORPORATION | SUPERIOR POOL PRODUCTS LLC | US Borrower, SCP DISTRIBUTORS INC | WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

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Title: SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT
Governing Law: North Carolina     Date: 3/1/2005

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT, Parties: alliance trading  inc , cypress  inc , fort wayne pools  inc , pool development llc , scp acquisition co llc , scp distributors llc , scp international  inc , scp northpark llc , scp pool corporation , superior pool products llc , us borrower  scp distributors inc , wachovia bank  national association
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Exhibit 10.22

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT, dated as of November 2, 2004, made by certain Domestic Subsidiaries (collectively, the “ Subsidiary Guarantors ”, each, a “ Subsidiary Guarantor ”) of SCP POOL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “ US Borrower ”), in favor of WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) for the ratable benefit of itself, and the financial institutions (the “ Lenders ”) from time to time parties to the Credit Agreement, dated of even date herewith (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), by and among the US Borrower, SCP DISTRIBUTORS INC., a company organized under the laws of Ontario (the “ Canadian Borrower ” and together with the US Borrower, the “ Borrowers ”), the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have agreed to make Extensions of Credit to the Borrowers upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein.

The Borrowers and the Subsidiary Guarantors, though separate legal entities, comprise one integrated financial enterprise, and all Extensions of Credit to the Borrowers will inure, directly or indirectly, to the benefit of each of the Subsidiary Guarantors.

It is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement that the Subsidiary Guarantors shall have executed and delivered this Guaranty to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of itself and the Lenders.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, and to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrowers thereunder, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of itself and the Lenders, as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINED TERMS

SECTION 1.1    Definitions . The following terms when used in this Guaranty shall have the meanings assigned to them below:

Applicable Insolvency Laws ” means all Applicable Laws governing bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debts, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency, fraudulent transfers or conveyances or other similar laws (including, without limitation, 11 U.S.C. Sections 544, 547, 548 and 550 and other “avoidance” provisions of Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended or supplemented).

Guaranteed Obligations ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 .

Guaranty ” means this Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

SECTION 1.2 Other Definitional Provisions . Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Guaranty including the preambles and recitals hereof shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement. In the event of a conflict between capitalized terms defined herein and in the Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement shall control. The words “hereof,” “herein”, “hereto” 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 Section references are to this Guaranty unless otherwise specified. The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

 

 

 

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ARTICLE II

 

GUARANTY

SECTION 2.1    Guaranty . Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally with the other Subsidiary Guarantors, unconditionally guarantees to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of itself and the Lenders, and their respective permitted successors, endorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt payment and performance of all Obligations of the Borrowers, whether primary or secondary (whether by way of endorsement or otherwise), whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether or not from time to time reduced or extinguished (except by payment thereof) or hereafter increased or incurred, whether or not recovery may be or hereafter becomes barred by the statute of limitations, whether enforceable or unenforceable as against such Borrower, whether or not discharged, stayed or otherwise affected by any Applicable Insolvency Law or proceeding thereunder, whether created directly with the Administrative Agent or any Lender or acquired by the Administrative Agent or any Lender through assignment, endorsement or otherwise, whether matured or unmatured, whether joint or several, as and when the same become due and payable (whether at maturity or earlier, by reason of acceleration, mandatory repayment or otherwise), in accordance with the terms of any such instruments evidencing any such obligations, including all renewals, extensions or modifications thereof (all Obligations of the Borrowers, including all of the foregoing being hereafter collectively referred to as the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”).

SECTION 2.2    Bankruptcy Limitations on each Guarantor . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.1 , it is the intention of each Subsidiary Guarantor, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, in any proceeding involving the bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debts, relief of debtors, dissolution or insolvency or any similar proceeding with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor or its assets, the amount of such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations shall be equal to, but not in excess of, the maximum amount thereof not subject to avoidance or recovery by operation of Applicable Insolvency Laws after giving effect to Section 2.3 . To that end, but only in the event and to the extent that after giving effect to Section 2.3 such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any payment made pursuant to such Guaranteed Obligations would, but for the operation of the first sentence of this Section 2.2 , be subject to avoidance or recovery in any such proceeding under Applicable Insolvency Laws after giving effect to Section 2.3 , the amount of each Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations shall be limited to the largest amount which, after giving effect thereto, would not, under Applicable Insolvency Laws, render such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations unenforceable or avoidable or otherwise subject to recovery under Applicable Insolvency Laws. To the extent any payment actually made pursuant to the Guaranteed Obligations exceeds the limitation of the first sentence of this Section 2.2 and is otherwise subject to avoidance and recovery in any such proceeding under Applicable Insolvency Laws, the amount subject to avoidance shall in all events be limited to the amount by which such actual payment exceeds such limitation and the Guaranteed Obligations as limited by the first sentence of this Section 2.2 shall in all events remain in full force and effect and be fully enforceable against each Subsidiary Guarantor. The first sentence of this Section 2.2 is intended solely to preserve the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder against each Subsidiary Guarantor in such proceeding to the maximum extent permitted by Applicable Insolvency Laws and neither such Subsidiary Guarantor, any Borrower, any other Subsidiary Guarantor nor any other Person shall have any right or claim under such sentence that would not otherwise be available under Applicable Insolvency Laws in such proceeding.

SECTION 2.3

Agreements for Contribution .

(a) To the extent any Subsidiary Guarantor is required, by reason of its obligations hereunder, to pay to the Administrative Agent or any Lender an amount greater than the amount of value (as determined in accordance with Applicable Insolvency Laws) actually made available to or for the benefit of such Subsidiary Guarantor on account of the Credit Agreement, this Guaranty or any other Loan Document, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall have an enforceable right of contribution against the Borrowers and the remaining Subsidiary Guarantors, and the Borrowers and the remaining Subsidiary Guarantors shall be jointly and severally liable for repayment of the full amount of such excess payment. Subject only to the subordination provided in Section 2.3(d), such Subsidiary Guarantor further shall be subrogated to any and all rights of the Lenders against the Borrowers and the remaining Subsidiary Guarantors to the extent of such excess payment.

(b) To the extent that any Subsidiary Guarantor would, but for the operation of this Section 2.3 and by reason of its obligations hereunder or its obligations to other Subsidiary Guarantors under this Section 2.3 , be rendered insolvent for any purpose under Applicable Insolvency Laws, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agrees to indemnify such Subsidiary Guarantor and commits to make a contribution to such Subsidiary Guarantor’s capital in

 

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an amount at least equal to the amount necessary to prevent such Subsidiary Guarantor from having been rendered insolvent by reason of the incurrence of any such obligations.

(c) To the extent that any Subsidiary Guarantor would, but for the operation of this Section 2.3 , be rendered insolvent under any Applicable Insolvency Law by reason of its incurring of obligations to any other Subsidiary Guarantor under the foregoing Sections 2.3(a) and (b), such Subsidiary Guarantor shall, in turn, have rights of contribution and indemnity, to the full extent provided in the foregoing Sections 2.3(a) and (b), against the Borrowers and the remaining Subsidiary Guarantors, such that all obligations of all of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder and under this Section 2.3 shall be allocated in a manner such that no Subsidiary Guarantor shall be rendered insolvent for any purpose under Applicable Insolvency Law by reason of its incurrence of such obligations.

(d) Notwithstanding any payment or payments by any of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder, or any set-off or application of funds of any of the Subsidiary Guarantors by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the receipt of any amounts by the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations, none of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrowers or the other Subsidiary Guarantors or against any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations nor shall any of the Subsidiary Guarantors seek any reimbursement from the Borrowers or any of the other Subsidiary Guarantors in respect of payments made by such Subsidiary Guarantor in connection with the Guaranteed Obligations, until all amounts owing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on account of the Guaranteed Obligations are paid in full and the Commitments are terminated. If any amount shall be paid to any Subsidiary Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been paid in full or the Commitments shall not have been terminated, such amount shall be held by such Subsidiary Guarantor in trust for the Administrative Agent, segregated from other funds of such Subsidiary Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Subsidiary Guarantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Subsidiary Guarantor (duly endorsed by such Subsidiary Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, if required) to be applied against the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as set forth in the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 2.4

Nature of Guaranty .

(a) Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that this Guaranty is a continuing, unconditional guaranty of payment and performance and not of collection, and that its obligations under this Guaranty shall be primary, absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and unaffected by:

 

(i)

the genuineness, validity, regularity, enforceability or any future amendment of, or change in, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other agreement, document or instrument to which any Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates is or may become a party;

 

(ii)

the absence of any action to enforce this Guaranty, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or the waiver or consent by the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect to any of the provisions of this Guaranty, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document;

 

(iii)

the existence, value or condition of, or failure to perfect its Lien against, any security for or other guaranty of the Guaranteed Obligations or any action, or the absence of any action, by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in respect of such security or guaranty (including, without limitation, the release of any such security or guaranty);

(iv)

any structural change in, restructuring of or similar change of any Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries; or

 

(v)

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 each Subsidiary Guarantor that, subject to the first sentence of Section 2.2 , its obligations under this Guaranty shall not be discharged until the final indefeasible payment and performance, in full, of the Guaranteed Obligations and the termination of the Commitments; provided that a Subsidiary Guarantor may be released from the Guaranteed Obligations pursuant to Section 4.16 of this Guaranty.

(b) Each Subsidiary Guarantor represents, warrants and agrees that its obligations under this Guaranty are not and shall not be subject to any counterclaims, offsets or defenses of any kind against the Administrative Agent the Lenders or the Borrowers whether now existing or which may arise in the future.

 

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(c) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees and acknowledges that the Guaranteed 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 this Guaranty, and all dealings between any Borrower and any Subsidiary Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this Guaranty.

SECTION 2.5    Waivers . To the extent permitted by law, each Subsidiary Guarantor expressly waives all of the following rights and defenses (and agrees not to take advantage of or assert any such right or defense):

(a) any rights it may now or in the future have under any statute (including, without limitation, North Carolina General Statutes Section 26-7, et seq. or similar law), or at law or in equity, or otherwise, to compel the Administrative Agent or any Lender to proceed in respect of the Obligations against any Borrower or any other Person or against any security for or other guaranty of the payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations before proceeding against, or as a condition to proceeding against, such Subsidiary Guarantor;

(b) any defense based upon the failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to commence an action in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations against any Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person or any security for the payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations;

(c) any right to insist upon, plead or in any manner whatever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any appraisal, valuation, stay, extension, marshalling 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 such Subsidiary Guarantor of its obligations under, or the enforcement by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders of this Guaranty;

(d) any right of diligence, presentment, demand, protest and notice (except as specifically required herein) of whatever kind or nature with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and waives, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the benefit of all provisions of law which are or might be in conflict with the terms of this Guaranty; and

(e) any and all right to notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon, or acceptance of, this Guaranty.

Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that any notice or directive given at any time to the Administrative Agent or any Lender which is inconsistent with any of the foregoing waivers shall be null and void and may be ignored by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, 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 Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders have specifically agreed otherwise in writing. The foregoing waivers are of the essence of the transaction contemplated by the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and, but for this Guaranty and such waivers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders would decline to enter into the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

SECTION 2.6    Modification of Loan Documents, etc . Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall incur any liability to any Subsidiary Guarantor as a result of any of the following, and none of the following shall impair or release this Guaranty or any of the obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty:

(a) any change or extension of the manner, place or terms of payment of, or renewal or alteration of all or any portion of, the Guaranteed Obligations;

(b) any action under or in respect of the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents in the exercise of any remedy, power or privilege contained therein or available to any of them at law, in equity or otherwise, or waiver or refrain from exercising any such remedies, powers or privileges;

(c) any amendment or modification, in any manner whatsoever, of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document;

(d) any extension or waiver of the time for performance by any Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person of, or compliance with, any term, covenant or agreement on its part to be performed or observed under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, or waive such performance or compliance or consent to a failure of, or departure from, such performance or compliance;

(e) any taking and holding of security or collateral for the payment of the Obligations or the sale, exchange, release, disposal of, or other dealing with, any property pledged, mortgaged or conveyed, or in which the Administrative Agent or the Lenders have been granted a Lien, to secure any Indebtedness of any Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders;

 

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(f) any release of anyone who may be liable in any manner for the payment of any amounts owed by any Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person to the Administrative Agent or any Lender;

(g) any modification or termination of the terms of any intercreditor or subordination agreement pursuant to which claims of other creditors of any Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person are subordinated to the claims of the Administrative Agent or any Lender; or

(h) any application of any sums by whomever paid or however realized to any Obligations owing by any Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in such manner as the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall determine in its reasonable discretion.

SECTION 2.7    Demand by the Administrative Agent . In addition to the terms set forth in this Article II and in no manner imposing any limitation on such terms, if all or any portion of the then


 
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