SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY
AGREEMEN T
dated as of July 28,
2008
Certain Domestic Subsidiaries
of
DYNCORP INTERNATIONAL INC. ,
as Subsidiary Guarantors,
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION ,
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SECTION 1.2 Other Definitional
Provisions
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ARTICLE II SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY
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SECTION 2.1 Subsidiary Guaranty
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SECTION 2.2 Bankruptcy Limitations on Subsidiary
Guarantors
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SECTION 2.3 Agreements for
Contribution
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SECTION 2.4 Nature of Subsidiary
Guaranty
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SECTION 2.6 Additional Guarantor Waivers and
Agreements
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SECTION 2.7 Modification of Loan Documents,
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SECTION 2.8 Demand by the Administrative
Agent
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SECTION 2.10 Benefits of Subsidiary
Guaranty
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SECTION 2.11 Termination;
Reinstatement
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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SECTION 4.2 Amendments, Waivers and
Consents
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SECTION 4.3 Expenses, Indemnification, Waiver of
Consequential Damages, etc
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SECTION 4.4 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Venue;
Service of Process
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SECTION 4.5 Waiver of Jury Trial
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SECTION 4.6 Injunctive Relief; Punitive
Damages
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SECTION 4.7 No Waiver by Course of Conduct,
Cumulative Remedies
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SECTION 4.8 Successors and Assigns
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SECTION 4.9 Survival of Indemnities
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SECTION 4.10 All Powers Coupled With
Interest
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SECTION 4.11 Titles and Captions
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SECTION 4.12 Severability
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SECTION 4.13 Counterparts; Integration,
Effectiveness
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SECTION 4.14 Advice of Counsel, No Strict
Construction
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SECTION 4.15 Acknowledgements
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SECTION 4.17 Additional Subsidiary
Guarantors
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SECTION 4.18 Secured Parties
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SECTION 4.19 Joint and Several
Liability
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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
this “ Subsidiary Guaranty ”), dated as of
July 28, 2008, is made by certain Domestic Subsidiaries of
DYNCORP INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation (“
Holdings ”) (such Subsidiaries, collectively, the
“ Subsidiary Guarantors ”, each, a “
Subsidiary Guarantor ”), in favor of WACHOVIA BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity,
the “ Administrative Agent ”) for the ratable
benefit of the Secured Parties.
Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement of
even date herewith (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement
”), by and among Holdings, DynCorp International LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the “ Borrower
”), the banks and other financial institutions from time to
time party thereto (the “ Lenders ”) and the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders have agreed to make Extensions of
Credit to the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth therein.
Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary
Guarantors, though separate legal entities, comprise one integrated
financial enterprise, and all Extensions of Credit to the Borrower
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
Borrower under the Credit Agreement that the Subsidiary Guarantors
shall have executed and delivered this Subsidiary Guaranty to the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties.
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 Borrower thereunder, the Subsidiary
Guarantors hereby agree with the Administrative Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:
SECTION 1.1 Definitions . The following
terms when used in this Subsidiary Guaranty shall have the meanings
assigned to them below:
“ Additional Guarantor ”
means each Domestic Subsidiary of Holdings which hereafter becomes
a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.18 hereof
and Section 9.11 of the Credit Agreement.
“ Applicable Insolvency Laws
” means all Applicable Law 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).
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Guaranteed Obligations ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1 .
SECTION 1.2 Other Definitional Provisions
. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this
Subsidiary 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 Subsidiary Guaranty shall refer to
this Subsidiary Guaranty as a whole and not to any particular
provision of this Subsidiary Guaranty, and Section references are
to this Subsidiary 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. Where the
context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any part
thereof, when used in relation to a Subsidiary Guarantor, shall
refer to such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Collateral or the
relevant part thereof.
SECTION 2.1 Subsidiary Guaranty . Each
Subsidiary Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally with the other
Subsidiary Guarantors, unconditionally guarantees to the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties, and their respective permitted successors, endorsees,
transferees and assigns, the prompt payment and performance of all
Obligations, 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 enforceable or unenforceable as against Holdings, the
Borrower or any other Person, 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 Secured Party or acquired by the Administrative Agent or any
Secured Party through assignment or endorsement or otherwise,
whether matured or unmatured, whether joint or several, as and when
the same become due and payable (whether at stated 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 of the foregoing being hereafter
collectively referred to as the “ Guaranteed
Obligations ”).
SECTION 2.2 Bankruptcy Limitations on
Subsidiary Guarantors . Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in Section 2.1 , it is the intention
of each Subsidiary Guarantor and the Secured Parties 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(a) .
To that end, but only in the event and to the extent that after
giving effect to Section 2.3(a) 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(a) , the amount of such
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 such Subsidiary Guarantor. The first sentence of this
Section 2.2 is intended solely to preserve the rights
of the Secured Parties and the Administrative Agent hereunder
against such Subsidiary Guarantor in such proceeding to the maximum
extent permitted by Applicable Insolvency Laws and neither
Holdings, the Borrower, such Subsidiary Guarantor, any other
Subsidiary Guarantor, any other 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.
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SECTION 2.3
Agreements for Contribution .
(a) Right of Contribution . The
Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agree among themselves that, if any
Subsidiary Guarantor shall make an Excess Payment (as defined
below), such Subsidiary Guarantor shall have a right of
contribution from each other Subsidiary Guarantor in an amount
equal to such other Subsidiary Guarantor’s Contribution Share
(as defined below) of such Excess Payment. The payment obligations
of any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Section 2.3(a)
shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the
Guaranteed Obligations until such time as the Guaranteed
Obligations (other than (i) any contingent indemnification
obligations not yet due and (ii) the Specified Obligations)
have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash and the Revolving
Credit Commitments terminated, and none of the Subsidiary
Guarantors shall exercise any right or remedy under this
Section 2.3(a) against any other Subsidiary Guarantor
until such Guaranteed Obligations (other than (i) any
contingent indemnification obligations not yet due and
(ii) the Specified Obligations) have been indefeasibly paid in
full in cash and the Revolving Credit Commitments terminated. For
purposes of this Section 2.3(a) , (i) “ Excess
Payment ” shall mean the amount paid by any Subsidiary
Guarantor in excess of its Ratable Share (as defined below) of any
Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) “ Ratable Share ”
shall mean, for any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of any payment
of Guaranteed Obligations, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) as
of the date of such payment of Guaranteed Obligations of
(A) the amount by which the aggregate present fair salable
value of all of its assets and properties exceeds the amount of all
debts and liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor (including
probable contingent, subordinated, unmatured, and unliquidated
liabilities, but excluding the obligations of such Subsidiary
Guarantor hereunder) to (B) the amount by which the aggregate
present fair salable value of all assets and other properties of
all of the Subsidiary Guarantors exceeds the amount of all of the
debts and liabilities (including probable contingent, subordinated,
unmatured, and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the
obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder) of all of the
Subsidiary Guarantors; provided , however , that, for
purposes of calculating the Ratable Shares of the Subsidiary
Guarantors in respect of any payment of Guaranteed Obligations, any
Subsidiary Guarantor that became a Subsidiary Guarantor subsequent
to the date of any such payment shall be deemed to have been a
Subsidiary Guarantor on the date of such payment and the financial
information for such Subsidiary Guarantor as of the date such
Subsidiary Guarantor became a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
utilized for such Subsidiary Guarantor in connection with such
payment; and (iii) “ Contribution Share ” shall
mean, for any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of any Excess Payment
made by any other Subsidiary Guarantor, the ratio (expressed as a
percentage) as of the date of such Excess Payment of (A) the
amount by which the aggregate present fair salable value of all of
its assets and properties exceeds the amount of all debts and
liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor (including probable
contingent, subordinated, unmatured, and unliquidated liabilities,
but excluding the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor
hereunder) to (B) the amount by which the aggregate present
fair salable value of all assets and other properties of all of the
Subsidiary Guarantors other than the maker of such Excess Payment
exceeds the amount of all of the debts and liabilities (including
probable contingent, subordinated, unmatured, and unliquidated
liabilities, but excluding the obligations of the Subsidiary
Guarantors) of all of the Subsidiary Guarantors other than the
maker of such Excess Payment; provided , however ,
that, for purposes of calculating the Contribution Shares of the
Subsidiary Guarantors in respect of any Excess Payment, any
Subsidiary Guarantor that became a Subsidiary Guarantor subsequent
to the date of any such Excess Payment shall be deemed to have been
a Subsidiary Guarantor on the date of such Excess Payment and the
financial information for such Subsidiary Guarantor as of the date
such Subsidiary Guarantor became a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
utilized for such Subsidiary Guarantor in connection with such
Excess Payment. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors recognizes and
acknowledges that the rights to contribution arising hereunder
shall constitute an asset in favor of the party entitled to such
contribution. This Section 2.3 shall not be deemed to
affect any right of subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or
contribution that any Subsidiary Guarantor may have under
Applicable Law against the Borrower in respect of any payment of
Guaranteed Obligations.
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(b) No Subrogation .
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
Secured Party, or the receipt of any amounts by the Administrative
Agent or any Secured Party 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 Secured Party against Holdings, the Borrower, the other
Subsidiary Guarantors, any other guarantor, any other Person or
against any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent or
any Secured Party for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations nor
shall any of the Subsidiary Guarantors seek any reimbursement from
Holdings, the Borrower, any of the other Subsidiary Guarantors, any
other guarantor or any other Person 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 Secured Parties on account of the Guaranteed Obligations
(other than (i) any contingent indemnification obligations not
yet due and (ii) the Specified Obligations) are indefeasibly
paid in full in cash and the Revolving Credit 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 (other than (i) any contingent
indemnification obligations not yet due and (ii) the Specified
Obligations) shall not have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash,
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 Subsidiary Guaranty .
(a) Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that
this Subsidiary Guaranty is a continuing, unconditional guaranty of
payment and performance and not of collection, and that its
obligations under this Subsidiary 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, any other Loan Document, any Specified Hedge Agreement,
any Specified Cash Management Arrangement or any other agreement,
document or instrument to which Holdings, the 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 Subsidiary Guaranty, the Credit Agreement, any other Loan
Document, any Specified Hedge Agreement or any Specified Cash
Management Arrangement, or the waiver or consent by the
Administrative Agent or any Secured Party with respect to any of
the provisions of this Subsidiary Guaranty, the Credit Agreement,
any other Loan Document, any Specified Hedge Agreement or any
Specified Cash Management Arrangement;
(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 Secured
Party in respect of such security or guaranty (including, without
limitation, the release of any such security or
guaranty);
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(iv) any structural change in,
restructuring of or other similar organizational change of
Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor, any other
guarantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates;
or
(v) to the extent permitted by Applicable
Law, any other action or circumstances which might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or
guarantor (other than payment);
it being agreed
by each Subsidiary Guarantor that, subject to the first sentence of
Section 2.2 , its obligations under this Subsidiary Guaranty
shall not be discharged until the final indefeasible payment and
performance, in full, of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than
(i) any contingent indemnification obligations not yet due and
(ii) the Specified Obligations) and the termination of the
Revolving Credit Commitments.
(b) Each Subsidiary Guarantor represents,
warrants and agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations and its
obligations under this Subsidiary Guaranty are not and shall not be
subject to any counterclaims, offsets or defenses of any kind
(other than the defense of payment) against the Administrative
Agent, the Secured Parties, Holdings or the Borrower whether now
existing or which may arise in the future.
(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 Subsidiary Guaranty, and all dealings between the Borrower and
any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the
Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties, on the other hand,
likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or
consummated in reliance upon this Subsidiary Guaranty.
SECTION 2.5 Waivers . To the extent
permitted by Applicable 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, or at law or in equity, or otherwise, to
compel the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party to proceed in
respect of the Guaranteed Obligations against Holdings, the
Borrower, any other Subsidiary Guarantor, any other guarantor 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 Secured Party to commence an action
in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations against Holdings, the
Borrower, such Subsidiary Guarantor, any other Subsidiary
Guarantor, any other 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 Secured
Parties of this Subsidiary Guaranty;
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(d) any right of diligence, presentment,
demand, protest and notice (except as specifically required herein
or in any other Loan Document) of whatever kind or nature with
respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the benefit of all
provisions of Applicable Law which are or might be in conflict with
the terms of this Subsidiary Guaranty; and
(e) any and all right to notice of the
creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the
Administrative Agent or any Secured Party upon,
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