dated as of July 14,
2009
TEXTRON FINANCIAL
CORPORATION
as Guarantor
WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Security Trustee
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED
STATES
Ex-Im Bank Credit
No. AP084206XX — United States
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Definitions
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Guarantee
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Right of
Set-off
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Subrogation
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Amendments with
respect to the Obligations; Waiver of Rights
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Guarantee
Absolute and Unconditional
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Reinstatement;
Bankruptcy, etc
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Payments
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Covenants
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Notices
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Amendments
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Cumulative
Remedies
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Severability
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Successors and
Assigns
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Governing Law;
Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial
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THIS TFC
GUARANTEE dated as of July 14, 2009 (this “
Guarantee ”) is made by TEXTRON FINANCIAL
CORPORATION , a Delaware corporation (“ Guarantor
”), in favor of WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION , as security trustee for and on behalf of the
Secured Parties (the “ Security Trustee ”) and
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES (“ Ex-Im
Bank ”).
WHEREAS ,
Guarantor has entered into the Credit Agreement (as defined below)
and certain of the other Operative Documents;
WHEREAS ,
Cessna Finance Export Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“
Borrower ”), has entered into the Credit Agreement,
the Security Agreement and certain of the other Operative
Documents;
WHEREAS ,
Textron Finance Holding Company, a Delaware corporation (“
Borrower Parent ”, and together with the Borrower, the
“ Obligors ”), has entered into the Credit
Agreement, the Share Pledge Agreement and certain of the other
Operative Documents;
WHEREAS ,
Guarantor expects to derive benefit from the making of each
Disbursement to Borrower and the financing of each Aircraft for the
relevant Eligible End User; and
WHEREAS ,
in order to induce the Secured Parties to consummate the
transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement, Guarantor is
issuing this Guarantee.
NOW ,
THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged by Guarantor, Guarantor hereby agrees
as follows:
Section 1. Definitions . Unless otherwise
defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the
meanings set forth in Part I of Appendix A to the Credit
Agreement, dated as of July 14, 2009 (the “ Credit
Agreement ”), among Guarantor, Borrower, Borrower Parent,
the Security Trustee and Ex-Im Bank, and this Guarantee shall be
interpreted with the rules of construction set forth in
Part II of Appendix A to the Credit Agreement.
(a)
Guaranteed Documents . Guarantor hereby acknowledges that it
is fully aware of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement,
each Eligible Agreement and each of the other Operative Documents
to which Borrower or Borrower Parent is or will be a party
(collectively, the " Guaranteed Documents
”).
(b)
Obligations . Guarantor hereby unconditionally and
irrevocably guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a
surety, to the Security Trustee and the other Secured Parties
(each, a “ Guaranteed Party ”, and collectively,
the “ Guaranteed Parties ”):
(i)
Borrower’s prompt payment of the principal of and interest on
the Credit, when and as due (whether scheduled, at maturity, by
acceleration, upon one or more dates set for pre-payment or
otherwise) in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and
all other amounts payable at any time by Borrower to the Secured
Parties under each Guaranteed Document to which Borrower is, or
from time to time becomes, a party including any obligation to pay
fees, expenses, post-default interest and indemnity payments;
and
(ii)
the due and punctual performance by each Obligor of all of its
other obligations and covenants under the Credit Agreement and each
other Guaranteed Document.
All of the
foregoing obligations in clauses (i) and (ii) being
collectively referred to herein as the “ Obligations
”.
(c) If
any Obligor shall fail to pay in full when due for any reason, or
timely perform, any of the Obligations, Guarantor is obligated
promptly to pay or perform or to cause to be paid or performed the
same as stated in the relevant Guaranteed Document without any
demand or notice whatsoever. In respect of the Obligations, this
Guarantee is an absolute, present and continuing guarantee of
payment and performance and not of collection and is in no way
conditional or contingent upon any attempt to collect from any
Obligor any unpaid amounts due or otherwise to enforce performance
by any Obligor.
(d) Guarantor
further agrees to pay any and all reasonable expenses (including,
without limitation, all reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel) which may be paid or incurred by the Security Trustee and
the other Secured Parties in enforcing this Guarantee.
(e) Guarantor
agrees that whenever, at any time, or from time to time, it shall
make any payment to the Security Trustee or any other Secured Party
on account of its liability hereunder, it will notify the Security
Trustee or such Secured Party, as applicable, in writing that such
payment is made under this Guarantee for such purpose.
(f) Without
limiting Section 2(d) above, any demand, step or proceeding to
enforce this Guarantee may be made by any Guaranteed Party from
time to time, and the liabilities and obligations of Guarantor
under this Guarantee may be enforced, irrespective of whether any
demands, steps or proceedings are being or have been made or taken
against the Obligors and/or Guarantor and/or any other
Person.
Section 3. Right of Set-off . Following the
occurrence or during the continuance of an Event of Default, each
Guaranteed Party is hereby irrevocably authorized at any time and
from time to time without notice to Guarantor, any such notice
being expressly waived by Guarantor to the extent permitted under
Applicable Laws, to set off any matured obligation due from
Guarantor (to the extent beneficially owned by such Guaranteed
Party), against any matured obligation owed by such Guaranteed
Party to Guarantor, regardless of the place of payment, booking
branch or currency of any obligation, or any part thereof in such
amounts as such Guaranteed Party may elect. If the obligations are
in different currencies, such Guaranteed
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Party may
convert any obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual
course of trading for the purpose of the set-off. Such Guaranteed
Party shall notify Guarantor of any such set-off and the
application made by such Guaranteed Party of the proceeds thereof,
in each case promptly after the same shall have occurred;
provided that the failure to give such notice shall not
affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of
such Guaranteed Party under this paragraph are in addition to other
rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of
set-off) which such Guaranteed Party has.
Section 4. Subrogation . Guarantor shall be
subrogated to the rights, if any, of the Secured Parties in respect
of any matter with respect to which an amount has been paid by
Guarantor hereunder; provided always that any subrogation rights to
which Guarantor becomes entitled by reason of performance of any of
its obligations hereunder shall be subject and subordinate to the
rights of the Secured Parties against any Obligor under any
Guaranteed Document and the exercise of any such subrogation rights
of Guarantor shall be deferred until all Obligations have been paid
in full and fully performed. If any amount shall be paid to
Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when
all of the Obligations shall not have been paid in full or fully
discharged, such amount shall be held by Guarantor in trust for the
Security Trustee segregated from other funds of Guarantor, and
shall, forthwith upon receipt by Guarantor, be turned over to the
Security Trustee in the exact form received by Guarantor (duly
endorsed by Guarantor to the Security Trustee, if required), to be
applied against the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in
accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.
Section 5. Amendments with respect to the
Obligations; Waiver of Rights . Guarantor shall remain
obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation
of rights against Guarantor, and without notice to or further
assent by Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the
Obligations made by a Guaranteed Party may be rescinded by the
Security Trustee and any of such Obligations continued, and the
Obligations or the liability of any other party 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, increased, modified,
accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by any
Guaranteed Party in accordance with the Operative Documents and any
other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may
be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in
part, in accordance with the Operative Documents as any Guaranteed
Party may deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral
security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by any
Guaranteed Party for the payment of the Obligations may be sold,
exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. The Guaranteed Parties
shall not have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure
any Lien at any time held by it as security for the Obligations or
for this Guarantee or any property subject thereto. When making any
demand hereunder against Guarantor, the applicable Guaranteed Party
may but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on
any Obligor or any other guarantor, and any failure by a Guaranteed
Party to make any such demand or to collect any payments from any
Obligor or any such other guarantor or any release of any Obligor
or such other guarantor shall not relieve Guarantor of its
obligations or liabilities hereunder, and shall not impair or
affect the rights and remedies, express or implied, or as a matter
of law, of the Guaranteed Parties against Guarantor (provided that
such demand is made within any period required by any applicable
statute of limitations or similar law affecting the demand). No
Guaranteed Party shall be obliged to enforce any remedies against
either Obligor or any guarantee or security that it may hold
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being entitled
to payment from the Guarantor of the Obligations. For the purposes
hereof, “demand” shall include the commencement and
continuance of any legal proceedings.
Section 6. Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional
. Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal,
extension, amendment, variation, waiver or accrual of any of the
Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Secured
Parties upon this Guarantee or acceptance of this Guarantee. The
Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have
been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended,
amended, varied or waived, in reliance upon this Guarantee; and all
dealings between any Obligor and Guarantor, on the one hand, and
the Guaranteed Parties on the other, shall likewise be conclusively
presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this
Guarantee. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Guarantor
waives all defenses of a surety or guarantor to which it may be
entitled by statute or otherwise. Guarantor waives diligence,
presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or
nonpayment to or upon any Obligor or Guarantor with respect to the
Obligations. This Guarantee shall be construed as a continuing,
absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to
(a) the validity, regularity or enforceability of any
Guaranteed 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 Security
Trustee or any other Person, (b) any defense, set-off or
counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or
performa
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