EXHIBIT
4.2
FORM OF U.S. SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTY
U.S. Subsidiary Guaranty
U.S. Subsidiaries of DeVry
Inc.
Dated as of May 16, 2003
as amended and restated as of
January 11, 2007
Re: Credit Agreement dated May 16,
2003, as amended, among DeVry Inc. and Global Education
International, Inc. as the Borrowers, Bank of America, N.A. as
Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, and the
Other Lenders Party Thereto
Table of
Contents
(Not a part of the Agreement)
PARTIES.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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RECITALS......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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SECTION 1.
DEFINITIONS.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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SECTION 2.
GUARANTY OF OBLIGATIONS AND CREDIT
AGREEMENT........................................................................................................................................................
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SECTION 3.
GUARANTY OF PAYMENT AND
PERFORMANCE..........................................................................................................................................................................
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SECTION 4.
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE
GUARANTY..............................................................................................................................................................
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SECTION 5.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
GUARANTORS.............................................................................................................................................
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SECTION 6.
AMENDMENTS, WAIVERS AND
CONSENTS....................................................................................................................................................................................
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SECTION 7.
SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF
JURY
TRIAL.......................................................................................................................................................
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SECTION
7.1.
CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL.......................................................................................................................
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SECTION
7.2. SERVICE
OF PROCESS UPON
GUARANTORS....................................................................................................................................................................................
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SECTION 8.
NOTICES.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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SECTION 9.
MISCELLANEOUS......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Attachments to U.S. Subsidiary
Guaranty:
Exhibit A — Form of Guaranty Joinder
U.S. SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTY
As Amended and Restated
Re: Credit Agreement
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This U.S. Subsidiary Guaranty dated as of May
16, 2003, as amended and restated as of January 11, 2007 (this
“Guaranty” ) is entered into on a joint and
several basis by each of the undersigned (which parties are
hereinafter referred to individually as a
“Guarantor” and collectively as the
“Guarantors” ).
RECITALS
A. Reference is made to the Credit Agreement
dated as of May 16, 2003, as amended to and including the Third
Amendment thereto (the " Third Amendment ") dated as of
January 11, 2007 (herein, as the same may be further amended or
modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement” ) among DeVry Inc., a Delaware corporation (
“DeVry” ), Global Education International,
Inc. ( “GEI” and, together with DeVry, the
“Borrowers” ), the lenders party thereto (the
“ Lenders ”), and Bank of America, N.A. as
administrative agent (the “ Administrative Agent
”) providing for, among other things, up to $175 million in
loans (the “ Loans ”) and letters of credit
(the “ Letters of Credit ”).
B. Each Guarantor is a direct or indirect
U.S. Subsidiary of DeVry.
C. The Credit Extensions under the Credit
Agreement have benefited and will continue to benefit the Borrowers
and their Subsidiaries by, among other things, providing funds to
enable the Borrowers to finance working capital and capital
expenditures, support the issuance of standby letters of credit,
make Restricted Payments to the extent permitted in Section 7.6 of
the Credit Agreement, and for other general corporate
purposes.
D. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement as
originally executed as of May 16, 2003, each of the Guarantors
executed a Guaranty dated as of May 16, 2003 (the "Existing
Guaranty Agreement"), or a Guaranty Joinder joining such Guarantor
as a party thereto, and now desire to amend and restate such
Existing Guaranty Agreement in its entirety. The obligations of the
Lenders to make Credit Extensions under the Credit Agreement are
conditioned on, among other things, the execution and delivery by
the Guarantors of a Guaranty in the form hereof. As consideration
therefor and in order to induce the Lenders to execute the Third
Amendment and to make Credit Extensions under the Credit Agreement,
the Guarantors are willing to execute this Guaranty case as
security for the Obligations under the Credit Agreement.
E. The Administrative Agent and the
Lenders have required as a condition to the effectiveness of the
Third Amendment and to their obligations to make Credit Extensions
under the Credit Agreement that DeVry cause each Person that
hereafter at any time becomes a U.S. Subsidiary to enter into a
Guaranty Joinder in substantially the form set forth as
Exhibit A hereto (a “ Guaranty Joinder” )
as security for the Obligations under the Credit Agreement and
DeVry
has agreed to cause each Person that hereafter
becomes a U.S. Subsidiary to execute a Guaranty
Joinder.
Now, therefore, as required by the Credit
Agreement and in consideration of the premises and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, each Guarantor does hereby covenant and agree,
jointly and severally, as follows:
Capitalized terms used herein but not defined
herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement or
as the context shall otherwise require.
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Section 2.
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Guaranty of
Obligations and Credit Agreement.
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(a) Subject to the limitations set forth
in Section 2(b) hereof, each Guarantor jointly and severally
does hereby irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally guarantee
unto the Administrative Agent and the Lenders: (1) the full
and prompt payment of all Obligations (as defined in the Credit
Agreement) including, without limitation, all principal of and
interest under, all Loans (whether Base Rate Loans, Eurocurrency
Rate Loans or Swing Line Loans), all L/C Obligations, all L/C
Borrowings, all Specified Swap Obligations and all fees, expenses
and other amounts, if any, from time to time outstanding, as and
when such payments shall become due and payable, whether by lapse
of time, upon redemption or prepayment, by extension or by
acceleration or declaration or otherwise (including, to the extent
legally enforceable, interest due on overdue payments of principal)
in Federal or other immediately available funds of the United
States of America which at the time of payment or demand therefor
shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts,
(2) the full and prompt performance and observance by the Borrowers
of each and all of the obligations, covenants and agreements
required to be performed or owed by the Borrowers under the terms
of the Loan Documents, and (3) the full and prompt payment,
upon demand by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, of all
costs and expenses, legal or otherwise (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees), if any, as shall have been expended or
incurred in the protection or enforcement of any rights, privileges
or liabilities in favor of the Administrative Agent or any Lender
under or in respect of any Loan Document or in any action in
connection therewith or herewith and in each and every case
irrespective of the validity, regularity, or enforcement of any of
the Loan Documents or any of the terms thereof or any other like
circumstance or circumstances (the payment, performance and
observance of all such Obligations, covenants and agreements being
herein collectively called the “ Guaranteed
Obligations” ).
(b) The liability of each Guarantor under
this Guaranty shall not exceed an amount equal to a maximum amount
as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other
liabilities of such Guarantor, contingent or otherwise, be
enforceable under applicable law and result in the performance of
the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder and not constitute a
fraudulent transfer, obligation or conveyance.
(c) All amounts payable under this
Guaranty by each Guarantor shall be made in the lawful currency of
the United States of America.
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Section 3.
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Guaranty of
Payment and Performance.
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This is a guarantee of payment and performance
and each Guarantor hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, any right to require that any action on or in respect of
any Obligation or any Loan Document be brought against the
Borrowers or any other Person or that resort be had to any direct
or indirect security for the Guaranteed Obligations or any Loan
Document or any other remedy. The Administrative Agent on behalf of
the Lenders may, at its option, proceed hereunder against any
Guarantor in the first instance to collect monies when due, the
payment of which is guaranteed hereby, without first proceeding
against the Borrowers or any other Person and without first
resorting to any direct or indirect security for the Guaranteed
Obligations or any Loan Document or any other remedy. The liability
of each Guarantor hereunder shall in no way be affected or impaired
by any acceptance by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of any
direct or indirect security for, or other guaranties of, any debt,
liability or obligation of the Borrowers or any other Person to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender or by any failure, delay,
neglect or omission by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to
realize upon or protect any such guarantees, debt, liability or
obligation or any instruments evidencing the same or any direct or
indirect security therefor or by any approval, consent, waiver, or
other action taken, or omitted to be taken by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender.
The covenants and agreements on the part of the
Guarantors herein contained shall be joint and several covenants
and agreements, and references to the Guarantors shall be deemed
references to each of them and none of them shall be released from
liability hereunder by reason of the guarantee ceasing to be
binding as a continuing security on any other of them.
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Section 4.
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General
Provisions Relating to the Guaranty.
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(a)Each Guarantor hereby consents and agrees
that the Administrative Agent and/or any Lender from time to time,
with or without any further notice to or assent from any other
Guarantor may, without in any manner affecting the liability of any
Guarantor under this Guaranty, and upon such terms and conditions
as the Administrative Agent or such Lender may deem
advisable:
(1) extend in whole or in part (by renewal or
otherwise), modify, increase, change, compromise, release or extend
the duration of the time for the performance or payment of any
debt, liability or obligation of the Borrowers or of any other
Person secondarily or otherwise liable for any debt, liability or
obligations of the Borrowers on the Guaranteed Obligations or under
any Loan Document, or waive any Default or Event of Default with
respect thereto, or waive, modify, amend or change any provision of
any Loan Document;
(2) sell, release, surrender, modify, impair,
exchange or substitute any and all property, of any nature and from
whomsoever received, held by, or for the benefit of, the
Administrative Agent or any Lender as direct or
indirect security for the payment or performance of any debt,
liability or obligation of the Borrowers or of any other Person
secondarily or otherwise liable for any debt, liability or
obligation of the Borrowers under any Loan Document;
and/or
(3) settle, adjust or compromise any claim of the
Borrowers against any other Person secondarily or otherwise liable
for any debt, liability or obligation of the Borrowers under any
Loan Document.
Each Guarantor hereby ratifies and confirms any
such extension, renewal, change, sale, release, waiver, surrender,
exchange, modification, amendment, impairment, substitution,
settlement, adjustment or compromise and agrees that the same shall
be binding upon it, and hereby waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any and all defenses, counterclaims or offsets
which it might or could have by reason thereof, it being understood
that such Guarantor shall at all times be bound by this Guaranty
and remain liable hereunder.
(b) Each Guarantor
hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law:
(1) notice
of acceptance of this Guaranty by the Administrative Agent or the
Lenders or of the creation, renewal or accrual of any liability of
the Borrowers, present or future, or of the reliance of the
Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders upon this Guaranty (it
being understood that all Guaranteed Obligations described in
Section 2 hereof shall conclusively be presumed to have been
created, contracted or incurred in reliance upon the execution of
this Guaranty); and
(2) demand
of payment by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders
from the Borrowers or any other Person indebted in any manner on or
for any of the Guaranteed Obligations; and
(3) presentment for the payment by the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or any other Person
of any Loan Document or any other instrument, protest thereof and
notice of its dishonor to any party thereto and to such
Guarantor.
The obligations of each Guarantor under this
Guaranty and the rights of the Administrative Agent to enforce such
obligations by any proceedings, whether by action at law, suit in
equity or otherwise, shall not be subject to any reduction,
limitation, impairment or termination, whether by reason of any
claim of any character whatsoever or otherwise and shall not be
subject to any defense, set-off, counterclaim (other than any
compulsory counterclaim), recoupment or termination
whatsoever.
(c) The obligations of each Guarantor
hereunder shall be binding upon such Guarantor and its successors
and assigns, and shall remain in full force and effect until the
date on which all Commitments of the Lenders shall have terminated,
all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated and all
Obligations have indefeasibly been paid in full
(the
“Termination Date”) and such obligations shall not be
affected, modified or impaired upon the happening from time to time
of any event, including, without limitation, any of the following,
whether or not with notice to or the consent of any
Guarantor:
(1) the genuineness, validity, regularity or
enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or any of the terms of
any thereof, the continuance of any obligation on the part of the
Borrowers or any other Guarantor on or in respect of or under any
Loan Document or the power or authority or the lack of power or
authority of the Borrowers to execute and deliver any Loan Document
or of any other Guarantor to execute and deliver this Guaranty or
to perform any of its obligations hereunder or the existence or
continuance of the Borrowers or any other Guarantor as a legal
entity; or
(2) any default, failure or delay, willful or
otherwise, in the performance by the Borrowers or any other
Guarantor of any obligations of any kind or character whatsoever
under any Loan Document; or
(3) any creditors’ rights, bankruptcy,
receivership or other insolvency proceeding of the Bo