Exhibit
10.22
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General Agreement of
Indemnity
This General
Agreement of Indemnity (hereinafter the “Agreement”) is
made and entered into by the following individuals, partnerships,
corporations, and/or other business entities, as applicable,
Primoris Corporation; ARB, Inc.; ARB Structures. Inc; Onquest,
Inc.; Cardinal Contractors, Inc. (individually and collectively
hereinafter called the “Indemnitor(s)”) jointly and
severally, in favor of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Employers
Insurance Company of Wausau (formerly “EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF
WAUSAU A Mutual Company”), Peerless Insurance Company, and
any other company that is part of or added to the Liberty Mutual
Group, severally not jointly, and for which Liberty Bond Services
underwrites surety business (individually and collectively
hereinafter called the “Surety”) with respect to any
surety bond, undertaking, recognizance, instrument of guarantee or
other surety obligations (hereinafter called the
“Bond(s)”) requested from and/or issued by the Surety
before or after the date of this Agreement, for i) Primoris
Corporation; ARB, Inc.; ARB Structures, Inc.; Onquest, Inc.;
Cardinal Contractors Inc. ; ii) any of the Indemnitors or
Principals’ subsidiaries or affiliates, whether present or
future, and whether directly or indirectly held; and iii) any other
entity or person in response to a request from any Indemnitor or
Principal named herein, and, as to all of the foregoing, whether
they act alone or in joint venture with others whether or not said
others are named herein (individually and collectively hereinafter
called the “Principal(s)”).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Indemnitors and Principals, in the
performance of contracts and the fulfillment of obligations
generally, whether in their own names solely or as co-adventurers
with others, may desire, request, or be required to give or procure
certain Bonds, and/or to renew, continue, extend or substitute,
from time to time, the same or new Bonds with the same or different
penalties, and/or conditions, as may be desired, requested or
required, in the renewal, continuation, extension and/or
substitution thereof; or the Indemnitors or Principals may request
the Surety to refrain from canceling the Bonds; and
WHEREAS, at the request of the Indemnitors and
with both the express understanding that this Agreement be given
and in reliance upon this Agreement, the Surety has heretofore or
has presently been requested to and/or has executed or has procured
to be executed, and, from time to time hereafter, may be requested
to and/or may execute or may procure to be executed, the Bonds, on
behalf of the Principals; and
WHEREAS, the Indemnitors have a substantial,
material and beneficial interest in the obtaining of the Bonds or
in the Surety’s refraining from canceling any or all
Bonds.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
premises, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Indemnitors
and Principals for themselves, their heirs, executors,
administrators, successors and assigns, jointly and severally,
hereby covenant and agree with the Surety, its successors and
assigns, as follows:
FIRST: PREMIUMS
- The lndemnitors and Principals will pay to the Surety, promptly
upon demand, all premiums, costs and charges of the Surety for any
Bonds requested from and/or issued by the Surety in accordance with
its rate filings, its manual of rates as determined by the Surety,
or as otherwise determined by the Surety, and where such premium,
costs and charges are annual, continue to pay the same until the
Indemnitors or Principals shall deliver evidence satisfactory to
the Surety of its discharge or release from the Bonds and all
liability by reason thereof.
SECOND:
INDEMNITY - The Indemnitors shall exonerate, hold harmless,
indemnify, and keep indemnified the Surety from and against any and
all liability for losses, fees, costs and expenses of whatsoever
kind or nature including, but not limited to pre- and post-judgment
interest at the maximum rate permitted by law accruing from the
date of a breach of this Agreement or a breach of any other written
agreements between or for the benefit of the Surety and the
Indemnitor(s) and/or Principal(s) (hereinafter referred to as
“Other Agreements”), court costs, counsel fees,
accounting, engineering and any other outside consulting fees and
from and against any and all such losses, fees, costs and expenses
which the Surety may sustain or incur: (1) by reason of being
requested to execute or procure the execution of any Bond; or (2)
by having executed or procured the execution of any Bond; or (3) by
reason of the failure of the Indemnitors or Principals to perform
or comply with any of the covenants and conditions of this
Agreement or Other Agreements; or (4) in enforcing any of the
covenants and conditions of this Agreement or Other Agreements.
Payment by reason of the aforesaid causes shall be made to the
Surety by the Indemnitors and/or Principals promptly, upon demand
by the Surety, whether or not the Surety shall have made any
payment therefor and, at the Surety’s sole option,
irrespective of any deposit of collateral. If the Surety
determines, in its sole judgment, that potential liability exists
for losses and/or fees, costs and expenses for which the
Indemnitors and Principals will be obliged to indemnify the Surety
under the terms of this Agreement or Other Agreements, the
Indemnitors and/or Principals shall deposit with the Surety,
promptly upon demand, a sum of money equal to an amount determined
by the Surety or collateral security of a type and value
satisfactory to the Surety, to cover that liability, whether or not
the Surety has: (a) established or increased any reserve; (b) made
any payments; or (c) received any notice of any claims therefor. At
the Surety’s sole option, such collateral shall be in
addition to and not in lieu of any other collateral that has been
previously provided to the Surety. The Surety shall have the right
to use any collateral, or any part thereof, in payment or
settlement of any such liabilities for which the Indemnitors and
Principals would be obliged to indemnify the Surety under the terms
of this Agreement or Other Agreements. In the event of any payment
by the Surety, the Indemnitors and Principals further agree that in
any accounting between the Surety and the Principals, or between
the Surety and the Indemnitors, or either or both of them, the
Surety shall be entitled to charge for any and all disbursements
made by it in good faith in and about the matters herein
contemplated by this Agreement or Other Agreements under the belief
that it is, or was, or might be liable for the sums and amounts so
disbursed or that it was necessary or expedient to make such
disbursements, whether or not such liability, necessity or
expediency existed; and that the vouchers or other evidence of any
such payments made by the Surety shall be prima facie evidence of
the fact and amount of the liability to the Surety. Surety shall
have no obligation to invest or provide a return on any collateral
provided to it under this Agreement.
THIRD:
ASSIGNMENT - The Indemnitors hereby consenting do assign, transfer,
pledge and convey to the Surety and agree to use their best efforts
to cause the Principals to assign, transfer, pledge and convey to
the Surety as collateral security for the full performance of the
covenants and agreements herein contained, contained in Other
Agreements and for the payment of any other indebtedness or
liability of the Indemnitors and/or Principals to the Surety,
whether heretofore or hereafter incurred, the assignment in the
case of each contract being effective as of the date of the Bond
covering such contract, the following: (a) all the right, title and
interest of the Indemnitors and/or Principals in, and growing in
any manner out of, all contracts referred to in the Bonds, or in,
or growing in any manner out of the Bonds; (b) all the right, title
and interest of the Indemnitors and/or Principals in and to all
machinery, supplies, equipment, plant, tools and materials which
are now, or may hereafter be, about or upon the site or sites of
any and all contractual work referred to in the Bonds or elsewhere,
including materials purchased for or chargeable to any and all
contracts referred to in the Bonds, materials which may be in the
process of construction, in storage at the site or elsewhere, or in
transportation to any and all sites; (c) all the right, title and
interest of the Indemnitors and/or Principals in and to all
subcontracts let or to be let in connection with any and all
contracts referred to in the Bonds, and in and to all surety bonds
supporting such subcontracts; (d) all actions, causes of actions,
claims and demands whatsoever which the Indemnitors and/or
Principals may have or acquire against any subcontractor, laborer
or materialman, or any person furnishing or agreeing to furnish or
supply labor, material, supplies, machinery, tools, or other
equipment in connection with or on account of any and all contracts
referred to in the Bonds; and against any surety or sureties of any
subcontractor, laborer or materialman; and (e) any and all
percentages retained and any and all sums that may be due or
hereafter become due on account of any and all contracts referred
to in the Bonds and all other contracts whether bonded or not in
which the Indemnitors or Principals have an interest; (f) all
licenses, patents, copyrights and trade secrets; (g) all warehouse
receipts, bills of lading and general intangibles; (h) all tax
refunds and claims for tax refunds; and (i) all limited partnership
and general partnership interests; but only in the event of: (1)
any abandonment, forfeiture or breach of any contract referred to
in the Bonds or of any breach of any Bond; or (2) a default in
discharging any other Indebtedness or liabilities incurred in
connection therewith, when due; or (3) any breach of the covenants
and conditions of this Agreement or Other Agreements, including but
not limited to the failure to obtain from the Surety written
approval of a Change in Control; or (4) an assignment by any
Indemnitor or Principal for the benefit of creditors, or of the
appointment or any application for the appointment, of a receiver
or trustee for any Indemnitor or Principal whether insolvent or
not; or (5) any proceeding which deprives the Indemnitor or
Principal of the use of any of the machinery, supplies, equipment,
plant, tools or material referred to in section (b) of this
paragraph; or (6) any Indemnitor or Principal’s death,
absconding, disappearance, incompetence, insolvency, conviction of
a felony, or imprisonment, if the Indemnitor or Principal be an
individual. Principal(s) shall further obtain, maintain and assign
all proceeds from insurance coverage as may be required by the
Surety from insurance companies acceptable to Surety, including, as
may be applicable, coverage for acts of terrorism. Failure to
obtain or maintain insurance coverages so required by Surety shall
be a breach of this agreement and shall permit Surety to demand
cash collateral from Principal(s) in an amount up to and including
the full penal sum of any outstanding Bond(s).
FOURTH: UNIFORM
COMMERCIAL CODE - This Agreement shall constitute a Security
Agreement to the Surety and also a Financing Statement, both in
accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of
every jurisdiction wherein such Code is in effect and may be so
used by the Surety without in any way abrogating, restricting or
limiting the rights of the Surety under this Agreement or under
law, or in equity. A carbon, photographic or other reproduction of
this Agreement may be filed as a Financing Statement.
FIFTH: TAKEOVER
- In the event of any of the following: breach, default, or
termination asserted by the obligee in any Bond; any
Principal’s abandonment of the work or forfeiture of any
contract covered by any Bond, any Principal’s failure to pay
obligations incurred in connection therewith; or if the Principal
is an individual, in the event of the Principal’s death,
absconding, disappearance, incompetence, insolvency, conviction of
a felony, or imprisonment; the bankruptcy of any Principal; the
appointment of a receiver or trustee for any Principal or for the
property of any Principal; an assignment for the benefit of
creditors of any Principal; if any action is taken by or against
any Principal under or by virtue of the Federal Bankruptcy Code;
should reorganization or arrangement proceedings be filed by or
against any Principal under said Code; and/or if any action is
taken by or against any Principal under the insolvency laws of any
state, possession or territory of the United States, then the
Surety shall have the right, at its option and in its sole
discretion and is hereby authorized, with or without exercising any
other right or option conferred upon it by law or under the terms
of this Agreement, to take possession of any part or all of the
work under any contract or contracts covered by the Bonds, and the
Indemnitors hereby agree to use their best efforts to cause the
Principal to permit the Surety to take possession of any part or
all of the work under any contract or contracts covered by the
Bonds, at the expense of the Indemnitors and Principals, to
complete or arrange for the completion of the same, and the
Indemnitors and Principals shall promptly, upon demand, pay to the
Surety all losses, fees, costs and expenses so incurred.
SIXTH: CHANGES
- The Surety is authorized and empowered, without notice to or
knowledge of the Indemnitors or Principals, to assent to any change
whatsoever in the Bonds, and/or any contracts referred to in the
Bonds, a
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