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These excerpts taken from the SIRI 10-Q filed May 11, 2009. Guarantee SECTION 2.01. Guarantee. (a) Each Subsidiary Guarantor unconditionally guarantees, jointly with the other Subsidiary Guarantors and severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the due and punctual payment of the Purchase Money Obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that the Purchase Money Obligations may be extended, increased or renewed, in whole or in part, or amended or modified without notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any extension, increase or renewal, or amendment or modification, of any Purchase Money Obligation, and agrees to pay any and all expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by any Agent or any Purchase Money Lender in enforcing any rights under this guarantee or any other Loan Document. Each Subsidiary Guarantor does hereby (i) waive notice of acceptance of this guarantee; (ii) waive any notices or demands that are not required by this Agreement or the Credit Agreement, as well as any other notices or demands that may otherwise be imposed by law; (iii) waive any and all rights that such Subsidiary Guarantor may have under any antideficiency statute or similar protections; (iv) agree not to assert any defense, right of set off or other claim which such Subsidiary Guarantor may have against the Borrower; (v) waive presentment, demand for performance, notice of nonperformance or dishonor, protest and notice of protest, promptness, diligence in collection and any and all formalities which otherwise might be legally required to charge such Subsidiary Guarantor with liability; and (vi) waive and agree not to assert or take advantage of assertion or claim that the automatic stay provided by 11 U.S.Code §362 (arising upon the voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy proceeding of the Borrower) or any other stay or delay provided under any debtor relief law (whether statutory, common law, case law or otherwise) of any jurisdiction whatsoever, now or hereafter in effect, which may be or become applicable to the Borrower, shall operate or be interpreted to stay, interdict, condition, reduce or inhibit the ability of the Collateral Agent to enforce any of its rights which the Collateral Agent may have against such Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to this Agreement. (b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Subsidiary Guarantors liability shall be extended to all amounts that constitute part of the Purchase Money Obligations and would be owed by any other Loan Party to any Agent or Purchase Money Lender under or in respect of the Loan Documents but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving such other Loan Party.
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(c) Each Subsidiary Guarantor, and by its acceptance of this guarantee, each Agent and each Purchase Money Lender, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such Persons that this guarantee and the Purchase Money Obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Title 11 U.S. Code, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law to the extent applicable to this guarantee and the Purchase Money Obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Purchase Money Lenders, and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the Purchase Money Obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under this guarantee at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as will result in the Purchase Money Obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or transfer. SECTION 2.02. Guarantee of Payment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due and not of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to any security held for the payment of the Purchase Money Obligations or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in favor of the Borrower or any other Person. SECTION 2.03. No Limitations. (a) Except for termination of a Subsidiary Guarantors obligations hereunder as expressly provided in Section 6.13, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise of any of the Purchase Money Obligations, and shall not be subject to any defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Purchase Money Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by (i) the failure of the Collateral Agent or any other Purchase Money Secured Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy under the provisions of any Loan Document or otherwise; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or provisions of, any Loan Document or any other agreement, including with respect to any other Subsidiary Guarantor under this Agreement; (iii) the release of, or any impairment of or failure to perfect any Lien on or security interest in, any security held by the Collateral Agent or any other Purchase Money Secured Party for the Purchase Money Obligations or any of them; (iv) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Purchase Money Obligations; or (v) any other act or omission that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Subsidiary Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge of any Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Purchase Money Obligations). Each Subsidiary Guarantor expressly authorizes the Secured Parties to take and hold security for the payment and performance of the Purchase Money Obligations, to exchange, waive or release any or all such security (with or without consideration), to
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enforce or apply such security and direct the order and manner of any sale thereof in their sole discretion or to release or substitute any one or more other Subsidiary Guarantors or obligors upon or in respect of the Purchase Money Obligations, all without affecting the obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder. (b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Subsidiary Guarantor waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or the unenforceability of the Purchase Money Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor, other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Purchase Money Obligations. The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties may, at their election, foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of foreclosure, compromise or adjust any part of the Purchase Money Obligations, make any other accommodation with the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or exercise any other right or remedy available to them against the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Purchase Money Obligations have been fully and indefeasibly paid in full in cash. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Subsidiary Guarantor waives any defense arising out of any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Subsidiary Guarantor against the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, or any security. Each Subsidiary Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Loan Documents and that the waivers set forth in this Section 2.03 are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits. SECTION 2.04. Reinstatement. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that its guarantee hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Purchase Money Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Collateral Agent or any other Purchase Money Secured Party upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or otherwise. SECTION 2.05. Agreement to Pay; Subrogation. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that the Collateral Agent or any other Purchase Money Secured Party has at law or in equity against any Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor to pay any Purchase Money Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby promises to and will forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Collateral Agent for distribution to the applicable Purchase Money Secured Parties in cash the amount of such unpaid Purchase Money Obligation. Upon payment by any Subsidiary Guarantor of any sums to the Collateral Agent as provided above, all rights of such Subsidiary Guarantor against the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be subject to Article VI.
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SECTION 2.06. Information. Each Subsidiary Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Borrowers and each other Subsidiary Guarantors financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Purchase Money Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Subsidiary Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that none of the Collateral Agent or the other Purchase Money Secured Parties will have any duty to advise such Subsidiary Guarantor of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks. ARTICLE III Guarantee SECTION 2.01. Guarantee. (a) Each Subsidiary Guarantor unconditionally guarantees, jointly with the other Subsidiary Guarantors and severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the due and punctual payment of the Purchase Money Obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that the Purchase Money Obligations may be extended, increased or renewed, in whole or in part, or amended or modified without notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any extension, increase or renewal, or amendment or modification, of any Purchase Money Obligation, and agrees to pay any and all expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by any Agent or any Purchase Money Lender in enforcing any rights under this guarantee or any other Loan Document. Each Subsidiary Guarantor does hereby (i) waive notice of acceptance of this guarantee; (ii) waive any notices or demands that are not required by this Agreement or the Credit Agreement, as well as any other notices or demands that
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may otherwise be imposed by law; (iii) waive any and all rights that such Subsidiary Guarantor may have under any antideficiency statute or similar protections; (iv) agree not to assert any defense, right of set off or other claim which such Subsidiary Guarantor may have against the Borrower; (v) waive presentment, demand for performance, notice of nonperformance or dishonor, protest and notice of protest, promptness, diligence in collection and any and all formalities which otherwise might be legally required to charge such Subsidiary Guarantor with liability; and (vi) waive and agree not to assert or take advantage of assertion or claim that the automatic stay provided by 11 U.S. Code §362 (arising upon the voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy proceeding of the Borrower) or any other stay or delay provided under any debtor relief law (whether statutory, common law, case law or otherwise) of any jurisdiction whatsoever, now or hereafter in effect, which may be or become applicable to the Borrower, shall operate or be interpreted to stay, interdict, condition, reduce or inhibit the ability of the Collateral Agent to enforce any of its rights which the Collateral Agent may have against such Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to this Agreement. (b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Subsidiary Guarantors liability shall be extended to all amounts that constitute part of the Purchase Money Obligations and would be owed by any other Loan Party to any Agent or Purchase Money Lender under or in respect of the Loan Documents but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving such other Loan Party. (c) Each Subsidiary Guarantor, and by its acceptance of this guarantee, each Agent and each Purchase Money Lender, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such Persons that this guarantee and the Purchase Money Obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Title 11 U.S. Code, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law to the extent applicable to this guarantee and the Purchase Money Obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Purchase Money Lenders, and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the Purchase Money Obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under this guarantee at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as will result in the Purchase Money Obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or transfer. SECTION 2.02. Guarantee of Payment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due and not of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to any security held for the payment of the Purchase Money Obligations or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in favor of the Borrower or any other Person.
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SECTION 2.03. No Limitations. (a) Except for termination of a Subsidiary Guarantors obligations hereunder as expressly provided in Section 6.13, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise of any of the Purchase Money Obligations, and shall not be subject to any defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Purchase Money Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by (i) the failure of the Collateral Agent or any other Purchase Money Secured Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy under the provisions of any Loan Document or otherwise; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or provisions of, any Loan Document or any other agreement, including with respect to any other Subsidiary Guarantor under this Agreement; (iii) the release of, or any impairment of or failure to perfect any Lien on or security interest in, any security held by the Collateral Agent or any other Purchase Money Secured Party for the Purchase Money Obligations or any of them; (iv) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Purchase Money Obligations; or (v) any other act or omission that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Subsidiary Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge of any Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Purchase Money Obligations). Each Subsidiary Guarantor expressly authorizes the Secured Parties to take and hold security for the payment and performance of the Purchase Money Obligations, to exchange, waive or release any or all such security (with or without consideration), to enforce or apply such security and direct the order and manner of any sale thereof in their sole discretion or to release or substitute any one or more other Subsidiary Guarantors or obligors upon or in respect of the Purchase Money Obligations, all without affecting the obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder. (b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Subsidiary Guarantor waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or the unenforceability of the Purchase Money Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor, other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Purchase Money Obligations. The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties may, at their election, foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of foreclosure, compromise or adjust any part of the Purchase Money Obligations, make any other accommodation with the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or exercise any other right or remedy available to them against the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Purchase Money Obligations have been fully and indefeasibly paid in full in cash. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Subsidiary Guarantor waives any defense arising out of any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Subsidiary Guarantor against the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, or any security. Each Subsidiary Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive
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substantial direct benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Loan Documents and that the waivers set forth in this Section 2.03 are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits. SECTION 2.04. Reinstatement. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that its guarantee hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Purchase Money Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Collateral Agent or any other Purchase Money Secured Party upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or otherwise. SECTION 2.05. Agreement to Pay; Subrogation. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that the Collateral Agent or any other Purchase Money Secured Party has at law or in equity against any Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor to pay any Purchase Money Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby promises to and will forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Collateral Agent for distribution to the applicable Purchase Money Secured Parties in cash the amount of such unpaid Purchase Money Obligation. Upon payment by any Subsidiary Guarantor of any sums to the Collateral Agent as provided above, all rights of such Subsidiary Guarantor against the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be subject to Article VI. SECTION 2.06. Information. Each Subsidiary Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Borrowers and each other Subsidiary Guarantors financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Purchase Money Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Subsidiary Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that none of the Collateral Agent or the other Purchase Money Secured Parties will have any duty to advise such Subsidiary Guarantor of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks. ARTICLE III Guarantee SECTION 2.01. Guarantee. (a) Each Subsidiary Guarantor unconditionally guarantees, jointly with the other Subsidiary Guarantors and severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the due and punctual payment of the Term Loan Obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that the Term Loan Obligations may be extended, increased or renewed, in whole or in part, or amended or modified without notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any extension, increase or renewal, or amendment or modification, of any Term Loan Obligation. Each Subsidiary Guarantor does hereby (i) waive notice of acceptance of this guarantee; (ii) waive any notices or demands that are not required by this Agreement or the Credit Agreement, as well as any other notices or demands that may otherwise be imposed by law; (iii) waive any and all rights that such Subsidiary Guarantor may have under any anti deficiency statute or similar protections; (iv) agree not to assert any defense, right of set off or other claim which such Subsidiary Guarantor may have against the Borrower; and (v) waive presentment, demand for performance, notice of nonperformance or dishonor, protest and notice of protest, promptness, diligence in collection and any and all formalities which otherwise might be legally required to charge such Subsidiary Guarantor with liability.
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(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Subsidiary Guarantors liability shall be extended to all amounts that constitute part of the Term Loan Obligations and would be owed by any other Loan Party to any Agent or Term Loan Lender under or in respect of the Loan Documents but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving such other Loan Party. (c) Each Subsidiary Guarantor, and by its acceptance of this guarantee, each Agent and each Term Loan Lender, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such Persons that this guarantee and the Term Loan Obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Title 11 U.S. Code, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law to the extent applicable to this guarantee and the Term Loan Obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Term Loan Lenders, and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the Term Loan Obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under this guarantee at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as will result in the Term Loan Obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or transfer. SECTION 2.02. Guarantee of Payment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due and not of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to any security held for the payment of the Term Loan Obligations or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in favor of the Borrower or any other Person. SECTION 2.03. No Limitations. (a) Except for termination of a Subsidiary Guarantors obligations hereunder as expressly provided in Section 7.13, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise of any of the Term Loan Obligations, and shall not be subject to any defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Term Loan Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by (i) the failure of the Collateral Agent or any other Term Loan Secured Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy under the provisions of any Loan Document or otherwise; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or provisions of, any Loan Document or any other agreement, including with respect to any other Subsidiary Guarantor under this Agreement; (iii) the release of, or any impairment of or failure to perfect any Lien on or security interest in, any security held by the Collateral Agent or any other Term Loan Secured Party for the Term Loan Obligations or any of them; (iv) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Term Loan Obligations; or (v) any other act or omission that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Subsidiary Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge of any Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Term Loan Obligations). Each Subsidiary Guarantor expressly authorizes the Secured Parties to take and hold security for the payment and performance of the Term Loan Obligations, to exchange, waive or release any or all such
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security (with or without consideration), to enforce or apply such security and direct the order and manner of any sale thereof in their sole discretion or to release or substitute any one or more other Subsidiary Guarantors or obligors upon or in respect of the Term Loan Obligations, all without affecting the obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder. (b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Subsidiary Guarantor waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or the unenforceability of the Term Loan Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor, other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Term Loan Obligations. The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties may, at their election, foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of foreclosure, compromise or adjust any part of the Term Loan Obligations, make any other accommodation with the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or exercise any other right or remedy available to them against the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Term Loan Obligations have been fully and indefeasibly paid in full in cash. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Subsidiary Guarantor waives any defense arising out of any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Subsidiary Guarantor against the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, or any security. Each Subsidiary Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Loan Documents and that the waivers set forth in this Section 2.03 are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits. SECTION 2.04. Reinstatement. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that its guarantee hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Term Loan Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Collateral Agent or any other Term Loan Secured Party upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or otherwise. SECTION 2.05. Agreement to Pay; Subrogation. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that the Collateral Agent or any other Term Loan Secured Party has at law or in equity against any Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor to pay any Term Loan Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby promises to and will forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Collateral Agent for distribution to the applicable Term Loan Secured Parties in cash the amount of such unpaid Term Loan Obligation. Upon payment by any Subsidiary Guarantor of any sums to the Collateral Agent as provided above, all rights of such Subsidiary Guarantor against the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be subject to Article VI.
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SECTION 2.06. Information. Each Subsidiary Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Borrowers and each other Subsidiary Guarantors financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Term Loan Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Subsidiary Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that none of the Collateral Agent or the other Term Loan Secured Parties will have any duty to advise such Subsidiary Guarantor of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks. ARTICLE III These excerpts taken from the SIRI 10-Q filed Nov 12, 2008. Guarantee SECTION 9.01. Guarantee. (a) Subject to this Article 9, each of the Guarantors shall, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantee to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, solely that: (1) the principal of, and interest on, the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
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(b) The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are joint and several and unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant that this Note Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture. (c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect. (d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 5 hereof for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 5 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Note Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under this Note Guarantee. SECTION 9.02. Limitation on Guarantor Liability. Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that this Note Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 9, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
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SECTION 9.03. Delivery of Note Guarantee. The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee set forth in this Indenture or any supplemental indenture on behalf of the Guarantors. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to make a notation on the Notes to reflect any Note Guarantee or any such release, termination or discharge thereof. In the event that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries creates or acquires any Material Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture, if required by Section 9.06 hereof, the Company will cause such Material Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 9.06 hereof and the other Sections of this Article 9, to the extent applicable. SECTION 9.04. Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.05 hereof, no Guarantor may sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person, other than the Company or another Guarantor, unless: (a) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and (b) subject to Section 9.05 hereof, the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger unconditionally assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under this Indenture and its Note Guarantee on the terms set forth herein, pursuant to a supplemental indenture in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor Person pursuant to clause (b) above, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of this Note Guarantee and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such successor Person will succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. All Note Guarantees so issued will in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Note Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. Except as set forth in Articles 3 and 4 hereof, and notwithstanding clause (b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes will prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or will prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Guarantor. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 10.03 hereof, will receive an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation,
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merger, sale or conveyance, and any such assumption of Obligations, comply with the provisions of this Section 9.04 hereof. Such Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel will comply with the provisions of Section 13.04. SECTION 9.05. Releases. (a) In the event of any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of any Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation), or a sale or other disposition of all of the Capital Stock of any Guarantor, in each case to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transactions) the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, then such Guarantor (in the event of a sale or other disposition, including by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, of all of the Capital Stock of such Guarantor) or the corporation acquiring the property (in the event of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor) will be released and relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale or other disposition was made by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee will execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its obligations under its Note Guarantee. (b) If a Guarantor ceases to be a Material Subsidiary, such Guarantor will be released and relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee. (c) If this Indenture is discharged in accordance with Article 7 hereof, each Guarantor will be released and relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee. Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note Guarantee as provided in this Section 9.05 will remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article 9, subject to the limitation set forth in Section 9.02. SECTION 9.06. Addition of Subsidiary Guarantors. (a) The Company shall, in a reasonably prompt manner, cause any Person that becomes a Material Subsidiary of the Company at any time on or after the Issue Date to execute and deliver a supplemental indenture to the Trustee to become a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder; provided, however, that if the Material Subsidiary is the FCC License Subsidiary, it shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder only to the extent permitted under applicable law, rules or regulations, including rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission. (b) If the Company is required to cause a Subsidiary to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 9.06, the Company will cause such Subsidiary to (1) execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit 3 to the Rule 144A Appendix attached hereto and pursuant to which such Subsidiary will unconditionally Guarantee all of the Companys Obligations under the Notes on the terms set forth in this Indenture and (2) deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that such supplemental indenture has been duly executed and delivered by such Subsidiary; provided however, that if the Material Subsidiary is the FCC
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License Subsidiary, the supplemental indenture shall state that the FCC License Subsidiary shall Guarantee all of the Companys Obligations under the Notes on the terms set forth in this Indenture only to the extent permitted under applicable law, rules or regulations, including rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission. ARTICLE 10 Guarantee SECTION 10.01. Guarantee. (a) Subject to this Article 10, upon consummation of the Escrow LLC-Company Merger, each of the Guarantors shall, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantee to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that: (1) the principal of, premium and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and
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(2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection. (b) The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant that this Note Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture. (c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect. (d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Note Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under this Note Guarantee. SECTION 10.02. Limitation on Guarantor Liability. Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that this Note Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Note Guarantee.
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To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the Obligations of such Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the Obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the Obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance. SECTION 10.03. Delivery of Note Guarantee. The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee set forth in this Indenture or any supplemental indenture on behalf of the Guarantors. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to make a notation on the Notes to reflect any Note Guarantee or any such release, termination or discharge thereof. In the event that the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries creates or acquires any Material Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture, if required by Section 10.06 hereof, the Company will cause such Material Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 10.06 hereof and the other Sections of this Article 10, to the extent applicable. SECTION 10.04. Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms. Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.05 hereof, no Person that becomes a Guarantor may at any time on or after the date of the Escrow LLC-Company Merger sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person, other than the Company or another Guarantor, unless: (a) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and (b) either: (1) subject to Section 10.05 hereof, the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger unconditionally assumes all the Obligations of that Guarantor under this Indenture and its Note Guarantee on the terms set forth herein, pursuant to a supplemental indenture in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; or (2) the Net Available Cash of such sale or other disposition is applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation, Section 4.06 hereof. In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor Person pursuant to clause (b)(1) above, by supplemental indenture, executed
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and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of this Note Guarantee and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. All Note Guarantees so issued will in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Note Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding clauses (b)(1) and (2) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes will prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or will prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Guarantor. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 11.03 hereof, will receive an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, and any such assumption of Obligations, comply with the provisions of this Section 10.04 hereof. Such certificate and opinion will comply with the provisions of Section 11.04. SECTION 10.05. Releases (a) In the event of any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of any Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other disposition of all of the Capital Stock of any Guarantor, in each case to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transactions) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, then such Guarantor (in the event of a sale or other disposition, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, of all of the Capital Stock of such Guarantor) or the corporation acquiring the property (in the event of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor) will be released and relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee; provided that the Net Available Cash of such sale or other disposition is applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.06 hereof. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale or other disposition was made by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.06 hereof, the Trustee will execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its obligations under its Note Guarantee. (b) Upon designation of any Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, such Guarantor will be released and relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee. (c) If the legal defeasance option is exercised or this Indenture is otherwise discharged in accordance with Article 8 hereof, each Guarantor will be released and relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee.
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Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note Guarantee as provided in this Section 10.05 will remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article 10. SECTION 10.06. Addition of Subsidiary Guarantors. (a) The Company shall cause any Person that becomes a Material Subsidiary of the Company at any time on or after the date of the Escrow LLC-Company Merger to reasonably promptly become a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder; provided, however, that if the Material Subsidiary is the FCC License Subsidiary, it shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder only to the extent permitted under applicable law, rules or regulations, including rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission. (b) If the Company is required to cause a Subsidiary to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 10.06, the Company will cause such Subsidiary to (1) execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit 2 hereto pursuant to which such Subsidiary will unconditionally Guarantee all of the Companys Obligations under the Notes on the terms set forth in this Indenture and (2) deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that such supplemental indenture has been duly executed and delivered by such Subsidiary; provided however, that if the Material Subsidiary is the FCC License Subsidiary, the supplemental indenture shall state that the FCC License Subsidiary shall Guarantee all of the Companys Obligations under the Notes on the terms set forth in this Indenture only to the extent permitted under applicable law, rules or regulations, including rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission. ARTICLE 11 | EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:
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