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THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY AGREEMENT is executed as of the
1s` day of February, 2006 ("Effective Date"), between and among SHIEL-SEXTON
COMPANY, INC., an Indiana corporation ("Shiel"), ANDREW SHIEL, MICHAEL DILTS,
BRIAN SULLIVAN (the "Individual Guarantors"), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
(successor by merger to Bank One, N.A. (Main Office Chicago), successor by merger to Bank
One, Indiana, N.A.) (the "Bank").
Shiel, the Individual Guarantors, SSD Investments, LLC ("SSD"), and the Bank are
parties to a Guaranty Agreement dated as of December 1, 2001 (the "Original Guaranty").
Shiel, the Individual Guarantors, and the Bank are executing this Amended and Restated
Guaranty Agreement for the purpose of amending certain provisions of the Original Guaranty
and releasing SSD from its obligations under the Original Guaranty.
ARTICLE I
Definition of Terms
Section 1.01. Accounting Terms/Financial Statements. All accounting and financial
terms used in this Agreement are used with the meanings such terms would be given in
accordance with GAAP, except as may be otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement.
Section 1.02. Definitions. The following terms have the meanings indicated when used
in this Agreement with the initial letter capitalized:
"Agreement" means this Amended and Restated Guaranty Agreement, as
amended, modified, supplemented andlor restated from time to time and at any
time.
"Authorized Officer" means, with respect to Shiel, its Chief Executive Officer.
"Bank" has the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
"Banking Day" means a day on which the principal offices of the Bank in the
City of Indianapolis, Indiana, are open for the purpose of conducting substantially
all of the Bank's business activities.
"Bankruptcy Code" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 2.01 of this
Agreement.
"Bank Prime Rate" means the per annum rate announced or established by the
Bank from time to time as its "prime rate" (it being acknowledged that such
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announced or established rate may not necessary be the lowest rate charged by the
Bank to any of its customers).
"Capital Lease" means, at any time, any lease of property (whether real, personal
or mixed) with respect to which the lessee is required concurrently to recognize
the acquisition of an asset and the incurrence of a liability in accordance with
GAAP.
"Change of Control" means the Individual Guarantors cease to own, in the
aggregate, 78% of the Voting Stock of Shiel, calculated on a fully diluted basis,
including Convertible Securities convertible into or exchangeable for Voting
Stock of such corporation.
"Closing Date" means December 1, 2001.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Collateral" means all present and future assets of any Guarantor upon which a
Lien is or may hereafter be created, or is purported to be created, by this
Agreement or any other Loan Document executed in connection with, pursuant to
or by virtue of this Agreement, and all proceeds and products of any of the
foregoing.
"Company" means Shiel.
"Company's Accountants" means Somerset Financial Services or such other
independent certified public accounting firm in the United States as is acceptable
to the Bank.
"Convertible Securities" means evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock or
other securities which are convertible into or exchangeable for, with or without
payment of additional consideration, shares of common stock, either immediately
or upon the arrival of a specified date or the happening of a specified event.
"Debt" means, with reference to any Person, as of any date, without duplication:
(a) all indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of such Person for borrowed money
and its redemption obligations in respect of mandatorily redeemable preferred
stock; (b) obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase or acquisition
price of property (tangible or intangible, real or personal) or services, other than
trade accounts payable (if not for borrowed money) arising, and accrued expenses
incurred, in the ordinary course of business; (c) all obligations of such Person
appearing as a liability on its balance sheet in accordance with GAAP in respect
of Capital Leases; (d) all obligations, indebtedness and liabilities which are
secured by any Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not the obligation,
indebtedness or liability secured thereby shall have been assumed by such Person;
and (e) all obligations, indebtedness and Iiabilities of others similar in character to
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those described in clauses (a) through (d) of this definition for which such Person
is liable, contingently or otherwise, as obligor, guarantor or in any other capacity,
or in respect of which obligations, indebtedness or liabilities such Person assures
a creditor against loss or agrees to take any action to prevent any such loss (other
than endorsements of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course
of business), including without limitation all reimbursement obligations of such
Person in respect of letters of credit, surety bonds or similar obligations and all
obligations of such Person to advance funds to, or to purchase assets, property or
services from, any other Person in order to maintain the financial condition of
such other Person. Debt of any Person shall include all obligations of such Person
of the character described in clauses (a) through (e) above to the extent such
Person remains legally liable in respect thereof notwithstanding that any such
obligation is deemed to be extinguished under GAAP.
"Debtor" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 2.01 of this
Agreement.
"Default Rate" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 2.02(c) of this
Agreement. The Default Rate shall change each day with any change in the
Prime Rate.
"Environmental Laws" means all federal, state and local laws and implementing
regulations, now or hereafter effective during the term of this Agreement, relating
to pollution or protection of the environment, including laws or regulations
relating to or permitting emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of
pollutants, contaminants, chemicals, or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances
or wastes into the environment (including without limitation ambient air, surface
water, ground water, or land), or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
treatment, storage, disposal, transport, or handling of pollutants, contaminants,
chemicals, industrial wastes, or hazardous substances. Such laws shall include,
but not be limited to: (a) the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., as in
effect from time to time ("CERCLA"); (b) the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, as amended 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., including the statutes
regulating underground storage tanks, 42 U.S.C. 6991-6991h; (c) the Clean Air
Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.; and (d) the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., including the statute
regulating the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, 33 U.S.C.
§ 1342.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
"Event of Default" means any of the events described in Section 7.01 of this
Agreement.
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"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the average of the rates on overnight
federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged
by federal funds brokers, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
for such day, or, if such rate is not so published for any day, the average of the
quotations for such rates received by the Bank from three federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by the Bank in its discretion from time to time as the
opening federal funds rate paid or payable by the Bank in its regional federal
funds market for overnight borrowings from other banks.
"Financial Statements" includes, but is not limited to, balance sheets, profit and
loss statements, and cash flow statements, prepared in accordance with GAAP.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America as in effect from time to time, which shall include the official
interpretations thereof by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, consistently
applied (from and after the date hereof) and for the period as to which such
accounting principles are to apply. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, to the extent applicable, all computations and determinations as to
accounting or financial matters and all Financial Statements to be delivered
pursuant to this Agreement shall be made and prepared in accordance with GAAP
(including principles of consolidation where appropriate), and, to the extent
applicable, all accounting or financial terms shall have the meanings ascribed to
such terms by GAAP.
"Governmental Authority" means, collectively, the federal government of the
United States, the government of any foreign country that is recognized by the
United States or is a member of the United Nations; any state of the United States;
any local government or municipality within the territory or under the jurisdiction
of any of the foregoing; any department, agency, division, or instrumentality of
any of the foregoing; and any court, arbitrator, or board of arbitrators whose
orders or judgments are enforceable by or within the territory of any of the
foregoing.
"Guarantors" means the Company and the Individual Guarantors, collectively,
and "Guarantor" means any one of them.
"Guaranty Obligations" means the Obligations, as that term is defined in the
Reimbursement Agreement.
"Hazardous Substance" means any hazardous or toxic substance regulated by
any Environmental Laws, including but not limited to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act and the Toxic Substance Control Act, or by any
federal, state or local governmental agencies having jurisdiction over the control
of any such substance including but not limited to the United States
Environmental Protection Agency.
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"Highest Lawful Rate" means the maximum rate of interest which may be
charged the Guarantors by the Bank under applicable state or federal usury law or
regulation or any other law or regulation, however characterized, limiting the rate
of interest which may be charged to corporations.
"Indenture" means Trust Indenture dated as of December 1, 2001, between CRC
and the Trustee, as the same may be amended, modifed, supplemented or restated
from time to time and at any time.
"Individual Guarantors" means, collectively, Andrew Shiel, Michael Dilts, and
Brian Sullivan, and "Individual Guarantor" means any one of them.
"Letter of Credit" means the letter of credit issued by the Bank pursuant to the
Reimbursement Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified, extended,
renewed or supplemented from time to time and at any time.
"Lien" means any mortgage, security interest, pledge, hypothecation, assignment,
deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise) or other security
interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including,
without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any
financing or similar statement or notice filed under the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect in any jurisdiction, or any other similar recording or notice
statute, and any lease having substantially the same effect as the foregoing, but
excluding any equipment operating leases and any precautionary filings related
thereto).
"Loan Documents" means, collectively, this Agreement, the Term Note, and all
other instruments, agreements and documents executed and delivered or to be
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delivered by all or any of the Guarantors pursuant to or by virtue of this
Agreement, as each of the foregoing may be amended, modified, extended,
renewed, supplemented and/or restated from time to time and at any time, and
when used in the singular form, means any of the Loan Documents, as the context
requires.
"Material Adverse Effect" means any event, circumstance or condition that
could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (a) the business,
operations, financial condition, properties or prospects of the Company or an
Individual Guarantor, (b) the ability of the Company or an Individual Guarantor
to pay or perform the Obligations to be paid or performed by the Company or
Individual Guarantor, (c) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan
Documents, or any material provision thereof or any transaction contemplated
thereby, or (d) the rights and remedies of the Bank under any of the Loan
Documents.
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"Obligations" means all present and future indebtedness, obligations and
liabilities, and all renewals and extensions thereof, now or hereafter owed to the
Bank by the Guarantors, whether arising under, by virtue of or pursuant to any of
this Agreement, the Term Note, any other Loan Documents, or otherwise,
together with all costs, expenses and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the
Bank in the enforcement or collection thereof, whether such indebtedness,
obligations and liabilities are direct, indirect, fixed, contingent, liquidated,
unliquidated,joint, several,joint and several, now exist or hereafter arise, or were
prior to acquisition thereof by the Bank owed to some other Person.
"Other Guarantors" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 2.01 of this
Agreement.
"Person" means an individual, a corporation, a limited or general partnership, a
limited liability company, a joint venture, a trust or unincorporated organization, a
joint stock company or other similar organization, a government or any political
subdivision thereof, a court, or any other legal entity, whether acting in an
individual, fiduciary or other capacity.
"Plan" means an employee pension benefit plan as defined in ERISA.
"Prime Rate" means for any date of determination, a rate of interest per annum
equal to the higher of(i) the Bank Prime Rate for such date, and (ii) the Federal
Funds Rate for such date, plus One-Half Percent (.50%) per annum. The Prime
Rate shall change each day with any change in the Bank Prime Rate or Federal
Funds Rate, if applicable.
"Regulatory Change" means at any time after the Closing Date (a) any change in
existing, or any introduction or adoption of new, United States federal, state or
foreign laws, regulations, treaties or directives (including Regulation D of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), (b) any change in the
interpretation of the foregoing by any Governmental Authority charged with the
administration or interpretation thereof, or (c) any change in the manner in which
existing guidelines of any federal or state governmental authority are enforced.
"Reimbursement Agreement" means that certain Letter of Credit and
Reimbursement Agreement dated as of December 1, 2001, between Carmel
Redevelopment Commission and the Bank, as the same may be amended,
modified, supplemented, renewed and/or restated from time to time and at any
time.
"Related Documents" has the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Reimbursement Agreement.
"Shiel" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the preamble to this Agreement.
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"SSD" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the preamble to this Agreement.
"Term Loan" has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.02 of this
Agreement.
"Term Loan Maturity Date" means the earlier of (a) the day immediately
preceding the fifth anniversary of the date of the Term Note, and (b) the date to
which the Bank accelerates the maturity of the Term Loan in accordance with
Section 7.02 of this Agreement.
"Term Note" has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.02(b) of this
Agreement.
"Unmatured Event of Default" means any event specified in Section 7.01 of this
Agreement, which is not initially an Event of Default, but which would, if
uncured, become an Event of Default with the giving of notice or the passage of
time or both.
"Voting Stock" means, with respect to any Person, all classes of capital stock of
such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency)to vote in the election of directors of such Person.
ARTICLE II
Guaranty and Term Loan
Section 2.01. Guaranty. For valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, and in consideration of credit given, being given and to be given, and
of other financial accommodations afforded or to be afforded by the Bank to Cannel
Redevelopment Commission ("Debtor"), each of the Guarantors hereby unconditionally
guarantees, jointly and severally, the full and prompt payment when due of the Guaranty
Obligations (as defined herein), together with all costs, attorneys' fees and expenses paid or
incurred by Bank in endeavoring to collect the Guaranty Obligations.
This Agreement is an absolute and unconditional guarantee of the payment of the
Guaranty Obligations, and shall continue and be in full force and effect until all of the Guaranty
Obligations shall be fully paid and no further Guaranty Obligations may thereafter arise. Each
Guarantor acknowledges that certain other Persons guaranty or may guarantee payment of all or
part of the Guaranty Obligations (such Persons being referred to herein collectively as the
"Other Guarantors"). Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that such Guarantor's liability
with respect to the Guaranty Obligations shall not be diminished, discharged, released or
otherwise affected in any way in the event any of the Other Guarantors fails to execute a
guaranty of the Guaranty Obligations, fails to be bound thereby or hereby, fails to perform
thereunder or hereunder or in the event that such guaranty shall be invalid or unenforceable in
whole or in part for any reason.
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Each Guarantor expressly waives presentment for payment, demand, notice of demand
and of dishonor and nonpayment of the Guaranty Obligations, protest and notice of protest,
diligence in collecting and in the bringing of suit against any other party, and Bank shall be
under no obligation to notify any Guarantor of its acceptance of this Agreement or of any
advances made or credit extended on the faith hereof or the failure of Debtor to pay any of the
Guaranty Obligations as they mature, or to use diligence in preserving the liability of any Person
(including, without limitation, Debtor) on the Guaranty Obligations or in bringing suit to enforce
collection of the Guaranty Obligations. To the full extent allowed by applicable law, each
Guarantor waives all defenses given to sureties or guarantors at law or in equity other than the
actual payment of the Guaranty Obligations and waives, to the full extent allowed by applicable
law, all defenses based upon questions as to the validity, legality or enforceability of the
Guaranty Obligations.
Bank, without authorization from or notice to any Guarantor and without impairing or
affecting the liability of any Guarantor hereunder, may from time to time at its discretion and
with or without valuable consideration, alter, compromise, accelerate, extend or change the time
or manner for the payment of any or all of the Guaranty Obligations owed to it, increase or
reduce the rate of interest thereon, take and surrender security, exchange collateral by way of
substitution, or in any way it deems necessary take, accept, withdraw, subordinate, alter, amend,
modify or eliminate collateral, add or release or discharge endorsers, guarantors or other obligors
(including, without limitation, Debtor) make changes of any sort whatever in the terms of
payment of the Guaranty Obligations owed to it or of doing business with Debtor, settle or
compromise with Debtor or any other Person or Persons liable on the Guaranty Obligations owed
to it (including, without limitation, Debtor) and direct the order or manner of sale of any security
or collateral, all on such terms at it may see fit, and may apply all moneys received from Debtor
or others, or from any security or collateral held by it (whether held under a security instrument
or not) in such manner upon the Guaranty Obligations owed to it (whether then due or not) as it
may determine to be in its best interest, without in any way being required to marshal securities
or assets or to apply all or any part of such moneys upon any particular part of the Guaranty
Obligations. It is specifically agreed that Bank is not required to retain, hold, protect, exercise
due care with respect thereto or perfect security interests in or otherwise assure or safeguard any
collateral or security for the Guaranty Obligations. No exercise or nonexercise by Bank of any
right or remedy of Bank shall in any way affect any of Guarantor's obligations hereunder or any
security furnished by any Guarantor or give any Guarantor any recourse against Bank.
The liability of each Guarantor hereunder shall continue notwithstanding the incapacity,
death, disability, dissolution or termination of any other or others (including, without limitation,
Debtor). Neither (i) the failure of Bank to file or enforce a claim against the estate (either in
administration, bankruptcy or other proceeding) of Debtor or of any other or others, (ii) the
disallowance or avoidance under the Federal Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., as
amended) (the "Bankruptcy Code") of all or any portion of Bank's claims for repayment of the
Guaranty Obligations or any security for the Guaranty Obligations, (iii) the use of cash or non-
cash collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or any financing, extension of credit
by Bank or grant of security interest to Bank under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code, nor (iv)
any election of Bank in a proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Code, including without
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limitation any election of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall
affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder; nor shall any Guarantor be released from liability
if recovery from Debtor or any other Person becomes barred by any statute of limitations or is
otherwise restricted or prevented.
Bank shall not be required to pursue any other remedies before invoking the benefits of
the guaranty of payment contained herein, and specifically it shall not be required to exhaust its
remedies against Debtor or any surety or Other Guarantor or to proceed against any security now
or hereafter existing for the payment of any of the Guaranty Obligations. Bank may maintain an
action on this Agreement, whether or not Debtor is joined therein or separate action is brought
against Debtor.
Each Guarantor absolutely and unconditionally covenants and agrees that in the event
Debtor defaults in payment of the Guaranty Obligations, or any part thereof, for any reason,
when such becomes due, either by its terms or as the result of the exercise of any power to
accelerate, such Guarantor on demand and without further notice of dishonor and without any
notice with respect to any matter or occurrence having been given to such Guarantor previous to
such demand, shall pay the Guaranty Obligations.
Each Guarantor further agrees that to the extent Debtor, any Guarantor or any other
Person makes a payment or transfers an interest in any property to Bank or the Bank enforces
any security interest or lien or exercises any rights of set-off, and such payment or transfer or
proceeds of such enforcement or set-off, or any portion thereof, are subsequently invalidated,
declared to be fraudulent or preferential, or otherwise is avoided, and/or required to be repaid to
Debtor, Debtor's estate, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any bankruptcy law, state or
federal law, common law or equitable cause, then to the extent of such avoidance or repayment,
the Guaranty Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and this
Agreement shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, and continued
in full force and effect as if said payment or transfer had not been made or such enforcement or
set-off had not occurred.
The payment by a Guarantor of any amount pursuant to this Agreement shall not in any
way entitle such Guarantor to any right, title or interest (whether by way of subrogation or
otherwise) in and to any of the Guaranty Obligations or any proceeds thereof, or any security
therefor. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THIS AGREEMENT
OR THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT, EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES: (1) ANY CLAIM OR OTHER RIGHT, NOW EXISTING
OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AGAINST DEBTOR OR ANY OTHER PERSON PRIMARILY
OR CONTINGENTLY LIABLE TO BANK FOR ALL OR ANY PART OF THE GUARANTY
OBLIGATIONS, WHICH ARISES FROM OR BY VIRTUE OF THE EXISTENCE OR
PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION: (A)
ANY RIGHT OF SUBROGATION, REIMBURSEMENT, EXONERATION,
CONTRIBUTION, INDEMNIFICATION, OR OTHER RIGHT TO PAYMENT, WHETHER
OR NOT SUCH RIGHT IS REDUCED TO JUDGMENT, LIQUIDATED, UNLIQUIDATED,
FIXED, CONTINGENT, MATURED, UNMATURED, DISPUTED, UNDISPUTED, LEGAL,
EQUITABLE, SECURED OR UNSECURED; OR (B) ANY RIGHT TO AN EQUITABLE
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REMEDY FOR BREACH OF PERFORMANCE IF SUCH BREACH GIVES RISE TO A
RIGHT TO PAYMENT, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH RIGHT TO AN EQUITABLE REMEDY
IS REDUCED TO A JUDGMENT, FIXED, CONTINGENT, MATURED, UNMATURED,
DISPUTED, UNDISPUTED, SECURED OR UNSECURED; AND (2) ANY RIGHT TO
PARTICIPATE OR SHARE IN ANY RIGHT, REMEDY OR CLAIM OF BANK AGAINST
ANY OF DEBTOR'S INCOME OR ASSETS OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY COLLATERAL
OR OTHER SECURITY FOR ALL OR ANY PART OF THE GUARANTY OBLIGATIONS
OR ANY OTHER RIGHT OR CLAIM OF BANK OF RECOURSE TO AND WITH RESPECT
TO ANY ASSETS, INCOME OR PROPERTIES OF DEBTOR.
Each Guarantor represents and warrants to Bank that (i) Guarantor is solvent; (ii) the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Guarantor was not undertaken by such
Guarantor with the "intent to hinder, delay, or defraud" (within the meaning of Indiana Code
§32-18-2-14 and §548(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code) creditors or any other Persons; and (iii)
that neither this Agreement nor the payment or performance by such Guarantor of its obligations
arising under or pursuant to this Agreement do or are intended to render such Guarantor
insolvent, undercapitalized or in a condition of financial stringency; and (iv) the Agreement is a
legal, valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with its terms.
If at any time any portion of the obligations of a Guarantor under this Agreement shall be
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable or avoidable, the
remaining portion of the Guaranty Obligations under this Agreement shall not in any way be
affected, impaired, prejudiced or disturbed thereby and shall remain valid and enforceable to the
full extent permitted by applicable law. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, the liability of each Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to the maximum amount
which would not result in any one of the following conditions:
(1) this Agreement would constitute a fraudulent transfer within the meaning
of Section 548(a) of the Bankruptcy Code;
(2) this Agreement would constitute a fraudulent transfer within the meaning
• of Ind. Code § 32-18-2-1, et seq.; or
(3) this Agreement would constitute a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent
transfer within the meaning of any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law or judicial decision.
All principal of and interest on any and all indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of
Debtor to each Guarantor (the "Subordinated Debt"), whether direct, indirect, fixed, contingent,
liquidated, unliquidated,joint, several, or joint and several, now or hereafter existing, due or to
become due to Guarantor, or held or to be held by such Guarantor, whether created directly or
acquired by assignment or otherwise, and whether evidenced by a written instrument or not, shall
be expressly subordinated to the Guaranty Obligations. Each Guarantor agrees not to receive or
accept any payment of the Subordinated Debt at any time after and during the continuance of any
Event of Default (as defined in the Reimbursement Agreement); and, in the event a Guarantor
receives any payment on the Subordinated Debt in violation of the foregoing, such Guarantor
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will hold any such payment in trust for Bank and forthwith turn it over to Bank. in the form
received, to be applied to the Guaranty Obligations.
The rights of Bank are cumulative and shall not be exhausted by its exercise of any of its
rights under this Agreement or otherwise against any Guarantor or by any number of successive
actions until and unless each and all of the obligations of the Guarantors under this Agreement
have been fully performed, satisfied and discharged.
The failure of any Guarantor to execute or be bound by this Agreement shall not release
or affect the liability of any other Guarantor, and the. liability of each Guarantor under this
Agreement is not conditioned or contingent upon or subject in any way to obtaining or retaining
the primary or secondary liability of any party or parties with respect to all or any part of the
Guaranty Obligations (including, without limitation, Debtor and the Other Guarantors).
Section 2.02. Term Loan.
(a) Amount. The Bank will make a term loan ("Term Loan") to the
Individual Guarantors in the principal sum not to exceed the lesser of
$1,118,623.00, or the amount of the unpaid Guaranty Obligations at the time such
Term Loan is requested by the Individual Guarantors, upon the fulfillment of the
following conditions:
(i) a drawing of all or substantially all of the Available
Amount (as defined in the Reimbursement Agreement) is made
under the Letter of Credit as a result of the maturity, mandatory
redemption, or acceleration of the Project Bonds, for which the
Bank has not been reimbursed in full pursuant to the Indenture and
the Reimbursement Agreement;
(ii) the Bank has made a demand for payment of the
Guaranty Obligations hereunder, and the Guarantors have
requested the Bank to make the Term Loan not later than ten (10)
days after the date such demand is made;
(iii) the Guarantors have acknowledged and confirmed,
in a written document in form and substance acceptable to the
Bank, their joint and several liability to the Bank for the Guaranty
Obligations, and that none of them has any defense, set-off, or
counterclaim with respect to such liability;
(iv) no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default
shall have occurred and being continuing unremedied;
(v) the Guarantors shall have certified to the Bank in
writing that each of the representations and warranties set forth in
this Agreement are true and correct on the date such Term Loan is
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to be made (except to the extent such representations expressly
relate to an earlier date); and
(vii) the Individual Guarantors shall have executed and
delivered to the Bank the Tenn Note, and the Company shall have
executed and delivered to the Bank the guaranty required under
Section 4.01 of this Agreement.
(b) Term Note. The joint and several obligation of the Individual
Guarantors to pay the Term Loan shall be evidenced by a promissory note (as the
same may hereafter be amended, extended, renewed, replaced and/or restated
from time to time and at any time, "Term Note") in form and substance
acceptable to the Bank. The principal of and interest on the Term Loan and Term
Note shall be payable in equal monthly installments in an amount at all times
sufficient to amortize the principal of the Term Loan, with interest thereon at the
rate(s) provided herein, in full over a term of sixty (60) months, which
installments shall be due and payable on the first day of each calendar month,
beginning on the first day of the calendar month following the date of the Term
Note, and continuing on the first day of each successive calendar month thereafter
until the Term Loan Maturity Date, on which date the entire unpaid principal
balance of the Term Loan and Term Note shall be due and payable, together with
all accrued and unpaid interest.
The principal of the Term Loan may be prepaid at any time in whole or in
part, provided that any partial prepayment shall be in an amount which is an
integral multiple of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000), and provided further that all
partial prepayments shall be applied to the scheduled installments of principal in
the inverse order of their maturities.
(c) Interest on the Term Loan. The principal amount of the Term
Loan and Term Note outstanding each day from and after the Closing Date shall
bear interest until the Term Loan Maturity Date at the Prime Rate. After the Term
Loan Maturity Date and until paid in full, the principal amount of the Term Loan
and Term Note outstanding from time to time shall bear interest at the Prime Rate,
plus 3% per annum (the "Default Rate"). On the Term Loan Maturity Date, the
entire unpaid principal balance of the Term Loan and Term Note and all unpaid,
accrued interest thereon, shall be due and payable in full without demand. After
the Term Loan Maturity Date, interest shall be payable as accrued and without
demand.
(d) Use of Proceeds of Term Loan . The proceeds of the Term Loan
shall be used to pay the Guaranty Obligations.
Section 2.03. Other Provisions Applicable to the Obligations. The following provisions
are applicable to all of the Obligations:
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(a) Manner of Payment -- Application. Unless otherwise directed by
the Bank, all payments of principal and interest on the Term Loan and the other
Obligations shall be payable in funds available for the Bank's immediate use to
the following account:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
[ABA #111000614
Further Credit S/C Banc One International Corp.
Account No. 0109904748
Attention: Standby Letters of Credit for the
reference STI 18841-Andrew Shiel-CRC-
Carmel Redevelopment]
No payment will be considered to have been made until received in such
funds. Unless otherwise agreed to, in writing, or otherwise required by applicable
law, payments will be applied first to accrued, unpaid interest, then to principal,
and any remaining amount to any unpaid collection costs, late charges and other
charges, provided, however, upon delinquency or other Event of Default, the
Bank reserves the right to apply payments among principal, interest, late charges,
collection costs and other charges at their discretion, as determined by the Bank.
Except as otherwise provided herein, all prepayments shall be applied to the
indebtedness owing hereunder in such order and manner as the Bank may from
time to time determine in its sole discretion.
(b) Discretionary Debit. The Bank may debit when due all payments
of principal and interest due from the Guarantors under the terms of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document to any deposit account(s) of any
Guarantor carried with the Bank without further authority.
(c) Unconditional Obligations and No Deductions. The Guarantors'
obligations to make all payments provided for in this Agreement, the Term Note,
and the other Loan Documents shall be unconditional and irrevocable. Each such
payment shall be made without relief from valuation and appraisement laws and
without deduction for any claim, defense or offset of any type, including without
limitation any withholdings and other deductions on account of income or other
taxes and regardless of whether any claims, defenses or offsets of any type exist.
Each such payment shall be made strictly in accordance with the terms of the
Loan Documents under all circumstances, including without limitation:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Letter of
Credit;
(ii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other
right which Debtor or any Guarantor at any time against a beneficiary or
any transferee of any Letter of Credit or (or any Persons for whom any
such transferee may be acting), or any other Person, whether in connection
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with this Agreement, the Reimbursement Agreement, the Indenture or any
of the Related Documents, the transactions contemplated herein or therein
or any unrelated transaction ;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or any other
document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged,
fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein
being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;
(iv) payment by the Bank under any Letter of Credit
against presentation of a demand, draft or certificate or other document
which does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or
(v) the fact that an Event of Default under the
Reimbursement Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing.
(d) Payment on Non-Banking Days. Whenever any payment to be
made under this Agreement, the Term Note, or any other Loan Document shall be
stated to be due on a day other than a Banking Day, such payment may be made
on the next succeeding Banking Day, and such extension of time shall in such
case be included in the computation of payment of fees, if any, and interest
thereunder.
(e) Calculation of Interest. Interest on all Obligations shall be
calculated on the basis of actual days elapsed and that an entire year's interest is
earned in three hundred sixty(360) days.
(f) Additional Amounts Payable. If any Regulatory Change either
shall (a) subject the Bank to any additional tax, duty, charge, deduction or
withholding with respect to the Loan (other than a tax measure by the net or gross
income of the Bank), or (b) impose or increase any reserve, special deposit or
similar requirement on account of the Term Loan not otherwise provided in this
Agreement or (c) impose increased minimum capital requirements on the Bank on
account of its issuing or maintaining the Term Loan; and if any of the foregoing
(i) results in any increase to the Bank in the cost of issuing or maintaining the
Term Loan, or making any payment on account of the Term Loan, (ii) reduces the
amount of any payment receivable by the Bank under this Agreement with respect
to the Term Loan, (iii) requires the Bank to make any payment calculated by
reference to the gross amount of any sum received or paid by the Bank pursuant
to the Term Loan, or (iv) reduces the rate of return on the Bank's capital to a level
below that which the Bank could otherwise have achieved (taking into
consideration the Bank's policies with respect to capital adequacy), then the
Company shall pay to the Bank, as additional compensation for the Term Loan,
such amounts as will compensate the Bank for such increased costs, payments or
reductions. Within twenty (20) days after (A) the initial demand therefor and
(B) presentation by the Bank of a certificate to the Guarantors containing a
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statement of the cause of such increased costs, payments or reductions and a
calculation of the amounts thereof (which statement and calculation shall be
presumed prima facie to be correct), the Guarantors shall pay the additional
amount payable measured from the date such change, enactment, adoption or
interpretation first affects the Bank.
(g) Indemnity. The Guarantors,jointly and severally, agree to protect,
indemnify and save the Bank harmless from and against any and all claims,
demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys' fees and allocated costs of internal counsel) which the Bank
may incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of(a) the issuance
of the Letter of Credit, other than as a result of the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Bank, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, or (b)
the failure of the Bank to honor a drawing under the Letter of Credit as a result of
any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure
or de facto government or governmental authority (all such acts or omissions
herein called "Government Acts").
As between each Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Bank, on the other,
the Guarantors assume all risks of the acts and omissions of or misuse of the
Letter of Credit by the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not
in limitation of the foregoing, the Bank shall not be responsible and shall have no
liability (a) for the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal
effect of any document submitted by any party in connection with the application
for and issuance of such Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in
any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (b) for
the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or
purporting to transfer or assign any such Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits
thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid
or ineffective for any reason; (c) for failure of the beneficiary of any such Letter
of Credit to comply fully with the terms and conditions of the agreement pursuant
to which the Letter of Credit was procured and pursuant to which the beneficiary
is entitled to draw upon such Letter of Credit; (d) for errors, omissions,
interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail,
cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher; (e) for errors
in interpretation of technical terms; (f) for any loss or delay in the transmission or
otherwise of any document required in order to make a draft under any such
Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof; (g) for the misapplication by the
beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any draft under such
Letter of Credit; (h) for any consequences arising from causes beyond the control
of the Bank, including, without limitation, any Government Acts; and (i) for any
action taken or omitted by the Bank under or in connection with the Letter of
Credit, if taken or omitted in good faith. None of the above shall affect, impair, or
prevent the vesting of any of the Banks' rights or powers hereunder.
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ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
Section 3.01. Representations and Warranties. To induce the Bank to enter into this
Agreement, the Guarantors represent and warrant to the Bank that:
(a) Existence and Authority. Shiel is a corporation duly organized and
validly existing under the laws of the State of Indiana. The Company is qualified
to do business in every jurisdiction in which: (i) the nature of the business
conducted by it or the character or location of properties owned or leased by it, or
the residences or activities of its employees, make such qualification necessary;
and (ii) failure so to qualify might have a Material Adverse Effect. No
jurisdiction in which the Company is not qualified to do business has asserted that
the Company is required to be qualified therein. All of the issued and outstanding
capital stock of Shiel are owned by the Individual Guarantors.
(b) Authorization., No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the execution and delivery of all of the other Loan Documents and the
performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement and all of
the other Loan Documents are within the powers of the Company, have been duly
authorized by all necessary action, have received any required governmental or
regulatory agency approvals and do not and will not contravene or conflict with
any provision of law or of the organization documents of the Company, or of any
agreement binding upon the Company or its properties.
(c) Validity and Binding Nature. This Agreement and all of the other
Loan Documents to which each Guarantor is a party are the legal, valid and
binding obligations of such Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor in
accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that enforcement
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
and other laws enacted for the relief of debtors generally and other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally or by equitable principles
which may affect the availability of specific performance and other equitable
remedies.
(d) Financial Statements. Shiel has delivered to the Bank its audited
Financial Statements as of September 30, 2005, and for the fiscal year of such
Company then ended and its unaudited interim consolidated Financial Statements
as of June 30, 2005, and for the fiscal quarter and partial fiscal year then ended,
which Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP except,
as to the interim statements, for the absence of a statement of cash flows,
footnotes and adjustments normally made at year end which are not material in
amount. Such Financial Statements present fairly the financial position of Shiel
as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations for the periods covered and
since the date of the most current Financial Statements provided by Shiel to the
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Bank there has been no material adverse change in the financial position of Shiel
and its Subsidiaries or in the results of their operations.
(e) Litigation and Contingent Liabilities. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.01(e), no litigation, arbitration proceedings or governmental
proceedings are pending or threatened against either Company which would, if
adversely determined, have a Material Adverse Effect. Shiel has no material
contingent liabilities not provided for or disclosed in the Financial Statements
referred to in Section 3.01(d), above.
(f) Employee Benefit Plans. Each Plan maintained by the Company is
in material compliance with ERISA, the Code, and all applicable rules and
regulations adopted by regulatory authorities pursuant thereto, and the Company
has filed all reports and returns required to be filed by ERISA, the Code and such
rules and regulations. To the knowledge of the Company, no Plan maintained by
the Company and no trust created under any such Plan has incurred any
"accumulated funding deficiency" within the meaning of Section 412(c)(1) of the
Code, and the present value of all benefits vested under each Plan did not exceed,
as of the last annual valuation date, the value of the assets of the respective Plans
allocable to such vested benefits. The Company has no knowledge that any
"reportable event" as defined in ERISA has occurred with respect to any Plan of
the Company.
(g) Payment of Taxes. Each Guarantor has filed all federal, state and
local tax returns and tax related reports which the Guarantor is required to tile by
any statute or regulation and all taxes and any tax related interest payments and
penalties that are due and payable have been paid, except for such as are being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and as to which
appropriate reserves have been established. Adequate provision has been made
for the payment when due of all tax liabilities which have been incurred, but are
not as yet due and payable.
(h) Investment Company Act. The Company is not an "investment
company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company" within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(i) Regulation U. None of the Guarantors is engaged principally, or
as one of its or his important activities, in the business of extending credit for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock within the meaning of
Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Not
more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the assets of the Company consists of
margin stock, within the contemplation of Regulation U, as amended.
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ARTICLE IV
Section 4.01. Guaranty of Term Loan. The Term Note shall be guaranteed under a valid
and enforceable unconditional guaranty of payment from the Company given pursuant to a
written guaranty executed and delivered by the Company, in form and substance acceptable to
the Bank.
ARTICLE V
Affirmative and Negative Covenants
Section 5.01. Affirmative Covenants. Until all Obligations terminate or are paid and
satisfied in full, the Guarantors shall strictly observe each of the following covenants:
(a) Existence. The Company shall preserve and maintain its existence
and the right to do business in its jurisdiction of organization and in such other
states wherein non-qualification would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Reports, Certificates and Other Information. The Guarantors shall
furnish to the Bank the following Financial Statements, certificates and other
information, in form satisfactory to the Bank:
(i) Annual Statements. As soon as available and in any
event within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the close of
each fiscal year of Shiel, annual audited Financial Statements for
Shiel, audited by the Company's Auditors, showing the financial
condition and results of operations of Shiel as at the close of such
fiscal year and for such fiscal year, all prepared in accordance with
GAAP, accompanied by an opinion of the Company's Auditors,
which opinion shall be without qualification and shall state that
such audited Financial Statements present fairly the financial
position of Shiel as of the date of such Financial Statements and
the results of its operations and changes in its financial position for
the period covered thereby, and that their examination in
connection with such Financial Statements has been made in
accordance with GAAP.
(ii) Interim Quarterly Statements. On or before forty-
five (45) days after the close of each fiscal quarter of Shiel, a
balance sheet for Shiel as of the close of such fiscal quarter,
prepared by Shiel and accompanied by the written certification of
an Authorized Officer that such balance sheet has been prepared in
accordance with GAAP (except for the absence of footnotes and
the failure to include immaterial adjustments customarily done at
the close of a fiscal quarter), consistently applied and fairly present
the financial position of Shiel as of the close of such fiscal quarter.
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(iii) Tax Returns. Within thirty (30) Banking Days after
the filing thereof, a copy of each federal tax return of each of the
Individual Guarantors.
(iv) Personal Financial Statements. On or before
June 30 of each calendar year, current personal Financial
Statements of each of the Individual Guarantors.
(v) Orders. Prompt notice of any orders in any material
proceedings to which any of the Guarantors is a party, issued by
any court or regulatory agency, federal or state, and if the Bank
should so request, a copy of any such order.
• (vi) Notice of Default or Litigation. Immediately upon
learning of the occurrence of an Event of Default or Unmatured
Event of Default, or the institution of or any adverse determination
in any litigation, arbitration proceeding or governmental
proceeding which is material to any of the Guarantors, or the
occurrence of any event which could have a Material Adverse
Effect, written notice thereof describing the same and the steps
being taken with respect thereto.
(vii) Other Information. From time to time such other
information concerning the Guarantors as the Bank may
reasonably request.
(c) Books, Records and Inspections. The Company shall maintain
complete and accurate books and records, and permit access thereto by the Bank
for purposes of inspection, copying and audit, and the Company shall permit the
Bank to inspect its properties and operations at all reasonable times and upon
reasonable notice.
(d) Insurance. In addition to any insurance required by any other Loan
Documents to which it is a party, the Company shall maintain in full force and
effect such insurance as may be required by law and such other insurance, to such
extent and against such hazards and liabilities, as is customarily maintained by
companies similarly situated.
(e) Taxes and Liabilities. Each Guarantor shall pay when due all
taxes, license fees, assessments and other liabilities except such as are being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate
reserves have been established.
(f) Compliance with Legal and Regulatory Requirements. The
Company shall maintain material compliance with the applicable provisions of all
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federal, state and local statutes, ordinances and regulations and any court.orders or
orders of regulatory authorities issued thereunder.
(g) Employee Benefit Plans. The Company shall maintain any Plan in
material compliance with ERISA, the Code, and all rules and regulations of
regulatory authorities pursuant thereto and shall file all reports required to be filed
pursuant to ERISA, the Code, and such rules and regulations.
(h) Issuance of Shares. The Company shall notify the Bank not fewer
than thirty (30) days in advance, if the Company shall issue, sell or otherwise
dispose of any shares of the capital stock, membership units, or other securities of
the Company, or 'rights, warrants or options to purchase or acquire any such
shares or securities.
Section 5.02. Negative Covenants. Until all Obligations terminate or are paid and
satisfied in full, each Guarantor shall strictly observe each of the following covenants:
(a) Margin Stock. None of the Guarantors shall use or cause or permit
the proceeds of the Term Loan to be used, either directly or indirectly, for the
purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of purchasing or carrying any
margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, as amended from time to time.
(b) Other Agreements. None of the Guarantors shall enter into any
agreement containing any provision which would be violated or breached in
material respect by the performance of its obligations under this Agreement or
under any other Loan Document.
(c) Judgments. None of the Guarantors shall permit any uninsured
judgment or monetary penalty to be rendered against it in any judicial or
administrative proceeding to remain unsatisfied for a period in excess of
forty-five (45) days, unless such judgment or penalty is being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings and execution upon such judgment has been
stayed, and unless an appropriate reserve has been established with respect
thereto.
(d) Hazardous Substances. The Company shall not allow or permit to
continue the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Substance in violation
of any Environmental Laws on any premises owned or occupied by or under lease
to it.
(e) Accounting Policies/Change of Business. The Company shall not:
(1) change its fiscal year or any of its significant accounting policies except to the
extent necessary to comply with GAAP; (2) make any material change in the
nature of its business as carried on the Closing Date; and (3) make any change in
the management of its business as effective on the Closing Date.
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ARTICLE VI
)Intentionally Omitted.)
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default--Acceleration
Section 7.01. Events of Default. Each of the following shall constitute an Event of
Default under this Agreement:
(a) Nonpayment of Any Loan. Default in the payment within five (5)
days of when due of any of the Guaranty Obligations.
(b) Other Material Obligations. Subject to the expiration of any
applicable grace period, default by any of the Guarantors in the payment when
due, or in the performance or observance of any material obligation of, or
condition agreed to by any of the Guarantors with respect to any agreement
respecting any material purchase, sale or lease of goods, securities or services ,
except only to the extent that the existence of any such default is being contested
in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and that appropriate reserves have
been established with respect thereto.
(c) Bankruptcy, Insolvency, etc. Any of the Guarantors admitting in
writing its or his inability to pay debts as they mature or an administrative or
judicial order of dissolution or determination of insolvency being entered any of
the Guarantors; or any of the Guarantors applying for, consenting to, or
acquiescing in the appointment of a trustee or receiver for any of the Guarantors
or any property of any of them, or any of the Guarantors making a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors; or, in the absence of such application,
consent or acquiescence, a trustee or receiver being appointed for any of the
Guarantors or for a substantial part of the property of any of the Guarantors and
not being discharged within sixty (60) days; or any bankruptcy, reorganization,
debt arrangement, or other proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law, or
any dissolution or,liquidation proceeding being instituted by or against any of the
Guarantors, and, if involuntary, being consented to or acquiesced in by any of the
Guarantors, as applicable, or remaining for sixty(60) days undismissed.
(d) Warranties and Representations. Any warranty or representation
made by any Guarantor in this Agreement, or any of the other Loan Documents or
Related Documents proving to have been false or misleading in any material
respect when made, or any schedule, certificate, financial statement, report,
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notice, or other writing furnished by any Guarantor or Debtor to the Bank proving
to have been false or misleading in any material respect when made or delivered.
(e) Violations of Financial Covenants. Failure by any Guarantor to
comply with or perform any covenant in this Agreement.
(f) Change of Control. There shall be a Change of Control without the
prior written consent of the Bank.
(g) Noncompliance With Other Documents. The occurrence of any
"Event of Default" or "Default", as such terms are defined in any of the Loan
Documents other than this Agreement, the Reimbursement Agreement, the
Indenture, or any Related Documents.
(h) Termination of Guaranty. The termination or purported
termination of any of Section 2.01 of this Agreement.
Section 7.02. Effect of Event of Default. If any Event of Default described in
Section 7.01(c) of this Agreement shall occur, the maturity of the Obligations (including the
Term Loan if it is then outstanding) shall immediately be accelerated and all Obligations shall
become immediately due and payable, all without notice of any kind. When any other Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Bank may accelerate payment of the Obligations
(including the Term Loan if it is then outstanding) and declare the Obligations due and payable,
whereupon maturity of the Term Loan shall be accelerated and the Term Note and the Term
Loan and all other Obligations that are payment obligations shall become immediately due and
payable, all without notice of any kind. The Bank or any other holder of the Term Note shall
promptly advise the Guarantors in writing of any such declaration, but failure to do so shall not
impair the effect of such declaration. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, and a demand
therefor by the Bank, the Guarantors shall deposit with the Bank additional Collateral in the form
of cash or cash equivalents acceptable to the Bank, in an amount equal to the Available Amount
(as such term is defined in the Reimbursement Agreement) to secure the Obligations. Such
Collateral shall be of character and value satisfactory to the Bank, and except to the extent it is
applied in satisfaction of the Obligations, such Collateral in the form of cash shall be invested by
the Bank at the request and direction of the Guarantor depositing it and at such Guarantor's risk,
in investments acceptable to the Bank. All interest and income thereon may be held by the Bank
as additional Collateral. The remedies of the Bank specified in this Agreement or in any other
Loan Document shall not be exclusive, and the Bank may avail itself of any other remedies
provided by law as well as any equitable remedies available to the Bank.
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ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous
Section 8.01. Waiver -- Amendments. No delay on the part of the Bank, or any holder of
the Term Note in the exercise of any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof,
nor shall any single or partial exercise by any of them of any right, power or remedy preclude
any other or further exercise thereof, or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. No
amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent with respect to any of the provisions of this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents or otherwise of the Obligations shall be effective unless
such amendment, modification, waiver or consent is in writing and signed by the Bank.
Section 8.02. Notices. Any notice given under or with respect to this Agreement to the
or a Guarantor or the Bank shall be in writing and, if delivered by hand or sent by overnight
courier service, shall be deemed to have been given when delivered and, if mailed, shall be
deemed to have been given five (5) days after the date when sent by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid, and addressed to such Guarantor or the Bank (or other holder of the Term Note)
at its address shown below, or at such other address as any such party may, by written notice to
the other party to this Agreement, have designated as its address for such purpose.
To Guarantor: At the address stated below
such Guarantor's signature on this Agreement
To the Bank: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Suite 1361
111 Monument Circle
P.O. Box 7700
Indianapolis, IN 46277-0136
Section 8.03. Costs, Expenses and Taxes. The Guarantors,jointly and severally, agree to
pay (without duplication), all of the following fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Bank:
(i) all reasonable costs and expenses in connection with the negotiation, preparation, and closing
of the Loan Documents and any and all other documents furnished pursuant hereto or in
connection herewith, including without limitation the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses
of Baker & Daniels LLP, special counsel to the Bank, as well as the fees and out-of-pocket
expenses of such counsel in connection with the foregoing and the administration of this
Agreement (to the extent they are not reimbursed by Debtor pursuant to the Reimbursement
Agreement), (ii) all reasonable costs and expenses in connection with the negotiation,
preparation, and closing of any amendments or modifications of(or supplements to) any of the
foregoing and any and all other documents furnished pursuant thereto or in connection therewith,
including without limitation the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel retained
by the Bank relative thereto (or, but not as well as, the reasonable allocated costs of staff
counsel), (iii) all UCC and Lien search fees and costs and all fees and taxes payable in
connection with the filing or recording of any Loan Documents or financing statements, and all
title and lien search costs and fees, title insurance costs and fees, and fees and costs of appraisals
of inventory, equipment, real estate, and other collateral, as the Bank may require from time to
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time; and (iv) all costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and
expenses of the Bank), if any, in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement and/or any
other Loan Documents or other agreement furnished pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection
herewith or therewith. In addition, the Guarantors shall pay any and all stamp, transfer and other
similar taxes payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, or any of the other Loan Documents, or the issuance of the Term Note, or the
making of the Loan, and agrees to save and hold the Bank harmless from and against any and all
liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying, or omission to pay, such taxes.
Any portion of the foregoing fees, costs and expenses which remains unpaid following the
Bank's statement and request for payment thereof shall bear interest from the date of such
statement and request to the date of payment at the Default Rate.
Section 8.04. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document is determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such provision shall be deemed to be
severable from the balance of the provisions of this Agreement or such Loan Document and the
remaining provisions shall be enforceable in accordance with their terms.
Section 8.05. Captions/Time of Essence/Miscellaneous. Section captions used in this
Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Agreement.
Time is of the essence under the Loan Documents. This Agreement may be executed by original
or facsimile signatures, in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original,
but all of which when taken together shall constitute but one agreement.
Section 8.06. Governing Law. Except as may otherwise be expressly provided in any
other Loan Document, this Agreement and all other Loan Documents are made under and will be
governed in all cases by the substantive laws of the State of Indiana, notwithstanding the fact that
Indiana conflicts of law rules might otherwise require the substantive rules of law of another
jurisdiction to apply. EACH GUARANTOR WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE IN ANY
MANNER REQUIRED OR PERMITTED BY THE INDIANA RULES OF TRIAL
PROCEDURE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS UPON SUCH GUARANTOR AND AGREES
THAT ALL SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY MESSENGER, BY CERTIFIED
MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, OR BY REGISTERED MAIL DIRECTED TO ITS
ADDRESS AS STATED IN SECTION 8.02 OF THIS AGREEMENT. NOTHING
CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE BANK TO SERVE
LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
Section 8.07. Prior Agreements, Etc. This Agreement supersedes all previous
agreements and commitments made by the Bank and the Guarantors with respect to the subjects
of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any oral or written proposals or commitments
made or issued by the Bank. The Guarantors,jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold
harmless the Bank from and against all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, action,
judgments, suits, costs (including attorneys' fees), expenses or.disbursements of any kind
whatever which may be imposed upon or asserted against the Bank in any way relating to the
business operations of any of the Guarantors, execution of this Agreement or any other of the
Loan Documents or Related Documents or the performance of its obligations thereunder. It is
expressly agreed that the Bank shall not be deemed to control the business activities of any of the
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Guarantors, as a result of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the performance
thereof.
Section 8.08. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents
shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Guarantors and the Bank and their
respective successors and assigns, provided that the rights of each Guarantor under this
Agreement shall not be assignable without the prior written consent of the Bank.
The Guarantors agree that the Bank may provide any information the Bank may have
about the Guarantors or about any matter relating to this Agreement or any other Loan
Documents to any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or their successors, or to any one or more
purchasers or potential purchasers of the Term Note. The Guarantors agree that the Bank may at
any time sell, assign, or transfer one or more interests or participations in all or any part of its
rights or obligations in the Term Note to one or more purchasers whether or not related to the
Bank.
Section 8.09. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH GUARANTOR AND THE BANK EACH
HEREBY VOLUNTARILY, KNOWINGLY, ABSOLUTELY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY TRIAL OR HAVE A JURY
PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE) BETWEEN THE BANK AND SUCH GUARANTOR ARISING
OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT OR ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUCH GUARANTOR AND THE
BANK. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO THE BANK TO PROVIDE
THE FINANCING DESCRIBED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS.
NEITHER ANY GUARANTOR NOR THE BANK WILL SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE
ANY SUCH ACTION IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL HAS BEEN WAIVED WITH ANY
OTHER ACTION IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL HAS NOT BEEN OR CANNOT BE WAIVED.
Section 8.10. Highest Lawful Rate. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary
contained in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents, it is expressly provided that
in no case or event shall the aggregate of(a) all interest on the unpaid balance of the Term Note,
accrued or paid from the date hereof, and (b) the aggregate of any other amounts accrued or paid
pursuant to the Term Note, or any of the other Loan Documents, which under applicable laws are
or may be deemed to constitute interest upon such Debt from the date hereof, ever exceed the
maximum rate of interest which could lawfully be contracted for, charged or received on the
unpaid principal balance of such Debt. In this connection, it is expressly stipulated and agreed
that it is the intent of the Guarantors, and the Bank to contract in strict compliance with Indiana
usury laws and with any other applicable state usury laws and with federal usury laws
(whichever permit the higher rate of interest) from time to time in effect. In furtherance thereof,
none of the terms of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall ever be construed
to create a contract to pay, as consideration for the use, forbearance or detention of money,
interest at a rate in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate. Neither any Guarantor, nor any other
Person now or hereafter becoming liable for payment of indebtedness pursuant to the Loan
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Documents (the "Bank Debt") shall ever be liable for interest in excess of the Highest Lawful
Rate. If under any circumstances the aggregate amounts paid on the Bank Debt include amounts
which by law are deemed interest which would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, each Guarantor
stipulates that such amounts will be deemed to have been paid as a result of an error on the part
of the Guarantors and the Bank, and the Person receiving such excess payment shall promptly,
upon discovery of such error or upon notice thereof from the Person making such payment,
refund the amount of such excess. The parties further stipulate that such refund shall be a
sufficient and sole remedy for such error and that no party shall be entitled to any damages or
penalties, whether statutory or otherwise, as a result of such error. In addition, all sums paid or
agreed to be paid to the holder or holders of the Bank Debt for the use, forbearance or detention
of the. Bank Debt shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated,
allocated and spread throughout the full term of the Bank Debt. The provisions of this Section
8.10 shall control all agreements, whether now or hereafter existing and whether written or oral,
among the Guarantors and the Bank.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank, the Company, and the Individual Guarantors, have
executed this Amended and Restated Guaranty Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
SHIEL-SEXTON COMPANY, INC.
By:
Name: Andrew K. Shiel
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Address: 902 North Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Andrew K. Shiel
Address: 902 North Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Michael T. Dilts
Address: 902 North Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Brian J. Sullivan
Address: 902 North Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
• JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
By:
Name:
Title:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank, the Company, and the Individual Guarantors, have
executed this Amended and Restated Guaranty A:; e-pent a of the da - first set forth above.
SHI L- T•1 i �`, • N , INC.
►
Name: Andrew . Shiel
Title: Chief Executive Officer
• ddress: 902 North Capitol Avenue
Ind ana•, s, I r..Tana 46204
1 �
• i drew K. Shiel
Address: 902 North Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Michael T.Dilts
Address: 902 North Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
/Brian J. SUticvan
Address! 902 North Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,N.A.
By: ' !ar
Name: . .4 1_ ��4 rl e t
Title: V 47
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