GUARANTY Dated as of November 10, 2010 From THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN and THE ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS REFERRED TO HEREIN as Guarantors in favor of THE SECURED PARTIES REFERRED TO HEREIN
EXECUTION
COPY
Dated as
of November 10, 2010
From
THE
GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN
and
THE
ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS REFERRED TO HEREIN
as
Guarantors
in favor
of
THE
SECURED PARTIES REFERRED TO HEREIN
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Section
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Page
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Section
1.
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Guaranty;
Limitation of Liability
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3
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Section
2.
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Guaranty
Absolute
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5
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Section
3.
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Waivers
and Acknowledgments
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6
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Section
4.
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Subrogation
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7
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Section
5.
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Payments
Free and Clear of Taxes, Etc
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8
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Section
6.
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Representations
and Warranties
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8
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Section
7.
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Covenants
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8
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Section
8.
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Amendments,
Guaranty Supplements, Etc.
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9
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Section
9.
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Notices,
Etc
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9
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Section
10.
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No
Waiver; Remedies
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9
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Section
11.
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Right
of Set-off
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10
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Section
12.
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Indemnification
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10
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Section
13.
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Subordination
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11
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Section
14.
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Continuing
Guaranty; Assignments under the Credit Agreement
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12
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Section
15.
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Rights
and Remedies
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12
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Section
16.
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Execution
in Counterparts
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13
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Section
17.
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Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial, Etc.
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Exhibit
A - Guaranty Supplement
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GUARANTY
dated as of November 10, 2010 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, this “Guaranty”)
made by the Borrowers (as defined below) and each of the other Persons listed on
the signature pages hereof under the caption “Guarantors” and the Additional
Guarantors (as defined in Section 8(b)) (the Borrowers, such Persons so listed
and the Additional Guarantors being, collectively, the “Guarantors”
and, individually, each a “Guarantor”)
in favor of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to
below).
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENT. Chemtura Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”)
and the Subsidiary Borrowers referred to therein (together with the Company, the
“Borrowers”),
are parties to a Senior Secured Revolving Facility Credit Agreement, dated as of
November 10, 2010 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”; the capitalized terms defined therein and not otherwise
defined herein being used herein as therein defined) among the Borrowers, Bank
of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, the other agents named therein, and
the Lender Parties party thereto from time to time. Each Guarantor
will derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the transactions
contemplated by the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and it is a
condition precedent to the making of Advances and the issuance of Letters of
Credit by the Lender Parties under the Credit Agreement, and the entry by Cash
Management Banks into Secured Cash Management Agreements from time to time, that
each Guarantor shall have executed and delivered this Guaranty.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and in order to induce the Lender
Parties to make Advances and to issue Letters of Credit under the Credit
Agreement and the Cash Management Banks to enter into Secured Cash Management
Agreements from time to time, each Guarantor, jointly and severally with each
other Guarantor, hereby agrees as follows:
Section
1. Guaranty; Limitation of
Liability. (a) Each
Guarantor hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the
punctual payment when due, whether at scheduled maturity or on any date of a
required prepayment or by acceleration, demand or otherwise, of all Obligations
of each other Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party now or hereafter existing
under or in respect of the Loan Documents and Secured Cash Management Agreements
(including, without limitation, any extensions, modifications, substitutions,
amendments or renewals of any or all of the foregoing Obligations), whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal, interest,
premiums, fees, indemnities, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or
otherwise (such Obligations being the “Guaranteed
Obligations”; provided however that
if the aggregate principal or notional amount of Obligations under all Secured
Cash Management Agreements entered into by Non-Loan Parties (“Non-Loan Party
Bank Product Agreements”) exceeds $10,000,000 at any time outstanding,
then the Guaranteed Obligations shall exclude all Obligations under Non-Loan
Party Bank Product Agreements other than those Obligations (“Included
Obligations”) designated in a writing delivered by the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent as being included in the Guaranteed Obligations, subject to
a maximum aggregate principal or notional amount for all Included Obligations of
$10,000,000 at any time outstanding (all such Obligations under Non-Loan Party
Bank Product Agreements excluded from the Guaranteed Obligations being “Excluded
Obligations”)), and agrees to pay any and all reasonable and documented
out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured
Party in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor’s liability shall extend to all
amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by
any other Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party to the Administrative Agent
or any other Secured Party under or in respect of the Loan Documents and Secured
Cash Management Agreements 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 or Subsidiary.
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(b) Each
Guarantor, and by its acceptance of this Guaranty, the Administrative Agent and
each other Secured Party, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such
Persons that this Guaranty and the Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder not
constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law
(as hereinafter defined), the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform
Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law to the
extent applicable to this Guaranty and the Obligations of each Guarantor
hereunder. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Administrative
Agent, the other Secured Parties and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree
that the Obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty at any time shall be
limited to the maximum amount as will result in the Obligations of such
Guarantor under this Guaranty not constituting a fraudulent transfer or
conveyance. For purposes hereof, “Bankruptcy
Law” means any proceeding of the type referred to in Section 6.01(l)
of the Credit Agreement or Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar foreign, federal
or state law for the relief of debtors.
(c) Each
Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that in the event any
payment shall be required to be made to any Secured Party under this Guaranty or
any other guaranty, such Guarantor will contribute, to the maximum extent
permitted by law, such amounts to each other Guarantor and each other guarantor
so as to maximize the aggregate amount paid to the Secured Parties under or in
respect of the Loan Documents and Secured Cash Management Agreements (other than
Excluded Obligations thereunder). If any Guarantor (other than the
Borrowers) makes a payment under this Guaranty of any Obligations under the Loan
Documents or Secured Cash Management Agreements (any such payment by a Guarantor
other than the Borrowers, a “Guarantor
Payment”) that, taking into account all other Guarantor Payments
previously or concurrently made by any other Guarantor (other than the
Borrowers), exceeds the amount that such Guarantor would otherwise have paid if
each Guarantor had paid the aggregate Obligations under the Loan Documents or
Secured Cash Management Agreements satisfied by such Guarantor Payments in the
same proportion that such Guarantor's Allocable Amount bore to the total
Allocable Amounts of all Guarantors (other than the Borrowers), then (subject to
compliance with the first sentence of this section 1(c)) such Guarantor shall be
entitled to receive contribution and indemnification payments from, and to be
reimbursed by, each other Guarantor (other than the Borrowers) for the amount of
such excess, pro rata based upon their respective Allocable Amounts in effect
immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment. The “Allocable
Amount” for any Guarantor shall be the maximum amount that could then be
recovered from such Guarantor under this Guaranty without rendering such payment
voidable under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state
fraudulent transfer or conveyance act, or similar statute or common
law.
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Section
2. Guaranty
Absolute. Each
Guarantor guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in
accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and Secured Cash Management
Agreements, regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in
effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party with respect
thereto. The Obligations of each Guarantor under or in respect of
this Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other
Obligations of any other Loan Party under or in respect of the Loan Documents
and Secured Cash Management Agreements, and a separate action or actions may be
brought and prosecuted against each Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty,
irrespective of whether any action is brought against any Borrower or any other
Loan Party or whether any Borrower or any other Loan Party is joined in any such
action or actions. The liability of each Guarantor under this
Guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and
each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives (to the extent permitted by law) any
defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to, any or all
of the following:
(a) any
lack of validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or Secured Cash
Management Agreement or any agreement or instrument relating
thereto;
(b) any
change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all
or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Obligations of any other Loan
Party under or in respect of the Loan Documents and Secured Cash Management
Agreements, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from
any Loan Document or Secured Cash Management Agreement, including, without
limitation, any increase in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from the
extension of additional credit to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or
otherwise;
(c) any
taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any Collateral or any other
collateral, or any taking, release or amendment or waiver of or consent to
departure from any other guaranty, for all or any of the Guaranteed
Obligations;
(d) any
manner of application of Collateral or any other collateral, or proceeds
thereof, to all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any manner of sale or
other disposition of any Collateral or any other collateral for all or any of
the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Obligations of any Loan Party under the
Loan Documents and Secured Cash Management Agreements, or any other assets of
any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries;
(e) any
change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of
any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries;
(f) any
failure of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to disclose to
any Loan Party any information relating to the business condition (financial or
otherwise), operations, properties or prospects of any other Loan Party now or
hereafter known to the Administrative Agent or such other Secured Party, as the
case may be (each Guarantor waiving any duty on the part of the Secured Parties
to disclose such information);
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(g) the
failure of any other Person to execute or deliver this Guaranty, any Guaranty
Supplement (as hereinafter defined) or any other guaranty or agreement or the
release or reduction of liability of any Guarantor or other guarantor or surety
with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; or
(h) any
other circumstance (including, without limitation, any statute of limitations or
any existence of or reliance on any representation by the Administrative Agent
or any other Secured Party) that might otherwise constitute a defense available
to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party or any other guarantor or surety, in each
case other than the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed
Obligations.
This
Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if
at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or
must otherwise be returned by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured
Party or any other Person upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of
any Borrower or any other Loan Party or otherwise, all as though such payment
had not been made.
Section
3. Waivers
and Acknowledgments. (a) Each
Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives (to the extent permitted
by law) promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance, presentment, demand for
performance, notice of nonperformance, default, acceleration, protest or
dishonor and any other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations
and this Guaranty and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any other
Secured Party protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien or any property
subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against any Loan Party
or any other Person or any Collateral.
(b) Each
Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives (to the extent permitted
by law) any right to revoke this Guaranty and acknowledges that this Guaranty is
continuing in nature and applies to all Guaranteed Obligations, whether existing
now or in the future.
(c) Each
Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives (to the extent permitted
by law) (i) any defense arising by reason of any claim or defense based upon an
election of remedies by any Secured Party that in any manner impairs, reduces,
releases or otherwise adversely affects the subrogation, reimbursement,
exoneration, contribution or indemnification rights of such Guarantor or other
rights of such Guarantor to proceed against any of the other Loan Parties, any
other guarantor or any other Person or any Collateral and (ii) any defense based
on any right of set-off or counterclaim against or in respect of the Obligations
of such Guarantor hereunder.
(d) Each
Guarantor acknowledges that the Administrative Agent may, without notice to or
demand upon such Guarantor and without affecting the liability of such Guarantor
under this Guaranty, foreclose under any mortgage by nonjudicial sale, and each
Guarantor hereby waives any defense to the recovery by the Administrative Agent
and the other Secured Parties against such Guarantor of any deficiency after
such nonjudicial sale and any defense or benefits that may be afforded by
applicable law.
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(e) Each
Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives (to the extent permitted
by law) any duty on the part of any Secured Party to disclose to such Guarantor
any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, condition (financial or
otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of any other Loan
Party or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter known by such Secured
Party.
(f) Each
Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect
benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Loan Documents and
Secured Cash Management Agreements, and that the waivers set forth in Section 2
and this Section 3 are knowingly made in contemplation of such
benefits.
Section
4. Subrogation. Each
Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any
rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against any Borrower, any other
Loan Party or any other insider guarantor that arise from the existence,
payment, performance or enforcement of such Guarantor’s Obligations under or in
respect of this Guaranty, or any other Loan Document or Secured Cash Management
Agreement, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation,
reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to
participate in any claim or remedy of the Administrative Agent or any other
Secured Party against any Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other insider
guarantor or any Collateral, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises
in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without
limitation, the right to take or receive from the Borrower, any other Loan Party
or any other insider guarantor, directly or indirectly, in cash or other
property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of
such claim, remedy or right, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations
and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full
in cash, all Letters of Credit and all Secured Cash Management Agreements shall
have expired or been terminated (or all L/C Obligations shall have been Cash
Collateralized and all obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements
shall have been cash collateralized in a manner reasonably satisfactory to each
applicable Cash Management Bank) and all Commitments shall have expired or been
terminated (including the expiration or termination of the Borrowers’ rights
under Section 2.19 of the Credit Agreement). If any amount shall be
paid to any Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any
time prior to the latest of (a) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed
Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, (b) the latest
date of expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit and all Secured Cash
Management Agreements (or the date on which all L/C Obligations shall have been
Cash Collateralized and all obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements
shall have been cash collateralized in a manner reasonably satisfactory to each
applicable Cash Management Bank), and (c) the expiration or termination of all
Commitments (including the expiration or termination of the Borrowers’ rights
under Section 2.19 of the Credit Agreement), such amount shall be received and
held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured
Parties, shall be segregated from other property and funds of such Guarantor and
shall forthwith be paid or delivered to the Administrative Agent in the same
form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or assignment) to be
credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable
under this Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms
of the Loan Documents and Secured Cash Management Agreements, or to be held as
Collateral for any Guaranteed Obligations or other amounts payable under this
Guaranty thereafter arising. If (i) any Guarantor shall make payment
to any Secured Party of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) all
of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty
(other than contingent indemnification obligations under which a claim has not
yet been asserted) shall have been paid in full in cash, (iii) all Letters of
Credit and all Secured Cash Management Agreements shall have expired or been
terminated (or all L/C Obligations shall have been Cash Collateralized and all
obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements shall have been cash
collateralized in a manner reasonably satisfactory to each applicable Cash
Management Bank), and (iv) all Commitments shall have expired or been terminated
(including the expiration or termination of the Borrowers’ rights under Section
2.19 of the Credit Agreement), the Administrative Agent and the other Secured
Parties will, at such Guarantor’s request and expense, execute and deliver to
such Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and without
representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to
such Guarantor of an interest in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from such
payment made by such Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty.
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Section
5. Payments
Free and Clear of Taxes, Etc. Any
and all payments made by any Guarantor under or in respect of this Guaranty, any
other Loan Document or any Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be made free
and clear of and without deduction or withholding for any Taxes or Other Taxes
on the same terms and to the same extent that payments by the Borrowers are
required to be made free and clear of Taxes and Other Taxes pursuant to the
terms of Section 2.13 of the Credit Agreement.
Section
6. Representations and
Warranties. Each
Guarantor hereby makes each representation and warranty made in the Loan
Documents and Secured Cash Management Agreements by any Borrower with respect to
such Guarantor and each Guarantor hereby further represents and warrants as
follows:
(a) There
are no conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Guaranty that have not
been satisfied or waived.
(b) Such
Guarantor has, independently and without reliance upon any Secured Party and
based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its
own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Guaranty and each other Loan
Document and Secured Cash Management Agreement to which it is or is to be a
party, and such Guarantor has established adequate means of obtaining from each
other Loan Party on a continuing basis information pertaining to, and is now and
on a continuing basis will be completely familiar with, the business, condition
(financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties and prospects of
such other Loan Party.
Section
7. Covenants. Each
Guarantor covenants and agrees that, so long as any part of the Guaranteed
Obligations shall remain unpaid, any Letter of Credit shall be outstanding, any
Lender Party shall have any Commitment or any Secured Cash Management Agreement
shall be in effect, such Guarantor will perform and observe, and cause each of
its Subsidiaries to perform and observe, all of the terms, covenants and
agreements set forth in the Loan Documents and Secured Cash Management
Agreements, as the case may be, on its or their part to be performed or observed
or that any Borrower has agreed to cause such Guarantor or such Subsidiaries to
perform or observe.
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Section
8. Amendments, Guaranty
Supplements, Etc. (a) No
amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty and no consent to any
departure by any Guarantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the
same shall be in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent and the Required
Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required
Lenders) and, in the case of an amendment, the Guarantors, and then such waiver
or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which given; provided, however, that no amendment,
waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative
Agent and all of the Lenders (other than any Lender that is, at such time, a
Defaulting Lender), subject to the next succeeding sentence, release any
Guarantor hereunder or otherwise limit any Guarantor’s liability with respect to
the Obligations owing to the Secured Parties under or in respect of the Loan
Documents, if such release or limitation is in respect of all or substantially
all of the value of this Guaranty, or make any other change that is of the type
that requires the consent of all Lenders under the Credit
Agreement. Upon the sale of a Guarantor to the extent permitted in
accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and Secured Cash Management
Agreements, such Guarantor shall be automatically released from this
Guaranty.
(b) Upon
the execution and delivery by any Person of a guaranty supplement in
substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto (each, a “Guaranty
Supplement”), (i) such Person shall be referred to as an “Additional
Guarantor” and shall become and be a Guarantor hereunder, and each reference in
this Guaranty to a “Guarantor” shall also mean and be a reference to such
Additional Guarantor, and each reference in any other Loan Document or Secured
Cash Management Agreement to a “Guarantor” shall also mean and be a reference to
such Additional Guarantor, and (ii) each reference herein to “this Guaranty”,
“hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to this Guaranty, and
each reference in any other Loan Document or Secured Cash Management Agreement
to the “Guaranty”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to
this Guaranty, shall mean and be a reference to this Guaranty as supplemented by
such Guaranty Supplement.
Section
9. Notices,
Etc. All
notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be given in
accordance with the provisions set out in Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement,
mutatis
mutandis.
Section
10. No
Waiver; Remedies. No
failure on the part of any Secured Party to exercise, and no delay in
exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies
herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by
law.
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Section
11. Right
of Set-off. Upon
(a) the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and (b)
the making of the request or the granting of the consent specified by Section
6.01 of the Credit Agreement to authorize the Administrative Agent to declare
the Advances due and payable pursuant to the provisions of said Section 6.01,
each Agent and each Lender Party and each of their respective Affiliates is
hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special,
time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at
any time owing by such Agent, such Lender Party or such Affiliate to or for the
credit or the account of any Guarantor against any and all of the Obligations
(other than Excluded Obligations) of such Guarantor now or hereafter existing
under the Loan Documents and Secured Cash Management Agreements, irrespective of
whether such Agent or such Lender shall have made any demand under this Guaranty
or any other Loan Document or Secured Cash Management Agreement, and although
such Obligations may be unmatured. Each Agent and each Lender Party
agrees promptly to notify such Guarantor after any such set-off and application;
provided, however, that the failure to
give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and
application. The rights of each Agent and each Lender Party and their
respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and
remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) that such
Agent, such Lender Party and their respective Affiliates may have.
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12. Indemnification. (a) Without
limitation on any other Obligations of any Guarantor or remedies of the Secured
Parties under this Guaranty, each Guarantor shall, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, indemnify and hold harmless each Secured Party and each of
their Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and
advisors (each, an “Indemnified
Party”) from and against, and shall pay within ten (10) Business Days of
written demand, any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses
(including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) that
may be incurred by or asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party in
connection with or as a result of any failure of any Guaranteed Obligations to
be the legal, valid and binding obligations of any Loan Party enforceable
against such Loan Party in accordance with their terms.
(b) Each
Guarantor hereby also agrees that none of the Indemnified Parties shall have any
liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract, tort or otherwise) to any of
the Guarantors or any of their respective Affiliates or any of their respective
security holders, creditors, officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors
arising out of, related to or in connection with any aspect of the transactions
contemplated hereby, except to the extent such liability is determined in a
final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have
resulted primarily from such Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct. In no event, however, shall any Indemnified Party be liable on any
theory of liability for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages
(including without limitation, any loss of profits, business or anticipated
savings). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Guaranty, no
Indemnified Party shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others
of information or other materials obtained through electronic telecommunications
or other information transmission systems, except to the extent such damages are
determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent
jurisdiction to have resulted primarily from such Indemnified Party’s gross
negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) Without
prejudice to the survival of any of the other agreements of any Guarantor under
this Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents or Secured Cash Management
Agreements, the agreements and obligations of each Guarantor contained in
Section 1(a) (with respect to enforcement expenses), the last sentence of
Section 2, Section 5 and this Section 12 shall survive the
payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations and all of the other amounts
payable under this Guaranty.
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Section
13. Subordination. Each
Guarantor hereby subordinates any and all Debt owed to such Guarantor by each
other Loan Party (the “Subordinated
Obligations”) to the Guaranteed Obligations to the extent and in the
manner hereinafter set forth in this Section 13:
(a) Prohibited Payments,
Etc. After the occurrence and during the continuance of any
Event of Default (including the commencement and continuation of any proceeding
under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Loan Party), provided that either
(1) a notice of acceleration of the maturity of the Advances has been delivered
to the Borrower in accordance with Section 6.01(ii) of the Credit Agreement, or
(2) a demand for payment has been made under this Guaranty and, in the case of
this clause (2), amounts that are due remain unpaid, no Guarantor shall (unless
the Administrative Agent otherwise agrees) demand, accept or take any action to
collect any payment on account of the Subordinated Obligations.
(b) Prior Payment of Guaranteed
Obligations. In any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law
relating to any other Loan Party, each Guarantor agrees that the Secured Parties
shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of all Guaranteed
Obligations (including all interest and expenses accruing after the commencement
of a proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law, whether or not constituting an allowed
claim in such proceeding (“Post Petition
Interest”)) before such Guarantor receives payment of any Subordinated
Obligations.
(c) Turn-Over. After
the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default (including the
commencement and continuation of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law
relating to any other Loan Party), provided that either (1) a notice of
acceleration of the maturity of the Advances has been delivered to the Borrower
in accordance with Section 6.01(ii) of the Credit Agreement, or (2) a demand for
payment has been made under this Guaranty and, in the case of this clause (2),
amounts that are due remain unpaid, each Guarantor shall, if the Administrative
Agent so requests, collect, enforce and receive payments on account of the
Subordinated Obligations as trustee for the Secured Parties and deliver such
payments to the Administrative Agent on account of the Guaranteed Obligations
(including all Post Petition Interest), together with any necessary endorsements
or other instruments of transfer, but without reducing or affecting in any
manner the liability of such Guarantor under the other provisions of this
Guaranty.
(d) Administrative Agent
Authorization. After the occurrence and during the continuance
of any Event of Default (including the commencement and continuation of any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Loan Party), provided
that either (1) a notice of acceleration of the maturity of the Advances has
been delivered to the Borrower in accordance with Section 6.01(ii) of the Credit
Agreement, or (2) a demand for payment has been made under this Guaranty and, in
the case of this clause (2), amounts that are due remain unpaid, the
Administrative Agent is authorized and empowered (but without any obligation to
so do), in its discretion, (i) in the name of each Guarantor, to collect and
enforce, and to submit claims in respect of, Subordinated Obligations and to
apply any amounts received thereon to the Guaranteed Obligations (including any
and all Post Petition Interest), and (ii) to pay any amounts received on such
obligations to the Administrative Agent for application to the Guaranteed
Obligations (including any and all Post Petition Interest).
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Section
14. Continuing Guaranty;
Assignments under the Credit Agreement. This
Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (a) remain in full force and effect
until the latest of (i) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed
Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, (ii) the latest
date of expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit and all Secured Cash
Management Agreements (or the date on which all L/C Obligations shall have been
Cash Collateralized and all obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements
shall have been cash collateralized in a manner reasonably satisfactory to each
applicable Cash Management Bank), and (iii) the expiration or termination of all
Commitments (including the expiration or termination of the Borrowers’ rights
under Section 2.19 of the Credit Agreement), (b) be binding upon each Guarantor
and its successors and assigns and (c) inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable by the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties and their
respective successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the
generality of clause (c) of the immediately preceding sentence, any Secured
Party may assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and
obligations under the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, all or
any portion of its Commitments, the Advances owing to it and the Notes held by
it) to any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested
with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Secured Party herein or
otherwise, in each case as and to the extent provided in Section 10.07 of the
Credit Agreement. No Guarantor shall have the right to assign its
rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the
Secured Parties.
Section
15. Rights
and Remedies. At
any time an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties may, in their discretion, pursue
such rights and remedies as they deem appropriate, including realization upon
Collateral by judicial foreclosure or non judicial sale or enforcement, without
affecting any rights and remedies under any Loan Document. If, in
taking any action in connection with the exercise of any rights or remedies, the
Administrative Agent or any Lender Party shall forfeit any other rights or
remedies, including the right to enter a deficiency judgment against any
Guarantor or any other Person, whether because of any applicable laws pertaining
to “election of remedies” or otherwise, each Guarantor consents to such action
and waives any claim based upon it, even if the action may result in loss of any
rights of subrogation that such Guarantor might otherwise have
had. Any election of remedies that results in denial or impairment of
the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party to seek a deficiency
judgment against any Loan Party shall not impair each Guarantor’s obligation to
pay the full amount of the Obligations under the Loan Documents. Each
Guarantor waives all rights and defenses arising out of an election of remedies,
such as nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to any security for the Obligations
under the Loan Documents, even though that election of remedies destroys such
Guarantor’s rights of subrogation against any other Person. The
Administrative Agent may bid all or a portion of the Obligations under the Loan
Documents at any foreclosure or trustee’s sale or at any private sale, and the
amount of such bid need not be paid by the Administrative Agent but shall be
credited against the Obligations under the Loan Documents. The amount
of the successful bid at any such sale, whether the Administrative Agent or any
other Person is the successful bidder, shall be conclusively deemed to be the
fair market value of the Collateral acquired pursuant to such sale, and, after
application of the proceeds of such sale to payment of the Obligations under the
Loan Documents, the difference between such bid amount and the remaining balance
of the Obligations under the Loan Documents shall be conclusively deemed to be
the amount of the Obligations under the Loan Documents guaranteed under this
Guaranty, notwithstanding that any present or future law or court decision may
have the effect of reducing the amount of any deficiency claim to which the
Administrative Agent or any Lender Party might otherwise be entitled but for
such bidding at any such sale.
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Section
16. Execution in
Counterparts. This
Guaranty and each amendment, waiver and consent with respect hereto may be
executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties thereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to
this Guaranty by telecopier or by electronic transmission (e.g. “.pdf” or
“.tif”) shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of
this Guaranty.
Section
17. Governing Law; Jurisdiction;
Waiver of Jury Trial, Etc. (a) This
Guaranty shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the
State of New York.
(b) Each
Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its
property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court and, if the
Bankruptcy Court does not have (or abstains from) jurisdiction, to the exclusive
jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the United
States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from
any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents or Secured Cash Management
Agreements to which it is or is to be a party, or for recognition or enforcement
of any judgment, and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard
and determined in any such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by
law, in such federal court. Each Guarantor agrees that a final
judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be
enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner
provided by law.
(c) Each
Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may
legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have
to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents or Secured Cash
Management Agreements to which it is or is to be a party in any New York
State or federal court. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the
maintenance of such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) EACH
GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION,
PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE)
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR SECURED CASH
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS, THE ADVANCES OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY SECURED PARTY IN THE
NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed and
delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above
written.
Guarantors:
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CHEMTURA
CORPORATION, as a Guarantor
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
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Executive Vice President and
Chief
Financial
Officer
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BIOLAB
FRANCHISE COMPANY, LLC, as a
Guarantor
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Vice
President and Secretary
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BIO-LAB,
INC., as a Guarantor
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Vice
President and Secretary
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CROMPTON
COLORS INCORPORATED, as a
Guarantor
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Vice
President and
Secretary
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[Signature
Page]
CROMPTON
HOLDING CORPORATION, as a
Guarantor
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Vice
President and Secretary
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GLCC
LAUREL, LLC, as a Guarantor
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Secretary
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GREAT
LAKES CHEMICAL CORPORATION, as
a
Guarantor
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Vice
President and Secretary
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GREAT
LAKES CHEMICAL GLOBAL, INC., as
a
Guarantor
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Vice
President and Secretary
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GT
SEED TREATMENT, INC., as a Guarantor
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Secretary
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[Signature
Page]
HOMECARE
LABS, INC., as a Guarantor
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Secretary
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LAUREL
INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC., as a
Guarantor
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Vice
President and Secretary
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RECREATIONAL
WATER PRODUCTS, INC., as
a
Guarantor
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Secretary
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XXXXX
CITY ROAD LLC, as a Guarantor
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Secretary
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[Signature
Page]
Exhibit
A
To
The
Guaranty
FORM
OF GUARANTY SUPPLEMENT
_________
__, ____
Bank of
America, N.A., as Administrative Agent
[Address
of Administrative Agent]
Attention: _________
Senior
Secured Revolving Facility Credit Agreement dated as of November 10, 2010 (as
amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Credit
Agreement”) among Chemtura Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”)
and the Subsidiary Borrowers referred to therein (together with the Company, the
“Borrowers”),
Bank of
America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, the other agents named therein,
and the
Lender Parties party thereto from time to time
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is made to the above-captioned Credit Agreement and to the Guaranty referred to
therein (such Guaranty, as in effect on the date hereof and as it may hereafter
be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, together with
this Guaranty Supplement, being the “Guaranty”). The
capitalized terms defined in the Guaranty or in the Credit Agreement and not
otherwise defined herein are used herein as therein defined.
Section
1. Guaranty; Limitation of
Liability. (a) The
undersigned hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the
punctual payment when due, whether at scheduled maturity or on any date of a
required prepayment or by acceleration, demand or otherwise, of all Obligations
(other than Excluded Obligations) of each other Loan Party or Subsidiary of a
Loan Party now or hereafter existing under or in respect of the Loan Documents
and Secured Cash Management Agreements (including, without limitation, any
extensions, modifications, substitutions, amendments or renewals of any or all
of the foregoing Obligations), whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, and whether for principal, interest, premium, fees, indemnities,
contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise (such Obligations being
the “Guaranteed
Obligations”), and agrees to pay any and all reasonable and documented
out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured
Party in enforcing any rights under the Guaranty or this Guaranty
Supplement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
undersigned’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the
Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by any other Loan Party or Subsidiary
of a Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party under or
in respect of the Loan Documents and Secured Cash Management Agreements 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
or Subsidiary.
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(b) The
undersigned, and by its acceptance of this Guaranty Supplement, the
Administrative Agent and each other Secured Party, hereby confirms that it is
the intention of all such Persons that this Guaranty Supplement, the Guaranty
and the Obligations of the undersigned hereunder and thereunder 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
foreign, federal or state law to the extent applicable to this Guaranty
Supplement, the Guaranty and the Obligations of the undersigned hereunder and
thereunder. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Administrative
Agent, the other Secured Parties and the undersigned hereby irrevocably agree
that the Obligations of the undersigned under this Guaranty Supplement and the
Guaranty at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as will result in
the Obligations of the undersigned under this Guaranty Supplement and the
Guaranty not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
(c) The
undersigned hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that in the event any
payment shall be required to be made to any Secured Party under this Guaranty
Supplement, the Guaranty or any other guaranty, the undersigned will contribute,
to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, such amounts to each other
Guarantor and each other guarantor so as to maximize the aggregate amount paid
to the Secured Parties under or in respect of the Loan Documents and Secured
Cash Management Agreements (other than Excluded Obligations
thereunder).
Section
2. Obligations Under the
Guaranty. The
undersigned hereby agrees, as of the date first above written, to be bound as a
Guarantor by all of the terms and conditions of the Guaranty to the same extent
as each of the other Guarantors thereunder. The undersigned further
agrees, as of the date first above written, that each reference in the
Subsidiary Guaranty to an “Additional Guarantor” or a “Guarantor” shall also
mean and be a reference to the undersigned, and each reference in any other Loan
Document or Secured Cash Management Agreement to a “Guarantor” or a “Loan Party”
shall also mean and be a reference to the undersigned.
Section
3. Representations and
Warranties. The
undersigned hereby makes each representation and warranty set forth in
Section 6 of the Guaranty with respect to itself to the same extent as each
other Guarantor made such representation with respect to itself.
Section
4. Electronic
Delivery. Delivery
of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Guaranty Supplement by
telecopier or by electronic transmission (e.g. “.pdf” or “.tif”) shall be
effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Guaranty
Supplement.
Section
5. Governing Law; Jurisdiction;
Waiver of Jury Trial, Etc. (a) This
Guaranty Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
laws of the State of New York.
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(b) The
undersigned hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its
property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court and, if the
Bankruptcy Court does not have (or abstains from) jurisdiction, to the exclusive
jurisdiction of any New York State court or any federal court of the United
States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from
any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Guaranty Supplement, the Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents or Secured
Cash Management Agreements to which it is or is to be a party, or for
recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and the undersigned hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such
action or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such New York State
court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. The
undersigned agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall
be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment
or in any other manner provided by law.
(c) The
undersigned irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may
legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have
to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Guaranty Supplement, the Guaranty or any of the other Loan
Documents or Secured Cash Management Agreements to which it is or is to be a
party in any New York State or federal court. The undersigned
hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense
of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit, action or proceeding
in any such court.
(d) THE
UNDERSIGNED HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION,
PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE)
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR SECURED CASH
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS, THE ADVANCES OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY SECURED PARTY IN THE
NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.
Very
truly yours,
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[NAME
OF ADDITIONAL GUARANTOR]
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By
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Name:
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Title:
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