GUARANTY AGREEMENT - Page 8
12. Cumulative Remedies; No Election. If Guarantor is or becomes liable or obligated for the Guaranteed Obligations, by endorsement or otherwise, other than under this Guaranty Agreement, such liability or obligation shall not be in any manner impaired or affected hereby, and the rights and remedies of Lender hereunder shall be cumulative of any and all other rights and remedies that Lender may ever have against Guarantor. The exercise by Lender of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other agreement, document, or instrument, or at law or in equity, shall not preclude the concurrent or subsequent exercise of any other right or remedy. This Guaranty Agreement may be enforced from time to time as often as occasion for enforcement may arise as may be determined by Lender, and it is agreed and understood that it shall not be necessary for Lender, in order to enforce payment by Guarantor, first to exercise any rights or remedies against Borrower, any other Obligor, the Collateral, or any other Person under the Loan Documents or any Applicable Law.
13. Binding Effect. This Guaranty Agreement, and Guarantor's performance hereunder, is for the benefit of Lender and its successors and permitted assigns, and in the event of an assignment by Lender, or its successors or permitted assigns, of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, the rights and benefits hereunder, to the extent applicable to the indebtedness, liabilities, and obligations so assigned, shall be deemed transferred with such indebtedness, liabilities, and obligations without necessity of further express action. This Guaranty Agreement is binding upon Guarantor, and his successors and assigns.
14. Subordination. Guarantor hereby agrees that the Subordinated Indebtedness (as defined below) shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior Full Payment of all Guaranteed Obligations as herein provided. After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Subordinated Indebtedness shall not be payable, and no payment of principal, interest, or other amounts on account thereof, and no property or guarantee of any nature to secure or pay the Subordinated Indebtedness shall be made or given, directly or indirectly, by or on behalf of any Debtor (hereafter defined) or received, accepted, retained, or applied by Guarantor unless and until Full Payment of the Guaranteed Obligations. If any sums shall be paid to Guarantor by any Debtor or any other Person on account of the Subordinated Indebtedness when such payment is not permitted hereunder, such sums shall be held in trust by Guarantor for the benefit of Lender and shall forthwith be paid to Lender without affecting the liability of Guarantor under this Guaranty Agreement and may be applied by Lender against the Guaranteed Obligations in accordance with the Loan and Security Agreement. Upon the request of Lender, Guarantor shall execute, deliver, and endorse to Lender such documentation as Lender may reasonably request to perfect, preserve, and enforce its rights hereunder. For purposes of this Guaranty Agreement, the term "Subordinated Indebtedness" means, with respect to Guarantor, all indebtedness, liabilities, and obligations of Borrower or any other Obligor other than Guarantor (Borrower and each such other Obligor, herein the "Debtors") to Guarantor, whether such indebtedness, liabilities, and obligations now exist or are hereafter incurred or arise, or are direct, indirect, contingent, primary, secondary, several, joint and several, or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such indebtedness, liabilities, or obligations are evidenced by a note, contract, open account, or otherwise, and irrespective of the Person or Persons in whose favor such indebtedness, obligations, or liabilities may, at their inception, have been, or may hereafter be created, or the manner in which they have been or may hereafter be acquired by Guarantor. Guarantor agrees that any and all Liens (including any judgment liens), upon any Debtor's assets securing payment of any Subordinated Indebtedness shall be and remain inferior and subordinate to any and all Liens upon any Debtor's assets securing payment of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, regardless of whether such Liens in favor of Guarantor or Lender presently exist or are hereafter created or attached (provided that the foregoing shall not be interpreted or deemed to allow the existence of any such Liens to the extent otherwise prohibited by the Loan Documents). Without the prior written consent of Lender, Guarantor shall not (i) file suit against any Debtor or exercise or enforce any other creditor's right he may have against any Debtor or (ii) foreclose, repossess, sequester, or otherwise take steps or institute any action or proceedings (judicial or otherwise, including without limitation the commencement of, or joinder in, any liquidation, bankruptcy, rearrangement, debtor's relief, or insolvency proceeding) to enforce any obligations of any Debtor to Guarantor or any Liens held by Guarantor on assets of any Debtor. In the event of any receivership, bankruptcy, reorganization, rearrangement, debtor's relief, or other insolvency proceeding involving any Debtor as debtor, Lender shall have the right to prove and vote any claim under the Subordinated Indebtedness and to receive directly from the receiver, trustee, or other court custodian all dividends, distributions, and payments made in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness until the Full Payment of the Guaranteed Obligations. Lender may apply any such dividends, distributions, and payments against the Guaranteed Obligations in accordance with the Loan and Security Agreement or other Loan Documents.
