Exhibit 10.4 Guaranty of Payment






EXHIBIT 10.4


GUARANTY OF PAYMENT 


This GUARANTY OF PAYMENT is dated as of October 15, 2013 (this “Guaranty”), and executed by INDUSTRIAL SERVICES OF AMERICA, INC., a Florida corporation, (the “Guarantor”), to and for the benefit of THE BANK OF KENTUCKY, INC., a Kentucky banking corporation, (the “Lender”).


R E C I T A L S:


A.The Lender has agreed to make two loans in the principal amount of Three Million and 00/100 Dollars ($3,000,000.00) and One Million Dollars and 00/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) (collectively, the “Loan”) to WESSCO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (the “Borrower.)  


B.As a condition precedent to the Lender’s extension of the Loan to the Borrower and in consideration therefor, the Lender has required the execution and delivery of (i) this Guaranty by the Guarantor, (ii) one or more Promissory Notes dated even date herewith, executed by the Borrower and made payable to the order of the Lender (collectively, the “Note”) evidencing the Loan, (iii) that certain Security Agreement dated as of even date herewith, executed by the Borrower to and for the benefit of the Lender (the “Security Agreement”) encumbering the property described therein (the “Collateral”), and (iv) the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Note).


C.Guarantor is the manager and sole member of the Borrower and, having a financial interest in the Collateral, has agreed to execute and deliver this Guaranty to the Lender.


NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby is acknowledged by Guarantor and hereby agrees as follows:


A G R E E M E N T S:


1.Guaranty of Payment.  Guarantor hereby unconditionally, absolutely and irrevocably guaranties to the Lender the punctual payment and performance when due, whether at stated maturity or by acceleration or otherwise, of the indebtedness and other obligations of the Borrower to the Lender evidenced by the Note, any interest rate management agreement and any other amounts that may become owing by the Borrower under the Loan Documents (such indebtedness, obligations and other amounts are hereinafter referred to as “Payment Obligations”).  This Guaranty is a present and continuing guaranty of payment and not of collectability, and the Lender shall not be required to prosecute collection, enforcement or other remedies against the Borrower or guarantor of the Payment Obligations, or to enforce or resort to any collateral for the repayment of the Payment Obligations or other rights or remedies pertaining thereto, before calling the Guarantor for payment.  If for any reason the Borrower shall fail or be unable to pay, punctually and fully, any of the Payment Obligations, the Guarantor shall pay such obligations to the Lender in full immediately upon demand.  One or more successive actions may be brought against the Guarantor, as often as the Lender deems advisable, until all of the Payment Obligations are paid and performed in full.  The Payment Obligations, together with all other payment and performance obligations of the Guarantor hereunder, are referred to herein as the “Obligations”.



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2.Representations and Warranties.  The following shall constitute representations and warranties of the Guarantor, and the Guarantor hereby acknowledges that the Lender intends to make the Loan in reliance thereon:


(a)Guarantor is not in default, and no event has occurred which, with the passage of time and/or the giving of notice, would constitute a default, under any agreement to which any Guarantor is a party, the effect of which will impair performance by such Guarantor of its obligations under this Guaranty.  Neither the execution and delivery of this Guaranty nor compliance with the terms and provisions hereof will violate any applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order, or will conflict with or result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, instrument, document, agreement or contract of any kind that creates, represents, evidences or provides for any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Guarantor, or any other indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, instrument, document, agreement or contract of any kind to which the Guarantor is a party or to which the Guarantor or the property of such Guarantor may be subject.


(b)There are no litigation, arbitration, governmental or administrative proceedings, actions, examinations, claims or demands pending, or to the knowledge of the Guarantor, threatened that could adversely affect performance by the Guarantor of its obligations under this Guaranty.


(c)Neither this Guaranty nor any statement or certification as to facts previously furnished or required herein to be furnished to the Lender by any of the Guarantor, contains any material inaccuracy or untruth in any representation, covenant or warranty or omits to state a fact material to this Guaranty.


3.Continuing Guaranty.  Guarantor agrees that the performance of the Obligations by the Guarantor shall be a primary obligation, shall not be subject to any counterclaim, set-off, abatement, deferment or defense based upon any claim that the Guarantor may have against the Lender, the Borrower, any other guarantor of the Obligations or any other person or entity, and shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and shall not be released, discharged or affected in any way by, any circumstance or condition (whether the Guarantor shall have any knowledge thereof), including without limitation:


(a)any lack of validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents;


(b)any termination, amendment, modification or other change in any of the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, any modification of the interest rate(s) described therein;


(c)any furnishing, exchange, substitution or release of any collateral securing repayment of the Loan, or any failure to perfect any lien in such collateral;


(d)any failure, omission or delay on the part of the Borrower, the Guarantor, any other guarantor of the Obligations or the Lender to conform or comply with any term of any of the Loan Documents or any failure of the Lender to give notice of any Event of Default (as defined in the Note);


(e)any waiver, compromise, release, settlement or extension of time of payment or performance or observance of any of the obligations or agreements contained in any of the Loan Documents;



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(f)any action or inaction by the Lender under or in respect of any of the Loan Documents, any failure, lack of diligence, omission or delay on the part of the Lender to perfect, enforce, assert or exercise any lien, security interest, right, power or remedy conferred on it in any of the Loan Documents, or any other action or inaction on the part of the Lender;


(g)any voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment, assignment for the benefit of creditors, composition, receivership, liquidation, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar events or proceedings with respect to the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other guarantor of the Obligations, as applicable, or any of their respective property or creditors, or any action taken by any trustee or receiver or by any court in any such proceeding;


(h)any merger or consolidation of the Borrower into or with any entity, or any sale, lease or transfer of any of the assets of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other guarantor of the Obligations to any other person or entity;


(i)any change in the ownership of the Borrower or any change in the relationship between the Borrower, the Guarantor or any other guarantor of the Obligations, or any termination of any such relationship;


(j)any release or discharge by operation of law of the Borrower, the Guarantor or any other guarantor of the Obligations from any obligation or agreement contained in any of the Loan Documents; or


(k)any other occurrence, circumstance, happening or event, whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing and whether foreseen or unforeseen, which otherwise might constitute a legal or equitable defense or discharge of the liabilities of a guarantor or surety or which otherwise might limit recourse against the Borrower or the Guarantor to the fullest extent permitted by law.


4.Waivers.  Guarantor expressly and unconditionally waives (i) notice of any of the matters referred to in Section 3 above, (ii) all notices which may be required by statute, rule of law or otherwise, now or hereafter in effect, to preserve intact any rights against the Guarantor, including, without limitation, any demand, presentment and protest, proof of notice of non-payment under any of the Loan Documents and notice of any Event of Default or any failure on the part of the Borrower, the Guarantor or any other guarantor of the Obligations to perform or comply with any covenant, agreement, term or condition of any of the Loan Documents, (iii) any right to the enforcement, assertion or exercise against the Borrower,  the Guarantor or any other guarantor of the Obligations of any right or remedy conferred under any of the Loan Documents, (iv) any requirement of diligence on the part of any person or entity, (v) any requirement on the part of the Lender to exhaust any remedies or to mitigate the damages resulting from any default under any of the Loan Documents, and (vi) any notice of any sale, transfer or other disposition of any right, title or interest of the Lender under any of the Loan Documents.


5.Subordination.  Guarantor agrees that any and all present and future debts and obligations of the Borrower to the Guarantor are hereby subordinated to the claims of the Lender and are hereby assigned by the Guarantor to the Lender as security for the Obligations and the obligations of the Guarantor under this Guaranty.



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6.Subrogation Waiver.  Until the Obligations are paid in full and all periods under applicable bankruptcy law for the contest of any payment by the Guarantor or the Borrower as a preferential or fraudulent payment have expired, the Guarantor knowingly, and with advice of counsel, waives, relinquishes, releases and abandons all rights and claims to indemnification, contribution, reimbursement, subrogation and payment which the Guarantor may now or hereafter have by and from the Borrower and the successors and assigns of the Borrower, for any payments made by the Guarantor to the Lender, including, without limitation, any rights which might allow the Borrower, the Borrower’s successors, a creditor of the Borrower, or a trustee in bankruptcy of the Borrower to claim in bankruptcy or any other similar proceedings that any payment made by the Borrower or the Borrower’s successors and assigns to the Lender was on behalf of or for the benefit of the Guarantor and that such payment is recoverable by the Borrower, a creditor or trustee in bankruptcy of the Borrower as a preferential payment, fraudulent conveyance, payment of an insider or any other classification of payment which may otherwise be recoverable from the Lender.


7.Reinstatement.  The obligations of the Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty shall continue to be effective or automatically be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment of any of the Obligations or the obligations of the Guarantor under this Guaranty is rescinded or otherwise must be restored or returned by the Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Guarantor or the Borrower or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.


8.Financial Statements.  Guarantor represents and warrants to the Lender that (a) the financial statements of such Guarantor previously submitted to the Lender are true, complete and correct in all material respects, disclose all actual and contingent liabilities, and fairly present the financial condition of such Guarantor, and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a fact material to the financial statements submitted or this Guaranty, and (b) no material adverse change has occurred in the financial statements from the dates thereof until the date hereof.  Guarantor covenants and agrees to furnish to the Lender or its authorized representatives information regarding the business affairs, operations and financial condition of such Guarantor, including, but not limited to, (i) promptly when available, and in any event, within thirty (30) days after the close of its fiscal year, a copy of the annual audited financial statements of such Guarantor, including balance sheet, statement of income and retained earnings, statement of cash flows for the fiscal year then ended and such other information (including nonfinancial information) as the Lender may reasonably request, in reasonable detail, prepared and certified without adverse reference to going concern value and without qualification by an independent auditor of recognized standing, selected by such Guarantor and reasonably acceptable to the Lender; and (ii) promptly when available, and in any event, within  thirty (30) days following the end of each fiscal quarter, a copy of the financial statements of such Guarantor regarding such fiscal quarter, including balance sheet, statement of income and retained earnings, statement of cash flows for the fiscal quarter then ended and such other information (including nonfinancial information) as the Lender may reasonably request, in reasonable detail, prepared and certified as true and correct by such Guarantor’s treasurer or chief financial officer.  



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9.Transfers; Sales, Etc.  Guarantor shall not sell, lease, transfer, convey or assign any of its assets, unless such sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or assignment is performed in the ordinary course of its business consistent with past practices, and will not have a material adverse effect on the business or financial condition of the Guarantor or its ability to perform its obligations hereunder. In addition, Guarantor shall not either (i) become a party to any merger or consolidation, or (ii) except in the ordinary course of its business consistent with past practices, acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, a controlling interest in the stock of, or a partnership or joint venture interest in, any other entity.


10.Enforcement Costs.  If:  (a) this Guaranty, is placed in the hands of one or more attorneys for collection or is collected through any legal proceeding; (b) one or more attorneys is retained to represent the Lender in any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceedings affecting creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Guaranty, or (c) one or more attorneys is retained to represent the Lender in any other proceedings whatsoever in connection with this Guaranty, then the Guarantor shall pay to the Lender upon demand all fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Lender in connection therewith, including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees, court costs and filing fees (all of which are referred to herein as the “Enforcement Costs”), in addition to all other amounts due hereunder.


11.Successors and Assigns; Joint and Several Liability.  This Guaranty shall inure to the benefit of the Lender and its successors and assigns.  This Guaranty shall be binding on the Guarantor and its heirs, legatees, successors and assigns, as the case may be.  Guarantor agrees and acknowledges that the liability of the Guarantor hereunder is independent of any other guarantees or other obligations at any time in effect with respect to the Obligations or any part thereof, and that the liability of the Guarantor hereunder may be enforced regardless of the existence, validity, enforcement or non-enforcement of any such other guarantees or other obligations


12.No Waiver of Rights.  No delay or failure on the part of the Lender to exercise any right, power or privilege under this Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right, or be deemed to establish a custom or course of dealing or performance between the parties hereto. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.  No notice to or demand on any of the Guarantor in any case shall entitle any of the Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstance.


13.Modification.  The terms of this Guaranty may be waived, discharged, or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.  No amendment, modification, waiver or other change of any of the terms of this Guaranty shall be effective without the prior written consent of the Lender.


14.Joinder.  Any action to enforce this Guaranty may be brought against any of the Guarantor without any reimbursement or joinder of the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other guarantor of the Obligations in such action.



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15.Severability.  If any provision of this Guaranty is deemed to be invalid by reason of the operation of law, or by reason of the interpretation placed thereon by any administrative agency or any court, the Guarantor and the Lender shall negotiate an equitable adjustment in the provisions of the same in order to effect, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the purpose of this Guaranty and the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions, or portions or applications thereof, shall not be affected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect.


16.Applicable Law.  This Guaranty is governed as to validity, interpretation, effect and in all other respects by laws and decisions of the State of Kentucky.


17.Notices.  All notices, communications and waivers under this Guaranty shall be in writing and shall be (a) delivered in person, (b) mailed, postage prepaid, either by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or (c) sent by overnight express carrier, addressed in each case as follows:
	
			
	To the Lender:
	 
	The Bank of Kentucky, Inc.                          111 Lookout Farm                                Crestview Hills, KY 41017                          Attn:  Commercial Real Estate 




	
			
	With a copy to:
	 
	Strauss Troy Co., LPA
50 East Fourth Street, Suite 1400
Covington, KY 41011
Attn:  Bill Williamson, Esq.

	 
	 
	 

	To the Guarantor:
	 
	Industrial Services of America, Inc. 
7100 Grade Lane
Louisville, KY 40213
Attn: Orson Oliver 

	 
	 
	 

	With a copy to:
	 
	Frost Brown Todd LLC
400 West Market Street, 32nd Floor
Louisville, KY 40202
Attn: John S. Egan, Esq.






or to any other address as to any of the parties hereto, as such party shall designate in a written notice to the other parties hereto.  All notices sent pursuant to the terms of this Section shall be deemed received (i) if personally delivered, then on the date of delivery, (ii) if sent by overnight, express carrier, then on the next federal banking day immediately following the day sent, or (iii) if sent by registered or certified mail, then on the earlier of the third federal banking day following the day sent or when actually received.


18.CONSENT TO JURISDICTION.  TO INDUCE THE LENDER TO ACCEPT THIS GUARANTY, GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT, SUBJECT TO THE LENDER’S SOLE AND ABSOLUTE ELECTION, ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS GUARANTY WILL BE LITIGATED IN COURTS HAVING SITUS IN CRESTVIEW HILLS, KENTUCKY.  GUARANTOR HEREBY CONSENTS AND SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT LOCATED WITHIN CRESTVIEW HILLS, KENTUCKY, WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND AGREES THAT ALL SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED MAIL DIRECTED TO THE GUARANTOR AT THE ADDRESSES STATED HEREIN AND SERVICE SO MADE WILL BE DEEMED TO BE COMPLETED UPON ACTUAL RECEIPT.

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19.WAIVER OF DEFENSES.  OTHER THAN CLAIMS BASED UPON THE FAILURE OF THE LENDER TO ACT IN A COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE MANNER, GUARANTOR WAIVES EVERY PRESENT AND FUTURE DEFENSE (OTHER THAN THE DEFENSE OF PAYMENT IN FULL), CAUSE OF ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR SETOFF WHICH THE GUARANTOR OR THE BORROWER MAY NOW HAVE OR HEREAFTER MAY HAVE TO ANY ACTION BY LENDER IN ENFORCING THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE LENDER GRANTING ANY FINANCIAL ACCOMMODATION TO THE BORROWER.


20.WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  GUARANTOR AND THE LENDER (BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF), HAVING BEEN REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL, KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS GUARANTY OR UNDER ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WILL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. GUARANTOR AGREES THAT SUCH GUARANTOR WILL NOT ASSERT ANY CLAIM AGAINST THE LENDER ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES.


21.Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures.  This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall be taken to be one and the same instrument, for the same effect as if all parties hereto had signed the same signature page.  Receipt of an executed signature page to this Guaranty by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall constitute effective delivery thereof.


22.Security for Guaranty.  This Guaranty is secured by that certain Assignment of Promissory Note as Collateral Security (“Assignment of Note”) given by Guarantor to Lender and dated effective as of even date herewith.  The Assignment of Note shall be deemed for all purposes to be one of the “Loan Documents” as such term is further defined in the Note.


23.Distributions From Borrower.  Guarantor represents and warrants to Lender that Guarantor, as a member of Borrower, shall not authorize or carry out any distributions by Borrower to Guarantor during any period in which either Borrower or Guarantor is in default, beyond applicable notice and cure periods, if any, under the Loan Documents and, absent any default, shall not authorize or carry out any distributions by Borrower during any period in which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (defined in the $3,000,000.00 Note) is not in compliance with Section 15.3 of said Note; provided, however, by its acceptance of this Guaranty, Lender hereby consents to a single distribution by Borrower to Guarantor, on the effective date of this Guaranty, of the proceeds of the $3,000,000.00 Loan to Borrower.


24.    Statutory Compliance Provision.  For purposes of KRS § 371.065, the maximum aggregate liability of the Guarantor hereunder for the Payment Obligations is $4,000,000, and the termination date of this Guaranty, unless sooner terminated by Lender in writing, is October 31, 2019, except that such termination date shall not affect the liability of the Guarantor with respect to (i) obligations created or incurred prior to such date or (ii) extensions or renewals of, interest accruing on, or fees, costs or expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred with respect to, such obligations on or after such date.



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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has executed this Guaranty of Payment as of the date first above written.
INDUSTRIAL SERVICES OF AMERICA, INC., 
a Florida corporation




By:         /s/ Alan Schroering             
Printed Name:       Alan Schroering     
Title:         Interim Chief Financial Officer and VP of Finance     



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