Guaranty



 Exhibit 10.3 
 GUARANTY 
 This GUARANTY, dated as of June 29, 2011, is made by each of the
signatories hereto (the “Guarantors”), in favor of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the banks and other financial institutions or entities (the
“Lenders”) from time to time parties to the 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of June [ ], 2011 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among MF Global
Inc. (the “Borrower”), MF Global Holdings Ltd., MF Global Finance USA Inc., the Lenders and the Administrative Agent. 
 W I T N E S S E T H: 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the
Lenders have severally agreed to make Loans to the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; 
 WHEREAS, the
Borrower is a member of an affiliated group of companies that includes each Guarantor; 
 WHEREAS, the Borrower and the
Guarantors are engaged in related businesses, and each Guarantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the Loans under the Credit Agreement; and 

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make the Loans to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement that
the Guarantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make Loans to the Borrower
thereunder, each Guarantor hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, as follows: 

SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS 
 1.1 Definitions 
 (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the
Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement. 
 The following terms shall
have the following meanings: 
 “Agreement”: this Guaranty, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time. 
 “Obligations”: the collective reference to the unpaid principal of and
interest on the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower (including, without limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing at
the then applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or
post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in









  
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 connection with, the Credit Agreement, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, or any other document made,
delivered or given in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements
of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to the Lenders that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of any of the foregoing agreements). 
 1.2 Other Definitional Provisions 
 (a) The words “hereof,”
“herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section and Schedule
references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. 
 (b) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms. 
 SECTION 2. GUARANTY 

2.1 Guaranty 
 (a) Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and their respective successors,
indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations owing from time to time by any and each Person other than such Guarantor.

 (b) Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor
hereunder shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws relating to the insolvency of debtors (after giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section 2.2).

 (c) Each Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of
such Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder. 

(d) The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in full force and effect until all the Obligations and the obligations of
each Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall have been satisfied by payment in full and the Commitments shall be terminated, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement the Borrower may
be free from any Obligations. 
 (e) No payment made by the Borrower or any Guarantor, any other guarantor or any other Person
or received or collected by the Administrative Agent or any Lender by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Obligations shall be deemed
to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or any payment received or collected
from such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations), remain liable for the Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Obligations are paid in full and the Commitments are terminated. 








  
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 2.2 Right of Contribution 

Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made
hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to
the terms and conditions of Section 2.3. The provisions of this Section 2.2 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder. 
 2.3 No
Subrogation 
 Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any
Guarantor by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower or any other Guarantor or guarantee or right of offset held by
the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Borrower or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor
hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders by the Borrower on account of the Obligations are paid in full and the Commitments are terminated. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such
subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall,
forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied against the Obligations,
whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine. 
 2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect
to the Obligations 
 Each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of
rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be rescinded by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and
any of the Obligations continued, and the Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed,
extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, and the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents executed and delivered in connection
therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may be) may deem advisable from time to time, and any guarantee or right of offset
at any time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. 
 2.5 Guaranty Absolute and Unconditional 
 Each Guarantor waives any and all
notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or acceptance of the guarantee contained
in this Section 2; the Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, 








  
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or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2; and all dealings between the Borrower and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2. Each Guarantor waives diligence, presentment, protest,
demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the Borrower or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Obligations. Each Guarantor understands and agrees that the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall be construed as
a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the Obligations or any guarantee or right of offset with respect
thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the
Borrower or any other Person against the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Borrower or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to
constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise
pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the
Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or against guarantee or collateral security pursuant to any other Loan Document for the Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such guarantee or collateral security pursuant to any other Loan
Document or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such guarantee, collateral security or right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability
hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include
the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings. 
 2.6 Reinstatement 

The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time
payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or
any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments
had not been made. 
 2.7 Payments 
 Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in the
Credit Agreement. 
 SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 

To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective
extensions of credit to the Borrower, each Guarantor hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that: 








  
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 (a) The execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantors of this Guaranty are within
the Guarantors’ corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not contravene (i) the Guarantors’ organizational documents, (ii) any contractual restriction binding on or affecting the
Guarantors or (iii) any applicable laws. 
 (c) No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing
with, any governmental authority or regulatory body or any other third party is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantors of this Guaranty. 
 (d) This Guaranty has been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantors. This Guaranty is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantors enforceable against each Guarantor in accordance with
its terms, except to the extent that enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally. 
 SECTION 4. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT 
 4.1 Authority of Administrative Agent

 Each Guarantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement with
respect to any action taken by the Administrative Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Administrative Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this
Agreement shall, as between the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, be governed by the Credit Agreement and by such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the Administrative Agent and the
Guarantors, the Administrative Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Lenders with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Guarantor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any
inquiry respecting such authority. 
 SECTION 5. MISCELLANEOUS 

5.1 Amendments in Writing 
 None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in accordance with Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement. 

5.2 Notices 
 All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Administrative Agent or any Guarantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement. 

5.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies 
 Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 5.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right
or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan
Document shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder or any other Loan Document shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or
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Document on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Administrative Agent or such Lender would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and
remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law. 
 5.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification 
 (a) Each Guarantor agrees to
pay or reimburse each Lender and the Administrative Agent for all its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in collecting against such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in Section 2 or otherwise enforcing or preserving any
rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to each Lender and of counsel to the Administrative Agent, subject to any
limitations in the Credit Agreement. 
 (b) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise, sales or other taxes which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. 
 (c) The agreements in this Section 5.4 shall survive repayment of the Obligations and all other
amounts payable under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. 
 5.5 Successors and Assigns 

This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders and their successors and assigns; provided that no Guarantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. 

5.6 Set-Off 
 In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall have the right, without notice to any Guarantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Guarantor to the
extent permitted by applicable law, upon any Obligations becoming due and payable by any Guarantor (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), to apply to the payment of such Obligations, by setoff or otherwise, any and all
deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time
held or owing by such Lender, any affiliate thereof or any of their respective branches or agencies to or for the credit or the account of such Guarantor. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the relevant Guarantor and the Administrative Agent
after any such application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such application. 
 5.7 Counterparts 
 This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the
parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy or any other manner approved pursuant to Section 9.01(b) of the Credit Agreement), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute
one and the same instrument. 
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 Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction
shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 
 5.9 Section Headings 

The Section headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be
taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof. 
 5.10 Integration 

This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the agreement of the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with
respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to
herein or in the other Loan Documents. 
 5.11 GOVERNING LAW 

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 5.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers 
 Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that the provisions of Sections 9.09 and 9.10 of the Credit Agreement apply to this Agreement and its obligations hereunder. 

5.13 Releases 
 At such time as the Loans and the other Obligations shall have been paid in full, the Commitments have been terminated, and this Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive
such termination) of the Administrative Agent and each Guarantor hereunder shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed and
delivered as of the date first above written. 
 MF GLOBAL INC. 

By:  /s/ David
Dunne                                        
     
  Name: David Dunne 

 Title: 
 MF GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD 
 By:  /s/ David
Dunne                                        
     
  Name: David Dunne 

 Title: 
 MF GLOBAL FINANCE USA INC. 
 By:  /s/ David
Dunne                                        
     
  Name: David Dunne 

 Title: 
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 Schedule 1 
 NOTICE ADDRESSES OF GUARANTORS 
  

			
	(i) The Borrower:	  	 MF Global Inc.
 55 East
52nd Street 39th

Floor New York NY 10055
 Attention: David Dunne,
Global Treasurer

		
		  	with a copy to:
		
		  	 Joe Lesar
 Facsimile: (212)
589 6215

		
	(ii) The Guarantors:	  	 c/o MF Global Holdings Ltd.

55 East 52nd Street
 39th Floor
 New York NY 10055
 Attention: David Dunne, Global Treasurer

		
		  	with a copy to:
		
		  	 Joe Lesar
 Facsimile: (212)
589 6215