Second Amended and Restated Guaranty Agreement



 Exhibit 10.54 
 

 
 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY AGREEMENT 
 THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY AGREEMENT (“Guaranty”) is made as of December 19, 2008, by Guarantor (as
hereinafter defined) for the benefit of Lender (as hereinafter defined). 
 1. Definitions. As used in this Guaranty, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated below: 
 (a) The term “Lender” shall mean THE FROST NATIONAL BANK, a national
banking association, whose address for notice purposes is the following: 
 P.O. Box 1600, San Antonio, Texas 78296 
 Attn: Steve Martin 
 (b) The term
“Borrower” (whether one or more) shall mean the following: 
 U.S. HOME SYSTEMS, INC. 
 (c) The term “Guarantor” shall mean U.S. REMODELERS, INC., whose address for notice purposes is the following: 
 405 State Highway 121 Bypass, Suite 250 
 Lewisville, Texas 75067 
 Attn: Chief Financial Officer. 
 (d) The term “Guaranteed Indebtedness” shall mean (i) all indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of Borrower to Lender of any
kind or character, now existing or hereafter arising, whether direct, indirect, related, unrelated, fixed, contingent, liquidated, unliquidated, joint, several or joint and several, and regardless of whether such indebtedness, obligations and
liabilities may, prior to their acquisitions by Lender, be or have been payable to or in favor of a third party and subsequently acquired by Lender (it being contemplated that Lender may make such acquisitions from third parties), including without
limitation all principal indebtedness owing by Borrower to Lender now existing or hereafter arising under or evidenced by that one certain Revolving Promissory Note dated as of December 19, 2008 executed by Borrower and payable to the order of
Lender, in the original principal amount of $4,000,000.00; (ii) all accrued but unpaid interest on any of the indebtedness described in (i) above; (iii) all obligations of Borrower to Lender under any documents evidencing, securing,
governing and/or pertaining to all or any part of the indebtedness described in (i) and (ii) above (collectively, the “Loan Documents”); (iv) all costs and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with the collection
and administration of all or any part of the indebtedness and obligations described in (i), (ii) and (iii) above or the protection or preservation of, or realization upon, the collateral securing all or any part of such indebtedness and
obligations, including without limitation all reasonable attorneys’ fees; and (v) all renewals, extensions, modifications and rearrangements of the indebtedness and obligations described in (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above.

  


					
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 2. Obligations. As an inducement to Lender to extend or continue to extend credit and other
financial accommodations to Borrower, Guarantor, for value received, does hereby unconditionally and absolutely guarantee the prompt and full payment and performance of the Guaranteed Indebtedness when due or declared to be due and at all times
thereafter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is agreed and understood that the liability of Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to the maximum amount of liability that can be incurred without rendering this Guaranty, as it relates to Guarantor,
voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount. 
 3. Character of
Obligations. 
 (a) (a) This is an absolute, continuing and unconditional guaranty of payment and not of collection and if at any time or
from time to time there is no outstanding Guaranteed Indebtedness, the obligations of Guarantor with respect to any and all Guaranteed Indebtedness incurred thereafter shall not be affected. This Guaranty and the Guarantor’s obligations
hereunder are irrevocable and, in the event of Guarantor’s death, shall be binding upon Guarantor’s estate. All of the Guaranteed Indebtedness shall be conclusively presumed to have been made or acquired in acceptance hereof. Guarantor
shall be liable, jointly and severally, with Borrower and any other guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness. 
 (b)
Lender may, at its sole discretion and without impairing its rights hereunder, (i) apply any payments on the Guaranteed Indebtedness that Lender receives from Borrower or any other source other than Guarantor to that portion of the Guaranteed
Indebtedness, if any, not guaranteed hereunder, and (ii) apply any proceeds it receives as a result of the foreclosure or other realization on any collateral for the Guaranteed Indebtedness to that portion, if any, of the Guaranteed
Indebtedness not guaranteed hereunder or to any other indebtedness secured by such collateral. 
 (c) Guarantor agrees that its obligations
hereunder shall not be released, diminished, impaired, reduced or affected by the existence of any other guaranty or the payment by any other guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness and, in the event Paragraph 2 above partially
limits Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty, Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall continue until Lender has received payment in full of the Guaranteed Indebtedness. 
 (d) Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall not be released, diminished, impaired, reduced or affected by, nor shall any provision contained herein
be deemed to be a limitation upon, the amount of credit which Lender may extend to Borrower, the number of transactions between Lender and Borrower, payments by Borrower to Lender or Lender’s allocation of payments by Borrower. 
 (e) Without further authorization from or notice to Guarantor, Lender may compromise, accelerate, or otherwise alter the time or manner for the payment
of the Guaranteed Indebtedness, increase or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or release or add any one or more guarantors or endorsers, or allow substitution of or withdrawal of collateral or other security and release collateral and other
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 4. Representations and Warranties. Guarantor hereby represents and warrants the following to
Lender: 
 (a) This Guaranty may reasonably be expected to benefit, directly or indirectly, Guarantor, and (i) if Guarantor is a
corporation, the Board of Directors of Guarantor has determined that this Guaranty may reasonably be expected to benefit, directly or indirectly, Guarantor, or (ii) if Guarantor is a partnership, the requisite number of its partners have
determined that this Guaranty may reasonably be expected to benefit, directly or indirectly, Guarantor; and 
 (b) Guarantor is familiar
with, and has independently reviewed the books and records regarding, the financial condition of Borrower and is familiar with the value of any and all collateral intended to be security for the payment of all or any part of the Guaranteed
Indebtedness; provided, however, Guarantor is not relying on such financial condition or collateral as an inducement to enter into this Guaranty; and 
 (c) Guarantor has adequate means to obtain from Borrower on a continuing basis information concerning the financial condition of Borrower and Guarantor is not relying on Lender to provide such information to Guarantor
either now or in the future; and 
 (d) Guarantor has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Guaranty and any other
agreements executed by Guarantor contemporaneously herewith, and the execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty and any other agreements executed by Guarantor contemporaneously herewith do not and will not violate (i) any agreement or
instrument to which Guarantor is a party, (ii) any law, rule, regulation or order of any governmental authority to which Guarantor is subject, or (iii) its articles or certificate of incorporation or bylaws, if Guarantor is a corporation,
or its partnership agreement, if Guarantor is a partnership; and 
 (e) Neither Lender nor any other party has made any representation,
warranty or statement to Guarantor in order to induce Guarantor to execute this Guaranty; and 
 (f) The financial statements and other
financial information regarding Guarantor heretofore and hereafter delivered to Lender are and shall be true and correct in all material respects and fairly present the financial position of Guarantor as of the dates thereof, and no material adverse
change has occurred in the financial condition of Guarantor reflected in the financial statements and other financial information regarding Guarantor heretofore delivered to Lender since the date of the last statement thereof; and 
 (g) As of the date hereof, and after giving effect to this Guaranty and the obligations evidenced hereby, (i) Guarantor is and will be solvent,
(ii) the fair saleable value of Guarantor’s assets exceeds and will continue to exceed its liabilities (both fixed and contingent), (iii) Guarantor is and will continue to be able to pay its debts as they mature, and (iv) if
Guarantor is not an individual, Guarantor has and will continue to have sufficient capital to carry on its business and all businesses in which it is about to engage. 
  


					
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 5. Covenants. Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees with Lender as follows: 
 (a) Guarantor shall not, so long as its obligations under this Guaranty continue, transfer or pledge any material portion of its assets for less than full
and adequate consideration; and 
 (b) Guarantor shall promptly furnish to Lender at any time and from time to time such financial statements
and other financial information of Guarantor as the Lender may require, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender; and 
 (c) Guarantor
shall comply with all terms and provisions of the Loan Documents that apply to Guarantor; and 
 (d) Guarantor shall promptly inform Lender
of (i) any litigation or governmental investigation against Guarantor or affecting any security for all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness or this Guaranty which, if determined adversely, might have a material adverse effect upon the
financial condition of Guarantor or upon such security or might cause a default under any of the Loan Documents, (ii) any claim or controversy which might become the subject of such litigation or governmental investigation, and (iii) any
material adverse change in the financial condition of Guarantor. 
 6. Consent and Waiver. 
 (a) Guarantor waives (i) promptness, diligence and notice of acceptance of this Guaranty and notice of the incurring of any obligation, indebtedness
or liability to which this Guaranty applies or may apply and waives presentment for payment, notice of nonpayment, protest, demand, notice of protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, notice of dishonor, diligence in
enforcement and indulgences of every kind, and (ii) the taking of any other action by Lender, including without limitation giving any notice of default or any other notice to, or making any demand on, Borrower, any other guarantor of all or any
part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness or any other party. 
 (b) Guarantor waives any rights Guarantor has under, or any requirements imposed
by, Chapter 34 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, as in effect on the date of this Guaranty or as it may be amended from time to time. 
 (c) Lender may at any time, without the consent of or notice to Guarantor, without incurring responsibility to Guarantor and without impairing, releasing, reducing or affecting the obligations of Guarantor hereunder: (i) change the
manner, place or terms of payment of all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness, or renew, extend, modify, rearrange or alter all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness; (ii) change the interest rate accruing on any of the Guaranteed
Indebtedness (including, without limitation, any periodic change in such interest rate that occurs because such Guaranteed Indebtedness accrues interest at a variable rate which may fluctuate from time to time); (iii) sell, exchange, release,
surrender, subordinate, realize upon or otherwise deal with in any manner and in any order any collateral for all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness or this Guaranty or setoff against all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness;
(iv) neglect, delay, omit, fail or refuse to take or prosecute any action for the collection of all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness or this Guaranty or to take or 

  


					
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prosecute any action in connection with any of the Loan Documents; (v) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against Borrower or others, or
otherwise act or refrain from acting; (vi) settle or compromise all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness and subordinate the payment of all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness to the payment of any obligations, indebtedness or
liabilities which may be due or become due to Lender or others; (vii) apply any deposit balance, fund, payment, collections through process of law or otherwise or other collateral of Borrower to the satisfaction and liquidation of the
indebtedness or obligations of Borrower to Lender not guaranteed under this Guaranty; and (viii) apply any sums paid to Lender by Guarantor, Borrower or others to the Guaranteed Indebtedness in such order and manner as Lender, in its sole
discretion, may determine. 
 (d) Should Lender seek to enforce the obligations of Guarantor hereunder by action in any court or otherwise,
Guarantor waives any requirement, substantive or procedural, that (i) Lender first enforce any rights or remedies against Borrower or any other person or entity liable to Lender for all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness, including
without limitation that a judgment first be rendered against Borrower or any other person or entity, or that Borrower or any other person or entity should be joined in such cause, or (ii) Lender first enforce rights against any collateral which
shall ever have been given to secure all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness or this Guaranty. Such waiver shall be without prejudice to Lender’s right, at its option, to proceed against Borrower or any other person or entity, whether by
separate action or by joinder. 
 (e) In addition to any other waivers, agreements and covenants of Guarantor set forth herein, Guarantor
hereby further waives and releases all claims, causes of action, defenses and offsets for any act or omission of Lender, its directors, officers, employees, representatives or agents in connection with Lender’s administration of the Guaranteed
Indebtedness, except for Lender’s willful misconduct and gross negligence. 
 (f) Guarantor grants to Lender a contractual security
interest in, and hereby assigns, conveys, delivers, pledges and transfers to Lender all Guarantor’s right, title and interest in and to Guarantor’s accounts with Lender (whether checking, savings or some other account), including without
limitation all accounts held jointly with someone else and all accounts Guarantor may open in the future, excluding however all IRA and Keogh accounts, and all trust accounts for which the grant of a security interest would be prohibited by law.
Guarantor authorizes Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to charge or setoff all sums owing on the Guaranteed Indebtedness against any and all such accounts. 
 7. Obligations Not Impaired. 
 (a)
Guarantor agrees that its obligations hereunder shall not be released, diminished, impaired, reduced or affected by the occurrence of any one or more of the following events: (i) the death, disability or lack of corporate power of Borrower,
Guarantor or any other guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness, (ii) any receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy or other proceedings affecting Borrower, Guarantor or any other guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed
Indebtedness, or any of their respective property; (iii) the partial or total release or discharge of Borrower or any other guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness, or any other person or entity from the performance of any
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or agreement evidencing, governing or securing all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness, whether occurring by reason of law or otherwise; (iv) the
taking or accepting of any collateral for all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness or this Guaranty; (v) the taking or accepting of any other guaranty for all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness; (vi) any failure by Lender to
acquire, perfect or continue any lien or security interest on collateral securing all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness or this Guaranty; (vii) the impairment of any collateral securing all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness or
this Guaranty; (viii) any failure by Lender to sell any collateral securing all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness or this Guaranty in a commercially reasonable manner or as otherwise required by law; (ix) any invalidity or
unenforceability of or defect or deficiency in any of the Loan Documents; or (x) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or discharge of, Borrower or any other guarantor of all or any part of the
Guaranteed Indebtedness. 
 (b) This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment
of all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of Borrower, Guarantor, any other guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness,
or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. 
 (c) (c) In the event Borrower is a corporation, joint stock association or
partnership, or is hereafter incorporated, none of the following shall affect Guarantor’s liability hereunder: (i) the unenforceability of all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness against Borrower by reason of the fact that the
Guaranteed Indebtedness exceeds the amount permitted by law; (ii) the act of creating all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness is ultra vires; or (iii) the officers or partners creating all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness
acted in excess of their authority. Guarantor hereby acknowledges that withdrawal from, or termination of, any ownership interest in Borrower now or hereafter owned or held by Guarantor shall not alter, affect or in any way limit the obligations of
Guarantor hereunder. 
 8. Actions Against Guarantor. In the event of a default in the payment or performance of all or any part of
the Guaranteed Indebtedness when such Guaranteed Indebtedness becomes due, whether by its terms, by acceleration or otherwise, Guarantor shall, without notice or demand, promptly pay the amount due thereon to Lender, in lawful money of the United
States, at Lender’s address set forth in Subparagraph 1(a) above. One or more successive or concurrent actions may be brought against Guarantor, either in the same action in which Borrower is sued or in separate actions, as often as Lender
deems advisable. The exercise by Lender of any right or remedy under this Guaranty or under any other agreement or instrument, at law, in equity or otherwise, shall not preclude concurrent or subsequent exercise of any other right or remedy. The
books and records of Lender shall be admissible as evidence in any action or proceeding involving this Guaranty and shall be prima facie evidence of the payments made on, and the outstanding balance of, the Guaranteed Indebtedness. 
 9. Payment by Guarantor. Whenever Guarantor pays any sum which is or may become due under this Guaranty, written notice must be delivered to
Lender contemporaneously with such payment. Such notice shall be effective for purposes of this paragraph when contemporaneously with such payment Lender receives such notice either by: (a) personal delivery to the address and designated
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above, or (b) United States mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to Lender at the address shown in
Subparagraph 1(a) above. In the absence of such notice to Lender by Guarantor in compliance with the provisions hereof, any sum received by Lender on account of the Guaranteed Indebtedness shall be conclusively deemed paid by Borrower. 

10. Intentionally Omitted. 
 11.
Notice of Sale. In the event that Guarantor is entitled to receive any notice under the Uniform Commercial Code, as it exists in the state governing any such notice, of the sale or other disposition of any collateral securing all or any part
of the Guaranteed Indebtedness or this Guaranty, reasonable notice shall be deemed given when such notice is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, at the address for Guarantor set forth in Subparagraph 1(c) above, ten (10) days
prior to the date any public sale, or after which any private sale, of any such collateral is to be held; provided, however, that notice given in any other reasonable manner or at any other reasonable time shall be sufficient. 
 12. Waiver by Lender. No delay on the part of Lender in exercising any right hereunder or failure to exercise the same shall operate as a waiver
of such right. In no event shall any waiver of the provisions of this Guaranty be effective unless the same be in writing and signed by an officer of Lender, and then only in the specific instance and for the purpose given. 
 13. Successors and Assigns. This Guaranty is for the benefit of Lender, its successors and assigns. This Guaranty is binding upon Guarantor and
Guarantor’s successors, assigns and personal representatives, including without limitation any person or entity obligated by operation of law upon the reorganization, merger, consolidation or other change in the organizational structure of
Guarantor. 
 14. Costs and Expenses. Guarantor shall pay on demand by Lender all costs and expenses, including without limitation all
reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by Lender in connection with the preparation, administration, enforcement and/or collection of this Guaranty. This covenant shall survive the payment of the Guaranteed Indebtedness. 
 15. Severability. If any provision of this Guaranty is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under
present or future laws, such provision shall be fully severable, shall not impair or invalidate the remainder of this Guaranty and the effect thereof shall be confined to the provision held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable. 
 16. No Obligation. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as an obligation on the part of Lender to extend or continue to extend credit to
Borrower. 
 17. Amendment. No modification or amendment of any provision of this Guaranty, nor consent to any departure by Guarantor
therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by an officer of Lender, and then shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. 
 18. Cumulative Rights. All rights and remedies of Lender hereunder are cumulative of each other and of every other right or remedy which Lender
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equity or under any instrument or agreement, and the exercise of one or more of such rights or remedies shall not prejudice or impair the concurrent or
subsequent exercise of any other rights or remedies. 
 19. Governing Law, Venue. This Guaranty is intended to be performed in
the State of Texas. Except to the extent that the laws of the United States may apply to the terms hereof, the substantive laws of the State of Texas shall govern the validity, construction, enforcement and interpretation of this Guaranty. In the
event of a dispute involving this Guaranty or any other instruments executed in connection herewith, the undersigned irrevocably agrees that venue for such dispute shall lie in any court of competent jurisdiction in Bexar County, Texas. 

20. Compliance with Applicable Usury Laws. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Guaranty or of any instrument or agreement evidencing,
governing or securing all or any part of the Guaranteed Indebtedness, Guarantor and Lender by its acceptance hereof agree that Guarantor shall never be required or obligated to pay interest in excess of the maximum non-usurious interest rate as may
be authorized by applicable law for the written contracts which constitute the Guaranteed Indebtedness. It is the intention of Guarantor and Lender to conform strictly to the applicable laws which limit interest rates, and any of the aforesaid
contracts for interest, if and to the extent payable by Guarantor, shall be held to be subject to reduction to the maximum non-usurious interest rate allowed under said law. 
 21. Gender. Within this Guaranty, words of any gender shall be held and construed to include the other gender. 
 22. Captions. The headings in this Guaranty are for convenience only and shall not define or limit the provisions hereof. 
 23. Restatements. This Guaranty amends and restates that certain First Amended and Restated Guaranty Agreement effective as of February 10,
2006, executed by Guarantor for the benefit of Lender in its entirety. 
 EXECUTED as of the date first above written. 
  

			
	GUARANTOR:
	
	U. S. REMODELERS, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Robert A. DeFronzo

	Name:	 	Robert A. DeFronzo
	Title:	 	Secretary-Treasurer & Chief Financial Officer


  


					
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