EX-10.2






Exhibit 10.2




GUARANTY




THIS GUARANTY AGREEMENT (this “Guaranty Agreement”), dated as of September 27, 2007,
is made by AVNET, INC., a New York corporation (the “Guarantor”), to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States, as
administrative agent under the Credit Agreement defined below (in such capacity, the
“Administrative Agent”), each of the lenders now or hereafter party to the Credit Agreement
defined below (each, a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders” and, together with
the Administrative Agent, collectively, the “Secured Parties” and each a “Secured
Party”). All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.



W I T N E S S E T H:




WHEREAS, the Guarantor, AVNET JAPAN CO., LTD., a private company governed under the laws of
Japan, the lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent entered into a Credit Agreement dated
as of September 27, 2007 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which such lenders have made available to the
Borrowers a revolving credit facility, with swingline, letter of credit and multicurrency
subfacilities;



WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Guaranty Agreement is a condition precedent to the
effectiveness of the Credit Agreement;



NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained herein, the
parties hereto agree as follows:



1. Guaranty. The Guarantor hereby unconditionally, absolutely, continually and
irrevocably guarantees to each Secured Party the payment and performance in full of the Guaranteed
Liabilities (as defined below). For all purposes of this Guaranty Agreement, “Guaranteed
Liabilities” means: (a) each Designated Borrower’s prompt payment in full, when due or
declared due and at all such times, of all Obligations and all other amounts pursuant to the terms
of the Credit Agreement, the Notes, and all other Loan Documents heretofore, now or at any time or
times hereafter owing, arising, due or payable from such Designated Borrower to any one or more of
the Secured Parties, including principal, interest, premiums and fees (including, but not limited
to, loan fees and fees and expenses of counsel); and (b) each Designated Borrower’s prompt, full
and faithful performance, observance and discharge of each and every agreement, undertaking,
covenant and provision to be performed, observed or discharged by such Designated Borrower under
the Credit Agreement, the Notes and all other Loan Documents. The Guarantor’s obligations to the
Secured Parties under this Guaranty Agreement are hereinafter collectively referred to as the
“Guarantor’s Obligations”.



The Guarantor agrees that it is directly and primarily liable for the Guaranteed Liabilities.



2. Payment. If any Designated Borrower shall default in payment or performance of any
of the Guaranteed Liabilities, whether principal, interest, premium, fee (including, but not
limited to, loan fees and fees and expenses of counsel), or otherwise, when and as the same shall
become due, and after expiration of any applicable grace period, whether according to the terms of
the Credit Agreement, by acceleration, or otherwise, or upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default under the Credit Agreement, then the Guarantor will, upon
demand by the Administrative Agent, fully pay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, an amount equal to all the Guaranteed Liabilities then due and owing.



3. Absolute Rights and Obligations. This is a guaranty of payment and not of
collection. The Guarantor’s Obligations under this Guaranty Agreement shall be absolute and
unconditional irrespective of, and the Guarantor hereby expressly waives, to the extent permitted
by law, any defense to its obligations under this Guaranty Agreement by reason of:




(a) any lack of legality, validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, of any of
the Notes, of any other Loan Document, or of any other agreement or instrument creating,
providing security for, or otherwise relating to any of the Guarantor’s Obligations, any of
the Guaranteed Liabilities, or any other guaranty of any of the Guaranteed Liabilities (the
Loan Documents and all such other agreements and instruments being collectively referred to
as the “Related Agreements”);




(b) any action taken under any of the Related Agreements, any exercise of any right or
power therein conferred, any failure or omission to enforce any right conferred thereby, or
any waiver of any covenant or condition therein provided;




(c) any acceleration of the maturity of any of the Guaranteed Liabilities or of any
other obligations or liabilities of any Person under any of the Related Agreements;




(d) any release, exchange, non-perfection, lapse in perfection, disposal, deterioration
in value, or impairment of any security for any of the Guaranteed Liabilities, for any of
the Guarantor’s Obligations, or for any other obligations or liabilities of any Person under
any of the Related Agreements;




(e) any dissolution of any Designated Borrower or any other party to a Related
Agreement, or the combination or consolidation of any Designated Borrower or any other party
to a Related Agreement into or with another entity or any transfer or disposition of any
assets of any Designated Borrower or any other party to a Related Agreement;




(f) any extension (including without limitation extensions of time for payment),
renewal, amendment, restructuring or restatement of, any acceptance of late or partial
payments under, or any change in the amount of any borrowings or any credit facilities
available under, the Credit Agreement, any of the Notes or any other Loan Document or any
other Related Agreement, in whole or in part;




(g) the existence, addition, modification, termination, reduction or impairment of
value, or release of any other guaranty (or security therefor) of the Guaranteed Liabilities
(including without limitation obligations arising under any other guaranty now or hereafter
in effect);




(h) any waiver of, forbearance or indulgence under, or other consent to any change in
or departure from any term or provision contained in the Credit Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any other Related Agreement, including without limitation any term pertaining to
the payment or performance of any of the Guaranteed Liabilities or any of the obligations or
liabilities of any party to any other Related Agreement;




(i) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the
Guarantor) which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risks of the
Guarantor, or might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable defense available to, or
discharge of, a surety or a guarantor, including without limitation any right to require or
claim that resort be had to any Designated Borrower or to any collateral in respect of the
Guaranteed Liabilities or Guarantor’s Obligations.



It is the express purpose and intent of the parties hereto that this Guaranty Agreement and the
Guarantor’s Obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all
circumstances and shall not be discharged except by payment as herein provided.



4. Currency and Funds of Payment. All Guarantor’s Obligations will be paid in lawful
currency of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, regardless of any law,
regulation or decree now or hereafter in effect that might in any manner affect the Guaranteed
Liabilities, or the rights of any Secured Party with respect thereto as against any Designated
Borrower, or cause or permit to be invoked any alteration in the time, amount or manner of payment
by any Designated Borrower of any or all of the Guaranteed Liabilities.



5. Events of Default. Without limiting the provisions of Section 2 hereof, in
the event that there shall occur and be continuing an Event of Default, then notwithstanding any
collateral or other security or credit support for the Guaranteed Liabilities, at the
Administrative Agent’s election and without notice thereof or demand therefor, the Guarantor’s
Obligations shall immediately be and become due and payable.



6. Suits. The Guarantor from time to time shall pay to the Administrative Agent for
the benefit of the Secured Parties, on demand, at the Administrative Agent’s place of business set
forth in the Credit Agreement or such other address as the Administrative Agent shall give notice
of to the Guarantor, the Guarantor’s Obligations as they become or are declared due, and in the
event such payment is not made forthwith, the Administrative Agent may proceed to suit against the
Guarantor. At the Administrative Agent’s election, one or more and successive or concurrent suits
may be brought hereon by the Administrative Agent against the Guarantor, whether or not suit has
been commenced against any Designated Borrower or any other Person and whether or not the Secured
Parties have taken or failed to take any other action to collect all or any portion of the
Guaranteed Liabilities or have taken or failed to take any actions against any collateral securing
payment or performance of all or any portion of the Guaranteed Liabilities, and irrespective of any
event, occurrence, or condition described in Section 3 hereof.



7. Set-Off and Waiver. The Guarantor waives any right to assert against any Secured
Party as a defense, counterclaim, set-off, recoupment or cross claim in respect of its Guarantor’s
Obligations, any defense (legal or equitable) or other claim which the Guarantor may now or at any
time hereafter have against any Designated Borrower or any or all of the Secured Parties without
waiving any additional defenses, set-offs, counterclaims or other claims otherwise available to the
Guarantor. The Guarantor agrees that each Secured Party shall have a lien for all the Guarantor’s
Obligations upon all deposits or deposit accounts, of any kind, or any interest in any deposits or
deposit accounts, now or hereafter pledged, mortgaged, transferred or assigned to such Secured
Party or otherwise in the possession or control of such Secured Party for any purpose (other than
solely for safekeeping) for the account or benefit of the Guarantor, including any balance of any
deposit account or of any credit of the Guarantor with the Secured Party, whether now existing or
hereafter established, and hereby authorizes each Secured Party from and after the occurrence of an
Event of Default at any time or times with or without prior notice to apply such balances or any
part thereof to such of the Guarantor’s Obligations to the Secured Parties then due and in such
amounts as provided for in the Credit Agreement or otherwise as they may elect. For the purposes
of this Section 7, all remittances and property shall be deemed to be in the possession of
a Secured Party as soon as the same may be put in transit to it by mail or carrier or by other
bailee.



8. Waiver of Notice; Subrogation.




(a) The Guarantor hereby waives to the extent permitted by law notice of the following
events or occurrences: (i) acceptance of this Guaranty Agreement; (ii) the Lenders’
heretofore, now or from time to time hereafter making Loans and issuing Letters of Credit
and otherwise loaning monies or giving or extending credit to or for the benefit of any
Designated Borrower or otherwise entering into arrangements with any Designated Borrower
giving rise to Guaranteed Liabilities, whether pursuant to the Credit Agreement or the Notes
or any other Loan Document or Related Agreement or any amendments, modifications, or
supplements thereto, or replacements or extensions thereof; (iii) presentment, demand,
default, non-payment, partial payment and protest; and (iv) any other event, condition, or
occurrence described in Section 3 hereof. The Guarantor agrees that each Secured
Party may heretofore, now or at any time hereafter do any or all of the foregoing in such
manner, upon such terms and at such times as each Secured Party, in its sole and absolute
discretion, deems advisable, without in any way or respect impairing, affecting, reducing or
releasing the Guarantor from the Guarantor’s Obligations, and the Guarantor hereby consents
to each and all of the foregoing events or occurrences.




(b) The Guarantor hereby agrees that payment or performance by the Guarantor of its
Guarantor’s Obligations under this Guaranty Agreement may be enforced by the Administrative
Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties upon demand by the Administrative Agent to the
Guarantor without the Administrative Agent being required, the Guarantor expressly waiving
to the extent permitted by law any right it may have to require the Administrative Agent, to
(i) prosecute collection or seek to enforce or resort to any remedies against any Designated
Borrower or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Liabilities, or (ii) seek to enforce or
resort to any remedies with respect to any security interests, Liens or encumbrances granted
to the Administrative Agent or any Lender or other party to a Related Agreement by any
Designated Borrower or any other Person on account of the Guaranteed Liabilities or any
guaranty thereof, IT BEING EXPRESSLY UNDERSTOOD, ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO BY THE GUARANTOR
THAT DEMAND UNDER THIS GUARANTY AGREEMENT MAY BE MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, AND THE
PROVISIONS HEREOF ENFORCED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, EFFECTIVE AS OF THE FIRST DATE ANY
EVENT OF DEFAULT OCCURS AND IS CONTINUING UNDER THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.




(c) The Guarantor further agrees with respect to this Guaranty Agreement that it shall
have no right of subrogation, reimbursement, contribution or indemnity, nor any right of
recourse to security for the Guaranteed Liabilities unless and until 93 days immediately
following the Facility Termination Date (as defined below) shall have elapsed without the
filing or commencement, by or against any Designated Borrower, of any state or federal
action, suit, petition or proceeding seeking any reorganization, liquidation or other relief
or arrangement in respect of creditors of, or the appointment of a receiver, liquidator,
trustee or conservator in respect to, such Designated Borrower or its assets. This waiver
is expressly intended to prevent the existence of any claim in respect to such subrogation,
reimbursement, contribution or indemnity by the Guarantor against the estate of any
Designated Borrower within the meaning of Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code in the event of
a subsequent case involving any Designated Borrower. If an amount shall be paid to the
Guarantor on account of such rights at any time prior to termination of this Guaranty
Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Section 20 hereof, such amount shall
be held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to be credited and applied
upon the Guarantor’s Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms
of the Credit Agreement or otherwise as the Secured Parties may elect. The agreements in
this subsection shall survive repayment of all of the Guarantor’s Obligations, the
termination or expiration of this Guaranty Agreement in any manner, including but not
limited to termination in accordance with Section 20 hereof, and occurrence of the
Facility Termination Date. For purposes of this Guaranty Agreement, “Facility
Termination Date” means the date as of which all of the following shall have occurred:
(a) each Borrower shall have permanently terminated the credit facilities under the Loan
Documents by final payment in full of all Outstanding Amounts, together with all accrued and
unpaid interest and fees thereon, other than (i) the undrawn portion of Letters of Credit
and (ii) all letter of credit fees relating thereto accruing after such date (which fees
shall be payable solely for the account of the L/C Issuer and shall be computed (based on
interest rates and the Applicable Rate then in effect) on such undrawn amounts to the
respective expiry dates of the Letters of Credit), in each case as have been fully Cash
Collateralized or as to which other arrangements with respect thereto satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer shall have been made; (b) all Commitments shall have
terminated or expired; and (c) each Borrower shall have fully, finally and irrevocably paid
and satisfied in full all of its obligations and liabilities arising under the Loan
Documents, including, with respect to each Borrower, the Obligations of such Borrower
(except for future obligations consisting of continuing indemnities and other contingent
Obligations that may be owing to any Agent-Related Person or any Lender pursuant to the Loan
Documents and expressly survive termination of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan
Document).



9. Effectiveness; Enforceability. This Guaranty Agreement shall be effective as of
the date first above written and shall continue in full force and effect until termination in
accordance with Section 20 hereof. Any claim or claims that the Secured Parties may at any
time hereafter have against a Guarantor under this Guaranty Agreement may be asserted by the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties by written notice directed to the Guarantor
in accordance with Section 22 hereof.



10. Representations and Warranties. The Guarantor warrants and represents to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, that it is duly authorized to execute
and deliver this Guaranty Agreement, and to perform its obligations under this Guaranty Agreement,
that this Guaranty Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Guarantor by its
duly authorized representatives; that this Guaranty Agreement is legal, valid, binding and
enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms except as enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles; and that the
Guarantor’s execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty Agreement do not violate or
constitute a breach of any of its Organization Documents, any agreement or instrument to which the
Guarantor is a party, or any law, order, regulation, decree or award of any governmental authority
or arbitral body to which it or its properties or operations is subject.



11. Expenses. The Guarantor agrees to be liable for the payment of all reasonable
fees and expenses, including fees and expenses of counsel, incurred by any Secured Party in
connection with the enforcement of this Guaranty Agreement, whether or not suit be brought.



12. Reinstatement. The Guarantor agrees that this Guaranty Agreement shall continue
to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, at any time payment received by any Secured
Party in respect of any Guaranteed Liabilities is rescinded or must be restored for any reason, or
is repaid by any Secured Party in whole or in part in good faith settlement of any pending or
threatened avoidance claim.



13. Attorney-in-Fact. To the extent permitted by law, the Guarantor hereby appoints
the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as the Guarantor’s
attorney-in-fact for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Guaranty Agreement and
taking any action and executing any instrument which the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or
advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment is coupled with an interest and is
irrevocable; provided, that the Administrative Agent shall have and may exercise rights
under this power of attorney only upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default.



14. Rules of Interpretation. The rules of interpretation contained in Section
1.01 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this Guaranty Agreement and are hereby
incorporated by reference. All representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the
delivery of documents and any extension of credit referred to herein or guaranteed hereby.



15. Entire Agreement. This Guaranty Agreement, together with the Credit Agreement and
other Loan Documents, constitutes and expresses the entire understanding between the parties hereto
with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior negotiations, agreements,
understandings, inducements, commitments or conditions, express or implied, oral or written, except
as herein contained. The express terms hereof control and supersede any course of performance or
usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the terms hereof. Except as provided in Section
20, neither this Guaranty Agreement nor any portion or provision hereof or thereof may be
changed, altered, modified, supplemented, discharged, canceled, terminated, or amended orally or in
any manner other than as provided in the Credit Agreement.



16. Binding Agreement; Assignment. This Guaranty Agreement and the terms, covenants
and conditions hereof and thereof, shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and thereto, and to their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns;
provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not be permitted to assign any of its
rights, powers, duties or obligations under this Guaranty Agreement or any other interest herein or
therein without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing sentence of this Section 16, any Lender may assign to one or
more Persons, or grant to one or more Persons participations in or to, all or any part of its
rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement (to the extent permitted by the Credit
Agreement); and to the extent of any such assignment or participation such other Person shall, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect
thereof granted to such Lender herein or otherwise, subject however, to the provisions of the
Credit Agreement, including Article IX thereof (concerning the Administrative Agent) and
Section 10.06 thereof concerning assignments and participations. All references herein to
the Administrative Agent shall include any successor thereof.



17. [Intentionally Omitted].



18. Severability. The provisions of this Guaranty Agreement are independent of and
separable from each other. If any provision hereof shall for any reason be held invalid or
unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability
of any other provision hereof, but this Guaranty Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid or
unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.



19. Counterparts. This Guaranty Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, and it shall
not be necessary in making proof of this Guaranty Agreement to produce or account for more than one
such counterpart executed by the Guarantor against whom enforcement is sought. Without limiting
the foregoing provisions of this Section 19, the provisions of Section 10.10 of the
Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this Guaranty Agreement.



20. Termination. Subject to reinstatement pursuant to Section 12 hereof, this
Guaranty Agreement, and all of the Guarantor’s Obligations hereunder (excluding those Guarantor’s
obligations relating to Guaranteed Liabilities that expressly survive such termination) shall
terminate on the Facility Termination Date.



21. Remedies Cumulative; Late Payments. All remedies hereunder are cumulative and are
not exclusive of any other rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured
Party provided by law or under the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents or other applicable
agreements or instruments. The making of the Loans and other credit extensions pursuant to the
Credit Agreement and other Related Agreements shall be conclusively presumed to have been made or
extended, respectively, in reliance upon the Guarantor’s guaranty of the Guaranteed Liabilities
pursuant to the terms hereof. Any amounts not paid when due under this Guaranty Agreement shall
bear interest at the Default Rate.



22. Notices. Any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given, (a) with
respect to the Guarantor, at the address indicated in Schedule 10.02 of the Credit
Agreement and (b) with respect to the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, at the
Administrative Agent’s address indicated in Schedule 10.02 of the Credit Agreement. All
such addresses may be modified, and all such notices shall be given and shall be effective, as
provided in Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement for the giving and effectiveness of
notices and modifications of addresses thereunder.



23. Governing Law. THIS GUARANTY AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE
FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.



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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed and delivered this Guaranty
Agreement as of the day and year first written above.



GUARANTOR:



AVNET, INC.



	 	 	 
	By:

	 	

	
 
	 	 
	Name:

Title:

	 	Raymond Sadowski

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer






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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:



BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative




Agent



By:     



	 	 	 
	Name: Robert J. Rittelmeyer

	Title:

	 	Vice President







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