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SUBSIDIARIES AND MERGER. 15 SECTION 3.6 CONSENTS; NO CONFLICT.......................................................16 SECTION 3.7

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• Consolidations and Mergers The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary (other than any Allied Unrestricted Subsidiary, any Securitization Subsidiary or any Republic Insurance Entity) to, merge, consolidate with, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any other Person, except: (a) any Subsidiary may merge with the Borrower or with any one or more Subsidiaries; provided that (i) if any transaction shall be between the Borrower and a Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, (ii) if any transaction shall be between a Subsidiary and a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person; and (iii) if any transaction shall be between an Excluded Subsidiary and a Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary, a Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person; (b) any Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) may sell or transfer all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, and any Excluded Subsidiary may transfer all or substantially all of its assets to the Borrower or a Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary for nominal consideration or as a result of the voluntary dissolution or liquidation of such Excluded Subsidiary; and (c) any merger, consolidation or disposition in connection with a transaction permitted by Section 7.03 or an Acquisition permitted by Section 7.05.

• Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures Create, acquire or otherwise suffer to exist, or permit any Subsidiary of such Borrower to create, acquire or otherwise suffer to exist, any Subsidiary or joint venture arrangement not in existence as of the date hereof, except in connection with a Permitted Acquisition.

• Consolidation and Merger The Borrower will not (a) enter into any transaction of merger or (b) consolidate, liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution); provided that, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall exist or be caused thereby, a Person may be merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower so long as the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person.

• Mergers, Subsidiaries, Etc Except as otherwise permitted under Sections 6.2 or 6.8, no Credit Party shall directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise, (a) form or acquire any Subsidiary, or (b) merge with, consolidate with, acquire all or substantially all of the assets or Stock of, or otherwise combine with or acquire, any Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) Borrower may acquire all or substantially all of the assets or all of the Stock of any Person (the "Target") (in each case, a "Permitted Acquisition") with the consent of Requisite Lenders or without consent of Agent or Requisite Lenders, but subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions: (A) Agent shall receive reasonable (and, in any event, not less than 14 days') prior written notice of the expected consummation date of such proposed Permitted Acquisition, which notice shall include a reasonably detailed description of such proposed Permitted Acquisition; (B) such Permitted Acquisition shall only involve assets located in the United States and comprising a business, or those assets of a business, of the type engaged in by Borrower as of the Closing Date and other businesses that, in the good faith judgment of the board of directors of Borrower, are reasonably related, ancillary or complimentary thereto, or reasonable extensions thereof, including without limitation the leasing of medical equipment, and which businesses would not subject Agent or any Lender to regulatory or third party approvals in connection with the exercise of its rights and remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents other than approvals applicable to the exercise of such rights and remedies with respect to Borrower prior to such Permitted Acquisition; (C) such Permitted Acquisition shall be consensual and shall have been approved by the Target's board of directors (or comparable governing body); (D) no additional Indebtedness, Guaranteed Indebtedness, contingent obligations or other liabilities shall be incurred, assumed or shall otherwise be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and Target after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition, except (x) Indebtedness otherwise permitted under Section 6.3, (y) Guaranteed Indebtedness otherwise permitted under Section 6.6 and (z) ordinary course trade payables and accrued expenses of the Target; (E) the sum of all amounts payable in connection with any single Permitted Acquisition (including all transaction costs and all Indebtedness, liabilities and contingent obligations incurred or assumed in connection therewith or otherwise reflected in a consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and Target) shall not exceed $5,000,000, and the sum of such amounts for all Permitted Acquisitions in any Fiscal Year shall not exceed $15,000,000; (F) the business and assets acquired in such Permitted Acquisition shall be free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Encumbrances); (G) Concurrently with delivery of the notice referred to in clause (A) above, Borrower shall have delivered to Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent:

• Subsidiaries and Predecessor Corporations The Company does not have any predecessor corporation(s), no subsidiaries, and does not own, beneficially or of record, any shares of any other corporation.

• Subsidiaries, Etc (a) Set forth in Part A of Schedule III hereto is a complete and correct list, as of the date hereof, of all of the Subsidiaries of the Company, together with, for each such Subsidiary, (i) the jurisdiction of organization of such Subsidiary, (ii) each Person holding ownership interests in such Subsidiary and (iii) the nature of the ownership interests held by each such Person and the percentage of ownership of such Subsidiary represented by such ownership interests. Except as disclosed in Part A of Schedule III hereto, (x) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries owns, free and clear of Liens (other than Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents), and has the unencumbered right to vote, all outstanding ownership interests in each Person shown to be held by it in Part A of Schedule III hereto, (y) all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each such Person organized as a corporation is validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and (z) there are no outstanding Equity Rights with respect to such Person. (b) Set forth in Part B of Schedule III hereto is a complete and correct list, as of the date of this Agreement, of all Investments (other than Investments disclosed in Part A of said Schedule III hereto) held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any Person (other than Investments which are Permitted Investments or deposits maintained with banks in the ordinary course of business) and, for each such Investment, (x) the identity of the Person or Persons holding such Investment and (y) the nature of such Investment. Except as disclosed in Part B of Schedule III hereto, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries owns, free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents), all such Investments.

• Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub The obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to effect the Merger are also subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Parent at or prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:

• Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary of a Loan Party to, consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, lease or otherwise transfer all or any substantial part of its assets to, any other Person, or discontinue or eliminate any business line or segment, provided that (a) a Loan Party may merge with another Person if (i) such Person was organized under the laws of the United States of America or one of its states, (ii) the Loan Party is the corporation surviving such merger, (iii) immediately after giving effect to such merger, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (iv) if the Borrower merges with another Loan Party, the Borrower is the corporation surviving such merger, (b) Subsidiaries of a Loan Party (excluding Loan Parties) may merge with one another, (c) a Loan Party (other than the Borrower or an Eligible Guarantor) may transfer all or any part of its assets to another Loan Party, (d) a Loan Party may sell Inventory in the ordinary course of business and for fair value, and (e) the foregoing limitation on the sale, lease or other transfer of assets and on the discontinuation or elimination of a business line or segment shall not prohibit, during any Fiscal Quarter, a transfer of assets or the discontinuance or elimination of a business line or segment (in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions) unless the aggregate assets to be so transferred or utilized in a business line or segment to be so discontinued, when combined with all other assets transferred (excluding assets transferred under Sections 5.17(d)), and all other assets utilized in all other business lines or segments discontinued, during such Fiscal Quarter and the immediately preceding three Fiscal Quarters have a fair market value or book value whichever is greater (determined with respect to each such asset transferred or discontinued) of more than $20,000,000.

• Subsidiaries, Partnerships and Joint Ventures Each of the Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of its Unregulated Subsidiaries to, own or create directly or indirectly any Subsidiaries other than (i) any Subsidiary which is a Regulated Entity, (ii) any Subsidiary which is an Inactive Subsidiary of the Borrower, (iii) Conserve to Preserve Foundation, a non-profit corporation organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey, (iv) any Subsidiary which has joined this Agreement as Guarantor on the Closing Date, (v) any Project Subsidiary, and (vi) any Subsidiary formed after the Closing Date which joins this Agreement as a Guarantor pursuant to Section 11.19 [Joinder of Guarantors]. Each of the Loan Parties shall not become or agree to (1) become a general or limited partner in any general or limited partnership, except that the Loan Parties may be general or limited partners in other Loan Parties, (2) become a member or manager of, or hold a limited liability company interest in, a limited liability company, except that the Loan Parties may be members or managers of, or hold limited liability company interests in, other Loan Parties, or (3) become a joint venturer or hold a joint venture interest in any joint venture, except in each case in respect of a Permitted Related Business Opportunity.

• Performance of Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub Each of Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date.