AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of May 24, 2007 among ODYSSEY HEALTHCARE OPERATING A, LP, ODYSSEY HEALTHCARE OPERATING B, LP, and HOSPICE OF THE PALM COAST, INC. as Borrowers, THE OTHER CREDIT PARTIES SIGNATORY HERETO, as Credit...
Exhibit
10.1
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated
as of May 24, 2007
among
ODYSSEY
HEALTHCARE OPERATING A, LP,
ODYSSEY
HEALTHCARE OPERATING B, LP, and
HOSPICE
OF THE PALM COAST, INC.
as
Borrowers,
THE
OTHER CREDIT PARTIES SIGNATORY HERETO,
as
Credit Parties,
THE
LENDERS SIGNATORY HERETO
FROM
TIME TO TIME,
as
Lenders,
and
GENERAL
ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as
Agent and Lender
GECC
CAPITAL MARKETS GROUP, INC.,
as
Lead Arranger
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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1.
AMOUNT
AND TERMS OF CREDIT
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2
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1.1.
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Credit
Facilities.
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2
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1.2.
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Letters
of Credit.
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3
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1.3.
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Prepayments.
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4
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1.4.
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Use
of Proceeds.
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5
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1.5.
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Interest
and Applicable Margins.
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6
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1.6.
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[Intentionally
Omitted]
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7
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1.7.
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[Intentionally
Omitted].
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8
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1.8.
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Cash
Management Systems.
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8
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1.9.
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Fees.
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9
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1.10.
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Receipt
of Payments.
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9
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1.11.
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Application
and Allocation of Payments.
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9
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1.12.
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Loan
Account and Accounting.
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9
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1.13.
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Indemnity.
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10
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1.14.
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Access.
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11
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1.15.
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Taxes.
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12
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1.16.
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Capital
Adequacy; Increased Costs; Illegality.
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12
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1.17.
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Single
Loan; Joint and Several Obligations.
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2.
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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2.1.
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Conditions
to the Initial Loans.
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2.2.
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Further
Conditions to Each Loan.
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3.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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3.1.
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Existence;
Compliance with Law.
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3.2.
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Executive
Offices, Collateral Locations, FEIN.
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17
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3.3.
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Power,
Authorization, Enforceable Obligations.
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18
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3.4.
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Financial
Statements and Projections.
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3.5.
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Material
Adverse Effect.
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3.6.
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Ownership
of Property; Liens.
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3.7.
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Labor
Matters.
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3.8.
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Ventures,
Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Outstanding Stock and
Indebtedness.
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3.9.
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Government
Regulation.
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3.10.
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Margin
Regulations.
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3.11.
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Taxes.
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3.12.
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ERISA.
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3.13.
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No
Litigation.
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3.14.
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Brokers.
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3.15.
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Intellectual
Property.
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3.16.
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Full
Disclosure.
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3.17.
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Environmental
Matters.
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3.18.
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Insurance.
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3.19.
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Deposit
and Disbursement Accounts.
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3.20.
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[Intentionally
Omitted]
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3.21.
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[Intentionally
Omitted]
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3.22.
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Agreements
and Other Documents.
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3.23.
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Solvency.
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3.24.
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Compliance
With Health Care Laws.
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3.25.
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HIPAA
Compliance.
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4.
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION
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4.1.
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Reports
and Notices.
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4.2.
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Communication
with Accountants.
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5.
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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5.1.
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Maintenance
of Existence and Conduct of Business.
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5.2.
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Payment
of Charges.
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5.3.
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Books
and Records.
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5.4.
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Insurance;
Damage to or Destruction of Collateral.
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5.5.
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Compliance
with Laws and Corporate Integrity Agreement.
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5.6.
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Supplemental
Disclosure.
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5.7.
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Intellectual
Property.
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5.8.
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Environmental
Matters.
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5.9.
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Landlords’
Agreements, Mortgagee Agreements, Bailee Letters, Lease Performance
and
Real Estate Purchases.
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5.10.
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Further
Assurances.
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5.11.
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Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries.
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6.
NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
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6.1.
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Mergers,
Subsidiaries, Etc.
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6.2.
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Investments;
Loans and Advances.
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6.3.
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Indebtedness.
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6.4.
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Employee
Loans and Affiliate Transactions.
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6.5.
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Capital
Structure and Business.
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6.6.
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Guaranteed
Indebtedness.
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6.7.
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Liens.
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6.8.
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Sale
of Stock and Assets.
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6.9.
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ERISA.
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6.10.
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Financial
Covenants.
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6.11.
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Hazardous
Materials.
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6.12.
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Sale-Leasebacks.
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6.13.
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Cancellation
of Indebtedness.
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6.14.
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Restricted
Payments.
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6.15.
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Change
of Corporate Name or Location; Change of Fiscal Year.
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6.16.
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No
Impairment of Intercompany Transfers.
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6.17.
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No
Speculative Transactions.
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6.18.
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Leases;
Real Estate Purchases.
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6.19.
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Business
Associate Agreement.
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7.
TERM
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7.1.
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Termination.
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7.2.
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Survival
of Obligations Upon Termination of Financing Arrangements.
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8.
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
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8.1.
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Events
of Default.
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8.2.
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Remedies.
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8.3.
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Waivers
by Credit Parties.
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9.
ASSIGNMENT
AND PARTICIPATIONS; APPOINTMENT OF AGENT
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9.1.
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Assignment
and Participations.
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9.2.
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Appointment
of Agent.
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9.3.
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Agent's
Reliance, Etc.
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9.4.
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GE
Capital and Affiliates.
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9.5.
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Lender
Credit Decision.
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9.6.
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Indemnification.
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9.7.
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Successor
Agent.
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9.8.
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Setoff
and Sharing of Payments.
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9.9.
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Advances;
Payments; Non-Funding Lenders; Information; Actions in
Concert.
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10.
SUCCESSORS
AND ASSIGNS
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10.1.
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Successors
and Assigns.
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11.
MISCELLANEOUS
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11.1.
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Complete
Agreement; Modification of Agreement.
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11.2.
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Amendments
and Waivers.
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11.3.
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Fees
and Expenses.
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11.4.
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No
Waiver.
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11.5.
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Remedies.
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11.6.
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Severability.
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11.7.
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Conflict
of Terms.
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11.8.
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Confidentiality.
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11.9.
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GOVERNING
LAW.
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11.10.
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Notices.
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11.11.
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Section
Titles.
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11.12.
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Counterparts.
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11.13.
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
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11.14.
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Press
Releases and Related Matters.
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11.15.
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Reinstatement.
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11.16.
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Advice
of Counsel.
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11.17.
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No
Strict Construction.
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11.18.
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USA
PATRIOT Act Notice.
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11.19.
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Effect
of Amendment and Restatement on Existing Credit Agreement.
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12.
CROSS-GUARANTY
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12.1.
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Cross-Guaranty.
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12.2.
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Waivers
by Borrowers.
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12.3.
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Benefit
of Guaranty.
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12.4.
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Subordination
of Subrogation, Etc.
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12.5.
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Election
of Remedies.
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12.6.
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Limitation.
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12.7.
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Contribution
with Respect to Guaranty Obligations.
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12.8.
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Liability
Cumulative.
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INDEX
OF APPENDICES
Annex
A (Recitals)
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Definitions
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Annex
B (Section 1.2)
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Letters
of Credit
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Annex
C (Section 1.8)
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Cash
Management System
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Annex
D (Section 2.1(a))
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Closing
Checklist
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Annex
E (Section 4.1(a))
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Financial
Statements and Projections -Reporting
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Annex
F (Section 6.10)
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Financial
Covenants
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Annex
G (Section 9.9(a))
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Lenders'
Wire Transfer Information
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Annex
H (Section 11.10)
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Notice
Addresses
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Annex
I (from Annex A-Commitments
definition)
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Commitments
as of Closing Date
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Exhibit
1.1(a)(i)
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Form
of Notice of Revolving Credit Advance
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Exhibit
1.1(a)(ii)
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Form
of Revolving Note
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Exhibit
1.5(e)
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Form
of Notice of Conversion/Continuation
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Exhibit
9.1(a)
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Form
of Assignment Agreement
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Schedule
1.1
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Agent's
Representatives
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Disclosure
Schedule 3.1
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Type
of Entity; State of Organization
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Disclosure
Schedule 3.2
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Executive
Offices; Collateral Locations; FEIN
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Disclosure
Schedule 3.4(a)
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Financial
Statements
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Disclosure
Schedule 3.4(b)
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Projections
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Disclosure
Schedule 3.6
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Real
Estate and Leases
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Disclosure
Schedule 3.7
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Labor
Matters
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Disclosure
Schedule 3.8
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Ventures,
Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Outstanding Stock
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Disclosure
Schedule 3.11
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Tax
Matters
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Disclosure
Schedule 3.12
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ERISA
Plans
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Disclosure
Schedule 3.13
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Litigation
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Disclosure
Schedule 3.15
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Intellectual
Property
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Disclosure
Schedule 3.17
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Hazardous
Materials
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Disclosure
Schedule 3.18
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Insurance
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Disclosure
Schedule 3.19
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Deposit
and Disbursement Accounts
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Disclosure
Schedule 3.22
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Material
Agreements
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Disclosure
Schedule 3.24
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Medicare/Medicaid
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Disclosure
Schedule 6.3
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Indebtedness
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Disclosure
Schedule 6.4(a)
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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Disclosure
Schedule 6.7
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Existing
Liens
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AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of May 24, 2007 among ODYSSEY
HEALTHCARE OPERATING A, LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("OpCoA"),
ODYSSEY HEALTHCARE OPERATING B, LP, a Delaware limited partnership
("OpCoB"),
HOSPICE OF THE PALM COAST, INC., a Florida not for profit corporation
("Palm
Coast";
OpCoA,
OpCoB and Palm Coast being referred to together as the "Borrowers"
and each
individually as a "Borrower"),
the
other Credit Parties signatory hereto; GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
a
Delaware corporation (in its individual capacity, "GE
Capital"),
for
itself, as Lender, and as Agent for Lenders; and the other Lenders signatory
hereto from time to time.
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
Borrowers are each a party to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of May
14,
2004, by and among Agent, GE Capital as the sole lender party thereto, Borrowers
and the other Credit Parties signatory from time to time thereto, as amended
by
that certain Consent and Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement dated as of
November 1, 2004, as further amended by that certain Waiver and Amendment No.
2
to Credit Agreement dated as of February 22, 2006, as further amended by that
certain Consent, Waiver and Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement dated as of
September 29, 2006, as further amended by that certain Consent and Amendment
No.
4 to Credit Agreement dated as of October 19, 2006, as further amended by that
certain Amendment No. 5 to Credit Agreement dated as of May 4, 2007 and as
further amended by that certain Amendment No. 6 to Credit Agreement dated as
of
May 14, 2007 (the "Existing
Credit Agreement");
WHEREAS,
the parties desire to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement to, among
other things, (a) increase the amount of the Revolving Loan Commitment and
(b)
provide (i) working capital financing for Borrowers, (ii) funds for Permitted
Acquisitions, Restricted Payments and other general corporate purposes of
Borrowers and (iii) funds for other purposes permitted hereunder; and for these
purposes, Lenders are willing to make certain loans and other extensions of
credit to Borrowers of up to such amount upon the terms and conditions set
forth
herein; and
WHEREAS,
Borrowers have secured all of their obligations under the Loan Documents by
granting to Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, a security interest
in
and lien upon substantially all of their existing personal property and
after-acquired personal property; and
1
WHEREAS,
each Credit Party, other than Borrowers and the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries,
has
guaranteed all of the obligations of Borrowers to Agent and Lenders under the
Loan Documents and granted to Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders,
a
security interest in and lien upon substantially all of its existing personal
property and after-acquired personal property, including, without limitation,
the Stock of each Subsidiary owned by such Credit Party to secure such guaranty;
and
WHEREAS,
capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to
them in Annex A
and, for
purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the rules of
construction set forth in Annex A
shall
govern. All Annexes, Disclosure Schedules, Exhibits and other attachments
(collectively, "Appendices")
hereto,
or expressly identified to this Agreement, are incorporated herein by reference,
and taken together with this Agreement, shall constitute but a single agreement.
These Recitals shall be construed as part of the Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter
contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
1.
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AMOUNT
AND TERMS OF CREDIT
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1.1. Credit
Facilities.
(a) Revolving
Credit Facility.
(i) Subject
to
the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender agrees to make available to
Borrowers from time to time until the Commitment Termination Date its Pro Rata
Share of advances (each, a "Revolving
Credit Advance").
The
Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loan of any Lender shall not at any time exceed
its separate Revolving Loan Commitment and the Revolving Loans of all Lenders
shall not at any time exceed the Maximum Amount. The obligations of each Lender
hereunder shall be several and not joint. Until the Commitment Termination
Date,
Borrowers may from time to time borrow, repay and reborrow under this
Section 1.1(a).
Each
Revolving Credit Advance shall be made on notice by Borrowers to one of the
representatives of Agent identified in Schedule 1.1
at the
address specified therein. Any such notice must be given no later than (1)
noon
(New York time) on the Business Day of the proposed Revolving Credit Advance,
in
the case of an Index Rate Loan, or (2) noon (New York time) on the date
which is 3 Business Days prior to the proposed Revolving Credit Advance, in
the
case of a LIBOR Loan. Each such notice (a "Notice
of Revolving Credit Advance")
must be
given in writing (by telecopy or overnight courier) substantially in the form
of
Exhibit
1.1(a)(i),
and
shall include the information required in such Exhibit and such other
information as may be reasonably required by Agent. If Borrowers desire to
have
the Revolving Credit Advances bear interest by reference to a LIBOR Rate,
Borrowers must comply with Section 1.5(e).
(ii) Except
as
provided in Section 1.12,
each
Borrower shall execute and deliver to each Lender a note to evidence the
Revolving Loan Commitment of that Lender. Each note shall be in the principal
amount of the Revolving Loan Commitment of the applicable Lender, dated the
Closing Date and substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.1(a)(ii)
(each a
"Revolving
Note"
and,
collectively, the "Revolving
Notes").
Each
Revolving Note shall represent the joint and several obligation of each Borrower
to pay the full principal amount of the applicable Lender's Revolving Loan
Commitment or, if less, such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of all Revolving Credit Advances together with interest thereon
as prescribed in Section 1.5.
The
entire unpaid balance of the aggregate Revolving Loan and all other
non-contingent Obligations shall be due and payable in full in immediately
available funds on the Commitment Termination Date.
(iii) [Intentionally
Omitted].
(iv) The
Borrowers may request, in writing, that the then effective Revolving Loan
Commitments be increased by up to $10,000,000, which increase shall be effective
upon (i) the receipt by Agent of written commitments by one or more Lenders
(which may include new Lenders to this Agreement by means of a joinder in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent) to provide the entirety of
such
increased amount and (ii) satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
(A)
no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall occur as
a
result of such increase in Revolving Loan Commitments, in each case as of the
time of the making of such request by Borrowers for such increase through and
including the date, if any, that the Revolving Loan Commitment has been so
increased, (B) no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred as of the time
of
the making of such request by Borrowers for such increase through and including
the date, if any, that the Revolving Loan Commitment has been so increased,
(C)
each Credit Party shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, execute and
deliver such documents and instruments and take such other actions (including,
without limitation, executing and issuing new Revolving Notes) as may be
reasonably requested by the Agent in connection with such increase, (D) GE
Capital, for its own account, shall have received payment in full from Borrowers
of an arranger fee, if any, referred to in the GE Capital Fee Letter, (E) the
Lender or Lenders providing such incremental increase in the Revolving Loan
Commitments shall have received payment in full from Borrowers of any closing
fee required by such Lenders in connection with such commitment increase and
(F)
Borrowers shall have delivered a certificate, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Agent, indicating that all of the conditions to such increase
set forth in this clause (iv) have been satisfied. No Lender shall have any
obligation, without such Lender's written consent, to increase its individual
Revolving Loan Commitment pursuant to this clause (iv). Within two (2) Business
Days of the consummation of any increase to the Revolving Loan Commitments
contemplated by this clause (iv), the Lenders shall effect such inter-Lender
transfers and settlements necessary to give effect to changes in the Pro Rata
Shares as a result of such increase. Any Lender that shall fail to receive
full
settlement within such two (2) Business Day period shall be entitled to receive
interest thereon at the Index Rate from the Lender or Lenders that shall have
failed to make full settlement. Agent hereby agrees to use its best efforts
to
solicit Lender commitments to Borrowers' request for any such increased amount
pursuant to this clause (iv).
(b) [Intentionally
Omitted].
(c) [Intentionally
Omitted]
(d) Reliance
on Notices.
Agent
shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall be fully protected in relying upon,
any Notice of Revolving Credit Advance, Notice of Conversion/Continuation or
similar notice believed by Agent in good faith to be genuine. Agent may assume
that each Person executing and delivering any notice in accordance herewith
was
duly authorized, unless the responsible individual acting thereon for Agent
has
actual knowledge to the contrary. Agent and each Lender may regard any notice
or
other communication pursuant to any Loan Document from either Borrower as a
notice or communication from all Borrowers, and may give any notice or
communication required or permitted to be given to any Borrower or Borrowers
hereunder to another Borrower or Borrowers.
1.2. Letters
of
Credit.
Subject
to
and in accordance with the terms and conditions contained herein and in
Annex B,
Borrowers shall have the right to request, and Lenders agree to incur, or
purchase participations in, Letter of Credit Obligations in respect of each
Borrower.
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1.3. Prepayments.
(a) Reductions
in Revolving Loan Commitments.
Borrowers may at any time on at least 5 days' prior written notice by Borrowers
to Agent permanently reduce (but not terminate) the Revolving Loan Commitment;
provided,
that
(A) any such prepayments or reductions shall be in a minimum amount of
$500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of such amount and
(B) after giving effect to such reductions, Borrowers shall comply with
Section 1.3(b)(i).
In
addition, Borrowers may at any time on at least 10 days' prior written notice
by
Borrowers to Agent terminate the Revolving Loan Commitment; provided,
that
upon such termination, all Loans and other Obligations shall be due and payable
in full and all Letter of Credit Obligations shall be cash collateralized or
otherwise satisfied in accordance with Annex B
hereto.
Any voluntary prepayment and any reduction or termination of the Revolving
Loan
Commitment must be accompanied by payment of any LIBOR funding breakage costs
in
accordance with Section 1.13(b).
Upon any
such reduction or termination of the Revolving Loan Commitment, each Borrower's
right to request Revolving Credit Advances, or request that Letter of Credit
Obligations be incurred on its behalf, shall simultaneously be permanently
reduced or terminated, as the case may be; provided,
that a
permanent reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitment shall require a
corresponding pro rata reduction in the L/C Sublimit.
(b) Mandatory
Prepayments.
(i) If
at any
time the aggregate outstanding balances of the Revolving Loan exceed the Maximum
Amount (an "Overadvance"),
Borrowers shall, within one Business Day of the earlier of Borrower's knowledge
of the existence of such Overadvance or notice from Agent of the existence
of
such Overadvance, repay the aggregate outstanding Revolving Credit Advances
to
the extent required to eliminate such excess. If any such excess remains after
repayment in full of the aggregate outstanding Revolving Credit Advances,
Borrowers shall provide cash collateral for the Letter of Credit Obligations
in
the manner set forth in Annex B
to the
extent required to eliminate such excess.
(ii) After
the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, within three
Business Days of receipt by any Credit Party of proceeds of any asset
disposition (excluding proceeds of asset dispositions permitted by Section 6.8(a)),
or any
sale of Stock of any Subsidiary of any Credit Party, Borrowers shall prepay
the
Loans in an amount equal to all such proceeds, net of (A) reasonable and
customary commissions and other reasonable and customary transaction costs,
fees
and expenses properly attributable to such transaction and payable by Borrowers
in connection therewith (in each case, paid to non-Affiliates),
(B) transfer taxes, (C) amounts payable to holders of senior Liens (to
the extent such Liens constitute Permitted Encumbrances hereunder), if any,
and
(D) an appropriate reserve for income taxes in accordance with GAAP in
connection therewith. Any such prepayment shall be applied in accordance with
Section 1.3(c).
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(iii) After
the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, if any Credit
Party incurs Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.3),
no
later than three Business Days following the date of receipt of the proceeds
thereof, Borrowers shall prepay the Loans in an amount equal to all such
proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable
costs paid to non-Affiliates in connection therewith. Any such prepayment shall
be applied in accordance with Section 1.3(c).
(c) Application
of Certain Mandatory Prepayments.
Any
prepayments made by any Borrower pursuant to Sections 1.3(b)(ii)
or
(b)(iii)
above or
Section 5.4(c) shall be applied as follows: first, to Fees and reimbursable
expenses of Agent then due and payable pursuant to any of the Loan Documents;
second, to interest then due and payable on Revolving Credit Advances; third,
to
the principal balance of Revolving Credit Advances outstanding until the same
has been paid in full; and last, to any Letter of Credit Obligations to provide
cash collateral therefor in the manner set forth in Annex B,
until
all such Letter of Credit Obligations have been fully cash collateralized in
the
manner set forth in Annex B.
The
Revolving Loan Commitments shall not be permanently reduced by the amount of
any
such prepayments.
(d) No
Implied Consent.
Nothing
in this Section 1.3
shall be
construed to constitute Agent's or any Lender's consent to any transaction
that
is not permitted by other provisions of this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents.
1.4. Use
of
Proceeds.
Borrowers
shall utilize the proceeds of the Revolving Loan solely for the financing of
Borrowers' ordinary working capital and Capital Expenditures, to finance
Permitted Acquisitions, to make Restricted Payments in accordance with
Section
6.14
hereof
and for general corporate needs.
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1.5. Interest
and Applicable Margins.
(a) Borrowers
shall pay interest to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders in accordance
with the various Loans being made by each Lender, in arrears on each applicable
Interest Payment Date, at the Index Rate plus the Applicable Revolver Index
Margin per annum or, at the election of Borrowers, the applicable LIBOR Rate
plus the Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin per annum, based on the aggregate
Revolving Credit Advances outstanding from time to time.
As
of the
Closing Date, the Applicable Margins are as follows:
Applicable
Revolver Index Margin
|
0.00%
|
Applicable
Revolver LIBOR Margin
|
1.00%
|
The
Applicable Margins shall be adjusted by reference to the following
grids:
If
Leverage Ratio is:
|
Applicable
Revolver Index Margin:
|
Applicable
Revolver LIBOR Margin:
|
<
1.0x
|
0.00%
|
1.00%
|
>
1.0x, but < 1.50x
|
0.25%
|
1.25%
|
>
1.50x, but < 2.0x
|
0.50%
|
1.50%
|
>
2.0x
|
0.75%
|
1.75%
|
Adjustments
in the Applicable Margins commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending June 30,
2007 shall be implemented quarterly on a prospective basis, for each calendar
month commencing at least five (5) days after the date of delivery to Lenders
of
the quarterly unaudited or annual audited (as applicable) Financial Statements
evidencing the need for an adjustment. Concurrently with the delivery of those
Financial Statements, Borrowers shall deliver to Agent and Lenders a
certificate, signed by its chief financial officer, setting forth in reasonable
detail the basis for the continuance of, or any change in, the Applicable
Margins. Failure
to
timely deliver such Financial Statements shall, in addition to any other remedy
provided for in this Agreement, result in an increase in the Applicable Margins
to the highest level set forth in the foregoing grid, until the first day of
the
first calendar month following the delivery of those Financial Statements
demonstrating that such an increase is not required. If an Event of Default
has
occurred and is continuing at the time any reduction in the Applicable Margins
is to be implemented, that reduction shall be deferred until the first day
of
the first calendar month following the date on which such Event of Default
is
waived or cured. If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment
to
the Financial Statements or for any other reason, Agent or Requisite Lenders
determine that (a) the Leverage Ratio as calculated by Borrowers as of any
applicable date was inaccurate and (b) a proper calculation of the Leverage
Ratio would have resulted in a higher level of pricing for any period, then
Borrowers shall automatically and retroactively be obligated to pay to Lenders,
and shall pay to Lenders promptly on demand by Agent, an amount equal to the
excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such
period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such
period.
(b) If
any
payment on any Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business
Day,
the maturity thereof will be extended to the next succeeding Business Day
(except as set forth in the definition of LIBOR Period) and, with respect to
payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable
rate during such extension.
(c) All
computations of Fees calculated on a per annum basis and interest shall be
made
by Agent on the basis of a 360-day year (or, in the case of Index Rate Loans,
calculated on the basis of a 365/366-day year), in each case for the actual
number of days occurring in the period for which such interest and Fees are
payable. The Index Rate is a floating rate determined for each day. Each
determination by Agent of an interest rate and Fees hereunder shall be final,
binding and conclusive on Borrowers, absent manifest error.
(d) So
long as
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under Section 8.1(h)
or
(i)
or so
long as any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under Section
8.1(a)
and at
the election of Agent (or upon the written request of Requisite Lenders)
confirmed by written notice from Agent to Borrowers, the interest rates
applicable to the Loans and the Letter of Credit Fees shall be increased by
two
percentage points (2%) per annum above the rates of interest or the rate of
such
Fees otherwise applicable hereunder ("Default
Rate"),
and
all outstanding Obligations shall bear interest at the Default Rate applicable
to such Obligations. Interest and Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate
shall (x) with respect to any Event of Default under Section
8.1(h)
or
(i),
accrue
from the initial date of such Event of Default or (y) with respect to any Event
of Default under Section
8.1(a),
accrue
from the date of receipt of written notice from Agent of such Event of Default
and shall continue until that Event of Default is cured or waived and shall
be
payable upon demand.
(e) Subject
to
the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2.2,
Borrowers shall have the option to (i) request that any Revolving Credit
Advance be made as a LIBOR Loan, (ii) convert at any time all or any part
of outstanding Loans from Index Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans, (iii) convert
any LIBOR Loan to an Index Rate Loan, subject to payment of LIBOR breakage
costs
in accordance with Section 1.13(b)
if such
conversion is made prior to the expiration of the LIBOR Period applicable
thereto, or (iv) continue all or any portion of any Loan as a LIBOR Loan
upon the expiration of the applicable LIBOR Period and the succeeding LIBOR
Period of that continued Loan shall commence on the first day after the last
day
of the LIBOR Period of the Loan to be continued. Any Loan or group of Loans
having the same proposed LIBOR Period to be made or continued as, or converted
into, a LIBOR Loan must be in a minimum amount of $500,000 and integral
multiples of $100,000 in excess of such amount. Any such election must be made
by noon (New York time) on
the 3rd
Business Day prior to (1) the date of any proposed Advance which is to bear
interest at the LIBOR Rate, (2) the end of each LIBOR Period with respect
to any LIBOR Loans to be continued as such, or (3) the date on which
Borrowers wish to convert any Index Rate Loan to a LIBOR Loan for a LIBOR Period
designated by Borrowers in such election. If no election is received with
respect to a LIBOR Loan by noon (New York time) on the 3rd Business Day prior
to
the end of the LIBOR Period with respect thereto (or if an Event of Default
has
occurred and is continuing or if the additional conditions precedent set forth
in Section 2.2
shall not
have been satisfied), that LIBOR Loan shall be converted to an Index Rate Loan
at the end of its LIBOR Period. Borrowers must make such election by notice
to
Agent in writing, by telecopy or overnight courier. In the case of any
conversion or continuation, such election must be made pursuant to a written
notice (a "Notice
of Conversion/Continuation")
in the
form of Exhibit
1.5(e).
(f) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 1.5,
if a
court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final order that the rate
of interest
payable hereunder exceeds the highest rate of interest permissible under law
(the "Maximum
Lawful Rate"),
then
so long as the Maximum Lawful Rate would be so exceeded, the rate of interest
payable hereunder shall be equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate; provided,
however,
that if
at any time thereafter the rate of interest payable hereunder is less than
the
Maximum Lawful Rate, Borrowers shall continue to pay interest hereunder at
the
Maximum Lawful Rate until such time as the total interest received by Agent,
on
behalf of Lenders, is equal to the total interest that would have been received
had the interest rate payable hereunder been (but for the operation of this
paragraph) the interest rate payable since the Closing Date as otherwise
provided in this Agreement. Thereafter, interest hereunder shall be paid at
the
rate(s) of interest and in the manner provided in Sections 1.5(a)
through
(e),
unless
and until the rate of interest again exceeds the Maximum Lawful Rate, and at
that time this paragraph shall again apply. In no event shall the total interest
received by any Lender pursuant to the terms hereof exceed the amount that
such
Lender could lawfully have received had the interest due hereunder been
calculated for the full term hereof at the Maximum Lawful Rate. If the Maximum
Lawful Rate is calculated pursuant to this paragraph, such interest shall be
calculated at a daily rate equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate divided by the
number of days in the year in which such calculation is made. If,
notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 1.5(f),
a court
of competent jurisdiction shall finally determine that a Lender has received
interest hereunder in excess of the Maximum Lawful Rate, Agent shall, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, promptly apply such excess in the order
specified in Section 1.11
and
thereafter shall refund any excess to Borrowers or as a court of competent
jurisdiction may otherwise order.
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1.6. [Intentionally
Omitted]
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1.7. [Intentionally
Omitted].
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1.8. Cash
Management Systems.
On
or
prior to the date of the making of the initial Revolving Credit Advance or
the
incurrence of the initial Letter of Credit Obligations, Borrowers will establish
and will maintain until the Termination Date, the cash management systems
described in Annex C
(the
"Cash
Management Systems").
1.9. Fees.
(a) Borrowers
shall pay to GE Capital, individually, the Fees specified in that certain fee
letter of even date herewith among Borrowers and GE Capital (the "GE
Capital Fee Letter"),
at the
times specified for payment therein.
(b) As
additional compensation for the Lenders, Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for
the
ratable benefit of Lenders, in arrears, on or before the fifth Business Day
of
each month prior to the Commitment Termination Date and on the Commitment
Termination Date, a Fee for Borrowers' non-use of the Revolving Loan Commitments
in an amount equal to one quarter of one percent (0.25%) per annum (calculated
on the basis of a 360 day year for actual days elapsed) multiplied by the
difference between (x) the Maximum Amount (as it may be adjusted from time
to time) and (y) the average for the period of the daily closing balances
of the aggregate Revolving Loan outstanding during the period for which such
Fee
is due.
(c) Borrowers
shall pay to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders, the Letter of Credit
Fee
as provided in Annex
B.
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1.10. Receipt
of
Payments.
Borrowers
shall make each payment under this Agreement not later than 2:00 p.m. (New
York time) on the day when due in immediately available funds in Dollars to
the
Collection Account. For purposes of computing interest and Fees as of any date,
all payments shall be deemed received on the Business Day on which immediately
available funds therefor are received in the Collection Account prior to
2:00 p.m. New York time. Payments received after 2:00 p.m. New York
time on any Business Day or on a day that is not a Business Day shall be deemed
to have been received on the following Business Day.
1.11. Application
and Allocation of Payments.
(a) So
long as
no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (i) voluntary
prepayments shall be applied as determined by Borrowers, subject to the
provisions of Section 1.3(a);
and
(ii) mandatory prepayments shall be applied as set forth in Section 1.3(c).
All
payments and prepayments applied to a particular Loan shall be applied ratably
to the portion thereof held by each Lender as determined by its Pro Rata
Share. As to any other payment, and as to all payments made when an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing or following the Commitment Termination
Date, each Borrower hereby irrevocably waives the right to direct the
application of any and all payments received from or on behalf of such Borrower,
and each Borrower hereby irrevocably agrees that Agent shall have the continuing
exclusive right to apply any and all such payments against the Obligations
of
Borrowers as Agent may deem advisable notwithstanding any previous entry by
Agent in the Loan Account or any other books and records. In the absence of
a
specific determination by Agent with respect thereto, payments shall be applied
to amounts then due and payable in the following order: (1) to Fees and
Agent's expenses reimbursable hereunder; (2) to interest on the other
Loans, ratably in proportion to the interest accrued as to each Loan;
(3) to principal payments on the other Loans and to provide cash collateral
for Letter of Credit Obligations in the manner described in Annex B,
ratably
to the aggregate, combined principal balance of the other Loans and outstanding
Letter of Credit Obligations; and (4) to all other Obligations, including
expenses of Lenders to the extent reimbursable under Section 11.3.
(b) At
any
time an Event of Default under Section
8.1(a)
has
occurred and is continuing for at least ten (10) Business Days, Agent is
authorized to, and at its sole election may, charge to the Revolving Loan
balance on behalf of each Borrower and cause to be paid all Fees, expenses,
Charges, costs (including insurance premiums in accordance with Section 5.4(a))
and
interest and principal, other than principal of the Revolving Loan, owing by
Borrowers under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents if and to
the
extent Borrowers fail to pay promptly any such amounts as and when due, it
being
understood that in the event Agent charges the Revolving Loan balance for any
unpaid amount, the Event of Default then in existence under Section
8.1(a)
solely as
a result of Borrowers' failure to pay such amount shall be cured by such charge
to Borrowers' Revolving Loan balance. At Agent's option and to the extent
permitted by law, any charges so made shall constitute part of the Revolving
Loan hereunder.
1.12. Loan
Account and Accounting.
Agent
shall maintain a loan account (the "Loan
Account")
on its
books to record: all Advances, all payments made by Borrowers, and all other
debits and credits as provided in this Agreement with respect to the Loans
or
any other Obligations. All entries in the Loan Account shall be made in
accordance with Agent's customary accounting practices as in effect from time
to
time. The balance in the Loan Account, as recorded on Agent's most recent
printout or other written statement, shall be prima facie evidence of the
amounts due and owing to Agent and Lenders by each Borrower; provided,
that any
failure to so record or any error in so recording shall not limit or otherwise
affect any Borrower's duty to pay the Obligations. Agent shall render to
Borrowers a monthly accounting of transactions with respect to the Loans setting
forth the balance of the Loan Account as to Borrowers for the immediately
preceding month. Unless Borrowers notify Agent in writing of any objection
to
any such accounting (specifically describing the basis for such objection),
within 45 days after the date thereof, each and every such accounting shall
(absent manifest error) be deemed final, binding and conclusive on Borrowers
in
all respects as to all matters reflected therein. Only those items expressly
objected to in such notice shall be deemed to be disputed by
Borrowers.
Notwithstanding any provision herein contained to the contrary, any Lender
may
elect (which election may be revoked) to dispense with the issuance of Notes
to
that Lender and may rely on the Loan Account as evidence of the amount of
Obligations from time to time owing to it.
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1.13. Indemnity.
(a) Each
Credit Party that is a signatory hereto shall jointly and severally indemnify
and hold harmless each of Agent, Lenders and their respective Affiliates, and
each such Person's respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents
and representatives (each, an "Indemnified
Person"),
from
and against any and all suits, actions, proceedings, claims, damages, losses,
liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements
and other costs of investigation or defense, including those incurred upon
any
appeal) that may be instituted or asserted against or incurred by any such
Indemnified Person as the result of credit having been extended, suspended
or
terminated under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the
administration of such credit, and in connection with or arising out of the
transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder and any actions or failures
to act in connection therewith, including any and all Environmental Liabilities
and legal costs and expenses arising out of or incurred in connection with
disputes between or among any parties to any of the Loan Documents
(collectively, "Indemnified
Liabilities");
provided,
that no
such Credit Party shall be liable for any indemnification to an Indemnified
Person to the extent that any such suit, action, proceeding, claim, damage,
loss, liability or expense results from that Indemnified Person's bad faith,
gross negligence or willful misconduct. NO INDEMNIFIED PERSON SHALL BE
RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO ANY OTHER PARTY TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, ANY SUCCESSOR,
ASSIGNEE OR THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY OF SUCH PERSON OR ANY OTHER PERSON ASSERTING
CLAIMS DERIVATIVELY THROUGH SUCH PARTY, FOR INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE ALLEGED AS A RESULT OF CREDIT HAVING BEEN
EXTENDED, SUSPENDED OR TERMINATED UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR AS A RESULT OF
ANY
OTHER TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.
(b) To
induce
Lenders to provide the LIBOR Rate option on the terms provided herein, if
(i) any LIBOR Loans are repaid in whole or in part prior to the last day of
any applicable LIBOR Period (whether that repayment is made pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or occurs as a result
of
acceleration, by operation of law or otherwise); (ii) any Borrower shall
default in payment when due of the principal amount of or interest on any LIBOR
Loan; (iii) any Borrower shall refuse to accept any borrowing of, or shall
request a termination of, any borrowing of, conversion into or continuation
of,
LIBOR Loans after Borrowers have given notice requesting the same in accordance
herewith; or (iv) any Borrower shall fail to make any prepayment of a LIBOR
Loan after Borrowers
have
given
a notice thereof in accordance herewith, then Borrowers shall jointly and
severally indemnify and hold harmless each Lender from and against all losses,
costs and expenses resulting from or arising from any of the foregoing. Such
indemnification shall include any loss (including loss of margin) or expense
arising from the reemployment of funds obtained by it or from fees payable
to
terminate deposits from which such funds were obtained. For the purpose of
calculating amounts payable to a Lender under this subsection, each Lender
shall
be deemed to have actually funded its relevant LIBOR Loan through the purchase
of a deposit bearing interest at the LIBOR Rate in an amount equal to the amount
of that LIBOR Loan and having a maturity comparable to the relevant LIBOR
Period; provided,
that
each Lender may fund each of its LIBOR Loans in any manner it sees fit, and
the
foregoing assumption shall be utilized only for the calculation of amounts
payable under this subsection. This covenant shall survive the termination
of
this Agreement and the payment of the Notes and all other amounts payable
hereunder. As promptly as practicable under the circumstances, each Lender
shall
provide Borrowers with its written calculation of all amounts payable pursuant
to this Section 1.13(b),
and such
calculation shall be binding (absent manifest error) on the parties hereto
unless Borrowers shall object in writing within 10 Business Days of receipt
thereof, specifying the basis for such objection in reasonable
detail.
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1.14. Access.
Except
to
the extent prohibited by applicable law and by confidentiality agreements,
each
Credit Party that is a party hereto shall, during normal business hours, from
time to time upon 3 Business Days' prior notice as frequently as Agent
reasonably determines to be appropriate, but, unless an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, no more than twice in any Fiscal Year:
(a) provide Agent and any of its officers, employees and agents access to
its properties, facilities, advisors and employees (including officers) of
each
Credit Party and to the Collateral, (b) permit Agent, and any of its
officers, employees and agents, to inspect, audit and make extracts from any
Credit Party's books and records, and (c) permit Agent, and its officers,
employees and agents, to inspect, review, evaluate and make test verifications
and counts of the Accounts, Inventory and other Collateral of any Credit Party;
provided, that if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrowers
shall not be responsible for the costs of any such visits, inspections or
verifications in any Fiscal Year. If a Default or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing or if access is necessary to preserve or protect the
Collateral as determined by Agent, each such Credit Party shall provide such
access to Agent and to each Lender at all times and without advance notice.
Each
Credit Party shall, so long as any Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, make available to Agent and its counsel, as quickly as is possible
under the circumstances, originals or copies of all books and records that
Agent
may reasonably request. Each Credit Party shall deliver any document or
instrument necessary for Agent, as it may from time to time reasonably request,
to obtain records from any service bureau or other Person that maintains records
for such Credit Party, and shall maintain duplicate records or supporting
documentation on media, including computer tapes and discs owned by such Credit
Party. Representatives of other Lenders may accompany Agent's representatives
on
regularly scheduled audits at no charge to Borrowers.
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1.15. Taxes.
(a) Any
and
all payments by each Borrower hereunder (including any payments made pursuant
to
Section 12)
or under
the Notes shall be made, in accordance with this Section 1.15,
free and
clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future Taxes. If
any
Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of
any
sum payable hereunder (including any sum payable pursuant to Section 12)
or under
the Notes, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as much as shall be
necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 1.15)
Agent or
Lenders, as applicable, receive an amount equal to the sum they would have
received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Borrower shall make
such deductions, and (iii) such Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted
to the relevant taxing or other authority in accordance with applicable law.
Within 45 days after the date of any payment of Taxes, Borrowers shall furnish
to Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment
thereof, or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
Agent and Lenders shall not be obligated to return or refund any amounts
received pursuant to this Section.
(b) Each
Credit Party that is a signatory hereto shall jointly and severally indemnify
and, within 10 days of written demand therefor, pay Agent and each Lender for
the full amount of Taxes (including any Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on
amounts payable under this Section 1.15)
paid by
Agent or such Lender, as appropriate, and any liability (including penalties,
interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or
not
such Taxes were correctly or legally asserted.
(c) Each
Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States
(a
"Foreign
Lender")
as to
which payments to be made under this Agreement or under the Notes are exempt
from United States withholding tax under an applicable statute or tax treaty
shall provide to Borrowers and Agent a properly completed and executed IRS
Form
W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN or other applicable form, certificate or document
prescribed by the IRS or the United States certifying as to such Foreign
Lender's entitlement to such exemption (a "Certificate
of Exemption").
Any
foreign Person that seeks to become a Lender under this Agreement shall provide
a Certificate of Exemption to Borrowers and Agent prior to becoming a Lender
hereunder. No foreign Person may become a Lender hereunder if such Person fails
to deliver a Certificate of Exemption
in
advance of becoming a Lender.
1.16. Capital
Adequacy; Increased Costs; Illegality.
(a) If
any
Lender shall have determined that any law, treaty, governmental (or
quasi-governmental) rule, regulation, guideline or order regarding capital
adequacy, reserve requirements or similar requirements or compliance by any
Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy, reserve
requirements or similar requirements (whether or not having the force of law),
in each case, adopted after the Closing Date, from any central bank or other
Governmental Authority increases or would have the effect of increasing the
amount of capital, reserves or other funds required to be maintained by such
Lender and thereby reducing the rate of return on such Lender's capital as
a
consequence of its obligations hereunder, then Borrowers shall from time to
time
within 5 Business Days of written demand by such Lender (with a copy of such
demand to Agent) pay to Agent, for the account of such Lender, additional
amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such reduction. A certificate
as to the amount of that reduction and showing the basis of the computation
thereof in reasonable detail submitted by such Lender to Borrowers and to Agent
shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding for all
purposes.
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(b) If,
due to
either (i) the introduction of or any change in any law or regulation (or
any change in the interpretation thereof) or (ii) the compliance with any
guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority
(whether or not having the force of law), in each case adopted after the Closing
Date, there shall be any increase in the cost to any Lender of agreeing to
make
or making, funding or maintaining any Loan, then Borrowers shall from time
to
time, within 5 Business Days of written demand by such Lender (with a copy
of
such demand to Agent), pay to Agent for the account of such Lender additional
amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such increased cost. A
certificate as to the amount of such increased cost in reasonable detail,
submitted to Borrowers and to Agent by such Lender, shall be conclusive and
binding on Borrowers for all purposes, absent manifest error. Each Lender agrees
that, as promptly as practicable after it becomes aware of any circumstances
referred to above which would result in any such increased cost, the affected
Lender shall, to the extent not inconsistent with such Lender's internal
policies of general application, use reasonable commercial efforts to minimize
costs and expenses incurred by it and payable to it by Borrowers pursuant to
this Section 1.16(b).
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, if, after the Closing Date, the
introduction of or any change in any law or regulation (or any change in the
interpretation thereof) shall make it unlawful, or any central bank or other
Governmental Authority shall assert that it is unlawful, for any Lender to
agree
to make or to make or to continue to fund or maintain any LIBOR Loan, then,
unless that Lender is able to make or to continue to fund or to maintain such
LIBOR Loan at another branch or office of that Lender without, in that Lender's
opinion, adversely affecting it or its Loans or the income obtained therefrom,
on written notice thereof and demand therefor by such Lender to Borrowers
through Agent, (i) the obligation of such Lender to agree to make or to
make or to continue to fund or maintain LIBOR Loans shall terminate and
(ii) Borrowers shall forthwith prepay in full all outstanding LIBOR Loans
owing by Borrowers to such Lender, together with interest accrued thereon,
unless Borrowers, within 5 Business Days after the delivery of such notice
and
demand, convert all LIBOR Loans into Index Rate Loans.
(d) Within
15
days after receipt by Borrowers of written notice and demand from any Lender
(an
"Affected
Lender")
for
payment of additional amounts or increased costs as provided in Sections 1.15(a),
1.16(a)
or
1.16(b),
Borrowers may, at their option, notify Agent and such Affected Lender of its
intention to replace the Affected Lender. So long as no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrowers, with the consent of Agent,
may obtain, at Borrowers' expense, a
replacement Lender ("Replacement
Lender")
for the
Affected Lender, which Replacement Lender must be reasonably satisfactory to
Agent. If Borrowers obtain a Replacement Lender within 90 days following notice
of their intention to do so, the Affected Lender must sell and assign its Loans
and Commitments to such Replacement Lender for an amount equal to the principal
balance of all Loans held by the Affected Lender and all accrued interest and
Fees with respect thereto through the date of such sale; provided,
that
Borrowers shall have reimbursed such Affected Lender for the additional amounts
or increased costs that it is entitled to receive under this Agreement through
the date of such sale and assignment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrowers shall not have the right to obtain
a
Replacement Lender if the Affected Lender rescinds its demand for increased
costs or additional amounts within 15 days following its receipt of Borrowers'
notice of intention to replace such Affected Lender. Furthermore, if Borrowers
give a notice of intention to replace and do not so replace such Affected Lender
within 90 days thereafter, Borrowers' rights under this Section 1.16(d)
shall
terminate with respect to such replacement attempt and Borrowers shall promptly
pay all increased costs or additional amounts demanded by such Affected Lender
pursuant to Sections 1.15(a),
1.16(a)
and
1.16(b).
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1.17. Single
Loan;
Joint
and Several Obligations.
All
Loans
to each Borrower and all of the other Obligations of each Borrower arising
under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall constitute one general joint
and several obligation of Borrowers secured, until the Termination Date, by
all
of the Collateral.
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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2.1. Conditions
to the Initial Loans.
No
Lender
shall be obligated to make the initial Revolving Credit Advance or incur the
initial Letter of Credit Obligations, or to take, fulfill, or perform any other
action hereunder, until the following conditions have been satisfied or provided
for in a manner satisfactory to Agent, or waived in writing by Agent and
Lenders:
(a) Credit
Agreement; Loan Documents.
This
Agreement or counterparts hereof shall have been duly executed by, and delivered
to, Borrowers, each other Credit Party, Agent and Lenders; and Agent shall
have
received such documents, instruments, agreements and legal opinions as Agent
shall reasonably request in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including all those listed in
the
Closing Checklist attached hereto as Annex D,
each in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
(b) Approvals.
Agent
shall have received (i) satisfactory evidence that the Credit Parties have
obtained all required consents and approvals of all Persons including all
requisite Governmental Authorities, to the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or (ii) an officer's
certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent affirming
that no such consents or approvals are required.
(c) Payment
of Fees.
Borrowers shall have paid the Fees required to be paid on the Closing Date
in
the respective amounts specified in Section 1.9
(including the Fees specified in the GE Capital Fee Letter), and shall have
reimbursed Agent for all fees, costs and expenses of closing incurred (to the
extent Borrowers have been notified of such costs and expenses) as of or prior
to the Closing Date.
(d) Capital
Structure; Other Indebtedness.
The
capital structure of each Credit Party and the terms and conditions of all
Indebtedness of each Credit Party shall be acceptable to Agent in its sole
discretion.
(e) Due
Diligence.
Agent
shall have completed its legal due diligence (including, without limitation,
lien, tax lien, judgment and litigation searches), with results reasonably
satisfactory to Agent.
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2.2. Further
Conditions to Each Loan.
Except
as
otherwise expressly provided herein, no Lender shall be obligated to fund any
Advance, convert or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Loan or incur any Letter of
Credit Obligation, if, as of the date thereof:
(a) any
representation or warranty by any Credit Party contained herein or in any other
Loan Document is untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of such date,
except to the extent that such representation or warranty expressly relates
to
an earlier date and except for changes therein expressly permitted or expressly
contemplated by this Agreement and Agent or Requisite Lenders have determined
not to make such Advance, convert or continue any Loan as LIBOR Loan or incur
such Letter of Credit Obligation as a result of the fact that such warranty
or
representation is untrue or incorrect in any material respect;
(b) any
event
or circumstance having a Material Adverse Effect has occurred since the date
hereof as determined by the Requisite Lenders and Agent or Requisite Lenders
have determined not to make such Advance, convert or continue any Loan as a
LIBOR Loan or incur such Letter of Credit Obligation as a result of the fact
that such event or circumstance has occurred;
(c) any
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result
after
giving effect to any Advance (or the incurrence of any Letter of Credit
Obligation), and Agent or Requisite Lenders shall have determined not to make
any Advance, convert or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Loan or incur any Letter
of
Credit Obligation as a result of that Default or Event of Default; or
(d) after
giving effect to any Advance (or the incurrence of any Letter of Credit
Obligations), the outstanding principal amount of the aggregate Revolving Loans
would exceed the Maximum Amount.
The
request and acceptance by any Borrower of the proceeds of any Advance or the
incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligations shall be deemed to constitute,
as
of the date thereof, (i) a representation and warranty by Borrowers that
the conditions in this Section 2.2
have been
satisfied and (ii) a reaffirmation by Borrowers of the cross-guaranty
provisions set forth in Section 12
and of
the granting and continuance of Agent's Liens, on behalf of itself and Lenders,
pursuant to the Collateral Documents.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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To
induce
Lenders to make the Loans and to incur Letter of Credit Obligations, the Credit
Parties executing this Agreement, jointly and severally, make the following
representations and warranties to Agent and each Lender with respect to all
Credit Parties, each and all of which shall survive the execution and delivery
of this Agreement.
3.1. Existence;
Compliance with Law.
Each
Credit Party (a) is a corporation, limited liability company or limited
partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws
of its respective jurisdiction of incorporation or organization set forth in
Disclosure
Schedule 3.1;
(b) is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing in each
other jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of property or the conduct
of
its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
qualified would not result in exposure to losses, damages or liabilities in
excess of $1,000,000; (c) has the requisite power and authority and the
legal right to own, pledge, mortgage or otherwise encumber and operate its
properties, to lease the property it operates under lease and to conduct its
business as now, heretofore and proposed to be conducted; (d) subject to
specific representations regarding Environmental Laws, has all material
licenses, permits, consents or approvals from or by, and has made all material
filings with, and has given all material notices to, all Governmental
Authorities having jurisdiction, to the extent required for such ownership,
operation and conduct; (e) is in compliance with its charter and bylaws or
partnership or operating agreement, as applicable; and (f) subject to
specific representations set forth herein regarding ERISA, Environmental Laws,
tax and other laws, is in compliance with all applicable provisions of law,
except where the failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, could
not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.2. Executive
Offices, Collateral Locations, FEIN.
As
of the
Closing Date, each Credit Party’s name as it appears in official filings in its
state of incorporation or organization, state of incorporation or organization,
organization type, organization number, if any, issued by its state of
incorporation or organization, and the current location of each Credit Party's
chief executive office and business premises are set forth in Disclosure
Schedule 3.2,
and,
except as set forth on Disclosure
Schedule 3.2
none of
such locations has changed to another state within twelve months preceding
the
Closing Date and each Credit Party has only one state of incorporation or
organization. In addition, Disclosure
Schedule 3.2
lists the
federal employer identification number of each Credit Party.
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3.3. Power,
Authorization, Enforceable Obligations.
The
execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of the Loan Documents
to which it is a party and the creation of all Liens provided for therein:
(a) are within such Credit Party's power; (b) have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or limited
partnership action; (c) do not contravene any provision of such Credit
Party's charter, bylaws or partnership or operating agreement as applicable;
(d) do not violate any law or regulation, or any order or decree of any
court or Governmental Authority; (e) do not conflict with or result in the
breach or termination
of, constitute a default under or accelerate or permit the acceleration of
any
performance required by, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease,
agreement or other instrument to which such Person is a party or by which such
Person or any of its property is bound; (f) do not result in the creation
or imposition of any Lien upon any of the property of such Person other than
those in favor of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, pursuant to the Loan
Documents; and (g) do not require the consent or approval of any
Governmental Authority or any other Person, except those that have been obtained
or are otherwise referred to in Section 2.1(b),
all of
which will have been duly obtained, made or complied with prior to the Closing
Date. Each of the Loan Documents shall be duly executed and delivered by each
Credit Party that is a party thereto and each such Loan Document shall
constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and subject to general principles of equity
regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in law or equity.
3.4. Financial
Statements and Projections.
Except
for
the Projections, all Financial Statements concerning Holdings and its
Subsidiaries that are referred to below have been prepared in accordance with
GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods covered (except as disclosed
therein and except, with respect to unaudited Financial Statements, for the
absence of footnotes and normal year-end audit adjustments) and present fairly
in all material respects the financial position of the Persons covered thereby
as at the dates thereof and the results of their operations and cash flows
for
the periods then ended.
(a) Financial
Statements.
The
following Financial Statements attached hereto as Disclosure
Schedule 3.4(a)
have been
delivered on or prior to the date hereof:
(i) The
audited consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2006 and the related
consolidated statements of income and cash flows of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year then ended, certified by Ernst & Young
LLP.
(ii) The
unaudited consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2007 and the related
consolidated statements of income and cash flows of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Quarter then ended.
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(b) Projections.
The
Projections delivered on the date hereof and attached hereto as Disclosure
Schedule 3.4(b)
have been
prepared by Borrowers in light of the past operations of their businesses,
and
reflect projections for the five year period beginning on January 1, 2007 on
an
annual basis. The Projections are based upon the same accounting principles
as
those used in the preparation of the financial statements described above and
the estimates and assumptions stated therein, all of which Borrowers believe
to
be reasonable and fair in light of current conditions and current facts known
to
Borrowers and, as of the Closing Date, reflect Borrowers' good faith and
reasonable estimates of the future financial performance of Borrowers and of
the
other information projected therein for the period set forth therein (it being
understood that all such Projections will be subject to uncertainties and
contingencies and that no representation is given that any particular projection
will be realized).
3.5. Material
Adverse Effect.
Between
December 31, 2006 and the Closing Date: (a) no Credit Party has incurred
any obligations, contingent or noncontingent liabilities, liabilities for
Charges, long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term commitments that,
alone or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, (b) no contract, lease or other agreement or instrument has
been entered into by any Credit Party or has become binding upon any Credit
Party's assets and no law or regulation applicable to any Credit Party has
been
adopted that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, and (c) no Credit Party is in default and to the best of Borrowers'
knowledge no third party is in default under any material contract, lease or
other agreement or instrument, that alone or in the aggregate could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Between December 31, 2006 and
the
Closing Date no event has occurred, that alone or together with other events,
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.6. Ownership
of Property; Liens.
As
of the
Closing Date, the real estate ("Real
Estate")
listed
in Disclosure
Schedule 3.6
constitutes all of the real property owned, leased, or subleased by any Credit
Party. Each Credit Party owns good and indefeasible fee simple title to all
of
its owned Real Estate, and valid and marketable leasehold interests in all
of
its leased Real Estate, all as described on Disclosure
Schedule 3.6,
and a
summary of terms of all such leases reasonably satisfactory to Agent has been
delivered to Agent. Disclosure
Schedule 3.6
further
describes any Real Estate with respect to which any Credit Party is a lessor,
sublessor or assignor as of the Closing Date. Each Credit Party also has good
and marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all of its personal
property and assets material to its business, except for minor defects in title
that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently
conducted or to utilize such properties or assets for their intended purposes.
As of the Closing Date, none of the properties and assets of any Credit Party
are subject to any Liens other than
Permitted Encumbrances, and there are no facts, circumstances or conditions
known to any Credit Party that could reasonably be expected to result in any
Liens (including Liens arising under Environmental Laws) other than Permitted
Encumbrances. Disclosure
Schedule 3.6
also
describes, as of the Closing Date, any purchase options, rights of first refusal
or other similar contractual rights pertaining to any Real Estate owned by
a
Credit Party or granted by, or in favor of, any Credit Party pertaining to
any
other Real Estate. As of the Closing Date, no portion of any Credit Party's
Real
Estate has suffered any material damage by fire or other casualty loss that
has
not heretofore been repaired and restored in all material respects to its
original condition (normal wear and tear excepted) or otherwise remedied. As
of
the Closing Date, all material permits required to have been issued or
appropriate to enable the Real Estate to be lawfully occupied and used for
all
of the purposes for which it is currently occupied and used have been lawfully
issued and are in full force and effect.
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3.7. Labor
Matters.
As
of the
Closing Date (a) no strikes or other material labor disputes against any
Credit Party are pending or, to any Credit Party's knowledge, threatened;
(b) hours worked by and payment made to employees of each Credit Party
comply in all material respects with the Fair Labor Standards Act and each
other
federal, state, local or foreign law applicable to such matters; (c) all
payments due from any Credit Party for employee health and welfare insurance
have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of such Credit Party;
(d) except as set forth in Disclosure
Schedule 3.7,
no
Credit Party is a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement,
management agreement, employment agreement, bonus, restricted stock, stock
option, or stock appreciation plan or agreement or any similar plan, agreement
or arrangement (and true and complete copies of any collective bargaining
agreements, management agreements and employment agreements described on
Disclosure
Schedule 3.7
have been
delivered to Agent); (e) there is no organizing activity involving any
Credit Party pending or, to any Credit Party's knowledge, threatened by any
labor union or group of employees; (f) there are no representation
proceedings pending or, to any Credit Party's knowledge, threatened with the
National Labor Relations Board, and no labor organization or group of employees
of any Credit Party has made a pending demand for recognition; and
(g) except as set forth in Disclosure
Schedule 3.7,
there
are no material complaints or charges against any Credit Party pending or,
to
the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened to be filed with any Governmental
Authority or arbitrator based on, arising out of, in connection with, or
otherwise relating to the employment or termination of employment by any Credit
Party of any individual.
3.8. Ventures,
Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Outstanding Stock and Indebtedness.
Except
as
set forth in Disclosure
Schedule 3.8,
as of
the Closing Date, no Credit Party has any Subsidiaries, is engaged in any joint
venture or partnership with any other Person, or is an Affiliate of any other
Person. All of the issued and outstanding Stock of each Credit Party (excluding
Holdings) is owned by each of the Stockholders and in the amounts set forth
in
Disclosure Schedule 3.8.
Except
as set forth in Disclosure
Schedule 3.8,
there
are no outstanding rights to purchase, options, warrants or similar rights
or
agreements pursuant to which any Credit Party may be required to issue, sell,
repurchase or redeem any of its Stock or other equity securities or any Stock
or
other equity securities of its Subsidiaries. All outstanding Indebtedness and
Guaranteed Indebtedness of each Credit Party as of the Closing Date (except
for
the Obligations) is described in Section 6.3
(including Disclosure
Schedule 6.3).
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3.9. Government
Regulation.
No
Credit
Party is an "investment company" or an "affiliated person" of, or "promoter"
or
"principal underwriter" for, an "investment company," as such terms are defined
in the Investment Company Act of 1940. No Credit Party is subject to regulation
under the Federal Power Act, or any other federal or state statute that
restricts or limits its ability to incur Indebtedness or to perform its
obligations hereunder. The making of the Loans by Lenders to Borrowers, the
incurrence of the Letter of Credit Obligations on behalf of Borrowers, the
application of the proceeds thereof and repayment thereof will not violate
any
provision of any such statute or any rule, regulation or order issued by the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
3.10. Margin
Regulations.
No
Credit
Party is engaged, nor will it engage, principally or as one of its important
activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of "purchasing"
or "carrying" any "margin stock" as such terms are defined in Regulation U
of
the Federal Reserve Board as now and from time to time hereafter in effect
(such
securities being referred to herein as "Margin
Stock").
No
Credit Party owns any Margin Stock, and none of the proceeds of the Loans or
other extensions of credit under this Agreement will be used, directly or
indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock, for
the
purpose of reducing or retiring any Indebtedness that was originally incurred
to
purchase or carry any Margin Stock or for any other purpose that might cause
any
of the Loans or other extensions of credit under this Agreement to be considered
a "purpose credit" within the meaning of Regulations T, U or X of the Federal
Reserve Board. No Credit Party will take or permit to be taken any action that
might cause any Loan Document to violate any regulation of the Federal Reserve
Board.
3.11. Taxes.
All
tax
returns, reports and statements, including information returns, required by
any
Governmental Authority to be filed by any Credit Party have been filed with
the
appropriate Governmental Authority and all Charges have been paid prior to
the
date on which any fine, penalty, interest or late charge may be added thereto
for nonpayment thereof (or any such fine, penalty, interest, late charge or
loss
has been paid), excluding Charges or other amounts less than $500,000 in
aggregate or being contested in accordance with Section 5.2(b).
Proper
and accurate amounts have been withheld by each Credit Party from its respective
employees for all periods in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws and such withholdings have
been timely paid to the respective Governmental Authorities. Disclosure
Schedule 3.11
sets
forth as of
the
Closing Date those taxable years for which any Credit Party's tax returns are
currently being audited by the IRS or any other applicable Governmental
Authority, and any assessments or threatened assessments in connection with
such
audit, or otherwise currently outstanding. Except as described in Disclosure
Schedule 3.11,
no
Credit Party has executed or filed with the IRS or any other Governmental
Authority any agreement or other document extending, or having the effect of
extending, the period for assessment or collection of any Charges. None of
the
Credit Parties and their respective predecessors are liable for any Charges
in
an aggregate amount greater than $500,000: (a) under any agreement
(including any tax sharing agreements) or (b) to each Credit Party's
knowledge, as a transferee. As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party has agreed
or been requested to make any adjustment under IRC Section 481(a), by
reason of a change in accounting method or otherwise, which could reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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3.12. ERISA.
(a) Disclosure
Schedule 3.12
lists
(i) all ERISA Affiliates and (ii) all Plans and separately identifies
all Pension Plans, including Title IV Plans, Multiemployer Plans, ESOPs and
Welfare Plans, including all Retiree Welfare Plans. Copies of all such listed
Plans, together with a copy of the latest IRS/DOL 5500-series form for each
such
Plan, have been delivered to Agent. Except with respect to Multiemployer Plans,
each Qualified Plan has been determined by the IRS to qualify under
Section 401 of the IRC, the trusts created thereunder have been determined
to be exempt from tax under the provisions of Section 501 of the IRC, and
nothing has occurred that could reasonably be expected to result in the loss
of
such qualification or tax-exempt status. Each Plan is in compliance in all
material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the IRC, including
the timely filing of all reports required under the IRC or ERISA, including
the
statement required by 29 CFR Section 2520.104-23. Neither any Credit Party
nor ERISA Affiliate has failed to make any contribution or pay any amount due
as
required by either Section 412 of the IRC or Section 302 of ERISA or
the terms of any such Plan. Neither any Credit Party nor ERISA Affiliate has
engaged in a "prohibited transaction," as defined in Section 406 of ERISA
and Section 4975 of the IRC, in connection with any Plan, that could
reasonably be expected to subject any Credit Party to a material tax on
prohibited transactions imposed by Section 502(i) of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the IRC.
(b) Except
as
set forth in Disclosure
Schedule 3.12:
(i) no Title IV Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (ii) no ERISA
Event or event described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA with respect to any
Title IV Plan has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (iii) there
are no pending, or to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened claims
(other than claims for benefits in the normal course), sanctions, actions or
lawsuits, asserted or instituted against any Plan or any Person as fiduciary
or
sponsor of any Plan; (iv) no Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate has incurred
or reasonably expects to incur any liability as a result of a complete or
partial withdrawal from a Multiemployer Plan; (v) within the last five
years no Title IV Plan of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate has been
terminated, whether or not in a "standard termination" as that term is used
in
Section 4041(b)(1) of ERISA, nor has any Title IV Plan of any Credit Party
or any ERISA Affiliate (determined at any time within the last five years)
with
Unfunded Pension Liabilities been transferred outside of the "controlled group"
(within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA) of any Credit Party or
ERISA Affiliate (determined at such time); (vi) except in the case of any
ESOP, Stock of all Credit Parties and their ERISA Affiliates makes up, in the
aggregate, no more than ten percent (10%) of fair market value of the assets
of
any Plan measured on the basis of fair market value as of the latest valuation
date of any Plan; and (vii) no liability under any Title IV Plan has been
satisfied with the purchase of a contract from an insurance company that is
not
rated AAA by the Standard & Poor's Corporation or an equivalent rating by
another nationally recognized rating agency.
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3.13. No
Litigation.
No
action,
claim, lawsuit, demand, investigation or proceeding is now pending or, to the
knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened against any Credit Party, before
any
Governmental Authority or before any arbitrator or panel of arbitrators
(collectively, "Litigation"),
(a) that challenges any Credit Party's right or power to enter into or
perform any of its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party,
or the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or any action taken
thereunder, or (b) that has a reasonable risk of being determined adversely
to any Credit Party and that, if so determined, could be reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Disclosure
Schedule 3.13,
as of
the Closing Date there is no Litigation pending or, to any Credit Party's
knowledge, threatened, that seeks damages in excess of $1,000,000 not otherwise
covered by or in excess of any applicable insurance policy of a Credit Party,
or
injunctive relief against, or alleges criminal misconduct of, any Credit
Party.
3.14. Brokers.
No
broker
or finder brought about the obtaining, making or closing of the Loans, and
no
Credit Party or Affiliate thereof has any obligation to any Person in respect
of
any finder's or brokerage fees in connection therewith.
3.15. Intellectual
Property.
As
of the
Closing Date, each Credit Party owns or has rights to use all Intellectual
Property necessary to continue to conduct its business as now conducted by
it,
and each Patent, Trademark, Copyright and License is listed, together with
application or registration numbers, as applicable, in Disclosure
Schedule 3.15.
Each
Credit Party conducts its business and affairs without infringement of or
interference with any Intellectual Property of any other Person in any material
respect. Except as set forth in Disclosure
Schedule 3.15,
no
Credit Party is aware of any infringement claim by any other Person with respect
to any Intellectual Property.
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3.16. Full
Disclosure.
No
information contained in this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, any
Projections or Financial Statements or other written reports from time to time
delivered hereunder or any written statement furnished by or on behalf of any
Credit Party to Agent or any Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or
will omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained
herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which
they
were made (it being understood that all Projections will be subject to
uncertainties and contingencies and that no representation is given that any
particular projection will be realized). Borrowers will take no action, or
omit
to take any action, that would cause the Liens granted to Agent, on behalf
of
itself and Lenders, pursuant to the Collateral Documents to not be at any time
fully perfected first priority Liens in and to the Collateral described therein
(to the extent the Collateral Documents and applicable law allow for such
perfection), subject, as to priority, only to Permitted
Encumbrances.
3.17. Environmental
Matters.
(a) Except
as
set forth in Disclosure
Schedule 3.17,
as of
the Closing Date: (i) the Real Estate is free of contamination from any
Hazardous Material except for such contamination that would not adversely impact
the value or marketability of such Real Estate and that would not result in
Environmental Liabilities that could reasonably be expected to exceed
$1,000,000; (ii) no Credit Party has caused or suffered to occur any
Release of Hazardous Materials on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about
any
of its Real Estate; (iii) the Credit Parties are and have been in
compliance with all Environmental Laws, except for such noncompliance that
would
not result in Environmental Liabilities which could reasonably be expected
to
exceed $1,000,000; (iv) the Credit Parties have obtained, and are in
compliance with, all Environmental Permits required by Environmental Laws for
the operations of their respective businesses as presently conducted, except
where the failure to so obtain or comply with such Environmental Permits would
not result in Environmental Liabilities that could reasonably be expected to
exceed $1,000,000, and all such Environmental Permits are valid, uncontested
and
in good standing; (v) no Credit Party is involved in operations or knows of
any facts, circumstances or conditions, including any Releases of Hazardous
Materials, that are likely to result in any Environmental Liabilities of such
Credit Party which could reasonably be expected to exceed $1,000,000 , and
no
Credit Party has permitted any current or former tenant or occupant of the
Real
Estate to engage in any such operations; (vi) there is no Litigation
arising under or related to any Environmental Laws, Environmental Permits or
Hazardous Material that seeks damages, penalties, fines, costs or expenses
in
excess of $1,000,000 or injunctive relief against, or that alleges criminal
misconduct by, any Credit Party; (vii) no written notice has been received
by any Credit Party identifying it as a "potentially responsible party" or
requesting information under CERCLA or analogous state statutes, and to the
knowledge of the Credit Parties, there are no facts, circumstances or conditions
that may result in any Credit Party being identified as a "potentially
responsible party" under CERCLA or analogous state statutes; and (viii) the
Credit Parties have provided to Agent copies of all existing environmental
reports, reviews and audits and all written information pertaining to actual
or
potential Environmental Liabilities, in each case relating to any Credit Party.
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(b) Each
Credit Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that Agent (i) is not now, and
has not ever been, in control of any of the Real Estate or any Credit Party's
affairs, and (ii) does not have the capacity through the provisions of the
Loan Documents or otherwise to influence any Credit Party's conduct with respect
to the ownership, operation or management of any of its Real Estate or
compliance with Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits.
3.18. Insurance.
Disclosure
Schedule 3.18
lists all
insurance policies of any nature maintained, as of the Closing Date, for current
occurrences by each Credit Party, as well as a summary of the terms of each
such
policy.
3.19. Deposit
and Disbursement Accounts.
Disclosure
Schedule 3.19
lists all
banks and other financial institutions at which any Credit Party maintains
deposit or other accounts as of the Closing Date, and such Schedule correctly
identifies the name, address and telephone number of each depository, the name
in which the account is held, a description of the purpose of the account,
and
the complete account number therefor.
3.20. [Intentionally
Omitted]
3.21. [Intentionally
Omitted]
3.22. Agreements
and Other Documents.
As
of the
Closing Date, each Credit Party has provided to Agent or its counsel, on behalf
of Lenders, accurate and complete copies (or summaries) of all of the following
agreements or documents to which it is subject and each of which is listed
in
Disclosure Schedule 3.22:
supply
agreements and purchase agreements not terminable by such Credit Party within
60
days following written notice issued by such Credit Party and involving
transactions in excess of $1,000,000 per annum; leases of Equipment having
a
remaining term of one year or longer and requiring aggregate rental and other
payments in excess of $1,000,000 per annum; licenses and permits held by the
Credit Parties, the absence of which could be reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect; instruments and documents evidencing any Indebtedness
or Guaranteed Indebtedness of such Credit Party in an amount in excess of
$500,000 and any Lien granted by such Credit Party with respect thereto; and
instruments and agreements evidencing the issuance of any equity securities,
warrants, rights or options to purchase equity securities of such Credit Party.
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3.23. Solvency.
Both
before and after giving effect to (a) the Loans and Letter of Credit
Obligations to be made or incurred on the Closing Date or such other date as
Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations requested hereunder are made or incurred,
(b) the disbursement of the proceeds of such Loans pursuant to the
instructions of Borrowers; and (c) the payment and accrual of all
transaction costs in connection with the foregoing, each Credit Party is and
will be Solvent.
3.24. Compliance
With Health Care Laws.
Without
limiting the generality of Sections 3.1 or 5.5 or any other representation
or
warranty made herein, Credit Parties and each of the facilities operated by
Credit Parties and, to Credit Parties' knowledge, each of Credit Parties'
licensed employees and contractors (other than contracted agencies) in the
exercise of their respective duties on behalf of any Credit Party or any such
facilities, is in compliance with all applicable statutes, laws, ordinances,
rules and regulations of any federal, state or local governmental authority
with
respect to regulatory matters primarily relating to patient healthcare
(including without limitation Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, as
amended, governing Medicare and regulations pertaining thereto; all federal
laws
and regulations affecting the medical assistance program established by Titles
V, XIX, XX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, and all state laws, regulations
and plans for medical assistance enacted in connection with the federal laws
and
regulations; Section 1128B(b) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
Section 1320a-7(b) (Criminal Penalties Involving Medicare or State Health Care
Programs) and regulations pertaining thereto, commonly referred to as the
"Federal Anti-Kickback Statute;" Section 1877 of the Social Security Act, as
amended, 00 X.X.X Xxxxxxx 0000xx (Ethics in Patient Referrals Act) and
regulations pertaining thereto, commonly referred to as the "Xxxxx Xxxxxxx;"
00
X.X.X. §0000 et
seq.
commonly
known as the “False Claims Act” and regulations pertaining thereto; federal laws
and regulations regarding the submission of false claims, false billing, false
coding, and similar state laws and regulations; federal and state laws and
regulations applicable to reimbursement and reassignment; federal and state
licensing laws and regulations; laws and regulations administered by the federal
Food and Drug Administration; laws and regulations administered by the federal
Drug Enforcement Administration and analogous state agencies; and state
certificate of need laws (collectively, "Healthcare
Laws")),
except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect. Each Credit Party has maintained in all material
respects all records required to be maintained by the Food and Drug
Administration, Drug Enforcement Agency and State Boards of Pharmacy and the
federal and state Medicare and Medicaid programs as required by the Healthcare
Laws and, to the knowledge of such Credit Party, there are no presently existing
circumstances which could reasonably be expected to result in violations of
the
Healthcare Laws that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Each Credit Party and each of its Affiliates is acting in compliance
with the Corporate Integrity Agreement, and its corporate compliance plan in
all
material respects. Each Credit Party and its Affiliates have such permits,
licenses, franchises, certificates and other approvals or authorizations of
governmental or regulatory authorities as are necessary under applicable law
to
own their respective properties and to conduct their respective business
(including without limitation such permits as are required under such federal,
state and other health care laws, and under such HMO or similar licensure laws
and such insurance laws and regulations, as are applicable thereto), and with
respect to those facilities and other businesses that participate in Medicare
and/or Medicaid, to receive reimbursement under Medicare and Medicaid, except
where the failure to have such licenses, permits, franchises, certificates
or
other government approvals or authorizations could not reasonably be expected
to
have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as listed in Disclosure Schedule 3.24,
to
Credit Parties' knowledge, there currently exist no restrictions, deficiencies,
required plans of correction actions or other such remedial measures with
respect to federal and state Medicare and Medicaid certifications or
licensure.
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3.25. HIPAA
Compliance.
(a) To
the
extent that and for so long as (i) any Credit Party is a "covered entity" as
defined in 45 C.F.R. § 160.103, (ii) any Credit Party and/or its business
and operations are subject to or covered by the HIPAA administrative
requirements codified at 45 C.F.R. Parts 160 and 162 (the "Transactions
Rule")
and/or
the HIPAA security and privacy requirements codified at 45 C.F.R. Parts 160
and
164 (the "Privacy
and Security Rules"),
and/or
(iii) any Credit Party sponsors any "group health plans" as defined in 45 C.F.R.
§ 160.103, such Credit Party has, except to the extent that the failure to
do any of the following could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect: (x) completed surveys, audits, inventories, reviews, analyses
and/or assessments, including risk assessments, (collectively "Assessments")
of all
areas of its business and operations subject to HIPAA and/or that could be
adversely affected by the failure of such Credit Party to be HIPAA Compliant
(as
defined below) to the extent these Assessments are appropriate or required
for
such Credit Party to be HIPAA Compliant; (y) developed a plan for becoming
HIPAA Compliant (a "HIPAA
Compliance Plan");
and
(z) implemented those provisions of its HIPAA Compliance Plan necessary to
ensure that such Credit Party is HIPAA Compliant. For purposes of this
Agreement, "HIPAA
Compliant"
shall
mean that a Credit Party (1) is in compliance in all material respects with
the
applicable requirements of HIPAA, including all requirements of the Transactions
Rule and the Privacy and Security Rules and (2) is not subject to, and could
not
reasonably be expected to become subject to, any civil or criminal penalty
or
any investigation, claim or process that could reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Each
Credit Party represents that it, collectively with the other entities identified
herein as a " Credit Party" and/or certain other affiliates of such Credit
Party
have elected to be treated as a single covered entity in accordance with the
Privacy and Security Rules (45 C.F.R. § 164.105(b)) (the "Affiliated
Covered Entities"),
have
documented such affiliation in accordance with 45 C.F.R. §164.105(b), and are in
compliance with the requirements of 45 C.F.R. §164.105(b). As such, each Credit
Party represents and warrants that it has the legal right, power and authority
to execute the Business Associate Agreement on behalf of the Affiliated Covered
Entity, in accordance with the Privacy and Security Rules, and that the
provisions of the Business Associate Agreement shall be binding upon each Credit
Party and all of such Credit Party's affiliates that are participating as
Affiliated Covered Entities, in accordance with the Privacy and Security Rules,
as if each and every such affiliate were a party to such Business Associate
Agreement directly.
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4.
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FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION
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4.1. Reports
and Notices.
Each
Credit Party executing this Agreement hereby agrees that from and after the
Closing Date and until the Termination Date, it shall deliver to Agent or to
Agent and Lenders, as required, the Financial Statements, notices, Projections
and other information at the times, to the Persons and in the manner set forth
in Annex E.
4.2. Communication
with Accountants.
Each
Credit Party executing this Agreement authorizes (a) Agent and (b) so
long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each Lender, to
communicate directly with its independent certified public accountants,
including Ernst & Young LLP, and authorizes and, at Agent's request, shall
instruct those accountants and advisors to disclose and make available to Agent
and each Lender any and all Financial Statements and other supporting financial
documents, schedules and information relating to any Credit Party (including
copies of any issued management letters) with respect to the business, financial
condition and other affairs of any Credit Party;
provided, however, that such accountants' failure to disclose or make materials
available to Agent and Lenders as a result of such accountants' confidentiality
policies shall not constitute a breach of this Section
4.2.
5.
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AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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Each
Credit Party executing this Agreement jointly and severally agrees as to all
Credit Parties that from and after the date hereof and until the Termination
Date:
5.1. Maintenance
of Existence and Conduct of Business.
Except
as
otherwise expressly permitted in this Agreement, each Credit Party shall: (a)
do
or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force
and
effect its corporate existence and its rights and franchises; (b) continue
to
conduct its business substantially as now conducted or as otherwise permitted
hereunder; and (c) at all times maintain, preserve and protect all of its
material assets and properties used or useful in the conduct of its business,
and keep the same in good repair, working order and condition in all material
respects (taking into consideration ordinary wear and tear) and from time to
time make, or cause to be made, all necessary or appropriate repairs,
replacements and improvements thereto consistent with industry
practices.
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5.2. Payment
of
Charges.
(a) Subject
to
Section 5.2(b),
each
Credit Party shall pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged promptly
all Charges due and payable by it, including (i) Charges imposed upon it,
its income and profits, or any of its property (real, personal or mixed) and
all
Charges with respect to tax, social security and unemployment withholding with
respect to its employees, (ii) lawful claims for labor, materials, supplies
and services or otherwise, and (iii) all storage or rental charges payable
to warehousemen or bailees, in each case, before any thereof shall become past
due.
(b) Each
Credit Party may in good faith contest, by appropriate proceedings, the validity
or amount of any Charges, Taxes or claims; provided,
that
(i) adequate reserves with respect to such contest are maintained on the
books of such Credit Party, in accordance with GAAP; (ii) no Lien shall be
imposed to secure payment of such Charges (other than payments to warehousemen
and/or bailees) that is superior to any of the Liens securing the Obligations
and such contest is maintained and prosecuted continuously and with diligence
and operates to suspend collection or enforcement of such Charges;
(iii) none of the Collateral becomes subject to forfeiture or loss as a
result of such contest; (iv) such Credit Party shall promptly pay or
discharge such contested Charges, Taxes or claims and all additional charges,
interest, penalties and expenses, if any, and shall deliver to Agent evidence
reasonably acceptable to Agent of such compliance, payment or discharge, if
such
contest is terminated or discontinued adversely to such Credit Party or the
conditions set forth in this Section 5.2(b)
are no
longer met; and (v) Agent has not advised Borrowers in writing that Agent
reasonably believes that nonpayment or nondischarge thereof could have or result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
5.3. Books
and
Records.
Each
Credit Party shall keep adequate books and records with respect to its business
activities in which proper entries, reflecting all financial transactions,
are
made in accordance with GAAP and on a basis consistent with the Financial
Statements attached as Disclosure
Schedule 3.4(a).
5.4. Insurance;
Damage to or Destruction of Collateral.
(a) The
Credit
Parties shall, at their sole cost and expense, maintain the policies of
insurance described on Disclosure
Schedule 3.18
as in
effect on the date hereof or otherwise in form and amounts and with insurers
reasonably acceptable to Agent; provided that the Credit Parties shall have
at
least ten (10) Business Days to effect any changes in their policies of
insurance described on Disclosure
Schedule 3.18
requested
by Agent. Such policies of insurance (or the loss payable and additional insured
endorsements delivered to Agent) shall contain provisions pursuant to which
the
insurer agrees to provide 30 days' prior written notice to Agent in the event
of
any non-renewal, cancellation or amendment of any such insurance policy. If
any
Credit Party at any time or times hereafter shall fail to obtain or maintain
any
of the policies of insurance required above, or to pay all premiums relating
thereto, Agent may at any time or times thereafter obtain and maintain such
policies of insurance and pay such premiums and take any other action with
respect thereto that Agent deems advisable. Agent shall have no obligation
to
obtain insurance for any Credit Party or pay any premiums therefor. By doing
so,
Agent shall not be deemed to have waived any Default or Event of Default arising
from any Credit Party's failure to maintain such insurance or pay any premiums
therefor. All sums so disbursed, including reasonable attorneys' fees, court
costs and other charges related thereto, shall be payable on demand by Borrowers
to Agent and shall be additional Obligations hereunder secured by the
Collateral.
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(b) Agent
reserves the right at any time upon any change in any Credit Party's risk
profile (including any change in the product mix maintained by any Credit Party
or any laws affecting the potential liability of such Credit Party) to, after
prior written notice to Borrowers, require additional forms and limits of
insurance to, in Agent's reasonable opinion, adequately protect both Agent's
and
Lenders' interests in all or any portion of the Collateral and to ensure that
each Credit Party is protected by insurance in amounts and with coverage
customary for its industry. If reasonably requested by Agent in writing, each
Credit Party shall deliver to Agent from time to time a report of a reputable
insurance broker, reasonably satisfactory to Agent, with respect to its
insurance policies.
(c) Each
Credit Party shall deliver to Agent, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Agent, endorsements to (i) all "All Risk" insurance naming
Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, as loss payee, and (ii) all general
liability and other liability policies naming Agent, on behalf of itself and
Lenders, as additional insured. Each Credit Party irrevocably makes, constitutes
and appoints Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by Agent),
so long as any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or the
anticipated insurance proceeds exceed $1,000,000, as such Credit Party's true
and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact
for the purpose of making, settling and adjusting claims under such "All Risk"
policies of insurance, endorsing the name of such Credit Party on any check
or
other item of payment for the proceeds of such "All Risk" policies of insurance
and for making all determinations and decisions with respect to such "All Risk"
policies of insurance. Agent shall have no duty to exercise any rights or powers
granted to it pursuant to the foregoing power-of-attorney, but, while exercising
any rights and powers hereunder, agrees to act in good faith. Borrowers shall
promptly notify Agent of any loss, damage, or destruction to the Collateral
in
the amount of $1,000,000 or more, whether or not covered by insurance. After
deducting from such proceeds the expenses, if any, incurred by Agent in the
collection or handling thereof, Agent may, at its option, apply such proceeds
to
the reduction of the Obligations in accordance with Section 1.3(c),
or
permit or require the applicable Credit Party to use such money, or
any part
thereof, to replace, repair, restore or rebuild the Collateral in a diligent
and
expeditious manner with materials and workmanship of substantially the same
quality as existed before the loss, damage or destruction. Notwithstanding
the
foregoing, if the casualty giving rise to such insurance proceeds could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, such insurance
proceeds do not exceed $3,000,000 in the aggregate and no Event of Default
has
occurred and is continuing, Agent shall make available to the applicable Credit
Party such proceeds and permit such Credit Party to replace, restore, repair
or
rebuild the property; provided,
that if
such Credit Party shall not have completed or entered into binding agreements
to
complete such replacement, restoration, repair or rebuilding within 180 days
of
such casualty, such Credit Party shall pay such proceeds to Agent and Agent
may
apply such insurance proceeds to the Obligations in accordance with Section 1.3(c).
To the
extent not used to replace, repair, restore or rebuild the Collateral, such
insurance proceeds shall be applied in accordance with Section 1.3(c).
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5.5. Compliance
with Laws
and
Corporate Integrity Agreement.
Each
Credit Party shall comply with all federal, state, local and foreign laws and
regulations applicable to it, including all Healthcare Laws and those laws
and
regulations relating to ERISA and labor matters and Environmental Laws and
Environmental Permits, except, in each case, to the extent that the failure
to
comply, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected
to
have a Material Adverse Effect. Each
Credit Party shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with
the
terms and conditions of the Corporate Integrity Agreement in all material
respects.
5.6. Supplemental
Disclosure.
From
time
to time as may be reasonably requested by Agent (which request will not be
made
more frequently than once each year absent the occurrence and continuance of
an
Event of Default), the Credit Parties shall supplement each Disclosure Schedule
hereto, or any representation herein or in any other Loan Document, with respect
to any matter hereafter arising that, if existing or occurring at the date
of
this Agreement, would have been required to be set forth or described in such
Disclosure Schedule or as an exception to such representation or that is
necessary to correct any information in such Disclosure Schedule or
representation which has been rendered inaccurate thereby (and, in the case
of
any supplements to any Disclosure Schedule, such Disclosure Schedule shall
be
appropriately marked to show the changes made therein); provided,
that
(a) no such supplement to any such Disclosure Schedule or representation
shall amend, supplement or otherwise modify any Disclosure Schedule or
representation, or be or be deemed a waiver of any Default or Event of Default
resulting from the matters disclosed therein, except as consented to by Agent
and Requisite Lenders in writing, and (b) no supplement shall be required
or permitted as to representations and warranties that relate solely to any
preceding specific date.
5.7. Intellectual
Property.
Each
Credit Party will (i) conduct its business and affairs without infringement
of
or interference with any Intellectual Property of any other Person in any
material respect and (ii) within ten (10) Business Days of the filing thereof,
provide Agent with written notice of the registration of any Intellectual
Property with any Governmental Authority.
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5.8. Environmental
Matters.
Each
Credit Party shall and shall cause each Person within its control to:
(a) conduct its operations and keep and maintain its Real Estate in
compliance with all Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits other than
noncompliance that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; (b) implement any and all investigation, remediation, removal and
response actions that are appropriate or necessary to comply with Environmental
Laws and Environmental Permits pertaining to the presence, generation,
treatment, storage, use, disposal, transportation or Release of any Hazardous
Material on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about any of its Real Estate
except where noncompliance could be reasonably likely to result in Environmental
Liabilities in excess of $1,000,000; (c) notify Agent promptly after such
Credit Party becomes aware of any violation of Environmental Laws or
Environmental Permits or any Release on, at, in, under, above, to, from or
about
any Real Estate that is reasonably likely to result in Environmental Liabilities
in excess of $1,000,000; and (d) promptly forward to Agent a copy of any
order, notice, request for information or any communication or report received
by such Credit Party in connection with any such violation or Release or any
other matter relating to any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits that
could reasonably be expected to result in Environmental Liabilities in excess
of
$1,000,000, in each case whether or not the Environmental Protection Agency
or
any Governmental Authority has taken or threatened any action in connection
with
any such violation, Release or other matter. If Agent at any time has a
reasonable basis to believe that there may be a violation of any Environmental
Laws or Environmental Permits by any Credit Party or any Environmental Liability
arising thereunder, or a Release of Hazardous Materials on, at, in, under,
above, to, from or about any of its Real Estate, that, in each case, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, then each Credit Party shall, upon Agent's written request
(i) cause the performance of such environmental audits including subsurface
sampling of soil and groundwater, and preparation of such environmental reports,
at Borrowers' expense, as Agent may from time to time reasonably request, which
shall be conducted by reputable environmental consulting firms reasonably
acceptable to Agent and shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable
to
Agent, and (ii) permit Agent or its representatives to have access to all
Real Estate for the purpose of conducting such environmental audits and testing
as Agent deems appropriate, including subsurface sampling of soil and
groundwater. Borrowers shall reimburse Agent for the costs of such audits and
tests and the same will constitute a part of the Obligations secured hereunder.
5.9. Landlords’
Agreements, Mortgagee Agreements, Bailee Letters, Lease Performance
and
Real
Estate Purchases.
(a) Each
Credit Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a landlord’s
agreement, mortgagee agreement or bailee letter, as applicable, from the lessor
of each leased property, mortgagee of owned property or bailee with respect
to
any location where data, systems or information critical to the business of
any
Credit Party are located, which agreement or letter shall contain a waiver
or
subordination of all Liens or claims that the landlord, mortgagee or bailee
may
assert against the Collateral at that location, and shall otherwise be
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Agent. Each Credit Party shall
timely and fully pay and perform its obligations under all leases and other
agreements with respect to each leased location or public warehouse where any
Collateral is or may be located.
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(b) In
the
event that the aggregate value of the real property owned by the Credit Parties
is greater than $25,000,000 and the aggregate outstanding amount of the
Revolving Loans is greater than $35,000,000 for ten (10) Business Days in total
subsequent to the Closing Date, to the extent not previously delivered to the
Agent, each Credit Party shall promptly deliver to Agent a Mortgage on any
real
property owned or thereafter acquired by such Credit Party, together with all
Mortgage Supporting Documents relating thereto (or, if such real property is
located in a jurisdiction outside the United States, similar documents deemed
appropriate by Agent to obtain the equivalent in such jurisdiction of a
first-priority mortgage on such real property) and all legal opinions relating
to the matters described in this Section 5.9(b),
which
opinions shall be as reasonably required by, and in form and substance and
from
counsel reasonably satisfactory to, Agent. For the avoidance of doubt, the
Credit Parties shall continue to be obligated to deliver such Mortgages,
Mortgage Supporting Documents and legal opinions described in the preceding
sentence notwithstanding the fact that the aggregate value of such owned real
property declines below $25,000,000 and the aggregate outstanding amount of
the
Revolving Loans declines below $35,000,000 after being in excess of $35,000,000
for ten (10) Business Days in total subsequent to the Closing Date.
5.10. Further
Assurances.
Each
Credit Party executing this Agreement agrees that it shall and shall cause
each
other Credit Party to, at such Credit Party's expense and upon request of Agent,
duly execute and deliver, or cause to be duly executed and delivered, to Agent
such further instruments and do and cause to be done such further acts as may
be
necessary or proper in the reasonable opinion of Agent to carry out more
effectively the provisions and purposes of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document. Without limitation on the foregoing, Borrowers hereby agree to use
their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Credit Party that is the
accountholder of each securities account at Banc of America Securities LLC
to
enter into, and have Banc of America Securities LLC enter into, a Control Letter
with Agent with respect to such securities accounts as soon as reasonably
practicable after the Closing Date, each of which Control Letters may be in
a
form substantially similar to the Control Letter existing on the Closing Date
between Parent, Agent and Banc of America Securities LLC.
5.11. Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries.
Upon
Agent's request at any time either after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default or after such time that the aggregate
outstanding amount of the Revolving Loans exceeds $35,000,000 for 10 (ten)
Business Days in total subsequent to the Closing Date, each Credit Party shall
cause the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries to execute a Guaranty, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and, subject to Section
5.9(b),
shall
cause a first priority perfected Lien (subject to Permitted Encumbrances) to
be
granted in favor of Agent in all the assets and Stock of the Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries, and Credit Parties and the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries shall
execute such documents and take such actions (including the delivery of legal
opinions, organizational documents, good standing certificates, resolutions
and
incumbency certificates) as may be reasonably required by Agent in connection
therewith. For avoidance of doubt, the Credit Parties shall continue to be
obligated to cause the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries to provide a Guaranty and
grant the Liens described in the immediately preceding sentence notwithstanding
the cure or waiver of the applicable Event of Default or the aggregate
outstanding amount of the Revolving Loans ceasing to exceed $35,000,000 after
being in excess of $35,000,000 for ten (10) Business Days in total subsequent
to
the Closing Date, as applicable, at any time after the date Agent requested
the
delivery of such Guaranty and the granting of such Liens in accordance with
this
Section
5.11.
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6.
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NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
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Each
Credit Party executing this Agreement jointly and severally agrees as to all
Credit Parties that from and after the date hereof until the Termination
Date:
6.1. Mergers,
Subsidiaries, Etc.
No
Credit
Party shall directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise, (a) form
any Subsidiary other than any of the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries 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 (or business unit thereof). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(i) any Credit Party may merge into any other Credit Party that is not a
Non-Guarantor Subsidiary; provided,
that
a
Borrower shall be the survivor of any such merger to which a Borrower is a
party,
(ii) any
Credit Party that is not a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary may acquire all or
substantially all of the Stock of any other Credit Party, (iii) any Credit
Party
that is not a Borrower or a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary may acquire all or
substantially all of the assets of any other Credit Party that is also not
a
Borrower or a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, (iv) any Borrower may acquire all or
substantially all of the assets or Stock of any other Credit Party, (v) any
Credit Party may
acquire all or substantially all of the assets or Stock of any Person (the
"Target")
and,
(vi) any Borrower may form a Subsidiary in order to acquire all or substantially
all of the stock or assets of a Target (in each case of (i) through (vi), herein
referred to as, a "Permitted
Acquisition")
subject
to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions, each to the reasonable
satisfaction of Agent:
(A) (1)
Agent
shall receive prompt written notice after the completion of any Permitted
Acquisition with total consideration and other amounts payable of less than
$5,000,000 (a "Threshold
Acquisition"),
and
(2) with respect to any proposed Permitted Acquisition with total consideration
and other amounts payable of $5,000,000 or more, Agent shall receive at least
fifteen (15) Business Days' prior written notice of such proposed Permitted
Acquisition, which notice shall, in each case, include a reasonably detailed
description of such proposed Permitted Acquisition;
(B) At
the
time of such Permitted Acquisition and after giving effect thereto, (1) no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; (2) the sum of
all
consideration and other amounts payable (including all transaction costs,
non-competition payments or similar payments and all Indebtedness and Guaranteed
Indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection therewith or Indebtedness,
liabilities and contingent obligations otherwise reflected in a consolidated
balance sheet of the Credit Parties after giving effect to such Permitted
Acquisition) in connection with all Permitted Acquisitions completed subsequent
to the Closing Date shall not exceed $50,000,000, and (3) such Permitted
Acquisition shall only involve assets located in the United States and
comprising a business, or those assets of a business, that involve the provision
of hospice or home health services such that the consummation of such Permitted
Acquisition 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 the approvals applicable to
a
hospice or home health service provider;
(C) the
consideration and other amounts payable in connection with such Permitted
Acquisition shall be payable in cash on the date of consummation of such
Permitted Acquisition, other than (1) unsecured Indebtedness in an amount not
to
exceed 20% of the aggregate consideration and other amounts payable in
connection with such Permitted Acquisition and (2) amounts due and payable
after
the date of the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition under customary
non-competition agreements in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 per
agreement;
(D) such
Permitted Acquisition shall be consensual and shall have been approved by the
Target's board of directors or other governing body and, if applicable, the
Target's Stockholders;
(E) no
Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness shall be incurred, assumed or otherwise
be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of Borrowers and Target after
giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition, except (1) Loans made hereunder
and
(2) Indebtedness and/or Guaranteed Indebtedness permitted under Section
6.3
or
Section
6.6,
as
applicable;
(F) the
Target
shall have Pro Forma Acquisition EBITDA of not less than $0 for the trailing
twelve month period preceding the date of the consummation of the Permitted
Acquisition, as determined based upon the Target's financial statements for
its
most recently completed fiscal year and its most recent interim financial period
completed within 60 days prior to the date of consummation of such Permitted
Acquisition;
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(G) the
business and assets acquired in such Permitted Acquisition shall be free and
clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Encumbrances);
(H) at
or
prior to the closing of any Permitted Acquisition, subject to Section
5.9(b),
Agent
will be granted a first priority perfected Lien (subject to Permitted
Encumbrances) in all assets acquired pursuant thereto or, as applicable, in
the
assets and Stock of the Target, and Borrowers and the Target shall have executed
such documents and taken such actions as may be reasonably required by Agent
in
connection therewith;
(I) concurrently
with delivery of the notice referred to in clause
(A)
above,
Borrowers shall have delivered to Agent, in form and substance satisfactory
to
Agent in its reasonable credit judgment:
(1)
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a
pro forma consolidated balance sheet, income statement and cash flow
statement of Holdings and its Subsidiaries (the "Acquisition
Pro Forma"),
based on recent financial statements, which shall fairly present
in all
material respects the assets, liabilities, financial condition and
results
of operations of Holdings and its Subsidiaries in accordance with
GAAP
consistently applied, but taking into account such Permitted Acquisition
and the funding of all Loans in connection therewith, and such Acquisition
Pro Forma shall (x) reflect that, on a pro forma basis, Holdings
and its
Subsidiaries would have had a Leverage Ratio not in excess of 1.0
to 1.0
for the four quarter period reflected in the Compliance Certificate
most
recently delivered to Agent pursuant to Section
4.1
prior to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition (after giving
effect to such Permitted Acquisition and all Loans funded in connection
therewith as if made on the first day of such period), and (y) reflect
that, on a pro forma basis, no Event of Default has occurred and
is
continuing or would result after giving effect to such Permitted
Acquisition; and
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a
certificate of the chief financial officer of Holdings to the effect
that:
(x) the Credit Parties will be Solvent upon the consummation of the
Permitted Acquisition; (y) the Acquisition Pro Forma fairly presents
the
financial condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated
basis) as of the date thereof after giving effect to the Permitted
Acquisition; and (z) Holdings and its Subsidiaries have completed
their
due diligence investigation with respect to the Target and such Permitted
Acquisition, which investigation was conducted in a commercially
reasonable manner, consistent with past practices;
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(J) on
or
prior to the date of such Permitted Acquisition (or promptly thereafter for
any
Threshold Acquisition), Agent shall have received (1) a copy of the acquisition
agreement and (2) copies of all other related agreements, instruments, opinions,
certificates, lien search results and other documents reasonably requested
by
Agent.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section
6.1,
Borrowers shall not be required to satisfy the conditions set forth in
subsections (C),
(F)
and
(I)
above
for any Threshold Acquisition.
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6.2. Investments;
Loans and Advances.
Except
as
otherwise expressly permitted by this Section 6,
no
Credit Party shall make or permit to exist any investment in, or make, accrue
or
permit to exist loans or advances of money to, any Person, through the direct
or
indirect lending of money, holding of securities or otherwise, except that:
(a) Borrowers may hold investments comprised of notes payable, or stock or
other securities issued by Account Debtors to any Borrower pursuant to
negotiated agreements with respect to settlement of such Account Debtor's
Accounts in the ordinary course of business, so long as the aggregate amount
of
such Accounts so settled by Borrowers does not exceed $500,000; (b) each Credit
Party may make and maintain investments in any other Credit Party; provided,
that,
(i) the aggregate amount of investments made by Credit Parties (other than
any
Non-Guarantor Subsidiary) in Odyssey Fort Worth and Odyssey Detroit shall not
exceed $8,000,000 and (ii) the aggregate amount of investments made by Credit
Parties (other than any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary) in all Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries (excluding Odyssey Fort Worth and Odyssey Detroit) shall not exceed
$20,000,000; (c) Borrowers may make investments in (i) marketable
direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States
of
America or any agency thereof maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition thereof, (ii) commercial paper maturing no more than one year
from the date of creation thereof and currently having the highest rating
obtainable from either Standard & Poor's Ratings Group or Xxxxx'x Investors
Service, Inc., (iii) certificates of deposit maturing no more than one year
from the date of creation thereof issued by commercial banks incorporated under
the laws of the United States of America, each having combined capital, surplus
and undivided profits of not less than $300,000,000 and having a senior
unsecured rating of "A" or better by a nationally recognized rating agency
(an
"A
Rated
Bank"),
(iv) time deposits maturing no more than 30 days from the date of creation
thereof with A Rated Banks and (v) mutual funds that invest solely in one
or more of the investments described in clauses (i)
through
(iv)
above,
and (d) other investments not exceeding $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any
time outstanding.
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6.3. Indebtedness.
No
Credit
Party shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except
(without duplication) (i) Indebtedness secured by purchase money security
interests and Capital Leases permitted in Section 6.7(c),
(ii) the Loans and the other Obligations, (iii) unfunded pension fund
and other employee benefit plan obligations and liabilities to the extent they
are permitted to remain unfunded under applicable law, (iv) existing
Indebtedness described in Disclosure
Schedule 6.3
and
refinancings thereof or amendments or modifications thereto that do not have
the
effect of increasing the principal amount thereof or changing the amortization
thereof (other than to extend the same) and that are otherwise on terms and
conditions no less favorable to any Credit Party than the terms of the
Indebtedness being refinanced, amended or modified, (v) (i) Indebtedness
consisting of intercompany loans and advances made by any Credit Party (other
than the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries) to any other Credit Party; provided,
that,
Credit Parties shall not make intercompany loans or advances to the
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries in excess of the respective amounts permitted under
Section 6.2(b) less the amount of any other investments made under Section
6.2(b) and (ii) Subordinated Indebtedness consisting of intercompany loans
and
advances made by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary to any other Credit Party, (vi)
Indebtedness arising upon the draw of one or more Permitted L/Cs, and (vii)
unsecured Indebtedness incurred (x) in connection with Permitted Acquisitions
not exceeding $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding and (y)
in
connection with any single Permitted Acquisition not exceeding $5,000,000 in
the
aggregate.
6.4. Employee
Loans and Affiliate Transactions.
(a) No
Credit
Party shall enter into or be a party to any transaction with any Affiliate
(other than another Credit Party that is not a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary) thereof
except in the ordinary course of and pursuant to the reasonable requirements
of
such Credit Party's business and upon fair and reasonable terms that are no
less
favorable to such Credit Party than would be obtained in a comparable arm's
length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate of such Credit Party. In
addition, if any such transaction or series of related transactions involves
payments in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate, the terms of these
transactions must be disclosed in advance, in writing, to Agent and Lenders.
All
such transactions existing as of the date hereof are described in Disclosure
Schedule 6.4(a).
(b) No
Credit
Party shall enter into any lending or borrowing transaction with any employees
of any Credit Party, except loans to its respective employees in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practices for travel and entertainment
expenses, relocation costs and similar purposes and stock option financing
up to
a maximum of $100,000 to any employee and up to a maximum of $500,000 in the
aggregate at any one time outstanding.
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6.5. Capital
Structure and Business.
No
Credit
Party shall (a) issue or sell any shares of preferred Stock to the extent
the terms of such preferred Stock provide for, or permit the holders of such
preferred Stock to require, a mandatory redemption or any other cash payment
prior to May 24, 2009 unless such redemption or other cash payment is subject
to
the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) make any
change in its capital structure as described in Disclosure
Schedule 3.8,
including the issuance or sale of any shares of Stock, warrants or other
securities convertible into Stock or any revision of the terms of its
outstanding Stock; provided,
that
Holdings may issue or sell shares of its Stock for cash so long as no Change
of
Control occurs after giving effect thereto, or (c) amend its charter or
bylaws in a manner that would adversely affect Agent or Lenders or such Credit
Party's duty or ability to repay the Obligations. No Credit Party shall engage
in any business other than the businesses currently engaged in by it or
businesses reasonably related thereto.
6.6. Guaranteed
Indebtedness.
No
Credit
Party shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Guaranteed Indebtedness
in an aggregate amount greater than $1,000,000 except (a) by endorsement of
instruments or items of payment for deposit to the general account of any Credit
Party (other than a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary), (b) for Guaranteed
Indebtedness incurred for the benefit of any other Credit Party (other than
a
Non-Guarantor Subsidiary) if the primary obligation is expressly permitted
by
this Agreement and (c) reimbursement obligations in respect of Permitted
L/Cs.
6.7. Liens.
No
Credit
Party shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect
to its Accounts or any of its other properties or assets (whether now owned
or
hereafter acquired) (including any fee ownership interests in Real Estate which
have not been required to be encumbered as Collateral pursuant to Section 5.9(b)
hereof) except for (a) Permitted Encumbrances; (b) Liens in existence
on the date hereof and summarized on Disclosure
Schedule 6.7
securing
the Indebtedness described on Disclosure
Schedule 6.3
and
permitted refinancings, extensions and renewals thereof, including extensions
or
renewals of any such Liens; provided,
that the
principal amount of the Indebtedness so secured is not increased and the Lien
does not attach to any other property; and (c) Liens created after the date
hereof by conditional sale or other title retention agreements (including
Capital Leases) or in connection with purchase money Indebtedness with respect
to assets acquired by any Credit Party in the ordinary course of business,
involving the incurrence of an aggregate amount of purchase money Indebtedness
and Capital Lease Obligations of not more than $5,000,000 outstanding at any
one
time for all such Liens (provided
that such
Liens attach only to the assets subject to such purchase money debt and such
Indebtedness is or was incurred within 20 days following such purchase and
does
not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the purchase price of the subject
assets). In addition, no Credit Party shall become a party to any agreement,
note, indenture or instrument, or take any other action, that would prohibit
the
creation of a Lien on any of its properties or other assets in favor of Agent,
on behalf of itself and Lenders, as additional collateral for the Obligations,
except operating leases, Capital Leases or Licenses which prohibit Liens upon
the assets that are subject thereto.
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6.8. Sale
of
Stock and Assets.
Except
as
otherwise expressly permitted by Section 6.1 of this Agreement, no Credit Party
shall sell, transfer, convey, assign or otherwise dispose of any of its
properties or other assets, including the Stock of any of its Subsidiaries
(whether in a public or a private offering or otherwise) or any of its Accounts,
other than (a) the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business,
and (b) the sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition by a Credit
Party of assets (other than the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of
business) having a net book value not exceeding $1,000,000 in any single
transaction or $3,000,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year. With respect
to
any disposition of assets or other properties permitted pursuant to clause (b)
above,
subject to Section 1.3(b),
Agent
agrees on reasonable prior written notice to release its Lien on such assets
or
other properties in order to permit the applicable Credit Party to effect such
disposition and shall execute and deliver to Borrowers, at Borrowers' expense,
appropriate UCC-3 termination statements and other releases as reasonably
requested by Borrowers.
6.9. ERISA.
No
Credit
Party shall, or shall cause or permit any ERISA Affiliate to, cause or permit
to
occur an event that could result in the imposition of a Lien under
Section 412 of the IRC or Section 302 or 4068 of ERISA
or cause
or permit to occur an ERISA Event to the extent such ERISA Event could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.10. Financial
Covenants.
Borrowers
shall not breach or fail to comply with any of the Financial
Covenants.
6.11. Hazardous
Materials.
No
Credit
Party shall cause or permit a Release of any Hazardous Material on, at, in,
under, above, to, from or about any of the Real Estate where such Release would
(a) violate in any respect, or form the basis for any Environmental
Liabilities under, any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits or
(b) otherwise adversely impact the value of any of the Real Estate or any
of the Collateral, other than such violations or Environmental Liabilities
that
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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6.12. Sale-Leasebacks.
No
Credit
Party shall engage in any sale-leaseback, synthetic lease or similar transaction
involving any of its assets.
6.13. Cancellation
of Indebtedness.
No
Credit
Party shall cancel any claim or debt owing to it in excess of $500,000, except
for reasonable consideration negotiated on an arm's length basis and in the
ordinary course of its business consistent with past practices.
6.14. Restricted
Payments.
No
Credit
Party shall make any Restricted Payment, except (a) payments with respect
to intercompany loans and advances between Credit Parties to the extent
permitted by Section 6.3,
(b) dividends and distributions by Subsidiaries of any Credit Party paid to
such Credit Party, (c) employee loans permitted under Section 6.4(b),
(d)
management fees paid by any Credit Party to any other Credit Party (other than
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries), and (e) payments by Holdings to purchase or redeem
its Stock (or warrants, options or other rights to acquire such Stock) in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $51,000,0000 in Fiscal Year 2007 and $30,000,000
in any Fiscal Year thereafter; provided
that,
with respect to clause (e) only, (i) no Default or Event of Default exists
at
the time of any such payment or would occur as a result of the payment thereof
and (ii) Borrowers are in compliance with the Financial Covenants on a pro
forma
basis for the four Fiscal Quarter period most recently ended prior to the making
of such Restricted Payment as if the Restricted Payment (as well as any other
Restricted Payment made since the end of such period) had occurred on the first
day of such four Fiscal Quarter period.
6.15. Change
of
Corporate Name or Location; Change of Fiscal Year.
No
Credit
Party shall (a) change its name as it appears in official filings in the
state of its incorporation or other organization, (b) change its chief
executive office, principal place of business, or the location of its records
concerning the Collateral, or (c) change its organization identification
number, if any, issued by its state of incorporation or other organization,
in
each case without at least 30 days prior written notice to Agent and, in the
case of a change in any Credit Party's chief executive office, a landlord
agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to Agent shall have been obtained
with
respect to such location, and provided
that any
such new location shall be in the continental United States. No Credit Party
shall change its Fiscal Year. No Credit Party shall (a) change the type of
entity that it is, or (b) change its state of incorporation or
organization, in each case without at least 30 days prior written notice to
Agent and after Agent's written acknowledgment that any reasonable action
requested by Agent in connection therewith, including to continue the perfection
of any Liens in favor of Agent, on behalf of Lenders, in any Collateral, has
been completed or taken.
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6.16. No
Impairment of Intercompany Transfers.
No
Credit
Party shall directly or indirectly enter into or become bound by any agreement,
instrument, indenture or other obligation (other than this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents) that could directly or indirectly restrict, prohibit
or
require the consent of any Person with respect to the payment of dividends
or
distributions or the making or repayment of intercompany loans by a Subsidiary
of any Borrower to any Borrower or between Borrowers.
6.17. No
Speculative Transactions.
No
Credit
Party shall engage in any transaction involving commodity options, futures
contracts or similar transactions, except solely to hedge against fluctuations
in the prices of commodities owned or purchased by it and the values of foreign
currencies receivable or payable by it and interest swaps, caps or
collars.
6.18. Leases;
Real Estate Purchases.
Except
as
permitted under Section 6.1
in
connection with a Permitted Acquisition, no Credit Party shall purchase a fee
simple ownership interest in any single parcel of Real Estate with a purchase
price in excess of $5,000,000.
6.19. Business
Associate Agreement.
No
Credit
Party shall terminate the Business Associate Agreement.
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7.
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7.1. Termination.
The
financing arrangements contemplated hereby shall be in effect until the
Commitment Termination Date, and the Loans and all other Obligations shall
be
automatically due and payable in full on such date.
7.2. Survival
of Obligations Upon Termination of Financing Arrangements.
Except
as
otherwise expressly provided for in the Loan Documents, no termination or
cancellation (regardless of cause or procedure) of any financing arrangement
under this Agreement shall in any way affect or impair the
obligations, duties
and
liabilities of the Credit Parties or the rights of Agent and Lenders relating
to
any unpaid portion of the Loans or any other Obligations, due or not due,
liquidated, contingent or unliquidated, or any transaction or event occurring
prior to such termination, or any transaction or event, the performance of
which
is required after the Commitment Termination Date. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein or in any other Loan Document, all undertakings, agreements,
covenants, warranties and representations of or binding upon the Credit Parties,
and all rights of Agent and each Lender, all as contained in the Loan Documents,
shall not terminate or expire, but rather shall survive any such termination
or
cancellation and shall continue in full force and effect until the Termination
Date; provided,
that the
provisions of Section 11,
the
payment obligations under Sections 1.15
and
1.16,
and the
indemnities contained in the Loan Documents shall survive the Termination
Date.
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8.
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES
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8.1. Events
of
Default.
The
occurrence of any one or more of the following events (regardless of the reason
therefor) shall constitute an "Event of Default" hereunder:
(a) Any
Borrower (i) fails to make any payment of principal of the Loans when due
and payable, (ii) fails to make any payment of interest on, or Fees owing in
respect of, the Loans or any of the other Obligations within 3 Business Days
following the date such interest, Fees or other Obligations are due and payable,
or (iii) fails to pay or reimburse Agent or Lenders for any expense
reimbursable hereunder or under any other Loan Document within 10 days following
Agent's demand for such reimbursement or payment of expenses.
(b) Any
Credit
Party fails or neglects to perform, keep or observe any of the provisions of
Sections 1.4,
5.4(a)
or
6,
or any
of the provisions set forth in Annex
F,
respectively.
(c) Any
Borrower fails or neglects to perform, keep or observe any of the provisions
of
Section 1.8
or 4 or
any provisions set forth in Annexes
C or E,
respectively, and the same shall remain unremedied for the earlier of 3 Business
Days after (i) any Senior Officer's knowledge of such breach or (ii) receipt
by
Borrowers of written notice from Agent of such breach.
(d) Any
Credit
Party fails or neglects to perform, keep or observe any other provision of
this
Agreement or of any of the other Loan Documents (other than any provision
embodied in or covered by any other clause of this Section 8.1)
and the
same shall remain unremedied for the earlier of 15 days after (i) any Senior
Officer's knowledge of such breach or (ii) receipt by Borrowers of written
notice from Agent of such breach; provided, however, that if such breach is
not
susceptible to cure within such 15-day period and Borrowers are diligently
pursuing such cure at the expiration of such 15-day period, such 15-day period
shall be extended an additional 15 days.
(e) A
default
or breach occurs under any other agreement, document or instrument to which
any
Credit Party is a party that is not cured within any applicable grace period
therefor, and such default or breach (i) involves the failure to make any
payment when due in respect of any Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness
(other than the Obligations) of any Credit Party in excess of $1,000,000 in
the
aggregate (including (x) undrawn committed or available amounts and
(y) amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit
arrangements), or (ii) causes, or permits any holder of such Indebtedness
or Guaranteed Indebtedness or a trustee to cause, Indebtedness or Guaranteed
Indebtedness or a portion thereof in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate
to
become due prior to its stated maturity or prior to its regularly scheduled
dates of payment, or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded, in
each
case, regardless of whether such default is waived, or such right is exercised,
by such holder or trustee.
(f) Any
representation or warranty herein or in any Loan Document or in any written
statement, report, financial statement or certificate made or delivered to
Agent
or any Lender by any Credit Party is untrue or incorrect in any material respect
as of the date when made or deemed made.
(g) Assets
of
any Credit Party with a fair market value of $500,000 or more are attached,
seized, levied upon or subjected to a writ or distress warrant, or come within
the possession of any receiver, trustee, custodian or assignee for the benefit
of creditors of any Credit Party and such condition continues for 30 days or
more.
(h) A
case or
proceeding is commenced against any Credit Party seeking a decree or order
in
respect of such Credit Party (i) under the Bankruptcy Code, or any other
applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy or other similar law,
(ii) appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or
sequestrator (or similar official) for such Credit Party or for any substantial
part of any such Credit Party's assets, or (iii) ordering the winding-up or
liquidation of the affairs of such Credit Party, and such case or proceeding
shall remain undismissed or unstayed for 60 days or more or a decree or order
granting the relief sought in such case or proceeding shall be entered by a
court of competent jurisdiction.
(i) Any
Credit
Party (i) files a petition seeking relief under the Bankruptcy Code, or any
other applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy or other similar law,
(ii) consents to or fails to contest in a timely and appropriate manner the
institution of proceedings thereunder or the filing of any such petition or
the
appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) for such Credit Party
or
for any substantial part of any such Credit Party's assets, (iii) makes an
assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iv) takes any action in
furtherance of any of the foregoing, or (v) admits in writing its inability
to, or is generally unable to, pay its debts as such debts become
due.
(j) A
final
judgment or judgments for the payment of money in excess of $1,000,000 in the
aggregate at any time are outstanding against one or more of the Credit Parties
and the same are not, within 30 days after the entry thereof, discharged or
execution thereof stayed or bonded pending appeal, or such judgments are not
discharged prior to the expiration of any such stay.
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(k) Any
material provision of any Loan Document for any reason ceases to be valid,
binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms (or any Credit Party shall
challenge the enforceability of any Loan Document or shall assert in writing,
or
engage in any action or inaction based on any such assertion, that any provision
of any of the Loan Documents has ceased to be or otherwise is not valid, binding
and enforceable in accordance with its terms), or any Lien created under any
Loan Document ceases to be a valid and perfected first priority Lien (except
as
otherwise permitted herein or therein) in any of the Collateral purported to
be
covered thereby due to any action or omission by any Credit Party.
(l) Any
Change
of Control occurs.
8.2. Remedies.
(a) If
any
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent may (and
at
the written request of the Requisite Lenders shall), without notice, suspend
the
Revolving Loan facility with respect to additional Advances and/or the
incurrence of additional Letter of Credit Obligations, whereupon any additional
Advances and additional Letter of Credit Obligations shall be made or incurred
in Agent's sole discretion (or in the sole discretion of the Requisite Lenders,
if such suspension occurred at their direction) so long as such Default or
Event
of Default is continuing. If any Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, Agent may (and at the written request of Requisite Lenders shall),
without notice except as otherwise expressly provided herein, increase the
rate
of interest applicable to the outstanding principal balance of the Loans and
the
Letter of Credit Fees to the Default Rate.
(b) If
any
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent may (and at the written
request of the Requisite Lenders shall), without notice: (i) terminate the
Revolving Loan facility with respect to further Advances or the incurrence
of
further Letter of Credit Obligations; (ii) declare all or any portion of
the Obligations, including all or any portion of any Loan to be forthwith due
and payable, and require that the Letter of Credit Obligations be cash
collateralized as provided in Annex B,
all
without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of
which
are expressly waived by Borrowers and each other Credit Party; (iii) conduct,
at
Borrowers' expense, such appraisals of Borrowers' assets as may be desired
by
Agent or Lenders or (iv) exercise any rights and remedies provided to Agent
under the Loan Documents or at law or equity, including all remedies provided
under the Code; provided,
that
upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Sections 8.1(h)
or
(i),
the
Revolving Loan facility shall be immediately terminated and all of the
Obligations, including the aggregate Revolving Loan, shall become immediately
due and payable without declaration, notice or demand by any
Person.
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8.3. Waivers
by
Credit Parties.
Except
as
otherwise provided for in this Agreement or by applicable law, each Credit
Party
waives (including for purposes of Section 12):
(a) presentment, demand and protest and notice of presentment, dishonor,
notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, protest, default,
nonpayment, maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension or renewal
of
any or all commercial paper, accounts, contract rights, documents, instruments,
chattel paper and guaranties at any time held by Agent on which any Credit
Party
may in any way be liable, and hereby ratifies and confirms whatever Agent may
do
in this regard, (b) all rights to notice and a hearing prior to Agent's
taking possession or control of, or to Agent's replevy, attachment or levy
upon,
the Collateral or any bond or security that might be required by any court
prior
to allowing Agent to exercise any of its remedies, and (c) the benefit of
all valuation, appraisal, marshaling and exemption laws.
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9.
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ASSIGNMENT
AND PARTICIPATIONS; APPOINTMENT OF
AGENT
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9.1. Assignment
and Participations.
(a) Subject
to
the terms of this Section 9.1,
any
Lender may make an assignment to a Qualified Assignee of, or sell participations
in, at any time or times, the Loan Documents, Loans, Letter of Credit
Obligations and any Commitment or any portion thereof or interest therein,
including any Lender's rights, title, interests, remedies, powers or duties
thereunder. Any assignment by a Lender shall: (i) require the consent of
Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed with respect
to a Qualified Assignee) and the execution of an assignment agreement (an
"Assignment
Agreement")
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
9.1(a)
and
otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and acknowledged
by,
Agent; (ii) be conditioned on such assignee Lender representing to the
assigning Lender and Agent that it is purchasing the applicable Loans to be
assigned to it for its own account, for investment purposes and not with a
view
to the distribution thereof; (iii) after giving effect to any such partial
assignment, the assignee Lender shall have Commitments in an amount at least
equal to $5,000,000 and the assigning Lender shall have retained Commitments
in
an amount at least equal to $5,000,000; (iv) include a payment to Agent of
an assignment fee of $3,500; and (v) so long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, require the consent of Borrowers (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed with respect to a Qualified
Assignee, it being understood that Borrowers shall not be unreasonable in
withholding their consent based on the negative reputation of a potential
Qualified Assignee or as a result of a potential Qualified Assignee being a
lead
agent or arranger for a financing of a competitor of Borrowers in the hospice
services business that is of comparable size to Borrowers). Borrowers agree
that
upon request of Agent they shall provide a list of potential Qualified Assignees
for which they intend to withhold their consent and the reasons therefor. In
the
case of an assignment by a Lender under this Section 9.1,
the
assignee shall have, to the extent of such assignment, the same rights, benefits
and obligations as all other Lenders hereunder. The assigning Lender shall
be
relieved of its obligations hereunder with respect to its Commitments or
assigned portion thereof from and after the date of such assignment. Each
Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that any permitted assignment shall
give
rise to a direct obligation of Borrowers to the assignee and that the assignee
shall be considered to be a "Lender". In all instances, each Lender's liability
to make Loans hereunder shall be several and not joint and shall be limited
to
such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the applicable Commitment. In the event Agent
or
any Lender assigns or otherwise transfers all or any part of the Obligations
in
accordance herewith, Agent or any such Lender shall so notify Borrowers and
Borrowers shall, upon the written request of Agent or such Lender, execute
new
Notes in exchange for the Notes, if any, being assigned. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Section 9.1(a),
any
Lender may at any time pledge the Obligations held by it and such Lender's
rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to a Federal Reserve
Bank, and any Lender that is an investment fund may assign the Obligations
held
by it and such Lender's rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
to another investment fund managed by the same investment advisor; provided,
that no
such pledge to a Federal Reserve Bank shall release such Lender from such
Lender's obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
(b) Any
participation by a Lender of all or any part of its Commitments shall be made
with the understanding that all amounts payable by Borrowers hereunder shall
be
determined as if that Lender had not sold such participation, and that the
holder of any such participation shall not be entitled to require such Lender
to
take or omit to take any action hereunder except actions directly affecting
(i) any reduction in the principal amount of, or interest rate or Fees
payable with respect to, any Loan in which such holder participates,
(ii) any extension of the scheduled amortization of the principal amount of
any Loan in which such holder participates or the final maturity date thereof,
and (iii) any release of all or substantially all of the Collateral (other
than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Collateral Documents
or
the other Loan Documents). Solely for purposes of Sections 1.13,
1.15,
1.16
and
9.8,
each
Borrower acknowledges and agrees that a participation shall give rise to a
direct obligation of Borrowers to the participant and the participant shall
be
considered to be a "Lender". Except as set forth in the preceding sentence
no
Borrower or Credit Party shall have any obligation or duty to any participant.
Neither Agent nor any Lender (other than the Lender selling a participation)
shall have any duty to any participant and may continue to deal solely with
the
Lender selling a participation as if no such sale had occurred.
(c) Except
as
expressly provided in this Section 9.1,
no
Lender shall, as between Borrowers and that Lender, or Agent and that Lender,
be
relieved of any of its obligations hereunder as a result of any sale,
assignment, transfer or negotiation of, or granting of participation in, all
or
any part of the Loans, the Notes or other Obligations owed to such
Lender.
(d) Each
Credit Party executing this Agreement shall assist any Lender permitted to
sell
assignments or participations under this Section 9.1
as
reasonably required to enable the assigning or selling Lender to effect any
such
assignment or participation, including the execution and delivery of any and
all
agreements, notes and other documents and instruments as shall be requested
and,
if requested by Agent, the preparation of informational materials for, and
the
participation of management in meetings with, potential assignees or
participants. Each Credit Party executing this Agreement shall certify the
correctness, completeness and accuracy of all descriptions of the Credit Parties
and their respective affairs contained in any selling materials provided by
them
and all other information provided by them and included in such materials,
except that any Projections delivered by Borrowers shall only be certified
by
Borrowers as having been prepared by Borrowers in compliance with the
representations contained in Section 3.4(c).
(e) Subject
to
Section 11.8, any Lender may furnish any information concerning Credit Parties
in the possession of such Lender from time to time to assignees and participants
(including prospective assignees and participants); provided,
that
such Lender shall obtain from assignees or participants confidentiality
covenants substantially equivalent to those contained in Section 11.8.
(f) So
long as
no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Lender shall assign
or
sell participations in any portion of its Loans or Commitments to a potential
Lender or participant, if, as of the date of the proposed assignment or sale,
the assignee Lender or participant would be subject to capital adequacy or
similar requirements under Section 1.16(a),
increased costs under Section 1.16(b),
an
inability to fund LIBOR Loans under Section 1.16(c),
or
withholding taxes in accordance with Section 1.15(a).
(g) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a "Granting
Lender"),
may
grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an "SPC"),
identified as such in writing by the Granting Lender to Agent and Borrowers,
the
option to provide to Borrowers all or any part of any Loans that such Granting
Lender would otherwise be obligated to make to Borrowers pursuant to this
Agreement; provided,
that
(i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to make any
Loan; and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise
fails to provide all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be
obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof. The making of a Loan
by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to
the
same extent, and as if such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. No SPC
shall
be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement
(all liability for which shall remain with the Granting Lender). Any SPC may
(i) with written notice to, but without the prior written consent of,
Borrowers and Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor assign all
or
a portion of its interests in any Loans to the Granting Lender or to any
financial institutions (consented to by Borrowers and Agent in writing)
providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPC
to
support the funding or maintenance of Loans and (ii) subject to the terms
of Section 11.8, disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information
relating to its Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider
of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC. Subject
to the terms of Section 11.2, this Section 9.1(g)
may not
be amended without the prior written consent of each Granting Lender, all or
any
of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment. For
the
avoidance of doubt, the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including
without limitation, the approval of any amendment or waiver of any provision of
any Loan Document or the obligation to pay any amount otherwise payable by
the
Granting Lender under the Loan Documents, continue to be the Lender of record
hereunder.
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9.2. Appointment
of Agent.
GE
Capital
is hereby appointed to act on behalf of all Lenders as Agent under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The provisions of this Section 9.2
are
solely for the benefit of Agent and Lenders and no Credit
Party nor any other Person shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary
of
any of the provisions hereof. In performing its functions and duties under
this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Agent shall act solely as an agent
of
Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any
obligation toward or relationship of agency or trust with or for any Credit
Party or any other Person. Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except
for those expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
The duties of Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature and Agent
shall not have, or be deemed to have, by reason of this Agreement, any other
Loan Document or otherwise a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender.
Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for failure
to disclose, any information relating to any Credit Party or any of their
respective Subsidiaries or any Account Debtor that is communicated to or
obtained by GE Capital or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Neither Agent
nor any of its Affiliates nor any of their respective officers, directors,
employees, agents or representatives shall be liable to any Lender for any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it hereunder or under any other Loan
Document, or in connection herewith or therewith, except for damages caused
by
its or their own bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct,
as
determined by a final court of competent jurisdiction.
If
Agent
shall request instructions from Requisite Lenders or all affected Lenders with
respect to any act or action (including failure to act) in connection with
this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, then Agent shall be entitled to refrain
from such act or taking such action unless and until Agent shall have received
instructions from Requisite Lenders or all affected Lenders, as the case may
be,
and Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining.
Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action
hereunder or under any other Loan Document (a) if such action would, in the
opinion of Agent, be contrary to law or the terms of this Agreement or any
other
Loan Document, (b) if such action would, in the opinion of Agent, expose
Agent to Environmental Liabilities or (c) if Agent shall not first be
indemnified to its satisfaction against any and all liability and expense which
may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.
Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of action
whatsoever against Agent as a result of Agent acting or refraining from acting
hereunder or under any other Loan Document in accordance with the instructions
of Requisite Lenders or all affected Lenders, as applicable.
9.3. Agent's
Reliance, Etc.
Neither
Agent nor any of its Affiliates nor any of their respective directors, officers,
agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken
by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents, except for damages caused by its or their own bad faith, gross
negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final court of competent
jurisdiction. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent:
(a) may treat the payee of any Note as the holder thereof until Agent
receives written notice of the assignment or transfer thereof signed by such
payee and in form reasonably satisfactory to Agent; (b) may consult with
legal counsel, independent public accountants and other experts selected by
it
and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in
good faith in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or
experts; (c) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender and shall
not be responsible to any Lender for any statements, warranties or
representations made in
or in
connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; (d) shall not
have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance
of
any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents on the part of any Credit Party or to inspect the Collateral
(including the books and records) of any Credit Party; (e) shall not be
responsible to any Lender for the due execution, legality, validity,
enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or the
other
Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto
or
thereto; and (f) shall incur no liability under or in respect of this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents by acting upon any notice, consent,
certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by telecopy, telegram,
cable or telex) believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper
party or parties.
9.4. GE
Capital
and Affiliates.
With
respect to its Commitments hereunder, GE Capital shall have the same rights
and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any other Lender
and may exercise the same as though it were not Agent; and the term "Lender"
or
"Lenders" shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include GE Capital in
its
individual capacity. GE Capital and its Affiliates may lend money to, invest
in,
and generally engage in any kind of business with, any Credit Party, any of
their Affiliates and any Person who may do business with or own securities
of
any Credit Party or any such Affiliate, all as if GE Capital were not Agent
and
without any duty to account therefor to Lenders. GE Capital and its Affiliates
may accept fees and other consideration from any Credit Party for services
in
connection with this Agreement or otherwise without having to account for the
same to Lenders.
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9.5. Lender
Credit Decision.
Each
Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon Agent
or any other Lender and based on the Financial Statements referred to in
Section 3.4(a)
and such
other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
credit and financial analysis of the Credit Parties and its own decision to
enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will,
independently and without reliance upon Agent or any other Lender and based
on
such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under
this Agreement. Each Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest
of
each other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests
in
the Loans, and expressly consents to, and waives any claim based upon, such
conflict of interest.
9.6. Indemnification.
Lenders
agree to indemnify Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by Credit Parties and
without limiting the obligations of Borrowers hereunder), ratably according
to
their respective Pro Rata Shares, from and against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed
on, incurred by, or asserted against Agent in any way relating to or arising
out
of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any action taken or omitted
to
be taken by Agent in connection therewith; provided,
that no
Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
resulting from Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limiting
the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse Agent promptly upon demand for
its ratable share of any out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel
fees) incurred by Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery,
administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through
negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect
of
rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement and each other Loan Document,
to the extent that Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by Credit Parties.
9.7. Successor
Agent.
Agent
may
resign at any time by giving not less than 30 days' prior written notice thereof
to Lenders and Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders
shall
have the right to appoint a successor Agent. If no successor Agent shall have
been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and shall have accepted such
appointment within 30 days after the resigning Agent's giving notice of
resignation, then the resigning Agent may, on behalf of Lenders, appoint a
successor Agent, which shall be a Lender, if a Lender is willing to accept
such
appointment, or otherwise shall be a commercial bank or financial institution
or
a subsidiary of a commercial bank or financial institution if such commercial
bank or financial institution is organized under the laws of the United States
of America or of any State thereof and has a combined capital and surplus of
at
least $300,000,000. If no successor Agent has been appointed pursuant to the
foregoing, within 30 days after the date such notice of resignation was given
by
the resigning Agent, such resignation shall become effective and the Requisite
Lenders shall thereafter perform all the duties of Agent hereunder until such
time, if any, as the Requisite Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided
above. Any successor Agent appointed by Agent or Requisite Lenders hereunder
shall be subject to the prior approval of Borrowers, such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided,
that
such approval shall not be required if an Event of Default has occurred and
is
continuing. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a
successor Agent, such successor Agent shall succeed to and become vested with
all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the resigning Agent. Upon
the
earlier of the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor
Agent or the effective date of the resigning Agent's resignation, the resigning
Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, except that any indemnity rights or
other rights in favor of such resigning Agent shall continue. After any
resigning Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 9
shall
inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while
it was acting as Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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9.8. Setoff
and
Sharing of Payments.
In
addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not
by
way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default and subject to Section 9.9(f),
each
Lender is hereby authorized at any time or from time to time, without notice
to
any Credit Party or to any other Person, any such notice being hereby expressly
waived, to offset and to appropriate and to apply any and all balances held
by
it at any of its offices for the account of any Borrower or Guarantor
(regardless of whether such balances are then due to such Borrower or Guarantor)
and any other properties or assets at any time held or owing by that Lender
or
that holder to or for the credit or for the account of any Borrower or Guarantor
against and on account of any of the Obligations that are not paid when due.
Any
Lender exercising a right of setoff or otherwise receiving any payment on
account of the Obligations in excess of its Pro Rata Share thereof shall
purchase for cash (and the other Lenders or holders shall sell) such
participations in each such other Lender's or holder's Pro Rata Share of the
Obligations as would be necessary to cause such Lender to share the amount
so
offset or otherwise received with each other Lender or holder in accordance
with
their respective Pro Rata Shares (other than offset rights exercised by any
Lender with respect to Sections 1.13,
1.15
or
1.16).
Each
Credit Party that, during the existence and continuance of an Event of Default,
is a Borrower or Guarantor agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
that
(a) any Lender may exercise its right to offset with respect to amounts in
excess of its Pro Rata Share of the Obligations and may sell participations
in
such amounts so offset to other Lenders and holders and (b) any Lender so
purchasing a participation in the Loans made or other Obligations held by other
Lenders or holders may exercise all rights of offset, bankers' lien,
counterclaim or similar rights with respect to such participation as fully
as if
such Lender or holder were a direct holder of the Loans and the other
Obligations in the amount of such participation. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if all or any portion of the offset amount or payment otherwise received is
thereafter recovered from the Lender that has exercised the right of offset,
the
purchase of participations by that Lender shall be rescinded and the purchase
price restored without interest.
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9.9. Advances;
Payments; Non-Funding Lenders; Information; Actions in Concert.
(a) Advances;
Payments.
(i) Agent
shall notify Lenders, promptly after receipt of a Notice of Revolving Credit
Advance and in any event prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date such
Notice of Revolving Advance is received, by telecopy, telephone or other similar
form of transmission. Each Lender shall make the amount of such Lender's Pro
Rata Share of such Revolving Credit Advance available to Agent in same day
funds
by wire transfer to Agent's account as set forth in Annex G
not later
than 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on the requested funding date, in the case of
an
Index Rate Loan, and not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the requested
funding date, in the case of a LIBOR Loan. After receipt of such wire transfers
(or, in the Agent's sole discretion, before receipt of such wire transfers),
subject to the terms hereof, Agent shall make the requested Revolving Credit
Advance to Borrowers. All payments by each Lender shall be made without setoff,
counterclaim or deduction of any kind.
(ii) On
the 2nd
Business Day of each calendar week or more frequently at Agent's election (each,
a "Settlement
Date"),
Agent
shall advise each Lender by telephone, or telecopy of the amount of such
Lender's Pro Rata Share of principal, interest and Fees paid for the benefit
of
Lenders with respect to each applicable Loan. Provided that each Lender has
funded all payments or Advances required to be made by it and has purchased
all
participations required to be purchased by it under this Agreement and the
other
Loan Documents as of such Settlement Date, Agent shall pay to each Lender such
Lender's Pro Rata Share of principal, interest and Fees paid by Borrowers since
the previous Settlement Date for the benefit of such Lender on the Loans held
by
it. To the extent that any Lender (a "Non-Funding
Lender")
has
failed to fund all such payments and Advances or failed to fund the purchase
of
all such participations, Agent shall be entitled to set off the funding
short-fall against that Non-Funding Lender's Pro Rata Share of all payments
received from Borrowers. Such payments shall be made by wire transfer to such
Lender's account (as specified by such Lender in Annex G
or the
applicable Assignment Agreement) not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on
the
next Business Day following each Settlement Date.
(b) Availability
of Lender's Pro Rata Share.
Agent
may assume that each Lender will make its Pro Rata Share of each Revolving
Credit Advance available to Agent on each funding date. If such Pro Rata Share
is not, in fact, paid to Agent by such Lender when due, Agent will be entitled
to recover such amount on demand from such Lender without setoff, counterclaim
or deduction of any kind. If any Lender fails to pay the amount of its Pro
Rata
Share forthwith upon Agent's demand, Agent shall promptly notify Borrowers
and
Borrowers shall immediately repay such amount to Agent. Nothing in this
Section 9.9(b)
or
elsewhere in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to
require Agent to advance funds on behalf of any Lender or to relieve any Lender
from its obligation to fulfill its Commitments hereunder or to prejudice any
rights that Borrowers may have against any Lender as a result of any default
by
such Lender hereunder. To the extent that Agent advances funds to any Borrower
on behalf of any Lender and is not reimbursed therefor on the same Business
Day
as such Advance is made, Agent shall be entitled to retain for its account
all
interest accrued on such Advance until reimbursed by the applicable
Lender.
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(c) Return
of Payments.
(i) If
Agent
pays an amount to a Lender under this Agreement in the belief or expectation
that a related payment has been or will be received by Agent from Borrowers
and
such related payment is not received by Agent, then Agent will be entitled
to
recover such amount from such Lender on demand without setoff, counterclaim
or
deduction of any kind.
(ii) If
Agent
determines at any time that any amount received by Agent under this Agreement
must be returned to any Borrower or paid to any other Person pursuant to any
insolvency law or otherwise, then, notwithstanding any other term or condition
of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, Agent will not be required to
distribute any portion thereof to any Lender. In addition, each Lender will
repay to Agent on demand any portion of such amount that Agent has distributed
to such Lender, together with interest at such rate, if any, as Agent is
required to pay to any Borrower or such other Person, without setoff,
counterclaim or deduction of any kind.
(d) Non-Funding
Lenders.
The
failure of any Non-Funding Lender to make any Revolving Credit Advance or any
payment required by it hereunder on the date specified therefor shall not
relieve any other Lender (each such other Lender, an "Other
Lender")
of its
obligations to make such Advance or purchase such participation on such date,
but neither any Other Lender nor Agent shall be responsible for the failure
of
any Non-Funding Lender to make an Advance, purchase a participation or make
any
other payment required hereunder. Notwithstanding anything set forth herein
to
the contrary, a Non-Funding Lender shall not have any voting or consent rights
under or with respect to any Loan Document or constitute a "Lender" (or be
included in the calculation of "Requisite Lenders" hereunder) for any voting
or
consent rights under or with respect to any Loan Document. At Borrowers'
request, Agent or a Person reasonably acceptable to Agent shall have the right
with Agent's consent and in Agent's sole discretion (but shall have no
obligation) to purchase from any Non-Funding Lender, and each Non-Funding Lender
agrees that it shall, at Agent's request, sell and assign to Agent or such
Person, all of the Commitments of that Non-Funding Lender for an amount equal
to
the principal balance of all Loans held by such Non-Funding Lender and all
accrued interest and fees with respect thereto through the date of sale, such
purchase and sale to be consummated pursuant to an executed Assignment
Agreement.
(e) Dissemination
of Information.
Agent
shall use reasonable efforts to provide Lenders with any notice of Default
or
Event of Default received by Agent from, or delivered by Agent to, any Credit
Party, with notice of any Event of Default of which Agent has actually become
aware and with notice of any action taken by Agent following any Event of
Default; provided,
that
Agent shall not be liable to any Lender for any failure to do so, except to
the
extent that such failure is attributable to Agent's gross negligence or willful
misconduct, as determined by a final court of competent jurisdiction. Lenders
acknowledge that Borrowers are required to provide Financial Statements to
Lenders in accordance with Annex E
hereto
and agree that Agent shall have no duty to provide the same to
Lenders.
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(f) Actions
in Concert.
Anything
in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, each Lender hereby agrees
with each other Lender that no Lender shall take any action to protect or
enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement or the Notes (including
exercising any rights of setoff) without first obtaining the prior written
consent of Agent and Requisite Lenders, it being the intent of Lenders that
any
such action to protect or enforce rights under this Agreement and the Notes
shall be taken in concert and at the direction or with the consent of Agent
or
Requisite Lenders.
10.
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SUCCESSORS
AND ASSIGNS
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10.1. Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be binding on and shall inure
to
the benefit of each Credit Party, Agent, Lenders and their respective successors
and assigns (including, in the case of any Credit Party, a debtor-in-possession
on behalf of such Credit Party), except as otherwise provided herein or therein.
No Credit Party may assign, transfer, hypothecate or otherwise convey its
rights, benefits, obligations or duties hereunder or under any of the other
Loan
Documents without the prior express written consent of Agent and Lenders. Any
such purported assignment, transfer, hypothecation or other conveyance by any
Credit Party without the prior express written consent of Agent and Lenders
shall be void. The terms and provisions of this Agreement are for the purpose
of
defining the relative rights and obligations of each Credit Party, Agent and
Lenders with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and no Person
shall
be a third party beneficiary of any of the terms and provisions of this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
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11.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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11.1. Complete
Agreement; Modification of Agreement.
The
Loan
Documents constitute the complete agreement between the parties with respect
to
the subject matter thereof and may not be modified, altered or amended except
as
set forth in Section 11.2.
Any
letter of interest, commitment letter
or fee
letter (other than the GE Capital Fee Letter) if any, between any Credit Party
and Agent or any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates, predating this
Agreement and relating to a financing of substantially similar form, purpose
or
effect shall be superseded by this Agreement.
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11.2. Amendments
and Waivers.
(a) Except
for
actions expressly permitted to be taken by Agent, no amendment, modification,
termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, or any consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall
in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by
Agent, Borrowers, and by Requisite Lenders or all affected Lenders, as
applicable. Except as set forth in clause (c)
below,
all such amendments, modifications, terminations or waivers requiring the
consent of any Lenders shall require the written consent of Requisite Lenders.
(b) [Intentionally
Omitted.]
(c) No
amendment, modification, termination or waiver shall, unless in writing and
signed by Agent and each Lender directly affected thereby: (i) increase the
principal amount of any Lender's Commitment (which action shall be deemed to
directly affect all Lenders; (ii) reduce the principal of, rate of interest
on (other than a reduction from the Default Rate to the interest rate that
would
have been applicable to such Obligations in the event the Agent or Requisite
Lenders had not elected to impose the Default Rate) or Fees payable with respect
to any Loan or Letter of Credit Obligations of any affected Lender;
(iii) extend any scheduled payment date (other than payment dates of
mandatory prepayments under Section 1.3(b)(ii)-(iii))
or final
maturity date of the principal amount of any Loan of any affected Lender;
(iv) waive, forgive, defer, extend or postpone any payment of interest or
Fees as to any affected Lender; (v) release any Guaranty or, except as
otherwise permitted herein or in the other Loan Documents, release, or permit
any Credit Party to sell or otherwise dispose of, any Collateral with a value
exceeding $5,000,000 in the aggregate (which action shall be deemed to directly
affect all Lenders); (vi) change the percentage of the Commitments or of
the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans that shall be required for
Lenders or any of them to take any action hereunder; and (vii) amend or
waive this Section 11.2
or the
definition of the term "Requisite Lenders", insofar as such definition affects
the substance of this Section 11.2.
Furthermore, no amendment, modification, termination or waiver affecting the
rights or duties of Agent or L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document shall be effective unless in writing and signed by Agent or L/C Issuer,
as the case may be, in addition to Lenders required hereinabove to take such
action. Each amendment, modification, termination or waiver shall be effective
only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was
given. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver shall be required
for
Agent to take additional Collateral pursuant to any Loan Document. No amendment,
modification, termination or waiver of any provision of any Note shall be
effective without the written concurrence of the holder of that Note. No notice
to or demand on any Credit Party in any case shall entitle such Credit Party
or
any other Credit Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar
or
other circumstances. Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent
effected in accordance with this Section 11.2
shall be
binding upon each holder of the Notes at the time outstanding and each future
holder of the Notes.
(d) If,
in
connection with any proposed amendment, modification, waiver or termination
(a
"Proposed
Change"):
(i) requiring
the consent of all affected Lenders, the consent of Requisite Lenders is
obtained, but the consent of other Lenders whose consent is required is not
obtained (any such Lender whose consent is not obtained as described in this
clause (i)
and in
clause (ii)
below
being referred to as a "Non-Consenting
Lender"),
or
(ii) requiring
the consent of Requisite Lenders, the consent of Lenders holding fifty-one
percent (51%) or more of the aggregate Commitments is obtained, but the consent
of Requisite Lenders is not obtained,
then,
so
long as Agent is not a Non-Consenting Lender, at Borrowers' request, Agent
or a
Person reasonably acceptable to Agent shall have the right with Agent's consent
and in Agent's sole discretion (but shall have no obligation) to purchase from
such Non-Consenting Lenders, and such Non-Consenting Lenders agree that they
shall, upon Agent's request, sell and assign to Agent or such Person, all of
the
Commitments of such Non-Consenting Lenders for an amount equal to the principal
balance of all Loans held by the Non-Consenting Lenders and all accrued but
unpaid interest and Fees with respect thereto through the date of sale, such
purchase and sale to be consummated pursuant to an executed Assignment
Agreement.
(e) Upon
payment in full in cash and performance of all of the Obligations (other than
unasserted indemnification Obligations), termination of the Commitments and
a
release of all claims against Agent and Lenders, and so long as no suits,
actions, proceedings or claims are pending or threatened against any Indemnified
Person asserting any damages, losses or liabilities that are Indemnified
Liabilities, Agent shall promptly deliver to Borrowers termination statements,
mortgage releases and other documents necessary or appropriate to evidence
the
termination of the Liens securing payment of the Obligations.
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11.3. Fees
and
Expenses.
Borrowers
shall reimburse Agent (and, with respect to clauses (c),
(d)
and
(e)
below,
all Lenders) for all fees, costs and expenses, including the reasonable fees,
costs and expenses of counsel, consultants, auditors or other advisors
(including environmental and management consultants and appraisers), incurred
in
connection with the negotiation and preparation of the Loan Documents, closing
of the transactions contemplated hereunder and those the perfection of Liens
on
Collateral and incurred in connection with:
(a) the
forwarding to Borrowers or any other Person on behalf of Borrowers by Agent
of
the proceeds of any Loan (including a wire transfer fee of $25 per wire
transfer);
(b) any
amendment, modification or waiver of, consent with respect to, or termination
of, any of the Loan Documents or advice in connection with the syndication
and
administration of the Loans made pursuant hereto or its rights hereunder or
thereunder;
(c) any
litigation, contest, dispute, suit, proceeding or action (whether instituted
by
Agent, any Lender, any Borrower or any other Person and whether as a party,
witness or otherwise), other than any such litigation, contest, dispute, suit,
proceeding or action instituted by Agent or any Lender against one or more
other
Lenders or the Agent only, in any way relating to the Collateral, any of the
Loan Documents or any other agreement to be executed or delivered in connection
herewith or therewith, including any litigation, contest, dispute, suit, case,
proceeding or action, and any appeal or review thereof, in connection with
a
case commenced by or against any or all of the Borrowers or any other Person
that may be obligated to Agent by virtue of the Loan Documents; including any
such litigation, contest, dispute, suit, proceeding or action arising in
connection with any work-out or restructuring of the Loans during the pendency
of one or more Events of Default; provided,
that in
the case of reimbursement of counsel for Lenders other than Agent, such
reimbursement shall be limited to one counsel for all such Lenders; provided,
further,
that no
Person shall be entitled to reimbursement under this clause (c)
in
respect of any litigation, contest, dispute, suit, proceeding or action to
the
extent any of the foregoing results from such Person's bad faith, gross
negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final court of competent
jurisdiction;
(d) any
attempt to enforce any remedies of Agent against any or all of the Credit
Parties or any other Person that may be obligated to Agent or any Lender by
virtue of any of the Loan Documents, including any such attempt to enforce
any
such remedies in the course of any work-out or restructuring of the Loans during
the pendency of one or more Events of Default; provided,
that in
the case of reimbursement of counsel for Lenders other than Agent, such
reimbursement shall be limited to one counsel for all such Lenders;
(e) any
workout or restructuring of the Loans during the pendency of one or more Events
of Default; and
(f) efforts
to
verify, protect, evaluate, assess, appraise, collect, sell, liquidate or
otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral;
including,
as to each of clauses (a)
through
(f)
above,
all reasonable attorneys' and other professional and service providers' fees
arising from such services and other advice, assistance or other representation,
including those in connection with any appellate proceedings, and all expenses,
costs, charges and other fees incurred by such counsel and others in connection
with or relating to any of the events or actions described in this Section 11.3,
all of
which shall be payable, on demand, by Borrowers to Agent; provided, that,
without limitation on Borrowers' obligation to pay the same hereunder, Agent
shall give Borrowers prompt written notice if the fees and expenses incurred
on
or prior to the Closing Date in connection with the negotiation and preparation
of this Agreement and related Loan Documents and closing of the transactions
contemplated hereunder are expected to exceed $50,000. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, such expenses, costs, charges and fees may include:
reasonable fees, costs and expenses of accountants, environmental advisors,
appraisers, investment bankers, management and other consultants and paralegals;
court costs and expenses; photocopying and duplication expenses; court reporter
fees, costs and expenses; long distance telephone charges; air express charges;
telegram or telecopy charges; secretarial overtime charges; and reasonable
expenses for travel, lodging and food paid or incurred in connection with the
performance of such legal or other advisory services.
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11.4. No
Waiver.
Agent's
or
any Lender's failure, at any time or times, to require strict performance by
the
Credit Parties of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document
shall not waive, affect or diminish any right of Agent or such Lender thereafter
to demand strict compliance and performance herewith or therewith. Any
suspension or waiver of an Event of Default shall not suspend, waive or affect
any other Event of Default whether the same is prior or subsequent thereto
and
whether the same or of a different type. Subject to the provisions of
Section 11.2,
none of
the undertakings, agreements, warranties, covenants and representations of
any
Credit Party contained in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents
and
no Default or Event of Default by any Credit Party shall be deemed to have
been
suspended or waived by Agent or any Lender, unless such waiver or suspension
is
by an instrument in writing signed by an officer of or other authorized employee
of Agent and the applicable required Lenders, and directed to Borrowers
specifying such suspension or waiver.
11.5. Remedies.
Agent's
and Lenders' rights and remedies under this Agreement shall be cumulative and
nonexclusive of any other rights and remedies that Agent or any Lender may
have
under any other agreement, including the other Loan Documents, by operation
of
law or otherwise. Recourse to the Collateral shall not be required.
11.6. Severability.
Wherever
possible, each provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall
be
interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable
law,
but if any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be
prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be
ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without
invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of
this
Agreement or such other Loan Document.
11.7. Conflict
of Terms.
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Except
as
otherwise provided in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents by
specific reference to the applicable provisions of this Agreement, if any
provision contained in this Agreement conflicts with any provision in any of
the
other Loan Documents, the provision contained in this Agreement shall govern
and
control.
11.8. Confidentiality.
Agent
and
each Lender agree to use commercially reasonable efforts (equivalent to the
efforts Agent or such Lender applies to maintaining the confidentiality of
its
own confidential information) to maintain as confidential all confidential
information provided to them by the Credit Parties and designated as
confidential for a period of two years following receipt thereof, except that
Agent and any Lender may disclose such information (a) to Persons employed
or engaged by Agent or such Lender; (b) to any bona fide assignee or
participant or potential assignee or participant that has agreed to comply
with
the covenants contained in this Section 9.1(e)
and
Section 11.8
(and any
such bona fide assignee or participant or potential assignee or participant
may
disclose such information to Persons employed or engaged by them as described
in
clause (a)
above);
(c) as required or requested by any Governmental Authority or
reasonably believed
by Agent or such Lender to be compelled by any court decree, subpoena or legal
or administrative order or process; (d) as, on the advice of Agent's or
such Lender's counsel, is required by law; (e) in connection with the
exercise of any right or remedy under the Loan Documents or in connection with
any Litigation to which Agent or such Lender is a party; or (f) that ceases
to be confidential through no fault of Agent or any Lender.
11.9. GOVERNING
LAW.
EXCEPT
AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, IN ALL RESPECTS,
INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, THE LOAN
DOCUMENTS AND THE OBLIGATIONS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO
CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN THAT STATE AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA. EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE STATE
OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN XXX XXXX XXXXXX, XXXX XX XXX XXXX, XXX XXXX SHALL
HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN
THE CREDIT PARTIES, AGENT AND LENDERS PERTAINING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF
THE
OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS; PROVIDED,
THAT AGENT, LENDERS AND THE CREDIT PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY APPEALS FROM
THOSE COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY X XXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XX XXX XXXX XXXXXX;
PROVIDED FURTHER,
THAT NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED OR OPERATE TO PRECLUDE AGENT
FROM
BRINGING SUIT OR TAKING OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION TO REALIZE
ON THE COLLATERAL OR ANY OTHER SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS, OR TO ENFORCE
A
JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER IN FAVOR OF AGENT. EACH CREDIT PARTY EXPRESSLY
SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT
COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION
THAT SUCH CREDIT PARTY MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION,
IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS
AND HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS
DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY SUCH COURT. EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL
SERVICE OF THE SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS ISSUED IN ANY SUCH ACTION
OR
SUIT AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH SUMMONS, COMPLAINTS AND OTHER PROCESS
MAY
BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO SUCH CREDIT PARTY AT THE
ADDRESS SET FORTH IN ANNEX
H
OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT
SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETED UPON THE EARLIER OF SUCH CREDIT
PARTY'S ACTUAL RECEIPT THEREOF OR 3 DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT IN THE UNITED STATES
MAILS, PROPER POSTAGE PREPAID.
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11.10. Notices.
(a) Addresses.
All
notices, demands, requests, directions and other communications required or
expressly authorized to be made by this Agreement shall, whether or not
specified to be in writing but unless otherwise expressly specified to be given
by any other means, be given in writing and (i) addressed to (A) the
party
to be notified and sent to the address or facsimile number indicated in Annex
H,
or
(B)
otherwise to the party to be notified at its address specified on the signature
page of any applicable Assignment Agreement, (ii) posted to
Intralinks®
(to
the
extent such system is available and set up by or at the direction of the Agent
prior to posting) in an appropriate location by uploading such notice, demand,
request, direction or other communication to xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, faxing it
to
000-000-0000 with an appropriate bar-coded fax coversheet or using such other
means of posting to Intralinks®
as may be
available and reasonably acceptable to the Agent prior to such posting, (iii)
posted to any other E-System set up by or at the direction of Agent in an
appropriate location or (iv) addressed to such other address as shall be
notified in writing (A) in the case of Borrowers and Agent, to the other parties
hereto and (B) in the case of all other parties, to Borrowers and Agent.
Transmission by electronic mail (including E-Fax, even if transmitted to the
fax
numbers set forth in clause
(i)
above)
shall not be sufficient or effective to transmit any such notice under this
clause
(a)
unless
such transmission is an available means to post to any E-System.
(b) Effectiveness.
All
communications described in clause (a) above and all other notices, demands,
requests and other communications made in connection with this Agreement shall
be effective and be deemed to have been received (i) if delivered by hand,
upon
personal delivery, (ii) if delivered by overnight courier service, one Business
Day after delivery to such courier service, (iii) if delivered by mail, when
deposited in the mails, (iv) if delivered by facsimile (other than to post
to an
E-System pursuant to clause (a)(ii) or (a)(iii) above), upon sender’s receipt of
confirmation of proper transmission, and (v) if delivered by posting to any
E-System, on the later of the date of such posting in an appropriate location
and the date access to such posting is given to the recipient thereof in
accordance with the standard procedures applicable to such E-System. Failure
or
delay in delivering copies of any notice, demand, request, consent, approval,
declaration or other communication to any Person (other than Borrowers or Agent)
designated in Annex H to receive copies shall in no way adversely affect the
effectiveness of such notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration
or
other communication. The giving of any notice required hereunder may be waived
in writing by the party entitled to receive such notice.
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11.11. Section
Titles.
The
Section titles and Table of Contents contained in this Agreement are and shall
be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not
a
part of the agreement between the parties hereto.
11.12. Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of separate counterparts, each of which
shall collectively and separately constitute one agreement.
11.13. WAIVER
OF
JURY TRIAL.
BECAUSE
DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST
QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE
PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION
RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING
SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS
OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, THE PARTIES HERETO
WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT
TO
RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, AMONG
AGENT, LENDERS AND ANY CREDIT PARTY ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED
TO,
OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED AMONG THEM IN CONNECTION WITH,
THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED
THERETO.
11.14. Press
Releases and Related Matters.
Each
Credit Party executing this Agreement agrees that neither it nor its Affiliates
will in the future issue any press releases or other public disclosure using
the
name of GE Capital or its affiliates or referring to this Agreement or the
other
Loan Documents without at least 2 Business Days' prior notice to GE Capital
and
without the prior written consent of GE Capital unless (and only to the extent
that) such Credit Party or Affiliate is required to do so under law and then,
in
any event, such Credit Party or Affiliate will consult with GE Capital before
issuing such press release or other public disclosure. Each Credit Party
consents to the publication by Agent or any Lender of a tombstone or similar
advertising material relating to the financing transactions contemplated by
this
Agreement. Agent or such Lender shall provide a draft of any such tombstone
or
similar advertising material to Borrowers for review and comment prior to the
publication thereof. Agent reserves the right to provide to industry trade
organizations information necessary and customary for inclusion in league table
measurements.
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11.15. Reinstatement.
This
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective
should any petition be filed by or against any Borrower for liquidation or
reorganization, should any Borrower become insolvent or make an assignment
for
the benefit of any creditor or creditors or should a receiver or trustee be
appointed for all or any significant part of any Borrower's assets, and shall
continue to be effective or to be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any
time
payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant
to
applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored
or
returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a "voidable preference,"
"fraudulent conveyance," or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance
had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is
rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be reinstated
and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced,
restored or returned.
11.16. Advice
of
Counsel.
Each
of
the parties represents to each other party hereto that it has discussed this
Agreement and, specifically, the provisions of Sections 11.9
and
11.13,
with its
counsel.
11.17. No
Strict
Construction.
The
parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of
this
Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation
arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties
hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring
any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this
Agreement.
11.18. USA
PATRIOT Act Notice.
Each
Lender that is subject to the Patriot Act (as hereinafter defined) and Agent
(for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Borrower
that
pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56
(signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Patriot
Act”),
it is
required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Borrower,
which information includes the name and address of each Borrower and other
information that will allow such Lender or Agent, as applicable, to identify
such Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act.
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11.19. Effect
of
Amendment and Restatement on Existing Credit Agreement.
(a) On
the
Closing Date, the Existing Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its
entirety by this Agreement. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (i)
this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents executed and delivered
in
connection herewith do not constitute a novation, payment and reborrowing,
or
termination of the "Obligations"
(as
defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) under the Existing Credit Agreement
as
in effect prior to the Closing Date; (ii) such "Obligations" are in all respects
continuing (as amended and restated hereby) with only the terms thereof being
modified as provided in this Agreement; (iii) the Liens and security interests
as granted under the Loan Documents (whether delivered hereunder or in
connection with the Existing Credit Agreement) securing payment of such
"Obligations" are in all respects continuing and in full force and effect and
secure the payment of the Obligations (as defined in this Agreement); and (iv)
upon the effectiveness of this Agreement all loans outstanding under the
Existing Credit Agreement immediately before the effectiveness of this Agreement
will be Loans hereunder and all outstanding letters of credit under the Existing
Credit Agreement will be Letters of Credit hereunder, in each case on the terms
and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding
the modification effected by this Agreement of the representations, warranties
and covenants of the Borrowers contained in the Existing Credit Agreement,
the
Borrowers acknowledge and agree that any choses
in action
or other
rights created in favor of the Agent, the “Agent” under the Existing Credit
Agreement, any lender under the Existing Credit Agreement, any Lender and each
of their respective successors and assigns arising out of the representations,
warranties and covenants of the Borrowers contained in or delivered (including
representations, warranties and covenants delivered in connection with the
making of Loans or other extensions of credit thereunder) in connection with
the
Existing Credit Agreement, shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement; provided
that it
is understood and agreed that the Borrowers' monetary obligations under the
Existing Credit Agreement in respect of the loans thereunder are evidenced
by
this Agreement.
(c) All
indemnification obligations of the Borrowers pursuant to the Existing Credit
Agreement shall survive the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit
Agreement pursuant to this Agreement.
(d) Except
as
expressly amended and restated hereby and by the Notes, the Existing Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents are and shall continue in full force
and
effect. On and after the Closing Date, (a) each reference in the Loan Documents
to the "Credit Agreement," "thereunder," "thereof" or similar words referring
to
the Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to this Agreement (as further
amended, restated, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time) and
(b)
each reference in the Loan Documents to a "Note" or amendment or restatement
thereof shall be a reference to a Note hereunder, and (c) each reference to
"Agent", "L/C Issuer" or "Lender" in a Loan Document shall be a reference to
the
Agent, L/C Issuer or Lender hereunder as the case may be.
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12.
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CROSS-GUARANTY
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12.1. Cross-Guaranty.
Each
Borrower hereby agrees that such Borrower is jointly and severally liable for,
and hereby absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to Agent and Lenders and
their respective successors and assigns, the full and prompt payment (whether
at
stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) and performance of, all
Obligations owed or hereafter owing to Agent and Lenders by each other Borrower.
Each Borrower agrees that its guaranty obligation hereunder is a continuing
guaranty of payment and performance and not of collection, that its obligations
under this Section 12
shall not
be discharged until payment and performance, in full, of the Obligations has
occurred, and that its obligations under this Section 12
shall be
absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and unaffected by,
(a) the
genuineness, validity, regularity, enforceability or any future amendment of,
or
change in, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement,
document or instrument to which any Borrower is or may become a
party;
(b) the
absence of any action to enforce this Agreement (including this Section 12)
or any
other Loan Document or the waiver or consent by Agent and Lenders with respect
to any of the provisions thereof;
(c) the
existence, value or condition of, or failure to perfect its Lien against, any
security for the Obligations or any action, or the absence of any action, by
Agent and Lenders in respect thereof (including the release of any such
security);
(d) the
insolvency of any Credit Party; or
(e) any
other
action or circumstances that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable
discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor.
Each
Borrower shall be regarded, and shall be in the same position, as principal
debtor with respect to the Obligations guaranteed hereunder.
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12.2. Waivers
by
Borrowers.
Each
Borrower expressly waives all rights it may have now or in the future under
any
statute, or at common law, or at law or in equity, or otherwise, to compel
Agent
or Lenders to xxxxxxxx assets or to proceed in respect of the Obligations
guaranteed hereunder against any other Credit Party, any other party or against
any security for the payment and performance of the Obligations before
proceeding against, or as a condition to proceeding against, such Borrower.
It
is agreed among each Borrower, Agent and Lenders that the foregoing waivers
are
of the essence of
the
transaction contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and
that, but for the provisions of this Section 12
and such
waivers, Agent and Lenders would decline to enter into this
Agreement.
12.3. Benefit
of
Guaranty.
Each
Borrower agrees that the provisions of this Section 12
are for
the benefit of Agent and Lenders and their respective successors, transferees,
endorsees and assigns, and nothing herein contained shall impair, as between
any
other Borrower and Agent or Lenders, the obligations of such other Borrower
under the Loan Documents.
12.4. Subordination
of Subrogation, Etc.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, and
except as set forth in Section 12.7,
each
Borrower hereby expressly and irrevocably subordinates to payment of the
Obligations any and all rights at law or in equity to subrogation,
reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification or set off and any
and
all defenses available to a surety, guarantor or accommodation co-obligor until
the Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full in cash. Each Borrower
acknowledges and agrees that this subordination is intended to benefit Agent
and
Lenders and shall not limit or otherwise affect such Borrower's liability
hereunder or the enforceability of this Section 12,
and that
Agent, Lenders and their respective successors and assigns are intended third
party beneficiaries of the waivers and agreements set forth in this Section 12.4.
12.5. Election
of Remedies.
If
Agent
or any Lender may, under applicable law, proceed to realize its benefits under
any of the Loan Documents giving Agent or such Lender a Lien upon any
Collateral, whether owned by any Borrower or by any other Person, either by
judicial foreclosure or by non-judicial sale or enforcement, Agent or any Lender
may, at its sole option, determine which of its remedies or rights it may pursue
without affecting any of its rights and remedies under this Section 12.
If, in
the exercise of any of its rights and remedies, Agent or any Lender shall
forfeit any of its rights or remedies, including its right to enter a deficiency
judgment against any Borrower or any other Person, whether because of any
applicable laws pertaining to "election of remedies" or the like, each Borrower
hereby consents to such action by Agent or such Lender and waives any claim
based upon such action, even if such action by Agent or such Lender shall result
in a full or partial loss of any rights of subrogation that each Borrower might
otherwise have had but for such action by Agent or such Lender. Any election
of
remedies that results in the denial or impairment of the right of Agent or
any
Lender to seek a deficiency judgment against any Borrower shall not impair
any
other Borrower's obligation to pay the full amount of the Obligations. In the
event Agent or any Lender shall bid at any foreclosure or trustee's sale or
at
any private sale permitted by law or the Loan Documents, Agent or such Lender
may bid all or less than the amount of the Obligations and the amount of such
bid need not be paid by Agent or such Lender but shall be credited against
the
Obligations. The amount of the successful bid at any such sale, whether Agent,
Lender or any other party is the successful bidder, shall be conclusively deemed
to be the fair market value of the Collateral and the difference between such
bid amount and the remaining balance of the Obligations shall be
conclusively deemed to be the amount of the Obligations guaranteed under this
Section 12,
notwithstanding that any present or future law or court decision or ruling
may
have the effect of reducing the amount of any deficiency claim to which Agent
or
any Lender might otherwise be entitled but for such bidding at any such
sale.
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12.6. Limitation.
Notwithstanding
any provision herein contained to the contrary, each Borrower's liability under
this Section 12
(which
liability is in any event in addition to amounts for which such Borrower is
primarily liable under Section 1)
shall be
limited to an amount not to exceed as of any date of determination the greater
of:
(a) the
net
amount of all Loans advanced to Borrowers under this Agreement and then
re-loaned or otherwise transferred to, or for the benefit of, Borrowers;
and
(b) the
amount
that could be claimed by Agent and Lenders from such Borrower under this
Section 12
without
rendering such claim voidable or avoidable under Section 548 of Chapter 11
of the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer
Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or similar statute or common law after
taking into account, among other things, such Borrower's right of contribution
and indemnification from each other Borrower under Section 12.7.
12.7. Contribution
with Respect to Guaranty Obligations.
(a) To
the
extent that any Borrower shall make a payment under this Section 12
of all or
any of the Obligations (other than Loans made to that Borrower for which it
is
primarily liable) (a "Guarantor
Payment")
that,
taking into account all other Guarantor Payments then previously or concurrently
made by any other Borrower, exceeds the amount that such Borrower would
otherwise have paid if each Borrower had paid the aggregate Obligations
satisfied by such Guarantor Payment in the same proportion that such Borrower's
"Allocable Amount" (as defined below) (as determined immediately prior to such
Guarantor Payment) bore to the aggregate Allocable Amounts of each of the
Borrowers as determined immediately prior to the making of such Guarantor
Payment, then, following indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Obligations
and termination of the Commitments, such Borrower shall be entitled to receive
contribution and indemnification payments from, and be reimbursed by, each
other
Borrower for the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon their respective
Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such Guarantor
Payment.
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(b) As
of any
date of determination, the "Allocable Amount" of any Borrower shall be equal
to
the maximum amount of the claim that could then be recovered from such Borrower
under this Section 12
without
rendering such claim voidable or avoidable under Section 548 of Chapter 11
of the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer
Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or similar statute or common
law.
(c) This
Section 12.7
is
intended only to define the relative rights of Borrowers and nothing set forth
in this Section 12.7
is
intended to or shall impair the obligations of Borrowers, jointly and severally,
to pay any amounts as and when the same shall become due and payable in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including Section 12.1.
Nothing
contained in this Section 12.7
shall
limit the liability of any Borrower to pay the Loans made directly or indirectly
to that Borrower and accrued interest, Fees and expenses with respect thereto
for which such Borrower shall be primarily liable.
(d) The
parties hereto acknowledge that the rights of contribution and indemnification
hereunder shall constitute assets of Borrower to which such contribution and
indemnification is owing.
(e) The
rights
of the indemnifying Borrowers against other Credit Parties under this
Section 12.7
shall be
exercisable upon the full and indefeasible payment of the Obligations and the
termination of the Commitments.
12.8. Liability
Cumulative.
The
liability of Borrowers under this Section 12
is in
addition to and shall be cumulative with all liabilities of each Borrower to
Agent and Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which
such Borrower is a party or in respect of any Obligations or obligation of
the
other Borrower, without any limitation as to amount, unless the instrument
or
agreement evidencing or creating such other liability specifically provides
to
the contrary.
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IN
WITNESS
WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed as of the date first written
above.
BORROWERS:
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ODYSSEY
HEALTHCARE OPERATING A, LP
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By:
Its:
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Odyssey
HealthCare GP, LLC
General
Partner
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By:
/s/
R. Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Name: R.
Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
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ODYSSEY
HEALTHCARE OPERATING B, LP
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By:
Its:
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Odyssey
HealthCare GP, LLC
General
Partner
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By:
/s/
R. Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Name: R.
Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
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HOSPICE
OF THE PALM COAST, INC.
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By:
/s/
R. Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Name: R.
Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
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AGENT
AND LENDERS:
GENERAL
ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as
Agent and Lender
By:/s/
Xxxx Xxxx
Duly
Authorized Signatory
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The
following Persons are signatories to this Agreement in their capacity as Credit
Parties and not as Borrowers.
ODYSSEY
HEALTHCARE, INC.
By
/s/
R. Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Its:
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
ODYSSEY
HEALTHCARE HOLDING COMPANY
By
/s/
R. Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Its:
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
ODYSSEY
HEALTHCARE GP, LLC
By
/s/
R. Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Its:
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
ODYSSEY
HEALTHCARE LP, LLC
By
/s/
Xxxx X. Xxxx
Its:
Manager
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ODYSSEY
HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT, LP
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By:
Its:
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Odyssey
HealthCare GP, LLC
General
Partner
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By
/s/
R. Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Its:
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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ANNEX
A (Recitals)
to
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
DEFINITIONS
Capitalized
terms used in the Loan Documents shall have (unless otherwise provided elsewhere
in the Loan Documents) the following respective meanings, and all references
to
Sections, Exhibits, Schedules or Annexes in the following definitions shall
refer to Sections, Exhibits, Schedules or Annexes of or to the
Agreement:
"Account
Debtor"
means
any Person who may become obligated to any Credit Party under, with respect
to,
or on account of, an Account, Chattel Paper or General Intangibles (including
a
payment intangible).
"Accounting
Changes"
has the
meaning ascribed thereto in Annex
F.
"Accounts"
means
all "accounts," as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Credit Party, including (a) all accounts receivable, other
receivables, book debts and other forms of obligations (other than forms of
obligations evidenced by Chattel Paper or Instruments), (including any such
obligations that may be characterized as an account or contract right under
the
Code), (b) all of each Credit Party's rights in, to and under all purchase
orders or receipts for goods or services, (c) all of each Credit Party's
rights to any goods represented by any of the foregoing (including unpaid
sellers' rights of rescission, replevin, reclamation and stoppage in transit
and
rights to returned, reclaimed or repossessed goods), (d) all rights to
payment due to any Credit Party for property sold, leased, licensed, assigned
or
otherwise disposed of, for a policy of insurance issued or to be issued, for
a
secondary obligation incurred or to be incurred, for energy provided or to
be
provided, for the use or hire of a vessel under a charter or other contract,
arising out of the use of a credit card or charge card, or for services rendered
or to be rendered by such Credit Party or in connection with any other
transaction (whether or not yet earned by performance on the part of such Credit
Party), (e) all health care insurance receivables and (f) all
collateral security and guaranties of any kind, given by any Account Debtor
or
any other Person with respect to any of the foregoing.
"Advance"
means
any Revolving Credit Advance.
"Affected
Lender"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section
1.16(d).
"Affiliate"
means,
with respect to any Person, (a) each Person that, directly or indirectly,
owns or controls, whether beneficially, or as a trustee, guardian or other
fiduciary, ten percent (10%) or more of the Stock having ordinary voting power
in the election of directors of such Person, (b) each Person that controls,
is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, (c) each of
such Person's officers, directors, joint venturers and partners and (d) in
the case of Borrowers, the immediate family members, spouses and lineal
descendants of individuals who are Affiliates of any Borrower. For the purposes
of this definition, "control"
of a
Person shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct
or cause the direction of its management or policies, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided,
however,
that the
term "Affiliate"
shall
specifically exclude Agent and each Lender.
Annex
A -
1
"Agent"
means GE
Capital in its capacity as Agent for Lenders or its successor appointed pursuant
to Section 9.7.
"Agreement"
means
the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and
among Borrowers, the other Credit Parties party thereto, GE Capital, as Agent
and Lender and the other Lenders from time to time party thereto, as the same
may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time.
"Appendices"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in the recitals to the Agreement.
"Applicable
Margins"
means
collectively the Applicable Revolver Index Margin and the Applicable Revolver
LIBOR Margin.
"Applicable
Revolver Index Margin"
means
the per annum interest rate margin from time to time in effect and payable
in
addition to the Index Rate applicable to the Revolving Loan, as determined
by
reference to Section 1.5(a).
"Applicable
Revolver LIBOR Margin"
means
the per annum interest rate from time to time in effect and payable in addition
to the LIBOR Rate applicable to the Revolving Loan, as determined by reference
to Section 1.5(a).
"Assignment
Agreement"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.1(a).
"Bankruptcy
Code"
means
the provisions of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§101
et seq.
"Blocked
Accounts"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Annex
C.
"Borrowers"
and
"Borrower"
have the
respective meanings ascribed thereto in the preamble to the
Agreement.
"Business
Associate Agreement"
means
that certain Business Associate Agreement duly executed by and between Holdings
and Agent and dated as of or prior to the date of this Agreement, together
with
all exhibits and schedules thereto, as the same may be amended, modified,
restated or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof.
Annex
A -
2
"Business
Day"
means
any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks are required
or
permitted to be closed in the States of Illinois and/or New York and in
reference to LIBOR Loans shall mean any such day that is also a LIBOR Business
Day.
"Capital
Expenditures"
means,
with respect to any Person, all expenditures (by the expenditure of cash or
the
incurrence of Indebtedness) by such Person during any measuring period for
any
fixed assets or improvements or for replacements, substitutions or additions
thereto that have a useful life of more than one year and that are required
to
be capitalized under GAAP, excluding in each instance, any such expenditures
made pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition.
"Capital
Lease"
means,
with respect to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal
or
mixed) by such Person as lessee that, in accordance with GAAP, would be required
to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of
such
Person.
"Capital
Lease Obligation"
means,
with respect to any Capital Lease of any Person, the amount of the obligation
of
the lessee thereunder that, in accordance with GAAP, would appear on a balance
sheet of such lessee in respect of such Capital Lease.
"Cash
Collateral Account"
has the
meaning ascribed to it Annex
B.
"Cash
Equivalents"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Annex
B.
"Cash
Management Systems"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.8.
"Certificate
of Exemption"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section
1.15(c).
"Change
of Control"
means
any of the following: (a) any person or group of persons (within the
meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) shall have acquired beneficial
ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of thirty-five
percent (35%) or more of the issued and outstanding shares of capital Stock
of
Holdings having the right to vote for the election of directors of Holdings
under ordinary circumstances; (b) during any period of twelve consecutive
calendar months, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted
the
board of directors of Holdings (together with any new directors whose election
by the board of directors of Holdings or whose nomination for election by the
Stockholders of Holdings was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the
directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of
such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so
approved) cease for any reason other than death or disability to constitute
a
majority of the directors then in office; (c) Holdings ceases to own and
control all of the economic and voting rights associated with all of the
outstanding capital Stock of any of its direct Subsidiaries; (d) Parent
ceases to own and control all of the economic and voting rights associated
with
all of the outstanding capital Stock of any of its direct Subsidiaries;
(e) Odyssey GP ceases to own and control all of the economic and voting
rights associated with all of the outstanding capital Stock of any of its direct
Subsidiaries; or (f) Odyssey LP ceases to own and control all of the
economic and voting rights associated with all of the outstanding capital Stock
of any of its direct Subsidiaries.
Annex
A -
3
"Charges"
means
all federal, state, county, city, municipal, local, foreign or other
governmental taxes (including taxes owed to the PBGC at the time due and
payable), levies, assessments, charges, liens, claims or encumbrances upon
or
relating to (a) the Collateral, (b) the Obligations, (c) the
employees, payroll, income or gross receipts of any Credit Party, (d) any
Credit Party's ownership or use of any properties or other assets, or
(e) any other aspect of any Credit Party's business.
"Chattel
Paper"
means
any "chattel paper," as such term is defined in the Code, including electronic
chattel paper, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party.
"Closing
Checklist"
means
the schedule, including all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, listing
certain documents and information to be delivered in connection with the
Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated
thereunder, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex
D.
"Closing
Date"
means
May 24, 2007.
"Code"
means
the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from time to time, be enacted
and
in effect in the State of New York; provided,
that to
the extent that the Code is used to define any term herein or in any Loan
Document and such term is defined differently in different Articles or Divisions
of the Code, the definition of such term contained in Article or Division 9
shall govern; provided,
further,
that in
the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the
attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, Agent's
or
any Lender's Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code
as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York,
the
term "Code"
shall
mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other
jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such
attachment, perfection, priority or remedies and for purposes of definitions
related to such provisions.
"Collateral"
means
the property covered by the Security Agreement and the other Collateral
Documents and any other property, real or personal, tangible or intangible,
now
existing or hereafter acquired, that may at any time be or become subject to
a
security interest or Lien in favor of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders,
to
secure the Obligations.
"Collateral
Documents"
means
the Security Agreement, the Master Pledge Agreement, the OpCoB Pledge Agreement,
the Guaranties, the Trademark Security Agreements, and all similar agreements
entered into guaranteeing payment of, or granting a Lien upon property as
security for payment of, the Obligations.
Annex
A -
4
"Collection
Account"
means
that certain account of Agent, account number 000-000-00 in the name of Agent
at
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas in New York, New York ABA No. 021 001
033,
or such other account as may be specified in writing by Agent as the "Collection
Account."
"Commitment
Termination Date"
means
the earliest of (a) May 24, 2009, (b) the date of termination of
Lenders' obligations to make Advances and to incur Letter of Credit Obligations
or permit existing Loans to remain outstanding pursuant to Section 8.2(b),
and
(c) the date of prepayment in full by Borrowers of the Loans and the
cancellation and return (or stand-by guarantee) of all Letters of Credit or
the
cash collateralization of all Letter of Credit Obligations pursuant to
Annex
B,
and the
permanent reduction of all Commitments to zero dollars ($0).
"Commitments"
means
(a) as to any Lender, such Lender's Revolving Loan Commitment as set forth
on Annex I
to the
Agreement or in the most recent Assignment Agreement executed by such Lender
and
(b) as to all Lenders, the aggregate of all Lenders' Revolving Loan
Commitments, which aggregate commitment shall be $40,000,000 on the Closing
Date, and as to each of clauses (a)
and
(b),
as such
Commitments may be increased, reduced, amortized or adjusted from time to time
in accordance with the Agreement.
"Compliance
Certificate"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Annex
E.
"Contracts"
means
all "contracts," as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Credit Party, in any event, including all contracts,
undertakings, or agreements (other than rights evidenced by Chattel Paper,
Documents or Instruments) in or under which any Credit Party may now or
hereafter have any right, title or interest, including any agreement relating
to
the terms of payment or the terms of performance of any Account.
"Control
Letter"
means a
letter agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent,
between Agent and (i) the issuer of uncertificated securities with respect
to uncertificated securities in the name of any Credit Party, (ii) a
securities intermediary with respect to securities, whether certificated or
uncertificated, securities entitlements and other financial assets held in
a
securities account in the name of any Credit Party, (iii) a futures
commission merchant or clearing house, as applicable, with respect to commodity
accounts and commodity contracts held by any Credit Party, whereby, among other
things, the issuer, securities intermediary or futures commission merchant
disclaims any security interest in the applicable financial assets, acknowledges
the Lien of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, on such financial assets,
and agrees to follow the instructions or entitlement orders of Agent without
further consent by the affected Credit Party.
Annex
A -
5
"Copyright
License"
means
any and all rights now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party under
any
written agreement granting any right to use any Copyright or Copyright
registration.
"Copyrights"
means
all of the following now owned or hereafter adopted or acquired by any Credit
Party: (a) all copyrights and General Intangibles of like nature (whether
registered or unregistered), all registrations and recordings thereof, and
all
applications in connection therewith, including all registrations, recordings
and applications in the United States Copyright Office or in any similar office
or agency of the United States, any state or territory thereof, or any other
country or any political subdivision thereof, and (b) all reissues,
extensions or renewals thereof.
"Corporate
Integrity Agreement"
means
the corporate integrity agreement, dated July 6, 2006, by and between The Office
of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services and
Holdings, as it may be amended.
"Credit
Parties"
means
Odyssey Healthcare Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Holdings,
Parent, Odyssey GP, Odyssey LP, each Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, each Borrower,
and each of their respective Subsidiaries.
"Default"
means
any event that, with the passage of time or notice or both, would, unless cured
or waived, become an Event of Default.
"Default
Rate"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.5(d).
"Disbursement
Accounts"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Annex
C.
"Disclosure
Schedules"
means
the Schedules prepared by Borrowers and denominated as Disclosure Schedules
1.4
through
6.7
in the
Index to the Agreement.
"Documents"
means
all "documents," as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located.
"Dollars"
or
"$"
means
lawful currency of the United States of America.
"EBITDA"
means,
with respect to any Person for any fiscal period, without duplication, an amount
equal to (a) consolidated net income of such Person for such period
determined in accordance with GAAP, minus
(b) the sum of (i) income tax credits, (ii) interest income,
(iii) gain from extraordinary items for such period, (iv) any
aggregate net gain (but not any aggregate net loss) during such period arising
from the sale, exchange or other disposition of capital assets by such Person
(including any fixed assets, whether tangible or intangible, all inventory
sold
in conjunction with the disposition of fixed assets and all securities), and
(v) any other non-cash gains that have been added in determining
consolidated net income, in each case to the extent included in the calculation
of consolidated net income of such Person for such period in accordance with
GAAP, but without duplication, plus
(c) the sum of (i) any provision for income taxes, (ii) Interest
Expense, (iii) loss from extraordinary items for such period, (iv) the
amount of non-cash charges (including depreciation and amortization) for such
period, (v) amortized debt discount for such period, and (vi) the
amount of any deduction to consolidated net income as the result of any grant
to
any members of the management of such Person of any Stock, in each case to
the
extent included in the calculation of consolidated net income of such Person
for
such period in accordance with GAAP, but without duplication, plus
(d) Pro
Forma Acquisition EBITDA. For purposes of this definition, the following items
shall be excluded in determining consolidated net income of a Person:
(1) except as otherwise included in the calculation of Pro Forma
Acquisition EBITDA, the income (or deficit) of any other Person accrued prior
to
the date it became a Subsidiary of, or was merged or consolidated into, such
Person or any of such Person's Subsidiaries; (2) the income (or deficit) of
any other Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which such Person has an ownership
interest, except to the extent any such income has actually been received by
such Person in the form of cash dividends or distributions; (3) the
undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary of such Person to the extent that
the
declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary
is not at the time permitted by the terms of any contractual obligation or
requirement of law applicable to such Subsidiary; (4) any restoration to
income of any contingency reserve, except to the extent that provision for
such
reserve was made out of income accrued during such period; (5) any write-up
of any asset; (6) any net gain from the collection of the proceeds of life
insurance policies; (7) any net gain arising from the acquisition of any
securities, or the extinguishment, under GAAP, of any Indebtedness, of such
Person, (8) in the case of a successor to such Person by consolidation or
merger or as a transferee of its assets, any earnings of such successor prior
to
such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets, and (9) any deferred
credit representing the excess of equity in any Subsidiary of such Person at
the
date of acquisition of such Subsidiary over the cost to such Person of the
investment in such Subsidiary.
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"Environmental
Laws"
means
all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, statutes, ordinances,
codes, rules, standards and regulations, now or hereafter in effect, and any
applicable judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any
applicable judicial or administrative order, consent decree, order or judgment,
imposing liability or standards of conduct for or relating to the regulation
and
protection of human health, safety, the environment and natural resources
(including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, wetlands, land surface
or
subsurface strata, wildlife, aquatic species and vegetation). Environmental
Laws
include the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et
seq.)
("CERCLA");
the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Authorization Act of 1994 (49 U.S.C. §§ 5101
et
seq.);
the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. §§ 136
et
seq.);
the
Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et
seq.);
the
Toxic Substance Control Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et
seq.);
the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et
seq.);
the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et
seq.);
the
Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. §§ 651 et
seq.);
and the
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 300(f) et
seq.),
and any
and all regulations promulgated thereunder, and all analogous state, local
and
foreign counterparts or equivalents and any transfer of ownership notification
or approval statutes.
"Environmental
Liabilities"
means,
with respect to any Person, all liabilities, obligations, responsibilities,
response, remedial and removal costs, investigation and feasibility study costs,
capital costs, operation and maintenance costs, losses, damages, punitive
damages, property damages, natural resource damages, consequential damages,
treble damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements
and expenses of counsel, experts and consultants), fines, penalties, sanctions
and interest incurred as a result of or related to any claim, suit, action,
investigation, proceeding or demand by any Person, whether based in contract,
tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute
or common law, including any arising under or related to any Environmental
Laws,
Environmental Permits, or in connection with any Release or threatened Release
or presence of a Hazardous Material whether on, at, in, under, from or about
or
in the vicinity of any real or personal property.
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"Environmental
Permits"
means
all permits, licenses, authorizations, certificates, approvals or registrations
required by any Governmental Authority under any Environmental
Laws.
"Equipment"
means
all "equipment," as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located and, in any event, including
all
such Credit Party's machinery and equipment, including processing equipment,
conveyors, machine tools, data processing and computer equipment, including
embedded software and peripheral equipment and all engineering, processing
and
manufacturing equipment, office machinery, furniture, materials handling
equipment, tools, attachments, accessories, automotive equipment, trailers,
trucks, forklifts, molds, dies, stamps, motor vehicles, rolling stock and other
equipment of every kind and nature, trade fixtures and fixtures not forming
a
part of real property, together with all additions and accessions thereto,
replacements therefor, all parts therefor, all substitutes for any of the
foregoing, fuel therefor, and all manuals, drawings, instructions, warranties
and rights with respect thereto, and all products and proceeds thereof and
condemnation awards and insurance proceeds with respect thereto.
"ERISA"
means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time, and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
"ERISA
Affiliate"
means,
with respect to any Credit Party, any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) that, together with such Credit Party, are treated as a single
employer within the meaning of Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the
IRC.
"ERISA
Event"
means,
with respect to any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate, (a) with respect to
a
Title IV Plan, any event described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA for which notice
to the PBGC has not been waived; (b) the withdrawal of any Credit Party or
ERISA
Affiliate from a Title IV Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan
year in which it was a substantial employer, as defined in Section 4001(a)(2)
of
ERISA; (c) the complete or partial withdrawal of any Credit Party or any ERISA
Affiliate from any Multiemployer Plan; (d) the filing of a notice of intent
to
terminate a Title IV Plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c)
of ERISA or the treatment of a plan amendment as a termination under Section
4041 of ERISA; (e) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Title IV Plan
or Multiemployer Plan by the PBGC; (f) with respect to a Title IV Plan, the
existence of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of
the IRC or Section 302 of ERISA) whether or not waived, or the failure to make
by its due date a required installment under Section 412(m) of the Code or
the
failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (g) the
filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of
an
application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to a
Title
IV Plan; (h) the making of any amendment to any Title IV Plan which could result
in the imposition of a lien or the posting of a bond or other security; (i)
with
respect to a Title IV Plan an event described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA;
(j)
any other event or condition that would reasonably be expected to constitute
grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment
of a trustee to administer, any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan or for
the
imposition of liability under Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA; (k) the
termination of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4041A of ERISA or the
reorganization or insolvency of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4241 or
4245
of ERISA; (l) the loss of a Qualified Plan’s qualification or tax exempt status;
or (m) the termination of a Plan described in Section 4064 of
ERISA.
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"ESOP"
means a
Plan that is intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 4975(e)(7) of
the IRC.
"E-System"
means
any electronic system, including Intralinks®
and any
other Internet or extranet-based site, whether such electronic system is owned,
operated or hosted by Agent, any of its Affiliates, or any of such Person’s
respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents and representatives
or any other Person, providing for access to data protected by passcodes or
other security system.
"Event
of Default"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.1.
"Existing
Credit Agreement"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in the recitals to the Agreement.
"Fair
Labor Standards Act"
means
the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §201 et seq.
"Federal
Funds Rate"
means,
for any day, a floating rate equal to the weighted average of the rates on
overnight Federal funds transactions among members of the Federal Reserve
System, as determined by Agent in its sole discretion, which determination
shall
be final, binding and conclusive (absent manifest error).
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"Federal
Reserve Board"
means
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
"Fees"
means
any and all fees payable to Agent or any Lender pursuant to the Agreement or
any
of the other Loan Documents.
"Financial
Covenants"
means
the financial covenants set forth in Annex
F.
"Financial
Statements"
means
the consolidated income statements, statements of cash flows and balance sheets
of Holdings and its Subsidiaries delivered in accordance with Section 3.4
and
Annex
E.
"Fiscal
Quarter"
means
any of the quarterly accounting periods of Borrowers, ending on March 31, June
30, September 30 and December 31 of each year.
"Fiscal
Year"
means
any of the annual accounting periods of Borrowers ending on December 31 of
each
year.
"Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio"
means,
with respect to any Person for any fiscal period, the ratio of (1) EBITDA of
such Person for such fiscal period, minus unfinanced Capital Expenditures made
by such Person during such period, minus cash taxes paid by such Person during
such period and minus Pro Forma Acquisition EBITDA for such period, to (2)
Fixed
Charges incurred or accrued by such Person for such period.
"Fixed
Charges"
means,
with respect to any Person for any fiscal period, (a) the aggregate of all
Interest Expense paid or accrued during such period, plus (b) scheduled
payments of principal with respect to Indebtedness during such period.
"Fixtures"
means
all "fixtures" as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Credit Party.
"Foreign
Lender"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section
1.15(c).
"Funded
Debt"
means,
with respect to any Person, without duplication, all Indebtedness for borrowed
money evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures, or similar evidences of
Indebtedness that by its terms matures more than one year from, or is directly
or indirectly renewable or extendible at such Person's option under a revolving
credit or similar agreement obligating the lender or lenders to extend credit
over a period of more than one year from the date of creation thereof, and
specifically including Capital Lease Obligations, current maturities of
long-term debt, revolving credit and short-term debt extendible beyond one
year
at the option of the debtor, and also including, in the case of Borrowers,
the
Obligations and, without duplication, Guaranteed Indebtedness consisting of
guaranties of Funded Debt of other Persons.
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"GAAP"
means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America
consistently applied, as such term is further defined in Annex
F
to the
Agreement.
"GE
Capital"
means
General Electric Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
"GE
Capital Fee Letter"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.9.
"General
Intangibles"
means
all "general intangibles," as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or
hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, including all right, title and interest
that such Credit Party may now or hereafter have in or under any Contract,
all
payment intangibles, customer lists, Licenses, Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents,
and all applications therefor and reissues, extensions or renewals thereof,
rights in Intellectual Property, interests in partnerships, joint ventures
and
other business associations, licenses, permits, copyrights, trade secrets,
proprietary or confidential information, inventions (whether or not patented
or
patentable), technical information, procedures, designs, knowledge, know-how,
Software, data bases, data, skill, expertise, experience, processes, models,
drawings, materials and records, goodwill (including the goodwill associated
with any Trademark or Trademark License), all rights and claims in or under
insurance policies (including insurance for fire, damage, loss and casualty,
whether covering personal property, real property, tangible rights or intangible
rights, all liability, life, key man and business interruption insurance, and
all unearned premiums), uncertificated securities, choses in action, deposit,
checking and other bank accounts, rights to receive tax refunds and other
payments, rights to receive dividends, distributions, cash, Instruments and
other property in respect of or in exchange for pledged Stock and Investment
Property, rights of indemnification, all books and records, correspondence,
credit files, invoices and other papers, including without limitation all tapes,
cards, computer runs and other papers and documents in the possession or under
the control of such Credit Party or any computer bureau or service company
from
time to time acting for such Credit Party.
"Goods"
means
all "goods" as defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any
Credit Party, wherever located, including embedded software to the extent
included in "goods" as defined in the Code, manufactured homes, standing timber
that is cut and removed for sale and unborn young of animals.
"Governmental
Authority"
means
any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof,
and
any agency, department or other entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to
government.
"Guaranteed
Indebtedness"
means as
to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing, providing comfort
or
otherwise supporting any Indebtedness, lease, dividend, or other obligation
("primary
obligation")
of any
other Person (the "primary
obligor")
in any
manner, including any obligation or arrangement of such Person to
(a) purchase or repurchase any such primary obligation, (b) advance or
supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation
or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary
obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency or any balance sheet
condition of the primary obligor, (c) purchase property, securities or
services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary
obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary
obligation, (d) protect the beneficiary of such arrangement from loss
(other than product warranties given in the ordinary course of business) or
(e) indemnify the owner of such primary obligation against loss in respect
thereof. The amount of any Guaranteed Indebtedness at any time shall be deemed
to be an amount equal to the lesser at such time of (x) the stated or
determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such
Guaranteed Indebtedness is incurred and (y) the maximum amount for which
such Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying
such
Guaranteed Indebtedness, or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum
reasonably anticipated liability (assuming full performance) in respect
thereof.
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"Guaranties"
means,
collectively, each guaranty executed by any Guarantor in favor of Agent and
Lenders in respect of the Obligations.
"Guarantors"
means
each Credit Party, other than the Borrowers and, until they shall have executed
and delivered a Guaranty in compliance with Section 5.12, the Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries, and each other Person, if any, that executes a guaranty or other
similar agreement in favor of Agent, for itself and the ratable benefit of
Lenders, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Agreement
and
the other Loan Documents.
"Hazardous
Material"
means
any substance, material or waste that is regulated by, or forms the basis of
liability now or hereafter under, any Environmental Laws, including any material
or substance that is (a) defined as a "solid waste," "hazardous waste,"
"hazardous material," "hazardous substance," "extremely hazardous waste,"
"restricted hazardous waste," "pollutant," "contaminant," "hazardous
constituent," "special waste," "toxic substance" or other similar term or phrase
under any Environmental Laws, or (b) petroleum or any fraction or
by-product thereof, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's), or any
radioactive substance.
"Healthcare
Laws"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section
3.24.
"HIPAA"
means the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as the same may
be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute
thereto, and any and all rules or regulations promulgated from time to time
thereunder.
"Holdings"
means
Odyssey HealthCare, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
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"Indebtedness"
means,
with respect to any Person, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such
Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property payment
for which is deferred six months or more, but excluding obligations to trade
creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business that are unsecured and
not
overdue by more than six months unless being contested in good faith, (b) all
reimbursement and other obligations with respect to letters of credit, bankers'
acceptances and surety bonds, whether or not matured, (c) all obligations
evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (d) all
indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even
though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement
in
the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property),
(e)
all Capital Lease Obligations and the present value (discounted at the Index
Rate as in effect on the Closing Date) of future rental payments under all
synthetic leases, (f) all obligations of such Person under commodity purchase
or
option agreements or other commodity price hedging arrangements, in each case
whether contingent or matured, (g) all obligations of such Person under any
foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, interest rate swap, cap
or
collar agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to alter
the
risks of that Person arising from fluctuations in currency values or interest
rates, in each case whether contingent or matured, (h) all Indebtedness referred
to above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an
existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or
in
property or other assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by
such
Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment
of such Indebtedness and (i) the Obligations.
"Indemnified
Liabilities"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.13.
"Indemnified
Person"
has the
meaning ascribed to in Section 1.13.
"Index
Rate"
means,
for any day, a floating rate equal to the higher of (i) the rate publicly
quoted from time to time by The Wall Street Journal
as the
"prime rate" (or, if The Wall Street
Journal
ceases
quoting a prime rate the highest per annum rate of interest published by the
Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve statistical release H.15 (519)
entitled "Selected Interest Rates" as the Bank prime loan rate or its
equivalent), and (ii) the Federal Funds Rate plus 50 basis points per
annum. Each change in any interest rate provided for in the Agreement based
upon
the Index Rate shall take effect at the time of such change in the Index
Rate.
"Index
Rate Loan"
means a
Loan or portion thereof bearing interest by reference to the Index
Rate.
"Instruments"
means
all "instruments," as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located, and, in any event, including
all
certificated securities, all certificates of deposit, and all promissory notes
and other evidences of Indebtedness, other than instruments that constitute,
or
are a part of a group of writings that constitute, Chattel Paper.
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"Intellectual
Property"
means
any and all Licenses, Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, and the goodwill
associated with such Trademarks.
"Interest
Expense"
means,
with respect to any Person for any fiscal period, interest expense (whether
cash
or non-cash) of such Person determined in accordance with GAAP for the relevant
period ended on such date, including, interest expense with respect to any
Funded Debt of such Person and interest expense for the relevant period that
has
been capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person.
"Interest
Payment Date"
means
(a) as to any Index Rate Loan, the first Business Day of each month to
occur while such Loan is outstanding, and (b) as to any LIBOR Loan, the
last day of the applicable LIBOR Period; provided,
that, in
addition to the foregoing, each of (x) the date upon which all of the
Commitments have been terminated and the Loans have been paid in full and
(y) the Commitment Termination Date shall be deemed to be an "Interest
Payment Date" with respect to any interest that has then accrued under the
Agreement.
"Inventory"
means
all "inventory," as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located, and in any event including
inventory, merchandise, goods and other personal property that are held by
or on
behalf of any Credit Party for sale or lease or are furnished or are to be
furnished under a contract of service, or that constitute raw materials, work
in
process, finished goods, returned goods, or materials or supplies of any kind,
nature or description used or consumed or to be used or consumed in such Credit
Party's business or in the processing, production, packaging, promotion,
delivery or shipping of the same, including all supplies and embedded
Software.
"Investment
Property"
means
all "investment property" as such term is defined in the Code now owned or
hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located, including (i) all
securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, including stocks, bonds,
interests in limited liability companies, partnership interests, treasuries,
certificates of deposit, and mutual fund shares; (ii) all securities
entitlements of any Credit Party, including the rights of any Credit Party
to
any securities account and the financial assets held by a securities
intermediary in such securities account and any free credit balance or other
money owing by any securities intermediary with respect to that account;
(iii) all securities accounts of any Credit Party; (iv) all commodity
contracts of any Credit Party; and (v) all commodity accounts held by any
Credit Party.
"IRC"
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and all regulations promulgated
thereunder.
"IRS"
means
the Internal Revenue Service.
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"L/C
Issuer"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Annex
B.
"L/C
Sublimit"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Annex
B.
"Lenders"
means,
collectively, (i) GE Capital, and, if GE Capital shall decide to assign all
or
any portion of the Obligations pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, such
term shall include any assignee of GE Capital and (ii) each other Person or
Persons, if any, that shall from time to time become a party to this Agreement
as a Lender pursuant to a joinder in form and substance acceptable to Agent
and,
if any, such Person or Persons shall decide to assign all or any portion of
the
Obligations, such term shall include any assignees of such Person or
Persons.
"Letter
of Credit Fee"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Annex
B.
"Letter
of Credit Obligations"
means
all outstanding obligations incurred by Agent and Lenders at the request of
Borrowers, whether direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, due or not
due,
in connection with the issuance of Letters of Credit by Agent or another L/C
Issuer or the purchase of a participation as set forth in Annex B
with
respect to any Letter of Credit. The amount of such Letter of Credit Obligations
shall equal the maximum amount that may be payable at such time or at any time
thereafter by Agent or Lenders thereupon or pursuant thereto.
"Letters
of Credit"
means
documentary or standby letters of credit issued for the account of any Borrower
by any L/C Issuer, and bankers' acceptances issued by any Borrower, for which
Agent and Lenders have incurred Letter of Credit Obligations.
"Leverage
Ratio"
means,
with respect to Holdings and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, the
ratio of (a) Funded Debt of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of any date of
determination, to (b) EBITDA for the twelve months ending on that date of
determination.
"LIBOR
Business Day"
means a
Business Day on which banks in the City of London are generally open for
interbank or foreign exchange transactions.
"LIBOR
Loan"
means a
Loan or any portion thereof bearing interest by reference to the LIBOR
Rate.
"LIBOR
Period"
means,
with respect to any LIBOR Loan, each period commencing on a LIBOR Business
Day
selected by Borrowers pursuant to the Agreement and ending one, two, three
or
six months thereafter, as selected by Borrowers' irrevocable notice to Agent
as
set forth in Section 1.5(e);
provided,
that the
foregoing provision relating to LIBOR Periods is subject to the
following:
(a) if
any
LIBOR Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a LIBOR Business Day,
such
LIBOR Period shall be extended to the next succeeding LIBOR Business Day unless
the result of such extension would be to carry such LIBOR Period into another
calendar month in which event such LIBOR Period shall end on the immediately
preceding LIBOR Business Day;
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(b) any
LIBOR
Period that would otherwise extend beyond the Commitment Termination Date shall
end 2 LIBOR Business Days prior to such date;
(c) any
LIBOR
Period that begins on the last LIBOR Business Day of a calendar month (or on
a
day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month
at
the end of such LIBOR Period) shall end on the last LIBOR Business Day of a
calendar month;
(d) Borrowers
shall select LIBOR Periods so as not to require a payment or prepayment of
any
LIBOR Loan during a LIBOR Period for such Loan; and
(e) Borrowers
shall select LIBOR Periods so that there shall be no more than 5 separate LIBOR
Loans in existence at any one time.
"LIBOR
Rate"
means
for each LIBOR Period, a rate of interest determined by Agent equal
to:
(a) the
offered rate for deposits in United States Dollars for the applicable LIBOR
Period that appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time),
on the second full LIBOR Business Day next preceding the first day of such
LIBOR
Period (unless such date is not a Business Day, in which event the next
succeeding Business Day will be used); divided by
(b) a
number
equal to 1.0 minus
the
aggregate (but without duplication) of the rates (expressed as a decimal
fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on the day that is 2 LIBOR Business
Days prior to the beginning of such LIBOR Period (including basic, supplemental,
marginal and emergency reserves under any regulations of the Federal Reserve
Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto,
as now and from time to time in effect) for Eurocurrency funding (currently
referred to as "Eurocurrency Liabilities" in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve
Board that are required to be maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve
System.
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If
such
interest rates shall cease to be available from Telerate News Service, the
LIBOR
Rate shall be determined from such financial reporting service or other
information as shall be mutually acceptable to Agent and Borrowers.
"License"
means
any Copyright License, Patent License, Trademark License or other license of
rights or interests now held or hereafter acquired by any Credit
Party.
"Lien"
means
any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, lien, charge, claim, security interest, easement or encumbrance,
or
preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement
of
any kind or nature whatsoever (including any lease or title retention agreement,
any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of
the
foregoing, and the filing of, or agreement to give, any financing statement
perfecting a security interest under the Code or comparable law of any
jurisdiction).
"Litigation"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.13.
"Loan
Account"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.12.
"Loan
Documents"
means
the Agreement, the Notes, the Collateral Documents, and all other agreements,
instruments, documents and certificates identified in the Closing Checklist
executed and delivered to, or in favor of, Agent or any Lenders and including
all other pledges, powers of attorney, consents, assignments, contracts,
notices, and all other written matter whether heretofore, now or hereafter
executed by or on behalf of any Credit Party, or any employee of any Credit
Party, and delivered to Agent or any Lender in connection with the Agreement
or
the transactions contemplated thereby. Any reference in the Agreement or any
other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all appendices, exhibits
or
schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements, supplements or other
modifications thereto, and shall refer to the Agreement or such Loan Document
as
the same may be in effect at any and all times such reference becomes
operative.
"Loans"
means
the Revolving Loan.
"Lock
Boxes"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Annex
C.
"Margin
Stock"
has the
meaning ascribed to in Section 3.10.
"Master
Pledge Agreement"
means
the Pledge Agreement dated as of May 14, 2004 executed by Holdings, Parent,
Odyssey GP and Odyssey LP in favor of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders,
pledging all Stock of Subsidiaries and all intercompany notes owing to or held
by any of them.
"Material
Adverse Effect"
means a
material adverse effect on (a) the business, industry, assets, operations
or financial or other condition of the Credit Parties considered as a whole,
(b) any Credit Party's ability to pay any of the Loans or any of the other
Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Agreement, (c) the
Collateral or Agent's Liens, on behalf of itself and Lenders, on the Collateral
or the priority of such Liens, or (d) Agent's or any Lender's rights and
remedies under the Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting
the
generality of the foregoing, any event or occurrence adverse to one or more
Credit Parties which results or could reasonably be expected to result in costs
and/or liabilities or loss of revenues, individually or in the aggregate, in
any
30-day period in excess of fifteen percent (15%) of the lesser of (x) the
Maximum Amount and (y) EBITDA for the twelve-month period ending as of the
last
day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter (based on the Compliance
Certificate most recently delivered pursuant to Section 4.1) shall constitute
a
Material Adverse Effect.
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"Maximum
Amount"
means,
as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the Revolving Loan
Commitment of all Lenders as of that date.
"Maximum
Lawful Rate"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section
1.5(f).
"Mortgage"
means
any mortgage, deed of trust or other document executed or required herein to
be
executed by any Credit Party and granting a security interest over real property
in favor of Agent as security for the Obligations.
"Mortgage
Supporting Documents"
means,
with respect to any Mortgage for a parcel of real property, each document
(including title searches and evidence regarding recording and payment of fees,
property insurance premiums and taxes relating thereto) that Agent may
reasonably request, to create, register, or perfect a valid Lien on such parcel
of real property in favor of Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, subject
only
to Permitted Encumbrances and such other Liens as Agent may
approve.
"Multiemployer
Plan"
means a
"multiemployer plan" as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, and to
which any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate is making, is obligated to make or
has
made or been obligated to make, contributions on behalf of participants who
are
or were employed by any of them.
"Non-Funding
Lender"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.9(a)(ii).
"Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries"
means
Odyssey Fort Worth, Odyssey Detroit, Odyssey Manatee County, Odyssey Xxxxxxx
County, Odyssey Northwest Florida, Odyssey Austin, Odyssey Hillsborough County,
Odyssey Xxxxxx County, Odyssey Pinellas County and any other Subsidiary that
was
formed for a purpose other than to acquire any of the stock or assets of a
Target.
"Notes"
means,
collectively, the Revolving Notes.
"Notice
of Conversion/Continuation"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.5(e).
"Notice
of Revolving Credit Advance"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1(a).
"OpCoA"
has the
meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble to the Agreement.
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"OpCoB"
has the
meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble to the Agreement.
"OpCoB
Pledge Agreement"
means
the Pledge Agreement dated as of the Closing Date executed by OpCoB in favor
of
Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, pledging all Stock of Subsidiaries
and
all intercompany notes owing to and held by OpCoB.
"Obligations"
means
all loans, advances, debts, liabilities and obligations for the performance
of
covenants, tasks or duties or for payment of monetary amounts (whether or not
such performance is then required or contingent, or such amounts are liquidated
or determinable) owing by any Credit Party to Agent or any Lender, and all
covenants and duties regarding such amounts, of any kind or nature, present
or
future, whether or not evidenced by any note, agreement or other instrument,
arising under the Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. This term
includes all principal, interest (including all interest that accrues after
the
commencement of any case or proceeding by or against any Credit Party in
bankruptcy, whether or not allowed in such case or proceeding), Fees, Charges,
expenses, attorneys' fees and any other sum chargeable to any Credit Party
under
the Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
"Odyssey
Austin"
means
Odyssey HealthCare Austin, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
"Odyssey
Xxxxxxx County"
means
Odyssey HealthCare of Xxxxxxx County, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"Odyssey
Detroit"
means
Odyssey HealthCare Detroit, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
"Odyssey
Fort Worth"
means
Odyssey HealthCare Fort Worth, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
"Odyssey
GP"
means
Odyssey HealthCare GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
"Odyssey
Hillsborough County"
means
Odyssey HealthCare of Hillsborough County, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
"Odyssey
LP"
means
Odyssey HealthCare LP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
"Odyssey
Manatee County"
means
Odyssey HealthCare of Manatee County, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"Odyssey
Xxxxxx County"
means
Odyssey HealthCare of Xxxxxx County, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
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"Odyssey
Northwest Florida"
means
Odyssey HealthCare of Northwest Florida, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
"Odyssey
Pinellas County"
means
Odyssey HealthCare of Pinellas County, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
"Palm
Coast"
has the
meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble to the Agreement.
"Parent"
means
Odyssey HealthCare Holding Company, a Delaware corporation.
"Patent
License"
means
rights under any written agreement now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit
Party granting any right with respect to any invention on which a Patent is
in
existence.
"Patents"
means
all of the following in which any Credit Party now holds or hereafter acquires
any interest: (a) all letters patent of the United States or of any other
country, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for
letters patent of the United States or of any other country, including
registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any
State, or any other country, and (b) all reissues, continuations,
continuations-in-part or extensions thereof.
"PBGC"
means
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
"Pension
Plan"
means a
Plan described in Section 3(2) of ERISA.
"Permitted
Acquisition"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section
6.1.
"Permitted
Encumbrances"
means
the following encumbrances: (a) Liens for taxes or assessments or other
governmental Charges not yet due and payable or which are being contested in
accordance with Section 5.2(b);
(b) pledges or deposits of money securing statutory obligations under
workmen's compensation, unemployment insurance, social security or public
liability laws or similar legislation (excluding Liens under ERISA);
(c) pledges or deposits of money securing bids, tenders, contracts (other
than contracts for the payment of money) or leases to which any Credit Party
is
a party as lessee made in the ordinary course of business; (d) inchoate and
unperfected workers', mechanics' or similar liens arising in the ordinary course
of business, so long as such Liens attach only to Equipment, Fixtures and/or
Real Estate; (e) carriers', warehousemen's, suppliers' or other similar
possessory liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing
liabilities in an outstanding aggregate amount not in excess of $500,000 at
any
time, so long as such Liens attach only to Inventory; (f) deposits
securing, or in lieu of, surety, appeal or customs bonds in proceedings to
which
any Credit Party is a party; (g) cash deposits securing reimbursement
obligations in respect of outstanding Permitted L/Cs, in an amount not to exceed
105% of the face amount of such Permitted L/Cs; (h) any attachment or
judgment lien not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.1(j);
(i) zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, or other restrictions on the
use of any Real Estate or other minor irregularities in title (including
leasehold title) thereto, so long as the same do not materially impair the
use,
value, or marketability of such Real Estate; (j) presently existing or
hereafter created Liens in favor of Agent, on behalf of Lenders; and
(k) Liens expressly permitted under clauses (b)
and
(c)
of
Section 6.7
of the
Agreement.
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"Permitted
L/Cs"
means
one or more letters of credit (other than Letters of Credit) in an aggregate
stated face amount not to exceed $10,000,000
at any time outstanding, having reimbursement obligations secured by no Liens
other then Permitted Encumbrances.
"Person"
means
any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust,
unincorporated organization, association, corporation, limited liability
company, institution, public benefit corporation, other entity or government
(whether federal, state, county, city, municipal, local, foreign, or otherwise,
including any instrumentality, division, agency, body or department
thereof).
"Plan"
means,
at any time, an "employee benefit plan", as defined in Section 3(3) of
ERISA, that any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate maintains, contributes to or
has
an obligation to contribute to or has maintained, contributed to or had an
obligation to contribute to at any time within the past seven years on behalf
of
participants who are or were employed by any Credit Party or ERISA
Affiliate.
"Proceeds"
means
"proceeds," as such term is defined in the Code, including (a) any and all
proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to any Credit
Party from time to time with respect to any of the Collateral, (b) any and
all payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable to any Credit
Party from time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation,
condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Collateral by
any
Governmental Authority (or any Person acting under color of governmental
authority), (c) any claim of any Credit Party against third parties
(i) for past, present or future infringement of any Patent or Patent
License, or (ii) for past, present or future infringement or dilution of
any Copyright, Copyright License, Trademark or Trademark License, or for injury
to the goodwill associated with any Trademark or Trademark License, (d) any
recoveries by any Credit Party against third parties with respect to any
litigation or dispute concerning any of the Collateral including claims arising
out of the loss or nonconformity of, interference with the use of, defects
in,
or infringement of rights in, or damage to, Collateral, (e) all amounts
collected on, or distributed on account of, other Collateral, including
dividends, interest, distributions and Instruments with respect to Investment
Property and pledged Stock, and (f) any and all other amounts, rights to
payment or other property acquired upon the sale, lease, license, exchange
or
other disposition of Collateral and all rights arising out of
Collateral.
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"Pro
Forma Acquisition EBITDA"
means
(i) EBITDA attributable to each Permitted Acquisition (with such pro forma
adjustments as are reasonably acceptable to Agent, as indicated by its written
approval thereof, based upon data presented to Agent to its reasonable
satisfaction) consummated during the one (1) year period preceding the date
of
determination calculated solely for a number of months immediately preceding
the
consummation of the applicable Permitted Acquisition, which number equals twelve
(12) minus
the
number of months following the consummation of the applicable Permitted
Acquisition for which financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries
have
been delivered to Agent pursuant to Section 4.1 and (ii) for purposes of
determining compliance with Section 6.1, EBITDA of the Target of any proposed
Permitted Acquisition (adjusted with such pro forma adjustments as are
reasonably acceptable to Agent based upon data presented to Agent to its
reasonable satisfaction) calculated for the twelve (12) months immediately
preceding the consummation of the proposed Permitted Acquisition.
"Projections"
means
Holdings' and its Subsidiaries forecasted consolidated profit and loss
statements, all consistent with the historical Financial Statements of the
Credit Parties, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement
of
underlying assumptions.
"Pro
Rata Share"
means
with respect to all matters relating to any Lender, (a) with respect to the
Revolving Loan, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Revolving Loan
Commitment of that Lender by (ii) the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments
of all Lenders, (b) with respect to all Loans, the percentage obtained by
dividing (i) the aggregate Commitments of that Lender by (ii) the
aggregate Commitments of all Lenders, and (c) with respect to all Loans on
and after the Commitment Termination Date, the percentage obtained by dividing
(i) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Loans held by that
Lender, by (ii) the outstanding principal balance of the Loans held by all
Lenders.
"Qualified
Assignee"
means
(a) any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender and, with respect to any Lender
that is an investment fund that invests in commercial loans, any other
investment fund that invests in commercial loans and that is managed or advised
by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such
investment advisor, and (b) any commercial bank, savings and loan
association or savings bank or any other entity which is an "accredited
investor" (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933) which
extends credit or buys loans as one of its businesses, including insurance
companies, mutual funds, lease financing companies and commercial finance
companies, in each case, which has a rating of BBB or higher from S&P and a
rating of Baa2 or higher from Xxxxx'x at the date that it becomes a Lender
and
which, through its applicable lending office, is capable of lending to Borrowers
without the imposition of any withholding or similar taxes; provided,
that no
Person determined by Agent (or, so long as no Event of Default has occurred
and
is continuing, Borrowers) to be acting in the capacity of a vulture fund or
distressed debt purchaser shall be a Qualified Assignee, and no Person or
Affiliate of such Person (other than a Person that is already a Lender) holding
Subordinated Debt or Stock issued by any Credit Party shall be a Qualified
Assignee.
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"Qualified
Plan"
means a
Pension Plan that is intended to be tax-qualified under Section 401(a) of
the IRC.
"Real
Estate"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.6.
"Refinancing
Offer"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section
5.10.
"Relationship
Bank"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Annex
C.
"Release"
means
any release, threatened release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring,
emitting, emptying, escape, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal,
dumping, leaching or migration of Hazardous Material in the indoor or outdoor
environment, including the movement of Hazardous Material through or in the
air,
soil, surface water, ground water or property.
"Replacement
Lender"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section
1.16(d).
"Requisite
Lenders"
means
Lenders having (a) more than sixty-six and two-thirds percent
(66 2/3%) of the Commitments of all Lenders, or (b) if the Commitments
have been terminated, more than sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%)
of the aggregate outstanding amount of all Loans.
"Restricted
Payment"
means,
with respect to any Credit Party (a) the declaration or payment of any
dividend or the incurrence of any liability to make any other payment or
distribution of cash or other property or assets in respect of Stock;
(b) any payment on account of the purchase, redemption, defeasance, sinking
fund or other retirement of such Credit Party's Stock or any other payment
or
distribution made in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly;
(c) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or
interest, fees or other charges on or with respect to, and any redemption,
purchase, retirement, defeasance, sinking fund or similar payment and any claim
for rescission with respect to, any Subordinated Debt; (d) any payment made
to redeem, purchase, repurchase or retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any
outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire Stock of such Credit
Party now or hereafter outstanding; (e) any payment of a claim for the
rescission of the purchase or sale of, or for material damages arising from
the
purchase or sale of, any shares of such Credit Party's Stock or of a claim
for
reimbursement, indemnification or contribution arising out of or related to
any
such claim for damages or rescission; (f) any payment, loan, contribution,
or other transfer of funds or other property to any Stockholder of such Credit
Party other than payment of compensation in the ordinary course of business
to
Stockholders who are employees of such Person; and (g) any payment of
management fees (or other fees of a similar nature) by such Credit Party to
any
Stockholder of such Credit Party or its Affiliates.
"Retiree
Welfare Plan"
means,
at any time, a Welfare Plan that provides for continuing coverage or benefits
for any participant or any beneficiary of a participant after such participant's
termination of employment, other than continuation coverage provided pursuant
to
Section 4980B of the IRC and at the sole expense of the participant or the
beneficiary of the participant.
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"Revolving
Credit Advance"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1(a)(i).
"Revolving
Loan"
means,
at any time, the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of Revolving Credit
Advances outstanding to Borrower plus
(ii) the aggregate Letter of Credit Obligations incurred on behalf of
Borrower. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to the outstanding
principal balance of the Revolving Loan shall include the outstanding balance
of
Letter of Credit Obligations.
"Revolving
Loan Commitment"
means
(a) as to any Lender, the aggregate commitment of such Lender to make
Revolving Credit Advances or incur Letter of Credit Obligations as set forth
on
Annex I
to the
Agreement or in the most recent Assignment Agreement executed by such Lender,
as
such amount may be adjusted, if at all, from time to time in accordance with
the
Agreement and (b) as to all Lenders, the aggregate commitment of all
Lenders to make Revolving Credit Advances or incur Letter of Credit Obligations,
which aggregate commitment shall be $40,000,000 on the Closing Date, as such
amount may be adjusted, if at all, from time to time in accordance with the
Agreement.
"Revolving
Note"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1(a)(ii).
"Security
Agreement"
means
the Security Agreement dated as of May 14, 2004 entered into by and among Agent,
on behalf of itself and Lenders, and each Credit Party that is a signatory
thereto.
"Senior
Officer"
means,
with respect to any Person, the chairman of the board, the president, the chief
executive officer, the chief operating officer, the general counsel, or any
equivalent officer (regardless of his or her title), and, in respect of
financial or accounting matters, the chief financial officer, the vice president
of finance, the treasurer, or any equivalent officer (regardless of his or
her
title).
"Settlement
Date"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.9(a)(ii).
"Software"
means
all "software" as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Credit Party, other than software embedded in any category
of
Goods, including all computer programs and all supporting information provided
in connection with a transaction related to any program.
"Solvent"
means,
with respect to any Person on a particular date, that on such date (a) the
fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount
of
liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person; (b) the
present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the
amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on
its
debts as they become absolute and matured; (c) such Person does not intend
to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such
Person's ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; and (d) such
Person is not engaged in a business or transaction, and is not about to engage
in a business or transaction, for which such Person's property would constitute
an unreasonably small capital. The amount of contingent liabilities (such as
litigation, guaranties and pension plan liabilities) at any time shall be
computed as the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances
existing at the time, represents the amount that can be reasonably be expected
to become an actual or matured liability.
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"Stock"
means
all shares, options, warrants, general or limited partnership interests,
membership interests or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of
or
in a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or equivalent entity
whether voting or nonvoting, including common stock, preferred stock or any
other "equity security" (as such term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General
Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).
"Stockholder"
means,
with respect to any Person, each holder of Stock of such Person.
"Subordinated
Debt"
means
any Indebtedness of any Credit Party subordinated to the Obligations in a manner
and form satisfactory to Agent in its reasonable discretion, as to right and
time of payment and as to any other rights and remedies thereunder.
"Subsidiary"
means,
with respect to any Person, (a) any corporation of which an aggregate of
more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding Stock having ordinary voting
power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation
(irrespective of whether, at the time, Stock of any other class or classes
of
such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the
happening of any contingency) is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned
legally or beneficially by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such
Person, or with respect to which any such Person has the right to vote or
designate the vote of fifty percent (50%) or more of such Stock whether by
proxy, agreement, operation of law or otherwise, and (b) any partnership or
limited liability company in which such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries
of such Person shall have an interest (whether in the form of voting or
participation in profits or capital contribution) of more than fifty percent
(50%) or of which any such Person is a general partner or may exercise the
powers of a general partner. Unless the context otherwise requires, each
reference to a Subsidiary shall be a reference to a Subsidiary of a
Borrower.
"Supporting
Obligations"
means
all "supporting obligations" as such term is defined in the Code, including
letters of credit and guaranties issued in support of Accounts, Chattel Paper,
Documents, General Intangibles, Instruments or Investment Property.
"Target"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section
6.1.
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"Taxes"
means
taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, Charges or withholdings, and all liabilities
with respect thereto, excluding taxes imposed on or measured by the net income
of Agent or a Lender by the jurisdictions under the laws of which Agent and
Lenders are organized or conduct business or any political subdivision
thereof.
"Termination
Date"
means
the date on which (a) the Loans have been indefeasibly repaid in full,
(b) all other Obligations under the Agreement and the other Loan Documents
have been completely discharged (c) all Letter of Credit Obligations have
been cash collateralized, canceled or backed by standby letters of credit in
accordance with Annex
B,
and
(d) none of Borrowers shall have any further right to borrow any monies
under the Agreement.
"Threshold
Acquisition"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section
6.1.
"Title
IV Plan"
means a
Pension Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan), that is subject to Title IV
of
ERISA or Section 412 of the IRC, and that any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate
maintains, contributes to or has an obligation to contribute to on behalf of
participants who are or were employed by any of them.
"Trademark
Security Agreements"
means
the Trademark Security Agreements made in favor of Agent, on behalf of Lenders,
by each applicable Credit Party.
"Trademark
License"
means
rights under any written agreement now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit
Party granting any right to use any Trademark.
"Trademarks"
means
all of the following now owned or hereafter existing or adopted or acquired
by
any Credit Party: (a) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names,
business names, trade styles, service marks, logos, other source or business
identifiers, prints and labels on which any of the foregoing have appeared
or
appear, designs and general intangibles of like nature (whether registered
or
unregistered), all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications
in
connection therewith, including registrations, recordings and applications
in
the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency
of the United States, any state or territory thereof, or any other country
or
any political subdivision thereof; (b) all reissues, extensions or renewals
thereof; and (c) all goodwill associated with or symbolized by any of the
foregoing.
"Unfunded
Pension Liability"
means,
at any time, the aggregate amount, if any, of the sum of (a) the amount by
which the present value of all accrued benefits under each Title IV Plan exceeds
the fair market value of all assets of such Title IV Plan allocable to such
benefits in accordance with Title IV of ERISA, all determined as of the most
recent valuation date for each such Title IV Plan using the actuarial
assumptions for funding purposes in effect under such Title IV Plan, and
(b) for a period of five years following a transaction which might
reasonably be expected to be covered by Section 4069 of ERISA, the
liabilities (whether or not accrued) that could be avoided by any Credit Party
or any ERISA Affiliate as a result of such transaction.
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"Welfare
Plan"
means a
Plan described in Section 3(1) of ERISA.
Rules
of
construction with respect to accounting terms used in the Agreement or the
other
Loan Documents shall be as set forth in Annex
F.
All
other undefined terms contained in any of the Loan Documents shall, unless
the
context indicates otherwise, have the meanings provided for by the Code to
the
extent the same are used or defined therein; in the event that any term is
defined differently in different Articles or Divisions of the Code, the
definition contained in Article or Division 9 shall control. Unless otherwise
specified, references in the Agreement or any of the Appendices to a Section,
subsection or clause refer to such Section, subsection or clause as contained
in
the Agreement. The words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words
of
similar import refer to the Agreement as a whole, including all Annexes,
Exhibits and Schedules, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated,
modified or supplemented, and not to any particular section, subsection or
clause contained in the Agreement or any such Annex, Exhibit or
Schedule.
Wherever
from the context it appears appropriate, each term stated in either the singular
or plural shall include the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in
the
masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine
and
neuter genders. The words "including", "includes" and "include" shall be deemed
to be followed by the words "without limitation"; the word "or" is not
exclusive; references to Persons include their respective successors and assigns
(to the extent and only to the extent permitted by the Loan Documents) or,
in
the case of governmental Persons, Persons succeeding to the relevant functions
of such Persons; and all references to statutes and related regulations shall
include any amendments of the same and any successor statutes and regulations.
Whenever any provision in any Loan Document refers to the knowledge (or an
analogous phrase) of any Credit Party, such words are intended to signify that
such Credit Party has actual knowledge or awareness of a particular fact or
circumstance or that such Credit Party, if it had exercised reasonable
diligence, would have known or been aware of such fact or
circumstance.
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ANNEX
B (Section 1.2)
to
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
LETTERS
OF CREDIT
(a) Issuance.
Subject
to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, Agent and Lenders agree to incur,
from time to time prior to the Commitment Termination Date, upon the request
of
any Borrower, Letter of Credit Obligations by causing Letters of Credit to
be
issued by GE Capital or a Subsidiary thereof or a bank or other legally
authorized Person selected by or acceptable to Agent in its sole discretion
(each, an "L/C Issuer") for Borrowers' account on behalf of a Credit Party
and
guaranteed by Agent; provided,
that if
the L/C Issuer is a Lender, then such Letters of Credit shall not be guaranteed
by Agent but rather each Lender shall, subject to the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, purchase (or be deemed to have purchased) risk
participations in all such Letters of Credit issued with the written consent
of
Agent, as more fully described in paragraph (b)(ii)
below.
The aggregate amount of all such Letter of Credit Obligations shall not at
any
time exceed the lesser of (i) $10,000,000 (the "L/C Sublimit") and (ii) the
Maximum Amount less the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Revolving
Credit Advances. No such Letter of Credit shall have an expiry date that is
more
than one year following the date of issuance thereof, unless otherwise
determined by the Agent, in its sole discretion, and neither Agent nor Lenders
shall be under any obligation to incur Letter of Credit Obligations in respect
of, or purchase risk participations in, any Letter of Credit having an expiry
date that is later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Commitment
Termination Date; provided, that any Letter of Credit may provide for a renewal
thereof for additional one (1) year periods (which shall in no event extend
beyond the date which is five (5) Business Days prior to the Commitment
Termination Date).
(b) Advances
Automatic; Participations.
(i) In
the
event that Agent or any Lender shall make any payment on or pursuant to any
Letter of Credit Obligation, such payment shall then be deemed automatically
to
constitute a Revolving Credit Advance under Section 1.1(a)
of the
Agreement regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred
and
is continuing and notwithstanding any Borrower's failure to satisfy the
conditions precedent set forth in Section 2,
and each
Lender shall be obligated to pay its Pro Rata Share thereof in accordance with
the Agreement. The failure of any Lender to make available to Agent for Agent's
own account its Pro Rata Share of any such Revolving Credit Advance or payment
by Agent under or in respect of a Letter of Credit shall not relieve any other
Lender of its obligation hereunder to make available to Agent its Pro Rata
Share
thereof, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender
to make available such other Lender's Pro Rata Share of any such
payment.
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(ii) If
it
shall be illegal or unlawful for any Borrower to incur Revolving Credit Advances
as contemplated by paragraph (b)(i)
above
because of an Event of Default described in Sections 8.1(h)
or
(i)
or
otherwise or if it shall be illegal or unlawful for any Lender to be deemed
to
have assumed a ratable share of the reimbursement obligations owed to an L/C
Issuer, or if the L/C Issuer is a Lender, then (A) immediately and without
further action whatsoever, each Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably
and
unconditionally purchased from Agent (or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be)
an
undivided interest and participation equal to such Lender's Pro Rata Share
(based on the Revolving Loan Commitments) of the Letter of Credit Obligations
in
respect of all Letters of Credit then outstanding and (B) thereafter,
immediately upon issuance of any Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed
to have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased from Agent (or such L/C
Issuer, as the case may be) an undivided interest and participation in such
Lender's Pro Rata Share (based on the Revolving Loan Commitments) of the Letter
of Credit Obligations with respect to such Letter of Credit on the date of
such
issuance. Each Lender shall fund its participation in all payments or
disbursements made under the Letters of Credit in the same manner as provided
in
the Agreement with respect to Revolving Credit Advances.
(c) Cash
Collateral.
(i) If
Borrowers are required to provide cash collateral for any Letter of Credit
Obligations pursuant to the Agreement prior to the Commitment Termination Date,
Borrowers will pay to Agent for the ratable benefit of itself and Lenders cash
or cash equivalents acceptable to Agent ("Cash Equivalents") in an amount equal
to one hundred five percent (105%) of the maximum amount then available to
be
drawn under each applicable Letter of Credit outstanding for the benefit of
Borrowers. Such funds or Cash Equivalents shall be held by Agent in a cash
collateral account (the "Cash Collateral Account") maintained at a bank or
financial institution acceptable to Agent. The Cash Collateral Account shall
be
in the name of Borrowers and shall be pledged to, and subject to the control
of,
Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, in a manner satisfactory to Agent.
Each Borrower hereby pledges and grants to Agent, on behalf of itself and
Lenders, a security interest in all such funds and Cash Equivalents held in
the
Cash Collateral Account from time to time and all proceeds thereof, as security
for the payment of all amounts due in respect of the Letter of Credit
Obligations and other Obligations, whether or not then due. The Agreement,
including this Annex
B,
shall
constitute a security agreement under applicable law.
(ii) If
any
Letter of Credit Obligations, whether or not then due and payable, shall for
any
reason be outstanding on the Commitment Termination Date, Borrowers shall either
(A) provide cash collateral therefor in the manner described above, or
(B) cause all such Letters of Credit and guaranties thereof, if any, to be
canceled and returned, or (C) deliver a stand-by letter (or letters) of
credit in guaranty of such Letter of Credit Obligations, which stand-by letter
(or letters) of credit shall be of like tenor and duration (plus 30 additional
days) as, and in an amount equal to one hundred five percent (105%) of, the
aggregate maximum amount then available to be drawn under, the Letters of Credit
to which such outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations relate and shall be
issued by a Person, and shall be subject to such terms and conditions, as are
satisfactory to Agent in its reasonable discretion.
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(iii) From
time
to time after funds are deposited in the Cash Collateral Account by any
Borrower, whether before or after the Commitment Termination Date, Agent may
apply such funds or Cash Equivalents then held in the Cash Collateral Account
to
the payment of any amounts, and in such order as Agent may elect, as shall
be or
shall become due and payable by such Borrower to Agent and Lenders with respect
to such Letter of Credit Obligations of such Borrower and, upon the satisfaction
in full of all Letter of Credit Obligations of such Borrower, to any other
Obligations of any Borrower then due and payable.
(iv) No
Borrower nor any Person claiming on behalf of or through any Borrower shall
have
any right to withdraw any of the funds or Cash Equivalents held in the Cash
Collateral Account, except that upon the termination of all Letter of Credit
Obligations and the payment of all amounts payable by Borrowers to Agent and
Lenders in respect thereof, any funds remaining in the Cash Collateral Account
shall be applied to other Obligations then due and owing and upon payment in
full of such Obligations, any remaining amount shall be paid to Borrowers or
as
otherwise required by law. Interest earned on deposits in the Cash Collateral
Account shall be for the account of Borrowers.
(d) Fees
and Expenses.
Borrowers agree to pay to Agent for the benefit of Lenders, as compensation
to
such Lenders for Letter of Credit Obligations incurred hereunder, (i) all
costs and expenses incurred by Agent or any Lender on account of such Letter
of
Credit Obligations, and (ii) for each month during which any Letter of
Credit Obligation shall remain outstanding, a fee (the "Letter of Credit Fee")
in an amount equal to the Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin. Such fee shall
be
paid to Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in arrears, on the first day of
each month and on the Commitment Termination Date. In addition, Borrowers shall
pay to any L/C Issuer, on demand, such fees (excluding all per annum fees),
charges and expenses of such L/C Issuer in respect of the issuance, negotiation,
acceptance, amendment, transfer and payment of such Letter of Credit or
otherwise payable pursuant to the application and related documentation under
which such Letter of Credit is issued.
(e) Request
for Incurrence of Letter of Credit Obligations.
Borrowers shall give Agent at least 2 Business Days' prior written notice
requesting the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligation. The notice shall
be accompanied by the form of the Letter of Credit (which shall be acceptable
to
the L/C Issuer) and a completed application for standby Letter of Credit or
application and agreement for documentary Letter of Credit or application for
documentary Letter of Credit (as applicable), each to be in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent, in its reasonable discretion. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, Letter of Credit applications by Borrowers
and
approvals by Agent and the L/C Issuer may be made and transmitted pursuant
to
electronic codes and security measures mutually agreed upon and established
by
and among Borrowers, Agent and the L/C Issuer.
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(f) Obligation
Absolute.
The
obligation of Borrowers to reimburse Agent and Lenders for payments made with
respect to any Letter of Credit Obligation shall be absolute, unconditional
and
irrevocable, without necessity of presentment, demand, protest or other
formalities, and the obligations of each Lender to make payments to Agent with
respect to Letters of Credit shall be unconditional and irrevocable. Such
obligations of Borrowers and Lenders shall be paid strictly in accordance with
the terms hereof under all circumstances including the following:
(i) any
lack
of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or the Agreement or the
other Loan Documents or any other agreement;
(ii) the
existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right that any Borrower or
any
of their respective Affiliates or any Lender may at any time have against a
beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons or
entities for whom any such transferee may be acting), Agent, any Lender, or
any
other Person, whether in connection with the Agreement, the Letter of Credit,
the transactions contemplated herein or therein or any unrelated transaction
(including any underlying transaction between any Borrower or any of their
respective Affiliates and the beneficiary for which the Letter of Credit was
procured);
(iii) any
draft,
demand, certificate or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit
proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or
any
statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;
(iv) payment
by
Agent (except as otherwise expressly provided in paragraph (g)(ii)(C)
below) or
any L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof against
presentation of a demand, draft or certificate or other document that does
not
comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or such guaranty;
(v) any
other
circumstance or event whatsoever, that is similar to any of the foregoing;
or
(vi) the
fact
that a Default or an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing.
(g) Indemnification;
Nature of Lenders' Duties.
(i) In
addition to amounts payable as elsewhere provided in the Agreement, Borrowers
hereby agree to pay and to protect, indemnify, and save harmless Agent and
each
Lender from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages,
losses, costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and
allocated costs of internal counsel) that Agent or any Lender may incur or
be
subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of (A) the issuance of any
Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof, or (B) the failure of Agent or any
Lender seeking indemnification or of any L/C Issuer to honor a demand for
payment under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof as a result of any act
or
omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or
de
facto government or Governmental Authority, in each case other than to the
extent solely as a result of the bad faith, gross negligence or willful
misconduct of Agent or such Lender (as finally determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction).
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(ii) As
between
Agent and any Lender and Borrowers, Borrowers assume all risks of the acts
and
omissions of, or misuse of any Letter of Credit by beneficiaries, of any Letter
of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, neither Agent nor any Lender shall be responsible
for:
(A) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect
of any document issued by any party in connection with the application for
and
issuance of any Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in
any
or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged;
(B) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning
or purporting to transfer or assign any Letter of Credit or the rights or
benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, that may prove
to
be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (C) failure of the beneficiary of
any Letter of Credit to comply fully with conditions required in order to demand
payment under such Letter of Credit; provided,
that in
the case of any payment by Agent under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof,
Agent shall be liable to the extent such payment was made solely as a result
of
its bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct (as finally determined
by
a court of competent jurisdiction) in determining that the demand for payment
under such Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof complies on its face with any
applicable requirements for a demand for payment under such Letter of Credit
or
guaranty thereof; (D) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in
transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex
or
otherwise, whether or not they may be in cipher; (E) errors in
interpretation of technical terms; (F) any loss or delay in the
transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a payment
under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof or of the proceeds thereof;
(G) the credit of the proceeds of any drawing under any Letter of Credit or
guaranty thereof; and (H) any consequences arising from causes beyond the
control of Agent or any Lender. None of the above shall affect, impair, or
prevent the vesting of any of Agent's or any Lender's rights or powers hereunder
or under the Agreement.
(iii) Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to limit or to expand any waivers, covenants
or
indemnities made by Borrowers in favor of any L/C Issuer in any letter of credit
application, reimbursement agreement or similar document, instrument or
agreement between or among Borrowers and such L/C Issuer.
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ANNEX
C (Section 1.8)
to
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
CASH
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Borrowers
shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to, establish and maintain
the Cash Management Systems described below:
(a) Borrowers
may maintain, in their names, one or more accounts (each a "Disbursement
Account" and collectively, the "Disbursement Accounts") at a bank reasonably
acceptable to Agent into which (i) Agent shall, from time to time, deposit
proceeds of Revolving Credit Advances made to Borrowers and (ii) proceeds
of any checks, cash or other items of payment received by any Borrower shall
be
deposited.
(b) On
or
before the date of the making of the initial Revolving Credit Advance or the
incurrence of the initial Letter of Credit Obligations, each bank where a
Disbursement Account is maintained and all other banks identified in
Disclosure
Schedule 3.19
(each, a
"Relationship Bank") shall have entered into tri-party deposit account control
agreements with Agent, for the benefit of itself and Lenders, and Borrowers
and
the applicable Subsidiaries thereof, as applicable, in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to Agent, which shall become operative on or prior to
the
date of the making of the initial Revolving Credit Advance or the incurrence
of
the initial Letter of Credit Obligations. Each such deposit account control
agreement shall provide, among other things, that (i) the bank executing
such agreement has no rights of setoff or recoupment or any other claim against
such account, as the case may be, other than for payment of its service fees
and
other charges directly related to the administration of such account and for
returned checks or other items of payment and as may otherwise be agreed to
by
Agent and (ii) the bank party thereto shall agree to comply with Agent's
instructions directing disposition of funds on deposit without further consent
of any Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary (as applicable). Agent hereby
agrees with each Credit Party that (A) Agent shall not deliver to any bank
described above any notice directing disposition of funds on deposit unless
and
until the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default and (B) promptly
upon the cure or waiver of the Event of Default that gave rise to the notice
in
the preceding clause (A), so long as no other Event of Default has occurred
and
is continuing at such time, Agent shall deliver written notice to the applicable
bank described above notifying such bank that the funds on deposit shall
thereafter be disposed of as directed by the Credit Parties; provided,
that in
the event the applicable bank refuses to dispose of funds on deposit as directed
by the Credit Parties after receipt of such written notice, the Agent agrees
to
terminate the applicable tri-party deposit account control agreement with such
bank so long as prior to such termination such bank has executed and delivered
to Agent a replacement tri-party deposit account control agreement, in form
and
substance described above.
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(c) So
long as
no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any Borrower may amend
Disclosure
Schedule 3.19
to add or
replace a Relationship Bank or replace any Disbursement Account; provided,
that
(i) Agent shall have consented in writing in advance to the opening of such
account with the relevant bank and (ii) prior to the time of the opening of
such account, Borrowers or their Subsidiaries, as applicable, and such bank
shall have executed and delivered to Agent a tri-party deposit account control
agreement, in the form and substance described above. Borrowers or their
applicable Subsidiaries shall close any of their accounts (and establish
replacement accounts in accordance with the foregoing sentence) promptly and
in
any event within 30 days following written notice from Agent that the
creditworthiness of any bank holding an account is no longer acceptable in
Agent's reasonable judgment, or as promptly as practicable and in any event
within 60 days following written notice from Agent that the operating
performance, funds transfer or availability procedures or performance with
respect to accounts of the bank holding such accounts or Agent's liability
under
any tri-party deposit account control agreement with such bank is no longer
acceptable in Agent's reasonable judgment.
(d) Following
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the request
of Agent or Requisite Lenders Borrowers shall (i) establish lock boxes
("Lock Boxes") and/or blocked accounts ("Blocked Accounts") at one or more
of
the banks set forth in Disclosure
Schedule 3.19,
and
shall request in writing and otherwise take such reasonable steps to ensure
that
all Account Debtors forward payment directly to such Lock Boxes,
(ii) deposit and cause their Subsidiaries to deposit or cause to be
deposited promptly, and in any event no later than the first Business Day after
the date of receipt thereof, all cash, checks, drafts or other similar items
of
payment relating to or constituting payments made in respect of any and all
Collateral (whether or not otherwise delivered to a Lock Box) into one or more
Blocked Accounts in such Borrower's name or any such Subsidiary's name and
at a
Relationship Bank and (iii) deliver to each Relationship Bank instructions,
revocable only upon Agent's express written authorization, directing each
Relationship Bank to immediately forward all amounts on deposit to the
Collection Account through daily sweeps from such accounts into the Collection
Account.
(e) The
Disbursement Accounts, each account maintained with a Relationship Bank and
the
Lock Boxes and Blocked Accounts (if any) shall be cash collateral accounts,
with
all cash, checks and other similar items of payment in such accounts securing
payment of the Loans and all other Obligations, and in which each Borrower
and
each Subsidiary thereof shall have granted a Lien to Agent, on behalf of itself
and Lenders, pursuant to the Security Agreement.
(f) All
amounts deposited in the Collection Account shall be deemed received by Agent
in
accordance with Section 1.10
and shall
be applied (and allocated) by Agent in accordance with Section 1.11.
In no
event shall any amount be so applied unless and until such amount shall have
been credited in immediately available funds to the Collection
Account.
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(g) Each
Borrower shall and shall cause its officers, employees, or other Persons acting
for or in concert with such Borrower (each a "Related Person") to (i) at
any time after the Agent or Requisite Lenders make the request referred to
in
paragraph (d) of this Annex
C
and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, hold in trust for Agent, for
the
benefit of itself and Lenders, all checks, cash and other items of payment
received by any Borrower or any such Related Person and (ii) within
1 Business Day after receipt by such Borrower or any such Related Person of
any checks, cash or other items of payment, deposit the same into a deposit
account subject to a deposit account control agreement described herein. Each
Borrower and each Related Person thereof acknowledges and agrees that all cash,
checks or other items of payment constituting proceeds of Collateral are part
of
the Collateral. All proceeds of the sale or other disposition of any Collateral,
shall be deposited directly into a deposit account subject to a deposit account
control agreement described herein.
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ANNEX
D (Section 2.1(a))
to
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
CLOSING
CHECKLIST
In
addition to, and not in limitation of, the conditions described in Section 2.1
of the
Agreement, pursuant to Section 2.1(a),
the
following items must be received by Agent in form and substance satisfactory
to
Agent on or prior to the Closing Date, except with respect to the items
specified in paragraph E(b), which items must be received by Agent in form
and
substance satisfactory to Agent on or prior to the making of the initial
Revolving Credit Advance or the incurrence of the initial Letter of Credit
Obligations (each capitalized term used but not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in Annex
A
to the
Agreement):
A. Appendices.
All
Appendices to the Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to
Agent.
B. Revolving
Notes.
Duly
executed originals of the Revolving Notes for each applicable Lender, dated
the
Closing Date.
C. Insurance.
Satisfactory evidence that the insurance policies required by Section 5.4
are in
full force and effect, together with appropriate evidence showing loss payable
and/or additional insured clauses or endorsements, as requested by Agent, in
favor of Agent, on behalf of Lenders.
D. Security
Interests and Code Filings.
Evidence
satisfactory to Agent that Agent (for the benefit of itself and Lenders) has
a
valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral, subject
only to Permitted Encumbrances, including (i) such documents duly executed
by each Credit Party as Agent may request in order to perfect its security
interests in the Collateral and (ii) copies of Code search reports listing
all effective financing statements that name any Credit Party as debtor,
together with copies of such financing statements, none of which shall cover
the
Collateral.
E. Cash
Management System; Blocked Account Agreements.
Evidence
satisfactory to Agent that Cash Management Systems complying with Annex
C
to the
Agreement have been established and are currently being maintained in the manner
set forth in such Annex
C,
together
with copies of duly executed deposit account control agreements, reasonably
satisfactory to Agent, with each bank where a Disbursement Account is maintained
as required by Annex
C.
F. Charter
and Good Standing.
For each
Borrower and Guarantor, such Person's (a) charter and all amendments
thereto, (b) good standing certificates (including verification of tax
status) in its state of incorporation and (c) good standing certificates
(including verification of tax status) and certificates of qualification to
conduct business in each jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of property
or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, each dated a recent
date prior to the Closing Date and certified by the applicable Secretary of
State or other authorized Governmental Authority.
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G. Bylaws
and Resolutions.
For each
Borrower and Guarantor, (a) such Person's bylaws (or analogous governing
agreement), together with all amendments thereto and (b) resolutions of
such Person's Board of Directors (or analogous governing board), approving
and
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to
which such Person is a party and the transactions to be consummated in
connection therewith, each certified as of the Closing Date by such Person's
corporate secretary or an assistant secretary as being in full force and effect
without any modification or amendment.
H. Incumbency
Certificates.
For each
Borrower and Guarantor, signature and incumbency certificates of the officers
of
each such Person executing any of the Loan Documents, certified as of the
Closing Date by such Person's corporate secretary or an assistant secretary
as
being true, accurate, correct and complete.
I. Opinions
of Counsel.
Duly
executed originals of opinions of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx, counsel for the Credit
Parties, together with local counsel opinions of the Credit Parties' Florida
local counsel, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent
and
its counsel, dated the Closing Date.
J. OpCoB
Pledge Agreement.
Duly
executed originals of the OpCoB Pledge Agreement accompanied by (as applicable)
(a) share certificates representing all of the outstanding certificated
Stock being pledged pursuant to the OpCoB Pledge Agreement and stock powers
for
such share certificates executed in blank and (b) the original instruments
evidencing Indebtedness, if any, being pledged pursuant to the OpCoB Pledge
Agreement, duly endorsed in blank.
K. Accountants'
Letters.
A letter
from the Credit Parties to their independent auditors authorizing the
independent certified public accountants of the Credit Parties to communicate
with Agent and Lenders in accordance with Section 4.2.
L. Fee
Letter.
Duly
executed originals of the GE Capital Fee Letter.
M. Officer's
Certificate.
Agent
shall have received duly executed originals of a certificate of the chief
financial officer of each Borrower, in his or her capacity as an officer but
not
individually, dated the Closing Date, stating that, since December 31, 2006
(a) no event or condition has occurred or is existing which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) no Litigation
has been commenced which, if successful, could reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect or could challenge any of the transactions contemplated
by the Agreement and the other Loan Documents; and (c) there has been no
material increase in liabilities, liquidated or contingent, and no material
decrease in assets of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
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N. Audited
Financials; Financial Condition.
Agent
shall have received the Financial Statements, Projections and other materials
set forth in Section 3.4,
certified by Holdings' chief financial officer, in each case in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, and Agent shall be satisfied, in
its
sole discretion, with all of the foregoing.
O. Reaffirmation.
Agent
shall have received duly executed originals of a Consent and Reaffirmation
of
Guaranty dated the Closing Date executed by each Guarantor.
P. Other
Documents.
Such
other certificates, documents and agreements respecting any Credit Party as
Agent may reasonably request.
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ANNEX
E (Section 4.1(a))
to
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND PROJECTIONS—REPORTING
Borrowers
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Agent or to Agent and Lenders, as
indicated, the following:
(a) Quarterly
Financials.
To Agent
and Lenders, within 45 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter, consolidated
financial information regarding Holdings and its Subsidiaries, certified by
the
chief financial officer of Holdings, including (i) unaudited balance sheets
as of the close of such Fiscal Quarter and the related statements of income
and
cash flow for that portion of the Fiscal Year ending as of the close of such
Fiscal Quarter and (ii) unaudited statements of income and cash flows for
such Fiscal Quarter, in each case setting forth in comparative form the figures
for the corresponding period in the prior year, all prepared in accordance
with
GAAP (subject to normal year-end adjustments). Such financial information shall
be accompanied by (A) a statement in reasonable detail (each, a "Compliance
Certificate") showing the calculations used in determining compliance with
each
of the Financial Covenants that is tested on a quarterly basis and (B) the
certification of the chief financial officer of Holdings that (i) such
financial information presents fairly in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal
year-end adjustments) the financial position, results of operations and
statements of cash flows of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, on both a
consolidated basis, as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and for that portion
of
the Fiscal Year then ended, and (ii) any other information presented is
true, correct and complete in all material respects and that there was no
Default or Event of Default in existence as of such time or, if a Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, describing the nature thereof
and all efforts undertaken to cure such Default or Event of Default.
(b) Operating
Plan.
To Agent
and Lenders, as soon as available, but not later than 45 days after the end
of
each Fiscal Year, an annual operating plan for Borrowers, on a consolidated
basis, approved by the Board of Directors of Borrowers, for the following Fiscal
Year, which (i) includes a statement of all of the material assumptions on
which such plan is based, (ii) includes monthly balance sheets, income
statements and statements of cash flows for the following year and
(iii) integrates sales, gross profits, operating expenses, operating profit
and cash flow projections, all prepared on the same basis and in similar detail
as that on which operating results are reported (and in the case of cash flow
projections, representing management's good faith estimates of future financial
performance based on historical performance), and including plans for personnel,
Capital Expenditures and facilities.
(c) Annual
Audited Financials.
To Agent
and Lenders, within 120 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, audited
Financial Statements for Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis,
consisting of balance sheets and statements of income and retained earnings
and
cash flows, setting forth in comparative form in each case the figures for
the
previous Fiscal Year, which Financial Statements shall be prepared in accordance
with GAAP and certified without qualification, by an independent certified
public accounting firm of national standing or otherwise acceptable to Agent.
Such Financial Statements shall be accompanied by (i) a statement prepared
in reasonable detail showing the calculations used in determining compliance
with each of the Financial Covenants as of the end of such Fiscal Year,
(ii) the annual letters to such accountants in connection with their audit
examination detailing contingent liabilities and material litigation matters,
and (iii) the certification of the chief executive officer or chief
financial officer of Borrowers that all such Financial Statements present fairly
in accordance with GAAP the financial position, results of operations and
statements of cash flows of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis, as at the end of such Fiscal Year and for the period then ended, and
that
there was no Default or Event of Default in existence as of such time or, if
a
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, describing the
nature thereof and all efforts undertaken to cure such Default or Event of
Default.
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(d) Management
Letters.
To Agent
and Lenders, within 5 Business Days after receipt thereof by any Credit Party,
copies of all management letters, exception reports or similar letters or
reports received by such Credit Party from its independent certified public
accountants.
(e) Default
Notices.
To Agent
and Lenders, as soon as practicable, and in any event within 5 Business Days
after an executive officer of any Borrower has actual knowledge of the existence
of any Default, Event of Default or other event that has had a Material Adverse
Effect, telephonic or telecopied notice specifying the nature of such Default
or
Event of Default or other event, including the anticipated effect thereof,
which
notice, if given telephonically, shall be promptly confirmed in writing on
the
next Business Day.
(f) SEC
Filings and Press Releases.
To Agent
and Lenders, promptly upon their becoming available, copies of: (i) all
Financial Statements, reports, notices and proxy statements made publicly
available by any Credit Party to its security holders; (ii) all regular and
periodic reports and all registration statements and prospectuses, if any,
filed
by any Credit Party with any securities exchange or with the Securities and
Exchange Commission or any governmental or private regulatory authority; and
(iii) all press releases and other statements made available by any Credit
Party to the public concerning material changes or developments in the business
of any such Person.
(g) Subordinated
Debt and Equity Notices.
To
Agent, as soon as practicable, copies of all material written notices given
or
received by any Credit Party with respect to any Subordinated Debt or Stock
of
such Person, and, within 2 Business Days after any Credit Party obtains
knowledge of any matured event of default with respect to any Subordinated
Debt,
notice of such event of default.
(h) Supplemental
Schedules.
To
Agent, supplemental disclosures, if any, required by Section 5.6.
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(i) Litigation.
To Agent
in writing, promptly upon learning thereof, notice of any Litigation commenced
or threatened against any Credit Party that (i) seeks damages in excess of
$1,000,000, (ii) seeks injunctive relief, (iii) is asserted or instituted
against any Plan, its fiduciaries or its assets or against any Credit Party
or
ERISA Affiliate in connection with any Plan, (iv) alleges criminal
misconduct by any Credit Party, or (v) alleges the violation of any law
regarding, or seeks remedies in connection with, any Environmental
Liabilities.
(j) Insurance
Notices.
To
Agent, disclosure of losses or casualties required by Section 5.4.
(k) Investments.
To
Agent, notice of the transfer of any investments identified in Section
6.2(c)
in an
aggregate amount greater than $10,000,000 to any account not subject to a
Control Letter in effect on the Closing Date or entered into after the Closing
Date in accordance with the last sentence of Section 5.10 of the Credit
Agreement.
(k) Other
Documents.
To Agent
and Lenders, such other financial and other information respecting any Credit
Party's business or financial condition as Agent or any Lender shall from time
to time reasonably request.
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ANNEX
F (Section 6.10)
to
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
FINANCIAL
COVENANTS
Borrowers
shall not breach or fail to comply with any of the following financial
covenants, each of which shall be calculated in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied:
(a) Minimum
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.
Holdings
and its Subsidiaries shall have on a consolidated basis at the end of each
Fiscal Quarter, a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the twelve-month period then
ended (or with respect to the Fiscal Quarters ending on or before December
31,
2007, the period commencing on March 31, 2007, and ending on the last day of
such Fiscal Quarter) of not less than 1.20 to 1.00.
(b) Maximum
Leverage Ratio.
Holdings
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall have, at the end of each
Fiscal Quarter, a Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such Fiscal Quarter
and
for the twelve-month period then ended of not more than 2.50 to
1.00
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Unless
otherwise specifically provided herein, any accounting term used in the
Agreement shall have the meaning customarily given such term in accordance
with
GAAP, and all financial computations hereunder shall be computed in accordance
with GAAP consistently applied. That certain items or computations are
explicitly modified by the phrase "in accordance with GAAP" shall in no way
be
construed to limit the foregoing. If any "Accounting Changes" (as defined below)
occur and such changes result in a change in the calculation of the financial
covenants, standards or terms used in the Agreement or any other Loan Document,
then Borrowers, Agent and Lenders agree to enter into negotiations in order
to
amend such provisions of the Agreement so as to equitably reflect such
Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating
Borrowers' and their Subsidiaries' financial condition shall be the same after
such Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made;
provided,
however,
that the
agreement of Requisite Lenders to any required amendments of such provisions
shall be sufficient to bind all Lenders. "Accounting Changes" means
(i) changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any
rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards
Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (or successor
thereto or any agency with similar functions), (ii) changes in accounting
principles concurred in by any Borrower's certified public accountants;
(iii) purchase accounting adjustments under A.P.B. 16 or 17 and EITF 88-16,
and the application of the accounting principles set forth in FASB 109,
including the establishment of reserves pursuant thereto and any subsequent
reversal (in whole or in part) of such reserves; and (iv) the reversal of
any reserves established as a result of purchase accounting adjustments. All
such adjustments resulting from expenditures made subsequent to the Closing
Date
(including capitalization of costs and expenses or payment of pre-Closing Date
liabilities) shall be treated as expenses in the period the expenditures are
made and deducted as part of the calculation of EBITDA in such period. If Agent,
Borrowers and Requisite Lenders agree upon the required amendments, then after
appropriate amendments have been executed and the underlying Accounting Change
with respect thereto has been implemented, any reference to GAAP contained
in
the Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall, only to the extent of such
Accounting Change, refer to GAAP, consistently applied after giving effect
to
the implementation of such Accounting Change. If Agent, Borrowers and Requisite
Lenders cannot agree upon the required amendments within 30 days following
the
date of implementation of any Accounting Change, then all Financial Statements
delivered and all calculations of financial covenants and other standards and
terms in accordance with the Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be
prepared, delivered and made without regard to the underlying Accounting Change.
For purposes of Section 8.1,
a breach
of a Financial Covenant contained in this Annex F
shall be
deemed to have occurred as of the earlier of the date the Financial Statements
reflecting such breach are delivered to Agent or the date such Financial
Statements were required to be delivered to Agent.
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ANNEX
G (Section 9.9(a))
to
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
WIRE
TRANSFER INFORMATION
Name:
|
General
Electric Capital Corporation
|
Bank:
|
Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas
New
York, New York
|
ABA
#:
|
000000000
|
Account
#:
|
00000000
|
Account
Name:
|
GECC/CAF
Depository
|
Reference:
|
CFC
Odyssey
|
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ANNEX
H (Section 11.10)
to
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
NOTICE
ADDRESSES
(A) If
to
Agent or GE Capital, at
General
Electric Capital Corporation
000
Xxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Odyssey Account Manager
Telecopier
No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone
No.: (000) 000-0000
with
copies to:
General
Electric Capital Corporation
Two
Bethesda Metro Center, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
General Counsel
Telecopier
No.: (000) 000-0000
(B) If
to
Borrowers, at
Odyssey
HealthCare, Inc.
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
Attention:
General Counsel
Telecopier
No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone
No.: (000) 000-0000
with
copies to:
Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxx L.L.P.
0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
0000
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telecopier
No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone
No.: (000) 000-0000
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ANNEX
I (from Annex A - Commitments definition)
to
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Revolving Loan Commitment: |
Lender(s)
|
$40,000,000 |
General Electric Capital Corporation |
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