CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT Dated as of March 11, 2011 among THE PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION, as the Borrower, CERTAIN DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BORROWER, as the Guarantors, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and...
Exhibit 10.9
[Published CUSIP Number: ]
Dated as of March 11, 2011
among
THE PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION,
as the Borrower,
CERTAIN DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BORROWER,
as the Guarantors,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer,
SUNTRUST BANK,
as Syndication Agent
BANK OF ARIZONA,
ALLIANCE BANK OF ARIZONA, and
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
as Co-Documentation Agents
and
THE OTHER LENDERS PARTY HERETO
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX INCORPORATED
and
SUNTRUST XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX, INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS | 1 | |||||
1.01 |
Defined Terms. | 1 | ||||
1.02 |
Other Interpretive Provisions. | 27 | ||||
1.03 |
Accounting Terms. | 28 | ||||
1.04 |
Rounding. | 28 | ||||
1.05 |
Times of Day. | 28 | ||||
1.06 |
Letter of Credit Amounts. | 28 | ||||
ARTICLE II THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS | 29 | |||||
2.01 |
Commitments. | 29 | ||||
2.02 |
Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans. | 29 | ||||
2.03 |
Letters of Credit. | 32 | ||||
2.04 |
Swing Line Loans. | 38 | ||||
2.05 |
Prepayments. | 40 | ||||
2.06 |
Termination or Reduction of Aggregate Revolving Commitments. | 42 | ||||
2.07 |
Repayment of Loans. | 43 | ||||
2.08 |
Interest. | 44 | ||||
2.09 |
Fees. | 44 | ||||
2.10 |
Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate. | 45 | ||||
2.11 |
Evidence of Debt. | 45 | ||||
2.12 |
Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback. | 46 | ||||
2.13 |
Sharing of Payments by Lenders. | 47 | ||||
2.14 |
Cash Collateral. | 48 | ||||
2.15 |
Defaulting Lenders. | 49 | ||||
ARTICLE III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY | 50 | |||||
3.01 |
Taxes. | 50 | ||||
3.02 |
Illegality. | 52 | ||||
3.03 |
Inability to Determine Rates. | 53 | ||||
3.04 |
Increased Costs. | 53 | ||||
3.05 |
Compensation for Losses. | 55 | ||||
3.06 |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. | 55 | ||||
3.07 |
Survival. | 55 | ||||
ARTICLE IV GUARANTY | 56 | |||||
4.01 |
The Guaranty. | 56 | ||||
4.02 |
Obligations Unconditional. | 56 | ||||
4.03 |
Reinstatement. | 57 | ||||
4.04 |
Certain Additional Waivers. | 57 | ||||
4.05 |
Remedies. | 57 | ||||
4.06 |
Rights of Contribution. | 58 | ||||
4.07 |
Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee. | 58 | ||||
ARTICLE V CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS | 58 | |||||
5.01 |
Conditions of Initial Credit Extension. | 58 | ||||
5.02 |
Conditions to all Credit Extensions. | 60 | ||||
ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 61 | |||||
6.01 |
Existence, Qualification and Power. | 61 | ||||
6.02 |
Authorization; No Contravention. | 61 | ||||
6.03 |
Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. | 61 | ||||
6.04 |
Binding Effect. | 61 | ||||
6.05 |
Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect. | 62 | ||||
6.06 |
Litigation. | 62 | ||||
6.07 |
No Default. | 62 |
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6.08 |
Ownership of Property; Liens. | 62 | ||||
6.09 |
Environmental Compliance. | 62 | ||||
6.10 |
Insurance. | 63 | ||||
6.11 |
Taxes. | 63 | ||||
6.12 |
ERISA Compliance. | 63 | ||||
6.13 |
Subsidiaries. | 64 | ||||
6.14 |
Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act. | 64 | ||||
6.15 |
Disclosure. | 64 | ||||
6.16 |
Compliance with Laws. | 65 | ||||
6.17 |
Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. | 65 | ||||
6.18 |
Solvency. | 65 | ||||
6.19 |
Perfection of Security Interests in the Collateral. | 65 | ||||
6.20 |
Business Locations. | 65 | ||||
6.21 |
Labor Matters. | 66 | ||||
6.22 |
Fraud and Abuse. | 66 | ||||
6.23 |
Licensing and Accreditation | 66 | ||||
6.24 |
Reimbursement from Medical Reimbursement Programs | 67 | ||||
6.26 |
Captive Insurance Subsidiaries. | 67 | ||||
6.27 |
OFAC. | 68 | ||||
6.28 |
Patriot Act. | 68 | ||||
ARTICLE VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | 68 | |||||
7.01 |
Financial Statements. | 68 | ||||
7.02 |
Certificates; Other Information. | 69 | ||||
7.03 |
Notices. | 70 | ||||
7.04 |
Payment of Taxes. | 71 | ||||
7.05 |
Preservation of Existence, Etc. | 71 | ||||
7.06 |
Maintenance of Properties. | 71 | ||||
7.07 |
Maintenance of Insurance. | 71 | ||||
7.08 |
Compliance with Laws. | 72 | ||||
7.09 |
Books and Records. | 72 | ||||
7.10 |
Inspection Rights. | 72 | ||||
7.11 |
Use of Proceeds. | 72 | ||||
7.12 |
Additional Subsidiaries. | 73 | ||||
7.13 |
ERISA Compliance. | 73 | ||||
7.14 |
Pledged Assets. | 73 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS | 74 | |||||
8.01 |
Liens. | 74 | ||||
8.02 |
Investments. | 76 | ||||
8.03 |
Indebtedness. | 77 | ||||
8.04 |
Fundamental Changes. | 79 | ||||
8.05 |
Dispositions. | 79 | ||||
8.06 |
Restricted Payments. | 79 | ||||
8.07 |
Change in Nature of Business. | 80 | ||||
8.08 |
Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders. | 80 | ||||
8.09 |
Burdensome Agreements. | 80 | ||||
8.10 |
Use of Proceeds. | 81 | ||||
8.11 |
Financial Covenants. | 81 | ||||
8.12 |
Prepayment of Other Indebtedness, Etc. | 82 | ||||
8.13 |
Organization Documents; Fiscal Year; Legal Name, State of Formation and Form of Entity. | 83 | ||||
8.14 |
[Intentionally Omitted]. | 83 | ||||
8.15 |
Excluded Subsidiaries. | 83 |
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ARTICLE IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES | 83 | |||||
9.01 |
Events of Default. | 83 | ||||
9.02 |
Remedies Upon Event of Default. | 85 | ||||
9.03 |
Application of Funds. | 86 | ||||
ARTICLE X ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT | 87 | |||||
10.01 |
Appointment and Authority. | 87 | ||||
10.02 |
Rights as a Lender. | 87 | ||||
10.03 |
Exculpatory Provisions. | 87 | ||||
10.04 |
Reliance by Administrative Agent. | 88 | ||||
10.05 |
Delegation of Duties. | 88 | ||||
10.06 |
Resignation of Administrative Agent. | 89 | ||||
10.07 |
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. | 89 | ||||
10.08 |
No Other Duties; Etc. | 90 | ||||
10.09 |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. | 90 | ||||
10.10 |
Collateral and Guaranty Matters. | 90 | ||||
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS | 91 | |||||
11.01 |
Amendments, Etc. | 91 | ||||
11.02 |
Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies. | 93 | ||||
11.03 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement. | 95 | ||||
11.04 |
Expenses; Indemnity; and Damage Waiver. | 95 | ||||
11.05 |
Payments Set Aside. | 97 | ||||
11.06 |
Successors and Assigns. | 97 | ||||
11.07 |
Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. | 100 | ||||
11.08 |
Set-off. | 101 | ||||
11.09 |
Interest Rate Limitation. | 102 | ||||
11.10 |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. | 102 | ||||
11.11 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties. | 102 | ||||
11.12 |
Severability. | 102 | ||||
11.13 |
Replacement of Lenders. | 103 | ||||
11.14 |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc. | 103 | ||||
11.15 |
Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury. | 104 | ||||
11.16 |
Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents. | 104 | ||||
11.17 |
USA PATRIOT Act. | 104 |
SCHEDULES | ||
1.01(a) |
Excluded Subsidiaries | |
1.01(b) |
Existing Letters of Credit | |
2.01 |
Commitments and Applicable Percentages | |
6.10 |
Insurance | |
6.13 |
Subsidiaries | |
6.17 |
IP Rights | |
6.20(a) |
Locations of Real Property | |
6.20(b) |
Taxpayer and Organizational Identification Numbers | |
6.20(c) |
Changes in Legal Name, State of Formation and Structure | |
6.21 |
Labor Matters | |
8.01 |
Liens Existing on the Closing Date | |
8.02 |
Investments Existing on the Closing Date | |
8.03 |
Indebtedness Existing on the Closing Date | |
11.02 |
Certain Addresses for Notices |
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EXHIBITS | ||
A |
Form of Loan Notice | |
B |
Form of Swing Line Loan Notice | |
C |
Form of Revolving Note | |
D |
Form of Swing Line Note | |
E |
Form of Term Note | |
F |
Form of Compliance Certificate | |
G |
Form of Joinder Agreement | |
H |
Form of Assignment and Assumption | |
I |
Form of Cash Collateral Agreement |
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This CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT is entered into as of March 11, 2011 among THE PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors (defined herein), the Lenders (defined herein) and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer.
The Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide credit facilities for the purposes set forth herein, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 | Defined Terms. |
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“Acquisition”, by any Person, means the acquisition by such Person, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the property of another Person or at least a majority of the Voting Stock of another Person, in each case whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such other Person and whether for cash, property, services, assumption of Indebtedness, securities or otherwise.
“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
“Administrative Agent Fee Letter” means the letter agreement, dated February 8, 2011 among the Borrower, Bank of America and MLPF&S.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02 or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify in writing to the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Aggregate Revolving Commitments” means the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments of all the Lenders. The aggregate principal amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments in effect on the Closing Date is FORTY MILLION DOLLARS ($40,000,000).
“Agreement” means this Credit and Guaranty Agreement.
“Applicable Percentage” means with respect to any Lender at any time, (a) with respect to such Lender’s Revolving Commitment at any time, the percentage of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments represented by such Lender’s Revolving Commitment at such time, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.15; provided that if the commitment of each Lender to make Revolving Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 9.02 or if the Aggregate Revolving Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Lender shall be determined based on the percentage of the
Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans held by such Lender, giving effect to any subsequent assignments, and (b) with respect to such Lender’s portion of the outstanding Term Loan at any time, the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Term Loan held by such Lender at such time. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
“Applicable Rate” means with respect to Revolving Loans, the Term Loan, Swing Line Loans, Letters of Credit Fees and the Commitment Fee, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.02(a):
Pricing Tier | Consolidated Leverage Ratio |
Commitment Fee |
Letter of Credit Fee |
Eurodollar Rate Loans |
Base Rate Loans | |||||
1 | ³ 2.75:1.0 | 0.50% | 3.00% | 3.00% | 2.00% | |||||
2 | < 2.75:1.0 but ³ 2.00:1.0 | 0.40% | 2.75% | 2.75% | 1.75% | |||||
3 | < 2.00:1.0 but ³ 1.50:1.0 | 0.40% | 2.50% | 2.50% | 1.50% | |||||
4 | < 1.50:1.0 | 0.35% | 2.25% | 2.25% | 1.25% |
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(a); provided, however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with Section 7.02(a), then, upon the request of the Required Lenders, Pricing Tier 1 shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered and shall continue to apply until the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered in accordance with Section 7.02(a), whereupon the Applicable Rate shall be adjusted based upon the calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio contained in such Compliance Certificate. The Applicable Rate in effect from the Closing Date to the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(a) for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2011 shall be determined based upon Pricing Tier 2. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition, the determination of the Applicable Rate for any period shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.10(b).
“Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage” means with respect to any Revolving Lender at any time, such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving Commitments at such time.
“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, with respect to the Revolving Commitments or the Term Loan, a Lender that has a Commitment with respect thereto or holds a Revolving Loan or a Term Loan, respectively, at such time.
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit H or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any Capital Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in
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accordance with GAAP, (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease and (c) in respect of any Securitization Transaction of any Person, the outstanding principal amount of such financing, after taking into account reserve accounts and making appropriate adjustments, determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment.
“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto, prepared in conformity with GAAP.
“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii).
“Availability Period” means, with respect to the Revolving Commitments, the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06, and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 9.02.
“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate” and (c) the Eurodollar Rate plus 1.00%. The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in the “prime rate” announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.
“Borrowing” means each of the following, as the context may require: (a) a borrowing of Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(a), (b) a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a) and (c) a borrowing consisting of a simultaneous portion of the Term Loan of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(b).
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day that is also a London Banking Day.
“Businesses” means, at any time, a collective reference to the businesses operated by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such time.
“Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property by that Person as lessee which, in accordance with GAAP, is required to be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
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“Captive Insurance Subsidiaries” means Social Services Providers, Captive Insurance Co., an Arizona corporation, Provado Insurance Services, Inc., a South Carolina corporation and any other regulated Subsidiary of the Borrower primarily engaged in the business of providing insurance and insurance-related services to the Borrower, its other Subsidiaries and certain other Persons.
“Cash Collateral” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Cash Collateralize.”
“Cash Collateral Agreement” means a cash collateral agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit I, which agreement may be entered into between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and shall govern cash collateral as more specifically described therein.
“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender (as applicable) and the Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, Obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of either thereof (as the context may require), cash or deposit account balances or, if the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender benefitting from such collateral shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support (together, in each case with any proceeds thereof, “Cash Collateral”) pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender (as applicable).
“Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date, (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of acquisition, (b) Dollar denominated time or demand deposits and certificates of deposit of and bankers’ acceptances of (i) any Lender, (ii) any domestic commercial bank of recognized standing having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 or (iii) any bank whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof or from Xxxxx’x is at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an “Approved Bank”), in each case with maturities of not more than 270 days from the date of acquisition, (c) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable rate notes issued by, or guaranteed by, any domestic corporation rated A-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s and maturing within 270 days of the date of acquisition, (d) repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with a bank or trust company (including any of the Lenders) or recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed by the United States in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a fair market value of at least 100% of the amount of the repurchase obligations, (e) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 which are administered by reputable financial institutions having capital of at least $500,000,000, substantially all of whose assets are invested in Investments of the character described in the foregoing subdivisions (a) through (d) and (f) Dollars or, in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business.
“Change in Law” means, with respect to any Person, the occurrence, after the date such Person becomes a party to this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided, however, for purposes of this Agreement, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, guidelines and directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar entity) or the United States regulatory authorities, in each case shall be deemed to have gone into effect and adopted after the date of this Agreement.
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“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of 35% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Borrower on a fully diluted basis; or
(b) the occurrence of a “Fundamental Change” (or any comparable term) under, and as defined in, the Convertible Notes Documents or any of the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents.
“Closing Date” means the date hereof.
“CMS” means the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of HHS and any successor thereof and any predecessor thereof, including the United States Health Care Financing Administration.
“Collateral” means a collective reference to all real and personal property (other than Excluded Property) with respect to which Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, are purported to be granted pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Documents.
“Collateral Documents” means a collective reference to the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Mortgages, the Cash Collateral Agreement and other security documents as may be executed and delivered by the Loan Parties pursuant to the terms of Section 7.14.
“Commitment” means, as to each Lender, the Revolving Commitment of such Lender and/or the Term Loan Commitment of such Lender, as the context may require.
“Commitment Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(a).
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F.
“Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” means, at any date of determination, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently ended:
(i) increased (without duplication) by the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income for such period: (a) Consolidated Interest Charges for such period, (b) the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, (c) depreciation and amortization expense for such period, (d) all charges, fees, costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred during such period in connection with (I) the entering into by the Loan Parties and their applicable Subsidiaries of the Loan Documents to which they are or are intended to be a party and (II) future Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness or any proposed or actual issuance or incurrence of any other Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.03 (including for settlement of the Convertible Notes), (e) fees, costs, charges and expenses (including legal fees) incurred during such period in connection with any issuance of Equity Interests or any proposed or actual Permitted Acquisitions, Investments permitted by Section 8.02, Dispositions permitted by Section 8.04 or 8.05 or Involuntary Dispositions, (f) restructuring or reorganization charges, severance costs and losses realized from the discontinuance of operations for such period; provided that that aggregate amount added back to Consolidated Net Income pursuant to this clause (f) for any four fiscal quarter period shall not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate, (g) losses and expenses incurred during such period in connection with claims for which the Borrower reasonably expects to be reimbursed, (h) payments in settlements less collections, losses, fees, costs, charges and expenses (including legal expenses) incurred in connection with any disputes with
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dissident shareholders (including in connection with any Section 220 demands, proxy fights or consent solicitations), contract disputes, legal settlements, litigation or arbitration for such period; provided that that aggregate amount added back to Consolidated Net Income pursuant to this clause (h) for any four fiscal quarter period shall not exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate, (i) earnings impact, both positive and negative of subsequent measurement of acquisition contingencies arising from fair value accounting of such contingencies for such period, (j) any non-cash stock based compensation expenses incurred during such period, (k) debt negotiation costs and subsequent audit and legal expenses if required by holders of any Indebtedness permitted hereunder for such period, and (l) all other non-cash charges (including non-cash impairment charges), expenses (including non-cash option expenses) and other items reducing such Consolidated Net Income (but excluding those expenses, charges and losses related to accounts receivable) which do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period; and
(ii) decreased (without duplication) by the following (in each case to the extent included in calculating Consolidated Net Income for such period): (a) litigation awards for such period and (b) all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income, all as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Capital Expenditures” means, at any date of determination, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, all capital expenditures, as determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that Consolidated Capital Expenditures shall not include expenditures (i) for replacements and substitutions for fixed assets, capital assets or equipment to the extent made with the Net Cash Proceeds received from Dispositions or Involuntary Dispositions, (ii) which constitute consideration for Investments permitted under Section 8.02 (including Permitted Acquisitions), (iii) that are accounted for as capital expenditures of such Person and that are actually paid for (or reimbursed) by a third party and for which no Loan Party has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such third party or any other Person, (iv) for equipment purchased substantially contemporaneously with the trade-in of existing equipment to the extent that the gross amount of the purchase price of such purchased equipment is reduced by the credit granted by the seller of such equipment for the equipment being traded in at such time, (v) made with the Net Cash Proceeds of the issuance of any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries not otherwise required to be applied to prepay the Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(ii) or (iii).
“Consolidated Cash Taxes” means, at any date of determination, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the aggregate of all taxes, as determined in accordance with GAAP, to the extent the same are paid in cash during such period.
“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the remainder of (i) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently ended, minus (ii) unfinanced Consolidated Capital Expenditures (to the extent not deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA) for such period, minus (iii) Consolidated Cash Taxes (to the extent not deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA) for such period to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently ended.
“Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to the sum of (i) Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments for such period plus (ii) Consolidated Interest Charges paid in cash for such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of calculating Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments and Consolidated Interest Charges as of the fiscal quarters ending March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011, September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2011, Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments and Consolidated Interest Charges shall be calculated by annualizing the actual Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments and Consolidated Interest Charges from the Closing Date through the applicable fiscal quarter end.
“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, Funded Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.
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“Consolidated Interest Charges” means, at any date of determination, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to the sum of (i) all interest, premium payments and debt discount in connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, plus (ii) the portion of rent expense with respect to such period under Capital Leases that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP. Consolidated Interest Charges shall be calculated after giving effect to Swap Contracts (including associated costs) intended to protect against fluctuations in interest rates, but excluding unrealized gains and losses with respect to any such Swap Contracts.
“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently ended.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, at any date of determination, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the net income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (excluding extraordinary gains and losses) for that period, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the remainder of (i) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date, minus (ii) unrestricted cash of the Loan Parties in excess of $25,000,000 on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date in an amount not exceeding $30,000,000 to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently ended.
“Consolidated Net Senior Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the remainder of (i) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date, minus (ii) unrestricted cash of the Loan Parties in excess of $25,000,000 on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date in an amount not exceeding $30,000,000, minus (iii) the outstanding Subordinated Indebtedness and Indebtedness under the Convertible Notes as of such date to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently ended.
“Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments” means for any period for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of all scheduled payments of principal on Consolidated Funded Indebtedness, as determined in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of this definition, “scheduled payments of principal” (a) shall be deemed to include the Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Capital Leases, Securitization Transactions and Synthetic Leases and (b) shall be adjusted for any voluntary prepayments or mandatory prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.05.
“Contract Provider” means any Person or any employee, agent or subcontractor of such Person who provides professional health care services under or pursuant to any employment arrangement or contract with the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managing general partners or the equivalent.
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“Convertible Notes” means those certain unsecured notes issued by the Borrower pursuant to the Convertible Notes Indenture.
“Convertible Notes Documents” means the Convertible Notes, the Convertible Notes Indenture and all other documents executed and delivered in respect of the Convertible Notes and the Convertible Notes Indenture.
“Convertible Notes Indenture” means that certain Indenture dated as of November 13, 2007 by and among the Borrower, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.
“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
“Debt Issuance” means the issuance by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.03.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum; provided, however, that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate plus 2% per annum.
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.15(b), any Lender, as determined by the Administrative Agent, that (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of its Loans or participations in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans, within three (3) Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, (b) has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations; provided, that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon written confirmation from the Administrative Agent to such Lender that such Lender has confirmed in writing its intention to comply with all of its funding obligations, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it or (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided, that, a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interests in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority.
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of any property by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (including the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary), including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith, but excluding (a) the sale, lease,
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license, transfer or other disposition of inventory or property in the ordinary course of business; (b) the sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition of property (whether tangible or intangible), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, that is surplus, obsolete, worn out or no longer used or useful in the conduct of business of any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries; (c) any sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition of property to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary; provided, that if the transferor of such property is a Loan Party (i) the transferee thereof must be a Loan Party or (ii) to the extent such transaction constitutes an Investment, such transaction is permitted under Section 8.02; (d) any Involuntary Disposition; (e) transactions otherwise permitted by Section 8.04; (f) licenses or sublicenses of IP Rights in the ordinary course of business or that are customarily entered into by companies in the same or similar lines of business; (g) any Investments permitted by Section 8.02; (h) leases and subleases entered into in the ordinary course of business; (i) the use or sale of cash or Cash Equivalents; (j) the granting of any Liens permitted under Section 8.01 to the extent constituting a Disposition, (k) the sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition of property resulting in Net Cash Proceeds of less than $250,000 for any such sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition and (l) the making of any Restricted Payment permitted under Section 8.06 to the extent constituting a Disposition. “Disposes” has the meaning correlative thereto.
“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any state of the United States or the District of Columbia.
“Early Maturity Date” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Maturity Date”.
“Earn Out Obligations” means, with respect to an Acquisition, all obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to make earn out or other contingency payments (including purchase price adjustments, non-competition and consulting agreements, or other indemnity obligations) pursuant to the documentation relating to such Acquisition. The amount of any Earn Out Obligations at the time of determination shall be the aggregate amount, if any, of such Earn Out Obligations that are required at such time under GAAP to be recognized as liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.06(b)(ii) and (iv) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.06(b)(ii)).
“Environmental Laws” means any and all applicable federal, state, local, foreign and other applicable statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials or (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person with respect to shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership,
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member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination; provided, that “Equity Interests” shall not include Indebtedness for borrowed money that is convertible into Equity Interests prior to such conversion.
“Equity Issuance” means any issuance by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary to any Person of its Equity Interests. The term “Equity Issuance” shall not be deemed to include any Disposition.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code).
“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) the incurrence by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliates of any liability pursuant to Sections 4063 or 4064 of ERISA with respect to the withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (c) the “substantial cessation of operations” within the meaning of Section 4062(e) of ERISA with respect to a Pension Plan; (d) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (e) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate or the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA which such termination results in liability to the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliates in excess of $2,500,000; (f) the receipt by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC of any notice relating to the intention to termination any Pension Plan; (g) any event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (h) the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Internal Revenue Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA; or (i) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Eurodollar Base Rate” means:
(a) for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to (i) the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period or (ii) if such rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued or converted and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; and
(b) for any interest rate calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to (i) BBA LIBOR, at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) determined two London Banking Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits being delivered in the London interbank market for a term of one month commencing that day or (ii) if such published rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the date of determination in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Base Rate Loan
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being made or maintained with a term equal to one month would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at the date and time of determination.
“Eurodollar Rate” means (a) for any Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Eurodollar Base Rate for such Eurodollar Rate Loan for such Interest Period by (ii) one minus the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage for such Eurodollar Rate Loan for such Interest Period and (b) for any day with respect to any Base Rate Loan bearing interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Eurodollar Base Rate for such Base Rate Loan for such day by (ii) one minus the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage for such Base Rate Loan for such day.
“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of “Eurodollar Rate”.
“Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” means, for any day during any Interest Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the FRB for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”). The Eurodollar Rate for each outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01.
“Excluded Accounts” means each deposit account or securities account (i) the funds in which are specially and exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefit payments to or for employees of any Loan Party, (ii) that holds funds not owned by any Loan Party or (iii) which are used, in the ordinary course of business, solely for daily accounts payable.
“Excluded Property” means, with respect to any Loan Party, including any Person that becomes a Loan Party after the Closing Date as contemplated by Section 7.12, (a) any leased real property, any owned or leased real or personal property which is located outside of the United States and any owned real property with a book value of less than $2,000,000, (b) any personal property (including, without limitation, motor vehicles) in respect of which perfection of a Lien is not either (i) governed by the Uniform Commercial Code or (ii) effected by appropriate evidence of the Lien being filed in either the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, unless requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, (c) the Equity Interests of any direct Foreign Subsidiary of a Loan Party to the extent not required to be pledged to secure the Obligations pursuant to Section 7.14(a), (d) the Equity Interests of any Captive Insurance Subsidiary, (e) the Equity Interests of any Excluded Subsidiary that is a not-for-profit entity, (f) any United States trademark application filed on the basis of a Loan Party’s intent-to-use such xxxx, in each case, unless and until evidence of the use of such trademark in interstate commerce is submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office but only if and to the extent that the granting of a security interest in such application would result in the invalidation of such application or resulting registration, provided, that, to the extent such application is excluded from the Collateral, upon the submission of evidence of use of such trademark to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, such trademark application shall automatically be included in the Collateral, without further action on any party’s part, (g) any property which, subject to the terms of Section 8.09, is subject to a Lien of the type described in Section 8.01(i) pursuant to documents which prohibit such Loan Party from granting any other Liens in such property, (h) any Excluded Accounts, (i) that certain real property of the Borrower located at 00 X. Xxxxxxxx in Tucson, Arizona (including, without limitation, (i) units 101, 201 through 210, 301 through 310, and 401 through 410 at such location and (ii) all that part of lots 2 and 3 in block 217 of the City of Tucson, Pima
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County), and (j) any other real or personal property in which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent (confirmed in writing by notice to the Borrower), the cost or other consequences (including any adverse tax consequences) of granting a security interest in, or Lien on, to secure the Obligations shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom.
“Excluded Subsidiaries” means (a) those Subsidiaries of the Borrower listed on Schedule 1.01(a), (b) any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, (c) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by applicable Law from guarantying the Obligations, (d) any Captive Insurance Subsidiary and (e) any Foreign Subsidiary.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated) and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located or imposed on it as a result of a present or former connection between it and the jurisdiction imposing such tax (other than a connection arising from such recipient’s execution or delivery of any Loan Document, exercise of its rights or performance of its obligations thereunder or other activities related thereto), (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, (c) any backup withholding tax that is required by the Internal Revenue Code to be withheld from amounts payable to a Lender other than a Foreign Lender, (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 11.13), any United States withholding tax that (i) is required to be imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender pursuant to the Laws in force at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or (ii) is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with Section 3.01(e)(ii), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(i) or (c), (e) any Taxes imposed on any “withholdable payment” payable to such recipient as a result of the failure of such recipient to satisfy the applicable requirements as set forth in FATCA to establish that such payment is exempt from withholding under FATCA, and (f) any Taxes imposed as a result of any such recipient’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
“Exclusion Event” means an event or events resulting in the exclusion of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of the Facilities from participation in any Medical Reimbursement Program and which is reasonably likely to result in a loss of 10% or more of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA during the 12-month period succeeding such event or events.
“Existing Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2007 among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto and CIT Healthcare LLC, as administrative agent, as amended or modified from time to time.
“Existing Letters of Credit” means the letters of credit described by date of issuance, letter of credit number, undrawn amount, name of beneficiary and date of expiry on Schedule 1.01(b).
“Extraordinary Receipts” means any cash received by or paid to or for the account of any Loan Party not in the ordinary course of business (and not consisting of proceeds described in Section 2.05(b)(ii) of this Agreement or proceeds of any Equity Issuance) and arising from tax refunds, pension plan reversions, proceeds of insurance (other than proceeds of (i) business interruption insurance to the extent such proceeds constitute compensation for lost earnings or (ii) such amounts that any Loan Party is diligently pursuing to use, or uses, to rebuild, replace or repair the property in respect of which such proceeds were received), condemnation awards (and payments in lieu thereof) (other than such amounts that any Loan Party is diligently pursuing to use, or uses, to rebuild, replace or repair the property in respect of which such proceeds were received), indemnity payments (other than
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to the extent such indemnity payments (i) are immediately payable to a Person that is not an Affiliate of any Loan Party, (ii) are received by any Loan Party as reimbursement for any payment previously made to such Person, (iii) represent the reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred with respect to third-party claims or (iv) payments in respect of internal costs) and any purchase price adjustments (other than a working capital adjustment); provided that Extraordinary Receipts shall exclude any single or related series of amounts received in an aggregate amount less than $250,000.
“Facilities” means, at any time, a collective reference to the facilities and real properties owned, leased or operated by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code and any regulations promulgated thereunder or official interpretations thereof.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the Laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes (including such a Lender when acting in the capacity of the L/C Issuer). For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to the L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof and (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
“Funded Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all obligations for borrowed money, whether current or long-term (including the Obligations, any Subordinated Indebtedness and the Convertible Notes) and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;
(b) all purchase money Indebtedness;
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(c) the principal portion of all obligations under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than customary reservations or retentions of title under agreements with suppliers entered into in the ordinary course of business);
(d) all obligations arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds (other than surety bonds issued for the account of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and for the benefit of governmental agencies or any other Persons party to the contracts with any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries) and similar instruments (other than letters of credit issued to support the contractual obligations of the Captive Insurance Subsidiaries, so long as such letters of credit are fully secured by cash of such Captive Insurance Subsidiaries);
(e) all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business) and any Earn Out Obligations;
(f) the Attributable Indebtedness of Capital Leases, Securitization Transactions and Synthetic Leases;
(g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Equity Interests in such Person or any other Person at any time prior to the Maturity Date, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends;
(h) all Funded Indebtedness of others secured by any Lien on, or payable out of the proceeds of production from, property owned or acquired by such Person (including Indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, but limited to the lower of (i) the fair market value of such property and (ii) the amount of the indebtedness secured;
(i) all Guarantees with respect to Funded Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a) through (h) above of another Person; and
(j) to the extent such Funded Indebtedness is expressly made recourse to such Person, all Funded Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer.
For purposes hereof, the amount of any direct obligation arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments shall be the maximum amount available to be drawn thereunder.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, consistently applied and as in effect from time to time.
“Governmental Approvals” means any and all Permits of each Governmental Authority issued or required under the Laws applicable to the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or necessary in the sale, furnishing, or delivery of goods or services under Laws applicable to the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
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“Governmental Reimbursement Program Cost” means with respect to and payable by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries the sum of:
(a) all amounts (including punitive and other similar amounts) agreed to be paid or payable (i) in settlements of claims or (ii) as a result of a final, non-appealable judgment, award or similar order, in each case, relating to participation in Medical Reimbursement Programs;
(b) all final, non-appealable fines, penalties, forfeitures or other amounts rendered pursuant to criminal indictments or other criminal proceedings relating to participation in Medical Reimbursement Programs; and
(c) the amount of final, non-appealable recovery, damages, awards, penalties, forfeitures or similar amounts rendered in any litigation, suit, arbitration, investigation, review or other legal or administrative proceeding of any kind relating to participation in Medical Reimbursement Programs.
“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness payable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person. The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantors” means each Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower identified as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages hereto and each other Person that joins as a Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.12, together with their successors and permitted assigns; provided, however, a Domestic Subsidiary that is an Excluded Subsidiary shall not be a Guarantor.
“Guaranty” means the Guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other holders of the Obligations pursuant to Article IV.
“Hazardous Materials” means all substances regulated as “hazardous,” “dangerous,” “toxic,” a “pollutant,” a “contaminant” or words of similar import under any applicable Environmental Law, including explosive or radioactive substances or wastes, petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas and infectious or medical wastes.
“Healthcare Laws” means all federal and state laws applicable to the business of Borrower regulating the provision of and payment for healthcare services, including HIPAA, Section 1128B(b) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 1320a-7b (Criminal Penalties Involving Medicare or State Health Care Programs), commonly referred to as the “Federal Anti-Kickback Statute,” and Section 1877 of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 1395nn (Prohibition Against Certain Referrals), commonly referred to as “Xxxxx Statute,” and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including the Medicare Regulations and the Medicaid Regulations.
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“Healthcare Permit” means a Governmental Approval required under Healthcare Laws applicable to the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or necessary in the sale, furnishing, or delivery of goods or services under Healthcare Laws applicable to the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“HHS” means the United States Department of Health and Human Services and any successor thereof.
“HIPAA” means the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-191, Aug. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 1936.
“Honor Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c).
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary whose revenues for the year immediately preceding the date of determination is less than 1% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such year.
“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all Funded Indebtedness;
(b) the Swap Termination Value of any Swap Contract;
(c) all Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a) and (b) above of any other Person; and
(d) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (c) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which the Borrower or a Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to the Borrower or such Subsidiary.
“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(b).
“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date.
“Interest Period” means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Loan Notice provided that:
(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(b) any Interest Period that begins on the last 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 Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;
(c) no Interest Period with respect to any Revolving Loan shall extend beyond the Maturity Date; and
(d) no Interest Period with respect to the Term Loan shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.
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“Interim Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(c)(ii).
“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c) an Acquisition. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
“Involuntary Disposition” means any loss of, damage to or destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking for public use of, any property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
“IP Rights” has the meaning specified in Section 6.17.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the Borrower (or any Subsidiary) with or in favor of the L/C Issuer and relating to any such Letter of Credit.
“Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G executed and delivered by a Domestic Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.12.
“Laws” means, collectively, all applicable international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, authorizations and permits of any Governmental Authority, in each case having the force of law.
“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Revolving Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage.
“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Borrowing of Revolving Loans.
“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
“L/C Issuer” means Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such
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Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“Lenders” means each of the Persons identified as a “Lender” on the signature pages hereto and their successors and assigns and, as the context requires, includes the Swing Line Lender.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit” means (a) any standby letter of credit issued hereunder and (b) any Existing Letter of Credit.
“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the L/C Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is seven days prior to the Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(h).
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and (b) $25,000,000 The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and does not include fully drawn and funded Letters of Credit; provided such funded Letters of Credit have been reimbursed in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article II in the form of a Revolving Loan, Swing Line Loan or Term Loan.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document, each Joinder Agreement, any agreement creating or perfecting rights in Cash Collateral pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.14 of this Agreement, the Collateral Documents and the Administrative Agent Fee Letter.
“Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, (b) a Borrowing of Term Loans, (c) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (d) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, in each case delivered pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
“London Banking Day” means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
“Managed Entities” means any Person for which the Borrower or any of its Affiliates provides or intends to provide management or administrative services, excluding each of the Excluded Subsidiaries (other than the Captive Insurance Subsidiaries).
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“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, assets, properties, liabilities or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents; (c) a material impairment of the ability of the Borrower or the Guarantors, taken as a whole, to perform its or their respective payment obligations under any Loan Document; or (d) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against the Borrower or the Guarantors, taken as a whole, of any Loan Document.
“Maturity Date” means March 11, 2016 (the “Original Maturity Date”); provided, however, if the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Convertible Notes is in excess of $25,000,000 on September 30, 2013, then the Maturity Date shall be automatically amended to November 15, 2013 (the “Early Maturity Date”) on such date unless the Administrative Agent shall have received, on or before such date, unrestricted cash collateral in an aggregate amount sufficient to repay the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Convertible Notes as of September 30, 2013 pursuant to the terms of the Cash Collateral Agreement; provided, further, however, if (x) the Borrower reduces the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Convertible Notes to an amount less than $25,000,000 on a date prior to the Early Maturity Date, (y) the Borrower has availability under the Aggregate Revolving Commitments plus unrestricted cash of the Loan Parties in an amount at least equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Convertible Notes on such date and (z) there is no Default or Event of Default in existence on such date, then the Maturity Date shall automatically be extended from the Early Maturity Date back to the Original Maturity Date.
“Medicaid” means that government-sponsored entitlement program under Title XIX, P.L. 89-97 of the Social Security Act, which provides federal grants to states for medical assistance based on specific eligibility criteria, as set forth on Section 1396, et seq. of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended, and any statute succeeding thereto.
“Medicaid Provider Agreement” means an agreement entered into between a state agency or other such entity administering the Medicaid program and a health care provider or supplier under which the health care provider or supplier agrees to provide items and services for Medicaid patients in accordance with the terms of the agreement and Medicaid Regulations.
“Medicaid Regulations” means, collectively, (i) all federal statutes (whether set forth in Title XIX of the Social Security Act or elsewhere) affecting the medical assistance program established by Title XIX of the Social Security Act and any statutes succeeding thereto; (ii) all applicable provisions of all federal rules, regulations, manuals and orders of all Governmental Authorities promulgated pursuant to or in connection with the statutes described in clause (i) above and all federal administrative, reimbursement and other guidelines of all Governmental Authorities having the force of law promulgated pursuant to or in connection with the statutes described in clause (i) above; (iii) all state statutes and plans for medical assistance enacted in connection with the statutes and provisions described in clauses (i) and (ii) above; and (iv) all applicable provisions of all rules, regulations, manuals and orders of all Governmental Authorities promulgated pursuant to or in connection with the statutes described in clause (iii) above and all state administrative, reimbursement and other guidelines of all Governmental Authorities having the force of law promulgated pursuant to or in connection with the statutes described in clause (iii) above, in each case as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Medical Reimbursement Programs” means a collective reference to Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE and any other health care program operated by or financed in whole or in part by any foreign or domestic federal, state or local government and any other non-government funded third party payor programs.
“Medicare” means that government-sponsored insurance program under Title XVIII, P.L. 89-97, of the Social Security Act, which provides for a health insurance system for eligible elderly and disabled individuals, as set forth at Section 1395, et seq. of Title 42 of the United States Code as amended, and any statute succeeding thereto.
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“Medicare Provider Agreement” means an agreement entered into between CMS or other such entity administering the Medicare program on behalf of CMS, and a health care provider or supplier under which the health care provider or supplier agrees to provide items and services for Medicare patients in accordance with the terms of the agreement and Medicare Regulations.
“Medicare Regulations” means, collectively, all federal statutes (whether set forth in Title XVIII of the Social Security Act or elsewhere) affecting the health insurance program for the aged and disabled established by Title XVIII of the Social Security Act and any statutes succeeding thereto; together with all applicable provisions of all rules, regulations, manuals and orders and administrative, reimbursement and other guidelines having the force of law of all Governmental Authorities (including CMS, the OIG, HHS, or any person succeeding to the functions of any of the foregoing) promulgated pursuant to or in connection with any of the foregoing having the force of law, as each may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“MLPF&S” means Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, in its capacity as joint lead arranger and book manager.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Mortgaged Property” means any real property that is owned by a Loan Party and is subject to a Mortgage.
“Mortgages” means the mortgages, deeds of trust or deeds to secure debt that purport to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, a security interest in the fee interest of any Loan Party in real property (other than Excluded Property).
“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
“Multiple Employer Plan” means a Plan which has two or more contributing sponsors (including the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means the cash proceeds or Cash Equivalents actually received by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in respect of any Disposition, Equity Issuance, Debt Issuance or Involuntary Disposition, net of (a) direct costs incurred by any Loan Party in connection therewith (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions), (b) taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, (c) the amount of all required payments owing in respect of any Indebtedness that is secured by the asset subject to such Disposition or Involuntary Disposition or that is otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents), (d) the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any obligation to make earn out or other contingency payments (including purchase price adjustments, non-competition and consulting agreements, or other indemnity obligations) or any other liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to clause (b) above) (x) related to any of the applicable assets and (y) retained by the Borrower or any Guarantor, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations (however, the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be receipt of Net Cash Proceeds of such Disposition occurring on the date of such reduction); it being understood that “Net Cash Proceeds” shall include, without limitation, any cash or Cash Equivalents actually received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received, but only as and when so received, by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in any Disposition, Equity Issuance, Debt Issuance or Involuntary Disposition.
“Note” or “Notes” means the Revolving Notes, the Swing Line Note and/or the Term Notes, individually or collectively, as the context may require.
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“Obligations” means (i) all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding, and (ii) (a) all obligations under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Swap Bank that is permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 8.03(d) and (b) all obligations under any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Treasury Management Bank.
“OIG” means the Office of Inspector General of HHS and any successor thereof.
“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Original Maturity Date” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Maturity Date”.
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to any Term Loans, Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of any Term Loans, Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by or on behalf of the Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts.
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(d).
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(d).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.
“Pension Act” means the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
“Pension Funding Rules” means the rules of the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and set forth in, with respect to plan years ending prior to the effective date of the Pension Act, Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code and Section 302 of ERISA, each as in effect prior to the Pension Act and, thereafter, Section 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Internal Revenue Code and Sections 302, 303, 3004 and 305 of ERISA.
“Pension Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (including a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by the Borrower and any ERISA Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code.
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“Permit” means any governmental license, authorization, registration, permit, drug or device authorization and approval, certificate, franchise, qualification, accreditation, consent and approval required under any applicable Law in order for any Person to carry on its business as now conducted.
“Permitted Acquisitions” means Investments consisting of an Acquisition by any Loan Party, provided that (i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such Acquisition, (ii) a substantial portion of the property acquired (or a substantial portion of the property of the Person acquired) in such Acquisition is used or useful in the same or a related line of business as the Borrower and its Subsidiaries were engaged in on the Closing Date (or any reasonable extensions or expansions thereof), (iii) the Administrative Agent shall have received all items in respect of the Equity Interests or property acquired in such Acquisition required to be delivered by the terms of Section 7.12 and/or Section 7.14, (iv) in the case of an Acquisition of the Equity Interests of another Person, the board of directors (or other comparable governing body) of such other Person shall have duly approved such Acquisition, (v) if in an amount greater than $10,000,000, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a Pro Forma Compliance Certificate demonstrating that, upon giving effect to such Acquisition on a Pro Forma Basis, the Loan Parties would be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.11 as of the most recent fiscal quarter for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b), (vi) the representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in each Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as if made as of the date of such Acquisition (after giving effect thereto) except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, (vii) if such transaction involves the purchase of an interest in a partnership between the Borrower (or a Subsidiary) as a general partner and entities unaffiliated with the Borrower or such Subsidiary as the other partners, such transaction shall be effected by having such equity interest acquired by a corporate holding company directly or indirectly wholly-owned by the Borrower newly formed for the sole purpose of effecting such transaction, and (viii) immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition, there shall be availability under the Aggregate Revolving Commitments plus unrestricted cash of the Loan Parties of at least $25,000,000.
“Permitted Investments” means, at any time, Investments by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries permitted to exist at such time pursuant to the terms of Section 8.02.
“Permitted Liens” means, at any time, Liens in respect of property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries permitted to exist at such time pursuant to the terms of Section 8.01.
“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, Indebtedness issued or incurred (including by means of the extension, renewal, exchange or replacement of existing Indebtedness permitted hereunder) to refinance, refund, extend, renew, exchange or replace existing Indebtedness permitted hereunder (“Refinanced Indebtedness”); provided, that (a) such Indebtedness is not greater than the principal amount of such Refinanced Indebtedness plus the amount of any premiums or penalties and accrued and unpaid interest paid thereon and any fees, expenses, committed or undrawn amounts, underwriting discounts and commissions and original issue discounts, in each case associated with such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal, exchange or replacement, (b) such refinancing, refunding, extending, renewing or replacing Indebtedness has a final maturity that is no sooner than, and a weighted average life to maturity that is no shorter than, such Refinanced Indebtedness, (c) if such Refinanced Indebtedness or any Guarantees thereof are subordinated to the Obligations, such refinancing, refunding, extending, renewing, exchanging or replacing Indebtedness and any Guarantees thereof remain so subordinated on terms, taken as a whole, not materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders (as reasonably determined by the board of directors of the Borrower) and (d) such Indebtedness is on terms and conditions taken as a whole not materially more adverse to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than the terms of the Refinanced Indebtedness.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
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“Plan” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Plan), maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or any such Plan to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.
“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.
“Pledge Agreement” means the pledge agreement dated as of the Closing Date executed in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, by each of the Loan Parties, as amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Pro Forma Basis” means, for purposes of calculating the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.11 (including for purposes of determining the Applicable Rate), that any Disposition, Involuntary Disposition, Acquisition or Restricted Payment shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the most recent four fiscal quarter period preceding the date of such transaction for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b). In connection with the foregoing, (i)(a) with respect to any Disposition or Involuntary Disposition, income statement and cash flow statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property disposed of shall be excluded to the extent relating to any period occurring prior to the date of such transaction and (b) with respect to any Acquisition, income statement items attributable to the Person or property acquired shall be included to the extent relating to any period applicable in such calculations to the extent (A) such items are not otherwise included in such income statement items for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP or in accordance with any defined terms set forth in Section 1.01 and (B) such items are supported by financial statements or other information satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (ii) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including the Person or property acquired) in connection with such transaction (A) shall be deemed to have been incurred as of the first day of the applicable period and (B) if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination.
“Pro Forma Compliance Certificate” means a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower containing reasonably detailed calculations of the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.11 as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b) after giving effect to the applicable transaction on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(c).
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the thirty-day notice period has been waived.
“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Loans, a Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, at least three Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of (a) the unfunded Commitments, the outstanding Loans, L/C Obligations and participations therein or (b) if the Commitments have been terminated, the outstanding Loans, L/C Obligations and participations therein. The unfunded Commitments of, and the outstanding Loans held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
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“Required Revolving Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, at least three Revolving Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of the (a) the unfunded Revolving Commitments, the outstanding Revolving Loans, the outstanding Swing Line Loans, L/C Obligations and participations therein and (b) if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the outstanding Revolving Loans, the outstanding Swing Line Loans, L/C Obligations and participations therein. The unfunded Revolving Commitments of, and the outstanding Revolving Loans held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving Lenders.
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of the applicable Loan Party, or any other officer of such Loan Party designated by any such Person in writing to the Administrative Agent from time to time, acting singly, and, solely for purposes of the delivery of certificates pursuant to Sections 5.01 or 7.12(b), the secretary or any assistant secretary of a Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests or on account of any return of capital to the Borrower’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof), or any setting apart of funds or property for any of the foregoing.
“Revolving Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01, (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
“Revolving Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Commitment at such time.
“Revolving Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).
“Revolving Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(a).
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person whereby the Loan Party or such Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Securitization Transaction” means, with respect to any Person, any financing transaction or series of financing transactions (including factoring arrangements) pursuant to which such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person may sell, convey or otherwise transfer, or grant a security interest in, accounts, payments, receivables, rights to future lease payments or residuals or similar rights to payment to a special purpose subsidiary or affiliate of such Person.
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“Security Agreement” means the security agreement dated as of the Closing Date executed in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, by each of the Loan Parties, as amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Social Security Act” means the Social Security Act of 1965.
“Solvent” or “Solvency” means, with respect to any Person as of a particular date, that on such date (a) such Person is able to pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business, (b) 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 in their ordinary course, (c) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which such Person is engaged or is to engage, (d) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person and (e) 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. In computing the amount of contingent liabilities at any time, it is intended that such liabilities will be computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
“STRH” means SunTrust Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc.
“Subordinated Indebtedness” means unsecured Indebtedness of any Loan Party that is subordinated to the prior payment and satisfaction of the Obligations pursuant to subordination provisions reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders.
“Subordinated Indebtedness Documents” means any agreement evidencing Subordinated Indebtedness and all guaranty agreements and other documents, agreements and instruments executed in connection therewith.
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of Voting Stock is at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Swap Bank” means (a) any Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time that it becomes a party to a Swap Contract with any Loan Party and (b) any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that is party to a Swap Contract with any Loan Party in existence on the Closing Date, in each case to the extent permitted by Section 8.03(d).
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
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“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s) and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the xxxx-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
“Swing Line Lender” means Bank of America in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.
“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).
“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Borrowing of Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“Swing Line Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(a).
“Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $10,000,000 and (b) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.
“Synthetic Lease” means any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing arrangement whereby the arrangement is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease or does not otherwise appear on a balance sheet under GAAP.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b).
“Term Loan Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to make its portion of the Term Loan to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b), in the amount, if any, set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Term Loan Commitment”. The aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan Commitments of all of the Lenders as in effect on the Closing Date is ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($100,000,000).
“Term Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(a).
“Threshold Amount” means $7,500,000.
“Total Revolving Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Loans, all Swing Line Loans and all L/C Obligations.
“Treasury Management Agreement” means any agreement governing the provision of treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts, overdraft, credit purchasing or debit card, funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services and other cash management services.
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“Treasury Management Bank” means (a) any Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time that it becomes a party to a Treasury Management Agreement with any Loan Party and (b) any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that is a party to a Treasury Management Agreement with any Loan Party in existence on the Closing Date.
“TRICARE” means the United States Department of Defense health care program for service families (including TRICARE Prime, TRICARE Extra and TRICARE Standard), and any successor or predecessor thereof.
“Type” means, with respect to any Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person, Equity Interests issued by such Person the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even though the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means any Person 100% of whose Equity Interests are at the time owned by the Borrower directly or indirectly through other Persons 100% of whose Equity Interests are at the time owned, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower.
1.02 | Other Interpretive Provisions. |
With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “hereto”, “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”
(c) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
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1.03 | Accounting Terms. |
(a) Generally. Except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein, all accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements; provided, however, that calculations of Attributable Indebtedness under any Synthetic Lease or the implied interest component of any Synthetic Lease shall be made by the Borrower in accordance with accepted financial practice and consistent with the terms of such Synthetic Lease.
(b) Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
(c) Calculations. Notwithstanding the above, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that all calculations of the financial covenants in Section 8.11 (including for purposes of determining the Applicable Rate) shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis.
1.04 | Rounding. |
Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
1.05 | Times of Day. |
Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.06 | Letter of Credit Amounts. |
Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
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ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
2.01 | Commitments. |
(a) Revolving Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “Revolving Loan”) to the Borrower in Dollars from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Borrowing of Revolving Loans, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations plus such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. Within the limits of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01. Revolving Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, or a combination thereof, as further provided herein.
(b) Term Loan. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, including Section 2.02(f)(ii), each Lender severally agrees to make its portion of a term loan (the “Term Loan”) to the Borrower in Dollars on the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment. Amounts repaid on the Term Loan may not be reborrowed. The Term Loan may consist of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans or a combination thereof, as further provided herein.
2.02 | Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans. |
(a) Each Borrowing of Revolving Loans, each Borrowing of Term Loan, each conversion of Revolving Loans or Term Loan from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (Noon) (i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of, Eurodollar Rate Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans, and (ii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, with respect to a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, the remaining available amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments). Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, with respect to a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, the remaining available amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments). Each Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, a Borrowing of Term Loan, a conversion of Revolving Loans or Term Loan from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Term Loan or Revolving Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of a Loan in a Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Term Loan or Revolving Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month
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(b) Following receipt of a Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Applicable Percentage of the applicable Revolving Loans or Term Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans as described in Section 2.02(a). In the case of a Borrowing of Revolving Loans or a Borrowing of Term Loan, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 2:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension on the Closing Date, Section 5.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided, however, that if, on the date a Loan Notice with respect to a Borrowing of Revolving Loans is given by the Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings and second, shall be made available to the Borrower as provided above.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan. During the existence of a Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in Bank of America’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.
(e) After giving effect to all Borrowings of Revolving Loans, all Borrowings of Term Loan, all conversions of Revolving Loans or Term Loan from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Revolving Loans or Term Loan as the same Type, there shall not be more than 5 Interest Periods in effect with respect to all Revolving Loans and the Term Loan, unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(f) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time, upon prior written notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, increase the Commitments (but not the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit) by a maximum aggregate amount of up to EIGHTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($85,000,000) as follows:
(i) Increase in Aggregate Revolving Commitments. The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, upon prior written notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent increase the Aggregate Revolving Commitments (but not the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit) with additional Revolving Commitments from any existing Lender with a Revolving Commitment or new Revolving Commitments from any other Person selected by the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer; provided that:
(A) any such increase shall be in a minimum principal amount of $10,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof;
(B) no Default or Event of Default shall exist and be continuing at the time of any such increase;
(C) no existing Lender shall be under any obligation to increase its Commitment and any such decision whether to increase its Commitment shall be in such Lender’s sole and absolute discretion;
(D)(1) any new Lender shall join this Agreement by executing such joinder documents reasonably required by the Administrative Agent and/or (2) any existing Lender electing to increase its Commitment shall have executed a commitment agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
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(E) as a condition precedent to such increase, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the date of such increase (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (1) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase, and (2) in the case of the Borrower, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (x) the representations and warranties contained in Article VI and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such increase, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.02(f), the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 6.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 7.01, and (y) no Default or Event of Default exists.
The Borrower shall prepay any Loans owing by it and outstanding on the date of any such increase (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05) to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Loans ratable with any revised Commitments arising from any nonratable increase in the Commitments under this Section.
(ii) Increase in Term Loan Commitments. The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, upon prior written notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent increase the Term Loan with additional Term Loan Commitments from any existing Lender or any other Person selected by the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided that:
(A) any such increase shall be in a minimum principal amount of $10,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof;
(B) no Default or Event of Default shall exist and be continuing at the time of any such increase;
(C) no existing Lender shall be under any obligation to increase its Commitment and any such decision whether to increase its Commitment shall be in such Lender’s sole and absolute discretion;
(D)(1) any new Lender shall join this Agreement by executing such joinder documents reasonably required by the Administrative Agent and/or (2) any existing Lender electing to increase its Commitment shall have executed a commitment agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(E) as a condition precedent to such increase, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the date of such increase (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (1) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase, and (2) in the case of the Borrower, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (x) the representations and warranties contained in Article VI and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such increase, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.02(f), the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 6.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 7.01, and (y) no Default or Event of Default exists.
The Borrower shall prepay any Loans owing by it and outstanding on the date of any such increase (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05) to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Loans ratable with any revised Commitments arising from any nonratable increase in the Commitments under this Section.
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2.03 | Letters of Credit. |
(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars for the account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries pursuant to this Section 2.03 and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Revolving Lender, plus such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations plus such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment and (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. Furthermore, each Revolving Lender acknowledges and confirms that it has a participation interest in the liability of the L/C Issuer under the Existing Letters of Credit in a percentage equal to its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Revolving Loans. The Borrower’s reimbursement obligations in respect of the Existing Letters of Credit, and each Revolving Lender’s obligations in connection therewith, shall be governed by the terms of this Agreement.
(ii) The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Required Revolving Lenders have approved such expiry date; or
(B) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving Lenders have approved such expiry date.
(iii) The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or direct that the L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it;
(B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;
(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $100,000;
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(D) such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars; or
(E) any Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless the L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.15(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which the L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion.
(iv) The L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(v) The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(vi) The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article X with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article X included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.
(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least five (5) Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit; and (H) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained
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in Article V shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Revolving Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 5.02 is not then satisfied, and in each case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.
(iv) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of drawing under such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. Provided that the Borrower has received notice prior to 11:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and if Borrower receives notice of such payment after such time, the Borrower shall make such payment not later than 11:00 a.m. on the first Business Day following receipt of such notice. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of a Revolving Loan, which shall be a Base Rate Loan to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (other than the delivery of a Loan Notice) and provided that, after giving effect to such Borrowing, the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments. Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
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(ii) Each Revolving Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Revolving Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.
(iv) Until each Revolving Lender funds its Revolving Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the L/C Issuer in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Lender such Revolving Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Revolving Lender its Applicable Revolving Credit
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Percentage thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Revolving Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Revolving Lenders under this clause (d)(ii) shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such 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; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv) any payment by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or
(v) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will immediately notify the L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Revolving Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by such Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or
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omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders, the Revolving Lenders or the Required Revolving Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by the L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or the L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit unless the L/C Issuer is prevented or prohibited from so paying as a result of any order or directive of any court or other Governmental Authority. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(g) Applicability of ISP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), the rules of the ISP shall apply to each Letter of Credit.
(h) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage a fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate times the daily amount available to be maximum drawn under such Letter of Credit; provided, however, any Letter of Credit Fees otherwise payable for the account of a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender has not provided Cash Collateral satisfactory to the L/C Issuer pursuant to this Section 2.03 shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, to the other Revolving Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Applicable Revolving Credit Percentages allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.15(a)(iv), the balance of such fee, if any, shall be payable to the L/C Issuer for its own account. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears and (ii) due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the request of the Required Revolving Lenders while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.
(i) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit, at the rate per annum specified in the Administrative Agent Fee Letter, computed on the actual daily maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit). Such fronting fee shall accrue on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fee shall be
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due and payable on the tenth Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December in respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable within five (5) Business Days of demand and are nonrefundable.
(j) Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
(k) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
2.04 | Swing Line Loans. |
(a) Swing Line Facility. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, may in its sole discretion make loans (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to the Borrower in Dollars from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments at such time, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Revolving Lender, at such time, plus such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations at such time, plus such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans at such time shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and provided, further, that the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Borrowing of Swing Line Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum principal amount of $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the remaining available amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments), and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic
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Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Borrowing of Swing Line Loans (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Article V is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower.
(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.
(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably requests and authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (other than the delivery of a Loan Notice) and provided that, after giving effect to such Borrowing, the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the amount specified in such Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral available with respect to the applicable Swing Line Loan) for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Revolving Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.
(iii) If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Swing Line Lender in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(iv) Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Revolving Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any other
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Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.02. No such purchase or funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after any Revolving Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Revolving Lender its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the Revolving Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Revolving Lender funds its Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.
2.05 | Prepayments. |
(a) Voluntary Prepayments.
(i) Revolving Loans and Term Loan. The Borrower may, upon notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Revolving Loans and/or the Term Loan in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (A) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (1) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (2) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (B) any such prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding); and (C) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding). Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurodollar Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans and whether the Loans to be prepaid are the Revolving Loans and/or the Term Loan. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount
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specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein; provided, however, that, subject to Section 3.05, a notice of voluntary prepayment may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or the receipt of the proceeds from the issuance of other Indebtedness, in which case such notice of prepayment may be revoked by the Borrower if such condition is not satisfied. Any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Subject to Section 2.15, each such prepayment shall be applied to the Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages. Each such voluntary prepayment of the Term Loan shall be applied to the Term Loan as directed by Borrower until the Term Loan has been paid in full.
(ii) Swing Line Loans. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (ii) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding). Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein; provided, however, that a notice of voluntary prepayment may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or the receipt of the proceeds from the issuance of other Indebtedness, in which case such notice of prepayment may be revoked by the Borrower if such condition is not satisfied.
(b) Mandatory Prepayments of Loans.
(i) Revolving Commitments. If for any reason the Total Revolving Outstandings at any time exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments then in effect, the Borrower shall promptly prepay Revolving Loans and/or the Swing Line Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(i) unless after the prepayment in full of the Revolving Loans and the Swing Line Loans the Total Revolving Outstandings exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments then in effect.
(ii) Dispositions and Involuntary Dispositions. If (x) the Borrower or any Guarantor Disposes of any property (excluding Equity Interests of the Borrower) and the amount of the Net Cash Proceeds of all such Dispositions exceeds $2,000,000 in the aggregate or (y) any Involuntary Disposition of any property of any Loan Party occurs and the amount of the Net Cash Proceeds for all Involuntary Dispositions realized exceeds $2,000,000 in the aggregate, the Borrower shall prepay, on or prior to the date that is five (5) Business Days after the date of realization or receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, the Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as hereafter provided in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds; provided, however, that, with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds realized under a Disposition or Involuntary Disposition described in this Section 2.05(b)(ii), at the election of the Borrower, and so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower or such Guarantor may use all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds to (x) reinvest in assets of the type used in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or (y) acquire the Equity Interests of any Person that, upon the acquisition thereof, will be a Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower (to the extent such acquisition is otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 8.02), in each case, so long as (A) the Borrower or such Guarantor shall have reinvested or entered into an agreement to reinvest such assets or acquire Equity Interests with such Net Cash Proceeds within 365 days after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds and (B) such purchase shall have been consummated within 450 days after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds; provided, further, however, that any Net Cash Proceeds not so applied within such 365 or 450 day period, as applicable, shall be promptly applied to the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in clause (v) below.
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(iii) Debt Issuances. Promptly upon receipt by any Loan Party of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Debt Issuance, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as hereafter provided in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds (such prepayment to be applied as set forth in clause (v) below).
(iv) Extraordinary Receipts. Promptly upon receipt by any Loan Party of any Extraordinary Receipts, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as hereafter provided in an aggregate amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Extraordinary Receipts (such prepayment shall be applied as set forth in clause (v) below).
(v) Application of Mandatory Prepayments. All amounts required to be paid pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) shall be applied as follows:
(A) with respect to all amounts prepaid pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(i), to Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans and (after all Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans have been repaid) to Cash Collateralize L/C Obligations;
(B) with respect to all amounts prepaid pursuant to Sections 2.05(b)(ii), (iii), and (iv) first to the Term Loan (ratably to the remaining principal amortization payments of the Term Loan), then (after the Term Loan has been paid in full) to the Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans and then (after all Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans have been repaid) to Cash Collateralize L/C Obligations (without a corresponding permanent reduction in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments);
(C) with respect to all amounts prepaid pursuant to Sections 2.05(b)(ii), (iii) and (iv), after the application of proceeds pursuant to subclauses (A) and (B) above, the balance, if any, to the Loan Parties, as directed by the Borrower.
Within the parameters of the applications set forth above, prepayments shall be applied first to Base Rate Loans and then to Eurodollar Rate Loans in direct order of Interest Period maturities. All prepayments under this Section 2.05(b) shall be subject to Section 3.05, but otherwise without premium or penalty, and shall be accompanied by interest on the principal amount prepaid through the date of prepayment.
2.06 | Termination or Reduction of Aggregate Revolving Commitments. |
(a) Optional Reductions. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Revolving Commitments to an amount not less than the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon three (3) Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $2,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (iii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce (A) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Revolving Outstandings would exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (B) the Letter of Credit Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto, the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations not fully Cash Collateralized hereunder would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, or (C) the Swing Line Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Outstanding Amount of Swing Line Loans would exceed the Swing Line Sublimit. Each notice of termination shall specify such election to terminate and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. A notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.06 may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or the receipt of proceeds from the issuance of other Indebtedness, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.
(b) Mandatory Reductions. If after giving effect to any reduction or termination of Revolving Commitments under this Section 2.06, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceed the Aggregate
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Revolving Commitments at such time, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit, as the case may be, shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.
(c) Notice. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any termination or reduction of the Letter of Credit Sublimit, Swing Line Sublimit or the Aggregate Revolving Commitments under this Section 2.06. Upon any reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, the Revolving Commitment of each Lender shall be reduced by such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such reduction amount. All fees in respect of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.
2.07 | Repayment of Loans. |
(a) Revolving Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding on such date.
(b) Swing Line Loans. The Borrower shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to occur of (i) the date within one (1) Business Day of demand therefor by the Swing Line Lender and (ii) the Maturity Date.
(c) Term Loan. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Term Loan Lenders holding a portion of the Term Loan (i) on the dates set forth below, an aggregate principal amount equal to the percentage set forth below opposite such month of the aggregate gross principal amount of the Term Loan (as such installments may hereafter be adjusted as a result of the application of prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.05) and (ii) on the Maturity Date, the aggregate gross principal amount of the Term Loan outstanding on such date, unless accelerated sooner pursuant to Section 9.02:
Payment Dates | Principal Amortization Payment (% of Term Loan outstanding on the Closing Date plus the initial amount of any Term Loans funded pursuant to Section 2.02(f)(ii)) | |
June 30, 2011 |
2.5% | |
September 30, 2011 |
2.5% | |
December 31, 2011 |
2.5% | |
March 31, 2012 |
2.5% | |
June 30, 2012 |
2.5% | |
September 30, 2012 |
2.5% | |
December 31, 2012 |
2.5% | |
March 31, 2013 |
2.5% | |
June 30, 2013 |
3.75% | |
September 30, 2013 |
3.75% | |
December 31, 2013 |
3.75% | |
March 31, 2014 |
3.75% | |
June 30, 2014 |
3.75% | |
September 30, 2014 |
3.75% | |
December 31, 2014 |
3.75% | |
March 31, 2015 |
3.75% | |
June 30, 2015 |
5% | |
September 30, 2015 |
5% | |
December 31, 2015 |
5% | |
Maturity Date |
Outstanding Principal Balance of Term Loan |
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2.08 | Interest. |
(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period applicable thereto at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate, (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate and (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
(b)(i) If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, all outstanding Obligations hereunder shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(ii) If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) is not paid when due (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(iii) Upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(iv) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
2.09 | Fees. |
In addition to certain fees described in subsections (h) and (i) of Section 2.03:
(a) Commitment Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage, a commitment fee (the “Commitment Fee”) at a rate per annum equal to the product of (i) the Applicable Rate times (ii) the actual daily amount by which the Aggregate Revolving Commitments exceed the sum of (y) the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans and (z) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.15. The Commitment Fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article V is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Maturity Date; provided, that (A) no Commitment Fee shall accrue on the Revolving Commitment of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender and (B) any Commitment Fee accrued with respect to the Revolving Commitment of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. The Commitment Fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect. For purposes of clarification, Swing Line Loans shall not be considered outstanding for purposes of determining the unused portion of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.
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(b) Administrative Agent Fee Letter. The Borrower shall pay to Bank of America for its own account fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Administrative Agent Fee Letter. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall be non-refundable for any reason whatsoever, absent manifest error.
2.10 | Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate. |
(a) All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate) shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(b) If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of the Borrower or for any other reason, the Borrower or the Lenders determine that (i) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as calculated by the Borrower as of any applicable date or dates (the “Recalculation Period”) was inaccurate and (ii) a proper calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio would have resulted in higher pricing for such Recalculation Period, the Borrower shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, promptly on demand by the Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, automatically and without further action by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer), 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. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under Section 2.03(c)(iii), 2.03(i) or 2.08(b) or under Article IX. The Borrower’s obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Commitments of all of the Lenders and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.
2.11 | Evidence of Debt. |
(a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender and amounts of principal and interest payable or paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in accordance with its respective usual practice. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a promissory note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each such promissory note shall (i) in the case of Revolving Loans, be in the form of Exhibit C (a “Revolving Note”), (ii) in the case of Swing Line Loans, be in the form of Exhibit D (a “Swing Line Note”), and (iii) in the case of the Term Loan, be in the form of Exhibit E (a “Term Note”). Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection (a), each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between
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the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
(c) The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall promptly provide copies of the accounts and records maintained in accordance this Section 2.11 to the Borrower at its reasonable request.
2.12 | Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback. |
(a) General. All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. Subject to the definition of “Interest Period”, if any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, such due date shall be extended to the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
(b)(i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand (without duplication) such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the Loans constituting such Borrowing. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. In the event the Borrower pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall reduce the principal amount of such Borrowing. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
(ii) Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Appropriate Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Appropriate Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally
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agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(c) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article V are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
(d) Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 11.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 11.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 11.04(c).
(e) Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
2.13 | Sharing of Payments by Lenders. |
If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of the Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans held by it (excluding any amounts applied by the Swing Line Lender to outstanding Swing Line Loans) resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Loans or participations and accrued interest thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and subparticipations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and other amounts owing them, provided that:
(i) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and
(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), (y) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.14 or (z) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).
Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such
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Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.
2.14 | Cash Collateral. |
(a) Certain Credit Support Events. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer (i) if the L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing or (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, promptly upon the request of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to cover all Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.15(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).
(b) Grant of Security Interest. All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked deposit accounts at the Administrative Agent and may be invested in readily available Cash Equivalents selected by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion. The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Lender, such Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders (including the Swing Line Lender) and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 2.14(c). If at any time the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the applicable Fronting Exposure and other obligations secured thereby, then the Borrower or the relevant Defaulting Lender will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency.
(c) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.14 or Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.15 or 9.02 in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans shall be held and applied in satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, Swing Line Loans, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may be provided herein.
(d) Release. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender) or (ii) the Administrative Agent’s good faith determination that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) that Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party shall not be released during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default (and following application as provided in this Section 2.14 may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section 9.03) and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.
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2.15 | Defaulting Lenders. |
(a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:
(i) Waivers and Amendment. The Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 11.01.
(ii) Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amount received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article IX or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 11.08), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, to be held as Cash Collateral for future funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Swing Line Loan or Letter of Credit; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, that, if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans or L/C Borrowings were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to the pay the Loans of, and L/C Borrowings owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Borrowings owed to, that Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.15(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(iii) Certain Fees. The Defaulting Lender (x) shall not be entitled to receive any Commitment Fee pursuant to Section 2.09(a) for any period during which such Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to such Defaulting Lender) and (y) shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit Fees as provided in Section 2.03(h).
(iv) Reallocation of Applicable Percentages to Reduce Fronting Exposure. During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans pursuant to Sections 2.03 and 2.04, the “Applicable Percentage” of each non-Defaulting Lender shall be computed without giving effect to the Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided, that, (x) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default or Event of Default exists; and (y) the aggregate obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans shall not exceed the
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positive difference, if any, of (1) the Commitment of that non-Defaulting Lender minus (2) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of that Lender.
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Revolving Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Applicable Percentages (without giving effect to Section 2.15(a)(iv)), whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided, that, no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; provided, further, that, except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender having been a Defaulting Lender.
ARTICLE III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
3.01 | Taxes. |
(a) Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes. (i) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Loan Parties hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall to the extent permitted by applicable Laws be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes. If, however, applicable Laws require the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to withhold or deduct any Tax, such Tax shall be withheld or deducted in accordance with such Laws as determined by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, upon the basis of the information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to subsection (e) below.
(ii) If the Borrower or the Administrative Agent shall be required by the Internal Revenue Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes, including both United States Federal backup withholding and withholding taxes, from any payment, then (A) the Administrative Agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by the Administrative Agent to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) the Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Loan Parties shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law.
(c) Tax Indemnifications. (i) Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, the Loan Parties shall, and do hereby, jointly and severally, indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the L/C Issuer, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) withheld or deducted by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. The
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Loan Parties shall also, and do hereby, jointly and severally, indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender or the L/C Issuer for any reason fails to pay indefeasibly to the Administrative Agent as required by clause (ii) of this subsection. A certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(ii) Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, each Lender and the L/C Issuer shall, and does hereby, indemnify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, against any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities, penalties, interest and expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Borrower or the Administrative Agent by any Governmental Authority as a result of the failure by such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to deliver, or as a result of the inaccuracy, inadequacy or deficiency of, any documentation required to be delivered by such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (e). Each Lender and the L/C Issuer hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii). The agreements in this clause (ii) shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or the L/C Issuer, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
(d) Evidence of Payments. Upon request by any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party or by the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 3.01, each Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by Laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.
(e) Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation. (i) Each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable Laws or when reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable Laws or by the taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and such other reasonably requested information as will permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not payments made hereunder or under any other Loan Documents are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such Lender’s entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise to establish such Lender’s status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Borrower is resident for tax purposes in the United States,
(A) any Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or such other documentation or information prescribed by applicable Laws or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements; and
(B) each Foreign Lender that is entitled under the Internal Revenue Code or any applicable treaty to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as
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shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:
(I) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,
(II) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,
(III) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY and all required supporting documentation,
(IV) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, (x) a certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code and (y) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, or
(V) executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable Laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
(iii) Each Lender shall promptly (A) notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and (B) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws of any jurisdiction that the Borrower or the Administrative Agent make any withholding or deduction for taxes from amounts payable to such Lender.
(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. Unless required by applicable Laws, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender or the L/C Issuer, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be. If the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Loan Party or with respect to which any Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to such Loan Party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Loan Party under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that each Loan Party, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, agrees to repay the amount paid over to such Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer in the event the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.
3.02 | Illegality. |
If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans
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whose interest is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.
3.03 | Inability to Determine Rates. |
If the Required Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any request for a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof that (a) Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan, or (c) the Eurodollar Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to the Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and all Lenders. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Eurodollar Rate component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Administrative Agent revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.
3.04 | Increased Costs. |
(a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the Eurodollar Rate) or the L/C Issuer;
(ii) subject any Lender or the L/C Issuer to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender or the L/C Issuer in respect thereof (except
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for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 3.01 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or the L/C Issuer); or
(iii) impose on any Lender or the L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Loan the interest on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or the L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or the L/C Issuer, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or the L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or the L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or the L/C Issuer setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for and calculation of the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six months prior to the date that such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
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3.05 | Compensation for Losses. |
Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any breakage cost incurred by it as a result of:
(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);
(b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower; or
(c) any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 11.13;
including any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained, but excluding any loss of anticipated profits. The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Base Rate used in determining the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so funded.
3.06 | Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. |
(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then such Lender or the L/C Issuer shall, as applicable, use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the good faith judgment of such Lender or the L/C Issuer, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or the L/C Issuer in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, the Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 11.13.
3.07 | Survival. |
All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder and resignation of the Administrative Agent.
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ARTICLE IV
GUARANTY
4.01 | The Guaranty. |
Each of the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantees to each Lender, each Swap Bank, each Treasury Management Bank, and the Administrative Agent as hereinafter provided, as primary obligor and not as surety, the prompt payment of the Obligations in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory Cash Collateralization or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof. The Guarantors hereby further agree that if any of the Obligations are not paid in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory Cash Collateralization or otherwise), the Guarantors will, jointly and severally, promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory Cash Collateralization or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any other of the Loan Documents, Swap Contracts or Treasury Management Agreements, the obligations of each Guarantor under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render such obligations subject to avoidance under the Debtor Relief Laws or any comparable provisions of any applicable state law.
4.02 | Obligations Unconditional. |
The obligations of the Guarantors under Section 4.01 are joint and several, absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents, Swap Contracts or Treasury Management Agreements, or any other agreement or instrument referred to therein, or any substitution, release, impairment or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, irrespective of any law or regulation or other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 4.02 that the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances. Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution against the Borrower or any other Guarantor for amounts paid under this Article IV until such time as the Obligations (other than in respect of unasserted indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations that survive the termination of this Agreement or obligations and liabilities under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Swap Bank or any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Treasury Management Bank, in each case, not yet due and payable) have been paid in full and the Commitments have expired or terminated. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of any Guarantor hereunder, which shall remain absolute and unconditional as described above:
(a) at any time or from time to time, without notice to any Guarantor, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;
(b) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of any of the Loan Documents, any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Swap Bank, or any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Treasury Management Bank, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan Documents, such Swap Contracts or such Treasury Management Agreements shall be done or omitted;
(c) the maturity of any of the Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under any of the Loan Documents, any
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Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Swap Bank or any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Treasury Management Bank, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan Documents, such Swap Contracts or such Treasury Management Agreements shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of the Obligations or any security therefor shall be released, impaired or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with;
(d) any Lien granted to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent or any Lender or Lenders as security for any of the Obligations shall fail to attach or be perfected; or
(e) any of the Obligations shall be determined to be void or voidable (including, without limitation, for the benefit of any creditor of any Guarantor) or shall be subordinated to the claims of any Person (including, without limitation, any creditor of any Guarantor).
With respect to its obligations hereunder, each Guarantor hereby expressly waives to the extent permitted under applicable law, diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against any Person under any of the Loan Documents, any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Swap Bank or any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Treasury Management Bank, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan Documents, such Swap Contracts or such Treasury Management Agreements, or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Obligations.
4.03 | Reinstatement. |
The obligations of the Guarantors under this Article IV shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of any Person in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, and each Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender on demand for all reasonable and documented costs and expenses (including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, be available to the extent that such costs, expenses, fees, charges or disbursements are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, or any of its directors, officers or employees or bad faith breach by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, or any of its directors, officers or employees of its obligations under the Loan Documents.
4.04 | Certain Additional Waivers. |
Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of recourse to security for the Obligations, except through the exercise of rights of subrogation pursuant to Section 4.02 and through the exercise of rights of contribution pursuant to Section 4.06.
4.05 | Remedies. |
The Guarantors agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, the Obligations may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 9.02 (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in said Section 9.02) for purposes of Section 4.01 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or preventing the Obligations from becoming
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automatically due and payable) as against any Loan Party and that, in the event of such declaration (or the Obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), the Obligations (whether or not due and payable by any Loan Party) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of Section 4.01. The Guarantors acknowledge and agree that their obligations hereunder are secured in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Documents and that the Lenders may exercise their remedies thereunder in accordance with the terms thereof.
4.06 | Rights of Contribution. |
The Guarantors agree among themselves that, in connection with payments made hereunder, each Guarantor shall have contribution rights against the other Guarantors as permitted under applicable law. Such contribution rights shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the obligations of such Guarantors under the Loan Documents and no Guarantor shall exercise such rights of contribution until all Obligations (other than in respect of unasserted indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations that survive the termination of this Agreement or obligations and liabilities under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Swap Bank or any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Treasury Management Bank, in each case, not yet due and payable) have been paid in full and the Commitments have terminated.
4.07 | Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee. |
The guarantee in this Article IV is a guaranty of payment and not of collection, is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Obligations whenever arising.
ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
5.01 | Conditions of Initial Credit Extension. |
This Agreement shall become effective upon and the obligation of the L/C Issuer and each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Loan Documents. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of executed counterparts of this Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and the Notes, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party and each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals), and, in the case of this Agreement, by each Lender.
(b) Opinions of Counsel. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of favorable opinions of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, legal counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, dated as of the Closing Date, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(c) Financial Statements. The Administrative Agent shall have received:
(i) the Audited Financial Statements;
(ii) unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2010, including balance sheets and statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows (the “Interim Financial Statements”);
(iii) draft unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, including consolidated balance sheets and statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows; and
(iv) consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the month ended January 31, 2011 and pro forma financial projections or statements for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby.
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(d) No Material Adverse Change. There shall not have occurred a material adverse change since December 31, 2009 in the business, assets, properties, liabilities, operations or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(e) Litigation. There shall not exist any action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, threatened in writing in any court or before an arbitrator or Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Organization Documents, Resolutions, Etc. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(i) copies of the Organization Documents of each Loan Party certified to be true and complete as of a recent date before the Closing Date by the appropriate Governmental Authority of the state or other jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, where applicable, and certified by a secretary or assistant secretary of such Loan Party to be true and correct as of the Closing Date;
(ii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party; and
(iii) good standing or similar certificates as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, is validly existing and in good standing in its state of organization or formation (to the extent the concept of good standing is applicable to such Loan Party under the laws of such jurisdiction), in each case dated as of a recent date before the Closing Date.
(g) Perfection and Priority of Liens. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of the following:
(i) searches of Uniform Commercial Code filings in the jurisdiction of formation of each Loan Party or as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, copies of the financing statements on file in such jurisdictions and evidence that no Liens exist other than Permitted Liens;
(ii) UCC financing statements in form appropriate for filing for each jurisdiction that the Administrative Agent deems reasonably necessary to perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Collateral described in the Security Agreement and in the Pledge Agreement that can be perfected by filing a UCC financing statement;
(iii) all certificates evidencing any certificated Equity Interests pledged to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, together with duly executed in blank and undated stock powers or instruments of transfer attached thereto; and
(iv) duly executed notices of grant of security interest by each Loan Party in recordable form for the United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office, as applicable, with respect to IP Rights that are the subject of a registration or application, together with evidence that all actions that the Administrative Agent deems reasonably necessary in order to perfect the Liens created under the Security Agreement in IP Rights established under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, have been taken or shall be taken within the time specified by the Administrative Agent.
(h) Evidence of Insurance. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of copies of insurance policies or certificates of insurance of the Loan Parties evidencing liability and casualty insurance meeting the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents, including, but not limited to, naming the Administrative Agent as additional insured (in the case of liability insurance) or Lender’s loss payee (in the case of hazard insurance) on behalf of the Lenders, under such liability and casualty insurance policies maintained with respect to the assets and properties of the Loan Parties that constitute substantially all of the Collateral.
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(i) Availability. After giving effect to the Loans made hereunder on the Closing Date, the Borrower shall have an unused amount of at least $25,000,000 under the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.
(j) Solvency Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received certification as to the financial condition and Solvency of (i) the Borrower, and (ii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (in each case after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby) from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower not in his or her individual capacity but in his or her capacity as an officer of the Borrower.
(k) Termination of Existing Credit Agreement. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of evidence that the Existing Credit Agreement has been, or concurrently with the Closing Date is being, terminated and all Liens securing obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement have been, or concurrently with the Closing Date are being, released.
(l) Attorney Costs. Unless waived by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have paid all accrued, reasonable and out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent to the extent invoiced prior to the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent).
(m) Fees and Expenses. The Administrative Agent shall have confirmation that all fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders required to be paid on or before the Closing Date have been paid.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
5.02 | Conditions to all Credit Extensions. |
The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than a Request for Credit Extension requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article VI or any other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 5.02, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 6.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 7.01.
(b) No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds thereof.
(c) The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer and/or the Swing Line Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.
(d) As such time as the Convertible Notes are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that (i) such Credit Extension constitutes “Senior Debt” under, and as defined in, the Convertible Notes Indenture, and (ii) the “Total Leverage Ratio” under, and as defined in, the Convertible Notes Indenture, shall not exceed 5.5 to 1.0 as of the last day of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending with the most recently completed fiscal quarter after giving effect to such Credit Extension.
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Each Request for Credit Extension submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 5.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Loan Parties represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that (with references in this Article VI (other than Sections 6.05 and 6.13) to “Subsidiaries” to exclude Captive Insurance Subsidiaries):
6.01 | Existence, Qualification and Power. |
Each Loan Party (a) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and, as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (c) is duly qualified and, as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification (to the extent the concept of good standing is applicable to such Loan Party under the laws of such jurisdiction); except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c) above, to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.02 | Authorization; No Contravention. |
The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or require any payment to be made under (i) any material Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; (c) violate any Law (including, without limitation, Regulation U or Regulation X issued by the FRB); or (d) result in a limitation on any licenses, permits or other Governmental Approvals applicable to the business, operations or properties of any Loan Party or adversely affect the ability of any Loan Party to participant in any Medical Reimbursement Programs; except in each case referred to in clause (b)(ii), (c) or (d) above, to the extent that such conflict, contravention or violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.03 | Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. |
No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document other than (a) those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations or other actions, notices or filings, that have already been obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect, (b) filings and recordings necessary to perfect and continue the Liens on the Collateral created by the Collateral Documents and (c) recording of the transfer of registrations and applications for IP Rights upon foreclosure.
6.04 | Binding Effect. |
Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. Each Loan Document constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party that is party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity and principles of good faith and fair dealing.
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6.05 | Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect. |
(a) The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness.
(b) The Interim Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (ii) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments.
(c) The financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) and (b) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as may otherwise be permitted under Section 7.01(a) and (b)) and present fairly (on the basis disclosed in the footnotes to such financial statements) in all material respects the consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and for the periods covered thereby except to the extent not required to be disclosed in accordance with GAAP.
(d) Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.06 | Litigation. |
There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of a Responsible Officer of any Loan Party, threatened in writing, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (b) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.07 | No Default. |
(a) Neither any Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) No Default has occurred and is continuing.
6.08 | Ownership of Property; Liens. |
Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for (i) Permitted Liens or (ii) such defects in title as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The property of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other than Permitted Liens.
6.09 | Environmental Compliance. |
Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) Each of the Facilities and all operations at the Facilities are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, and there is no violation of any Environmental Law with respect to the Facilities or the Businesses, and there are no conditions relating to the Facilities or the Businesses that could reasonably be expected to give rise to liability under any applicable Environmental Laws.
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(b) No Loan Party and to the best knowledge of the Loan Parties, no other Person, has caused any of the Facilities to contain, to have previously contained, any Hazardous Materials at, on or under the Facilities in amounts or concentrations that constitute or constituted a violation of, or could give rise to liability under, Environmental Laws.
(c) Except for matters that have been fully resolved, neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary has received any written notice of, or inquiry from any Governmental Authority regarding, any violation or non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with regard to any of the Facilities or the Businesses, nor does any Responsible Officer of any Loan Party have knowledge or reason to believe that any such notice will be received or is being threatened.
(d) To the best knowledge of the Loan Parties, Hazardous Materials have not been transported or disposed of from the Facilities, or generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or under any of the Facilities or any other location, in each case by or on behalf of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in violation of, or in a manner that would be reasonably likely to give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Law.
(e) No judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action is pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened, under any Environmental Law to which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary is or, to the best knowledge of the Loan Parties, will be named as a party, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect to any Loan Party, any Subsidiary, the Facilities or the Businesses.
6.10 | Insurance. |
The material properties of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries are insured with the Captive Insurance Subsidiaries or with insurance companies reasonably believed by the Borrower to be financially sound and reputable (none of which are Affiliates of such Persons, except for the Captive Insurance Subsidiaries), in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the applicable Loan Party or the applicable Subsidiary operates. The insurance coverage of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries as in effect on the Closing Date is outlined as to carrier, policy number, expiration date, type, amount and deductibles on Schedule 6.10.
6.11 | Taxes. |
The Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries have filed all material federal, state and other tax returns and reports required to be filed by them, and have paid all material federal, state and other taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. There is no proposed tax assessment against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.12 | ERISA Compliance. |
(a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other federal or state laws. Each Pension Plan that is intended to be a qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS to the effect that the form of such Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and the trust related thereto has been determined by the IRS to be exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS. To the best knowledge of the Loan Parties, nothing has occurred that would prevent, or cause the loss of, such tax-qualified status.
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(b) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could be reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) No ERISA Event has occurred and neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate is aware of any fact, event or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to constitute or result in an ERISA Event with respect to any Pension Plan; (ii) the Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate has met all applicable requirements under the Pension Funding Rules in respect of each Pension Plan, and no waiver of the minimum funding standards under the Pension Funding Rules has been applied for or obtained; (iii) as of the most recent valuation date for any Pension Plan, the funding target attainment percentage (as defined in Section 430(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code) is sixty percent (60%) or higher and neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate knows of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause the funding target attainment percentage for any such plan to drop below sixty percent (60%) as of the most recent valuation date; (iv) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability to the PBGC other than for the payment of premiums, and there are no premium payments which have become due that are unpaid; (v) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or Section 4212(c) of ERISA; and (vi) no Pension Plan has been terminated by the PBGC, and no event or circumstance has occurred or exists that could reasonably be expected to cause the PBGC to institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate any Pension Plan.
6.13 | Subsidiaries. |
Set forth on Schedule 6.13 is a complete and accurate list as of the Closing Date of each Subsidiary of any Loan Party, together with (i) jurisdiction of formation, (ii) number of shares of each class of Equity Interests outstanding, (iii) number and percentage of outstanding shares of each class owned (directly or indirectly) by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary and (iv) number and effect, if exercised, of all outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and all other similar rights with respect thereto. The outstanding Equity Interests of each Subsidiary of any Loan Party is validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
6.14 | Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act. |
(a) The Borrower is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. Following the application of the proceeds of each Borrowing or drawing under each Letter of Credit, not more than 25% of the value of the assets (either of the Borrower only or of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) subject to the provisions of Section 8.01 or Section 8.05 or subject to any restriction contained in any agreement or instrument between the Borrower and any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender relating to Indebtedness and within the scope of Section 9.01(e) will be margin stock.
(b) None of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
6.15 | Disclosure. |
No report, financial statement, certificate or other information furnished in writing by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (in each case, as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), taken as a whole, contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, taken as a
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whole, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading as of the date such information is dated or certified; provided that, with respect to any projected financial information, the Loan Parties represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time, it being understood and acknowledged that projections are as to future events and are not to be viewed as facts and are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of any Loan Party, and no assurances can be given that any particular projections will be realized and that actual results during the period or periods covered by the projections may differ significantly from the projected results and such differences may be material.
6.16 | Compliance with Laws. |
Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary is in compliance with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) or (b) the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.17 | Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. |
Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries own, or possess the legal right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “IP Rights”) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses. Set forth on Schedule 6.17 is a list of all IP Rights registered or pending registration with the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office and owned by each Loan Party as of the Closing Date. Except for such claims and infringements that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no claim has been asserted and is pending or, to the knowledge of a Responsible Officer of any Loan Party, threatened in writing against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any IP Rights or the validity or effectiveness of any IP Rights, nor does any Loan Party know of any such claim, and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the use of any IP Rights by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or the granting of a right or a license in respect of any IP Rights from any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any Person. As of the Closing Date, none of the material IP Rights owned by any of the Loan Parties or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any material licensing agreement or similar arrangement except as set forth on Schedule 6.17.
6.18 | Solvency |
The Borrower is Solvent and the Borrower and the Loan Parties are Solvent on a consolidated basis.
6.19 | Perfection of Security Interests in the Collateral. |
The provisions of the Collateral Documents are effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent valid security interests in, and Liens on, all rights of the respective Loan Parties in the Collateral described therein, which security interests and Liens are currently perfected security interests and Liens (to the extent required pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents), prior to all other Liens other than Permitted Liens.
6.20 | Business Locations. |
Set forth on Schedule 6.20(a) is a list of all real property located in the United States that is owned by the Loan Parties as of the Closing Date. Set forth on Schedule 6.20(b) is the taxpayer identification number and organizational identification number of each Loan Party as of the Closing Date. The exact legal name and state of
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organization of each Loan Party is as set forth on the signature pages hereto. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.20(c), no Loan Party has during the five years preceding the Closing Date (i) changed its legal name, (ii) changed its state of formation, or (iii) been party to a merger, consolidation or other change in structure.
6.21 | Labor Matters. |
Except as set forth on Schedule 6.21 hereto, (i) there are no collective bargaining agreements or any Multiemployer Plan covering the employees of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary as of the Closing Date and (ii) neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary has suffered any material strikes, walkouts, work stoppages or other material labor difficulty within the last five years.
6.22 | Fraud and Abuse. |
Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary nor any of their respective officers or directors has engaged in any activities that are prohibited under any applicable provision of any Healthcare Law and the regulations promulgated thereunder, including HIPAA, the Medicare Regulations or the Medicaid Regulations, to the extent such activities would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
6.23 | Licensing and Accreditation. |
(a) Each of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries has, except to the extent such failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, to the extent applicable: (i) obtained (or been duly assigned) all required Governmental Approvals and certificates of need or determinations of need as required by the relevant state Governmental Authority for the acquisition, construction, expansion of, investment in or operation of its businesses and Facilities as currently operated; (ii) obtained and maintains in good standing all Governmental Approvals and Healthcare Permits; (iii) obtained and maintains accreditation from all generally recognized accrediting agencies where required by applicable Law or necessary for reimbursement by any applicable Medical Reimbursement Program; (iv) entered into and maintains in good standing its Medicare Provider Agreements and, to the extent applicable, Medicaid Provider Agreements; and (v) ensured that all such Healthcare Permits are in full force and effect on the date hereof and have not been revoked or suspended or otherwise limited (collectively, “Certificates, Licenses and Accreditation”). No event has occurred or other fact exists with respect to the Certificates, Licenses and Accreditation and Governmental Approvals that allows, or after notice or lapse of time or both, would allow, revocation, suspension, restriction, limitation or termination of any of the Certificates, Licenses and Accreditation and Governmental Approvals, except to the extent such failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No written notice from any Governmental Authority in respect to the revocation, suspension, restriction, limitation or termination of any material Certificates, Licenses and Accreditation and Governmental Approvals has been delivered or issued or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened in writing, in any such case, that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) To the knowledge of the Loan Parties, each Contract Provider is duly licensed by each state, state agency, commission or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the provision of such services by such Person in the locations where the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries conduct business, to the extent such licensing is required to enable such Person to provide the professional services provided by such Person and otherwise as is necessary to enable the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries to operate substantially as currently operated and as contemplated to be operated.
(c) There is no civil, criminal or administrative action, suit, claim, indictment, proceeding, hearing, charge, complaint, demand, audit inspection or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened by any federal, state or local governmental agency against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any Responsible Officer thereof, nor is there any basis therefore, in any such case, that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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6.24 | Reimbursement from Medical Reimbursement Programs. |
Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) The accounts receivable of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries and all billing and collection practices of Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries have been and will continue to be adjusted to reflect the reimbursement policies (both those most recently published in writing as well as those not in writing which have been verbally communicated) of Medical Reimbursement Programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, private insurance companies, health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations, alternative delivery systems, managed care systems, government contracting agencies and other third party payors in all material respects.
(b) In particular, accounts receivable relating to such Medical Reimbursement Programs do not and shall not exceed amounts any obligee is entitled to receive under any capitation arrangement, fee schedule, discount formula, cost-based reimbursement or other adjustment or limitation to its usual charges.
(c) Neither the Loan Parties nor their Subsidiaries have submitted to any Medical Reimbursement Program any fraudulent, abusive or materially false or improper claim for payment, billed any Medical Reimbursement Program for any service not rendered as claimed, or, to their knowledge, received and retained any payment or reimbursement from any Medical Reimbursement Program in excess of the proper amount allowed by applicable law and applicable contracts or agreements with the Medical Reimbursement Program.
6.25 | Medicare and Medicaid Notices and Filings Related to Health Care Business. |
Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, with respect to the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, to the extent applicable: (i) each has timely filed all reports required to be filed in connection with Medicare and applicable Medicaid programs and due on or before the date hereof, and all required reports and administrative forms and filings are true and complete in all material respects; (ii) there are no claims, actions, proceedings or appeals pending (and neither any Loan Party nor any of their Subsidiaries has filed anything that would result in any claims, actions or appeals) before any Governmental Authority with respect to any Medicare or Medicaid cost reports or claims filed by any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries on or before the date hereof, or with respect to any adjustments, denials, recoupments or disallowances by any intermediary, carrier, other insurer, commission, board or agency in connection with any cost reports or claims; (iii) except for normal ordinary course inspections, audits and surveys, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no validation review, survey, inspection, audit, investigation or program integrity review related to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary has been conducted by any Governmental Authority or government contractor in connection with the Medicare or Medicaid programs, and no such reviews are scheduled or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, pending or threatened against or affecting any Loan Party or any Subsidiary; and (iv) each has timely filed all material reports, data and other information required by any other Governmental Authority with authority to regulate any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or its business in any manner.
6.26 | Captive Insurance Subsidiaries. |
The Borrower owns (directly or indirectly) 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each of the Captive Insurance Subsidiaries. Each of the Captive Insurance Subsidiaries has been adequately capitalized by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in compliance with applicable Law. The sole business activity of the Captive Insurance Subsidiaries is providing insurance coverage for the Borrower, its Affiliates, the other Excluded Subsidiaries, the Managed Entities and transportation providers. The Borrower has not guaranteed or otherwise agreed to pay or be responsible for any Indebtedness or obligations of the Captive Insurance Subsidiaries of any kind or nature which would not be permitted hereunder.
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6.27 | OFAC. |
No Loan Party (i) is a person whose property or interest in property is blocked or subject to blocking pursuant to Section 1 of Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)), (ii) engages in any dealings or transactions prohibited by Section 2 of such executive order, or is otherwise associated with any such person in any manner violative of Section 2, or (iii) is a person that is named as a “specially designated national and blocked person” on the most current list published by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control at its official website or any replacement website or other replacement official publication of such list.
6.28 | Patriot Act. |
Each Loan Party is in compliance, in all material respects, with (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, and (ii) the Uniting And Strengthening America By Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept And Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act of 2001). No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
ARTICLE VII
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied (other than in respect of unasserted indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations that survive the termination of this Agreement or obligations and liabilities under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Swap Bank or any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Treasury Management Bank, in each case, not yet due and payable), or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the Loan Parties shall and shall cause each Subsidiary (provided that those provisions under this Article VII with which Subsidiaries of the Borrower are required to comply shall exclude from such compliance any Captive Insurance Subsidiary):
7.01 | Financial Statements. |
Deliver to the Administrative Agent:
(a) upon the earlier of the date that is ninety days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower or the date such information is filed with the SEC, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification (other than qualifications resulting solely from the classification of the Loans as short term Indebtedness during the one year period prior to the Maturity Date) or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit; and
(b) upon the earlier of the date that is forty-five days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower or the date such information is filed with the SEC, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated statements of earnings and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
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fiscal quarter and for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such fiscal quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, earnings and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
7.02 | Certificates; Other Information. |
Deliver to the Administrative Agent:
(a) within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower and within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, which certificate shall include information regarding the amount of all Dispositions, Involuntary Dispositions, Debt Issuances and Acquisitions that occurred during the fiscal quarter ending as of the end of such fiscal period;
(b) within sixty (60) days after end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, an annual budget of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries containing projected financial information, in substantially the same scope and form as provided to the Borrower’s Board of Directors;
(c) promptly after any request by the Administrative Agent, copies of any detailed audit reports, management letters or recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or the audit committee of the board of directors) of the Borrower by independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any audit of any of them;
(d) promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any statement or report furnished to any holder of the Convertible Notes or any Subordinated Indebtedness;
(e) within five Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any investigation or possible investigation or other inquiry by such agency regarding financial or other operational results of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, the occurrence of which in the reasonable opinion of the Borrower must be disclosed in a public filing with the SEC;
(f) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, financial or corporate affairs of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request; and
(g) within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower and within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower listing (i) all applications by any Loan Party in the United States Copyright Office or United States Patent and Trademark Office, if any, for Copyrights, Patents or Trademarks (each such term as defined in the Security Agreement) made since the date of the prior certificate (or, in the case of the first such certificate, the Closing Date) and (ii) all issuances of registrations by any Loan Party in the United States Copyright Office or United States Patent and Trademark Office, if any, for Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks (each such term as defined in the Security Agreement) received since the date of the prior certificate (or, in the case of the first such certificate, the Closing Date).
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b) or Section 7.02 (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 11.02;
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or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided, that: the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (by telecopier or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery by a Lender, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or MLPF&S will make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, the “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Person’s securities. The Borrower hereby agrees that (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, MLPF&S and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 11.07); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated as “Public Side Information;” and (z) the Administrative Agent and MLPF&S shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform that is not designated as “Public Side Information.”
7.03 | Notices. |
(a) Promptly following knowledge thereof by a Responsible Officer (and in any event, within two Business Days of such knowledge), notify the Administrative Agent of the occurrence of any Default.
(b) Promptly following knowledge thereof by a Responsible Officer (and in any event, within five Business Days of such knowledge), notify the Administrative Agent of any matter that has resulted in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Promptly following knowledge thereof by a Responsible Officer (and in any event, within five Business Days of such knowledge) notify the Administrative Agent of the occurrence of any ERISA Event.
(d) Promptly following knowledge thereof by a Responsible Officer (and in any event, within five Business Days of such knowledge), notify the Administrative Agent of any determination by the Borrower referred to in Section 2.10(b).
Each notice pursuant to this Section 7.03(a) through (d) shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the applicable Loan Party has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 7.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached. Promptly after its receipt thereof, the Administrative Agent shall deliver to each Lender any notice it receives under this Section.
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7.04 | Payment of Taxes. |
Pay and discharge, as the same shall become due and payable, all material tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the applicable Loan Party or Subsidiary.
7.05 | Preservation of Existence, Etc. |
(a) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction permitted by Section 8.04 or 8.05.
(b) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its good standing (to the extent applicable) under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, except to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Take all reasonable action as determined in the Borrower or such Subsidiary’s reasonable business judgment to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary in the conduct of its business as currently conducted and herein contemplated, including any required professional licenses, CLIA certifications, Medicare Provider Agreements and Medicaid Provider Agreements, except in any case to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Preserve or renew, whenever applicable, all of its registrations for material registered patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the non-preservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.06 | Maintenance of Properties. |
Except as permitted by Section 8.05, (a) maintain, preserve and protect all of its properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear, damage caused by casualty and Involuntary Dispositions excepted, and (b) make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof, except (in the case of clauses (a) and (b) above) where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.07 | Maintenance of Insurance. |
Maintain, or cause to be maintained, with the Captive Insurance Subsidiaries or with insurance companies reasonably believed by the Borrower to be financially sound and reputable (none of which are Affiliates of the Loan Parties, except for the Captive Insurance Subsidiaries) insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by Persons engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in the same or similar localities where the applicable Loan Party or the applicable Subsidiary operates, including without limitation flood insurance; provided, however, that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may self-insure to the same extent as other companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in the same general areas in which the Borrower or such Subsidiary operates and to the extent consistent with prudent business practice. The Administrative Agent shall be named as mortgagee with respect to real property insurance policies, loss payee with respect to liability insurance policies and additional insured with respect to all liability policies, in each case as its interest may appear, with respect to any such insurance providing coverage in respect of any material Collateral, and each provider of any such insurance shall agree, by endorsement upon the policy or policies issued by it or by independent instruments furnished to the Administrative Agent, that it will give the Administrative Agent thirty (30) days prior written notice before any such policy or policies shall be altered or canceled. The Captive Insurance Subsidiaries shall not provide insurance or reinsurance coverage for any Person other than the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, Affiliates of Borrower, the other Excluded Subsidiaries, transportation providers or Managed Entities, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
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7.08 | Compliance with Laws. |
(a) Comply with all requirements of all Laws applicable to it and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted (as reasonably determined by the Borrower); or (b) the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Ensure that (i) billing policies, arrangements, protocols and instructions will comply in all material respects with reimbursement requirements under Medicare, Medicaid and other Medical Reimbursement Programs and will be administered by properly trained personnel; and (ii) medical director compensation arrangements and other arrangements with referring physicians will comply with applicable state and federal Healthcare Laws relating to self-referrals and anti-kickback measures, including 42 U.S.C. Section 1320a-7b(b)(1)-(b)(2) 42 U.S.C. and 42 U.S.C. Section 1395nn, except, in each case with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, where the failure to so comply would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(c) Maintain policies that are consistent with HIPAA in all material respects.
7.09 | Books and Records. |
Maintain, or cause to be maintained, books of record and account, (i) in which full, true and correct entries shall be made in all material respects and (ii) in form permitting financial statements conforming with GAAP to be derived therefrom.
7.10 | Inspection Rights. |
Permit representatives of the Administrative Agent and, to the extent contemporaneous with the visit and inspection of the Administrative Agent, each Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of the various reports delivered by Borrower or its Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement or for otherwise ascertaining compliance with this Agreement, and in connection therewith, to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its executive officers and independent public accountants at the expense of the Borrower (provided, that Borrower or such Subsidiary shall be afforded the opportunity to participate in any discussions with such independent public accountants), at reasonable times during normal business hours but, absent an Event of Default, not more than one time per calendar year, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower; provided, however, that during the existence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower as frequently as reasonably required, at any time during normal business hours. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.10, none of Borrower or its Subsidiaries will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making of extracts, or discussion of, any documents, information or other matter that (i) constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent (or any designated representative) is then prohibited by law or any agreement binding on Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege constitutes attorney work-product.
7.11 | Use of Proceeds. |
Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions (a) to refinance certain existing Indebtedness, (b) to finance working capital, capital expenditures and repayment of the Convertible Notes and (c) for other general corporate purposes, provided that in no event shall the proceeds of the Credit Extensions be used in contravention of any Law or of any Loan Document.
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7.12 | Additional Subsidiaries. |
Within thirty (30) days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may provide in its reasonable discretion) after the acquisition or formation of any Subsidiary:
(a) notify the Administrative Agent thereof in writing, together with the (i) jurisdiction of formation, (ii) number of shares of each class of Equity Interests outstanding, (iii) number and percentage of outstanding shares of each class owned (directly or indirectly) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iv) number and effect, if exercised, of all outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and all other similar rights with respect thereto; and
(b) if such Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) is a Domestic Subsidiary, cause such Person to (i) become a Guarantor by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a Joinder Agreement, and (ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent documents of the types referred to in Sections 5.01(f) and (g) and to the extent required by the Administrative Agent, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, favorable opinions of counsel to such Person (which shall cover, among other things, the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of the documentation referred to in clause (a) above), all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
7.13 | ERISA Compliance. |
Do, and cause each of its ERISA Affiliates to do, each of the following: (a) maintain each Plan in compliance in all respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other federal or state law; (b) cause each Plan that is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code to maintain such qualification; and (c) make all required contributions to any Plan subject to Section 412, Section 430 or Section 431 of the Internal Revenue Code, except in each case, to the extent failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
7.14 | Pledged Assets. |
(a) Equity Interests. Cause (a) 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Domestic Subsidiary of any Loan Party (other than a Captive Insurance Subsidiary or an Excluded Subsidiary that is a not-for-profit entity) and (b) 65% (or such greater percentage that, due to a change in an applicable Law after the date hereof, (1) could not reasonably be expected to cause the undistributed earnings of such Foreign Subsidiary as determined for United States federal income tax purposes to be treated as a deemed dividend to such Foreign Subsidiary’s United States parent and (2) could not reasonably be expected to cause any material adverse tax consequences) of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) and 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests not entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) in each Foreign Subsidiary of the Loan Parties (other than a Captive Insurance Subsidiary or an Excluded Subsidiary that is a not-for-profit entity) directly owned by a Loan Party to be subject at all times to a first priority, perfected Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents, together with any filings and deliveries necessary in connection therewith to perfect the security interests therein and to the extent required by the Administrative Agent, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, opinions of counsel, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(b) Other Property. (i) Cause all of its owned real property and all personal property, in each case other than Excluded Property to be subject at all times to first priority, perfected (to the extent required pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents) and, in the case of owned real property, title insured Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, to secure the Obligations pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents or, with respect to any such property acquired subsequent to the Closing Date, such other additional security documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, subject in any case to Permitted Liens and (ii) deliver such other documentation as the Administrative Agent reasonably deems necessary in connection with the foregoing, including, without limitation, appropriate UCC-1
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financing statements, real estate title insurance policies, surveys, environmental reports, flood determinations, certified resolutions and other organizational and authorizing documents of such Person, to the extent required by the Administrative Agent, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, favorable opinions of counsel to such Person (which shall cover, among other things, the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of the documentation referred to above and the perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Liens thereunder) and other items of the types required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(g), all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
7.15 | Further Assurances. |
At the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent at any time and from time to time, the Loan Parties shall, at their expense, duly execute and deliver, or cause to be duly executed and delivered, such further agreements, documents and instruments as are necessary to effectuate the provisions or purposes of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (but in any event subject to the terms, provisions and limitations set forth therein).
7.16 | Liquidity. |
If the Maturity Date is extended from the Early Maturity Date back to the Original Maturity Date pursuant to the second proviso in the definition of “Maturity Date”, the Borrower shall maintain at all times availability under the Revolving Commitments plus unrestricted cash of the Loan Parties in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes outstanding.
ARTICLE VIII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied (other than in respect of unasserted indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations that survive the termination of this Agreement or obligations and liabilities under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Swap Bank or any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Treasury Management Bank, in each case, not yet due and payable), or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, no Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly (provided that references herein to “Subsidiaries” shall exclude any Captive Insurance Subsidiary for all Sections under this Article VIII except Sections 8.01 and 8.03):
8.01 | Liens. |
Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:
(a) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Liens existing on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 8.01 and any renewals, replacements, refinancings or extensions thereof, provided that (i) such Liens do not apply to any other property of Borrower or such Subsidiary, (ii) the amount secured or benefited thereby is not increased, (iii) the direct or any contingent obligor with respect thereto is not changed, and (iv) any renewal, replacement, refinancing or extension of the obligations secured or benefited thereby is permitted by Section 8.03(b);
(c) Liens (other than Liens imposed under ERISA) for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted (as reasonably determined by the Borrower), if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;
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(d) statutory and common law Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and suppliers and other Liens imposed by law or arising out of reservations or retentions of title, conditional sale, consignment or similar arrangement for the sale of goods in the ordinary course of business, provided that such Liens (i) secure only amounts not yet due and payable or, if due and payable, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce the same or (ii) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) for which adequate reserves determined in accordance with GAAP have been established;
(e) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security or retirement benefits legislation or similar law or regulation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;
(f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, licenses and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(g) zoning restrictions, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, covenants, licenses, protrusions and other similar charges or encumbrances and minor title deficiencies affecting real property, in each case now or hereafter in existence, which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person;
(h) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money (or appeal or other surety bonds relating to such judgments) not constituting an Event of Default under Section 9.01(h);
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.03(e); provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness, (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost (negotiated on an arm’s length basis) of the property being acquired, constructed or improved on the date of acquisition, construction or improvement plus any fees or expenses directly related thereto and (iii) such Liens attach to such property concurrently with or within ninety days after the acquisition thereof;
(j) leases, licenses, sublicenses or subleases granted to others not interfering in any material respect with the business of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries;
(k) any interest and title of a lessor under, and Liens arising from UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings, registrations or agreements in foreign jurisdictions) relating to, leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business or not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement;
(l) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 8.02;
(m) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depositary relations with banks or other financial institutions not given in connection with the issuance of Funded Indebtedness, or (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of any Loan Party to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the any such Loan Party;
(n) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code or any similar law of any foreign jurisdiction on items in the course of collection or (ii) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set-off);;
(o) Liens of sellers of goods to the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries arising under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code or similar provisions of applicable law in the ordinary course of business, covering only the goods sold and securing only the unpaid purchase price for such goods and related expenses;
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(p) Liens created or deemed to exist by the establishment of trusts for the purpose of satisfying (i) Governmental Reimbursement Program Costs and (ii) other actions or claims pertaining to the same or related matters or other Medical Reimbursement Programs, provided that the Borrower or other applicable Loan Party, in each case, shall have established adequate reserves for such claims or actions;
(q) Liens in favor of a credit card or debit card processor arising in the ordinary course of business under any processor agreement and relating solely to the amounts paid or payable thereunder, or customary deposits on reserve held by such credit card or debit card processor;
(r) Liens existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and any modifications, replacements, renewals or extensions thereof; provided, that (i) such Liens are not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Liens do not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iii) such Liens secure only those obligations which they secure on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be, and any refinancings, extensions, renewals or replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
(s) in connection with the sale or transfer of any assets in a transaction permitted under Section 8.04 or 8.05, customary rights and restrictions contained in agreements relating to such sale or transfer pending the completion thereof;
(t) Liens in favor of customers on cash advances maintained in restricted customer escrow accounts actually received from customers of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business so long as such cash advances were made for the provision of future services by the Borrower or any such Subsidiary;
(u) Liens securing Indebtedness to finance insurance premiums owing in the ordinary course of business;
(v) licenses of intellectual property granted in the ordinary course of business; and
(w) other Liens securing Indebtedness outstanding in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,000,000.
8.02 | Investments. |
Make any Investments, except:
(a) Investments held by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents;
(b) Investments existing as of the Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 8.02;
(c)(i) Investments in any Person that is a Loan Party prior to giving effect to such Investment, (ii) Investments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in their respective Subsidiaries outstanding on the date hereof, (iii) Investments by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties in other Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and (iv) Investments by any Loan Party in Foreign Subsidiaries to the extent such Investments are funded solely with the proceeds of the issuance by the Borrower of its Equity Interests;
(d)(i) Investments by any Loan Party in Excluded Subsidiaries that are not-for-profit entities, (ii) Investments by any Loan Party in Foreign Subsidiaries and (iii) Investments by the Loan Parties in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, provided, that the aggregate amount for all Investments made pursuant to this clause (d) shall not exceed $5,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(e) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;
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(f) Guarantees and other Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.03, to the extent constituting Investments;
(g) Permitted Acquisitions;
(h) loans and advances to employees, directors and officers of the Loan Parties and Subsidiaries (i) for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000 at any time outstanding and (ii) in connection with such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000 at any time outstanding, in each case determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs of such advances;
(i) Investments in Swap Contracts permitted under Section 8.03(d);
(j) bank deposits and prepaid expenses made in the ordinary course of business;
(k) promissory notes and other non-cash consideration received in connection with Dispositions permitted by Section 8.05; provided that such promissory notes and other non cash consideration have been delivered to the Administrative Agent as collateral along with any necessary stock power or other endorsement reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent;
(l) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit;
(m) transactions permitted by Section 8.04 to the extent constituting Investments;
(n) Investments (including debt obligations and Equity Interests) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of any Person and in settlement of obligations of, or other disputes with, such Persons arising in the ordinary course of business and upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investments or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;
(o) Investments in the form of certificates of deposit that serve as collateral for letters of credit issued to support reinsurance obligations of Captive Insurance Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; and
(p) other Investments (not including Investments in the Excluded Subsidiaries) by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries at any time not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate.
8.03 | Indebtedness. |
Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;
(b) Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries set forth in Schedule 8.03;
(c) intercompany Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.02;
(d) Indebtedness in respect of Swap Contracts entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(e) Indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets (including obligations in respect of Capital Leases) hereafter incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that (i) the total of all such Indebtedness for all such Persons taken together shall not exceed an aggregate principal amount of $2,500,000 at any one time outstanding; (ii) such Indebtedness when incurred shall not exceed the purchase price of the asset(s) financed; and (iii) no such Indebtedness shall be refinanced for a principal amount in excess of the principal balance outstanding thereon at the time of such refinancing;
(f) Indebtedness of the Borrower under the Convertible Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $70,000,000;
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(g) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries arising from trade payables unpaid for more than ninety (90) days in the aggregate amount not in excess of $1,000,000, and other Indebtedness of any Foreign Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2,000,000; provided, that such Indebtedness is not directly or indirectly recourse to the Borrower or any Guarantor or of their respective assets; and
(h) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Subsidiary in a transaction permitted hereunder) after the date hereof, or Indebtedness of any Person that is assumed by any Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition of assets by such Subsidiary in an acquisition permitted hereunder, provided that (i) such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) or such assets are acquired and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation) or such assets being acquired and (ii) neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary (other than such Person or the Subsidiary with which such Person is merged or consolidated or that so assumes such Person’s Indebtedness) shall Guarantee or otherwise become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness;
(i) endorsements for collection, deposit or negotiation and warranties of products or services, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(j) Indebtedness owed in respect of any netting services, overdrafts and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository and cash management services or in connection with any automated clearing-house transfers of funds;
(k) Indebtedness under bid bonds, performance bonds, surety bonds and similar obligations, in each case, incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, including guarantees or obligations with respect to letters of credit supporting such bid bonds, performance bonds, surety bonds and similar obligations;
(l) Indebtedness arising from agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, or from guaranties, surety bonds or performance bonds securing the performance of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to such agreements, in connection with acquisitions permitted hereunder or permitted dispositions and Earn Out Obligations required to be paid in connection with Permitted Acquisitions;
(m) Indebtedness to finance insurance premiums owing in the ordinary course of business;
(n) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, obligations under any Treasury Management Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(o) unsecured Subordinated Indebtedness of the Loan Parties; provided that (i) such Subordinated Indebtedness shall not mature, and no scheduled principal payments, prepayments, repurchases, redemptions or sinking fund or like payments of any Subordinated Indebtedness shall be required, at any time on or prior to the date that is six (6) months after the Maturity Date, except as a result of a “change of control” or default thereunder, (ii) the Subordinated Indebtedness shall not include any financial maintenance covenants and the terms thereof shall otherwise not be more restrictive in any respect on the Loan Parties than the provisions of this Agreement, (iii) the Loan Parties would be in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 8.11 as of the most recently completed period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the incurrence of such Subordinated Indebtedness for which the financial statements and certificates required by Section 7.01(a) or 7.01(b), as the case may be, and 7.02(a) and (b) have been delivered, after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence and to any other event occurring after such period as to which pro forma recalculation is appropriate and (iv) the Borrower shall have delivered a certificate of a Responsible Officer, certifying as to the foregoing and containing reasonably detailed calculations in support thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(p) provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of incurrence, additional Indebtedness of any Loan Party in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding; and
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(q) all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (b) through (h) above.
8.04 | Fundamental Changes. |
Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.04 but subject to the terms of Sections 7.12 and 7.14, (a) any Loan Party may merge or consolidate with any other Loan Party, provided that, if such transaction involves the Borrower, the Borrower is the surviving entity, (b) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may merge or consolidate with any Loan Party or with any other Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, provided that, if such transaction involves a Loan Party, the surviving Person shall be or become a Loan Party, (c) any may merge with any Person that is not a Loan Party in connection with a Disposition permitted under Section 8.05, (d) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary may merge with any Person that is not a Loan Party in connection with a Permitted Acquisition provided that, if such transaction involves the Borrower or Guarantor, the Borrower or Guarantor, as applicable, shall be the continuing or surviving entity, (e) any Loan Party may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up its affairs or otherwise in accordance with the terms hereof) to the Borrower or to another Loan Party, (f) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may Dispose of all or substantially all its assets (upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up its affairs or otherwise in accordance with the terms hereof) to (i) another Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party or (ii) to a Loan Party, or (g) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, any Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge into or consolidate with any other Person or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition.
8.05 | Dispositions. |
Make any Disposition, including without limitation Sale and Leaseback Transactions, unless (i) no less than 75% of the consideration paid in connection therewith shall be cash or Cash Equivalents paid contemporaneous with consummation of the transaction, (ii) such transaction does not involve the Disposition of a minority equity interest in any Subsidiary other than to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, or in the case of any such Disposition by a Loan Party, other than to another Loan Party, (iii) such transaction does not involve a Disposition of receivables other than receivables owned by or attributable to other property concurrently being Disposed of in a transaction otherwise permitted under this Section 8.05, and (iv) the aggregate net book value of all of the assets Disposed of by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in all such transactions occurring during any fiscal year shall not exceed $5,000,000.
8.06 | Restricted Payments. |
Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that:
(a) each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower, any Guarantor and any other Person that owns a direct Equity Interest in such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis to each holder of an Equity Interest in such Subsidiary;
(b) the Borrower and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the Equity Interests of such Person;
(c) the Borrower and each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments not exceeding $1,000,000 during any fiscal year pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans, employment agreements, incentive plans or other benefit plans approved by the Borrower’s board of directors for management, directors, former directors, employees and former employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
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(d) the Borrower may redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire its Equity Interests from (i) retired or terminated employees or officers or employees, officers or directors of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries pursuant to employment agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business or (ii) holders of restricted Equity Interests to the extent representing withholding tax obligations provided that purchases described in this clause (ii) shall not exceed $500,000 in any fiscal year, in each case, provided no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and remains outstanding on the date on which such payment occurs or would occur as a result thereof; and
(e) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing before or after giving effect thereto, the Borrower may make any additional Restricted Payments not otherwise permitted by this Section 8.06 in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 in any fiscal year.
8.07 | Change in Nature of Business. |
Engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business reasonably related or incidental thereto or constituting a reasonable extension thereof.
8.08 | Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders. |
Enter into or permit to exist any transaction or series of transactions with any officer, director or Affiliate of such Person other than (a) advances of working capital to any Loan Party, (b) transfers of cash and assets to any Loan Party, (c) intercompany transactions expressly permitted by Section 8.02, Section 8.03, Section 8.04, Section 8.05 or Section 8.06, (d) payment of customary directors’ fees, reasonable out-of-pocket expense reimbursement, indemnities (including the provision of directors and officers insurance) and compensation arrangements for members of the board of directors, officers or other employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (e) transactions between or among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or between or among Subsidiaries permitted hereunder, (f) issuances of Equity Interests to Affiliates and the registration rights associated therewith permitted hereunder, and (g) except as otherwise specifically limited in this Agreement, other transactions which are entered into on terms and conditions that are not less favorable to such Person as would be obtainable by it at the time in a comparable arms-length transaction with a Person other than an officer, director or Affiliate.
8.09 | Burdensome Agreements. |
(a) Enter into, or permit to exist, any Contractual Obligation that encumbers or restricts on the ability of any such Person to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to any Loan Party on its Equity Interests or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, (ii) pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to any Loan Party, (iii) make loans or advances to any Loan Party, (iv) sell, lease or transfer any of its property to any Loan Party or (v) act as a Loan Party pursuant to the Loan Documents or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof, except (in respect of any of the matters referred to in clauses (i)-(iv) above) for (1) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (2) any document or instrument governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.03(e), provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets constructed or acquired in connection therewith, (3) any Permitted Lien or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien, provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien, (4) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any property not prohibited hereunder pending the consummation of such sale, (5) any Subordinated Indebtedness Documents, (6) any agreement in effect at the time any Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower, so long as such agreement was not entered into solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary of the Borrower and (7) customary provisions in leases, licenses, sub-leases and sub-licenses and other contracts restricting assignment thereof.
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(b) Enter into, or permit to exist, any Contractual Obligation that prohibits or otherwise restricts the grant or existence of any Lien upon any of its property in favor of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations) for the purpose of securing the Obligations, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or requiring the grant of any security for any obligation if such property is given as security for the Obligations, except (i) any document or instrument governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.03(e), provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets constructed or acquired in connection therewith, (ii) in connection with any Permitted Lien or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien, provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien, (iii) pursuant to customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any property not prohibited hereunder, pending the consummation of such sale, (iv) customary provisions in leases, licenses, sub-leases and sub-licenses and other contracts restricting assignment thereof.
8.10 | Use of Proceeds. |
Use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the FRB) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose.
8.11 | Financial Covenants. |
(a) Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower to be greater than the ratio set forth below opposite such fiscal quarter:
Fiscal Quarter Ending | Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio | |
March 31, 2011 |
3.0 to 1.0 | |
June 30, 2011 |
3.0 to 1.0 | |
September 30, 2011 |
3.0 to 1.0 | |
December 31, 2011 |
3.0 to 1.0 | |
March 31, 2012 |
3.0 to 1.0 | |
June 30, 2012 |
3.0 to 1.0 | |
September 30, 2012 |
3.0 to 1.0 | |
December 31, 2012 |
2.75 to 1.0 | |
March 31, 2013 |
2.75 to 1.0 | |
June 30, 2013 |
2.75 to 1.0 | |
September 30, 2013 |
2.75 to 1.0 | |
December 31, 2013 |
2.75 to 1.0 | |
March 31, 2014 and each fiscal quarter thereafter |
2.5 to 1.0 |
(b) Consolidated Net Senior Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Net Senior Leverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower to be greater than the ratio set forth below opposite such fiscal quarter; provided, however, (a) the Consolidated Net Senior Leverage Ratio required as of the end of each fiscal quarter shall be automatically increased by 0.25 at such time as $20,000,000 of the Convertible Notes are repaid with the proceeds of the Revolving Loan and/or another form of senior Indebtedness permitted hereunder, (b) each subsequent repayment of the Convertible Notes in an amount of $20,000,000 in the aggregate with the proceeds of the Revolving Loan and/or another form of senior Indebtedness permitted hereunder shall automatically increase the Consolidated Net Senior Leverage Ratio required as of the end of each fiscal quarter by an additional 0.25 and (c) the Consolidated Net Senior Leverage Ratio required as of the end of each fiscal quarter shall automatically increased by an additional 0.125% at such time as the final $10,000,000 of the Convertible Notes
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are repaid with the proceeds of the Revolving Loan and/or another form of senior Indebtedness permitted hereunder; provided, further, however, in no event shall the Consolidated Net Senior Leverage Ratio permitted at any point in time be increased to a ratio greater than the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio permitted at such time:
Fiscal Quarter Ending | Consolidated Net Senior Leverage Ratio | |
March 31, 2011 |
2.0 to 1.0 | |
June 30, 2011 |
2.0 to 1.0 | |
September 30, 2011 |
2.0 to 1.0 | |
December 31, 2011 |
2.0 to 1.0 | |
March 31, 2012 |
2.0 to 1.0 | |
June 30, 2012 |
2.0 to 1.0 | |
September 30, 2012 |
2.0 to 1.0 | |
December 31, 2012 |
1.75 to 1.0 | |
March 31, 2013 |
1.75 to 1.0 | |
June 30, 2013 |
1.75 to 1.0 | |
September 30, 2013 |
1.75 to 1.0 | |
December 31, 2013 |
1.75 to 1.0 | |
March 31, 2014 and each fiscal quarter thereafter |
1.5 to 1.0 |
(c) Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower to be less than 1.3 to 1.0.
8.12 | Prepayment of Other Indebtedness, Etc. |
(a) Prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner, or make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of any Indebtedness of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary other than:
(i) | Indebtedness arising under the Loan Documents; |
(ii) Indebtedness arising under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Swap Bank; and
(iii) a voluntary or optional prepayment of the Convertible Notes prior to the due date thereof so long as (A) before and after giving effect to any such prepayment, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (B) prior to any such prepayment, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a Pro Forma Compliance Certificate demonstrating that after giving effect to any such prepayment the Borrower is in compliance with Section 8.11 on a Pro Forma Basis and (C) after giving effect to any such prepayment, the Borrower has unrestricted cash and availability under the Aggregate Revolving Commitments in an aggregate amount of not less than $30,000,000;
(iv) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.03; and
(v) any optional or voluntary prepayment of Indebtedness (other than the Subordinated Indebtedness, including without limitation the Convertible Notes) not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate from the Closing Date so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom.
(b) Amend, modify or change any of the terms of the Convertible Notes, the Convertible Notes Indenture, any Subordinated Indebtedness Documents or any Subordinated Indebtedness (other than the conversion of the Convertible Notes into cash, common Equity Interests of the Borrower and associated rights or securities convertible into common Equity Interests of the Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Notes Documents) if such amendment, modification or change would add, modify or change any terms in a manner materially adverse to the interests of the Loan Parties or Lenders.
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8.13 | Organization Documents; Fiscal Year; Legal Name, State of Formation and Form of Entity. |
(a) Amend, modify or change its Organization Documents in a manner that is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.
(b) Change its fiscal year.
(c) Without providing ten (10) days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, change its name, state of formation or form of organization.
(d) Consummate a merger or consolidation or other change in structure without providing the Administrative Agent written notice of such merger, consolidation or other change in structure within ten (10) days of such consummation or other change.
8.14 | Excluded Subsidiaries. |
Permit at any time the aggregate revenues of all Excluded Subsidiaries for any fiscal quarter of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries to exceed 20% of the consolidated revenues of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarter.
8.15 | Healthcare Permits; Healthcare Fines. |
(a) Healthcare Permits. Permit or cause to suffer any revocation by a state or federal regulatory agency any Governmental Approvals or Healthcare Permit to the extent that such revocation could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, regardless of whether such Governmental Approvals or Healthcare Permit was held by or originally issued for the benefit of Borrower, a Subsidiary, or a Contract Provider with whom the Borrower or Subsidiary has entered into a management agreement.
(b) Healthcare Law Fines. Permit one or more penalties or fines in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount to be unpaid when due by the Loan Parties during any 12-month period under any Healthcare Law.
ARTICLE IX
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
9.01 | Events of Default. |
Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:
(a) Non-Payment. The Borrower fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or any L/C Obligation, or (ii) within three Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or on any L/C Obligation, or any fee due hereunder, or (iii) within five Business Days after the same becomes due, any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or
(b) Specific Covenants. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of (i) Section 7.01, 7.02(a), 7.02(b), 7.10, 7.12, 7.14, 7.15 or 7.16 and such failure continues for five Business Days, or (ii) Section 7.05(a), 7.11 or Article VIII; or
(c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for thirty days after the earlier of (i) a Responsible Officer of any Loan Party becoming aware of such failure or (ii) notice thereof to any Loan Party by the Administrative Agent; or
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(d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; or
(e) Cross-Default. (i) Any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than the Threshold Amount and such failure shall have continued after the applicable grace period, if any, or (B) fails (beyond the applicable cure period) to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity; provided, that this clause (e) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due solely as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness as long as such Indebtedness is repaid at or prior to the time it becomes due as a result of such transaction; or (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by the Borrower or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than the Threshold Amount; or
(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary; provided that the Immaterial Subsidiaries excepted from this Section 9.01(f) at any time shall not have aggregate revenues exceeding 5% of consolidated revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the applicable period) institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged, undismissed or unstayed for sixty calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undischarged, undismissed or unstayed for sixty calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or
(g) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) Any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary; provided that the Immaterial Subsidiaries excepted from this Section 9.01(g) at any time shall not have aggregate revenues exceeding 5% of consolidated revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the applicable period) becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within sixty days after its issue or levy; or
(h) Judgments. There is entered against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (i) one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage), or (ii) any one or more non-monetary final judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order and have not been stayed, or
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(B) there is a period of thirty consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; or
(i) ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Loan Party in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount, or (ii) the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Loan Party in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; or
(j) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations (other than in respect of (i) unasserted indemnification and expense reimbursement contingent indemnification obligations that survive the termination of this Agreement or obligations and liabilities under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Swap Bank or any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Treasury Management Bank, in each case, not yet due and payable, or (ii) any Letter of Credit that shall remain outstanding that has been Cash Collateralized on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), ceases to be in full force and effect in all material respects; or any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary or Affiliate of a Loan Party contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document; or
(k) Cross-Default to Convertible Notes Indenture. (i) There shall occur an “Event of Default” (or any comparable term) under, and as defined in, the Convertible Notes Indenture, (ii) any of the Obligations for any reason shall cease to be “Senior Debt” (or any comparable term) under, and as defined in, the Convertible Notes Indenture, or (iii) except in accordance with the terms thereof, the subordination provisions of the Convertible Notes Indenture shall, in whole or in part, terminate, cease to be effective or cease to be legally valid, binding and enforceable against any holder of the Convertible Notes; or
(l) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control; or
(m) Exclusion Event. There shall occur an Exclusion Event.
9.02 | Remedies Upon Event of Default. |
If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
(a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;
(b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;
(c) require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and
(d) exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents;
provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically
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become due and payable, and the obligation of the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
9.03 | Application of Funds. |
After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 9.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 9.02), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall, subject to Section 2.15, be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:
First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders and the L/C Issuer) arising under the Loan Documents and amounts payable under Article III, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans and L/C Borrowings and fees, premiums and scheduled periodic payments, and any interest accrued thereon, due under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Swap Bank, to the extent such Swap Contract is permitted by Section 8.03(d), ratably among the Lenders (and, in the case of such Swap Contracts, Swap Banks) and the L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third held by them;
Fourth, to (a) payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings, (b) payment of breakage, termination or other payments, and any interest accrued thereon, due under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Swap Bank, to the extent such Swap Contract is permitted by Section 8.03(d), (c) payments of amounts due under any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Treasury Management Bank and (d) Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit, ratably among the Lenders (and, in the case of such Swap Contracts and Treasury Management Agreements, Swap Banks or Treasury Management Banks, as applicable) and the L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.
Subject to Sections 2.03(c) and 2.14, amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fourth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.
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ARTICLE X
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
10.01 | Appointment and Authority. |
(a) Each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions except with respect to the provisions set forth in Section 10.06 relating to the consent of the Borrower to appoint a successor Administrative Agent and the right of the Borrower to prohibit any such potential successor is not classified as a “U.S. person” and a “financial institution” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1441-1 from becoming the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall also act with respect to all Collateral under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably authorizes and empowers the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the L/C Issuer for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article X and Article XI (including Section 11.04(c), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were an agent under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
10.02 | Rights as a Lender. |
The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
10.03 | Exculpatory Provisions. |
The Administrative Agent and the bookrunners or bookmanagers shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
(b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other
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number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law; and
(c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 11.01 and 9.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or the L/C Issuer.
The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
10.04 | Reliance by Administrative Agent. |
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the L/C Issuer unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the L/C Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Loan Parties), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
10.05 | Delegation of Duties. |
The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
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10.06 | Resignation of Administrative Agent. |
The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States; provided, that if any such potential successor is not classified as a “U.S. person” and a “financial institution” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1441-1, then the Borrower shall have the right to prohibit such potential successor from becoming the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above with the consent of the Borrower; provided that if any such potential successor is not classified as a “U.S. person” and a “financial institution” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1441-1, then the Borrower shall have the right to prohibit such potential successor from becoming the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion; and provided, further, that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the L/C Issuer directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 11.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
Any resignation by Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender, (b) the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.
10.07 | Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. |
Each Lender and the L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and the L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and
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information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
10.08 | No Other Duties; Etc. |
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the bookrunners, arrangers, syndication agents, documentation agents or co-agents shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or the L/C Issuer hereunder.
10.09 | Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. |
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations (other than obligations under Swap Contracts or Treasury Management Agreements to which the Administrative Agent is not a party) that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(i) and (j), 2.09 and 11.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and the L/C Issuer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 11.04.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or the L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
10.10 | Collateral and Guaranty Matters. |
Each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Swap Bank and a potential Treasury Management Bank) and the L/C Issuer irrevocably agree:
(a) that any Lien on any Collateral granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document shall be automatically released (i) upon termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations under the Loan Documents (other than in respect of unasserted indemnification and expense reimbursement contingent indemnification obligations that survive the termination of this Agreement or obligations and liabilities under any Swap Contract between any Loan
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Party and any Swap Bank or any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Treasury Management Bank, in each case, not yet due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit, (ii) in connection with any disposition of such Collateral permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (iii) as approved, authorized or ratified in accordance with Section 11.01;
(b) to release or subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 8.01(i);
(c) to subordinate, and authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to subordinate, any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 8.01(i); and
(d) any Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations under the Guaranty and this Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder.
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, pursuant to this Section 10.10.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
11.01 | Amendments, Etc. |
No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and no amendment or waiver of any provision of any Collateral Document shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Administrative Agent (with the consent of the Required Lenders) and the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, further, that
(a) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(i) extend the expiration date or increase the amount of the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 9.02) without the written consent of such Lender whose Commitment is being extended or increased (it being understood and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 5.02 or of any Default or a mandatory reduction in Commitments is not considered an extension of the expiration date or increase in the amount of the Commitments of any Lender);
(ii) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to any Lender or any scheduled or mandatory reduction of the Commitments hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of such Lender entitled to receive such payment or whose Commitments are to be reduced;
(iii) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (i) of the final proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of the Lender entitled to receive such payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate; provided, that an amendment or modification to the defined terms used in the financial covenants in this Agreement shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees for purposes of this clause (iii);
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(iv) change any provision of this Section 11.01(a) or the definition of “Required Lenders” or “Required Revolving Lenders” without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(v) except in connection with a Disposition permitted under Section 8.05 or an Involuntary Disposition, release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(vi) release the Borrower or, except in connection with a merger or consolidation permitted under Section 8.04 or a Disposition permitted under Section 8.05, all or substantially all of the Guarantors without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, except to the extent the release of any Guarantor is permitted pursuant to Section 10.10 (in which case such release shall be automatic); or
(vii) change Section 2.13 or Section 9.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby.
(b) unless also signed by the L/C Issuer, no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it;
(c) unless also signed by the Swing Line Lender, no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; and
(d) unless also signed by the Administrative Agent, no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) the Administrative Agent Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto, (ii) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender, (iii) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein and (iv) the Required Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow a Loan Party to use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination shall be binding on all of the Lenders.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary:
(i) The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time (and with the consent of the Administrative Agent, not to be unreasonably withheld), make one or more offers (each, a “Loan Modification Offer”) to all the Revolving Lenders or all of the Term Loan Lenders to make one or more amendments or modifications to allow the maturity, termination date for any Commitment and/or scheduled amortization (if any) of the Loans of the accepting Lenders to be extended (and in connection therewith increase the Applicable Rate and/or fees payable with respect to the Loans and Commitments (if any) of the accepting Lenders) (“Extension Amendments”) pursuant to procedures reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. Such notice shall set forth (I) the terms and conditions of the requested Extension Amendment and (II) the date on which such Extension Amendment is requested to become effective. Extension Amendments shall become effective only with respect to the Loans and/or Commitments of the Lenders that accept the applicable Loan Modification Offer (such Lenders, the “Accepting Lenders”) and, in the case of any Accepting Lender, only with respect to such Lender’s Loans and/or Commitments as to which such Lender’s acceptance has been made. The Borrower, each other Loan Party and each Accepting Lender shall
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execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such documentation (the “Loan Amendment”) as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the acceptance of the Extension Amendments and the terms and conditions thereof, and the Loan Parties shall also deliver such corporate resolutions, opinions and other documents as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Loan Amendment. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, (x) upon the effectiveness of any Loan Amendment, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Extension Amendment evidenced thereby and only with respect to the Loans and Commitments of the Accepting Lenders as to which such Lenders’ acceptance has been made and (y) any applicable Lender who is not an Accepting Lender may be replaced by the Borrower in accordance with Section 11.13.
(ii) This Agreement and the Collateral Documents may, in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable discretion, be amended and waived with the consent of the Administrative Agent at the request of the Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any other Lender if such amendment or waiver is effectuated in order (i) to cure ambiguities or defects or (ii) to cause such Collateral Document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of any such amendment. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any such amendment, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of such amendment evidenced thereby.
11.02 | Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies. |
(a) Notices Generally. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(i) if to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 11.02; and
(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire (including, as appropriate, notices delivered solely to the Person designated by a Lender on its Administrative Questionnaire then in effect for the delivery of notices that may contain material non-public information relating to the Borrower).
Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).
(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended
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recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
(c) The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties” and each an “Agent Party”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).
(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal or state securities laws.
(e) Reliance by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Lenders. The Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Loan Notices and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of any Loan Party even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Loan Parties shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of a Loan Party. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
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11.03 | No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement. |
No failure by any Lender, the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 10.01 for the benefit of all the Lenders and the L/C Issuer; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 11.08 (subject to the terms of Section 2.13), or (d) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.01 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.13, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.
11.04 | Expenses; Indemnity; and Damage Waiver. |
(a) Costs and Expenses. The Loan Parties shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, MLPF&S and STRH (including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel and, if applicable, one local counsel in each material jurisdiction for the Administrative Agent), in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and, with respect to the Administrative Agent, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the L/C Issuer in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer (including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer), and shall pay the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees for attorneys who may be employees of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b) Indemnification by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and the L/C Issuer, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee but excluding Taxes that are the subject matter of Sections 3.01 and 3.04 other than the net amount of any Taxes related to amounts paid pursuant to this Section 11.04), and
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shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of any Indemnitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability directly related to a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, in all cases, whether or not caused by or arising, in whole or in part, out of the comparative, contributory or sole negligence of the Indemnitee; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any of its directors, officers or employees or bad faith breach by such Indemnitee or any of its directors, officers or employees of its obligations under the Loan Documents.
(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Loan Parties for any reason fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by them to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the L/C Issuer or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the L/C Issuer or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount, provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or the L/C Issuer in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or L/C Issuer in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(d).
(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Loan Party shall assert, and each Loan Party hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten (10) Business Days after demand therefor (accompanied by back up documentation to the extent available).
(f) Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.
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11.05 | Payments Set Aside. |
To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Loan Party is made to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender and the L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
11.06 | Successors and Assigns. |
(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder or thereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b), participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i) Minimum Amounts.
(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and
(B) in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000 in the case of an assignment of Revolving Loans and $1,000,000 in the case of an assignment of Term Loans unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, however, that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from
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members of an Assignee Group to a single assignee (or to an assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met;
(ii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:
(A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;
(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of any Revolving Commitment if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender with a Revolving Commitment, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender;
(C) the consent of the L/C Issuer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit (whether or not then outstanding); and
(D) the consent of the Swing Line Lender (such consent not to unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment in respect of the Revolving Commitment if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender with a Revolving Commitment, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender.
(iii) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
(iv) No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made (A) to the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, or (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B), or (C) to a natural person.
(v) Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to
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the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05 and 11.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.
(c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower (and such agency being solely for tax purposes), shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. In addition, the Administrative Agent shall maintain on the Register information regarding the designation, and revocation of designation, of any Lender as a Defaulting Lender. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) the Borrower, each other Loan Party, the Administrative Agent, the other Lenders and the L/C Issuer shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in clauses (i) through (vi) of the Section 11.01(a) that affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section; provided such Participant shall be subject to Sections 3.06 and 11.13 as though it were a Lender. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender. In the event that any Lender sells a participation pursuant to this Section 11.06(d), such Lender shall maintain with respect to such participation, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, a register comparable to the Register (the “Participant Register”). Interests in the rights and/or obligations of a Lender under this Agreement may be participated in whole or in part only by registration of such participation on such Participant Register. If requested by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, such Lender shall make the Participant Register available to Administrative Agent or the Borrower upon either (i) the exercise by a Participant of remedies hereunder or (ii) a request for the Register by the IRS.
(e) Limitation on Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be
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entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 3.01(e) as though it were a Lender.
(f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(g) Resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender after Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Bank of America assigns all of its Commitment and Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, Bank of America may, (i) upon thirty days’ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon thirty days’ notice to the Borrower, resign as Swing Line Lender. In the event of any such resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of Bank of America as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be. If Bank of America resigns as L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)). If Bank of America resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c). Upon the appointment of a successor L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender, (1) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, and (2) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to Bank of America to effectively assume the obligations of Bank of America with respect to such Letters of Credit.
11.07 | Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. |
Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below) and to not use the Information for any purpose except in connection with the Loan Documents, except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives and to any direct or indirect contractual counterparty (or such contractual counterparty’s professional advisor) under any Swap Contract relating to Loans outstanding under this Agreement, in each case whom it reasonably determines needs to know such information (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent required by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process and if practicable following prior written notice to the Borrower and a reasonable period of time in the circumstances for the Borrower to object to such disclosure, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with and to the extent necessary for the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to a Loan Party and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such
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Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Loan Parties, unless the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or such Lender, respectively, is aware that such source otherwise breached its obligations of confidentiality in disclosing such information. The terms of this provision shall supersede and replace any previous agreement regarding the confidentiality of the Information.
For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from a Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof relating to the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by such Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information but in no event less than a reasonable degree of care.
Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws.
11.08 | Set-off. |
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, the L/C Issuer and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, after obtaining the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, the L/C Issuer or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or the L/C Issuer shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or the L/C Issuer different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided, that, in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.15 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender, the L/C Issuer and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, the L/C Issuer or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and the L/C Issuer agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 11.08, if at any time any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates maintains one or more deposit accounts for the Borrower or any other Loan Party into which Medicare and/or Medicaid receivables are deposited, such Person shall waive the right of setoff set forth herein.
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11.09 | Interest Rate Limitation. |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
11.10 | Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. |
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.
11.11 | Survival of Representations and Warranties. |
All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied (other than in respect of unasserted indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations that survive the termination of this Agreement or obligations and liabilities under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Swap Bank or any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Treasury Management Bank, in each case, not yet due and payable) or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.
11.12 | Severability. |
If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.12, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.
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11.13 | Replacement of Lenders. |
If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, (ii) the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or (iii) a Lender (a “Non-Consenting Lender”) does not consent to a proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination with respect to any Loan Document that has been approved by the Required Lenders as provided in Section 11.01 but requires unanimous consent of all Lenders or all Lenders directly affected thereby (as applicable), (iv) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or (v) any other circumstance exists hereunder that gives the Borrower the right to replace a Lender as a party hereto, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 11.06), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:
(a) the assignment fee specified in Section 11.06(b) shall have been paid or waived;
(b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding principal of its Loans and L/C Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
(c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;
(d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws; and
(e) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a Non-Consenting Lender’s failure to consent to a proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination with respect to any Loan Document, the applicable replacement bank, financial institution or Fund consents to the proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination; provided that the failure by such Non-Consenting Lender to execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption shall not impair the validity of the removal of such Non-Consenting Lender and the mandatory assignment of such Non-Consenting Lender’s Commitments and outstanding Loans and participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 11.13 shall nevertheless be effective without the execution by such Non-Consenting Lender of an Assignment and Assumption.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
11.14 | Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc. |
(a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH
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ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT ANY PARTY HERETO MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY HERETO OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
(c) WAIVER OF VENUE. THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
(d) SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 11.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
11.15 | Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury. |
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
11.16 | Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents. |
The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, but only to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
11.17 | USA PATRIOT Act. |
Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the 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 “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify
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and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act. The Borrower shall, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Act.
11.18 | No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship. |
In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (a)(i) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, MLPF&S and STRH are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, MLPF&S and STRH, on the other hand, (ii) the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (iii) the Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (b)(i) the Administrative Agent, MLPF&S and STRH each is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Borrower or any of its Affiliates and (ii) neither the Administrative Agent, MLPF&S nor STRH has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (c) the Administrative Agent, MLPF&S and STRH and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent, MLPF&S nor STRH has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower hereby waives and releases, any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, MLPF&S or STRH with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
BORROWER: |
THE PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation | |||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx XxXxxxxx |
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Name: | Xxxxxxxx XxXxxxxx | |||||
Title: | Chairman and CEO | |||||
GUARANTORS: |
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AMERICANWORK, INC. | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx XxXxxxxx |
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Name: | Xxxxxxxx XxXxxxxx | |||||
Title: | Chairman/CEO |
A TO Z IN-HOME TUTORING LLC | ||
ALPHACARE RESOURCES, INC. | ||
CAMELOT CARE CENTERS, INC. | ||
CHILDREN’S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC. | ||
CHOICES GROUP, INC. | ||
DOCKSIDE SERVICES, INC | ||
DRAWBRIDGES COUNSELING SERVICES, LLC | ||
FAMILY-BASED STRATEGIES, INC. | ||
FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES, INC. | ||
FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES OF FLORIDA, INC. | ||
FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. | ||
FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES OF WASHINGTON, D.C., INC. | ||
FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES OF WEST VIRGINIA, INC. | ||
HEALTH TRANS, INC. | ||
MAPLE STAR NEVADA | ||
MAPLE STAR WASHINGTON, INC. | ||
OASIS COMPREHENSIVE XXXXXX CARE LLC | ||
PROVADO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | ||
PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS, INC. | ||
PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC. | ||
PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY SERVICES, LLC | ||
PROVIDENCE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION OF FLORIDA | ||
PROVIDENCE OF ARIZONA, INC. | ||
PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION OF DELAWARE | ||
PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION OF MAINE | ||
PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY, INC. | ||
PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION OF OKLAHOMA | ||
PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION OF TEXAS | ||
RED TOP TRANSPORTATION, INC. | ||
RIDE PLUS, LLC | ||
TRANSITIONAL FAMILY SERVICES, INC. | ||
W.D. MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. |
By: |
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
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Name: |
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: |
President | |||
LOGISTICARE SOLUTIONS, LLC
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By: |
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
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Name: |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: |
CEO | |||
LOGISTICARE SOLUTIONS INDEPENDENT PRACTICE ASSOCIATION, LLC
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By: |
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
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Name: |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: |
Manager | |||
PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION OF ALABAMA
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By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxxx XxXxxxxx |
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Name: |
Xxxxxxxx XxXxxxxx | |||
Title: |
President | |||
RIO GRANDE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.L.C.
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By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxxx XxXxxxxx |
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Name: |
Xxxxxxxx XxXxxxxx | |||
Title: |
CEO |
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT: |
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent | |||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx |
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Name: |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||||
Title: | Assistant Vice President |
LENDERS: |
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer | |||||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx |
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Name: Xxx Xxxxxx Title: SVP |
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SUNTRUST BANK, as a Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Title: Vice President |
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ALLIANCE BANK OF ARIZONA, a Division of Western Alliance Bank, an Arizona corporation, as a Lender | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxx X. Xxxxxx |
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Name: Xxx X. Xxxxxx Title: Senior Vice President |
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BOKF, N.A., dba Bank of Arizona, as a Lender | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
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Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||||
XXXXX BROTHERS XXXXXXXX & CO., as a Lender | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Head, Jr. |
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Name: | Xxxxxx X. Head, Jr. |
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Title: | Senior Vice President |
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
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Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
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Title: | Director | |||||
STATE BANK OF INDIA (CALIFORNIA), as a Lender | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||
Title: | VP |
Schedule 1.01(a)
Excluded Subsidiaries
Each not-for-profit entity that is a Subsidiary of the Borrower, including, without limitation, the following entities:
1. | College Community Services, Inc. |
2. | Maple Star Colorado, Inc. |
3. | Maple Star Oregon, Inc. |
Schedule 1.01(a)
Schedule 1.01(b)
Existing Letters of Credit
1. | Letter of Credit No. , dated February 9, 2010, issued by Bank of America, N.A., on behalf of LogistiCare Solutions, LLC, to Humana Medicaid Plan, Inc—$135,000 outstanding as of December 31, 2010. |
2. | Letter of Credit No. , dated February 1, 2010, issued by Bank of America, N.A., on behalf of Provado Insurance Services, Inc. to The Travelers Indemnity Company—$1,584,360 outstanding as of December 31, 2010. |
3. | Letter of Credit No. , dated February 1, 2010, issued by Bank of America, N.A., on behalf of Provado Insurance Services, Inc. to The Travelers Indemnity Company—$2,008,743 outstanding as of December 31, 2010. |
Schedule 1.01(b)
Schedule 2.01
Commitment and Applicable Percentages
Lender | Term Loan Commitment |
Applicable Percentage of Term Loan Commitment |
Revolving Commitment |
Applicable Percentage of Revolving Commitment |
||||||||||||
Bank of America, N.A. |
$ | 31,464,285.71 | 0.314642857 | $ | 11,785,714.29 | 0.294642857 | ||||||||||
SunTrust Bank |
$ | 27,464,285.71 | 0.274642857 | $ | 11,785,714.29 | 0.294642857 | ||||||||||
Alliance Bank of Arizona, a Division of Western Alliance Bank |
$ | 10,714,285.71 | 0.107142857 | $ | 4,285,714.29 | 0.107142857 | ||||||||||
BOKF, N.A., dba Bank of Arizona |
$ | 10,714,285.71 | 0.107142857 | $ | 4,285,714.29 | 0.107142857 | ||||||||||
Xxxxx Brothers Xxxxxxxx & Co. |
$ | 7,142,857.14 | 0.071428571 | $ | 2,857,142.86 | 0.000000000 | ||||||||||
Royal Bank of Canada |
$ | 7,142,857.14 | 0.000000000 | $ | 2,857,142.86 | 0.071428572 | ||||||||||
State Bank of India (California) |
$ | 5,357,142.86 | 0.053571429 | $ | 2,142,857.14 | 0.053571429 | ||||||||||
Total |
$ | 100,000,000.00 | 100.000000000 | % | $ | 40,000,000.00 | 100.000000000 | % |
Schedule 2.01
Schedule 6.10
Insurance
See attached.
Schedule 6.10
Providence Service Corporation
Insurance Schedule
As of March 1, 2011
EXPIRATION | CARRIER | POLICY NUMBER |
COVERAGE | AMOUNTS OR LIMITS |
DEDUCTIBLE | |||||||||||
3/1/10- | Lexington | 20412793 | PROPERTY | $ | 5,000 | |||||||||||
5/15/2011 | Insurance | Any one occurrence | $ | 25,000,000 | |
various other |
| |||||||||
Company | Newly Acquired Property | $ | 1,000,000 | deductibles | ||||||||||||
Miscellaneous Unnamed Locations | $ | 1,000,000 | apply | |||||||||||||
Other sub-limits apply | ||||||||||||||||
12/21/09- | National Union | CA22090-91 | AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY AND PHYSICAL DAMAGE | |||||||||||||
5/15/2011 | Fire |
Per occurrence | $ | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Insurance Co. |
Deductible | $ | 2,500 | |||||||||||||
of |
Composite Rate | |||||||||||||||
Pittsburg PA |
Hired Car Physical Damage | $ | 50,000 | $ | 1,000 | |||||||||||
(AIG) | Hired Car Physical Damage—Deductible | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,000 | |||||||||||
5/15/2011 | Lexington | 839-6507 | HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL AND GENERAL LIABILITY | |||||||||||||
Insurance | Professional Liability—(Claims Made) | |||||||||||||||
Each Medical Incident | $ | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
General Liability—(Occurrence) | ||||||||||||||||
Each Incident | $ | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
Personal / Advertisers Injury | $ | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
Fire Damage—Each Fire | $ | 100,000 | ||||||||||||||
Medical Expense—Each Person | $ | 5,000 | ||||||||||||||
Each Incident—MO contract only | $ | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
Annual Policy Aggregate | $ | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
Lexington | 6796231 | UMBRELLA LIABILITY | ||||||||||||||
Insurance | Excess Healthcare Professional Liability | $ | 25,000,000 | |||||||||||||
Healthcare Umbrella Liability | $ | 25,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
General Aggregate | $ | 25,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
5/15/2011 | Ace American | WLRC46134801 | WORKERS' COMPENSATION & EMPLOYERS' LIAB. | |||||||||||||
Insurance | Workers' Compensation | Statutory | ||||||||||||||
Employers Liability : | ||||||||||||||||
Bodily Injury by Accident | $ | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
Bodily Injury by Disease—policy limit | $ | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
Bodily Injury by Disease—each employee | $ | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
Aggregate Limit | unlimited | |||||||||||||||
5/15/2011 | ACE American | CTCG24942107 | WORKERS' COMPENSATION—CONTRACTUAL INDEMNITY | |||||||||||||
Insurance | Deductible Loss Limit | $ | 250,000 | |||||||||||||
Aggregate Attachment | $ | 6,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
8/31/2011 | National Union | 00-000-00-00 | DIRECTORS' AND OFFICERS' LIABILITY | |||||||||||||
Fire |
Aggregate Limit, including Defense Costs | $ | 10,000,000 | |||||||||||||
Insurance Co. | Crisis Loss Limit | $ | 50,000 | |||||||||||||
of | Delisting Crisis Loss Limit | $ | 25,000 | |||||||||||||
Pittsburgh. PA | Deductibles: | |||||||||||||||
Non-indemnifiable Losses | $ | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Securities Claims | $ | 500,000 | ||||||||||||||
All Other Claims | $ | 150,000 | ||||||||||||||
EXPIRATION | CARRIER | POLICY NUMBER |
COVERAGE | AMOUNTS OR LIMITS |
DEDUCTIBLE | |||||||||||
8/31/2011 | ACE American | G21675350006 | EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES LIABILITY | |||||||||||||
Insurance | Aggregate limit, incl. defense costs | $ | 5,000,000 | |||||||||||||
Deductible | $ | 200,000 | ||||||||||||||
Deductible - Class Action | $ | 250,000 | ||||||||||||||
8/31/2011 | St Xxxx Mercury | EC08301189 | FIDUCIARY LIABILITY | |||||||||||||
Insurance |
Annual Aggregate including Defense Costs | $ | 1,000,000 | |||||||||||||
Company | ||||||||||||||||
8/31/2011 | Federal | 68044132 | FIDELITY/CRIME | |||||||||||||
Insurance |
Employee Theft | $ | 5,000,000 | |||||||||||||
(Chubb) | Premises | $ | 5,000,000 | |||||||||||||
In Transit | $ | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
Forgery | $ | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
Computer Fraud | $ | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
Funds Transfer Fraud | $ | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
Money Order and Counterfeit Currency | $ | 50,000 | ||||||||||||||
Credit Card Fraud | $ | 50,000 | ||||||||||||||
Client Coverage | $ | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
Expense Coverage | $ | 50,000 | ||||||||||||||
Deductible | $ | 10,000 | ||||||||||||||
12/21/09- | National Union | 00-000-00-00 | EMPLOYED LAWYERS | |||||||||||||
8/31/2011 | Fire |
Per claim | $ | 1,000,000 | $ | 10,000 | ||||||||||
Insurance Co | Aggregate, including defense costs | $ | 1,000,000 |
Schedule 6.13
Subsidiaries
Entity Name | Jurisdiction of Formation |
Country /Region |
Record Owner | Class of Equity Interests |
% Outstanding Equity Interests Owned by any Loan Party |
Equity Interests Authorized |
Equity Outstanding |
Number and any,
of | ||||||||
0798576 B.C. Ltd. |
B.C. Canada | Canada | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares |
100% | 100 | 100 | N/A | ||||||||
A to Z In-Home Tutoring LLC |
Nevada | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Membership Interest | 100% | N/A | Sole Member LLC |
N/A | ||||||||
Aboriginal Jobwave Inc. |
B.C. Canada | Canada | WCG International Consultants Ltd. | Common Shares | 100% | Unlimited Shares of Common Stock |
10,000 | N/A | ||||||||
AlphaCare Resources, Inc. |
Georgia | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 100,000 | 7,000 | N/A | ||||||||
AmericanWork, Inc. |
Delaware | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 4,000 | 3,750 | N/A | ||||||||
Camelot Care Centers, Inc. |
Illinois | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Class A Voting Common Shares | 100% | 250,000 | 4 | N/A | ||||||||
USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Class B Voting Common Shares | 100% | 250,000 | 996 | N/A | ||||||||||
Children’s Behavioral Health, Inc. |
Pennsylvania | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 10,000 | 1,000 | N/A |
Schedule 6.13
Entity Name | Jurisdiction of Formation |
Country /Region |
Record Owner | Class of Equity Interests |
% Outstanding Equity Interests Owned by any Loan Party |
Equity Interests Authorized |
Equity Outstanding |
Number and Effect, if any, of Outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and all other similar rights with respect thereto | ||||||||
Choices Group, Inc. |
Delaware | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 3,000 | 000 | X/X | ||||||||
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx. |
Xxxxxxxxxx | XXX | The Providence Service Corporation | Membership Interest | 100% | 100 units |
100 units | N/A | ||||||||
Cypress Management Services, Inc. (Process of being dissolved) |
Florida | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 1,000 | 000 | X/X | ||||||||
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx |
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx |
XXX | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 1,000 | 100 | N/A | ||||||||
Drawbridges Counseling Services, LLC |
Kentucky | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Membership Interest | 100% | N/A | Sole Member LLC |
N/A | ||||||||
Family-Based Strategies, Inc. |
Delaware | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Class A Common Shares | 100% | 200,000 | 84,700 | N/A | ||||||||
Class B Common Shares | N/A (none outstanding) | 100,000 | 0 | N/A | ||||||||||||
Family Preservation Services, Inc. |
Virginia | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 25,000 | 25,000 | N/A | ||||||||
Family Preservation Services of Florida, Inc. |
Florida | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 100,000 | 1,000 | N/A | ||||||||
Family Preservation Services of North Carolina, Inc. |
North Carolina |
USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 100,000 | 1,000 | N/A |
Schedule 6.13
Entity Name | Jurisdiction of Formation |
Country /Region |
Record Owner | Class of Equity Interests |
% Outstanding Equity Interests Owned by any Loan Party |
Equity Interests Authorized |
Equity Outstanding |
Number and Effect, if any, of Outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and all other similar rights with respect thereto | ||||||||
Family Preservation Services of Washington, D.C., Inc. |
District of Columbia |
USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 10,000 | 1,000 | N/A | ||||||||
Family Preservation Services of West Virginia, Inc. |
West Virginia |
USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 10,000 | 1,000 | N/A | ||||||||
Health Trans, Inc. |
Delaware | USA | LogistiCare Solutions, LLC | Common Shares | 100% | 1,000 | 1,000 | N/A | ||||||||
Jobwave Alberta Ltd. |
B.C. Canada |
Canada | WCG International Consultants Ltd. | Common Shares | 100% | Unlimited Shares of Common Stock |
000 | X/X | ||||||||
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxx. |
X.X. Xxxxxx |
Xxxxxx | WCG International Consultants Ltd. | Common Shares | 100% | Unlimited Shares of Common Stock |
100 | N/A | ||||||||
LogistiCare Solutions, LLC |
Delaware | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Membership Interest | 100% | N/A | Sole Member LLC |
N/A | ||||||||
LogistiCare Solutions Independent Practice Association, LLC |
New York |
USA | LogistiCare Solutions, LLC | Membership Interest | 100% | N/A | Sole Member LLC |
N/A | ||||||||
Maple Star Colorado, Inc. |
Colorado | USA | N/A Non-Profit (no members) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | No Members |
N/A |
Schedule 6.13
Entity Name | Jurisdiction of Formation |
Country /Region |
Record Owner | Class of Equity Interests |
% Outstanding Equity Interests Owned by any Loan Party |
Equity Interests Authorized |
Equity Outstanding |
Number and Effect, if any, of Outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and all other similar rights with respect thereto | ||||||||
Maple Star Nevada |
Nevada | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 4,000 | 2,000 | N/A | ||||||||
Maple Star Oregon |
Oregon | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Membership Interest | 100% | N/A | Sole Member | N/A | ||||||||
Maple Star Washington, Inc. |
Washington | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 100 | 100 | N/A | ||||||||
Oasis Comprehensive Xxxxxx Care LLC |
Kentucky | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Membership Interest | 100% | N/A | Sole Member LLC |
N/A | ||||||||
Provado Insurance Services, Inc. |
South Carolina |
USA | LogistiCare Solutions, LLC | Common Shares | 100% | 100,000 | 25,000 | N/A | ||||||||
Provado Technologies, LLC. |
Florida | USA | LogistiCare Solutions, LLC | Common Shares | 100% | 1,000 | 100 | N/A | ||||||||
Providence Community Corrections, Inc. (f/k/a Camelot Care Corporation) |
Delaware | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 1,000 | 1,000 | N/A | ||||||||
Providence Community Services, Inc. f/k/a Pottsville Behavioral Counseling Group, Inc. |
Pennsylvania | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 100,000 | 3,000 | N/A | ||||||||
Providence Community Services, LLC (f/k/a Aspen MSO, LLC) |
Delaware | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Membership Interest | 100% | N/A | Sole Member LLC |
N/A |
Schedule 6.13
Entity Name | Jurisdiction of Formation |
Country /Region |
Record Owner | Class of Equity Interests |
% Outstanding Equity Interests Owned by any Loan Party |
Equity Interests Authorized |
Equity Outstanding |
Number and Effect, if any, of Outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and all other similar rights with respect thereto | ||||||||
Providence Management Corporation of Florida |
Florida | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 100,000 | 1,000 | N/A | ||||||||
Providence of Arizona, Inc. |
Arizona | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 1,000,000 | 2,100 | N/A | ||||||||
Providence Service Corporation of Alabama |
Alabama | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 1,000 | 000 | X/X | ||||||||
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxx |
Xxxxxxxx | XXX | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 10,000 | 1,000 | N/A | ||||||||
Providence Service Corporation of Maine |
Maine | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 3,000 | 1,000 | N/A | ||||||||
Providence Service Corporation of New Jersey, Inc. |
New Jersey |
USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 2,500 | 2,500 | N/A | ||||||||
Providence Service Corporation of Oklahoma |
Oklahoma | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 1,000 | 1,000 | N/A | ||||||||
Providence Service Corporation of Texas |
Texas | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 100,000 | 1,000 | N/A | ||||||||
Red Top Transportation, Inc. |
Florida | USA | LogistiCare Solutions, LLC | Common Shares | 100% | 5,320 | 5,320 | N/A | ||||||||
Ride Plus, LLC |
Delaware | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Membership Interest | 100% | N/A | Sole Member LLC |
N/A | ||||||||
Rio Grande Management Company, L.L.C. |
Arizona | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Membership Interest | 100% | N/A | Sole Member LLC |
N/A |
Schedule 6.13
Entity Name | Jurisdiction of Formation |
Country /Region |
Record Owner | Class of Equity Interests |
% Outstanding Equity Interests Owned by any Loan Party |
Equity Interests Authorized |
Equity Outstanding |
Number and Effect, if any, of Outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and all other similar rights with respect thereto | ||||||||
Social Services Providers, Captive Insurance Co. |
Arizona | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 100,000 | 10,000 | N/A | ||||||||
Transitional Family Services Inc. |
Georgia | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Common Shares | 100% | 500,000 | 9,500 | N/A | ||||||||
W.D. Management, L.L.C. |
Missouri | USA | The Providence Service Corporation | Membership Interest | 100% | N/A | Sole Member LLC |
N/A | ||||||||
WCG International Consultants Ltd. |
B.C. Canada |
Canada | PSC of Canada Exchange Corp. | Class “A” Common Voting Shares | 100% | 1,000,000 | 240,000 | N/A | ||||||||
Canada | PSC of Canada Exchange Corp. | Class “B” Common Voting Shares | 100% | 1,000,000 | 760,000 | N/A | ||||||||||
Canada | PSC of Canada Exchange Corp. | Class “A” Preferred | 100% | Unlimited Shares of Common Stock |
8,374 | N/A | ||||||||||
Canada | PSC of Canada Exchange Corp. | Class “B” Preferred | 100% | Unlimited Shares of Common Stock |
5,153 | N/A |
Schedule 6.13
Schedule 6.17
IP Rights
Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks and Trademark Licenses
Trademarks and Service Marks
“CAMELOT,” USPTO Registration #1680681, expiry 3/24/12, owner: Camelot Care Centers, Inc.
“TWIG BENDERS,” USPTO Registration #1629648, expiry 5/2011, owner: Camelot Care Centers, Inc.
Tree Logo, USPTO registration #1750063, expiry 4/2013, owner: Camelot Care Centers, Inc.
“MONITOR PRIME,” USPTO Registration # 1826690, expiry 2/2015, owner: Camelot Care Centers, Inc.
Tree Logo, USPTO Registration # 1653278, expiry 8/6/11, owner: Camelot Care Centers, Inc.
PC PROVIDENCE CORPORATION (Stylized Form), USPTO Registration #2,252,504, expiry 5/2019, owner: The Providence Service Corporation
PC PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION (Stylized Form), USPTO Registration #3,098,098, expiry 5/30/2012, owner: The Providence Service Corporation
“HUMAN SERVICES WITHOUT WALLS,” USPTO registration #2308229, expiry 5/2019, owner: The Providence Service Corporation
LOGISTICARE, USPTO Registration No. 2,431,949, expiry 2/27/11 (renewal pending), owner: LogistiCare Solutions, LLC
LOGISTICARE (stylized), USPTO Registration No. 2,419,882 expiry 1/9/11 (renewal pending), owner: LogistiCare Solutions, LLC
PROVADO TECHNOLOGIES, INC. – Plus –Design (full logo), USPTO Registration No. 3,298,872, expiry 9/25/2013, owner: Provado Technologies, LLC1
PROVADO TECHNOLOGIES, USPTO Registration No. 3,424,075, expiry 5/6/2014, owner: Provado Technologies, LLC
1 | Have submitted the appropriate documentation reflecting that the current owner is Provado Technologies, LLC rather than Provado Technologies, Inc. for registration Nos. 3298872 and 3424075 |
Schedule 6.17
Pending Trademark/Service Marks Applications
1 | LOGISTICARE GOING THE EXTRA MILE (stylized) |
USPTO Serial No. 85/152048, owner: LogistiCare Solutions, LLC |
2 | LOGISTICARE (stylized) |
USPTO Serial No. 85/151522, owner: LogistiCare Solutions, LLC |
3 | LOGISTICARE GOING THE EXTRA MILE |
USPTO Serial No. 85/151518, owner: LogistiCare Solutions, LLC |
4 | RIDEPLUS |
USPTO Serial No. 85/110432, owner: Ride Plus, LLC |
5 | SAFECAR SERVICES |
USPTO Serial No. 85/085935, owner: LogistiCare Solutions, LLC |
6 | VIRTUAL RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM (“VRP”), |
USPTO Serial No. 77/969551 owner: Family Preservation Services Incorporated |
Copyrights and Copyright Licenses
Copyrights
Policy and Procedure Manual: Florida Camelot, copyright dated 12/8/88, registration #TXu346691, owner: Camelot Care Centers, Inc.
Staff Training Manual Level I, copyright dated 12/8/88, registration #TXu346993, owner: Camelot Care Centers, Inc.
Policies and Procedures Manual: Camelot Care Centers, copyright dated 12/8/22, registration # TXu346969, owner: Camelot Care Centers, Inc.
Staff Training Level II: In-service, copyright dated 12/8/88, registration # TXu346992, owner: Camelot Care Centers, Inc.
Twig Benders Manual Section II: Getting to Be Human/the Developmental Process, copyright dated 9/20/82, registration # TX1071159, owner: Camelot Care Centers, Inc.
Special People, Special Places for Special Kids: Family Treatment Centers, copyright dated 4/21/82, registration # TX892720, owner: Camelot Care Centers, Inc.
Camelot Care Centers: Special People for Special Kids, copyright dated 4/21/82, registration # TX 892723, owner: Camelot Care Centers, Inc.
The Twig Benders’ Manual / by Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, copyright dated 7/26/82, registration #TX946160, owner: Camelot Care Centers, Inc.
Camelot Care Center Staff Training Manual, copyright dated 9/20/82, registration # TX1071158, owner: Camelot Care Centers, Inc.
The Twig Benders Manual: V.III/by Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, copyright dated 11/13/84, registration # TX1462284, owner: Camelot Care Centers, Inc.
Twig Xxxxxx’x Manual Vol. III. By Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, copyright dated 04/24/85, registration # TX1660530, owner Camelot Care Centers, Inc.
Schedule 6.17
Schedule 6.20(a)
U.S. Locations of Owned Real Property
Loan Party | Location of Owned Property | Mortgaged Property (Y/N)? | ||
The Providence Service Corporation | 00 X Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000 |
No | ||
Providence Community Services, Inc. | 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
No |
Schedule 6.20(a)
Schedule 6.20(b)
Taxpayer and Organizational Identification Numbers
Exact Legal Name of Loan Party | Organization ID No. | Federal Taxpayer ID No. | ||
The Providence Service Corporation |
2697846 | 00-0000000 | ||
AmericanWork, Inc. |
3065028 | 00-0000000 | ||
A to Z In-Home Tutoring LLC |
LLC14823-2002 | 00-0000000 | ||
AlphaCare Resources, Inc. |
J803504 | 00-0000000 | ||
Camelot Care Centers, Inc. |
54319363 | 00-0000000 | ||
Children’s Behavioral Health, Inc. |
3295728 | 00-0000000 | ||
Choices Group, Inc. |
3271676 | 00-0000000 | ||
Dockside Services, Inc |
1999091199 | 00-0000000 | ||
Drawbridges Counseling Services, LLC |
0548838 | 00-0000000 | ||
Family-Based Strategies, Inc. |
3871280 | 00-0000000 | ||
Family Preservation Services, Inc. |
03917762 | 00-0000000 | ||
Family Preservation Services of Florida, Inc. |
P98000061241 | 00-0000000 | ||
Family Preservation Services of North Carolina, Inc. |
0516126 | 00-0000000 | ||
Family Preservation Services of Washington, D.C., Inc. |
232743 | 00-0000000 | ||
Family Preservation Services of West Virginia, Inc. |
41991 | 00-0000000 | ||
Health Trans, Inc. |
2524589 | 00-0000000 | ||
LogistiCare Solutions, LLC |
3090594 | 00-0000000 | ||
LogistiCare Solutions Independent Practice Association, LLC |
N/A | 00-0000000 | ||
Maple Star Nevada |
C11396-1994 | 00-0000000 | ||
Maple Star Washington, Inc. |
UBI #: 000-000-000 APPID: 1677194eed | 00-0000000 | ||
Oasis Comprehensive Xxxxxx Care LLC |
0571424 | 00-0000000 | ||
Provado Technologies, LLC |
L09000122708 | 00-0000000 | ||
Providence Community Corrections, Inc. |
2656006 | 00-0000000 | ||
Providence Community Services, Inc. |
2654779 | 00-0000000 | ||
Providence Community Services, LLC |
2903957 | 00-0000000 | ||
Providence Management Corporation of Florida |
P04000048214 | 00-0000000 | ||
Providence of Arizona, Inc. |
05265760 | 00-0000000 | ||
Providence Service Corporation of Alabama |
D/C 254-522 | 00-0000000 | ||
Providence Service Corporation of Delaware |
3616438 | 00-0000000 | ||
Providence Service Corporation of Maine |
200008460 | 00-0000000 | ||
Providence Service Corporation of New Jersey, Inc. |
01000954635 | 00-0000000 | ||
Providence Service Corporation of Oklahoma |
1900604755 | 00-0000000 | ||
Providence Service Corporation of Texas |
0147065000 | 00-0000000 | ||
Red Top Transportation, Inc. |
M10450 | 00-0000000 | ||
Ride Plus, LLC |
4828519 | 00-0000000 | ||
Rio Grande Management Company, L.L.C. |
L10016299 | 00-0000000 | ||
Transitional Family Services, Inc. |
K101001 | 00-0000000 | ||
W.D. Management, L.L.C. |
LC0002505 | 00-0000000 |
Schedule 6.20(b)
Schedule 6.20(c)
Changes in Legal Name, State of Formation and Structure
1. | Provado Technologies, LLC was formed in 2009 by converting Provado Technologies, Inc. into a limited liability company. LogistiCare Solutions, LLC is the single member of Provado Technologies, LLC. |
2. | The overall structure of LogistiCare was changed as follows: |
(a) | Charter LCI was previously the parent company of Logisticare Inc, formerly the parent of all of the LogistiCare subsidiaries. Charter LCI and Logisticare Inc. were merged into LogistiCare Solutions, LLC in 2010, with LogistiCare Solutions, LLC being the sole surviving entity. |
(b) | LogistiCare Solutions, LLC is now a direct subsidiary of The Providence Service Corporation and the parent company for Provado Technologies, LLC, Provado Insurance Services, Inc, Red Top Transportation, Inc., Logisticare Solutions Independent Practice Association, LLC and Health Trans, Inc. |
3. | Providence Community Corrections, Inc., a Delaware corporation, changed its name from Camelot Care Corporation on September 20, 2006. |
4. | Providence Community Services, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, changed its name from Pottsville Behavioral Counseling Group, Inc. on March 30, 2006. |
Schedule 6.20(c)
Schedule 6.21
Labor Matters
Collective Bargaining Agreement dated March 22, 2007, by and among Logisticare Solutions, LLC and Service Employees International Union, Local 760.
Schedule 6.21
Schedule 8.01
Liens Existing on the Closing Date
Reinsurance Trust Agreement dated August 1, 2006, by and between Provado Insurance Services, Inc. and Discover Reinsurance Company named Discover Reinsurance Company beneficiary of Provado Insurance Services, Inc. Fifth Third Bank Investment bank account #
South Carolina Department of Insurance Certificate of Authority dated December 31, 2004, by and between South Carolina Department of Insurance and Provado Insurance Services, Inc requires statutory obligation of $250,000 in unencumbered capital and surplus in an account in the name of Provado Insurance Services, Inc. with Bank of America
Lien on Certificate of Deposit number securing Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. , dated 12/08/10, issued by Xxxxx Fargo Bank N.A., on behalf of Social Services Providers Captive Insurance Company, to ACE American Insurance Company for $1,046,000
Lien on Certificate of Deposit number securing Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. , dated 7/1/10, issued by Xxxxx Fargo Bank N.A., on behalf of Social Services Providers Captive Insurance Company, to ACE American Insurance Company for $775,000
Lien on Certificate of Deposit number securing Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. , dated 7/1/10, issued by Xxxxx Fargo Bank N.A., on behalf of Social Services Providers Captive Insurance Company, to ACE American Insurance Company for $1,140,000
Lien on Certificate of Deposit number securing Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. , dated July 3, 2010, issued by U.S. Bank National Association on behalf of Social Services Providers Captive Insurance Company, to ACE American Insurance Company for $730,000
Lien on Certificate of Deposit number securing Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. , dated July 1, 2010, issued by Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. on behalf of Social Services Providers Captive Insurance Company, to Lexington Insurance Company for $350,000
Lien on Certificate of Deposit number securing Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. , dated September 16, 2010, issued by Bank of Tucson on behalf of The Providence Service Corporation, to Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America for $243,000
Lien on Certificate of Deposit number securing Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. , dated July 3, 2010, issued by U.S. Bank National Association on behalf of Social Services Providers Captive Insurance Company, to ACE American Insurance Company for $767,921
Schedule 8.01
Schedule 8.02
Investments Existing on the Closing Date
Two Certificates of Deposit
Certificate of Deposit
Owner: The Providence Service Corporation
Bank of Tucson
Certificate #
Maturity Date: 5/31/12
Beginning Balance: $175,000
Interest rate: 2.1%
Certificate of Deposit
Owner: The Providence Service Corporation
Bank of Tucson
Certificate #
Maturity Date: 9/29/11
Beginning Balance: $243,000
Interest Rate: 1.2%
Other Investments
1. | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Investment Account – Currently holding cash in an interest bearing account. |
Owner: The Providence Service Corporation; Balance: $16,990 as of 2/28/11 |
2. | Eastern Investment Advisors |
Owner: LogistiCare Solutions, LLC; Balance: $9,755 as of 2/28/11 |
Account Name: Eastern Bank, Trustee of LogistiCare Solutions, LLC, Rabbi Trust effective 08/07/07 |
Account Number # |
3. | MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut – Account Information |
Owner: LogistiCare Solutions, LLC; Balance: $477,231 as of 2/28/11 |
XX Xxxxxx Chase Bank N/A |
Account Name: MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut – COLI |
LogistiCare Solutions,LLC 5002 |
Account Number # |
4. | Bank of America |
Owner: LogistiCare Solutions, LLC; Balance: $394,663 as of 2/28/11 |
Account name: LogistiCare Solutions, LLC |
Automated Overnight Investment Account |
Account Number # |
5. | Fifth Third Bank |
Owner: Provado Insurance Services, Inc.; Balance: $5,827,921 as of 2/28/11 |
Account Name: Trustee for Provado Insurance Services |
Discover Reinsurance Investment Escrow |
Account: |
Schedule 8.02
Schedule 8.03
Indebtedness Existing on the Closing Date
Promissory Notes
Instrument: |
Promissory Note | |
Holder: |
The Providence Service Corporation | |
Borrower: |
Social Services Providers Captive Insurance Company | |
Amount: |
$775,000 | |
Instrument: |
Promissory Note | |
Holder: |
The Providence Service Corporation | |
Borrower: |
Social Services Providers Captive Insurance Company | |
Amount: |
$1,000,000 | |
Instrument: |
Promissory Note | |
Holder: |
The Providence Service Corporation | |
Borrower: |
Social Services Providers Captive Insurance Company | |
Amount: |
$2,250,000 | |
Instrument: | Promissory Note | |
Holder: |
The Providence Service Corporation | |
Borrower: |
Social Services Providers Captive Insurance Company | |
Amount: |
$1,140,000 | |
Instrument: | Promissory Note | |
Holder: |
The Providence Service Corporation | |
Borrower: |
Social Services Providers Captive Insurance Company | |
Amount: |
$1,046,000 |
Intercompany Loan
Intercompany Loan agreement dated May 6, 2005, by and between Provado Insurance Services, Inc. and LogistiCare Solutions, LLC in the amount of $925,000.
Schedule 8.03
Schedule 11.02
Certain Addresses for Notices
Borrower and Loan Parties:
The Providence Service Corporation
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer
00 X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone No.: (000)000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
E-mail: XXxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Website: xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx/
Investor Relations Homepage: xxxx://xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx
With a copy to:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
E-mail: Xxxxxx.Xxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender:
Administrative Agent (for payments and Requests for Credit Extensions) and Swing Line Lender:
Bank of America, N.A.
Bank of America Plaza
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Mail Code: TX1-492-14-11
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx, Credit Services Representative
Telephone: 000.000.0000
Telecopier: 214.913-3466
Electronic Mail: xxxx.x.xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx
Other Notices as Administrative Agent:
Bank of America, N.A. – Agency Management
Bank of America Plaza
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Mail Code: TX1-492-14-11
Xxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Agency Management Officer
Telephone: 000.000.0000
Telecopier: 214.290.9422
Electronic Mail: xxxxxxx.x.xxxx@xxxx.xxx
Schedule 11.02
L/C Issuer:
Bank of America, N.A.
Trade Operations
0000 X Xxxxxx Xx
Mail Code: CA9-705-07-05
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxx Mendon, Trade Finance Coordinator
Telephone: 000.000.0000
Telecopier: 213.457.8841
Electronic Mail: xxx.xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx
Schedule 11.02
Exhibit A
FORM OF LOAN NOTICE
Date: , 201
To: Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent
Re: | Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of March 11, 2011 (as amended, modified, supplemented or extended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among The Providence Service Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement. |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby requests (select one):
¨ | A Borrowing of Revolving Loans |
¨ | A Borrowing of Term Loans |
¨ | A conversion or continuation of Revolving Loans |
¨ | A conversion or continuation of Term Loans |
1. | On , 201 (which is a Business Day). |
2. | In the amount of $ .1 |
3. | Comprised of [Base Rate Loans][Eurodollar Rate Loans].2 |
4. | With an Interest Period of [one, two, three or six] months.3 |
[The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that after giving effect to any Borrowing of Revolving Loans, (a) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, and (b) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment.]4
[The undersigned Borrower hereby represents and warrants that each of the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 of the Credit Agreement has been satisfied on and as of the date of such Borrowing.]5
1 | Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, with respect to a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, the remaining available amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments). Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, with respect to a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, the remaining available amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments). |
2 | Select as applicable. |
3 | To be included for Eurodollar Rate Loans only. |
4 | To be included for Revolving Loans only. |
5 | To be deleted in connection with conversions of Loans to the other Type and continuations of Eurodollar Rate Loans. |
THE PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation | ||
By: |
| |
Name: | ||
Title: |
Exhibit B
FORM OF SWING LINE LOAN NOTICE
Date: , 201
To: | Bank of America, N.A., as Swing Line Lender |
Cc: | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent |
Re: | Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of March 11, 2011 (as amended, modified, supplemented or extended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among The Providence Service Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement. |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby requests a Swing Line Loan:
1. | On , 201 (a Business Day). |
2. | In the amount of $ .6 |
With respect to such Borrowing of Swing Line Loans, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants that (a) after giving effect to such Borrowing of Swing Line Loans, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and (b) each of the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 of the Credit Agreement has been satisfied on and as of the date of such Borrowing of Swing Line Loans.
THE PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION, | ||
a Delaware corporation | ||
By: |
| |
Name: Title: | ||
6 | Each Borrowing of Swing Line Loans shall be a minimum principal amount of $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the remaining available amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments). |
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF REVOLVING NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to or its registered assigns (the “Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of each Revolving Loan from time to time made by the Lender to the Borrower under that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of March 11, 2011 (as amended, modified, supplemented or extended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.
The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan from the date of such Revolving Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Credit Agreement. All payments of principal and interest shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in Dollars in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office. If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Credit Agreement.
This Revolving Note is one of the Revolving Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein. Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Credit Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Revolving Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Credit Agreement. Revolving Loans made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business. The Lender may also attach schedules to this Revolving Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Revolving Loans and payments with respect thereto.
The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and nonpayment of this Revolving Note.
THIS REVOLVING NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Revolving Note to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date and at the place first written above.
THE PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION, | ||
a Delaware corporation | ||
By: |
| |
Name: Title: | ||
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF SWING LINE NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. or its registered assigns (the “Swing Line Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of each Swing Line Loan from time to time made by the Swing Line Lender to the Borrower under that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of March 11, 2011 (as amended, modified, supplemented or extended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.
The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Swing Line Loan from the date of such Swing Line Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Credit Agreement. All payments of principal and interest shall be made directly to the Swing Line Lender in Dollars in immediately available funds. If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Credit Agreement.
This Swing Line Note is the Swing Line Note referred to in the Credit Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein. Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Credit Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Swing Line Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Credit Agreement. Swing Line Loans made by the Swing Line Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by the Swing Line Lender in the ordinary course of business. The Swing Line Lender may also attach schedules to this Swing Line Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Swing Line Loans and payments with respect thereto.
The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and nonpayment of this Swing Line Note.
THIS SWING LINE NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Swing Line Note to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date and at the place first written above.
THE PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION, | ||
a Delaware corporation | ||
By: |
| |
Name: Title: | ||
Exhibit E
FORM OF TERM NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the “Borrower”) hereby promises to pay to or registered assigns (the “Term Loan Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of the Term Loan made by the Term Loan Lender to the Borrower under that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of March 11, 2011 (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.
The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Term Loan from the date of such Term Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Credit Agreement. All payments of principal and interest shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Term Loan Lender in Dollars in immediately available funds at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office. If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Credit Agreement.
This Term Note is one of the Term Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein. Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Credit Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Term Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Credit Agreement. Term Loans made by the Term Loan Lenders shall be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by the Term Loan Lender and the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The Term Loan Lender may also attach schedules to this Term Note and endorse thereon the date, Type, amount, currency (if applicable) and maturity of the Term Loan and payments with respect thereto.
The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and nonpayment of this Term Note.
THIS TERM NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Term Note to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date and at the place first written above.
THE PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION, | ||
a Delaware corporation | ||
By: |
| |
Name: Title: | ||
Exhibit F
FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Financial Statement Date: , 201
To: | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent |
Re: | Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of March 11, 2011 (as amended, modified, supplemented or extended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among The Providence Service Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement. |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, being a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, hereby certifies as of the date hereof, solely in [his/her] capacity as a Responsible Officer and not in any individual capacity, as follows:
1. | [The year-end audited consolidated financial statements required by Section 7.01(a) of the Credit Agreement for the fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ended as of the above date, together with the report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant required by such section are available at the Investor Relations Home Page on the Borrower’s website at http://xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx/.]7[The unaudited consolidated financial statements required by Section 7.01(b) of the Credit Agreement for the fiscal quarter of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ended as of the above date are available at the Investor Relations Home Page on the Borrower’s website at xxxx://xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx/. Such financial statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, earnings and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP as at such date and for such period, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.]8 |
2. | The undersigned has reviewed and is familiar with the terms of the Credit Agreement and has made, or has caused to be made, a review of the transactions and condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower during the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements. |
3. | [To the knowledge of the undersigned, during such fiscal period, no Default has occurred under the Credit Agreement which has not been previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent.][A Default has occurred under the Credit Agreement, and following is an explanation specifying the nature and status of such Default:]9 |
4. | The financial covenant analyses and calculation of the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Net Senior Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio set forth on Schedule 2 attached hereto are true and accurate on and as of the date of this Certificate. |
7 | To be included for fiscal year-end financial statements only. |
8 | To be included for fiscal quarter-end financial statements only. |
9 | Select as applicable. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of , 201 .
THE PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION, | ||
a Delaware corporation | ||
By: |
| |
Name: Title: | ||
Schedule 2
to Compliance Certificate
1. Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio |
||
(a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness |
$ | |
(b) unrestricted cash in excess of $25,000,000 on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an amount not exceeding $30,000,000 |
$ | |
(c) [(a) - (b)] |
$ | |
(d) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA |
||
(i) Consolidated Net Income |
$ | |
(ii) Consolidated Interest Charges |
$ | |
(iii) federal, state, local and foreign income taxes |
$ | |
(iv) depreciation and amortization expense |
$ | |
(v) charges, fees, costs and expenses (including legal fees) in connection with (I) the entering into of the Loan Documents; and (II) future Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness or any proposed or actual issuance or incurrence of any other Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.03 of the Credit Agreement (including for settlement of the Convertible Notes) |
$ | |
(vi) charges, fees, costs and expenses (including legal fees) in connection with any issuance of Equity Interests or any proposed or actual Permitted Acquisitions, Investments permitted by Section 8.02 of the Credit Agreement, Dispositions permitted by Section 8.04 or 8.05 of the Credit Agreement or Involuntary Dispositions |
$ | |
(vii) restructuring or reorganization charges, severance costs and losses realized from the discontinuance of operations10 |
$ | |
(viii) losses and expenses in connection with claims for which the Borrower reasonably expects to be reimbursed |
$ | |
(ix) payments in settlements less collections, losses, fees, costs, charges and expenses (including legal expenses) incurred in connection with any disputes with dissident shareholders (including in connection with any Section 220 demands, proxy fights or consent solicitations), contract disputes, legal settlements, litigation or arbitration11 |
$ |
10 | Not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate for any four fiscal quarter period. |
11 | Not to exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate for any four fiscal quarter period. |
(x) earnings impact, both positive and negative of subsequent measurement of acquisition contingencies arising from fair value accounting of such contingencies |
$ | |
(xi) non-cash stock based compensation expenses |
$ | |
(xii) debt negotiation costs and subsequent audit and legal expenses if required by holders of Indebtedness permitted under the Credit Agreement |
$ | |
(xiii) other non-cash charges (including non-cash impairment charges), expenses (including non-cash option expenses) and other items reducing Consolidated Net Income (but excluding expenses, charges and losses related to accounts receivable) which do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period |
$ | |
(xiv) litigation awards |
||
(xv) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income |
||
(xvi) [(i) + (ii) + (iii) + (iv) + (v) + (vi) + (vii) + (viii) + (ix) + (x) + (xi) + (xii) + (xiii) – (xiv) – (xv)] |
$ | |
(e) Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio |
:1.0 | |
2. Consolidated Net Senior Leverage Ratio |
||
(a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness |
$ | |
(b) unrestricted cash in excess of $25,000,000 on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an amount not exceeding $30,000,000 |
$ | |
(c) outstanding Subordinated Indebtedness and Indebtedness under the Convertible Notes |
$ | |
(d) [(a) - (b)- (c)] |
$ | |
(e) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA |
$ | |
(f) Consolidated Net Senior Leverage Ratio |
:1.0 |
3. Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio |
||
(a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA [1(d)(xvi) above] |
$ | |
(b) unfinanced Consolidated Capital Expenditures (to the extent not deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA) |
$ | |
(c) Consolidated Cash Taxes (to the extent not deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA) |
$ | |
(d) [(a) - (b)- (c)] |
$ | |
(e) Consolidated Fixed Charges |
$ | |
(i) Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments12 |
$ | |
(ii) Consolidated Interest Charges paid in cash13 |
$ | |
(iii) Consolidated Fixed Charges |
$ | |
(f) Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio |
:1.0 |
12 | For purposes of calculating Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments as of the fiscal quarters ending March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011, September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2011, Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments shall be calculated by annualizing the actual Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments from the Closing Date through the applicable fiscal quarter end. |
13 | For purposes of calculating Consolidated Interest Charges as of the fiscal quarters ending March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011, September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2011, Consolidated Interest Charges shall be calculated by annualizing the actual Consolidated Interest Charges from the Closing Date through the applicable fiscal quarter end. |
Exhibit G
FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) dated as of , 201 is by and between , a (the “New Subsidiary”), and Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent under that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of March 11, 2011 (as amended, modified, supplemented or extended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among The Providence Service Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
The Loan Parties are required by Section 7.12 of the Credit Agreement to cause the New Subsidiary to become a “Guarantor” thereunder. Accordingly, the New Subsidiary hereby agrees as follows with the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations:
1. The New Subsidiary hereby acknowledges, agrees and confirms that, by its execution of this Agreement, the New Subsidiary will be deemed to be a party to the Credit Agreement and a “Guarantor” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement, and shall have all of the obligations of a Guarantor thereunder as if it had executed the Credit Agreement. The New Subsidiary hereby ratifies, as of the date hereof, and agrees to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and conditions applicable to the Guarantors contained in the Credit Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing terms of this paragraph 1, the New Subsidiary hereby jointly and severally together with the other Guarantors, guarantees to each holder of the Obligations and the Administrative Agent, as provided in Article IV of the Credit Agreement, the prompt payment and performance of the Obligations in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof.
2. The New Subsidiary hereby acknowledges, agrees and confirms that, by its execution of this Agreement, the New Subsidiary will be deemed to be a party to the Security Agreement and a “Grantor” for all purposes of the Security Agreement, and shall have all the obligations of a Grantor thereunder as if it had executed the Security Agreement. The New Subsidiary hereby ratifies, as of the date hereof, and agrees to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and conditions contained in the Security Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing terms of this paragraph 2, the New Subsidiary hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, a continuing security interest in, and a right of set off against, any and all right, title and interest of the New Subsidiary in and to the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) of the New Subsidiary to secure the prompt payment and performance in full when due, whether by lapse of time, acceleration, mandatory prepayment or otherwise, of the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Security Agreement).
3. The New Subsidiary hereby acknowledges, agrees and confirms that, by its execution of this Agreement, the New Subsidiary will be deemed to be a party to the Pledge Agreement and a “Pledgor” for all purposes of the Pledge Agreement, and shall have all the obligations of a Pledgor thereunder as if it had executed the Pledge Agreement. The New Subsidiary hereby ratifies, as of the date hereof, and agrees to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and conditions contained in the Pledge Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing terms of this paragraph 3, the New Subsidiary hereby grants, pledges and assigns to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, a continuing security interest in any and all right, title and interest of the New Subsidiary in and to the Equity Interests identified on Schedule 6 hereto and all other Pledged Collateral (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) of the New Subsidiary to secure the prompt payment and performance in full when due, whether by lapse of time, acceleration, mandatory prepayment or otherwise, of the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Pledge Agreement).
4. To assure to the Administrative Agent the effectiveness, perfection and priority of its security interests in the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) under the Security Agreement, the New Subsidiary authorizes the Administrative Agent to file one or more financing statements (with collateral descriptions
broader, including without limitation “all assets whether now owned or hereafter acquired” and/or “all personal property” collateral descriptions, and/or less specific than the description of the Collateral contained in the Security Agreement) disclosing the Administrative Agent’s security interest in any or all of the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) of the New Subsidiary without the New Subsidiary’s signature thereon.
5. The New Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
(a) The New Subsidiary’s exact legal name and state of formation are as set forth on the signature pages hereto.
(b) The New Subsidiary’s taxpayer identification number and organization number are set forth on Schedule 1 hereto.
(c) Other than as set forth on Schedule 2 hereto, the New Subsidiary has not changed its legal name, changed its state of formation, been party to a merger, consolidation or other change in structure in the five years preceding the date hereof.
(d) Schedule 3 hereto includes all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “IP Rights”) (I) not constituting Excluded Property, (II) registered or pending registration with the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office and (III) owned by the New Subsidiary as of the date hereof. None of the IP Rights of the New Subsidiary set forth in Schedule 3 hereto is subject to any licensing agreement or similar arrangement, except as set forth on Schedule 3 hereto.
(e) Schedule 4 hereto includes all Commercial Tort Claims asserted in any judicial action before any Governmental Authority by or in favor of the New Subsidiary as of the date hereof.
(f) Schedule 5 hereto lists all real property located in the United States that is owned by the New Subsidiary as of the date hereof.
(g) Schedule 6 hereto lists each Subsidiary of the New Subsidiary, together with (i) jurisdiction of formation, (ii) number of shares of each class of Equity Interests outstanding, (iii) the number and percentage of outstanding shares of each class owned by the New Subsidiary (directly or indirectly) of such Equity Interests and (iv) number and effect, if exercised, of all outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and all other similar rights with respect thereto.
4. The address of the New Subsidiary for purposes of all notices and other communications is the address designated for all Loan Parties on Schedule 11.02 to the Credit Agreement or such other address as the New Subsidiary may from time to time notify the Administrative Agent in writing.
6. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute one contract.
7. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
8. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE
ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT ANY PARTY HERETO MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY HERETO OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary has caused this Joinder Agreement to be duly executed by its authorized officer, and the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, has caused the same to be accepted by its authorized officer, as of the day and year first above written.
[NEW SUBSIDIARY] | ||
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Acknowledged and accepted:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent | ||
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Schedule 1
Taxpayer Identification Number; Organizational Number
Schedule 2
Changes in Legal Name or State of Formation;
Mergers, Consolidations and other Changes in Structure
Schedule 3
IP Rights
Schedule 4
Commercial Tort Claims
Schedule 5
Real Property Locations
Schedule 6
Equity Interests
Exhibit H
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
This Assignment and Assumption (this “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor] (the “Assignor”) and [Insert name of Assignee] (the “Assignee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement identified below, receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including, without limitation, the Letters of Credit and the Swing Line Loans and the Guarantees included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as, the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
1. Assignor: |
2. Assignee: |
[and is an |
Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]]
3. Borrower: |
The Providence Service Corporation, a Delaware corporation |
4. Administrative Agent: |
Bank of America, N.A., as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement |
5. Credit Agreement: |
Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of March 11, 2011 (as amended, modified, supplemented or extended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer. |
6. Assigned Interest:
Aggregate Amount of Revolving Commitment/Loans for all Lenders |
Amount of Revolving Commitment/Loans |
Percentage Assigned of Revolving Commitment/Loans15 | ||
14 | Amount to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date. |
15 | Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder. |
7. Trade Date: |
8. Effective Date: |
The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:
ASSIGNOR: |
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR] | |||
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ASSIGNEE: |
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE] | |||
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Name: Title: |
[Consented to and]16 Accepted:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent | ||
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[Consented to:]17 | ||
THE PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation | ||
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Name: Title: | ||
[Consented to:]18 | ||
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as L/C Issuer | ||
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Name: Title: | ||
[Consented to:]19 | ||
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Swing Line Lender | ||
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Name: Title: | ||
16 | To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement. |
17 | To be added to the extent consent is required under Section 11.06(b) (including, without limitation, by the definition of “Eligible Assignee” as defined therein) |
18 | To be added only if the consent of the L/C Issuer is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement. |
19 | To be added only if the consent of the Swing Line Lender is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement. |
Annex 1 to Assignment and Assumption
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. Representations and Warranties.
1.1. Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.
1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.06(b)(iv) of the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.06(b)(ii) of the Credit Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest, and (vii) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached hereto is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor 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 the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.
3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
Exhibit I
FORM OF CASH COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
THIS CASH COLLATERAL AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of [ ] is made and entered into between The Providence Service Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Secured Parties. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, a credit facility has been established in favor of the Borrower pursuant to the terms of that certain Credit Agreement dated as of March 11, 2011 (as amended, modified, supplemented or extended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among the Borrower, the Guarantors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Creation of Security Interest
Section 1.1. Defined Terms. The terms “Deposit Account” and “Proceeds, which are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York (the “UCC”), are used herein as so defined.
Section 1.2 Cash Collateral Account. The Borrower hereby agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent, on the date hereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds in United States dollars, cash in the amount of [$ ], which shall be deposited by the Administrative Agent into the following non-interest bearing Deposit Account (the “Cash Collateral Account”):
Bank: Bank of America, N.A.
Account Number:
Account Name: Cash Collateral Account/The Providence Service Corporation
To secure the prompt payment and performance in full when due, whether by lapse of time, acceleration, mandatory prepayment or otherwise, of the Obligations, the Borrower hereby grants, pledges, assigns and transfers to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in, and a right to set off against, any and all right, title and interest of the Borrower, in and to all of the following (collectively, the “Collateral”):
(a) the Cash Collateral Account and all amounts therein, and all cash Proceeds and non-cash Proceeds thereof, including interest and dividends thereon; and
(b) any and all certificates or instruments purchased with funds deposited in the Cash Collateral Account, and all renewals of such instruments and certificates and replacements therefor, whether in the form of certificates of deposit or other instruments, notes, securities or accounts (including without limitation money market instruments and accounts) and any other cash and non-cash proceeds of the principal amount of the foregoing, including interest and dividends thereon.
Section 1.2 The Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and at any time or times hereafter at the request of Administrative Agent, all assignments, conveyances, assignment statements, financing statements, renewal financing statements, security
agreements, affidavits, notices and all other agreements, instruments and documents that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, and will execute all necessary endorsements in order to perfect and maintain the security interests and liens granted herein by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and in order to fully consummate all of the transactions contemplated herein and under the Loan Documents. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Borrower hereby appoints the Administrative Agent as its attorney-in-fact for the purpose of making any of the foregoing endorsements and executing any such financing statements, documents and agreements after the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default. The foregoing power of attorney shall be a power coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable until payment in full of Obligations.
ARTICLE II
Priority of Security Interests
Section 2.1 The Borrower warrants and represents that the pledge and security interest created in Section 1.2 hereof is a first priority security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and shall constitute at all times a valid and perfected security interest in the Collateral and that said security interest in said Collateral shall not become subordinate or junior to the security interests, liens or claims of any other person, firm or corporation.
ARTICLE III
Default
Section 3.1 An Event of Default shall exist under the terms of this Agreement upon the existence of an Event of Default under the terms of the Credit Agreement.
Section 3.2 Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuation thereof, the Administrative Agent shall have, in respect of the Collateral, (i) the right, immediately and without further action by the Administrative Agent, to set off against the Obligations all amounts in the Cash Collateral Account, (ii) all the rights and remedies contained in this Agreement, the Loan Documents or permitted by law and (iii) all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC, all of which shall be cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Section 3.3 If at any time or times hereafter the Administrative Agent employs counsel to prepare or consider waivers or consents or to intervene, file a petition, answer, motion or other pleading in any suit or proceeding related to this Agreement or the Loan Documents, or relating to any Collateral, or to protect, take possession of, or liquidate any Collateral, or to attempt to enforce any security interest or lien in any collateral, or to enforce any rights of the Administrative Agent, then in any of such events, all of the reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees arising from such services, and any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, costs and charges relating thereto, shall become a part of the Obligations secured by the Collateral and payable on demand.
Section 3.4 The Administrative Agent’s failure at any time or times hereafter to require strict performance by the Borrower of any of the provisions, warranties, terms and conditions contained in this Agreement shall not waive, affect or diminish any right of the Administrative Agent at any time or times hereafter to demand strict performance therewith and with respect to any other provisions, warranties, terms and conditions contained in this Agreement.
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ARTICLE IV
Access/Release of Collateral
Section 4.1 Access to Cash Collateral Account. Although the Cash Collateral Account will be maintained in the name of the Borrower, the Borrower shall not have access to the funds or other Collateral therein except as otherwise provided in Section 4.2 and the Credit Agreement. Subject to the terms of Section 4.2 hereof, (a) the amounts in the Cash Collateral Account will be held for the sole benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties; and (b) the Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent is the sole party authorized to withdraw amounts from, to draw upon, or to otherwise exercise any powers with respect to the Cash Collateral Account and that the Borrower shall have no authority to withdraw any amounts from, to draw upon or to otherwise exercise any power as a depositor or owner with respect to the Cash Collateral Account and the funds deposited therein. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation or duty to follow any instructions given by the Borrower with respect to the Cash Collateral Account. The rights and interests granted hereunder, and the fact that the Administrative Agent is acting as a depository bank for the Cash Collateral Account, are specifically intended to convey “control” to the Administrative Agent over the Cash Collateral Account and all amounts therein within the meaning of the UCC.
Section 4.2 Disbursement of Funds. The Administrative Agent hereby agrees that, upon written request from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall release to the Borrower an amount of funds from the Cash Collateral Account, up to the full collected balance in the Cash Collateral Account, solely for the purpose of repurchasing Convertible Notes from the holders thereof on or prior to May 14, 2014, provided that no Default or Event of Default exists prior to or after giving effect to any such repurchase. The Borrower shall provide such written request to the Administrative Agent three (3) Business Days prior to the date upon which the Borrower seeks to purchase such Convertible Notes, and the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent such other documents and assurances as the Administrative Agent may request demonstrating that the amount of the funds to be released from the Cash Collateral Account shall be used exclusively to repurchase such Convertible Notes.
ARTICLE V
Representations and Warranties
Section 5.1 The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that:
(a) it has the corporate right, power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement;
(b) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity and principles of good faith and fair dealing; and
(c) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will not violate any provision of any applicable law or material contractual obligation of the Borrower.
ARTICLE VI
Miscellaneous
Section 6.1 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Venue.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN XXX XXXXXX XX XXX XXXXX XX XXX XXXX SITTING IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT CONSENTS, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. THE BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT. THE BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF SUCH STATE.
Section 6.2 This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall be binding upon the Borrower, its successors and assigns, and shall inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent hereunder, to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and its successors and permitted assigns; provided, however, the Borrower may not assign its rights or delegate its duties hereunder without the prior written consent of the requisite Lenders under the Credit Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower hereby releases the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party, their respective successors and assigns and their respective officers, attorneys, employees and agents, from any liability for any act or omission or any error of judgment or mistake of fact or of law relating to this Agreement or the Collateral, except for any liability arising from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or such holder, or their respective officers, directors, attorneys, employees or agents.
Section 6.3 Subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, this Agreement and the security interest granted herein shall terminate, and the Administrative Agent agrees to return any remaining funds in the Cash Collateral Account to the Borrower upon the earlier to occur of (A) the repayment in full of all Obligations outstanding under or related to the Credit Agreement (other than in respect of unasserted indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations that survive the termination thereof and liabilities under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Swap Bank or any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Treasury Management Bank, in each case, not yet due and payable), and (B) the repayment and cancellation of all of the Convertible Notes and the Borrower’s delivery to the Administrative Agent of evidence, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of such repayment and cancellation.
Section 6.4 This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which where so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. It shall not be necessary in making proof of this Agreement to produce or account for more than one such counterpart.
Section 6.5 If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be fully severable and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect and shall be construed without giving effect to the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions.
Section 6.6 Upon receipt of an invoice from the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent the reasonable, customary fees and other reasonable, standard costs and charges of the Administrative Agent relating to the maintenance of the Cash Collateral Account as are from time to time outstanding. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable within five (5) Business Days of demand and are non-refundable. Upon the Borrower’s failure to timely pay any such fees, costs and charges, the Administrative Agent may withdraw funds from the Cash Collateral Account in satisfaction of such amounts.
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The Borrower has caused a counterpart of this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
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