CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT Dated as of April 4, 2008
EXHIBIT
10.1
Dated
as of April 4, 2008
ALLION HEALTHCARE,
INC.
BIOMED HEALTHCARE,
INC.
ACCESS THERAPEUTICS,
INC.
ATLAS RESPIRATORY
SERVICES, INC.
BIOMED CALIFORNIA,
INC.
BIOMED FLORIDA,
INC.
BIOMED KANSAS,
INC.
BIOMED PA,
INC.
BIOMED PHARMACEUTICALS,
INC.
BIOMED TEXAS,
INC.
ACCESS HEALTHCARE
SERVICES, LLC
MOMS PHARMACY OF
BROOKLYN, INC.
MOMS PHARMACY,
INC.
MOMS PHARMACY,
INC.
MAIL ORDER MEDS OF
FLORIDA, LLC
ORIS HEALTH,
INC.
NORTH AMERICAN HOME
HEALTH SUPPLY, INC.
MEDICINE MADE
EASY
SPECIALTY PHARMACIES,
INC.
Collectively, as the
Borrowers,
CIT HEALTHCARE
LLC,
as Administrative Agent,
as Administrative Agent,
and
THE OTHER LENDERS PARTY
HERETO
Arranged
By:
CIT CAPITAL SECURITIES LLC,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Book Runner
as Sole Lead Arranger and Book Runner
1.01.... Defined
Terms....................................................................................................
1
1.02.... Other Interpretive
Provisions.............................................................................
32
1.03.... Accounting
Terms.............................................................................................
33
1.04....
Rounding..........................................................................................................
33
1.05.... Times of
Day....................................................................................................
33
ARTICLE 2 .......... THE
COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS.................................
34
2.01....
Loans...............................................................................................................
34
2.02.... Borrowings,
Conversions and Continuations of Loans.............................,..........
34
2.03....
[Reserved.].......................................................................................................
36
2.04....
[Reserved.].......................................................................................................
36
2.05....
Prepayments.....................................................................................................
36
2.06.... Termination or
Reduction of Total Revolving Commitments................................
38
2.07.... Repayment of
Loans.........................................................................................
38
2.08....
Interest.............................................................................................................
39
2.09....
Fees.................................................................................................................
39
2.10.... Computation of
Interest and
Fees......................................................................
40
2.11.... Evidence of
Debt..............................................................................................
40
2.12.... Payments
Generally...........................................................................................
40
2.13.... Sharing of
Payments..........................................................................................
42
2.14.... Handling of
Proceeds of Collateral; Cash Dominion; Revolving Loan Account....
43
ARTICLE 3
........... TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND
ILLEGALITY.................................... 44
3.01....
Taxes................................................................................................................
44
3.02....
Illegality............................................................................................................
48
3.03.... Inability to
Determine
Rates...............................................................................
48
3.04.... Increased Cost and
Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy....................................
48
3.05.... Funding
Losses.................................................................................................
49
3.06.... Matters Applicable
to all Requests for Compensation........................................
50
3.07....
Survival............................................................................................................
50
ARTICLE 4 ..........
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS..........................
50
4.01.... Conditions of
Initial Credit
Extension.................................................................
50
4.02.... Conditions to all
Credit
Extensions....................................................................
54
ARTICLE 5 ..........
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES................................................
55
5.01.... Existence,
Qualification and
Power...................................................................
55
5.02.... Authorization; No
Contravention......................................................................
55
5.03.... Governmental
Authorization; Other
Consents.................................................... 56
5.04.... Binding
Effect...................................................................................................
56
5.05.... Financial
Statements; No Material Adverse
Effect............................................. 56
5.06....
Litigation..........................................................................................................
57
5.07.... No
Default.......................................................................................................
57
5.08.... Ownership of
Property;
Liens...........................................................................
57
5.09.... Environmental
Compliance................................................................................
57
5.10....
Insurance.........................................................................................................
58
5.11....
Taxes...............................................................................................................
58
5.12.... ERISA
Compliance..........................................................................................
59
5.13....
Subsidiaries......................................................................................................
59
5.14.... Margin
Regulations; Investment Company
Act.................................................. 60
5.15....
Disclosure........................................................................................................
60
5.16.... Compliance with
Laws.....................................................................................
60
5.17.... Intellectual
Property; Licenses,
Etc....................................................................
61
5.18.... Broker’s
Fees..................................................................................................
62
5.19.... Labor
Matters..................................................................................................
62
5.20.... Business
Locations...........................................................................................
62
5.21.... Perfection of
Security Interests in the
Collateral................................................. 62
5.22....
Solvency..........................................................................................................
62
5.23....
Reserved..........................................................................................................
62
5.24.... Material
Contracts............................................................................................
62
5.25.... Patriot
Act.......................................................................................................
62
5.26.... Fraud and
Abuse..............................................................................................
63
5.27.... Licensing and
Accreditation..............................................................................
63
5.28.... Reimbursement from
Medical Reimbursement Programs....................................
63
5.29.... Medicare and
Medicaid Notices and Filings Related to Health Care Business.... 64
ARTICLE 6 ..........
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS.....................................................................
64
6.01.... Financial
Statements.........................................................................................
64
6.02.... Certificates;
Other
Information..........................................................................
65
6.03....
Notices............................................................................................................
66
6.04.... Payment of
Obligations.....................................................................................
67
6.05.... Preservation of
Existence,
Etc...........................................................................
68
6.06.... Maintenance of
Properties................................................................................
68
6.07.... Maintenance of
Insurance.................................................................................
68
6.08.... Compliance with
Laws.....................................................................................
69
6.09.... Books and
Records..........................................................................................
69
6.10.... Inspection
Rights..............................................................................................
70
6.11.... Use of
Proceeds...............................................................................................
70
6.12.... Additional
Subsidiaries.....................................................................................
70
6.13.... ERISA
Compliance..........................................................................................
71
6.14.... Pledged
Assets.................................................................................................
71
6.15.... Covenant with
Respect to Environmental Matters..............................................
72
6.16....
Reserved..........................................................................................................
73
6.17.... Lenders
Meetings.............................................................................................
73
6.18.... Post Closing
Covenants....................................................................................
73
6.19.... Interest Rate
Protection....................................................................................
73
ARTICLE 7 ..........
NEGATIVE
COVENANTS............................................................................
74
7.01....
Liens................................................................................................................
74
7.02....
Investments......................................................................................................
75
7.03....
Indebtedness....................................................................................................
76
7.04.... Fundamental
Changes.......................................................................................
77
7.05....
Dispositions......................................................................................................
78
7.06.... Restricted
Payments.........................................................................................
78
7.07.... Change in Nature
of
Business...........................................................................
79
7.08.... Transactions with
Affiliates and
Insiders............................................................
79
7.09.... Burdensome
Agreements..................................................................................
79
7.10.... Use of
Proceeds...............................................................................................
79
7.11.... Amendments of
Certain
Agreements.................................................................
79
7.12.... Organization
Documents; Fiscal Year; Legal Name, State of Formation
and Form of
Entity...........................................................................................
80
7.13.... Ownership of
Subsidiaries................................................................................
80
7.14.... Sale and Leaseback
Transactions.....................................................................
80
7.15....
[Reserved].......................................................................................................
80
7.16.... Account Control
Agreements; Bank Accounts..................................................
80
ARTICLE 8
.......... FINANCIAL
COVENANTS..........................................................................
80
8.01.... Financial
Covenants..........................................................................................
81
ARTICLE 9..........
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES...................
................................. 83
9.01.... Events of
Default..............................................................................................
83
9.02.... Remedies Upon
Event of
Default......................................................................
85
9.03....
[Reserved.]......................................................................................................
86
9.04.... Application of
Funds........................................................................................
86
ARTICLE 10 ........
GUARANTY..................................................................................................
87
10.01.. The
Guaranty...................................................................................................
87
10.02.. Obligations
Unconditional.................................................................................
87
10.03..
Reinstatement...................................................................................................
88
10.04..
Waivers...........................................................................................................
88
10.05..
Remedies.........................................................................................................
89
10.06.. Contribution by
Guarantors...............................................................................
90
10.07.. Guarantee of
Payment; Continuing
Guarantee.................................................... 90
10.08.. Subordination of
Other
Obligations...................................................................
90
ARTICLE 11 ........ THE
ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT.................................................................
91
11.01.. Appointment and
Authorization of Administrative Agent....................................
91
11.02.. Delegation of
Duties.........................................................................................
91
11.03.. Liability of
Administrative
Agent........................................................................
91
11.04.. Reliance by
Administrative
Agent......................................................................
92
11.05.. Notice of
Default..............................................................................................
92
11.06.. Credit Decision;
Disclosure of Information by Administrative Agent...................
92
11.07.. Indemnification of
Administrative
Agent.............................................................
93
11.08.. Administrative
Agent in its Individual
Capacity................................................... 93
11.09.. Successor
Administrative
Agent........................................................................
94
11.10.. Administrative
Agent May File Proofs of
Claim................................................. 94
11.11.. Collateral and
Guaranty
Matters.......................................................................
95
11.12.. Other Agents;
Arrangers and
Managers............................................................
95
11.13.. Cooperation of Loan
Parties.............................................................................
95
ARTICLE 12 ........
MISCELLANEOUS.......................................................................................
96
12.01.. Amendments,
Etc.............................................................................................
96
12.02.. Notices and Other
Communications; Facsimile Copies......................................
98
12.03.. No Waiver;
Cumulative
Remedies....................................................................
99
12.04.. Attorney Costs,
Expenses.................................................................................
99
12.05.. Indemnification by
the Loan
Parties...................................................................
99
12.06.. Payments Set
Aside........................................................................................
100
12.07.. Successors and
Assigns..................................................................................
101
12.08..
Confidentiality................................................................................................
105
12.09..
Set-off...........................................................................................................
106
12.10.. Interest Rate
Limitation...................................................................................
107
12.11..
Counterparts..................................................................................................
107
12.12..
Integration......................................................................................................
107
12.13.. Survival of
Representations and
Warranties..................................................... 107
12.14..
Severability....................................................................................................
108
12.15.. Replacement of
Lenders.................................................................................
108
12.16.. Governing
Law...............................................................................................
108
12.17.. Waiver of Right to
Trial by
Jury.......................................................................
109
12.18.. USA Patriot Act
Notice..................................................................................
109
12.19.. Nonliability of
Lenders....................................................................................
109
ARTICLE 13........
appointment of THE Borrower representative; joint and several liability of the
Borrowers...................................................................................................... 110
13.01.. Borrower
Representative................................................................................
110
13.02.. Joint and Several
Liability of Borrowers..........................................................
110
SCHEDULES
2.01
|
Commitments and Pro Rata Shares
|
4.01
|
Subordinated Indebtedness
|
5.10
|
Insurance
|
5.13
|
Capitalization
|
5.17
|
IP Rights
|
5.18
|
Broker’s Fees
|
5.20(a)
|
Locations of Real Property
|
5.20(b)
|
Locations of Tangible Personal
Property
|
5.20(c)
|
Locations of Chief Executive Office
|
5.24
|
Material Contracts
|
6.18
|
Post-Closing Covenants
|
7.01
|
Liens Existing on the Closing Date
|
7.02
|
Investments Existing on the Closing
Date
|
7.03
|
Indebtedness Existing on the Closing
Date
|
12.02
|
Certain Addresses for Notices
|
EXHIBITS
A-1
|
Form of Loan Notice
|
B-1
|
Form of Revolving Note
|
B-2
|
Form of Term Note
|
C
|
Form of Compliance Certificate
|
D
|
Form of Assignment and Assumption
Agreement
|
E
|
Form of Joinder Agreement
|
F
|
Form of Landlord Agreement
|
G
|
Form of Subordination Agreement
|
This CREDIT AND GUARANTY
AGREEMENT is entered into as of April 4, 2008 among, ALLION HEALTHCARE, INC., a
Delaware corporation (“ Holdings ”), Biomed Healthcare,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, Access Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
Atlas Respiratory Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Biomed California,
Inc., a California corporation, Biomed Florida, Inc., a Florida corporation,
Biomed Kansas, Inc., a Kansas corporation, Biomed Pa, Inc., a Pennsylvania
corporation, Biomed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Biomed Texas,
Inc., a Texas corporation, Access Healthcare Services, LLC, a Pennsylvania
limited liability company, Moms Pharmacy of Brooklyn, Inc., a New York
corporation, Moms Pharmacy, Inc., a California corporation, Moms Pharmacy, Inc.,
a New York corporation, Mail Order Meds of Florida, LLC, a Florida limited
liability company, Oris Health, Inc., a California corporation, North American
Home Health Supply, Inc., a California corporation, Medicine Made Easy, a
California corporation, Specialty PharmacIES, Inc., a Washington corporation and
such other Persons joined hereto as a Borrower from time to time (each a
“ Borrower ” and together with Holdings, the “ Borrowers ”),
the Guarantors (as hereinafter defined) from time to time party hereto, the
Lenders (as hereinafter defined) from time to time party hereto, and CIT
HEALTHCARE LLC, as Administrative Agent.
The Borrowers have requested that
the Lenders provide $55,000,000 in 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 1
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
“ Accounts ” means all of the Loan Parties’ present and
future: (a) accounts (as defined in the UCC); (b) instruments,
documents, chattel paper (including electronic chattel paper) (all as defined in
the UCC); (c) reserves and credit balances arising in connection with or
pursuant to this Agreement; (d) guaranties, (e) other supporting
obligations, payment intangibles and letter of credit rights (all as defined in
the UCC); (f) property, including notes and deposits, of the Loan Parties’
account debtors securing the obligations owed by such account debtors to the
Loan Parties; and (g) all proceeds of any of the foregoing.
“ Acquisition ” by any Person, means the acquisition by
such Person, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of
all or any substantial portion of the Property of another Person or all or a
portion of the Capital 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 CIT Healthcare LLC in its
capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any
successor administrative agent.
“ Administrative Agent’s Bank Account ” means the
Administrative Agent’s bank account number 000000000, ABA No. 000000000 at
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA in New York, New York, Reference: Allion
Healthcare.
“ Administrative Agent’s Office ” means the Administrative
Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule
12.02 or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent
may from time to time notify the Borrowers 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.
“ Agent-Related Persons ” means the Administrative Agent,
together with its Affiliates (including, in the case of CIT Healthcare LLC in
its capacity as the Administrative Agent and CIT Capital Securities LLC in its
capacity as the Arranger), and its Approved Funds, and the officers, directors,
employees, agents, advisors, auditors and Controlling Persons and
attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates; provided, however, that no
Agent-Related Person shall be an Affiliate of the Borrowers or the
Guarantors.
“ Aggregate
Payments ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.06 .
“ Agreement ” means this Credit and Guaranty Agreement, as
amended, modified, restated, supplemented and extended from time to
time.
“ AmerisourceBergen Contract ” means that certain supply
agreement by and between Holdings and AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation dated
September 15, 2003, as amended from time to time.
“ AmerisourceBergen Subordination Agreement ” means that
certain Subordination Agreement by and between AmerisourceBergen Drug
Corporation and Administrative Agent dated as of even date
herewith.
“ Applicable Margin ” means the following percentages per
annum: 3.00% for Base Rate Loans and 4.00% for LIBOR Loans.
“ Approved
Fund ” means (i) any Person (other than a natural person) engaged in
making, purchasing, holding, or investing in commercial loans and similar
extensions of credit and that is advised, administered, or managed by a Lender,
an Affiliate of a Lender (or an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that
administers, advises or manages a Lender); (ii) with respect to any Lender that
is an investment fund, any other investment fund that invests in loans and that
is advised, administered or managed by the same investment advisor as such
Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor; and (iii) any third party
which provides “warehouse financing” to a Person described in the preceding
clause (i) or (ii) (and any Person described in said clause (i) or (ii) shall
also be deemed an Approved Fund with respect to such third party providing such
warehouse financing).
“ Arranger ” means CIT Capital Securities LLC, in its
capacity as sole lead arranger and book runner.
“ Assignment and Assumption ” means an Assignment and
Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit D .
“ Attorney
Costs ” means and includes all fees, expenses and disbursements of any
law firm or other external counsel.
“ Attributable Indebtedness ” means, on any date, 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
accordance with GAAP.
“ Audited
Pre-Closing Financial Statements ” means, collectively, (i) the
unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Target and its Subsidiaries for the
Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2007, and the related consolidated statements of
income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of Target and its
Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, including the notes thereto and (ii) the audited consolidated
balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year ended
December 31, 2007, and the related consolidated statements of income or
operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of Holdings and its Subsidiaries
for such Fiscal Year, including the notes thereto.
“ Availability Period ” means, with respect to the Revolving
Commitments, the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of
(a) the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of
the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06 , and (c) the
date of termination of the commitment of each Lender to make Loans pursuant to
Section 9.02.
“ Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United States
Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor
statute.
“ Base
Rate ” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the
higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% or (b) the rate of
interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by
JPMorgan Chase Bank as its “prime rate” in effect for such day.
Any change in the “prime rate” announced by JPMorgan Chase Bank
shall take effect without notice to the Borrowers at the opening of business on
the day specified as the effective date of change in the public announcement or
publication of such change. The Base Rate is not necessarily the lowest
rate of interest charged by Lenders in connection with extensions of
credit.
“ Base Rate
Loan ” means a Loan that accrues interest by reference to the Base
Rate in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“ Blocked
Account ” means each bank account that is established by the Borrowers
pursuant to Section 2.14(c) of this Agreement and subject to
a Blocked Account Agreement.
“ Blocked
Account Agreement ” means a three-party agreement in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent among the
Administrative Agent, the applicable Borrowers and the bank that will maintain
the Blocked Account in which the Borrowers have issued Standing Transfer
Instructions.
“ Borrower
Representative ” means Holdings, in its capacity as the borrowing
agent on behalf of itself and the Borrowers.
“ Borrowers ” has the meaning specified in the
introductory paragraph hereto.
“ Borrowing ” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous
Loans of the same Type and, in the case of LIBOR Loans, having the same Interest
Period made by the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.01 and
2.02.
“ 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 LIBOR Loan, means any such day meeting the above
requirements on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between
banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
“ Businesses ” means, at any time, a collective reference
to the businesses operated by the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries at such
time.
“ Capital
Expenditures ” means, with respect to any Person, all expenditures
which, in accordance with GAAP, would be required to be capitalized and shown on
the balance sheet of such Person, including expenditures in respect of Capital
Leases.
“ Capital
Lease ” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of any property
(whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee which would, in
accordance with GAAP, be required to be accounted for as a capital lease on the
balance sheet of such Person.
“ Capital
Stock ” 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 of 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
interest in such Person (including partnership, 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.
“ Cash
Control Period ” means the period of time commencing upon the
occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default. For purposes of this
Agreement, a Cash Control Period shall be deemed to remain outstanding from the
initial date of any Cash Control Period until the earlier of (a) the waiver
of such Event of Default by the Required Lenders, or (b) the Termination
Date.
“ 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 deposits
and certificates of deposit 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 A1 or the equivalent thereof or from Xxxxx’x is at
least P1 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
A1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P1 (or the equivalent
thereof) or better by Moody’s and maturing within six months 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 and
(e) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in
money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, which are administered by reputable financial institutions
having capital of at least $500,000,000 and the portfolios of which are limited
to Investments of the character described in the foregoing subdivisions (a)
through (d).
“ Change of
Control ” means, at any time, (i) any Person (other than Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx, who may own more than 35% of the direct or indirect beneficial ownership
on a fully diluted basis of the voting and/or economic interest in the Capital
Stock of Holdings, so long as such ownership in excess of 24% is acquired in
connection with Earnout Payments) or “group” (within the
meaning of Rules 13d 3 and 13d 5 under the Exchange Act) shall have
acquired beneficial ownership of thirty-five percent (35%) or more on a fully
diluted basis of the voting and/or economic interest in the Capital Stock of
Holdings, (ii) the majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the
board of directors (or similar governing body) of Holdings cease to be occupied
by Persons who are Incumbent Directors; or (iii) Holdings shall cease to
beneficially own and control one hundred percent (100%), on a fully diluted
basis, of the economic and voting interests in the Capital Stock of any Borrower
or any Guarantor; or (iv) a “Change of Control” or any term of similar
effect, as defined in the document governing any Subordinated Indebtedness of
any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof.
“ CIT
Capital ” means CIT Capital Securities, LLC, and its successors and
assigns.
“ Closing
Date ” means April 4, 2008.
“ 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, collectively, all real and personal
Property with respect to which Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent are
granted (or were intended to be granted) pursuant to and in accordance with the
terms of the Collateral Documents.
“ Collateral Assignment of Agreement ” means that certain
Collateral Assignment of Agreement and Plan of Merger executed by each of the
applicable Loan Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent under and pursuant
to which such Loan Parties collaterally assign to the Administrative Agent all
of their rights and remedies to certain agreements, in each case as amended,
supplemented, modified, replaced, substituted for or restated from time to time
and all exhibits and schedules attached thereto.
“ Collateral Documents ” means, collectively, the Security
Agreement, the Landlord Agreements, the Collateral Assignment of Agreements, the
Deposit Account Control Agreements, the Deposit Account Restriction Agreements,
the Blocked Account Agreements and such other security documents as may be
executed and delivered by the Loan Parties pursuant to the terms of
Section 6.14 .
“ Commitment ” means, as to each Lender, the Revolving
Commitment and/or the Term Loan Commitment, as applicable, set forth opposite
such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 or in the Register, as
applicable, as the same may be reduced or modified at any time and from time to
time pursuant to the terms hereof.
“ Compliance Certificate ” means a certificate substantially
in the form of Exhibit C .
“ Concentration Account ” means the bank account number
003922594898, ABA number 000000000 for ACH and EFT transfer and ABA number
000000000 for wire transfers with the account name Allion Healthcare, Inc.,
maintained by Borrower Representative at Bank of America at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 and subject to a Deposit Account Control
Agreement.
“ Consolidated Capital Expenditures ” means, for any period,
for Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, all Capital
Expenditures, as determined in accordance with GAAP; provided ,
however , that Consolidated Capital Expenditures shall not include
(a) expenditures made with proceeds of any Involuntary Disposition to the extent
such expenditures are used to purchase Property that is the same as or similar
to the Property subject to such Involuntary Disposition or (b) Permitted
Acquisitions.
“ Consolidated EBITDA ” means, for any period for the
Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis (without duplication), an amount
equal to Consolidated Net Income for such period plus the following to
the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income:
(a) Consolidated Interest Charges for such period, (b) the provision
for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable by the Consolidated
Group for such period, (c) the amount of depreciation and amortization
expense for such period, (d) restructuring charges, accruals or reserves related
to the Target Merger, (e) extraordinary losses, unusual or non-recurring
charges, and (f) all other non-recurring non-cash charges (including
non-cash stock or equity compensation) reasonably acceptable to Administrative
Agent and for which no cash outlay prior to the Termination Date is foreseeable;
and minus the following to the extent included in calculating such
Consolidated Net Income: (w) Consolidated Interest Income,
(x) income tax credits (to the extent not netted from income taxes
payable), (y) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring income or gains
(including gains on the sale of assets outside the ordinary course of business)
and related tax effects thereon and (z) all non-cash income, for the period
of the four (4) Fiscal Quarters ended on such date; provided, however, that such
calculation as of the Fiscal Quarter ending June 30, 2008 shall be for the most
recent fiscal quarterly period ending on such date on a cumulative, annualized
basis; such calculation as of the Fiscal Quarter ending September 30, 2008 shall
be for the two (2) most recent fiscal quarterly periods ending on such date on a
cumulative, annualized basis; and such calculation as of the Fiscal Quarter
ending December 31, 2008 shall be for the three (3) most recent fiscal quarterly
periods ending on such date on a cumulative, annualized basis.
“ Consolidated Fixed Charges ” means, for any period for
the Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to the sum of
(a) the cash portion of Consolidated Interest Charges for such period plus
(b) Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments for such period plus
(c) taxes paid in cash for such period, all as determined in accordance
with GAAP.
“ Consolidated Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio ” means, as of
any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the
period of the four (4) Fiscal Quarters ended on such date less Capital
Expenditures made in such period to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for the
period of four (4) Fiscal Quarters ended on such date; provided, however, that
such calculation as of the Fiscal Quarter ending June 30, 2008 shall be for the
most recent fiscal quarterly period ending on such date on a cumulative,
annualized basis; such calculation as of the Fiscal Quarter ending September 30,
2008 shall be for the two (2) most recent fiscal quarterly periods ending on
such date on a cumulative, annualized basis; and such calculation as of the
Fiscal Quarter ending December 31, 2008 shall be for the three (3) most recent
fiscal quarterly periods ending on such date on a cumulative, annualized
basis.
“ Consolidated Funded Indebtedness ” means Funded
Indebtedness of Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
determined in accordance with GAAP.
“ Consolidated Group ” means the Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries.
“ Consolidated Interest Charges ” means, for any period,
the interest expense (including any rent expense for such period under Capital
Leases that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP) of the Consolidated
Group for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the
Consolidated Group (including all commissions, discounts and other fees and
charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing
and net costs under Hedge Agreements in respect of interest rates to the extent
such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP), determined
on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“ Consolidated Interest Income ” means, for any period,
the interest income of the Consolidated Group for such period, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“ Consolidated Net Income ” means, for any period for the
Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis, the net income of the Consolidated
Group for such period as determined in accordance with GAAP;
provided that there shall be excluded (a) the income (or
deficit) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of a Borrower) in which a
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to the
extent that any such income is actually received by such Borrower or such
Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions, (b) the
undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent that the
declaration of payment or dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary
is not at the time permitted by the terms of any Contractual Obligation,
governing document or Law applicable to such Subsidiary and (c) the income
(or deficit) of any Subsidiary of any Borrower which is not a
Guarantor.
“ Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments ” means, for any
period for the Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis, the sum of all
scheduled payments of principal on Consolidated Funded Indebtedness scheduled to
be paid during such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP. For
purposes of this definition, payments of principal scheduled to be paid
(a) shall be determined after giving effect to any reduction of such
scheduled payments resulting from the application of any voluntary prepayments
made during the applicable period, (b) shall be deemed to include the
Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Capital Leases, Synthetic Leases and
Sale and Leaseback Transactions, (c) shall not include any mandatory
prepayments required pursuant to Section 2.05 , and (d) shall
be determined without giving effect to the Following Business Day
Convention.
“ Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio ” means, as of any
date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness
(other than Subordinated Indebtedness) as of such date to (b) Consolidated
EBITDA.
“ Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio ” means, as of any
date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as
of such date (other than Subordinated Indebtedness associated with the Qualified
Seller Notes) to (b) Consolidated EBITDA.
“ 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 any 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.
“ Contributing Guarantors ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.06 .
“ 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.
“ Credit
Extension ” means a Borrowing.
“ Debt
Issuance ” means the issuance of any Indebtedness for borrowed money by any
Loan Party other than Indebtedness permitted under
Section 7.03 .
“ Debtor
Relief Laws ” means the Bankruptcy Code, 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 when used with respect to Obligations, an interest rate equal to
(i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Margin, if any,
applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum;
provided , however , that with respect to a LIBOR Loan, the
Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any
Applicable Margin) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum, in all
cases to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws. Interest
accruing at the Default Rate shall be immediately payable upon
demand.
“ Defaulting Lender ” means any Lender that (a) has failed
to fund any portion of the Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within
one (1) Business Day of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has
otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any
other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one (1) Business Day of
the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (c) has been
deemed insolvent or becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Laws.
“ Deposit
Account Control Agreement ” means an agreement among a Loan Party, a
depository institution, and the Administrative Agent, which agreement is in a
form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and which provides the
Administrative Agent with “control” (as such term is used in Article 9 of the
UCC) over the deposit account(s) described therein, as the same may be amended,
modified, extended, restated, replaced, or supplemented from time to time, and
contains such other terms and conditions as Administrative Agent may reasonably
require, including as to any such agreement pertaining to any deposit account,
providing that such depository institution shall wire, or otherwise transfer, in
immediately available funds, on a daily basis (or such other periodic basis
acceptable to Administrative Agent) to the Concentration Account (or, at
Administrative Agent’s option during a Cash Control Period, to Administrative
Agent’s Bank Account) all funds received or deposited into such deposit
account.
“ Deposit
Account Restriction Agreement ” means an agreement among a Borrower, a
depository institution, and the Administrative Agent, which agreement is in a
form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent covering deposit accounts
into which proceeds of Accounts from Governmental Account Debtors are paid
directly by the Governmental Account Debtor, and which agreement contains such
terms and conditions as Administrative Agent may reasonably require, including a
requirement that such depository institution shall wire, or otherwise transfer,
in immediately available funds, on a daily basis (or such other periodic basis
acceptable to Administrative Agent) to the Concentration Account (or, at
Administrative Agent’s option during a Cash Control Period, to Administrative
Agent’s Bank Account) all funds received or deposited into such deposit account
unless the applicable Borrower shall otherwise instruct the bank in writing,
subject to the limitations set forth in the Deposit Account Restriction
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“ Disposition ” or “ Dispose ” means the sale,
transfer, license, lease or other disposition of any Property by any Loan Party
or any Subsidiary (including the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary), including any
Sale and Leaseback Transaction and 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, license, transfer or other disposition of inventory in the ordinary
course of business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, (b) the
sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition of machinery and equipment
no longer used or useful in the conduct of business of the Loan Parties and
their Subsidiaries, (c) any sale, lease, license, transfer or other
disposition of Property by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary to any other Loan
Party, (d) any Involuntary Disposition by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary
and (e) any license of any IP Rights by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in
the ordinary course of business.
“ Dollar ” and “ $ ” mean lawful money of the
United States.
“ Earnout
Payment ” means any payment (whether in the form of cash, stock or a
note) of the Earnout Payment Amount (as defined in the Target Merger
Agreement).
“ Environmental Laws ” means the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601, et
seq .), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. § 5101,
et seq .), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C.
§ 6901, et seq .), the Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1251 et seq .), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401
et seq .), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601
et seq .), the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. § 300f to
300j-26 et seq .), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C.
§ 2701 et seq .) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act
(29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq .), as such laws may be amended
or otherwise modified from time to time, and any other federal, state, local,
foreign and other applicable statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules,
judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses,
agreements or governmental restrictions and common law relating to pollution,
the protection of the environment, natural resources, human health or the
release of any materials into the environment, including those related to
Hazardous Materials, hazardous substances or wastes, indoor and outdoor air
emissions, soil, groundwater, wastewater, surface water, stormwater, wetlands,
sediment and discharges of wastewater to public treatment
systems.
“ Environmental Liability ” means any liability,
contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, losses, punitive
damages, consequential damages, costs of environmental investigation and
remediation, fines, penalties, indemnities or expenses (including all reasonable
fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts and consultants)), of the
Borrowers or any Subsidiary 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, (d) the release or
threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or
(e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to
which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the
foregoing.
“ Equity
Issuance ” means any issuance by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary
thereof to any Person of shares of its Capital Stock, other than any issuance of
shares of Capital Stock by Holdings (a) pursuant to the exercise of options
or warrants, (b) pursuant to the conversion of any debt securities to equity or
the conversion of any class equity securities to any other class of equity
securities, (c) as consideration for or to finance a Permitted Acquisition
and (d) to officers and employees pursuant to employee benefit or incentive
plans or other similar arrangements. The term “Equity Issuance” shall not
be deemed to include any Disposition.
“ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974 and any successor thereto.
“ ERISA
Affiliate ” means any corporation, trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) under common control with a 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). Any
former ERISA Affiliate of a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall continue
to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
within the meaning of this definition with respect to the period such entity was
an ERISA Affiliate of a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and with respect to
liabilities arising after such period for which a Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries could be liable under the Internal Revenue Code or
ERISA.
“ ERISA
Event ” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension
Plan; (b) a withdrawal by a Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension
Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a
substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation
of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of
ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by a Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is
in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA;
(d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan
amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the
commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; (e) an 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 or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) 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 a
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate; (g) the occurrence of an act or omission
which could give rise to the imposition on a Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of
fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Internal
Revenue Code or under Section 409, Section 502(c), (i) or (l), or
Section 4071 of ERISA in respect of any Plan; (h) the assertion of a
material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Plan other
than a Multiemployer Plan or the assets thereof, or against the Borrowers or any
ERISA Affiliate in connection with any Plan; (i) receipt from the IRS of
notice of the failure of any Pension Plan (or any other Plan intended to be
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) to qualify
under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the failure of any
trust forming part of any Pension Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation
under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; (j) the imposition
of a Lien pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) or 412(n) of the Internal Revenue Code
or pursuant to ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan; (k) the commencement
of any administrative investigation, audit or other administrative proceeding by
the Department of Labor, IRS or other Governmental Authority, including any
voluntary compliance submission through the IRS’s Employee Plans Compliance
Resolution System or the Department of Labor’s Voluntary Fiduciary Correction
Program; or (l) the occurrence of a non-exempt “prohibited transaction”
within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Internal Revenue Code.
“ Eurodollar Reserve Percentage ” the daily average during
the preceding month of the aggregate maximum reserve requirement (expressed as a
decimal) then imposed under Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System (or any successor thereto) for “Eurocurrency Liabilities”
(as defined therein).
“ Event of
Default ” has the meaning specified in Section
9.01 .
“ Exchange
Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“ Excluded
Account ” means any deposit account that is used solely for payment of
payroll, bonuses, other compensation and related expenses, and deposit accounts
that do not, in the aggregate, have a balance in excess of $500,000 at any
time.
“ Excluded
Property ” means, with respect to any Loan Party (a) any owned or
leased real or personal Property which is located outside of the United States
unless requested by the Required Lenders, (b) any leased Real Property,
(c) any personal Property (including motor vehicles) in respect of which
perfection of a Lien is not governed by the UCC, unless requested by the
Required Lenders, and (d) other than Accounts, any lease, license or other
asset over which the granting of a security interest in such asset is prohibited
by contractual restrictions or applicable Law and would result in the
termination of such lease or license, but only to the extent that (i) in
the case of contractual restrictions after reasonable efforts, consent from the
relevant party or parties has not been obtained and (ii) any such
prohibition could not be rendered ineffective pursuant to the UCC or any other
applicable law (including Debtor Relief Laws) or principles of
equity.
“ Exclusion
Event ” means an event or events resulting in the exclusion of any
Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of the Facilities from participation in any
Medical Reimbursement Program.
“ Existing
Credit Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Financing
Agreement by and among CIT Healthcare LLC, as lender, and Target and certain of
its Affiliates, as borrowers, dated October 15, 2007 (as amended from time to
time).
“ Existing
Seller Notes ” means, collectively, the following unsecured promissory
notes: (i) that certain Promissory Note dated October 5, 2007 executed by Biomed
America, Inc. in favor of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx. in the principal amount of
$3,000,000, (ii) that certain Promissory Note dated December 31, 2007 executed
by Biomed America, Inc., Biomed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Biomed California, Inc.,
Biomed Florida, Inc., Biomed Kansas, Inc., Biomed PA, Inc. and Biomed Texas,
Inc. in favor of RAM Capital Group, LLC, in the principal amount of $218,535 and
(iii) that certain Promissory Note dated September 30, 2006 executed by
Apogenics Healthcare, Inc. in favor of RAM Capital Group, LLC in the principal
amount of $425,000.
“ Facilities ” means, at any time, the facilities and real
properties owned, leased, managed or operated by any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary, from which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary provides or furnishes
goods or services.
“ Fair
Share ” has the meaning set forth in Section
10.06 .
“ Fair
Share Contribution Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section
10.06 .
“ 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 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
CIT Healthcare on such day on such transactions as determined by the
Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion.
“ Fee
Letter ” means the letter agreement dated as of March 13, 2008 among
the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Arranger.
“ Fiscal
Quarter ” means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.
“ Fiscal
Year ” means the fiscal year of Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries or
Target, as applicable, ending on December 31 of each calendar
year.
“ Following
Business Day Convention ” means a contractual provision or provision
of applicable Laws pursuant to which a scheduled date for payment or performance
of an obligation, which date is not a Business Day, is extended to the first
following day that is a Business Day.
“ Foreign
Lender ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(f) .
“ FRB ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System of the United States.
“ 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)
obligations for borrowed money, whether current or long-term
(including the Obligations and any Subordinated Indebtedness) and all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan
agreements or other similar instruments;
(b)
all purchase money indebtedness;
(c)
the principal portion of all obligations under conditional sale or
other title retention agreements relating to Property purchased by such Person
(other than customary reservations or retentions of title under agreements with
suppliers entered into in the ordinary course of business);
(d)
the maximum amount available to be drawn under letters of credit
(including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties,
surety bonds and similar instruments;
(e)
all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of
Property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course
of business);
(f)
Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Capital
Leases;
(g)
all preferred stock or other equity interests providing for
mandatory redemptions sinking fund or like payments prior to the Term Loan
Maturity Date (except to the extent payable in common stock);
(h)
all Funded Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the
holder of such Funded Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on, or payable out of the proceeds of
production from, Property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the
obligations secured thereby have been assumed; and
(i)
all Guarantees with respect to Funded Indebtedness of the types
specified in clauses (a) through (h) above of another
Person.
“ Funding
Guarantor ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.06 .
“ 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 Account Debtor ” means an account debtor
making payments under 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.
“ Governmental Approvals ” means any and all Permits of
each Governmental Authority issued or required under Laws applicable to the
business of any 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 any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“ Governmental Authority ” means any nation or government,
any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority,
instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank
or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory
or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to
government.
“ Governmental Reimbursement Program Cost ” means with
respect to and payable by the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries the sum
of:
(a)
amounts (including punitive and other similar amounts) agreed to be
paid or payable (i) in settlement 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 or other obligation payable or
performable 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 or other obligation,
(ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose
of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of
the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation,
(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 other
obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other
manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation 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 or other obligation of any other Person,
whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation 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.
“ Guaranteed Obligations ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.01 .
“ Guarantor ” means all future direct or indirect
Subsidiaries of Borrowers (unless such Subsidiary is a Borrower).
“ Guaranty ” means the guaranty made by each Guarantor in
favor of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties
pursuant to Article 10 .
“ 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.
“ Hazardous
Materials ” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes
and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including
petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials,
polychlorinated biphenyls, lead-based paint, toxic mold or fungus, radon gas,
infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature
regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“ 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, the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et
seq.) and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, the Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Pub. L. No.
108-173) and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and quality, safety
and accreditation standards and requirements of all applicable state laws or
regulatory bodies, and all rules and regulations promulgated under any of the
foregoing.
“ Healthcare Permit ” means a Governmental Approval
required under Healthcare Laws applicable to the business of any 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 any Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries.
“ Hedge
Agreement ” 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.
“ Hedge
Party ” means any Person that is a counterparty to a Hedge Agreement
with a Loan Party.
“ Holdings ” has the meaning specified in the introductory
paragraph hereto.
“ Holdings
Unadjusted 2007 EBITDA ” means EBITDA as defined in the annual
unaudited financial statements of Holdings for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2007, in the amount of $7,948,000.
“ Incumbent
Directors ” means those Persons who were members of the board of
directors of Holdings on the closing Date (it being acknowledged and agreed that
the two members of the board of directors of Holdings to be appointed by the
former stockholders of Target in connection with the Target Merger are
considered to be members of the board of directors of Holdings as of the Closing
Date); provided that any Person who becomes a director after the Closing Date
and whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least
a majority of the then-current Incumbent Directors shall be deemed to be an
Incumbent Director.
“ 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 Termination Value of any Secured Hedge Agreement;
(c)
Synthetic Leases, Sale and Leaseback Transactions and
Securitization Transactions; and
(d)
all Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the
types specified in clauses (b) and (c) above of any other
Person.
“ Indemnified Liabilities ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 12.05 .
“ Indemnitees ” has the meaning set forth in Section
12.05 .
“ Information ” has the meaning set forth in Section
12.08(a) .
“ Interest
Payment Date ” means (a) as to any LIBOR Loan, the last day of each
Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR Loan and the Term Loan Maturity Date or
Revolving Loan Maturity Date (as applicable); provided ,
however , that if any Interest Period for a LIBOR 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, the last Business Day of each calendar
month and the Revolving
Loan Maturity Date or Term Loan Maturity Date (as applicable).
“ Interest
Period ” means, as to each LIBOR Loan, the period commencing on the date such
LIBOR Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a LIBOR Loan and ending
on the date one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter, as
selected by the Borrower Representative 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;
and
(c)
no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Term Loan Maturity Date
or Revolving Loan Maturity Date, as applicable.
“ Interim
Pre-Closing Financial Statements ” means, collectively, (i) the
unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Target and its Subsidiaries
for the period commencing January 1, 2008 through and including February 29,
2008 and the related consolidated statements of income or operations,
shareholders’ equity and cash flows, for such period and (ii) the unaudited
consolidated financial statements of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries for
the period commencing January 1, 2008 through and including February 29, 2008
and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’
equity and cash flows, for such period.
“ Internal
Revenue Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“ 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 any of the Capital Stock 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, 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.
“ IP
Rights ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.17 .
“ IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue
Service.
“ Joinder
Agreement ” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit E executed and delivered by a Subsidiary in accordance with
the provisions of Section 6.12 .
“ Landlord
Agreement ” means any agreement between the Administrative Agent and the
landlord of Real Property occupied by a Loan Party, as tenant, which agreement
shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit F (or such other form as is reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent), as amended, supplemented, modified, replaced,
substituted for or restated from time to time and all exhibits and schedules
attached thereto.
“ Laws ” means, collectively, all international, foreign,
federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations,
ordinances, compacts, 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, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with,
any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of
law.
“ Lender ” means each Person identified as a “Lender” on
the signature pages hereto and its successors and assigns.
“ Lender
Parties ” has the meaning specified in Section
12.07(g) .
“ Lender
Securitization ” has the meaning specified in Section
12.07(g) .
“ Lender
Securitization Liabilities ” has the meaning specified in Section
12.07(g) .
“ Lender
Securitization Parties ” has the meaning specified in Section
12.07(g) .
“ 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
Representative and the Administrative Agent.
“ LIBO Base
Rate ” means, for any Interest Period with respect to any LIBOR
Loan:
(a)
the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the
Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on the Bloomberg Screen
BBAM (or any successor thereto) that displays an average British Bankers
Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on
the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest
Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2)
Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or
(b)
if the rate referenced in the preceding clause (a) does not
appear on such page or service or such page or service shall not be
available, the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative
Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service that displays
an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in
Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term
equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of
such Interest Period, or
(c)
if the rates referenced in the preceding clauses (a)
and (b) are not available, the rate per annum (rounded upward to the next
1/100th of 1%) determined by the Administrative Agent as the rate of interest 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 LIBOR Loan being made,
continued or converted by JPMorgan Chase Bank and with a term equivalent to such
Interest Period would be offered by JPMorgan Chase Bank’s London Branch to major
banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the
first day of such Interest Period.
“ LIBO
Rate ” means for any Interest Period with respect to any LIBOR Loan, a
rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be equal to the
quotient obtained by dividing (a) the LIBO Base Rate for such LIBOR Loan
for such Interest Period by (b) one minus the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage
for such LIBOR Loan for such Interest Period.
“ LIBOR
Loan ” means any Loan which accrues interest by reference to the LIBO
Rate plus the Applicable Margin, in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
“ Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation,
collateral assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or
other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, 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 any Borrower under
Article 2 in the form of a Term Loan and/or a Revolving Loan.
“ Loan
Documents ” means this Agreement, each Note, each Joinder Agreement,
each Collateral Document, each Request for Credit Extension, each Compliance
Certificate, each Landlord Agreement, each Secured Hedge Agreement, each
Subordination Agreement and each other document, instrument or agreement from
time to time executed by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any Responsible
Officer thereof and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
“ Loan
Notice ” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing of Revolving Loans,
(b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other pursuant to
Section 2.02(a) , or (c) a continuation of LIBOR Loans pursuant
to Section 2.02(a) , which, if in writing, shall be substantially in
the form of Exhibit A-1 .
“ Loan
Parties ” means, collectively, each Borrower and each Guarantor a
party hereto.
“ Master
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Hedge
Agreement.”
“ Material
Adverse Effect ” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a
material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties, assets,
liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of the Loan Parties
and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the
ability of any Loan Party to perform its Obligations under any Loan Document to
which it is a party (as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable
discretion); (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity,
binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to
which it is a party; or (d) a material adverse effect on the validity,
perfection or priority of a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties on any material portion of the Collateral or on
the aggregate value of the Collateral.
“ Material
Contract ” means any lease of real or personal property, contract or
other arrangement to which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party
(other than the Loan Documents), for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation
or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
“ Material
Provider Agreement ” means, at any time, any contract between one or
more Borrowers and a payor of Accounts that, in any consecutive 3-month period
ending at such time, accounts for more than 10% of the total Accounts of the
Borrowers.
“ Medicaid ” means that means-tested entitlement program under
Title XIX of the Social Security Act, which provides federal grants to states
for medical assistance based on specific eligibility criteria, as set forth at
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 (ii)
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 entitlement
program under Title XVIII 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.
“ 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.
“ Xxxxx
Subordination Agreement ” means that certain Subordination Agreement
by and between Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx. and Administrative Agent dated as of even
date herewith.
“ Moody’s ” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any
successor thereto.
“ Multiemployer Plan ” means any employee benefit plan of
the type described in Sections 4001(a)(3) or 3(37) of ERISA that is
sponsored or maintained by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which any
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or
during the preceding six (6) plan years, has made or been obligated to make
contributions.
“ Net Cash
Proceeds ” means the aggregate cash and Cash Equivalents proceeds
received by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in respect of any Disposition,
Involuntary Disposition, Equity Issuance, or Debt Issuance net of
(a) direct costs incurred in connection therewith (including legal,
accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions), (b) taxes
paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax
credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), and (c) the amount
necessary to retire any Indebtedness secured by a Permitted Lien on the related
Property; it being understood that “Net Cash Proceeds” shall include any cash or
Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other disposition of any non cash
consideration received by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in any Disposition,
Involuntary Disposition, Equity Issuance or Debt Issuance.
“ New
Seller Notes ” means, collectively, those certain unsecured
subordinated promissory notes that may be issued by Holdings, from time to time
to Target Owners or Stockholders (as defined in the Target Merger Agreement) in
connection with the Earnout Payment.
“ Note ”
or “ Notes ” means each Term Note and/or each Revolving Note,
individually or collectively, as appropriate.
“ Obligations ” means 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, 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. The foregoing shall also
include any obligations or liabilities of any Loan Party under any Secured Hedge
Agreement.
“ Obligee
Guarantor ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.08 .
“ OFAC ” means The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the
U.S. Department of the Treasury.
“ OIG ” means the Office of Inspector General of HHS and
any successor thereof.
“ Organization Documents ” means, (a) with respect to
any corporation, the, charter, 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.
“ Other
Taxes ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.01(b) .
“ Participant ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 12.07(d) .
“ Patriot
Act ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.25 .
“ PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or
any successor thereto.
“ Pension
Plan ” means any Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is
subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by any Borrower
or any ERISA Affiliate or to which any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple
employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made
contributions at any time during the immediately preceding six (6) plan
years.
“ 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 and required in order for any Person to carry on its business as
now conducted.
“ Permitted
Acquisitions ” means (a) Target Merger and (b) Investments consisting of an
Acquisition by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, provided that
(i) the Property acquired (or the Property of the Person acquired) in such
Acquisition is used or useful in the same line of business (or reasonably
related thereto) as the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries were engaged in on the
Closing Date, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received not less
than twenty (20) days prior notice of such Acquisition, which notice shall
contain a summary, in reasonable detail, of the material acquisition terms and
conditions, including the proposed price, and Borrowers’ projections prepared in
connection with such Acquisition, and (iii) at or prior to the closing of
such Permitted Acquisition, the Administrative Agent shall be granted a first
priority perfected Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) in the assets and capital
stock or other equity interests of such acquisition target or Subsidiary and
such acquisition target or Subsidiary shall join this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents as a Loan Party pursuant to the terms of
Section 6.12 ; and (iv) in the case of an Acquisition of the
Capital Stock of another Person, the board of directors (or other comparable
governing body) of such other Person shall have duly approved such Acquisition,
(v) the Borrower Representative 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 Article 8 as of the
most recent Fiscal Quarter for which the Borrowers have delivered financial
statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or
Section 6.01(b) , as applicable and no other Default exists or
would be caused by such Acquisition, (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 any Borrower (or a Subsidiary of any Borrower) as a general
partner and entities unaffiliated with such 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 such Borrower newly formed for the sole purpose of effecting such
transaction, (viii) the Total Consideration paid by any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary pursuant to this clause for any Acquisition (or any series of
related Acquisitions) shall not exceed $5,000,000, and (ix) the Total
Consideration paid by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries pursuant to this
clause for all Acquisitions occurring in any Fiscal Year shall not exceed
$7,500,000 and in the aggregate prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date shall not
exceed $15,000,000, and (x) the business and assets acquired by a Loan
Party, or in the case of a joint venture, formed, in such Acquisition shall be
free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens).
“ Permitted
Liens ” means, at any time, Liens in respect of Property of the Loan Parties
and their Subsidiaries permitted to exist at such time pursuant to the terms of
Section 7.01 .
“ Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited
liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership,
Governmental Authority or other entity.
“ Plan ” means (i) any “employee benefit plan” as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which is or was sponsored, maintained or
contributed to by, or required to be contributed by the Borrowers, any of their
Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates; and (ii) all
other employee benefit plans, programs, policies, agreements or arrangements,
including any deferred compensation plan, incentive plan, bonus plan or
arrangement, stock option plan, stock purchase plan, stock award plan or other
equity-based plan, change in control agreement, retention, severance pay plan,
dependent care plan, sick leave, disability, death benefit, group insurance,
hospitalization, dental, life, any fund, trust or arrangement providing health
benefits including multiemployer welfare arrangements, a multiple employer
welfare fund or arrangement, cafeteria plan, employee assistance program,
scholarship program, employment contract, retention incentive agreement,
termination agreement, severance agreement, non-competition agreement,
consulting agreement, confidentiality agreement, vacation policy, employee loan,
or other similar plan, agreement or arrangement, whether written or oral, funded
or unfunded, or actual or contingent which is or was sponsored, maintained or
contributed to by, or required to be contributed by, the Borrowers, any of their
Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.
“ Proceedings ” means any actual or threatened civil,
equitable or criminal proceeding litigation, action, suit, claim, investigation
(governmental or judicial or otherwise), dispute indictment or prosecution,
pleading, demand or the imposition of any fine or penalty or similar
matter.
“ Pro Forma
Adjusted EBITDA ” means the sum of (i) Holdings Unadjusted 2007
EBITDA, plus, (ii) up to $640,000 for the Medicaid audit settlement, plus (iii)
up to $600,000 for the impairment of long lived asset, plus (iv) up to
$1,500,000 for legal expenses related to Oris litigation, plus (v) Target
EBITDA.
“ Pro Forma
Basis ” means, for purposes of calculating the financial covenants in
Article 8 , that any Disposition, Involuntary Disposition, Restricted
Payment or Acquisition shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of
the four (4) Fiscal Quarter period most recently ended prior to the date of such
transaction for which the Borrowers have delivered financial statements pursuant
to Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b) . In
connection with the foregoing, (a) with respect to any Disposition or
Involuntary Disposition, (i) 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 (ii) Indebtedness which is retired shall be excluded
and deemed to have been retired as of the first day of the applicable period and
(b) with respect to any Acquisition, (i) 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 Loan Parties and their 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 reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and
(ii) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary (including the Person or Property acquired) in connection with such
transaction and any Indebtedness of the Person or Property acquired which is not
retired 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 Representative containing reasonably detailed calculations of the
financial covenants set forth in Article 8 as of the most recent Fiscal
Quarter end for which the Loan Parties have delivered financial statements
pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b)
after giving effect to the applicable transaction on a Pro Forma
Basis.
“ Pro Forma
Consolidated Funded Indebtedness ” means the sum of outstanding
obligations under (i) the Revolving Loans as of the Closing Date, (ii) the Term
Loan as of the Closing Date and (iii) the existing notes payable of any Borrower
(including the Target).
“ Pro Rata
Share ” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, (a) with respect
to such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, at any time, a fraction (expressed as a
percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is
the amount of the Revolving Commitment of such Lender at such time and the
denominator of which is the amount of the total Revolving Commitments at such
time; provided that if commitments of each Lender to make Revolving Loans
have been terminated pursuant to Section 9.02 , then the Pro Rata Share of
each Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Lender
immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent
assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the
outstanding Term Loan at any time, a fraction (expressed as a percentage,
carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the principal
amount of the outstanding Term Loan held by such Lender at such time and the
denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term
Loan held by all Term Loan Lenders at such time. The initial Pro Rata
Share 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.
“ Property ” means any interest of any kind in any
property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible,
including Capital Stock.
“ Qualified
Seller Notes ” means only those New Seller Notes, which are deeply
subordinated to the Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, pursuant to terms and conditions of a Subordination Agreement
satisfactory to Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, which
Subordination Agreement shall be in the form attached as Exhibit G
attached hereto.
“ RAM
Subordination Agreement ” means that certain Subordination Agreement
by and between RAM Capital Group, LLC and Administrative Agent dated as of even
date herewith.
“ Rating
Agencies ” has the meaning set forth in Section
12.08(a) .
“ Real
Property ” means the real estate listed on
Schedule 5.20(a) , and any other real estate owned or leased
after the Closing Date.
“ Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section
12.07(c) .
“ Registrar ” has the meaning set forth in Section
12.07(c) .
“ 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.
“ Representatives ” has the meaning set forth in Section
12.08(a) .
“ Request
for Credit Extension ” means with respect to a Borrowing,
conversion or continuation of Loans, a Loan Notice.
“ Required
Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders holding in the aggregate more
than fifty percent (50%) of (a) the Revolving Commitments and the
outstanding Term Loan, or (b) if the Revolving Commitments have been
terminated, the aggregate Revolving Exposures and outstanding Term Loan;
provided, however, if there are two (2) or fewer Lenders, “Required Lenders”
shall mean all Lenders. The Revolving Commitments (or, if the Revolving
Commitments have terminated, the aggregate Revolving Exposure) and the
outstanding Term Loan held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be
excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required
Lenders.
“ Required
Revolving Lenders ” means, at any time, Revolving Lenders holding in
the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of (a) the Revolving
Commitments, or (b) if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the
aggregate Revolving Exposures; provided, however, if there are two (2) or fewer
Revolving Lenders, “Required Revolving Lenders” shall mean all Revolving
Lenders. The Revolving Commitments (or, if the Revolving Commitments have
terminated, the aggregate Revolving Exposure) held or deemed held by any
Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of
Required Lenders.
“ Responsible Officer ” means the chief executive officer,
president, chief financial officer or treasurer of a Loan Party. Any
document delivered hereunder that is executed 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 (a) any dividend or
other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares (or equivalent)
of any class of Capital Stock of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, now
or hereafter outstanding, (b) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or
similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of
any shares (or equivalent) of any class of Capital Stock of any Loan Party or
any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding, (c) any payment made
to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or
other rights to acquire shares of any class of Capital Stock of any Loan Party
or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding (d) any payment or
prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, redemption,
purchase, retirement, defeasance, sinking fund or similar payment with respect
to, any Subordinated Indebtedness of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries,
including, without limitation, the Sellers Notes, and (e) the payment by
any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any management, advisory or
consulting fee to any Person or the payment of any extraordinary salary, bonus
or other form of compensation to any Person who is directly or indirectly a
significant partner, shareholder, owner or executive officer of any such Person,
including, without limitation, pursuant to any management fee
agreements.
“ Revolving
Availability ” means, at any time, an amount equal to (a) the
total Revolving Commitments less (b) the total Revolving Exposures at such
time.
“ Revolving
Commitment ” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to make Revolving Loans
to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01 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. The initial aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments is
$20,000,000.
“ Revolving
Exposure ” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of
the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans at such
time.
“ Revolving
Lenders ” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having a
Revolving Commitment, or after the Revolving Commitments have terminated,
Lenders holding any portion of the outstanding Revolving Loan.
“ Revolving
Loan ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01(a) .
“ Revolving
Loan Account ” means the loan account on the Administrative Agent’s
books, in the name of the Borrower Representative on behalf of the Borrowers, in
which the Borrowers will be charged with all Obligations when due or incurred by
the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
“ Revolving
Loan Maturity Date ” means April 4, 2013.
“ Revolving
Note ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.11 .
“ S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Services, a division of The McGraw Hill 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
such Loan Party or such Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property, real or
personal, 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.
“ Secured
Hedge Agreement ” means any Hedge Agreement required or permitted by
this Agreement that is entered into by and between a Loan Party and a Secured
Hedge Provider.
“ Secured
Hedge Provider ” means (i) the Administrative Agent or any of its
Affiliates (or any Person who was an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent at
the time such Person entered into a Secured Hedge Agreement), and (ii) any other
Lender or Affiliate of a Lender which is approved in writing by the
Administrative Agent as a Secured Hedge Provider, each in their capacity as a
counterparty to a Secured Hedge Agreement.
“ Secured
Parties ” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, the
Lenders, and the Secured Hedge Providers (solely for the purpose of
(i) identifying the Persons entitled to share in payments and collections
from the Collateral as more fully set forth in this Agreement and the Collateral
Documents, (ii) identifying the beneficiaries of the guarantee provisions
set forth in Articles 10 and 13 and (iii) Article
11 ).
“ Securitization Transaction ” means any financing
transaction or series of financing transactions (including factoring
arrangements) pursuant to which any Borrower or any Subsidiary 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 any Person.
“ Security
Agreement ” means the Security and Pledge Agreement dated as of the
Closing Date executed in favor of the Administrative Agent by each of the Loan
Parties which is a party thereto, as amended, modified and supplemented from
time to time.
“ Seller
Notes ” means, collectively, the Existing Seller Notes and the New
Seller Notes, and each individually referred to as a “Seller Note”.
“ Social
Security Act ” means the Social Security Act of 1965 as set forth in
Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended, and any successor statute
thereto, as interpreted by the rules and regulations issued thereunder, in each
case as in effect from time to time.
“ Solvent ” means, with respect to any Person on a
particular date, that on such date (a) the fair value of the assets of such
Person exceed its liabilities, including contingent liabilities, (b) the
present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the
amount that will be required to pay the probable liabilities of such Person or
its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) the remaining capital of
such Person is not unreasonably small to conduct its business, and (d) such
Person will not have incurred debts and does not have the present intent to
incur debts, beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature. In
computing the amount of contingent liabilities of any Person on any date, such
liabilities shall be computed at the amount that, in the judgment of the
Administrative Agent, in light of all facts and circumstances existing at such
time, represents the amount of such liabilities that reasonably can be expected
to become actual or matured liabilities.
“ Standing
Transfer Instructions ” means those certain instructions from the
Borrowers to each bank that maintains a Blocked Account on behalf of the
Borrowers which instruct such bank to automatically transfer all deposits made
in any Blocked Account to the Concentration Account on a daily
basis.
“ Subordinated Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of any
Loan Party that is subordinated to the prior payment and satisfaction of the
Obligations pursuant to a Subordination Agreement.
“ Subordinated Indebtedness Documents ” means any
agreement evidencing Subordinated Indebtedness including the Seller Notes, the
Subordination Agreements and all security agreements, guaranty agreements and
other documents, agreements and instruments executed in connection
therewith.
“ Subordination Agreement(s) ” means (a) an agreement
(in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent)
among any Loan Party, a subordinating creditor of such Loan Party and the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, pursuant to which
(i) the Subordinated Indebtedness is subordinated to the prior payment and
satisfaction of the Obligations and (ii) the subordinating creditor agrees
(A) not to require, accept or maintain any Lien(s) on any assets of the Loan
Parties and their Subsidiaries, (B) not to bring any enforcement action of any
kind whatsoever against any Borrower, (C) not to initiate or join in any
bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding against any Borrower, (D) not to
challenge or dispute the priority, validity or effectiveness of the liens and
security interest granted under this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, and
(E) to the extent any property or assets of any Borrower are obtained by such
subordinating creditor in contravention of the terms of the Subordination
Agreement, such property and assets shall be held in trust for the benefit of
Administrative Agent and Lenders, (b) any note, indenture, note purchase
agreement or similar instrument or agreement, pursuant to which the indebtedness
evidenced thereby or issued thereunder is subordinated to the Obligations by the
express terms of such note, indenture, note purchase agreement or similar
instrument or agreement, in each case in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (c) the AmerisourceBergen
Subordination Agreement, the Xxxxx Subordination Agreement and the RAM
Subordination Agreement.
“ Subsidiary ” of a Person means a corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other business entity of which a
majority of the shares of Capital Stock having ordinary voting power for the
election of directors or other governing body (other than Capital Stock having
such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are 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 Loan Parties.
“ 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.
“ Target ” means, Biomed America, Inc., a Delaware
corporation
“ Target
EBITDA ” means EBITDA of Target as defined in that certain Quality of
Earnings Due Diligence Report prepared by BDO Xxxxxxx, LLP dated March 4, 2008,
in the amount of $10,081,000.
“ Target
Merger ” means the merger of Target, in, with and into Biomed
Healthcare, Inc. under and pursuant to the Target Merger Agreement.
“ Target
Merger Agreement ” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger
dated as of March 13, 2008, by and among Biomed Healthcare, Inc., Holdings,
Target and Target Owner.
“ Target
Merger Documents ” means the Target Merger Agreement and each of the
other documents, instruments and agreements executed and delivered in connection
with the Target Merger.
“ Target
Owner ” means Parallex, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
“ Taxes ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.01(a) .
“ 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 Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01(b) and the
other terms and conditions of this Agreement, in the principal amount set forth
opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 , as such amounts
may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The
initial aggregate amount of the Term Loan Commitments is
$35,000,000.
“ Term Loan
Lender ” means, as of any date of determination, any Lender holding a
Term Loan Commitment or any portion of the then-outstanding Term
Loan.
“ Term Loan
Maturity Date ” means April 4, 2013.
“ Term
Note ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.11 .
“ Termination Date ” means the date that (i) all
Obligations (other than contingent obligations in respect of Secured Hedge
Agreements) have been fully and indefeasibly paid in full and (ii) no
commitments or other obligations of any Lender to provide funds to the Borrowers
remain outstanding.
“ Termination Value ” means, in respect of any one or more
Hedge Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally
enforceable netting agreement relating to such Hedge Agreements, (a) for any
date on or after the date such Hedge Agreements 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 Hedge Agreements,
as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available
quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Hedge Agreements (which may
include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
“ Total
Consideration ” means, with respect to any Acquisition, all cash and
non-cash consideration, including the amount of Indebtedness assumed by the
buyer and the amount of Indebtedness evidenced by notes issued by the buyer to
the seller, the maximum amount payable in connection with any deferred purchase
price obligation (including, to the extent it can be determined or reasonably
estimated, any earn-out obligation) and the value of any Capital Stock of any
Loan Party issued to the seller in connection with such
Acquisition.
“ 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 LIBOR Loan.
“ UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in
any applicable jurisdiction.
“ Unfunded
Pension Liability ” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit
liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that
Pension Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for
funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue
Code for the applicable plan year.
“ United
States ” and “ U.S. ” mean the United States of
America.
“ Wholly
Owned Subsidiary ” means any Person 100% of whose Capital Stock is at
the time owned by a Loan Party directly or indirectly through other Persons 100%
of whose Capital Stock is at the time owned, directly or indirectly, by such a
Loan Party.
(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 “ 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 real and personal property and 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.
(a)
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 Pre-Closing Financial Statements of the
Borrowers.
(b)
Together with each Compliance Certificate, the Borrower
Representative will provide a written summary of any changes in GAAP that
materially impact the calculation of the financial covenants in Article 8 contained in such Compliance Certificate.
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 any of the Borrowers,
the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall so request, the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower Representative on behalf of
the Borrowers 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 Representative shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement
or as reasonably 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)
Notwithstanding the above, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree
that all calculations of the financial covenants in Article 8 (including for purposes of determining
compliance with such financial covenants) shall be made on a Pro Forma
Basis.
(a)
Revolving Loans . Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to
make loans to the Borrower Representative on behalf of the Borrowers (each such
loan, a “ Revolving Loan ”) 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 Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment;
provided , however , that after giving effect to any Borrowing of
Revolving Loans, (i) the total Revolving Exposures shall not exceed the
total Revolving Commitments, and (ii) the Revolving Exposure of each
Revolving Lender shall not exceed such Revolving Lender’s Revolving
Commitment. Within the limits of each Revolving Lender’s Revolving
Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower
Representative on behalf of the Borrowers may borrow under this
Section 2.01(a) , prepay under Section 2.05 , and reborrow
under this Section 2.01(a) . The Revolving Loans may be Base
Rate Loans or LIBOR Loans, as further provided herein; provided, however, that
all Borrowings of Revolving Loans made on the Closing Date shall be made as Base
Rate Loans.
(b)
Term Loan . Subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein, each Term Loan Lender severally agrees to fund
its Pro Rata Share of a term loan to the Borrower Representative on behalf of
the Borrowers (the “ Term Loan ”) on the Closing Date in an aggregate
amount not to exceed such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment; provided ,
however , that after giving effect to any Borrowing under the Term Loan,
the outstanding amount of the Term Loan shall not exceed the total Term Loan
Commitments less original issue discount in an amount equal to .75%.
Amounts repaid or prepaid on the Term Loan may not be reborrowed. The Term
Loan may consist of Base Rate Loans or LIBOR Loans, as further provided herein;
provided , however , all Borrowings of the Term Loan on the Closing
Date shall be Base Rate Loans.
(a)
Each Borrowing, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the
other, and each continuation of LIBOR Loans shall be made upon the Borrower
Representative’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be
delivered by telephone or e‑mail request (or such other means as may be agreed
upon by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion). Each such notice
must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m.
(i) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of any
Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of LIBOR Loans or of any conversion
of LIBOR Loans to Base Rate Loans, and (ii) one (1) Business Day prior to
the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans (or any conversion to
Base Rate Loans). Each telephonic notice by the Borrower Representative
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 executed by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower Representative. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation
of LIBOR Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of
$250,000 in excess thereof. Each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate
Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $250,000
in excess thereof. Each Loan Notice pursuant to this
Section 2.02(a) (whether telephonic or written) shall specify
(i) whether the Borrower Representative is requesting a Borrowing, a
conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of LIBOR
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 Loans are to be converted, and
(v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect
thereto. If the Borrower Representative fails to specify a Type of Loan in
a Loan Notice or if the Borrower Representative fails to give a timely notice
requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable 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 LIBOR Loans. If the Borrower
Representative requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of LIBOR
Loans in any such Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will
be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one
(1) month.
(b)
Following receipt of a Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share of the
applicable Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is
provided by the Borrower Representative as required by Section 2.02(a) with respect to any continuation of a
Borrowing of a LIBOR Loan, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of
the details of any automatic conversion of such Borrowing of a LIBOR Loan to
Base Rate Loans as described in the preceding subsection. In the case of a
Borrowing, each 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 11:00 a.m. on the Business Day specified in
the applicable Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth
in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit
Extension, Section 4.01 ), the Administrative Agent shall make
all funds so received available to the Borrower Representative in like funds as
received by the Administrative Agent by wire transfer of such funds, in each
case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to)
the Administrative Agent by the Borrower Representative.
(c)
Except as otherwise provided herein, a LIBOR Loan may be continued
or converted only on the last day of the Interest Period for such LIBOR
Loan. During the existence of a Default, no Loans may be requested as,
converted to or continued as LIBOR Loans without the consent of the
Administrative Agent or Required Lenders, and the Administrative Agent or
Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the then outstanding LIBOR Loans
be converted immediately to Base Rate Loans.
(d)
the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower
Representative and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest
Period for LIBOR Loans upon determination of such interest rate. The
determination of the LIBO Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive
in the absence of manifest error.
(e)
After giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Loans
from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type,
there shall not be more than six (6) Interest Periods in effect with respect to
outstanding Loans.
(a)
Voluntary Prepayments of Loans.
(i)
Revolving Loans and Term Loan . Subject to the
limitations set forth in this Section 2.05(a) , the Borrowers may,
upon notice from the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from
time to time voluntarily prepay Revolving Loans and the Term Loan in whole or in
part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must
be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m.
(A) three (3) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of LIBOR
Loans, and (B) one (1) Business Day prior to the date of prepayment of Base
Rate Loans; (ii) any such prepayment of LIBOR Loans shall be in a principal
amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $250,000 in excess thereof (or, if
less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding); (iii) any such
prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a
whole multiple of $250,000 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. The
Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each
such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such
prepayment. If such notice is delivered by the Borrowers, the Borrowers
shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall
be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a
LIBOR Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with
any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05 .
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowers may not voluntarily prepay
(i) any Loans that are LIBOR Loans unless such Loans are prepaid at the end
of the applicable Interest Period or unless the Borrowers pay all breakage costs
associated with such prepayment as provided in Section 3.05 hereof,
and (ii) the Term Loan in part if the outstanding principal balance of the
Term Loan, after giving effect to such prepayment, would be less than
$3,000,000.
(ii)
Application of Voluntary Prepayments of Revolving Loans
and Term Loan . Any voluntary prepayment of the Term Loan shall be
applied ratably to the remaining principal amortization payments thereof.
Prepayments of Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)
shall not reduce the total Revolving Commitments. Each such prepayment
shall be applied to the Loans of the applicable Lenders in accordance with their
respective Pro Rata Shares.
(b)
Mandatory Prepayments of Loans.
(i)
Total Revolving Exposure . If for any reason the
total Revolving Exposures at any time exceed the total Revolving Commitments
then in effect, the Borrowers shall immediately prepay the Revolving Loans in an
aggregate amount equal to such excess (each such prepayment to be applied as set
forth in clause (vii) below).
(ii)
Dispositions and Involuntary Dispositions . The
Borrowers shall prepay the Loans as hereinafter provided in an aggregate amount
equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Disposition or Involuntary
Disposition (each such prepayment to be applied as set forth in
clause (vii) below). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at the time of
the receipt or application of such Net Cash Proceeds no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and the Borrower Representative delivers
to the Administrative Agent a certificate, executed by the Borrower
Representative’s chief financial officer, that it intends within one hundred
eighty (180) days after receipt thereof to use all of such Net Cash
Proceeds either to purchase assets used in the ordinary course of business of
the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries or to make Capital Expenditures, the
Borrower may use such Net Cash Proceeds in the manner set forth in such
certificate; provided , however , that, (A) such Net Cash Proceeds
shall either be deposited into a deposit account which is subject to a Deposit
Account Control Agreement or Deposit Account Restriction Agreement or held in a
Blocked Account until such time as such Net Cash Proceeds are used to purchase
such assets or to make such Capital Expenditures or applied to the Obligations
upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, as the case may be, (B) the
aggregate amount of such Net Cash Proceeds so used and not subject to prepayment
under this clause (ii) of this Section 2.05(b) shall not exceed
$100,000 in any Fiscal Year, (C) any such Net Cash Proceeds not so used or
committed to such use pursuant to a binding agreement within the period set
forth in such certificate shall, on the first Business Day immediately following
such period, be applied as a prepayment in accordance with clause (vii)
below and (D) any assets so acquired shall be subject to the security interests
under the Collateral Documents in the same priority as the assets subject to
such Disposition or Involuntary Disposition.
(iii)
Equity Issuances . Immediately upon receipt by
any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Equity
Issuance, the Borrowers shall prepay the Loans as hereinafter provided in an
aggregate amount equal to 50% of such Net Cash Proceeds (such prepayment to be
applied as set forth in clause (vii) below).
(iv)
Debt Issuances . Immediately upon receipt by any
Loan Party or any Subsidiary of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Debt Issuance, the
Borrowers shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans in an amount equal
to one hundred percent (100%) of all such Net Cash Proceeds (such prepayment to
be applied as set forth in clause (vii) below).
(v)
Reserved .
(vi)
Reserved .
(vii)
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 the Revolving Loans to the
full extent thereof; and
(B)
with respect to all amounts prepaid pursuant to Sections 2.05(b)(ii) through (iv) , first
to the Term Loan (applied in inverse order of maturity to the remaining
principal amortization payments thereof), and second to the
Revolving Loans (without a corresponding permanent reduction of the total
Revolving Commitments).
Within the parameters of the applications set forth above, prepayments
shall be applied first to Base Rate Loans and then to LIBOR Loans in direct
order of Interest Period maturities. Prepayments of the Revolving Loans
pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) shall not
reduce the total Revolving Commitments. 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 a payment
of all interest accrued on the principal amount prepaid through the date of
prepayment.
(a)
The Borrowers may, upon prior written notice from the Borrower
Representative to the Administrative Agent, terminate the total Revolving
Commitments or from time to time permanently reduce the total Revolving
Commitments; provided , however, that
(a) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later
than 11:00 a.m. (i) ten (10) Business Days prior to the date of
termination or (ii) three (3) Business Days prior to the date of reduction,
(b) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $250,000
or any whole multiple of $250,000 in excess thereof, and (c) after giving
effect to any reduction of the total Revolving Commitments, the total Revolving
Commitments shall not be less than the total Revolving Exposures. The
Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Revolving Lenders of any such
notice of termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments. Any
reduction of the total Revolving Commitments shall be applied to the Revolving
Commitment of each Lender according to its Pro Rata Share. All fees
accrued with respect thereto until the effective date of any termination of the
total Revolving Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such
termination.
(a)
Revolving Loans . On the Revolving
Loan Maturity Date, the Borrowers shall repay to the Administrative Agent for
the ratable benefit of the Lenders on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date the
aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding on such
date.
(b)
Term Loan . The Borrowers shall pay
the principal amount of the Term Loan in consecutive quarterly installments in
the aggregate amounts set forth below:
Date
|
Term Loan Installment
|
September 30, 2008
|
$437,500
|
December
31, 2008
|
$437,500
|
March
31, 2009
|
$437,500
|
June 30,
2009
|
$437,500
|
September 30, 2009
|
$437,500
|
December
31, 2009
|
$437,500
|
March
31, 2010
|
$437,500
|
June 30,
2010
|
$612,500
|
September 30, 2010
|
$612,500
|
December
31, 2010
|
$612,500
|
March
31, 2011
|
$612,500
|
June 30,
2011
|
$1,312,500
|
September 30, 2011
|
$1,312,500
|
December
31, 2011
|
$1,312,500
|
March
31, 2012
|
$1,312,500
|
June 30,
2012
|
$1,312,500
|
September 30, 2012
|
$1,312,500
|
December
31, 2012
|
$1,312,500
|
Term Loan Maturity Date
|
The unpaid principal amount of the Term
Loan then outstanding
|
(a)
Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below,
(i) each LIBOR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the sum of
(A) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period plus
(B) the Applicable Margin; and (ii) each Base Rate Loan bear interest
on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing or
conversion date at a rate per annum equal to the (A) Base Rate
plus (B) the Applicable Margin.
(b)
After the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Default, the Borrowers shall pay interest on the principal amount of all
outstanding Obligations at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times
equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
Laws.
(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.
(a)
Unused Fee . The Borrowers shall
pay, or cause to be paid, to the Administrative Agent for the account of each
Revolving Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, an unused fee equal to
the product of (i) one half of one percent (0.5%) per annum times
(ii) the average daily amount by which the total Revolving Commitments
exceeds the sum of (y) the total outstanding amount of Revolving
Loans. The unused fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability
Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in
Article 4 is not met, and shall be due and payable monthly in arrears on
the last day of each month, commencing with the first such date to occur after
the Closing Date, and on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date.
(b)
Other Fees . The Borrowers shall
pay, or cause to be paid, to the Arranger and the Administrative Agent for their
own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the
Fee Letter. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall be
non-refundable for any reason whatsoever.
2.11
Evidence of
Debt . The Credit Extensions made by
each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by
such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of
business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent
and each Lender shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of the Credit
Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrowers 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 Borrowers 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 Borrowers 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 B-1 (a “ Revolving Note ”), and
(ii), in the case of a Term Loan, be in the form of Exhibit B-2 (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, but any failure to do so shall not
limit or otherwise affect the Borrowers’ Obligations hereunder.
(a)
All payments to be made by the Borrowers of principal, interest,
fees and other Obligations shall be absolute and unconditional and shall be made
without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment, setoff
or rescission. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments
by the Borrowers 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 12:00 p.m. New York time on the date specified herein. The
Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share
(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 12:00 p.m. New York time shall
be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable
interest or fee shall continue to accrue.
(b)
Subject to the definition of “Interest Period”, if any payment to
be made by the Borrowers shall come due on a day other than a Business Day,
payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of
time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may
be.
(c)
Unless any Borrower or any Lender has notified the Administrative
Agent, prior to the date any payment is required to be made by it to the
Administrative Agent hereunder, that any Borrower or such Lender, as the case
may be, will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the
Borrowers or such Lender, as the case may be, has timely made such payment and
may (but shall not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make available a
corresponding amount to the Person entitled thereto. If and to the extent
that such payment was not in fact made to the Administrative Agent in
immediately available funds, then:
(i)
if any Borrower failed to make such payment, each Lender shall forthwith on
demand repay to the Administrative Agent the portion of such assumed payment
that was made available to such Lender in immediately available funds, together
with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such
amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date
such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds
at the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect; and
(ii)
if any Lender failed to make such payment, such Lender shall forthwith on demand
pay to the Administrative Agent the amount thereof in immediately available
funds, together with interest thereon for the period from the date such amount
was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrowers to the date such
amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent (the “ Compensation Period ”) at a rate per annum equal to the
Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. If such Lender pays such
amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such
Lender’s Loan included in the applicable Borrowing. If such Lender does
not pay such amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor,
the Administrative Agent may make a demand therefor upon the Borrowers, and the
Borrowers shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent, together with
interest thereon for the Compensation Period at a rate per annum equal to the
rate of interest applicable to the applicable Borrowing. Nothing herein
shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its
Revolving Commitment or to prejudice any rights which the Administrative Agent
or the Borrowers may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such
Lender hereunder.
(iii)
In the event that any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent
such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Borrowing by the Borrowers in accordance
with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof, and the
Borrowers do not repay to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s Pro Rata Share
of the Borrowing within three (3) Business Days after such Borrowing, the
Administrative Agent shall have the right to recover such Lender’s Pro Rata
Share of the Borrowing directly from such Lender, together with interest thereon
from the date of the Borrowing at the rate per annum applicable to such
Borrowing. In addition, until the Agent recovers such amount, (x) such
Lender shall not be entitled to receive any payments under Sections 2.05 ,
2.07 or 2.08 hereof, and (y) for purposes of voting on or
consenting to other matters with respect to this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents, such Lender’s Commitment shall be deemed to be zero and such Lender
shall not be considered to be a Lender.
A notice of the Administrative
Agent to any Lender or the Borrower Representative with respect to any amount
owing under this subsection (c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest
error.
(d)
The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans are several
and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan or to fund any
such participation 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 or
purchase its participation.
(a)
Collection of Accounts and Other
Proceeds . The Borrowers, at their expense, will enforce and collect
payments and other amounts owing on all Accounts in the ordinary course of the
Borrowers’ business subject to the terms hereof. Each Borrower shall
execute with each applicable depository institution a Deposit Account Control
Agreement and such other agreements related to each bank account of Borrowers
(except as set forth below) as the Administrative Agent may require. Each
Borrower shall, within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, execute with each
applicable depository institution a Deposit Account Restriction Agreement and
such other agreements related to each bank account of Borrowers for which
collections of Accounts from a Governmental Account Debtor are held as
Administrative Agent may require. Upon receipt of any payment on an
Account or other proceeds of the sale of Collateral, including checks, cash,
receipts from credit card sales and receipts, notes or other instruments or
property with respect to any Collateral, each Borrower shall deposit such
proceeds directly into a bank account of such Borrower which is subject to a
Deposit Account Control Agreement or Deposit Account Restriction Agreement, as
applicable within three (3) Business Days.
(b)
Transfer of Funds . Funds on
deposit in a bank account of Borrower shall be transferred on a daily basis to
the Concentration Account (or, at the Administrative Agent’s option during a
Cash Control Period, to the Administrative Agent’s Bank Account) pursuant to the
terms of a Deposit Account Control Agreement or Deposit Account Restriction
Agreement, as applicable. During a Cash Control Period, the Administrative
Agent shall have the right, at the Administrative Agent’s election in its sole
discretion, to require that funds remaining on deposit in the Concentration
Account be transferred to the Administrative Agent’s Bank Account on each
Business Day, and the Borrowers agree to take all actions reasonably required by
the Administrative Agent or by any bank at which the Concentration Account is
maintained in order to effectuate the transfer of funds in this manner.
All amounts so received will, for purposes of calculating Revolving Availability
and interest, be credited to the Revolving Loan Account on the date of deposit
in the Administrative Agent’s Bank Account. No checks, drafts or other
instruments received by the Administrative Agent shall constitute final payment
to the Administrative Agent unless and until such instruments have actually been
collected.
(c)
New Blocked Accounts . Each
Borrower agrees not to open any new bank account into which proceeds of
Collateral are to be delivered or deposited unless concurrently with the opening
of such bank account, the Borrowers enter into a Deposit Account Control
Agreement, Deposit Account Restriction Agreement or Blocked Account Agreement,
as applicable, with respect to such bank account. Upon compliance with the
terms set forth above, such bank account shall constitute a Blocked Account, as
applicable, for purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Section 2.14 , the Borrowers may maintain one or more
accounts constituting Excluded Accounts.
(d)
Collective Borrowing Arrangement .
The Borrowers have informed the Administrative Agent that: (i) in
order to increase the efficiency, profitability and productivity of each
Borrower, the Borrower Representative has established a centralized cash
management system for the Borrowers that entails, in part, central disbursement
and operating accounts for each of the Borrowers in which the Borrower
Representative provides the working capital needs of each of the other Borrowers
and manages and timely pays the accounts payable of each of the other Borrowers;
(ii) the Borrower Representative further enhances the operating
efficiencies of the other Borrowers by purchasing, or causing to be purchased,
in the Borrower Representative’s name for its account, all or substantially all
materials, supplies, inventory and services required by the other Borrowers,
resulting in a reduction in operating costs of the other Borrowers; and
(iii) all of the Borrowers presently engage in an integrated operation that
requires financing on an integrated basis, and each Borrower expects to benefit
from the continued successful performance of such integrated operations.
Therefore, in order to best utilize the borrowing powers of the Borrowers in the
most effective and cost efficient manner and to avoid adverse effects on the
operating efficiencies of each Borrower and the existing back office practices
of the Borrowers, each Borrower has requested that all Revolving Loans and the
Term Loan be disbursed solely upon the request of the Borrower Representative
and to bank accounts managed solely by the Borrower Representative, it being the
intent and desire of the Borrowers that the Borrower Representative manage for
the benefit of each Borrower the expenditure and usage of such
funds.
(e)
Revolving Loan Account . The
Administrative Agent shall charge the Revolving Loan Account for all loans and
advances made by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to the Borrower
Representative, or otherwise for the Revolving Loan Account, and for all any
other Obligations, including out of pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent,
when due and payable hereunder. Interest on the Revolving Loans shall be
paid as set forth in Section 2.08 hereto. Subject to the
provisions of Sections 2.02 , 2.05 , and 2.12 and as
otherwise provided herein, the Administrative Agent will credit the Revolving
Loan Account with all amounts received by the Administrative Agent from the
Borrowers or, if applicable, from the Concentration Account or from others for
the Borrowers’ account, including all amounts received by the Administrative
Agent in payment of Accounts, and such amounts will be applied to payment of the
Obligations in the order and manner set forth herein. In no event shall
prior recourse to any Account or other security granted to or by the Borrowers
be a prerequisite to the Administrative Agent’s or the Lenders’ rights to demand
payment of any of the Obligations. In addition, the Borrowers agree that
neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation
whatsoever to perform in any respect any Borrower’s contracts or obligations
relating to the Accounts.
(a)
Any and all payments by any Loan Party to or for the account of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document shall be made free
and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes,
duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar
charges, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding , in the case of the Administrative Agent and each
Lender, taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income, and franchise
taxes, branch taxes or similar taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income
taxes), in each of the foregoing cases by the jurisdiction (or any political
subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which the Administrative Agent or such
Lender, as the case may be, is organized or maintains its Lending Office (all
such non-excluded taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees,
withholdings or similar charges, and liabilities being hereinafter referred to
as “ Taxes ”). If any Loan Party shall be required by any Laws
to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan
Document to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (i) the sum payable
shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions
(including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section),
each of the Administrative Agent and such Lender receives an amount equal to the
sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Loan
Party shall make such deductions, (iii) such Loan Party shall pay the full
amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in
accordance with applicable Laws, and (iv) within thirty (30) days
after the date of such payment, such Loan Party shall furnish to the
Administrative Agent (which shall forward the same to such Lender) the original
or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof or if no receipt is
available, other evidence of payment reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
(b)
In addition, the Borrowers agree to pay any and all present or
future stamp, court or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes
or charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made under any Loan
Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or
registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document (hereinafter
referred to as “ Other Taxes ”).
(c)
If the Borrowers shall be required to deduct or pay any Taxes or
Other Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Borrowers shall also pay to the
Administrative Agent or to such Lender, as the case may be, at the time interest
is paid, such additional amount that the Administrative Agent or such Lender
specifies is necessary to preserve the after-tax yield (after factoring in all
taxes, including taxes imposed on or measured by net income) that the
Administrative Agent or such Lender would have received if such Taxes or Other
Taxes had not been imposed.
(d)
The Borrowers agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each
Lender for (i) the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including any
Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable
under this Section 3.01 ) paid by the
Administrative Agent and such Lender, (ii) amounts payable under
Section 3.01(c) and (iii) any liability (including
additions to tax, penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with
respect thereto, in each case whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were
correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority,
so long as such amounts have accrued on or after the day which is two hundred
seventy (270) days prior to the date on which Lender or Administrative Agent
first made demand therefor. Payment under this subsection (d) shall
be made within thirty (30) days after the date the Lender or the
Administrative Agent makes a demand therefor.
(e)
If any Loan Party is required to pay any amount to any Lender or
the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 3.01 , then such Lender shall use
reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions) to change
the jurisdiction of its Lending Office so as to eliminate any such additional
payment which may thereafter accrue, if such change in the reasonable judgment
of such Lender is not otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.
(f)
Each Lender, if any, that is not organized under the laws of the
United States or a state thereof (each, a “ Foreign
Lender ”) shall, (i) on or prior to the date of the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, in the case of each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof,
or, in the case of an assignee Lender, on or prior to the date it becomes a
Lender, execute and deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, two
or more (as the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent may reasonably request)
IRS Forms W-8IMY (with all required attachments), Forms W-8ECI or Forms W-8BEN
(or successor forms) establishing the Lender’s exemption from, or reduced rate
of, United States federal withholding tax, or, solely if such Lender is claiming
exemption from United States withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of
the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest,” IRS Form W-8BEN and a
certificate executed by a duly authorized officer of such Lender representing
that such Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A)
of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrowers within the meaning
of Section 871(h)(3) or 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign
corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, or such other forms
or documents (or successor forms or documents), appropriately completed,
establishing that payments to such Lender are exempt from withholding or
deduction of United States federal withholding taxes; and (ii) deliver to the
Borrowers and the Administrative Agent two further copies of any such form or
documents on or before the date that any such form or document expires or
becomes obsolete and after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the
most recent such form or document previously delivered by it to the
Borrowers. If the forms provided by a Foreign Lender at the time such
Foreign Lender first becomes a party to this Agreement indicate a United States
interest withholding tax rate in excess of zero, withholding tax at such rate
shall be considered excluded from Taxes unless and until such Foreign Lender
provides the appropriate forms certifying that a lesser rate applies, whereupon
withholding tax at such lesser rate only shall be considered excluded from Taxes
for periods governed by such forms; provided , however , that, if at
the date of an assignment pursuant to which a Foreign Lender becomes a party to
this Agreement, the Foreign Lender assignor was entitled to payments under
Section 3.01(a) in respect of United States withholding tax
with respect to interest paid at such date, then, to such extent, the term Taxes
shall include (in addition to withholding taxes that may be imposed in the
future or other amounts otherwise includable in Taxes) United States withholding
tax, if any, applicable with respect to the Foreign Lender assignee on such
date.
(g)
Each Foreign Lender, to the extent it does not act or ceases to act
for its own account with respect to any portion of any sums paid or payable to
such Lender under any of the Loan Documents (for example, in the case of a
typical participation by such Lender), shall deliver to the Administrative Agent
on the date when such Foreign Lender ceases to act for its own account with
respect to any portion of any such sums paid or payable, and at such other times
as may be necessary in the determination of the Administrative Agent (in the
reasonable exercise of its discretion), (A) two duly signed completed
copies of the forms or statements required to be provided by such Lender as set
forth above, to establish the portion of any such sums paid or payable with
respect to which such Lender acts for its own account that is not subject to
U.S. withholding tax, and (B) two duly signed completed copies of IRS Form
W-8IMY (or any successor thereto), together with any information such Lender
chooses to transmit with such form, and any other certificate or statement of
exemption required under the Internal Revenue Code, to establish that such
Lender is not acting for its own account with respect to a portion of any such
sums payable to such Lender.
(h)
The Borrowers shall not be required to pay any additional amount to
any Foreign Lender under this Section 3.01
(A) with respect to any Taxes required to be deducted or withheld on the
basis of the information, certificates or statements of exemption such Lender
transmits with an IRS Form W-8IMY pursuant to this Section 3.01 or
(B) if such Lender shall have failed to provide the proper forms as
required by the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.01(f) or
(g) ; provided that if such Lender shall have satisfied the
requirement of Section 3.01(f) or (g) (as the case may be) on
the date such Lender became a Lender or ceased to act for its own account with
respect to any payment under any of the Loan Documents, nothing in this
Section 3.01 shall relieve the Borrowers of their obligation to pay
any amounts pursuant to this Section 3.01 in the event that,
as a result of any change in any applicable law, treaty or governmental rule,
regulation or order, or any change in the interpretation, administration or
application thereof, such Lender is no longer properly entitled to deliver
forms, certificates or other evidence at a subsequent date establishing the fact
that such Lender or other Person for the account of which such Lender receives
any sums payable under any of the Loan Documents is not subject to withholding
or is subject to withholding at a reduced rate or such forms, certificates or
other evidence is no longer applicable to such Lender or other
Person.
(i)
The Administrative Agent may, without reduction, withhold any Taxes
required to be deducted and withheld from any payment under any of the Loan
Documents with respect to which the Borrowers are not required to pay additional
amounts under this Section 3.01 .
(j)
Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, each Lender that is a
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the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent two duly signed completed copies of IRS Form
W‑9. If such Lender fails to deliver such forms, then the Administrative
Agent may withhold from any interest payment to such Lender an amount equivalent
to the applicable back-up withholding tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code,
without reduction.
(k)
If any Governmental Authority asserts that the Administrative Agent
did not properly withhold or backup withhold, as the case may be, any tax or
other amount from payments made to or for the account of any Lender, such Lender
shall indemnify the Administrative Agent therefor, including all penalties and
interest, any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts payable to the
Administrative Agent under this Section 3.01 , and costs and expenses (including
Attorney Costs) of the Administrative Agent. The obligation of the Lenders
under this Section shall survive the termination of all commitments to make
Loans, repayment of all Obligations and the resignation of the Administrative
Agent.
(l)
If the Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole
discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to
which it has been indemnified by the Borrowers or with respect to which any
Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.01 , it shall pay to the Borrowers an amount equal
to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional
amounts paid, by the Borrowers under this Section 3.01 with
respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all
out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, 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 such
Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, or such Lender, agrees
to repay the amount paid over to such Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or
other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the
Administrative Agent, or such Lender (as the case may be) in the event the
Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such
Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require
the Administrative Agent or any Lender 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.
3.04
Increased Cost and Reduced Return;
Capital Adequacy . (a) 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 LIBO Rate);
(ii)
subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this
Agreement, or any LIBOR Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of
payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except for Taxes or Other Taxes
covered by Section 3.01 and the imposition of,
or any change in the rate of, any tax excluded from the definition of Taxes in
Section 3.01(a) payable by such Lender); or
(iii)
impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or
expense affecting this Agreement or LIBOR Loans made by such Lender;
and the result of any of the
foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining
any LIBOR Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to
reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder
(whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such
Lender, the Borrowers will pay to such Lender, such additional amount or amounts
as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction
suffered, so long as such costs have accrued on or after the day which is two
hundred seventy (270) days prior to the date on which such Lender first made
demand therefor.
(b)
Without duplication of amounts payable in paragraph (a) above, if
any Lender determines that any change in Law affecting such Lender or any
lending officer of such Lender or Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding
capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return
on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if
any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the
Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such
Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such change in Law (taking
into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s
holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the
Borrowers will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction
suffered.
(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 Borrowers (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
Borrowers; or
(c)
any assignment of a LIBOR Loan on a day other than the last day of
the Interest Period therefor as a result of (i) a request by the Borrowers
pursuant to Section 12.15 or (ii) an
assignment by CIT Healthcare pursuant to Section 12.07(b) as part
of the primary syndication of the Commitments and Loans following the Closing
Date;
including any loss of anticipated
profits and 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.
For purposes of calculating
amounts payable by the Borrowers to the Lenders under this Section 3.05 , each Lender shall be deemed to have
funded each LIBOR Loan made by it at the LIBO Base Rate used in determining the
LIBO Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London
interbank market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or
not such LIBOR Loan was in fact so funded.
(a)
A certificate of the Administrative Agent or any Lender claiming
compensation under this Article 3 and
setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall
be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. In determining such
amount, the Administrative Agent or such Lender may use any reasonable averaging
and attribution methods.
(b)
Upon any Lender making a claim for compensation under Section 3.01 or 3.04 or becoming a Defaulting
Lender and continuing as a Defaulting Lender for a period of twenty (20)
consecutive days, the Borrowers may replace such Lender in accordance with
Section 12.15 .
(a)
Loan Documents . Receipt by the
Administrative Agent of executed counterparts of this Agreement, the Security
Agreement and the agreements and the other documents executed in connection
herewith and therewith and the Notes (if requested), each properly executed by a
Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party and, in the case of this
Agreement, by each Lender.
(b)
Organization Documents, Resolutions,
Etc . Receipt by the Administrative Agent of the following, each of
which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals), dated
as of a recent date before the Closing Date and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its legal
counsel:
(i)
copies of the Organization Documents of each Loan Party certified to be true and
complete as of a recent 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 resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other
certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative
Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each
Responsible Officer thereof (A) executing any agreement, certificate of
other document required to be delivered hereby or (B) 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)
such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and is
validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in its
state of organization or formation and the state in which its principal place of
business is located.
(c)
Filings, Registrations and
Recordings . Receipt by the Administrative Agent of each document
(including any UCC-1 financing statements) required by the Collateral Documents
or under Law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed,
registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Administrative Agent,
for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected Lien on the
Collateral described therein, prior and superior in right to any other Person
(other than Permitted Liens), which shall be in proper form for filing,
registration or recordation.
(d)
Pledged Stock; Stock Powers; Pledged
Notes . Receipt by the Administrative Agent of (i) any
certificates representing the shares of Capital Stock pledged pursuant to the
Security Agreement, together with an undated stock (or analogous) power for each
such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor
thereof and (ii) each promissory note (if any) pledged to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement endorsed (without
recourse) in blank (or accompanied by an executed transfer form in blank) by the
pledgor thereof.
(e)
[ Reserved ].
(f)
[ Reserved ].
(g)
Opinions of Counsel . Receipt by
the Administrative Agent of favorable opinions of (i) Xxxxxx & Bird
LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, (ii) any local counsel to the Loan
Parties and (iii) Fox Rothschild LLP, counsel to Target delivered pursuant
to Section 10.01(h) of the Target Merger Agreement, in each case, addressed
to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, dated as of the Closing Date, and
in form and substance reasonable satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
(h)
Evidence of Insurance . Receipt by
the Administrative Agent of XXXXX insurance evidencing insurance coverages and
amounts and appropriate endorsements in favor of the Administrative Agent with
respect thereto.
(i)
Liens Searches . Receipt by the
Administrative Agent of UCC and other Lien searches considered necessary by the
Administrative Agent and other evidence as requested by Administrative Agent
that no Liens exist other than Permitted Liens.
(j)
Termination of Existing Credit
Agreement . Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a payoff letter, in
form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent, relating to the
Existing Credit Agreement.
(k)
Subordinated Indebtedness
Documents . Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a copy, certified by
a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative as true and complete, of
each of the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents, in each case, including
schedules and exhibits thereto and together with all amendments, modifications,
supplements and waivers thereto along with Subordination Agreements, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent with respect to any
Subordinated Indebtedness listed on Schedule 4.01
hereto.
(l)
Third Party Consents; Change of
Ownership . Receipt by the Administrative Agent of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that (i) the Loan Parties have
obtained all material Governmental Approvals and other third party approvals
(including all approvals required for a change of ownership for Medicare and
Medicaid) necessary in connection with the consummation of the Target Merger,
the operation of Borrowers’ businesses and the execution, delivery and
performance of the Loan Documents shall have been obtained and be in full force
and effect, and (ii) all waiting periods shall have expired without any action
being taken or threatened by any authority that would restrain or otherwise
impose adverse conditions on the Target Merger, the operation of Borrowers’
businesses or Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s rights or remedies under
the Loan Documents.
(m)
Fees . Receipt by the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders of any fees required to be paid on or
before the Closing Date under this Agreement and the Fee
Letter.
(n)
Attorney Costs . The Loan Parties
shall have paid all Attorney Costs of the Administrative Agent, plus such
additional amounts of Attorney Costs as shall constitute its reasonable estimate
of Attorney Costs 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 Loan Parties and the Administrative
Agent).
(o)
Compliance with Laws . Each Loan
Party shall be in compliance with all applicable Law, and shall have provided
the Administrative Agent with true and correct copies of each of the
accreditations, license and, certifications required by Section 5.01
below.
(p)
Compliance with Agreements . Each
Loan Party shall be in compliance with all Material Contracts, and shall have
provided the Administrative Agent with true and correct copies of each Material
Provider Agreement, and each other Material Contract.
(q)
No Litigation . There exists no
material pending or threatened Proceeding against the Loan Parties or any of
their respective Affiliates or respective assets in any court or administrative
forum.
(r)
[ Reserved ].
(s)
No Material Adverse Change . There
shall not have occurred since December 31, 2006 any development, event or
circumstance which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect with respect to the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole.
(t)
No Target Material Adverse Change.
There shall not have occurred a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined in
the Target Merger Agreement) after December 31, 2007, as reasonably determined
by Holdings; provided, however, in no event shall the waiver by Holdings of a
Company Material Adverse Effect as a condition to its obligation to consummate
the Merger under the Target Merger Agreement prohibit Administrative Agent from
determining that this condition precedent has not been satisfied due to the
occurrence of such Company Material Adverse Effect.
(u)
Closing Certificate . Receipt by
the Administrative Agent of a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of
the Borrower Representative certifying that the conditions specified in
Sections 4.01(s), (t), and (v), (y), (z), (bb) and (gg) and
Sections 4.02(a) , (b) , (c) and (d) have been
satisfied and that the representations and warranties contained in
Article 5 are true and correct as of the Closing
Date.
(v)
Target Merger Documents . No
provision of the Target Merger Agreement shall have been
altered, amended, waived or otherwise changed or supplemented in a manner that
could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to Administrative Agent
and/or the other Lenders or materially affect Administrative Agent’s or the
other Lenders’ rights or remedies hereunder or under the other Loan
Documents. The Target Merger shall have been consummated or shall be
consummated contemporaneously with the closing and funding of the Loans in
accordance with the terms of the Target Merger Agreement (as altered, amended,
waived or otherwise changed or supplemented in compliance with this
paragraph).
(w)
[Reserved] .
(x)
[ Reserved ].
(y)
Solvency . Receipt by the
Administrative Agent of a certificate from the Chief Financial Officer of the
Borrower Representative attesting that the Loan Parties are Solvent immediately
before and immediately after giving effect to the Target Merger and the initial
funding of the Loans (and the application of proceeds
thereof).
(z)
Minimum EBITDA . Receipt by the
Administrative Agent of a certificate of the Borrower Representative’s chief
financial officer, in form, substance and detail satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent demonstrating that the Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA for the
twelve month period ended December 31, 2007 is equal to at least $20,000,000
from planned continuing operations.
(aa)
[Reserved] .
(bb)
Maximum Closing Date Leverage .
Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certificate of the Borrower
Representative’s chief financial officer, in form, substance and detail
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, demonstrating that the ratio of Pro
Forma Consolidated Funded Indebtedness to Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA for the
twelve month period ended December 31, 2007 does not exceed 2.75 to
1.00.
(cc)
Merger Certificate . Receipt by the
Administrative Agent of the filed Certificate of Merger certified by the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
(dd)
AmerisourceBergen Subordination
Agreement . Receipt by Administrative Agent of the fully executed
AmerisourceBergen Subordination Agreement in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Administrative Agent (Administrative Agent acknowledging and
agreeing that an intercreditor and subordination in form and substance
substantially similar to the Subordination Agreement by and among Holdings,
AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation and Xxxxxx Healthcare Finance, Inc. dated
September 15, 2003 shall be satisfactory to Administrative
Agent).
(ee)
Xxxxx Subordination Agreement .
Receipt by Administrative Agent of the fully executed Xxxxx Subordination
Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent
(Administrative Agent acknowledging and agreeing that a subordination in form
and substance substantially similar to the Subordination Agreement by and among
Administrative Agent, the Target and certain of its subsidiaries and Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx, Xx., dated October 5, 2007 shall be satisfactory to Administrative
Agent).
(ff)
RAM Subordination Agreement .
Receipt by Administrative Agent of the fully executed RAM Subordination
Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent
(Administrative Agent acknowledging and agreeing that a subordination in form
and substance substantially similar to the Subordination Agreement by and among
Administrative Agent, the Target and certain of its subsidiaries and Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx, Xx. dated October 5, 2007 shall be satisfactory to Administrative
Agent).
(gg)
Existing Credit Agreement . No
event of default shall have occurred (which has not been waived in writing)
under the Existing Credit Agreement.
(a)
The representations and warranties of each Loan Party contained in
Article 5 or any other Loan Document, or which
are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection
herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct (i) if such date is the
Closing Date, on and as of such date and (ii) otherwise, in all material
respects (provided, that if any representation or warranty is by its terms
qualified by concepts of materiality, such representation shall be true and
correct in all respects) on and as of such date, except to the extent that such
representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which
case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for
purposes of this Section 4.02 , the representations and warranties
contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall
be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to
clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01 ;
provided that, on the Closing Date, such representations and warranties shall be
limited to the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries (excluding the Target
and its Subsidiaries).
(b)
No Default or Event of Default shall exist, or would result from
such proposed Credit Extension.
(c)
After giving effect to such Credit Extension, the total Revolving
Exposures shall not exceed the total Revolving Commitments.
(d)
The Administrative Agent shall have received a Request for Credit
Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.
Each Request for Credit Extension
submitted by the Borrower Representative shall be deemed to be a representation
and warranty by the Loan Parties that the conditions specified in Section 4.02 have been satisfied on and as of the
date of the applicable Credit Extension.
ARTICLE 5
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Loan Parties hereby represent
and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
(a)
The Audited Pre-Closing 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 financial condition of the Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries and the Target and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, 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 Loan Parties
and their Subsidiaries and the Target and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, as of
the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, commitments and
Indebtedness.
(b)
The Interim Pre-Closing 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 financial condition of the Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries and the Target and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, as of the date
thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject,
in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to
normal year-end audit adjustments; and (iii) show all material Indebtedness
and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries and the Target and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, as of the date
thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and
Indebtedness.
(c)
From the date of the Audited Pre-Closing Financial Statements and
the Interim Pre-Closing Financial Statements to and including the Closing Date,
there has been no Disposition by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries or the
Target and its Subsidiaries, or any Involuntary Disposition, of any material
part of the business or Property of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries or
the Target and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and no purchase or other
acquisition by any of them of any business or property (including any Capital
Stock of any other Person) material in relation to the consolidated financial
condition of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries and the Target and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case, which is not reflected in the
foregoing financial statements or in the notes thereto and has not otherwise
been disclosed in writing to the Lenders on or prior to the Closing
Date.
(d)
The financial statements delivered pursuant to Sections 6.01(a) and 6.01(b) have been prepared
in accordance with GAAP (except as may otherwise be permitted under
Sections 6.01(a) and 6.01(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 Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries as of the dates
thereof and for the periods covered thereby.
(e)
Since December 31, 2006, there has been no event or
circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2007, there has been no event or
circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect (as such term is defined in the Target Merger
Agreement).
(a)
No Loan Party is (i) in breach of or default under any
Material Contract, or (ii) is in breach of or default under any Contractual
Obligation that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b)
No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
(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
give rise to liability under any applicable Environmental Laws.
(b)
None of the Facilities contains, or has 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)
Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary has received any written
or verbal notice of, or inquiry from any Governmental Authority regarding, any
violation, alleged violation, 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)
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 Responsible Officers of the Loan Parties,
threatened, under any Environmental Law to which any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary is or 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.
(f)
There has been no release or, threat of release of Hazardous
Materials at or from the Facilities, or arising from or related to the
operations (including disposal) of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in
connection with the Facilities or otherwise in connection with the Businesses,
in violation of or in amounts or in a manner that could give rise to liability
under Environmental Laws.
(a)
Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, the Consolidated
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“ COBRA ”) and the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder, and other federal or state Laws. Each Plan
that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or an
application for such letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect
thereto taking into account the changes in qualification requirements under
Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code made by the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act, the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, the Uniformed
Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, the Taxpayer Relief Act
of 1997, the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, and
the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000 (and each Plan has been timely
amended to reflect changes in the qualification requirements under
Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code made by the Economic Growth and
Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and any application IRS guidance issued
thereunder) and, to the best knowledge of the Loan Parties, nothing has occurred
which would prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification. Each Loan
Party and each ERISA Affiliate has made all required contributions to each Plan
subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, and no application for
a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to
Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code has been made with respect to any
Plan. Each Loan Party and each ERISA Affiliate has performed all their
obligations under each Plan according to their terms, including filing or
furnishing to the IRS, Department of Labor or other Governmental Authority, or
to participants or beneficiaries of each Plan, any reports, returns, notices and
other documentation required to be filed or furnished.
(b)
There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties,
threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority,
with respect to any Plan. There has been no prohibited transaction or
violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any
Plan.
(c)
(i) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to
occur; (ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability;
(iii) no Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably
expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any
Pension Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007
of ERISA); (iv) no Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or
reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which,
with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such
liability) under Sections 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a
Multiemployer Plan; and (v) no Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate has
engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c)
of ERISA.
(a)
The Loan Parties are not engaged and will not engage, principally
or as one of their 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.
No proceeds of any Borrowing shall be used for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying margin stock.
(b)
None of the Loan Parties, any Person Controlling any Loan Party or
any Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an “investment company”
under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(i)
neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary, nor any individual employed by any
Loan Party or any Subsidiary, has any criminal culpability or has been excluded
from participation in any Medical Reimbursement Program for corporate or
individual actions or failures to act known to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary
where such culpability or exclusion has resulted or could reasonably be expected
to result in an Exclusion Event and neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary
nor any individual employed by any Loan Party or Subsidiary has been subject to
sanction or been indicted or convicted of a crime, or pled nolo contendre or to sufficient
facts, in connection with any allegation of violation of any Medical
Reimbursement Program or health care law;
(ii)
no officer or other member of management continues to be employed by any Loan
Party or any Subsidiary who may reasonably be expected to have individual
culpability for matters under investigation by the OIG or other Governmental
Authority unless such officer or other member of management has been, within a
reasonable period of time after discovery of such actual or potential
culpability, either suspended or removed from positions of responsibility
related to those activities under challenge by the OIG or other Governmental
Authority;
(iii)
current billing policies, arrangements, protocols, practices and instructions of
the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries comply with requirements of Medical
Reimbursement Programs and are administered by properly trained personnel,
except where any such failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to
result in an Exclusion Event or a Material Adverse Effect;
(iv)
current arrangements of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries with physicians
and other healthcare providers and referral sources comply with all Healthcare
Laws, except where any such failure to comply could not reasonably be expected
to result in an Exclusion Event or a Material Adverse Effect;
(v)
neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary is in receipt of any written notice of
any material violation of any Law, statute, rule, regulation, ordinance, code,
judgment, order writ, decree, permit, concession, franchise or other
governmental approval applicable to it or any of its property, which notice,
individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to result in an
Exclusion Event or a Material Adverse Effect; and
(vi)
neither any Loan party nor any Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof is in
violation of and shall not violate any of the country or list based economic and
trade sanctions administered and enforced by OFAC that are described or
referenced at xxxx://xxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxx/xxxx/ or as otherwise
published from time to time.
(a)
Each of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries has, to the extent
applicable: (i) obtained (or been duly assigned) all material
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 material Governmental Approvals and Healthcare Permits;
(iii) obtained and maintains accreditation from all generally recognized
accrediting agencies; (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 material 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. No notice from any Governmental
Authority in respect to the revocation, suspension, restriction, limitation or
termination of any Certificates, Licenses and Accreditation and Governmental
Approvals has been delivered, issued, proposed or threatened.
(b)
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 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.
ARTICLE 6
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have
any Revolving Commitment hereunder or any Loan or other Obligation hereunder
shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, the Loan Parties shall and shall cause each
Subsidiary to:
(a)
as soon as available, but in any event within ninety (90) days
after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, an
audited consolidated balance sheet of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries as
at the end of such Fiscal Year, and the related consolidated statements of
income or operations, retained earnings, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for
such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures as
of the end of and for the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and
prepared in accordance with GAAP, and in the case of the consolidated financial
statements audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of BDO Xxxxxxx, LLP
or other independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized
standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, 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
or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit;
and
(b)
as soon as available, but in any event within forty-five
(45) days after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each
Fiscal Year of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, a consolidated balance
sheet of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal
Quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations,
retained earnings, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Quarter
and for the portion of the Fiscal Year then ended, setting forth in each case in
comparative form the figures as of the end of and 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 Representative as fairly presenting in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity
and cash flows of Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP,
subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
(a)
[Reserved];
(b)
concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred
to in Sections 6.01(a) and
6.01(b) , a duly completed Compliance Certificate executed by a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative;
(c)
within seventy-five (75) days after end of each Fiscal Year,
the annual business plan and budget of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries
containing, among other things, projected financial statements (including,
without limitation, consolidated balance sheet of the Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries as at the end of each such Fiscal Quarter, and the related
consolidated statements of income or operations, retained earnings,
shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each such Fiscal Quarter) for each
Fiscal Quarter through the Term Loan Maturity Date;
(d)
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 Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries by
independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of the Loan
Parties and their Subsidiaries, or any audit of any of them;
(e)
(i) promptly after the same are available (and in any event
within ten (10) days thereof), copies of each annual report, proxy or
financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of
any Loan Party, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports
and registration statements which any Loan Party may file or be required to file
with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 or to a holder of any Indebtedness owed by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary
in its capacity as such a holder and not otherwise required to be delivered to
the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto, (ii) all material reports and
written information to and from the United States Environmental Protection
Agency, or any state or local agency responsible for environmental matters, the
United States Occupational Health and Safety Administration or any successor
agencies or authorities concerning environmental, health or safety matters, and
(iii) all material reports and written information to and from any state or
local agency responsible for health and safety matters, or any successor
agencies or authorities concerning environmental, health or safety matters;
and
(f)
promptly (and in any event within five (5) days after a
request therefor), 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 or any Lender may from
time to time reasonably request.
(a)
Promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days)
notify the Administrative Agent in writing of the occurrence of any Default or
Event of Default.
(b)
Promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days)
notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any matter that has resulted or
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(c)
Promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days)
notify the Administrative Agent in writing of the occurrence of any ERISA
Event.
(d)
Promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days)
notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any material change in accounting
policies or financial reporting practices by any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary.
(e)
Promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days),
notify the Administrative Agent, in writing, of any Proceeding threatened
against or affecting any Loan Party (i) in which the amount involved or
relief sought is in excess of $150,000, (ii) which could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) which seeks injunctive
relief, (iv) which alleges criminal misconduct by any Loan Party,
(v) which alleges material violations of any Laws or Governmental
Approvals, or (vi) which alleges the violation of any law regarding, or
seeks remedies in connection with, any Environmental Liability.
(f)
Promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days),
notify the Administrative Agent, in writing, of (i) the institution of any
investigation, review or proceeding against any Loan Party to suspend, revoke or
terminate (or that may result in the termination of) any Medicaid Provider
Agreement or Medicare Provider Agreement, or any such investigation or
proceeding that may result in an Exclusion Event, (ii) any notice of loss
or threatened loss of any applicable Governmental Approval or accreditation,
loss of participation under any Medical Reimbursement Program or loss of
applicable health care license, in each case, that could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) any notice of an actual or
threatened Exclusion Event.
(g)
Promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days),
notify the Administrative Agent, in writing, of any loss, damage or destruction
to the Collateral in the amount of $150,000 or more individually, whether or not
covered by insurance.
(h)
Immediately upon the occurrence of, upon becoming aware of, or upon
receipt of notice from a third party to any Loan Party of, (i) any Loan
Party’s default pursuant to the terms of any Material Contract, including,
without limitation, the AmerisourceBergen Contract, to which such Loan Party is
a party or (ii) the termination of, or the intent or threat to terminate,
any such Material Contract, including, without limitation, the AmerisourceBergen
Contract, or lease, notify the Administrative Agent in writing of such default,
termination or threat.
(i)
[Reserved].
(j)
[Reserved].
(k)
Promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days), notify
the Administrative Agent, in writing, of any action, proposal or legislative act
to (i) modify the premium reimbursement rates received for the delivery of
disease management services and/or specialty pharmacy services under the
Medicaid programs in the State of New York and California or (ii) terminate the
Medicaid pilot program relating to the premium reimbursement rates for the
delivery of disease management services and specialty pharmacy services in the
State of California.
Each notice pursuant to this
Section 6.03 shall be accompanied by a statement
of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative setting forth details of
the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrowers have
taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to
Section 6.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all
provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been
breached.
(a)
Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal
existence under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or formation
except in a transaction permitted by Section 7.04 or
Section 7.05 .
(b)
Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its good
standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or
formation.
(c)
Take all reasonable action to maintain all Governmental Approvals
as are necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted and
herein contemplated, including professional licenses, CLIA certifications,
Medicare Provider Agreements and Medicaid Provider Agreements.
(d)
Preserve, register and renew whenever applicable all of the
registered patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names and service marks
necessary to conduct its business.
(a)
Maintain, preserve and protect all of its property necessary in the
operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and
tear and Involuntary Dispositions excepted.
(b)
Make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements
thereof.
(c)
Use the standard of care typical in the industry in the operation
and maintenance of its Facilities.
6.08
Compliance with
Laws . Except where the failure to do so
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(a)
Comply with the requirements of all Laws and Governmental Approvals
applicable to it (including Healthcare Laws and Environmental Laws) and all
orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or
Property, except in such instances in which such requirement of Law or order,
writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings diligently conducted;
(b)
Ensure that (i) billing policies, arrangements, protocols and
instructions will comply 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; and
(c)
Maintain policies that are consistent with HIPAA.
(a)
Maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true
and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made
of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of
such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.
(b)
Maintain such books of record and account in material conformity
with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory
jurisdiction over such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, as the case may
be.
6.10
Inspection Rights . Permit
representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and 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,
and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers,
and independent public accountants, all at the expense of the Borrowers and at
such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be
reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Loan Parties;
provided , however , that when a Default or an Event of Default
exists the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective
representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the
expense of the Loan Parties at any time during normal business hours and without
advance notice; provided , further , that so long as no Default
or Event of Default exists, the Loan Parties shall only be obligated for the
costs and expenses associated with two (2) examinations in any calendar
year. The Administrative Agent and each Lender acknowledge the Borrowers’
obligation to comply with applicable law, including, without limitation, HIPAA
and will cooperate in a reasonable manner with Borrowers with respect
thereto.
(a)
Use the proceeds of the Term Loan to (i) refinance Indebtedness of
the Target under the Existing Credit Agreement, (ii) pay the Effective Time
Cash Consideration Amount (as defined in the Target Merger Agreement), and
(iii) pay fees, expenses and other transaction costs related to the
consummation of the Target Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated
thereunder and under this Agreement.
(b)
Use proceeds of the Revolving Loans for (i) the purposes set forth
in (a) above, (ii) to finance working capital, (iii) make Capital
Expenditures, (iv) consummate Permitted Acquisitions, (v) for other general
corporate purposes and (vi) to make cash payments of the Earnout Payment to the
extent permitted under Section
7.06 .
(c)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the proceeds of
the Credit Extensions be used in contravention of any Law or of any Loan
Document.
(a)
notify the Administrative Agent thereof in writing, together with
(i) jurisdiction of formation, (ii) number of shares of each class of
Capital Stock 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; and
(b)
cause such Subsidiary to (A) become a Borrower or Guarantor
(to be determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) by
executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a Joinder Agreement or such
other document as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate for such
purpose, and (B) deliver to the Administrative Agent documents of the types
referred to in Sections 4.01(b) , (c) and
(d) and favorable opinions of counsel (if requested) to such
Person (which shall cover, among other things, the legality, validity, binding
effect and enforceability of the documentation referred to in clause (A)),
all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
Without limiting the generality
of the above, each Loan Party will cause 100% of the issued and outstanding
Capital Stock of each Subsidiary owned by such 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 or such other
security documents as the Administrative Agent shall request.
With respect to each Account for
which either the perfection, enforceability, or validity of the Administrative
Agent’s Liens in such Account, or the Administrative Agent’s right or ability to
obtain direct payment to the Administrative Agent of the proceeds of such
Account, is governed by any federal, state, or local statutory requirements
other than those of the UCC, the Loan Parties will take such steps as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request, including
compliance with the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, the Social
Security Act, the Medicare Regulations and the Medicaid Regulations, in each
case and such acts, rules and regulations may be amended, modified, supplemented
and/or replaced from time to time.
If an Event of Default exists,
each Loan Party shall grant a first priority, perfected Lien (except for
Permitted Liens) on any additional Property of the Loan Parties (including
Excluded Property) in favor of Administrative Agent for the benefit of itself,
the other Lenders and the other Secured Parties to secure the Obligations
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents as requested by
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
(a)
comply in all material respects with the requirements of all
federal, state, and local Environmental Laws applicable to the Loan Parties or
their Property; notify the Administrative Agent promptly in the event of any
spill, release or disposal of Hazardous Material on, or hazardous waste
pollution or contamination affecting, the Facilities in material violation of
applicable Environmental Laws of which a Loan Party has actual knowledge;
forward to the Administrative Agent promptly any written notices relating to
such matters received from any Governmental Authority; and pay when due any fine
or assessment against the Facilities; provided ,
however, that the Loan Parties shall not be required to pay any such fine or
assessment so long as the validity thereof shall be diligently contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings and they shall have set aside on their books
reasonable reserves (in accordance with GAAP) with respect to any such fine or
assessment so contested; and provided further that, in any event,
payment of any such fine or assessment shall be made before any of their
Property shall be subjected to a Lien or be seized or sold in satisfaction
thereof;
(b)
promptly notify the Administrative Agent upon becoming aware of any
fact or change in circumstances that would be expected to cause any of the
representations and warranties contained in Section 5.09 to cease to be true in all material
respects for any time before the Termination Date;
(c)
not become involved, and will not knowingly permit any tenant of
the Facilities to become involved, in any operations at the Facilities
generating, storing, disposing, or handling Hazardous Materials in material
violation of applicable Environmental Laws or any other activity that could lead
to the imposition on any Lender or the Administrative Agent of any liability, or
the imposition on the Loan Parties or the Facilities of any material liability
or any lien under any Environmental Laws;
(d)
promptly contain or remove any Hazardous Materials found on the
Facilities in violation of any applicable Environmental Law, which containment
or removal must be done in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws and at
the Borrowers’ expense; and the Borrowers agree that the Administrative Agent
has the right, at its sole option but at the Borrowers’ expense, to have an
environmental engineer or other representative review the work being done;
and
(e)
indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless each Indemnitee from
and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (including,
consequential damages), penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims, costs,
expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for and consultants of such
Indemnitees in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial
proceeding, whether or not such Indemnitees shall be designated a party
thereto), which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against such
Indemnitees (whether direct, indirect, or consequential) now or hereafter
arising as a result of any claim for environmental cleanup costs, any resulting
damage to the environment and any other environmental claims against any Loan
Party, any Lender, the Administrative Agent, any other Indemnitee or the
Facilities; provided , however , that such
indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature 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 such Indemnitee’s officers, directors, employees or
agents). The provisions of this Section 6.15(e) shall
continue in effect and shall survive the Termination Date.
6.20
Handling of Proceeds of Collateral;
Cash Dominion . The Loan Parties, at their expense, will enforce and
collect payments and other amounts owing on all Accounts in the ordinary course
of their business subject to the terms hereof and take all actions necessary so
that at the close of each Business Day all such payments and amounts are
transferred into the Concentration Account (except such payments and amounts in
Excluded Accounts).
6.21
Dissolution of Mail Order Meds,
Inc. Within thirty (30) days following the Closing Date, the Borrowers
shall cause Mail Order Meds, Inc. to be dissolved, and the Borrowers shall
deliver to Administrative Agent evidence of such dissolution, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE 7
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have
any Revolving Commitment hereunder or any Loan or other Obligation hereunder
shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, no Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:
(a)
Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b)
Liens existing on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 7.01 and any renewals or extensions thereof,
provided that the Property covered thereby is not increased and any
renewal or extension of the obligations secured or benefited thereby is
permitted by Section 7.03(b) ;
(c)
Liens (other than Liens imposed under ERISA) for taxes, assessments
or governmental charges or levies not yet due or which are being contested in
good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate
reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable
Person in accordance with GAAP;
(d)
statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen,
mechanics, materialmen and suppliers and other Liens imposed by law or pursuant
to customary reservations or retentions of title arising in the ordinary course
of business, provided that such Liens secure
only amounts not yet due and payable or, if due and payable, (i) are unfiled and
no other action has been taken to enforce the same or (ii) are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings 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 legislation, 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
bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or litigation), performance bonds
and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
(g)
easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, zoning restrictions and
other similar encumbrances affecting Real Property which, in the aggregate, are
not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially detract from
the value or marketability of the property subject thereto or materially
interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable
Person;
(h)
Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(c) ; provided that
(i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any Property other than the
Property financed by such Indebtedness and the proceeds thereof, (ii) the
Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost or fair market value,
whichever is lower, of the Property being acquired on the date of acquisition
and (iii) such Liens attach to such Property concurrently with or within
thirty (30) days after the acquisition thereof;
(i)
leases, licenses or subleases granted to others not interfering in
any material respect with the business of any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary;
(j)
any interest of title of a lessor under, and Liens arising from
precautionary UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings, registrations or
agreements in foreign jurisdictions) solely evidencing such lessor’s interest
under, leases permitted by this Agreement;
(k)
Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase
agreements permitted under Section 7.02 ;
(l)
normal and customary rights of setoff upon deposits of cash in
favor of banks or other depository institutions holding such
deposits;
(m)
Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the
UCC on items in the course of collection;
(n)
judgment liens in respect of judgments that either individually or
in the aggregate do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 9.01(h) ; and
(o)
any Lien (i) existing on property of a Person at the time of its
consolidation with or merger into a Borrower or a Subsidiary or at the time such
Person becomes a Subsidiary or (ii) existing on any property acquired by a
Borrower or any Subsidiary at the time such property is so acquired (whether or
not the Indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed); provided that in
each such case, (x) such Lien was not created or assumed in contemplation of
such consolidation or merger or such Person becoming a Subsidiary or such
acquisition of property, (y) such Lien shall extend solely to the property so
acquired or in the case of an acquisition of a Subsidiary, the assets of the
Subsidiary and (z) such Lien shall not secure an amount of Indebtedness in
excess of the amount referenced in Section
7.03(i) .
(a)
cash or Cash Equivalents;
(b)
accounts receivable created, acquired or made and trade credit
extended in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in
accordance with customary trade terms;
(c)
Investments consisting of stock, obligations, securities or other
property received in settlement of accounts receivable (created in the ordinary
course of business) from bankrupt obligors;
(d)
Investments existing as of the Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 7.02 provided that the amount of such
Investment is not increased after the Closing Date except in accordance with
this Section 7.02 ;
(e)
Guarantees permitted by Section 7.03 ;
(f)
Permitted Acquisitions;
(g)
[Reserved]; and
(h)
intercompany Investments by (i) any Loan Party in any other
wholly owned Loan Party (excluding Holdings) and (ii) Subsidiaries that are
not Loan Parties in any Loan Party or in other Subsidiaries that are not Loan
Parties;
(i)
Investments of any Person in existence at the time such Person
becomes a Subsidiary; provided that such Investment was not created in
anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary; and
(j)
Investments consisting of deposits, prepayments and other credits
to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business consistent with the past
practices of Holdings and its Subsidiaries.
(a)
Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;
(b)
Indebtedness of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries existing on
the Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 7.03 (and renewals, refinancings, and
extensions thereof which do not increase the principal amount thereof and are
otherwise on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in
its sole discretion);
(c)
purchase money Indebtedness (including obligations in respect of
Capital Leases but excluding Synthetic Leases) hereafter incurred by the Loan
Parties or any of their Subsidiaries to finance the purchase of fixed assets,
provided that (i) such Indebtedness when
incurred shall not exceed the purchase price of the asset(s) financed,
(ii) no such Indebtedness shall be refinanced for a principal amount in
excess of the principal balance outstanding thereon at the time of such
refinancing and (iii) the total amount of all such Indebtedness at any time
outstanding shall not exceed $500,000;
(d)
obligations (contingent or otherwise) of any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary existing or arising under any Hedge Agreement (including any Secured
Hedge Agreement); provided that (i) such
obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of
business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with
liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or property held or reasonably
anticipated by such Person, or changes in the value of securities issued by such
Person, and not for purposes of speculation or taking a “market view;” and
(ii) such Hedge Agreement does not contain any provision exonerating the
non-defaulting party from its obligation to make payments on outstanding
transactions to the defaulting party;
(e)
intercompany Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.02 (h); provided that in the case of
the intercompany Indebtedness permitted pursuant to
Section 7.02(h)(i) , such intercompany Indebtedness is
evidenced by a demand note (which may cover all such intercompany Indebtedness)
in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and pledged and
delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement as
additional collateral security for the Obligations, and the obligations under
such demand note shall be subordinated to the Obligations in a manner
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(f)
Subordinated Indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000
(excluding the New Seller Notes permitted in subsection (h) below) at any time
outstanding; provided that such Subordinated
Indebtedness (i) has a maturity date that is not earlier than the six (6)
month anniversary of the Term Loan Maturity Date and (ii) by its terms,
does not require amortization payments prior to the maturity
thereof;
(g)
Guarantees with respect to Indebtedness permitted under this
Section 7.03 ;
(h)
Indebtedness under the New Seller Notes, provided, that, at the
time of the issuance of such New Seller Notes, and immediately after giving
effect thereto, (i) no Default or Event of Default is outstanding or would occur
as a result of the issuance thereof and (ii) such New Seller Notes are
subordinate to the Obligations, pursuant to terms and conditions satisfactory to
Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth
in this subsection (h), Borrowers may issue New Seller Notes in connection with
any Earnout Payment so long as such New Seller Notes are Qualified Seller
Notes;
(i)
Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the
Closing Date (renewals, refinancings, and extensions thereof which do not
increase the principal amount thereof), provided that (i) such Indebtedness
exists at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and was not created in
contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary, and
(ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this subsection
shall not exceed $250,000 at any time outstanding; and
(j)
other unsecured Indebtedness (not otherwise covered by (a) through
(i) above) in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $250,000 at any time
outstanding.
(a)
such transaction does not involve the sale or other disposition of
a minority equity interest in any Subsidiary;
(b)
such transaction does not involve a sale or other 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 7.05 ;
(c)
no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing;
(d)
the consideration paid in connection therewith shall be cash or
Cash Equivalents, shall be received contemporaneous with the consummation of
such Disposition and shall be in an amount not less than the fair market value
of the Property disposed of;
(e)
the aggregate net book value of all of the assets sold or otherwise
disposed of by the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries shall not exceed $100,000 in
any Fiscal Year and $500,000 in the aggregate prior to the Term Loan Maturity
Date; and
(f)
the Net Cash Proceeds of any Disposition permitted above are
applied in the manner specified in Section 2.05(b)(ii) hereof.
(a)
each Subsidiary of the Borrowers may make Restricted Payments
(directly or indirectly) to any Loan Party or any Borrower;
(b)
each Loan Party and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividend
payments or other distributions payable solely in the Capital Stock of the
Person making such dividend or distribution;
(c)
each applicable Loan Party and each Subsidiary may make regularly
scheduled payments of interest permitted under the Subordinated Indebtedness if
such payment is permitted under the terms of the Subordination Agreement and no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and remains outstanding on the
date on which such payment or transaction occurs or would occur as a result
thereof;
(d)
each applicable Loan Party may make cash payments relating to the
Earnout Payment, so long as after giving effect to such payment, (i) Revolving
Availability is in an amount equal to at least fifty percent (50%) of the
Revolving Commitments and (ii) the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio of
Borrowers, on a Pro Forma Basis, does not exceed 1.75 to 1.0.
(a)
Amend or modify any of the terms of any Subordinated Indebtedness
Documents or any Subordinated Indebtedness of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary
if such amendment or modification would add or change any terms in a manner
adverse to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (including any amendment or
modification that would shorten the final maturity or average life to maturity
or require any payment to be made sooner than originally scheduled or increase
the interest rate applicable thereto or make more restrictive on the applicable
Loan Party any restriction or covenant set forth therein), or amend or modify
any of the subordination provisions of any Subordinated Indebtedness Documents
or any Subordinated Indebtedness.
(b)
Amend or modify, or waive any rights under, any Target Merger
Document, if, in any case, such amendment, modification or waiver could
reasonably be expected (i) to be materially adverse to Administrative Agent
and/or Lenders or (ii) to materially affect Administrative Agent’s and/or any
Lender’s rights or remedies under the Loan Documents.
(a)
Amend, modify or change its Organization Documents in a manner
which is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.
(b)
Change its Fiscal Year.
(c)
Change its name or its state of formation or form of organization
without providing thirty (30) days prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent.
7.16
Account Control Agreements; Bank
Accounts . At any time after the sixty (60) day
period following the Closing Date, open, maintain or otherwise have any bank
account, other than (a) deposit accounts that are subject to a Deposit Account
Control Agreement, Deposit Account Restriction Agreement or Blocked Account
Agreement, as applicable, and (b) Excluded Accounts.
ARTICLE 8
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
(a)
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio .
Permit the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as of the end of any Fiscal Quarter
set forth below to be greater than the ratio set forth opposite such Fiscal
Quarter:
Fiscal
Quarter Ended
|
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio
|
March 31, 2008
|
3.25 to
1.00
|
June 30, 3008
|
3.25 to
1.00
|
September 30, 2008
|
3.25 to
1.00
|
December 31, 2008
|
3.25 to
1.00
|
March 31, 2009
|
3.25 to
1.00
|
June 30, 2009
|
3.25 to
1.00
|
September 30, 2009
|
3.25 to
1.00
|
December 31, 2009
|
3.25 to
1.00
|
March 31, 2010
|
3.25 to
1.00
|
June 30, 2010
|
3.25 to
1.00
|
September 30, 2010
|
3.25 to
1.00
|
December 31, 2010
|
3.25 to
1.00
|
March 31, 2011
|
3.25 to
1.00
|
June 30, 2011
|
3.25 to
1.00
|
September 30, 2011
|
3.25 to
1.00
|
December 31, 2011
|
3.25 to
1.00
|
March 31, 2012
|
3.25 to
1.00
|
June 30, 2012
|
3.25 to
1.00
|
September 30, 2012
|
3.25 to
1.00
|
December 31, 2012
|
3.25 to
1.00
|
(b)
Consolidated Senior Leverage
Ratio . Permit the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio as of the end of
any Fiscal Quarter set forth below to be greater than the ratio set forth
opposite such Fiscal Quarter:
Fiscal
Quarter Ended
|
Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio
|
September 30, 2008
|
2.75 to
1.00
|
December 31, 2008
|
2.75 to
1.00
|
March 31, 2009
|
2.75 to
1.00
|
June 30, 2009
|
2.75 to
1.00
|
September 30, 2009
|
2.75 to
1.00
|
December 31, 2009
|
2.75 to
1.00
|
March 31, 2010
|
2.75 to
1.00
|
June 30, 2010
|
2.75 to
1.00
|
September 30, 2010
|
2.75 to
1.00
|
December 31, 2010
|
2.75 to
1.00
|
March 31, 2011
|
2.75 to
1.00
|
June 30, 2011
|
2.75 to
1.00
|
September 30, 2011
|
2.75 to
1.00
|
December 31, 2011
|
2.75 to
1.00
|
March 31, 2012
|
2.75 to
1.00
|
June 30, 2012
|
2.75 to
1.00
|
September 30, 2012
|
2.75 to
1.00
|
December 31, 2012
|
2.75 to
1.00
|
(c)
Consolidated Fixed Charges Coverage
Ratio . Permit the Consolidated Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio as of the
end of each Fiscal Quarter ending on the dates set forth below to be less than
the ratio set forth below opposite such Fiscal Quarter:
Fiscal
Quarter Ended
|
Consolidated Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio
|
September 30, 2008
|
1.50 to
1.00
|
December 31, 2008
|
1.50 to
1.00
|
March 31, 2009
|
1.50 to
1.00
|
June 30, 2009
|
1.50 to
1.00
|
September 30, 2009
|
1.50 to
1.00
|
December 31, 2009
|
1.50 to
1.00
|
March 31, 2010
|
1.50 to
1.00
|
June 30, 2010
|
1.50 to
1.00
|
September 30, 2010
|
1.50 to
1.00
|
December 31, 2010
|
1.50 to
1.00
|
March 31, 2011
|
1.50 to
1.00
|
June 30, 2011
|
1.50 to
1.00
|
September 30, 2011
|
1.50 to
1.00
|
December 31, 2011
|
1.50 to
1.00
|
March 31, 2012
|
1.50 to
1.00
|
June 30, 2012
|
1.50 to
1.00
|
September 30, 2012
|
1.50 to
1.00
|
December 31, 2012
|
1.50 to
1.00
|
(d)
[ Reserved .]
(e)
Consolidated Capital Expenditures .
Permit the Consolidated Capital Expenditures for any Fiscal Year set forth below
to be greater than the amount set forth opposite such Fiscal
Year:
Fiscal
Year
|
Maximum
Consolidated Capital Expenditures
|
2008
|
$2,000,000
|
2009
|
$3,000,000
|
2010
|
$3,600,000
|
2011
|
$4,000,000
|
2012
|
$4,400,000
|
ARTICLE 9
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
(a)
Non-Payment . Any Borrower or any
other Loan Party fails to pay when and as required to be paid pursuant to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, (i) any amount of principal of any
Loan, or (ii) within one (1) Business Day after the same becomes due, any
interest on any Loan, or any commitment fee, utilization fee or other fee due
hereunder, or (iii) within five (5) Business Days after notice thereof
to any Loan Party by the Administrative Agent, 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
Sections 6.01 , 6.02 , 6.03 , 6.05 (with respect
to each Borrower’s existence), 6.07 , 6.10 , 6.11 ,
6.12 , 6.14 , 6.18 , 6.19 , Article 7 ,
Article 8 or Article 10 ; 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 (30) 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
(d)
Representations and Warranties .
Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed
made by or on behalf of any 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 or misleading in any material respect when made or
deemed made; or
(e)
Cross-Default . (i) Any Loan
Party or any Subsidiary fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled
maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of
any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than Indebtedness hereunder or under any
Hedge Agreement) having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn
committed or available amounts) of more than $500,000 beyond any applicable
grace cure or notice period, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement;
(ii) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary fails to observe or perform any other
agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee or
contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating
thereto, the effect of which default is to cause, or to permit the holder or
holders of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such
Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or
beneficiary or beneficiaries) 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, or such Guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect
thereof to be demanded; or (iii) there occurs under any Hedge Agreement an
Early Termination Date (as defined in such Hedge Agreement) resulting from
(A) any event of default under such Hedge Agreement as to which any Loan
Party or any Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Hedge
Agreement) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Hedge
Agreement as to which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as
so defined) and, in either event, the Termination Value owed by such Loan Party
or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than $500,000;
or
(f)
Insolvency Proceedings, Etc . Any
Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries 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 or unstayed for sixty (60) 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 undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60) 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 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; or
(h)
Judgments . There is entered
against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (i) one or more final
judgments or orders for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding
$500,000 (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to
which the insurer has acknowledged in writing its obligation to cover), 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, or (B) there is a
period of thirty (30) 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 which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability
of any Loan Party under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer
Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of $500,000, or (ii) any
Loan Party 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
in an aggregate amount in excess of $500,000; 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 satisfaction in full of all the
Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect or ceases to give the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, any part of the Liens
purported to be created thereby; or any Loan Party or any other 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)
Change of Control . There occurs
any Change of Control; or
(l)
Subordinated Indebtedness .
(i) There shall occur a “Default,” an “Event of Default” (or any comparable
term) under any of the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents, or (ii) the
subordination provisions of any of the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents
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 Subordinated
Indebtedness; or
(m)
Concentration Account; Blocked
Account . There shall occur any rescission, revocation or modification
of any instruction or agreement regarding the Concentration Account, any Blocked
Accounts or the bank accounts relating thereto, including but not limited to the
Standing Transfer Instructions, or any such instruction or agreement is amended
or terminated without the written consent of the Administrative Agent;
or
(n)
Exclusion Event . There shall occur
an Exclusion Event; or
(o)
Healthcare Permits . A state or
federal regulatory agency shall have revoked 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 any
Borrower or Subsidiary has entered into a management
agreement.
(p)
Healthcare Law Fines . A penalty or
fine in excess of $500,000 is assessed against any Loan Party under any
Healthcare Law.
(a)
declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans 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 Loan Parties;
(c)
[Reserved]; and
(d)
exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and
remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable
law;
provided , however , that upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default described in Section 9.01(f) and 9.01(g) the
obligation of each Lender to make Loans shall automatically terminate, the
unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other
amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, in each case
without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender. Except as
expressly provided for herein, presentment, demand, protest and all other
notices of any kind are hereby waived by the Borrowers.
(a)
First , to payment of that portion of the
Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts
(including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article 3 )
payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
(b)
Second , to payment of that portion of
the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than
principal and interest) payable to the Lenders (including Attorney Costs and
amounts payable under Article 3 ), ratably among them in proportion
to the amounts described in this clause (b) payable to
them;
(c)
Third , to payment of that portion of the
Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and fees,
premiums and scheduled periodic payments, and any interest accrued thereon, due
under any Secured Hedge Agreement, ratably among the Secured Parties in
proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (c) held by
them;
(d)
Fourth , to payment of that portion of
the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and breakage,
termination or other payments, and any interest accrued thereon, due under any
Secured Hedge Agreement that is required by the terms of
Section 6.19 , ratably among the Secured Parties in proportion to the
respective amounts described in this clause (d) held by them;
(e)
Fifth , to the payment of unpaid
Obligations due under any Secured Hedge Agreements to the extent such Secured
Hedge Agreement is permitted, but not required, by the terms hereof;
and
(f)
Last , the balance, if any, after all of
the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrowers or as
otherwise required by Law.
In connection with any
distribution of payments and collections pursuant to this Section 9.04 , the Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to assume that no amounts are due to any Secured Hedge Provider unless
such Secured Hedge Provider has notified the Administrative Agent of the amount
of any such liability owed to it prior to such distribution.
ARTICLE 10
GUARANTY
GUARANTY
Subject to Section 10.06 and the last sentence of this Section
10.01 below, the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree, in
furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which the
Administrative Agent or any Secured Party may have at law or in equity against
any Guarantor by virtue hereof, that upon the failure of any Guarantor to pay
any of the Guaranteed Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether
at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or
otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the
automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code), the Guarantors
will upon demand pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Administrative Agent
for the ratable benefit of Secured Parties, an amount equal to the sum of the
unpaid principal amount of all Guaranteed Obligations then due as aforesaid,
accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (including interest
which, but for any Borrower’s becoming the subject of a case under the
Bankruptcy Code, would have accrued on such Guaranteed Obligations, whether or
not a claim is allowed against any Borrower for such interest in the related
bankruptcy case) and all other Guaranteed Obligations then owed to the Secured
Parties as aforesaid.
Notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary contained herein or in any other of the Loan Documents, the
Guaranteed 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.
(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 or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan
Documents 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 or any other agreement or instrument
referred to in the Loan Documents 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 Secured Party or Secured Parties 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 for the benefit of any creditor of any Guarantor) or shall be
subordinated to the claims of any Person (including any creditor of any
Guarantor).
ARTICLE 11
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
(a)
For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions
specified in Sections 4.01 and
4.02 , each Lender that has signed this Agreement (or an addendum
to this Agreement or a Joinder Agreement) shall be deemed to have consented to,
approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter
required hereunder 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.
(a)
to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and
interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations 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 and the Administrative
Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their
respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and
12.04 ) 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 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, 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 12.04 .
ARTICLE 12
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
(a)
extend the expiry 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
(it being understood and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent set
forth in Section 4.02 or of any Default or Event of Default
is not considered an extension or increase in Revolving Commitments of any
Lender);
(b)
postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan
Document for any payment of principal (excluding mandatory prepayments),
interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or
under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender
directly affected thereby;
(c)
reduce or forgive the principal of, or the rate of interest
specified herein on, any Loan, or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or
under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender
directly affected thereby; 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 Borrowers to pay interest at the Default Rate and no change to the
definition of “Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio” or in the component
definitions thereto shall be considered to be a reduction or forgiveness of
interest;
(d)
change Section 2.12(c) or
Section 9.04 or the definition of “Pro Rata Share” in a manner
that would alter the pro rata sharing or application of payments required
thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(e)
change any provision of this Section 12.01 or the definition of “Required
Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or
percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights
thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder without the
written consent of each Lender;
(f)
release all or substantially all of the Collateral without the
written consent of each Lender; or
(g)
release any Borrower; or release all or substantially all of the
Guarantors from their obligations under the Loan Documents (or otherwise limit
such Guarantors’ liability) without the written consent of each
Lender;
and, provided further , that (i) no amendment, waiver
or consent shall, unless in writing and executed by the Administrative Agent in
addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the
Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(ii) [Reserved]; (iii) [Reserved]; (iv) a Secured Hedge Agreement
may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed
only by the parties thereto; and (v) no amendment, waiver or consent of any
provision of this Agreement or any Loan Document altering the priority of
payment of Obligations arising under Secured Hedge Agreements or resulting in
Obligations owing to any Secured Hedge Provider becoming unsecured (other than
releases of Liens in accordance with terms hereof), without the written consent
of such Secured Hedge Provider and (vi) no amendment, waiver or other
modification to this Agreement shall, unless signed by Required Revolving
Lenders, (A) amend Section 2.01(a) insofar as the revisions affect the
substance of such Section, (B) change the definition of the term Required
Revolving Lenders or the percentage of Lenders which shall be required for
Required Revolving Lenders to take any action hereunder or (C) amend, waive or
otherwise modify this Section 12.01 or the definitions of the terms used
in this Section 12.01 insofar as the definitions affect the substance of
this Section 12.01 . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, (i) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove
any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Revolving Commitment
of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such
Lender and (ii) Required Revolving Lenders are authorized, in their sole and
absolute discretion, and without the consent of Required Lenders, to waive
(x) any and all conditions to the funding of Revolving Loans set forth in
Section 4.02 and/or (y) any Event of Default solely for the
purpose of satisfying one or more conditions to the funding of Revolving Loans
set forth in Section 4.02 .
Notwithstanding the fact that the
consent of all the Lenders is required in certain circumstances as set forth
above, (x) 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
supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein and (y) 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 the foregoing,
this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent
of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers (a) to add
one or more additional credit facilities or extensions of credit to this
Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding
thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably
in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Term
Loans and Revolving Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof
and (b) to include the Lenders holding such additional extensions of credit in
any determination of Required Lenders.
(a)
General . Unless otherwise
expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for
hereunder shall be in writing (messages sent by electronic mail or other
electronic transmission (other than by facsimile) shall not constitute a
writing, however any signature on a document or other writing that is
transmitted by electronic mail or facsimile machine shall constitute a valid
signature for the purposes hereof). All such written notices shall be
mailed, faxed or delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number or
(subject to subsection (c) below) electronic mail address, 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 Loan Parties, the Borrower Representative or the Administrative Agent,
to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number
specified for such Person on Schedule 12.02 or to
such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone
number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties;
and
(ii)
if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail
address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire or to
such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone
number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the Borrower
Representative and the Administrative Agent.
All such notices and other
communications shall be deemed to be delivered or made upon the earlier to occur
of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and
(ii) (A) if delivered by hand or by courier, when signed for by or on
behalf of the relevant party hereto; (B) if delivered by mail, four
(4) Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if
delivered by facsimile, when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone;
and (D) if delivered by electronic mail (which form of delivery is subject
to the provisions of subsection (c) below), when delivered; provided , however , that notices and other
communications to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Article 2 shall not be effective until actually received by
such Person. In no event shall a voicemail message be effective as a
notice, communication or confirmation hereunder.
(b)
Effectiveness of Facsimile Documents and
Signatures . Loan Documents may be transmitted and/or executed by
facsimile. The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall,
subject to applicable Law, have the same force and effect as manually signed
originals and shall be binding on all Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders. The Administrative Agent may also require that any such
documents and signatures be confirmed by a manually signed original thereof;
provided , however , that the failure to request or deliver the same
shall not limit the effectiveness of any facsimile document or
signature.
(c)
Limited Use of Electronic Mail .
Electronic mail and internet and intranet websites may be used only to
distribute routine communications, such as financial statements and other
information as provided in Section 6.01 and
Section 6.02 , and to distribute Loan Documents for execution by the
parties thereto, and may not be used for any other purpose.
(d)
Reliance by Administrative Agent and
Lenders . The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to
rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Loan Notices) purportedly
delivered by or on behalf of any Loan Party or the Borrower Representative 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 Borrowers shall
indemnify each Agent-Related Person and each Lender from all losses, costs,
expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each
notice purportedly delivered by or on behalf of any Loan Party or Borrower
Representative. All telephonic notices to and other communications with
the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each
of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
(a)
Successors and Assigns Generally .
The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted
hereby, except that neither any Borrower nor any other Loan Party may assign or
otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent 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 12.07 , (ii) by way of participation in accordance with
the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section 12.07 or
(iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the
restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section 12.07 (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 12.07 and, to the extent expressly
contemplated hereby, the Indemnitees of each of the Administrative Agent 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 (including all or a portion of its
Commitment and the 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 12.07 , the aggregate amount of the
Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if
the applicable 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 $1,000,000, in the case of any assignment of a Revolving Commitment,
or $1,000,000, in the case of any assignment of a Term Loan Commitment or Term
Loan, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower Representative otherwise
consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed).
(ii)
Proportionate Amounts . Each partial assignment
shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loan or
the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not prohibit any
Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among
separate tranches or facilities on a non-pro rata basis.
(iii)
Required Consents . No consent shall be required
for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this
Section 12.07 and, in addition:
(A)
the consent of the Borrower Representative (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (x) an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or
(y) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved
Fund; and
(B)
the consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for
assignments in respect of (i) a Revolving Commitment if such assignment is
to a Person that is not a Lender with a Revolving Commitment, an Affiliate of
such assigning Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such assigning Lender
or (ii) a Term Loan to a Person who is not a Lender, an Affiliate of a
Lender or an Approved Fund.
(iv)
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 of $3,500, and
the assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent
an Administrative Questionnaire.
(v)
No Assignment to any Loan Party . No such
assignment may be made to any Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates
or Subsidiaries.
(vi)
No Assignment to Natural Persons . No such
assignment shall be made to a natural person.
Subject
to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
subsection (c) of this Section 12.07 , 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 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 , 10.04 and 10.05 with respect
to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such
assignment. Upon request, the Borrowers (at their 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 12.07 .
(c)
Register . The Administrative
Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers (the
“ Registrar ”), 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,
the principal amounts of the Loans owing to each Lender pursuant to the terms
hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”). No assignment or
transfer of a Loan or a Commitment shall be effective unless and until
registered in the Register. The entries in the Register shall be
conclusive, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may
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, provided that, failure to make any such recordation, or
any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Lender’s Commitments or any
Borrower’s or other Loan Party’s Obligations in respect of any Loan. The
Register shall be available for inspection by any Borrower and any Lender, at
any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
Each Borrower hereby designates the entity serving as the Administrative Agent
to serve as such Borrower’s agent solely for purposes of maintaining the
Register as provided in this Section, and each Borrower hereby agrees that the
entity serving as Registrar and its Affiliates, and their respective officers,
directors, employees and agents shall constitute Indemnitees under Section
12.05 . At the request of the registered Lender, the Registrar shall
note a collateral assignment of a Loan on the Register and, provided that
the Registrar has received the name and address of such collateral assignee, the
Registrar (i) shall not permit any further transfers of the Loan on the
Register absent receipt of written consent to such transfers from such
collateral assignee and (ii) shall record the transfer of the Loan on the
Register to such collateral assignee (or such collateral assignee’s designee,
nominee or assignee) upon written request by such collateral assignee.
(d)
Participations . Any Lender may at
any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower Representative, any
Loan Party or the Administrative Agent sell participations to any Person (other
than a natural person or any Loan Party or any of its 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 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 and (iii) each Borrower,
each other Loan Party, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders 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, modification or waiver described in the
first proviso of Section 12.01 that affects such Participant.
Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, each Borrower and each other Loan
Party 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. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also
shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 12.09 as though it were
a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section
2.13 as though it were a Lender.
(e)
Limitations upon Participant
Rights . A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater
payment under Sections 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 Representative’s prior written
consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender
shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 unless the Borrower
Representative is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and
such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrowers, to comply with
Section 3.01 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 to secure obligations of such Lender, including any
pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank and any
pledge to a trustee as security for the benefit of the noteholders and other
securityholders or creditors of a Lender; 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 until
the provisions of this Section regarding assignment are satisfied with respect
to such pledge.
(g)
Lender Securitization . In addition
to any other assignment permitted pursuant to this Section, the Loan Parties
hereby acknowledge that (x) the Lenders, their Affiliates and Approved
Funds (the “ Lender Parties ”) may sell or securitize the Loans (a
“ Lender Securitization ”) through the pledge of the Loans as collateral
security for loans to a Lender Party or the assignment or issuance of direct or
indirect interests in the Loans (such as, for instance, collateralized loan
obligations), and (y) such Lender Securitization may be rated by a Rating
Agency. The Loan Parties shall reasonably cooperate with the Lender
Parties to effect the Lender Securitization including by (a) amending this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and executing such additional documents,
as reasonably requested by the Lenders in connection with the Lender
Securitization; provided that (i) any such amendment or additional
documentation does not impose material additional costs on Borrowers and
(ii) any such amendment or additional documentation does not materially
adversely affect the rights, or materially increase the obligations, of
Borrowers under the Loan Documents or change or affect in a manner adverse to
the Borrowers the financial terms of the Loans, (b) providing such
information as may be reasonably requested by the Lenders or Rating Agencies in
connection with the rating of the Loans or the Lender Securitization, and
(c) providing a certificate (i) agreeing to indemnify the Lender
Parties, or any party providing credit support or otherwise participating in the
Lender Securitization, including any investors in a Lender Securitization entity
(collectively, the “ Lender Securitization Parties ”) for any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (the “ Lender Securitization Liabilities ”)
to which the Lender Parties or such Lender Securitization Parties may become
subject insofar as the Lender Securitization Liabilities arise out of or are
based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact
contained in any Loan Document or in any writing delivered by or on behalf of
any Loan Party to the Lender Parties in connection with any Loan Document or
arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein
a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, and such indemnity shall survive any transfer by the Lenders or
their successors or assigns of the Loans, and (ii) agreeing to reimburse
the Lender Parties and the other Lender Securitization Parties for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by such Persons in connection with defending
the Lender Securitization Liabilities; provided, however, that such indemnity
shall not, as to any Lender Securitization Parties, be available to the extent
that such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses 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 such Lender
Securitization Parties (or such Lender Securitization Parties’ officers,
directors, employees or agents).
(h)
Consent to Disclosure . Subject to
the provisions of Section 12.08 , each Loan Party authorizes each
Lender to disclose to any prospective participant or assignee of a Commitment,
any and all information in such Lender’s possession concerning the Loan Parties
and their financial affairs which has been delivered to such Lender by or on
behalf of the Loan Parties pursuant to this Agreement, or which has been
delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Loan Parties in connection with
such Lender’s credit evaluation of the Loan Parties prior to entering into this
Agreement.
(a)
Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees to maintain
the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that
Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and Approved Funds and
to its and its Affiliates’ and Approved Funds’ respective partners, directors,
officers, employees, agents, consultants, counsel, accountants, advisors, actual
and prospective investors, and other representatives (collectively, the “ Representatives ”) (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), or to Rating
Agencies, (b) to the extent requested 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 judicial or legal process, (d) to any other party
hereto, (e) in connection with 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) to (i) any assignee or pledgee of or Participant in, or any
prospective assignee or pledgee of or Participant in, any of its rights or
obligations under this Agreement, or (ii) any actual or prospective
counterparty to any swap or derivative transaction relating to any Borrower or
any other Loan Party and its obligations, provided that such parties agree to be
bound by confidentiality provisions substantially similar to those hereunder,
and to the Representatives of the foregoing parties in clauses (i) and
(ii), (g) with the consent of the Borrower Representative, or (h) to
the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a
result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the
Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any of their respective Representatives on
a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Loan Parties. The
terms of this provision shall supersede and replace any previous agreement
regarding the confidentiality of the Information. This provision shall
terminate upon the termination of the Commitments and payment of the
Obligations. For purposes of this Section, (i) “ Information ” means,
all information received from any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries relating
to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
businesses, other than any such information that is available to or in the
possession of the Administrative Agent or any Lender or their Representatives on
a non confidential basis prior to disclosure by any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries, provided that, such information was or is clearly
identified at the time of delivery as confidential. 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 and
(ii) “ Rating Agencies ” means Xxxxx’x, S&P, Xxxxx Ratings Ltd., or any
other nationally recognized rating agency or service. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, “Information” shall not include, and the
Administrative Agent and each Lender may disclose without limitation of any
kind, any information with respect to the “tax treatment” and “tax structure”
(in each case, within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4)
of the transactions contemplated hereby and all materials of any kind (including
opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the Administrative Agent or
such Lender relating to such tax treatment and tax structure;
provided that with respect to any document or similar item that in
either case contains information concerning the tax treatment or tax structure
of the transaction as well as other information, this sentence shall only apply
to such portions of the document or similar item that relate to the tax
treatment or tax structure of the Loans and transactions contemplated
hereby.
(b)
No Borrower or Affiliate thereof will issue any press releases or
other public disclosure using the name of “CIT Healthcare LLC” or its Affiliates
or any other Lender or its Affiliates or referring to this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents without at least three (3) Business Days’ prior notice
to such Lender and without the prior written consent of such Lender unless (and
only to the extent that) such Borrower or Affiliate is required to do so under
law and then, in any event, such Borrower or Affiliate will consult with such
Lender before issuing such press release or other public disclosure. The
Borrowers hereby consent to the publication by any Lender of a tombstone or
similar advertising material relating to the financing transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. Each Lender reserves the right to provide to industry
trade organizations information necessary and customary for inclusion in league
table measurements.
12.15
Replacement of Lenders .
Under any circumstances set forth herein providing that the Borrowers shall have
the right to replace a Lender as a party to this Agreement, the Borrowers may,
upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, replace such Lender by
causing such Lender to assign its Revolving Commitment and outstanding Loans
(with the assignment fee to be paid by the Borrowers in such instance) at par
pursuant to Section 12.07(b) to one or more other Lenders or eligible
assignees procured by the Borrowers (each, a “replacement lender”);
provided , however , that if the Borrowers elect to exercise such
right with respect to any Lender pursuant to Section 3.06(b) , it
shall be obligated to replace all Lenders that have made similar requests for
compensation pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04 . The
Borrowers shall have reimbursed such Lender for its increased costs and
additional payments for which it is entitled to reimbursement under Section
3.01 , 3.04 or 3.05 , as applicable, through the date of such
sale and assignment. Any Lender being
replaced shall execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption with respect to
such Lender’s Commitment and outstanding Loans.
(a)
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY
CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF THAT WOULD CALL FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE
LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
(b)
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND OF
THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY (INCLUDING
ITS APPELLATE DIVISION), AND OF ANY OTHER APPELLATE COURT IN THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, FOR THE PURPOSES OF ALL LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
THIS LOAN AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY OR THEREBY. EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY ALSO SUBMITS TO THE
NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ALL FEDERAL AND STATE COURTS SITTING IN ANY STATE
IN WHICH A BORROWER OR OTHER LOAN PARTY OWNS PROPERTY OR OPERATES ITS
BUSINESS. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER
HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT
AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT
IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
(a)
Joint and Several Liability . Each
Borrower hereby agrees that such Borrower is jointly and severally liable for,
and hereby absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to the Administrative Agent
and Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, the full and
prompt payment (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) and
performance of, all Obligations owed or hereafter owing to the Administrative
Agent and Secured Parties by each other Borrower. Each Borrower agrees
that its guaranty obligation hereunder is a continuing guaranty of payment and
performance and not of collection, that its obligations under this Section
13.02 shall not be discharged until payment and performance, in full, of the
Obligations has occurred, and that its obligations under this Section
13.02 shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, irrespective of, and
unaffected by, (i) the genuineness, validity, regularity, enforceability or any
future amendment of, or change in, any Obligation or any agreement, document or
instrument to which any Borrower is or may become a party; (ii) the absence of
any action to enforce any Obligation or the waiver or consent by the
Administrative Agent or any Secured Party with respect to any of the provisions
governing any Obligation; (iii) the insolvency of any Borrower or Subsidiary;
and (iv) any other action or circumstances that might otherwise constitute a
legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor. Each
Borrower shall be regarded, and shall be in the same position, as principal
debtor with respect to the Obligations guaranteed hereunder.
(b)
Waivers by Borrowers . Each
Borrower expressly waives all rights it may have now or in the future under any
statute, or at common law, or at law or in equity, or otherwise, to compel the
Administrative Agent or Lenders to marshal assets or to proceed in respect of
the Obligations guaranteed hereunder against any other Borrower or Subsidiary,
any other party or against any security for the payment and performance of the
Obligations before proceeding against, or as a condition to proceeding against,
such Borrower. Each Borrower consents and agrees that the Administrative
Agent or the Lenders may, at any time and from time to time, without notice or
demand, whether before or after an actual or purported termination, repudiation
or revocation of this Agreement by any Borrower, and without affecting the
enforceability or continuing effectiveness hereof as to such Borrower:
(i) with the consent of the other Borrowers, supplement, restate, modify,
amend, increase, decrease, extent, renew or otherwise change the time for
payment or the terms of this Agreement or any part thereof, including any
increase or decrease of the rate(s) of interest thereon; (ii) with the
consent of the other Borrowers, supplement, restate, modify, amend, increase,
decrease, or enter into or give any agreement with respect to, this Agreement or
any part thereof, or any of the Security Documents; (iii) waive, approve or
consent to any action, condition, covenant, default, remedy, right,
representation or term of this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(iv) accept partial payments; (v) release, reconvey, terminate, waive,
abandon, fail to perfect, subordinate, exchange, substitute, transfer or enforce
any security or guarantees, and apply any security and direct the order or
manner of sale thereof as the Administrative Agent or Lenders in their sole and
absolute discretion may determine; (vi) release any person from any
personal liability with respect to this Agreement or any part thereof;
(vii) settle, release on terms satisfactory to the Required Lenders or by
operation of applicable Laws or otherwise liquidate or enforce any security or
guaranty in any manner, consent to the transfer of any security and bid and
purchase at any sale; or (viii) consent to the merger, change or any other
restructuring or termination of the corporate or partnership existence of any
Borrower or any other person, and correspondingly restructure the obligations
evidenced hereby, and any such merger, change, restructuring or termination
shall not affect the liability of any Borrower or the continuing effectiveness
hereof, or the enforceability hereof with respect to all or any part of the
obligations evidenced hereby. It is agreed among each Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and Lenders that the foregoing consents and waivers are of
the essence of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and that, but for the provisions of this Section 13.02 and such
waivers, the Administrative Agent and Lenders would decline to enter into this
Agreement.
(c)
Benefit of Guaranty . Each Borrower
agrees that the provisions of this Section 13.02 are for the benefit of
the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective
successors, transferees, endorsees and assigns, and nothing herein contained
shall impair, as between any other Borrower and the Administrative Agent or the
other Secured Parties, the obligations of such other Borrower under the Loan
Documents.
(d)
Waiver of Subrogation, Etc .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Loan
Document, and except as set forth in Section 13.02(g) , each Borrower
hereby expressly and irrevocably waives any and all rights at law or in equity
to subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification or set
off and any and all defenses available to a surety, guarantor or accommodation
co-obligor until the Termination Date. Each Borrower acknowledges and
agrees that this waiver is intended to benefit the Administrative Agent and
Lenders and shall not limit or otherwise affect such Borrower’s liability
hereunder or the enforceability of this Section 13.02 , and that the
Administrative Agent, Lenders and their respective successors and assigns are
intended third party beneficiaries of the waivers and agreements set forth in
this Section 13.02(d) .
(e)
Election of Remedies . If the
Administrative Agent or any Lender may, under applicable law, proceed to realize
its benefits under any of the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent or any
Lender may, at its sole option, determine which of its remedies or rights it may
pursue without affecting any of its rights and remedies under this Section
13.02 . If, in the exercise of any of its rights and remedies, the
Administrative Agent or any Lender shall forfeit any of its rights or remedies,
including its right to enter a deficiency judgment against any Borrower or any
other Person, whether because of any applicable laws pertaining to “election of
remedies” or the like, each Borrower hereby consents to such action by the
Administrative Agent or such Lender and waives any claim based upon such action,
even if such action by the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall result in a
full or partial loss of any rights of subrogation that each Borrower might
otherwise have had but for such action by the Administrative Agent or such
Lender. Any election of remedies that results in the denial or impairment
of the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to seek a deficiency
judgment against any Borrower shall not impair any other Borrower’s obligation
to pay the full amount of the Obligations.
(f)
Limitation . Notwithstanding any
provision herein contained to the contrary, each Borrower’s liability under this
Section 13.02 (which liability is in any event in addition to amounts for
which such Borrower is primarily liable under Article 2 ) shall be
limited to an amount not to exceed as of any date of determination the greater
of:
(i)
the net amount of all Loans advanced to any other Borrower under this Agreement
and then re-loaned or otherwise transferred to, or for the benefit of, such
Borrower; and
(ii)
the amount that could be claimed by the Administrative Agent and Lenders from
such Borrower under this Section 13.02 without
rendering such claim voidable or avoidable under Section 548 of the
Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act,
Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or similar statute or common law after taking
into account, among other things, such Borrower’s right of contribution and
indemnification from each other Borrower under Section
13.02(g) .
(g)
Contribution with Respect to Guaranty
Obligations .
(i)
To the extent that any Borrower shall make a payment under this Section 13.02 of all or any of the Obligations (other than
Loans made to that Borrower for which it is primarily liable) (a “ Guarantor
Payment ”) that, taking into account all other Guarantor Payments then
previously or concurrently made by any other Borrower, exceeds the amount that
such Borrower would otherwise have paid if each Borrower had paid the aggregate
Obligations satisfied by such Guarantor Payment in the same proportion that such
Borrower’s “Allocable Amount” (as defined below) (as determined immediately
prior to such Guarantor Payment) bore to the aggregate Allocable Amounts of each
of the Borrowers as determined immediately prior to the making of such Guarantor
Payment, then, following indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Obligations
and termination of the Commitments, such Borrower shall be entitled to receive
contribution and indemnification payments from, and be reimbursed by, each other
Borrower for the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon their respective
Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such Guarantor
Payment.
(ii)
As of any date of determination, the “ Allocable
Amount ” of any Borrower shall be equal to the maximum amount of the claim
that could then be recovered from such Borrower under this Section 13.02
without rendering such claim voidable or avoidable under Section 548 of the
Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act,
Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or similar statute or common law.
(iii)
This Section 13.02(g) is intended only to define the
relative rights of Borrowers and nothing set forth in this Section
13.02(g) is intended to or shall impair the obligations of Borrowers,
jointly and severally, to pay any amounts as and when the same shall become due
and payable in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including Section
13.02(a) . Nothing contained in this Section 13.02(g) shall
limit the liability of any Borrower to pay the Loans made directly or indirectly
to that Borrower and accrued interest, fees and expenses with respect thereto
for which such Borrower shall be primarily liable.
(iv)
The parties hereto acknowledge that the rights of contribution and
indemnification hereunder shall constitute assets of the Borrower to which such
contribution and indemnification is owing.
(v)
The rights of the indemnifying Borrowers against other Borrowers under this
Section 13.02(g) shall be exercisable upon the full
and indefeasible payment of the Obligations and the termination of the
Commitments.
(h)
Liability Cumulative . The
liability of Borrowers under this Section 13.02 is in addition to and
shall be cumulative with all liabilities of each Borrower to the Administrative
Agent and Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which
such Borrower is a party or in respect of any Obligations or obligation of the
other Borrower, without any limitation as to amount, unless the instrument or
agreement evidencing or creating such other liability specifically provides to
the contrary.
(i)
Stay of Acceleration . If
acceleration of the time for payment of any amount payable by the Borrowers
under this Agreement is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization
of any of the Borrowers, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration
under the terms of this Agreement shall nonetheless be payable jointly and
severally by the Borrower hereunder forthwith on demand by the Administrative
Agent made at the request of the Required Lenders.
(j)
Benefit to Borrowers . All of the
Borrowers and their Subsidiaries are engaged in related businesses and
integrated to such an extent that the financial strength and flexibility of each
such Person has a direct impact on the success of each other Person. Each
Borrower and each Subsidiary will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit
from the extension of credit hereunder.
Signature Pages
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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.
BORROWERS:
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ALLION HEALTHCARE, INC.
BIOMED HEALTHCARE, INC. ACCESS THERAPEUTICS,
INC.
ATLAS RESPIRATORY SERVICES, INC. BIOMED CALIFORNIA,
INC.
BIOMED FLORIDA,
INC.
BIOMED KANSAS,
INC.
BIOMED PA, INC.
BIOMED PHARMACEUTICALS,
INC.
BIOMED TEXAS, INC.
ACCESS HEALTHCARE SERVICES,
LLC
MOMS PHARMACY OF BROOKLYN,
INC.
MOMS PHARMACY, INC., a New York
corporation
MOMS PHARMACY, INC., a
California corporation
MAIL ORDER MEDS OF FLORIDA,
LLC
ORIS HEALTH, INC.
NORTH AMERICAN HOME HEALTH
SUPPLY, INC.
MEDICINE MADE EASY
SPECIALTY PHARMACIES,
INC.
By: _ /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx _____________ Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: President
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
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CIT HEALTHCARE LLC, as
Administrative Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx Title: Managing Director |
LENDER(S):
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CIT HEALTHCARE LLC, as a
Lender
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx Title: Managing Director |