The Borrower has advised the Banks that the Borrower has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of February 10, 2000 (the "Merger Agreement"), among the Borrower, Opticare Health Systems, Inc. (the "Parent"), and OC Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent ("Merger Sub"), pursuant to which the parties intend to merge Merger Sub with and into the Borrower subject to the terms and conditions thereof which include, among other things, restructuring the Obligations owing to the Banks on terms and conditions mutually agreed upon by the Borrower and the Banks. While the Borrower and the Banks have initiated discussions and due diligence concerning the Merger and any proposed restructuring of the Obligations, the Borrower acknowledges that the Banks have not consented to the Merger nor have the Banks agreed to any terms and conditions relating to any restructuring of the Obligations. In the meantime, however, the Borrower intends to continue to sell the remaining physician practice management groups operated by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (collectively being referred to herein as the "PPM Businesses") and use a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the PPM Businesses to meet its reasonable and necessary operating expenses. To afford the Borrower an opportunity to proceed with the transactions described above, the Borrower has requested that (i) the Banks extend the temporary waiver period provided for in Sections 2.1 and 2.2 of that certain Seventh Amendment and Waiver to Credit Agreement dated as of December 10, 1999, among the Borrower, the Banks, and the Agent (the "Seventh Amendment") (as further amended, in part, by a December 30, 1999, letter agreement, a February 29, 2000, letter agreement, a March 24, 2000, letter agreement, and an April 14, 2000, letter agreement, and a May 5, 2000, letter agreement, in each case between the Borrower, the Banks and the Agent) and, in addition, that the Banks temporarily waive any non-compliance by the Borrower as of December 31, 1999, and as of March 31, 2000, with Sections 8.8 (Total Funded Debt/Adjusted EBITDA Ratio), 8.10 (Interest Coverage Ratio), and 8.11 (Debt Service Coverage Ratio) of the Credit Agreement and the Borrower's non-compliance with Section 8.5(b) of the Credit Agreement with respect to the timely delivery of the Borrower's March 31, 2000, financial statements, in each case to the earlier of June 2, 2000, or the termination of the Merger Agreement pursuant to its terms (the earlier of such dates being referred to herein as the "Waiver Termination Date"), (ii) Bank of Montreal extend the Bridge Loan Period from May 19, 2000, to the Waiver Termination Date, and (iii) postpone the due date for the payment of principal, interest and unused commitment fees otherwise due on or before May 19, 2000, to the Waiver Termination Date. By signing below, the Banks (including Bank of Montreal with respect to the Bridge Loan Commitment) hereby agree to extend the waiver period provided in Sections 2.1 and 2.2 of the Seventh Amendment from May 19, 2000, to the Waiver Termination Date, temporarily waive any non-compliance by the Borrower as of December 31, 1999, and March 31, 2000, with Sections 8.8 (Total Funded Debt/Adjusted EBITDA Ratio), 8.10 (Interest Coverage Ratio), and 8.11 (Debt Service Coverage Ratio) of the Credit Agreement and the Borrower's non-compliance with Section 8.5(b) of the Credit Agreement with respect to the timely delivery of the Borrower's March 31, 2000, financial statements through the period ending on the Waiver Termination Date, agree to extend the Bridge Loan Period to the Waiver Termination Date, and agree to postpone the due date for the payment of principal, interest, and unused commitment fees otherwise due on or before May 19, 2000, to the Waiver Termination Date, provided that:
Parent Borrower as defined in the preamble hereto.
Applicable Borrower means, with respect to any Loan or other amount owing hereunder or any matter pertaining to such Loan or other amount, whichever of the Borrowers is the primary obligor on such Loan or other amount.
Lead Borrower has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble of this Agreement.
U.S. Borrower means any Borrower that is a U.S. Person.
Borrower Agent as defined in Section 4.4.
Borrower Representative has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.01.
Administrative Borrower has the meaning set forth in Section 17.9.
Borrower as defined in the preamble hereto.
Authorized Borrower Representative means a person at the time designated and authorized to act on behalf of the Borrower by a written certificate furnished to the Governmental Lender, the Funding Lender and the Servicer and containing the specimen signature of such person and signed on behalf of the Borrower by its Borrower Controlling Entity which certificate may designate one or more alternates.
Applicant Borrower has the meaning specified in Section 2.14.
U.S. Borrowers shall have the meaning provided in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
Canadian Borrower as defined in the preamble hereto.
Administrative Agent means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
Borrowing Agent means any of the following:
Domestic Borrower means the Company and each Designated Borrower that is a Domestic Subsidiary.
Canadian Borrowers has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.
means Borrower s forecasted consolidated and consolidating: (a) balance sheets; (b) profit and loss statements; (c) cash flow statements; and (d) capitalization statements, all prepared on a Subsidiary by Subsidiary or division-by-division basis, if applicable, and otherwise consistent with the historical Financial Statements of the Borrower, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of underlying assumptions.
Account Party has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.11(h) of this Agreement.
Co-Borrowers has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
Borrower/s means and refers to jointly and severally to the Applicants (more particularly described in the Application Form) who has/have been sanctioned/granted/disbursed the Loan by ABFL pursuant to the relevant Application Form submitted by such applicants to ABFL for availing of the Loan and depending upon the nature of the Borrower/s, shall, unless repugnant to the context or meaning thereof, be deemed to include his/her legal heirs, executors and administrators;
Revolving Administrative Agent means the administrative agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement.
Co-Borrower shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
Domestic Credit Party means any Credit Party that is organized under the laws of any State of the United States or the District of Columbia.
Canadian Administrative Agent means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch, in its capacity as Canadian administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.
Borrowers each has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.