Published on February 7, 2008
REVOLVING
CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS
REVOLVING CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
(the
“Agreement”)
dated
as of February 1, 2008 is entered into between NeoGenomics,
Inc.,
a
Florida corporation (“Borrower”),
NeoGenomics,
Inc.,
a
Nevada corporation (“Guarantor”,
together with Borrower, individually a “Credit
Party”
and
collectively, the “Credit
Parties”)
and
CAPITALSOURCE
FINANCE LLC,
a
Delaware limited liability company (the “Lender”).
WHEREAS,
the Credit Parties have requested that Lender make available to Borrower a
revolving credit facility (the “Revolving
Facility”)
in a
maximum principal amount at any time outstanding of up to Three
Million Dollars
($3,000,000) (the “Facility
Cap”),
the
proceeds of which shall be used by Borrower as a provider of healthcare services
and for the generation of receivables and
for
any other lawful purpose permitted under this Agreement and for payments to
Lender hereunder; and
WHEREAS,
Lender is willing to make the Revolving Facility available to Borrower upon
the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which hereby are acknowledged, and
intending to be legally bound, Credit Parties and Lender hereby agree as
follows:
I.
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DEFINITIONS
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1.1 General
Terms
In
addition to the definitions above and elsewhere in this Agreement, the terms
listed in Annex
I
hereto
shall have the meanings given such terms in Annex
I,
which
are incorporated herein and made a part hereof. All capitalized terms used
which
are not specifically defined herein shall have meanings provided in
Article 9 of the UCC to the extent the same are used or defined therein.
Unless otherwise specified herein or in Annex
I,
any
agreement, contract or instrument referred to herein or in Annex
I
shall
mean such agreement, contract or instrument as modified, amended, restated
or
supplemented from time to time. Unless otherwise specified, as used in the
Loan
Documents or in any certificate, report, instrument or other document made
or
delivered pursuant to any of the Loan Documents, all accounting terms not
defined in Annex
I
or
elsewhere in this Agreement shall have the meanings given to such terms in
and
shall be interpreted in accordance with GAAP. References herein to “Eastern
Time”
shall
mean eastern standard time or eastern daylight savings time as in effect on
any
date of determination in the eastern United States of America. The terms
“herein”,
“hereof”
and
similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole. In the computation of periods
of time from a specified date to a later specified date in any Loan Document,
the terms “from”
means
“from and including” and the words “to”
and
“until”
each
mean “to but excluding” and the word “through”
means
“to and including.” In any other case, the term “including”
when
used in any Loan Document means “including without limitation.” The term
“documents”
means
all writings, however evidenced and whether in physical or electronic form,
including all documents, instruments, agreements, notices, demands,
certificates, forms, financial statements, opinions and reports. The term
“incur”
means
incur, create, make, issue, assume or otherwise become directly or indirectly
liable in respect of or responsible for, in each case whether directly or
indirectly, and the terms "incurrence" and "incurred" and similar derivatives
shall have correlative meanings. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, the
meaning of any term defined (including by reference) in any Loan Document shall
be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such
term.
In
the
event that any Accounting Change (as defined below) shall occur and such change
results in a change in the method of calculation of financial covenants,
standards or terms in this Agreement, then Borrower and Lender agree to
enter into good faith negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this
Agreement so as to equitably reflect such Accounting Change with the
desired result that the criteria for evaluating Borrower’s financial
condition shall be the same after such Accounting Change
as if
such Accounting Change had not been made. Until such time as such an
amendment shall have been executed and delivered by Borrower and Lender, all
financial covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to
be
calculated or construed as if such Accounting Change had not occurred.
1.2 Definitions
“Acceptance
Notice”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section
8.11.
“Accounting Change”
refers
to changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule,
regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards
Board
of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable,
the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Accounts”
shall
mean “accounts” as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC (including Health Care
Insurance Receivables).
“Account
Debtor”
shall
mean “account debtor” as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC.
“Accumulated
Distribution”
shall
have the meaning given to it in the definition of “Permitted
Distribution”.
“Accumulated
Distribution Fiscal Quarter”
shall
have the meaning given to it in the definition of “Permitted
Distribution”.
“Advance”
shall
mean a borrowing under the Revolving Facility. Any amounts paid by Lender on
behalf of Borrower or Guarantor under any Loan Document shall be an Advance
for
purposes of the Agreement.
“Affiliate”
shall
mean, as to any Person (a) any other Person that, directly or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such Person, (b) any other Person who is a director or officer
(i)
of such Person, (ii) of any Subsidiary of such Person, or (iii) of any Person
described in clause (a) above with respect to such Person, (c) any other Person
which, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, is the
beneficial or record owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, as the same is in effect on the date hereof) of five
percent (5%) or more of any class of the outstanding voting stock, securities
or
other equity or ownership interests of such Person and (d) in the case such
Person is an individual, any other Person who is an immediate family member,
spouse or lineal descendant of individuals of such Person or any Affiliate
of
such Person. For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (and the
correlative terms, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall mean
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies, whether through ownership of securities
or other interests, by contract or otherwise. “Affiliate” shall include any
Subsidiary. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall
Lender be considered as “Affiliate” of Borrower or Guarantor.
“Applicable
Rate”
shall
mean the interest rate applicable from time to time to Loans under the
Agreement.
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“Availability”
shall
mean the value, in U.S. Dollars of eighty-five percent (85%) of the Borrowing
Base minus, if applicable amounts reserved pursuant to this
Agreement.
“Borrowing
Base”
shall
mean, as of any date of determination, the net collectible Dollar value of
Eligible Accounts, as determined with reference to the most recent Borrowing
Certificate and otherwise in accordance with the Agreement; provided,
however,
that if
as of such date the most recent Borrowing Certificate is of a date more than
four Business Days before or after such date, the Borrowing Base shall be
determined by Lender in its Permitted Discretion. For purposes hereof, the
net
collectible Dollar value of Eligible Accounts is the amount due to Borrower
as a
result of a contractual right of payment from third-party payors less deductible
obligations and contractual allowances as determined and approved by Lender
in
its Permitted Discretion.
“Borrowing
Certificate”
shall
mean a Borrowing Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
A
attached
hereto.
“Borrowing
Date”
shall
the mean the date requested for an Advance by Borrower pursuant to Section
2.3.
“Business
Day”
shall
mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which the Federal
Reserve or Lender is closed.
“Capital
Expenditures”
shall
mean, for any Test Period, the sum (without duplication) of all expenditures
(whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) during the Test Period that
are
or should be treated as capital expenditures under GAAP.
“Capital
Lease”
shall
mean, as to any Person, a lease of any interest in any kind of property or
asset
by that Person as lessee that is, should be or should have been recorded as
a
“capital lease” in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital
Stock”
shall
mean any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however
designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership
interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants,
rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.
“Capitalized
Lease Obligations”
shall
mean all obligations of any Person under Capital Leases, in each case, taken
at
the amount thereof accounted for as a liability in accordance with
GAAP.
“Change
of Control”
shall
mean, with respect to Borrower or Guarantor, the occurrence of any of the
following: (i) a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or
share or interest exchange, sale or transfer or any other transaction or series
of transactions in which its stockholders, managers, partners or interest
holders immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions receive,
in exchange for the stock or interests owned by them, cash, property or
securities of the resulting or surviving entity or any Affiliate thereof, and,
as a result thereof, Persons who, individually or in the aggregate, were holders
of fifty percent (50%) or more of its voting stock, securities or equity,
partnership or ownership interests immediately prior to such transaction or
series of transactions hold less than fifty percent (50%) of the voting stock,
securities or other equity, partnership or ownership interests of the resulting
or surviving entity or such Affiliate thereof, calculated on a fully diluted
basis, (ii) a direct or indirect sale, transfer or other conveyance or
disposition, in any single transaction or series of transactions, of all or
substantially all of its assets, (iii) the initial public offering of its
securities, (iv) any “change in/of control” or “sale” or “disposition” or
similar event as defined in any document governing indebtedness of such Person
which gives the holder of such indebtedness the right to accelerate or otherwise
require payment of such indebtedness prior to the maturity date thereof, or
(v)
the replacement of a majority of the board of directors of Borrower over a
one-year period from the directors who constituted the board of directors of
such Borrower at the beginning of such period and such replacement shall not
have been approved by a vote of at least a majority of the board of directors
of
such Borrower then still in office who either are members of such board of
directors at the beginning of such period or whose election as a member of
such
board of directors was previously so approved.
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“Chattel Paper”
shall
mean “chattel paper” as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC, whether
tangible or electronic.
“Closing”
shall
mean the satisfaction, or written waiver by Lender, of all of the conditions
precedent set forth in the Agreement required to be satisfied prior to the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
“Closing
Date”
shall
mean the date upon which the Closing occurs.
“Collateral”
shall
mean all of the property described below in, to, or under which a Borrower
now
has or hereafter acquires any right, title or interest, whether present, future,
or contingent, including any such property acquired by assignment:
(a) All
of
Borrower’s now-owned and hereafter acquired or arising Accounts, accounts
receivable and rights to payment of every kind and description related to
Accounts, and all of Borrower’s contract rights, chattel paper, documents and
instruments with respect to such Accounts and accounts receivable, and all
of
Borrower’s rights, remedies, security and liens, in, to and in respect of the
Accounts, including, without limitation, rights of stoppage in transit,
replevin, repossession and reclamation and other rights and remedies of an
unpaid vendor, lienor or secured party, guaranties or other contracts of
suretyship with respect to the Accounts, deposits, Letters of Credit, Supporting
Obligations or other security for the obligation of any Account Debtor, and
credit and other insurance relating to such Accounts and accounts
receivable;
(b) All
of
Borrower’s right, title and interest in, to and in respect of all goods relating
to, or which by sale have resulted in, Accounts, including, without limitation,
all goods described in invoices or other documents or instruments with respect
to, or otherwise representing or evidencing, any Account, and all returned,
reclaimed or repossessed goods;
(c) All
of
Borrower’s now owned or hereafter acquired (i) Lockbox Accounts (and the funds
contained therein) and (ii) any deposit accounts (and the funds contained
therein), other than the Lockbox Accounts, into which Accounts are deposited,
to
the extent Accounts are contained therein;
(d) All
of
Borrower’s now owned and hereafter acquired or arising general intangibles and
other property of every kind and description with respect to, evidencing or
relating to its Accounts and other rights to payment, including, but not limited
to, all existing books and records, as the same relate to the
Accounts;
(e) The
proceeds of all of the foregoing (including, without limitation, insurance
proceeds) related to losses with respect to Collateral such as business
interruption insurance or other insurance proceeds related specifically to
losses from the Collateral.
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“Collateral
Management Fee”
shall
mean a monthly fee to be paid by Borrower to Lender in an amount equal to 0.025%
per month calculated on the basis of the daily average amount of the balances
under the Revolving Facility outstanding during the preceding month.
“Commercial
Tort Claims”
shall
mean “Commercial Tort Claims” as defined in Section 9-102 of the
UCC.
“Compliance
Certificate”
shall
mean a compliance certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
B
attached
hereto.
“Concentration
Account”
shall
mean a depository account maintained by Lender or an affiliate of Lender at
such
bank as Lender may communicate to Borrower from time to time.
“Credit
Party”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
“Debtor
Relief Law”
shall
mean, collectively, the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America and
all
other applicable federal and state liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy,
moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or similar
debtor relief laws from time to time in effect affecting the rights of creditors
generally, as amended and in effect from time to time.
“Default”
shall
mean any event, fact, circumstance or condition that, with the giving of
applicable notice or passage of time or both, would constitute or be or result
in an Event of Default.
“Default
Rate”
shall
mean at any time the Applicable Rate in effect at such time plus three percent
(3%) per annum.
“Denial
Disclosure”
shall
have the meaning given to it in Section 7.18.
“Deposit
Accounts”
shall
mean “deposit accounts” as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC.
“Distribution”
shall
mean any direct or indirect dividend, distribution or other payment of any
kind
or character (whether in cash, securities or other property) in respect of
any
equity interests.
“Dollars”
and
the
sign “$”
each
mean the lawful money of the United States of America.
“Documents”
shall
mean “documents” as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC.
“Eligible
Accounts”
shall
mean each Account arising in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business from the
sale or lease of goods or rendering of Services which Lender, in its Permitted
Discretion, deems an Eligible Account unless:
(a) such
Account is not subject to a valid perfected first priority security interest
in
favor of Lender, subject to no other Lien;
(b) such
Account is not evidenced by an invoice, statement or other documentary evidence
satisfactory to Lender;
(c) such
Account or any portion thereof (in which case only such portion shall not be
an
Eligible Account) is payable by a beneficiary, recipient or subscriber
individually and not directly by a Medicaid/Medicare Account Debtor or
commercial medical insurance carrier, or client acceptable to Lender in its
Permitted Discretion;
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(d) such
Account arises out of Services rendered or a sale or lease made to, or out
of
any other transaction between Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and, one
or
more Affiliates of Borrower;
(e) such
Account remains unpaid for longer than (i) one hundred fifty (150) calendar days
after the applicable Services were rendered with respect to Accounts payable
by
a Medicaid/Medicare Account Debtor or commercial medical insurance carrier
acceptable to Lender and (ii) one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after
the
applicable Services were rendered with respect to all other Account
Debtors;
(f) with
respect to all Accounts owed by any particular Account Debtor (other than
Accounts from Medicaid/Medicare Account Debtors) or its Affiliates, if more
than
twenty five percent (25%) of the aggregate balance of all such Accounts owing
from such Account Debtor and its Affiliates are ineligible due to the
requirements of clause (e) of this Section or such higher threshold which may
be
agreed in writing by Lender for any specific Account Debtor;
(g) with
respect to all Accounts owed by any particular Account Debtor or its Affiliates,
twenty-five percent (25%) or more of all such Accounts are deemed not to be
Eligible Accounts for any reason hereunder (which percentage may, in Lender’s
Permitted Discretion, be increased or decreased);
(h) with
respect to all Accounts owed by any particular Account Debtor or its Affiliates
(other than Medicaid/Medicare Account Debtors) if such Accounts exceed twenty
percent (20%) of the net collectible Dollar value of all Eligible Accounts
at
any one time (including Accounts from Medicaid/Medicare Account Debtors), then
the amount by which such Accounts for that particular Account Debtor or its
Affiliates exceed twenty percent (20%) of the net collectible Dollar value
of
all Eligible Accounts shall not be included as Eligible Accounts;
(i) any
covenant, agreement, representation or warranty contained in any Loan Document
with respect to such Account has been breached and remains uncured;
(j) the
Account Debtor for such Account has commenced a voluntary case under any Debtor
Relief Law or has made an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or a decree
or order for relief has been entered by a court having jurisdiction in respect
of such Account Debtor in an involuntary case under any Debtor Relief Law,
or
any other petition or application for relief under any Debtor Relief Law has
been filed against such Account Debtor, or such Account Debtor has failed,
suspended business, ceased to be solvent, called a meeting of its creditors,
or
has consented to or suffered a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian to
be
appointed for it or for all or a significant portion of its assets or
affairs;
(k) such
Account arises from the sale or lease of property or Services rendered to one
or
more Account Debtors outside the United States (including any territory or
possession of the United States that has adopted Article 9 of the UCC) or that
have their principal place of business or chief executive offices outside the
United States (including any territory or possession of the United States that
has adopted Article 9 of the UCC);
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(l) such
Account represents the sale or lease of goods or rendering of Services to an
Account Debtor on a bill-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale-and-return, sale on
approval, consignment or any other repurchase or return basis or is evidenced
by
Chattel Paper or an Instrument of any kind or has been reduced to
judgment;
(m) the
applicable Account Debtor for such Account is any Governmental Authority
(excluding Medicaid/Medicare Account Debtors), unless rights to payment of
such
Account have been assigned to Lender pursuant to the Assignment of Claims Act
of
1940, as amended (31 U.S.C. Section 3727, et seq. and 41 U.S.C.
Section 15, et seq.), or otherwise only if all applicable statutes or
regulations respecting the assignment of Government Accounts have been complied
with as determined by Lender in its Permitted Discretion;
(n) such
Account is subject to any offset, credit (including any resource or other income
credit or offset) deduction, defense, discount, chargeback, freight claim,
allowance, adjustment, dispute or counterclaim (each an “Adjustment”),
or is
contingent in any respect or for any reason; provided,
that,
the
discounted amount of such Account after giving effect to such Adjustment will
be
considered an Eligible Account;
(o) there
is
any agreement with an Account Debtor for any deduction from such Account;
provided,
that,
the
discounted amount of such Account after giving effect to such discounts and
allowances shall be considered an Eligible Account;
(p) any
return, rejection or repossession of goods or Services related to it has
occurred;
(q) such
Account is not payable to Borrower;
(r) a
Borrower has agreed to accept or has accepted any non-cash payment for such
Account;
(s) with
respect to any Account arising from the sale of goods, the goods have not been
shipped to the Account Debtor or its designee;
(t) with
respect to any Account arising from the performance of Services, the Services
have not been actually performed or the Services were undertaken in violation
of
any law; or
(u) such
Account fails to meet such other specifications and requirements which may
from
time to time be established by Lender or is not otherwise satisfactory to
Lender, as determined in Lender’s Permitted Discretion.
“EMTALA”
shall
mean the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, as amended, and
the
regulations thereunder.
“Environmental
Laws”
shall
mean any and all laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances,
guidelines, codes, decrees, or other legally enforceable requirements
(including, without limitation, common law) of any international authority,
foreign government, the United States, or any state, local, municipal or other
governmental authority, regulating, relating to or imposing liability or
standards of conduct concerning protection of the environment, or protection
of
human health or employee health and safety (as affected by the environment
or by
any substance the exposure to which is reasonably suspected of causing harm
to
human health), as has been, is now, or may at any time hereafter be, in effect
to which the Borrower is subject.
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“Equipment”
shall
mean “equipment” as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC.
“ERISA”
shall
mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the
regulations thereunder.
“Event
of Default”
shall
mean the occurrence of any event set forth in Article X.
“Excess
Cash Flow”
shall
mean, for any fiscal year (or for such other period as may be specifically
provided for herein), as calculated for Borrowers and their Subsidiaries on
a
consolidated basis, without duplication, an amount equal to the sum of (a)
Net
Income (as defined in Annex I) for such period, plus (b) an amount equal to
the
amount of depreciation expenses, amortization expense (including the
amortization of goodwill), accrued non-cash interest expense and all other
non-cash charges deducted in arriving at such Net Income, plus (c) an amount
equal to the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds of the sale, lease, transfer or other
disposition of assets by Borrowers during such period to the extent not required
to be applied to mandatory prepayments or payments on the Loans, plus (d) an
amount equal to the net loss on the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition
of assets by Borrowers during such period to the extent deducted in arriving
at
such Net Income, plus (e) an amount equal to any tax refunds or credits received
by Borrowers during such period, plus (f) other extraordinary or non-recurring
charges that would not have otherwise been incurred in the ordinary course
of
business, less (g) an amount equal to the unfinanced permitted Capital
Expenditures of Borrowers for such period, less (h) an amount equal to the
sum
of all regularly scheduled payments (to the extent such payments have not
already been deducted in arriving at Net Income) and optional and mandatory
prepayments of principal on Indebtedness for money borrowed actually made during
such period to the extent permitted hereunder, less (i) an amount equal to
the
net gain on the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of assets by
Borrowers during such period to the extent included in arriving at such Net
Income, less (j) other extraordinary or non-recurring gains that would not
have
otherwise been incurred in the ordinary course of business.
“Facility
Cap”
shall
have the meaning given the term in the Recitals of this Agreement.
“Federal
Reserve”
shall
mean the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States.
“Fixtures”
shall
mean “fixtures” as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC.
“GAAP”
shall
mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect
on the Closing Date.
“General
Intangibles”
shall
mean “general intangibles” as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC.
“Goods”
shall
mean “goods” as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC.
“Government Account”
shall
mean all Accounts arising out of or with respect to any Government
Contract.
“Government Contract”
shall
mean all contracts with any Governmental Authority.
“Governmental
Authority”
shall
mean any federal, state, municipal, national, local or other governmental
department, court, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality or
political subdivision thereof, or any entity or officer exercising executive,
legislative or judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to any government or any court, in each case, whether of the United States
or a
state, territory or possession thereof, a foreign sovereign entity or country
or
jurisdiction or the District of Columbia.
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“Guaranteed
Obligations”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section
14.1
hereof.
“Guarantor”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
“Guaranty”
shall
mean, collectively and each individually, all guaranties executed by Guarantor.
“Hazardous
Substances”
shall
mean, without limitation, any flammable explosives, radon, radioactive
materials, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated
biphenyls, petroleum and petroleum products, methane, hazardous materials,
hazardous wastes, hazardous or toxic substances or related materials as defined
in or subject to any applicable Environmental Law.
“Healthcare
Laws”
shall
mean all applicable statutes, laws, ordinances, rules and regulations of any
Governmental Authority with respect to regulatory matters primarily relating
to
patient healthcare, healthcare providers and healthcare services (including
without limitation Section 1128B(b) of the Social Security Act, as amended,
42 U.S.C. Section 1320a-7(b) (Criminal Penalties Involving Medicare or
State Health Care Programs), commonly referred to as the “Federal Anti-Kickback
Statute,” and the Social Security Act, as amended, Section 1877, 42 U.S.C.
Section 1395nn (Prohibition Against Certain Referrals), commonly referred to
as
“Stark Statute”), and 31 U.S.C. Section 3279 et seq.
(the
False Claims Act) to which Borrower is subject.
“HIPAA”
shall
mean the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub.
L.
No. 104-191) and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
“HUD
Application”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section
8.11.
“Indebtedness”
of
any
Person shall mean, without duplication, (a) all obligations for borrowed
money, (b) all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other
similar instruments and all reimbursement or other obligations in respect of
letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (c) all Capitalized Lease
Obligations, (d) all obligations or liabilities of others secured by a Lien
on any asset of such Person or its Subsidiaries, irrespective of whether such
obligation or liability is assumed, (e) all obligations to pay the deferred
purchase price of assets (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary
course of business and not outstanding more than one hundred twenty (120)
calendar days after the date such payable was created) or such longer period
as
shall be agreed in writing by Lender and Borrower, (f) all net obligations
owing to counterparties under Hedging Agreements, (g) all obligations with
respect to redeemable Capital Stock or repurchase obligations under any Capital
Stock issued by such Person, (h) the present value of future rental payments
under all synthetic leases (excluding specifically any operating leases or
real
estate leases) and (i) any obligation guaranteeing or intended to guarantee
(whether directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made, discounted,
or
sold with recourse) any obligation of any other Person that constitutes
Indebtedness under any of clauses (a) through (h) above.
“Indemnified
Person”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section
15.4.
“Initial
Advance”
shall
mean the initial Advance.
“Instrument”
shall
mean “instrument” as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC.
“Insured
Event”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section
15.4.
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“Insurer”
shall
mean a Person that insures another Person against any costs incurred in the
receipt by such other Person of Services, or that has an agreement with Borrower
to compensate it for providing Services to such Person.
“Intellectual
Property”
shall
mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications,
service marks, registered copyrights, copyright applications, copyrights, trade
names, trade secrets and software and all rights in the foregoing.
“Inventory”
shall
mean “inventory” as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC.
“Investment
Property”
shall
mean “investment property” as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC.
“Landlord
Waiver and Consent”
shall
mean a waiver/consent from the owner/lessor/mortgagee of any premises either
owned or occupied by Borrower at which any of the Collateral is now or hereafter
located for the purpose of providing Lender access to such Collateral, in each
case as such may be modified, amended or supplemented from time to
time.
“Letter
of Credit Rights”
shall
mean “letter of credit rights” as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC, whether
or not the letter of credit is evidenced by a writing.
“Liability
Event”
shall
mean any event, fact, condition or circumstance (i) in or for which Borrower
becomes liable or otherwise responsible for any amount over $50,000 owed or
owing to any Medicaid, Medicare or CHAMPUS/TRICARE program by a provider under
common ownership with such Borrower or any provider owned by such Borrower
pursuant to any applicable law, ordinance, rule, decree, order or regulation
of
any Governmental Authority after the failure of any such provider to pay any
such amount when owed or owing, (ii) in which Medicaid, Medicare or
CHAMPUS/TRICARE payments to Borrower are lawfully set-off against payments
to
such Borrower to satisfy any liability of or for any amounts over $50,000 owed
or owing to any Medicaid, Medicare or CHAMPUS/TRICARE program by a provider
under common ownership with such Borrower or any provider owned by such Borrower
pursuant to any applicable law, ordinance, rule, decree, order or regulation
of
any Governmental Authority, or (iii) any of the foregoing under clauses
(i) or (ii) in each case pursuant to statutory or regulatory provisions
that are similar to any applicable law, ordinance, rule, decree, order or
regulation of any Governmental Authority referenced in clauses (i) and (ii)
above or successor provisions thereto.
“LIBOR”
shall
mean a rate of interest equal to the rate per annum (rounded upwards to the
nearest 1/100th of 1%) at which Dollar deposits for a period of one month are
offered in the London interbank eurodollar market as displayed in the Bloomberg
Financial Markets system (or as otherwise determined by Lender in its sole
discretion) as of 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the applicable date of
determination.
“Lien”
shall
mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, restriction, lien
or
charge of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement or any lease in the nature
thereof), or any other arrangement pursuant to which title to the property
is
retained by or vested in some other Person for security purposes.
“Liquidity
Factors”
shall
mean percentages which Lender, in its credit judgment, may apply to Eligible
Accounts by payor class based upon Borrower’s actual recent collection history
for each such payor class (i.e. Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurance, etc.)
in a manner consistent with Lender’s underwriting practices and procedures,
including, without limitation, Lender’s review and analysis of, among other
things, Borrower’s historical returns, rebates, discounts, credits and
allowances, to adjust the Availability.
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“Loan”
or
“Loans”
shall
mean, individually and collectively, all Advances.
“Loan
Documents”
shall
mean, collectively and each individually, this Agreement and all other
agreements, documents, instruments and certificates heretofore or hereafter
executed or delivered to, or on behalf of, Lender in connection with this
Agreement or the Loans, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time.
Lockbox
Accounts”
shall
mean, collectively and each individually, the Deposit Accounts maintained by
Borrower at the Lockbox Banks into which all collections or payments on
Borrower’s Accounts and other Collateral are paid and which Accounts and other
Collateral are subject to Lender’s security interest granted by a
Borrower.
“Lockbox
Agreement”
shall
mean an agreement among Lender, Borrower who has granted a security interest
in
a Deposit Account and any of the Lockbox Banks governing the Lockbox Accounts,
in form and substance satisfactory to Lender.
“Lockbox
Banks”
shall
mean, collectively and each individually, the federally insured banks acceptable
to Lender where Borrower who have granted security interests in a Lockbox
Account shall maintain the Lockbox Accounts.
“Management
or Service Fee”
shall
mean any management, service or related or similar fee paid by Borrower to
any
Person with respect to any facility owned, operated or leased by
Borrower.
“Material
Adverse Change”
shall
mean any event, condition or circumstance or set of events, conditions or
circumstances or any change(s) which (i) has, had or would reasonably be likely
to have any material adverse effect upon or change in the validity or
enforceability of any Loan Document, (ii) has been or would reasonably be
expected to be adverse to the value of any material portion of the Collateral,
or to the priority of Lender’s security interest in any portion of the
Collateral, (iii) has been or would reasonably be expected to be materially
adverse to the business, operations, prospects, properties, assets, liabilities
or financial condition of any Credit Party, either individually or taken as
a
whole, or (iv) has materially impaired or would reasonably be likely to
materially impair the ability of any Borrower to pay any portion of the
Obligations or otherwise perform the Obligations or to consummate the
transactions under the Loan Documents executed by such Person.
“Materials
of Environmental Concern”
shall
mean any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof)
or
petroleum products, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea-formaldehyde insulation,
asbestos, pollutants, contaminants, radioactivity, and any other substances
or
forces of any kind, whether or not any such substance or force is defined as
hazardous or toxic under any Environmental Law, that is regulated pursuant
to or
would reasonably be expected to give rise to liability under any Environmental
Law.
“Medicaid/Medicare
Account Debtor”
shall
mean any Account Debtor which is (i) the United States of America acting under
the Medicaid or Medicare program established pursuant to the Social Security
Act
or any other federal healthcare program, including, without limitation, TRICARE
(f/k/a CHAMPUS), (ii) any state or the District of Columbia acting pursuant
to a
health plan adopted pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act or any
other state health care program, or (iii) any agent, carrier, administrator
or
intermediary for any of the foregoing.
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“Minimum
Termination Fee”
shall
mean (for the time period indicated) the amount equal to (i) 7.5% of the
Facility Cap, if the Revolver Termination is at any time before the first
anniversary of the Closing Date; (ii) 1% of the Facility Cap, if the Revolver
Termination is after the first anniversary of the Closing Date but before the
second anniversary
of the Closing Date; and (iii) 0.5% of the Facility Cap, if the Revolver
Termination is on or after the second anniversary
of the Closing Date but before the third anniversary of the Closing Date. There
shall be no Minimum Termination Fee if the Revolver Termination occurs within
five (5) days of the end of the Term.
“Net
Cash Proceeds”
shall
mean, with respect to any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of assets
by any Person, the amount of cash received (directly or indirectly) from time
to
time (whether as initial consideration or through the payment or disposition
of
deferred consideration) by or on behalf of such Person in connection therewith
after deducting therefrom (A) the amount of any Permitted Indebtedness secured
by any Permitted Lien on such property which is required to be, and is, repaid
in connection with such disposition, (B) reasonable expenses related thereto
incurred by such Person in connection therewith, (C) transfer taxes paid to
any
taxing authorities by such Person in connection therewith, (D) net income taxes
to be paid in connection with such disposition and (E) with respect to any
lease, the cost of any tenant improvements paid by Borrower in connection
therewith.
“Note”
or
“Notes”
shall
mean any promissory note or notes issued pursuant to Section
2.7.
“Obligations”
shall
mean all present and future obligations, Indebtedness and liabilities of
Borrower or Guarantor to Lender at any time and from time to time of every
kind,
nature and description, direct or indirect, secured or unsecured, joint and
several, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, matured or unmatured,
now
existing or hereafter arising, contractual or tortious, liquidated or
unliquidated, (whether or not evidenced by a Note), including, without
limitation, all principal, interest, applicable fees, charges and expenses
and
all amounts paid or advanced by Lender on behalf of or for the benefit of
Borrower or Guarantor for any reason at any time, including in each case
obligations of performance as well as obligations of payment and interest that
accrue after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law
by
or against any such Person.
“OFAC”
shall
mean the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset
Control.
“Organizational
and Good Standing Documents”
shall
mean, for any Person (i) a copy of the certificate of incorporation or formation
(or other like organizational document) certified as of a date satisfactory
to
Lender before the Closing Date by the applicable Governmental Authority of
the
jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of such Person, (ii) a copy of
the
bylaws or similar organizational documents of certified as of a date
satisfactory to Lender before the Closing Date by the corporate secretary or
assistant secretary of such Person, (iii) an original certificate of good
standing as of a date acceptable to Lender issued by the applicable Governmental
Authority of the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of such Person
and of every other jurisdiction in which such Person has an office or conducts
business or is otherwise required to be in good standing, and (iv) copies
of the resolutions of the board of directors or managers (or other applicable
governing body) and, if required, stockholders, members or other equity owners
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to
which such Person is a party, certified by an authorized officer of such Person
as of the Closing Date.
“Paid
in Full”
and
“Payment
in Full”
mean,
with respect to the Obligations, all amounts owing with respect thereto
(including any interest accruing thereon after the commencement of any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law by or against Borrower, whether or not
allowed as a claim against such Borrower in such proceeding, but excluding
as
yet unasserted contingent obligations), have been fully, finally and completely
paid in cash.
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“Parent
Indebtedness”
shall
mean Indebtedness incurred by Borrower from Guarantor, provided,
that,
such
Indebtedness shall be (i) up to $2,000,000 outstanding in the aggregate at
any
time, (ii) on an unsecured basis, (iii) subordinated in remedies to all of
the
Obligations and to all of Lender’s rights in form and substance satisfactory to
Lender and (iv) be subordinate in right of payment to the Obligations and shall
only be repaid pursuant to a Permitted Distribution until the Obligations are
Paid in Full; provided, that,
at the
request of Lender, the terms of the provisions of (iii) and (iv) shall be
contained in a written subordination agreement between Lender and Parent
acknowledged and agreed by Borrower, in form and substance satisfactory to
Lender.
“Patriot
Act”
shall
mean the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools
Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, P.L. 107-56, as
amended.
“Payment
Intangible”
shall
mean “payment intangible” as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC.
“Payment
Office”
shall
mean initially the address set forth beneath Lender’s name on the signature page
of the Agreement, and thereafter, such other office of Lender, if any, which
it
may designate by notice to Borrower to be the Payment Office.
“Permit”
shall
mean collectively all licenses, leases, powers, permits, franchises,
certificates, authorizations, approvals, certificates of need, provider numbers
and other rights.
“Permitted
Acquisition”
shall
mean any acquisition by Borrower, whether through a purchase of stock,
membership interests or otherwise or the purchase of assets or through a merger,
consolidation or amalgamation, of another Person, or the assets constituting
an
entire or any portion of any business or operating business unit or division
of
another Person or securities of such other Person that satisfies the
requirements set forth in Sections
8.14
and
9.4
hereof.
“Permitted
Discretion” shall
mean a determination or judgment made by Lender in good faith in the exercise
of
reasonable (from the perspective of a secured lender) business judgment.
“Permitted
Distributions”
shall
mean Distributions to Guarantor for the purpose of making principal payments
on
the Parent Indebtedness and/or as periodic cash distributions to Guarantor
as a
shareholder of Borrower, provided,
that
(i) such
Permitted Distributions are made no more than once per fiscal quarter thereafter
and (ii) all of the following conditions are satisfied with respect to each
such
Distribution: (a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
or would arise as a result of such Distribution, (b) after giving effect to
such
Distribution, Borrower is in compliance on a pro forma basis with the financial
covenants set forth in Annex 1 (recomputed for the most recent three month
period for which monthly financial statements have been delivered in accordance
with the terms hereof after giving effect thereto); provided, however, that
in
situations where there is an Accumulated Distribution (as defined below) being
made with respect to any Accumulated Distribution Fiscal Quarters, only that
portion of the Distribution that is not related to the Accumulated Distributions
shall be included in Fixed Charges for the purpose of calculating the pro forma
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio in Annex I for the most recent three-month period),
(c) the aggregate amount of such Distributions shall not exceed fifty percent
(50%) of undistributed Excess Cash Flow for the three month period immediately
preceding such distribution, as determined pursuant to the Distribution Notice,
(d) Lender shall have received written notice (the “Distribution Notice”) from
Borrower, of Borrower’s intention to make such Distribution at least five (5)
Business Days prior to the date of such proposed Distribution, which such notice
shall include a detailed calculation satisfactory to Lender in its Permitted
Discretion evidencing Excess Cash Flow for such three month period (except
that
for any amounts included in such Distribution that are a result of Accumulated
Distributions, in which case, the Excess Cash Flow so measured shall be
applicable to the appropriate Accumulated Distribution Fiscal Quarters to which
they relate), as applicable, (e) Lender shall have consented in writing to
such
Distribution Notice prior to the making of such proposed Distribution, such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld, and (g) until such time as the Parent
Indebtedness is paid in full in cash, any such Distribution payable to Guarantor
shall be utilized by Guarantor solely to repay the Parent Indebtedness;
provided,
that,
if
Borrower chooses not to make a Permitted Distribution (the “Accumulated
Distribution”)
in any
fiscal quarter (the “Accumulated
Distribution Fiscal Quarter”)
Borrower may make such Accumulated Distribution in any of the subsequent three
consecutive fiscal quarters following the Accumulated Distribution Fiscal
Quarter; provided, that,
Borrower
provides Lender with Evidence of Compliance with the criteria set forth in
the
definition of Permitted Distribution for the Accumulated Distribution as of
the
end of the Accumulated Distribution Fiscal Quarter, except,
that,
the
Distribution Notice shall not have been made in the Accumulated Distribution
Fiscal Quarter but rather shall be made (5) Business Days prior to the date
the
Accumulated Distribution is to be distributed.
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“Permitted
Indebtedness”
shall
mean any of the following: (i) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents,
(ii) any Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 9.2,
(iii)
Capitalized Lease Obligations incurred after the Closing Date and Indebtedness
incurred to purchase Goods and secured by purchase money Liens constituting
Permitted Liens: (A) in aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed
$2,000,000,
provided, that,
(1) the
debt service for such Indebtedness shall not exceed $600,000 for any twelve
(12)
month period and (2) upon the incurrence of such Indebtedness and after giving
effect thereto no Default or Event of Default shall exist and be continuing
and
(B) in an aggregate amount in excess of $2,000,000, provided,
that,
(1) ten
(10) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness Borrower shall
have provided pro forma financial statements along with any other supporting
documentation required by Lender evidencing that Borrower would have been in
compliance with the financial covenants set forth on Annex 1 hereto for the
immediately preceding Test Period (as defined on Annex 1 hereto), if such
Indebtedness had been incurred on the first day of such Test Period, (2) prior
to the incurrence of such Indebtedness Borrower shall have received Lender’s
written confirmation of its agreement with such pro forma financial statements;
and (3) upon the incurrence of such Indebtedness and after giving effect thereto
no Default or Event of Default shall exist and be continuing, (iv) the
accounts payable set forth on Schedule 1.2 and accounts payable to trade
creditors and current operating expenses (other than for borrowed money) which
are not aged more than one hundred twenty calendar days from the date such
payable was created or such longer period as shall be agreed in writing by
Lender, except, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business and
paid within such time period, unless the same are being contested in good faith
and by appropriate and lawful proceedings and such reserves, if any, with
respect thereto as are required by GAAP shall have been reserved, (v) borrowings
incurred in the ordinary course of business and not exceeding $1,000,000
individually or in the aggregate outstanding at any one time; provided,
however,
that
such Indebtedness (A) shall not be secured by Collateral, any cash, money,
Investment Property or Deposit Accounts; (B) the debt service for such
Indebtedness shall not exceed $200,000 for any twelve (12) month period; (C)
ten
(10) Calendar Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness Borrower shall
have provided pro forma financial statements along with any other supporting
documentation required by Lender evidencing that Borrower would have been in
compliance with the financial covenants set forth on Annex 1 hereto for the
immediately preceding Test Period (as defined on Annex 1 hereto), if such
Indebtedness had been incurred on the first day of such Test Period, (D) prior
to the incurrence of such Indebtedness Borrower shall have received Lender’s
written confirmation of its agreement with such pro forma financial statements
(which confirmation or denial shall be promptly provided by Lender to Borrower
within ten (10) calendar days of Lender’s receipt of such financial statements);
(E) upon the incurrence of such Indebtedness and after giving effect thereto
no
Default or Event of Default shall exist and be continuing, (F) such Indebtedness
shall be subordinated in right of repayment and remedies to all of the
Obligations and to all of Lender’s rights pursuant to a written agreement among
Lender, Borrower and the lender with respect to such Indebtedness, in form
and
substance satisfactory to Lender and (vi) Parent Indebtedness.
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“Permitted
Liens”
shall
mean with respect to the Borrower any of the following: (i) Liens under the
Loan
Documents or otherwise arising in favor of Lender, (ii) Liens imposed by law
for
taxes (other than payroll taxes), assessments or charges of any Governmental
Authority for claims not yet due or which are being contested in good faith
by
appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves or other
appropriate provisions are being maintained by such Person in accordance with
GAAP to the satisfaction of Lender in its Permitted Discretion, (iii) (A)
statutory Liens of landlords (provided, that,
with
respect to Required Locations any such landlord has executed a Landlord Waiver
and Consent in form and substance satisfactory to Lender) and of carriers,
warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, and (B) other Liens imposed by law or
that arise by operation of law in the ordinary course of business from the
date
of creation thereof, in each case only for amounts not yet due or which are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to
which adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are being maintained
by
such Person in accordance with GAAP to the satisfaction of Lender in its
Permitted Discretion, (iv) Liens (A) incurred or deposits made in the ordinary
course of business (including, without limitation, surety bonds and appeal
bonds) in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and
other types of social security benefits or to secure the performance of tenders,
bids, leases, contracts (other than for the repayment of Indebtedness),
statutory obligations and other similar obligations, or (B) arising as a
result of progress payments under government contracts, (v) purchase money
Liens (A) securing the type of Permitted Indebtedness set forth under clause
(iii) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”, or (B) in connection
with the purchase by such Person of equipment in the normal course of business,
provided, that,
such
payables shall not exceed any limits on Indebtedness provided for herein and
shall otherwise be Permitted Indebtedness hereunder; (iv) liens securing the
Indebtedness set forth in clause (v) of Permitted Indebtedness on assets other
than: (A) the Collateral, (B) cash or other money of Borrower, (C) Deposit
Accounts of Borrower and (D) Investment Property of Borrower; and (vii) Liens
disclosed on Schedule
7.4B
and
Schedule
9.3.
“Person”
shall
mean an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company,
a
business trust, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated association,
a
joint venture, a Governmental Authority or any other entity of whatever
nature.
“Pledge
Agreement”
shall
mean that certain negative Pledge Agreement by and between Guarantor and Lender
executed in connection herewith, as such may be modified, amended, restated
or
supplemented from time to time.
“Receipt”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section
15.5.
“Required
Locations”
shall
mean collectively: (a) the leased premises located at 12701 Commonwealth Drive,
Suite 9, Fort Myers, Florida 33913, and (b) any location leased by Borrowers
at
which books and records relating to Accounts are kept of which duplicates are
not kept at the location identified in (a) above.
“Released
Parties”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section
15.11.
“Releasing
Parties”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section
15.11.
“Revolver
Termination”
shall
mean the termination of the Revolving Facility for any reason whatsoever.
“Revolving
Loan Obligations”
shall
mean all of the Obligations related to the Revolving Facility.
“Services”
shall
mean medical and health care services provided to a Person, including, but
not
limited to, medical and health care services (including diagnostic testing
and
other testing services) which are covered by a policy of insurance issued by
an
Insurer, physician services, nurse and therapist services, dental services,
hospital services, skilled nursing facility services, comprehensive outpatient
rehabilitation services, home health care services, residential and out-patient
behavioral healthcare services.
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“Software”
shall
mean “software” as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC.
“Solvency
Certificate”
shall
mean a Solvency Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
C
attached
hereto.
“Subsidiary”
shall
mean, (i) as to Borrower, any Person in which more than fifty percent (50%)
of
all equity, membership, partnership or other ownership interests is owned
directly or indirectly by such Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries,
and
(ii) as to any other Person, any Person in which more than fifty percent (50%)
of all equity, membership, partnership or other ownership interests is owned
directly or indirectly by such Person or by one or more of such Person’s
Subsidiaries.
“Supporting
Obligations”
shall
mean “supporting obligations” as defined in Section 9-102 of the
UCC.
“Term”
shall
mean the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the third
anniversary of the Closing Date.
“Termination
Date”
shall
mean the date of termination of this Agreement set forth in any notice of
termination delivered by Borrower in accordance with Section
13.1(a).
“Transaction”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section
8.11.
“Transferee”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section
15.2.
“UCC”
shall
mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Maryland from
time
to time.
“Unused
Line Fee”
shall
mean a fee to be paid by Borrower to Lender on a monthly basis in an amount
equal to 0.025% (per month) of the difference derived by subtracting (i) the
daily average amount of the balances under the Revolving Facility outstanding
during the preceding month, from (ii) the Facility Cap.
“US
Labs Award”
shall
mean any award in connection with the litigation between Borrower and Accupath
Diagnostic Laboratories, Inc. described on Schedule
7.6.
II.
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ADVANCES,
PAYMENT AND INTEREST
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2.1 The
Revolving Facility
(a) Subject
to the provisions of this Agreement, Lender shall make Advances to Borrower
under the Revolving Facility from time to time during the Term,
unless
this Agreement is terminated earlier,
provided
that,
notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the
aggregate amount of all Advances at any one time outstanding under the Revolving
Facility shall not exceed the lesser of (a) the Facility Cap, and (b) the
Availability. The Revolving Facility is a revolving credit facility, which
may
be drawn, repaid and redrawn, from time to time as permitted under this
Agreement. Any determination as to whether there is Availability for Advances
shall be made by Lender in its Permitted Discretion and is final and binding
upon Borrower. Unless otherwise permitted by Lender, each Advance shall be
in an
amount of at least $1,000. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, Borrower
may request Advances under the Revolving Facility up to and including the value,
in Dollars, of the Availability. Advances under the Revolving Facility shall
automatically be made for the payment of interest on the Loans and other
Obligations on the date when due to the extent available and as provided for
herein.
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(b) Lender
in
its Permitted Discretion may further adjust the Availability and the advance
rate by applying Liquidity Factors. The Liquidity Factors and the advance rate
for Availability may be adjusted by Lender throughout the Term as warranted
by
Lender’s underwriting practices and procedures in its credit judgment. Also,
Lender shall have the right to establish from time to time, in its Permitted
Discretion, reserves against the Borrowing Base, which reserves shall have
the
effect of reducing the amounts otherwise eligible to be advanced to Borrower
under the Revolving Facility pursuant to this Agreement. Borrower hereby
acknowledges and agrees that as of the Closing Date, Lender shall establish
a
$250,000 reserve against the Borrowing Base, of Annex
I,
which
reserve shall be eliminated upon the satisfaction by Borrower of the conditions
set forth in Section 3 of Annex
I
for the
elimination of the testing of the Minimum Liquidity Covenant set forth in
Section 3 of Annex
I.
2.2 The
Revolving Loans;
Maturity
All
of
the Revolving Loan Obligations shall be due and payable in full in cash, if
not
earlier in accordance with this Agreement, on the last day of the
Term.
2.3 Revolving
Facility Disbursements;
Requirement to Deliver Borrowing Certificate
So
long
as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
Borrower may give Lender irrevocable written notice requesting an Advance under
the Revolving Facility by delivering to Lender not later than 12:00 p.m.
(Eastern Time) at least one but not more than four Business Days before the
proposed Borrowing Date of such requested Advance, a completed Borrowing
Certificate and relevant supporting documentation satisfactory to Lender. Each
time a request for an Advance is made, and, in any event and regardless of
whether an Advance is being requested, on Tuesday of each week during the
Term
(and
more
frequently if Lender shall so request)
until the Obligations are Paid in Full and fully performed and this Agreement
is
terminated, Borrower
shall deliver to Lender a Borrowing Certificate accompanied by a separate
detailed aging and categorizing of Borrower’s accounts receivable and such other
supporting documentation as Lender shall reasonably request from time to time.
On each Borrowing Date, Borrower irrevocably authorizes Lender to disburse
the
proceeds of the requested Advance to the appropriate Borrower’s account(s) as
set forth on Schedule
2.3,
in all
cases for credit to the appropriate Borrower (or to such other account as to
which the appropriate Borrower shall instruct Lender in writing) via Federal
funds wire transfer no later than 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).
2.4 Promise
to Pay; Manner of Payment
The
Borrower absolutely and unconditionally promises to pay principal, interest
and
all other Obligations payable hereunder, or under any other Loan Document,
without any defense, right of rescission and without any deduction whatsoever,
including any deduction for any setoff, counterclaim or recoupment, and
notwithstanding any damage to, defects in or destruction of the Collateral
or
any other event, including obsolescence of any property or improvements. All
payments made by the Borrower (other than payments automatically paid through
Advances under the Revolving Facility as provided herein), shall be made only
by
wire transfer on the date when due in Dollars, in immediately available funds
to
such account as may be indicated in writing by Lender to the Borrower from
time
to time. Any such payments received after 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the date
when due shall be deemed received on the following Business Day. Whenever any
payment hereunder shall be stated to be due or shall become due and payable
on a
day other than a Business Day, the due date thereof shall be extended to, and
such payment shall be made on, the next succeeding Business Day, and such
extension of time in such case shall be included in the computation of payment
of any interest (at the interest rate then in effect during such extension)
and
fees, as the case may be.
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2.5 Repayment
of Excess Advances
Any
balance of Advances under the Revolving Facility outstanding at any time in
excess of either the Facility Cap or the Availability shall be immediately
due
and payable by Borrower without the necessity of any demand, at the Payment
Office.
2.6 Payments
by Lender
If
the
Borrower fails to make any payment required under any Loan Document as and
when
due and within any applicable grace period, Lender may make such payment, which
payment shall be an Advance as of the date such payment is due notwithstanding
the Availability, and the Borrower irrevocably authorizes disbursement of any
such funds to Lender by way of direct payment of the relevant amount. No payment
or prepayment of any amount by Lender or any other Person shall entitle any
Person to be subrogated to the rights of Lender under any Loan Document unless
and until all of the Obligations have been fully performed Paid in Full and
this
Agreement has been terminated. Any sums expended by Lender in its Permitted
Discretion as a result of Borrower’s or Guarantor’s failure to pay, perform or
comply with any Loan Document or any of the Obligations may be charged to
Borrower’s account as an Advance under the Revolving Facility.
2.7 Evidence
of Loans
(a) Lender
shall maintain, in accordance with its usual practice, electronic or written
records evidencing the Indebtedness and Obligations to Lender resulting from
each Loan made by Lender from time to time, including without limitation, the
amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to Lender from time to time
under this Agreement.
(b) The
entries made in the electronic or written records maintained pursuant to
subsection (a) of this Section
2.7
(the
“Register”)
shall
be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the Obligations and
Indebtedness therein recorded; provided,
however,
that
the failure of Lender to maintain such records or any error therein shall not
in
any manner affect obligations of the Borrower to repay the Loans or Obligations
in accordance with their terms.
(c) Lender
will account to Borrower monthly with a statement of Advances under the
Revolving Facility, and any charges and payments made pursuant to this
Agreement, and in the absence of manifest error, such accounting rendered by
Lender shall be deemed final, binding and conclusive unless Lender is notified
by Borrower in writing to the contrary within fifteen calendar days of Receipt
of such accounting, which notice shall be deemed an objection only to items
specifically objected to therein.
(d) Borrower
agrees that:
(i) upon
written notice by Lender to Borrower that a Note or other evidence of
Indebtedness is requested by Lender to evidence the Loans and other Obligations
owing or payable to, or to be made by, Lender, Borrower shall promptly (and
in
any event within three (3) Business Days of any such request) execute and
deliver to Lender an appropriate Note or Notes in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to Lender and Borrower;
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(ii) all
references to Notes in the Loan Documents shall mean Notes, if any, to the
extent issued (and not returned to the Borrower for cancellation) hereunder,
as
the same may be amended, modified, divided, supplemented or restated from time
to time; and
(iii) upon
Lender’s written request, and in any event within three (3) Business Days of any
such request, Borrower shall execute and deliver to Lender new Notes and divide
the Notes in exchange for then existing Notes in such smaller amounts or
denominations as Lender shall specify in its sole and absolute discretion;
provided,
that,
the
aggregate principal amount of such new Notes shall not exceed the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes outstanding at the time such request is made;
and
provided,
further,
that
such Notes that are to be replaced shall then be deemed no longer outstanding
hereunder and replaced by such new Notes and returned to Borrower within a
reasonable period of time after Lender’s receipt of the replacement
Notes.
III.
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INTEREST
AND FEES
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3.1 Interest
on the Revolving Facility
Commencing
January 1, 2008, and continuing until the later of the expiration of the Term
and the Payment in Full and full performance of all of the Obligations and
termination of this Agreement, interest on outstanding Advances under the
Revolving Facility shall be payable monthly in arrears on the first day of
each
calendar month at an annual rate of LIBOR plus 3.25% in accordance with the
procedures provided for in Section
2.4
and
Section
5.1;
provided,
however,
that,
notwithstanding any provision of any Loan Document, for the purpose of
calculating interest at any time hereunder, the LIBOR shall be not less than
3.14%, in each case calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and for the actual
number of calendar days elapsed in each interest calculation period.
3.2 Commitment
Fee
On
or
before the Closing Date, Borrower shall pay to Lender $30,000 as a nonrefundable
commitment fee which shall be fully earned on the date paid. Lender hereby
acknowledges receipt of $15,000 of such commitment fee on November 19, 2007.
3.3 Unused
Line Fee
Borrower
shall pay Lender the Unused Line Fee monthly in arrears on the first day of
each
calendar month (starting with the calendar month immediately following the
calendar month in which the Closing Date occurs).
3.4 Collateral
Management Fee
Borrower
shall pay Lender as additional interest the Collateral Management Fee. The
Collateral Management Fee shall be payable monthly in arrears on the first
day
of each calendar month (starting with the calendar month immediately following
the calendar month in which the Closing Date occurs).
3.5 Computation
of Fees; Lawful Limits
All
fees
hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty
days and for the actual number of days elapsed in each calculation period,
as
applicable. In no contingency or event whatsoever, whether by reason of
acceleration or otherwise, shall the interest and other charges paid or agreed
to be paid to Lender for the use, forbearance or detention of money hereunder
exceed the maximum rate permissible under applicable law which a court of
competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable hereto.
If, due to any circumstance whatsoever, fulfillment of any provision hereof,
at
the time performance of such provision shall be due, shall exceed any such
limit, then, the obligation to be so fulfilled shall be reduced to such lawful
limit, and, if Lender shall have received interest or any other charges of
any
kind which might be deemed to be interest under applicable law in excess of
the
maximum lawful rate, then such excess shall be applied first to any unpaid
fees
and charges hereunder, then to unpaid principal balance owed by Credit Parties
hereunder, and if the then remaining excess interest is greater than the
previously unpaid principal balance, Lender shall promptly refund such excess
amount to Borrower and the provisions hereof shall be deemed amended to provide
for such permissible rate. The terms and provisions of this Section
3.6
shall
control to the extent any other provision of any Loan Document is inconsistent
herewith. All fees hereunder shall be non-refundable and deemed fully earned
when due and payable.
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3.6 Default
Rate of Interest
Upon
the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, Lender may
increase the Applicable Rate of interest in effect at such time with respect
to
the Obligations, without notice, to the Default Rate which Default Rate shall
continue post-judgment and subsequent to the date that the provisions of any
applicable Debtor Relief Law are exercised by or against a Borrower unless
the
statutory post-judgment rate of interest is higher in which case such statutory
rate shall apply.
IV.
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GRANT
OF SECURITY INTERESTS
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4.1 Security
Interest; Collateral
(a) To
secure
the payment and performance in full of the Obligations, Borrower (or if
referring to another Person, such Person) hereby grants to Lender a continuing
security interest in and Lien upon, and pledges and assigns to Lender, all
of
its right, title and interest in and to the Collateral, wherever located,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising;
(b) Borrower
hereby ratifies its authorization for Lender to have filed in any UCC
jurisdiction any initial financing statements or amendments thereto indicating
that those assets described in the definition of “Collateral”
hereunder are pledged to the Lender.
(c) If
Borrower shall at any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim that arises
out of Borrower’s Accounts or account receivable or would otherwise become part
of the collateral under the definition of Collateral, Borrower shall immediately
notify Lender in a writing signed by Borrower of the particulars thereof and
grant to Lender in such a writing a security interest therein and in the
proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such writing to
be
in form and substance satisfactory to Lender.
4.2 Power
of Attorney
(a) Borrower
hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Lender and any officer or agent
thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and
stead of such Borrower or in Lender’s own name, for the purpose of carrying out
the terms of this Agreement and the grant of the security interests hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents, and without limiting the generality of
the
foregoing, hereby gives said attorneys the power and right, on behalf of such
Borrower (without requiring Lender to act as such, and without notice to or
assent by such Borrower) to do the following: (i) upon the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default, to receive, open and dispose of all
mail
addressed to any such Person and to endorse the name of any such Person upon
any
and all checks, drafts, money orders, and other instruments for the payment
of
money that are payable to such Person and constitute collections on its or
their
Accounts; (ii) execute in the name of such Person any financing statements,
schedules, assignments, instruments, documents, and statements that it is or
they or are obligated to give Lender under any of the Loan Documents; and (iii)
do such other and further acts and deeds in the name of such Person that Lender
may deem necessary or desirable to enforce any Account or other Collateral
or to
perfect Lender’s security interest or Lien in any Collateral. In addition, if
any such Person breaches its obligation hereunder to direct payments of Accounts
or the proceeds of any other Collateral to the appropriate Lockbox Account,
Lender, as the irrevocably made, constituted and appointed true and lawful
attorney for such Person pursuant to this paragraph, may, by the signature
or
other act of any of Lender’s officers or authorized signatories (without
requiring any of them to do so), direct any federal, state or private payor
or
fiscal intermediary to pay proceeds of Accounts or any other Collateral to
the
appropriate Lockbox Account.
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(b) To
the
extent permitted by law, each Credit Party hereby ratifies all that said
attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power
of
attorney is a power coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
(c) The
powers conferred on Lender pursuant to this Section
4.2
are
solely to protect its interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any
duty
upon it to exercise any such powers. Lender shall be accountable only for the
amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers,
and neither it nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall
be
responsible to Credit Party for any act or failure to act, except for Lender’s
own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
4.3 Further
Assurances
Borrower
agrees, upon request of Lender, to take any and all other actions as Lender
may
determine to be necessary or appropriate for the attachment, perfection
maintaining of the first priority security interest of, and for the ability
of
Lender to enforce, Lender’s security interest in any and all of the Collateral,
including, without limitation, (i) executing, obtaining, delivering, filing,
registering and recording any and all financing statements, continuation
statements, stock powers, instruments and other documents, or causing the
execution, filing, registration, recording or delivery of any and all of the
foregoing, that are necessary or required under law or otherwise or reasonably
requested by Lender to be executed, filed, registered, obtained, delivered
or
recorded to create, maintain, perfect, preserve, validate or otherwise protect
the pledge of the Collateral to Lender and Lender’s perfected first priority
Lien on the Collateral (and Borrower irrevocably grants Lender the right, at
Lender's option, to file any or all of the foregoing), (ii) immediately upon
learning thereof, report to Lender any reclamation, return or repossession
of
goods in excess of $25,000.00 that are part of the Collateral (individually
or
in the aggregate), (iii) defend the Collateral and Lender’s perfected first
priority Lien thereon against all claims and demands of all Persons at any
time
claiming the same or any interest therein adverse to Lender, and pay all
reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, allocable costs
of
staff counsel, and diligence fees and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses,
provided,
that,
the
payment of staff counsel and reasonable attorneys’ fees shall be subject to the
provisions of Section 15.7(b)) in connection with such defense, which may at
Lender’s discretion be added to the Obligations, (iv) comply with any provision
of any statute, regulation or treaty of any Governmental Authority as to any
Collateral if compliance with such provision is a condition to attachment,
perfection or priority of, or ability of Lender to enforce, Lender’s security
interest in such Collateral and (v) obtain governmental and other third party
waivers, consents and approvals in form and substance satisfactory to Lender,
including any consent of any licensor, lessor or other Person obligated on
Collateral and any party or parties whose consent is required for the security
interest of Lender to attach under Section
4.1.
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V.
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ADMINISTRATION
AND MAINTENANCE OF
COLLATERAL
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5.1 Revolving
Facility Collections; Repayment; Borrowing
Availability and Lockbox
Borrower
shall maintain one or more Lockbox Accounts with the Lockbox Banks, and shall
execute with each of the Lockbox Banks a Lockbox Agreement, and such other
agreements related thereto as Lender may require. Borrower shall ensure that
all
collections of their respective Accounts and all other cash payments received
by
Borrower are paid and delivered directly from Account Debtors and other Persons
into the appropriate Lockbox Account. The Lockbox Agreements shall provide
that
the Lockbox Banks immediately will transfer all funds paid into the Lockbox
Accounts into the Concentration Account. Notwithstanding and without limiting
any other provision of any Loan Document, Lender shall apply, on a daily basis,
all funds transferred into the Concentration Account pursuant to the Lockbox
Agreement and this Section 5.1
in such
order and manner as determined by Lender. To the extent that any Accounts are
collected by Borrower or any other cash payments received by Borrower are not
sent directly to the appropriate Lockbox Account but are received by Borrower
or
any of their Affiliates, such collections and proceeds shall be held in trust
for the benefit of Lender and immediately remitted (and in any event within
three (3) Business Days from receipt thereof), in the form received, to the
appropriate Lockbox Account for immediate transfer to the Concentration Account.
Borrower acknowledges and agrees that compliance with the terms of this
Section
5.1
is an
essential term of this Agreement. All funds transferred to the Concentration
Account for application to the Obligations under the Revolving Facility shall
be
applied to reduce the Obligations under the Revolving Facility, but, for
purposes of calculating interest hereunder, shall be subject to a three Business
Day clearance period. If as the result of collections of Accounts and any other
cash payments received by Borrower pursuant to this Section
5.1
a credit
balance exists with respect to the Concentration Account, such credit balance
shall not accrue interest in favor of a Borrower. If at any time there is a
credit balance in excess of $100,000, in the Concentration Account, Lender
agrees to automatically wire transfer (without Borrower’s written request) all
of such credit balance to the Borrower’s operating account specified on Schedule
2.3 within one Business Day of such credit balance reaching $100,000,
provided,
however,
Lender
shall not be required to make such “no-notice” transfer more frequently than
once per week. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the written request of
Borrower, Lender shall wire transfer any credit balance in the Concentration
Account to Borrower’s operating account specified in Schedule 2.3., provided,
that
if
Lender receives the written request of Borrower no later than 12:00 p.m.
(Eastern Time), then Lender shall make such transfer the following Business
Day
and if Lender receives the written request of Borrower after 12:00 p.m. (Eastern
time), then Lender shall make such transfer within two (2) Business Days from
the date of receipt of such written notice. If applicable, at any time prior
to
the execution of all or any of the Lockbox Agreements and operation of all
or
any of the Lockbox Accounts, Borrower and their Affiliates shall direct all
collections or proceeds it receives on Accounts or from other Collateral to
the
Concentration Account.
5.2 Accounts
In
determining which Accounts are Eligible Accounts, Lender may rely on all
statements and representations made by Borrower with respect to any Account.
Unless otherwise indicated in writing to Lender, each Account of Borrower (i)
is
genuine and in all respects what it purports to be and is not evidenced by
a
judgment, (ii) arises out of a completed, bona fide sale and delivery of goods
or rendering of Services by a Borrower in the ordinary course of business and
in
accordance with the terms and conditions of all purchase orders, contracts,
certifications, participations, certificates of need and other documents
relating thereto or forming a part of the contract between a Borrower and the
Account Debtor, (iii) is for a liquidated amount (less any contractual
allowances) maturing as stated in a claim or invoice covering such sale of
goods
or rendering of Services, a copy of which has been furnished or is available
to
Lender, (iv) together with Lender’s security interest therein, is not and will
not be in the future (by willful act or omission by Borrower), subject to any
offset, lien, deduction, defense, dispute, counterclaim or other adverse
condition, is absolutely owing to Borrower and is not contingent in any respect
or for any reason (except Accounts owed or owing by Medicaid/Medicare Account
Debtors that may be subject to offset or deduction under applicable law), and
(v) has been billed and forwarded to the Account Debtor for payment in
accordance with applicable laws and is in compliance and conformance with any
requisite procedures, requirements and regulations governing payment by such
Account Debtor with respect to such Account, and, if due from a
Medicaid/Medicare Account Debtor, is properly payable directly to a Borrower.
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5.3 Healthcare
(a) Borrower
has obtained from (i) the Medicare program, approval to receive the provider
numbers which will permit Borrower to bill the Medicare program with respect
to
covered services rendered to patients insured under the Medicare program, (ii)
the applicable Medicaid programs, approval to receive the provider
numbers/in-patient service contracts which will permit Borrower to bill the
Medicaid program with respect to covered services rendered to patients insured
under the Medicaid programs, and (iii) the CHAMPUS/TRICARE program, approval
to
receive the provider numbers which will permit Borrower to bill the
CHAMPUS/TRICARE program with respect to covered services rendered to patients
insured under the CHAMPUS/TRICARE program. Borrower is in compliance with the
conditions of participation in the Medicare, Medicaid and CHAMPUS/TRICARE
programs.
(b) There
is
no pending nor to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened, proceeding or
investigation of Borrower relative to EMTALA nor are there any investigations
or
proceedings pending, or to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened by any
Governmental Authority with respect to the Medicare, Medicaid or CHAMPUS/TRICARE
programs with respect to the operations of Borrower, except as set forth on
Schedule
5.3A
hereto.
Without limiting or being limited by any other provision of any Loan Document,
Borrower has timely filed or caused to be filed all cost and other reports
of
every kind required by law, agreement or otherwise. Subject to the last sentence
of Section
7.18,
there
are no claims, actions or appeals pending (and Borrower has not filed any claims
or reports which could reasonably result in any such claims, actions or appeals)
before any commission, board or agency or other Governmental Authority,
including, without limitation, any intermediary or carrier, the Provider
Reimbursement Review Board or the Administrator of the Centers of Medicare
and
Medicaid Services, with respect to any state or federal Medicare or Medicaid
or
CHAMPUS/TRICARE cost reports or claims filed by Borrower, or any disallowance
by
any commission, board or agency or other Governmental Authority in connection
with any audit of such cost reports or claims. No validation review or program
integrity review related to Borrower or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein or to the Collateral have been conducted by any commission,
board or agency or other Governmental Authority in connection with the Medicare
or Medicaid programs, and to the knowledge of Borrower, no such reviews are
scheduled, pending or threatened against or affecting any of the providers,
any
of the Collateral or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Neither Credit Parties nor any of their respective officers, directors, or
managing employees, employees or agents are, or while this Agreement shall
remain in effect shall be, excluded from participation in, or sanctioned or
convicted of a crime under or with respect to the Medicare, Medicaid or
CHAMPUS/TRICARE programs, nor to the best of Credit Parties’ knowledge, is any
such exclusion threatened. Borrower has not received any notice from any of
the
Medicare, Medicaid or CHAMPUS/TRICARE programs, or any other third party payor
programs, of any pending or threatened investigations, reviews or surveys of
Borrower, its directors, officers or managing employees, and Borrower has no
actual knowledge that any such investigation, reviews or surveys are pending
or
threatened.
(c) As
of the
Closing Date, Borrower has third party contracts with each of the third-party
payors listed on Schedule
5.3B
(unless
noted otherwise), which constitutes (as indicated) each of the payors
representing at least five percent (5%) of Borrower’s historic third-party payor
cash receipts for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2007.
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5.4 Medicare
and Medicaid Account Debtors and Third-Party Payor
Information
Borrower
(a) shall maintain applicable Medicare and Medicaid provider numbers, (b) shall
maintain applicable CHAMPUS/TRICARE provider numbers, if applicable, and (d)
to
the extent Borrower shall enter into any other arrangements with
non-governmental third-party payors, Borrower shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to enter into agreements with such third-party payors in form and
substance satisfactory to Lender.
5.5 Collateral
Administration
(a) All
Collateral (except proceeds of Accounts which shall be deposited with the
Lockbox Banks) and records supporting the Collateral will at all times be kept
by Borrower at the locations set forth on Schedule 7.18B
hereto
and shall not, without thirty calendar days prior written notice to Lender,
be
moved therefrom, and in any case shall not be moved outside the continental
United States.
(b) Borrower
shall keep accurate and complete records of its Accounts and all payments and
collections thereon and shall submit such records to Lender on such periodic
bases as Lender may request. In addition, if Accounts of Borrower in an
aggregate face amount in excess of $25,000.00 become ineligible because they
fall within one of the specified categories of ineligibility set forth in the
definition of Eligible Accounts, Borrower shall notify Lender of such occurrence
within two Business Days following the discovery of such occurrence or upon
any
submission to Lender of a Borrowing Certificate and the Borrowing Base shall
thereupon be adjusted to reflect such occurrence.
(c) Whether
or not an Event of Default has occurred, any of Lender’s officers, employees,
representatives or agents shall have the right, at any time during normal
business hours upon reasonable notice, in the name of Lender, any designee
of
Lender or Borrower, to verify the validity, amount or any other matter relating
to any Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as no Default or
Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, Lender agrees to give Borrower at
least seven (7) business days’ written notice of such visit to Borrower’s
offices. Borrower shall cooperate fully with Lender in an effort to facilitate
and promptly conclude such verification process.
(d) Borrower
shall endeavor in the first instance to make collection of its Accounts for
Lender. Lender shall have the right at all times after the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default to notify (i) Account Debtors owing
Accounts to Borrower other than Medicaid/Medicare Account Debtors that their
Accounts have been assigned to Lender and to collect such Accounts directly
in
its own name and to charge collection costs and expenses, including reasonable
attorney’s fees, to Borrower, and (ii) Medicaid/Medicare Account Debtors
that Borrower has waived any and all defenses and counterclaims they may have
or
could interpose in any such action or procedure brought by Lender to obtain
a
court order recognizing the collateral assignment or security interest and
Lien
of Lender in and to any Account or other Collateral and that Lender is seeking
or may seek to obtain a court order recognizing the collateral assignment or
security interest and Lien of Lender in and to all Accounts and other Collateral
payable by Medicaid/Medicare Account Debtors.
(e) As
and
when determined by Lender in its Permitted Discretion, Lender will perform
the
searches described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below against Borrower and
Guarantor (the results of which are to be consistent with Borrower’s
representations and warranties under this Agreement), all at Borrower’s expense:
(i) UCC searches with the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of organization
of Borrower and Guarantor and, if deemed necessary by Lender, the Secretary
of
State and local filing offices of each jurisdiction where Borrower or Guarantor
maintain their respective executive offices, a place of business or assets;
(ii) Lien searches with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and
the United States Copyright Office; and (iii) judgment, federal, state and
local
tax lien searches, in each jurisdiction searched under clause (i)
above.
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(f) Borrower
(i) shall provide prompt written notice to its current bank to transfer all
items, collections and remittances to the Concentration Account, (ii) shall
direct each Account Debtor to make payments to the appropriate Lockbox Account,
and Borrower hereby authorizes Lender, upon any failure to send such notices
and
directions within ten calendar days after the Closing Date (or ten calendar
days
after the Person becomes an Account Debtor), to send any and all similar notices
and directions to such Account Debtors, and (iii) shall do anything further
that
may be lawfully required by Lender to create and perfect Lender’s Lien on any
Collateral and effectuate the intentions of the Loan Documents. At Lender’s
request, Borrower shall immediately deliver to Lender all Collateral for which
Lender must receive possession to obtain a perfected security
interest.
VI.
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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6.1 Conditions
to Initial Advance and
Closing
The
obligations of Lender to consummate the transactions contemplated herein and
to
make the Initial Advance are subject to the satisfaction, in the sole judgment
of Lender, of the following:
(a) Lender
shall have received information and responses to its due diligence requests,
and
completed examinations related to the Collateral, the financial statements
and
the books, records, business, obligations, financial condition and operational
state of each Credit Party and any other information reasonably requested by
Lender, and all such information and responses as well as the results of such
examinations and each Credit Party shall demonstrate to Lender’s satisfaction
that (i) its operations comply, in all respects deemed material by Lender,
in its sole judgment, with all applicable federal, state, foreign and local
laws, statutes and regulations, (ii) its operations are not the subject of
any governmental investigation, evaluation or any remedial action which could
result in any expenditure or liability deemed material by Lender, in its sole
judgment, and (iii) it has no liability (whether contingent or otherwise)
that is deemed material by Lender, in its sole judgment;
(b) (i)
Borrower shall have delivered to Lender (A) the Loan Documents to which Borrower
is a party, each duly executed by an authorized officer of such Borrower and
the
other parties thereto, (B) a Borrowing Certificate for the Initial Advance
under
the Revolving Facility executed by an authorized officer of Borrower and (C)
(1)
audited annual consolidated and consolidating financial statements of Borrower
for Borrower’s most recently ended fiscal year, including notes thereto,
consisting of a balance sheet at the end of such completed fiscal year and
the
related statements of income, retained earnings, cash flows and owner's equity
for such completed fiscal year, which financial statements shall be prepared
and
certified without qualification by an independent certified public accounting
firm reasonably satisfactory to Lender/in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied with prior periods (except for changes in accounting methodology
specified in such financial statements); and (2) unaudited consolidated and
consolidating financial statements of Borrower consisting of a balance sheet
and statements of income, retained earnings, cash flows and owner's equity
for the period from the beginning of the current fiscal year through the end
of
the most recently ended calendar month, which financial statements shall be
prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied with prior periods (except
for changes in accounting methodology which have been enacted since such prior
periods), (ii) Borrower shall have established and maintained the Lockbox
Accounts and have entered into Lockbox Agreements, all as contemplated in
Section
5.1;
and
(iii) Guarantor shall have delivered to Lender the Loan Documents to which
such
Guarantor is a party, each duly executed and delivered by such Guarantor or
an
authorized officer of such Guarantor, as applicable, and the other parties
thereto;
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(c) all
in
form and substance satisfactory to Lender in its Permitted Discretion, Lender
shall have received (i) a report of Uniform Commercial Code financing statement,
tax and judgment lien searches performed with respect to Borrower and Guarantor
in each jurisdiction determined by Lender in its sole discretion, and such
report shall show no Liens on the Collateral (other than Permitted Liens),
(ii)
each document (including, without limitation, any Uniform Commercial Code
financing statement) required by any Loan Document or under law or requested
by
Lender to be filed, registered or recorded to create in favor of Lender, a
perfected first priority security interest upon the Collateral, and
(iii) evidence of each such filing, registration or recordation and of the
payment by Borrower of any necessary fee, tax or expense relating
thereto;
(d) Lender
shall have received (i) the Organizational and Good Standing Documents of each
Credit Party, all in form and substance acceptable to Lender, (ii) a certificate
of the corporate secretary or assistant secretary of each Credit Party dated
the
Closing Date, as to the incumbency and signature of the Persons executing the
Loan Documents, in form and substance acceptable to Lender, and (iii) the
written legal opinion of counsel for Credit Parties, in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender;
(e) Lender
shall have received (i) a Solvency Certificate executed by the chief financial
officer (or, in the absence of a chief financial officer, the chief executive
officer) of Borrower and Guarantor, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender
and (ii) an officer’s certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
D,
executed by the chief executive officer or President of Borrower;
(f) Lender
shall have completed examinations, the results of which shall be satisfactory
in
form and substance to Lender, of the Collateral, the financial statements and
the books, records, business, obligations, financial condition and operational
state of Borrower and Guarantor, and each such Person shall have demonstrated
to
Lender’s satisfaction that (i) its operations comply, in all respects
deemed material by Lender, in its sole judgment, with all applicable federal,
state, foreign and local laws, statutes and regulations, (ii) its
operations are not the subject of any governmental investigation, evaluation
or
any remedial action which could result in any expenditure or liability deemed
material by Lender, in its sole judgment, and (iii) it has no liability
(whether contingent or otherwise) that is deemed material by Lender, in its
sole
judgment;
(g) Lender
shall have received all fees, charges and expenses payable to Lender on or
prior
to the Closing Date pursuant to the Loan Documents;
(h) all
in
form and substance satisfactory to Lender in its Permitted Discretion, Lender
shall have received such consents, approvals and agreements, including, without
limitation, any applicable Landlord Waivers and Consents with respect to any
and
all leases set forth on Schedule
7.4A,
from
such third parties as Lender shall determine are necessary or desirable with
respect to (i) the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby,
and
(ii) claims against Borrower or Guarantor or the Collateral;
(i) Borrower
shall be in compliance with Section
8.5,
and
Lender shall have received copies of all insurance policies or binders, original
certificates of all insurance policies of Borrower confirming that they are
in
effect and that the premiums due and owing with respect thereto have been paid
in full and endorsements of such policies issued by the applicable Insurers
and
naming Lender as loss payee or additional insured on those policies specified
in
Section
8.5;
(j) all
corporate and other proceedings, documents, instruments and other legal matters
in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents
(including, but not limited to, those relating to corporate and capital
structures of Borrower) shall be satisfactory to Lender;
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(k) Lender
shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, release
and
termination of any and all Liens, security interest and Uniform Commercial
Code
financing statements in, on, against or with respect to any of the Collateral
(other than Permitted Liens);
(l)
Borrower
shall have executed and delivered to Lender an IRS Form 8821;
(m) Lender
shall be satisfied that there are no material defaults in any of Borrower’s
obligations under any contract required for the operation of its
business;
(n)
Lender
shall have received the Pledge Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory
to
Lender, as duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto;
and
(o) Lender
shall have received such other documents, certificates, information or legal
opinions as Lender may reasonably request, all in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Lender.
6.2 Conditions
to Each Advance
The
obligations of Lender to make any Advance, including, without limitation, the
Initial Advance, (or otherwise extend credit hereunder) are subject to the
satisfaction, in the sole judgment of Lender, of the following additional
conditions precedent:
(a) Borrower
shall have delivered to Lender a Borrowing Certificate for the Advance executed
by an authorized officer of Borrower, which shall constitute a representation
and warranty by Borrower as of the Borrowing Date of such Advance that the
conditions contained in this Section
6.2
have
been satisfied; provided however,
that
any determination as to whether to fund Advances or extensions of credit shall
be made by Lender in its Permitted Discretion;
(b) each
of
the representation and warranties made by Credit Parties in or pursuant to
this
Agreement, or under the other Loan Documents or which are contained in any
certificate, document or financial or other statement furnished in connection
herewith, shall be true and correct, before and after giving effect to such
Advance;
(c) no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing or would exist
after giving effect to the Advance on such date;
(d) immediately
after giving effect to the requested Advance, the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of Advances shall not exceed the lesser of the Availability
and
the Facility Cap;
(e) at
the
time of making such requested Advance, no Material Adverse Change has occurred
or is continuing; and
(f) Lender
shall have received all fees, charges and expenses payable to Lender on or
prior
to such date pursuant to the Loan Documents.
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VII.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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Credit
Parties, jointly and severally, represent and warrant as of the date hereof,
the
Closing Date, each Borrowing Date:
7.1 Organization
and Authority
Each
Credit Party is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state
of
formation. Each Credit Party (i) has all requisite corporate or entity
power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its
business as now being conducted and as contemplated in the Loan Documents,
(ii) is duly qualified to conduct business in every jurisdiction in which
failure so to qualify would reasonably be likely to result in a Material Adverse
Change, and (iii) has all requisite power and authority (A) to execute,
deliver and perform the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (B) to borrow
hereunder, (C) to consummate the transactions contemplated under the Loan
Documents, and (D) to grant the Liens with regard to the Collateral pursuant
to
the Loan Documents to which it is a party.
7.2 Loan
Documents
The
execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of the Loan Documents
to which it is a party, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby, (i) have been duly authorized by all requisite action of each such
Person and have been duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of each such
Person; (ii) do not violate any provisions of (A) applicable law, statute,
rule, regulation, ordinance or tariff, (B) any order of any Governmental
Authority binding on any such Person or any of their respective properties,
or
(C) the certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or any other equivalent
governing agreement or document) of any such Person, or any agreement between
any such Person and its respective stockholders, members, partners or equity
owners or among any such stockholders, members, partners or equity owners;
(iii)
are not in conflict with, and do not result in a breach or default of or
constitute an event of default, or an event, fact, condition or circumstance
which, with notice or passage of time, or both, would constitute or result
in a
conflict, breach, default or event of default under, any indenture, agreement
or
other instrument to which any such Person is a party, or by which the properties
or assets of such Person are bound; (iv) except as set forth therein, will
not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien of any nature upon any
of
the properties or assets of any such Person, and (v) except as set forth on
Schedule
7.2,
do not
require the consent, approval or authorization of, or filing, registration
or
qualification with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person. When
executed and delivered, each of the Loan Documents to which any Credit Party
is
a party will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of Credit Party,
enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its terms.
7.3 Subsidiaries,
Capitalization and Ownership Interests
Except
as
listed on Schedule
7.3,
no
Credit Party has any Subsidiaries. Schedule 7.3
states
the authorized and issued capitalization of each Credit Party, the number and
class of equity securities and/or ownership, voting or partnership interests
issued and outstanding of each Credit Party and the record and beneficial owners
thereof (including options, warrants and
other
rights to acquire any of the foregoing). The ownership or partnership interests
of each Credit Party that is a limited partnership or a limited liability
company are not certificated, the documents relating to such interests do not
expressly state that the interests are governed by Article 8 of the Uniform
Commercial Code, and the interests are not held in a securities account.
Schedule 7.3
sets
forth a complete and accurate list of the directors, members, managers and/or
partners of each Credit Party. Except as listed on Schedule
7.3,
no
Credit Party owns an interest in, participates in or engages in any joint
venture, partnership or similar arrangements with any Person.
7.4 Properties
Each
Credit Party (i) is the sole owner and has good, valid and marketable title
to,
or a valid leasehold interest in, all of its properties and assets, including
the Collateral, whether personal or real, subject to no transfer restrictions
or
Liens of any kind except for Permitted Liens, and (ii) is in compliance in
all
material respects with each lease to which it is a party or otherwise bound.
Schedule 7.4A
lists
all real properties (and their locations) owned or leased by or to, and all
other material assets or property that are leased or licensed by, any Credit
Party and all warehouses, fulfillment houses or other locations at which any
of
any Credit Party’s Inventory is located. Each Credit Party enjoys peaceful and
undisturbed possession under all such leases and such leases are all the leases
necessary for the operation of such properties and assets, are valid and
subsisting and are in full force and effect. Schedule
7.4B
lists
all Deposit Accounts and investment accounts (and their locations) owned by
any
Credit Party, and all such Deposit Accounts and investment accounts are subject
to no Liens of any kind except as expressly set forth on Schedule
7.4B,
all of
which Liens constitute Permitted Liens.
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7.5 Other
Agreements
No
Credit
Party is (i) a party to any judgment, order or decree or any agreement, document
or instrument, or subject to any restriction, which would affect its ability
to
execute and deliver, or perform under, any Loan Document or to pay the
Obligations, (ii) in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment
of
any obligation, covenant or condition contained in any agreement, document
or
instrument to which it is a party or to which any of its properties or assets
are subject, which default, if not remedied within any applicable grace or
cure
period would reasonably be likely to result in a Material Adverse Change, nor
is
there any event, fact, condition or circumstance which, with notice or passage
of time or both, would constitute or result in a conflict, breach, default
or
event of default under, any of the foregoing which, if not remedied within
any
applicable grace or cure period would reasonably be likely to result in a
Material Adverse Change; (iii) a party or subject to any agreement, document
or
instrument with respect to, or obligation to pay any, Management or Service
Fee
with respect to, the ownership, operation, leasing or performance of any of
its
business or any facility, nor is there any manager with respect to any such
facility; or (iv) a party to any contract with any Affiliate other than as
set
forth on Schedule
7.5.
7.6 Litigation
There
is
no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of
any
Credit Party, threatened against any Credit Party (i) that challenges the
validity of any of the Loan Documents, or to enjoin the right of any Credit
Party to enter into any Loan Document or to consummate the transactions
contemplated thereby, (ii) that would reasonably be likely to be or have, either
individually or in the aggregate, any Material Adverse Change, or
(iii) that would reasonably be likely to result in any Change of Control.
Except as set forth on Schedule 7.6, no Credit Party is a party or subject
to
any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority.
Except as set forth on Schedule
7.6,
there
is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation initiated by any Credit Party
currently pending.
7.7 Environmental
Matters
Other
than exceptions to any of the following that could not, individually or in
the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change:
(a) Each
Credit
Party
and its
Subsidiaries: (i) are, and within the period of all applicable statutes of
limitation have been, in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws;
(ii)
hold all environmental Permits (each of which is in full force and effect)
required for any of their current or intended operations or for any property
owned, leased, or otherwise operated by any of them; (iii) are, and within
the
period of all applicable statutes of limitation have been, in compliance with
all of their environmental Permits; and (iv) reasonably believe that: each
of
their environmental Permits will be timely renewed and complied with, without
material expense; any additional environmental Permits that may be required
of
any of them will be timely obtained and complied with, without material expense;
and compliance with any Environmental Law that is or is expected to become
applicable to any of them will be timely attained and maintained, without
material expense.
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(b) To
the
knowledge of each Credit
Party
and its
Subsidiaries, no Materials of Environmental Concern (i) are present at, on,
under, in, or about any real property now owned, leased or operated by such
Credit
Party
or any
of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) were present at any formerly owned, leased or
operated property during the period of such ownership, lease or operation by
such Credit
Party
or its
Subsidiaries or (iii) are present at any other location (including, without
limitation, any location to which Materials of Environmental Concern have been
sent for re-use or recycling or for treatment, storage, or disposal) which,
in
the case of any of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), would reasonably be expected
to
(A) give rise to liability of such Credit
Party
or any
of its Subsidiaries under any applicable Environmental Law or otherwise result
in costs to such Credit
Party
or any
of its Subsidiaries, (B) interfere with the continued operations of such
Credit
Party
or any
of its Subsidiaries, or (C) impair the fair saleable value of any real property
owned or leased by such Credit
Party
or any
of its Subsidiaries.
(c) There
is
no judicial, administrative, or arbitral proceeding (including any notice of
violation or alleged violation) under or relating to any Environmental Law
to
which any Credit
Party or
any of
such Credit
Party’s
Subsidiaries is, or to the knowledge of such Credit
Party or
any of
its Subsidiaries will be, named as a party that is pending or, to the knowledge
of such Credit
Party or
any of
its Subsidiaries, threatened.
(d) No
Credit
Party,
nor any
of Credit
Parties’ Subsidiaries,
has received any written request for information, or been notified that it
is a
potentially responsible party under or relating to the federal Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act or any similar
Environmental Law, or with respect to any Materials of Environmental
Concern.
(e) No
Credit
Party,
nor any
of Credit
Parties’
Subsidiaries, has entered into or agreed to any consent decree, order, or
settlement or other agreement, or is subject to any judgment, decree, or order
or other agreement, in any judicial, administrative, arbitral, or other forum
for dispute resolution, relating to compliance with or liability under any
Environmental Law.
(f) No
Credit
Party,
nor any
of Credit
Parties’
Subsidiaries, has assumed or retained, by contract or operation of law, any
liabilities of any kind, fixed or contingent, known or unknown, under any
Environmental Law or with respect to any Material of Environmental
Concern.
7.8 Potential
Tax Liability; Tax Returns; Governmental Reports
(a) Except
as
disclosed in Schedule
7.8,
no
Credit Party (i) has received any oral or written communication from any taxing
authority with respect to any investigation or assessment relating to such
Credit Party directly, or relating to any consolidated tax return which was
filed on behalf of such Credit Party, (ii) is aware of any year which remains
open pending tax examination or audit by any taxing authority, and (iii) is
aware of any information that could give rise to any tax liability or
assessment.
(b) Each
Credit Party (i) has filed all federal, state, foreign (if applicable) and
local
tax returns and other reports which are required by law to be filed by such
Credit Party, and (ii) has paid all taxes, assessments, fees and other
governmental charges, including, without limitation, payroll and other
employment related taxes, in each case that are due and payable, except only
for
items that such Credit Party is currently contesting in good faith with adequate
reserves under GAAP, which contested items are described on Schedule
7.8.
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7.9 Financial
Statements
and Reports
All
financial statements and financial information relating to Credit Parties that
have been or may hereafter be delivered to Lender by Credit Parties are accurate
and complete (as of the date they were prepared) and all financial statements
have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied with prior
periods except for any normal quarter and year-end adjustments which may be
applied in future periods and for any changes in accounting methodology that
may
have been applied since any prior period. Credit Parties have no material
obligations or liabilities of any kind not disclosed in such financial
information or statements, and since the date of the most recent financial
statements submitted to Lender, there has not occurred any Material Adverse
Change or Liability Event or, to Credit Parties’ knowledge, any other event or
condition that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change
or
Liability Event.
7.10 Compliance
with Law
(a) Each
Credit Party has been and is currently in compliance, and is presently taking
and will continue to take all actions necessary to assure that it shall, on
or
before each applicable compliance date and continuously thereafter, comply
with
HIPAA. Borrower has not received any notice from any Governmental Authority
that
such Governmental Authority has imposed or intends to impose any enforcement
actions, fines or penalties for any failure or alleged failure to comply with
HIPAA or its implementing regulations. Each Credit Party (i) is in compliance
with all laws, statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances and tariffs of any
Governmental Authority applicable to such Credit Party and such Credit Party’s
business, assets or operations, including, without limitation, ERISA and
Healthcare Laws, and (ii) is not in violation of any order of any Governmental
Authority or other board or tribunal, except where noncompliance or violation
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. There
is no event, fact, condition or circumstance which, with notice or passage
of
time, or both, would constitute or result in any noncompliance with, or any
violation of, any of the foregoing, in each case except where noncompliance
or
violation could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change. No Credit Party has received any notice that such Credit Party is not
in
compliance in any respect with any of the requirements of any of the foregoing.
No Credit Party has (a) engaged in any Prohibited Transactions as defined in
Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (b)
failed to meet any applicable minimum funding requirements under
Section 302 of ERISA in respect of its plans and no funding requirements
have been postponed or delayed, (c) any knowledge of any event or occurrence
which would cause the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to institute
proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate any of the employee benefit
plans, (d) any fiduciary responsibility under ERISA for investments with respect
to any plan existing for the benefit of Persons other than its employees or
former employees, or (e) withdrawn, completely or partially, from any
multi-employer pension plans so as to incur liability under the MultiEmployer
Pension Plan Amendments of 1980. With respect to each Credit Party, there exists
no event described in Section 4043 of ERISA, excluding
Subsections 4043(b)(2) and 4043(b)(3) thereof, for which the required
thirty (30) day notice period has not been waived. Each Credit Party has
maintained in all material respects all records required to be maintained by
the
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the Food and
Drug
Administration, Drug Enforcement Agency and State Boards of Pharmacy and the
federal and state Medicare and Medicaid programs as required by the Healthcare
Laws and, to the best knowledge of each Credit Party, there are no presently
existing circumstances which likely would result in material violations of
the
Healthcare Laws.
(b) No
Credit
Party (i) is
a
Person whose property or interest in property is blocked or subject to blocking
pursuant to Section 1
of
Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting
Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism
(66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)), (ii) engages in any dealings or transactions
prohibited by Section 2 of such executive order, or is otherwise associated
with
any such Person in any manner violative of such Section 2, or (iii) is a Person
on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons or subject
to
the limitations or prohibitions under any other OFAC regulation or executive
order.
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(c) Each
Credit Party is in compliance, in all material respects, with the Patriot Act.
7.11 Intellectual
Property
Schedule
7.11
lists,
as of the Closing Date, all (a) registered Intellectual Property (including
applications for registration) owned by Borrower and (b) licenses of rights
in
Intellectual Property (other than non-customized mass market licenses of rights
in Intellectual Property) pursuant to which Borrower licenses rights in
Intellectual Property either from or to another Person, whether on an exclusive
or non-exclusive basis.
7.12
Licenses
and Permits; Labor
Each
Credit Party is
in
compliance with and has all Permits and Intellectual Property necessary or
required by applicable law or Governmental Authority for the operation of its
businesses as currently conducted. All of the foregoing is in full force and
effect and not in known conflict with the rights of others. No Credit Party
is
(i) in breach of or default under the provisions of any of the foregoing, nor
is
there any event, fact, condition or circumstance which, with notice or passage
of time or both, would constitute or result in a conflict, breach, default
or
event of default under, any of the foregoing which, if not remedied within
any
applicable grace or cure period could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Change, (ii) a party to or subject to any agreement, instrument
or restriction that is so unusual or burdensome that it might have a Material
Adverse Change, and/or (iii) and has not been, involved in any labor dispute,
strike, walkout or union organization which could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Change. Borrower has obtained, and currently has,
all Permits necessary in the generation of each Account.
7.13 No
Default
There
does not exist any Default or Event of Default.
7.14 Disclosure
No
Loan
Document nor any other agreement, document, certificate, or statement furnished
to Lender by or on behalf of any Credit Party in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, nor any representation or
warranty made any by Credit Party in any Loan Document, contains any untrue
statement of material fact or omits to state any fact necessary to make the
statements therein not materially misleading as of the date such statements
were
delivered. There is no fact known to any Credit Party which has not been
disclosed to Lender in writing which could reasonably be expected to result
in a
Material Adverse Change.
7.15 Existing
Indebtedness; Investments, Guarantees and Certain
Contracts
Except
as
contemplated by the Loan Documents or as otherwise set forth on Schedule 7.15A,
no
Credit Party (i) has any outstanding Indebtedness other than Permitted
Indebtedness, (ii) is not subject or party to any mortgage, note, indenture,
indemnity or guarantee of, with respect to or evidencing any Indebtedness of
any
other Person, or (iii) owns or holds any equity or long-term debt investments
in, and has any outstanding advances to or any outstanding guarantees for the
obligations of, or any outstanding borrowings from, any Person. Each Credit
Party has performed all material obligations required to be performed by such
Credit Party pursuant to or in connection with any items listed on Schedule 7.15A
and
there has occurred no breach, default or event of default under any document
evidencing any such items or any fact, circumstance, condition or event which,
with the giving of notice or passage of time or both, would constitute or result
in a breach, default or event of default thereunder. Schedule
7.15B
sets
forth all Indebtedness with a maturity date during the Term, and identifies
such
maturity date. No Credit Party has any existing accrued and unpaid Indebtedness
owing to any Governmental Authority or any other governmental
payor.
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7.16 Other
Agreements
Except
as
set forth on Schedule
7.16,
(i)
there are no existing or proposed agreements, arrangements, understandings
or
transactions between any Credit Party and any of such Credit Party’s officers,
members, managers, directors, stockholders, partners, other interest holders,
employees or Affiliates or any members of their respective immediate families,
(ii) none of the foregoing Persons are directly or indirectly, indebted to
or
have any direct or indirect ownership, partnership or voting interest in, to
such Credit Party’s knowledge, any Affiliate of such Credit Party or any Person
that competes with such Credit Party (except that any such Persons may own
stock
in, but not exceeding two percent (2%) of the outstanding capital stock of,
any
publicly traded company that may compete with such Credit Party (iii) no
director or officer of any Credit Party has received any compensation of any
kind in consideration or otherwise of such Credit Party entering into this
Agreement, and (iv) neither Lender nor any of its Affiliates has paid or offered
to pay any compensation to any director or officer of any Credit Party in
consideration of such Credit Party’s entering into the Loan
Documents.
7.17 Insurance
Credit
Parties have in full force and effect such insurance policies as are customary
in its industry and as may be required pursuant to Section
8.5
hereof.
All such insurance policies are listed and described on Schedule
7.17.
7.18 Names;
Location of Offices, Records
and Collateral
During
the preceding five years, Borrower has not conducted business under, filed
any
tax return under, or used any name (whether corporate, partnership or assumed)
other than as shown on Schedule
7.18A.
Borrower is the sole owner of all of its names listed on Schedule
7.18A,
and any
and all business done and invoices issued in such names are Borrower’s sales,
business and invoices. Each trade name of Borrower represents a division or
trading style of Borrower. Borrower maintains its places of business and chief
executive offices only at the locations set forth on Schedule
7.18B,
and all
Accounts of Borrower arise, originate and are located, and all of the Collateral
and all books and records in connection therewith or in any way relating thereto
or evidence the Collateral are located and shall be only, in and at such
locations. All of the Collateral is located only in the continental United
States. There are no facts, events or occurrences which in any way impair the
validity or enforceability thereof or tend to reduce the amount payable
thereunder from the face amount of the claim or invoice and statements delivered
to Lender with respect thereto. To the best of Credit Parties’ knowledge, (A)
the Account Debtor thereunder had the capacity to contract at the time any
contract or other document giving rise thereto was executed, (B) such
Account Debtor is solvent, and, (C) subject to the final sentence of this
Section
7.18,
there
are no proceedings or actions which are threatened or pending against any
Account Debtor thereunder which might result in any Material Adverse Change
in
such Account Debtor’s financial condition or the collectability thereof.
Borrower has obtained and currently has all Permits necessary in the generation
of each Account of Borrower and Borrower has disclosed to Lender on each
Borrowing Certificate (a “Denial
Disclosure”)
the
amount of all Accounts of Borrower for which Medicare is the Account Debtor
and
for which payment has been denied and subsequently appealed pursuant to the
procedure described in the definition of Eligible Accounts hereof, and Borrower
is pursuing all available appeals in respect of such Accounts, provided,
that,
Borrower shall not be required to make a Denial Disclosure for up to $50,000
in
the aggregate that remain uncorrected at any time for claims denied due to
coding and clerical errors for the period covered by such Borrowing
Certificate.
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7.19 Lien
Perfection and Priority
Upon
the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, and upon the proper filing of the
necessary financing statements without any further action, Lender will have
a
good, valid and perfected first priority Lien and security interest in the
Collateral, subject to no transfer or other restrictions or Liens of any kind
in
favor of any other Person except for Permitted Liens. No financing statement
relating to any of the Collateral is on file in any public office except those
(i) on behalf of Lender, and (ii) in connection with Permitted
Liens.
7.20 Investment
Company Act
No
Credit
Party is required to register as an “investment company” within the meaning of
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
7.21 Regulations
T, U and X
No
Credit
Party is engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying any “margin stock” or “margin security” (within the
meaning of Regulations T, U or X issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System), and no proceeds of the Loans will be used to purchase or carry
any margin stock or margin security or to extend credit to others for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock or margin
security.
7.22 Survival
Each
Credit Party makes the representations and warranties contained herein with
the
knowledge and intention that Lender is relying and will rely thereon. All such
representations and warranties will survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the making of the Advances under the Revolving
Facility.
VIII.
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AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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Each
Credit Party, jointly and severally, covenants and agrees that, until all of
the
Obligations have been fully performed and Paid in Full, and this Agreement
has
terminated:
8.1 Financial
Statements, Borrowing Certificate, Financial Reports and Other
Information
(a) Financial
Reports.
Credit
Parties shall furnish to Lender (i) as soon as available and in any event when
submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission but no later than one
hundred and five (105) calendar days after the end of each fiscal year of Credit
Parties, audited annual consolidated and consolidating financial statements
of
Credit Parties, including the notes thereto, consisting of a consolidated and
consolidating balance sheet at the end of such completed fiscal year and the
related consolidated and consolidating statements of income, retained earnings,
cash flows and owners’ equity for such completed fiscal year, which financial
statements shall be prepared by an independent certified public accounting
firm
satisfactory to Lender and accompanied by related management letters, if
available; provided that beginning with the financial statements for the fiscal
year ending December 31, 2008, no going concern opinion shall be issued in
connection with such financial statements, (ii) as soon as available and in
any
event within thirty calendar days after the end of each calendar month (fifty
calendar days after the end of any month which coincides with the end of a
fiscal quarter and sixty days after the end of any month which coincides with
the end of a fiscal year), unaudited financial statements of Credit Parties
consisting of a balance sheet and statements of income and cash flows as of
the
end of the immediately preceding calendar month. Monthly financial statements
provided to the Lender which have been internally prepared by Borrower for
any
month which corresponds with the end of a fiscal quarter or fiscal year will
be
subject to further adjustments by the Credit Parties’ outside auditors before
being finalized. All such financial statements shall be prepared in accordance
with GAAP consistently applied with prior periods except for any normal quarter
and year-end adjustments which may be applied in future periods and for any
changes in accounting methodology that may have been applied since any prior
period. With each such financial statement, Credit Parties shall also deliver
a
certificate of its chief financial officer or principal accounting officer
in
substantially the form of Exhibit
B
hereto
(a “Compliance
Certificate”)
stating that (A) such person has reviewed the relevant terms of the Loan
Documents and the condition of Credit Parties, (B) no Default or Event of
Default has occurred or is continuing, or, if any of the foregoing has occurred
or is continuing, specifying the nature and status and period of existence
thereof and the steps taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, and
(C) Credit Parties are in compliance with all financial covenants attached
as
Annex I hereto. Such certificate shall be accompanied by the calculations
necessary to show compliance with the financial covenants in a form satisfactory
to Lender and (iii) simultaneously with the delivery of monthly financial
statements for any given month, an accounts payable aging schedule showing
a
reconciliation to the amounts reported in the monthly financial
statements.
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(b) Other
Materials.
Credit
Parties shall furnish to Lender as soon as available, and in any event within
ten calendar days after the preparation or issuance thereof or at such other
time as set forth below: (i) copies of such financial statements (other than
those required to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.1(a))
prepared by, for or on behalf of Credit Parties and any other notes, reports
and
other materials related thereto, including, without limitation, any pro forma
financial statements, (ii) any reports, returns, information, notices and other
materials that any Credit Party shall send to its stockholders, members,
partners or other equity owners at any time unless such materials are publicly
available at www.sec.gov, (iii) all Medicare and Medicaid cost reports and
other
documents and materials filed by Borrower and any other reports, materials
or
other information regarding or otherwise relating to Medicaid or Medicare
prepared by, for or on behalf of Borrower other than internal working analyses,
(iv) simultaneously with the provision of any monthly financial statements
provided pursuant to Section 8(a) above to the extent such information has
not
been already reflected in a Borrowing Certificate submitted to Lender: (A)
a
report of the status of all payments, denials and appeals of all Medicare and
Medicaid Accounts (unless such denials were due to clerical errors in an amount
which does not require a Denial Disclosure, and (B) a sales and collection
report and accounts receivable aging schedule, including a report of sales,
credits issued and collections received, all such reports showing a
reconciliation to the amounts reported in the monthly financial statements,
(v)
promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of any reports submitted to a Borrower
by
its independent accountants in connection with any interim audit of the books
of
such Person or any of its Affiliates and copies of each management control
letter provided by such independent accountants, (vi) within thirty (30)
calendar days after the execution thereof, a copy of any contracts with the
federal government or with a Governmental Authority in the State of New York,
Vermont or Washington and
(vii)
such additional information, documents, statements, reports and other materials
as Lender may reasonably request from a credit or security perspective or
otherwise from time to time.
(c) Notices.
Credit
Parties shall promptly, and in any event within four calendar days after
Borrower or any authorized officer of Borrower obtains knowledge thereof, notify
Lender in writing of (i) any pending or threatened litigation, suit,
investigation, arbitration, dispute resolution proceeding or administrative
proceeding brought or initiated by Borrower or otherwise affecting or involving
or relating to Borrower or any of its property or assets to the extent (A)
the
amount in controversy exceeds $50,000.00, or (B) to the extent any of the
foregoing seeks injunctive relief, (ii) any Default or Event of Default, which
notice shall specify the nature and status thereof, the period of existence
thereof and what action is proposed to be taken with respect thereto,
(iii) any other development, event, fact, circumstance or condition that
would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, in each
case describing the nature and status thereof and the action proposed to be
taken with respect thereto, (iv) any notice received by a Borrower from any
payor of a claim, suit or other action such payor has, claims or has filed
against such Borrower, (v) any matter(s) affecting the value, enforceability
or
collectability of any of the Collateral, including, without limitation, claims
or disputes in the amount of $50,000.00 or more, singly or in the aggregate,
in
existence at any one time, (vi) any notice given by Borrower to any other lender
of such Borrower and shall furnish to Lender a copy of such notice, (vii)
receipt of any notice or request from any Governmental Authority or governmental
payor regarding any liability or claim of liability in excess of $50,000.00
singly or in the aggregate, (viii) receipt of any notice by Borrower regarding
termination of any manager of any facility owned, operated or leased by such
Borrower, (ix) if any Account becomes evidenced or secured by an Instrument
or
Chattel Paper and (x) any pending, threatened or actual investigation or survey
of Borrower, its directors, officers or managing employees by any of the
Medicare, Medicaid or CHAMPUS/TRICARE programs, or any other third party payor
programs, (xi) Borrower becoming a party to a Corporate Integrity Agreement
with
the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services,
(xii) Borrower becoming subject to reporting obligations pursuant to any
settlement agreement entered into with any Governmental Authority, (xiii)
Borrower becoming the subject of any government payor program investigation
conducted by any federal or state enforcement agency, (xiv) Borrower becoming
a
defendant in any qui tam/False Claims Act litigation, (xv) Borrower being served
with or received any search warrant, subpoena, civil investigative demand or
contact letter by or from any federal or state enforcement agency relating
to an
investigation or (xvi) Borrower becoming subject to any written complaint filed
with or submitted to any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such
Borrower or filed with or submitted to such Borrower pursuant to such Borrower’s
policies relating to the filing or submissions of such types of complaints,
from
employees, independent contractors, vendors, physicians, or any other person
that would indicate that such Borrower has violated any law, regulation or
law.
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(d) Consents.
Credit
Parties shall use their best efforts to obtain and deliver from time to time
all
required consents, approvals and agreements from such third parties as Lender
shall determine are necessary or desirable in its Permitted Discretion, each
of
which must be satisfactory to Lender in its Permitted Discretion and acceptable
to such third party, with respect to (i) the Loan Documents and the transactions
contemplated thereby, (ii) claims against a Borrower or the Collateral, and/or
(iii) any agreements, consents, documents or instruments to which Borrower
is a
party or by which any properties or assets of Borrower or any of the Collateral
is or are bound or subject, including, without limitation, Landlord Waivers
and
Consents with respect to leases.
(e) Operating
Budget.
Credit
Parties shall furnish to Lender on or prior to the Closing Date and for each
fiscal year of Credit Parties prior to the commencement of such fiscal year,
a
draft of consolidated and consolidating month by month projected operating
budgets, annual projections, profit and loss statements, balance sheets and
cash
flow reports of and for Credit Parties for such upcoming fiscal year (including
an income statement for each month and a balance sheet as at the end of the
last
month in each fiscal quarter), in each case prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied with prior periods, provided, that, (A) such Budget as
submitted to the Board of Directors of Borrower for approval shall be provided
to Lender by Borrower not less than sixty (60) days after commencement of such
fiscal year and (B) a final version of the budget as approved by the Board
of
Directors of Borrower for each fiscal year shall be provided to Lender by
Borrower not less than ten (10) calendar days after the approval of such budget
or any revision thereof by the Board of Directors.
(f) Ancillary
Materials to be Furnished Upon Request.
Upon
written request by Lender, Credit Parties shall use its best efforts to furnish
to Lender within ten (10) calendar days after the request therefore the
following kinds of information: (1) any other reports, materials or other
information regarding or otherwise relating to Medicaid or Medicare prepared
by,
for, or on behalf of, Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including, without
limitation, (A) copies of licenses and permits required by any applicable
federal, state, foreign or local law, statute, ordinance or regulation or
Governmental Authority for the operation of its business (B) Medicare and
Medicaid provider numbers and agreements, (C) state surveys pertaining to any
healthcare facility operated or owned or leased by Borrower or any of its
Affiliates or Subsidiaries, (D) participating agreements relating to medical
plans (ii) copies of material licenses and permits required by applicable
federal, state, foreign or local law, statute, ordinance or regulation or
Governmental Authority for the Operation of Borrower’s business.
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8.2 [Reserved]
8.3 Conduct
of Business and Maintenance of Existence and Assets
Borrower
shall (i) conduct its business in accordance with good business practices
customary to the industry, (ii) engage principally in the same or similar lines
of business substantially as heretofore conducted, (iii) collect its Accounts
in
the ordinary course of business, (iv) maintain all of its material properties,
assets and equipment used or useful in its business in good repair, working
order and condition (normal wear and tear excepted and except as may be disposed
of in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with the terms of the
Loan Documents and otherwise as
determined by such Borrower using commercially reasonable business
judgment),
(v)
from time to time to make all necessary or desirable repairs, renewals and
replacements thereof, as
determined by such Borrower using commercially reasonable business judgment,
(vi) maintain and keep in full force and effect its existence and all material
Permits and qualifications to do business and good standing in each jurisdiction
in which the ownership or lease of property or the nature of its business makes
such Permits or qualification necessary and in which failure to maintain such
Permits or qualification could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change; and (vii) remain in good standing and maintain operations in
all
jurisdictions in which currently located.
8.4 Compliance
with Legal and Other Obligations
Each
Credit Party shall (i) comply with all laws, statutes, rules, regulations,
ordinances and tariffs of all Governmental Authorities applicable to it or
its
business, assets or operations, including applicable requirements which where
promulgated pursuant to HIPAA (ii) pay all taxes, assessments, fees,
governmental charges, claims for labor, supplies, rent and all other obligations
or liabilities of any kind, except liabilities being contested in good faith
and
against which adequate reserves have been established, (iii) perform in
accordance with its terms each contract, agreement or other arrangement to
which
it is a party or by which it or any of the Collateral is bound, except where
the
failure to comply, pay or perform could not reasonably be expected to result
in
a Material Adverse Change, (iv) maintain and comply with all Permits necessary
to conduct its business and comply with any new or additional requirements
that
may be imposed on it or its business, and (v) properly file all Medicaid,
Medicare and CHAMPUS/TRICARE cost reports. Without limiting the foregoing,
Borrower is, and while this Agreement shall remain in effect shall remain,
qualified for participation in the Medicare, Medicaid and CHAMPUS/TRICARE
programs; Borrower has, and while this Agreement shall remain in effect shall
maintain, a current and valid provider contract with such programs; Borrower
is,
and while this Agreement shall remain in effect shall remain, in compliance
with
the conditions of participation in such programs; and Borrower has, and while
this Agreement shall remain in effect shall maintain, all approvals or
qualification necessary for capital reimbursement for any facility operated
by
Borrower. While this Agreement shall remain in effect, all billing practices
of
Borrower with respect to any facility operated by Borrower and all third party
payors, including the Medicare, Medicaid and CHAMPUS/TRICARE programs and
private insurance companies, shall remain in compliance with all applicable
laws, regulations and policies of such third party payors and the Medicare,
Medicaid and CHAMPUS/TRICARE programs.
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8.5 Insurance
Borrower
shall keep (i) all of its insurable properties and assets adequately insured
in
all material respects against losses, damages and hazards as are customarily
insured against by businesses engaging in similar activities or owning similar
assets or properties and at least the minimum amount required by applicable
law,
including, without limitation, medical malpractice and professional liability
insurance, as applicable; (ii) maintain general public liability insurance
at
all times against liability on account of damage to persons and property having
such limits, deductibles, exclusions and co-insurance and other provisions
as
are customary for a business engaged in activities similar to those of Credit
Parties; and (iii) maintain insurance under all applicable workers’ compensation
laws; all of the foregoing insurance policies to (A) be satisfactory in
form and substance to Lender, (B) expressly provide that they cannot be amended
to reduce coverage or canceled without thirty (30) calendar days prior
written notice to Lender and that they inure to the benefit of Lender
notwithstanding any action or omission or negligence of or by such Credit Party
or any insured thereunder. With respect to property insurance covering business
interruption, accounts receivable and the books and records in connection
therewith, Lender shall be named as loss payee and additional insured and with
respect to general liability insurance Lender shall be named as additional
insured.
8.6 Books
and Records
Each
Credit Party shall (i) keep complete and accurate books of record and account
in
accordance with commercially reasonable business practices in which true and
correct entries are made of all of its and their dealings and transactions
in
all material respects; and (ii) set up and maintain on its books such reserves
as may be required by GAAP with respect to doubtful accounts and all taxes,
assessments, charges, levies and claims and with respect to its business, and
include such reserves in its quarterly as well as year end financial
statements.
8.7 Inspections;
Periodic Audits and Reappraisals
Each
Credit Party shall permit the representatives of Lender, at the expense of
Credit Parties, from time to time during normal business hours, but no more
frequently than three times per year so long as no Default or Event of Default
occurs and is continuing upon reasonable notice, to (i) visit and inspect any
of
its offices or properties or any other place where Collateral is located to
inspect the Collateral and/or to examine or audit all of its books of account,
records, reports and other papers, (ii) make copies and extracts therefrom,
and
(iii) discuss its business, operations, prospects, properties, assets,
liabilities, condition and/or Accounts with its officers and independent public
accountants (and by this provision such officers and accountants are authorized
to discuss the foregoing) upon seven (7) Business Days prior written notice;
provided, however, that (A) Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse Lender
for more than three (3) visits, inspections, examinations and audits under
the
foregoing clause (i) conducted during any fiscal year while no Default or Event
of Default exists at a cost of $850 per auditor per day plus all out-of-pocket
expenses of Lender (it being agreed and understood that the Borrower shall
be
Obligated to reimburse Lender for all such visits, inspections, examinations
and
audits conducted while any Default or Event of Default exists); and (B) no
notice shall be required to do any of the foregoing if any Event of Default
has
occurred and is continuing.
8.8 Further
Assurances; Post-Closing
At
Credit
Parties’ cost and expense, each Credit Party shall (i) within five Business
Days after Lender’s request, take such further actions, obtain such consents and
approvals and duly execute and deliver such further agreements, assignments,
instructions or documents as Lender may deem necessary in its Permitted
Discretion with respect to furtherance of the purposes, terms and conditions
of
the Loan Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby, whether before, at or after the performance or consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or the occurrence of a Default or Event of
Default, (ii) without limiting and notwithstanding any other provision of
any Loan Document, execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered,
such agreements and documents, and take or cause to be taken such actions,
and
otherwise perform, observe and comply with such obligations, as are set forth
on
Schedule
8.8, and
(iii)
upon the exercise by Lender or any of its Affiliates of any power, right,
privilege or remedy pursuant to any Loan Document or under applicable law or
at
equity which requires any consent, approval, registration, qualification or
authorization of any Governmental Authority, execute and deliver, or cause
the
execution and delivery of, all applications, certificates, instruments and
other
documents requested by Lender in its Permitted Discretion that may be so
required for such consent, approval, registration, qualification or
authorization. Without limiting the foregoing, upon the exercise by Lender
or
any of its Affiliates of any right or remedy under any Loan Document which
requires any consent, approval or registration with, consent, qualification
or
authorization by, any Person, Credit Parties shall execute and deliver, or
cause
the execution and delivery of, all applications, certificates, instruments
and
other documents that Lender or its Affiliate may be required to obtain for
such
consent, approval, registration, qualification or authorization.
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8.9 Use
of Proceeds
Borrower
shall use the proceeds from the Revolving Facility only for the purposes set
forth in the first “WHEREAS” clause of this Agreement.
8.10 [Reserved]
8.11 [Reserved]
8.12 Taxes
and Other Charges
(a)
All
payments and reimbursements to Lender made under any Loan Document shall be
free
and clear of and without deduction for all taxes, levies, imposts, deductions,
assessments, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto
of any nature whatsoever, excluding taxes to the extent imposed on Lender’s net
income. If any Credit Party shall be required by law to deduct any such amounts
from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to Lender, then
the sum payable to Lender shall be increased as may be necessary so that, after
making all required deductions, Lender receives an amount equal to the sum
it
would have received had no such deductions been made. Notwithstanding any other
provision of any Loan Document, if at any time after the Closing (i) any
change in any existing law, regulation, treaty or directive or in the
interpretation or application thereof, (ii) any new law, regulation, treaty
or
directive enacted or any interpretation or application thereof, or
(iii) compliance by Lender with any new request or new directive (whether
or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority after the date
of Closing: (A) subjects Lender to any tax, levy, impost, deduction, assessment,
charge or withholding of any kind whatsoever directly arising from any Loan
Document or from payments directly received by the Lender from any Credit Party
pursuant to the Loan Documents (except for net income taxes, franchise taxes
imposed in lieu of net income taxes, and any other taxes on the general affairs
of the Lender which may be imposed generally by federal, state or local taxing
authorities with respect to interest or commitment fees or other fees payable
hereunder or changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of Lender),
or
(B) imposes on Lender any other condition or increased cost directly in
connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or participations therein
(specifically excluding any general costs imposed on Lender by any government
entity that are not directly related to the obligations hereunder); and the
result of any of the foregoing is to directly increase the cost to Lender of
making or continuing any Loan hereunder or to reduce any amount receivable
hereunder, then, in any such case, Credit Parties shall promptly, and in any
event within ten (10) Business days of Credit Party’s receipt of notice from
Lender, pay to Lender any additional amounts necessary to compensate Lender,
on
an after-tax basis, for such additional cost or reduced amount as determined
by
Lender. If Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant
to
this Section
8.12
it shall
promptly notify Credit Parties of the event by reason of which Lender has become
so entitled and contain a calculation of such additional amounts that are
proposed to be due and payable and shall answer any questions and provide any
explanation reasonably requested by Borrower in good faith to understand the
nature and purported reason for such additional amounts.
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(b)
Credit Parties shall promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after
any Credit Party or any authorized officer of any Credit Party obtains knowledge
thereof, notify Lender in writing of any oral or written communication from
any
taxing authority or otherwise with respect to any (i) tax investigations,
relating to such Credit Party directly, or relating to any consolidated tax
return which was filed on behalf of such Credit Party, (ii) notices of tax
assessment or possible tax assessment, (iii) years that are designated open
pending tax examination or audit, and (iv) information that could give rise
to
any tax liability or assessment.
8.13 Payroll
Taxes
Without
limiting or being limited by any other provision of any Loan Document, each
Credit Party at all times shall retain and use a Person acceptable to Lender
to
process, manage and pay its payroll taxes and shall cause to be delivered to
Lender within ten calendar days after the end of each calendar month a report
of
its payroll taxes for the immediately preceding calendar month and evidence
of
payment thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, being copied on Borrower’s
payroll reports within the period specified in the preceding sentence shall
satisfy this requirement; provided that such payroll report sets forth the
status of payroll taxes.
8.14 New
Subsidiaries
If
at any
time after the Closing Date Borrower shall form or acquire any new Subsidiary,
Borrower shall promptly, and in any event not later than fifteen calendar days
after the creation or acquisition of such Subsidiary or such longer period
as
Lender may determine in writing, execute, and cause such new Subsidiary to
execute, and deliver to Lender such joinder agreements and amendments to this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including executing and delivering
allonges to any Notes to the extent issued hereunder in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender and providing such other documentation as Lender may
reasonably request, including, without limitation, UCC searches, as applicable,
and filings, legal opinions and corporate authorization documentation, and
to
take such other actions in each case as Lender deems necessary or advisable
to
(a) join and make such new Subsidiary a co-Borrower hereunder and thereunder,
subject to all the rights and benefits and obligations and burdens of a Borrower
hereunder, (b) grant to Lender a perfected first priority security interest
in
the Collateral of such new Subsidiary subject to no Liens other than the
Permitted Liens.
8.15 [Reserved]
IX.
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NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
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Each
Credit Party, jointly and severally, covenants and agrees that, until the
indefeasible payment in full in cash, and the full performance of all, of the
Obligations and termination of this Agreement:
9.1 Financial
Covenants
Borrower
shall not violate the financial covenants set forth on Annex
I
to this
Agreement, which is incorporated herein and made a part hereof.
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9.2 Permitted
Indebtedness
Borrower
shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, other
than
Permitted Indebtedness. Borrower shall not make prepayments on any existing
or
future Indebtedness to any Person other than to Lender or to the extent
specifically permitted by this Agreement or any subsequent agreement between
Borrower and Lender.
9.3 Permitted
Liens
Borrower
shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon, in or against,
or pledge of, any of the Collateral or any of its other properties or assets
of
Borrower including but not limited to Deposit Accounts, cash or other money
and
Investment Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except Permitted
Liens.
9.4 Investments;
New Facilities or Collateral; Subsidiaries
Except
as
set forth on Schedule 9.4, Borrower shall not, directly or indirectly, enter
into any agreement to, (i) purchase, own, hold, invest in or otherwise
acquire obligations or stock or securities of, or any other interest in, or
all
or substantially all of the assets of, any Person or any joint venture, or
(ii) make or permit to exist any loans, advances or guarantees to or for
the benefit of any Person or assume, guarantee, endorse, contingently agree
to
purchase or otherwise become liable for or upon or incur any obligation of
any
Person (other than those created by the Loan Documents and Permitted
Indebtedness and other than (A) trade credit extended in the ordinary
course of business, (B) advances for business travel and similar temporary
advances made in the ordinary course of business to officers, directors and
employees, (C) investments in Cash Equivalents and (D) the endorsement of
negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in
the
ordinary course of business). Borrower shall not, directly or indirectly,
purchase, own, operate, hold, invest in or otherwise acquire any facility,
property or assets or any Collateral that is not located at the locations set
forth on Schedule
7.18B
unless
Borrower shall provide to Lender at least ten (10) Business Days prior written
notice. Borrower shall not have any Subsidiaries other than those Subsidiaries,
if any, existing at Closing and set forth on Schedule
7.3.,
unless
Borrower and new Subsidiary fully complies with Section
8.14
hereof.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Borrower shall be permitted to make Permitted Acquisitions with
Lender’s prior written consent; provided,
however,
that
the consent of Lender shall not be required if the cash consideration paid
in
respect of the Permitted Acquisition does not exceed $500,000 and Borrower
fully
complies with Section
8.14
hereof.
9.5 Dividends;
Redemptions
Borrower
shall not (i) declare, pay or make any Distribution, (ii) apply any of its
funds, property or assets to the acquisition, redemption or other retirement
of
any Capital Stock, (iii) otherwise make any payments or Distributions to any
stockholder, member, partner or other equity owner in such Person’s capacity as
such, or (iv) make any payment of any Management or Service Fee; provided however,
that
absent the occurrence and continuation of a Default or Event of Default, and
if
a Default or Event of Default would not arise therefrom, Borrower may: (x)
make
Permitted Distributions, (y) declare, pay or make Distributions payable in
its
stock, or split-ups or reclassifications of its stock; and (z) redeem its
capital stock from terminated employees pursuant to, but only to the extent
required under, the terms of the related employment agreements.
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9.6 Transactions
with Affiliates
Except
as
set forth on Schedule 9.6, Borrower shall not enter into or consummate any
transaction of any kind with any of its Affiliates or Guarantor or any of their
respective Affiliates other than: (i) salary, bonus, severance, employee stock
option and other compensation, consulting and employment arrangements with
directors or officers in the ordinary course of business, provided, that,
no
payment of any cash bonus or severance shall be permitted if a Default or Event
of Default has occurred and remains in effect or would be caused by or result
from such payment, and no payment of any severance shall be made, individually
or in the aggregate, in excess of $250,000 in any twelve (12) month period,
(ii)
Distributions permitted pursuant to Section
9.5,
and
(iii) the making of payments permitted under and pursuant to a written agreement
entered into by and between Borrower and one or more of its Affiliates that
both
(A) reflects and constitutes a transaction on overall terms at least as
favorable to Borrower as would be the case in an arm’s-length transaction
between unrelated parties of equal bargaining power; provided,
that,
notwithstanding the foregoing Borrower shall not (Y) enter into or consummate
any transaction or agreement pursuant to which it becomes a party to any
mortgage, note, indenture or guarantee evidencing any Indebtedness of any of
its
Affiliates or otherwise to become responsible or liable, as a guarantor, surety
or otherwise, pursuant to agreement for any Indebtedness of any such Affiliate,
or (Z) make any payments to any of its Affiliates in excess of $50,000 in the
aggregate during any consecutive twelve calendar month period without the prior
written consent of Lender (other than payments permitted pursuant to clause
(i)
or (ii) above).
9.7 Charter
Documents; Fiscal Year; Dissolution; Use of Proceeds
No
Credit
Party shall (i) amend, modify, restate or change its certificate of
incorporation or formation or bylaws or similar charter documents without the
prior written consent of the Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, (ii) change
its fiscal year unless such Credit Party demonstrates to Lender’s satisfaction
compliance with the covenants contained herein for both the fiscal year in
effect prior to any change and the new fiscal year period by delivery to Lender
of appropriate interim and annual pro forma, historical and current compliance
certificates for such periods and such other information as Lender may
reasonably request, (iii) amend, alter or suspend or terminate or make
provisional in any material way, any material Permit without the prior written
consent of Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lender acknowledges that the following will
not be deemed to be a violation of this covenant: (A) any suspension of any
license or Permit in any state caused by the departure of any scientific or
medical personnel, and (B) any amendment of a license or permit in the ordinary
course of business to enable Borrower to pursue additional opportunities;
provided that neither (A) nor (B) shall result in the impairment of Borrower’s
ability to collect any Account or account receivable, (iv) wind up,
liquidate or dissolve (voluntarily or involuntarily) or commence or suffer
any
proceedings seeking or that would result in any of the foregoing, (v) use any
proceeds of any Advance for “purchasing” or “carrying” “margin stock” as defined
in Regulations U, T or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, or (vi) without providing at least thirty calendar days prior written
notice to Lender, change its name or organizational identification number,
if it
has one.
9.8 Truth
of Statements
No
Credit
Party shall (a) furnish to Lender any certificate or other document created
or
produced by Borrower that contains any untrue statement of a material fact
or
that omits to state a material fact necessary to make it not misleading in
light
of the circumstances under which it was furnished as of the date it was provided
to Lender; and (b) furnish any document created or produced by a third party
that Borrower knows (A) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or
(B)
omits to state a material fact necessary to make it not misleading in light
of
the circumstances under which it was furnished.
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9.9 IRS
Form 8821
No
Credit
Party shall alter, amend, restate, or otherwise modify, or withdraw, terminate
or re-file the IRS Form 8821 required to be delivered pursuant to the Conditions
Precedent in Section
6.1
hereof.
9.10 Transfer
of Assets
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, Borrower
shall
not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease, transfer,
assign or otherwise dispose of any interest in any properties or assets (other
than obsolete fixed assets or excess fixed assets no longer needed in the
conduct of the business in the ordinary course of business and sales of
Inventory in the ordinary course of business), or agree to do any of the
foregoing at any future time, except that:
(a) Borrower
may lease or sublease (as lessor or sub-lessor) real or personal property
pursuant to a true lease not constituting Indebtedness and not entered into
as
part of a sale and leaseback transaction, in each case in the ordinary course
of
business and which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(b) Borrower
may arrange for warehousing, fulfillment or storage of Inventory at locations
not owned or leased by Borrower, in each case in the ordinary course of
business;
(c) Borrower
may license or sublicense Intellectual Property to third parties in the ordinary
course of business; provided, that,
such
licenses or sublicenses shall not interfere with the business or other
operations of Borrower; and
(d) Borrower
may consummate such other sales or dispositions of property or assets in excess
of $50,000 (including any sale or transfer or disposition of all or any part
of
its assets and thereupon and within one year thereafter rent or lease the assets
so sold or transferred) only to the extent prior written notice has been given
to Lender and to the extent Lender has given its prior written consent thereto,
subject in each case to such conditions as may be set forth in such
consent.
9.11 OFAC
No Credit
Party nor any Subsidiary of any Credit Party (i) will be or become a Person
whose Property or interests in Property are blocked or subject to blocking
pursuant to Section 1 of Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001
Blocking property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten
to Commit or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079(2001), (ii) will engage
in
any dealings or transactions prohibited by Section 2 of such executive order,
or
otherwise be associated with any such Person in any manner violative of Section
2 of such executive order, or (iii) otherwise will become a Person on the list
of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons or subject to the
limitations or prohibitions under any other OFAC regulation or executive
order.
9.12 Payroll
Accounts
Borrower
shall not maintain a greater balance in any payroll account than is necessary
to
support Borrower’s current payroll and payroll for one additional payroll cycle
(bi-monthly or weekly as applicable).
9.13 US
Lab Litigation
Borrower
shall not pay more than $100,000 in the aggregate with respect to any award
or
settlement in connection with the litigation with US Labs described in
Schedule
7.6.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower may pay amounts in excess of the
$100,000 set forth in the preceding sentence (the “Excess Award”); provided,
that,
Borrower shall, simultaneously with the payment of such Excess Award, have
received proceeds at least in the amount of such Excess Award from: (a) a
capital contribution, (b) Parent Indebtedness or (c) Indebtedness permitted
under clause (v) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness.
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X.
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
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The
occurrence of any one or more of the following shall constitute an “Event
of Default:”
(a) any
Credit Party shall fail to pay any amount on the Obligations when due (whether
on any payment date, at maturity, by reason of acceleration, by notice of
intention to prepay, by required prepayment or otherwise);
(b) any
representation, statement or warranty made or deemed made by any Credit Party
in
any Loan Document or in any other certificate, document or report delivered
in
conjunction with any Loan Document, shall not be true and correct in all
material respects or shall have been false or misleading in any material respect
on the date when made or deemed to have been made;
(c) any
Credit Party or other party thereto other than Lender shall be in violation,
breach or default of, or shall fail to perform, observe or comply with any
covenant, obligation or agreement set forth in, any Loan Document and such
violation, breach, default or failure shall not be cured within the applicable
period set forth in the applicable Loan Document; provided that,
with
respect to the affirmative covenants set forth in Article
VIII
(other
than Sections
8.1(c), 8.3, 8.8, 8.9,
for
which
there shall be no cure period and Section 8.5 for which there shall be a five
(5) Business Day cure period), there shall be a thirty calendar day cure period
commencing from the earlier of (i) Receipt by such Person of written notice
of such breach, default, violation or failure, and (ii) the time at which
such Person or any authorized officer thereof knew or became aware, or should
have known or been aware, of such failure, violation, breach or default, but
no
Advances will be made during the cure period;
(d) (i)
any
of the Loan Documents ceases to be in full force and effect, or (ii) any Lien
created thereunder ceases to constitute a valid perfected first priority Lien
on
the Collateral in accordance with the terms thereof, or Lender ceases to have
a
valid perfected first priority security interest in any of the Collateral
pledged to Lender pursuant to the Loan Documents;
provided, that,
with
respect to non-material breaches or violations that constitute Events of Default
under clause (ii) of this Section
10(d),
there
shall be a five (5) Business Day cure period commencing from the earlier of
(A) Receipt by the applicable Person of written notice of such breach or
violation or of any event, fact or circumstance constituting or resulting in
any
of the foregoing, and (B) the time at which such Person or any authorized
officer thereof knew or became aware, or should have known or been aware, of
such breach or violation and resulting Event of Default or of any event, fact
or
circumstance constituting or resulting in any of the foregoing;
(e) one
or
more tax judgments, decrees, arbitrations or other binding award is rendered
against any Credit Party in an amount in excess of $25,000 individually or
$75,000 in the aggregate in any consecutive 12-month period, which is/are not
satisfied, stayed, vacated or discharged of record within thirty calendar days
of being rendered but no Advances will be made before the judgment is stayed,
vacated or discharged unless otherwise agreed to in writing by Lender except
for
the US Lab Award;
(f) (i) any
default occurs, which is not cured or waived, (x) in the payment when due
of any amount with respect to any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations)
of
any Credit Party having an aggregate principal balance of at least $50,000,
(y) in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any provision
contained in any agreement, contract, document or instrument to which any Credit
Party is a party or to which any of their properties or assets are subject
or
bound under or pursuant to which any Indebtedness having an aggregate principal
balance of at least $50,000 was issued, created, assumed, guaranteed or secured
and such default continues for more than any applicable grace period or permits
the holder of any Indebtedness to accelerate the maturity thereof, or (ii)
any
Indebtedness of any Credit Party is declared to be due and payable or is
required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled payment) prior
to
the stated maturity thereof, or any obligation of such Person for the payment
of
Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) is not paid when due or within any
applicable grace period, or any such obligation becomes or is declared to be
due
and payable before the expressed maturity thereof, or there occurs an event
which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would cause any
such
obligation to become, or allow any such obligation to be declared to be, due
and
payable;
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(g) any
Credit Party shall (i) be unable to pay its debts generally as they become
due,
(ii) make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iii)
commence, or consent to, a proceeding for the appointment of a receiver,
trustee, liquidator or conservator of itself or of the whole or any substantial
part of its property, or (iv) file a petition seeking reorganization or
liquidation or similar relief under any Debtor Relief Law;
(h) a
court
of competent jurisdiction shall (A) enter an order, judgment or decree
appointing a custodian, receiver, trustee, liquidator or conservator of any
Credit Party or the whole or any substantial part of any such Person’s
properties, which shall continue unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty
calendar days, (B) shall approve a petition filed against any Credit Party
seeking reorganization, liquidation or similar relief under the any Debtor
Relief Law, which is not dismissed within sixty calendar days or, (C) under
the provisions of any Debtor Relief Law, assume custody or control of any Credit
Party or of the whole or any substantial part of any such Person’s properties,
which is not irrevocably relinquished within sixty calendar days, or
(ii) there is commenced against any Credit Party any proceeding or petition
seeking reorganization, liquidation or similar relief under any Debtor Relief
Law and either (A) any such proceeding or petition is not unconditionally
dismissed within sixty calendar days after the date of commencement, or (B)
any
Credit Party takes any action to indicate its approval of or consent to any
such
proceeding or petition, but no Advances will be made before any such order,
judgment or decree described above is stayed, vacated or discharged, any such
petition described above is dismissed, or any such custody or control described
above is relinquished;
(i) (i)
any
Change of Control occurs or any binding agreement (that does not require
Lender’s consent as a condition to closing) to cause or that may result in any
such Change of Control is entered into, (ii) any Material Adverse Change occurs
or is reasonably expected to occur, (iii) any Liability Event occurs or is
reasonably expected to occur, or (iv) any Credit Party ceases any material
portion of its business operations as currently conducted;
(j) Lender
receives any indication or evidence that (i) any Credit Party may have directly
or indirectly been engaged in any type of activity, which, in Lender’s Permitted
Discretion, might result in forfeiture of any property with a value in excess
of
$25,000 to any Governmental Authority which shall have continued unremedied
for
a period of ten calendar days after written notice from Lender (but no Advances
will be made before any such activity ceases) or (ii) any Credit Party or any
of
their respective directors or senior officers is criminally indicted or
convicted under any law that could lead to a forfeiture of any
Collateral;
(k) uninsured
damage to, or loss, theft or destruction of, any portion of the Collateral
occurs that exceeds $10,000 in the aggregate;
(l) the
issuance of any process for levy, attachment or garnishment or execution upon
or
prior to any judgment against any Credit Party or any of their property or
assets in excess of $50,000.
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Upon
the
occurrence of an Event of Default, notwithstanding any other provision of any
Loan Document, Lender may, without notice or demand, do any of the following:
(i) terminate its obligations to make Advances hereunder and (ii) all or any
of
the Loans and/or Notes, all interest thereon and all other Obligations shall
automatically, without any further action by Lender, be due and payable
immediately (except in the case of an Event of Default under Section
10(d),
(g),
or
(h),
in
which event all of the foregoing shall automatically and without further act
by
Lender be due and payable), and (ii) prohibit any action permitted to be taken
under Article IX hereof, in each case without presentment, demand, protest
or
further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Credit
Parties.
XI.
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RIGHTS
AND REMEDIES AFTER DEFAULT
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11.1 Rights
and Remedies
(a) In
addition to the acceleration provisions set forth in Article
X
above,
upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, Lender shall have
the right to exercise any and all rights, options and remedies provided for
in
any Loan Document, under the UCC or at law or in equity, including, without
limitation, the right to (i) at Credit Parties’ expense, require that all or any
part of the Collateral be assembled and made available to Lender at any place
designated by Lender, (ii) reduce or otherwise change the Facility Cap, and/or
(iii) relinquish or abandon any Collateral or any Lien thereon. Notwithstanding
any provision of any Loan Document, Lender, in its sole discretion, shall have
the right, at any time that Credit Parties fail to do so, and from time to
time,
without prior notice, to: (i) obtain insurance covering any of the Collateral
to
the extent required hereunder; (ii) pay for the performance of any of
Obligations; (iii) discharge taxes or Liens on any of the Collateral that are
in
violation of any Loan document unless Credit Parties are in good faith with
due
diligence by appropriate proceedings contesting those items; and (iv) pay for
the maintenance and preservation of the Collateral. Such expenses and advances
shall be added to the Obligations until reimbursed to Lender and shall be
secured by the Collateral, and such payments by Lender shall not be construed
as
a waiver by Lender of any Event of Default or any other rights or remedies
of
Lender. Credit Parties hereby waive any and all rights that they may have to
a
judicial hearing in advance of the enforcement of any of Lender’s rights and
remedies hereunder, including, without limitation, its right following the
occurrence of an Event of Default to take immediate possession of the Collateral
and to exercise its rights and remedies with respect thereto.
(b)
Credit
Parties agrees that notice received by it at least fifteen calendar days before
the time of any intended public sale, or the time after which any private sale
or other disposition of Collateral is to be made, shall be deemed to be
reasonable notice of such sale or other disposition. If permitted by applicable
law, any perishable Collateral which threatens to speedily decline in value
or
which is sold on a recognized market may be sold immediately by Lender without
prior notice to Credit Parties. At any sale or disposition of Collateral, Lender
may (to the extent permitted by applicable law) purchase all or any part thereof
free from any right of redemption by any Credit Party which right is hereby
waived and released. Credit Parties covenant and agree not to, and not to permit
or cause any of their Subsidiaries to, interfere with or impose any obstacle
to
Lender’s exercise of its rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral.
Lender, in dealing with or disposing of the Collateral or any part thereof,
shall not be required to give priority or preference to any item of Collateral
or otherwise to marshal assets or to take possession or sell any Collateral
with
judicial process.
11.2 Application
of Proceeds
In
addition to any other rights, options and remedies Lender has under the Loan
Documents, the UCC, at law or in equity, all dividends, interest, rents, issues,
profits, fees, revenues, income and other proceeds collected or received from
collecting, holding, managing, renting, selling, or otherwise disposing of
all
or any part of the Collateral or any proceeds thereof upon exercise of its
remedies hereunder shall be applied in the following order of priority:
(i) first,
to the
payment of all costs and expenses of such collection, storage, lease, holding,
operation, management, sale, disposition or delivery and of conducting Credit
Parties’ business and of maintenance, repairs, replacements, alterations,
additions and improvements of or to the Collateral, and to the payment of all
sums which Lender may be required or may elect to pay, if any, for taxes,
assessments, insurance and other charges upon the Collateral or any part
thereof, and all other payments that Lender may be required or authorized to
make under any provision of this Agreement (including, without limitation,
in
each such case, in-house documentation and diligence fees and legal expenses,
search, audit, recording, professional and filing fees and expenses and
reasonable attorneys' fees and all expenses, liabilities and advances made
or
incurred in connection therewith); (ii) second,
to the
payment of all other Obligations in such order or preference as Lender may
determine; and (iii) third,
to the
payment of any surplus then remaining to Credit Parties, unless otherwise
provided by law or directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided,
that,
Credit
Parties shall be liable for any deficiency if such proceeds are insufficient
to
satisfy the Obligations or any of the other items referred to in this
section.
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11.3 Rights
of Lender to Appoint Receiver
Without
limiting and in addition to any other rights, options and remedies Lender has
under the Loan Documents, the UCC, at law or in equity, upon the occurrence
and
continuation of an Event of Default, Lender shall have the right to apply for
and have a receiver appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction in any action
taken by Lender to enforce its rights and remedies in order to manage, protect,
preserve, sell or dispose the Collateral and continue the operation of the
business of Credit Parties and to collect all revenues and profits thereof
and
apply the same to the payment of all expenses and other charges of such
receivership including the compensation of the receiver and to the payments
as
aforesaid until a sale or other disposition of such Collateral shall be finally
made and consummated. To the extent not prohibited by applicable law, each
Credit Party hereby irrevocably consents to and waives any right to object
to or
otherwise contest the appointment of a receiver as provided above. Each Credit
Party (i) grants such waiver and consent knowingly after having discussed the
implications thereof with counsel, (ii) acknowledges that (A) the uncontested
right to have a receiver appointed for the foregoing purposes is considered
essential by Lender in connection with the enforcement of its rights and
remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (B) the availability
of such appointment as a remedy under the foregoing circumstances was a material
factor in inducing Lender to make the Loans to such Credit Party and (iii)
to
the extent not prohibited by applicable law, agrees to enter into any and all
stipulations in any legal actions, or agreements or other instruments required
or reasonably appropriate in connection with the foregoing, and to cooperate
fully with Lender in connection with the assumption and exercise of control
by
any receiver over all or any portion of the Collateral.
11.4 Rights
and Remedies not Exclusive
Lender
shall have the right in its sole discretion to determine which rights, Liens
and
remedies Lender may at any time pursue, relinquish, subordinate or modify,
and
such determination will not in any way modify or affect any of Lender’s rights,
Liens or remedies under any Loan Document, applicable law or equity. The
enumeration of any rights and remedies in any Loan Document is not intended
to
be exhaustive, and all rights and remedies of Lender described in any Loan
Document are cumulative and are not alternative to or exclusive of any other
rights or remedies which Lender otherwise may have. The partial or complete
exercise of any right or remedy shall not preclude any other further exercise
of
such or any other right or remedy.
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11.5 Standards
for Exercising Remedies
To
the
extent that applicable law imposes duties on Lender to exercise remedies in
a
commercially reasonably manner, Credit Parties hereby acknowledge and agree
that
it is not commercially unreasonable for Lender (a) to fail to incur expenses
reasonably deemed significant by Lender to prepare Collateral for disposition
or
otherwise to complete raw material or work in process into finished goods or
other finished products for disposition, (b) to fail to obtain third-party
consents for access to Collateral to be disposed of, or to obtain or, if not
required by other law, to fail to obtain governmental or third party consents
for the collection or disposition of Collateral to be collected or disposed
of,
(c) to fail to exercise collection remedies against account debtors or other
persons obligated on Collateral or to remove Liens against Collateral, (d)
to
exercise collection remedies against account debtors and other persons obligated
on Collateral directly or through the use of collection agencies and other
collection specialists, (e) to advertise dispositions of Collateral through
publications or media of general circulation, whether or not the Collateral
is
of a specialized nature, (f) to contact other persons, whether or not in the
same business as Credit Parties, for expressions of interest in acquiring all
or
any portion of the Collateral, (g) to hire one or more professional auctioneers
to assist in the disposition of Collateral, whether or not the Collateral is
of
a specialized nature, (h) to dispose of Collateral by utilizing Internet sites
that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral
or that have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and
sellers of assets, (i) to dispose of assets in wholesale rather than retail
markets, (j) to disclaim disposition warranties, (k) to purchase insurance
or
credit enhancements to insure Lender against risks of loss, collection or
disposition of Collateral or to provide to Lender a guaranteed return from
the
collection or disposition of Collateral or (l) to the extent deemed appropriate
by Lender, to obtain the services of brokers, investment bankers, consultants
or
other professionals to assist Lender in the collection or disposition of any
of
the Collateral. Credit Parties further acknowledge that the purpose of this
Section
11.5
is to
provide non-exhaustive indications of what acts or omissions by Lender would
not
be commercially unreasonable in Lender’s exercise of remedies against the
Collateral and that other acts or omissions by Lender shall not be deemed
commercially unreasonable solely on account of not being indicated in this
Section
11.5.
Without
limitation upon the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section
11.5
shall be
construed to grant any rights to Credit Parties or to impose any duties upon
Lender that would not have been granted or imposed by this Agreement or by
applicable law in the absence of this Section
11.5.
XII.
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WAIVERS
AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
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12.1 Waivers
Except
as
expressly provided for herein, Credit Parties hereby waive setoff, counterclaim,
demand, presentment, protest, all defenses with respect to any and all
instruments and all notices and demands of any description, and the pleading
of
any statute of limitations as a defense to any demand under any Loan Document.
Credit
Parties hereby waive any and all defenses and counterclaims they may have or
could interpose in any action or procedure brought by Lender to obtain an order
of court recognizing the assignment of, or Lien of Lender in and to, any
Collateral, whether or not payable by a Medicaid/Medicare Account Debtor.
With
respect to any action hereunder, Lender conclusively may rely upon, and shall
incur no liability to Credit Parties in acting upon, any request or other
communication that Lender reasonably believes to have been given or made by
a
person authorized on Credit Parties’ behalf, whether or not such person is
listed on the incumbency certificate delivered pursuant to Section
6.1
hereof. In each such case, Credit Parties hereby waive the right to
dispute Lender's action based upon such request or other communication, absent
manifest error. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Borrower
expressly waives all rights, benefits and defenses, if any, applicable or
available to Borrower under either California Code of Civil Procedure Sections
580a or 726, which provide, among other things, that the amount of any
deficiency judgment which may be recovered following either a judicial or
nonjudicial foreclosure sale is limited to the difference between the amount
of
any indebtedness owed and the greater of the fair value of the security or
the
amount for which the security was actually sold. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, Borrower further expressly waives all rights, benefits and
defenses, if any, applicable or available to Borrower under either California
Code of Civil Procedure Sections 580b, providing, generally, that no deficiency
may be recovered on a real property purchase money obligation, or 580d,
providing, generally, that no deficiency may be recovered on a note secured
by a
deed of trust on real property if the real property is sold under a power of
sale contained in the deed of trust.
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12.2 Delay;
No Waiver of Defaults
No
course
of action or dealing, renewal, release or extension of any provision of any
Loan
Document, or single or partial exercise of any such provision, or delay, failure
or omission on Lender’s part in enforcing any such provision shall affect the
liability of any Credit Party or operate as a waiver of such provision or affect
the liability of any Credit Party or preclude any other or further exercise
of
such provision. No waiver by any party to any Loan Document of any one or more
defaults by any other party in the performance of any of the provisions of
any
Loan Document shall operate or be construed as a waiver of any future default,
whether of a like or different nature, and each such waiver shall be limited
solely to the express terms and provisions of such waiver. Notwithstanding
any
other provision of any Loan Document, by completing the Closing under this
Agreement and/or by making Advances, Lender does not waive any breach of any
representation or warranty under any Loan Document, and all of Lender’s claims
and rights resulting from any such breach or misrepresentation are specifically
reserved.
12.3 Jury
Waiver
EACH
PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO
TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER THE LOAN DOCUMENTS
OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES WITH
RESPECT TO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY, WHETHER
NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE. EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE
OF
ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO
THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH
ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENTS OF THE PARTIES TO THE WAIVER
OF
THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY.
12.4 Cooperation
in Discovery and Litigation
In
any
litigation, arbitration or other dispute resolution proceeding relating to
any
Loan Document, Borrower waives any and all defenses, objections and
counterclaims it may have or could interpose with respect to (i) any of its
directors, officers, employees or agents being deemed to be employees or
managing agents of Borrower for purposes of all applicable law or court rules
regarding the production of witnesses by notice for testimony (whether in a
deposition, at trial or otherwise), (ii) Lender’s counsel examining any such
individuals as if under cross-examination and using any discovery deposition
of
any of them as if it were an evidence deposition, and (iii) using commercially
reasonable efforts to produce in any such dispute resolution proceeding, all
Persons, documents (whether in tangible, electronic or other form) and other
things under its control that properly relate to any matters in dispute.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Credit Parties (A) do not waive any rights of
any
directors, officers, employees or agents that such Persons may have
individually, (B) do not agree that any alternative dispute resolution
procedures other than a court trial will be automatically applicable to the
situation at hand in the event of a dispute and will only agree to such
alternative dispute resolution procedures at such time after the facts and
circumstances are known, and (C) with respect to item (iii) do not agree to
engage in any electronic discovery procedures unless agreed to at such time
in
the future and at the expense of someone other than the Borrower.
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EFFECTIVE
DATE AND TERMINATION
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13.1 Termination
and Effective Date Thereof
(a) Subject
to Lender’s right to cease making Advances pursuant to Section 2.1 or upon or
after any Event of Default, this Agreement shall continue in full force and
effect until the Obligations are Paid in Full, unless terminated sooner as
provided in this Section 13.1(a). Borrower may terminate this Agreement at
any time upon not less than thirty calendar days’ prior written notice to Lender
and upon full performance and indefeasible Payment in Full of all Obligations
after Receipt by Lender of such written notice. All of the Obligations shall
be
immediately due and payable upon any termination by Borrower pursuant to this
Section 13.1(a) on the Termination Date which shall be the first Business Day
after the thirty (30) day notice period has elapsed, on which the Obligations
have fully performed and indefeasibly Paid in Full. Upon such full performance
and Payment in full of the Obligations Lender shall not unreasonably delay
the
filing of a release of its liens. Notwithstanding any other provision of any
Loan Document, no termination of this Agreement shall affect Lender’s rights or
any of the Obligations existing as of the effective date of such termination,
and the provisions of the Loan Documents shall continue to be fully operative
until the Obligations have been fully performed and Paid in Full. The Liens
granted to Lender under the Loan Documents and the financing statements filed
pursuant thereto and the rights and powers of Lender shall continue in full
force and effect notwithstanding the fact that Borrower’s borrowings hereunder
may from time to time be in a zero or credit position until all of the
Obligations have been fully performed and indefeasibly Paid in Full.
(b) Upon
the occurrence of a Revolver Termination, Credit Parties shall immediately
pay
Lender (in addition to the then outstanding principal, accrued interest and
other Obligations relating to the Revolving Facility pursuant to the terms
of
this Agreement and any other Loan Document), as yield maintenance for the loss
of bargain and not as a penalty, an amount equal to the applicable Minimum
Termination Fee.
13.2 Survival
All
obligations, covenants, agreements, representations, warranties, waivers and
indemnities made by Credit Parties in any Loan Document shall survive the
execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, the Closing, the making of the
Advances and any termination of this Agreement until all Obligations are fully
performed and indefeasibly paid in full in cash. The obligations and provisions
of Sections
3.6, 12.1, 12.3, 12.4, 13.1, 13.2, 15.4, 15.7 and 15.10
shall
survive termination of the Loan Documents and any payment, in full or in part,
of the Obligations.
XIV.
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GUARANTY
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14.1 Guaranty
Guarantor
hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the punctual payment when
due,
whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all Obligations
of
each Credit Party, including, without limitation, Credit Parties, now or
hereafter existing under any Loan Document, whether for principal, interest
(including, without limitation, all interest that accrues after the commencement
of any proceeding of Borrower or any other Credit Party under any Debtor Relief
Laws), fees, commissions, expense reimbursements, indemnifications or otherwise
(such obligations, to the extent not paid by Borrower, the “Guaranteed
Obligations”),
and
agrees to pay any and all costs, fees and expenses (including reasonable counsel
fees and expenses) incurred by Lender in enforcing any rights under the guaranty
set forth in this Article XIV.
Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, Guarantor’s liability shall extend to
all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be
owed
by Borrower or any other Credit Party to Lender under any Loan Document, but
for
the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence
of
any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws involving Borrower or any other
Credit Party.
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14.2 Guaranty
Absolute
Guarantor
guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance
with the terms of the Loan Documents, regardless of any law regulation or order
now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any such terms or
the
rights of Lender with respect thereto. The obligations of Guarantor under this
Article XIV
are
independent of the Guaranteed Obligations, and a separate action or actions
may
be brought and prosecuted against any other guarantor to enforce such
obligations, irrespective of whether any action is brought against any Credit
Party or whether any Credit Party is joined in any such action or actions.
The
liability of Guarantor under this Article XIV
shall be
irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and, in consideration
of the direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated
herein enjoyed by such Guarantor. Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any
defenses it may now or hereafter have in any way relating to, any or all of
the
following: (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Loan Document
or
any agreement or instrument relating thereto; (b) any change in the time, manner
or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Guaranteed
Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure
from any Loan Document, including, without limitation, any increase in the
Guaranteed Obligations resulting from the extension of additional credit to
any
Credit Party or otherwise; (c) any taking, exchange, release or non-perfection
of any Collateral, or any taking, release or amendment or waiver of or consent
to departure from any other guaranty, for all or any of the Guaranteed
Obligations; (d) any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate,
limited liability company or partnership structure or existence of any Credit
Party; (e) promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance and any other notice
with
respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Article XIV
and any
requirement that Lender exhaust any right or take any action against any other
Credit Party or any other Person or any Collateral; or (f) any other
circumstance (including, without limitation, any statute of limitations) or
any
existence of or reliance on any representation by Lender that might otherwise
constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Credit Party or any
other guarantor or surety, other than the defense of payment.
This
Article XIV
is a
continuing guaranty and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the
indefeasible cash payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other
amounts payable under this Article XIV
and
irrevocable termination of the Loan Agreement in accordance with its terms,
(b)
be binding upon Guarantor, its successors and assigns and (c) inure to the
benefit of, and be enforceable by, Lender and its successors, assigns, pledgees,
transferees. This Article XIV
shall
continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time
any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise
be returned to Lender or any other Person upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or
reorganization of Borrower or any other Credit Party or otherwise, all as though
such payment had not been made. Guarantor hereby waives any right to revoke
this
Article XIV,
and
acknowledges that this Article XIV
is
continuing in nature and applies to all Guaranteed Obligations, whether existing
now or in the future.
14.3 Subrogation
Guarantor
will not exercise any rights that it may now or hereafter acquire against any
other Credit Party or any other guarantor or that arise from the existence,
payment, performance or enforcement of its respective obligations under this
Article XIV,
including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement,
exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in
any
claim or remedy of Lender against any other Credit Party or any other guarantor
or any Collateral, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity
or under contract, statute or common law including, without limitation, the
right to take or receive from any other Credit Party or any other guarantor,
directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other
manner, payment or security solely on account of such claim, remedy or right,
unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable
under this Article XIV
shall
have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash and all commitments to lend
hereunder shall have terminated. Guarantor agrees that any payment of any
Indebtedness of Borrower now or hereafter held by such Guarantor is hereby
subordinated in right of payment to the irrevocable and indefeasible payment
in
full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations unless otherwise agreed to in writing
by Lender or provided for in this agreement. If
any
amount shall be paid to a Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding
sentences, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of Lender and
shall forthwith be paid to Lender to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed
Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Article XIV,
whether
matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, or to
be
held as Collateral for any Guaranteed Obligations or other amounts payable
under
this Article XIV
thereafter arising. If (i) a Guarantor shall make payment to Lender of all
or
any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) all of the Guaranteed Obligations
and all other amounts payable under this Article XIV
shall be
indefeasibly paid in full in cash and (iii) Lender’s commitment to lend
hereunder shall have been terminated, Lender will, at such Guarantor’s request
and expense, execute and deliver to such Guarantor appropriate documents,
without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence
the transfer by subrogation to such Guarantor of an interest in the Guaranteed
Obligations resulting from such payment by such Guarantor
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MISCELLANEOUS
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15.1 Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Service of Process; Venue
The
Loan
Documents shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal
laws of the State of Maryland without giving effect to its choice of law
provisions. Any judicial proceeding against Credit Parties with respect to
the
Obligations, any Loan Document or any related agreement may be brought in any
federal or state court of competent jurisdiction located in the State of
Maryland. By execution and delivery of each Loan Document to which it is a
party, each Credit Party (i) accepts the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the
aforesaid courts and irrevocably agrees to be bound by any judgment rendered
thereby, (ii) waives personal service of process, (iii) agrees that service
of
process upon it may be made by certified or registered mail, return receipt
requested, pursuant to Section
15.5
hereof,
(iv) waives any objection to personal jurisdiction and venue of any action
instituted hereunder and agrees not to assert any defense based on lack of
jurisdiction, venue or convenience, and (v) agrees that this loan was made
in
Maryland, that Lender has accepted in Maryland Loan Documents executed by such
Credit Party and has disbursed Advances under the Loan Documents in Maryland.
Nothing shall affect the right of Lender to serve process in any manner
permitted by law or shall limit the right of Lender to bring proceedings against
such Credit Party in the courts of any other jurisdiction having jurisdiction,
including any jurisdiction in which Collateral is located for purposes of
exercising rights and remedies with respect to such Collateral. Any judicial
proceedings against Lender involving, directly or indirectly, the Obligations,
any Loan Document or any related agreement shall be brought only in a federal
or
state court located in the State of Maryland. All parties acknowledge that
they
participated in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement, that the parties
were represented by counsel of their choice in connection with the negotiation
and drafting of this Agreement, that the parties to this Agreement are
sophisticated parties entering into a commercial transaction, and that,
accordingly, no party shall move or petition a court construing this Agreement
to construe it more stringently against one party than against any
other.
15.2 Successors
and Assigns; Participations; New Lenders
The
Loan
Documents shall inure to the benefit of Lender, Transferees and all future
holders of the Loan, any Note, the Obligations and/or any of the Collateral,
and
each of their respective successors and assigns. Each Loan Document shall be
binding upon the Persons’ other than Lender that are parties thereto and their
respective successors and assigns, and no such Person may assign, delegate
or
transfer any Loan Document or any of its rights or obligations thereunder
without the prior written consent of Lender. No rights are intended to be
created under any Loan Document for the benefit of any third party donee,
creditor or incidental beneficiary of any Credit Party. Nothing contained in
any
Loan Document shall be construed as a delegation to Lender of any other Person’s
duty of performance. CREDIT PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT LENDER
AT
ANY TIME AND FROM TIME TO TIME MAY (I) DIVIDE AND RESTATE ANY NOTE, AND/OR
(II)
SELL, ASSIGN OR GRANT PARTICIPATING INTERESTS IN OR TRANSFER ALL OR ANY PART
OF
ITS RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, LOANS, ANY NOTE, THE
OBLIGATIONS AND/OR THE COLLATERAL TO OTHER PERSONS (EACH SUCH TRANSFEREE,
ASSIGNEE OR PURCHASER, A “TRANSFEREE”).
Each
Transferee shall have all of the rights and benefits with respect to the Loans,
Obligations, any Notes, Collateral and/or Loan Documents held by it as fully
as
if the original holder thereof, and either Lender or any Transferee may be
designated as the sole agent to manage the transactions and obligations
contemplated therein. Notwithstanding any other provision of any Loan Document,
Lender may disclose to any Transferee all information, reports, financial
statements, certificates and documents obtained under any provision of any
Loan
Document. In the event of any transfer of any portion of Lender’s right and
interest in the Obligations of this Agreement, Lender agrees to so notify the
Borrower of such transfer and include such transferee’s name and contact
information, except if such transfer is to an Affiliate of Lender or any of
Lender’s financing sources.
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15.3 Application
of Payments
To
the
extent that any payment made or received with respect to the Obligations is
subsequently invalidated, determined to be fraudulent or preferential, set
aside
or required to be repaid to a trustee, debtor in possession, receiver, custodian
or any other Person under any Debtor Relief Law, common law or equitable cause
or any other law, then the Obligations intended to be satisfied by such payment
shall be revived and shall continue as if such payment had not been received
by
Lender. Any payments with respect to the Obligations received shall be credited
and applied in such manner and order as Lender shall decide in its sole
discretion.
15.4 Indemnity
Each
Credit Party jointly and severally shall indemnify Lender, its Affiliates and
its and their respective managers, members, officers, employees, Affiliates,
agents, representatives, successors, assigns, accountants and attorneys
(collectively, the “Indemnified
Persons”)
from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements of
any
kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel, allocable costs of in-house counsel, and in-house
diligence fees and expenses, subject to the provisions governing payment of
in-house counsel and outside counsel fees set forth in Section 15.7(b)) which
may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnified Person with
respect to or arising out of, or in any litigation, proceeding or investigation
instituted or conducted by any Person with respect to any aspect of, or any
transaction contemplated by or referred to in, or any matter related to, any
Loan Document or any agreement, document or transaction contemplated thereby,
whether or not such Indemnified Person is a party thereto, except to the extent
that any of the foregoing results directly from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such Indemnified Person as determined by a final non-appealable
judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction, in which case, any
previously made reimbursements made pursuant to this indemnification clause
for
claims which were due to such gross negligence or willful misconduct shall
be
immediately recoverable from such Indemnified Person. If any Indemnified Person
uses in-house counsel for any purpose for which any Credit Party is responsible
to pay or indemnify, each Credit Party expressly agrees that its indemnification
obligations include reasonable charges for the costs allocable for such work
of
such in-house counsel, subject to the provisions governing payment of in-house
counsel and outside counsel fees set forth in Section 15.7(b). Lender agrees
to
give Credit Parties reasonable notice of any event of which Lender becomes
aware
for which indemnification may be required under this Section 15.4, and Lender
may elect (but is not obligated) to direct the defense thereof, provided that
the selection of counsel shall be subject to Credit Parties’ consent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Any Indemnified Person
may, in its reasonable discretion, take such actions as it deems necessary
and
appropriate to investigate or defend any event or take other remedial or
corrective actions with respect thereto as may be necessary for the protection
of such Indemnified Person or the Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if
any insurer agrees to undertake the defense of an event (an “Insured
Event”),
Lender agrees not to exercise its right to select counsel to defend the event
if
that would cause any Credit Party’s insurer to deny coverage; provided, however,
that Lender reserves the right to retain counsel to represent any Indemnified
Person with respect to an Insured Event at its sole cost and expense. To the
extent that Lender obtains recovery from a third party other than an Indemnified
Person of any of the amounts that any Credit Party has paid to Lender pursuant
to the indemnity set forth in this Section 15.4, then Lender shall promptly
pay
to such Credit Party the amount of such recovery.
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15.5 Notice
Any
notice or request under any Loan Document shall be given to any party to this
Agreement at such party’s address set forth beneath its signature on the
signature page to this Agreement, or at such other address as such party may
hereafter specify in a notice given in the manner required under this
Section
15.5.
Any
notice or request hereunder shall be given only by, and shall be deemed to
have
been received upon (each, a “Receipt”):
(i) registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, on the date on
which received as indicated in such return receipt, (ii) delivery by a
nationally recognized overnight courier, one Business Day after deposit with
such courier, or (iii) facsimile transmission upon
sender’s receipt of confirmation of proper transmission,
as
applicable.
15.6 Severability;
Captions; Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures
If
any
provision of any Loan Document is adjudicated to be invalid under applicable
laws or regulations, such provision shall be inapplicable to the extent of
such
invalidity without affecting the validity or enforceability of the remainder
of
the Loan Documents which shall be given effect so far as possible. The captions
in the Loan Documents are intended for convenience and reference only and shall
not affect the meaning or interpretation of the Loan Documents. The Loan
Documents may be executed in one or more counterparts (which taken together,
as
applicable, shall constitute one and the same instrument) and by facsimile
transmission, which facsimile signatures shall be considered original executed
counterparts. Each party to this Agreement agrees that it will be bound by
its
own facsimile signature and that it accepts the facsimile signature of each
other party.
15.7 Expenses
(a) Credit
Parties shall pay, whether or not the Closing occurs, all costs and expenses
incurred by Lender and/or its Affiliates, including, without limitation,
documentation and diligence fees and expenses, all search, audit, appraisal,
recording, professional and filing fees and expenses and all other out-of-pocket
charges and expenses (including, without limitation, UCC and judgment and tax
lien searches and UCC filings and fees for post-Closing UCC and judgment and
tax
lien searches and wire transfer fees and audit expenses), and reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses, (i) in any effort to enforce, protect or collect
payment of any Obligation or to enforce any Loan Document or any related
agreement, document or instrument, (ii) in connection with entering into,
negotiating, preparing, reviewing and executing the Loan Documents and/or any
related agreements, documents or instruments, (iii) arising in any way out
of
administration of the Obligations, (iv) in connection with instituting,
maintaining, preserving, enforcing and/or foreclosing on Lender’s Liens in any
of the Collateral or securities pledged under the Loan Documents, whether
through judicial proceedings or otherwise, (v) in defending or prosecuting
any
actions, claims or proceedings arising out of or relating to Lender’s
transactions with Credit Parties, (vi) in seeking, obtaining or receiving any
advice with respect to its rights and obligations under any Loan Document and
any related agreement, document or instrument, and/or (vii) in connection with
any modification, restatement, supplement, amendment, waiver or extension of
any
Loan Document and/or any related agreement, document or instrument. All of
the
foregoing shall be charged to Credit Parties’ account and shall be part of the
Obligations, and each such amount so charged shall be deemed an Advance under
the Revolving Facility and added to the Obligations, regardless of whether
a
Revolver Termination has occurred. Lender acknowledges that it has agreed to
a
cap of $15,000 solely with respect to fees and expenses associated with the
business due diligence of originating and closing this Agreement which has
been
paid as a deposit to Lender. Lender agrees that, upon written request of
Borrower, it will provide a summary description of any legal matters which
were
charged to the account of the Borrower.
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(b)
If
Lender
or any of its Affiliates uses in-house counsel for any purpose under any Loan
Document for which Credit Parties are responsible to pay or indemnify, Credit
Parties expressly agree that their Obligations include reasonable charges for
such work commensurate with the allocable costs of such in-house counsel.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, so long
as
no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower shall
not be required to pay or indemnify Lender for the allocable cost of the work
of
staff counsel if Lender has engaged outside counsel for the same
work.
15.8 Entire
Agreement
This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which Credit Parties are a party
constitute the entire agreement between Credit Parties and Lender with respect
to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersede all prior agreements
and
understandings, if any, relating to the subject matter hereof or thereof. Any
promises, representations, warranties or guarantees not herein contained and
hereinafter made shall have no force and effect unless in writing signed by
Credit Parties and Lender. No provision of this Agreement may be changed,
modified, amended, restated, waived, supplemented, discharged, canceled or
terminated orally or by any course of dealing or in any other manner other
than
by an agreement in writing signed by Lender and Credit Parties. Each party
hereto acknowledges that it has been advised by counsel in connection with
the
negotiation and execution of this Agreement and is not relying upon oral
representations or statements inconsistent with the terms and provisions hereof.
15.9 Lender
Approvals
Unless
expressly provided herein to the contrary, any approval, consent, waiver or
satisfaction of Lender with respect to any matter that is subject of any Loan
Document may be granted or withheld by Lender in its sole and absolute
discretion.
15.10 Confidentiality
and Publicity
(a) Lender
understands and acknowledges that this Agreement is a material obligation of
the
Credit Parties, and as such, must be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”)
and
through such action will become publicly available. Credit Parties agree to
submit to Lender and Lender reserves the right to review and approve all
materials that Credit Parties or any of their Affiliates prepares that contain
Lender’s name or describe or refer to any Loan Document, any of the terms
thereof or any of the transactions contemplated thereby. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Lender acknowledges and agrees that that a description of the
principle terms of this Agreement will be required to be stated in the
Guarantor’s quarterly and annual reports filed with the SEC, and Guarantor and
its counsel shall have the final authority in any wording so disclosed;
provided, however, that Guarantor will attempt to clear such language with
the
Lender prior to any filing. Lender further acknowledges and agrees that once
such language in any SEC filings has been finalized, it can continue to appear
in subsequent SEC filings without any further review by Lender. Credit Parties
shall not, and shall not permit any of their Affiliates to, use Lender’s name
(or the name of any of Lender’s Affiliates) in connection with any of its
business operations, including without limitation, advertising, marketing or
press releases or such other similar purposes, without Lender’s prior written
consent. Lender similarly agrees that it shall not, and shall not permit any
of
its Affiliates to, use Credit Parties names or logos (or the names of any Credit
Parties’ Affiliates) in any advertising, marketing or press releases or such
similar purposes, without Credit Parties prior written consent. Nothing
contained in any Loan Document is intended to permit or authorize Credit Parties
or any of their Affiliates to contract on behalf of Lender.
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(b) Credit
Parties hereby agree that Lender or any Affiliate of Lender may disclose any
and
all information concerning the Loan Documents, as well as any information
regarding Credit Party and its operations, received by Lender in connection
with
the Loan Documents to its lenders or funding or financing sources.
15.11 Release
of Lender
Notwithstanding
any other provision of any Loan Document, each Credit Party voluntarily,
knowingly, unconditionally and irrevocably, with specific and express intent,
for and on behalf of itself, its managers, members, directors, officers,
employees, stockholders, Affiliates, agents, representatives, accountants,
attorneys, successors and assigns and their respective Affiliates (collectively,
the “Releasing
Parties”),
hereby
fully and completely releases and forever discharges the Indemnified Parties
and
any other Person or Insurer which may be responsible or liable for the acts
or
omissions of any of the Indemnified Parties, or who may be liable for the injury
or damage resulting therefrom (collectively, with the Indemnified Parties,
the
“Released
Parties”),
of and
from any and all actions, causes of action, damages, claims, obligations,
liabilities, costs, expenses and demands of any kind whatsoever, at law or
in
equity, matured or unmatured, vested or contingent, that any of the Releasing
Parties has against any of the Released Parties as of the date of the Closing.
Each Credit Party acknowledges that the foregoing release is a material
inducement to Lender’s decision to extend to such Credit Party the financial
accommodations hereunder and has been relied upon by Lender in agreeing to
make
the Loans.
15.12 Agent
Lender and its successors and assigns hereby (i) designate and appoint
CapitalSource Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its
successors and assigns ("CapitalSource"),
to
act as agent for Lender and its successors and assigns under this Agreement
and
all other Loan Documents, (ii) irrevocably authorize CapitalSource to take
all
actions on its behalf under the provision of this Loan Agreement and all other
Loan Documents, and (iii) to exercise all such powers and rights, and to perform
all such duties and obligations hereunder and thereunder. CapitalSource,
on behalf of Lender, shall hold all Collateral, payments of principal and
interest, fees, charges and collections received pursuant to this Agreement
and
all other Loan Documents. Each Credit Party acknowledges that Lender and
its successors and assigns transfer and assign to CapitalSource the right to
act
as Lender's agent to enforce all rights and perform all obligations of Lender
contained herein and in all of the other Loan Documents. Credit Parties
shall within ten Business Days after Lender's reasonable request, take such
further actions, obtain such consents and approvals and duly execute and deliver
such further agreements, amendments, assignments, instructions or documents
as
Lender may request to evidence the appointment and designation of CapitalSource
as agent for Lender and other financial institutions from time to time party
hereto and to the other Loan Documents.
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15.13 Reserved
15.14 Agreement
Controls
In
the
event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and any other Loan Documents,
the terms of this Agreement shall control.
[SIGNATURES
APPEAR ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
each of
the parties has duly executed this Revolving Credit and Security Agreement
as of
the date first written above.
BORROWER: | ||
NEOGENOMICS, INC., a Florida corporation | ||
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By: | /s/ Steven C. Jones | |
Name: |
Steven C. Jones |
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Its: | Chief Financial Officer |
GUARANTOR: | ||
NEOGENOMICS, INC., a Florida corporation | ||
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By: | /s/ Steven C. Jones | |
Name: |
Steven C. Jones |
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Its: | Chief Financial Officer | |
NeoGenomics, Inc. | ||
12701 Commonwealth Drive, Suite 9 | ||
Fort Myers, Florida 33913 | ||
Attention: | Steven C. Jones | |
Telephone: | (239) 768-0600 | |
Facsimile: | (239) 768-1672 | |
E-Mail: | ||
CAPITALSOURCE FINANCE LLC | ||
By: | /s/ David Martin | |
Name: |
David Martin |
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Its: | General Counsel - Commercial Lending | |
CapitalSource Finance LLC | ||
4445 Willard Avenue, 12th Floor | ||
Chevy Chase, MD 20815 | ||
Attention: | Healthcare Finance Group, Portfolio Manager | |
Telephone: | (301) 841-2700 | |
Facsimile: | (301) 841-2340 | |
E-Mail: |
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A
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Form
of Borrowing Certificate
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Exhibit
B
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Form
of Compliance Certificate
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Exhibit
C
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Form
of Solvency Certificate
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Exhibit
D
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Form
of Officer’s Certificate
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SCHEDULES
Schedule
2.3
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Borrower’s
Accounts
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Schedule
5.3A
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Proceedings
or Investigations
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Schedule
5.3B
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Third-Party
Contracts
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Schedule
7.11
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Intellectual
Property
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Schedule
7.15A
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Existing
Indebtedness, Investments, Guarantees and Certain
Contracts
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Schedule
7.15B
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Indebtedness
with a Maturity Date During the Term
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Schedule
7.16
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Other
Agreements
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Schedule
7.17
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Insurance
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Schedule
7.18A
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Borrower’s
Names
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Schedule
7.18B
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Places
of Business and Chief Executive Offices
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Schedule
7.18B
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Borrower’s
Locations
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Schedule
7.2
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Consents,
Approvals or Authorizations
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Schedule
7.3
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Capitalization;
List of Subsidiaries
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Schedule
7.4A
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Leases
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Schedule
7.4B
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Deposit
Accounts and Investment Accounts
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Schedule
7.5
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Affiliate
Contracts/Agreements
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Schedule
7.6
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Litigation
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Schedule
7.8
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Tax
Matters
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Schedule
8.8
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Post-Closing
Matters
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Schedule
9.2
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Indebtedness
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Schedule
9.3
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Liens
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ANNEX
I
FINANCIAL
COVENANTS
1. Minimum
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (Adjusted EBITDA/Fixed
Charges)
For
the
Test Period ending April 30, 2008, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall not
be
less than 0.0 to 1.0; for the Test Period ending May 31, 2008, the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio shall not be less than 0.25 to 1.0; for the Test Period ending
June 30, 2008, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall not be less than 0.75
to
1.0; and for the Test Period ending July 31, 2008, and each Test Period ending
on the last day of each calendar month thereafter the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio shall not be less than 1.25 to 1.0.
2. Minimum
Cash Velocity
For
each
calendar month, the collections of Accounts of Borrower collectively shall
not
be less than an amount equal to the product of (x) 0.80 multiplied by (y) the
average revenues of Borrower for the immediately preceding three months;
provided that, upon any violation of or failure to comply with this covenant,
Lender shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to consider for all
purposes under the Agreement as though Borrower actually collected Accounts
equal to such minimum required amount.
3. Minimum
Liquidity
As
of
Closing and at all times thereafter Minimum Liquidity shall not be less than
$750,000; provided,
however,
(i)
such Minimum Liquidity amount will be reduced to $500,000 after Borrower has
demonstrated that Borrower has achieved a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of 1.0
to
1.0 for any Test Period and (ii) Lender agrees that it shall eliminate testing
of this covenant in the event that Borrower is in compliance with this Agreement
(including all financial covenants set forth herein) for six consecutive
calendar months; provided,
further,
that,
such
consecutive six-month calendar period shall not begin before April 1,
2008.
For
purposes of the covenants set forth in this Annex I, the terms listed below
shall have the following meanings:
“Adjusted
EBITDA”
shall
mean, for any period, the sum, without duplication, of the following for
Borrower collectively on a consolidated basis: Net Income, plus,
(a)
Interest Expense, (b) taxes on income, whether paid, payable or accrued, (c)
depreciation expense, (d) amortization expense, (e) all other non-cash,
recurring charges and expenses, excluding accruals for cash expenses made in
the
ordinary course of business, (f) loss from any sale of assets, other than sales
in the ordinary course of business, (g) non-cash stock option and warrant based
compensation expense and (h) other extraordinary or non-recurring charges that
would not have otherwise been incurred in ordinary course of business as
determined in accordance to GAAP, including but not limited to, severance
payments up to the amounts permitted in Section 9.6, minus
(a)
gains from any sale of assets, other than sales in the ordinary course of
business and (b) other extraordinary or non-recurring gains, in each case
determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash
Equivalents”
shall
mean, as of any date of determination, (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 six
months from the date of acquisition, (b) U.S. dollar denominated time deposits,
certificates of deposit and bankers’ acceptances of (i) any domestic commercial
bank of recognized standing having capital and surplus in excess of
$500,000,000, or (ii) any bank (or the parent company of such bank) whose
short-term commercial paper rating from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services
(“S&P”)
is at
least A-2 or the equivalent thereof or from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
(“Moody’s”)
is at
least P-2 or the equivalent thereof in each case with maturities of not more
than six months from the date of acquisition (any bank meeting the
qualifications specified in clauses (b)(i) or (ii), an “Approved
Bank”),
(c) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for
underlying securities of the types described in clause (a), above, entered
into
with any Approved Bank, (d) commercial paper issued by any Approved Bank or
by
the parent company of any Approved Bank and commercial paper issued by, or
guaranteed by, any industrial or financial company with a short-term commercial
paper rating of at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least
P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s, or guaranteed by any industrial
company with a long term unsecured debt rating of at least A or A2, or the
equivalent of each thereof, from S&P or Moody’s, as the case may be, and in
each case maturing within six months after the date of acquisition and (e)
investments in money market funds substantially all of whose assets are
comprised of securities of the type described in clauses (a) through (d)
above.
“Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio”
shall
mean, as of any date of determination, for Borrower collectively on a
consolidated basis, the ratio of (a) Adjusted EBITDA for the Test Period
ended of as of such date, to (b) Fixed Charges for the Test Period ended as
of
such date.
“Fixed
Charges”
shall
mean, for any period, the sum of the following for Borrower collectively on
a
consolidated basis for such period: (a) Total Debt Service, (b) un-financed
Capital Expenditures paid in cash, (c) income taxes paid in cash or accrued,
and
(d) dividends and Distributions paid or accrued or declared (except for
Accumulated Distributions from previous Accumulated Distribution Fiscal
Quarters).
“Interest
Expense”
shall
mean, for any period, for Borrower collectively on a consolidated basis for
such
period: (a) total interest expense (including without limitation attributable
to
Capital Leases in accordance with GAAP), (b) financing fees with respect to
all
outstanding Indebtedness excluding amortization of capitalized financing fees
associated with the initial closing of this Agreement to interest expense in
accordance with GAAP, and commissions, discounts and other fees owed with
respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs
under Interest Rate Agreements. Notwithstanding the foregoing Interest Expense
shall not include any amortization of non-cash warrant compensation that may
be
a result of warrants attached to any debt instrument.
“Interest
Rate Agreement”
shall
mean any interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement or other similar agreement
or arrangement designed to hedge the position with respect to interest
rates.
“Minimum
Liquidity”
shall
mean, as of any date of determination, the sum of the following for Borrower
collectively on a consolidated basis as of such date: (a) unrestricted cash
on
hand, plus
(b)
unrestricted Cash Equivalents, plus
(c)
unused Availability.
“Net
Income”
shall
mean, for any period, the net income (or loss) of Borrower collectively on
a
consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP; provided,
however,
that
there shall be excluded (i) the income (or loss) of any Person in which any
other Person (other than Borrower) has a joint interest, except to the extent
of
the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to a Borrower
by
such Person, (ii) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date
it becomes a Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with a Borrower or
that
Person’s assets are acquired by a Borrower, (iii) the income of any Subsidiary
of Borrower to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or
similar distributions of that income by that Subsidiary is not at the time
permitted by operation of the terms of the charter or any agreement, instrument,
judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable
to
that Subsidiary, (iv) compensation expense resulting from the issuance of
capital stock, warrants, stock options or stock appreciation rights issued
to
former or current employees or consultants, including officers, of a Borrower,
or the exercise of such options or rights, in each case to the extent the
obligation (if any) associated therewith is not expected to be settled by the
payment of cash by a Borrower or any affiliate thereof, and
(v) compensation expense resulting from the repurchase of capital stock,
options and rights described in clause (iv) of this definition of Net
Income.
ii
“Test
Period”
shall
mean the three most recent calendar months then ended (taken as one accounting
period), or such other period as specified in the Agreement or any Annex
thereto, provided,
that,
for the
Test Period ending April 30, 2008, Test Period shall mean the two most recent
calendar months then ended (taken as one accounting period).
“Total
Debt Service”
shall
mean, for any period, the sum of the following for Borrower collectively on
a
consolidated basis: (i) payments of principal on Indebtedness for such period,
plus
(ii)
Interest Expense for such period.
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REVOLVING
CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
between
NeoGenomics,
Inc., a Florida Corporation, as Borrower
and
NeoGenomics,
Inc., a Nevada corporation, as Guarantor
and
CAPITALSOURCE
FINANCE LLC
Dated
as of
February
1, 2008
REVOLVING
CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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I. | DEFINITIONS |
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1.1 | General Terms |
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1.2 | Definitions |
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II. | ADVANCES, PAYMENT AND INTEREST |
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2.1 | The Revolving Facility |
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2.2 | The Revolving Loans; Maturity |
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2.3 | Revolving Facility Disbursements; Requirement to Deliver Borrowing Certificate |
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2.4 | Promise to Pay; Manner of Payment |
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2.5 | Repayment of Excess Advances |
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2.6 | Payments by Lender |
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2.7 | Evidence of Loans |
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III. | INTEREST AND FEES |
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3.1 | Interest on the Revolving Facility |
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3.2 | Commitment Fee |
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3.3 | Unused Line Fee |
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3.4 | Collateral Management Fee |
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3.5 | Computation of Fees; Lawful Limits |
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3.6 | Default Rate of Interest |
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IV. | GRANT OF SECURITY INTERESTS |
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4.1 | Security Interest; Collateral |
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4.2 | Power of Attorney |
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4.3 | Further Assurances |
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V. | ADMINISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE OF COLLATERAL |
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5.1 | Revolving Facility Collections; Repayment; Borrowing Availability and Lockbox |
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5.2 | Accounts |
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5.3 | Healthcare |
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5.4 | Medicare and Medicaid Account Debtors and Third-Party Payor Information |
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5.5 | Collateral Administration |
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VI. | CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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6.1 | Conditions to Initial Advance and Closing |
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6.2 | Conditions to Each Advance |
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VII. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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7.1 | Organization and Authority |
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7.2 | Loan Documents |
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7.3 | Subsidiaries, Capitalization and Ownership Interests |
28
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7.4 | Properties |
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7.5 | Other Agreements |
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7.6 | Litigation |
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7.7 | Environmental Matters |
29
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7.8 | Potential Tax Liability; Tax Returns; Governmental Reports |
30
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7.9 | Financial Statements and Reports |
30
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7.10 | Compliance with Law |
31
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7.11 | Intellectual Property |
32
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7.12 | Licenses and Permits; Labor |
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7.13 | No Default |
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7.14 | Disclosure |
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7.15 | Existing Indebtedness; Investments, Guarantees and Certain Contracts |
32
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7.16 | Other Agreements |
33
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7.17 | Insurance |
33
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7.18 | Names; Location of Offices, Records and Collateral |
33
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7.19 | Lien Perfection and Priority |
34
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7.20 | Investment Company Act |
34
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7.21 | Regulations T, U and X |
34
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7.22 | Survival |
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VIII. | AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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8.1 | Financial Statements, Borrowing Certificate, Financial Reports and Other Information |
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8.2 | [Reserved] |
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8.3 | Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence and Assets |
37
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8.4 | Compliance with Legal and Other Obligations |
37
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8.5 | Insurance |
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8.6 | Books and Records |
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8.7 | Inspections; Periodic Audits and Reappraisals |
38
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8.8 | Further Assurances; Post-Closing |
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8.9 | Use of Proceeds |
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8.10 | [Reserved] |
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8.11 | [Reserved] |
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8.12 | Taxes and Other Charges |
39
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8.13 | Payroll Taxes |
40
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8.14 | New Subsidiaries |
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8.15 | [Reserved] |
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IX. | NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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9.1 | Financial Covenants |
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9.2 | Permitted Indebtedness |
40
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9.3 | Permitted Liens |
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9.4 | Investments; New Facilities or Collateral; Subsidiaries |
41
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9.5 | Dividends; Redemptions |
41
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9.6 | Transactions with Affiliates |
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9.7 | Charter Documents; Fiscal Year; Dissolution; Use of Proceeds |
42
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9.8 | Truth of Statements |
42
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9.9 | IRS Form 8821 |
42
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9.10 | Transfer of Assets |
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9.11 | OFAC |
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9.12 | Payroll Accounts |
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9.13 | US Lab Litigation |
43
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X. | EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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XI. | RIGHTS AND REMEDIES AFTER DEFAULT |
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11.1 | Rights and Remedies |
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11.2 | Application of Proceeds |
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11.3 | Rights of Lender to Appoint Receiver |
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11.4 | Rights and Remedies not Exclusive |
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11.5 | Standards for Exercising Remedies |
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XII. | WAIVERS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS |
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12.1 | Waivers |
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12.2 | Delay; No Waiver of Defaults |
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12.3 | Jury Waiver |
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12.4 | Cooperation in Discovery and Litigation |
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XIII. | EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERMINATION |
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13.1 | Termination and Effective Date Thereof |
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13.2 | Survival |
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XIV. | GUARANTY |
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14.1 | Guaranty |
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14.2 | Guaranty Absolute |
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14.3 | Subrogation |
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XV. | MISCELLANEOUS |
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15.1 | Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Service of Process; Venue |
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15.2 | Successors and Assigns; Participations; New Lenders |
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15.3 | Application of Payments |
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15.4 | Indemnity |
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15.5 | Notice |
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15.6 | Severability; Captions; Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures |
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15.7 | Expenses |
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15.8 | Entire Agreement |
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15.9 | Lender Approvals |
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15.10 | Confidentiality and Publicity |
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15.11 | Release of Lender |
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15.12 | Agent |
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15.13 | Reserved |
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15.14 | Agreement Controls |
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