UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 1, 2019

Commission File Number: 0-24260

 

 

 

Amedisys, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		11-3131700
(State or other jurisdiction of		(IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)		Identification No.)

3854 American Way, Suite A, Baton Rouge, LA 70816

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(225) 292-2031 or (800) 467-2662

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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SECTION 1 – REGISTRANT’S BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS

 

Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

On February 4, 2019, Amedisys, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, effective as of that date (the “First Amendment”), by and among the Company and Amedisys Holding, L.L.C., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Holding” and together with the Company, the “Borrowers”), as the borrowers, certain subsidiaries of the Company party thereto as guarantors, Bank of America, N.A. (the “Administrative Agent”), as the administrative agent, swingline lender and letter of credit issuer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JP Morgan”), as syndication agent, Capital One Bank, National Association, Citizens Bank, N.A., Compass Bank, Fifth Third Bank, Hancock Whitney Bank, Regions Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as co-documentation agents, the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”), Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”), Citizens Bank, N.A., Fifth Third Bank and JP Morgan, as joint lead arrangers, and Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan, as joint bookrunners. The First Amendment amends the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2018 (the “Existing Credit Agreement”, and as amended by the First Amendment, the “Amended Credit Agreement”).

The Amended Credit Agreement provides for a senior secured credit facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of up to $725 million, which includes a revolving facility in the principal amount of $550 million (the “Revolving Facility”), which existed under the Existing Credit Agreement, and a term loan facility in the principal amount of up to $175 million (the “Term Loan Facility” and collectively with the Revolving Facility, the “Credit Facility”), which was added by the First Amendment. The Revolving Facility includes a $60 million sublimit for the issuance of standby letters of credit and a $25 million sublimit for swingline loans.

The Company borrowed the entire principal amount of the Term Loan Facility on February 4, 2019 in order to fund a portion of the purchase price of the Compassionate Care Hospice Group, Inc. acquisition (described in Item 2.01 below), with the remainder of the purchase price and associated transactional fees and expenses funded by proceeds from the Revolving Facility.

The loans issued under the Credit Facility bear interest on a per annum basis, at the Borrower’s election, at either (i) the Base Rate plus an applicable margin or (ii) the Eurodollar Rate plus an applicable margin. In the Amended Credit Agreement “Base Rate” and “Eurodollar Rate” have the same definitions as in the Existing Credit Agreement, which rates are described in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 2, 2018. The Amended Credit Agreement, however, provides for an applicable margin that is 0.25% lower than the margin provided in the Existing Credit Agreement. As a result, the current applicable margin for Base Rate loans and Eurodollar Rate loans is equal to 0.50% per annum and 1.50% per annum, respectively. The applicable margin may be adjusted to an amount equal to 0.25% per annum, 0.75% per annum and 1.00% per annum for Base Rate loans, and to an amount equal to 1.25% per annum, 1.75% per annum, and 2.00% per annum for Eurodollar Rate loans, depending on the Borrowers’ consolidated leverage ratio at the end of each fiscal quarter.

The final maturity date of the Credit Facility is February 4, 2024. The Revolving Facility will terminate and be due and payable as of the final maturity date. The Term Loan Facility, however, is subject to quarterly amortization of principal in the amount of (i) 0.625% for the period commencing on February 4, 2019 and ending on March 31, 2020, (ii) 1.250% for the period

commencing on April 1, 2020 and ending on March 31, 2023, and (iii) 1.875% for the period commencing on April 1, 2023 and ending on February 4, 2024. The remaining balance of the Term Loan Facility must be paid upon the final maturity date. In addition to the scheduled amortization of the Term Loan Facility, and subject to customary exceptions and reinvestment rights, the Borrowers are required to prepay the Term Loan Facility, first, and the Revolving Facility, second, with 100% of all net cash proceeds received by any loan party or any subsidiary thereof in connection with (a) any asset sale or disposition where such loan party receives net cash proceeds in excess of $5 million or (b) any debt issuance that is not permitted under the Amended Credit Agreement.

The Amended Credit Agreement contains customary negative covenants, including, but not limited to, restrictions on the incurrence of liens and additional debt, the sales of assets and other fundamental corporate changes, investments and the declaration of dividends. In addition, the Amended Credit Agreement requires the Borrowers to satisfy financial covenants based on their consolidated leverage ratio and a consolidated interest coverage ratio. All of the Borrowers’ covenants, which are described more fully in the Amended Credit Agreement, are subject to certain exceptions and baskets.

The Amended Credit Agreement includes the same events of default and remedies upon an event of default as the Existing Credit Agreement, including acceleration of the amounts due under the Credit Facility. The Credit Facility also continues to be guaranteed by substantially all of the wholly-owned direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Borrowers and secured by a first lien security interest in all of the personal property of the Borrowers and their wholly-owned direct and indirect subsidiaries.

The First Amendment is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the First Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Certain parties to the Amended Credit Agreement and certain of their respective affiliates have performed in the past, and may from time to time perform in the future, banking, investment banking and/or other advisory services for the Company and its affiliates for which they have received, and/or will receive, customary fees and expenses.

Joinder Agreement

In connection with the CCH Acquisition (as defined below), the Borrowers and each of the Acquired Companies (as defined below) also entered into a Joinder Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2019, by and among the Borrowers, the Acquired Companies and the Administrative Agent (the “Joinder”). By virtue of the Joinder, the Acquired Companies were made parties to, and became subject to the terms and conditions of, the Amended Credit Agreement, the Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2018, by and among the Borrowers, the grantors party thereto and the Administrative Agent (the “Amended and Restated Security Agreement”), and the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2018, by and among the Borrowers, the pledgors party thereto and the Administrative Agent (the “Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement”).

Pursuant to the Joinder, the Amended and Restated Security Agreement, and the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, the Acquired Companies granted in favor of the Administrative Agent a first lien security interest in substantially all of their personal property assets and pledged to the Administrative Agent each of their respective subsidiaries’ issued and outstanding equity

interests. The Acquired Companies also guaranteed the Borrowers’ obligations, whether now existing or arising after the effective date of the Joinder, under the Amended Credit Agreement pursuant to the terms of the Joinder and the Amended Credit Agreement.

A copy of the Joinder is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Joinder does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

SECTION 2 - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 2.01

Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On February 1, 2019, the Company and Amedisys Hospice, L.L.C., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Amedisys Hospice”), completed the previously-announced acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding equity interests in Compassionate Care Hospice Group, Inc. (“CCH”) and its subsidiaries (collectively with CCH, the “Acquired Companies”) pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”) entered into on October 9, 2018 among the Company, Amedisys Hospice, on one hand, and Milton Heching and the Heching 2012 Exempt Irrevocable Trust, as Sellers, on the other hand, for a base purchase price of $340 million (which purchase price was subject to customary purchase price adjustments based on the amount of cash of the Acquired Companies as of the closing as well as certain tax payments owed by CCH) (the “CCH Acquisition”). A portion of the purchase price was paid by the issuance of a one business day promissory note, which the Company paid off in full on February 4, 2019 pursuant to the proceeds from the Term Loan Facility advanced under the Amended Credit Agreement.

The foregoing description of the CCH Acquisition is only a summary and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, reference to the full text of the Stock Purchase Agreement, which was previously filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2018 and is incorporated by reference herein as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 2.03

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

On February 4, 2019, the Company entered into the First Amendment and Joinder, as further described under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, which disclosures are incorporated herein by reference.

SECTION 7 - REGULATION FD

 

Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On February 4, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had closed the CCH Acquisition and entered into the First Amendment and the Joinder, which copy of such press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. In addition, a copy of the supplemental slides which the Company plans to use in discussions with analysts is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

The information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K under this Item 7.01 (including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto) is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of Section 18, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. The information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K under this Item 7.01 (including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto) will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information required to be disclosed solely to satisfy the requirements of Regulation FD.

SECTION 9 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.

The financial statements required by this Item will be filed by amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K no later than 71 days following the date that this Current Report is required to be filed.

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

The pro forma financial information required by this Item will be filed by amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K no later than 71 days following the date that this Current Report is required to be filed.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number		Description
2.1		Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of October  9, 2018, by and among Milton Heching, the Heching 2012 Exempt Irrevocable Trust, Amedisys Hospice, L.L.C., Compassionate Care Hospice Group, Inc., and solely for purposes of Sections 3.4, 4.3(a), 4.15 and Article VIII thereof, Amedisys, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2018.)
10.1		First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February  4, 2019, by and among the Amedisys, Inc. and Amedisys Holding, L.L.C., as the borrowers, certain subsidiaries of the Company party thereto as guarantors, Bank of America, N.A., as the administrative agent, swingline lender and letter of credit issuer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, Capital One Bank, National Association, Citizens Bank, N.A., Compass Bank, Fifth Third Bank, Hancock Whitney Bank, Regions Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as co-documentation agents, the lenders party thereto, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citizens Bank, N.A., Fifth Third Bank and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as joint lead arrangers, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as joint bookrunners (The schedules to the First Amendment have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company will furnish copies of the omitted schedules to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.)

10.2		Joinder Agreement, dated as of February  4, 2019, by and among Amedisys, Inc. and Amedisys Holding, L.L.C., as the borrowers, each of the new subsidiary guarantors party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as the administrative agent (The schedules to the Joinder have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company will furnish copies of the omitted schedules to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.)
99.1		Press release dated February 4, 2019 (furnished only)
99.2		Supplemental slides regarding the CCH Acquisition (furnished only)

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Exhibit 10.1

FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of February 4, 2019

among

AMEDISYS, INC.

and

AMEDISYS HOLDING, L.L.C.,

as Borrowers,

THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and L/C Issuer,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Syndication Agent,

CAPITAL ONE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

CITIZENS BANK, N.A.,

COMPASS BANK,

FIFTH THIRD BANK,

HANCOCK WHITNEY BANK,

REGIONS BANK,

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Co-Documentation Agents,

and

THE OTHER L/C ISSUERS AND LENDERS PARTY HERETO

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,

CITIZENS BANK, N.A.,

FIFTH THIRD BANK

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Joint Lead Arrangers

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Joint Bookrunners

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 4, 2019 (the “First Amendment Effective Date”), is entered into among AMEDISYS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), AMEDISYS HOLDING, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company (“Amedisys Holding”; Amedisys Holding, together with the Company, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), the Guarantors party hereto, the Lenders party hereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and L/C Issuer, and the other L/C Issuers party hereto.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and L/C Issuer, and the other L/C Issuers party thereto, have entered into that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 29, 2018 (as amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced, or supplemented from time to time prior to the First Amendment Effective Date, the “Existing Credit Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Existing Credit Agreement be amended as set forth below, subject to the terms and conditions specified in this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.    Defined Terms.

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Existing Credit Agreement or the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below), as applicable. In addition, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

“Amedisys Hospice” means Amedisys Hospice, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company.

“Compassionate Care” means Compassionate Care Hospice Group, Inc., a Florida corporation.

“Compassionate Care Acquisition” means the Acquisition by Amedisys Hospice of all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Compassionate Care pursuant to the Compassionate Care Acquisition Agreement.

“Compassionate Care Acquisition Agreement” means that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 9, 2018, by and among Milton Heching, a resident of the lawful age of majority of the State of Florida, and the Heching 2012 Exempt Irrevocable Trust, a trust formed under the laws of the State of Illinois, as sellers, Amedisys Hospice, as buyer, Compassionate Care, and the Company (including all annexes, schedules and exhibits thereto).

“Transactions” means the consummation of the Compassionate Care Acquisition pursuant to the Compassionate Care Acquisition Agreement, the entering into of this Agreement, the making of the Credit Extensions on the First Amendment Effective Date, and all related transactions.

2.    Amendments to Existing Credit Agreement; Effect of this Agreement; No Impairment.

(a)    The Existing Credit Agreement is amended in its entirety to read in the form attached hereto as Annex A (the credit agreement attached hereto as Annex A being referred to herein as the “Amended Credit Agreement”).

(b)    Schedules 1.01(b), 1.01(d), 5.10, 5.19(a), 5.19(b), 5.20(b), 5.20(c), 5.20(d), 5.22, 7.01, 7.02, 7.03 and 7.08 to the Existing Credit Agreement are amended to read in the forms of Schedules 1.01(b), 1.01(d), 5.10, 5.19(a), 5.19(b), 5.20(b), 5.20(c), 5.20(d), 5.22, 7.01, 7.02, 7.03 and 7.08 attached hereto, respectively.

(c)    Exhibit B to the Existing Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

(i)    The reference to “Dispositions and Acquisitions” in Section 5 of Exhibit B to the Existing Credit Agreement is amended to read “Dispositions, Involuntary Dispositions, Debt Issuances and Acquisitions”.

(ii)    The reference to “Dispositions and Acquisitions” in the heading to Schedule B to Exhibit B to the Existing Credit Agreement is amended to read “Dispositions, Involuntary Dispositions, Debt Issuances and Acquisitions”.

(d)    Exhibits F and G to the Existing Credit Agreement are amended to read in the forms of Exhibits F and G attached hereto, respectively.

(e)    A new Exhibit M is added to the Existing Credit Agreement to read in the form of Exhibit M attached hereto.

(f)    The parties hereto agree that, on and as of the First Amendment Effective Date, the following transactions shall be deemed to occur automatically, without further action by any party hereto: (i) the Existing Credit Agreement shall automatically be amended in its entirety to read in the form of the Amended Credit Agreement, (ii) all Obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement outstanding on and as of the First Amendment Effective Date shall in all respects be continuing and shall be deemed to be Obligations outstanding under the Amended Credit Agreement, (iii) the Guaranty provided pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect with respect to the Secured Obligations and is hereby reaffirmed, and (iv) all Letters of Credit outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement on and as of the First Amendment Effective Date shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit outstanding on and as of the First Amendment Effective Date under the Amended Credit Agreement. Except as expressly modified and amended in this Agreement, all of the terms, provisions and conditions of the Loan Documents shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. The Loan Documents and any and all other documents heretofore, now or hereafter executed and delivered pursuant to the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement are hereby amended so that any reference to the Existing Credit Agreement shall mean a reference to the Amended Credit Agreement. The Amended Credit Agreement is not a novation of the Existing Credit Agreement.

(g)    Except as expressly set forth herein, this Agreement shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties under the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, all of which, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified hereby, are ratified and affirmed in all

 

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respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle any Loan Party to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances.

3.    Conditions Precedent. This Agreement shall become effective upon, and the obligation of each Lender to advance a portion of the Term Borrowing to be made on the First Amendment Effective Date is subject to, satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a)    receipt by the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, properly executed by a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party, each Lender, the Swingline Lender, each L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent;

(b)    receipt by the Administrative Agent of Term Notes, properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Company in favor of each Lender requesting a Term Note;

(c)    receipt by the Administrative Agent of the following, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its legal counsel: (i) copies of the Organization Documents of each Loan Party certified to be true and complete as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation, where applicable, and certified by a secretary or assistant secretary of such Loan Party to be true and correct as of the First Amendment Effective Date (provided, that, with respect to any such Organization Documents that have not been amended, modified or terminated since the Closing Date, such Loan Party may certify that such Organization Documents have not been amended, modified or terminated since the Closing Date and remain in full force and effect, and remain true and complete, in the form delivered to the Administrative Agent on the Closing Date); (ii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party; and (iii) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in its jurisdiction of organization or incorporation;

(d)    receipt by the Administrative Agent of an opinion or opinions of counsel for the Loan Parties, dated the First Amendment Effective Date and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

(e)    receipt by the Administrative Agent of (i) audited consolidated balance sheets of Compassionate Care and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal years of Compassionate Care ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal years of Compassionate Care, (ii) a quality of earnings report Compassionate Care and its Subsidiaries for the five (5)-month period ended May 31, 2018, (iii) pro forma consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of and for the twelve (12)-month period ended May 31, 2018, prepared after giving effect to the Transactions as if the Transactions have occurred on such date (in the case of the balance sheet) or at the beginning of such period (in all other cases), and (iv) a pro forma consolidated budget of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including forecasts prepared by management of the Company, of consolidated balance sheets, statements of income or operations and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the first five (5) years following the First Amendment Effective Date, prepared after giving effect to the Transactions;

 

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(f)    receipt by the Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of: (i) searches of UCC filings in the jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, as applicable, of each Loan Party, copies of the financing statements on file in such jurisdictions and evidence that no Liens exist other than Permitted Liens; (ii) searches of ownership of Intellectual Property in the appropriate governmental offices and duly executed notices of grant of security interest in the form required by the Collateral Documents as are necessary, in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, to perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Intellectual Property of the Loan Parties; (iii) completed UCC financing statements for each appropriate jurisdiction as is necessary, in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, to perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Collateral; (iv) all certificates evidencing any certificated Equity Interests pledged to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents, together with duly executed in blank and undated stock powers attached thereto; (v) to the extent required to be delivered pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Documents, all instruments, documents and chattel paper in the possession of any of the Loan Parties, together with allonges or assignments as may be necessary or appropriate to perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Collateral; (vi) to the extent required to be delivered pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents, with respect to any tangible personal property Collateral located at any premises leased by a Loan Party, such estoppel letters, consents and waivers from the landlords on such real property; and (vii) to the extent required to be delivered pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents, with respect to any deposit or other accounts (including securities accounts) at any bank or other financial institution, or any other account where money or securities are or may be deposited or maintained with any Loan Party, Qualifying Control Agreements with respect thereto;

(g)    receipt by the Administrative Agent of copies of insurance certificates and endorsements of insurance evidencing liability, casualty, property, terrorism and business interruption insurance meeting the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents and otherwise satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(h)    receipt by the Administrative Agent of a Solvency Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company as to the financial condition, solvency and related matters of the Company and its Subsidiaries, after giving effect to the Transactions;

(i)    there shall not have occurred since December 31, 2017 any event or condition that has had or could be reasonably expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(j)    there shall not exist any action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened in writing in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(k)    all Board of Director, governmental, shareholder and material third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Transactions shall have been obtained and shall be in full force and effect;

(l)    receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company: (i) certifying that (A) the conditions specified in Sections 3(i), 3(j), and 3(k) and Section 5(e)(iv) have been satisfied; (B)(1) Compassionate Care operates a Permitted

 

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Business, (2) attached thereto are calculations demonstrating that, upon giving Pro Forma Effect to the Compassionate Care Acquisition, (x) the Loan Parties would be in compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 7.11(b) of the Existing Credit Agreement as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Company was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) of the Existing Credit Agreement, and (y) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than 3.75 to 1.0 as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Company was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) of the Existing Credit Agreement, and (3) the Compassionate Care Acquisition is not a “hostile” acquisition and has been approved by the Board of Directors and/or the shareholders (or equivalent) of the Company, Amedisys Hospice and Compassionate Care, as applicable; and (C) the Compassionate Care Acquisition shall have been consummated (or shall be consummated substantially simultaneously with the Credit Extensions to be made on the First Amendment Effective Date) in compliance with applicable law and regulatory approvals and in accordance with the Compassionate Care Acquisition Agreement; and (ii) attaching a copy of the Compassionate Care Acquisition Agreement (which certificate shall include a certification that the Compassionate Care Acquisition Agreement shall not have been altered, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified since the execution thereof, or any condition therein waived in any manner, in each case to the extent such alteration, amendment, supplement, modification or waiver would be materially adverse to the Company or the Lenders, unless such alteration, amendment, supplement, modification or waiver was approved by the Administrative Agent) and copies of any other material definitive documentation entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the Compassionate Care Acquisition, in each case certified by a Responsible Officer of the Company to be true and complete;

(m)    receipt by the Administrative Agent of any fees owing to the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders that are required to be paid on or before the First Amendment Effective Date; and

(n)    (i) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have completed a due diligence investigation of the Loan Parties, Compassionate Care and their respective Subsidiaries in scope, and with results, satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, including with respect to OFAC, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and “know your customer” due diligence, (ii) upon the request of any Lender made at least ten (10) days prior to the First Amendment Effective Date, the Borrowers shall have provided to such Lender (and such Lender shall be reasonably satisfied with) the documentation and other information so requested in connection with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act, in each case at least five (5) days prior to the First Amendment Effective Date, and (iii) at least five (5) days prior to the First Amendment Effective Date, if any Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, such Borrower shall deliver, to each Lender that so requests, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Borrower.

For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 3, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed First Amendment Effective Date specifying its objection thereto.

4.    Payment of Expenses. The Loan Parties agree to reimburse the Administrative Agent for all reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement, including all reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent (paid directly to such counsel if requested by the Administrative Agent).

 

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5.    Reallocation; Miscellaneous.

(a)    On the First Amendment Effective Date, the loans and commitments made by the Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be re-allocated and restated among the Lenders so that, and loans and commitments shall be made by the Lenders so that, as of the First Amendment Effective Date, the respective commitments of the Lenders shall be as set forth on Schedule 1.01(b) attached hereto.

(b)    The Loan Documents and the obligations of the Loan Parties thereunder are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect according to their terms. This Agreement shall constitute a Loan Document.

(c)    Each Loan Party (i) agrees that the Collateral Documents continue to be in full force and effect and are not impaired or adversely affected in any manner whatsoever, (ii) confirms its grant of security interests pursuant to the Collateral Documents to which it is a party as Collateral for the Secured Obligations, and (iii) acknowledges that all Liens granted (or purported to be granted) pursuant to the Collateral Documents remain and continue in full force and effect in respect of, and to secure, the Secured Obligations.

(d)    Each Guarantor (i) acknowledges and consents to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (ii) affirms all of its obligations under the Loan Documents, and (iii) agrees that this Agreement and all documents executed in connection herewith do not operate to reduce or discharge its obligations under the Loan Documents.

(e)    Each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants as follows: (i) such Loan Party has taken all necessary corporate, limited liability or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; (ii) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles and/or principles of good faith and fair dealing (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law); (iii) no approval, consent, exemption, authorization or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, such Loan Party of this Agreement; and (iv) after giving effect to the Transactions, (A) the representations and warranties of the Company and each other Loan Party contained in Article II and Article V of the Amended Credit Agreement or in any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection therewith, are true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation and warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) on and as of the First Amendment Effective Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 5(e)(iv)(A), the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 of the Amended Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01 of the Amended Credit Agreement, and (B) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

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(f)    This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by fax transmission or e-mail transmission (e.g. “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

(g)    If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (i) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

(h)    THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(i)    The terms of Sections 11.14 and 11.15 of the Amended Credit Agreement with respect to submission to jurisdiction, waiver of venue and waiver of jury trial are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis, and the parties hereto agree to such terms.

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Each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

BORROWERS:		AMEDISYS, INC.,
		a Delaware corporation
		By:		/s/ Scott G. Ginn
		Name:		Scott G. Ginn
		Title:		Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
		AMEDISYS HOLDING, L.L.C.,
		a Louisiana limited liability company
		By:		/s/ Scott G. Ginn
		Name:		Scott G. Ginn
		Title:		Vice-President and Treasurer
GUARANTORS:		ACCUMED HEALTH SERVICES, L.L.C.,
		a Texas limited liability company
		By:		/s/ Scott G. Ginn
		Name:		Scott G. Ginn
		Title:		Vice-President and Treasurer
		ACCUMED HOME HEALTH OF GEORGIA, L.L.C.,
		a Georgia limited liability company
		By:		/s/ Scott G. Ginn
		Name:		Scott G. Ginn
		Title:		Vice-President and Treasurer
		ADVENTA HOSPICE, L.L.C.,
		a Florida limited liability company
		By:		/s/ Scott G. Ginn
		Name:		Scott G. Ginn
		Title:		Vice President and Treasurer
		ALBERT GALLATIN HOME CARE AND HOSPICE SERVICES, LLC,
		a Delaware limited liability company
		By:		/s/ Scott G. Ginn
		Name:		Scott G. Ginn
		Title:		Vice-President and Treasurer

 

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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:		BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
		as Administrative Agent
		By:		/s/ H. Hope Walker
		Name:		H. Hope Walker
		Title:		Senior Vice President

 

AMEDISYS, INC.

AMEDISYS HOLDING, L.L.C.

FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

LENDERS:		BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
		as Lender, L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender
		By:		/s/ H. Hope Walker
		Name:		H. Hope Walker
		Title:		Senior Vice President

 

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Annex A

Amended Credit Agreement

[Attached.]

 

AMEDISYS, INC.

AMEDISYS HOLDING, L.L.C.

FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

**ANNEX A TO FIRST AMENDMENT**

Published CUSIP Numbers

Deal: 02343LAK1

Revolver: 02343LAL9

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of June 29, 2018

among

AMEDISYS, INC.

and

AMEDISYS HOLDING, L.L.C.,

as Borrowers,

CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY PARTY HERETO,

as Guarantors,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and L/C Issuer,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Syndication Agent,

CAPITAL ONE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

CITIZENS BANK, N.A.,

COMPASS BANK,

FIFTH THIRD BANK,

HANCOCK WHITNEY BANK,

REGIONS BANK,

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Co-Documentation Agents,

and

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,

CITIZENS BANK, N.A.,

FIFTH THIRD BANK

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Joint Lead Arrangers

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Joint Bookrunners

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

				Page
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS					1
1.01		Defined Terms			1
1.02		Other Interpretive Provisions			41
1.03		Accounting Terms			41
1.04		Rounding			44
1.05		Times of Day			44
1.06		Letter of Credit Amounts			44
1.07		UCC Terms			44
ARTICLE II COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS					45
2.01		Loans			45
2.02		Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans			45
2.03		Letters of Credit			51
2.04		Swingline Loans			59
2.05		Prepayments			61
2.06		Termination or Reduction of Commitments			63
2.07		Repayment of Loans			64
2.08		Interest and Default Rate			65
2.09		Fees			66
2.10		Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate			67
2.11		Evidence of Debt			67
2.12		Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback			68
2.13		Sharing of Payments by Lenders			70
2.14		Cash Collateral			71
2.15		Defaulting Lenders			72
ARTICLE III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY					74
3.01		Taxes			74
3.02		Illegality and Designated Lenders			78
3.03		Inability to Determine Rates			79
3.04		Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans			80
3.05		Compensation for Losses			82
3.06		Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders			82
3.07		Successor LIBOR			83
3.08		Survival			84
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS					84
4.01		[Reserved]			84
4.02		Conditions to all Credit Extensions			84
ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES					85
5.01		Existence, Qualification and Power			85
5.02		Authorization; No Contravention			85
5.03		Governmental Authorization; Other Consents			85
5.04		Binding Effect			86
5.05		Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect			86
5.06		Litigation			86

 

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5.07		No Default			87
5.08		Ownership of Property			87
5.09		Environmental Compliance			87
5.10		Insurance			87
5.11		Taxes			88
5.12		ERISA Compliance			88
5.13		Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act			89
5.14		Disclosure			89
5.15		Compliance with Laws			90
5.16		Solvency			90
5.17		Sanctions Concerns; Anti-Corruption Laws; PATRIOT Act			90
5.18		Responsible Officers			91
5.19		Subsidiaries; Equity Interests; Loan Parties			91
5.20		Collateral Representations			91
5.21		Regulation H			92
5.22		Compliance with Health Care Laws			92
5.23		Labor Matters			95
5.24		No EEA Financial Institution			95
ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS					95
6.01		Financial Statements			95
6.02		Certificates; Other Information			96
6.03		Notices			99
6.04		Payment of Obligations			100
6.05		Preservation of Existence, Etc.			100
6.06		Maintenance of Properties			100
6.07		Maintenance of Insurance			101
6.08		Compliance with Laws			101
6.09		Books and Records			101
6.10		Inspection Rights			101
6.11		Use of Proceeds			102
6.12		Material Contracts			102
6.13		Covenant to Guarantee Obligations			102
6.14		Covenant to Give Security			102
6.15		Further Assurances			104
6.16		Anti-Corruption Laws			104
6.17		Compliance Programs			104
6.18		Condition of Participation in Third Party Payor Programs			104
ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS					105
7.01		Liens			105
7.02		Indebtedness			107
7.03		Investments			108
7.04		Fundamental Changes			109
7.05		Dispositions			110
7.06		Restricted Payments			110
7.07		Change in Nature of Business			110
7.08		Transactions with Affiliates			110
7.09		Burdensome Agreements			111
7.10		Use of Proceeds			111
7.11		Financial Covenants			111

 

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7.12		Amendments of Organization Documents; Fiscal Year; Legal Name, State of Organization; Form of Entity and Accounting Changes			112
7.13		Sale and Leaseback Transactions			112
7.14		Prepayments, Etc. of Junior Debt			112
7.15		Amendment, Etc. of Indebtedness			113
7.16		Ownership of Subsidiaries			113
7.17		Sanctions			113
7.18		Anti-Corruption Laws			114
7.19		Specified Entities			114
ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES					114
8.01		Events of Default			114
8.02		Remedies upon Event of Default			116
8.03		Application of Funds			117
ARTICLE IX ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT					118
9.01		Appointment and Authority			118
9.02		Rights as a Lender			119
9.03		Exculpatory Provisions			119
9.04		Reliance by Administrative Agent			120
9.05		Delegation of Duties			120
9.06		Resignation of Administrative Agent			121
9.07		Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders			122
9.08		No Other Duties, Etc.			122
9.09		Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim; Credit Bidding			122
9.10		Collateral and Guaranty Matters			124
9.11		Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements			125
9.12		ERISA Matters			125
ARTICLE X CONTINUING GUARANTY					127
10.01		Guaranty			127
10.02		Rights of Lenders			127
10.03		Certain Waivers			128
10.04		Obligations Independent			128
10.05		Subrogation			128
10.06		Termination; Reinstatement			128
10.07		Stay of Acceleration			129
10.08		Condition of Borrower			129
10.09		Appointment of Company			129
10.10		Right of Contribution			129
10.11		Keepwell			129
10.12		Additional Guarantor Waivers and Agreements			130
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS					131
11.01		Amendments, Etc.			131
11.02		Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications			133
11.03		No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement			135
11.04		Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver			136
11.05		Payments Set Aside			138
11.06		Successors and Assigns			138
11.07		Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality			143
11.08		Right of Setoff			144
11.09		Interest Rate Limitation			145

 

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11.10		Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness			145
11.11		Survival of Representations and Warranties			145
11.12		Severability			146
11.13		Replacement of Lenders			146
11.14		Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.			147
11.15		Waiver of Jury Trial			148
11.16		Subordination			148
11.17		No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility			148
11.18		Electronic Execution			149
11.19		USA PATRIOT Act Notice			149
11.20		Concerning Joint and Several Liability			150
11.21		ENTIRE AGREEMENT			151
11.22		Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions			151
11.23		Amendment and Restatement			152

 

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SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 1.01(a)		Certain Addresses for Notices
Schedule 1.01(b)		Commitments and Applicable Percentages as of the First Amendment Effective Date
Schedule 1.01(c)		Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 1.01(d)		Responsible Officers
Schedule 5.10		Insurance
Schedule 5.19(a)		Subsidiaries, Joint Ventures, Partnerships and Other Equity Investments
Schedule 5.19(b)		Loan Parties
Schedule 5.20(b)		Intellectual Property
Schedule 5.20(c)		Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts
Schedule 5.20(d)		Real Properties
Schedule 5.22		Health Care Laws
Schedule 7.01		Liens Existing as of the First Amendment Effective Date
Schedule 7.02		Indebtedness Existing as of the First Amendment Effective Date
Schedule 7.03		Investments Existing as of the First Amendment Effective Date
Schedule 7.08		Transactions with Affiliates

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A		Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B		Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit C		Form of Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement
Exhibit D		Form of Incremental Term Note
Exhibit E		Form of Joinder Agreement
Exhibit F		Form of Loan Notice
Exhibit G		Form of Notice of Loan Prepayment
Exhibit H		Form of Revolving Note
Exhibit I		Form of Secured Party Designation Notice
Exhibit J		Form of Solvency Certificate
Exhibit K		Form of Swingline Loan Notice
Exhibit L		Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates
Exhibit M		Form of Term Note

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of June 29, 2018, among AMEDISYS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), AMEDISYS HOLDING, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company (“Amedisys Holding” and together with the Company, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), the Guarantors (defined herein), the Lenders (defined herein), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and L/C Issuer.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swingline lender and letter of credit issuer, have entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2015 (as amended or modified from time to time prior to the Closing Date, the “Existing Credit Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend the Existing Credit Agreement to make certain amendments and modifications to the Existing Credit Agreement, subject to the conditions set forth herein.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

1.01    Defined Terms.

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

“Acquisition” means the acquisition, whether through a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of (a) a majority of the Voting Stock or other controlling ownership interest in another Person (including the purchase of an option, warrant or convertible or similar type security to acquire such a controlling interest at the time it becomes exercisable by the holder thereof), whether by purchase of such equity or other ownership interest or upon the exercise of an option or warrant for, or conversion of securities into, such equity or other ownership interest, or (b) assets of another Person which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or of a division, line of business or other business unit of such Person.

“Acquisition Consideration” means the purchase consideration for any Permitted Acquisition and all other payments by any Loan Party or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary in exchange for, or as part of, or in connection with, any Permitted Acquisition, whether paid in cash or by exchange of Equity Interests (other than Qualified Capital Stock of the Company (to the extent not constituting a Change of Control)) or of properties or otherwise and whether payable at or prior to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or deferred for payment at any future time, whether or not any such future payment is subject to the occurrence of any contingency, and includes any and all payments representing the purchase price and any assumptions of Indebtedness, deferred purchase price, Earn Out Obligations and other agreements to make any payment the amount of which is, or the terms of payment of which are, in any respect subject to or contingent upon the revenues, income, cash flow or profits (or the like) of any Person. For purposes of determining the aggregate consideration paid for an Acquisition at the time of such Acquisition, the amount of any Earn Out Obligations shall be deemed to be the maximum amount of the earn-out payments in respect thereof as specified in the documents relating to such Acquisition.

 

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“Additional Secured Obligations” means (a) all obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements, and (b) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with enforcement and collection of the foregoing, including the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel, in each case whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding; provided, that, Additional Secured Obligations of a Loan Party shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Loan Party.

“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.

“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 1.01(a), or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Company and the Lenders.

“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

“Adverse Proceeding” means any action, suit, proceeding (whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), claim, dispute, prosecution, governmental investigation, audit or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign (including any claims relating to any Environmental Liability) that is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.

“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.

“Amedisys Holding” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

“Applicable Percentage” means (a) in respect of the Revolving Facility, with respect to any Revolving Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Revolving Facility represented by such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment at such time, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.15, (b) in respect of the Term Facility, with respect to any Term Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Term Facility represented by the outstanding principal amount of such Term Lender’s Term Loan at such time, and (c) in respect of an Incremental Term Facility, with respect to any Incremental Term Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of such Incremental Term Facility represented by the outstanding principal amount of such Incremental Term Lender’s Incremental Term Loans with respect to

 

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such Incremental Term Facility at such time. If the Commitments of all of the Lenders to make Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, or if the Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Lender in respect of the applicable Facility shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Lender in respect of such Facility most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender in respect of each Facility is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 1.01(b), in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto or in any documentation executed by such Lender pursuant to Section 2.02(g), as applicable.

“Applicable Rate” means (a) with respect to the Incremental Term Loans made pursuant to any Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement, the percentage(s) per annum set forth in such Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement, and (b) with respect to Revolving Loans, Term Loans, Swingline Loans, Letter of Credit Fees and the Commitment Fee, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(b):

 

Pricing     Tier		Consolidated Leverage Ratio		Commitment Fee				Letter of Credit Fee				Eurodollar Rate Loans				Base Rate Loans
I		³ 3.00 to 1.0			0.35	%			1.75	%			2.00	%			1.00	%
II		< 3.00 to 1.0 but ³ 2.00 to 1.0			0.30	%			1.50	%			1.75	%			0.75	%
III		< 2.00 to 1.0 but ³ 0.75 to 1.0			0.25	%			1.25	%			1.50	%			0.50	%
IV		< 0.75 to 1.0			0.20	%			1.00	%			1.25	%			0.25	%

Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(b); provided, however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then, upon the request of the Required Lenders, Pricing Tier I shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered and shall remain in effect until the first Business Day immediately following the date on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered in accordance with Section 6.02(b), whereupon the Applicable Rate shall be adjusted based upon the calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio contained in such Compliance Certificate. The Applicable Rate in effect from the First Amendment Effective Date to the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(b) for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2019 shall be determined based upon Pricing Tier III. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition, the determination of the Applicable Rate for any period shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.10(b).

“Applicable Revolving Percentage” means with respect to any Revolving Lender at any time, such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving Facility at such time.

“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any Facility, a Lender that has a Commitment with respect to such Facility or holds a Loan under such Facility at such time, (b) with respect to the Letter of Credit Sublimit, (i) the L/C Issuer and (ii) if any Letters of Credit have been issued pursuant to Section 2.03, the Revolving Lenders and (c) with respect to the Swingline Sublimit, (i) the Swingline Lender and (ii) if any Swingline Loans are outstanding pursuant to Section 2.04(a), the Revolving Lenders.

 

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“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

“Arranger” means each of MLPFS (or any other registered broker-dealer wholly-owned by Bank of America Corporation to which all or substantially all of Bank of America Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ investment banking, commercial lending services or related businesses may be transferred following the Closing Date), Citizens Bank, N.A., Fifth Third Bank and JPMorgan, in their respective capacities as a joint lead arranger, and MLPFS (or any other registered broker-dealer wholly-owned by Bank of America Corporation to which all or substantially all of Bank of America Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ investment banking, commercial lending services or related businesses may be transferred following the Closing Date) and JPMorgan, in their respective capacities as a joint bookrunner.

“Assessments” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.22(g).

“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit A or any other form (including an electronic documentation form generated by use of an electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any Capitalized Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation of any Person, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease or similar payments under the relevant lease or other applicable agreement or instrument that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease or other agreement or instrument were accounted for as a Capitalized Lease, (c) in respect of any Securitization Transaction of any Person, the outstanding principal amount of such financing, after taking into account reserve accounts and making appropriate adjustments, determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment and (d) in respect of any Sale and Leaseback Transaction of any Person, the present value (discounted in accordance with GAAP at the debt rate implied in the applicable lease) of the obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the term of such lease.

“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.

“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06, and (c) the date of termination of the Commitment of each Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.02.

“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

“Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

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“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.

“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate of interest per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate,” and (c) the Eurodollar Rate plus 1.00%, subject to the interest rate floors set forth therein; provided, that, if the Base Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement. The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

“Base Rate Loan” means a Revolving Loan, a Term Loan or an Incremental Term Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

“Board of Directors” means (a) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (b) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership, (c) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof or if not member-managed, the managers thereof or any committee of managing members or managers thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Persons, and (d) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

“Borrower” and “Borrowers” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

“Borrowing” means a Revolving Borrowing, a Swingline Borrowing, a Term Borrowing, or an Incremental Term Borrowing, as the context may require.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day that is also a London Banking Day.

“Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases.

 

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“Cash Collateralize” means, to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the L/C Issuer or Swingline Lender (as applicable) or the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations, the Obligations in respect of Swingline Loans, or obligations of the Revolving Lenders to fund participations in respect of either thereof (as the context may require), (a) cash or deposit account balances, (b) backstop letters of credit entered into on terms, from issuers and in amounts satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, and/or (c) if the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer or Swingline Lender shall agree, in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case, in Dollars and pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer or Swingline Lender (as applicable). “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

“Cash Equivalents” means any of the following types of Investments, to the extent owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens): (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one (1) year from the date of acquisition, (b) certificates of deposit, time deposits, Eurodollar time deposits or overnight bank deposits having maturities of six (6) months or less from the date of acquisition issued by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof having combined capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000, (c) commercial paper of an issuer rated at least “Prime-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by Moody’s or at least “A-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P, or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally, and maturing within six (6) months from the date of acquisition, (d) repurchase obligations of any Lender or of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition, having a term of not more than thirty (30) days, with respect to securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government, (e) securities with maturities of one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision, taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at least “Prime-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by Moody’s or at least “A-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P, (f) securities with maturities of six (6) months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any Lender or any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition, (g) money market mutual or similar funds that invest exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (f) of this definition, or (h) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a 7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $1,000,000,000.

“Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement that is not prohibited by the terms hereof to provide treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts, overnight draft, credit cards, debit cards, p-cards (including purchasing cards and commercial cards), funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services and other cash management services.

“Cash Management Bank” means any Person in its capacity as a party to a Cash Management Agreement that (a) at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement with a Loan Party or a Subsidiary, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, (b) in the case of any Cash Management Agreement in effect on or prior to the Closing Date, is, as of the Closing Date or within thirty (30) days thereafter, a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender and a party to a Cash Management Agreement with a Loan Party or a Subsidiary, or (c) within thirty (30) days after the time it enters into the applicable Cash Management

 

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Agreement with a Loan Party or a Subsidiary, becomes a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement; provided, however, that for any of the foregoing to be included as a “Secured Cash Management Agreement” on any date of determination by the Administrative Agent, the applicable Cash Management Bank (other than the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) must have delivered a Secured Party Designation Notice to the Administrative Agent prior to such date of determination.

“CFC” means a Person that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.

“CFC Holdco” means (a) any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary all or substantially all of the assets of which consist of the Equity Interests of one or more CFCs, and (b) any Domestic Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of a CFC (other than any Domestic Subsidiary that is treated as a C-corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes or that is owned directly or indirectly by such a C-corporation and the income of which is treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as income of such C-corporation).

“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the Closing Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided, that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

“Change of Control” means an event or series of events by which:

(a)    any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an “option right”)), directly or indirectly, of thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the Equity Interests of the Company entitled to vote for members of the Board of Directors of the Company on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such “person” or “group” has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right); or

(b)    during any period of twenty-four (24) consecutive months, a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that Board of Directors on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that Board of Directors was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that Board of Directors or (iii) whose election or nomination to that Board of Directors was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that Board of Directors; or

 

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(c)    a change of control (or any similar event, however defined) occurs under any Indebtedness with an aggregate principal amount in excess of the Threshold Amount.

“Closing Date” means June 29, 2018.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

“Collateral” means a collective reference to all real and personal property with respect to which Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, are purported to be granted pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Documents. Notwithstanding anything in the Loan Documents to the contrary, the term “Collateral” shall not include any Excluded Property.

“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Mortgages, any Mortgaged Property Support Documents, the Qualifying Control Agreements, each Joinder Agreement, each of the mortgages, collateral assignments, security agreements, pledge agreements or other similar agreements delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.14, and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

“Commitment” means a Revolving Commitment, a Term Commitment or an Incremental Term Commitment, as the context may require.

“Commitment Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.09(a).

“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

“Company” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

“Confidential Information Memorandum” means the lender presentation, dated January 2019, relating to the Borrowers and the Facilities.

“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

“Consolidated” means, when used with reference to financial statements or financial statement items of the Company and its Subsidiaries or any other Person, such statements or items on a consolidated basis in accordance with the consolidation principles of GAAP.

“Consolidated Cash Interest Charges” means, for any period, Consolidated Interest Charges for such period, excluding any amount not payable in cash for such period.

“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (a) the following, without duplication, to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) Consolidated Interest Charges for such period; (ii) the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes paid or payable for such period; (iii) depreciation and amortization expense for such period; (iv) any non-cash expenses, losses or charges for such period (including, without limitation,

 

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any non-cash stock based compensation expense for such period) which do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period; (v) non-recurring cash expenses during such period resulting from restructuring charges and/or Adverse Proceedings (that have been disclosed to the Administrative Agent), in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000,000 for any Measurement Period; (vi) net losses from discontinued operations for such period; (vii) fees and expenses for such period in connection with any issuance of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or any Permitted Acquisition in an aggregate amount not to exceed five percent (5%) of Consolidated EBITDA for such period (calculated without giving effect to the add back permitted pursuant to this clause (a)(vii)); (viii) to the extent incurred in any Measurement Period ending on or after December 31, 2018 through and including September 30, 2020, non-recurring cash costs and expenses in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 for any such period incurred in connection with the opening by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any de novo facility used in connection with a Permitted Business; and (ix) the amount of net “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies for such period projected by the Company in good faith to be realized as a result of specified actions which have been taken or which are committed to be taken in connection with Permitted Acquisitions, other Investments permitted pursuant to Section 7.03, Dispositions permitted pursuant to Section 7.05, restructurings, cost savings initiatives and other initiatives, in each case, after the Closing Date, net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided, that, (A) in the Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(b) for such period, the Company shall certify that such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies (x) are reasonably anticipated to be realized within twelve (12) months after the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition, other Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.03, Disposition permitted pursuant to Section 7.05, restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative which is expected to result in such cost savings, operating expense reductions or synergies and (y) are factually supportable as determined in good faith by the Company, (B) no cost savings, operating expense reductions or synergies shall be added pursuant to this clause (a)(ix) to the extent duplicative of any amounts otherwise added to, or included in, Consolidated Net Income, whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, for such period, (C) projected amounts (that are not yet realized) may no longer be added in calculating Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (a)(ix) to the extent occurring more than four (4) full fiscal quarters after the specified action taken in order to realize such projected cost savings, operating expense reductions or synergies, and (D) the aggregate amount added-back pursuant to this clause (a)(ix) shall not to exceed ten percent (10%) of Consolidated EBITDA for such period (calculated without giving effect to the add back permitted pursuant to this clause (a)(ix)); minus (b) the following, without duplication, to the extent included in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) all non-cash income or gains for such period; (ii) federal, state, local and foreign income tax credits received during such period; and (iii) all net gains from discontinued operations for such period.

“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means Funded Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Interest Charges” means, for any period, total interest expense (including that portion attributable to Capitalized Leases and capitalized interest) of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP with respect to all outstanding Funded Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit securing financial obligations, bankers’ acceptances financing and receivables financings.

“Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the Measurement Period most recently ended on or prior to such date, to (b) Consolidated Cash Interest Charges for the Measurement Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.

 

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“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, the ratio of (a) the total of (i) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date, minus (ii) Unrestricted Cash as of such date, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Measurement Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.

“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (or loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis for such period; provided, that, Consolidated Net Income shall exclude (a) the income of any Subsidiary of the Company to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its Organization Documents or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary, (b) any after-tax gains or losses attributable to a Disposition permitted pursuant to Section 7.05 outside of the ordinary course of business yielding gross proceeds to the Company and its Subsidiaries in excess of $5,000,000 or returned surplus assets of any Pension Plan, (c) the income of any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary except to the extent such income is distributed in cash to a Loan Party and (d) extraordinary items.

“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.

“Debt Issuance” means the issuance by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.02.

“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

“Default Rate” means (a) with respect to any Obligation for which a rate is specified, a rate per annum equal to two percent (2%) in excess of the rate otherwise applicable thereto and (b) with respect to any Obligation for which a rate is not specified or available, a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans plus two percent (2%), in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.

“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.15(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two (2) Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Company in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the

 

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Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans) within two (2) Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Company, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swingline Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Company, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Company that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided, that, such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Company), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided, that, a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above, and the effective date of such status, shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.15(b)) as of the date established therefor by the Administrative Agent in a written notice of such determination, which shall be delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Company, the L/C Issuer, the Swingline Lender and each other Lender promptly following such determination.

“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory is the subject of any Sanction.

“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of any property by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (or the granting of any option or other right to do any of the foregoing), including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith and any issuance of Equity Interests by any Subsidiary, but excluding (a) sales of inventory and dispositions of cash and Cash Equivalents, in each case, in the ordinary course of business, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) dispositions of used, worn out, obsolete or surplus property by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and the abandonment or other disposition of Intellectual Property that is, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (c) any sales, assignments, transfers, leases, licenses or other dispositions of property by the Company or any Subsidiary to any Loan Party, (d) the creation of a Lien (but not the sale or other disposition of the property subject to such Lien) permitted by Section 7.01, (e) sales of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such sale are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property, (f) any Involuntary Disposition, (g) to the extent constituting Dispositions, Investments permitted pursuant to Section 7.03, fundamental changes permitted pursuant to Section 7.04 and Restricted Payments permitted pursuant to Section 7.06 (in each case other than by reference to Section 7.05

 

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or this definition (or any clause of either thereof)), (h) issuance of Equity Interests of Subsidiaries to any Loan Party, and (i) any sale, transfer, issuance or other disposition of a de minimis number of shares of the Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary in order to qualify members of the governing body of such Subsidiary if required by applicable Law.

“Disqualified Capital Stock” means any Equity Interest which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, prior to the one hundred eighty-first (181^st) day after the Latest Maturity Date, (b) requires the payment of any cash dividends (other than Permitted Tax Distributions) at any time prior to the one hundred eighty-first (181^st) day after the Latest Maturity Date, (c) is convertible into or exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (i) debt securities or (ii) any Equity Interests referred to in clause (a) or (b) above, in each case at any time prior to the one hundred eighty-first (181^st) day after the Latest Maturity Date, or (d) contains any repurchase obligation which may come into effect prior to payment in full of all Obligations; provided, that, any Equity Interests that would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof (or the holders of any security into or for which such Equity Interests are convertible, exchangeable or exercisable) the right to require the issuer thereof to redeem or repurchase such Equity Interests upon the occurrence of a change in control or an asset sale occurring prior to the one hundred eighty-first (181^st) day after the Latest Maturity Date shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock if such Equity Interests provide that the issuer thereof will not redeem or repurchase any such Equity Interests pursuant to such provisions prior to the Facility Termination Date.

“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any political subdivision of the United States.

“Earn Out Obligations” means, with respect to an Acquisition, all obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary to make earn out or other contingency payments (including purchase price adjustments, non-competition and consulting agreements, or other indemnity obligations) pursuant to the documentation relating to such Acquisition. For purposes of determining the amount of any Earn Out Obligations to be included in the definition of Funded Indebtedness, the amount of Earn Out Obligations shall be deemed to be the aggregate liability in respect thereof, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a Subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

“Eligible Assets” means fixed or capital assets that are used or useful in a Permitted Business.

 

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“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.06 (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.06(b)(iii)).

“Employee Benefit Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which is or was sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed by, the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.

“Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Company, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law or any Environmental Permit, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

“Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization required under any Environmental Law.

“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and any successor thereto.

“ERISA Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, (a) any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code of which that Person is a member, (b) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code of which that Person is a member, and (c) any member of an affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code of which that Person, any corporation described in clause (a) above or any trade or business described in clause (b) above is a member. Any former ERISA Affiliate of the Company or any of its shall continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of the Company or any such Subsidiary within the meaning of this definition with respect to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of the Company or such Subsidiary and with respect to liabilities arising after such period for which the Company or such Subsidiary could be liable under the Code or ERISA.

 

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“ERISA Event” means (a) a “reportable event” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC has been waived by regulation), (b) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan under Section 431 of the Code, (c) the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a) (2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA, (d) the withdrawal by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA, (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition which might constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, (f) the imposition of liability on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA, (g) the withdrawal of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefore, or the receipt by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA, (h) the occurrence of an act or omission which could give rise to the imposition on the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Code or under Section 409, Section 502(c), (i) or (1), or Section 4071 of ERISA in respect of any Employee Benefit Plan, (i) the assertion of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Employee Benefit Plan other than a Multiemployer Plan or the assets thereof, or against the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in connection with any Employee Benefit Plan, (j) receipt from the IRS of notice of the failure of any Pension Plan (or any other Employee Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code) to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code, or the failure of any trust forming part of any Pension Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code, or (k) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 40l(a)(29) or 412(n) of the Code or pursuant to ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan.

“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

“Eurodollar Rate” means:

(a)    for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), or a comparable or successor rate which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) (in such case, the “LIBO Rate”) at or about 11:00 a.m. (London time), two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; and

(b)    for any interest rate calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to the LIBO Rate, at or about 11:00 a.m. (London time), two (2) Business Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits being delivered in the London interbank market for deposits in Dollars with a term of one (1) month commencing that day;

 

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provided, that: (i) to the extent a comparable or successor rate is approved by the Administrative Agent in connection with any rate set forth in this definition, the approved rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided, further, that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such approved rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent; and (ii) if the Eurodollar Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.

“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Revolving Loan, a Term Loan or an Incremental Term Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of “Eurodollar Rate”.

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.

“Excluded Deposit and Securities Accounts” means (a) zero balance accounts, (b) payroll accounts, (c) withholding and trust accounts, (d) escrow accounts (to the extent maintained by the Company and its Subsidiaries for the purpose of establishing or maintaining escrow amounts for third parties), (e) employee benefit accounts (including 401(k) accounts and pension fund accounts), (f) deposit and securities accounts not located in the United States or any political subdivision thereof, (g) tax withholding accounts (to the extent maintained by the Company and its Subsidiaries exclusively for the purpose of maintaining or holding tax withholding amounts payable to applicable Governmental Authorities) and (h) any other deposit or securities account the average daily balance of which, together with the aggregate average daily balance of all other deposit accounts and securities accounts excluded pursuant to this clause (h), does not exceed $100,000.

“Excluded Property” means, with respect to any Loan Party, (a)(i) unless requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, any owned or leased real property which is located outside of the United States, (ii) any owned real property with a fair market value of less than $5,000,000, and (iii) any leased real property for which the annual rent payments do not exceed $2,500,000, (b) unless requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, any personal property (including, without limitation, motor vehicles) in respect of which perfection of a Lien is not either (i) governed by the Uniform Commercial Code or (ii) effected by appropriate evidence of the Lien being filed in either the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, (c) the Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary or CFC Holdco to the extent not required to be pledged to secure the Secured Obligations pursuant to Section 6.14(a), (d) any property which, subject to the terms of Section 7.02(c), is subject to a Lien of the type described in Section 7.01(h) pursuant to documents that prohibit such Loan Party from granting any other Liens in such property, (e) the Excluded Deposit and Securities Accounts, (f) the Equity Interests of any Specified Entity, (g) the Equity Interests of any Immaterial Joint Ventures, (h)(i) that certain 15.3% limited partnership interest owned by the Company in Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund, LP, (ii) all of the Equity Interests owned by (A) the Company in Alliance Home Health, Inc., (B) the Company in Amedisys PAC, L.L.C. and (C) Amedisys Holding in Amedisys Maine, P.L.L.C., (iii) that certain 22.7% membership interest in Clinically Home, LLC owned by Amedisys Ventures, L.L.C. and (iv) that certain 40% membership interest in Clinically Home of Western New York, LLC owned by TLC Holdings I, L.L.C. and (i) any real or personal property as to which the Administrative Agent and the Company agree in writing that the costs or other consequences of obtaining a security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom.

“Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) each CFC Holdco, (b) each Immaterial Subsidiary, (c) each Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, and (d) each Foreign Subsidiary.

 

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“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Loan Party of, or the grant by such Loan Party of a Lien to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation thereof) by virtue of such Loan Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (determined after giving effect to Section 10.11 and any other “keepwell, support or other agreement” for the benefit of such Loan Party and any and all guarantees of such Loan Party’s Swap Obligations by other Loan Parties) at the time the Guaranty of such Loan Party, or grant by such Loan Party of a Lien, becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a Master Agreement governing more than one Swap Contract, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to Swap Contracts for which such Guaranty or Lien is or becomes excluded in accordance with the first sentence of this definition.

“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to any Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Company under Section 11.13) or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(ii), (a)(iii) or (c), amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(e) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.

“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preliminary Statements hereto.

“Existing Letters of Credit” means those certain letters of credit described by issuer, date of issuance, letter of credit number, undrawn amount, name of beneficiary and date of expiry as set forth on Schedule 1.01(c).

“Facility” means the Revolving Facility, the Term Facility or an Incremental Term Facility, as the context may require.

“Facility Termination Date” means the date as of which all of the following shall have occurred: (a) the Aggregate Commitments have terminated, (b) all Obligations have been paid in full in cash (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted), and (c) all Letters of Credit have terminated or expired (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements with respect thereto satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer shall have been made).

“Fair Labor Standards Act” means The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

“FASB ASC” means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

 

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“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Closing Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided, that, (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

“Fee Letter” means the fee letter agreement, dated January 2, 2019, among the Borrowers, Bank of America and MLPFS.

“First Amendment” means that certain First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of the First Amendment Effective Date, by and among the Borrowers, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, Bank of America, as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and L/C Issuer, and the other L/C Issuers party thereto.

“First Amendment Effective Date” means February 4, 2019.

“Flood Hazard Property” means any Mortgaged Property that is in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mudslide hazards.

“Flood Laws” means the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 and related legislation.

“Foreign Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, a State thereof or the District of Columbia.

“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender that is a Revolving Lender, (a) with respect to the L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Revolving Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of Swingline Loans other than Swingline Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Revolving Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.

“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

 

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“Funded Indebtedness” means as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP (except as expressly provided below): (a) all obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including the Obligations) and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments, (b) all purchase money Indebtedness, (c) the principal portion of all obligations under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such Person or any Subsidiary thereof (other than customary reservations or retentions of title under agreements with suppliers entered into in the ordinary course of business), (d) all obligations arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments, (e) all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business), including, without limitation, any Earn Out Obligations, (f) all Attributable Indebtedness, (g) to the extent constituting a non-contingent, quantifiable liability in accordance with GAAP, (i) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Permitted Disqualified Capital Stock in such Person or any other Person, and (ii) all payment obligations arising under Guarantees of (A) reasonable indemnity obligations of Subsidiaries in connection with any Disposition of assets by such Subsidiaries permitted under this Agreement or any contribution of assets to a Subsidiary pursuant to an Investment permitted by Section 7.03 or (B) obligations of Subsidiaries under operating leases, (h) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Disqualified Capital Stock (other than Permitted Disqualified Capital Stock) in such Person or any other Person, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends, (i) all Funded Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Funded Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on, or payable out of the proceeds of production from, property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, (j) all Guarantees with respect to Funded Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a) through (i) above of another Person, and (k) all Funded Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (j) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, except to the extent that such Funded Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person.

“Funding Indemnity Letter” means a funding indemnity letter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth from time to time in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or agencies with similar functions of comparable stature and authority within the accounting profession) including, without limitation, the FASB ASC, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied and subject to Section 1.03.

“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including, without limitation, any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

“Governmental Authorization” means any permit, license, certificate of need, approval, agreement, provider number, registration, certificate, filing, consent, authorization, plan, directive, consent order, consent decree or other permission (including any supplements or amendments thereto) of or from any Governmental Authority.

“Governmental Third Party Payor” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.22(c).

 

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“Governmental Third Party Payor Programs” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.22(c).

“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien); provided, that, the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.

“Guarantors” means, collectively, (a) each Person identified as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages hereto, (b) the Subsidiaries of the Company as are or may from time to time become parties to this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.13, (c) with respect to Additional Secured Obligations owing by any Loan Party and any Swap Obligation of a Specified Loan Party (determined before giving effect to Sections 10.01 and 10.11) under the Guaranty, each Borrower, and (d) the successors and permitted assigns of the foregoing; provided, however, in no event shall an Excluded Subsidiary be a Guarantor (subject to the last sentence of Section 6.13).

“Guaranty” means, collectively, (a) the Guarantee made by the Guarantors under Article X in favor of the Secured Parties, and (b) each other guaranty delivered pursuant to Section 6.13.

“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, natural gas, natural gas liquids, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, toxic mold, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances, wastes, chemicals, pollutants, contaminants or compounds of any nature in any form regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

“Health Care Laws” means, collectively, (a) any and all federal and state fraud and abuse laws, including without limitation, the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)), the Stark Anti-Self-Referral Law (42 U.S.C. § 1395nn), the Anti-Inducement Law (42 U.S.C. §1320a-7a(a)(5)), the Civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §S 3729 et seq.), the Administrative False Claims Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)), the Exclusion Laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7), the Civil Monetary Penalty Laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a), the regulations promulgated pursuant to such statute and any comparable state laws, (b) HIPAA, (c) Medicare, (d) Medicaid, and (e) any other state or federal law, regulation, guidance document, manual provision, program memorandum, opinion letter, or other issuance which regulates patient or program charges, billing and collections, recordkeeping, claims process, documentation

 

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requirements, medical necessity, referrals, the hiring of employees or acquisition of services or supplies from those who have been excluded from government health care programs, quality, safety, privacy, security, licensure, accreditation or any other aspect of providing health care or reimbursement therefor.

“Hedge Bank” means any Person in its capacity as a party to a Swap Contract that, (a) at the time it enters into a Swap Contract with a Loan Party or a Subsidiary that is not prohibited under Article VII, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, (b) in the case of any Swap Contract not prohibited under Article VII in effect on or prior to the Closing Date, is, as of the Closing Date or within thirty (30) days thereafter, a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender and a party to a Swap Contract not prohibited under Article VII with a Loan Party or a Subsidiary, or (c) within thirty (30) days after the time it enters into the applicable Swap Contract not prohibited under Article VII with a Loan Party or a Subsidiary, becomes a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Swap Contract (even if such Person ceases to be a Lender or such Person’s Affiliate ceased to be a Lender); provided, that, in the case of a Secured Hedge Agreement with a Person who is no longer a Lender (or Affiliate of a Lender), such Person shall be considered a Hedge Bank only through the stated termination date (without extension or renewal) of such Secured Hedge Agreement; provided, further, that for any of the foregoing to be included as a “Secured Hedge Agreement” on any date of determination by the Administrative Agent, the applicable Hedge Bank (other than the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) must have delivered a Secured Party Designation Notice to the Administrative Agent prior to such date of determination.

“HIPAA” means the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. § 1320d et seq.), and any comparable state laws.

“HIPAA Compliance Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.22(g).

“HIPAA Compliant” means, to the extent applicable, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries (a) is in material compliance with any and all of the applicable requirements of HIPAA and (b) is not subject to, and would not reasonably be expected to become subject to, any civil or criminal penalty or any investigation, claim or process that would reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect in connection with any violation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of then effective requirements of HIPAA.

“HMT” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Sanction(s)”.

“Honor Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c).

“IFRS” means international accounting standards within the meaning of IAS Regulation 1606/2002 to the extent applicable to the relevant financial statements delivered under or referred to herein.

“Immaterial Joint Venture” means, as of any date, any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary designated as such by the Company in writing to the Administrative Agent that as of the last day of the Measurement Period most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), did not have, together with the Consolidated EBITDA for such Measurement Period attributable to all Immaterial Joint Ventures in the aggregate, Consolidated EBITDA attributable to such non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary in excess of three percent (3%) of Consolidated EBITDA for such Measurement Period.

 

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“Immaterial Subsidiary” means, as of any date, any Wholly Owned Subsidiary designated as such by the Company in writing to the Administrative Agent that: (a) as of the last day of the Measurement Period most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), did not have, together with the Consolidated EBITDA for such Measurement Period attributable to all Immaterial Subsidiaries in the aggregate, Consolidated EBITDA attributable to such Wholly Owned Subsidiary in excess of five percent (5%) of Consolidated EBITDA attributable to all Wholly Owned Subsidiaries for such Measurement Period, and (b) as of the last day of the Measurement Period most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), did not have, together with the Net Revenues for such Measurement Period attributable to all Immaterial Subsidiaries in the aggregate (excluding any contribution to Net Revenues from Subsidiaries that are not Wholly Owned Subsidiaries), Net Revenues attributable to such Wholly Owned Subsidiary in excess of five percent (5%) of Net Revenues attributable to all Wholly Owned Subsidiaries for such Measurement Period (excluding any contribution to Net Revenues from Subsidiaries that are not Wholly Owned Subsidiaries).

“Impacted Loans” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(a).

“Incremental Amount” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the total of (i) $125,000,000, minus (ii) the aggregate amount of increases in the Revolving Facility implemented in reliance on clause (a)(i) above pursuant to Section 2.02(g)(i) prior to such date, minus (iii) the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Term Facilities incurred in reliance on clause (a)(i) above pursuant to Section 2.02(g)(ii) prior to such date, plus (b) an unlimited additional amount so long as the Maximum Leverage Ratio Requirement is satisfied at the time an increase in the Revolving Facility is implemented pursuant to Section 2.02(g)(i) or an Incremental Term Facility is incurred pursuant to Section 2.02(g)(ii), as applicable, and after giving effect thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, any increase in the Revolving Facility implemented pursuant to Section 2.02(g)(i) and the incurrence of any Incremental Term Facility pursuant to Section 2.02(g)(ii) shall, in each case, be deemed to have been implemented or incurred, as applicable, under clause (b) above prior to clause (a) above.

“Incremental Term Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Incremental Term Loans of the same Type and under the same Incremental Term Facility and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Incremental Term Lenders with respect to such Incremental Term Facility pursuant to Section 2.01(b).

“Incremental Term Commitment” means, as to each Incremental Term Lender with respect to an Incremental Term Facility, its obligation to make Incremental Term Loans with respect to such Incremental Term Facility pursuant to an Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement; provided, that, at any time after the funding of an Incremental Term Facility, determination of “Required Lenders” shall include the Outstanding Amount of all Incremental Term Loans with respect to such Incremental Term Facility.

“Incremental Term Facility” means, at any time, with respect to any Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement, the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Term Loans made by Incremental Term Lenders pursuant to such Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement that are outstanding at such time.

“Incremental Term Lender” means each of the Persons identified as an “Incremental Term Lender” in an Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement, together with their respective successors and assigns.

“Incremental Term Loan” means an advance made by an Incremental Term Lender under an Incremental Term Facility.

 

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“Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, executed and delivered in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02(g)(ii).

“Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date” with respect to any Incremental Term Facility, shall be as set forth in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement for such Incremental Term Facility.

“Incremental Term Note” means a promissory note made by the applicable Borrower in favor of an Incremental Term Lender evidencing Incremental Term Loans made by such Incremental Term Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

(a)    all Funded Indebtedness;

(b)    the Swap Termination Value of any Swap Contract;

(c)    all Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the type specified in clause (b) above of any other Person; and

(d)    all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (c) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person or a Subsidiary thereof is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person or such Subsidiary.

“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.

“Indemnitee” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(b).

“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07.

“Insolvency” means, with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.

“Insolvent” means pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.

“Intellectual Property” means all trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, copyrights, copyright applications, patents, patent applications, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights.

“Intercompany Debt” means Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(h).

“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three (3) months, the respective dates that fall every three (3) months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates, and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan or Swingline Loan, the last Business Day of

 

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each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made (with Swingline Loans being deemed made under the Revolving Facility for purposes of this definition).

“Interest Period” means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter (in each case, subject to availability), as selected by the applicable Borrower in its Loan Notice; provided, that:

(a)    any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;

(b)    any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and

(c)    no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made.

“Interim Financial Statements” means the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2018, including balance sheets and statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows.

“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or interest in, another Person (including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor guaranties Indebtedness of such other Person), or (c) an Acquisition. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

“Involuntary Disposition” means any loss of, damage to or destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking for public use of, any property of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary.

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application for such Letter of Credit, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer and the Company (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of the L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.

“Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E executed and delivered in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.13.

 

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“JPMorgan” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

“Junior Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.14.

“Junior Debt Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.14.

“Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest of the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, the Term Facility Maturity Date and the then-latest Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date.

“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Revolving Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Percentage.

“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Revolving Borrowing.

“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.

“L/C Issuer” means Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of such Letters of Credit hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, JPMorgan shall be the L/C Issuer with respect to the Existing Letters of Credit identified as issued by JPMorgan on Schedule 1.01(c). In the event there is more than one L/C Issuer at any time, references herein and in the other Loan Documents to the “L/C Issuer” shall be deemed to refer to the L/C Issuer in respect of the applicable Letter of Credit, or to all L/C Issuers, as the context may require.

“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts (including all L/C Borrowings). For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

“LCT Test Date” has the meaning specified in Section 1.03(e).

“Lender” means each of the Persons identified as a “Lender” on the signature pages hereto, each other Person that becomes a “Lender” in accordance with this Agreement and, their successors and assigns and, unless the context requires otherwise, includes the Swingline Lender.

“Lending Office” means, as to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender, the office or offices of such Person described as such in such Person’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as such Person may from time to time notify the Company and the Administrative Agent; which office may include any Affiliate of such Person or any domestic or foreign branch of such Person or such Affiliate.

 

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“Letter of Credit” means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder and shall include the Existing Letters of Credit.

“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the L/C Issuer.

“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is seven (7) days prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).

“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(h).

“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $60,000,000 and (b) the Revolving Facility. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Facility.

“Leverage Increase Period” has the meaning specified in Section 7.11(a).

“LIBO Rate” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Eurodollar Rate”.

“LIBOR” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Eurodollar Rate”.

“LIBOR Screen Rate” means the LIBOR quote on the applicable screen page the Administrative Agent designates to determine LIBOR (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).

“LIBOR Successor Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.

“LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any proposed LIBOR Successor Rate, any conforming changes to the definition of Base Rate, Interest Period, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other administrative matters as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, to reflect the adoption of such LIBOR Successor Rate and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such LIBOR Successor Rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent determines in consultation with the Company).

“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

“Limited Condition Transaction” means (a) a Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.03 that is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing, or (b) any repayment, redemption, repurchase or other discharge of any Indebtedness requiring irrevocable notice in advance thereof.

“Liquidity” means, as of any date of determination, the total of (a) availability under the Revolving Facility as of such date, plus (b) unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrowers as of such date, minus (c) the aggregate amount of payments due pursuant to contractual settlement agreements, binding arbitration awards and judicial or administrative judgments or awards within twelve (12) months after the date of determination.

 

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“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to a Borrower under Article II in the form of a Revolving Loan, a Term Loan, an Incremental Term Loan or a Swingline Loan.

“Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranty, the Collateral Documents, the Fee Letter, each Issuer Document, each Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement, each Joinder Agreement, any agreement creating or perfecting rights in Cash Collateral pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.14 and any other agreement, instrument or documented designated by its terms as a “Loan Document” (but specifically excluding any Secured Hedge Agreement and any Secured Cash Management Agreement).

“Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit F or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of a Borrower.

“Loan Parties” means, collectively, each Borrower and each Guarantor.

“London Banking Day” means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.

“Master Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Swap Contract”.

“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, the operations, business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document, or of the ability of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their respective obligations under any Loan Document, or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.

“Material Contract” means, with respect to any Person, each contract or agreement (a) material to the operations, business, assets, properties, financial condition, performance or prospects of such Person or (b) any other contract, agreement, permit or license, written or oral, of such Person and its Subsidiaries as to which the breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew by any party thereto, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

“Maturity Date” means the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, the Term Facility Maturity Date or an Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date, as the context may require.

“Maximum Leverage Ratio Requirement” means, with respect to any request pursuant to Section 2.02(g), the requirement that the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a Pro Forma Compliance Certificate demonstrating that immediately after giving Pro Forma Effect to any increase in the Revolving Facility pursuant to Section 2.02(g)(i) or the incurrence of any Incremental Term Facility pursuant to Section 2.02(g)(ii), as applicable, and the use of proceeds therefrom, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is at least 0.50 less than the maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio then permitted pursuant to Section 7.11(a) for the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Company was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) (it being understood and agreed that for

 

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purposes of calculating such Consolidated Leverage Ratio, the identifiable proceeds of such increase in the Revolving Facility or such Incremental Term Facility shall not qualify as Unrestricted Cash for purposes of the definition of “Consolidated Leverage Ratio”); provided, that, for the purpose of calculating the Consolidated Leverage Ratio pursuant to this definition, any such increase in the Revolving Facility pursuant to Section 2.02(g)(i) and the incurrence of any such Incremental Term Facility pursuant to Section 2.02(g)(ii), as applicable, shall be deemed to be fully drawn.

“Measurement Period” means, at any date of determination, (a) for purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11 on the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Company, the four (4) fiscal quarters of the Company ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter, and (b) for all other purposes, the most recently completed four (4) fiscal quarters of the Company for which the Company was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b).

“Medicaid” means, collectively, the healthcare assistance program established by Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq.) and any statutes succeeding thereto, and all laws, rules, regulations, manuals, orders, guidelines or requirements pertaining to such program, including (a) all federal statutes (whether set forth in Title XIX of the Social Security Act or elsewhere) affecting such program, (b) all state statutes and plans for medical assistance enacted in connection with such program and federal rules and regulations promulgated in connection with such program, and (c) all applicable provisions of all rules, regulations, manuals, orders and administrative, reimbursement, guidelines and requirements of all government authorities promulgated in connection with such program (whether or not having the force of law).

“Medicare” means, collectively, the health insurance program for the aged and disabled established by Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. §1395 et seq.) and any statutes succeeding thereto, and all laws, rules, regulations, manuals, orders or guidelines pertaining to such program, including (a) all federal statutes (whether set forth in Title XVIII of the Social Security Act or elsewhere) affecting such program, and (b) all applicable provisions of all rules, regulations, manuals, orders and administrative, reimbursement, guidelines and requirements of all governmental authorities promulgated in connected with such program (whether or not having the force of law).

“Minimum Collateral Amount” means, at any time, (a) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances provided to reduce or eliminate Fronting Exposure during any period when a Lender constitutes a Defaulting Lender, an amount equal to one hundred three percent (103%) of the Fronting Exposure of the L/C Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time, (b) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.14(a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii), an amount equal to one hundred three percent (103%) of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, and (c) otherwise, an amount determined by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer in their sole discretion.

“MLPFS” means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

“Mortgage” or “Mortgages” means, individually and collectively, as the context requires, each of the fee or leasehold mortgages, deeds of trust and deeds executed by a Loan Party that purport to grant a Lien to the Administrative Agent (or a trustee for the benefit of the Administrative Agent) for the benefit of the Secured Parties in any Mortgaged Properties, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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“Mortgaged Property” means any owned or leased property of a Loan Party listed on Schedule 5.20(d) and identified as a “Mortgaged Property” thereon and any other owned or leased real property of a Loan Party that is or will become encumbered by a Mortgage in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“Mortgaged Property Support Documents” means with respect to any real property subject to a Mortgage:

(a)    a fully executed and notarized Mortgage encumbering the fee interest and/or leasehold interest of a Loan Party in such real property;

(b)    if requested by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, maps or plats of an as-built survey of the sites of such real property certified to the Administrative Agent and the title insurance company issuing the policies referred to in clause (c) of this definition in a manner satisfactory to each of the Administrative Agent and such title insurance company, dated a date satisfactory to each of the Administrative Agent and such title insurance company by an independent professional licensed land surveyor, which maps or plats and the surveys on which they are based shall be sufficient to delete any standard printed survey exception contained in the applicable title policy and be made in accordance with the Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for Land Title Surveys jointly established and adopted by the American Land Title Association and the National Society of Professional Surveyors in 2016 with, to the extent required by the Administrative Agent, items 2, 3, 4, 6(a), 6(b), 7(a), 7(b)(1), 7(c), 8, 9, 13, 14, 16,17 and 19 on Table A thereof completed;

(c)    ALTA mortgagee title insurance policies issued by a title insurance company acceptable to the Administrative Agent with respect to such real property, assuring the Administrative Agent that the Mortgage covering such real property creates a valid and enforceable first priority mortgage lien on such real property, free and clear of all defects and encumbrances except Permitted Liens, which title insurance policies shall otherwise be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall include such endorsements as are requested by the Administrative Agent;

(d)    evidence (provided at least five (5) Business Days prior to such real property becoming a Mortgaged Property) as to (i) whether such real property is a Flood Hazard Property and (ii) if such real property is a Flood Hazard Property, (A) whether the community in which such real property is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program, (B) the applicable Loan Party’s written acknowledgment of receipt of written notification from the Administrative Agent (1) as to the fact that such real property is a Flood Hazard Property and (2) as to whether the community in which each such Flood Hazard Property is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program and (C) copies of insurance policies or certificates of insurance of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries evidencing flood insurance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and otherwise in compliance with Flood Laws and naming the Administrative Agent and its successors and/or assigns as sole loss payee on behalf of the Secured Parties;

(e)    if requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, a Phase I (and if requested by the Administrative Agent based on the results of the Phase I, a Phase II) environmental assessment prepared by a firm acceptable to the Administrative Agent and/or an environmental questionnaire and such other environmental diligence items related to such real property as the Administrative Agent shall request; and

 

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(f)    if requested by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, an opinion of legal counsel to the Loan Party granting the Mortgage on such real property, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

“Multiemployer Plan” means a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Sections 3(37) and 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

“Net Cash Proceeds” means the aggregate cash or Cash Equivalents proceeds received by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in respect of (a) any Disposition, net of (i) attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 on any asset that is the subject of such Disposition (other than any Lien pursuant to a Collateral Document), and other customary fees and expenses incurred by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary in connection with such Disposition, and (ii) taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result of such Disposition (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), (b) any Debt Issuance, net of customary fees, commissions, costs and other expenses incurred in connection therewith, and (c) any Involuntary Disposition, net of (i) all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the collection of such proceeds, awards or other compensation in respect of such Involuntary Disposition, (ii) amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 on any asset that is the subject of such Involuntary Disposition (other than any Lien pursuant to a Collateral Document), and (iii) taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result of such Involuntary Disposition (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements).

“Net Revenues” means, for any Person, the gross revenues of such Person, net of estimated revenue and contractual adjustments in accordance with such Person’s revenue recognition policies and in accordance with GAAP.

“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (a) requires the approval of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 11.01 and (b) has been approved by the Required Lenders.

“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.

“Note” means a Revolving Note, a Term Note or an Incremental Term Note, as the context may require.

“Notice of Loan Prepayment” means a notice of prepayment with respect to a Loan, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit G or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Borrower.

“Obligations” means (a) all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit and (b) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with enforcement and collection of the foregoing, including the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel, in each case whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or

 

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against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof pursuant to any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding; provided, that, Obligations of a Loan Party shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Loan Party.

“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.

“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction), (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement or limited liability company agreement (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction), (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction), and (d) with respect to all entities, any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization (or equivalent or comparable documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction).

“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).

“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 3.06).

“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to the Revolving Loans, Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans and Swingline Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of the Revolving Loans, Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans and Swingline Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date, and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the aggregate outstanding amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrowers of Unreimbursed Amounts.

“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(d).

“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(d).

“PATRIOT Act” has the meaning specified in Section 11.19.

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor thereof).

 

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“Pension Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA.

“Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition by a Loan Party or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary (the Person, assets or division, line of business or other business unit of the Person to be acquired in such Acquisition shall be referred to herein as the “Target”); provided, that, (a) the Target of such Acquisition operates a Permitted Business or the assets acquired pursuant to such Acquisition are used or useful in a Permitted Business, (b) the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (for further distribution to each Lender) a Pro Forma Compliance Certificate demonstrating that, upon giving Pro Forma Effect to such Acquisition, (i) the Loan Parties would be in compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 7.11(b) as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Company was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) and (ii)(A) with respect to any Qualified Acquisition, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than 3.75 to 1.0 as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Company was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or (B) with respect to any other such Acquisition, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than 2.75 to 1.0 as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Company was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), (c) the aggregate Acquisition Consideration for all such Acquisitions of Persons that do not become Guarantors and assets that do not become subject to the security interests created by the Collateral Documents, shall not exceed $30,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement, (d) the Target of such Acquisition will become a Loan Party and the assets acquired shall be subject to Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent, in each case in accordance with, and to the extent required by, Section 6.13 and/or 6.14, (e) no Default or Event of Default shall exist or would result from giving effect to such Acquisition and (f) such Acquisition shall not be a “hostile” acquisition and shall have been approved by the Board of Directors and/or the shareholders (or equivalent) of the applicable Loan Party and the Target.

“Permitted Business” means any business that is, directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary, the same as, or reasonably related, ancillary or complementary to, the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date.

“Permitted Disqualified Capital Stock” means Disqualified Capital Stock issued by any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary; provided, that, such Equity Interests would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock but for provisions thereof requiring such Subsidiary to repurchase such Equity Interests upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of certain specified events.

“Permitted Liens” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01.

“Permitted Refinancing” means, with respect to any Indebtedness of any Person, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of such Indebtedness; provided, that, (a) the principal amount thereof does not exceed the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended plus (ii) prepayment premiums paid, and reasonable and customary fees and expenses incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, (b) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension has (i) a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, and (ii) a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or longer than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (c) the direct and contingent obligors of such Indebtedness shall not be changed, as a result of or in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, (d) the terms of such Indebtedness shall not be changed in any manner that is materially adverse, taken as a whole, to the Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable, as a result of or in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, (e) if the Indebtedness

 

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being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Secured Obligations or secured by Liens on the Collateral junior to those created under the Collateral Documents, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated to the Secured Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (f) if the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is unsecured, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension shall be unsecured, and (g) at the time of such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of such Indebtedness, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or result therefrom.

“Permitted Tax Distribution” means a cash distribution made by a non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary to the holders of its Equity Interests solely in respect of the income tax liabilities attributable to one or more of such holders’ ownership interests (whether direct or indirect) in such non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount that is required to be included or recognized by one or more of such holders as income because of one or more of such holders’ direct or indirect ownership of the Equity Interests of such non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary. The determination of any such holder’s taxable income for such period shall be reduced by any cumulative taxable loss previously allocated to such holder after the Closing Date and not previously taken into account pursuant to this sentence.

“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

“Personal Information” means any individually identifiable information of any natural Person.

“Plan” means at a particular time, any Employee Benefit Plan that is covered by ERISA and in respect of which the Borrowers or an ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

“Pledge Agreement” means the amended and restated pledge agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, executed in favor of the Administrative Agent by each of the Loan Parties.

“Private Third Party Payor” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.22(c).

“Private Third Party Payor Programs” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.22(c).

“Pro Forma Basis”, “Pro Forma Compliance” and “Pro Forma Effect” means, in respect of a Specified Transaction, that such Specified Transaction and the following transactions in connection therewith (to the extent applicable) shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable Measurement Period for the applicable covenant or requirement: (a)(i) with respect to any Specified Disposition, income statement and cash flow statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the Person or property disposed of shall be excluded and (ii) with respect to any Acquisition or Investment, income statement and cash flow statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the Person or property acquired shall be included to the extent relating to any period applicable in such calculations to the extent (A) such items are not otherwise included in such income statement items for the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP or in accordance with any defined terms set forth in Section 1.01 and (B) such items are supported by financial statements or other information satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness and (c) any incurrence or

 

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assumption of Indebtedness by the Company or any Subsidiary (and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, such Indebtedness shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination); provided, that, (x) Pro Forma Basis, Pro Forma Compliance and Pro Forma Effect in respect of any Specified Transaction shall be calculated in a reasonable and factually supportable manner and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Company and (y) any such calculation shall be subject to the applicable limitations set forth in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.

“Pro Forma Compliance Certificate” means a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company containing reasonably detailed calculations of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Company was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) after giving Pro Forma Effect to the applicable Specified Transaction.

“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

“Qualified Acquisition” means (a) a Permitted Acquisition for which the aggregate Acquisition Consideration exceeds $100,000,000 or (b) a series of related Permitted Acquisitions in any twelve (12) month period, for which the aggregate Acquisition Consideration for all such Permitted Acquisitions exceeds $100,000,000; provided, that, for any Permitted Acquisition or series of Permitted Acquisitions to qualify as a “Qualified Acquisition”, the Administrative Agent shall have received (not fewer than ten (10) Business Days (or such lesser period of time as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) prior to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or series of related Permitted Acquisitions) a Qualified Acquisition Election Certificate with respect to such Permitted Acquisition or series of Permitted Acquisitions.

“Qualified Acquisition Election Certificate” means a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (a) certifying that the applicable Permitted Acquisition or series of related Permitted Acquisitions meet the criteria set forth in clauses (a) or (b) (as applicable) of the definition of “Qualified Acquisition” and (b) notifying the Administrative Agent that the Company has elected to treat such Permitted Acquisition or series of related Permitted Acquisitions as a “Qualified Acquisition”; provided, that, from and after the First Amendment Effective Date, the Company may not deliver more than one (1) Qualified Acquisition Election Certificate during the term of this Agreement.

“Qualified Acquisition Pro Forma Determination” means the determinations of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio required in connection with (a) the satisfaction of the Maximum Leverage Ratio Requirement in connection with any increase in the Revolving Facility pursuant to Section 2.02(g)(i) or incurrence of any Incremental Term Facility pursuant to Section 2.02(g)(ii), in each case, used to finance a Permitted Acquisition or series of related Permitted Acquisitions that the Company elects to treat as a Qualified Acquisition and (b) the calculation of the amount of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 7.02(g) (to the extent that such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or a series of related Permitted Acquisitions that the Company elects to treat as a Qualified Acquisition); provided, that, in connection with any such determination, the increase to the maximum permitted Consolidated Leverage Ratio level for purposes of any such determination shall be 0.50:1.0 (rather than 1.00:1.0).

 

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“Qualified Capital Stock” of any Person means any Equity Interests of such Person that are not Disqualified Capital Stock.

“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, at any time, each Loan Party with total assets exceeding $10,000,000 or that qualifies at such time as an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act and can cause another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

“Qualifying Control Agreement” means an agreement, among a Loan Party, a depository institution or securities intermediary and the Administrative Agent, which agreement is in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent and which provides the Administrative Agent with “control” (as such term is used in Article 9 of the UCC) over the deposit account(s) or securities account(s) described therein.

“Recipient” means the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder.

“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(c).

“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

“Removal Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.06.

“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty (30) day notice period is waived under subsections .27, .28, .29, .30, .31, .32, .34 or .35 of PBGC Reg. §4043.

“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Incremental Term Loans, Term Loans or Revolving Loans, a Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swingline Loan, a Swingline Loan Notice.

“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Total Credit Exposures representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the Total Credit Exposures of all Lenders at such time. The Total Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time; provided, that, the amount of any participation in any Swingline Loan and Unreimbursed Amounts that such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund that have not been reallocated to and funded by another Lender shall be deemed to be held by the Lender that is the Swingline Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, in making such determination.

“Required Revolving Lenders” means, at any time, Revolving Lenders having Total Revolving Exposures representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the Total Revolving Exposures of all Revolving Lenders at such time. The Total Revolving Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Revolving Lenders at any time; provided, that, the amount of any participation in any Swingline Loan and Unreimbursed Amounts that such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund that have not been reallocated to and funded by another Lender shall be deemed to be held by the Lender that is the Swingline Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, in making such determination.

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“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of a Loan Party, and, solely for purposes of the delivery of incumbency certificates, the secretary or any assistant secretary of a Loan Party, and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II, any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent or any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party designated in or pursuant to an agreement between the applicable Loan Party and the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party. To the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, each Responsible Officer will provide an incumbency certificate and to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, appropriate authorization documentation, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

“Restricted Payment” means (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares (or equivalent) of any class of Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding, (b) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares (or equivalent) of any class of Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding, and (c) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of Equity Interests of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding.

“Revolving Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a).

“Revolving Commitment” means, as to each Revolving Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01(a), (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swingline Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.01(b) under the caption “Revolving Commitment”, opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto or in any documentation executed by such Lender pursuant to Section 2.02(g), as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments of all of the Revolving Lenders on the First Amendment Effective Date is $550,000,000.

“Revolving Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of its outstanding Revolving Loans and such Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans at such time.

“Revolving Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Lenders’ Revolving Commitments at such time.

“Revolving Facility Maturity Date” means February 4, 2024; provided, that, if such date is not a Business Day, the Revolving Facility Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.

“Revolving Lender” means, at any time, (a) so long as any Revolving Commitment is in effect, any Lender that has a Revolving Commitment at such time or (b) if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, any Lender that has a Revolving Loan or a participation in L/C Obligations or Swingline Loans at such time.

 

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“Revolving Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).

“Revolving Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrowers in favor of a Revolving Lender evidencing Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans, as the case may be, made by such Revolving Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit H.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of S&P Global Inc., and any successor thereto.

“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person whereby such Loan Party or such Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred.

“Sanction(s)” means any sanction administered or enforced by the United States Government (including, without limitation, OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”) or other relevant sanctions authority.

“Scheduled Unavailability Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

“Secured Cash Management Agreement” means any Cash Management Agreement between any Loan Party or any Subsidiary and any Cash Management Bank.

“Secured Hedge Agreement” means any interest rate, currency, foreign exchange, or commodity Swap Contract permitted under Article VII between any Loan Party or any Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank.

“Secured Obligations” means all Obligations and all Additional Secured Obligations.

“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks, each Indemnitee and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.05.

“Secured Party Designation Notice” means a notice from any Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender substantially in the form of Exhibit I.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, including all amendments thereto and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Securitization Transaction” means, with respect to any Person, any financing transaction or series of financing transactions (including factoring arrangements) pursuant to which such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person may sell, convey or otherwise transfer, or grant a security interest in, accounts, payments, receivables, rights to future lease payments or residuals or similar rights to payment to a special purpose subsidiary or affiliate of such Person.

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“Solvency Certificate” means a solvency certificate in substantially in the form of Exhibit J.

“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital, and (e) such Person is able to pay its debts and liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that would reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

“Specified Disposition” means any sale, transfer or other Disposition of all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary or of any business unit, line of business or division of the Company or any Subsidiary (including the termination of activities constituting a business) or any other sale, transfer or other Disposition that results in a Person ceasing to be a Subsidiary.

“Specified Entities” means, collectively, Wentworth Home Care and Hospice, LLC, Portneuf Home Health Care, LLC, Marietta Home Health and Hospice, LLC and Tri Cities Home Health, LLC.

“Specified Event of Default” means any Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.01(a), Section 8.01(f) or Section 8.01(g).

“Specified Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5,000,000.

“Specified Loan Party” means any Loan Party that is not then an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act (determined prior to giving effect to Section 10.11).

“Specified Transaction” means (a) any Acquisition, any Specified Disposition, any Investment that results in a Person becoming a Subsidiary, in each case, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, (b) any incurrence or repayment of Specified Indebtedness or (c) any other event that by the terms of the Loan Documents requires Pro Forma Compliance with a test or covenant, calculation as to Pro Forma Effect with respect to a test or covenant or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.

“Subordinating Loan Party” has the meaning specified in Section 11.16.

“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of Voting Stock is at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.

“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward

 

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foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

“Swap Obligations” means with respect to any Loan Party any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

“Swingline Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swingline Loan pursuant to Section 2.04.

“Swingline Lender” means Bank of America, in its capacity as provider of Swingline Loans, or any successor swingline lender hereunder.

“Swingline Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).

“Swingline Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swingline Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04(b), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit K or such other form as approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Borrower.

“Swingline Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $25,000,000, and (b) the Revolving Facility. The Swingline Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Facility.

“Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property (including Sale and Leaseback Transactions), in each case, creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the application of any Debtor Relief Laws to such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).

“Target” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Permitted Acquisition”.

“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

 

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“Term Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Term Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(c).

“Term Commitment” means, as to each Term Lender, its obligation to make a Term Loan to the Company pursuant to Section 2.01(c) in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Term Lender’s name on Schedule 1.01(b) under the caption “Term Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate amount of the Term Commitments of all of the Term Lenders on the First Amendment Effective Date is $175,000,000.

“Term Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans of all Term Lenders outstanding at such time.

“Term Facility Maturity Date” means February 4, 2024; provided, that, if such date is not a Business Day, the Term Facility Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.

“Term Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that holds a Term Loan at such time.

“Term Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(c).

“Term Note” means a promissory note made by the Company in favor of a Term Lender evidencing the Term Loan made by such Term Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit M.

“Third Party Payor” means any Governmental Third Party Payor or any Private Third Party Payor.

“Third Party Payor Program” means any Governmental Third Party Payor Program or any Private Third Party Payor Program.

“Threshold Amount” means $15,000,000.

“Total Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the unused Commitments, Revolving Exposure, Outstanding Amount of all Term Loans of such Lender and Outstanding Amount of all Incremental Term Loans of such Lender at such time.

“Total Revolving Exposure” means, as to any Revolving Lender at any time, the unused Revolving Commitment and Revolving Exposure of such Revolver Lender at such time.

“Total Revolving Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and L/C Obligations.

“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York; provided, that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.

 

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“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.

“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).

“Unrestricted Cash” means, as of any date of determination, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 1.03(a) and Section 2.02(g), the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Loan Parties as of such date, not to exceed $50,000,000.

“U.S. Loan Party” means any Loan Party that is organized under the laws of one of the states of the United States.

“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(e)(ii)(B)(3).

“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person, Equity Interests issued by such Person the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even though the right to so vote has been suspended by the happening of such contingency.

“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date of determination, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one twelfth) that will elapse between such date of determination and the making of such payment by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness as of such date of determination.

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, (a) any corporation one hundred percent (100%) of whose Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares or Equity Interests that are required to be held by another person in order to satisfy a foreign requirement of Law prescribing an equity owner resident in the local jurisdiction) is at the time owned by such Person and/or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person and (b) any partnership, association, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity in which such Person and/or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person have a one hundred percent (100%) equity interest at such time. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Wholly Owned Subsidiary” or to “Wholly Owned Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the Company.

“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

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1.02    Other Interpretive Provisions.

With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

(a)    The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including the Loan Documents and any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, amended and restated, modified, extended, restated, replaced or supplemented from time to time (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “hereto,” “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Preliminary Statements, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Preliminary Statements, Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory rules, regulations, orders and provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. Any and all references to “Borrower” regardless of whether preceded by the term a, any, each of, all, and/or, or any other similar term shall be deemed to refer, as the context requires, to each and every (and/or any one or all) parties constituting the Borrower, individually and/or in the aggregate.

(b)    In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”

(c)    Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

(d)    Any reference herein to a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, shall be deemed to apply to a division of or by a limited liability company, or an allocation of assets to a series of a limited liability company (or the unwinding of such a division or allocation), as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, as applicable, to, of or with a separate Person. Any division of a limited liability company shall constitute a separate Person hereunder (and each division of any limited liability company that is a Subsidiary, joint venture or any other like term shall also constitute such a Person or entity).

1.03    Accounting Terms.

(a)    Generally. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a

 

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manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in connection with the incurrence of any Indebtedness by the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, the proceeds of such Indebtedness shall not be counted as Unrestricted Cash in connection with any calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for purposes of determining the permissibility of the incurrence of such Indebtedness under this Agreement.

(b)    Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP (including the adoption of IFRS) would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Company or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Company shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided, that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Company shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. Without limiting the foregoing, leases shall continue to be classified and accounted for on a basis consistent with that reflected in the Audited Financial Statements for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding any change in GAAP relating thereto, unless the parties hereto shall enter into a mutually acceptable amendment addressing such changes, as provided for above.

(c)    Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities. All references herein to Consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries or to the determination of any amount for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis or any similar reference shall, in each case, be deemed to include each variable interest entity that the Company is required to consolidate pursuant to FASB ASC 810 as if such variable interest entity were a Subsidiary as defined herein.

(d)    Pro Forma Calculations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, all calculations of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio (including for purposes of determining the Applicable Rate) and the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis with respect to all Specified Transactions occurring during the applicable Measurement Period to which such calculation relates, and/or subsequent to the end of such Measurement Period but not later than the date of such calculation; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, when calculating the Consolidated Leverage Ratio and/or the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio for purposes of determining (i) compliance with Section 7.11, and/or (ii) the Applicable Rate, any Specified Transaction and any related adjustment contemplated in the definition of Pro Forma Basis that occurred subsequent to the end of the applicable Measurement Period shall not be given Pro Forma Effect.

(e)    Limited Condition Transactions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent that the terms of this Agreement require (i) compliance with any financial ratio or test (including any Consolidated Leverage Ratio test or any Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio test), (ii) the absence of a Default or an Event of Default, or (iii) a determination

 

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as to whether the representations and warranties contained in Article II and Article V or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect), in each case in connection with the consummation of a Limited Condition Transaction, the determination of whether the relevant condition is satisfied may be made, at the election of the Company, (A) in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or other Investment, in each case that is a Limited Condition Transaction, upon either (1) the execution of the definitive agreement with respect to such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment, or (2) the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment and (B) in the case of any repayment, redemption, repurchase or other discharge of any Indebtedness, in each case that is a Limited Condition Transaction, upon either (1) delivery of notice with respect to such payment, redemption, repurchase or other discharge, or (2) the making of such payment, redemption, repurchase or discharge (the dates referred to in clauses (A)(1) and (B)(1) above, each a “LCT Test Date”), after giving effect to the relevant Limited Condition Transaction and related incurrence of Indebtedness, on a Pro Forma Basis; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction: (w) the conditions set forth in clause (e) of the proviso to the definition of “Permitted Acquisition” or clause (x) of the proviso to Section 7.14(b) shall be satisfied if (I) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the applicable LCT Test Date, and (II) no Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction; (x) if the proceeds of an increase in the Revolving Facility pursuant to Section 2.02(g)(i) are being used to finance such Limited Condition Transaction, then (I) the condition set forth in Section 2.02(g)(i)(E)(2)(x) shall be required to be satisfied at the time of closing of the Limited Condition Transaction and funding of such increase but may be subject to customary “SunGard” or “certain funds” conditionality and the representations and warranties required may be limited to customary “specified representations” and such other representations and warranties as may be required by the applicable lenders providing such increase, and (II) the conditions set forth in Section 2.02(g)(i)(B) and Section 2.02(g)(i)(E)(2)(y) shall, if and to the extent the lenders providing such increase so agree, be satisfied if (x) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the applicable LCT Test Date, and (y) no Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of the funding of such increase in connection with the consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction; (y) if the proceeds of an Incremental Term Facility pursuant to Section 2.02(g)(ii) are being used to finance such Limited Condition Transaction, then (I) the conditions set forth in Section 2.02(g)(ii)(H)(2)(x) and Section 4.02(a) shall be required to be satisfied at the time of closing of the Limited Condition Transaction and funding of such Incremental Term Facility but may be subject to customary “SunGard” or “certain funds” conditionality and the representations and warranties required may be limited to customary “specified representations” and such other representations and warranties as may be required by the applicable lenders providing such Incremental Term Facility, and (II) the conditions set forth in Section 2.02(g)(ii)(D), Section 2.02(g)(ii)(H)(2)(y) and Section 4.02(b) shall, if and to the extent the lenders providing such Incremental Term Facility so agree, be satisfied if (x) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the applicable LCT Test Date, and (y) no Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of the funding of such Incremental Term Facility in connection with the consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction; and (z) such Limited Condition Transaction and the related Indebtedness to be incurred (and any associated Lien) and the use of proceeds thereof (and the consummation of any Permitted Acquisition or Investment) shall be deemed incurred and/or applied at the LCT Test Date (until such time as the Indebtedness is actually incurred or the applicable definitive agreement is terminated without actually consummating the applicable Limited Condition Transaction) and outstanding thereafter for

 

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purposes of Pro Forma Compliance (other than for purposes of determining Pro Forma Compliance in connection with the making of any Restricted Payment or the prepayment of any Junior Debt) with any applicable calculation of the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11 (it being understood and agreed that with respect to any such ratio test or basket to be used to effect a Restricted Payment or a prepayment of Junior Debt, the Company shall demonstrate compliance with the applicable test both after giving effect to the applicable Limited Condition Transaction and assuming that such transaction had not occurred). For the avoidance of doubt, if any of such ratios or amounts for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date are thereafter exceeded as a result of fluctuations in such ratio or amount (including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA), at or prior to the consummation of the relevant Limited Condition Transaction, such ratios or amounts will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations solely for purposes of determining whether the relevant Limited Condition Transaction is permitted to be consummated or taken. Except as set forth in clause (y) above in connection with the use of the proceeds of an Incremental Term Facility to finance a Limited Condition Transaction (and, in the case of such clause (y), only if and to the extent the lenders providing such Incremental Term Facility so agree as provided in such clause (y)), it is understood and agreed that this Section 1.03(e) shall not limit the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 with respect to any proposed Credit Extension, in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction or otherwise.

1.04    Rounding.

Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

1.05    Times of Day.

Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

1.06    Letter of Credit Amounts.

Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

1.07    UCC Terms.

Terms defined in the UCC in effect on the Closing Date and not otherwise defined herein shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, have the meanings provided by those definitions. Subject to the foregoing, the term “UCC” refers, as of any date of determination, to the UCC then in effect.

 

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ARTICLE II

COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

2.01    Loans.

(a)    Revolving Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “Revolving Loan”) to the Borrowers in Dollars, from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Revolving Borrowing, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Facility, and (ii) the Revolving Exposure of any Lender shall not exceed such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment. Within the limits of each Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow Revolving Loans, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(a). Revolving Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein; provided, however, any Revolving Borrowings made on the Closing Date or any of the three (3) Business Days following the Closing Date shall be made as Base Rate Loans unless the applicable Borrower delivers a Funding Indemnity Letter not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the date of such Revolving Borrowing.

(b)    Incremental Term Loans. Subject to Section 2.02(g), on the effective date of any Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement, each Incremental Term Lender party to such Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement severally agrees to make a term loan in a single advance to the applicable Borrower in the amount of its respective Incremental Term Commitment with respect to such Incremental Term Facility as set forth in such Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement; provided, however, that after giving effect to such advances, the Outstanding Amount of such Incremental Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the Incremental Term Commitments set forth in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement of the applicable Incremental Term Lenders. Each Incremental Term Borrowing shall consist of Incremental Term Loans made simultaneously by the Incremental Term Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentage of the applicable Incremental Term Facility. Incremental Term Borrowings prepaid or repaid may not be reborrowed. Incremental Term Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.

(c)    Term Borrowing. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term Lender severally agrees to make a single loan (each such loan, a “Term Loan”) to the Company, in Dollars, on the First Amendment Effective Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed such Term Lender’s Term Commitment. The Term Borrowing shall consist of Term Loans made simultaneously by the Term Lenders in accordance with their respective Term Commitments. Term Borrowings repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein; provided, however, the Term Borrowing made on the First Amendment Effective Date shall consist of Base Rate Loans unless the Company delivers a Funding Indemnity Letter not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the First Amendment Effective Date.

2.02    Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.

(a)    Notice of Borrowing. Each Borrowing, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon the applicable Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by: (i) telephone or (ii) a Loan Notice; provided, that, any telephonic notice must be confirmed immediately by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Loan Notice. Each such Loan Notice must be received

 

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by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (A) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans, and (B) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, (x) in connection with any conversion or continuation of Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, if less, the entire principal thereof then outstanding and (y) if the aggregate Revolving Commitments as of the applicable date are less than $1,000,000, the aggregate amount of the aggregate Revolving Commitments as of such date). Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c) and 2.04(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, (x) in connection with any conversion or continuation of Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, if less, the entire principal thereof then outstanding and (y) if the aggregate Revolving Commitments as of the applicable date are less than $500,000, the aggregate amount of the aggregate Revolving Commitments as of such date). Each Loan Notice and each telephonic notice shall specify (I) the applicable Borrower, (II) the applicable Facility and whether such Borrower is requesting a Borrowing, a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Loans, as the case may be, under such Facility, (III) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (IV) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (V) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be converted, and (VI) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the applicable Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Loan Notice or if the applicable Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the applicable Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Swingline Loan may not be converted to a Eurodollar Rate Loan.

(b)    Advances. Following receipt of a Loan Notice for a Facility, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of the amount of its Applicable Percentage under such Facility of the applicable Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the applicable Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Appropriate Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in Section 2.02(a). In the case of a Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, with respect to the Term Borrowing to be made on the First Amendment Effective Date, Section 3 of the First Amendment), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the applicable Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the applicable Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the applicable Borrower; provided, however, that if, on the date a Loan Notice with respect to a Revolving Borrowing is given by any Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Revolving Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, shall be made available to the applicable Borrower as provided above.

 

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(c)    Eurodollar Rate Loans. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan. During the existence of a Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders, and the Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans be converted immediately to Base Rate Loans.

(d)    Interest Rates. Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the applicable Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error.

(e)    Interest Periods. After giving effect to all Revolving Borrowings, all conversions of Revolving Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Revolving Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than ten (10) Interest Periods in effect in respect of the Revolving Facility. After giving effect to the Term Borrowing, all conversions of Term Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Term Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than five (5) Interest Periods in effect in respect of the Term Facility. With respect to each Incremental Term Facility, after giving effect to all Incremental Term Borrowings, all conversions of Incremental Term Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Incremental Term Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than five (5) Interest Periods in effect in respect of such Incremental Term Facility.

(f)    Cashless Settlement Mechanism. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Lender may exchange, continue or rollover all or any portion of its Loans in connection with any refinancing, extension, loan modification or similar transaction permitted by the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to a cashless settlement mechanism approved by the Company, the Administrative Agent and such Lender.

(g)    Increase in Revolving Facility; Incremental Term Loans. The Borrowers may at any time and from time to time, upon prior written notice by the Company to the Administrative Agent, increase the Revolving Facility (but not the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swingline Sublimit) and/or establish one or more Incremental Term Facilities, by a maximum aggregate amount not to exceed the Incremental Amount, as follows:

(i)    Increase in Revolving Facility. The Borrowers may, at any time and from time to time, upon prior written notice by the Company to the Administrative Agent, increase the Revolving Facility (but not the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swingline Sublimit) with additional Revolving Commitments from any Revolving Lender or new Revolving Commitments from any other Person selected by the Borrowers and acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the L/C Issuer (so long as such Persons are not Affiliates of the Company and would be permitted at such time by Section 11.06(b)(v) to become assignees hereunder); provided, that:

(A)    any such increase shall be in a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof;

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(C)    no existing Lender shall be under any obligation to increase its Revolving Commitment and any such decision whether to increase its Revolving Commitment shall be in such Lender’s sole and absolute discretion;

(D)    (1) any new Lender shall join this Agreement by executing such joinder documents as are required by the Administrative Agent and/or (2) any existing Lender electing to increase its Revolving Commitment shall have executed a commitment agreement satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(E)    as a condition precedent to such increase, the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the date of such increase (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of each such Loan Party (1) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase, and (2) in the case of the Borrowers, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (x) the representations and warranties contained in Article II and Article V and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) on and as of the date of such increase, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.02(g)(i)(E), the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01, and (y) no Default or Event of Default exists;

(F)    a Responsible Officer of the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a Pro Forma Compliance Certificate demonstrating that, upon giving Pro Forma Effect to such increase in the Revolving Facility (and assuming for such calculation that such increase is fully drawn), the Loan Parties would be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Sections 7.11(a) and (b) as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Company was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b) (it being understood and agreed that for purposes of calculating such Consolidated Leverage Ratio, the identifiable proceeds of such increase in the Revolving Facility shall not qualify as Unrestricted Cash for purposes of the definition of “Consolidated Leverage Ratio”); provided, that, with respect to the calculation referred to in this clause (F), solely in connection with any increase in the Revolving Facility incurred to fund a Qualified Acquisition, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio test level set forth in Section 7.11(a) shall be deemed to be 4.00 to 1.0;

(G)    Schedule 1.01(b) shall be deemed revised to include any increase in the Revolving Facility pursuant to this Section 2.02(g)(i) and to include thereon any Person that becomes a Lender pursuant to this Section 2.02(g)(i); and

 

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(H)    the Administrative Agent shall have received such amendments to the Collateral Documents as the Administrative Agent reasonably requests to cause the Collateral Documents to secure the Secured Obligations after giving effect to such increase in the Revolving Facility.

Upon each increase to the Revolving Facility pursuant to this Section 2.02(g)(i), each Revolving Lender immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each Lender providing a portion of such increase and each such increasing Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Revolving Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans such that, after giving effect to each such deemed assignment and assumption of participations, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding participations hereunder in such Letters of Credit and/or Swingline Loans held by each Revolving Lender (including each such increasing Lender), as applicable, will equal such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage of the aggregate outstanding L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans. Additionally, if any Revolving Loans are outstanding at the time any increase to the Revolving Facility is effected pursuant to this Section 2.02(g)(i), the applicable Revolving Lenders immediately after effectiveness of such increase to the Revolving Facility shall purchase and assign at par such amounts of the Revolving Loans outstanding at such time as the Administrative Agent may require such that each Revolving Lender holds its Applicable Revolving Percentage of all Revolving Loans outstanding immediately after giving effect to all such assignments. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.

(ii)    Institution of Incremental Term Facilities. The Borrowers may, at any time, upon prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, institute an Incremental Term Facility; provided, that:

(A)    the Borrowers (in consultation and coordination with the Administrative Agent) shall obtain commitments for the amount of such Incremental Term Facility from existing Lenders or other Persons acceptable to the Administrative Agent (so long as such Persons are not Affiliates of the Company and would be permitted at such time by Section 11.06(b)(v) to become assignees hereunder), which Lenders shall join in this Agreement as Incremental Term Lenders by executing an Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement;

(B)    no existing Lender shall be under any obligation to become an Incremental Term Lender and any such decision whether to become an Incremental Term Lender shall be in such Lender’s sole and absolute discretion;

(C)    such Incremental Term Facility shall be in a minimum aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof;

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(E)    the Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date for such Incremental Term Facility shall be as set forth in the Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement relating to such Incremental Term Facility; provided, that, such date shall not be earlier than the then-Latest Maturity Date;

(F)    the scheduled principal amortization payments under such Incremental Term Facility shall be as set forth in the Incremental Term Loan Lender Joinder Agreement relating to such Incremental Term Facility; provided, that, the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Incremental Term Loans made under such Incremental Term Facility shall not be shorter than the then-remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans or any Incremental Term Loans under any then-existing Incremental Term Facility;

(G)    all other terms of such Incremental Term Facility (other than as set forth in Sections 2.02(g)(ii)(E) and (F) above) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being understood and agreed that the following shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent: (x) covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the then-Latest Maturity Date, (y) covenants or other provisions that are added for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (z) to the extent required by the lenders providing such Incremental Term Facility, customary “most-favored-nation” protection, call protection, and mandatory prepayments (including an excess cash flow prepayment), in each case, which may be applicable solely with respect to such Incremental Term Facility (provided, that, to the extent any mandatory prepayment required in connection with the establishment of an Incremental Term Facility, such mandatory prepayment shall be applied ratably to the Term Loans and all then-existing Incremental Term Loans));

(H)    as a condition precedent to such institution, the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the date of such institution (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of each such Loan Party (1) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such institution, and (2) in the case of the Borrowers, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such institution, (x) the representations and warranties contained in Article II and Article V and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) on and as of the date of such institution, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.02(g)(ii)(H), the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01, and (y) no Default or Event of Default exists;

 

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(I)    a Responsible Officer of the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a Pro Forma Compliance Certificate demonstrating that, upon giving Pro Forma Effect to such Incremental Term Facility, the Loan Parties would be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Sections 7.11(a) and (b) as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Company was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b) (it being understood and agreed that for purposes of calculating such Consolidated Leverage Ratio, the identifiable proceeds of such Incremental Term Facility shall not qualify as Unrestricted Cash for the purposes of the definition of “Consolidated Leverage Ratio”); provided, that, with respect to the calculation referred to in this clause (I), solely in connection with any Incremental Term Facility incurred to fund a Qualified Acquisition, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio test level set forth in Section 7.11(a) shall be deemed to be 4.00 to 1.0;

(J)    Schedule 1.01(b) shall be deemed revised to include such Incremental Term Facility pursuant to this Section 2.02(g)(ii) and to include thereon any Person that becomes an Incremental Term Lender pursuant to this Section 2.02(g)(ii); and

(K)    the Administrative Agent shall have received such amendments to the Collateral Documents as the Administrative Agent reasonably requests to cause the Collateral Documents to secure the Secured Obligations after giving effect to such Incremental Term Facility.

2.03    Letters of Credit.

(a)    The Letter of Credit Commitment.

(i)    Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit in Dollars for the account of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and to amend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b), and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Company or its Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided, that, after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Facility, (y) the Revolving Exposure of any Revolving Lender shall not exceed such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each request by the Company for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Company that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Company may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. All Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant hereto and deemed L/C Obligations, and from and after the Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof.

 

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(ii)    The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit if:

(A)    the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve (12) months after the date of issuance, unless the Required Revolving Lenders have approved such expiry date; or

(B)    the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving Lenders have approved such expiry date.

(iii)    The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

(A)    any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing the Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;

(B)    the issuance of the Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;

(C)    except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, the Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $500,000;

(D)    the Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars;

(E)    any Revolving Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless the L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with the Company or such Revolving Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.15(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which the L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion; or

(F)    the Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder.

(iv)    The L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.

 

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(v)    The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to the Letter of Credit.

(vi)    The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article IX included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.

(b)    Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit.

(i)    Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Company delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company. Such Letter of Credit Application may be sent by fax transmission, by United States mail, by overnight courier, by electronic transmission using the system provided by the L/C Issuer, by personal delivery or by any other means acceptable to the L/C Issuer. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least two (2) Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit; and (H) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably require. Additionally, the Company shall furnish to the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may require.

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more applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Company (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

(iii)    Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

(c)    Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.

(i)    Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 2:00 p.m. (x) on the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit, if the Company received notice of such drawing prior to 11:00 a.m., on such date or (y) otherwise on the Business Day immediately following receipt by the Company of such notice (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Company shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing. If the Company fails to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage thereof. In such event, the Company shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Loan Notice). Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided, that, the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.

(ii)    Each Revolving Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) for the account of the L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its Applicable Revolving Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Company in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer.

 

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(iii)    With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Company shall be deemed to have incurred from the L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Revolving Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section.

(iv)    Until each Revolving Lender funds its Revolving Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.

(v)    Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, the Company, any Subsidiary or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default; or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that, each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Company of a Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Company to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

(vi)    If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the L/C Issuer in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Revolving Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Loan included in the relevant Revolving Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.03(c)(vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

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(d)    Repayment of Participations.

(i)    At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Lender such Revolving Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Company or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Revolving Lender its Applicable Revolving Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.

(ii)    If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Applicable Revolving Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Revolving Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Revolving Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

(e)    Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Company to reimburse the L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:

(i)    any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document;

(ii)    the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Company or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement or by such Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated hereby or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

(iii)    any draft, demand, endorsement, certificate or other document presented under or in connection with such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;

(iv)    waiver by the L/C Issuer of any requirement that exists for the L/C Issuer’s protection and not the protection of the Company or any waiver by the L/C Issuer which does not in fact materially prejudice the Company;

(v)    honor of a demand for payment presented electronically even if such Letter of Credit requires that demand be in the form of a draft;

(vi)    any payment made by the L/C Issuer in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under, such Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the UCC or the ISP, as applicable;

 

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(vii)    any payment by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or

(viii)    any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

The Company shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Company’s instructions or other irregularity, the Company will immediately notify the L/C Issuer. The Company shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

(f)    Role of L/C Issuer. Each Lender and the Company agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight or time draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Revolving Lenders, the Required Lenders or the Required Revolving Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Company hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that, this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Company’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in Section 2.03(e); provided, however, that, anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the Company, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Company which the Company proves, as determined by a final nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, were caused by the L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or the L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight or time draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring, endorsing or assigning or purporting to transfer, endorse or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason. The L/C Issuer may send a Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (“SWIFT”) message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a beneficiary.

 

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(g)    Applicability of ISP; Limitation of Liability. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the Company when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), the rules of the ISP shall apply to each Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible to the Company for, and the L/C Issuer’s rights and remedies against the Company shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of the L/C Issuer required or permitted under any law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the Law or any order of a jurisdiction where the L/C Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade - International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.

(h)    Letter of Credit Fees. The Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender in accordance, subject to Section 2.15, with its Applicable Revolving Percentage, a Letter of Credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) due and payable on the first Business Day following each fiscal quarter end, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand and (ii) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.

(i)    Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer. The Company shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to (i) each Letter of Credit (other than any Existing Letter of Credit issued by JPMorgan), at the rate per annum specified in the Fee Letter, computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears, such fronting fee shall be due and payable on or prior to the date that is ten (10) Business Days following each fiscal quarter end, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand, and (ii) each Existing Letter of Credit issued by JPMorgan, at the rate, times and in the amounts separately agreed in writing between the Company and JPMorgan. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. In addition, the Company shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.

(j)    Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.

(k)    Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, the Company shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C Issuer hereunder for any and

 

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all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Company hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Company, and that the Company’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.

2.04    Swingline Loans.

(a)    The Swingline. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section, may in its sole discretion make loans to the Borrowers (each such loan, a “Swingline Loan”). Each such Swingline Loan may be made, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, to the Borrowers, in Dollars, from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swingline Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swingline Loans, when aggregated with the Applicable Revolving Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swingline Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided, however, that (i) after giving effect to any Swingline Loan, (A) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Facility at such time, and (B) the Revolving Exposure of any Revolving Lender at such time shall not exceed such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment, (ii) no Borrower shall use the proceeds of any Swingline Loan to refinance any outstanding Swingline Loan, and (iii) the Swingline Lender shall not be under any obligation to make any Swingline Loan if it shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that it has, or by such Credit Extension may have, Fronting Exposure. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under this Section, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section. Each Swingline Loan shall bear interest only at a rate based on the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for Base Rate Loans. Immediately upon the making of a Swingline Loan, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swingline Lender a risk participation in such Swingline Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage times the amount of such Swingline Loan.

(b)    Borrowing Procedures. Each Swingline Borrowing shall be made upon the applicable Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by: (i) telephone or (ii) a Swingline Loan Notice; provided, that, any telephonic notice must be confirmed immediately by delivery to the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent of a Swingline Loan Notice. Each such Swingline Loan Notice must be received by the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (A) the applicable Borrower, (B) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000, and (C) the requested date of the Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day). Promptly after receipt by the Swingline Lender of any Swingline Loan Notice, the Swingline Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swingline Loan Notice and, if not, the Swingline Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swingline Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swingline Borrowing (1) directing the Swingline Lender not to make such Swingline Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (2) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Article IV is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swingline Lender may, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swingline Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swingline Loan available to the applicable Borrower at its office by crediting the account of the applicable Borrower on the books of the Swingline Lender in immediately available funds.

 

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