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E XHIBIT
10.17
EXECUTION
COPY
$32,703,000
CREDIT AND GUARANTY
AGREEMENT
among
ICELAND ACQUISITION
SUBSIDIARY, INC.,
as the Borrower,
HAPC, INC.,
as Guarantor
and
I-FLOW
CORPORATION,
as the Lender
Dated as of October 25,
2007
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS
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1.1
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Defined Terms
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1.2
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Other Definitional Provisions
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1.3
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Cross References
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SECTION 2 THE TERM LOAN COMMITMENT;
DESIGNATION OF APPLICABLE INTEREST RATE
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2.1
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Term Loan Commitment
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2.2.
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Designation of Applicable Interest
Rate
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SECTION 3 REPAYMENTS, PREPAYMENTS,
INTEREST AND FEES
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3.1
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Maturity of Term Loan; Repayments and
Prepayments of Term Loan
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3.2.
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Application of Prepayments
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3.3.
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Interest Provisions
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3.4.
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Fees
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SECTION 4 CERTAIN LIBOR RATE AND OTHER
PROVISIONS
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4.1
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Computation of Interest and Fees;
Payments
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4.2
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Proceeds of Exercise of
Remedies
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4.3.
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Increased Costs
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4.4.
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Taxes
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SECTION 5 CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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5.1.
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Conditions to Initial Credit
Extension
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5.2
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All Credit Extensions
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SECTION 6 REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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6.1
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Financial Condition
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6.2.
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No Material Adverse Change
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6.3
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Existence, Power and
Qualification
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6.4
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Due Authorization
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6.5
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Government Approval
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6.6.
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Due Execution and Delivery; Enforceable
Obligations
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6.7.
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Non-Contravention
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6.8.
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Compliance with Law
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6.9.
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Litigation
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6.10.
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No Default
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6.11.
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Ownership of Property; Liens
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6.12.
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Intellectual Property
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6.13.
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Taxes
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6.14.
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Margin Stock
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6.15.
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Labor Matters
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6.16.
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ERISA
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6.17.
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Investment Company Act; Other
Regulations
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6.18.
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Subsidiaries
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6.19.
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Use of Proceeds
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6.20.
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Environmental Matters
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6.21.
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Accuracy of Information, etc.
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6.22.
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Security Documents
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6.23.
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Solvency
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6.24.
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Real Properties
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6.25.
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Capitalization
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6.26.
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Special Purpose Acquisition
Company
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6.27.
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Brokers
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SECTION 7 AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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7.1
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Financial Statements
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7.2
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Certificates; Other
Information
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7.3
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Notice of Default, Litigation or Certain
Other Matters
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7.4
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Maintenance of Existence; Compliance
with Laws, etc.
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7.5
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Insurance
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7.6
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Maintenance of Properties; Maintenance
of HQ Lease
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7.7
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Inspection of Property; Books and
Records; Discussions
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7.8
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Payment of Obligations
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7.9
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Environmental Laws
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7.10
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Use of Proceeds
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7.11
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Additional Collateral; Additional
Subsidiaries, etc.
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7.12
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Hedging Arrangements
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7.13
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Lockbox Arrangements; Cash
Management
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SECTION 8 NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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8.1
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Financial Condition Covenants
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8.2
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Indebtedness
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8.3
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Liens
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8.4
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Fundamental Changes
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8.5
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Disposition of Assets
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8.6
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Restricted Payments
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8.7
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Capital Expenditures
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8.8
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Investments
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8.9
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No Prepayment of Indebtedness;
Designated Senior Indebtedness
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8.10
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Transactions with Affiliates
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8.11
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Sales and Leasebacks
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8.12
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Changes in Fiscal Periods
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8.13
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Modification of Certain
Agreements
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8.14
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Agreements Restricting Liens
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8.15
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Agreements Restricting Subsidiary
Distributions
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8.16
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Lines of Business; Suspension of
Business
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8.17
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Issuance of Equity Interests
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8.18
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Hazardous Materials
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SECTION 9 EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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9.1
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Listing of Events of Default
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9.2
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Action if Bankruptcy
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9.3
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Action if Other Event of
Default
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SECTION 10 GUARANTY
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10.1
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Guaranty of the Obligations
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10.2
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Contribution by Guarantors
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10.3
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Payment by Guarantors
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10.4
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Liability of Guarantors
Absolute
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10.5
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Waivers by Guarantors
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10.6
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Guarantors’ Right of Subrogation,
Contribution, etc.
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10.7
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Subordination of Other
Obligations
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10.8
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Continuing Guaranty
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10.9
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Authority of Guarantors or the
Borrower
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10.10
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Financial Condition of the
Borrower
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10.11
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Bankruptcy, etc.
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SECTION 11 LENDER REGISTRATION
RIGHTS
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11.1.
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Piggyback Registrations
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11.2.
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Registration Covenants of
Holdings
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11.3
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Registration Expenses
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11.4.
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Other Registration Rights
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11.5
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Indemnification Relating to
Registration
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SECTION 12 MISCELLANEOUS
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12.1
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Amendments and Waivers
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12.2
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Notices, etc.
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12.3
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No Waiver; Cumulative
Remedies
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12.4
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Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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12.5
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Payment of Expenses and Taxes
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12.6
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Indemnification
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12.7
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Successors and Assigns
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12.8
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Set-off
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12.9
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Counterparts
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12.10
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Severability
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12.11
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Other Transactions
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12.12
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Integration
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12.13
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GOVERNING LAW
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12.14
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Submission To Jurisdiction;
Waivers
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12.15.
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Acknowledgments
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12.16
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Releases of Guarantees and
Liens
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12.17
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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SCHEDULES:
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| Schedule
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Notice
Information |
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| Schedule
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Wire
Instructions |
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| Schedule III |
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Disclosure
Schedule |
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Item
1.1 |
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Capitalization of Borrower |
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Item
6.5 |
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Consents,
Authorizations, Filings and Notices |
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Item
6.12 |
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Intellectual Property |
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Item 6.18 |
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Subsidiaries |
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Item 6.22(a) |
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UCC
Filing Jurisdictions |
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Item 6.24A |
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Real
Properties Owned by Borrower or Subsidiaries |
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Item
6.24B |
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Real
Properties Leased by Borrower or Subsidiaries |
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Item
8.2(b) |
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Indebtedness to be Repaid |
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Item
8.2(i) |
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Continuing Indebtedness |
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Item
8.3(i) |
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Continuing Liens |
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Item
8.8(i) |
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Existing
Investments |
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| Schedule IV |
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Certain
Material Contracts |
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| EXHIBITS: |
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| EXHIBIT A |
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Borrower
Closing Date Certificate |
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| EXHIBIT
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Compliance
Certificate |
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| EXHIBIT
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[Intentionally Omitted] |
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| EXHIBIT
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[Intentionally Omitted] |
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| EXHIBIT
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Joinder
Agreement |
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| EXHIBIT
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Obligor
Security Agreement |
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| EXHIBIT
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Guaranty
Supplement |
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| EXHIBIT
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Officer’s Solvency Certificate |
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| EXHIBIT
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Legal
Opinion of Counsel to the Obligors |
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iv
CREDIT AND GUARANTY
AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT AND GUARANTY
AGREEMENT, dated as of October 25, 2007 is among Iceland
Acquisition Subsidiary, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
Iceland ”), HAPC, INC., a Delaware corporation
(“ Holdings ”), and I-Flow Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “ Lender ”).
Capitalized terms used herein are defined in
Section 1.1 .
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Stock
Purchase Agreement dated as of September 29, 2006, as
previously amended by an Amendment No. 1 dated as of
April 30, 2007, an Amendment No. 2 dated as of
June 29, 2007, an Amendment No. 3 dated as of
July 31, 2007 and an Amendment No. 4 dated as of
September 18, 2007 (as the same may be further amended,
supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time
to time in accordance with Section 8.17 hereof, the
“ Acquisition Agreement ”), among I-Flow
Corporation, a Delaware corporation as “Seller”
thereunder (in such capacity, the “ Seller ”),
InfuSystem, Inc., a California corporation (“
InfuSystem ”), Holdings and Iceland, Iceland has
agreed to acquire all outstanding Equity Interests of InfuSystem
for an aggregate purchase price of $100,000,000.00, subject to
post-closing adjustments (the “ InfuSystem Acquisition
”);
WHEREAS, the Borrower has
requested that the Lender make a loan to the Borrower in the
aggregate principal amount of up to $32,703,000.00, and the Lender
has agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
to make such loan;
WHEREAS, substantially
concurrently with the consummation of the InfuSystem Acquisition,
(i) Iceland will merge with and into InfuSystem, with
InfuSystem continuing as the entity surviving such merger (the
“ Merger ” and, together with all related
transactions, including the Term Loan hereunder, collectively, the
“ Transaction ”) and as a direct wholly-owned
subsidiary of Holdings, and (ii) InfuSystem will become a
party to this Agreement by executing and delivering the Joinder
Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has
agreed to secure its Obligations by granting to the Lender a first
priority security interest in substantially all of its assets;
and
WHEREAS, Holdings has agreed
to guarantee the obligations of the Borrower hereunder and to
secure its Obligations by granting to the Lender a first priority
security interest in substantially all of Holdings’ assets,
including a pledge of all of the capital stock of the
Borrower.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms . As
used in this Agreement, the terms listed in this
Section 1.1 shall have the respective meanings set
forth in this Section 1.1 .
“ Acquisition
” means, with respect to any Person (a) an Investment
in, or a purchase of a Controlling interest in, the Equity
Interests of any other Person, (b) a purchase or other
acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets or properties
of, another Person or of any division, line of business or business
unit of another Person, or (c) any merger or consolidation of
such Person with any other Person or other transaction or series of
transactions resulting in the acquisition of all or substantially
all of the assets, or a Controlling interest in the Equity
Interests, of any Person.
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“ Acquisition
Agreement ” is defined in the recitals hereto.
“ Acquisition
Documentation ” means, collectively, the Acquisition
Agreement, the Services Agreement (as defined in the Acquisition
Agreement), the License Agreement (as defined in the Acquisition
Agreement) and those certain Letter Agreements dated April 30,
2007, June 29, 2007, July 31, 2007 and
September 12, 2007 among Holdings, Iceland and the Lender,
that certain Acknowledgement and Agreement Regarding Stock Purchase
Agreement and Guaranty dated October 8, 2007 among the Lender,
InfuSystem, Holdings, Iceland, Sean D. McDevitt and Philip B.
Harris, that certain Further Agreement Regarding Project Iceland
dated October 17, 2007 among the Lender, InfuSystem, Holdings
and Iceland and all schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto and all
side letters and agreements (including without limitation, all
non-competition agreements) affecting the terms thereof or entered
into in connection therewith, in each case as amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time.
“ Acquisition
Payments ” means, collectively, (a) any adjustment
to the purchase price for the InfuSystem Acquisition made after the
closing date thereof in accordance with the Acquisition
Documentation, including any adjustments made pursuant to
Section 2.5 of the Acquisition Agreement and (b) any
payments made or required to be made to Holdings, the Borrower or
any Subsidiary of the Borrower in respect of any Seller’s
indemnification or reimbursement obligations under any Acquisition
Documentation.
“ Affiliate
” means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or
indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition,
“control” of a Person means the power, directly or
indirectly, either to (a) vote 10% or more of the Equity
Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person
or (b) direct or cause the direction of, or veto, the
management and policies of such Person, whether by Contractual
Obligation of any Person, Applicable Law or otherwise (including
being, or directly or indirectly controlling, a general partner,
managing member or other Person or Persons having such
power).
“ Agreement
” means this Credit and Guaranty Agreement, together with all
exhibits and schedules hereto, as amended, supplemented, amended
and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
“ Annual Budget
” is defined in Section 7.2(e) .
“ Applicable Law
” means as to any Person, property, transaction or event, all
present and future laws, treaties, statutes, regulations, judgments
and decrees (in each case, whether international, foreign, federal,
state or local) applicable to or binding upon such Person,
property, transaction or event (whether or not having the force of
law with respect to regulatory matters applicable to the Lender)
and all applicable requirements, requests, official directives,
consents, approvals, authorizations, guidelines, rules, orders and
policies of any Governmental Authority having or purporting to have
authority over such Person, property, transaction or
event.
“ Applicable
Margin ” means (i) with respect to the Base Rate,
4.50%, and (ii) with respect to the LIBOR Rate,
5.50%.
“ Asset Sale
” means any Disposition of property or series of related
Dispositions of property (excluding any such Disposition permitted
by Section 8.5(a) , (b) , (c) ,
(d) or (e) ) that yields gross proceeds to
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (valued at the cash
consideration received or, in the case of non-cash consideration,
the initial principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash
proceeds consisting of notes or other debt securities or the fair
market value thereof in the case of other non-cash proceeds) in
excess of $100,000.
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“ Authorized
Officer ” means, relative to any Obligor, those of its
officers, or the officers of its general partners or managing
members (as applicable), whose signatures and incumbency shall have
been certified to the Lender pursuant to Section 5.1(r)
or 7.11(c) .
“ Base Rate
” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater
of (i) four percent (4%), and (ii) “The Wall Street
Journal Prime Rate,” for such day as the rate may change from
time to time. The “Wall Street Journal Prime Rate” is
and shall mean the variable rate of interest, on a per annum basis,
which is announced and/or published in the Money Rates section of
The Wall Street Journal from time to time as the
“Prime Rate” for the U.S. The Base Rate shall be
redetermined whenever The Wall Street Journal Prime Rate changes.
If The Wall Street Journal Prime Rate becomes unavailable during
the term of this Agreement, the Lender may designate a substitute
index after notice to the Borrower. Any change in the Base Rate due
to a change in the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate shall be
effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of
such change in the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate.
“ Board ”
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the
United States (or any successor).
“ Borrower
” means (i) prior to consummation of the Merger,
Iceland, and (ii) at and subsequent to consummation of the
Merger, InfuSystem.
“ Borrower Closing
Date Certificate ” means the closing date certificate
executed and delivered by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A
.
“ Business
” means the business operated by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on the Closing Date and other businesses directly
related thereto.
“ Business Day
” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks in the State of California are authorized or
required by law to close.
“ Business
Entity ” means a partnership, limited partnership,
limited liability partnership, corporation (including a business
trust), limited liability company, unlimited liability company,
joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint
venture or other entity.
“ Capital
Expenditures ” means, for any Person for any period, the
sum of, without duplication, all expenditures made, directly or
indirectly, by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries during such
period for equipment, fixed assets, real property (other than
undeveloped real property, land under development, houses under
construction and building lots) or improvements, or for
replacements or substitutions therefor or additions thereto
(excluding normal replacements and maintenance which are properly
charged to current operations as operating expenses in accordance
with GAAP), that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP,
reflected as additions to property, plant or equipment on a
Consolidated balance sheet of such Person or have a useful life of
more than one year. For purposes of this definition, the purchase
price of equipment that is purchased simultaneously with the trade
in of existing equipment or with condemnation proceeds or insurance
proceeds shall be included in Capital Expenditures only to the
extent of the gross amount of such purchase price less the credit
granted by the seller of such equipment for the equipment being
traded in at such time or the amount of such condemnation proceeds
or insurance proceeds, as the case may be.
3
“ Capital Lease
Obligations ” means, as to any Person, the obligations of
such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or
other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal
property, or a combination thereof, to the extent such obligations
are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases
on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for the purposes
of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall
be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Cash
Equivalents ” means any of the following, to the extent
owned by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries free and clear of
all Liens other than Liens created under the Security Documents and
having a maturity of not greater than 360 days (or such lesser
period of time as is specified in this definition) from the date of
acquisition thereof:
(a) readily marketable direct
obligations issued by, or directly, unconditionally or insured
guaranteed and fully by, the United States government or, issued by
any agency or instrumentality thereof and backed by the full faith
and credit of the United States;
(b) certificates of deposit,
time deposits, eurodollar time deposits or overnight bank deposits
having maturities of six months or less from the date of
acquisition issued by any commercial bank that issues (or the
parent of which issues) commercial paper rated as described in
clause (d) below, is organized under the laws of the
United States or any state thereof and has combined capital and
surplus aggregating in excess of $500,000,000;
(c) repurchase obligations of
any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of
clause (b) of this definition, having a term of not
more than 30 days, with respect to securities issued or fully
guaranteed or insured by the United States government;
(d) commercial paper of an
issuer rated at least A-1 by S&P or P-1 by Moody’s, 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 months from the date of acquisition;
(e) investments in money
market, mutual or similar funds substantially all of whose assets
are composed of securities of the type described in
clauses (a) through (d) of this
definition; and
(f) demand deposit accounts
maintained in the ordinary course of business.
“ CERCLA ”
means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act of 1980, as amended.
“ Change in
Control ” means any of the following events or
occurrences:
(a) the failure of Holdings
at any time to directly own beneficially and of record on a fully
diluted basis 100% of the outstanding Equity Interests of the
Borrower, such Equity Interests to be held free and clear of all
Liens other than Liens created under the Security Documents;
or
(b) any “person”
or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and
14(d) under the Exchange Act) shall become, or obtain rights
(whether by means of warrants, options or otherwise) to become, the
ultimate “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3
and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
Equity Interests representing more than 35% of the outstanding
Equity Interests of Holdings on a fully diluted basis;
or
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(c) during any period of 24
consecutive months, individuals who at the beginning of such period
constituted the board of directors of Holdings (together with any
new directors whose election to such board of directors or whose
nomination for election by the stockholders of Holdings was
approved by a majority of the directors then still in office who
were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose
election or nomination for election was previously so approved)
cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the board of
directors of Holdings then in office.
“ Closing Date
” means the date (which must be a Business Day) on which the
Term Loan is made in accordance with the Acquisition
Agreement.
“ Code ”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
“ Collateral
” means, collectively, all property of the Obligors, now
owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be
created by any Security Document.
“ Commitment
Termination Date ” means the earliest of
(a) October 25, 2007 or such later date as may be agreed
by the Lender in its sole discretion (if the Term Loan has not been
made on or prior to such date); (b) the date the Term Loan is
made (immediately after the making of the Term Loan on such date);
and (c) the date on which any Commitment Termination Event
occurs. Upon the occurrence of any event described above the Term
Loan Commitment shall terminate automatically and without any
further action.
“ Commitment
Termination Event ” means any of the following:
(a) the occurrence of any Event of Default described in
Section 9.1(f) with respect to the Borrower or any
other Obligor; or (b) the occurrence of any other Event of
Default and the Lender shall have given notice to the Borrower that
the Term Loan Commitment has been terminated.
“ Commonly
Controlled Entity ” means an entity, whether or not
incorporated, that is under common control with the Borrower within
the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group
that includes the Borrower and that is treated as a single employer
under Section 414 of the Code.
“ Compliance
Certificate ” means a certificate duly completed and
executed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower substantially in
the form of Exhibit B or in such other form as the
Lender may from time to time request for the purpose of monitoring
the Borrower’s compliance with the financial covenants
contained herein.
“ Consolidated
” refers to the consolidation of financial reporting in
accordance with GAAP and, when used with respect to any financial
covenant set forth in Section 8.1 or any element
thereof or defined term used therein, refers to the relevant Person
and its Consolidated Subsidiaries or affiliates determined on a
consolidated basis.
“ 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.
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“ 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.
“ Copyright Security
Agreement ” means any Copyright Security Agreement
executed and delivered by any Obligor in substantially the form of
Exhibit A to the Obligor Security Agreement, as amended,
supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time
to time.
“ Covered Taxes
” is defined in Section 4.4(a) .
“ Credit
Extension ” means the making of a Loan by the
Lender.
“ Debt ”
means all Indebtedness of the type referred to in
clause (a) , (b) , (c) , (d) ,
(i) and (j) of the definition of
Indebtedness and all Guarantee Obligations in respect of any of the
foregoing; provided , however , that in the case of
any such Indebtedness of the type referred to in
clause (c) or (d) of the definition of
“Indebtedness,” such Indebtedness shall constitute Debt
only to the extent that such Indebtedness represents payments that
(x) are scheduled payments or payments required at the
expiration of the lease term or at maturity and (y) represent
repayment of principal amounts advanced under the applicable
lease.
“ Default
” means any Event of Default or any condition, occurrence or
event that, after the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both,
would constitute an Event of Default.
“ Disclosure
Schedule ” means the Disclosure Schedule attached as
Schedule III , as such Schedule may be amended,
supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time
to time by the Borrower with the written consent of the
Lender.
“ Disposition
” means, with respect to any property, any sale, lease, sale
and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other
disposition of all or any part of such property. The terms “
Dispose ” and “ Disposed of ” shall
have correlative meanings.
“ Dollars
” and “ $ ” mean dollars in lawful
currency of the United States.
“ Domestic
Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is
not a Foreign Subsidiary.
“ EBITDA ”
means, for any period of any Person, Net Income for such period
plus , without duplication and to the extent reflected as a
charge in the statement of such Net Income for such period, the sum
of (a) income tax expense, (b) Interest Expense, and
(c) depreciation and amortization expense, all as determined
on a Consolidated basis.
“ Effective Date
” means, on and after the date that counterparts of this
Agreement executed on behalf of the Borrower and the Lender shall
have been received by the Lender, the date of this
Agreement.
“ Environment
” means, without limitation, any of the following
media:
(a) land, including surface
land, sub-surface strata, sea bed and riverbed under water (as
defined in clause (b) hereof) and any natural or
man-made structures;
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(b) water, including coastal
and inland waters, navigable waters, surface waters, ground waters,
drinking water supplies and waters in drains and sewers, surface
and sub-surface strata; and
(c) air, including indoor and
outdoor air and air within buildings and other man-made or natural
structure above or below ground, and includes any living organism
or systems supported by any such media.
“ Environmental
Laws ” means all applicable federal, state, local and
foreign laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules, standards and
regulations, now or hereafter in effect, and any applicable
judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any
applicable judicial or administrative order, consent decree, order
or judgment, in each case above, to the extent imposing liability
or standards of conduct for or relating to the regulation and
protection of human health, safety, the environment and natural
resources (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater,
wetlands, land surface or subsurface strata, wildlife, aquatic
species and vegetation). Environmental Laws include the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq. )
(“ CERCLA ”); the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Authorization Act of 1994 (49 U.S.C.
§§ 5101 et seq. ); the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. §§ 136
et seq. ); the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C.
§§ 6901 et seq. ); the Toxic Substance
Control Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq. ); the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq. );
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
§§ 1251 et seq. ); the Occupational Safety
and Health Act (29 U.S.C. §§ 651 et seq. );
and the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 300(f)
et seq. ), and any and all regulations promulgated
thereunder, and all analogous state, local and foreign counterparts
or equivalents and any transfer of ownership notification or
approval statutes.
“ Environmental
Liability ” means, with respect to any Person, all
liabilities, obligations, responsibilities, response, remedial and
removal costs, investigation and feasibility study costs, capital
costs, operation and maintenance costs, losses, damages, punitive
damages, property damages, natural resource damages, consequential
damages, treble damages, costs and expenses (including all fees,
disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts and consultants),
fines, penalties, sanctions and interest, in each case above,
incurred as a result of or related to any claim, suit, action,
investigation, proceeding or demand by any Person, whether based in
contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability,
criminal or civil statute or common law, including any arising
under or related to any Environmental Laws, Environmental Permits,
or in connection with any Release or threatened Release or presence
of a Hazardous Material whether on, at, in, under, from or about or
in the vicinity of any real or personal property.
“ Environmental
Permit ” means, without limitation, any consent, license,
permit, permission, grant, waiver, order, registration,
authorization, approval, exemption or similar right or privilege
issued by any Governmental Authority pursuant to any Environmental
Law.
“ Equity
Interests ” means, with respect to any Person,
(a) any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or
other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or
non-voting) of or interests in corporate or capital stock,
including without limitation, shares of preferred or preference
stock of such Person, (b) all partnership interests (whether
general or limited) of such Person, (c) all membership
interests or limited liability interests in such Person,
(d) all beneficial interests in a trust or similar entity,
(e) all other equity or ownership interests in such Person of
any other type and (f) all warrants, rights or options to
purchase or otherwise acquire any of the foregoing.
“ ERISA ”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
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“ Event of
Default ” means any of the events specified in
Section 9.1 .
“ Excess Cash
Flow ” means, for any Fiscal Year of the Borrower:
(a) Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities for such Fiscal
Year, as set forth in the statement of cash flows included in
Holdings’ audited financial statements for such Fiscal Year,
minus (b) the sum, without duplication, of (i) Fixed
Charges of Borrower of the type described in clause (c) of the
definition thereof (without regard to the proviso at the end
thereof) for such Fiscal Year, plus (ii) the aggregate
amount actually paid by Borrower in cash during such Fiscal Year on
account of Capital Expenditures (excluding the principal amount of
Indebtedness incurred in connection with such expenditures and any
such expenditures financed with the proceeds of any Reinvestment
Deferred Amount).
“ Excess Cash Flow
Application Date ” means the fifth Business Day after the
earlier of (i) the date on which the financial statements of
the Borrower referred to in Section 7.1(a) , for the
Fiscal Year with respect to which such prepayment is made, are
required to be delivered to the Lender, and (ii) the date such
financial statements are actually delivered.
“ Fair Market
Value ” means, with respect to any asset, the amount that
would be obtained for the sale of such asset, free and clear of all
Liens, in an arm’s length transaction between an informed and
willing purchaser under no compulsion to buy and an informed and
willing seller under no compulsion to sell such asset.
“ Financing
Statements ” means Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements or other similar financing statements.
“ Fiscal Quarter
” means a quarter ending on the last day of March, June,
September or December.
“ Fiscal Year
” means any period of twelve consecutive calendar months
ending on December 31; references to a Fiscal Year with a
number corresponding to any calendar year (e.g. the “2004
Fiscal Year”) refers to the Fiscal Year ending on
December 31 of such calendar year.
“ Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio ” means, as at the last day of any Fiscal
Quarter, the ratio of (a) EBITDA of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries for the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters
ending on such day less the aggregate amount actually paid
by Holdings and its Subsidiaries during such period on account of
Capital Expenditures to (b) Fixed Charges for the
period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending on such
day.
“ Fixed Charges
” means, for any period, the sum (without duplication) of
(a) Interest Expense for such period, (b) Lease Expense
for such period, (c) scheduled principal payments made during
such period on account of Indebtedness of Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries (including scheduled principal payments in respect of
the Term Loan and scheduled payments of rent under Capital Lease
Obligations and synthetic leases, to the extent such rent payments
represent repayment of principal amounts advanced thereunder) and
(d) all federal, state and foreign income taxes actually paid
in cash by Holdings and its Subsidiaries during such period;
provided that “Fixed Charges” shall exclude payments on
financing leases for ambulatory infusion pumps.
“ Foreign
Subsidiary ” means (a) any Subsidiary of Holdings
that is a “controlled foreign corporation,” within the
meaning of section 957 of the Code, or (b) any indirect
Subsidiary of Holdings held through a Subsidiary described in
clause (a) to the extent that the pledge of Equity
Interests or assets of, or a guaranty by, such Subsidiary would
result in adverse tax consequences to Holdings.
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“ Fund ”
means any Person (other than an individual) 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 business.
“ GAAP ”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
as in effect from time to time, except that for purposes of
Section 8.1 , GAAP shall be determined on the basis of
such principles in effect on the Closing Date and consistent with
those used in the preparation of the most recent audited financial
statements of the Borrower delivered pursuant to
Section 5.1(i) . In the event that any
“Accounting Change” (as defined below) shall occur and
such change results in a change in the method of calculation of
financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then the
Borrower and the Lender agree to enter into negotiations in order
to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to equitably
reflect such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the
criteria for evaluating the Borrower’s financial condition
shall be the same after such Accounting Changes as if such
Accounting Changes had not been made. Until such time as such an
amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Borrower
and the Lender, all financial covenants, standards and terms in
this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as if
such Accounting Changes had not occurred. “ Accounting
Changes ” refers to changes in accounting principles
required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement
or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if
applicable, the SEC.
“ Governmental
Authority ” means any nation or government, any state or
municipality, any political subdivision of any of the foregoing,
any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court,
central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government, any securities exchange and any
self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners).
“ Governmental
Authorization ” means any authorization, approval,
consent, franchise, license, covenant, order, ruling, permit,
certification, exemption, notice, declaration or similar right,
undertaking or other action of, to or by, or any filing,
qualification or registration with, any Governmental
Authority.
“ Grantor
” means the Borrower and each other Person that is required
under the Loan Documents to be a grantor under the Obligor Security
Agreement.
“ Guarantee
Obligation ” means, as to any Person (the “
guaranteeing person ”), any obligation of (a) the
guaranteeing person or (b) another Person (including any bank
under any letter of credit) to induce the creation of which the
guaranteeing person has issued a reimbursement, counterindemnity or
similar obligation, in either case guaranteeing or in effect
guaranteeing any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other
obligations (the “ primary obligations ”) of any
other third Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in
any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any
obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent,
(i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property
constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to
advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of any
such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or
equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the
net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to
purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose
of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability
of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation
or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any
such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof;
provided , however , that the term Guarantee
Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for
deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The
amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall
be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated
or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of
which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum
amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to
the terms of the instrument embodying such
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Guarantee Obligation, unless such
primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such
guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable,
in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such
guaranteeing person’s maximum reasonably anticipated
liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good
faith.
“ Guarantor
” means Holdings and each Domestic Subsidiary of Holdings
(other than the Borrower).
“ Guaranty
” means the guaranty of each Guarantor set forth in
Section 10 .
“ Hazardous
Material ” means, without limitation, any petroleum
product, raw material, physical agent, biologically derived
airborne contaminant, biological agent, infectious agent, assayable
biological contaminant, chemical product or intermediate, chemical
by-product, flammable material, explosive, radioactive substances,
asbestos in any form that is or could become friable, urea
formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, chemicals
defined under Environmental Law as hazardous substances, hazardous
wastes, extremely hazardous wastes, solid wastes, toxic substances,
pollutants, contaminants or words of similar meaning which is now
or hereafter defined, prohibited, limited or regulated in any way
under any Environmental Law.
“ Hedge
Agreements ” means all interest rate swaps, caps or
collar agreements, interest rate future or option contracts,
currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts or
similar arrangements providing for protection against fluctuations
in interest rates or currency exchange rates or the exchange of
nominal interest obligations, either generally or under specific
contingencies.
“ Hedging
Obligations ” means, with respect to any Person at any
date, all liabilities of such Person under Hedge
Agreements.
“ Holdings
” is defined in the preamble hereto.
“ HSR Act
” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of
1976, as amended.
“ HQ Lease
” means, collectively, the two leases between Tueffs Limited
Partnership and InfuSystem, Inc., as amended, for office space and
warehouse space in Madison Heights, Michigan with a term from
July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2007, in each case as extended
to June 30, 2008 by amendment executed by Tueffs Limited
Partnership on July 2, 2007.
“ Indebtedness
” means, with respect to any Person at any date, without
duplication:
(a) all indebtedness of such
Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person
evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar
instruments;
(b) all obligations of such
Person, contingent or otherwise, relative to the face amount of all
(i) letters of credit (whether or not drawn) or
(ii) bankers’ acceptances or similar facilities, in each
case issued for the account of such Person;
(c) all Capital Lease
Obligations of such Person;
(d) all Synthetic Obligations
of such Person;
(e) all obligations of such
Person under Hedge Agreements;
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(f) all obligations of such
Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services
(other than current trade payables that are incurred in the
ordinary course of such Person’s business and are not overdue
for a period of more than 90 days);
(g) all indebtedness created
or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even
though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such
agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or
sale of such property);
(h) the liquidation value of
all preferred Equity Interests of such Person redeemable at the
option of the holder thereof;
(i) all obligations of the
kind referred to in clauses (a) through (h)
above secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation
has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by)
any Lien on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned
by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become
liable for the payment of such obligation; and
(j) all Guarantee Obligations
of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in
clauses (a) through (i) above.
The Indebtedness of any
Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity
(including any partnership in which such Person is a general
partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result
of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship
with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such
Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable
therefor.
“ Indemnitee
” is defined in Section 12.6 .
“ InfuSystem
” is defined in the recitals hereto.
“ InfuSystem
Acquisition ” is defined in the recitals
hereto.
“ Initial Financial
Statements ” means, collectively, the following financial
statements of Holdings: (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance
Sheets as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006;
(ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the
three months ended March 31, 2007, the three months ended
March 31, 2006 and for the period from August 15, 2005
(inception) to March 31, 2007; (iii) Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders Equity (Deficit) for the
period August 15, 2005 (inception) to December 31, 2005,
the year ended December 31, 2006 and for the three months
ended March 31, 2007; and (iv) Condensed Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31,
2007, the three months ended March 31, 2006 and for the period
from August 15, 2005 (inception) to March 31,
2007.
“ Initial
Projections ” means, collectively, the following (in each
case, for Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis
giving effect to the Acquisition): (i) income statement
projection (assuming no share redemptions) by quarter from
March 31, 2007 through December 31, 2009 (with columns
for full year totals and additional lines below net income showing
projected depreciation expense, amortization expense, EBITDA,
capital expenditures, lease expense (facility), equipment lease
payments, principal payments on the Term Loan, and interest
payments on the Term Loan); (ii) balance sheet projection
(assuming no share redemptions) by quarter from March 31, 2007
through December 31, 2009; (iii) itemized list of
payments to be made at closing of the Acquisition (e.g., FTN fees,
loan facility fee, ticking fee (Acquisition Agreement
Section 12.1(a)), audit fees and costs (Acquisition Agreement
Section 6.23), preparation of proxy (Acquisition Agreement
Section 6.18), etc.); (iv) income statement
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projection (assuming maximum share
redemptions) by quarter from March 31, 2007 through
December 31, 2009 (with columns for full year totals and
additional lines below net income showing projected depreciation
expense, amortization expense, EBITDA, capital expenditures, lease
expense (facility), equipment lease payments, principal payments on
the Term Loan, and interest payments on the Term Loan); and
(v) balance sheet projection (assuming maximum share
redemptions) by quarter from March 31, 2007 through
December 31, 2009.
“ Intellectual
Property ” means the collective reference to all rights,
priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property,
whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws
or otherwise, including copyrights, copyright licenses, patents,
patent licenses, trademarks, trademark licenses, technology,
know-how and processes, and all rights to sue at law or in equity
for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the
right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.
“ Intercompany
Subordination Agreement ” means a Subordination
Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Lender, executed and delivered by two or more Obligors and
delivered to the Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, as
amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified
from time to time.
“ Interest
Expense ” means, for any period, total interest payable
in cash on, and amortization of debt discount in respect of, all
Debt (including that attributable to the Term Loan, Capital Lease
Obligations and Synthetic Obligations) of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries (including all commissions, discounts and other fees
and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and
bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs under Hedge
Agreements in respect of interest rates to the extent such net
costs are allocable to such period in accordance with
GAAP).
“ Investments
” means, relative to any Person, (a) any advance, loan
or extension of credit (by way of entry into of a Guarantee
Obligation or otherwise) to any other Person, including the
purchase by such Person of any bonds, notes, debentures or other
debt securities of any other Person, (b) any Equity Interests
held by such Person in any other Person, including any capital
contribution made by such Person to any other Person, and
(c) any Acquisition.
“ Joinder
Agreement ” means the Joinder Agreement to be executed by
InfuSystem in substantially the form of Exhibit E
.
“ Landlord
Agreement ” means a landlord agreement in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender executed and
delivered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, which shall
grant the Lender access to the premises covered by any lease of
Real Property under which any Grantor is the lessee or
sublessee.
“ Lease Expense
” means, for any period, the aggregate amount of fixed and
contingent rentals (excluding Capital Lease Obligations and
Synthetic Obligations) payable by Holdings and its Subsidiaries for
such period with respect to leases of real and personal property,
determined on a Consolidated basis.
“ Lender ”
is defined in the preamble hereto and, as used herein, shall
include any successors and assigns of the original Lender
hereunder.
“ Lender’s
Environmental Liability ” means any and all losses,
liabilities, obligations, penalties, claims, litigation, demands,
defenses, costs, judgments, suits, proceedings, damages (including
consequential damages), disbursements or expenses of any kind or
nature whatsoever (including actual attorneys’ fees at trial
and appellate levels and experts’ fees and disbursements and
expenses incurred in
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investigating, defending against or
prosecuting any litigation, claim or proceeding) that may at any
time be imposed upon, incurred by or asserted or awarded against
the Lender or any of its Affiliates, shareholders, directors,
officers, employees, representatives and agents in connection with
or arising from:
(i) any Hazardous Material
on, in, under or affecting all or any portion of any property of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, the groundwater
thereunder, or any surrounding areas thereof to the extent caused
by Releases from the Borrower’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ or any of their respective predecessors’
properties;
(ii) any misrepresentation,
inaccuracy or breach of any warranty, contained or referred to in
Section 6.20 ;
(iii) any violation or claim
of violation by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries of any
Environmental Laws; or
(iv) the imposition of any
lien for damages caused by or the recovery of any costs for the
cleanup, release or threatened release of Hazardous Material by
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, or in connection with any
property owned or formerly owned by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries.
“ Leverage Ratio
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.1(b).
“ Lien ”
means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, encumbrance, lien or right of subrogation or analogous
right (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or
any preference, priority or other security agreement or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement
and any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect
as any of the foregoing).
“ LIBOR Rate
” means, at any time of determination, a rate per annum equal
to the greater of (i) three percent (3.0%), and (ii) the
latest rate for one month Eurodollars published in the “Money
Rates” section of The Wall Street Journal (or if such rate
ceases to be so published, as quoted from such other generally
available and recognizable source as the Lender may select). The
LIBOR Rate shall be determined (i) on the first Business Day
immediately prior to the Closing Date and (ii) thereafter, on
the last Business Day of each calendar month for calculation of
interest for the following month.
“ Loan Documents
” means this Agreement, the Guaranty, each Intercompany
Subordination Agreement, if any, the Security Documents, the
Borrower Closing Date Certificate, each Compliance Certificate and
each other agreement, document or instrument delivered in
connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, whether
or not specifically mentioned herein or therein.
“ Material Adverse
Change ” means a material adverse change in, or a
material adverse effect upon (i) the business, condition
(financial or otherwise), assets, liabilities (actual or
contingent), operations, management, performance, properties or
prospects of Holdings since December 31, 2005, (ii) the
ability of Holdings, Borrower or any of their respective
Subsidiaries to perform their respective obligations under the Loan
Documents, or (iii) the ability of the Lender to enforce the
Loan Documents.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means (a) a material adverse effect on the
Transaction, (b) a material adverse change in, or a material
adverse effect upon, the business, properties, operations
(including results of operation), condition (financial or
otherwise), assets, liabilities (actual or contingent), value,
solvency or prospects of Holdings, the Borrower (individually) or
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a
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whole, (c) a material adverse
effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or
enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents
against any Obligor party thereto, or (d) a material
impairment of the rights or remedies of the Lender under any Loan
Document to which it is a party, or of the ability of any Obligor
to perform and satisfy its obligations under any Loan Document to
which it is a party.
“ Material
Contract ” means (i) each contract and agreement
listed on Schedule IV hereto and (ii) each other contract or
agreement with Medicare, Blue Cross or any other contracted payor
(including without limitation any insurance company) covering more
than 2,000,000 lives.
“ Material
Environmental Amount ” means an amount payable by the
Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries in excess of $100,000 for remedial
costs, compliance costs, compensatory damages, punitive damages,
fines, penalties or any combination thereof.
“ Merger ”
is defined in the recitals hereto.
“ Monthly Payment
Date ” means the last day of each calendar month;
provided , that if any such day is not a Business Day, the
Monthly Payment Date for such month shall be the next succeeding
Business Day.
“ Mortgaged
Properties ” means, collectively, any real properties
that may, from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof, become
subject to a Mortgage in favor of the Lender.
“ Mortgage
” means a mortgage and/or deed of trust made pursuant to the
terms hereof by any Obligor in favor of, or for the benefit of, the
Lender, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender, as the
same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time.
“ Multiemployer
Plan ” means a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as
defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“ Net Cash
Proceeds ” means (a) in connection with any Asset
Sale or any Recovery Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of
cash and Cash Equivalents (including any such proceeds received by
way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or
installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or
otherwise, but only as and when received), net of attorneys’
fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, amounts
required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by
a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any asset that is the
subject of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than any Lien
pursuant to a Security Document) and other reasonable and customary
fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith and net
of income or transfer taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be
payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any
available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing
arrangements) and (b) in connection with any issuance or sale
of Equity Interests or securities or instruments evidencing
Indebtedness, or the incurrence of Indebtedness (whether or not a
security or instrument is issued in connection therewith), the cash
proceeds and Cash Equivalents received from such issuance or
incurrence, net of reasonable attorneys’ fees, reasonable and
customary investment banking fees, accountants’ fees,
underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable and
customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection
therewith.
“ Net Income
” means, for any period, the consolidated net income (or
loss) of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, determined on a
Consolidated basis; provided , however , that there
shall be excluded (a) the income (or deficit) of any Person
accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of Holdings or is
merged into or consolidated with Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries, (b) the income (or deficit) of any Person (other
than a Subsidiary of Holdings) in which Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries has an
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ownership interest, except to the extent
that any such income is actually received by Holdings or such
Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions and
(c) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary of Holdings
to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or
similar distributions by such Subsidiary is restricted or
prohibited at such time by Applicable Law or the terms of any
Contractual Obligation (other than under any Loan Document)
applicable to Holdings or such Subsidiary.
“ Obligations
” means the unpaid principal of and interest on (including
interest accruing after the maturity of the Term Loan and interest
accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the
commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding,
relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or
post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Term Loan
and all other obligations and liabilities of any Obligor to the
Lender, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or
to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, that may
arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any
other Loan Document or any other document made, delivered or given
in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of
principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities,
costs, expenses (including all fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel to the Lender that are required to be paid by the Borrower
pursuant hereto) or otherwise.
“ Obligor Security
Agreement ” means the Security Agreement executed and
delivered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement by Holdings, the
Borrower and each of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement, substantially in the form of
Exhibit F , as amended, supplemented, amended and restated
or otherwise modified from time to time, and includes each
Copyright Security Agreement, Patent Security Agreement and
Trademark Security Agreement executed and delivered in connection
therewith.
“ Obligors
” means, collectively, Holdings, the Borrower and each
Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Borrower that is a party to a Loan
Document (including each Subsidiary Guarantor).
“ Organic
Document ” means, relative to any Obligor, as applicable,
its certificate of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of
partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation,
limited liability company agreement or operating agreement and all
shareholder agreements, voting trusts and similar arrangements
applicable to any of such Obligor’s partnership interests,
limited liability company interests or authorized shares of Equity
Interests.
“ Other Taxes
” is defined in Section 4.4(b) .
“ Patent Security
Agreement ” means any Patent Security Agreement executed
and delivered by any Obligor in substantially the form of Exhibit B
to the Obligor Security Agreement, as amended, supplemented,
amended and restated or otherwise modified from tune to
time.
“ PBGC ”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant
to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).
“ Person ”
means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity
of whatever nature.
“ Plan ”
means, at a particular time, any employee benefit plan that is
covered by ERISA and in respect of which the Borrower or a Commonly
Controlled Entity 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.
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“ Plan
Insolvency ” means, with respect to any Multiemployer
Plan, that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of
Section 4245 of ERISA.
“ Pledged Equity
Interests ” means, collectively, all Equity Interests
upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any Security
Document, including all Pledged Stock and all Pledged Interests
(each as defined in the Obligor Security Agreement).
“ Pledged Notes
” is defined in the Obligor Security Agreement.
“ Pledged
Subsidiary ” means each Subsidiary of the Borrower in
respect of which the Lender has been granted a security interest in
or a pledge of (i) any of the Equity Interests of such
Subsidiary or (ii) any intercompany notes of such Subsidiary
owing to the Borrower or another Subsidiary.
“ Projections
” is defined in Section 7.2(e) .
“ Property
” means any property or asset, real or personal, tangible or
intangible, of whatever nature, including general intangibles.
“Properties” is the collective reference to the
foregoing.
“ Quarterly Payment
Date ” means the last day of March, June, September and
December; provided , that if any such day is not a Business
Day, the applicable Quarterly Payment Date shall be the next
succeeding Business Day.
“ Real Property
” means any real property with respect to which the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries or any Obligor has fee simple title or a
leasehold interest.
“ Recovery Event
” means any settlement of or payment in respect of any
property, environmental or casualty insurance claim or any
condemnation, expropriation or analogous proceeding or event
relating to any asset of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries that
yields gross proceeds to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries in
excess of $100,000.
“ Regulation U
” means Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to
time.
“ Reinvestment
Deferred Amount ” means, with respect to any Reinvestment
Event, the portion of the Net Cash Proceeds received by Holdings or
any of its Subsidiaries in connection therewith that, as a result
of the delivery of a Reinvestment Notice, is not applied to prepay
the Term Loan pursuant to Section 3.1.4(c) .
“ Reinvestment
Event ” means any Asset Sale or Recovery Event in respect
of which the Borrower has delivered a Reinvestment
Notice.
“ Reinvestment
Notice ” means a written notice executed by a Responsible
Officer stating that no Default or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing and that Holdings (directly or indirectly through
a Subsidiary) intends and expects to use all or a specified portion
of the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale or Recovery Event to
acquire prior to the relevant Reinvestment Prepayment Date tangible
assets (other than inventory) useful in the Business.
“ Reinvestment
Prepayment Amount ” means, with respect to any
Reinvestment Event, the Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating
thereto less any amount expended prior to the relevant Reinvestment
Prepayment Date to acquire tangible assets other than inventory
useful in the Business.
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“ Reinvestment
Prepayment Date ” means, with respect to any Reinvestment
Event, the earlier of (a) the date occurring 180 days after
such Reinvestment Event and (b) the date on which the Borrower
shall have determined not to, or failed to, or shall have otherwise
ceased to, acquire tangible assets other than inventory useful in
the Borrower’s business with all or any portion of the
relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount.
“ Related
Parties ” means, with respect to any Person, such
Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers,
employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such
Person’s Affiliates.
“ Release
” means, without limitation, any release, spilling, emission,
leaking, pumping, pouring, injecting, depositing, disposal,
discharge, dispersal, leaching, dumping or migration into the
indoor or outdoor Environment, including, without limitation, the
movement of Hazardous Materials through ambient air, soil, surface
water, groundwater, wetlands, land or subsurface strata.
“ Reportable
Event ” means any of the events set forth in
Section 4043(b) of ERISA, other than those events as to which
the thirty day notice period is waived under subsections .27, .28,
.29, .30, .31, .32, .34 or .35 of PBGC Reg.
§ 4043.
“ Responsible
Officer ” means the chief executive officer, president or
chief financial officer of the Borrower, but in any event, with
respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer of
Holdings.
“ Restricted
Payments ” is defined in Section 8.6
.
“ SEC ”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto
and any analogous Governmental Authority.
“ Security
Documents ” means the collective reference to the Obligor
Security Agreement, each Trademark Security Agreement, each
Copyright Security Agreement, each Patent Security Agreement, each
Mortgage, if any, and all other security documents hereafter
delivered to the Lender granting a Lien on any property of any
Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of any Obligor
under any Loan Document.
“ Seller ”
is defined in the recitals hereto.
“ Single Employer
Plan ” means any Plan that is covered by Title IV of
ERISA, but that is not a Multiemployer Plan.
“ Solvent
” means, when used with respect to any Person, that, as of
any date of determination, (a) the amount of the
“present fair saleable value” of the assets of such
Person will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all
“liabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwise”,
as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance
with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of
the insolvency of debtors, (b) the present fair saleable value
of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, be greater than
the amount that will be required to pay the liability of such
Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured,
(c) such Person will not have, as of such date, an
unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its
business, and (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as
they mature. For purposes of this definition,
(i) “debt” means liability on a
“claim”, and (ii) “claim” means any
(x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced
to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured,
unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or
unsecured or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of
performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment,
whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to
judgment, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed,
undisputed, secured or unsecured.
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“ Specified Payment
Premium ” is defined in Section 3.1.5
.
“ Specified
Payments ” is defined in Section 3.1.5
.
“ Specified Revolver
Collateral ” means all Collateral consisting of the
following:
(a) all Accounts;
(b) all Inventory;
(c) any Deposit Accounts
specifically established for purposes of collection of Accounts and
all cash, checks and other property held therein or credited
thereto (other than identifiable cash proceeds of Term Priority
Collateral held therein);
(d) to the extent evidencing,
governing, securing or otherwise related to the items referred to
in the preceding clauses (a) through (c) , all
General Intangibles, Chattel Paper, Instruments, and Documents,
provided that to the extent any of the foregoing also
relates to Term Priority Collateral, only that portion related to
the items referred to in the preceding clauses (a) through
(c) shall be included in the Specified Revolver
Collateral;
(e) to the extent evidencing,
governing, securing or otherwise related to the items referred to
in the preceding clauses (a) through (d) , all
Supporting Obligations, provided that to the extent
any of the foregoing also relates to Term Priority Collateral, only
that portion related to the items referred to in the preceding
clauses (a) through (d) shall be included
in the Specified Revolver Collateral;
(f) all books and records
relating to the foregoing; and
(g) all Proceeds and products
of each of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions and
replacements for, and rents, profits and products of, each of the
foregoing, any and all Proceeds of any insurance, indemnity,
warranty or guaranty payable to such Grantor from time to time with
respect to any of the foregoing.
All capitalized terms used in
this definition and not defined elsewhere in this Agreement have
the meanings assigned to them in the U.C.C. For the avoidance of
doubt, the Lender shall have a first priority lien on all Specified
Revolver Collateral unless and until a revolving credit facility
permitted by Section 8.2(h) is entered into and, thereafter,
shall have a second priority lien on such Specified Revolver
Collateral pursuant to intercreditor arrangements reasonably
satisfactory to the Lender.
“ Stated Maturity
Date ” means October 24, 2011.
“ Subordinated
Debt ” means unsecured Indebtedness postponed and
subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations pursuant to
documentation containing maturities, amortization schedules,
redemption and other prepayment events, covenants, defaults,
remedies, acceleration rights, subordination provisions and other
material terms satisfactory to the Lender.
“ Subordinated Debt
Documents ” means, collectively, any loan agreements,
indentures, note purchase agreements, promissory notes, guarantees
and other instruments and agreements evidencing the terms of
Subordinated Debt, as amended, supplemented, amended and restated
or otherwise modified in accordance with Section 8.13
.
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“ Subsidiary
” means, as to any Person, any Business Entity of which more
than 50% of the outstanding Equity Interests having ordinary voting
power to elect or appoint the managing member, or analogous Person,
or the board of directors, managers or other voting members of the
governing body, of such Business Entity (irrespective of whether at
the time securities (or other Equity Interests) of any other class
or classes of such Business Entity shall or might have voting power
upon the occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or
indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such Person and
one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person, or by one or more
other Subsidiaries of such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all
references to a “Subsidiary” or to
“Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a
Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“ Subsidiary
Guarantor ” means each Subsidiary of Holdings that is a
party to the Guaranty (including each such Subsidiary that shall
have become a party to the Guaranty by executing and delivering a
Supplement thereto substantially in the form of Exhibit G
).
“ Synthetic
Obligations ” means as to any Person, all
(a) obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts as
a lessee under any lease that is treated as an operating lease for
financial accounting purposes and a financing lease for tax
purposes ( i.e. , a “synthetic lease”),
(b) obligations of such Person in respect of transactions
entered into by such Person, the proceeds from which would be
reflected on the financial statement of such Person in accordance
with GAAP as cash flows from financings at the time such
transaction was entered into (other than as a result of the
issuance of Equity Interests) and (c) obligations of such
Person in respect of other transactions entered into by such Person
that are not otherwise addressed in the definition of
“Debt” or in clause (a) or (b)
above that are intended to function primarily as a borrowing
of funds.
“ Tax Refund
” means any and all tax refunds, tax rebates and other
payments of any nature from any Governmental Authority in respect
of Taxes.
“ Taxes ”
means any and all present and future taxes, levies, imposts,
deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings, duties and other
charges, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or
assessed by any Governmental Authority, including all penalties,
interest and liabilities with respect thereto.
“ Tax Return
” means all returns, reports, statements, filings,
attachments and other documents or certifications required to be
prepared or filed in respect of Taxes.
“ Term Loan
Commitment ” means the Lender’s obligation (if any)
to make the Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.1
.
“ Term Loan
Commitment Amount ” means $32,703,000.00.
“ Term Loan
” is defined in Section 2.1.1 .
“ Term Priority
Collateral ” means all Collateral except Specified
Revolver Collateral.
“ Termination
Date ” means the earliest date on which both (a) the
Term Loan Commitment shall have been permanently terminated and
(b) the Term Loan and all other Obligations shall have been
paid in full in cash.
“ Total Debt
” means, at any date, the aggregate principal amount of all
Debt of Holdings and its Subsidiaries.
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“ Trademark Security
Agreement ” means any Trademark Security Agreement
executed and delivered by any Obligor substantially in the form of
Exhibit C to the Obligor Security Agreement, as amended,
supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time
to time.
“ Transaction
” is defined in the recitals hereto.
“ Transaction
Documents ” means, collectively, the Loan Documents and
the Acquisition Documentation, and includes all schedules, exhibits
and annexes thereto and all side letters and agreements affecting
the terms thereof or entered into in connection
therewith.
“ Treasury
Regulations ” means the existing U.S. federal income tax
regulations promulgated or proposed under the Code.
“ U.C.C. ”
means the Uniform Commercial Code, as at any time adopted and in
effect in the State of New York.
“ United States
” means the United States of America.
“ Voting
Interests ” means, with respect to any Person, Equity
Interests of any class or kind ordinarily having the power to vote
for the election of, or to appoint, the managing member or
analogous Person, or directors, managers or other voting members of
the governing or managing body of, such Person.
“ Wholly Owned
Subsidiary ” means as to any Person, any other Person all
of the Equity Interests of which (other than directors’
qualifying shares required by law) are owned by such Person
directly and/or indirectly through one or more other Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries.
“ Wholly Owned
Subsidiary Guarantor ” means any Subsidiary Guarantor
that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.
1.2 Other Definitional
Provisions .
(a) Unless otherwise
specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have
the defined meanings when used in the other Loan Documents or any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or
thereto.
(b) As used herein and in the
other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto:
(i) accounting terms relating
to Holdings and its Subsidiaries not defined in
Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in
Section 1.1 , to the extent not defined, shall have the
respective meanings given to them under GAAP;
(ii) the words “
include ”, “ includes ” and “
including ” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”;
(iii) the word “
incur ” shall be construed to mean incur, create,
issue, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and
the words “ incurred ” and “
incurrence ” shall have correlative
meanings);
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(iv) 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 (whether real
or personal), including cash, Equity Interests, securities,
revenues, accounts, leasehold interests and contract rights;
and
(v) references to an
agreement or other document (whether or not such agreement or other
document is a Loan Document or other Transaction Document) shall,
unless otherwise expressly stated in such reference or in the
definition thereof, mean the agreement or other document and all
schedules, exhibits, annexes and other materials that constitute
part of such agreement or document pursuant to the terms thereof,
as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified in
accordance with its terms and the provisions of the Loan
Documents.
(c) The words
“hereof”, “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Article,
Schedule, Annex, Exhibit and analogous references are to this
Agreement unless otherwise specified.
(d) The meanings given to
terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of such terms.
1.3 Cross References .
Unless otherwise specified, references in a Loan Document to any
Article, Section, Schedule, Exhibit or Annex are references to such
Article or Section of, or Schedule, Exhibit or Annex to, such Loan
Document, and references in any Article, Section or definition to
any clause are references to such clause of such Article, Section
or definition.
SECTION 2
THE TERM LOAN
COMMITMENT;
DESIGNATION OF APPLICABLE
INTEREST RATE
2.1 Term Loan
Commitment . On the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement (including all applicable conditions set forth in
SECTION 5) , the Lender agrees to make the Term Loan as set
forth below.
2.1.1 Term Loan
Commitment .
The Lender agrees to make a
term loan (the “ Term Loan ”) to the Borrower in
an amount equal to the Term Loan Commitment Amount. No amounts paid
or prepaid with respect to the Term Loan may be reborrowed. The
Term Loan may from time to time be designated to bear interest
based on the Base Rate or on the LIBOR Rate, as determined by the
Borrower and notified to the Lender in accordance with
Section 2.2 . Notwithstanding any contrary provision
hereof, the Borrower and the Lender agree that the borrowing by the
Borrower of the full amount of the Term Loan hereunder shall be
deemed to occur automatically (and without any wire transfer of
funds or any other or further action of any party) concurrently
with the receipt by the Lender of the Cash Purchase Price (as
defined in the Acquisition Agreement) and upon such receipt by the
Lender of such Cash Purchase Price the Term Loan shall be
outstanding in the principal amount of $32,703,000.00 and shall be
payable by the Borrower to the Lender in accordance with the terms
hereof.
2.2. Designation of
Applicable Interest Rate. The Term Loan shall initially bear
interest at the LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin. The
Borrower may elect from time to time after the Closing Date, on any
Monthly Payment Date, to designate the Base Rate (or to
re-designate the
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LIBOR Rate), in each case plus
the Applicable Margin, as the rate applicable to the Term Loan by
giving the Lender at least three Business Days’ prior
irrevocable notice of such election; provided ,
however , that the LIBOR Rate may not be selected at any
time during which a Default under Section 9.1(a) or
9.1(f) or an Event of Default shall be
continuing.
SECTION 3
REPAYMENTS, PREPAYMENTS,
INTEREST AND FEES
3.1 Maturity of Term Loan;
Repayments and Prepayments of Term Loan . The Borrower agrees
that the Term Loan shall be repaid and prepaid as set forth in this
Section 3.1 .
3.1.1. Maturity of Term
Loan . The Borrower shall repay in full the unpaid principal
amount of the Term Loan upon the Stated Maturity Date.
3.1.2. Optional
Prepayments . The Borrower may at any time and from time to
time prepay the Term Loan, in whole or in part, subject to the
provisions of Section 3.1.5 ), upon irrevocable notice
delivered to the Lender at least three Business Days prior thereto,
which notice shall specify the date and amount of prepayment;
provided , however , that each such voluntary partial
prepayment shall be in an amount equal to $500,000 or a whole
multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan). If any such notice
is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and
payable on the date specified therein, together with accrued
interest to such date on the amount prepaid.
3.1.3. Scheduled
Repayments of Term Loan .
Term Loan . The
Borrower shall, on each Quarterly Payment Date commencing with the
Quarterly Payment Date occurring on December 31, 2007, make a
scheduled repayment of the aggregate outstanding principal amount
of the Term Loan in an amount equal to the amount set forth below
opposite the period in which such Quarterly Payment Date
occurs:
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Period
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Amount of Each Required
Quarterly Principal Repayment |
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12/31/07 through (and including)
9/30/08
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$ |
408,787.50 |
|
12/31/08 through (and including)
9/30/10
|
|
$ |
817,575.00 |
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12/31/10 and thereafter
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|
$ |
1,226,362.50 |
3.1.4. Mandatory
Prepayments . Prior to the Stated Maturity Date, the Borrower
shall make payments and prepayments of the Term Loan as set forth
in this Section 3.1.4 .
(a) Issuance of Equity
Interests . If any Equity Interests shall be issued by Holdings
or any of its Subsidiaries (other than shares issued to employees
pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan), an
amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be
applied on the date of such issuance or incurrence toward the
prepayment of the Term Loan as set forth in Section 3.2
.
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(b) Incurrence of
Indebtedness; Revolving Credit Facility .
(1) If any Indebtedness
(excluding any Indebtedness permitted to be issued or incurred
pursuant to Section 8.2 except as provided in the
following clause (2)) shall be issued or incurred by Holdings
or any of its Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, an amount equal
to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied on the
date of such issuance or incurrence toward the prepayment of the
Term Loan as set forth in Section 3.2 ;
(2) If any Indebtedness shall
be issued or incurred by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries after
the Closing Date pursuant to a revolving credit facility of any
nature, an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof in
excess of $5,000,000.00 outstanding at any one time shall be
applied on the date of such issuance or incurrence toward the
prepayment of the Term Loan as set forth in Section 3.2
;
(c) Asset Sales; Recovery
Events . If on any date Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries
shall receive Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale or Recovery
Event then, unless a Reinvestment Notice shall be delivered in
respect thereof, such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied on such
date toward the prepayment of the Term Loan as set forth in
Section 3.2 ; provided , however , that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the aggregate Net Cash
Proceeds of Asset Sales and Recovery Events that may be excluded
from the foregoing requirement pursuant to a Reinvestment Notice
shall not exceed $500,000 in any Fiscal Year of the Borrower and
(ii) on each Reinvestment Prepayment Date, an amount equal to
the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount with respect to the relevant
Reinvestment Event shall be applied toward the prepayment of the
Term Loan as set forth in Section 3.2 .
(d) Excess Cash Flow .
If, for any Fiscal Year of the Borrower commencing with the Fiscal
Year ending December 31, 2008, there shall be Excess Cash
Flow, the Borrower shall, no later than the relevant Excess Cash
Flow Application Date, apply Seventy-Five Percent (75%) of
such Excess Cash Flow toward the prepayment of the Term Loan as set
forth in Section 3.2 .
(e) Acquisition
Payments . If on any date, Holdings, the Borrower, any
Subsidiary Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries
receives any Acquisition Payment, an amount equal to (i) in
the case of any Acquisition Payment of the type described in
clause (a) of the definition thereof, 100% of such
amount, and (ii) in the case of any Acquisition Payment of the
type described in clause (b) of the definition thereof,
the excess of (x) 100% of such amount over (y) any
third-party costs, liabilities and expenses actually paid or
payable in cash by an Obligor in respect of which such
indemnification or reimbursement payment is received, shall be
applied toward the prepayment of the Term Loan as set forth in
Section 3.2 no later than three Business Days following
such receipt. In furtherance of the foregoing and notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary in the Acquisition Agreement or any
other Acquisition Documentation, in the event the Lender is
required to pay any amounts to any Obligor that would constitute an
Acquisition Payment hereunder, then to the extent such Acquisition
Payment would be required to be paid to the Lender under this
Section 8.5(e) , the Lender may make such payment by
applying it as an offset against the Obligations.
(f) Tax Refunds . If
on any date Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries shall receive any
Tax Refund in an aggregate amount in any fiscal year in excess of
$100,000, an amount equal to 100% of such Tax Refund shall be
applied within 10 Business Days after receipt by Holdings or such
Subsidiary toward the prepayment of the Term Loan as set forth in
Section 3.2 .
(g) Acceleration .
Immediately upon any acceleration of the maturity of the Term Loan
pursuant to Section 9.2 or Section 9.3 ,
the Borrower shall repay the Term Loan unless, pursuant to
Section 9.3 , only a portion of the Term Loan is so
accelerated (in which case the portion so accelerated shall be so
repaid).
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Each prepayment of the Term Loan made
pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by payment of any
premium as may be required by Section 3.1.5
.
3.1.5. Specified Payment
Premiums . All (w) optional principal prepayments of the
Term Loan, (x) mandatory principal prepayments of the Term
Loan (other than pursuant to clause (d) of
Section 3.1.4 ), and (y) principal payments upon
or following acceleration of the Term Loan upon or following an
Event of Default (collectively, “ Specified Payments
”) shall be accompanied by a Specified Payment premium (the
“ Specified Payment Premium ”) in an amount
equal to the following percentages of the principal amount of the
Term Loan so paid:
(a) in the case of any such
prepayment, repayment or other payment made on or prior to the
first anniversary of the Closing Date, 2.0% of the amount of each
such Specified Payment; and
(b) in the case of any such
prepayment, repayment or other payment made after the first
anniversary of the Closing Date but on or prior to the third
anniversary of the Closing Date, 1.0% of the amount of each such
Specified Payment;
plus , in each case above, any
accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of such Specified
Payment. The Borrower agrees that the Specified Payment Premium is
reasonable in the circumstances and shall in all events be included
in the Obligations. The Borrower agrees that the Specified Payment
Premium shall be payable upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default described in Section 9.1(f) , even if the
Lender does not exercise its rights under SECTION 9, but elects, at
its option, to provide financing to the Borrower or permit the use
of cash collateral under the United States Bankruptcy
Code.
3.2. Application of
Prepayments . Amounts required to be applied to the repayment
or prepayment of the Term Loan pursuant to Section 3.1
shall be applied as follows:
(a) All repayments required
to be made under Section 3.1.1 or 3.1.3 shall be
applied to repay amounts owing in respect of the Term Loan. All
payments hereunder (including any offsets) shall be applied in the
following order: (i) first to due and unpaid fees and expenses
(for the avoidance of doubt, including without limitation any
unpaid fees or expenses under the Acquisition Documentation);
(ii) second, to accrued interest at the default rate specified
in Section 3.3.2 (if applicable); (iii) third, to
accrued and unpaid interest not described in the foregoing clause
(ii); (iv) fourth, to any premium payable pursuant to
Section 3.1.5 (if applicable); (v) fifth, to the
outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan (and to the remaining
amortization payments thereof as specified in Sections 3.2(b),
(c) and (d) below); and (vi) sixth, to any
remaining amounts due to the Lender under the Loan
Documents.
(b) Subject to
Section 3.2(a) , voluntary prepayments made by the
Borrower pursuant to Section 3.1.2 shall be applied to
the amortization payments of the Term Loan, as specified by the
Borrower in its notice delivered pursuant to
Section 3.1.2.
(c) Subject to
Section 3.2(a) , amounts to be applied pursuant to
Section 3.1.4 shall be applied to the prepayment of the
outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan (with the amount of
such prepayment being applied to reduce, in inverse order, the
remaining amortization payments required in respect thereof
pursuant to Section 3.1.3 ).
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(d) All other payments and
prepayments of the Term Loan by the Borrower for which the
application thereof is not specified herein shall be applied,
subject to Section 3.2(a) , to repay the Term Loan and
to reduce, in inverse order of maturity, the remaining amortization
payments required in respect thereof pursuant to
Section 3.1.3.
3.3. Interest
Provisions . Interest on the outstanding principal amount of
the Term Loan shall accrue and be payable in accordance with this
Section 3.3 .
3.3.1. Rates
.
(a) If and for so long as the
Borrower has selected the LIBOR Rate to be the applicable rate
(subject to Section 3.3.2 ), the Term Loan shall bear
interest for each day during such period at a rate per annum equal
to the LIBOR Rate determined for such day plus the Applicable
Margin on such day.
(b) If and for so long as the
Borrower has selected the Base Rate to be the applicable rate, the
Term Loan shall bear interest for each day during such period at a
rate per annum equal to the Base Rate on such day plus the
Applicable Margin on such day.
3.3.2. Default Rate and
Overdue Rate; No LIBOR Rate After Default . Notwithstanding
Section 3.3.1 , (i) immediately upon the
occurrence of a Default under Section 9.1(a) or
9.1(f) or an Event of Default and for so long as such
Default or Event of Default shall be continuing, the Term Loan
(whether or not overdue) shall bear interest at a rate per annum
equal to the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto
pursuant to Section 3.3.1(b) plus an additional
2% per annum and (ii) all amounts (other than the
principal of the Term Loan) not paid when due hereunder (including,
to the extent permitted by law, all overdue interest) shall bear
interest at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the
Applicable Margin for the Base Rate plus an additional 2% per
annum.
3.3.3. Payment Dates .
Interest accrued on the Term Loan shall be payable in arrears,
without duplication:
(a) on each Monthly Payment
Date ( provided that interest accruing pursuant to
Section 3.3.2 shall be payable from time to time on
demand);
(b) on the Stated Maturity
Date;
(c) on the date of any
payment or prepayment, in whole or in part, of principal
outstanding on the Term Loan on the principal amount so paid or
prepaid (including each payment or prepayment made pursuant to
Section 3.1 ); and
(d) on that portion of the
Term Loan the maturity of which is accelerated pursuant to
Section 9.2 or Section 9.3 , immediately
upon such acceleration.
3.4. Fees . The
Borrower agrees to pay the fees set forth below. All such fees
shall be non-refundable.
3.4.1. Administration
Fee . The Borrower agrees to pay to the Lender an annual
non-refundable administration fee in the amount of $75,000.00 per
annum, payable annually in advance on the Closing Date and on each
annual anniversary thereof.
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3.4.2. Facility Fee .
The Borrower agrees to pay to the Lender on the Closing Date the
Facility Fee (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement).
3.4.3. Certain Other
Fees . The Borrower agrees to pay to the Lender all other fees
payable by any Obligor to the Lender in the amounts and on the
dates previously agreed to pursuant to the Acquisition
Documentation.
SECTION 4
CERTAIN LIBOR RATE AND
OTHER PROVISIONS
4.1 Computation of
Interest and Fees; Payments . (a) All interest and fees
payable pursuant hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a
360-day year for the actual days elapsed.
(b) Each determination of an
interest rate by the Lender pursuant to any provision of this
Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower in the
absence of clear and manifest error.
(c) All payments (including
prepayments) to be made by the Borrower hereunder, whether on
account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made
without setoff or counterclaim and shall be made prior to
11:00 a.m. (Los Angeles, California time), on the due date
thereof to the Lender, at the Lender’s account set forth on
Schedule II (or to such other account as the Lender may
notify the Borrower in writing from time to time), in Dollars and
in immediately available funds. If any payment hereunder becomes
due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day. In the case
of any extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the
preceding sentence, interest thereon shall be payable at the then
applicable rate during such extension.
4.2 Proceeds of Exercise
of Remedies . All monies received by the Lender from the
exercise of remedies hereunder, under the other Loan Documents or
under any other documents relating to this Agreement shall, unless
otherwise required by the terms of the other Loan Documents or by
applicable law, be applied as follows:
first , to the payment
of all expenses (to the extent not otherwise paid by the Borrower
or any of the other Obligors) incurred by the Lender in connection
with the exercise of such remedies, including, without limitation,
all costs and expenses of collection, actual attorneys’ fees
and disbursements, court costs and any foreclosure
expenses;
next , in the order
set forth for payments hereunder in Section 3.2(a) ,
and if such proceeds are insufficient to pay such amounts in full,
to the payment of such amounts pro rata ; and
thereafter , any
surplus remaining after the indefeasible payment in full in cash of
all of the Obligations shall be distributed to the Borrower or to
whomsoever shall be lawfully entitled thereto.
4.3. Increased Costs .
(a) If the adoption of or any change in any Applicable Law or
in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by the
Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the
force of law) from any Governmental Authority made subsequent to
the Closing Date:
(i) shall subject the Lender
to any Tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement or
any payment hereunder, or change the basis of taxation of payments
to the Lender in respect thereof; or
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(ii) shall impose on the
Lender any other condition;
and the result of any of the foregoing
is to increase the cost to the Lender of making or maintaining the
Term Loan, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect
thereof, then, in any such case, the Borrower shall promptly pay
the Lender, upon its demand *(which demand shall be accompanied by
a statement setting forth the basis for such demand and a
calculation of the amount thereof in reasonable detail), the
Borrower shall pay to Lender such additional amount as will
compensate Lender for such increased cost or such reduction, so
long as such amount have accrued on or after the date which is 180
days prior to the date on which Lender first made demand therefor.
If the Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts
pursuant to this clause (a) , it shall promptly notify
the Borrower of the event by reason of which it has become so
entitled.
(b) A certificate as to any
additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted by
the Lender to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent clear and
manifest error. In determining any such additional amounts, the
Lender may use any method of averaging and attribution that it (in
its reasonable discretion) shall deem applicable. The obligations
of the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Term Loan and
all other amounts payable hereunder.
(c) This Section 4.3
shall apply only to a lender that is a bank or other financial
institution.
4.4. Taxes
.
(a) Any and all payments by
or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any other
Obligor (including any payments pursuant to
Sections 12.5 or 12.6 ), under this Agreement,
or any other Loan Document shall be made without setoff,
counterclaim or defense of and free and clear of and without
deduction or withholding for any and all Taxes, excluding taxes
measured by overall net income and franchise taxes in lieu of
overall net income imposed on the Lender, by the jurisdiction (or
political subdivision thereof) in which it is organized or in which
its principal office is located (all such non-excluded Taxes being
herein referred to as “ Covered Taxes ”). If the
Borrower, Holdings or Subsidiary Guarantor shall be required by any
Applicable Law to deduct any Covered Taxes from or in respect of
any payment hereunder or otherwise under the Loan Documents to any
Person, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as may be
necessary so that after making all required deductions and
withholdings (including deductions and withholdings applicable to
any additional payments made under this Section 4.4 )
such Person receives an amount equal to the sum it would have
received had no such deductions or withholdings been made,
(ii) the Borrower, Holdings or Subsidiary Guarantor (or the
Lender, as applicable) shall make such deductions or withholdings
at the applicable rate and (iii) the Borrower, Holdings or the
Subsidiary Guarantor (or the Lender, as applicable) shall pay the
full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other
authority in accordance with Applicable Law.
(b) In addition, the Borrower
agrees to pay any present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or
any other excise, transfer, sales, use, recordation or property
Taxes, charges or similar levies that arise from any payment made
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or from the
execution, enforcement, delivery or registration of, performance
under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, including all penalties, interest, additions and
liabilities in respect thereof (hereinafter referred to as “
Other Taxes ”).
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(c) If any Obligor is
required to deduct or pay any Covered Taxes, Other Taxes or other
amount under this Section 4.4 from or in respect of any
amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to
any Indemnified Party, then such Obligor shall also pay to such
Indemnified Party at the time interest is paid, such additional
amount that such Indemnified Party specifies is necessary to
preserve the after-Tax yield (after figuring in all Taxes,
including taxes imposed on or measured by net income) that such
Indemnified Party would have received if such Covered Taxes, Other
Taxes or other amount had not been payable.
(d) The Borrower will
indemnify each Indemnitee (i) for the full amount of Covered
Taxes and Other Taxes, (including any Covered Taxes and Other Taxes
imposed by any jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof)
on amounts payable under this Section 4.4 ), payable by
such Indemnitee and any liability (including penalties, interest,
additions and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto,
and (ii) for any present or future claims, liabilities or
losses with respect to or resulting from any failure or delay by
the Borrower to pay, or any failure or delay by the Borrower to
file any Tax Return with respect to, any Covered Taxes or Other
Taxes (including interest, penalties, additions and expenses,
whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally asserted. This
indemnification shall be made within ten days from the date such
Indemnitee makes written demand therefor.
(e) Within ten days
after the date of any payment of Covered Taxes, Other Taxes or any
interest, penalties, or any liability related thereto, the Borrower
shall furnish to the Lender, at its address referred to in
Section 12.2 , the original or certified copy of a
receipt evidencing payment thereof.
(f) Without prejudice to the
survival of any other agreement of the Borrower, Holdings or the
Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder, the agreements and obligations of
the Borrower, Holdings or the Subsidiary Guarantors contained in
this Section 4.4 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the occurrence of the Termination Date.
SECTION 5
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
5.1. Conditions to Initial
Credit Extension . The agreement of the Lender to make the Term
Loan is subject to the satisfaction, prior to or concurrently with
the making of such Term Loan on the Closing Date, of the following
conditions precedent:
(a) Credit Agreement .
The Lender shall have received this Agreement, executed and
delivered by each Obligor.
(b) Acquisition Agreement
Conditions . All conditions to effectiveness set forth in the
Acquisition Agreement (including, without limitation,
Section 12.3 thereof) shall have been satisfied (or
waived by the Lender).
(c) Consummation of
Transaction, etc. The following transactions shall have been
consummated, in each case on terms and conditions reasonably
satisfactory to the Lender:
(i) the InfuSystem
Acquisition shall be consummated on the Closing Date;
and
(ii) the Lender shall have
received satisfactory evidence that the fees and expenses payable
to third parties to be incurred in connection with the Transaction
and the financing thereof (including the financing pursuant to this
Agreement) shall not exceed $4,700,000.00;
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and the Lender shall be
reasonably satisfied with all aspects of the Transaction, including
the capital and Business Entity structure of Holdings, the Borrower
and each of their respective Subsidiaries, the sources and uses of
proceeds utilized to consummate the Transaction, and the tax,
legal, accounting and environmental due diligence investigations of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries.
(d) Joinder Agreement
. The Lender shall have received the Joinder Agreement duly
executed by InfuSystem.
(e) Solvency
Certificate . The Lender shall have received a Solvency
Certificate in the form of Exhibit H , duly executed and
delivered by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer
of the Borrower, certifying that, after giving effect to the
transactions occurring on the Closing Date (including the borrowing
of the Term Loan), Holdings and its Subsidiaries, on a Consolidated
basis, are Solvent.
(f) Payment of Outstanding
Indebtedness, etc . All Indebtedness identified in
Item 8.2(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, together with
all interest, all payment premiums and all other amounts due and
payable with respect thereto, shall have been paid in full from the
proceeds of the initial Credit Extension and the commitments in
respect of such Indebtedness shall have been permanently
terminated, and all Liens securing payment of any such Indebtedness
shall have been released and the Lender shall have received all
payoff and release letters, Uniform Commercial Code Form UCC-3
termination statements or other instruments or agreements as may be
suitable or appropriate in connection with the release of any such
Liens.
(g) Representations and
Warranties . Both before and immediately after giving effect to
the Transaction, (i) all representations and warranties of the
Borrower set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
to which the Borrower is a party shall be true and correct in all
respects (except to the extent that such representations and
warranties relate to InfuSystem (without giving effect to the
transactions contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement) and would
not have been true and correct if such representations and
warranties were made by InfuSystem immediately prior to Closing (as
defined in the Acquisition Agreement)); and (ii) all
representations and warranties of Holdings and/or the Borrower set
forth in the Acquisition Agreement and the other Acquisition
Documentation to which Holdings and/or the Borrower or the Seller
is a party shall be true and correct in all respects.
(h) Closing Date
Certificate . The Lender shall have received the Borrower
Closing Date Certificate, dated the date of the initial Credit
Extension and duly executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer
of the Borrower, in which certificate the Borrower shall represent
and warrant as of the Closing Date that, among other things, both
before and immediately after giving effect to the InfuSystem
Acquisition, all representations and warranties of each Obligor set
forth in each Loan Document to which any Obligor is a party are
true and correct in all respects (except with respect to the extent
that such representations and warranties relate to InfuSystem
(without giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the
Acquisition Agreement) and would not have been true and correct if
such representations and warranties were made by InfuSystem
immediately prior to Closing (as defined in the Acquisition
Agreement)).
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(i) Receipt. The
Lender shall have received a Receipt, duly executed by Iceland and
Holdings, with respect to the occurrence of the deemed funding
hereunder, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Lender.
(j) [Intentionally
Omitted.]
(k) Obligor Security
Agreement . The Lender shall have received the Obligor Security
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, duly executed and delivered
by Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries, together with:
(i) [intentionally
omitted];
(ii) certificates evidencing
all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests owned by
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, which certificates in each
case shall be accompanied by undated instruments of transfer duly
executed in blank or, if any Equity Interests are uncertificated
Equity Interests, confirmation and evidence satisfactory to the
Lender that the security interest therein has been transferred to
and perfected by the Lender in accordance with Articles 8 and 9 of
the U.C.C. and all laws otherwise applicable to the perfection of
the pledge of such Equity Interests;
(iii) all Pledged Notes (as
defined in the Obligor Secu
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