Exhibit 10.44
GUARANTY AND COLLATERAL
AGREEMENT
dated as of May 5,
2006
among
OPTION CARE, INC.,
and
THE OTHER PARTIES
HERETO,
as Grantors,
and
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as the Administrative Agent
GUARANTY AND COLLATERAL
AGREEMENT
THIS GUARANTY AND COLLATERAL
AGREEMENT dated as of May 5, 2006 (this “
Agreement ”) is entered into among OPTION CARE, INC.,
a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and
each other Person signatory hereto as a Grantor (collectively with
the Company and any other Person that becomes a party hereto
as provided herein, the “ Grantors ”) in favor
of LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Administrative Agent
for all the Lenders party to the Credit Agreement (as hereafter
defined).
The Lenders have severally agreed to
extend credit to the Grantors pursuant to the Credit Agreement. The
Grantors are engaged in interrelated businesses, and each Grantor
will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from extensions
of credit under the Credit Agreement. It is a condition precedent
to each Lender’s obligation to extend credit under the Credit
Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this
Agreement to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of
all the Lenders.
In consideration of the premises and
to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into
the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to extend credit
thereunder, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Administrative
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, as
follows:
SECTION 1
DEFINITIONS .
1.1
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit
Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in
the Credit Agreement, and the following terms are used herein as
defined in the UCC: Accounts, Certificated Security,
Commercial Tort Claims, Deposit Accounts, Documents, Electronic
Chattel Paper, Equipment, Farm Products, Goods, Health Care
Insurance Receivables, Instruments, Inventory, Leases,
Letter-of-Credit Rights, Money, Payment Intangibles, Supporting
Obligations, Tangible Chattel Paper.
1.2
When used herein the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
Agreement has the meaning set forth in the preamble
hereto.
Chattel Paper
means all “chattel
paper” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(11)
of the UCC and, in any event, including with respect to any
Grantor, all Electronic Chattel Paper and Tangible Chattel
Paper.
Collateral
means (a) all of the personal
property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by any Grantor
or in which any Grantor now has or at any time in the future may
acquire any right, title or interest, including all of each
Grantor’s Accounts, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claims,
Deposit Accounts, Documents, Equipment, Farm Products, Fixtures,
General Intangibles, Health Care Insurance Receivables, Goods,
Instruments, Intellectual Property, Inventory, Investment Property,
Leases, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Money, Supporting Obligations and
Identified Claims, (b) all books and records pertaining to any
of the foregoing, (c) all Proceeds and products of any of the
foregoing, and (d) all collateral security and guaranties
given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing. Where the
context requires,
terms relating to the Collateral or
any part thereof, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer
to such Grantor’s Collateral or the relevant part
thereof.
Copyrights
means all copyrights arising under
the laws of the United States, any other country or any political
subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether
published or unpublished, including those listed on Schedule
5 , all registrations and recordings thereof, and all
applications in connection therewith, including all registrations,
recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office,
and the right to obtain all renewals of any of the
foregoing.
Copyright Licenses
means all written agreements naming
any Grantor as licensor or licensee, including those listed on
Schedule 5 , granting any right under any Copyright,
including the grant of rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit
and sell materials derived from any Copyright.
Credit Agreement
means the Credit Agreement of even
date herewith among the Grantors, the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent, as amended, supplemented, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time.
Fixtures means all of the following, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired by a Grantor: plant fixtures; business fixtures;
other fixtures and storage facilities, wherever located; and all
additions and accessories thereto and replacements
therefor.
General Intangibles
means all “general
intangibles” as such term is defined in
Section 9-102(a)(42) of the UCC and, in any event, including
with respect to any Grantor, all Payment Intangibles, all contracts
and Contract Rights, agreements, instruments and indentures in any
form, and portions thereof, to which such Grantor is a party or
under which such Grantor has any right, title or interest or to
which such Grantor or any property of such Grantor is subject, as
the same from time to time may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified, including, without limitation, (a) all
rights of such Grantor to receive moneys due and to become due to
it thereunder or in connection therewith, (b) all rights of
such Grantor to damages arising thereunder and (c) all rights
of such Grantor to perform and to exercise all remedies thereunder;
provided , that the foregoing limitation shall not affect,
limit, restrict or impair the grant by such Grantor of a security
interest pursuant to this Agreement in any Receivable or any money
or other amounts due or to become due under any such Payment
Intangible, contract, agreement, instrument or
indenture.
Governmental Account
Debtors means an Account
Debtor that is a Government Reimbursement Program.
Government Reimbursement
Program means
(i) the Medicare program established under Title XVIII of the
Federal Social Security Act, the Federal Employees Health Benefit
Program under 5 U.S.C. §§ 8902 et seq., the TRICARE
program established by the Department of Defense under 10 U.S.C.
§§ 1071 et seq. or the Civilian Health and Medical
Program of the Uniformed Services under 10 U.S.C. §§ 1079
and 1086, (ii) the Medicaid program of any state or the
District of Columbia acting pursuant to a health plan adopted
pursuant to Title XIX of the
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Federal Social Security Act or
(iii) any agent, administrator, intermediary or carrier for
any of the foregoing.
Identified Claims
means the Commercial Tort Claims
described on Schedule 7 as such schedule shall be
supplemented from time to time.
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 the Copyrights, the Copyright
Licenses, the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trademarks and the
Trademark Licenses, 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 Note
means any promissory note evidencing
loans made by any Grantor to any other Grantor, if any.
Investment Property
means the collective reference to
(a) all “investment property” as such term is
defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the UCC (other than the
equity interest of any foreign Subsidiary excluded from the
definition of Pledged Equity), (b) all “financial
assets” as such term is defined in
Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC, and (b) whether or
not constituting “investment property” as so defined,
all Pledged Notes and all Pledged Equity.
Issuers means the collective reference to each issuer of
any Investment Property.
Paid in Full
means (a) the payment in full
in cash and performance of all Obligations, (b) the
termination of all Commitments and (c) either (i) the
cancellation and return to the Administrative Agent of all Letters
of Credit or (ii) the cash collateralization of all Letters of
Credit in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
Patents means (a) all letters patent of the United
States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, all
reissues and extensions thereof and all goodwill associated
therewith, including any of the foregoing referred to in
Schedule 5, (b) all applications for letters patent of
the United States or any other country and all divisions,
continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, including any of
the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5, and (c) all
rights to obtain any reissues or extensions of the
foregoing.
Patent Licenses
means all agreements, whether
written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of
any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered in
whole or in part by a Patent, including any of the foregoing
referred to in Schedule 5 .
Pledged Equity
means the equity interests in each
domestic Subsidiary of the Company listed on Schedule 1 ,
together with any other equity interests, certificates, options or
rights of any nature whatsoever in respect of the equity interests
of any Person that may be issued or granted to, or held by, any
Grantor while this Agreement is in effect; provided that in
no event shall the equity interests of any existing foreign
Subsidiary or more than 65% of the total outstanding equity
interests of any foreign Subsidiary acquired after the date hereof
be required to be pledged hereunder.
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Pledged Notes
means all promissory notes listed on
Schedule 1 , all Intercompany Notes at any time issued to
any Grantor and all other promissory notes issued to or held by any
Grantor (other than (a) promissory notes issued in connection
with extensions of trade credit by any Grantor in the ordinary
course of business and (b) any individual promissory note
which is less than $2,000,000 in principal amount, up to an
aggregate of $8,000,000 for all such promissory notes excluded
under this clause (b)).
Proceeds means all “proceeds” as such term is
defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the UCC and, in any event,
shall include all dividends or other income from the Investment
Property, collections thereon or distributions or payments with
respect thereto.
Receivable
means any right to payment for goods
sold or leased or for services rendered, whether or not such right
is evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper and whether or not
it has been earned by performance (including any
Accounts).
Securities Act
means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Trademarks
means (a) all trademarks, trade
names, corporate names, the Grantor names, business names,
fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos and
other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated
therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all
registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in
connection therewith, whether in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United
States, any State thereof or any other country or any political
subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common-law rights
related thereto, including any of the foregoing referred to in
Schedule 5 , and (b) the right to obtain all renewals
thereof.
Trademark Licenses
means, collectively, each agreement,
whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any
Grantor of any right to use any Trademark, including any of the
foregoing referred to in Schedule 5 .
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
on the date hereof and from time to time in the State of
Illinois, provided that if by reason of mandatory provisions
of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or
non-perfection of the security interests in any Collateral or the
availability of any remedy hereunder is governed by the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect on or after the date hereof in any
other jurisdiction, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the
provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of
perfection or non-perfection or availability of such
remedy.
SECTION 2
GUARANTY .
2.1
Guaranty . (a) Each of the Grantors hereby, jointly and
severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, as a primary obligor
and not only a surety, guaranties to the Administrative Agent, for
the ratable benefit of the Lenders and their respective successors,
indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment
and performance by each of the other Grantors when due (whether at
the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the
Obligations.
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(b)
Reserved .
(c)
Reserved .
(d)
The guaranty contained in this Section 2 shall remain
in full force and effect until all of the Obligations shall have
been Paid in Full.
(e)
No payment made by any of the Grantors, any other guarantor or any
other Person or received or collected by the Administrative Agent
or any Lender from any of the Grantors, any other guarantor or any
other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off
or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in
reduction of or in payment of the Obligations shall be deemed to
modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any
Grantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment
(other than any payment made by such Grantor in respect of the
Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Grantor
in respect of the Obligations), remain liable for the Obligations
until the Obligations are Paid in Full.
2.2
Reserved .
2.3
No Subrogation . Notwithstanding any payment made by any
Grantor hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any
Grantor by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, no Grantor shall
be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender against any Grantor or any
collateral security or guaranty or right of offset held by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the
Obligations, nor shall any Grantor seek or be entitled to seek any
contribution or reimbursement from any other Grantor in respect of
payments made by such Grantor hereunder, until all of the
Obligations are Paid in Full, no Letter of Credit shall be
outstanding and the Commitments are terminated. If any amount shall
be paid to any Grantor on account of such subrogation rights at any
time when all of the Obligations shall not have been Paid in Full,
such amount shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated from other funds
of such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor,
be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form
received by such Grantor (duly indorsed by such Grantor to the
Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied against the
Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the
Administrative Agent may determine.
2.4
Amendments, etc. with respect to the Obligations . Each
Grantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that,
without any reservation of rights against any Grantor and without
notice to or further assent by any Grantor, any demand for payment
of any of the Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender may be rescinded by the Administrative Agent or such Lender
and any of the Obligations continued, and the Obligations, or the
liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any
collateral security or guaranty therefor or right of offset with
respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be
renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised,
waived, surrendered or released by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender, and the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and
any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith
may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or
in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders or
all the Lenders, as the case may be) may deem advisable
from
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time to time. Neither the
Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to
protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it
as security for the Obligations or for the guaranty contained in
this Section 2 or any property subject
thereto.
The
Administrative Agent or any Lender may, from time to time, at its
sole discretion and without notice to any Grantor (or any of them),
take any or all of the following actions: (a) retain or
obtain a security interest in any property to secure any of the
Obligations or any obligation hereunder, (b) retain or obtain
the primary or secondary obligation of any obligor or obligors, in
addition to the undersigned, with respect to any of the
Obligations, (c) release or compromise any obligation of any
of the undersigned hereunder or any obligation of any nature of any
other obligor with respect to any of the Obligations,
(d) release any guaranty or right of offset or its security
interest in, or surrender, release or permit any substitution or
exchange for, all or any part of any property securing any of the
Obligations or any obligation hereunder, or extend or renew for one
or more periods (whether or not longer than the original period) or
release, compromise, alter or exchange any obligations of any
nature of any obligor with respect to any such property, and
(e) resort to the undersigned (or any of them) for payment of
any of the Obligations when due, whether or not the Administrative
Agent or such Lender shall have resorted to any property securing
any of the Obligations or any obligation hereunder or shall have
proceeded against any other of the undersigned or any other obligor
primarily or secondarily obligated with respect to any of the
Obligations.
2.5
Waivers . The Obligations, and any of them, shall
conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or
incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon
the guaranty contained in this Section 2 , and all
dealings between the any of the Grantors, on the one hand, and the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, likewise
shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in
reliance upon the guaranty contained in this Section 2
. Each Grantor waives (a) diligence, presentment, protest,
demand for payment and notice of default, dishonor or nonpayment
and all other notices whatsoever to or upon any of the Grantors
with respect to the Obligations, (b) notice of the existence
or creation or non-payment of all or any of the Obligations and
(c) all diligence in collection or protection of or
realization upon any Obligations or any security for or guaranty of
any Obligations.
2.6
Payments . Each Grantor hereby guaranties that payments
hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent without set-off
or counterclaim in Dollars at the office of the Administrative
Agent specified in the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 3 GRANT
OF SECURITY INTEREST .
3.1
Grant . Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the
Administrative Agent, and hereby grants to the Administrative
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and (to the extent
provided herein) their Affiliates, a continuing security interest
in all of its Collateral, as collateral security for the prompt and
complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the
Obligations.
3.2
Reserved .
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SECTION 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES .
To induce the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce
the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the
Grantors thereunder, each Grantor jointly and severally hereby
represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender
that:
4.1
Title; No Other Liens . Except for Permitted Liens, the
Grantors own each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and
all Liens or claims of others. No financing statement or other
public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is
on file or of record in any public office, except filings
evidencing Permitted Liens and filings for which termination
statements have been delivered to the Administrative
Agent.
4.2
Perfected First Priority Liens . The security interests
granted pursuant to this Agreement (a) upon completion of the
filings and other actions specified on Schedule 2 will
constitute valid perfected security interests in all of the
Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable
benefit of the Lenders, as collateral security for the Obligations,
enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof against all
creditors of each Grantor and any Persons purporting to purchase
any Collateral from each Grantor and (b) are prior to all
other Liens on the Collateral in existence on the date hereof
except for Permitted Liens for which priority is accorded under
applicable law. The filings and other actions specified on
Schedule 2 constitute all of the filings and other actions
necessary to perfect all security interests granted
hereunder.
4.3
Grantor Information . On the date hereof, Schedule 3
sets forth (a) each Grantor’s jurisdiction of
organization, (b) the location of each Grantor’s chief
executive office, (c) each Grantor’s exact legal name as
it appears on its organizational documents and (d) each
Grantor’s organizational identification number (to the extent
a Grantor is organized in a jurisdiction which assigns such
numbers) and federal employer identification number.
4.4
Collateral Locations . On the date hereof, Schedule 4
sets forth (a) each place of business of each Grantor
(including its chief executive office), (b) all locations
where all Inventory and the Equipment owned by each Grantor is
kept, except with respect to Inventory and Equipment with a fair
market value of less than $500,000 (individually for a Grantor)
which may be located at other locations and (c) whether each
such Collateral location and place of business (including each
Grantor’s chief executive office) is owned or leased (and if
leased, specifies the name and notice address of each lessor). No
Collateral is located outside the United States or in the
possession of any lessor, bailee, warehouseman or consignee, except
as indicated on Schedule 4 .
4.5
Certain Property . None of the Collateral constitutes, or is
the Proceeds of, (a) Farm Products or (b) vessels,
aircraft or any other property subject to any certificate of title
or other registration statute of the United States, any State or
other jurisdiction, except for personal vehicles owned by the
Grantors and used by employees of the Grantors in the ordinary
course of business with an aggregate fair market value of less than
$250,000 (in the aggregate for all Grantors).
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4.6
Investment Property . (a) The Pledged Equity pledged by
each Grantor hereunder constitutes all the issued and outstanding
equity interests of each Issuer owned by such Grantor.
(b)
All of the Pledged Equity has been duly and validly issued and is
fully paid and nonassessable.
(c)
Each of the Pledged Notes constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the obligor with respect thereto, enforceable in
accordance with its terms (subject to the effects of bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and
other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights
generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good
faith and fair dealing).
(d)
Schedule 1 lists all Investment Property owned by each
Grantor. Each Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and
has good and marketable title to, the Investment Property pledged
by it hereunder, free of any and all Liens or options in favor of,
or claims of, any other Person, except Permitted Liens.
4.7
Receivables . (a) No amount payable to such Grantor
under or in connection with any Receivable in excess of $100,000 is
evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper which has not been
delivered to the Administrative Agent.
(b)
The amounts represented by such Grantor to the Lenders from time to
time as owing to such Grantor in respect of the Receivables (to the
extent such representations are required by any of the Loan
Documents) will at all such times be accurate, subject to
contractual payor discounts or other discounts customary in the
health care industry with respect to Health Care Insurance
Receivables, Government Reimbursement Programs or otherwise, which
have been disclosed to the Administrative Agent.
4.8
Intellectual Property . (a) Schedule 5 lists
all Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor in its own name on
the date hereof.
(b)
On the date hereof, all material Intellectual Property owned by any
Grantor is valid, subsisting, unexpired and enforceable and has not
been abandoned.
(c)
Except as set forth in Schedule 5 , none of the material
Intellectual Property is the subject of any licensing or franchise
agreement pursuant to which such Grantor is the licensor or
franchisor.
(d)
Each Grantor owns and possesses or has a license or other right to
use all Intellectual Property as is necessary for the conduct of
the businesses of such Grantor, without any infringement upon
rights of others which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
4.9
Depositary and Other Accounts . All depositary and other
accounts maintained by each Grantor are described on Schedule
6 hereto, which description includes for each such account the
name of the Grantor maintaining such account, the name,
address,
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telephone and fax numbers of the
financial institution at which such account is maintained, the
account number and the account officer, if any, of such
account.
SECTION 5
COVENANTS .
Each Grantor covenants and agrees
with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, from and after
the date of this Agreement until the Obligations shall have been
Paid in Full:
5.1
Delivery of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel
Paper . If any amount in excess of $100,000 payable under or in
connection with any of the Collateral shall be or become evidenced
by any Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel Paper, such
Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel Paper shall be
immediately delivered to the Administrative Agent, duly indorsed in
a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to be held as
Collateral pursuant to this Agreement. In the event that an
Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, upon the request of the Administrative Agent,
any Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel Paper not
theretofore delivered to the Administrative Agent and at such time
being held by any Grantor, without regard to the amount thereof,
shall be immediately delivered to the Administrative Agent, duly
indorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to
be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.
5.2
Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further
Documentation . (a) Such Grantor shall maintain the
security interest created by this Agreement as a perfected security
interest having at least the priority described in
Section 4.2 and shall defend such security interest
against the claims and demands of all Persons
whomsoever.
(b)
Such Grantor will furnish to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders from time to time statements and schedules further
identifying and describing the assets and property of such Grantor
and such other reports in connection therewith as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable
detail.
(c)
At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the
Administrative Agent, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such
Grantor will promptly and duly execute and deliver, and have
recorded, such further instruments and documents and take such
further actions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request
for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of
this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted,
including (i) filing any financing or continuation statements
under the UCC (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction
with respect to the security interests created hereby and
(ii) in the case of Investment Property and any other relevant
Collateral, taking any actions reasonably necessary to enable the
Administrative Agent to obtain “control” (within the
meaning of the applicable UCC) with respect thereto.
5.3
Changes in Locations, Name, etc . Such Grantor shall not,
except upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent and delivery to the Administrative Agent of
(a) all additional financing statements and other documents
reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent as to the
validity, perfection and priority of the security interests
provided
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for herein and (b) if
applicable, a written supplement to Schedule 4 showing any
additional location at which Inventory or Equipment shall be
kept:
(i)
permit any of the Inventory or Equipment to be kept at a location
other than those listed on Schedule 4 ; provided ,
that up to $250,000 (individually for a Grantor) in fair market
value of any such Inventory and Equipment may be kept at other
locations;
(ii)
change its jurisdiction of organization or the location of its
chief executive office from that specified on Schedule 3 or
in any subsequent notice delivered pursuant to this
Section 5.3 ; or
(iii)
change its name, identity or corporate structure.
5.4
Notices . Such Grantor will advise the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders promptly, in reasonable detail, of:
(a)
any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any of the Collateral
which would adversely affect the ability of the Administrative
Agent to exercise any of its remedies hereunder; and
(b)
the occurrence of any other event which could reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the aggregate value
of the Collateral or on the Liens created hereby.
5.5
Investment Property . (a) If such Grantor shall become
entitled to receive or shall receive any certificate, option or
rights in respect of the equity interests of any Issuer, whether in
addition to, in substitution of, as a conversion of, or in exchange
for, any of the Pledged Equity, or otherwise in respect thereof,
such Grantor shall accept the same as the agent of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, hold the same in trust for
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and deliver the same
forthwith to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received,
duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if
required, together with an undated instrument of transfer covering
such certificate duly executed in blank by such Grantor and with,
if the Administrative Agent so requests, signature guarantied, to
be held by the Administrative Agent, subject to the terms hereof,
as additional Collateral for the Obligations. Upon the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default, (i) any
sums paid upon or in respect of the Investment Property upon the
liquidation or dissolution of any Issuer shall be paid over to the
Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional
Collateral for the Obligations, and (ii) in case any
distribution of capital shall be made on or in respect of the
Investment Property or any property shall be distributed upon or
with respect to the Investment Property pursuant to the
recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of any Issuer
or pursuant to the reorganization thereof, the property so
distributed shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected Lien in
favor of the Administrative Agent, be delivered to the
Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional
Collateral for the Obligations. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, if any sums of money or
property so paid or distributed in respect of the Investment
Property shall be received by such Grantor, such Grantor shall,
until such money or property is paid or delivered to the
Administrative
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Agent, hold such money or property
in trust for the Lenders, segregated from other funds of such
Grantor, as additional Collateral for the Obligations.
(b)
Without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, such
Grantor will not (i) vote to enable, or take any other action
to permit, any Issuer to issue any equity interests of any nature
or to issue any other securities or interests convertible into or
granting the right to purchase or exchange for any equity interests
of any nature of any Issuer, except, in each case, as permitted by
the Credit Agreement, including but not limited to the
Company’s right to issue equity interests in connection with
any Acquisition permitted by Section 11.5 of the Credit
Agreement, (ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, or otherwise
dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, the Investment
Property or Proceeds thereof (except pursuant to a transaction
expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement) other than, with
respect to Investment Property not constituting Pledged Equity or
Pledged Notes, any such action which is not prohibited by the
Credit Agreement, (iii) create, incur or permit to exist any
Lien or option in favor of, or any claim of any Person with respect
to, any of the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof, or any
interest therein, except for Permitted Liens, or (iv) enter
into any agreement or undertaking restricting the right or ability
of such Grantor or the Administrative Agent to sell, assign or
transfer any of the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof,
except, with respect to such Investment Property,
shareholders’ agreements entered into by such Grantor with
respect to Persons in which such Grantor maintains an ownership
interest of 50% or less.
(c)
In the case of each Grantor which is an Issuer, such Issuer agrees
that (i) it will be bound by the terms of this Agreement
relating to the Investment Property issued by it and will comply
with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to it,
(ii) it will notify the Administrative Agent promptly in
writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in
Section 5.5(a) with respect to the Investment
Property issued by it and (iii) the terms of Sections
6.3(c) and 6.7 shall apply to such Grantor with
respect to all actions that may be required of it pursuant to
Section 6.3(c) or 6.7 regarding the
Investment Property issued by it.
5.6
Receivables . (a) Other than in the ordinary course of
business consistent with its past practice and in amounts which are
not material to such Grantor, such Grantor will not (i) grant
any extension of the time of payment of any Receivable,
(ii) compromise or settle any Receivable for less than the
full amount thereof, (iii) release, wholly or partially, any
Person liable for the payment of any Receivable, (iv) allow
any credit or discount whatsoever on any Receivable (subject to
contractual payor discounts or other discounts customary in the
health care industry with respect to Health Care Insurance
Receivables, Government Reimbursement Programs or otherwise, which
have been disclosed to the Administrative Agent) or (v) amend,
supplement or modify any Receivable in any manner that could
adversely affect the value thereof.
(b)
Such Grantor will deliver to the Administrative Agent a copy of
each material demand, notice or document received by it that
questions or calls into doubt the validity or enforceability of
more than 5% of the aggregate amount of the then outstanding
Receivables for all Grantors.
5.7
Intellectual Property . (a) Such Grantor (either itself
or through licensees) will (i) continue to use each Trademark
material to its business in order to maintain such
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Trademark in full force free from
any claim of abandonment for non-use, (ii) maintain as in the
past the quality of products and services offered under such
Trademark, (iii) use such Trademark with the appropriate
notice of registration and all other notices and legends required
by applicable law, (iv) not adopt or use any mark which is
confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of such Trademark
unless the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the
Lenders, shall obtain a perfected security interest in such mark
pursuant to this Agreement, and (v) not (and not permit any
licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to
do any act whereby such Trademark may become invalidated or
impaired in any way.
(b)
Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not do any
act, or omit to do any act, whereby any Patent material to its
business may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the
public.
(c)
Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) (i) will
employ each Copyright material to its business and (ii) will
not (and will not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do
any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any material
portion of such Copyrights may become invalidated or otherwise
impaired. Such Grantor will not (either itself or through
licensees) do any act whereby any material portion of such
Copyrights may fall into the public domain.
(d)
Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not do any
act that knowingly uses any Intellectual Property material to its
business to infringe the intellectual property rights of any other
Person.
(e)
Such Grantor will notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
immediately if it knows, or has reason to know, that any
application or registration relating to any material Intellectual
Property may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the
public, or of any adverse determination or development (including
the institution of, or any such determination or development in,
any proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
the United States Copyright Office or any court or tribunal in any
country) regarding, such Grantor’s ownership of, or the
validity of, any material Intellectual Property or such
Grantor’s right to register the same or to own and maintain
the same.
(f)
Whenever such Grantor, either by itself or through any agent,
employee, licensee or designee, shall file an application for the
registration of any Intellectual Property with the United States
Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright
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