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Exhibit 4.1
SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
by and
among
THE CENTER FOR WOUND
HEALING, INC.,
BISON CAPITAL EQUITY
PARTNERS II-A, L.P., and
BISON CAPITAL EQUITY
PARTNERS II-B, L.P.
Senior Secured
Subordinated Promissory Note Due March 31, 2013
Warrants to Purchase
Shares of Common Stock
Dated as of March 31,
2008
SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT, dated as of March 31, 2008, by and between BISON
CAPITAL EQUITY PARTNERS II-A, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership,
and BISON CAPITAL EQUITY PARTNERS II-B, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership (collectively, “ Purchaser
”), on the one hand, and THE CENTER FOR WOUND HEALING, INC.,
a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”),
on the other hand.
RECITALS
WHEREAS , the Company
wishes to sell to Purchaser and Purchaser wishes to purchase from
the Company (a) a senior secured subordinated promissory note
(the “ Note ”) due March 31, 2013,
in the original principal amount of Twenty Million Dollars
($20,000,000) and (b) warrants to purchase, pursuant to the
Warrant Agreement (as defined below), 7,080,363 shares of Common
Stock or such greater number of shares of Common Stock as provided
in the Warrant Agreement (the “ Warrant
Securities ”), in each case upon the terms and
subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE , in
consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth
herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions . As
used in this Agreement, and unless the context requires a different
meaning, the following terms have the meanings
indicated:
“ 409A
Plan ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in Section 5.21(p) .
“ Account
Debtor ” shall mean any Person who is or who may
become obligated under, with respect to, or on account of, an
Account, Chattel Paper, or a General Intangible.
“
Accounts ” shall have the meaning assigned to
that term in the Security Agreement.
“ Acknowledgment
and Consent ” shall mean an Acknowledgment and
Consent executed by each issuer of the stock pledged pursuant to
the Transaction Documents, substantially in the form of
Acknowledgment and Consent attached to the Stock Pledge
Agreement.
“
Affiliate ” shall mean, with respect to any
Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such
Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control”
when used with respect to any specified Person shall mean the power
to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or
indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
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“ Affiliated
Group ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 1504(a) of the Code.
“
Agreement ” shall mean this Agreement,
including the exhibits, schedules and other documents attached
hereto and referenced herein, as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or modified from time to time in accordance with the
terms hereof.
“ Allocable
Amount ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in Section 13.19 .
“ Asset
Disposition ” shall mean the disposition, whether by
sale, lease, transfer, loss, damage, destruction, condemnation or
otherwise of any of the following: (a) any of the Capital
Stock of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any other Credit
Party or (b) any or all of the assets of the Company, any of
its Subsidiaries or any other Credit Party other than sales of
Inventory or Equipment in the ordinary course of business
consistent with prudent business practice.
“ Assumed
Multiple ” means the greater of the
following:
(a) The Base
Multiple;
(b) if any Capital Stock is
issued within the twelve months prior to the date that the Put
Option Notice is delivered, an amount equal to the Base Multiple
multiplied by the Subsequent Financing Multiple and
divided by 7.5; or
(c) if the Common Stock is
listed on a national securities exchange, an amount equal to the
Base Multiple multiplied by the Average Trading Multiple and
divided by 7.5.
“ Assumption
Agreements ” shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in Section 8.29 .
“ Average Trading
Multiple ” shall mean, if the Common Stock is listed
on a national securities exchange, the result of the following:
(i) (A) (1) the average of the Quoted Prices (as
defined below) of the Common Stock for thirty (30) consecutive
trading days commencing forty-five (45) trading days before
the Put Notice Period, multiplied by (2) the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date that the Put Option
Notice is delivered on a Fully Diluted Basis, minus
(B) all cash and Cash Equivalents of the Credit Parties as of
the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding the Put
Option Notice (adjusted on a pro forma basis to reflect the
consummation as of such date of the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Documents), plus (C) all Indebtedness
(including any redemption premiums thereon assuming such
Indebtedness was redeemed on the measuring date) of the Credit
Parties as of the last day of the calendar month immediately
preceding the Put Option Notice (adjusted on a pro forma basis to
reflect the consummation as of such date of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents), divided by
(ii) the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve month
period ended as of the last day of the calendar month immediately
preceding the Put Option Notice. The “ Quoted
Price ” of the Common Stock for any specified date is
the last reported sales price of the Common Stock for such date on
the national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is
listed (which shall be for consolidated trading if applicable to
such exchange). If the Average Trading Multiple cannot be
determined due to a lack of Quoted Prices, then Purchaser may, but
need not, elect to have an Independent Expert (as defined in the
Warrant Agreement) determine the Fair Market Value per share of
Common Stock at the sole expense of the Company.
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Solely for purposes of
illustration and not limitation, if the average of the Quoted
Prices of the Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive
trading days commencing forty-five (45) trading days before
the Put Notice Period was $1.50, there were 20,000,000 shares of
Common Stock outstanding on the date that the Put Option Notice was
delivered on a Fully Diluted Basis, all cash and Cash Equivalents
of the Credit Parties as of the last day of the calendar month
immediately preceding the Put Option Notice was $1,000,000, all
Indebtedness of the Credit Parties as of the last day of the
calendar month immediately preceding the Put Option Notice was
$1,000,000, and the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve
month period ended as of the last day of the calendar month
immediately preceding the Put Option Notice was $5,000,000, then
the calculation would be as follows:
[($1.50 X
20,000,000) - $1,000,000 + $1,000,000]/$5,000,000 = 6
“ Bankruptcy
Code ” shall mean the United States Bankruptcy Code,
as in effect from time to time, and any successor statute
thereto.
“ Barnett
” shall mean Andrew G. Barnett.
“ Base
Multiple ” shall mean an amount equal to:
Where:
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Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2008 (“ Fiscal Year 2008
”), as reflected in the Company’s consolidated audited
financial statements for Fiscal Year 2008 (such financial
statements, the “ 2008 Financial Statements
”), which 2008 Financial Statements meet the requirements of
Section 8.3(b)(i) . |
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Indebtedness less cash and Cash Equivalents, in each
case (with respect to Indebtedness, cash and Cash Equivalents),
measured as of June 30, 2008. In the event that Purchaser
determines that the actual Indebtedness of the Company on
June 30, 2008 exceeded the Indebtedness used to calculate the
Base Multiple, then the parties shall recalculate the Base Multiple
to accurately reflect such greater actual Indebtedness. In the
event that any cash or other consideration is paid by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 8.26 ,
the aggregate amount of such cash or other consideration (whether
prior to or after the date that Purchaser receives the 2008
Financial Statements) shall be included in
Indebtedness. |
| C = |
the number of shares of all classes of Common Stock on a Fully
Diluted Basis, but excluding any Warrant Securities, outstanding on
the date that Warrant Holder receives the 2008 Financial
Statements. |
“ Benefit
Plans ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in Section 5.21(a) .
“ Books
” means all of the Company’s, its Subsidiaries’
or any other Credit Party’s books and records (including all
of its Records indicating, summarizing, or evidencing its assets
(including the Collateral) or liabilities, all of the
Company’s, its Subsidiaries’ or the other Credit
Parties’ Records relating to its or their business operations
or financial condition, and all of its or their goods or General
Intangibles related to such information).
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“ Business
Day ” shall mean any day other than a Saturday,
Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in California are
authorized or required by law or executive order to
close.
“ Capital
Expenditures ” shall mean, for any period and with
respect to any Person, without duplication, the sum of (1) all
expenditures during such period by such Person that would be
classified as capital expenditures in accordance with GAAP or are
made in property that is the subject of a synthetic, off-balance
sheet or Tax retention lease to which such Person is a lessee, and
(2) the entire principal amount of any Indebtedness assumed or
incurred in connection with any such expenditures, excluding any
such expenditure made (a) to restore, replace or rebuild
property to the condition of such property immediately prior to any
damage, loss, destruction or condemnation of such property, to the
extent such expenditure is otherwise not prohibited under this
Agreement and is made with insurance proceeds or condemnation
awards relating to any such damage, loss, destruction or
condemnation or (b) with proceeds from the sale or exchange of
property to the extent utilized to purchase functionally equivalent
property or equipment.
“ Capital
Lease ” shall mean a lease that is required to be
capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Capital Lease
Obligations ” of any Person shall mean any
Indebtedness represented by obligations under a Capital
Lease.
“ Capital
Stock ” shall mean any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital
stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests
in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants,
options or other securities to purchase any of the
foregoing.
“
Capotorto ” shall mean John
Capotorto.
“ Cash
Equivalents ” shall mean: (a) marketable direct
obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United
States or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith
and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one
(1) year from the date of acquisition thereof,
(b) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the
United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any
public instrumentality thereof maturing within one (1) year
from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of
acquisition and at all times thereafter, having the highest rating
obtainable from either Standard & Poor’s rating
service (“ S&P ’) or Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc. (“ Moody’s
”), (c) commercial paper maturing no more than two
hundred seventy (270) days from the date of acquisition
thereof and, at the time of acquisition and at all times
thereafter, having a rating of A-1 or P-1, or better, from S&P
or Moody’s, and (d) certificates of deposit or
bankers’ acceptances maturing within one (1) year from
the date of acquisition thereof that are either (i) issued by
any bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state
thereof which bank has a rating of A or A2, or better, from S&P
or Moody’s, or (ii) in an amount less than or equal to
One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in the aggregate if issued
by any other bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation.
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“ Centers
” shall mean centers owned, operated or managed by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries that provide wound care
treatment or hyperbaric oxygen treatment.
“ CERCLA
” shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq .),
as amended from time to time, and any successor statute
thereto.
“ Change of
Control ” shall mean the occurrence of any of the
following: (i) any “person” or “group”
(as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Exchange Act) becomes, or obtains rights (whether by means or
warrants, options or otherwise) to become, the “beneficial
owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the
Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than fifty and
one-tenth of a percent (50.1%) of the outstanding Capital
Stock of the Company (including Capital Stock issuable upon
exercise of any outstanding derivative or convertible securities,
in each case, on an as converted basis); (ii) a Schedule 13G
is filed with the SEC and the reporting persons acquire in the
aggregate at least twenty five percent (25%) of the
outstanding Common Stock of the Company; (iii) a tender offer
for the Common Stock of the Company commences; (iv) the Board
of Directors of the Company ceases to consist of a majority of the
Closing Directors or replacement nominees of the Company, unless
otherwise approved in writing by Purchaser; (v) the
liquidation or winding up of any Credit Party other than in the
case of a Permitted Disposition; (vi) the sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company; (vii) any
Credit Party ceases to own of record and beneficially one hundred
percent (100%) of the Capital Stock it owns as of the Closing
Date of each of its Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date;
provided , that a Change of Control shall not be deemed to
have occurred with respect to the liquidation of any Subsidiary in
connection with the termination of any venture or line of business
so long as the same does not represent, or is reasonably likely to
result in, a Material Adverse Effect; (viii) any transaction
or series of transactions similar to the foregoing clauses of this
paragraph; (ix) the Board of Directors or stockholders of the
Company authorize or approve any of the foregoing clauses of this
paragraph; or (x) a breach of any change of ownership or
control provision under the Senior Credit Agreement or any other
existing or future credit or loan agreements to which any Credit
Party is a party.
“ Charges
” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 13.14 .
“ Chattel
Paper ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in the Security Agreement.
“ Claims
” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 7.1(a) .
“ Closing
” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 2.4 .
“ Closing
Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in Section 2.4 .
“ Closing
Directors ” shall mean, as to the Company, the
directors of the Company on the Closing Date, after giving effect
to the transactions contemplated hereby.
“ COBRA
” shall mean the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1985, as amended, as set forth in Section 4980B of the
Code and Part 6 of Title I of ERISA.
“ Code
” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time, and any successor statute thereto.
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“
Collateral ” shall mean all Property of the
Credit Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien
is purported to be created by any Security Document.
“ Collateral
Access Agreement ” shall mean a landlord waiver,
bailee letter, or acknowledgment agreement of any lessor,
warehouseman, processor, consignee, or other Person in possession
of, having a Lien upon, or having rights or interests in the
Equipment or Inventory, in each case, on terms and conditions no
less favorable to Purchaser than the terms and conditions of the
corresponding landlord waiver, bailee letter or acknowledgment
provided to the Senior Lender in connection with the Senior Credit
Agreement, and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to
Purchaser substantially in the form of Exhibit J
.
“ Common
Stock ” shall mean the Company’s common stock,
par value $0.001 per share (including, without limitation, the
Warrant Securities), or any other capital stock of the Company
(including, without limitation, any preferred stock) into which
such stock is reclassified or reconstituted.
“ Company SEC
Documents ” shall mean all required SEC Reports with
the SEC (including all reports, schedules, forms, statements and
other documents filed with the SEC, whether or not
required).
“ Compliance
Certificate ” shall mean a Compliance Certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit F .
“ Consolidated
Adjusted EBITDA ” shall mean, with respect to the
Company and its Subsidiaries during a specified period of time, the
sum of the following, each calculated for such period:
(a) Consolidated Net Income
before taxes for such period (excluding (i) pre-tax gains on
the sale of assets, (ii) other pre-tax extraordinary or
non-recurring gains and (iii) any non-cash adjustments
resulting from the accounting for any embedded derivatives
contained in the Warrant Agreement or arising from the issuance of
Warrant Securities as may be required by FASB Statement
No. 133 or EITF Issue No. 00-19);
plus
(b) the sum of the following
without duplication and to the extent reflected as a charge in the
statement of such net income for such period: (i) interest
expense, (ii) depreciation, (iii) amortization,
(iv) any non-cash stock compensation expense ,(v) any non-cash
expense resulting from the issuance of the Warrant and the Note,
and (vi) solely for purposes of measuring the Consolidated
Adjusted EBITDA for any quarter in fiscal year 2008, up to
$1,000,000 in the aggregate of non-recurring expenses that are
identified in amounts of the end of each quarter of fiscal year
2008 when publicly filed that are reasonably approved (as
non-recurring expenses) by Purchaser and that were included in the
calculation of Consolidated Net Income during such
quarter;
minus
(c) interest income
calculated in determining net income for such period;
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provided , that (A) the
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of any Person or business disposed of
for consideration by any Credit Party during such period shall be
excluded for such period (the consummation of such disposition and
the repayment of any Indebtedness in connection therewith shall be
assumed to have occurred on the first day of such period);
(B) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA shall not include any income
of a Person that is not consolidated with the Company or that
cannot be distributed to the Company due to any Contractual
Obligation or Requirement of Law; and (C) all amounts included
in or excluded from this definition shall be calculated in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Consolidated
Interest Expense ” shall mean, of any Person for any
period, total interest expense (net of any interest income)
(including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) of such
Person and its Subsidiaries and amortization or write-off of debt
discount and debt issuance costs and commissions, discounts and
other fees, charges and expenses associated with Indebtedness
(including, in the case of the Company, the Note) for such period
with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person and its
Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, all commissions,
discounts and other fees, charges and expenses owed by such Person
and paid during such period with respect to letters of credit and
bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs of such Person
under Hedge Agreements in respect of interest rates to the extent
such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with
GAAP).
“ Consolidated
Leverage Ratio ” shall mean the ratio of (a) the
Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of a specified
date to (b) the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the period in
question.
“ Consolidated
Net Income ” shall mean, of any Person for any
period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person and
its Subsidiaries for such period (before accounting for
extraordinary items other than extraordinary or nonrecurring items
of loss which would have an impact on current cash flows)
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
provided , that in calculating Consolidated Net Income of
any Credit Party and its Subsidiaries for any Period, there shall
be excluded (a) the income (or deficit) of any Person accrued
prior to (i) the date that it becomes a Subsidiary of such
Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) the date it is
merged into or consolidated with any of the Company or any of their
Subsidiaries, (b) the income (or deficit) of any Person (other
than a Subsidiary of such Credit Party) in which any Credit Party
or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to the
extent that any such income is actually received by such Credit
Party or such Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar
distributions, and (c) the undistributed earnings of any
Subsidiary of any Credit Party to the extent that the declaration
or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary
is not at the time permitted by the terms of any Contractual
Obligation or Requirement of Law applicable to such Subsidiary;
provided further , that in calculating Consolidated Net
Income of any Credit Party and its Subsidiaries (A) for fiscal
year 2008, Consolidated Net Income shall include no more than
$100,000 of income or expense reduction associated with the
accounting treatment for expenses accrued prior to July 1,
2007, and (B) for any time period after fiscal year 2008,
Consolidated Net Income shall not include any income or expense
reduction associated with the accounting treatment for expenses
accrued prior to July 1, 2007.
“ Contingent
Obligation ” as applied to any Person, shall mean any
direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that
Person: (i) with respect to any underlying indebtedness,
lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the
primary purpose or intent of the Person
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incurring such liability, or the primary
effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such
liability that the underlying indebtedness, lease, dividend or
other obligation will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements
relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such
liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with
respect thereto; (ii) with respect to any letter of credit
issued for the account of that Person or as to which that Person is
otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings; or (iii) under
any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, interest
rate swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement
designed to alter the risks of that Person arising from
fluctuations in currency values or interest rates. Contingent
Obligations shall include (a) the direct or indirect guaranty,
endorsement (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary
course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale
with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another,
(b) the obligation to make take-or-pay or similar payments if
required regardless of nonperformance by any other party or parties
to an agreement, or to maintain working capital or equity capital
of such other Person or otherwise to maintain the net worth or
solvency of such other Person, (c) any liability of such
Person for the obligations of another through any agreement to
purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or any
property constituting security therefor, to provide funds for the
payment or discharge of such obligation or to maintain the
solvency, financial condition or any balance sheet item or level of
income of another, and (d) otherwise to assure or hold
harmless the owner of any of the foregoing obligations against loss
in respect thereto. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall
be equal to the amount of the obligation so guaranteed or otherwise
supported or, if not a fixed and determined amount, the maximum
amount so guaranteed.
“ Contractual
Obligations ” shall mean as to any Person, any
provision of any security issued by such Person or of any
agreement, undertaking, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust or other instrument or arrangement (whether in writing or
otherwise) to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of
such Person’s property is bound.
“ Control
” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the power to direct
the management, operations, business or policies of such
Person.
“ Control
Agreement ” shall mean an account control agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit M as the same may
be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time in
accordance with its terms.
“
Conversion ” shall have the meaning assigned to
that term in Section 11.2(a) .
“ Conversion
Conditions ” shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in Section 11.2(a) .
“ Credit
Party ” shall mean the Company, each of its
Subsidiaries, each Guarantor and each other Person (other than
Purchaser) that becomes party to any Transaction Document pursuant
to Section 5.21 .
“ Default
” shall mean an event, condition, or default that, with the
giving of notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event
of Default.
“ Defined Benefit
Plan ” shall mean a defined benefit plan within the
meaning of Section 3(35) of ERISA or Section 414(j) of
the Code, whether funded or unfunded, qualified or non qualified
(whether or not subject to ERISA or the Code).
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“ Derivatives
Counterparty ” shall have the meaning assigned to
that term in Section 9.9(d) .
“ Disqualified
Stock ” shall mean any stock or other ownership or
profit interest of any Credit Party in respect of which any Credit
Party is or, upon the passage of time or the occurrence of any
event, may become obligated to redeem, purchase, retire, defense or
otherwise make any payment other than in the form of stock (other
than Disqualified Stock).
“ Dollars
” or “$” shall mean United States
dollars.
“ Environmental
Laws ” shall mean any applicable federal, state,
provincial, foreign or local statute, law, rule, regulation,
ordinance, code, binding and enforceable guideline, binding and
enforceable written policy or rule of common law now or hereafter
in effect and in each case as amended, or any judicial or
administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or
administrative order, consent decree or judgment, to the extent
binding on the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any other Credit
Party, relating to the environment, health and safety, or Hazardous
Materials, including, without limitation, CERCLA; the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 USC 6901 et seq. (“
RCRA ”); the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act, 33 USC § 1251 et seq. ; the Toxic Substances
Control Act, 15 USC, § 2601 et seq. ; the Clean Air
Act, 42 USC § 7401 et seq. ; the Safe Drinking Water
Act, 42 USC § 3803 et seq. ; the Oil Pollution Act of
1990, 33 USC § 2701 et seq. ; the Emergency Planning
and the Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 USC § 11001
et seq. ; the Hazardous Material Transportation Act, 49 USC
§ 1801 et seq. ; and the Occupational Safety and Health
Act, 29 USC §651 et seq. (to the extent it regulates
occupational exposure to Hazardous Materials); any state and local
or foreign counterparts or equivalents, in each case as amended
from time to time.
“
Equipment ” shall have the meaning assigned to
that term in the Security Agreement.
“ Equity
Award ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in Section 5.21(p) .
“ Equity Stake
Fraction ” means the ownership of Purchaser and its
Affiliates (or their assigns) in the Company on the date of the Put
Option Notice (after taking into account all Capital Stock that
would be issuable to Purchaser or its Affiliates upon exercise of
the Warrant and of any other derivative or convertible securities
owned or controlled by Purchaser or its Affiliates (or their
assigns)), expressed as a fraction.
“ ERISA
” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended from time to time, and any successor statute thereto,
and the regulations issued thereunder.
“ ERISA
Affiliate ” shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in Section 5.21 .
“ Event of
Default ” shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in Section 10.1 .
“ Exchange
Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended from time to time, and any successor statute thereto,
and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.
“ Executive
Officer ” shall mean, with respect to any Person,
(i) any other Person titled as, or otherwise performing for or
on behalf of such Person the functions typically performed by, a
chairman, a chairwoman, a chief executive officer, a chief
financial officer or a chief operating officer (or the equivalents
thereof, in the case of non-corporate entities), or (ii) any
other person in
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charge of a principal business unit,
division or function (such as sales, administration or finance) of,
or who performs a policy making function for, such first Person.
For the avoidance of doubt, each of Phillip Forman, Andrew Barnett,
David Walz, John DeNobile, John Caportoro shall constitute an
Executive Officer of the Company on the date hereof.
“ Existing
Preferred Stock ” shall mean the Company’s
preferred stock, including but not limited to Series A-1 and Series
A-2, that is outstanding as of the date of this
Agreement.
“ Existing
Subordinated Debt ” shall mean the promissory notes
and other instruments evidencing Indebtedness of the Credit Parties
that is subordinated to the Senior Lender, as set forth on
Schedule 3 .
“ Federal Reserve
Board ” shall mean the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any
successor).
“ Fee
Letter ” shall mean that certain letter, dated as of
the date hereof, by and between the Company and
Purchaser.
“ FEIN
” shall mean Federal Employer Identification
Number.
“
Fiduciary ” shall mean a
“fiduciary” as that term is defined in
Section 3(21) of ERISA.
“ Financial
Statements ” shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in Section 1.2(d) .
“ Fully Diluted
Basis ” shall mean, with respect to calculating the
outstanding Common Stock of the Company as of any particular time,
a basis of calculation that includes (a) all shares of Common
Stock issued and outstanding at such time and all additional shares
of Common Stock that would be issued upon the conversion, exchange
or exercise of all securities, instruments and contracts of the
Company outstanding at such time (without regard to any net
exercise provisions and irrespective of whether such securities,
instruments and contracts are “in the money”), and
(b) any adjustments arising from any anti-dilution provisions,
resets or similar provisions of any documents existing at such
particular time.
“ GAAP
” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in
effect within the United States, consistently applied.
“ General
Intangibles ” shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in the Security Agreement.
“ Governing
Documents ” shall mean, with respect to any Person,
the certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate of
formation, by-laws, limited liability company operating agreement
or other organizational documents of such Person.
“ Governmental
Authority ” shall mean any foreign, federal, state,
local, or other governmental or administrative body,
instrumentality, department, or agency or any court, tribunal,
administrative hearing body, arbitration panel, commission, or
other similar dispute-resolving panel or body.
“
Guarantee ” shall mean the Guarantee
substantially in the form of Exhibit C .
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“
Guarantors ” shall mean collectively, all
Persons (including, without limitation, the Company’s
Subsidiaries) from time to time executing a Guarantee or similar
agreement in favor of Purchaser; sometimes referred to individually
as a “ Guarantor ”.
“ Hazardous
Materials ” shall mean (a) substances that are
defined or listed in, or otherwise classified pursuant to, any
applicable laws or the regulations thereunder as “hazardous
substances,” “hazardous materials,”
“hazardous wastes,” “toxic substances,” or
any other formulation intended to define, list, or classify
substances by reason of deleterious properties such as
ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity,
reproductive toxicity, or “EP toxicity,” (b) oil,
petroleum, or petroleum derived substances, natural gas, natural
gas liquids, synthetic gas, drilling fluids, produced waters, and
other wastes associated with the exploration, development, or
production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal resources,
(c) any flammable substances or explosives or any radioactive
materials, and (d) asbestos in any form or electrical
equipment that contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing
levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of 50 parts per
million.
“ Hedge
Agreements ” shall mean all interest rate swaps, caps
or collar agreements or similar arrangements entered into by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries providing for protection against
fluctuations in interest rates, currency exchange rates or
commodity prices, or the exchange of nominal interest obligations,
either generally or under specific contingencies.
“ Hospital
Contract ” shall mean any Contractual Obligation of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, with any Person (other than
the Credit Parties) operating a hospital (a “
Hospital ”), obligating the Company to furnish
the facility or technical component of wound care and/or hyperbaric
oxygen therapy to the Hospital’s admitted or registered
patients, or obligating the Company to furnish specified wound care
and/or hyperbaric oxygen therapy facility management services to
the Hospital, as applicable, and any Contractual Obligation of the
Company with the Hospital that is ancillary to such Contractual
Obligation.
“
Indebtedness ” shall mean of any Person at any
date, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person
for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the
deferred purchase price of Property or services (other than trade
payables incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s
business that are not overdue by more than sixty (60) days
from its due date and that are not being contested in good faith),
(c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds,
debentures or other similar instruments, (d) 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), (e) all Capital Lease
Obligations or Synthetic Lease Obligations of such Person,
(f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise,
as an account party under acceptance, letter of credit or similar
facilities, (g) all obligations of such Person (including,
with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, the obligations
set forth in Section 8.26 ), contingent or otherwise,
to purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any
Capital Stock of such Person or its Subsidiaries, joint ventures or
partnerships, including the estimated potential cost of all
obligations to make future payments for any such Capital Stock
(such as earn-outs or similar payments), (h) all Contingent
Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind
referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above,
(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, without
limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such
Person,
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whether or not such Person has assumed
or become liable for the payment of such obligation, (j) all
accrued but unpaid obligations of such Person in respect of Hedge
Agreements, (k) the maximum redemption value of any preferred
Capital Stock of such Person or its Subsidiaries held by any Person
other than such Person and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries,
(l) all guarantees of items which would be included within
this definition (regardless of whether such items would appear upon
a balance sheet), and (m) all liabilities resulting from
non-recurring events (including, without limitation, non-recurring
expenses, liabilities, legal settlements and accounts payable),
including, without limitation, the non-recurring liabilities set
forth on Schedule A ; provided , that
(A) obligations of the kind referred to in the foregoing
clause (j) shall not be included in “
Indebtedness ” for the purposes of calculating
the financial covenants set forth in Section 9.18 , and
(B) any payments on account of Indebtedness made by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries subsequent to the date on which
Indebtedness is being measured (including, without limitation,
non-recurring liabilities of the kind referred to in the foregoing
clause (m)) resulting from facts or circumstances that existed
prior to such measuring date shall be included in “
Indebtedness ”, and any calculation in any
Transaction Document involving Indebtedness shall be recalculated
to take such payments into account (including, without limitation,
for purposes of calculating the Exercise Price, as defined in the
Warrant Agreement) to the extent that such payments were not
included in the determination of Indebtedness on the measuring
date.
“ Indemnified
Liabilities ” shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in Section 7.1(a)(ii) .
“ Indemnified
Person ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in Section 7.1(a) .
“ Insolvency
Proceeding ” shall mean any proceeding commenced by
or against any Person under any provision of the Bankruptcy Code or
under any other state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency law,
assignments for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal
moratoria, compositions, extensions generally with creditors, or
proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other similar
relief.
“ Intangible
Assets ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, that
portion of the book value of all of such Person’s assets that
would be treated as intangibles under GAAP.
“ Intellectual
Property Security Agreement ” shall mean the
Intellectual Property Security Agreement to be executed and
delivered by each Credit Party, substantially in the form of
Exhibit K , as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with this Agreement.
“ Intercreditor
Agreement ” shall mean that Subordination and
Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the
Company, the Senior Lender, and Purchaser, substantially in the
form of Exhibit G , as amended, restated, supplemented
or modified from time to time in accordance with its
terms.
“
Inventory ” shall have the meaning assigned to
that term in the Security Agreement.
“
Investment ” shall mean (i) any direct or
indirect purchase or other acquisition by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of any beneficial interest in, including stock,
partnership interest, membership interest or other Capital Stock
of, any other Person (other than a Person that prior to the
relevant purchase or acquisition was a wholly-owned domestic
Subsidiary of the
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Company that is a Guarantor) or
(ii) any direct or indirect loan, advance or capital
contribution by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any other
Person (other than a wholly-owned domestic Subsidiary of the
Company that is a Guarantor), including all Indebtedness and
accounts receivable from that other Person that are not current
assets or did not arise from sales or the provision of services to
that other Person in the ordinary course of business. The amount of
any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus
the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for
increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or
write-offs with respect to such Investment.
“ Investment
Company Act ” shall mean the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute
thereto.
“ Investment
Property ” shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in the Security Agreement.
“ Joinder
Agreement ” shall mean the Joinder Agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit P .
“ Lien
” shall mean any interest in an asset securing an obligation
owed to, or a claim by, any Person other than the owner of the
asset, whether such interest is based on the common law, statute,
or contract, whether such interest is recorded or perfected, and
whether such interest is contingent upon the occurrence of some
future event or events or the existence of some future circumstance
or circumstances, including the lien or security interest arising
from a mortgage, deed of trust, encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, deposit arrangement, security agreement, conditional
sale or trust receipt, or from a lease, consignment, or bailment
for security purposes and also including reservations, exceptions,
encroachments, easements, rights-of-way, covenants, conditions,
restrictions, leases, and other title exceptions and encumbrances
affecting real property.
“ Losses
” shall mean any and all losses (including, without
limitation, punitive, exemplary, consequential or indirect damages
and liabilities of any kind), claims, damages, liabilities,
judgments, expenses and costs, including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs of collection and other
fees and expenses, including, without limitation, any loss, cost or
expense under any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps,
credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, interest
rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap
transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency
swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency
options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any
combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter
into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is
governed by or subject to any master agreement, entered into by the
Purchaser from time to time in connection with this
Agreement.
“ Material
Adverse Change ” or “ Material Adverse
Effect ” shall mean any event, development or
circumstance that has caused or could (with or without notice or
the passage of time, or both) reasonably be expected to cause a
material adverse change in or effect on: (a) any of the
transactions contemplated hereby, (b) the condition (financial
or otherwise), results of operation, assets, liabilities,
management, prospects or value of the Credit Parties, or that calls
into question in any material respect any of the Projections
relating to the Credit Parties that were previously provided to
Purchaser or any of the material assumptions on which such
Projections
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were prepared, (c) the validity or
enforceability of any Transaction Document or the rights and
remedies of Purchaser thereunder (including, without limitation,
with respect to the Note or the Collateral), (d) the validity,
enforceability or priority of the security interests purported to
be created under any Transaction Document, (e) the ability of
any Credit Party to perform its obligations under any Transaction
Document or the Senior Credit Agreement, (f) the value of all
or any substantial portion of the Collateral which loss of value is
not covered by insurance, or (g) the ability of Purchaser to
enforce its rights or remedies under any Transaction
Document.
“ Material
Provider Contract ” shall mean any contract of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries with a network of healthcare
providers or a third party payor, including, without limitation,
employers and insurance companies, to provide healthcare services
to patients.
“ Maximum
Rate ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in Section 13.14 .
“ Medical
Waste ” shall mean any medical waste, including
without limitation (a) pathological waste, (b) blood,
(c) sharps, (d) wastes from surgery or autopsy,
(e) dialysis waste, including contaminated disposable
equipment and supplies, (f) cultures and stocks of infectious
agents and associated biological agents, (g) contaminated
animals, (h) isolation wastes, (i) contaminated
equipment, (j) laboratory waste, (k) various other
biological waste and discarded materials contaminated with or
exposed to blood, excretion, or secretions from human beings or
animals and (l) any substance, pollutant, material, or
contaminant listed or regulated under the Medical Waste Tracking
Act of 1988, 42 U.S.C. §§6992, et seq .
(“ MWTA ”).
“ Medical Waste
Law ” shall mean the following, including regulations
promulgated and orders issued thereunder, all as may be amended
from time to time: (i) the MWTA, (ii) the U.S. Public
Vessel Medical Waste Anti-Dumping Act of 1988, 33 USCA
§§2501 et seq ., (iii) the Marine
Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, 33 USCA
§§1401 et seq ., (iv) the Occupational
Safety and Health Act, 29 USCA §§651 et seq
., (v) the United States Department of Health and Human
Services, National Institute for Occupational Self-Safety and
Health Infectious Waste Disposal Guidelines, Publication
No. 88-119, and (vi) any other federal, state, regional,
county, municipal, or other local laws, regulations, and ordinances
insofar as they purport to regulate Medical Waste, or impose
requirements relating to Medical Waste.
“ Multiemployer
Plan ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in Section 5.21 .
“ Negotiable
Collateral ” shall mean all of the Credit
Parties’ now owned and hereafter acquired right, title, and
interest with respect to letters of credit, letter of credit
rights, instruments, promissory notes, drafts, documents, and
chattel paper (including electronic chattel paper and tangible
chattel paper), and any and all supporting obligations in respect
thereof (as such terms are defined in the UCC).
“ Note
” shall mean the senior secured subordinated promissory note
referred to in the first recital hereof, which note is
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A
.
“
Obligations ” shall mean all loans evidenced by
the Note and all advances, debts, principal, interest (including
any interest that, but for the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code,
would have accrued), premiums, liabilities, obligations, fees,
charges, costs, Purchaser’s Expenses (including any fees or
expenses that, but for the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, would
have accrued),
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lease payments, guaranties, covenants,
and duties of any kind and description owing by any of the Credit
Parties to Purchaser pursuant to, in connection with, or evidenced
by, the Transaction Documents and irrespective of whether for the
payment of money or otherwise, whether direct or indirect, absolute
or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter
arising, and including all interest not paid when due, obligations
under Transaction Documents and all Purchaser’s Expenses that
any Credit Party is required to pay or reimburse under the
Transaction Documents, by law, or otherwise. Any reference in the
Transaction Documents to the Obligations shall include all
amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals
replacements, substitutions, and supplements, thereto and thereof,
as applicable, both prior and subsequent to any Insolvency
Proceeding.
“ PBGC
” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (as
defined in Title IV of ERISA).
“ Permitted
Dispositions ” shall mean any (a) sale or other
disposition by any Credit Party of any Equipment that is obsolete
or worn out in the ordinary course of business, (b) sale by
any Credit Party of Inventory to buyers in the ordinary course of
business, or (c) licensing by any Credit Party, on a
non-exclusive basis, of Proprietary Rights in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice.
“ Permitted
Investments ” shall mean (a) investments in Cash
Equivalents, (b) investments in negotiable instruments for
collection, (c) advances made in connection with purchases of
goods or services in the ordinary course of business, and
(d) investments by any Credit Party in any other Credit Party
that is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company; provided ,
that if any such investment is in the form of Indebtedness, prior
to the incurrence thereof such Indebtedness investment shall be
subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of
the Obligations in a manner satisfactory to Purchaser, in its sole
discretion; provided further , that, in any event, any such
Indebtedness investment shall be subordinated in right of payment
to the Obligations under the Transaction Documents at least to the
same extent that the Note is subordinated pursuant to the
Intercreditor Agreement.
“ Permitted
Lien ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in Section 9.2 .
“ Permitted
Protest ” shall mean the right of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, to protest any Lien (other than
any such Lien that secures the Obligations), Taxes (other than
payroll Taxes or Taxes that are the subject of a United States
federal Tax lien), or rental payment; provided , that
(a) a reserve with respect to such obligation is established
on the Books in such amount as is required under GAAP, (b) any
such protest is instituted promptly and prosecuted diligently by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, in good
faith, and (c) Purchaser is satisfied that, while any such
protest is pending, there will be no impairment of the
enforceability, validity, perfection or priority of any of
Purchaser’s Liens,
“ Permitted
Purchase Money Indebtedness ” shall mean, as of any
date of determination, Purchase Money Indebtedness incurred after
the Closing Date in an aggregate amount outstanding at any one time
not in excess of Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($7,500,000).
“ Person
” shall mean any natural person, corporation, limited
liability company, limited partnership, general partnership,
limited liability partnership, joint venture, trust, land trust,
business trust, or other organization, irrespective of whether they
are legal entities or Governmental Authorities.
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“ Preliminary
Proxy ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in Section 8.21 .
“ Pro Forma
Balance Sheet ” shall mean the pro forma consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries delivered
pursuant to Section 3.11 , a copy of which is attached
as Schedule 3.11 .
“
Projections ” shall mean any and all forecasted
(a) balance sheets, (b) profit and loss statements,
(c) cash flow statements and (d) other projections, in
each case relating to the Company or any other Credit Party
prepared by or on behalf of any Credit Party and provided to the
Purchaser on or prior to the Closing Date, copies of which are
attached hereto as Exhibit N .
“
Property ” shall mean any right or interest in
or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or
mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including, without
limitation, Equipment, Proprietary Rights and Capital
Stock.
“ Proposal
Letter ” shall mean that certain Proposal Letter,
dated as of February 18, 2008, between the Company and Bison
Capital Equity Partners II, LP, as amended, restated, modified or
otherwise supplemented from time to time.
“ Proprietary
Rights ” of any Person shall mean all of such
Person’s now owned and hereafter arising or acquired:
licenses, franchises, permits, patents, patent rights, copyrights,
works which are the subject matter of copyrights, trademarks,
service marks, trade names, trade styles, patent applications,
trademark applications, service mark applications, and all licenses
and rights related to any of the foregoing, and all other rights
under any of the foregoing, all extensions, renewals, reissues,
divisions, continuations, and continuations-in-part of any of the
foregoing, and all rights to sue for past, present and future
infringement of any of the foregoing.
“ Purchase Money
Indebtedness ” shall mean Indebtedness (other than
the Obligations, but including Capital Lease Obligations), incurred
at the time of, or within twenty (20) days after, the
acquisition of any Equipment for the purpose of financing all or
any part of, but no more than, the acquisition cost
thereof.
“ Purchase
Price ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in Section 2.4 .
“
Purchaser ” shall have the meaning set forth in
the preamble of this Agreement.
“
Purchaser’s Expenses ” shall mean any and
all costs and expenses actually incurred by or on behalf of
Purchaser pursuant to, in respect of or otherwise in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement including,
without limitation, all (a) costs or expenses (including Taxes
and insurance premiums) required to be paid by a Credit Party under
any of the Transaction Documents that are paid or incurred by or on
behalf of Purchaser, (b) fees or charges paid or incurred by
Purchaser in connection with Purchaser’s transactions with
the Credit Parties, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses, fees or charges for photocopying, notarization, couriers
and messengers, telecommunication, public record searches
(including Tax lien, litigation, and UCC searches and including
searches with the patent and trademark office, the copyright
office, or the department of motor vehicles), filing, recording,
publication, appraisal (including
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periodic Collateral appraisals or
business valuations to the extent of the fees and charges (and up
to the amount of any limitation contained in this Agreement), and
environmental audits, (c) costs and expenses incurred by
Purchaser in the disbursement of funds to or for the account of the
Credit Parties (by wire transfer or otherwise), (d) charges
paid or incurred by Purchaser resulting from the dishonor of
checks, (e) Losses paid or incurred by or on behalf of
Purchaser to correct any default or enforce any provision of the
Transaction Documents (including perfection or priority of any Lien
granted pursuant to any Security Document), or in gaining
possession of, maintaining, handling, preserving, storing,
shipping, selling, preparing for sale, or advertising to sell the
Collateral, or any portion thereof, irrespective of whether a sale
is consummated, (f) reasonable audit or consulting fees and
expenses of Purchaser, (g) Losses from third party claims or
any other suit paid or incurred by or on behalf of Purchaser in
enforcing or defending the Transaction Documents or in connection
with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or
Purchaser’s relationship with any Credit Party or any
guarantor of the Obligations, (h) Purchaser’s reasonable
fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in
connection with advising, structuring, drafting, reviewing or
administering, the Transaction Documents, (i) fees and
expenses incurred by Purchaser (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees) incurred in amending the Transaction
Documents or in terminating, enforcing (including attorneys’
fees and expenses incurred in connection with a
“workout,” a “restructuring,” or an
Insolvency Proceeding concerning any Credit Party or in exercising
rights or remedies under the Transaction Documents), or defending
the Transaction Documents, irrespective of whether suit is brought,
or in taking any Remedial Action concerning the Collateral,
(j) all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Purchaser
(including attorneys’ fees) in connection with the monitoring
of the Securities, including any related Taxes and fees in
connection thereto, and (k) all reasonable costs and expenses
of Purchaser from due diligence, syndication, distribution, rating
agency, messenger, audit, insurance, search, filing and recording
fees in connection with any of the foregoing Purchaser Expenses.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Purchaser’s Expenses that are
to be reimbursed by the Credit Parties on the Closing Date and that
were incurred by Purchaser in connection with the closing of the
transactions on the Closing Date contemplated by this Agreement
shall not exceed Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000), in the
aggregate, less the Twenty-Five Thousand Dollar ($25,000)
non-refundable expense deposit already paid to Purchaser for such
closing expenses.
“ Put Option
Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in Section 12.1(a) .
“ Put Option
Notice “ shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in Section 12.1(a) .
“ Put
Price ” shall mean the product of (a) the Equity
Stake Fraction multiplied by an amount equal to
(b) (i) the Assumed Multiple multiplied by the
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (certified by the Company’s
Chief Financial Officer) for the trailing twelve month period
ending on the last day of the month immediately preceding the date
that the Put Option Notice is delivered, plus (ii) all
cash and Cash Equivalents of the Credit Parties as of the end of
the month immediately preceding the date that the Put Option Notice
is delivered, minus (iii) all indebtedness of the
Credit Parties to unaffiliated third parties incurred in the
ordinary course of business (other than Indebtedness incurred in
violation of any provision hereof) outstanding as of the end of the
month immediately preceding the date that the Put Option Notice is
delivered.
“ RCRA
” has the meaning set forth in the definition of
“Environmental Laws”.
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“ Record
” shall mean information that is inscribed on a tangible
medium or which is stored in an electronic or other medium and is
retrievable in perceivable form.
“ Redeemable
Preferred Stock ” shall have the meaning assigned to
that term in Section 11.2(a) .
“
Register ” shall have the meaning assigned to
that term in Section 8.24 .
“ Registration
Rights Agreement ” shall mean the Registration Rights
Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit E .
“ Regulation
T ” shall mean Regulation T of the Federal Reserve
Board as in effect from time to time (and any successor to all or a
portion thereof).
“ Regulation
U ” shall mean Regulation U of the Federal Reserve
Board as in effect from time to time (and any successor to all or a
portion thereof).
“ Regulation
X ” shall mean Regulation X of the Federal Reserve
Board as in effect from time to time (and any successor to all or a
portion thereof).
“ Remedial
Action ” shall mean all actions taken to
(a) clean up, remove, remediate, contain, treat, monitor,
assess, evaluate, or in any way address Hazardous Materials in the
indoor or outdoor environment, (b) prevent or minimize a
release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials so they do not
migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or
welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment, (c) perform any
pre-remedial studies, investigations, or post-remedial operation
and maintenance activities, or (d) conduct any other actions
authorized by 42 USC § 9601.
“
Representatives ” shall mean, as to any Person,
such Person’s directors, officers, partners, employees,
agents or representatives (including attorneys, accountants and
financial advisors).
“ Requirements of
Law ” shall mean as to any Person, provisions of the
Governing Documents or other organizational or governing documents
of such Person, or any law, treaty, policy, code, rule, regulation,
right, privilege, qualification, license or franchise or
determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental
Authority, in each case applicable or binding upon such Person or
any of such Person’s property or to which such Person or any
of such Person’s property is subject or pertaining to any or
all of the transactions contemplated or referred to
herein.
“ Restricted
Payment ” shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in Section 9.9 .
“ SEC
” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any successor thereto.
“ SEC
Reports ” with respect to any Person shall mean all
forms, reports, statements and other documents (including exhibits,
annexes, supplements and amendments to such documents) filed or
required to be filed by it, or sent or made available by it to its
security holders, under the Exchange Act, the Securities Act, any
national securities exchange or quotation system or comparable
Governmental Authority.
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“
Securities ” shall mean, collectively, the Note
and the Warrant.
“ Securities
Account ” shall mean a “securities
account” as that term is defined in the UCC.
“ Securities
Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended from time to time, or any similar federal statute, and the
rules and regulations thereunder as the same shall be in effect at
the time.
“ Security
Agreement ” shall mean that certain Security
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Credit Parties in
favor of Purchaser, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit O , as amended, restated, supplemented or
modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.
“ Security
Documents ” shall mean the Security Agreement, the
Intellectual Property Security Agreement, the Stock Pledge
Agreement (and the Acknowledgment and Consents thereto), each
Control Agreement, financing statements and all other pledge and
security documents hereafter delivered to Purchaser granting or
purporting to grant a Lien on any Property of any Person to secure
the obligations and liabilities of any Credit Party under any
Transaction Document.
“ Senior Credit
Agreement ” shall mean that certain Amended and
Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of June 17, 2005, by and
among NY HYPERBARIC, LLC, FOREST HILLS HYPERBARIC, LLC, SCRANTON
HYPERBARIC LLC, JFK HYPERBARIC LLC, TRENTON HYPERBARIC, LLC, NEWARK
BI LLC, PASSAIC HYPERBARIC, LLC, ST JOSEPHS HYPERBARIC LLC, GREATER
BRONX HYPERBARIC LLC (f/k/a Montefiore Hyperbaric LLC), ELISE KING,
LLC, SOUTH NASSAU HYPERBARIC, LLC, NEW YORK HYPERBARIC AND WOUND
CARE CENTERS LLC, NEW YORK HYPERBARIC AND WOUND CARE CENTERS,
L.L.C., VB HYPERBARIC, LLC, EIN HYPERBARIC LLC, MAIMONIDES
HYPERBARIC, LLC, THE SQUARE HYPERBARIC, LLC, SOUTH N HYPERBARIC
LLC, MUHLENBERG HYPERBARIC LLC, LOWELL HYPERBARIC LLC., THE CENTER
FOR WOUND HEALING I, LLC (f/k/a Modern Medical, LLC), THE CENTER
FOR WOUND HEALING II, LLC (f/k/a Modern Medical Specialties, LLC),
NJ HYPERBARIC, LLC, FAR ROCKAWAY HYPERBARIC, LLC, ATLANTIC
HYPERBARIC, LLC, ATLANTIC ASSOCIATES, LLC, CEF PRODUCTS, LLC, CMC
HYPERBARIC, LLC, PENNSYLVANIA HYPERBARIC, LLC, HYPERBARIC, LLC
(a/k/a Massachusetts Hyperbaric, LLC), MEADOWLANDS HYPERBARIC, LLC,
BAYONNE HYPERBARIC, LLC, RARITAN BAY HYPERBARIC, LLC, CFWH
MEZZANINE, LLC, and SOUTH OCEAN COUNTY HYPERBARIC, LLC, and Senior
Lender, as amended by First Amendment, dated as of April 7,
2006, Second Amendment, dated as of February 1, 2007, a Third
Amendment and Waiver dated as of May 29, 2007, a Fourth
Amendment and Waiver dated as of July 31, 2007, Fifth
Amendment, dated as October 11, 2007, a Sixth Amendment dated
as of March 19, 2008, and Seventh Amendment, dated as
March 31, 2008.
“ Senior Credit
Documents ” shall mean the Senior Credit Agreement
and other documents listed in Schedule 2 .
“ Senior
Lender ” shall mean Signature Bank or its successors
and assigns.
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“ Solvency
Certificate ” shall mean a Solvency Certificate
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H
, and signed by the Chief Financial Officer of the
Company.
“ Solvent
” shall mean, with respect to any Person, as of any date of
determination, (a) the amount 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 which 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, (d) such Person
will be able to pay its debts as they mature, and (e) such
Person is not insolvent within the meaning of any applicable
Requirements of Law. For purposes of this definition,
(i) “debt” means the maximum potential liability
arising from a “claim,” and
(ii) “claim” means any (A) 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
(B) 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 or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or
unsecured.
“ Stated
Principal Amount ” shall mean, with respect to the
Note, the stated principal amount at the final maturity of the Note
of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000).
“ Stock Pledge
Agreement ” shall mean the Pledge Agreement,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L
, executed and delivered by the Credit Parties, as the same may be
amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time in
accordance with its terms.
“ Stockholder
Proposal ” shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in Section 8.21 .
“ Subordination
Agreement ” shall mean a subordination agreement
executed by a creditor in favor of Purchaser substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit D .
“ Subsequent
Financing Multiple ” shall mean, if any Capital Stock
is issued within the twelve months prior to the date that the Put
Option Notice is delivered, the result of the following:
(i) (A) (1) the highest price paid or payable per
share of Common Stock that is or will be issued in connection with
such Capital Stock issuance ( plus , if such issuance of
Capital Stock includes any rights, preferences or privileges that
are more favorable to the purchaser of such issuance than the
rights, preferences and privileges of the securities issuable under
the Warrant, the fair market value of such incremental rights,
preferences and privileges); provided , that if such
issuance of Capital Stock is issued together or as a unit with
non-Capital Stock, then for purposes of valuing the Capital Stock
and non-Capital Stock components, the minimum amount possible will
be allocated to the non-Capital Stock component of the unit
based upon the lesser of the face value or the fair market value
thereof, and the remainder of the price paid for such unit shall be
allocated to the Capital Stock component; multiplied by
(2) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately following such issuance on a Fully Diluted Basis,
minus (B) all cash and Cash Equivalents of the Credit
Parties as of the date of such Capital Stock issuance, plus
(C) all Indebtedness (including any redemption premiums
thereon assuming such Indebtedness was redeemed on the measuring
date) of the Credit Parties as of the date of such Capital Stock
issuance, divided by (ii) the Consolidated Adjusted
EBITDA for the twelve month period ended as of the last day of the
calendar month immediately preceding the date of such Capital Stock
issuance.
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Solely for purposes of
illustration and not limitation, if $2.00 was the highest price
paid per share of Common Stock issued in the last twelve months
prior to the date that the Put Option Notice was delivered (and
there were no rights, preferences or privileges more favorable to
the purchaser of such issuance than the rights, preferences and
privileges of the securities issuable under the Warrant), there
were 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
following such issuance on a Fully Diluted Basis, all cash and Cash
Equivalents of the Credit Parties as of the last day of the
calendar month immediately preceding the Put Option Notice was
$1,000,000, all Indebtedness of the Credit Parties as of the last
day of the calendar month immediately preceding the Put Option
Notice was $1,000,000, and the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the
twelve month period ended as of the last day of the calendar month
immediately preceding the Put Option Notice was $5,000,000, then
the calculation would be as follows:
[($2.00 X 20,000,000) - $1,000,000 + $1,000,000]/$5,000,000 = 8
“
Subsidiary ” of a Person shall mean a
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other
entity in which that Person directly or indirectly (including
through one or more subsidiaries) owns or controls the shares or
units of Capital Stock having ordinary voting power to elect a
majority of the board of directors (or appoint other comparable
managers) of such corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, or other entity.
“ Supporting
Obligations ” shall mean all supporting obligations
as such term is defined in the UCC.
“ Synthetic Lease
Obligations ” shall mean all monetary obligations of
a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or
Tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or
possession of property creating obligations which do not appear on
the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or
bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the
Indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting
treatment).
“ Tax
” or “ Taxes ” shall mean any
federal, state, local or foreign income, gross receipts, license,
payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium,
windfall profits, environmental, customs duties, capital stock,
franchise, profits, withholding, social security, unemployment,
disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer,
registration, value added, alternative or add-on minimum,
estimated, or other tax of any kind whatsoever, including any
interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not and
any obligations under any agreements with any other Person with
respect to such amounts and including any liability for taxes of a
predecessor entity.
“ Tax
Return ” shall mean any return, declaration, report,
claim for refund, or information return or statement relating to
Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including
any amendment thereof.
“ Termination
Event ” shall mean (i) any Credit Party, any
Benefit Plan or any fiduciary (within the meaning of
Section 3(21) of ERISA) of a Benefit Plan being named as a
defendant in a lawsuit filed under ERISA or the assertion of a
material claim (other than routine claims for
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benefits) against any Benefit Plan or
the assets thereof, or against any Credit Party or any of its ERISA
Affiliates in connection with any Benefit Plan; (ii) the
Internal Revenue Service giving notice that it intends to revoke
the Tax-qualified status of any Benefit Plan; (iii) the
occurrence of a “Reportable Event” described in
Section 4043 of ERISA with respect to a Benefit Plan,
regardless of whether the PBGC has waived the notice requirements
with respect to such event in its regulations; (iv) the
imposition, or notice of imposition, of liability (whether absolute
or contingent) on any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates
as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from a
Multiemployer Plan; (v) the receipt of a notice to terminate a
Benefit Plan in a distress termination under Section 4041(c)
of ERISA or to appoint a trustee to administer a Benefit Plan;
(vi) the institution of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a
Benefit Plan or to appoint a trustee pursuant to Section 4042
of ERISA, or the occurrence of any event or set of circumstances
that might reasonably constitute grounds for the PBGC to do either;
(vii) the restoration of a Benefit Plan by the PBGC pursuant
to Section 4047 of ERISA; (viii) any Credit Party’s
withdrawal from a single-employer plan during the plan year in
which it is a substantial employer pursuant to Section 4063 of
ERISA; (ix) the existence with respect to any Benefit Plan of
an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether
or not waived, the failure to make by its due date a required
installment under Section 412(m) of the Code with respect to
any Benefit Plan or the failure by any Credit Party or any of its
ERISA Affiliates to make any required contribution to a
Multiemployer Plan; (x) the filing pursuant to
Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of
an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with
respect to any Benefit Plan; (xi) the incurrence by any Credit
Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under
Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any
Benefit Plan; (xii) a determination that a Multiemployer Plan
in which any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates
participates or has participated is, or is expected to be,
insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV
of ERISA; (xiii) the making of any amendment to any Benefit
Plan that could result in the imposition of a lien or the posting
of a bond or other security; and (xiv) the occurrence of a
nonexempt “prohibited transaction” (within the meaning
of Section 4975 of the Tax Code or Section 406 of ERISA)
that could result in liability to any Credit Party; or
(xv) the imposition of a lien pursuant to
Section 401(a)(29) or 412(n) of the Code or pursuant to ERISA
with respect to any Benefit Plan.
“ Transaction
Documents ” shall mean, collectively, this Agreement,
the Note, the Warrant, the Warrant Agreement, the Registration
Rights Agreement, the Voting Agreement, the Guarantees, the
Intercreditor Agreement, the Solvency Certificate, the Compliance
Certificate, the Security Documents, the Fee Letter, any Joinder
Agreement, the Assumption Agreements and other documents,
certificates or instruments entered into by any Credit Party in
connection herewith or therewith.
“ Transfer
Taxes ” shall mean all transfer, documentary, sales,
use, stamp, registration and other such Taxes and fees (including
any penalties and interest).
“ Treasury
Regulations ” shall mean the Treasury regulations
promulgated under the Code.
“ UCC
” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from
time to time, of the State of California or of any other state the
laws of which are required as a result thereof to be applied in
connection with the issue of perfection of security
interests.
“ UFCA
” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 13.19 .
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“ UFTA
” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 13.19 .
“ Unconsolidated
Affiliate ” shall mean any Affiliate of any Credit
Party which is or would not be consolidated with such Credit Party
in the consolidated financial statements of such Credit Parry in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Voting
Agreement ” shall mean the Voting Agreement between
the Company, Purchaser, Capotorto, Phillip Forman, the Elise Trust,
David J. Walz, Barnett, Paul Basmasjian, and David H. Meyrowitz
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit R
.
“ Warrant
” shall mean the warrants referred to in
Section 2.2 , which warrants are evidenced by a warrant
certificate substantially in the form attached to the Warrant
Agreement as Annex I thereto.
“ Warrant
Agreement ” shall mean the Common Stock Warrant
Agreement between the Company and Purchaser substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit B .
“ Warrant
Securities ” shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in the Recitals.
1.2
Interpretation
(a) References to this
Agreement means this Securities Purchase Agreement together with
all Schedules and Exhibits hereto, as the same may from time to
time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated in accordance
with the terms hereof.
(b) The words
“herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder”
and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a
whole, including the Schedules and Exhibits, as the same may from
time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated, and
not to any particular section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph
or clause contained in this Agreement. All references to Sections,
Schedules and Exhibits means the referenced sections of this
Agreement and referenced sections of the Schedules and Exhibits
attached to this Agreement, except where otherwise
stated.
(c) The title of and the
section and paragraph headings in this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not govern or affect the
interpretation of any of the terms or provisions of this
Agreement.
(d) All accounting terms not
specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with
GAAP. When used herein, the term “financial statements”
shall include the notes and schedules thereto. Whenever the term
“Company” is used in respect of a financial covenant or
a related definition, it shall be understood to mean the Company
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis unless the context
clearly requires otherwise. Unless otherwise expressly provided
herein, financial calculations made herein shall be in accordance
with GAAP.
(e) The words
“including” and “includes” and words of
similar import when used in this Agreement shall not be limiting
and shall mean “including without limitation” or
“includes without limitation”, as the case may
be.
(f) Unless the context
otherwise requires, “or” is not exclusive.
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(g) The use herein of the
masculine, feminine or neuter forms shall also denote the other
forms, as in each case the context may require or permit. The
singular or plural includes the other, as the context requires or
permits.
(h) Where any provision
herein refers to action to be taken by any Person, or which such
Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be
applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by
such Person.
(i) All agreements and
covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a
certain action or condition constitutes a default, Default or Event
of Default under a certain agreement or covenant, the fact that
such action or condition is permitted by another agreement or
covenant shall not affect the occurrence of such default, Default
or Event of Default, unless expressly permitted under an exception
to such initial covenant. In addition, all representations and
warranties hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a
particular representation or warranty proves to be incorrect or is
breached, the fact that another representation or warranty
concerning the same or similar subject matter is correct or is not
breached will not affect the incorrectness of or a breach of a
representation and warranty hereunder.
(j) Unless expressly provided
otherwise, the measure of a period of one (1) month or year
for purposes of this Agreement shall be that date of the following
month or year corresponding to the starting date; provided ,
that if no corresponding date exists, the measure shall be that
date of the following month or year corresponding to the next day
following the starting date. For example, one (1) month
following February 18 is March 18, and one (1) month
following March 31 is May 1.
(k) Unless expressly provided
otherwise, any approval or consent required to be given by
Purchaser in this Agreement shall be given or withheld by Purchaser
in their sole discretion.
(l) References to laws and
regulations shall be to such laws and regulations as amended from
time to time.
(m) Any determination or
calculation contemplated by this Agreement or any Transaction
Document that is made by Purchaser shall be final and conclusive
and binding upon the Company in the absence of manifest
error.
(n) No party, nor its
counsel, shall be deemed the drafter of this Agreement for purposes
of construing the provisions of this Agreement, and all provisions
of this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with their fair
meaning, and not strictly for or against any party.
(o) All currency amounts
specified herein are in Dollars.
ARTICLE 2
PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE
SECURITIES; DISCHARGE OF LIABILITIES
2.1 Purchase and Sale of
the Note . For the purchase price set forth on Schedule
2.5 and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth,
the Company agrees that it will issue and sell to Purchaser, and
Purchaser agrees that it will acquire from the Company on the
Closing Date, the Note substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A , appropriately completed in conformity
herewith.
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2.2 Purchase and Sale of
the Warrant . For the purchase price set forth on Schedule
2.5 and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth,
the Company agrees that it will issue and sell to Purchaser, and
Purchaser agrees that it will acquire from the Company on the
Closing Date, warrants to purchase the Warrant Securities (such
warrants collectively referred to as the “
Warrant ”) at the initial per-share exercise
price set forth in the Warrant (which Warrant is subject to such
adjustments as set forth in the Warrant Agreement).
2.3 Fees at Closing .
On the Closing Date, the Company shall (a) pay to Purchaser
the fees set forth in the Fee Letter and (b) pay or reimburse
Purchaser for all Purchaser’s Expenses, which payments shall
be made, at the option of Purchaser, by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by
Purchaser or through an offset of the Purchase Price. The Company
shall also pay on the Closing Date and on each other date provided
in the Fee Letter any other fees in accordance with the terms of
the Fee Letter.
2.4 Closing . The
purchase and issuance of the Securities shall take place at the
closing (the “ Closing ”) to be held at
the offices Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, 333
South Hope Street, 48 th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071 at 10:00 a.m. Los Angeles time on
the date hereof (the “ Closing Date ”).
At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the Note and the Warrant
to Purchaser against delivery by Purchaser to the Company of the
applicable purchase price therefor as set forth on
Schedule 2.5 (collectively, the “ Purchase
Price ”). Payment of the Purchase Price shall be by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account or
accounts designated by the Company.
2.5 Purchase Price
Allocation; Financial Accounting Positions; Tax Reporting . The
Purchase Price shall be allocated between the Note and the Warrant
in the manner set forth on Schedule 2.5 . Each of the
parties hereto agrees to take reporting and other positions with
respect to the Securities that are consistent with the purchase
price of the Securities set forth on Schedule 2.5 for all
financial accounting purposes, unless otherwise required by GAAP or
applicable SEC rules (in which case, the parties agree only to take
positions inconsistent with the purchase price of the Securities to
which Purchaser consents, such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld). Each of the parties to this Agreement agrees to take
reporting and other positions with respect to the Securities that
are consistent with the purchase price of the Securities set forth
herein for all other purposes, including without limitation, for
all federal, state and local Tax purposes.
2.6 Use of Proceeds .
All of the proceeds of the Purchase Price shall only be used by the
Company as follows:
(a) Payoff
Requirements .
(i) From Closing until
November 30, 2008 (the “ Release Date
”), One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) (the “
Payoff Amount ”) of the Purchase Price paid to
the Company shall be held by Purchaser in an interest-bearing money
market account of Purchaser unless prior to the Release Date
(A) the Company provides to Purchaser consolidated financial
statements for the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2008 that are audited by the Company’s
independent public accountants and accompanied by an
unqualified
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opinion of such accountants meeting the
requirements of Section 8.3(b)(i) , and (B) the
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve month period (provided,
that at least six months of such twelve month period are covered by
an audit by the Company’s independent public accountants,
which audit shall be accompanied by an unqualified opinion of such
accountants meeting the requirements of
Section 8.3(b)(i) ) ending on the last day of the month
immediately preceding the delivery of such fiscal year 2008
consolidated financials statements exceeds Five Million Dollars
($5,000,000) (the satisfaction of the conditions in clauses
(A) and (B) prior to the Release Date are collectively
referred to as the “ Payoff Conditions
”).
(ii) If the Payoff Conditions
have been met, then, on the fifteenth day of the month immediately
following the month in which the Payoff Conditions are met, the
Payoff Amount and all interest accrued thereon shall be released
from the Payoff Account and used to redeem all then-outstanding
Existing Preferred Stock; provided , that (A) if such
amounts from the Payoff Account are insufficient to redeem all of
the then-outstanding Existing Preferred Stock, then such amounts
shall be applied to redeem shares of Existing Preferred Stock on a
pro rata basis ( i.e., with respect to each holder of
Existing Preferred Stock, the amount of Existing Preferred Stock
held by such holder divided by the amount of all then-outstanding
Existing Preferred Stock), and (B) if such amounts from the
Payoff Account exceed the amount necessary to redeem all
then-outstanding Existing Preferred Stock, then such excess amounts
shall be available to the Company for working capital.
(iii) If the Payoff
Conditions have not been met, then on the Release Date, the Payoff
Amount and all interest accrued thereon shall be released from the
Payoff Account and returned to Purchaser, and the amount of such
return shall be treated as an adjustment to the Purchase
Price.
(b) Other Purchase Price
Proceeds . The proceeds of the Purchase Price shall be paid and
used as set forth on Schedule 2.6(b) .
ARTICLE 3
CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS
OF
PURCHASER TO PURCHASE THE
SECURITIES
The obligation of Purchaser
to purchase the Securities, to pay the Purchase Price on the
Closing Date, and to perform any obligations hereunder shall be
subject to the satisfaction, as determined by Purchaser (or
Purchaser’s waiver thereof), of the following conditions on
or before the Closing Date; provided , however , that
any waiver of a condition shall not be deemed a waiver of any
breach of any representation, warranty, agreement, term or covenant
or of any misrepresentation by the Company or any other Credit
Party.
3.1 Representations and
Warranties . The representations and warranties of the Credit
Parties contained in Article 5 hereof shall be true and
correct at and as of the Closing Date, and Purchaser shall have
received at the Closing a certificate to the foregoing effect,
dated the Closing Date, and executed by an Executive Officer of
each Credit Party on behalf of such Credit Party.
3.2 Compliance with this
Agreement . The Credit Parties shall have performed and
complied with all of their respective agreements and conditions set
forth or contemplated herein
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that are required to be performed or
complied with by the Credit Parties on or before the Closing Date
and Purchaser shall have received at the Closing a certificate to
the foregoing effect, dated the Closing Date, and executed by an
Executive Officer or Manager, as applicable, of each Credit Party
on behalf of such Credit Party.
3.3 Secretary’s
Certificates; Good Standing Certificates . Purchaser shall have
received the following from or with respect to each Credit
Party:
(a) a certificate, dated the
Closing Date and signed by the Secretary of such Credit Party,
certifying (i) that the copies of the Governing Documents of
such Credit Party attached to such certificate, and resolutions of
the Board of Directors, Managing Member or equivalent of such
Credit Party approving the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby are all
true, complete and correct and remain unamended and in full force
and effect, and (ii) the incumbency and specimen signature of
each officer of such Credit Party executing any Transaction
Document to which it is a party or any other document delivered in
connection herewith and therewith on behalf of such Credit
Party;
(b) with respect to the
Company, (i) a copy of the certificate of incorporation of the
Company with all amendments thereto, certified by the Secretary of
State of the state of Nevada within five (5) days of the
Closing Date, (ii) a certificate, dated within five
(5) days of the Closing Date, by the applicable Nevada
Governmental Authority that the Company has paid all franchise
Taxes and (iii) a certificate, dated within five (5) days
of the Closing Date, by the Secretary of State of the state of
Nevada that the Company is in good standing under the laws of
Nevada;
(c) a copy of a certificate
of the Secretary of State or other applicable Governmental
Authority of the jurisdiction in which each such Credit Party other
than the Company is organized, dated within five (5) days of
the Closing Date, attesting to the valid existence and good
standing of such Credit Party therein; and
(d) a telephonic confirmation
from the Secretary of State of the state of Nevada certifying that
the Company is duly organized and in good standing under the laws
of such jurisdiction on the Closing Date, together with a written
confirmatory report in respect thereof prepared by, or on behalf
of, a filing service acceptable to Purchaser; and
(e) a copy of a certificate
of the Secretary of State or other applicable Governmental
Authority of each jurisdiction in which such Credit Party is
required to be qualified as a foreign corporation or entity, dated
reasonably near the Closing Date, stating that such Credit Party is
duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation or
entity in each such jurisdiction and has filed all annual reports
required to be filed to the date of such certificate.
3.4 Documents .
Purchaser shall have received true, complete and correct copies of
(a) the SEC Reports of the Company (delivery of which shall be
deemed to have occurred if either delivered as paper copies to
Purchaser or filed with the SEC in electronic form), (b) the
most recent financial statements of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, including the financial statements for the fiscal
years ending on June 30, 2005, June 30, 2006 and
June 30, 2007, respectively, and unaudited internal financial
statements for the twelve month period ending December 31,
2007 (copies of all of the foregoing financials statements
referenced in this clause (b) are attached hereto as
Exhibit
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Q ), (c) the results of a
recent lien, tax lien, judgment and litigation search in each of
the jurisdictions or offices (including, without limitation, in the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States
Copyright Office in which Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements or other filings or recordations should be made to
evidence or perfect (with the priority required under the
Transaction Documents) security interests in all Collateral of the
Credit Parties), and such search shall reveal no Liens on any of
the assets of any Credit Party except for Permitted Liens,
(d) certificates of liability insurance with respect to the
insurance policies required to be maintained by the Credit Parties
as of the Closing Date pursuant to Section 8.7 ,
together with additional insured and lender’s loss payee
endorsements in favor of Purchaser, (e) such agreements,
schedules, exhibits, certificates, documents, financial information
and filings as Purchaser may reasonably request in connection with
or relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, all in form
and substance satisfactory to Purchaser, certified by the Chief
Executive Officer or the President of the Company as true, correct
and complete copies thereof, (f) any Tax examination reports
and statements of deficiencies assessed against or agreed to by the
Company or its predecessor since January 1, 2002, and
(g) copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the
Company approving the transactions identified on
Schedule 9.12 .
3.5 Purchase of Securities
Permitted by Applicable Laws . The acquisition of and payment
for the Securities to be acquired by Purchaser hereunder and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents:
(a) shall not be prohibited
by any Requirement of Law,
(b) shall not subject
Purchaser to any onerous condition or any penalty under or pursuant
to any Requirement of Law or require the registration (other than
under the Registration Rights Agreement) or qualification of any
such Securities under any applicable federal or state securities
laws, and
(c) shall be permitted by all
Requirements of Law to which Purchaser or the transactions
contemplated by or referred to herein or in the Transaction
Documents are subject; and Purchaser shall have received such
certificates or other evidence in form and substance satisfactory
to it as it may reasonably request to establish compliance with
this condition.
3.6 Opinion of Counsel
. Purchaser shall have received an opinion of counsel to the Credit
Parties reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser, dated as of the
Closing Date, relating to the transactions contemplated by or
referred to herein, in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit I .
3.7 Approval of Counsel to
Purchaser . All actions and proceedings hereunder and all
agreements, schedules, exhibits, certificates, financial
information, filings and other documents required to be delivered
by each of the Credit Parties hereunder or under any other
Transaction Document or in connection with the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, and all other related
matters, shall have been in form and substance acceptable to
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, counsel to
Purchaser, in its reasonable judgment.
3.8 Consents and
Approvals . All consents, exemptions, authorizations, or other
actions by, or notices to, or filings with, Governmental
Authorities and other Persons (including, without limitation, any
consents required pursuant to the Senior Credit Agreement) in
respect of all Requirements of Law, the Company and each of the
other Credit Parties necessary or desirable in
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connection with the execution, delivery
or performance (including, without limitation, the payment of
interest on the Note and the issuance of Capital Stock of the
Company upon the exercise of the Warrant) by any Credit Party, or
enforcement against any Credit Party, of the Transaction Documents
to which it is a party shall have been obtained and be in full
force and effect, and Purchaser shall have been furnished with
appropriate evidence thereof, and all waiting periods shall have
lapsed without extension or the imposition of any conditions or
restrictions.
3.9 Transaction
Documents . The Company shall have duly executed and delivered,
and shall cause each other Credit Party and each Affiliate thereof,
to duly execute and deliver the Transaction Documents to which such
Person is party.
3.10 No Material Judgment
or Order . There shall not be on the Closing Date any judgment
or order of a court of competent jurisdiction or any ruling of any
Governmental Authority or any condition imposed under any
Requirement of Law which, in the reasonable judgment of Purchaser,
would prohibit the purchase of the Securities hereunder or subject
Purchaser to any onerous condition or any penalty under or pursuant
to any Requirement of Law if the Securities were to be purchased
hereunder.
3.11 Pro Forma Balance
Sheets . The Company shall have delivered to Purchaser as of
the Closing Date a pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the
Company, in form and substance satisfactory to Purchaser and
certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company that it
fairly presents the pro forma adjustments reflecting the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents, including all fees and expenses in connection therewith.
A copy of such pro forma balance sheet is attached hereto as
Schedule 3.11 .
3.12 Certificates .
The Company shall have delivered to Purchaser as of the Closing
Date (a) a Compliance Certificate and (b) a Solvency
Certificate executed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company
which shall demonstrate that the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a
consolidated basis, is and will be Solvent after giving effect to
the transactions contemplated hereby.
3.13 No Litigation .
No action, suit or proceeding before any court or any Governmental
Authority shall have been commenced or threatened, no
investigation, inquiry or document request by any Governmental
Authority shall have been commenced and no action, suit or
proceeding by any Governmental Authority shall have been threatened
or commenced against Purchaser, the Company, any Subsidiary of the
Company or any other Credit Party (i) seeking to restrain,
prevent or change the transactions contemplated hereby or
questioning the validity or legality of any of such transactions,
or (ii) which presents a risk of a Material Adverse
Change.
3.14 No Event of
Default . No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing.
3.15 Closing Fees .
Purchaser shall have received all fees required to be paid pursuant
to the Fee Letter and reimbursement for all applicable
Purchaser’s Expenses; it being understood that the foregoing
amounts will be paid by offsetting such amounts against the
Purchase Price.
3.16 Repayment of Existing
Credit Facilities; Release of Liens . Purchaser shall have
received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that the amounts
indicated on Schedule 2.6 have been delivered as
contemplated thereon and that arrangements satisfactory to
Purchaser shall have
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been made for the termination, at or
within a reasonable period of time following the Closing, of Liens
and security interests granted in connection with the discharge of
the Existing Subordinated Debt.
3.17 No Material Adverse
Change . There shall not have occurred or become known to
Purchaser on or prior to the Closing Date: (a) any event,
development or circumstance that has caused or could reasonably be
expected to cause a Material Adverse Change since June 30,
2007; or (b) any material disruption or material adverse
change, as determined by Purchaser, in the financial or capital
markets generally, or in the markets for subordinated debt or
warrants or other equity securities in particular or affecting the
syndication funding of subordinated loans (or the refinancing
thereof) that may have an adverse impact on the ability to sell or
place the Note or the Warrant since January 31, 2008. This
subsection (b) shall not apply to the general subprime
financial situation that currently exists.
3.18 Pledged
Collateral . Subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor
Agreement, Purchaser shall have received (i) the certificates
representing the shares of capital stock pledged pursuant to the
Transaction Documents, respectively, together with an undated stock
power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly
authorized officer of the pledgor thereof, (ii) an
Acknowledgment and Consent, (iii) each promissory note pledged
to Purchaser pursuant to the Transaction Documents endorsed
(without recourse) in blank (or accompanied by an executed transfer
form in blank satisfactory to Purchaser) by the pledgor thereof,
and (iv) the Control Agreements for each Credit Party’s
deposit accounts or Securities Accounts.
3.19 Filings,
Registrations and Recordings . Each document (including,
without limitation, any Uniform Commercial Code financing
statement) required by the Transaction Documents or under law or
reasonably requested by Purchaser to be filed, registered or
recorded in order to create in favor of Purchaser, a perfected Lien
on, and security interest in, the Collateral described therein,
superior in right to any other Person (other than Permitted Liens),
shall have been duly filed, registered or recorded, as
applicable.
3.20 Projections .
Purchaser shall have received a certificate signed by the Chief
Financial Officer of the Company confirming that the Projections
previously delivered by the Company to Purchaser were prepared in
good faith and based upon assumptions believed by the Company to be
reasonable at the time made.
3.21 Budget .
Purchaser shall have received a budget for the Company, its
Subsidiaries and any other Credit Parties for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2008.
3.22 Minimum Liquidity
. After giving effect to the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereunder, the payment of all costs, fees and expenses
relating hereto, the operation of the Company’s business in
the ordinary course of business and the timely payments of amounts
owing to its vendors, the Company shall have current availability
under its working capital line of credit pursuant to the Senior
Credit Agreement of not less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000).
The Company shall have delivered to Purchaser estimates of all of
the Credit Parties’ accounts payable and accounts receivable
as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to
Purchaser and calculated in accordance with GAAP, and certified as
to their accuracy and completeness by the Chief Financial Officer
of the Company.
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3.23 Press Release,
etc . The Company (a) shall have obtained
Purchaser’s consent to the form and substance of each press
release with respect to the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents to be issued concurrently with or following
the Closing Date; and (b) shall have granted to Purchaser a
non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use the name and logo of the
Company in any marketing or similar material prepared by or on
behalf of Purchaser in the ordinary course of business.
3.24 Subordination
Agreements . Purchaser and the Company shall have entered into
the Intercreditor Agreement with Senior Lender. All of the
Company’s other indebtedness shall be junior to the rights of
the Purchaser. Each of the Persons identified on Schedule
3.24 shall have entered into a Subordination
Agreement.
3.25 Indebtedness .
The Company shall have delivered to Purchaser true, correct and
complete copies, certified as to authenticity by the Chief
Financial Officer of the Company, of (i) the Senior Credit
Agreement, (ii) the Existing Subordinated Debt, and
(iii) all other Indebtedness.
3.26 Related Party
Obligations . Schedule 5.11 and Schedule 5.29
shall have been delivered to Purchaser and all obligations and
liabilities required to be set forth on such Schedules but not
appearing thereon shall have been paid off in full or
canceled.
3.27 Financials . The
Company shall have delivered to Purchaser an estimated internal
consolidated balance sheet and unaudited internal statement of
income for the twelve months ending on December 31, 2007, all
of which fairly present in all material respects the financial
position and results of operations and cash flows of the Company
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the date of such
documents and for the periods reflected thereon in accordance with
GAAP (except for lack of footnotes and normal year end adjustments
that will not individually or in the aggregate be material) and all
of which financial statements were prepared on a basis that is
consistent with past practices.
3.28 Structure of
Company . The Company together with its Subsidiaries shall have
a legal structure and a capital structure, in form, substance and
scope reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser.
3.29 Payment of Fees .
Concurrent with the Closing, all amounts due pursuant to
Section 2.3 shall have been received by Purchaser
unless Purchaser has offset such amounts against the Purchase Price
pursuant to Section 2.3 .
3.30 Consistency of
Information . Purchaser shall not have become aware after the
date hereof of any information or other matter affecting the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the transactions contemplated
hereby that is inconsistent in a material and adverse manner with
any such information or other matter disclosed to Purchaser prior
to the date hereof.
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ARTICLE 4
CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS
OF THE
COMPANY TO ISSUE AND SELL THE
SECURITIES
The obligations of the
Company to sell the Note and the Warrant shall be subject to the
satisfaction (or waiver thereof) of the following conditions on or
before the Closing Date:
4.1 Representations and
Warranties . The representations and warranties of Purchaser
contained in Article 6 hereof shall be true and correct
at and as of the date hereof and the Closing Date as if made at and
as of such date.
4.2 Compliance with this
Agreement . Purchaser shall have performed and complied with
all of its agreements and conditions set forth or contemplated
herein that are required to be performed or complied with by
Purchaser on or before the Closing Date.
4.3 Purchase Permitted by
Applicable Laws . The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall not be prohibited by any
Requirement of Law and shall not subject the Company to any onerous
condition (which has caused or could reasonably be expected to
cause a Material Adverse Change) or any penalty under or pursuant
to any Requirement of Law or require the regulation or
qualification of any of the Securities to be acquired hereby under
any applicable federal or state securities laws, and shall not be
enjoined (temporarily or permanently) under, or prohibited by or
contrary to, any injunction, order, decree or ruling. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be permitted by all
applicable requirements of federal and state securities
laws.
4.4 Payment for
Securities . Purchaser shall have delivered to the Company the
Purchase Price, less any offset pursuant to Section 2.3
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ARTICLE 5
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE CREDIT PARTIES
Each Credit Party, jointly
and severally, makes the following representations and warranties
to Purchaser, which representations and warranties shall survive
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, any investigation by
or on behalf of Purchaser, acceptance of the Securities and payment
therefor, or termination of this Agreement.
5.1 Due Organization and
Qualification; Subsidiaries .
(a) Each Credit Party is duly
organized and existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization and the laws of those
jurisdictions in which it is qualified to do business. Each Credit
Party is qualified to do business in every state in which the
ownership, use or leasing of its assets and properties, or the
conduct or nature of its business, makes such qualification,
licensing or admission necessary
(b) Set forth on
Schedule 5.1(b) is a complete and accurate description
of the authorized Capital Stock of each Credit Party and its
Affiliates, by class and, as of the Closing Date, (i) a
description of the number of shares of Capital Stock of each such
class that are
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authorized, issued and outstanding,
(ii) a description of the number and percentage of outstanding
shares of Capital Stock of each such class that are owned by any
Credit Party and its Affiliates (including the relative percentages
of ownership of each such Credit Party and/or Affiliate in such
Capital Stock) and (iii) the jurisdiction of organization of
such Credit Parties. Other than as described on
Schedule 5.1(b) , there are no (A) subscriptions,
options, warrants, calls, rights of first refusal, preemptive or
other similar rights relating to any Credit Party’s Capital
Stock, including any right of conversion or exchange under any
outstanding security or other instrument nor (B) Liens on any
Credit Party’s Capital Stock (including, without limitation,
Capital Stock held by Affiliates of the Company). Except as set
forth on Schedule 5.1(b) , no Credit Party is subject
to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or
otherwise acquire or retire any of its shares of Capital Stock or
any security convertible into or exchangeable for any of its shares
of Capital Stock.
(c) All of the outstanding
Capital Stock of each such Subsidiary has been duly authorized,
validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable and owned of
record by the Credit Party reflected as the direct owner of such
Capital Stock in Schedule 5.1(b) .
(d) Except as set forth on
Schedule 5.1(b) , there are no subscriptions, options,
warrants, or calls relating to any units or shares of any
Company’s Subsidiaries’ Capital Stock, including any
right of conversion or exchange under any outstanding security or
other instrument. No Credit Party or any of its respective
Subsidiaries is subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise)
to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any units of any
Credit Party’s Subsidiaries’ Capital Stock or any
security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any
such Capital Stock.
(e) Schedule 5.1(e)
sets forth the amounts and timing of all distributions by a Credit
Party since January 1, 2007. No such distributions were made
by a Credit Party in violation of any Contractual Obligation. All
such distributions made by a Credit Party were made in accordance
with such Credit Party’s Governing Documents and were duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Credit
Party. All such distributions were properly and accurately
calculated and timely distributed to the appropriate recipients
thereof. Up until January 1, 2007, all of the income of each
Subsidiary of the Company, net of any reserves maintained by such
Subsidiary, was distributed to such Subsidiary’s holders of
Capital Stock in accordance with such Subsidiary’s Governing
Documents.
(f) All reserves established
by a Credit Party were established in accordance with such Credit
Party’s Governing Documents, GAAP and applicable law. All
cash that is held by a Credit Party is held in accordance with such
Credit Party’s Governing Documents. No Person has any Lien
against the cash or reserves of any Credit Party. No holder of
Capital Stock of any Credit Party has any Lien against the cash or
reserves of any Credit Party unless and until such cash or reserves
are distributed to such holder in accordance with the Governing
Documents of the Credit Party, all Contractual Obligations and
applicable law.
(g) There are no pending or
threatened claims, actions or Liens between any Credit Party (or
its Affiliates) and any of such Credit Party’s holders of
Capital Stock. All claims between the Company or any of its
Affiliates and Scott Warren have been fully resolved and the
Company and its Affiliates have received a binding and enforceable
general release from Scott Warren. All amounts owed to or by any
Credit Party and any Affiliate or holder of such Credit
Party’s Capital Stock have been paid in full.
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5.2 Due Authorization; No
Conflict .
(a) As to each Credit Party,
the execution, delivery, and performance by such Credit Party of
this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party
have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of
such Credit Party.
(b) As to each Credit Party,
the execution, delivery, and performance by such Credit Party of
this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party
do not and will not (i) violate any provision of federal,
state, or local law or regulation applicable to any Credit Party,
the Governing Documents of any Credit Party, or any order,
judgment, or decree of any court or other Governmental Authority
binding on any Credit Party, (ii) conflict with, result in a
breach of, or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both)
a default under any material Contractual Obligation of any Credit
Party, including but not limited to any Material Provider Contract
or Hospital Contract, (iii) result in or require the creation
or imposition of any Lien of any nature whatsoever upon any
properties or assets of any Credit Party, other than Permitted
Liens, or (iv) require any approval of any Credit
Party’s interestholders or any approval or consent of any
Person under any material Contractual Obligation of any Credit
Party, including but not limited to any Material Provider Contract
or Hospital Contract.
(c) Other than the filing of
financing statements, the filing of a Form D with the SEC
pursuant to the Securities Act and a Form 25102(f) with the
California Commissioner of Corporations and the effectiveness of
the Intercreditor Agreement, the execution, delivery, and
performance by each Credit Party of this Agreement and the
Transaction Documents to which such Credit Party is a party do not
and will not require any registration or filing with, consent, or
approval of, or notice to, or other action with or by, any
Governmental Authority or other Person.
(d) As to each Credit Party,
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which such
Credit Party is a party, and all other documents contemplated
hereby and thereby, when executed and delivered by such Credit
Party will be the legally valid and binding obligations of such
Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance
with their respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited
by equitable principles or by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws relating to or limiting
creditors’ rights generally.
(e) The security interests
granted in favor of Purchaser pursuant to the Security Documents
are validly created, perfected, first priority Liens and subject
only to Permitted Liens (including the Liens of the Senior
Lender).
(f) Any Taxes, fees and other
governmental charges in connection with the execution and delivery
of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents or the
execution, delivery and sale of the Securities have been or will be
paid on or prior to the Closing Date.
5.3 Financial Statements;
Controls .
(a) All financial statements
and reports of the Company and its Subsidiaries delivered by the
Company to Purchaser (including, without limitation, all such
financial statements
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delivered in connection with
Purchaser’s due diligence and underwriting with respect to
this transaction) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
(except that the interim financial statements do not contain an
auditor’s opinion and do not contain footnotes and are
subject to year end audit adjustments) and fairly present in all
material respects the financial position and results of operations
of the Company and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) as of
the dates and for the periods indicated. There are no material
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of the Company and its
Subsidiaries that are not disclosed in the balance sheets included
in such financial statements. During the period from June 30,
2007 to and including the date hereof there has been no material
Asset Disposition by any Credit Party of any material part of its
business or property.
(b) The Company maintains a
system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurances that:
(i) transactions are executed
in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization;
(ii) transactions are
recorded as necessary (A) to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with GAAP or any other criteria applicable
to such statements, and (B) to maintain accountability for
assets;
(iii) access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization;
(iv) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect
to any differences;
(v) There are no unrealized
or anticipated losses from any present commitment of the Company or
its Subsidiaries, which Contingent Obligations and losses in the
aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; and
(vi) The Governing Documents
of each Credit Party made available to Purchaser are true, complete
and correct. The minute books of each Credit Party contain in all
material respects accurate and complete records of all meetings
held of, and corporate action taken by, the stockholders, the
Boards of Directors (or Managing Member or similar governing body,
as applicable), and committees of the Boards of Directors of each
Credit Party (if applicable), and no meeting of any such
stockholders, Board of Directors, or committee has been held for
which minutes have not been prepared and are not contained in such
minute books. The stock certificate books of each Credit Party
reflect accurately all transactions in its capital stock of all
classes.
5.4 Receivables;
Payables .
(a) All accounts receivable
of the Credit Parties have arisen from bona fide transactions in
the ordinary course of business. All accounts receivable of the
Credit Parties reflected on the financial statements provided to
Purchaser are collectible in the ordinary course of business at the
aggregate recorded amounts thereof, net of any applicable reserves
reflected thereon.
(b) All accounts payable of
the Credit Parties reflected on the financial statements provided
to Purchaser are the result of bona fide transactions in the
ordinary course of
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business and have been timely paid or
will be timely paid in the ordinary course of business or are not
yet due and payable (in all cases without any extensions of payment
terms or waivers of penalties being sought or extended).
5.5 Suppliers and
Customers . Schedule 5.5 sets forth a complete and
accurate list all of the Hospital Contracts and any amendments
thereto, and any Hospital Contracts in process. Since June 30,
2007, there has been no materially adverse change in the business
relationship or prospects of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
with any customer or supplier.
5.6 Inventory and
Equipment . Each Credit Party keeps accurate, correct and
complete records itemizing and describing the type, quality, and
quantity of its Inventory and Equipment and the book value thereof.
All of the Equipment is used or held for use in the Credit
Parties’ business and is, in the reasonable judgment of the
Company, fit for such purposes. The inventories of the Credit
Parties are, except as adequately reserved for on the financial
statements provided to the Purchaser, in good and marketable
condition, not obsolete, slow moving or defective, and with respect
to such inventories as of the Closing Date, useable or saleable in
the ordinary course of business.
5.7 Proprietary Rights
. Each Credit Party owns, or is licensed to use, all Proprietary
Rights necessary for the conduct of its business as currently
conducted, except as set forth in Schedule 5.7 . Other
than as set forth on Schedule 5.7 , no material claim
has been asserted or is pending by any Person challenging or
questioning the use of any Proprietary Right or the validity or
effectiveness of any Proprietary Right, nor does any Credit Party
know of any valid basis for any such claim. Neither the use of
Proprietary Rights by the Credit Parties nor the continued
operation of the Company’s businesses as presently conducted
will infringe on, interfere with, impinge upon, misappropriate, or
otherwise come into conflict with, any rights of any Person in any
material respect.
5.8 Agreements and
Commitments . (a) Each Material Provider Contract and Hospital
Contract is legal, valid, binding and enforceable against the
parties thereto in accordance with its terms and is in full force
and effect as of the date hereof and will be so in effect on the
Closing Date. All parties to each Material Provider Contract and
Hospital Contract are in compliance with the terms thereof, and no
default or event of default by a Credit Party or, to the best
knowledge of the Credit Parties, any counterparty to such contract,
exists thereunder. No Credit Party is a party to any Contractual
Obligation that restricts it from carrying on its business or any
part thereof, or from competing in any line of business or with any
other Person.
(b) No Credit Party is
excluded from participation in the Medicare program.
(c) No Credit Party is
excluded from participation in the Medicaid program.
(d) No Credit Party is
excluded from participation in the TRICARE (f/k/a CHAMPUS)
program.
5.9 Insurance .
Schedule 5.9 sets forth a true and complete list of all
liability and other insurance policies insuring the Company and its
Subsidiaries against losses arising out of or related to the
businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries (and accurately
describes the coverage carried and expiration dates of such
policies) and all key man life insurance policies owned or
maintained by the Company. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries
is covered by insurance in scope and amount customary and
reasonable for the businesses in which it is engaged and will
be
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so covered after consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby. The insurance policies listed on
Schedule 5.9 constitute insurance protection against
all liability, claims and risks occurring in the ordinary course of
business customarily included within comprehensive liability
coverage and at amounts and levels customarily maintained for a
business of this type. All such policies are in full force and
effect.
5.10 Leases
.
(a) The Credit Parties enjoy
peaceful and undisturbed possession under all leases material to
the business of the Credit Parties and to which the Credit Parties
are a party or under which the Credit Parties are operating. All of
such leases are valid and subsisting and no material default by the
Credit Parties exists under any of them.
(b) Each Credit Party and its
Subsidiaries has paid all payments required to be made by it under
leases of real property where any of the Collateral is or may be
located from time to time (other than any lease the amount or
validity of which are currently subject to a Permitted Protest),
and no landlord Lien has been filed, and, to the best knowledge of
the Credit Parties in the reasonable and prudent conduct of
business, no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such
payments.
5.11 Indebtedness .
Set forth on Schedule 5.11 is a true, correct and
complete list of all Indebtedness of each Credit Party (including
all Indebtedness, Contractual Obligations or other liabilities to
any employee, consultant, Executive Officer, director, Affiliate or
Capital Stock holder of any Credit Party) outstanding immediately
prior to the Closing Date and such Schedule accurately reflects the
aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness and the principal
terms thereof. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.11 ,
each Credit Party and each Affiliate thereof is in material
compliance with the terms and conditions of (a) the Senior
Credit Documents, (b) the Existing Subordinated Debt and
(c) all other Indebtedness, in each case, to which such Person
is a party.
5.12 Contingent
Obligations . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.12
or as reflected in the Company’s financial statements and the
notes thereto, none of the Credit Parties is subject to or has
incurred or assumed any material Contingent Obligations.
5.13 Relationship with
General Electric Company . Other than the items listed on
Schedule 5.13 , none of the Credit Parties has any
equity, creditor, or similar relationship (including, without
limitation, any investment in, or any debtor, revolving credit,
leasing or creditor relationship, but excluding any vendor/vendee
relationship) with General Electric Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
5.14 No Encumbrances .
Each Credit Party has good, indefeasible and marketable title to
its Collateral and its real property, free and clear of any Liens
except for Permitted Liens.
5.15 Location of
Collateral; Chief Executive Office; FEIN . The location of the
Collateral of each Credit Party is located at the address(es)
indicated in Schedule 5.15 . The chief executive office
of each Credit Party is located at the address indicated in
Schedule 5.15 and each Credit Party’s FEIN is
identified in Schedule 5.15 . Each Credit Party is a
“registered organization” within the meaning of
Section 9-307 of the UCC, and its jurisdiction or organization
is identified next to the name of such Credit Party in
Schedule 5.15 .
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5.16 Deposit Accounts;
Powers of Attorney . Set forth on Schedule 5.16 are
all of the deposit accounts of each Credit Party, including, with
respect to each depository (a) the name and address of that
depository, and (b) the account numbers of the accounts
maintained with such depository. No power of attorney granted by
any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is currently in
effect.
5.17 Litigation .
There are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending
or, to the best knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened against
any Credit Party, or any of their Subsidiaries, as applicable,
except for matters that are fully covered by insurance (subject to
existing deductibles disclosed to Purchaser prior to the Closing
Date) as to which the applicable insurance company has acknowledged
coverage.
5.18 Regulatory
Compliance . Each Credit Party has at all times been in
material compliance with all applicable statutes, rules,
regulations and requirements all federal, state, and local
commissions, boards, bureaus and agencies having jurisdiction over
such Credit Party and the operations of such Credit Party,
including, without limitation, laws relating to certificates of
need, false claims, false representations, anti-kickback and other
provisions of the Medicare/Medicaid fraud and abuse laws (42 U.S.C.
§ 1320a-7 et seq .), the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and the physician
self-referral provisions of the Stark Law (42 U.S.C.
§ 1395nn). No Credit Party has engaged in false billing
or a pattern of negligent billing with respect to Medicare or
Medicaid, and, to the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, no
Person with which a Credit Party contracts with has engaged in any
of the foregoing. Each Credit Party has timely and accurately filed
all reports, returns, data, and other information required by
federal, state, municipal or other governmental authorities which
control, directly or indirectly, any of such Credit Party’s
activities to be filed with any commissions, board, bureaus and
agencies and has paid all sums heretofore due with respect to such
reports or returns. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.18 ,
no Credit Party has been in the past five (5) years subject to
any audit, investigation or order by any Governmental Authority,
including, without limitation, The Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services or the Office of the Inspector General. No
employee or independent contractor of any Credit Party has ever
been excluded from a federal health care program, including,
without limitation, Medicare or Medicaid. No Person holding an
equity interest or a debt interest in a Credit Party is in a
position to make referrals to or generate business for a Credit
Party, or make referrals to or generate business for any Person
(other than a Credit Party) which is a party to a Hospital
Contract, and each Credit Party represents and warrants that such
Persons have not made such referrals or generated such
business.
5.19 Environmental
Condition . With respect to the generation, transportation,
treatment, storage, disposal or other handling of Medical Waste,
each Credit Party and Center has complied with all Medical Waste
Laws. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.20 ,
(a) to the Credit Parties’ best knowledge after due
diligence, none of the Credit Parties’ properties or assets,
including without limitation any Center, has ever been used in the
disposal of, or to produce, store, handle, treat, release, or
transport, any Hazardous Materials, where such production, storage,
handling, treatment, release or transport was in violation of any
Environmental Law, (b) to the Credit Parties’ best
knowledge after due diligence, no Credit Party or Center has
utilized any transporters or disposal facilities for the transport
or disposal of Hazardous Materials, other than Medical
Waste
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(c) to the Credit Parties’
best knowledge after due diligence, none of the Credit
Parties’ Properties or assets, including without limitation
any Center, has ever been designated or identified in any manner
pursuant to any Environmental Law as a Hazardous Materials release
or disposal site, (d) none of the Credit Parties has received
notice that a Lien arising under any Environmental Law has attached
to any revenues or to any real property owned or operated by the
Credit Parties including without limitation any Center,
(e) none of the Credit Parties has received a summons,
citation, notice, directive, order or inquiry from the
Environmental Protection Agency or any other federal, state or
local governmental agency concerning any action or omission by any
Credit Party resulting in the release or disposing of Hazardous
Materials into the environment or with respect to the presence or
release of Hazardous Materials on, under, in or from the Credit
Parties’ Properties or assets including without limitation
the Centers and (f) to the Credit Parties’ best
knowledge after due diligence, no Hazardous Materials are present
on, in or under any Credit Parties’ properties or assets,
including without limitation any Center, except for Medical Waste
or any types or amounts of Hazardous Waste that do not require
remediation, mitigation, monitoring or other control under any
Environmental Law.
5.20 Labor Matters
.
(a) The Credit Parties have
complied in all respects with every Requirement of Law relating to
the hiring, employment, termination, and classification of
employees including, without limitation, provisions thereof
relating to wages, overtime, hours, equal opportunity, mandatory or
protected leaves of absence, meal and rest periods, record-keeping,
collective bargaining and the payment of social security and other
Taxes. To the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, there are no
labor relations problems being experienced by the Credit Parties
(including any union organization activities, threatened or actual
strikes or work stoppages, slowdowns or material
grievances).
(b) (i) No Credit Party is
delinquent in payments to any employee for any wage, salary,
commission, bonus or other compensation for any services performed
by them to date, amounts required to be reimbursed to such
employees, or amounts that must be paid to an employee upon
termination of employment; (ii) there is no unfair labor
practice complaint against any Credit Party pending before the
National Labor Relations Board or any other Governmental Authority;
(iii) no labor union currently represents the employees of any
Credit Party; and (iv) no employee of any Credit Party has
made a formal or informal complaint that, if true, would constitute
a violation of a Requirement of Law.
(c) No employee of any Credit
Party is bound by any agreement with any other Person that is
violated or breached by such employee performing the services that
he or she is currently performing for such Credit Party. Except as
expressly disclosed herein, every employee of the Credit Parties is
employed on an at-will basis and no employee has a contract with
the Credit Parties that would interfere with the ability of the
Credit Parties to discharge any such employee.
5.21 Employee Benefit
Plans; ERISA . For purposes of this Section 5.21 ,
Section 8.16 and Section 10.1(o) , the term
“ Credit Party ” shall include any Person
organized under the laws of the United States or operating therein
that is or would be aggregated with the Credit Parties under
Section 414(b), (c), (m), or (o) of the Code (an “
ERISA Affiliate ”). However, this
Section 5.21 will not apply to a “
Multiemployer Plan ” (as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), except as expressly referred to
herein.
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(a) Schedule 5.21
sets forth a true, correct and complete list of:
(i) Each termination, change
in control or severance agreement involving the Credit Parties, on
the one hand, and any of its respective employees whose annual
compensation is at a base rate equal to or exceeding Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($50,000), on the other hand;
(ii) All employee benefit
plans, as defined in ERISA Section 3(3); and
(iii) All other
profit-sharing, bonus, stock option, stock purchase, stock bonus,
restricted stock, stock appreciation right, phantom stock, vacation
pay, holiday pay, tuition reimbursement, scholarship, severance,
dependent care assistance, excess benefit, incentive compensation,
salary continuation, supplemental retirement, employee loan or loan
guarantee program, split dollar, cafeteria plan, and other benefits
or compensation arrangements;
in each case of the foregoing clauses
(i) through (iii), maintained or contributed to by each Credit
Party for the benefit of its employees (or former employees) and/or
their beneficiaries or under which a Credit Party may incur any
liability. All of these types of arrangements shall be collectively
referred to as “ Benefit Plans .” An
arrangement will not fail to be a Benefit Plan simply because it
only covers one individual, or because such Credit Party’s
obligations under the plan arise by reason of its being a
“successor employer” under applicable laws.
Furthermore, a Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Association
under Section 501(c)(9) of the Code will be considered a
Benefit Plan for this purpose.
(b) The Credit Parties have
delivered to Purchaser a true and complete copy of the following
documents, to the extent that they are applicable:
(i) Each Benefit Plan and any
related funding agreements (e.g., trust agreements or insurance
contracts), including all amendments (and Schedule 5.21
includes a description of any such amendment that is not in
writing);
(ii) The current summary plan
description and all subsequent summaries of material modifications
of each Benefit Plan;
(iii) The most recent
Internal Revenue Service determination letter for each Benefit Plan
that is intended to qualify for favorable income Tax treatment
under Section 401(a) or 501(c)(9) of the Code, which
determination letter reflects all amendments that have been made to
the plan (except as set forth in Schedule 5.21 );
and
(iv) The three (3) most
recent Form 5500s (including all applicable Schedules and the
opinions of the independent accountants) that were filed on behalf
of the Benefit Plan.
(c) All costs of
administering and contributions required to be made to each Benefit
Plan under the terms of that Benefit Plan, ERISA, the Code, or any
other applicable law have been timely made, and are fully
deductible in the year for which they were paid. All other amounts
that should be accrued to date as liabilities of the Credit Parties
under or with respect to each Benefit Plan (including
administrative expenses and incurred but not reported claims) for
the current plan year of the plan have been recorded on the Books
of the Credit Parties. There will be
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no liability of the Credit Parties
(i) with respect to any Benefit Plan that has previously been
terminated or (ii) under any insurance policy or similar
arrangement procured in connection with any Benefit Plan in the
nature of a retroactive rate adjustment, loss sharing arrangement,
or other liability arising wholly or partially out of events
occurring before the Closing.
(d) Each Benefit Plan has
been operated at all times in accordance with its terms, and
complies currently, and has complied in the past, both in form and
in operation, with all applicable laws, including ERISA and the
Code. The Internal Revenue Service has issued a favorable
determination letter with respect to each Benefit Plan that is
intended to qualify under Section 401(a) or 501(c)(9) of the
Code, and no event has occurred (either before or after the date of
the letter) that would disqualify the plan.
(e) The Credit Parties do not
maintain any plan that provides (or will provide) medical, death or
other benefits to one or more former employees or independent
contractors (including retirees) following termination of
employment, other than benefits that are required to be provided
under COBRA or any state law continuation coverage or conversion
rights. The Credit Parties have complied in all material respects
with the continuation coverage requirements of COBRA.
(f) There are no
investigations, proceedings, lawsuits or claims pending or, to the
best knowledge of the Credit Parties, threatened relating to any
Benefit Plan.
(g) The Credit Parties do not
have any intention or commitment, whether legally binding or not,
to create any additional Benefit Plan, or to modify any existing
Benefit Plan so as to increase benefits to participants or the cost
of maintaining the plan. The benefits under all Benefit Plans are
as represented, and have not been, and will not be increased
subsequent to the date documents are provided to Purchaser except
in the ordinary course of business and consistent with competitive
business standards. No statement, either oral or written, has been
made by any Credit Party (or any agent of any Credit Party) to any
Person regarding any Benefit Plan that is not in accordance with
the Benefit Plan that could have adverse economic consequences to
Purchaser.
(h) None of the Persons
performing services for the Credit Parties has been improperly
classified as being independent contractors, leased employees, or
as being exempt from the payment of wages for overtime.
(i) None of the Benefit Plans
provide any benefits that (i) become payable or become vested
solely as a result of the consummation of this transaction or
(ii) would result in excess parachute payments (within the
meaning of Section 280G of the Code), either (A) solely
as a result of the consummation of this transaction or (B) as
a result of the consummation of this transaction and any actions
taken by the Credit Parties or Purchaser after the Closing Date.
Furthermore, the consummation of this transaction will not require
the funding (whether formal or informal) of the benefits under any
Benefit Plan (e.g., contributions to a “rabbi
trust”).
(j) None of the assets of any
Benefit Plan that is a “pension plan” within the
meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA are invested in a group
annuity contract or other insurance contract that is subject to any
surrender charge, interest rate adjustment, or other similar
expense upon its premature termination.
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(k) No Benefit Plan has any
interest in any annuity contract or other investment or insurance
contract issued by an insurance company that is the subject of
bankruptcy, conservatorship, rehabilitation, or similar
proceeding.
(l) With respect to each
Benefit Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA:
(i) No amount is due or owing
from the Credit Parties to the PBGC, other than a liability for
premiums under ERISA Section 4007;
(ii) All premiums have been
paid to the PBGC on a timely basis;
(iii) The value, determined
on a termination basis using the actuarial assumptions stated in
the plan, of all accrued and ancillary benefits (whether or not
vested) under each such plan did not exceed, as of the most recent
valuation date, and will not exceed as of the Closing Date, the
then-current fair market value of the assets of the
plan;
(iv) No reportable events
(within the meaning of ERISA Section 4043) have
occurred;
(v) There is no accumulated
funding deficiency (within the meaning of Code Section 412 or
ERISA Section 302), whether or not such deficiency has been
waived;
(vi) There is no
“unfunded benefit liability” (within the meaning of
Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA, but excluding from the
definition of “current value of assets” accrued but
unpaid contributions); and
(vii) the Company and each
ERISA Affiliate has made when due any “required
installments” within the meaning of Section 412(m) of
the Code and Section 302(e) of ERISA, whichever may
apply.
(m) None of the Credit
Parties has incurred any withdrawal liability (including any
contingent or secondary withdrawal liability) to any Multiemployer
Plan, and no event has occurred, and there exists no condition or
set of circumstances, that presents a material risk of the
occurrence of any withdrawal (partial or otherwise) from, or the
partition, termination, reorganization, or insolvency of any
Multiemployer Plan that could result in any liability on behalf of
any Credit Party to a Multiemployer Plan. All contributions
required to be made by the Company and its ERISA Affiliates to any
Multiemployer Plan have been timely made.
(n) The aggregate liability
of the Credit Parties to all Multiemployer Plans in the event of a
complete withdrawal therefrom, as of the close of the most recent
plan year of the Multiemployer Plan ended prior to the date hereof
would not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000). To the
best knowledge of the Credit Parties, there has been no material
change in the (i) financial condition of any Multiemployer
Plan, (ii) actuarial assumptions, (iii) required level of
Credit Party contributions, or (iv) level of benefits provided
under any Multiemployer Plan since the close of the most recent
plan year of the Multiemployer PIan that, individually or in the
aggregate, would materially increase the amount of this
liability.
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(o) No Termination Event has
occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken
together with all other such Termination Events, could reasonably
be expected to result in material liability to any Credit
Party.
(p) The Credit Parties have
previously administered and shall continue to administer all of
their “nonqualified deferred compensation plans”
(within the meaning of Code Section 409A) and all Benefit
Plans (each, a “ 409A Plan ”) to be in
full compliance in all material respects, in both form and
operation, with the requirements of Code Section 409A and the
regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder. No payment made or
to be made under a 409A Plan is or will be subject to any taxes or
penalties imposed by Code Section 409A. No stock option, stock
appreciation rights or other equity based compensation awards
issued or to be issued by any of the Credit Parties (each, an
“ Equity Award ”) shall be subject to the
requirements of Code Section 409A and the issuance of all
Equity Awards shall be supported by a valuation that is entitled to
the presumption of reasonableness provided by Treasury Regulation
1.409A-1(b)(5)(iv)(b)(2)(i). All existing 409A Plan documents are
in full compliance with the requirements of Code Section 409A
and do not require any amendments or modifications to achieve
compliance with Code Section 409A.
5.22 Taxes . Except as
set forth on Schedule 5.23 :
(a) Filing of Tax
Returns . Each Credit Party has duly and timely filed (or has
had duly and timely filed on its behalf) with the appropriate
taxing authorities all material Tax Returns required to be filed
through the date hereof. All such Tax Returns filed are complete
and accurate in all material respects. No Credit Party is currently
the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any
Tax Return. No claim has ever been made by an authority in a
jurisdiction where any Credit Party does not file Tax Returns that
such Credit Party is or may be subject to taxation by that
jurisdiction.
(b) Payment of Taxes .
All Taxes owed by the Credit Parties (whether or not shown on any
Tax Return) have been timely paid (other than Taxes not currently
payable and Taxes subject to a bonafide dispute, which Taxes
in either case have been adequately reserved). The unpaid Taxes of
the Credit Parties (i) did not, as of the dates of each Credit
Party’s financial statements attached hereto as
Exhibit Q , exceed the reserve for Tax liability
(excluding any reserve for deferred Taxes established to reflect
timing differences between book and Tax income) set forth on the
face of the Company’s balance sheet (rather than in any notes
thereto), and (ii) will not exceed the reserve for Tax
liability (rather than any reserve for deferred Taxes established
to reflect timing differences between book and Tax income) shown on
the face of the Company’s balance sheet as of the Closing
Date.
(c) Audits,
Investigations, Disputes or Claims . No material deficiencies
for Taxes have been claimed, proposed or assessed by any taxing
authority against any Credit Party. There are no pending or, to the
best knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened audits,
investigations, disputes or claims or other actions for or relating
to any liability for Taxes with respect to the Credit Parties, and
there are no matters under discussion with any taxing authorities,
or known to any Credit Party, with respect to Taxes that are likely
to result in a material additional liability for Taxes with respect
to the Credit Parties. Audits of foreign, federal, state and local
Tax Returns by the relevant taxing authorities have been completed
for the periods set forth in Schedule 5.23 and, except
as set forth in such Schedule, no Credit Party nor any predecessor
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Credit Party has been notified that any
taxing authority intends to audit a Tax Return for any other
period. None of the Credit Parties has waived any statute of
limitations in respect of Taxes or agreed to any extension of time
with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency. No power of
attorney granted by any Credit Party with respect to any Taxes is
currently in effect.
(d) Liens . There are
no Liens for Taxes (other than for current Taxes not yet due and
payable) on any of the assets of any Credit Party or any shares of
any Credit Party’s Capital Stock.
(e) Tax Elections .
All elections with respect to Taxes affecting the Credit Parties or
their assets, as of the date hereof are set forth in
Schedule 5.23 . None of the Credit Parties has:
(i) consented at any time under Section 341(f)(1) of the
Code to have the provisions of Section 341(f)(2) of the Code
apply to any disposition of any of such Credit Party’s
assets; (ii) agreed, or is required, to make any adjustment
under Section 481(a) of the Code by reason of a change in
accounting method or otherwise; (iii) made an election, or is
required, to treat any of such Credit Party’s assets as
Tax-exempt bond financed property or Tax-exempt use property within
the meaning of Section 168(h) of the Code; (iv) acquired
and does not own any assets that directly or indirectly secure any
debt the interest on which is tax exempt under Section 103(a)
of the Code; (v) made or will make a consent dividend election
under Section 565 of the Code; or (vi) made any of the
foregoing elections or is required to apply any of the foregoing
rules under any comparable foreign, state or local Tax
provision.
(f) Prior Affiliated
Groups . None of the Credit Parties is and has ever been a
member of an affiliated group of corporations within the meaning of
Section 1504 of the Code or any group that has filed a
combined, consolidated or unitary Return.
(g) Other Entity
Liability . No Credit Party has any liability for the Taxes of
any Person (other than the Credit Parties) (i) under Treasury
Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of
state, local or foreign law), (ii) as a transferee or
successor, (iii) by contract, or
(iv) otherwise.
(h) Tax Sharing
Agreements . There are no Tax-sharing agreements or similar
arrangements (including indemnity arrangements) with respect to or
involving the Credit Parties or any of their assets or business,
and after the Closing Date, the Credit Parties, their assets and
their business shall not be bound by any such Tax-sharing
agreements or similar arrangements or have any liability thereunder
for amounts due in respect of periods prior to the Closing
Date.
(i) Partnerships, Single
Member LLCs, CFCs and PHCs . Except for its relationship with
the other Credit Parties and as set forth in
Schedule 9.24 , no Credit Party (i) is subject to
any joint venture, partnership, or other arrangement or contract
which is treated as a partnership for Tax purposes, (ii) owns
a single member limited liability company which is treated as a
disregarded entity, (iii) is a stockholder of a
“controlled foreign corporation” as defined in
Section 957 of the Code (or any similar provision of state,
local or foreign law) and (iv) is a “personal holding
company” as defined in Section 542 of the Code (or any
similar provision of state, local or foreign law).
(j) No Withholding .
None of the Credit Parties has been a United States real property
holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of
the Code during the
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applicable period specified in
Section 897 of the Code. The Credit Parties have withheld and
paid all Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in
connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent
contractor, creditor, stockholder or other third party. The
transactions contemplated herein are not subject to the Tax
withholding provisions of Section 3406 of the Code, or of
Subchapter A of Chapter 3 of the Code or of any other
provision of law.
(k) International
Boycott . The Credit Parties have never participated in and are
not participating in an international boycott within the meaning of
Section 999 of the Code.
(l) Permanent
Establishment . None of the Credit Parties has or has ever had
a permanent establishment in any foreign country as defined in any
applicable Tax treaty or convention between the United States of
America and such foreign country.
(m) None of the Credit
Parties has distributed the Capital Stock of any corporation in a
transaction satisfying the requirements of Section 355 of the
Code since April 16, 1997, and no Capital Stock of any of the
Credit Parties has been distributed in a transaction satisfying the
requirement of Section 355 of the Code since April 16,
1997.
(n) None of the outstanding
Indebtedness of any of the Credit Parties constitutes indebtedness
with respect to which any interest deductions may be disallowed
under Sections 163(i) or 163(e) or 279 of the Code or under
any other provision of applicable law.
5.23 Fraudulent
Transfer .
(a) Each Credit Party is, and
after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby will
be, Solvent.
(b) No transfer of property
is being made by any Credit Party and no obligation is being
incurred by any Credit Party or Guarantor in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other
Transaction Documents with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud
either present or future creditors of the Credit
Parties.
5.24 Private Offering;
Investment Company Act .
(a) Neither any Credit Party
nor any Person acting on its behalf has directly or indirectly
offered or sold the Securities by any form of general solicitation
or general advertising (including, without limitation, any
advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in
any newspaper, magazine or similar media or any broadcast over
television or radio or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have
been invited by any form of general solicitation or general
advertising).
(b) Neither any Credit Party
nor any Person acting on behalf of such Credit Party has, either
directly or indirectly, sold or offered for sale to, or otherwise
approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any Person any of
the Securities except as contemplated by this Agreement, and
neither any Credit Party nor any Person acting on its behalf (other
than Purchaser and its Affiliates) will sell or offer for sale to
any Person any Security or other similar security of the Company
to, or solicit any offers to buy any such security from, or
otherwise approach or negotiate in respect thereof with, any Person
or Persons so as thereby to bring the issuance or sale of any of
the Securities within the registration provisions of Section 5
of the Securities Act. The offer and sale of the Securities
pursuant to this Agreement is exempt from the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
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(c) None of the Credit
Parties is, and the issuance and sale of the Securities pursuant to
this Agreement will not cause any Credit Party to be, an
“investment company” or under the “control”
of an “investment company” as such terms are defined in
the Investment Company Act.
5.25 Federal
Regulations . No part of the proceeds of the Securities will be
used for purchasing or carrying any “margin stock”
(within the meaning of Regulation U) or for the purpose of
purchasing, carrying or trading in any securities under such
circumstances as to involve the Credit Parties in a violation of
Regulation X or to involve any broker or dealer in a violation
of Regulation T. No indebtedness being reduced or retired out
of the proceeds of the Securities was or will be incurred for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin stock”
(within the meaning of Regulation U). None of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the
direct and indirect use of proceeds of the Securities) will violate
or result in a violation of Regulation T, Regulation U or
Regulation X.
5.26 Material Adverse
Change . Since June 30, 2007, there has been no
development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Change.
5.27 No Undisclosed
Liabilities . The Company does not have any liability and there
is no basis for any present or future action or order against the
Company giving rise to any liability, except for
(a) liabilities quantified on the face of the audited
June 30, 2007 balance sheet (rather than in any notes thereto)
and not heretofore paid or discharged, and (b) liabilities
that have arisen since June 30, 2007 in the ordinary course of
business that are not materially individually or in the aggregate
(none of which liabilities has arisen from any breach or violation
of a Contractual Obligation or Requirement of Law).
5.28 Complete
Disclosure .
(a) No statement or
information contained in this Agreement, any other Transaction
Document or any other document, certificate or statement furnished
to Purchaser, by or on behalf of any Credit Party for use in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
the other Transaction Documents for purposes of or in connection
with this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents or any
transaction contemplated herein or therein, contained as of the
date such statement, information, document or certificate was so
furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
contained herein or therein not misleading. The Projections and Pro
Forma Balance Sheet contained in the materials referenced above are
based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by
management of the Company to be reasonable at the time made, it
being recognized by Purchaser that such financial information as it
relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact and that
actual results during the period or periods covered by such
financial information may differ from the projected results set
forth therein by a material amount. There is no fact or
circumstance known to any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries
that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change that has not been expressly disclosed in writing to
Purchaser for use in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby and by the other Transaction Documents.
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(b) The Company has filed the
Company SEC Documents set forth on Schedule 5.28(b) . As of
their respective dates, the Company SEC Documents complied in all
material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or
the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations
of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to such Company SEC
Documents, and none of the Company SEC Documents contained any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. Except to the extent that
information contained in any Company SEC Document has been revised
or superseded by a later filed Company SEC Document which was filed
and publicly available prior to the date of this Agreement, none of
the Company SEC Documents contains any untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in
the Company SEC Documents comply as to form in all material
respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published
rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited
statements, as permitted by the SEC) applied on a consistent basis
during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the
notes thereto) and fairly present the consolidated financial
position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the
dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and
cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of
unaudited statements, to normal year-end adjustments). Except for
liabilities and obligations incurred in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice since the date of the most
recent consolidated balance sheet included in the Company SEC
Documents, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any
liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether accrued,
absolute, contingent or otherwise) required by GAAP to be
recognized or disclosed on a consolidated balance sheet of the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or in the notes
thereto.
5.29 Brokerage Fees .
Except as set forth on Schedule 5.29 , (a) no Credit
Party has utilized the services of any broker or finder in
connection with obtaining financing from Purchaser under this
Agreement and (b) no Person is or will be entitled to any
payment or consideration as a result of obtaining financing from
Purchaser under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any
brokerage commissions, finder’s fees or bonuses to employees,
officers, directors or Affiliates of any of the
foregoing.
ARTICLE 6
REPRESENTATIONS
AND
WARRANTIES OF
PURCHASER
Purchaser hereby represents
and warrants as follows:
6.1 Due Organization .
Purchaser is duly formed and existing in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and the State of
Delaware.
6.2 Authorization; No
Contravention . The execution, delivery and performance by
Purchaser of this Agreement: (a) is within its power and
authority and has been duly authorized by all necessary action;
(b) does not contravene the terms of its Governing Documents;
and (c) except as would not materially and adversely affect
the ability of Purchaser to consummate the
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transactions contemplated hereby, will
not violate, conflict with or result in any breach or contravention
of any of its material Contractual Obligations, or any order or
decree directly relating to Purchaser.
6.3 Binding Effect .
This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Purchaser
and this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation, enforceable against Purchaser in accordance with its
terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting the
enforcement• of creditors’ rights generally or by
equitable principles relating to enforceability.
6.4 No Legal Bar . The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Purchaser
will not violate any provision of federal, state or local
Requirement of Law or regulation applicable to it.
6.5 Purchase for Own
Account .
(a) Purchaser is an
“accredited investor” within the meaning of
Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act and
is acquiring the Securities for its own account and not with a view
to any distribution thereof or with any present intention of
offering or selling any of the Securities in a transaction that
would violate or require registration under the Securities Act or
the securities laws of any state of the United States or any other
applicable jurisdiction and Purchaser will not offer, sell,
transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of the
Securities unless pursuant to a transaction either that is
registered under, or that is, based upon the advice of counsel to
Purchaser, exempt from registration under, the Securities Act and
in compliance with applicable state and other securities
laws.
(b) Purchaser has such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to
be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in
the Securities and it is capable of bearing the economic risks of
such investment and acknowledges that the Securities, as of the
date hereof, have not been registered under the Securities Act or
the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction. Purchaser
has conducted such investigation of the Credit Parties’
business and financial condition as Purchaser has determined to be
appropriate in the exercise of due diligence.
(c) Purchaser is not an
“investment company” within the meaning of the
investment Company Act and the regulations thereunder.
6.6 Broker’s
Finder’s or Similar Fees . Purchaser has not utilized the
services of any broker or finder in connection with the this
Agreement and no brokerage commissions or finders’ fees are
payable by Purchaser or its Affiliates in connection
herewith.
6.7 Governmental
Authorization: Third Party Consent . No approval, consent,
compliance, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice
to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person
is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery
or performance by Purchaser or enforcement against it of this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
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ARTICLE 7
INDEMNIFICATION
7.1 Indemnification
.
(a) In addition to all other
sums due hereunder or provided for in this Agreement or in the
other Transaction Documents, each Credit Party agrees, jointly and
severally to pay, indemnify, defend, and hold Purchaser, each of
its Affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors,
partners, trustees, members, advisors (including, without
limitation, attorneys, accountants and financial advisors),
employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, and controlling persons
(each, an “ Indemnified Person ”)
harmless (to the fullest extent permitted by law) from and against
any and all claims, demands, suits, actions, investigations,
proceedings, Losses, and all reasonable attorneys’ fees and
disbursements and other costs and expenses incurred in connection
therewith, or for recovery under directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the
Company or any other Credit Party (as and when they are incurred
and irrespective of whether suit is brought) (collectively “
Claims ”), at any time asserted against,
imposed upon, or incurred by any of them:
(i) in connection with or as
a result of or related to the execution, delivery, enforcement,
performance, or administration of, or breach of any covenant,
representation or warranty contained in, the Proposal Letter, this
Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including, without
limitation, any Tax liabilities or Claims in respect of any
brokerage commissions or finders fees incurred by the Credit
Parties in connection with obtaining financing; and
(ii) with respect to any
investigation, litigation, or proceeding related to this Agreement
or any of the other Transaction Documents; the use of the proceeds
provided hereunder (irrespective of whether any Indemnified Person
is a party thereto); the payment or incurrence of any Purchaser
Expenses; or any act, omission, event, or circumstance in any
manner related thereto including, but not limited to, in connection
with the enforcement of the indemnification obligations set forth
herein (all liabilities described in the foregoing clauses
(i) and (ii), collectively, the “ Indemnified
Liabilities ”).
(b) Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in Section 7.1(a) , no Credit Party
shall have any obligation to any Indemnified Person under this
Section 7.1 with respect to any Indemnified Liability
that a court of competent jurisdiction finally determines in a
non-appealable decision to have resulted from the gross negligence
or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person.
(c) This
Section 7.1 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the repayment of the Obligations. If any Indemnified
Person makes any payment to any other Indemnified Person with
respect to an Indemnified Liability as to which any Credit Party
was required to indemnify the Indemnified Person receiving such
payment, the Indemnified Person making such payment is entitled to
be indemnified and reimbursed by the Credit Parties with respect
thereto.
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(d) Upon notice to any Credit
Party specifying in reasonable detail the basis therefor, Purchaser
may setoff any amount to which Purchaser may be entitled under this
Article 7 against any amounts otherwise payable to such
Credit Party by Purchaser or any of its Affiliates. The exercise of
such right of setoff by Purchaser in good faith, whether or not
ultimately determined to be justified, will not constitute a breach
or default under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
Neither the exercise of nor the failure to exercise such right of
setoff will constitute an election of remedies or limit Purchaser
in any manner in the enforcement of any other remedies that may be
available to Purchaser.
(e) THE INDEMNIFICATION
PROVISIONS IN THIS ARTICLE 7 SHALL BE ENFORCEABLE REGARDLESS OF
WHETHER THE LIABILITY IS BASED UPON PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE ACTS,
CLAIMS OR LAWS (INCLUDING ANY PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE BULK SALES
LAW, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, FRAUDULENT TRANSFER ACT, OCCUPATIONAL
SAFETY AND HEALTH LAW OR PRODUCTS LIABILITY, SECURITIES OR OTHER
LAW).
7.2 Procedure;
Notification . Each Indemnified Person under this
Article 7 will, promptly after the receipt of notice of
the commencement of any claim against such Indemnified Person in
respect of which indemnity may be sought from any Credit Party
under this Article 7 , notify the Company, who shall
receive notice on behalf itself and on behalf of the Credit Parties
for purposes of this Section 7.2 , in writing of the
commencement thereof. The failure of any Indemnified Person so to
notify the Company of any such action shall not relieve the Company
or any other Credit Party from any liability which it may have to
such Indemnified Person unless, and only to the extent that, such
failure results in the Company’s forfeiture of substantive
rights or defenses. In case any such Claim is brought against any
Indemnified Person, the Credit Parties shall be entitled to assume
the defense thereof at their own expense, with counsel satisfactory
to Purchaser in its reasonable judgment; provided ,
however , that any Indemnified Person may, at its own
expense, retain separate counsel to participate in such defense.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in any Claim in which any Credit
Party, on the one hand, and an Indemnified Person, on the other
hand, is, or is reasonably likely to become, a party, such
Indemnified Person shall have the right to employ separate counsel
at the Credit Parties’ expense and to control its own defense
of such Claim if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to such
Indemnified Person, a conflict or potential conflict exists between
the Company or any other Credit Party, on the one hand, and such
Indemnified Person, on the other hand, that would make such
separate representation advisable; provided , however
, that in no event shall the Credit Parties be required to pay fees
and expenses under this Article 7 for more than one
firm of attorneys in any jurisdiction in any one legal action or
group of related legal actions. Each Credit Party agrees that it
will not, without the prior written consent of Purchaser, settle,
compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending
or threatened Claim relating to the matters contemplated hereby (if
any Indemnified Person is a party thereto or has been actually
threatened to be made a party thereto) unless such settlement,
compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of
Purchaser and each other Indemnified Person from all liability
arising or that may arise out of such claim, action or proceeding.
No Credit Party shall be liable for any settlement of any claim,
action or proceeding effected against an Indemnified Party without
its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed. The rights accorded to Indemnified Persons
hereunder shall be in addition to any rights that any Indemnified
Person may have at law, in equity (including by way of specific
performance or injunctive relief), by separate agreement or
otherwise.
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7.3 Registration Rights
Agreement . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Article 7 , the indemnification, reimbursement and
contribution provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement shall
govern any claim made with respect to registration statements filed
pursuant thereto or sales made thereunder.
ARTICLE 8
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
As long as any of the
Securities are outstanding or Purchaser holds any securities issued
by the Company, each Credit Party hereby covenants and agrees,
jointly and severally, that it shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to perform, comply with and observe each of the
covenants set forth in this Article 8 .
8.1 Accounting System
. The Credit Parties shall maintain a system of accounting that
enables the Credit Parties to produce financial statements (and all
of their financial statements delivered to Purchaser or filed with
the SEC shall be produced) in accordance with GAAP, consistently
applied, and maintain records pertaining to the Collateral that
contain information as from time to time reasonably may be
requested by Purchaser. The Credit Parties also shall keep an
inventory and equipment reporting system that shows all additions,
sales, claims, returns, and allowances with respect to the
Inventory and Equipment.
8.2 Reporting Package
. The Credit Parties shall provide Purchaser with a reporting
package covering the matters set forth in Schedule 8.2
as soon as reasonably practicable following the end of the
applicable reporting period (and, in any event, (a) in the
case of any monthly reporting requirements, within thirty
(30) days (or forty-five (45) days in the case of a month
that is the last month in one of a fiscal quarter, or such shorter
period as the SEC may require from time to time with respect to the
filing by the Company of Form 10-QSB quarterly reports) after
the end of each month, and (b) in the case of any quarterly
monthly reporting requirements, within forty-five (45) days
after the end of each quarter (or ninety (90) days in the case
of the Company’s fourth fiscal quarter, or such shorter
period as the SEC may require from time to time for the filing of
the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB). In
addition, each Credit Party agrees to cooperate fully with
Purchaser using reasonable means and methods to facilitate and
implement a system of electronic collateral reporting in order to
provide electronic reporting reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser
of each of the items set forth in Schedule 8.2
.
8.3 Financial Statements,
Reports, Certificates .
(a) Quarterly Reports
. The Credit Parties shall deliver the following to Purchaser as
soon as available, but in any event within forty-five
(45) days (or such shorter period as the SEC shall require
from time to time with respect to the filing by the Company of
Form 10-QSB quarterly reports) after the end of each of the
first three (3) quarterly periods during the Company’s
fiscal year; provided , however , that the following
shall be deemed timely delivered under this
Section 8.3(a) if and to the extent the Company avails
itself of the extension provided by the Exchange Act
Rule 12b-25 so long the following are filed on or before the
applicable filing date as so extended:
(i) a Company-prepared
consolidated balance sheet, income statement, a consolidated
statement of cash flow covering the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ operations, and a consolidated statement of
cash flow covering the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’
operations during such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year
through the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in
comparative form the figures for the previous year;
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(ii) a certificate signed by
the Chief Financial Officer of the Company to the effect
that:
(A) the financial statements
delivered hereunder have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
(except for the lack of footnotes and being subject to year-end
audit adjustments) and fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries at such
dates;
(B) the representations and
warranties of the Credit Parties contained in this Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents are true and correct in all
material respects on and as of the date of such certificate, as
though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that such
representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date in
which case such representations and warranties shall be true and
correct in all material respects as of such earlier date);
and
(C) there does not exist any
condition or event that constitutes a Default or Event of Default
(or, to the extent of any non-compliance, describing such
non-compliance as to which he or she may have knowledge and what
action the Credit Parties have taken, are taking, or propose to
take with respect thereto); and
(iii) a Compliance
Certificate demonstrating, in reasonable detail, compliance at the
end of such quarter with the financial covenants contained in
Section 9.18 .
(b) Annual Reports .
The Credit Parties shall deliver the following to Purchaser as soon
as available, but in any event within ninety (90) days after
the end of the Company’s fiscal year (or such shorter period
as the SEC may require from time to time with respect to the filing
by a reporting company of Form 10-KSB annual reports);
provided , however , that the following shall be
deemed timely delivered under this Section 8.3(b) if
and to the extent the Company avails itself of the extension
provided by the Exchange Act Rule 12b-25 so long as the
following are filed on or before the applicable filing date as so
extended:
(i) financial statements of
the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for each
such fiscal year, audited by independent certified public
accountants reasonably acceptable to Purchaser setting forth in
each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year,
reported on without a “going concern” or like
qualification or exception, or any qualification arising out of the
scope of the audit or the quality or integrity of any Credit
Party’s financial reporting systems and certified by such
accountants to have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (such
audited financial statements to include a balance sheet, income
statement, and statement of cash flow and, any such
accountants’ letter to management (whether in draft or final
form) received by any Credit Party and the management’s
responses thereto);
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(ii) a Compliance Certificate
demonstrating, in reasonable detail, compliance at the end of such
fiscal year with the financial covenants contained in
Section 9.18 .
(c) Projections . The
Credit Parties shall deliver to Purchaser:
(i) as soon as available, but
in any event at least thirty (30) days prior to the start of
each fiscal year of the Company for one-year projections and by the
end of the previous fiscal year of the Company for three-year
projections, copies of the Credit Parties’ projections, all
prepared on a consistent basis with the Credit Parties’
historical financial statements, together with appropriate
supporting details and a statement of underlying assumptions, in
form and substance (including as to scope and underlying
assumptions) reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser for the
forthcoming fiscal year, quarter by quarter, or the forthcoming
three (3) years, year by year, as applicable, in each case
certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company as being
such officer’s good faith best estimate of the financial
performance of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the period
covered thereby; and
(ii) within forty-five
(45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal
quarters of the Company’s fiscal year (or such shorter period
as the as the SEC all require from time to time with respect to the
filing by a reporting company of a Quarterly Report on
Form 10-QSB), and within ninety (90) days after the end
of the fourth fiscal quarter of the Company’s fiscal year (or
such shorter period as the SEC shall require from time to time with
respect to the filing by a reporting company of Form 10-KSB
annual reports), a narrative discussion and analysis of the
financial condition and results of operations of the Company and
its Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarter and for the period from
the beginning of the then current fiscal year to the end of such
fiscal quarter, as compared to the portion of the projections
covering such periods and to the comparable periods of the previous
year. The information required by this clause (ii) shall be
deemed adequately and timely provided so long as contained in the
section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operation” contained
within the Company’s annual or quarterly report, as the case
may be, so long as the same is timely filed as provided under the
rules of the Exchange Act.
(d) SEC Reports and Other
Information . If and when filed by any Credit Party, the Credit
Parties shall deliver to Purchaser:
(i) Form 10-QSB
quarterly reports, Form 10-KSB annual reports, and
Form 8-K current reports,
(ii) copies of all
correspondence involving or with, and any other filings made by any
Credit Party with, the SEC,
(iii) copies of the Credit
Parties’ federal income Tax returns, and any amendments
thereto, filed with the Internal Revenue Service,
(iv) press releases relating
to any Credit Party, prior to or concurrently with the issuance
thereof, and
(v) any other information
that is provided by the Company to its stockholders
generally.
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The deliveries contemplated by this
Section 8.3(d) may, at the Company’s option, be
made if the same is filed electronically with the SEC or otherwise
publicly available and the Company provides Purchaser with the
relevant location data.
(e) If and when filed by any
Credit Party and as requested by Purchaser, the Credit Parties
shall deliver to Purchaser satisfactory evidence of payment of
applicable excise Taxes in each jurisdiction in which (i) any
Credit Party conducts business or is required to pay any such
excise Tax, (ii) where any Credit Party’s failure to pay
any such applicable excise Tax would result in a Lien on the
properties or assets of any Credit Party, or (iii) where any
Credit Party’s failure to pay any such applicable excise Tax
reasonably could be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change.
(f) As soon as a Credit Party
has knowledge of any event or condition that constitutes a Default
or an Event of Default or that could be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Change, the Credit Parties shall deliver to
Purchaser written notice thereof and a statement of the curative
action that the Credit Parties have taken, are taking and propose
to take with respect thereto.
(g) As soon as a Credit Party
has knowledge of any pending or threatened action, suit or
proceeding by any Person, or any pending or threatened
investigations by a Governmental Authority that would reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, the Credit Parties
shall deliver to Purchaser written notice thereof and a statement
of the curative action that the Credit Parties have taken, are
taking and propose to take with respect thereto.
(h) As soon as a Credit Party
has knowledge of any notice of any violation by any Credit Party of
any Environmental Law that would reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Change, the Credit Parties shall deliver to
Purchaser written notice thereof and a statement of the curative
action that the Credit Parties have taken, are taking and propose
to take with respect thereto.
(i) Senior Credit
Agreement; Other Indebtedness . The Credit Parties shall
deliver to Purchaser:
(i) as and when delivered by
the Company or any other Credit Party to the Senior Lender or any
holder of the Existing Subordinated Debt or any other Indebtedness
of any Credit Party: (A) the schedules and reports, if any,
required to be delivered under the terms of the Senior Credit
Agreement or similar schedules or “Compliance
Certificates”; and (B) projections, if any, required to
be delivered under the terms of the Senior Credit
Agreement;
(ii) no later than ten
(10) Business Days prior to the effectiveness thereof, copies
of substantially final drafts of any proposed amendment,
supplement, waiver or other modification with respect to the Senior
Credit Documents or other Indebtedness;
(iii) on the date of the
occurrence thereof, notice (A) that any or all of the
obligations under the Senior Credit Documents or any other
Indebtedness have been accelerated, (B) that the Senior Lender
or any holder of other Indebtedness has given notice that any or
all such obligations are to be accelerated or (C) of any
default or breach under the Senior Credit Documents or any other
Indebtedness; and
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(iv) to the extent not
included in clauses (i) through (iii) above, no later
than the date that the same are required to be delivered
thereunder, copies of all agreements, documents or other
instruments (including, without limitation, (A) audited and
unaudited, pro forma and other financial statements, reports,
forecasts, and projections, together with any required
certifications thereon by independent public auditors or officers
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise,
(B) press releases, (C) statements or reports furnished
to any other holder of the securities of the Credit Parties or any
of their respective Subsidiaries, and (D) regular, periodic
and special securities reports) that the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries are required to provide pursuant to the terms of the
Senior Credit Documents or other Indebtedness.
(j) No later than ten
(10) Business Days prior to the effectiveness thereof, the
Credit Parties shall deliver to Purchaser copies of substantially
final drafts of any proposed amendment, supplement, waiver or other
modification with respect to the Governing Documents of any Credit
Party.
(k) As soon as possible and
in any event within five (5) Business Days of obtaining
knowledge thereof, the Credit Parties shall deliver to Purchaser
any notice that any Governmental Authority may reject or condition
approval of any material permit held by any Credit Party or any of
its Subsidiaries, or any application for any material permit held
by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries on terms and
conditions that are materially burdensome to such Person, or to the
operation of any of its businesses or any property owned, leased or
otherwise operated by such Person.
(l) So long as the Securities
are “restricted securities” within the meaning of
Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, and during any period
in which it is not subject to and in compliance with
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act or is not
exempt from such reporting requirements pursuant to and in
compliance with Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Exchange Act, the
Credit Parties shall provide to Purchaser and to each prospective
purchaser (as designated by Purchaser) of such restricted
securities, upon the request of Purchaser or any prospective
purchaser that represents its ability and qualifications to trade
the securities under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, any
information required to be provided by Rule 144A(d)(4) under
the Securities Act (this covenant being intended for the benefit of
Purchaser, and the prospective purchasers designated by Purchaser,
from time to time of such restricted securities).
In addition to the financial
statements referred to above, the Credit Parties agree to deliver
financial statements prepared on a consolidated basis and that
except as permitted by GAAP and by Regulation S-X, no Credit
Party, or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party, will have a fiscal year
different from that of the Company. The Credit Parties agree that
their independent certified public accountants are authorized to
communicate with Purchaser and to release to Purchaser, at the
Credit Parties’ expense up to Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000)
per fiscal year, if no Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, or at the Credit Parties’ sole expense, if a
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
whatever financial information concerning the Credit Parties that
Purchaser may reasonably request. Each Credit Party waives the
right to assert a confidential relationship, if any, it may have
with any accounting firm or service bureau in connection with any
information requested by Purchaser pursuant to or in accordance
with this Agreement, and agrees that Purchaser may contact directly
any such accounting firm or service bureau in order to obtain such
information.
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8.4 Credit Party
Reports . Each Credit Party shall cause each other Credit Party
to deliver to Purchaser (i) such other Credit Party’s
annual financial statements (if not consolidated with the
Company’s annual financial statement filed with its annual
report on Form 10-KSB) at the time when the Company provides
its audited financial statements to Purchaser and (ii) copies
of all federal income Tax returns as soon as the same are available
and in any event no later than thirty (30) days after the same
are required to be filed by law.
8.5 Maintenance of
Properties, etc .
(a) Each Credit Party shall
maintain and preserve all of its material Properties which are
necessary or useful in the proper conduct of its business in good
working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and
comply at all times with the provisions of all leases to which it
is a party as lessee, so as to prevent any loss or forfeiture
thereof or thereunder.
(b) Each Credit Party shall
maintain the same percentage ownership of each of its Subsidiaries
as was the case on the Closing Date.
8.6 Taxes .
(a) The Credit Parties shall
cause all assessments and Taxes, whether real, personal, or
otherwise, due or payable by, or imposed, levied, or assessed
against the Credit Parties or any of their assets to be paid in
full, before delinquency or before the expiration of any extension
period, except to the extent that the validity of such assessment
or Tax shall be the subject of a Permitted Protest. The Credit
Parties shall make timely payment or deposit of all Tax payments
and withholding Taxes required of it by applicable laws, including
those laws concerning F.I.C.A., F.U.T.A., state disability, and
local, state, and federal income taxes, and will, upon request,
furnish Purchaser with proof satisfactory to Purchaser indicating
that the applicable Credit Party has made such payments or
deposits. Upon request by Purchaser to the Company, the Credit
Parties shall deliver satisfactory evidence of payment of
applicable excise Taxes in each jurisdiction in which any Credit
Party is required to pay any such excise Tax.
(b) The Credit Parties shall
promptly notify Purchaser in writing upon receipt of notice of any
material pending or threatened federal, state, local or foreign Tax
audits or assessments relating to the income, properties or
operations of the Credit Parties and permit Purchaser to
participate fully to the extent allowed by law, in any proceedings
relating to any such audits or assessments (including, without
limitation, not resolving any such matters without the prior
written consent of Purchaser, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld).
(c) The Credit Parties shall
pay all Transfer Taxes (together in each case with interest and
penalties, if any) payable or determined to be payable in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the
issuance and sale of the Securities and shall hold harmless
Purchaser from and against any and all liabilities with respect to
or resulting from any delay in paying, or omission to pay, such
Taxes.
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8.7 Insurance
.
(a) At each of the Credit
Parties’ sole expense, each Credit Party shall maintain
insurance respecting its property and assets wherever located,
covering loss or damage by fire, theft, explosion, terrorism, and
all other hazards and risks as ordinarily are, from time to time,
insured against by other Persons engaged in the same or similar
businesses in the same general geographic area as such Credit
Party. All such policies of insurance shall be in such amounts,
against such risks and subject to such deductibles, and with such
financially sound and reputable insurance companies as are
reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser (and which, if acceptable to
Senior Lender, shall be deemed to be reasonably satisfactory to
Purchaser); provided , that in any event, each of the Credit
Parties will maintain (i) property and casualty insurance on
all Property on an all risks basis (including the perils of flood,
loss by fire, explosion, and theft and such other risks and hazards
as are covered by a standard extended coverage insurance policy),
covering the repair or replacement cost of all such Property and
consequential loss coverage for business interruption and extra
expense (which shall include construction expenses and such other
business interruption expenses as are otherwise generally available
to similar businesses), (ii) public liability insurance, and
(iii) building law and ordinance coverage in such amount as to
address to the satisfaction of Purchaser any increased cost of
construction, debris removal and/or demolition expenses incurred as
a result of the application of any building law and/or ordinance.
All such insurance with respect to each of the Credit Parties shall
be provided by insurers or reinsurers which (A) in the case of
United States insurers and reinsurers, have an A.M. Best
policyholders rating of not less than A- with respect to primary
insurance and B+ with respect to excess insurance and (B) in
the case of non-United States insurers and reinsurers, the
providers of at least eighty percent (80%) of such insurance
have either an ISI policyholders rating of not less than A, an A.M.
Best policyholders rating of not less than A- or a surplus of not
less than Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000) with respect
to primary insurance, and an ISI policyholders rating of not less
than BBB with respect to excess insurance, or, if the relevant
insurance is not available from such insurers, such other insurers
as Purchaser may approve in writing. All insurance shall
(1) provide that no cancellation, material reduction in amount
or material change in coverage thereof shall be effective until at
least thirty (30) days after receipt by Purchaser of written
notice thereof, (2) if reasonably requested by Purchaser,
include a breach of warranty clause, (3) contain a
“Replacement Cost Endorsement” with a waiver of
depreciation and a waiver of subrogation against Purchaser,
(4) contain endorsements providing that none of the Credit
Parties, Purchaser or any other Person shall be a co-insurer under
such insurance policies, and (5) be reasonably satisfactory in
all material respects to Purchaser. Purchaser shall be named as an
additional insured on all liability insurance policies of each
Credit Party and Purchaser shall be named as a loss payee on all
property and casualty insurance policies of each such Person. The
Credit Parties shall deliver copies of all such policies to
Purchaser. Each policy of insurance or endorsement shall contain a
clause requiring the insurer to give not less than thirty
(30) days prior written notice to Purchaser in the event of
cancellation of the policy for any reason whatsoever.
(b) Each Credit Party shall
give Purchaser prompt notice of any loss in excess of One Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($100,000) covered by the insurance policies
described in clause (a) above. Purchaser shall have the right
(subject to the consent of the relevant Credit Party’s
insurer and that of the Senior Lender) to adjust any losses payable
under any such insurance policies in excess of Two Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($250,000), without any liability to the Credit
Parties whatsoever in respect of such adjustments. Any monies
received as payment for any loss under any insurance policy
mentioned above (other than liability insurance policies) or as
payment of any award or compensation for condemnation or taking by
eminent domain, shall be paid over to Purchaser to be applied,
subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, at Purchaser’s
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either to the prepayment of the
Obligations or shall be disbursed to the Company under staged
payment terms reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser for application
to the cost of repairs, replacements, or restorations;
provided , that Purchaser shall disburse such proceeds to
the Company (under staged payment terms as provided above) so long
as (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and
(ii) the affected Credit Party provides Purchaser with
reasonably detailed plans respecting the costs and methods of
repairs, replacements or restorations. Any such repairs,
replacements, or restorations shall be effected with reasonable
promptness and shall be of a value at least equal to the value of
the items or property destroyed prior to such damage or
destruction.
(c) The Credit Parties shall
not take out separate insurance concurrent in form or contributing
in the event of loss with that required to be maintained under this
Section 8.7, unless Purchaser is included thereon as a
named insured with the loss payable to Purchaser under a
lender’s loss payable endorsement or its equivalent. The
Company immediately shall notify Purchaser whenever such separate
insurance is taken out, specifying the insurer thereunder and full
particulars as to the policies evidencing the same, and copies of
such policies promptly shall be provided to Purchaser.
(d) At the Credit
Parties’ sole expense, from and after the Closing, the
Company shall obtain (and deliver to Purchaser evidence thereof)
and continue thereafter to maintain directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance in respect of any director
appointed by Purchaser to the Company’s Board of Directors in
accordance with the Voting Agreement, with the same insurer, in the
same amount, on the same terms and conditions and with the same
deductibles as are applicable to all other directors on the
Company’s Board of Directors, which insurance shall at all
times be comparable to directors’ and officers’
liability insurance maintained by similarly-situated
companies.
(e) Commencing on
June 30, 2008 and at the end of each second fiscal year of the
Company thereafter, the Credit Parties shall provide Purchaser with
a biennial report, of Garber Atlas Fries & Associates,
Inc., an insurance broker of national standing who is hereby deemed
reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser as to the adequacy of the
amounts and types of insurance maintained by the Credit Parties
and, at the request of Purchaser, obtain and maintain any
commercially reasonably amount and type of insurance recommended in
such report which such Credit Parties have not already obtained and
maintained. In the event that the Credit Parties change their
broker from Garber Atlas, they agree that the replacement broker
will be a broker with at least as high a national
standing.
8.8 Location of
Collateral . The Credit Parties shall keep the Collateral only
at the locations identified on Schedule 5.15 and, upon
written request from Purchaser at any time, shall provide Purchaser
with Collateral Access Agreements for such locations (if such
locations are leased and not owned by the Credit Parties);
provided, however, that the Company may amend Schedule
5.15 so long as such amendment occurs by written notice to
Purchaser not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date on
which the Inventory or Equipment is moved to such new location, so
long as such new location is within the continental United States
(if originally so located), and so long as, at the time of such
written notification, the applicable Credit Party provides any
financing statements or fixture filings necessary to perfect and
continue perfected Purchaser’s Liens on such assets and also
provides to Purchaser a Collateral Access Agreement, if requested
by Purchaser in writing.
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8.9 Compliance with
Laws . The Credit Parties shall comply with the requirements of
all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and orders of any
Governmental Authority (including, without limitation, the SEC, The
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Office of the
Inspector General and the Environmental Protection Agency),
including, without limitation, the false claims, false
representations, anti-kickback and other provisions of the
Medicare/Medicaid fraud and abuse laws (42 U.S.C.
§ 1320a-7 et seq .), the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, the Stark Law (42
U.S.C. § 1395nn), Fair Labor Standards Act, the Americans
With Disabilities Act, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and shall not cause or assist any
Person in violating such requirements. The Credit Parties shall
monitor and not, without the prior written consent of Purchaser,
(a) accept any referrals from, or accept business generated
by, any Person which holds an equity interest or a debt interest in
a Credit Party and which is in a position to make referrals to or
generate business for a Credit Party, or (b) allow any
referrals to be made from, or business to be generated by, any
Person which holds an equity interest or a debt interest in a
Credit Party and which is in a position to make referrals to or
generate business for any Person (other than a Credit Party) which
is a party to a Hospital Contract.
8.10 Leases . The
Credit Parties shall pay when due all rents and other amounts
payable under any leases to which any Credit Party is a party or by
which any Credit Party’s properties and assets are bound,
unless such payments are the subject of a Permitted
Protest.
8.11 Brokerage
Commissions . The Credit Parties shall pay any and all
brokerage commission or finders fees incurred in connection with or
as a result of the Credit Parties’ obtaining financing under
this Agreement. The Credit Parties agree and acknowledge that
payment of all such brokerage commissions or finders fees shall be
the sole responsibility of the Credit Parties, and each Credit
Party agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold Purchaser harmless from
and against any claim of any broker or finder arising out of the
Credit Parties’ obtaining financing under this
Agreement.
8.12 Maintenance of
Existence . The Credit Parties shall
(a) (i) preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect
its corporate existence and (ii) take all reasonable action to
maintain all rights, privileges and franchises necessary or
desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except, in the
case of clause (ii) above, to the extent that failure to do so
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change; and (b) comply with all Contractual Obligations and
Requirements of Law except to the extent that failure to comply
therewith could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
8.13 Environmental .
The Credit Parties shall (a) keep any property either owned or
operated by any Credit Party free of any Environmental Liens or
post bonds or other financial assurances sufficient to satisfy the
obligations or liability evidenced by such Environmental Liens,
(b) comply, in all material respects, with Environmental Laws
and provide to Purchaser documentation of such compliance which the
Purchaser reasonably requests, (c) promptly notify Purchaser
of any release of a Hazardous Material of any reportable quantity
from or onto property owned or operated by any Credit Party and
take any Remedial Actions required to abate said release or
otherwise to come into compliance with applicable Environmental
Law, and (d) promptly provide Purchaser with written notice
within ten (10) days of the receipt of any of the following:
(i) notice that an Environmental Lien has been filed against
any of the real or personal property of any Credit Party,
(ii) commencement of any Environmental Action or notice that
an Environmental Action will be filed against any Credit Party, and
(iii) notice of a violation, citation, or other administrative
order which reasonably could be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change.
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8.14 Disclosure
Updates . The Credit Parties shall promptly and in no event
later than five (5) Business Days after obtaining knowledge
thereof, (a) notify Purchaser if any written information,
exhibit, or report furnished to Purchaser contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading
in light of the circumstances in which made, and (b) without
limiting any liability therefor, correct any defect or error that
may be discovered therein or in any Transaction Document or in the
execution, acknowledgment, filing, or recordation
thereof.
8.15 Reservation of Shares
of Capital Stock of the Company . The Company shall at all
times reserve and keep available out of its authorized Capital
Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance or delivery upon exercise
of the Warrant, the maximum number of shares of Capital Stock of
the Company that may be issuable or deliverable upon such exercise.
The Warrant Securities shall, when issued or delivered in
accordance with the Warrant be duly and validly issued and fully
paid and non-assessable and free and clear of any Liens or adverse
claims and shall not be subject to preemptive rights in favor of
any Person. The Company shall issue such Warrant Securities in
accordance with the provisions of the Warrant and shall otherwise
comply with the terms thereof.
8.16 ERISA Matters
.
(a) The Credit Parties shall
cause each Benefit Plan to be operated in compliance with the terms
of such Benefit Plan and applicable law and shall pay and discharge
promptly any liability imposed upon it or them pursuant to the
provisions of such Benefit Plan and applicable law; provided
, however , that no Credit Party shall be required to pay
any such liability if (i) the amount, applicability, or
validity thereof shall be diligently contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and (ii) such Person shall have set
aside on its books reserves which, in the good faith judgment of
the board of directors of such Person, are adequate with respect
thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Credit Parties shall cause the representation and warranty in
Section 5.21(p) to be true at all times.
(b) The Credit Parties shall
deliver to Purchaser promptly, but in no event more than five
(5) Business Days after any officer of any Credit Party
obtains knowledge of (i) the Internal Revenue Service’s
(A) revocation of, or intent to revoke, the Tax-qualified
status of any Benefit Plan, (B) imposition of an excise Tax
upon the occurrence of a “prohibited transaction” as
such term is defined in Section 4975 of the Code, or
(C) disallowance of a deduction (in whole or in part) for a
contribution to a Benefit Plan, (ii) the institution of a
lawsuit against a Benefit Plan (or a Fiduciary of such plan), or
(iii) the United Stated Department of Labor’s imposition
of a penalty under Section 502 of ERISA relating to a Benefit
Plan, a written notice specifying the nature of such action, what
action has been taken, is being taken, or is proposed to be taken
with respect thereto, and a copy of any correspondence or other
documentation relating to the matter.
(c) The Credit Parties shall
deliver to Purchaser promptly, but in no event more than five
(5) Business Days after any officer of any Credit Party
obtains knowledge thereof, written notice of (i) the
occurrence of a Termination Event, (ii) any fact arising in
connection with any Benefit Plan that could constitute grounds for
the termination thereof by the PBGC or for the appointment of a
trustee to administer the Benefit Plan or that might otherwise
result in material
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liability to the PBGC, (iii) any
Benefit Plan failing to have sufficient assets to qualify for a
standard termination under Section 4041 of ERISA,
(iv) the imposition of any withdrawal liability on any Credit
Party with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, (v) a
determination that a Multiemployer Plan in which a Credit Party
participates is, or is expected to be, in reorganization within the
meaning of Title IV of ERISA, (vi) the termination of a
Multiemployer Plan in which a Credit Party participates, or
(vii) the filing of a request for a waiver of the minimum
funding standard with regard to any Benefit Plan to which such
standard applies.
(d) Upon request by
Purchaser, the Credit Parties shall furnish to Purchaser copies of:
(i) each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual
report (Form 5500 Series) filed by any Credit Party or any ERISA
Affiliate with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to each
Benefit Plan; (ii) the most recent actuarial valuation report
for each Benefit Plan; (iii) all notices received by any
Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan
sponsor or any governmental agency concerning a Termination Event;
and (iv) such other documents or governmental reports or
filings relating to any Benefit Plan as Purchaser shall reasonably
request.
8.17 Payment of
Obligations . The Credit Parties shall pay, discharge or
otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become
delinquent, as the case may be, all its material obligations of
whatever nature, except where the amount or validity thereof is
currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been
provided on the books of the Credit Parties.
8.18 Inspection of
Property; Books and Records; Discussions . The Credit Parties
shall (a) keep proper books of records and account in which
true, correct and complete entries in conformity with GAAP and all
Requirements of Law shall be made of all dealings and transactions
in relation to its business and activities, (b) permit
representatives of Purchaser to visit and inspect any of its
Properties and examine and, at the Credit Parties’ expense,
and make abstracts from any of its books and records, at the Credit
Parties’ expense up to Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), if no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or at
the Credit Parties’ sole expense, if a Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, at any reasonable time and
as often as may reasonably be desired and to discuss the business,
operations, properties and financial and other condition of the
Credit Parties with officers and employees of such Credit Parties
and with their respective independent certified public accountants,
and (c) permit representatives of Purchaser to consult from
time to time with management of the Credit Parties at their
respective places of business regarding operating and financial
matters, including the right to consult with and advise management
of the Credit Parties on significant business issues, including
management’s proposed annual operating plans and to meet with
the management of the Credit Parties at their facilities at
mutually agreeable times for such consultation and advice and to
review progress in achieving their operating plans.
8.19 Other Obligations
. Each Credit Party shall perform and observe, and cause each of
its Affiliates to perform and observe, each of the covenants and
agreements required to be performed by such Person pursuant to, and
in accordance with, (i) the Senior Credit Documents,
(ii) other Indebtedness, (iii) Material Provider
Contracts and (iv) Hospital Contracts.
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8.20 Additional
Collateral, etc.
(a) With respect to any
Property acquired after the Closing Date as to which the Purchaser
does not have a perfected security interest with the priority
required under the Transaction Documents, each Credit Party shall
promptly (and in any event, within five (5) days following the
date of such acquisition) (i) execute and deliver to Purchaser
such amendments to this Agreement or such other documents and
modifications thereof as Purchaser deems necessary or advisable to
grant to Purchaser a security interest in such Collateral and
(ii) take all actions necessary or advisable to grant to
Purchaser a perfected security interest in such Collateral, subject
only to Permitted Liens in priority, including without limitation,
the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such
jurisdiction as may be required by this Agreement or by law or as
may be requested by Purchaser.
(b) Subject to
Section 9.11 , with respect to any new Subsidiary
created or acquired after the Closing Date by any Credit Party, the
Credit Parties shall cause such Subsidiary to promptly (and, in any
event, within five (5) days following such creation or the
date of such acquisition) (i) execute and deliver to Purchaser
a Joinder Agreement and such amendments to this Agreement as
Purchaser deems necessary or advisable to grant to Purchaser a
security interest, subject only to Permitted Liens in priority, in
the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary that is owned by such Credit
Party; (ii) deliver to Purchaser the certificates representing
such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in blank,
executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of such Credit
Party, as the case may be; (iii) become a party to this
Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Intellectual Property
Security Agreement and any other Transaction Document as Purchaser
may request; (iv) become a party to the Stock Pledge Agreement
if such Subsidiary owns Capital Stock of another entity;
(v) take such actions necessary or advisable to grant to
Purchaser a security interest, subject only to Permitted Liens, in
all Property described in this Agreement, the Security Agreement
and the Intellectual Property Security Agreement with respect to
such Subsidiary, including, without limitation, the recording of
instruments in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and
the United States Copyright Office, the execution and delivery by
all necessary Persons of Control Agreements and the filing of
Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions
as may be required by this Agreement, the Intellectual Property
Security Agreement or by law or as may be requested by Purchaser;
(vi) provide evidence of proper corporate or other
organizational authorization and legal opinions with respect to
each of the matters set forth in this Section 8.20(b),
which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel,
reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser; and (vii) deliver to
Purchaser such other documentation as Purchaser may require, in its
sole discretion, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory
to Purchaser.
8.21 Stockholder
Approval . In the event that stockholder approval is needed for
the issuance or exercise of any of the Securities, each Credit
Party shall use its reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC,
not later than thirty (30) Business Days following the Closing
Date (or, if later, the date of the event triggering the
stockholder approval requirement) a preliminary proxy statement
(the “Preliminary Proxy” ) on Schedule
14A in connection with a special meeting of the Company’s
stockholders to approve the issuance of the Securities pursuant to
this Agreement, and the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the
exercise of the Warrant (the “Stockholder
Proposal’ ) . Promptly following the
approval by the SEC of the Preliminary Proxy or, if the SEC does
not review the Preliminary Proxy, the tenth (10 th ) calendar day after filing the
Preliminary Proxy with the SEC (or if such day is not a Business
Day, then the next Business Day), the Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to commence distribution to the
Company’s stockholders of record of a definitive proxy
statement related to the Stockholder Proposal. The
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Company agrees to use its best efforts
to obtain stockholder approval of the Stockholder Proposal.
Promptly following the special meeting of the stockholders, the
Company shall notify Purchaser in writing of the results of the
vote of the stockholders on the Stockholder Proposal. The Company
agrees that the definitive proxy statement distributed pursuant to
this Section 8.21 will as of its mailing and as of the
date of the special meeting of the stockholders (i) comply as
to form with the requirements of Schedule 14A under the Exchange
Act, and (ii) not be in violation of Rule 14a-9 of the
Exchange Act.
8.22 Lost, etc.
Certificates Evidencing Warrant Securities; Exchange . Upon
notice by Purchaser that any certificate representing the Warrant
Securities has been mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the
Company shall promptly (and in no event later than five
(5) days after such notice), replace and deliver such
certificate to Purchaser, as designated in such notice;
provided , however , that the Company receives
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such mutilation,
loss, theft or destruction of such certificate; provided
further , that if such certificate has been mutilated,
Purchaser shall deliver such mutilated certificate to the Company
in exchange for the replacement certificate. The Company shall pay
for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses related to the replacement
and delivery of such certificate (including the cost of insurance
against lost or theft in an amount satisfactory to
Purchaser).
8.23 Maintenance of
Register . The Company shall maintain at its principal
executive office a register (the
“Register”) for the registration and
registration of transfers of the Note. The name and address of the
holder of the Note, each transfer thereof and the name and address
of each transferee shall be registered in the Register. Prior to
due presentment for registration of transfer, absent manifest
error, the Person in whose name any Note shall be registered shall
be deemed and treated as the owner and holder thereof for all
purposes hereof. Any transfer of the Note shall be effective only
upon appropriate entries with respect thereto being made in the
Register. The Company shall give to the holder of the Note a true,
correct and complete copy of the names and addresses of all
registered holders of the Note, promptly upon request by such
holder therefor.
8.24 Transactions with
General Electric Company or its Affiliates . Except as set
forth in Schedule 5.30, each Credit Party shall provide GE
Asset Management Incorporated written notice no less than fifteen
(15) days prior to the occurrence, to its knowledge, of any of
the following events: (i) the issuance by any Credit Party of
any securities (including, without limitation, any capital stock or
notes, debentures or other indebtedness, exchangeable for capital
stock) of such Credit Party to General Electric Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or (ii) the grant by any
Credit Party of any options, warrants or other rights to acquire
any securities of such Credit Party to General Electric Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
8.25 Expenses . The
Credit Parties agree to pay from time to time immediately upon
demand all Purchaser’s Expenses.
8.26 Subsidiaries; Joint
Ventures; Partnerships . Except as set forth on Schedule
8.26 , by the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the Credit
Parties shall cause (a) each of the Company’s
Subsidiaries to become wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company or
its Subsidiaries; and (b) all of the equity interests in any
joint venture or partnership between the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, on the hand, and a third party, on the other hand, to
be owned only by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided,
that the Credit Parties may not make any payment of cash or Cash
Equivalents in connection with this Section, except with the prior
written approval of
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Purchaser. In connection with this
Section, the Credit Parties may issue shares of Common Stock of the
Company to redeem the minority equity interests of the Subsidiaries
of the Company that are not held by the Company and take all
necessary organizational actions in connection
therewith.
8.27 Maintenance of
Listing . The Company shall use its commercially reasonable
best efforts to be relisted, and maintain its listing, on a
national securities exchange.
8.28 Key Man Insurance
. The Company shall maintain a Key Man Life Insurance Policy on
Barnett with Purchaser as the loss payee in amounts reasonably
satisfactory to Purchaser, it being understood that the Company may
assign the benefits of that certain Key Man Life Insurance Policy
set forth on Schedule 8.28 on Barnett to Purchaser within
thirty (30) days following the date hereof (and maintain such
policy for the benefit of Purchaser) in satisfaction of this
covenant.
8.29 Assumption
Agreements . The Company, on the one hand, and each of Barnett
and Capotorto, on the other hand, shall enter into an agreement
whereby such parties affirm that the employment agreements of each
of Capotorto and Forman with American Hyperbaric, Inc. (a dissolved
Florida corporation) attached as Schedule 8.29 are in full
force and effect, expressly assumed by the Company, and enforceable
against each of the parties thereto (with the Company succeeding to
the rights and assuming the obligations of American Hyperbaric,
Inc.) (such agreements affirming the employment agreements are
referred to as “ Assumption Agreements
”). The Assumption Agreements shall be approved by the Board
of Directors of the Company at its next meeting, and the Assumption
Agreements shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to
Purchaser.
8.30 Corporate and
Regulatory Counsel . The Credit Parties shall use
King & Spalding as its outside corporate and regulatory
counsel, and shall not change such counsel without the prior
written consent of Purchaser.
8.31 Compliance Plan .
Within thirty (30) days of Closing, the Company will
update and implement changes to its existing compliance
programs, policies, procedures and contracts to reflect
any and all recommendations that are provided or approved by
Purchaser with respect to any compliance or regulatory
matters identified by Purchaser at or about the
Closing. All such changes will be acceptable to Purchaser in
its sole (but reasonable) discretion. In addition, on or prior to
September 30, 2008, the Company shall have hired or appointed
(on a full time basis) the following financial
professionals: Chief Financial Officer, Controller, and
accounts payable and accounts receivable managers, and shall (at
such time) have no less than three
(3) additional accounting staff personnel to support
the accounting and finance department. All of such
persons shall be trained in the programs and procedures noted
above. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall adhere to the
intent and standards of the Company’s corporate compliance
plan, and shall maintain such corporate compliance plan in a manner
reasonably expected to maintain the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ compliance with the Requirements of
Law.
8.32 Subordination of
Existing Indebtedness . The Credit Parties shall cause any
Indebtedness outstanding as of the date hereof that is not subject
to a Subordination Agreement to become subject to a Subordination
Agreement within twenty (20) days following the date hereof;
provided , that no Subordination Agreement shall be required
for that certain Indebtedness owed to Scott Warrantz in the
outstanding principal amount of $16,000 that is due in May
2008.
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8.33 Further
Assurances . Each Credit Party shall from time to time execute
and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such additional
instruments, certificates or documents, and take all such actions,
as Purchaser may reasonably request, for the purposes of
implementing or effectuating the provisions of this Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents or more fully perfecting or
renewing the rights of Purchaser with respect to the Collateral (or
with respect to any additions thereto or replacements or proceeds
or products thereof or with respect to any other property or assets
hereafter acquired by any Credit Party which may be deemed to be
part of the Collateral) pursuant hereto or thereto. Upon the
exercise by Purchaser of any power, right, privilege or remedy
pursuant to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents which
requires any consent, approval, recording, qualification or
authorization of any Governmental Authority, each Credit Party will
execute and deliver, or will cause the execution and delivery of,
all applications, certifications, instruments and other documents
and papers that Purchaser may be required to obtain from such
Credit Party for such governmental consent, approval, recording,
qualification or authorization. Without limiting the generality of
this Section, the Credit Parties shall cause each Subsidiary of the
Company that requires the unanimous written consent of all of the
members of such Subsidiary in order to enter into the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents to obtain such unanimous
written consent no later than thirty (30) days following the
date hereof.
ARTICLE 9
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
As long as the Note is
outstanding or Purchaser holds any securities issued by the
Company, each Credit Party hereby covenants and agrees, jointly and
severally, that it shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to,
observe, perform, comply with and observe each of the negative
covenants set forth in this Article 9 .
9.1 Indebtedness . No
Credit Party shall create, incur, assume, permit, guarantee, or
otherwise become or remain, directly or indirectly, liable with
respect to any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness evidenced by
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents;
(b) the Indebtedness set
forth on Schedule 9.1(b) existing as of the date hereof that
is subject to a Subordination Agreement;
(c) Permitted Purchase Money
Indebtedness to the extent that the total of all Permitted Purchase
Money Indebtedness is less than Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($7,500,000);
(d) Indebtedness under the
Senior Credit Agreement, in a principal amount not to exceed Six
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,500,000) in the aggregate
for such Indebtedness; and
(e) refinancings, renewals,
or extensions of Indebtedness permitted under clauses (a), (b),
(c) and (d) of this Section 9.1 (and
continuance or renewal of any Permitted Liens associated therewith)
so long as: (i) the terms and conditions of such refinancings,
renewals, or extensions do not, in Purchaser’s reasonable
judgment, materially impair the prospects of
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repayment of the Obligations by the
Credit Parties or materially impair the Credit Parties’
creditworthiness, (ii) such refinancings, renewals, or
extensions do not result in an increase in the principal amount of,
or interest rate or fees with respect to, the Indebtedness so
refinanced, renewed, or extended; provided , that the
applicable Credit Party may incur such Indebtedness relating to
refinancings, renewals, or extensions that result only in an
increase in the interest rate due to increases in the underlying
rate indices (and not due to increases in the margin or which might
otherwise relate to any deterioration in the credit profile or
credit risk of the applicable Credit Party) with respect to the
Indebtedness (reasonably consistent with the interest rates and
closing fees required by the market for such Indebtedness at such
time) with the prior written consent of Purchaser, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld, (iii) such refinancings,
renewals, or extensions do not result in a material shortening of
the average weighted life to maturity of the Indebtedness so
refinanced, renewed, or extended, nor are they on terms or
conditions, that, taken as a whole, are more burdensome or
restrictive to the applicable Credit Party than the Indebtedness so
refinanced, renewed or extended, (iv) the obligor under the
Indebtedness incurred under this Section 9.1(e) is the
Company or the applicable Subsidiary that is the obligor on the
Indebtedness being refinanced, renewed or extended and (v) if
the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended was
subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, then the terms
and conditions of the refinancing, renewal, or extension
Indebtedness must be include subordination terms and conditions
that are at least as favorable to Purchaser as those that were
applicable to the refinanced, renewed, or extended
Indebtedness.
9.2 Liens . No Credit
Party shall create, incur, assume, or permit to exist, directly or
indirectly, any Lien on or with respect to any of its Property or
assets, of any kind, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or
any income or profits therefrom, except for (each, a
“Permitted Lien” ):
(a) Liens held by Purchaser
securing the Obligations under the Transaction
Documents;
(b) Liens for unpaid Taxes
that either (i) are not yet delinquent, or (ii) do not
constitute an Event of Default hereunder and are the subject of
Permitted Protests;
(c) Liens set forth on
Schedule 9.2 securing Indebtedness permitted under
Sections 9.1(a) , (b) and (d) ;
provided , that the Credit Parties shall have until thirty
(30) days from the date hereof to remove liens held by DKR
Soundshore Oasis Holding Fund Ltd. and Harborview Master Fund
LP.
(d) Purchase money Liens or
the interests of lessors under Capital Leases to the extent that
such Liens or interests secure Permitted Purchase Money
Indebtedness and so long as: (i) such Liens attach only to the
asset purchased or acquired and the proceeds thereof, (ii) the
Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the purchase price of
the asset purchased or acquired and is not thereafter increased,
(iii) such Liens are created substantially simultaneously with
the acquisition of such asset, and (iv) the amount of the
Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed Seven Million Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($7,500,000) in the aggregate at any
time;
(e) Liens, which either are
for sums not yet delinquent or are the subject of Permitted
Protests, arising by operation of law in favor of warehousemen,
landlords, carriers, mechanics, materialmen, laborers, or
suppliers, incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in
connection with the borrowing of money;
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(f) Liens arising from
deposits made in connection with obtaining worker’s
compensation or other unemployment insurance;
(g) Liens or deposits to
secure performance of bids, tenders, or leases incurred in the
ordinary course of business in the aggregate not to exceed Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($50,000) at any time outstanding and not in
connection with the borrowing of money;
(h) Liens granted as security
for surety or appeal bonds in connection with obtaining such bonds
in the ordinary course of business, in the aggregate not to exceed
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) at any time
outstanding;
(i) With respect to any real
property that is not part of the Collateral, easements, rights of
way, and zoning restrictions that do not materially interfere with
or impair the use or operation thereof; and
(j) Liens that are
replacements of Permitted Liens to the extent that (i) the
original Indebtedness is refinanced, renewed, or extended under
Section 9.1(e), (ii) the replacement Liens only
encumber those assets that secured the refinanced, renewed, or
extended Indebtedness, (iii) the amount of the Indebtedness or
other obligations secured thereby is not greater than the amount of
the original Indebtedness, and (iv) the Person granting the
replacement Lien is the same Person that granted the Lien being
replaced.
9.3 Restrictions on
Fundamental Changes . No Credit Party shall, without the prior
written consent of Purchaser:
(a) Enter into any merger,
consolidation, reorganization, or recapitalization, or reclassify
its Capital Stock.
(b) Liquidate, wind up, or
dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or
dissolution).
(c) Convey, sell, lease,
license, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of, directly or
indirectly (whether structured as a sale, lease, leaseback or
otherwise), in one transaction or a series of transactions, any
part of its assets (including but not limited to the Collateral) or
businesses, whether by way of merger, consolidation, tender offer,
exchange offer, liquidation, dissolution, joint venture, purchase,
recapitalization or similar transaction or otherwise, other than
Permitted Dispositions.
(d) Cause, permit or suffer,
directly or indirectly, any Change of Control.
9.4 Change Name . No
Credit Party shall change its name, FEIN, organizational structure,
identity, or jurisdiction of organization, cease to be a
“registered organization” within the meaning of
Section 9-307 of the UCC or add any new fictitious name;
provided , however , that a Credit Party may change
its name upon at least thirty (30) days’ prior written
notice by the Company to Purchaser of such change and so long as,
at the time of such written notification, such Credit Party
provides any financing statements necessary to perfect and continue
perfected Purchaser’s Liens, with the priority required under
the Transaction Documents.
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9.5 Guarantee . No
Credit Party shall (a) guarantee or otherwise become in any
way liable with respect to any Contingent Obligations except
(i) by endorsement of instruments or items of payment for
deposit to the account of the Credit Parties or which are
transmitted or turned over to Purchaser, (ii) any Guarantees
pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (iii) any guarantees
pursuant to the Senior Credit Documents and other Indebtedness as
in effect on the date hereof, of the Indebtedness of the Credit
Parties thereunder, or (iv) any warranties provided to
customers in the ordinary course of a Credit Party’s business
in connection with such Credit Party’s products or services,
and (b) without limiting the foregoing, permit any of its
Affiliates to guarantee or otherwise become in any way liable with
respect to any Indebtedness or Contingent Obligations secured by
“margin stock” (within the meaning of Regulation
U).
9.6 Nature of Business
. No Credit Party shall:
(a) enter into or engage in
any business, either directly or indirectly, except for those
businesses in which the Credit Parties are engaged on the date
hereof or that are reasonably related and ancillary
thereto;
(b) take any action designed
or intended to impair or limit in any material respect the ability
of any Credit Party to conduct its business in the ordinary course
consistent with past practice.
(c) employ persons other than
with respect to positions with responsibilities and duties directly
related to the core operations of the business in which the Credit
Parties are engaged on the Closing Date; or
(d) otherwise engage in
business activities outside the ordinary and normal course of
business without the prior consent of Purchaser to such
activities.
9.7 Prepayments and
Amendments . No Credit Party shall:
(a) except in connection with
a refinancing permitted by Section 9.1(e), prepay,
redeem, defease, purchase, or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness of
any Credit Party, other than the Obligations in accordance with the
Transaction Documents and prepayment of the Senior Debt (as defined
in the Intercreditor Agreement); and
(b) except in connection with
a refinancing permitted by and consistent with
Section 9.1(e), directly or indirectly, amend, modify,
alter, increase, or change any of the terms or conditions of any
agreement, instrument, document, indenture, or other writing
evidencing or concerning Indebtedness permitted under
Section 9.1(b) or Section 9.1(c).
9.8 Consignments . No
Credit Party shall consign any Inventory or sell any Inventory on
bill and hold, sale or return, sale on approval, or other
conditional terms of sale.
9.9 Restricted
Payments . No Credit Party shall make any of the following
(each, a “Restricted Payment”
):
(a) Declare or pay any
dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of
any Credit Party’s Capital Stock (including, without
limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or
consolidation involving any Credit Party) or to the direct or
indirect holders of any Credit Party’s Capital Stock in any
capacity (whether as a member, stockholder, manager, advisor or
otherwise) other than (i) dividends or other distributions to
the Company from a Subsidiary of the Company or (ii) tax
distributions from net income for the sole purpose of paying annual
income tax liabilities if such Credit Party is a limited liability
company; provided , however , that the distributions
in the immediately foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) shall
not be permitted if such distributions would result in a breach of
the financial covenants herein, any Contractual Obligation or such
Credit Party’s Governing Documents.
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(b) Make any payment on, or
with respect to, assets set aside for a sinking or other analogous
fund for the purchase, redemption, acquisition or retirement for
value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger
or consolidation involving a Credit Party) of any Capital Stock of
any Credit Party or any direct or indirect parent of such Credit
Party except as contemplated by the Transaction
Documents;
(c) Make any payment on or
with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire
or retire for value any Indebtedness that is pari passu with or
subordinated to the Note, except a payment: of regularly scheduled
interest, of regularly scheduled principal, if any, or of interest
and principal at the stated maturity of such Indebtedness;
or
(d) Enter into any
derivatives or other transaction with any financial institution,
commodities or stock exchange or clearinghouse (a “
Derivatives Counterparty ”) obligating any
Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries to make payments to such
Derivatives Counterparty as a result of any change in the value of
any such security.
9.10 Accounting
Methods . No Credit Party shall modify or change its method of
accounting (other than as may be required to conform to GAAP) or
enter into, modify, or terminate any agreement currently existing,
or at any time hereafter entered into with any third party
accounting firm or service bureau for the preparation or storage of
the Credit Parties’ accounting records without said
accounting firm or service bureau agreeing to provide Purchaser
information regarding the Collateral or the Credit Parties’
financial condition.
9.11 Investments;
Acquisitions; Subsidiaries . No Credit Party shall:
(a) Except for Permitted
Investments, directly or indirectly, make or acquire any
Investment, or incur any liabilities (including Contingent
Obligations) for or in connection with any Investment;
provided , however , that the Credit Parties and
their Subsidiaries shall not have Permitted Investments in deposit
accounts or Securities Accounts in excess of One Million Dollars
($1,000,000) in the aggregate outstanding at any one time unless
Purchaser and the applicable securities intermediary or bank have
entered into Control Agreements or similar arrangements governing
such Permitted Investments, as Purchaser shall require or
reasonably request, to perfect (and further establish)
Purchaser’s Liens in such Permitted Investments.
(b) Directly or indirectly
purchase or otherwise acquire all or any substantial part of the
business, assets or Capital Stock of any Person, other than as
permitted under Sections 8.26 and 9.11(c).
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(c) Form or acquire any
Subsidiaries unless:
(i) both before and after
giving effect to such transaction no Default or Event of Default
has occurred or will occur;
(ii) Purchaser shall have
received from the Credit Parties fifteen (15) days’
prior written notice of such transaction;
(iii) Purchaser shall have
consented, in writing, to the formation or acquisition of such
Subsidiary, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld so
long as such event is otherwise in compliance with this
Section 9.11(c) and is not otherwise materially
detrimental to the rights of Purchaser hereunder;
(iv) such Subsidiary executes
the Joinder Agreement pursuant to
Section 8.21;
(v) the Company owns directly
or indirectly all of the Capital Stock of such newly formed or
acquired Subsidiary (unless, with respect to such new Subsidiary,
Purchaser has provided its written consent to the contrary);
and
(vi) the Capital Stock of
such Subsidiary is pledged to Purchaser for the benefit of
Purchaser pursuant to a Stock Pledge Agreement in accordance with
Section 8.20 .
(d) Except for joint ventures
set forth on Schedule 9.24 or with Purchaser’s prior
written consent, form or acquire any interests in an Affiliate or
any joint venture unless:
(i) Purchaser shall have
received from the Credit Parties fifteen (15) days’
prior written notice of such transaction; and
(ii) such transaction does
not require the Credit Parties, individually or in the aggregate,
to contribute, pay or otherwise incur liabilities (including,
without limitation, any Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation),
whether direct or indirect, in connection therewith, in excess of
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) individually or Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in the aggregate.
9.12 Transactions with
Affiliates and Related Parties . No Credit Party shall directly
or indirectly, pay any funds to or for the account of, extend
credit to, make any Investment (whether by acquisition of stock or
indebtedness, by loan, advance, transfer of property, guarantee or
other agreement to pay, purchase or service, directly or
indirectly, any debt, or otherwise) in, lease, sell, transfer or
otherwise dispose of any Property, tangible or intangible, to, or
participate in, or effect any transaction in connection with any
joint enterprise or other joint arrangement with, any Affiliate
(which, for purposes of this Section shall include any of such
Credit Party’s employees, consultants, Executive Officers,
directors or holders of Capital Stock) except:
(a) as set forth on
Schedule 9.12 (so long as each of the matters described on
Schedule 9.12 has been approved by the Board of Directors of
the Company and Purchaser’s representative on the Board of
Directors and copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors
approving the transactions identified on Schedule 9.12 shall
have been delivered to Purchaser);
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(b) in the case of Affiliates
who are not Credit Parties, arms’ length transactions in the
ordinary course of business; or
(c) as otherwise expressly
permitted under Section 9.9 or
9.30(d).
9.13 Suspension . No
Credit Party shall suspend or terminate any substantial portion of
the business in which the Credit Parties are engaged on the Closing
Date.
9.14 Compensation . No
Credit Party shall increase, at any time, any fees (whether in the
form of cash, equity incentives or otherwise) including, without
limitation, the annual, per-meeting or other periodic fees or other
compensation paid to its Executive Officers or members of its Board
of Directors from the fees payable to such members on the Closing
Date (which fees are set forth on Schedule 9.14) other than
annual increases not to exceed 10% per annum in the
aggregate.
9.15 Use of Proceeds .
The Company shall not use the proceeds of the Note for any purpose
other than as set forth in Section 2.6 .
9.16 Change in Location of
Chief Executive Office; Inventory and Equipment with Bailees .
No Credit Party shall relocate its chief executive office to a new
location without the Company providing thirty (30) days’
prior written notification thereof to Purchaser and so long as, at
the time of such written notification, the applicable Credit Party
provides any financing statements necessary to perfect and continue
perfected Purchaser’s Liens and also provides to Purchaser a
Collateral Access Agreement with respect to such new location, if
requested by Purchaser in writing.
9.17 Securities
Accounts . No Credit Party shall establish or maintain any
Securities Account unless Purchaser shall have received a
satisfactory Control Agreement in respect of such Securities
Account, except for any Securities Account pledged to the Senior
Lender prior to the Closing Date and subject to a Lien securing the
Obligations under the Transaction Documents subject to the
Intercreditor Agreement. The Credit Parties shall not transfer
assets out of any Securities Account; provided, however,
that, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or would result therefrom, the Credit Parties may use
such assets (and the proceeds thereof) to the extent not prohibited
by this Agreement.
9.18 Financial
Covenants .
(a) Minimum Consolidated
Adjusted EBITDA . No Credit Party shall permit Consolidated
Adjusted EBITDA, as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the
Company, to fall below the levels set forth below opposite each
such fiscal quarter of the Company with respect to the period of
four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ending on such
fiscal quarter:
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|
|
|
Fiscal Quarter
|
|
Minimum Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA |
|
Twelve Months Ending:
|
|
|
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June 30, 2008
|
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5,000,000 |
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|
|
|
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September 30, 2008
|
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5,250,000 |
|
December 31, 2008
|
|
5,500,000 |
|
March 31, 2009
|
|
5,750,000 |
|
June 30, 2009
|
|
6,000,000 |
|
September 30, 2009
|
|
6,250,000 |
|
December 31, 2009
|
|
6,500,000 |
|
March 31, 2010
|
|
7,000,000 |
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
7,500,000 |
|
September 30, 2010
|
|
7,750,000 |
|
December 31, 2010
|
|
8,250,000 |
|
March 31, 2011
|
|
8,500,000 |
|
June 30, 2011
|
|
8,750,000 |
|
September 30, 2011
|
|
9,000,000 |
|
December 31, 2011
|
|
9,000,000 |
|
March 31, 2012
|
|
9,000,000 |
|
June 30, 2012
|
|
9,000,000 |
|
Each fiscal quarter after June 30,
2012
|
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9,250,000 |
(b) Consolidated Leverage
Ratio . No Credit Party shall permit the Consolidated Leverage
Ratio at any time during or as of the end of a fiscal quarter of
the Company to exceed the ratio set below opposite such fiscal
quarter with respect to the period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters of the Company ending on such fiscal quarter:
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|
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|
Fiscal Quarter
|
|
Consolidated Leverage
Ratio |
|
Fiscal Year 2008
|
|
|
|
Quarter 4
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5.75x |
|
|
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Fiscal Year 2009
|
|
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Quarter 1
|
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5.25x |
|
Quarter 2
|
|
5.25x |
|
Quarter 3
|
|
5.25x |
|
Quarter 4
|
|
5.25x |
|
|
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Fiscal Year 2010
|
|
|
|
Quarter 1
|
|
4.75x |
|
Quarter 2
|
|
4.75x |
|
Quarter 3
|
|
4.50x |
|
Quarter 4
|
|
4.50x |
|
|
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Fiscal Year 2011
|
|
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Quarter 1
|
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4.25x |
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Quarter 2
|
|
4.25x |
|
Quarter 3
|
|
4.25x |
|
Quarter 4
|
|
4.25x |
|
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Fiscal Year 2012
|
|
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Quarter 1
|
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3.75x |
|
Quarter 2
|
|
3.75x |
|
Quarter 3
|
|
3.75x |
|
Quarter 4
|
|
3.75x |
|
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Fiscal Year 2013
|
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Quarter 1 (and, if applicable, any
subsequent quarters)
|
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3.50x |
(c) Minimum Liquidity
. As of any day, the average aggregate cash on hand and current
availability under the working capital line of credit pursuant to
the Senior Credit Agreement for the Company and its Subsidiaries,
measured over any given thirty (30) day period, shall not be
less than Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000).
(d) Capital
Expenditures . The Credit Parties shall not make or commit to
make Capital Expenditures in an aggregate amount for all Credit
Parties exceeding the Capital Expenditures Cap. The “
Capital Expenditures Cap ” means, with respect
to each fiscal year of the Company, $4,000,000 plus half of
the amount by which $4,000,000 exceeds the aggregate Capital
Expenditures incurred by the Credit Parties in the immediately
preceding fiscal year.
9.19 Limitation on
Optional Payments and Modifications of Documents . No Credit
Party shall: (a) make or offer to make any optional or
voluntary payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of, or
otherwise voluntarily or optionally defease, any Indebtedness, or
segregate funds for any such payment, prepayment, repurchase,
redemption or defeasance, or enter into any derivative or other
transaction with any Derivatives Counterparty obligating any Credit
Party to make payments to such Derivatives Counterparty as a result
of any change in market value of such Indebtedness other than the
prepayment of Indebtedness incurred hereunder, (b) amend,
modify or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment,
modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms
(including, without limitation, the subordination terms) of any
Indebtedness (excluding the Indebtedness hereunder) (other than any
such amendment, modification, waiver or other change which
(i) would extend the maturity or reduce the amount of any
payment of principal thereof, reduce the rate or extend the date
for payment of interest thereon or relax any covenant or other
restriction applicable to the Credit Parties and (ii) does not
involve the payment of a consent fee), or (c) amend or permit
the amendment of its Governing Documents in any manner determined
by Purchaser to be adverse to Purchaser.
9.20 Limitation on Sales
and Leasebacks . No Credit Party shall, without the prior
written consent of Purchaser, enter into any arrangement with any
Person providing for the leasing by the Credit Parties of property
which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Credit
Parties to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have
been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such
property or rental obligations of the Credit Parties.
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9.21 Limitation on
Negative Pledge Clauses . No Credit Party shall enter into or
suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or
limits the ability of any Credit Party to create, incur, assume or
suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its Property or revenues,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure the Obligations
or, in the case of any Guarantor, its obligations under the
Guarantee, other than (a) this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents, (b) any agreements governing any
Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness or Capital Lease Obligations
otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or
limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed
thereby), and (c) the agreements contained in the Senior
Credit Agreement, as in effect on the date hereof.
9.22 Limitation on
Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions, etc . No Credit Party
shall enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any
consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Credit
Party to (a) make Restricted Payments in respect of any
Capital Stock of such Credit Party held by, or pay or subordinate
any Indebtedness owed to, the Credit Parties, (b) make
Investments in the Credit Parties or any other Subsidiary,
(c) transfer any of its assets to any other Credit Party or
(d) make any payment in connection herewith, except for such
encumbrances or restrictions existing hereunder or by reason of
(i) any restrictions existing under the Transaction Documents,
(ii) any restrictions under the Senior Credit Agreement, as in
effect on the date hereof, and (iii) any restrictions with
respect to a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement that has
been entered into in connection with an Asset Disposition by such
Subsidiary.
9.23 Fiscal Year . No
Credit Party shall change its fiscal year end to a date other than
June 30.
9.24 Partnerships and
Joint Ventures . Except as set forth in Schedule 9.24 or
as otherwise permitted by Sections 9.11(c) or
9.11(d), no Credit Party shall, without the prior written
consent of Purchaser, become a general or limited partner in a
partnership or a joint venturer in any joint venture, or permit any
Credit Party or any other Subsidiary to do so.
9.25 Solicitation
.
(a) No Credit Party nor any
Person acting on its behalf will directly or indirectly offer or
sell the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general
advertising (including, without limitation, any advertisement,
article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper,
magazine or similar media or any broadcast over television or radio
or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any
form of general solicitation or general advertising).
(b) No Credit Party nor any
Person acting on behalf of such Credit Party will, either directly
or indirectly, sell or offer for sale to, or otherwise approach or
negotiate in respect thereof with, any Person any Securities except
as contemplated by this Agreement, and neither any Credit Party nor
any Person acting on its behalf (other than Purchaser and their
Affiliates) will sell or offer for sale to any Person any
Securities or any other similar security of the Company, or solicit
any offers to buy any such security from, or otherwise approach or
negotiate in respect thereof with, any Person or Persons so as
thereby to bring the issuance or sale of any of the Securities
within the registration or prospectus delivery requirements of
Section 5 of the Securities Act.
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(c) For the avoidance of
doubt, nothing in this Section 9.25 shall restrict in
any way Purchaser’s rights under the Registration Rights
Agreement.
9.26 Margin Stock . No
Credit Party shall use the proceeds of the Securities for
purchasing or carrying any “margin stock” (within the
meaning of Regulation U) or for the purpose of purchasing, carrying
or trading in any securities under such circumstances as to involve
the Credit Parties in a violation of Regulation X or to involve any
broker or dealer in the violation of Regulation T.
9.27 Investment Company
Act . None of the Credit Parties shall become an
“investment company” or under the control of an
“investment company” as such terms are defined in the
Investment Company Act.
9.28 Consulting Fees .
Without the prior written consent of Purchaser, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld, no Credit Party shall pay, or agree
or commit to pay (in writing or otherwise), consulting fees or
expenses pursuant to any agreement for management, consulting or
other similar services in excess of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
($200,000) to any Person in any fiscal year, with the exception of
(a) fees paid to Imperial Capital, LLC and Michael Jakolat in
connection with the financing contemplated by this Agreement and
(b) on-going fees paid to Sharp Decisions with respect to
various systems integration projects including Great Plains and the
ERM application, all as set forth in Schedule 9.28
.
9.29 Senior Credit
Documents; Other Indebtedness . No Credit Party shall
(a) fail to perform or observe, or permit any of its
Affiliates to fail to perform or observe, any negative covenants,
agreements or any other obligations of the Credit Parties or such
Affiliates contained in (i) the Senior Credit Documents, and
(ii) the other Indebtedness and (b) amend, waive or
otherwise modify, or permit any of its Affiliates to amend, waive
or otherwise modify, any term or condition of any of such documents
without the prior written consent of Purchaser.
9.30 Credit; Outstanding
Receivables . No Credit Party shall:
(a) Extend credit to any
Account Debtor in respect of sales or account receivables other
than in the ordinary course of business; provided , that in
no event shall the amount of credit extended to any Account Debtor
and its Affiliates, individually or in the aggregate, exceed twenty
percent (20%) of the aggregate credit extended to all Account
Debtors.
(b) Permit receivables of the
Credit Parties (calculated in accordance with GAAP consistent with
the Company’s past practice and net of reserves made in
accordance with GAAP) that are outstanding for more than one
hundred and eighty (180) days from the due date of the invoice
thereof to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the aggregate
receivables of the Credit Parties, excluding those receivables set
forth on Schedule 9.30(b) that are currently involved in
bankruptcy proceedings.
(c) Permit payables of the
Credit Parties (calculated in accordance with GAAP consistent with
the Company’s past practice) to be outstanding for more than
120 days from the date of the invoice thereof to exceed twenty-five
percent (25%) of the aggregate U.S. payables of the Credit
Parties or One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) in the aggregate;
provided , however , that (i) the Credit Parties
shall be in compliance with all applicable covenants regarding
payables under the Senior Credit Documents and (ii) payables
shall not be deemed outstanding for more than 120 days to the
extent that they are being protested in good faith through
appropriate proceedings.
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(d) Directly or indirectly,
extend credit to, or incur Indebtedness otherwise permitted
hereunder for the benefit of any Unconsolidated Affiliate of the
Company or its Subsidiaries (including but not limited to, the
incurrence of any Contingent Obligation).
9.31 Contingent
Obligations . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.12, no
Credit Party shall incur, assume or otherwise be subject to any
Contingent Obligations.
9.32 Payment of Existing
Indebtedness . No Credit Party shall pay, without the prior
written consent of Purchaser, any existing Indebtedness of any
Credit Party by the issuance of Capital Stock in lieu of such
Indebtedness, unless such issuance does not trigger any
anti-dilution provisions of the Warrant.
9.33 Issuance of Capital
Stock . No Credit Party shall issue, sell or offer for sale any
Capital Stock of the Company without the prior written consent of
Purchaser, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
9.34 New Accounts . No
Credit Party shall open or maintain any bank accounts, except as
set forth on Schedule 5.16, without the prior written
consent of Purchaser, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
9.35 Amendments to the
Senior Credit Documents . No Credit Party shall amend any of
the Senior Credit Documents without Purchaser’s prior written
consent except for amendments that do not have a material negative
impact on Purchaser, the rights and benefits of Purchaser under or
in connection with any Transaction Document or any Collateral;
provided, however, that the Company shall deliver to
Purchaser written notice of the amendments so permitted at least
five (5) Business Days before such amendments become
effective.
9.36 Changes in Senior
Management . No Credit Party shall make any material changes to
the compensation, compensation or duties of, or terminate, the
Chief Executive Officer of the Company or its Subsidiaries without
prior consent of Purchaser.
9.37 No Commitment or
Agreement . The Credit Parties shall not enter into, or commit
to enter into any arrangement, agreement or understanding that
would result in a breach or violation of any of the covenants set
forth in Article 8 or Article 9 .
ARTICLE 10
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
10.1 Events of Default
. Any one or more of the following events shall constitute an event
of default (each, an “Event of Default” )
under this Agreement:
(a) If any Credit Party fails
to pay when due and payable or when declared due and payable all or
any portion of the Obligations (whether of principal, interest
(including any interest which, but for the provisions of the
Bankruptcy Code, would have accrued on such amounts), fees and
charges due Purchaser, reimbursement of Purchaser’s Expenses,
or other amounts constituting Obligations;
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(b) If any Credit Party or
any party other than Purchaser fails to perform, keep, or observe,
in any material respect, any term, provision, condition, covenant,
or agreement contained in, or if there is a “default”
or “event of default” under, this Agreement or any of
the other Transaction Documents;
(c) If any material portion
of any Credit Party’s or any of its Subsidiaries’
assets is attached, seized, subjected to a writ or distress
warrant, levied upon, or by reason of an act or omission to act by
any Credit Party comes into the possession of any third
Person;
(d) If (i) any Credit
Party commences any case, proceeding or other action (A) under
any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or
foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with
respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent,
or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up,
liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect
to it or its debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver,
trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or
for all or any substantial part of its assets, or any Credit Party
shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
or (ii) there shall be commenced against any Credit Party any
case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause
(i) above that (A) results in the entry of an order for
relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains
undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of sixty
(60) days; or (iii) there is commenced against any Credit
Party any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a
warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process
against all or any substantial part of its assets that results in
the entry of an order for any such relief that shall not have been
vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within
sixty (60) days from the entry thereof; or (iv) any
Credit Party takes any action in furtherance of, or indicating its
consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set
forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) any
Credit Party generally does not, or is unable to, or admits in
writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become
due;
(e) If any Credit Party or
any of its Subsidiaries is enjoined, restrained, or in any way
prevented by court order or other Requirement of Law from
continuing to conduct all or any material part of its business
affairs to the extent such continuation would be material to the
business of the Company as a whole;
(f) If a notice of Lien,
levy, or assessment is filed of record with respect to a material
portion of any Credit Party’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ assets by the United States, or any department,
agency, or instrumentality thereof, or by any state, county,
municipal, or governmental agency, or if any Taxes or debts owing
at any time hereafter to any one or more of such entities becomes a
Lien, whether choate or otherwise, upon any Credit Party’s or
any of its Subsidiaries’ assets and the same is not paid on
the latest permitted payment date thereof;
(g) If a judgment or other
claim becomes a Lien or encumbrance upon any material portion of
any Credit Party’s or any of its Subsidiaries’
properties or assets;
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(h) If any Credit Party or
any of its Subsidiaries makes any payment on account of
Indebtedness that has been contractually subordinated in right of
payment to the payment of the Obligations;
(i) If there is a default by
a Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries under (a) any
material agreement to which any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party, (b) the Senior Credit Agreement or
(c) other Indebtedness, or any agreement referenced therein or
related thereto and such default (i) occurs at the final
maturity of the obligations thereunder or (ii) results in a
right by the other party thereto, irrespective of whether
exercised, to accelerate the maturity of the applicable Credit
Party’s or its Subsidiaries’ obligations thereunder, to
terminate such agreement, or to refuse to renew such agreement
pursuant to an automatic renewal right therein;
(j) If any material
misstatement or misrepresentation exists now or hereafter in any
warranty, representation, statement, or Record made or deemed made
to Purchaser by any Credit Party, its Subsidiaries, or any officer,
employee, agent, or director of any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries other than, in the case of statements relating to a
specific date, owing to changes in circumstances that render
inaccurate such statements that were accurate and correct in all
material respects as of such date;
(k) If the obligation of any
Guarantor under its Guarantee is limited or terminated by operation
of law or by such Guarantor thereunder, or if any Credit Party so
asserts;
(l) If this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document that purports to create a Lien, for any
reason, fails or ceases to create, except to the extent permitted
by the terms hereof or thereof, a valid and perfected Lien on and
security interest in any or all of the Collateral covered hereby or
thereby;
(m) If any provision of any
Transaction Document at any time for any reason is declared to be
null and void, or the validity or enforceability thereof is
contested by any Credit Party, or a proceeding is commenced by any
Credit Party, or by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction
over any Credit Party, seeking to establish the invalidity or
unenforceability thereof, or any Credit Party denies that any
Credit Party has any liability or obligation purported to be
created under any Transaction Document;
(n) If there occurs any
Change of Control; provided , however , that no Event
of Default shall occur in connection with a Change of Control
occasioned by (i) an underwritten public offering of Common
Stock; provided further, that the offering price per share
of such Common Stock is greater than the Exercise Price (as defined
in the Warrant Agreement and adjusted in accordance therewith) in
effect at the time of such public offering; (ii) a Permitted
Disposition; or (iii) a Change of Control that occurs at a
time when no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and
when the entity that is to survive such Change of Control, prior to
the consummation of such event, offers to effect (and shall, in the
reasonable discretion of Purchaser, have the financial ability to
effect) an optional redemption of the Note pursuant to Section
11.1(a);
(o) If (i) any
Termination Event occurs that, when taken together with all other
Termination Events that have occurred, could result in a liability
to any Credit Party in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000); (ii) any Credit Party has committed a failure
described
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in Section 302(0(1) of ERISA and
the amount determined under Section 302(0(3) of ERISA is at
least One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000); (iii) any
failure to make full payment (including all required installments)
when due of all amounts that, under the provisions of any Benefit
Plan or Applicable Law, any Credit Party is required to pay as
contributions thereto, which would result in a liability to any
Credit Party in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000);
or (iv) any Credit Party has incurred any accumulated funding
deficiency (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or
Section 302 of ERISA) in excess of One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000), whether or not waived, with respect to any
Benefit Plan;
(p) If any Credit Party
defaults under a lease obligation in excess of Two Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($250,000), in the aggregate, such that the
landlord under such lease is entitled to place a Lien on any of the
Collateral;
(q) If a Material Adverse
Change occurs;
(r) If there is any amendment
of any of the Company’s Governing Documents without the prior
written consent of Purchaser, unless such amendment, in
Purchaser’s reasonable judgment, could not materially affect
Purchaser’s right under the Transaction Documents;
(s) If the amended and
restated bylaws and amended or restated articles set forth in the
Voting Agreement are not adopted in accordance with the terms of
the Voting Agreement;
(t) If at any time hereafter
the Company is listed on any national securities exchange, the
Company fails to maintain such listing; or
(u) If the Company fails for
any reason to timely call or hold a meeting of the stockholders or
to obtain stockholder approval when required.
10.2 Rights and
Remedies . Upon the occurrence, and during the continuation, of
an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default with respect to
any Credit Party described in Section 10.1(d), in which
event, automatically the Obligations shall immediately be due and
accelerated and the Note (with accrued interest thereon) and all
other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents shall immediately become due and payable), and at any
time thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default,
Purchaser may, by notice to the Company, and subject to the
Intercreditor Agreement, do any one or more of the following, all
of which are authorized by the Credit Parties:
(a) Declare all Obligations,
whether evidenced by this Agreement, by any of the other
Transaction Documents, or otherwise, immediately due and payable;
provided , that in the event of an acceleration of the Note
prior to the final maturity of the Note, the amount due and owing
shall be the Stated Principal Amount (together with accrued and
unpaid interest thereon and premium, if any, and any post-Default
interest payable pursuant to the Note);
(b) Cease advancing money or
extending credit to or for the benefit of the Credit Parties under
this Agreement, under any other Transaction Document, or under any
other agreement between the Credit Parties and
Purchaser;
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(c) Terminate this Agreement
and any of the other Transaction Documents as to any future
liability or obligation of Purchaser, but without affecting any of
Purchaser’s Liens in the Collateral and without affecting the
Obligations;
(d) Settle or adjust disputes
and claims directly with Account Debtors for amounts and upon terms
which Purchaser considers advisable, and in such cases, Purchaser
will distribute to the Company only the net amounts received by
Purchaser in payment of such disputed Accounts after deducting all
Purchaser’s Expenses incurred or expended in connection
therewith and, at the option of Purchaser, after application to the
Obligations; provided , that this remedy shall only be
available if the Default or Event of Default is monetary in
nature;
(e) Cause any Credit Party to
hold all returned Inventory or Equipment in trust for Purchaser,
segregate all returned Inventory or Equipment from all other assets
of the Credit Parties or in the Credit Parties’ possession
and conspicuously label said returned Inventory or Equipment as the
property of Purchaser;
(f) Without notice to or
demand upon any Credit Party or any Guarantor, make such payments
and do such acts as Purchaser considers necessary or reasonable to
protect their security interests in the Collateral. Each Credit
Party agrees to assemble the Collateral if Purchaser so requires,
and to make the Collateral available to Purchaser at a place that
Purchaser may designate which is reasonably convenient to the
parties. Each Credit Party authorizes Purchaser to enter the
premises where the Collateral is located, to take and maintain
possession of the Collateral, or any part of it, and to pay,
purchase, contest, or compromise any Lien that in Purchaser’s
determination appears to conflict with Purchaser’s Liens and
to pay all expenses incurred in connection therewith and to charge
the Credit Parties therefor. With respect to any of the Credit
Parties’ owned or leased premises, each Credit Party hereby
grants Purchaser a non-exclusive royalty free license to enter into
possession of such premises and to occupy the same, without charge,
in order to exercise any of Purchaser’s rights or remedies
provided herein, at law, in equity, or otherwise;
(g) Without notice to any
Credit Party (such notice being expressly waived), and without
constituting a retention of any collateral in satisfaction of an
obligation (within the meaning of the UCC), set off and apply to
the Obligations any and all (i) balances and deposits of any
Credit Party held by Purchaser, or (ii) Indebtedness at any
time owing to or for the credit or the account of any Credit Party
held by Purchaser;
(h) Hold, as cash collateral,
any and all balances and deposits of any Credit Party held by
Purchaser to secure the full and final repayment of all of the
Obligations;
(i) Ship, reclaim, recover,
store, finish, maintain, repair, prepare for sale, advertise for
sale, and sell (in the manner provided for herein or in any
Security Document) the Collateral;
(j) Sell the Collateral at
either a public or private sale, or both, by way of one or more
contracts or transactions, for cash or on terms, in such manner and
at such places (including the Credit Parties’ premises) as
Purchaser determines is commercially reasonable. It is not
necessary that the Collateral be present at any such
sale;
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(k) Purchaser shall give
notice of the disposition of the Collateral as follows:
(i) Purchaser shall give the
Company (for the benefit of the applicable Credit Party) a notice
in writing of the time and place of public sale, or, if the sale is
a private sale or some other disposition other than a public sale
is to be made of the Collateral, the time on or after which the
private sale or other disposition is to be made; and
(ii) The notice shall be
provided to the Company as set forth in Section 13.2,
at least ten (10) days before the earliest time of disposition
set forth in the notice (and each party hereto agrees that such
notice will be deemed reasonable notice); provided , that no
notice needs to be given prior to the disposition of any portion of
the Collateral that is perishable or threatens to decline speedily
in value or that is of a type customarily sold on a recognized
market;
(l) Purchaser may credit bid
and purchase at any public sale;
(m) Purchaser may seek the
appointment of a receiver or keeper to take possession of all or
any portion of the Collateral or to operate same and, to the
maximum extent permitted by law, may seek the appointment of such a
receiver without the requirement of prior notice or a
hearing;
(n) Purchaser shall have all
other rights and remedies available to them under this Agreement,
any other Transaction Document or at law or in equity, including
the rights to elect the majority of the members of the Board of
Directors as set forth in the Voting Agreement; and
(o) Any deficiency that
exists after disposition of the Collateral as provided above will
be paid immediately by the Credit Parties. Any excess will be
returned, without interest and subject to the rights of third
Persons, by Purchaser (for the benefit of the applicable Credit
Party).
10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative
Remedies . No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising,
on the part of Purchaser, any right, remedy, power or privilege
hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents shall operate as
a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right,
remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and
privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any
rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law or in
equity.
ARTICLE 11
NOTE REDEMPTION
11.1 Change of Control
Redemption . Subject to the subordination provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control
(other than a Change of Control that would not constitute an Event
of Default hereunder), the holder of the Note shall have the right
to require the Company to repurchase the Note. Upon such election
by the holder of the Note, the Company shall redeem the Note, in
full, for an amount in immediately available funds equal to one
hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount thereof
outstanding on the date of redemption (together with accrued
interest thereon and premium, if any, and all Purchaser’s
Expenses, if any, associated with such redemption). Such payment
shall be due and payable upon the occurrence of such Change of
Control.
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ARTICLE 12
PUT RIGHTS AND PREEMPTIVE
RIGHT
12.1 Purchaser Put
Rights .
(a) On or at any time after
the earliest to occur of (i) twelve (12) months from the
Closing Date, (ii) the date that the Company provides to
Purchaser consolidated financial statements for the Company and its
Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008 that are
audited by the Company’s independent public accountants and
accompanied by an unqualified opinion of such accountants meeting
the requirements of Section 8.3(b)(i) , (iii) the
stated maturity of the Note, (iv) the scheduled date for
payment or redemption in full of the Note, and (v) any date on
which the Note is accelerated, Purchaser may, by written notice
delivered to the Company (the “ Put Option
Notice ”), request that the Company purchase all of
the Capital Stock in the Company owned directly or indirectly by
Purchaser or its Affiliates (or their assigns) at the Put Price and
on the date (the “ Put Option Date ”)
specified in the Put Option Notice (which date shall not be more
than ninety (90) days following the date of such
notice).
(b) By the Put Option Date,
the Company shall pay the Put Price by wire of immediately
available funds to an account designated by Purchaser.
12.2 Preemptive Right
. Purchaser shall have the right to purchase, on the same basis
(including, with respect to the timing of such purchase, provided
that Purchaser shall have at least twenty (20) Business Days
to exercise its right to purchase) as all other prospective
purchasers, Purchaser’s pro rata share of all issuances by
the Company of Common Stock, including options, warrants, other
rights or securities exercisable, convertible or exchangeable for
Common Stock, other than any such issuances in connection with
(a) a bona fide firmly underwritten public offering,
(b) the certain stock option plan that exists on that date
hereof for employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries, so long as
the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued and issuable
under such stock plan does not exceed Two Million
(2,000,000) shares, or (c) an Investment made by the
Company or its Subsidiaries that is approved in advance in writing
by Purchaser pursuant to Section 9.11 .
ARTICLE 13
TERMINATION
13.1 Termination .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this
Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the
Closing:
(a) by either the Company or
Purchaser by giving written notice to the other party hereto on or
after March 31, 2008, if any of the conditions set forth in
Article 3 or Article 4 are not satisfied or waived by
such date or has become incapable of fulfillment, unless such
satisfaction has been frustrated or made impossible by any act or
failure to act by the party giving such notice;
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(b) by either the Company or
Purchaser by giving written notice to the other party at any time,
if such other party hereto has materially breached any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this
Agreement and such breach has not been cured within thirty
(30) days after notice of such breach or, if cure is not
possible within thirty (30) days, if cure has not been
commenced and is not being diligently pursued within thirty
(30) days after notice of such breach; or
(c) by mutual written
agreement of the Company and Purchaser.
13.2 Effect of
Termination . The rights of each party hereto under
Section 13.1 are in addition to any other rights it may
have under this Agreement or otherwise, and the exercise of a right
of termination pursuant to Section 13.1 shall not be an
election of remedies.
ARTICLE 14
MISCELLANEOUS
14.1 Survival of
Representations and Warranties . All of the representations and
warranties made herein shall survive the Closing Date, any
investigation by or on behalf of Purchaser, acceptance of the
Securities and payment therefor, or termination of this
Agreement.
14.2 Notices . All
notices, demands and other communications to be given hereunder
shall be made in writing and shall be by registered or certified
first-class mail, return receipt requested, facsimile (with receipt
confirmed), a recognized overnight delivery service, courier
service, email or personal delivery:
If to the Company,
to:
The Center For Wound Healing,
Inc.
155 White Plains Road Suite
200
Tarrytown, New York
10591
Facsimile:
(914) 372-3151
Email:
Andrew.Barnett@CenterWH.com
Attention: Mr. Andrew
Barnett, CEO
with a copy to, which shall
not constitute notice:
Gersten Savage LLP
600 Lexington
Avenue
New York, New York
1002
Facsimile:
(212) 980-5192
Email:
AMarcus@gskny.com
Attention: Arthur S. Marcus,
Partner
and:
King & Spalding
LLP
1185 Avenue of the
Americas
New York, New York
10036-4003
Facsimile:
(212) 556-2222
Email:
BSeidel@KSLAW.com
Attention: Barry Seidel,
Esq.
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If to Purchaser,
to:
Bison Capital Equity Partners
II-A, L.P.
Bison Capital Equity Partners
II-B, L.P.
10877 Wilshire Blvd., Suite
1520
Los Angeles, California
90024
Facsimile:
(310) 260-6576
Email:
dtrussler@bisoncapital.com
Attention:
Mr. Douglas B. Trussler
with a copy to, which shall
not constitute notice:
Sheppard Mullin
Richter & Hampton LLP
333 South Hope Street,
48 th Floor
Los Angeles, California
90071
Facsimile:
(213) 620-1398
Email:
dsands@smrh.com
Attention: David
Sands
All such notices and
communications shall be deemed to have been duly given (as
applicable) when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; when
delivered by courier; when delivered by commercial overnight
delivery service; if mailed via United States Postal Service, five
(5) Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage
prepaid; if delivered by facsimile, when receipt is acknowledged,
or if delivered by email, upon confirmed transmission.
14.3 Determinations,
Request or Consents . All determinations, requests, consents,
waivers or amendments to be made by Purchaser in their opinion or
judgment or with its approval or otherwise pursuant to the
Transaction Documents shall be made with respect to the Note and
the Warrant, by Purchaser. In the event that Bison Capital Equity
Partners II-A, L.P. or Bison Capital Equity Partners II-B, L.P.
assigns or transfers any part of the Note, the Bison entity that
retains the larger percentage of ownership of the Note shall be
entitled to act on behalf of both entities with respect to all
Transaction Documents (e.g., as “Purchaser” with
respect to this Agreement, as the initial “Warrant
Holder”.
14.4 Agency of the Company
for each other Credit Party . Each of the other Credit Parties
appoints the Company as its agent for all purposes relevant to this
Agreement, including (without limitation) the giving and receipt of
notices and the execution and delivery of all documents,
instruments and certificates contemplated herein and all
modifications hereto. Any acknowledgment, consent, direction,
certification or other action which might otherwise be valid or
effective only if given or taken by all of the Credit Parties
acting singly or jointly, or both, shall be valid and effective if
given or taken only by the Company, whether or not any of the other
Credit Parties joins therein.
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14.5 Governing Law .
In all respects, including matters of construction, validity and
performance, this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and
enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of
California applicable to contracts made and performed in that state
(without regard to the choice of law or conflicts of law provisions
thereof).
14.6 Arbitration . All
disputes arising under this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document shall be settled by binding arbitration; provided ,
however , that this Section shall not preclude any party
from seeking equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction.
Arbitration shall be held in Los Angeles, California under the
auspices of the American Arbitration Association (the “
AAA ”) pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration
Rules of the AAA, and shall be by one arbitrator, independent of
the parties to this Agreement, selected from a list provided by the
AAA in accordance with such Commercial Arbitration Rules. The
arbitrator shall make his or her decision in writing within thirty
(30) days after the close of the arbitration hearing. To the
maximum extent permitted by law, the decision of the arbitrator
shall be final and binding and not be subject to appeal. If a party
against whom the arbitrator renders an award fails to abide by such
award, the other party or parties may seek to enforce such award in
a court of competent jurisdiction. The fees and expenses of the
arbitration (including reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and
expenses) or any action to enforce an arbitration award shall be
awarded to the prevailing party or parties in such
arbitration.
14.7 Jurisdiction, Venue,
Etc . IN ANY ACTION SEEKING EQUITABLE RELIEF, TO ENFORCE
ARBITRATION OR AN ARBITRAL AWARD, OR IN THE EVENT THAT ARBITRATION
CANNOT BE ENFORCED, EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY:
(a) SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND
ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS TO WHICH IT IS A
PARTY, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN
RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA LOCATED IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THE COURTS
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF
CALIFORNIA, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE APPELLATE COURTS;
(b) CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS AND WAIVES ANY
OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY
SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO
PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME OR TO SEEK TRANSFER TO ANOTHER JUDICIAL
DISTRICT;
(c) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF
PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING
A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT
REQUESTED (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE
PREPAID, TO AN OFFICER, DIRECTOR, MANAGING AGENT OR OTHER
AUTHORIZED PERSON OF SUCH PARTY AT SUCH PARTY’S ADDRESS SET
FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT; AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT
THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO SUE IN ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION;
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(d) WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM
EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR
PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION
DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN; AND
(e) AGREES, THAT IF ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS FILED IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
BY OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, (I) THE
COURT SHALL, AND IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO, MAKE A GENERAL REFERENCE
PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 638 TO
A SINGLE REFEREE (WHO SHALL BE A SINGLE ACTIVE OR RETIRED JUDGE) TO
HEAR AND DETERMINE ALL OF THE ISSUES IN SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING
(WHETHER OF FACT OR OF LAW) AND TO REPORT A STATEMENT OF DECISION,
PROVIDED THAT AT THE OPTION OF ANY PARTY TO SUCH PROCEEDING, ANY
SUCH ISSUES PERTAINING TO A “PROVISIONAL REMEDY” AS
DEFINED IN CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 1281.8
SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED BY THE COURT, AND (II) THE
CREDIT PARTIES SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE TO PAY ALL FEES AND
EXPENSES OF ANY REFEREE APPOINTED IN SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING.
14.8 Prevailing Party;
Attorney’s Fees . If any party hereto commences any
action against any other party hereto with respect to the
enforcement or interpretation of any of the Transaction Documents,
then the prevailing party in such action shall be entitled to an
award of its costs of litigation, including reasonable
attorney’s fees.
14.9 Acknowledgments .
Each of the Credit Parties hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it has been advised by
counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents;
(b) Purchaser has no
fiduciary relationship with or duty to the Credit Parties arising
out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other
Transaction Documents, and the relationship between Purchaser and
the Credit Parties in connection herewith or therewith is solely
that of debtor and creditor; and
(c) no joint venture is
created hereby or by the other Transaction Documents or otherwise
exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the
Credit Parties and Purchaser.
14.10 Publicity .
Except as may be required by applicable law, none of the parties
hereto shall issue a publicity release or announcement or otherwise
make any public disclosure concerning this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby, without prior approval by the
other party hereto. If any announcement is required by law to be
made by any party hereto, prior to making such announcement such
party will deliver a draft of such announcement to the other
parties and shall give the other parties an opportunity to comment
thereon.
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14.11 Further
Assurances . Each of the Credit Parties shall execute such
documents and perform such further acts (including, without
limitation, obtaining any consents, exemptions, authorizations, or
other actions by, or giving any notices to, or making any filings
with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person) as may be
reasonably required or desirable to carry out or to perform the
provisions of this Agreement, including without limitation, any
post-closing assignments by Purchaser of a portion of the
Securities to a Person not currently a party hereto.
14.12 No Usurious
Interest . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if
at any time the interest rate applicable to the Note, together with
all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest
on the Note under applicable law (collectively, the
“Charges”) shall exceed the maximum
lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which
may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the
holder of the Note, the rate of interest payable in respect of the
Note, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall
be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the
interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of the
Note but were not payable as a result of the operation of this
Section 14.11 shall be cumulated and the interest and
Charges payable to Purchaser in respect of any other Notes shall be
increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such
cumulated amount, together with interest thereon from the Closing
Date to the date of repayment, shall have been received by the
holder.
14.13 Suretyship
Waivers . Each of the Credit Parties hereby waives any and all
defenses applicable or available to guarantors or sureties whether
arising as a result of the joint and several nature of the
obligations of the Credit Parties hereunder or otherwise. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the waivers of the
Guarantors set forth in the Guarantee are hereby incorporated
herein by this reference mutatis mutandis and such waivers
shall be deemed to be made by the Credit Parties hereunder as if
such waivers had been expressly set forth herein.
14.14 Survival of
Rights . This Agreement shall remain in effect by and among the
Company and Purchaser so long as Purchaser holds any interest in
the Note or the Warrant.
14.15 Joint and Several
Liability . The Credit Parties shall be liable for all amounts
due to Purchaser under the Note or this Agreement, regardless of
which Credit Party actually receives the proceeds from the sale of
the Securities or the manner in which Purchaser accounts for the
Securities on its books and records. Each Credit Party’s
Obligations with respect to the Securities, and each Credit
Party’s Obligations arising as a result of the joint and
several liability of the Credit Parties hereunder, with respect to
the Securities, shall be separate and distinct obligations, but all
such Obligations shall be primary obligations of each Credit Party.
Each Credit Party’s Obligations arising as a result of the
joint and several liability of the Credit Parties hereunder with
respect to the Securities shall, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, be unconditional irrespective of (a) the validity or
enforceability, avoidance or subordination of the Obligations of
the other Credit Parties or of any promissory note or other
document evidencing all or any part of the Obligations of the other
Credit Parties, (b) the absence of any attempt to collect the
Obligations from the other Credit Parties, any other Guarantor, or
any other security therefor, or the absence of any other action to
enforce the same, (c) the waiver, consent, extension,
forbearance or granting of any indulgence by the Purchaser with
respect to any provision of any instrument evidencing the
Obligations of the other Credit Parties, or any part thereof, or
any other agreement now or hereafter executed by the other Credit
Parties and delivered to the Purchaser, (d) the failure by the
Purchaser to take any steps to perfect and maintain its security
interest in, or to preserve its rights to, any security or
Collateral for the Obligations of the other Credit Parties,
(e) Purchaser’s election, in any
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proceeding instituted under the
Bankruptcy Code, of the application of Section-1111(b)(2) of the
Bankruptcy Code, (f) any borrowing or grant of a security
interest by the other Credit Parties, as debtors-in-possession
under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code, (g) the
disallowance of all or any portion of Purchaser’s claim(s)
for the repayment of the Obligations of the other Credit Parties
under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code, or (h) any
other circumstances which might constitute a legal or equitable
discharge or defense of a Guarantor or of the other Credit Parties.
With respect to each Credit Party’s Obligations arising as a
result of the joint and several liability of the Credit Parties
hereunder with respect to the Securities, each Credit Party waives,
until the Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full and
the Agreement shall have been terminated, any right to enforce any
right of subrogation or any remedy which Purchaser now has or may
hereafter have against such Credit Party, any endorser or any
guarantor of all or any part of the Obligations, and any benefit
of, and any right to participate in, any security or collateral
given to Purchaser to secure payment of the Obligations or any
other liability of the Credit Parties to Purchaser. Upon and during
the continuance of any Event of Default, Purchaser may proceed
directly and at once, without notice, against any Credit Party to
collect and recover the full amount, or any portion of the
Obligations, without first proceeding against any other Credit
Party or any other Person, or against any security or collateral
for the Obligations. Each Credit Party consents and agrees that
Purchaser shall be under no obligation to marshal any assets in
favor of such Credit Party or against or in payment of any or all
of the Obligations.
14.16 Contribution and
Indemnification among the Credit Parties . To the extent that
any Credit Party shall, under this Agreement as a joint and several
obligor, repay any of the Obligations relating to the Note incurred
directly and primarily by any other Credit Party (an
“Accommodation Payment”), then the Credit
Party making such Accommodation Payment shall be entitled to
contribution and indemnification from, and be reimbursed by, each
of the other Credit Parties in an amount, for each of such other
Credit Parties, equal to a fraction of such Accommodation Payment,
the numerator of which fraction is such other Credit Party’s
Allocable Amount (as defined below) and the denominator of which is
the sum of the Allocable Amounts of all of the Credit Parties. As
of any date of determination, the “Allocable
Amount” of each Credit Party shall be equal to the
maximum amount of liability for Accommodation Payments which could
be asserted against such Credit Party hereunder without
(a) rendering such Credit Party “insolvent” within
the meaning of Section 101(31) of the Bankruptcy Code Section
of the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (the
“UFTA”), or Section 2 of the Uniform
Fraudulent Conveyance Act (the “UFCA”),
(b) leaving such Credit Party with unreasonably small capital
or assets, within the meaning of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy
Code, Section 4 of the UFTA, or Section 5 of the UFCA, or
(c) leaving such Credit Party unable to pay its debts as they
become due within the meaning of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy
Code or Section 4 of the UFTA, or Section 5 of the UFCA.
All rights and claims of contribution, indemnification and
reimbursement under this Section shall be subordinate in right of
payment to the prior payment in full of the Obligations.
14.17 Additional Rights of
Contribution . Each Credit Party hereby agrees that to the
extent that any individual Credit Party or entity obligated
hereunder shall have paid an amount hereunder or pursuant to this
Agreement which would, but for this provisions, render such Credit
Party or entity insolvent for purposes of state or federal
fraudulent conveyance laws, such Credit Party shall be entitled to
seek and receive contribution from and against any other Credit
Party hereunder to the extent such contribution would not render
such other Credit Party insolvent. The provisions of this
Section 13.20 shall in no respect limit the obligations
and liabilities of any Credit Party to Purchaser and Lenders and
each Credit Party shall remain liable to Purchaser and Lenders for
the full amount of such Credit Party’s Obligations
hereunder.
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14.18 Federal Anti-Money
Laundering Law . To help the government fight the funding of
terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires
financial institutions (which may include Purchaser and its
Affiliates) to obtain, verify and record information that
identifies each person who opens an account or other formal
customer relationship. Accordingly, in connection with this
Agreement, Purchaser may require that the Company provide certified
copies of its articles of incorporation, certificate of formation,
operating agreement or other similar identifying documents.
Further, the Company confirms that its legal name and address, as
set forth in this Agreement, are true, correct and complete and
covenants and agrees to provide such other information as may be
necessary to allow Purchaser and its Affiliates to comply with such
laws.
14.19 Successors and
Assigns . All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement
shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties’
respective successors and assigns hereunder. Subject to applicable
securities laws, Purchaser may assign any of its rights hereunder
and under any of the Transaction Documents to any Person and
Purchaser may assign, in whole or in part, the Note or the Warrant
to any Person. None of the Credit Parties may assign any of its
rights, or delegate any of its obligations, under this Agreement
without the prior written consent of Purchaser (in their sole
discretion), and any such purported assignment by any Credit Party
without the written consent of Purchaser shall be void and of no
effect.
14.20 Benefits of this
Agreement . This Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive
benefit of Company and Purchaser and their permitted successors and
assigns. There are no intended third party beneficiaries of this
Agreement.
14.21 Amendment and
Waiver .
(a) No failure or delay on
the part of any of the parties hereto in exercising any right,
power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor
shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or
remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The remedies provided
for in this Agreement are cumulative and are not exclusive of any
remedies that may be available to the parties hereto at law, in
equity or otherwise.
(b) Any amendment, supplement
or modification of or to any provision of this Agreement, any
waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and any consent to any
departure by any party from the terms of any provision of this
Agreement, shall be effective (i) only if it is made or given
in writing and signed by all of the parties hereto, and
(ii) only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which it is made or given. No amendment, supplement or
modification of or to any provision of this Agreement or any of the
other Transaction Documents, or any waiver of any such provision or
consent to any departure by any party from the terms of any such
provision may be made orally. Except where notice is specifically
required by this Agreement, no notice to or demand on the Company,
any of its Subsidiaries or any other Credit Party in any case shall
entitle the Company, any such Subsidiary or any such other Credit
Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other
circumstances.
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14.22 Severability .
If any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement,
or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the
validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in
every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall
not be in any way impaired, unless the provisions held invalid,
illegal or unenforc
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