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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Purchase and Sale Agreement

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Title: SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Governing Law: California     Date: 4/7/2008
Law Firm: Epstein Becker;Duane Morris;Nixon Peabody;Sheppard Mullin;Graubard Miller;Baker Hostetler;King Spalding;Wolf Block    

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, Parties: center for wound healing  inc. , bison capital equity partners ii-a  lp , bison capital partners ii  llc , wound healing  inc
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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:

 

 

((C x 5) + B)

   
 

A

   

Where:

 

A = 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) .

 

B = 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.

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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 .

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 to any

 

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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).

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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 option

 

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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:

 

Fiscal Quarter

   Minimum Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA

Twelve Months Ending:

  

June 30, 2008

   5,000,000

 

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September 30, 2008

   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

   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:

 

Fiscal Quarter

   Consolidated Leverage
Ratio

Fiscal Year 2008

  

Quarter 4

   5.75x

Fiscal Year 2009

  

Quarter 1

   5.25x

Quarter 2

   5.25x

Quarter 3

   5.25x

Quarter 4

   5.25x

Fiscal Year 2010

  

Quarter 1

   4.75x

Quarter 2

   4.75x

Quarter 3

   4.50x

Quarter 4

   4.50x

Fiscal Year 2011

  

Quarter 1

   4.25x

 

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Quarter 2

   4.25x

Quarter 3

   4.25x

Quarter 4

   4.25x

Fiscal Year 2012

  

Quarter 1

   3.75x

Quarter 2

   3.75x

Quarter 3

   3.75x

Quarter 4

   3.75x

Fiscal Year 2013

  

Quarter 1 (and, if applicable, any subsequent quarters)

   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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