REVOLVING CREDIT AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
AMERICA SERVICE GROUP INC.
PRISON HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
PRISON HEALTH SERVICES OF INDIANA, L.L.C.
SECURE PHARMACY PLUS, LLC
CORRECTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES, LLC
Dated as of
July 28, 2009
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ADVANCES, PAYMENT AND INTEREST
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The Revolving Loans; Maturity
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Interest on the Revolving Facility
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Revolving Facility Disbursements; Requirement to
Deliver Borrowing Certificate
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Collections; Repayment; Borrowing Availability
and Lockbox
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Manner of Payment; Promise to Pay
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Repayment of Excess Advances
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Grant of Security Interest;
Collateral
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Collateral Administration
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FEES AND OTHER CHARGES; ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE
PRICE
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Collateral Management Fee
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Computation of Fees; Lawful Limits
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Acknowledgement of Joint and Several
Liability
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Conditions to Effectiveness of Agreement and
Closing
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Conditions to Each Advance and Issuance of Each
Letter of Credit
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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Organization and Authority
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Subsidiaries, Capitalization and Ownership
Interests
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Tax Returns; Governmental Reports
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Financial Statements and Reports
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Licenses and Permits; Labor
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Existing Indebtedness; Investments, Guarantees
and Certain Contracts
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Names; Location of Offices, Records and
Collateral
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Performance and Payment Bonds for Government
Contracts
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OFAC and Anti-Terrorism Regulations
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Financial Statements, Reports and Other
Information
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Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence
and Assets
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Compliance with Legal and Other
Obligations
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Inspection; Periodic Audits
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Further Assurances; Post Closing
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Collateral Documents; Security Interest in
Collateral
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Schedules to the Loan Agreement
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Investments; New Facilities or Collateral;
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Dividends; Redemptions; Equity
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Transactions with Affiliates
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Charter Documents; Fiscal Year; Dissolution;
Collateral Assignment
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Payment on Subordinated Debt
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RIGHTS AND REMEDIES AFTER DEFAULT
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Rights of Agent to Appoint Receiver
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Rights and Remedies not Exclusive
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WAIVERS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
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Delay; No Waiver of Defaults
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Cooperation in Discovery and
Litigation
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EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERMINATION
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Effectiveness and Termination
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Set Off and Sharing of Payments
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Settlements; Payments and Information
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Dissemination of Information
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Borrowing Agency Provisions
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Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Service of Process;
Venue
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Successors and Assigns; Assignments and
Participation; New Lenders
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Severability; Captions; Counterparts; Facsimile
Signatures
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Confidentiality and Publicity
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Release of Agent and Lenders
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iii
REVOLVING CREDIT AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THIS REVOLVING
CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (the
“Agreement” ) dated as of July 28, 2009, is
entered into between AMERICA SERVICE GROUP INC. , a Delaware
corporation (“ ASG ”), PRISON HEALTH
SERVICES, INC. , a Delaware corporation (“ PHS
”), PRISON HEALTH SERVICES OF INDIANA, L.L.C. , an
Indiana limited liability company (“ PHS Indiana
”), SECURE PHARMACY PLUS, LLC , a Tennessee limited
liability company (“ SPP ”), and CORRECTIONAL
HEALTH SERVICES, LLC , a New Jersey limited liability company
(“ CHS ” and together with ASG, PHS, PHS
Indiana, and SPP, individually and collectively as the “
Borrower ”), CAPITALSOURCE BANK , a California
industrial bank (“ CapitalSource” ), as
administrative agent and collateral agent for Lenders (in such
capacities, the “ Agent ”), and the Lenders
party hereto.
WHEREAS, Borrower
has requested that Lenders make available to Borrower a revolving
credit facility (the “Revolving Facility” ) in a
maximum principal amount at any time outstanding of up to Forty
Million Dollars ($40,000,000) (the “ Facility Cap
”) and within the Facility Cap, a sublimit of Fifteen Million
Dollars ($15,000,000) (the “ L/C Sublimit ”),
the proceeds of such Revolving Facility shall be used by Borrower
for general corporate matters and purposes, and working capital
needs in connection with its provision of medical and related
services to correctional facilities;
WHEREAS, the
parties agree that the Existing Letters of Credit (as defined
below) shall be governed by and deemed to be outstanding under the
terms and conditions of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Lenders
are willing to make the Revolving Facility available to Borrower
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which hereby are
acknowledged, Borrower, Agent and Lenders hereby agree as
follows:
For
purposes of this Agreement, in addition to the definitions above
and elsewhere in this Agreement, the terms listed in
Appendix A and Annex I hereto shall have the
meanings given such terms in Appendix A and Annex
I , which are incorporated herein and made a part hereof. All
capitalized terms used which are not specifically defined shall
have meanings provided in Article 9 of the UCC in effect on
the date hereof to the extent the same are used or defined therein.
Unless otherwise specified herein or in Appendix A ,
any agreement or contract referred to herein or in
Appendix A shall mean such agreement as modified,
amended, restated or supplemented from time to time. Unless
otherwise specified, as used in the Loan Documents or in any
certificate, report, instrument or other document made or delivered
pursuant to any of the Loan Documents, all accounting terms not
defined in Appendix A or elsewhere in this Agreement
shall have the meanings given to such terms in and shall be
interpreted in accordance with GAAP. References herein to
“Eastern Time” shall mean eastern standard time or
eastern daylight savings time as in effect on any date of
determination in the eastern United States of America.
II.
ADVANCES, PAYMENT AND INTEREST
2.1 The
Revolving Facility
(a) Subject
to the provisions of this Agreement, each Lender agrees to make
available its Pro Rata Share of Advances, including Advances in
connection with the issuance or collateralization of Letters of
Credit, to Borrower under the Revolving Facility from time to time
during the Term; provided, that (i) the Pro Rata Share of the
Advances of any Lender shall not at any time exceed its separate
Commitment, and (ii) the aggregate amount of all Advances at
any time outstanding under the Revolving Facility, together with
the then aggregate amount of L/C Exposure, shall not exceed the
lesser of (A) the Facility Cap and (B) the Availability.
The obligations of Lenders hereunder shall be several and not joint
up to the amount of the Commitments. The Revolving Facility is a
revolving credit facility, which may be drawn, repaid and redrawn,
from time to time as permitted under this Agreement. Any
determination as to whether there is availability within the
Borrowing Base for Advances shall be made by Agent in its Permitted
Discretion and is final and binding upon Borrower. Unless otherwise
permitted by Agent, each Advance shall be in an amount of at least
$100,000. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, Borrower may
request Advances under the Revolving Facility up to and including
the value, in Dollars, of 85% of the Borrowing Base (such
calculated amount being referred to herein as the “
Availability ”). Advances under the Revolving Facility
automatically shall be made for the payment of interest on the
Loans and other Obligations on the date when due to the extent
available and as provided for herein.
(b) Agent
has established the above-referenced advance rate for Availability
and, following an audit and review of Borrower’s financial
statements and with not less than three (3) Business Days
prior notice to Borrower (except that upon the occurrence, and
during the continuance, of a Default or Event of Default, such
notice shall not be required), may further adjust the Availability
and such advance rate by applying percentages (known as
“liquidity factors”) to Eligible Receivables based upon
Borrower’s actual recent collection history all in a manner
consistent with Agent’s underwriting practices and
procedures, including, without limitation, Agent’s review and
analysis of, among other things, Borrower’s historical
returns, rebates, discounts, credits and allowances (collectively,
the “ Dilution Items ”). Such liquidity factors
and the advance rate for Availability may be adjusted by Agent,
throughout the Term, subject to prior notice to Borrower, as
warranted by Agent’s underwriting practices and procedures in
its Permitted Discretion. Also, Agent shall have the right to
establish and readjust from time to time, in its Permitted
Discretion, reserves against the Borrowing Base, which reserves
shall have the effect of reducing the amounts otherwise eligible to
be disbursed to Borrower under the Revolving Facility pursuant to
this Agreement.
2.2 The
Revolving Loans; Maturity
All
amounts outstanding under the Revolving Loans and other Obligations
under the Revolving Facility shall be due and payable in full, if
not earlier in accordance with this Agreement, upon the earliest of
(i) any automatic acceleration upon an Event of Default as
provided for herein; (ii) Agent’s acceleration and
demand for payment following an Event of Default, and
(iii) the last day of the Term (such earlier date being the
“Maturity Date” ).
2.3 Interest
on the Revolving Facility
Interest
on outstanding Advances under the Revolving Loans shall be payable
monthly in arrears on the first day of each calendar month at an
annual rate of LIBOR plus 2.0%, calculated on the basis of a
360-day year and for the actual number of calendar days elapsed in
each interest calculation period. Notwithstanding the foregoing
(and without affecting Agent’s rights under
Section 3.5 hereof),
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during the
continuance of an Event of Default and at any other time when Agent
has determined that LIBOR cannot be readily determined or is
otherwise unavailable, interest on outstanding Advances under the
Revolving Facility shall be payable monthly in arrears on the first
day of each calendar month at an annual rate of the Prime Rate;
provided , however , that, notwithstanding any
provision of any Loan Document, for the purpose of calculating
interest at any time hereunder, LIBOR shall be not less than 3.14%,
in each case calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and for the
actual number of calendar days elapsed in each interest calculation
period. Interest accrued on each Advance under the Revolving Loans
shall be payable in accordance with the procedures provided for in
Section 2.5 and Section 2.6 , commencing
August 1, 2009 and continuing until the later of the expiration of
the Term and the full performance and irrevocable payment in full
in cash of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement.
Interest on outstanding Advances under the Revolving Loans shall
accrue from the respective funding dates of the
Advances.
2.4 Revolving
Facility Disbursements; Requirement to Deliver Borrowing
Certificate
So
long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, Borrower may give Agent irrevocable written notice
requesting an Advance under the Revolving Facility by notifying
Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least
one (1) but not more than four (4) Business Days before
the proposed borrowing date of such requested Advance (the
“Borrowing Date” ), and delivering to Agent by
noon (New York City time) on the date of the proposed borrowing, a
completed Borrowing Certificate and relevant supporting
documentation satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion
(which shall only include an Accounts re-aging once each month, as
specified below), which shall (a) specify the proposed
Borrowing Date of such Advance which shall be a Business Day,
(b) specify the principal amount of such requested Advance,
(c) certify the matters contained in Section 4.2 ,
and (d) specify the amount of any known recoupments or setoffs
by any third party payor being sought, requested or claimed, or, to
Borrower’s knowledge, threatened against Borrower to the
extent not otherwise reflected in the calculation of Availability.
Each time a request for an Advance is made, and, in any event and
regardless of whether an Advance is being requested, each month
during the Term until the Obligations are indefeasibly paid in cash
in full and this Agreement is terminated, Borrower shall deliver to
Agent a Borrowing Certificate accompanied by a separate detailed
aging and categorization of Borrower’s accounts receivable,
and such other supporting documentation with respect to the figures
and information in the Borrowing Certificate as Agent shall request
in its Permitted Discretion from a credit or security perspective
or otherwise. On each Borrowing Date, Borrower irrevocably
authorizes Agent to disburse the proceeds of the requested Advance
to the Borrower’s account(s) as set forth on
Schedule 2.4 , in all cases for credit to the Borrower
(or to such other account as to which the Borrower shall instruct
Agent) via Federal funds wire transfer no later than 4:00 p.m.
Eastern Time. If Borrower’s Borrowing Certificate does not
request the same dollar amount as that which Borrower estimated in
its notification to Agent, Borrower agrees to pay any interest cost
incurred by Agent in connection with such estimated
funds.
2.5
Collections; Repayment; Borrowing Availability and
Lockbox
Borrower
shall maintain a lockbox together with a blocked account
(individually and collectively, the “Blocked
Account” ) with one or more banks acceptable to Agent
(each, a “Lockbox Bank” ), and shall execute
with each Lockbox Bank one or more agreements acceptable to Agent
in its Permitted Discretion (individually and collectively, the
“Lockbox Agreement” ), and such other agreements
related thereto as Agent may require in its Permitted Discretion.
Borrower shall ensure that all collections of its Accounts and all
other cash payments received by Borrower are paid and delivered
directly from Account Debtors and other Persons into the Blocked
Account. The Lockbox Agreements shall provide that the Lockbox
Banks on each Business Day will promptly transfer all funds paid
into the Blocked Accounts into a depository account or accounts
maintained by Agent or an Affiliate of Agent at
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such bank as
Agent may communicate to Borrower from time to time (the
“Concentration Account” ). Notwithstanding and
without limiting any other provision of any Loan Document, Agent
shall apply to the Obligations, on a daily basis, all funds
transferred into the Concentration Account pursuant to the Lockbox
Agreement and this Section 2.5 in such order and manner
as determined by Agent. To the extent that any Accounts collections
of Borrower or any other cash payments received by Borrower are not
sent directly to the Blocked Account but are received by Borrower
or any of its Affiliates, such collections and proceeds shall be
held in trust for the benefit of Agent and Lenders and promptly
remitted (and in any event within two (2) Business Days), to
the Blocked Account for transfer to the Concentration Account.
Borrower acknowledges and agrees that compliance with the terms of
this Section 2.5 is an essential term of this
Agreement, and that, in addition to and notwithstanding any other
rights Agent may have hereunder, under any other Loan Document,
under applicable law or at equity, upon each material failure by
Borrower to comply with any such terms which is not promptly
remedied, Agent shall be entitled to assess a non-compliance fee
which shall operate to increase the Applicable Rate by two percent
(2.0%) per annum during any period of non-compliance, whether or
not a Default or an Event of Default occurs or is declared;
provided , that nothing shall prevent Agent from considering
any failure to comply with the terms of this
Section 2.5 to be a Default or an Event of Default. All
funds transferred to the Concentration Account for application to
the Obligations under the Revolving Facility shall be applied to
reduce the Obligations under the Revolving Facility, but, only for
purposes of calculating interest hereunder, shall be subject to a
two (2) Business Day clearance period unless the net Advance
balance is zero or a credit at the end of the day in which case
collection swept to the Concentration Account for such day will not
be subject to the two (2) Business Day clearance period. If as the
result of collections of Accounts and/or any other cash payments
received by Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.5 a
credit balance exists with respect to the Concentration Account,
such credit balance shall not accrue interest in favor of a
Borrower, but shall be available to Borrower upon Borrower’s
demand therefor. If applicable, at any time prior to the execution
of all or any of the Lockbox Agreements and operation of the
Blocked Account, Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall direct all
collections or proceeds it receives on Accounts or from other
Collateral to the accounts(s) and in the manner specified by Agent
in its sole discretion.
2.6 Manner of
Payment; Promise to Pay
(a) Any
payments made by Borrower (other than payments automatically paid
through Advances under the Revolving Facility as provided herein),
shall be made only by ACH or wire transfer on the date when due,
without offset or counterclaim, in Dollars, in immediately
available funds to such account as may be indicated in writing by
Agent to Borrower from time to time. Any such payment received
after 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on any date shall be deemed received
on the following Business Day. Whenever any payment hereunder shall
be stated to be due or shall become due and payable on a day other
than a Business Day, the due date thereof shall be extended to, and
such payment shall be made on, the next succeeding Business Day,
and such extension of time in such case shall be included in the
computation of payment of any interest (at the interest rate then
in effect during such extension) and/or fees, as the case may be.
Agent will provide detailed monthly invoices of such charges and
payments.
(b) Borrower
absolutely and unconditionally promises to pay the Obligations
hereunder in accordance with the manner and terms hereof, without
any deduction whatsoever, without setoff, recoupment or
counterclaim, each of which claim or defense hereby is
waived.
2.7 Repayment
of Excess Advances
If
at any time the sum of outstanding Advances under the Revolving
Facility plus any Unfunded L/C Exposure exceeds the lesser of the
Facility Cap or the Availability, such excess amount shall be
immediately due and payable by Borrower without the necessity of
any demand, at the Payment
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Office, whether
or not a Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing
and shall be paid in the manner specified in
Section 2.6 .
Should
any amount required to be paid under any Loan Document remain
unpaid for ten (10) Business Days from the date due, such amount
may be paid by Agent, for the account of Lenders, which payment
shall be deemed a request for an Advance under the Revolving
Facility as of the date such payment is due, and Borrower
irrevocably authorizes disbursement of any such funds to Agent, for
the benefit of Lenders, by way of direct payment of the relevant
amount, interest or Obligations. No payment or prepayment of any
amount by Agent, Lenders or any other Person shall entitle any
Person to be subrogated to the rights of Agent and/or Lenders under
any Loan Document unless and until the Obligations have been fully
performed and paid irrevocably in cash and this Agreement has been
terminated. Any sums expended by Agent and/or Lenders as a result
of Borrower’s or any Guarantor’s failure to pay,
perform or comply with any Loan Document or any of the Obligations
may be charged to Borrower’s account as an Advance under the
Revolving Facility and added to the Obligations.
2.9 Grant of
Security Interest; Collateral
(a) To
secure the payment and performance of the Obligations, each
Borrower hereby grants to Agent, for the benefit of itself and the
Lenders, a continuing first priority security interest in and Lien
upon, and pledges to Agent, for the benefit of itself and the
Lenders, all of its right, title and interest in and to the
following, together with property of a similar nature which each
such Borrower owns or in which each such Borrower hereafter
acquires any right, title or interest (collectively and each
individually, the “ Collateral ”):
(i) all
of such Borrower’s tangible personal property, including
without limitation all present and future Goods, Inventory and
Equipment (including items of Equipment which are or become
Fixtures), now owned or hereafter acquired, but excluding any
leased or financed Equipment;
(ii) all
of such Borrower’s intangible personal property, including
without limitation all present and future Accounts, securities,
contract rights, Permits, General Intangibles, Chattel Paper,
Investment Property, Intellectual Property including goodwill,
Documents, Instruments and Deposit Accounts, Letter of Credit
Rights and supporting obligations rights to the payment of money or
other forms of consideration of any kind, tax refunds, insurance
proceeds (including, without limitation, proceeds of any life
insurance policy), now owned or hereafter acquired, and all
intangible and tangible personal property relating to or arising
out of any of the foregoing;
(iii) all
of such Borrower’s present and future Government Contracts
and rights thereunder and the related Government Accounts and
proceeds thereof, now or hereafter owned or acquired by such
Borrower; provided , however , that Agent shall not
have a Lien in any rights under any Government Contract of such
Borrower or in the related Government Account where the taking of
such security interest would be prohibited by applicable law (for
purposes of this limitation, the fact that a Government Contract is
subject to, or otherwise refers to, Title 31, § 203 or Title
41, § 15 of the United States Code shall not be deemed an
express prohibition against assignment thereof); and
(iv) any
and all additions and accessions to any of the foregoing, and any
and all replacements, products and proceeds (including insurance
proceeds) of any of the foregoing.
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(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.9 , such
grant of a security interest shall not extend to, and the term
“Collateral” shall not include, any General Intangibles
of Borrower to the extent that (but only to the extent that)
(i) such General Intangibles are not assignable or capable of
being encumbered as a matter of law or under the terms of any
license or other agreement applicable thereto (but solely to the
extent that any such restriction shall be enforceable under
applicable law) without the consent of the licensor thereof or
other applicable party thereto, and (ii) such consent has not
been obtained; provided , however , that the
foregoing grant of a security interest shall extend to, and the
term “Collateral” shall include, each of the following:
(a) any General Intangible which is in the nature of an
Account or a right to the payment of money or a proceed of, or
otherwise related to the enforcement or collection of, any Account
or right to the payment of money, or goods which are the subject of
any Account or right to the payment of money, (b) any and all
proceeds of any General Intangible that is otherwise excluded to
the extent that the assignment, pledge or encumbrance of such
proceeds is not so restricted, and (c) upon obtaining the
consent of any such licensor or other applicable party with respect
to any such otherwise excluded General Intangible, such General
Intangible as well as any and all proceeds thereof that might
theretofor have been excluded from such grant of a security
interest and from the term “Collateral.”
(c) In
addition to the foregoing, to secure the payment and performance of
the Obligations, ASG has pledged to Agent, for the benefit of the
Lenders, all of the securities of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the
Stock Pledge Agreement.
(d) Each
Borrower has full right and power to grant to Agent a perfected,
first priority security interest and Lien in the Collateral
pursuant to this Agreement. Upon the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, and upon the filing of the necessary financing
statements, which Borrower hereby authorizes Agent to file, and
delivery of any necessary stock certificates, without any further
action, Agent will have a good, valid and perfected first priority
Lien and security interest in the Collateral, subject to no
transfer or other restrictions or Liens of any kind in favor of any
other Person except for Permitted Liens. No financing statement
relating to any of the Collateral will be, on the Closing Date, on
file in any public office except those (a) on behalf of Agent,
and (b) in connection with Permitted Liens. Borrower is not a
party to any agreement, document or instrument that conflicts with
this Section 2.9 or that otherwise relates to a
security interest in, assignment of, or Lien upon the
Collateral.
2.10
Collateral Administration
(a) Except
as permitted pursuant to Sections 7.8(a) and
7.8(b) , all Collateral (except Deposit Accounts and
Collateral having an aggregate value of $50,000 or less at any one
location) will at all times be kept by Borrower at the locations
set forth on Schedule 5.4 hereto, which may be amended
from time to time, and shall not, without thirty (30) calendar
days prior written notice to Agent, be moved therefrom, and in any
case shall not be moved outside the continental United States.
Whether or not an Event of Default has occurred, any of the
Agent’s officers, employees, representatives or agents shall
have the right, at any time during normal business hours, in the
name of Agent, any designee of Agent, or Borrower, to verify the
validity, amount or any other matter relating to the Collateral.
Borrower shall cooperate fully with Agent in an effort to
facilitate and promptly conclude such verification process.
Notwithstanding anything in this subsection to the contrary, Agent
shall have the right at all times after the occurrence and during
the continuation of an Event of Default to notify Persons owing
Accounts to Borrower that their Accounts have been assigned to
Agent and to collect such Accounts directly in its own name and to
charge collection costs and expenses, including reasonable
attorney’s fees, to Borrower.
(b) As
and when determined by Agent in its Permitted Discretion, Agent
will perform the searches described in clauses (i) and
(ii) below against Borrower or any Guarantor (the
results
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of which are to
be consistent with Borrower’s representations and warranties
under this Agreement), on a quarterly basis at Borrower’s
expense, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
in which case such searches shall be conducted as often as Agent
deems reasonably appropriate at Borrower’s expense:
(i) UCC searches with the Secretary of State and local filing
offices of each jurisdiction where Borrower and/or any Guarantors
are organized; and (ii) judgment, federal tax lien and
corporate and partnership tax lien searches, in each jurisdiction
searched under clause (i) above, and in any jurisdiction where
Borrower or Guarantors maintain their respective offices or place
of business or material assets to the extent that the UCC would
permit a filing in such jurisdiction to attach a security interest
in or Lien upon any Collateral. Agent will (i) upon
Borrower’s request and at Borrower’s expense, provide
copies of any such searches to Borrower and (ii) will use a
search service with which Agent has a discount arrangement in an
effort to minimize the expense of such searches.
(c) Upon
Agent’s request, Borrower shall immediately deliver to Agent
all items for which Lender must receive possession to obtain a
perfected Lien and all notes, certificates, and documents of title,
Chattel Paper, warehouse receipts, Instruments, and any other
similar instruments constituting Collateral.
(d) Borrower
shall keep accurate and complete records of its Accounts and all
payments and collections thereon and shall submit such records to
Agent on such periodic bases as Agent may request in its Permitted
Discretion. In addition, if Accounts of Borrower in an aggregate
face amount in excess of $500,000 become ineligible because they
fall within one of the specified categories of ineligibility set
forth in the definition of Eligible Billed Receivables or Eligible
Unbilled Receivables, Borrower shall notify Agent of such
occurrence within two (2) Business Days following its
discovery of such occurrence and the Borrowing Base shall thereupon
be adjusted to reflect such occurrence. After the occurrence and
during the continuation of an Event of Default, and upon
Agent’s request, Borrower shall execute and deliver to Agent
formal written assignments of all of its Accounts weekly or daily
as Agent may request, including all Accounts created since the date
of the last assignment, together with copies of claims, invoices
and/or other information related thereto.
(e) Borrower
(i) shall provide prompt written notice to its current bank to
transfer all items, collections and remittances to the
Concentration Account, and to any Account Debtor not remitting to
the Blocked Account, to do so promptly, (ii) after the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, and
upon Agent’s request, shall provide prompt written notice to
each Account Debtor that Agent has been granted a lien and security
interest in, upon and to all Accounts applicable to such Account
Debtor, and shall direct each Account Debtor to make payments
directly to Lender’s Concentration Account; and
(iii) shall do anything further that may be lawfully required
by Agent to secure Agent, for the benefit of itself and Lenders,
and to effectuate the intentions of the Loan Documents. Borrower
hereby authorizes Agent, for purposes of clause (i) hereof,
upon any failure to send such notices and directions within twenty
(20) calendar days after the date of this Agreement (or twenty
(20) calendar days after the Person becomes an Account
Debtor), and for purposes of clause (ii) hereof, promptly
following the occurrence and continuation of such Event of Default,
to send any and all similar notices and directions to such Account
Debtors.
Agent
hereby is irrevocably made, constituted and appointed the true and
lawful attorney for Borrower (without requiring Borrower to act as
such) with full power of substitution, coupled with an interest, to
do the following: (i) upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, endorse the name of any such
Person upon any and all checks, drafts, money orders and other
instruments for the payment of money that are payable to such
Person and constitute collections on such Person’s Accounts;
(ii) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, execute in the
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name of
Borrower any financing statements, schedules, assignments,
instruments, documents, and statements that it is obligated to give
Agent under any of the Loan Documents; and (iii) do such other
and further acts and deeds in the name of Borrower that Agent may
deem necessary or desirable to enforce or to perfect Agent’s
security interest or lien or rights in any Collateral. In addition,
if the Borrower breaches its obligation hereunder to direct
payments of Accounts within the time periods specified herein to
the Blocked Account, Agent, as the irrevocably made, constituted
and appointed true and lawful attorney for the Borrower pursuant to
this paragraph, may, by the signature or other act of any of
Agent’s officers or authorized signatories (without requiring
any of them to do so), direct any federal, state or private payor
or fiscal intermediary to pay proceeds of Accounts or any other
Collateral to the Blocked Account.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Agent agrees to
cause an L/C Issuer at any time and from time to time after the
date hereof and prior to the Termination Date to issue standby
letters of credit which comply with the provisions of this
Section 2.12 for the account of Borrower (each such
standby letter of credit, and each Existing Letter of Credit, a
“ Letter of Credit ”) or to purchase
participations or execute indemnities or reimbursement obligations
(each such undertaking, an “ L/C Undertaking ”)
with respect to Letters of Credit issued by an Underlying Issuer
for the account of Borrower (in which case, Agent agrees to cause
such Underlying Issuer to issue Letters of Credit which comply with
the provisions of this Section 2.12 for the account of
Borrower; provided , however , that an L/C Issuer
will not be required to issue, purchase or execute a requested
Letter of Credit, and Agent will not be required to cause same, if
any of the following would result after giving effect thereto: the
L/C Exposure would (i) exceed the L/C Sublimit or
(ii) when taken together with the outstanding Advances, would
exceed the lesser of the Facility Cap or the Availability, without
duplication. As of the Closing Date, the Existing Letters of Credit
will be deemed to be outstanding under this Agreement and subject
to the provisions herein.
(b) Borrower
may from time to time request L/C Issuer to assist Borrower in
establishing or opening a Letter of Credit by delivering to L/C
Issuer, with a copy to Agent, the L/C Issuer’s standard form
of standby letter of credit application (the “ Letter of
Credit Application ”) completed to the satisfaction of
the L/C Issuer (in the exercise of its sole discretion), and such
other certificates, documents and other papers and information as
Agent or L/C Issuer may reasonably request. If requested by Agent
or L/C Issuer, Borrower also shall be an applicant under the
application with respect to any Underlying Letter of Credit that is
to be the subject of an L/C Undertaking. Borrower acknowledges that
the issuance of any Letter of Credit shall occur no sooner than
five (5) Business Days following the submission of a Letter of
Credit Application to, and to the satisfaction of, the L/C Issuer
(in its sole discretion); provided, however, that Agent shall use
good faith efforts to cause the L/C Issuer to issue an Letter of
Credit within ten (10) Business Days following the submission of a
Letter of Credit Application to, and to the satisfaction of, the
L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion).
(c) Each
Letter of Credit (and each corresponding Underlying Letter of
Credit) shall, among other things, (i) be for a standby letter
of credit, (ii) be in form and substance acceptable to the L/C
Issuer (in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion), including the
requirement that the amounts payable thereunder must be payable in
Dollars, (iii) subject to Section 2.12(e) , have
an expiry date not later than twelve (12) months after such
Letter of Credit’s date of issuance and in no event later
than 30 days prior to the Termination Date and (iv) be
issued for the purpose for which the Borrower has historically
obtained letters of credit, or for such other purpose as is
reasonably acceptable to Agent, and, in all cases, for a purpose
permitted for use of proceeds hereunder. Each Letter of Credit
Application and each Letter of Credit shall be subject to the
Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (2007
Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication
No. 600, and any amendments or revisions thereof (“
UCP ”).
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(d) Borrower
shall authorize and direct the L/C Issuer and each Underlying
Issuer to name Borrower as the “ Account Party ”
therein and to accept and rely upon the Agent’s instructions
and agreements with respect to all matters arising in connection
with the issuance of the Letters of Credit and the applications
therefor.
(e) If
a requested Letter of Credit is to have or is for the purpose of
replacing an existing Letter of Credit that has an expiry date
which is after the Maturity Date, then Borrower shall, at least
15 days prior to the Maturity Date, provide a
“back-to-back” letter of credit to Agent in form, and
substance satisfactory to Agent in its sole discretion. Such
back-to-back letter of credit shall be issued by a bank
satisfactory to Agent in its sole discretion, in an amount equal to
the Relevant Percentage of the then undrawn stated amount of all
outstanding Letters of Credit. In the alternative, Borrower may
deposit cash in the Agent Collateral Account in an amount equal to
the Relevant Percentage of the then undrawn stated amount of each
such outstanding Letter of Credit with respect to which a
“back-to-back” letter of credit has not been issued to
Agent. Notwithstanding the provision of such “back-to-back
letter(s) of credit and/or the funding of such Agent Collateral
Account, Borrower shall remain liable pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement for all L/C Exposure until such time as (i) each
such Letter of Credit (x) expires by its terms without any
draws being made in respect thereof or (y) has been returned
to Agent undrawn and marked “cancelled” and,
(ii) all Funded L/C Exposure continued as Advances pursuant to
Section 2.12(f) has been repaid in full in cash by Borrower.
For this purpose “ Relevant Percentage ” means,
as of the Maturity Date and each date prior to the one-year
anniversary thereof, 105%, and from and after each one-year
anniversary of the Maturity Date, two percent (2%) more than the
Relevant Percentage as of the preceding annual
anniversary.
(f) Any
payment by Agent in respect of any Letter of Credit or L/C
Undertaking shall constitute for all purposes of this Agreement the
making by Agent of an Advance in the amount of such payment. All
Funded L/C Exposure shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal
to the interest rate charged to other Advances. With respect to
each Advance made pursuant to this Section 2.12 , the
Borrower shall be deemed to have certified the statements contained
in Section V as of the date the payment constituting such
Advance was made by Agent; provided , however , that
in the event any such statement was not true and correct as of such
date, such Advance shall be repayable on demand; provided ,
further , that upon any such repayment on demand, the
failure of any such statement to be true and correct as of such
date shall not constitute an Event of Default hereunder, unless the
failure of any such statement to be true and correct as of such
date would have constituted an Event of Default hereunder even if
such repaid Advance had never been made.
(g) The
obligations of Borrower for Advances that arise as a result of
payments in respect of or draws under Letters of Credit or L/C
Undertakings shall be unconditional and irrevocable and shall be
paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under
all circumstances, to the extent permitted by law, including
without limitation, (i) any lack of validity or enforceability
of any Letter of Credit or L/C Undertaking, (ii) the existence
of any claim, setoff, defense or other right which Borrower may
have at any time against a beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or
L/C Undertaking or against Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or
Underlying Issuer; (iii) the fact that, or any allegation that, any
draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such
Letter of Credit or L/C Undertaking is or was forged, fraudulent,
invalid or insufficient in any respect, or any statement therein is
or was untrue or inaccurate in any respect; (iv) any breach of
contract or dispute among or between the Borrower, Agent, any
Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other Person; (v) payment by the
Agent, any Lender or L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit or L/C
Undertaking against presentation of a demand, draft or certificate
or other document which does not comply with the terms of such
Letter of Credit or L/C Undertaking; (vi) any other
circumstance or happening whatsoever, which is similar to any of
the foregoing; or (vii) the fact that any Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing (it
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being
understood that any such payment by the Borrower of its Obligations
in respect of any such Advance shall be without prejudice to, and
shall not constitute a waiver of any rights any party hereto may
have or might acquire against the beneficiary of any Letter of
Credit or L/C Undertaking or against any L/C Issuer).
(h) On
the first day of each month, commencing on the first such day
following the Closing Date and continuing thereafter until the date
the Unfunded L/C Exposure has been reduced to zero, including on
the Termination Date, the Borrower shall pay to Agent, in arrears,
for the account of Agent and each other Lender in accordance with
their respective participations in each Letter of Credit, the
Letter of Credit Fee.
(i) The
aggregate stated amount available for Letters of Credit and L/C
Undertakings guaranteed or issued by any L/C Issuer from time to
time outstanding shall not exceed the L/C Sublimit.
(j) On
demand by Agent at any time following the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, Borrower will cause to be
deposited and maintained in an account as directed by Agent, cash
collateral in an amount equal to one hundred five percent (105%) of
the Unfunded L/C Exposure, and Borrower hereby irrevocably
authorizes Agent, in its discretion, on Borrower’s behalf and
in Borrower’s name, to open such an account and to make and
maintain deposits therein, or in an account opened by Borrower, in
the amounts required to be maintained by Borrower, out of the
proceeds of Accounts or other Collateral or out of any funds of
Borrower coming into Agent’s possession at any time. Borrower
may not withdraw amounts credited to any such account except upon
the earlier of (i) payment and performance in full of all
Obligations (other than indemnity obligations under the Loan
Documents that are not then due and payable or for which any events
or claims that would give rise thereto are not then pending),
termination of this Agreement and termination, replacement or cash
collateralization of all then outstanding Letters of Credit in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and (ii) at such
time as such Event of Default no longer exists.
(k) In
connection with the issuance of any Letter of Credit, Borrower
shall indemnify, save and hold Agent, each Lender and each L/C
Issuer harmless from any loss, cost, expense or liability,
including, without limitation, payments made by Agent, any Lender
or any L/C Issuer, and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and
reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by Agent, any Lender or
any L/C Issuer arising out of, or in connection with, any Letter of
Credit to be issued for the account of Borrower, except for any
such losses, costs, expenses or liabilities arising out of
Agent’s, such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s gross
negligence or willful misconduct. Borrower shall be bound by the
L/C Issuer’s regulations and reasonable good faith
interpretations of any Letter of Credit issued or created for
Borrower’s account, although this interpretation may be
different from Borrower’s own; and neither Agent, any Lender
nor any L/C Issuer, nor any of their respective correspondents
shall be liable for any error, negligence, or mistakes, whether of
omission or commission, in following Borrower’s instructions
or those contained in any Letter of Credit or any modifications,
amendments or supplements thereto or in issuing or paying any
Letter of Credit, except for, and solely to the extent of,
Agent’s, such Lender’s, such L/C Issuer’s or such
correspondents’ gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
(l) Any
other lender hereafter participating in the Revolving Facility (a
“ Participant ”) may also participate in the
issuance of Letters of Credit and L/C Undertakings contemplated by
this Section 2.12 pursuant to the terms hereof, at such
percentage interest as is acceptable to Agent and such Participant
without any consent of any other party or any further amendment
hereto.
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(m) If
by reason of (i) any change in any applicable law, treaty,
rule, or regulation or any change in the interpretation or
application thereof by any Governmental Authority, or (ii)
compliance by any L/C Issuer, Underlying Issuer, Agent or any
Lender with any direction, request, or requirement (irrespective of
whether having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority or
monetary authority including Regulation D of the Federal
Reserve Board as from time to time in effect (and any successor
thereto):
(1) any reserve,
deposit, or similar requirement is or shall be imposed or modified
in respect of any Letter of Credit issued hereunder, or
(2) there shall be
imposed on Lender, L/C Issuer or any Underlying Issuer any other
condition regarding any Letter of Credit issued pursuant
hereto;
and the result
of the foregoing is to increase, directly or indirectly, the cost
to Agent, such Lender, L/C Issuer or any Underlying Issuer of
issuing, making, guaranteeing, or maintaining any Letter of Credit
or to reduce the amount receivable in respect thereof by Agent,
such Lender, L/C Issuer or any Underlying Issuer, then, and in any
such case, Agent may, at any time within a reasonable period after
the additional cost is incurred or the amount received is reduced,
notify Borrower, and Borrower shall pay within two Business Days
such amounts as Agent may specify to be necessary to compensate
Agent, such Lender L/C Issuer or Underlying Issuer, as the case may
be, for such additional cost or reduced receipt, together with
interest on such amount from the date of such demand until payment
in full thereof at the Applicable Rate for Advances. The
determination by Agent of any amount due pursuant to this
Section 2.12 , as set forth in a certificate setting
forth the calculation thereof in reasonable detail, shall, in the
absence of manifest or demonstrable error, be final and conclusive
and binding on all of the parties hereto.
(a) Agent
shall maintain, in accordance with its usual practice, electronic
or written records evidencing the indebtedness and obligations to
each Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender from time
to time, including without limitation, the amounts of principal and
interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under
this Agreement.
(b) The
entries made in the electronic or written records maintained
pursuant to this Section 2.13 (the “
Register ”) shall be prima facie evidence of the
existence and amounts of the obligations and indebtedness therein
recorded; provided , however , that the failure of
the Agent to maintain such records or any error therein shall not
in any manner affect the obligations of the Borrower to repay the
Loans or Obligations in accordance with their terms.
(c) Agent
will account to Borrower monthly with a statement of Advances under
the Revolving Facility, and any charges and payments made pursuant
to this Agreement, and in the absence of manifest error, such
accounting rendered by Agent shall be deemed final, binding and
conclusive unless Agent is notified by Borrower in writing to the
contrary within fifteen (15) calendar days of Receipt of each
accounting, which notice shall be deemed an objection only to items
specifically objected to therein.
(d) The
Borrower agrees that:
(i) upon
written notice by any Lender to the Borrower that a promissory note
or other evidence of indebtedness is requested by such Lender to
evidence the Loans and other Obligations owing or payable to, or to
be made by, such Lender, the Borrower shall promptly (and in any
event within three (3) Business Days of any such request)
execute and deliver to such Lender an
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appropriate
promissory note or notes in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to such Lender and Borrower, payable to the order of
such Lender or in a principal amount equal to the amount of the
Loans owing or payable to such Lender;
(ii) all
references to Notes in the Loan Documents shall mean Notes, if any,
to the extent issued (and not returned to the Borrower for
cancellation) hereunder, as the same may be amended, modified,
divided, supplemented and/or restated from time to time;
and
(iii) upon
any Lender’s written request, and in any event within three
(3) Business Days of any such request, Borrower shall execute
and deliver to such Lender new Notes and/or divide the Notes in
exchange for then existing Notes in such smaller amounts or
denominations as such Lender shall specify in its sole and absolute
discretion; provided , that the aggregate principal amount
of such new Notes shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount
of the Notes outstanding at the time such request is made; and
provided, further, that such Notes that are to be replaced shall
then be deemed no longer outstanding hereunder and replaced by such
new Notes and returned to the Borrower within a reasonable period
of time after such Lender’s receipt of the replacement
Notes.
III. FEES
AND OTHER CHARGES; ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PRICE
Borrower
shall pay to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders, an unused
line fee (the “Unused Line Fee” ) in an amount
equal to 0.0375% per month of the difference derived by subtracting
(a) the daily average amount of the balances under the
Revolving Facility (including any Unfunded L/C Exposure under the
L/C Sublimit) outstanding during the preceding month, from
(b) the amount of the Facility Cap on the last day of such
month. The Unused Line Fee shall be payable monthly in arrears on
the first day of each successive calendar month (starting with
August 1, 2009).
3.2 Collateral
Management Fee
Borrower
shall pay Agent a monthly collateral management fee (the “
Collateral Management Fee ”) equal to 0.042% per month
of the daily average amount of the balances under the Revolving
Facility outstanding during the preceding month. The Collateral
Management Fee shall be payable monthly in arrears on the first day
of each successive calendar month (starting with August 1,
2009).
3.3 Early
Termination Fee
If
(i) Borrower terminates the Revolving Facility under
Section 11.1 hereof, (ii) Agent or any Lender
accelerates any Revolving Loan or Borrower is otherwise required to
make payment in full of the Obligations relating to the Revolving
Facility or Lender’s obligation to make Advances pursuant to
the Revolving Facility shall terminate in each case upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default, or (iii) a Change of
Control or final payment of the Revolving Facility pursuant to
Section 11.1 occurs, any voluntary or involuntary
termination of the Revolving Facility and final prepayment of the
Obligations relating to the Revolving Facility by Borrower or any
other Person occurs (other than reductions to zero of the
outstanding balance of the Revolving Facility resulting from the
ordinary course operation of the provisions of
Section 2.5 ), whether by virtue of Agent’s
exercising its right of set off or otherwise; or (iv) any
payment in full of the principal amount of any Revolving Loan or
other satisfaction of the outstanding balance of any Revolving Loan
and/or the Revolving Facility is made during a bankruptcy,
reorganization or other proceeding or is made pursuant to any plan
of reorganization or liquidation or any Debtor Relief Law (each, a
“Revolver Termination” ), then, at the effective
date of any such Revolver
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Termination,
Borrower shall pay Agent, for the account of Lenders (in addition
to the then outstanding principal, accrued interest and other
Obligations pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and any other
Loan Document), as yield maintenance for the loss of bargain and
not as a penalty, an amount equal to the Termination Fee.
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, no Termination Fee
shall be due if Borrower merges or enters into a business
combination with another person and the surviving person becomes
the Borrower hereunder, or enters into economically similar,
financing arrangements with Agent in which Agent remains, at least,
a co-lead lender and collateral agent.
3.4
Computation of Fees; Lawful Limits
All
fees hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of
360 days and for the actual number of days elapsed in each
calculation period, as applicable. In no contingency or event
whatsoever, whether by reason of acceleration or otherwise, shall
the interest and other charges paid or agreed to be paid to Agent,
for the benefit of Lenders, for the use, forbearance or detention
of money hereunder exceed the maximum rate permissible under
applicable law which a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a
final determination, deem applicable hereto. If, due to any
circumstance whatsoever, fulfillment of any provision hereof, at
the time performance of such provision shall be due, shall exceed
any such limit, then, the obligation to be so fulfilled shall be
reduced to such lawful limit, and, if Agent or the Lenders shall
have received interest or any other charges of any kind which might
be deemed to be interest under applicable law in excess of the
maximum lawful rate, then such excess shall be applied first to any
unpaid fees and charges hereunder, then to unpaid principal balance
owed by Borrower hereunder, and if the then remaining excess
interest is greater than the previously unpaid principal balance,
Agent and the Lenders shall promptly refund such excess amount to
Borrower and the provisions hereof shall be deemed amended to
provide for such permissible rate. The terms and provisions of this
Section 3.4 shall control to the extent any other
provision of any Loan Document is inconsistent herewith.
3.5 Default
Rate of Interest
Upon
the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default,
the Applicable Rate of interest in effect at such time with respect
to the Obligations shall be increased by 3.0% per annum (the
“ Default Rate ”).
3.6
Acknowledgement of Joint and Several Liability
Each
Borrower acknowledges that it is jointly and severally liable for
all of the Obligations under the Loan Documents. Each Borrower
expressly understands, agrees and acknowledges that (i) it is
an Affiliated entity by common ownership of each other Borrower,
(ii) it desires to have the availability of one common credit
facility instead of separate credit facilities, (iii) it has
requested that Agent and Lenders extend such a common credit
facility on the terms herein provided, (iv) Agent and Lenders
will be lending against, and relying on a lien upon, all of
Borrowers’ assets even though the proceeds of any particular
loan made hereunder may not be advanced directly to a particular
Borrower, (v) it will nonetheless benefit by the making of all
such loans by Agent and Lenders and the availability of a single
credit facility of a size greater than each could independently
warrant, and (vi) all of the representations, warranties,
covenants, obligations, conditions, agreements and other terms
contained in the Loan Documents shall be applicable to and shall be
binding upon Borrower. Each Borrower, in the event it shall be held
or deemed to be a guarantor of the Obligations of any other
Borrower hereby expressly waives any rights and defenses that are
or may become available to such Borrower by reason of
Sections 2787 to 2855, inclusive, and Sections 2899 and
3433 of the California Civil Code. As provided by
Section 15.1 , this Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
The foregoing waivers and the provisions which pertain to
California law are
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included solely
out of an abundance of caution, and shall not be construed to mean
that any of the above-referenced provisions of California law are
in any way applicable to this Agreement or the
Obligations.
4.1 Conditions
to Effectiveness of Agreement and Closing
This
Agreement shall become effective upon the satisfaction, in the
judgment of Agent in its Permitted Discretion, of the following
conditions:
(a) Borrower
shall have delivered to Agent the Loan Documents to which it is a
party, each duly executed by an authorized officer of Borrower and
the other parties thereto;
(b) all
in form and substance satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted
Discretion, Agent shall have received (i) a report of Uniform
Commercial Code financing statement, tax and judgment lien searches
performed with respect to Borrower and Guarantor in each
jurisdiction determined by Agent in its Permitted Discretion, and
such report shall show no Liens on the Collateral (other than
Permitted Liens), (ii) each document (including, without
limitation, any Uniform Commercial Code financing statement)
required by any Loan Document or under law or requested by Agent to
be filed, registered or recorded to create, in favor of Agent, for
the benefit of Lenders, a perfected first priority security
interest upon the Collateral;
(c) Agent
shall have received (i) the Charter and Good Standing
Documents, all in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
Agent, (ii) a certificate of the corporate secretary or
assistant secretary of Borrower dated the Closing Date, as to the
incumbency and signature of the Persons executing the Loan
Documents, in form and substance acceptable to Agent,
(iii) the written legal opinion of counsel for Borrower, in
form and substance satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted
Discretion, and (iv) a certificate executed by an authorized
officer of Borrower, which shall constitute a representation and
warranty by Borrower as of the Closing Date that the conditions
contained in this Section 4.1 have been
satisfied;
(d) Agent
shall have received a certificate of the chief financial officer
(or, in the absence of a chief financial officer, the chief
executive officer) of Borrower, in form and substance satisfactory
to Agent (each, a “Solvency Certificate” ),
certifying (i) the solvency of Borrower after giving effect to
the transactions and the Indebtedness contemplated by the Loan
Documents, and (ii) as to Borrower’s financial resources
and ability to meet its obligations and liabilities as they become
due, to the effect that as of the Closing Date and after giving
effect to such transactions and Indebtedness: (A) the assets
of such Person, at a Fair Valuation, exceed the total liabilities
(including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated
liabilities) of such Person, and (B) no unreasonably small
capital base with which to engage in its anticipated business
exists with respect to Borrower;
(e) Agent
shall have completed or waived examinations, the results of which
shall be satisfactory in form and substance to Agent, of the
Collateral, the financial statements and the books, records,
business, obligations, financial condition and operational state of
Borrower, and Borrower shall have demonstrated to Agent’s
satisfaction that (i) its operations comply, in all respects
reasonably deemed material by Agent, in its reasonable judgment,
with all applicable federal, state, foreign and local laws,
statutes and regulations, (ii) its operations are not the
subject of any governmental investigation, evaluation or any
remedial action which could reasonably result in any Material
Adverse Effect, and (iii) it has no liability (whether
contingent or otherwise) that could reasonably give rise to a
Material Adverse Effect;
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(f) Agent
shall have received all fees, charges and expenses payable to Agent
and Lenders on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to the Loan
Documents;
(g) all
in form and substance satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted
Discretion, Agent shall have received such consents, approvals and
agreements, including, without limitation, Landlord Waivers and
Consents with respect to the leases for those locations
specifically identified on Schedule 5.18B where a
complete set of books and records relating to Accounts or the
Borrower’s Inventory is kept, from such third parties as
Agent and its counsel shall determine are reasonably necessary or
desirable with respect to (i) the Loan Documents and/or the
transactions contemplated thereby, and/or (ii) claims against
Borrower or the Collateral;
(h) Borrower
shall be in compliance with Section 5.17 and
Section 6.5 , and Agent shall have received
(i) copies of all such insurance policies, and
(ii) original certificates of such insurance policies as Agent
shall request in its Permitted Discretion confirming that they are
in effect and that the premiums due and owing with respect thereto
have been paid in full and naming Agent, for the benefit of itself
and Lenders, as loss payee on Borrower’s property
insurance;
(i) all
corporate and other proceedings, documents, instruments and other
legal matters in connection with the transactions contemplated by
the Loan Documents (including, but not limited to, those relating
to corporate and capital structures of Borrower) shall be
reasonably satisfactory to Agent;
(j) No
default shall exist pursuant to any of Borrower’s obligations
under any material contract (including this Agreement, after giving
effect to the terms hereof); Borrower shall be in compliance with
all applicable laws in all material respects;
(k) Borrower
shall have established a Lockbox and Blocked Account pursuant to
Section 2.5 ;
(l) Agent
shall have received copies of all (i) material licenses and
permits required for Borrower to conduct the business in which it
is currently engaged or is contemplated pursuant to the Loan
Documents, and (ii) all intercompany agreements, management
agreements, documents related to borrowed money, capital leases and
other material contracts;
(m) Agent
shall have completed or waived its legal due diligence examinations
of Borrower, the results of which shall be satisfactory in form and
substance to Agent, as evidenced by Agent’s execution of the
Loan Documents;
(n) Agent
shall have received evidence, in form and substance satisfactory to
Agent, of the release and termination of any and all Liens,
security interest and/or Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements in, on, against or with respect to any of the Collateral
(other than Permitted Liens);
(o) there
shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Change or Material
Adverse Effect from that which was reflected on the financial
statements dated May 31, 2009, and provided to
Agent;
(p) Borrower
shall have executed and filed IRS Form 8821 with the
appropriate office of the Internal Revenue Service; and
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(q) Agent
shall have received such other documents, certificates, information
or legal opinions as Agent may reasonably request, all in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted
Discretion.
4.2 Conditions
to Each Advance and Issuance of Each Letter of
Credit
The
obligations of Lenders to make any Advance and to issue each Letter
of Credit are subject to the satisfaction, in the reasonable
judgment of Agent, of the following conditions
precedent:
(a) Borrower
shall have delivered to Agent a Borrowing Certificate for the
Advance, executed by an authorized officer of Borrower, which shall
constitute a representation and warranty by Borrower as of the
Borrowing Date, that the conditions contained in this
Section 4.2 have been satisfied; provided ,
however , that any determination as to whether to extend
credit shall be made by Agent in its Permitted
Discretion;
(b) each
of the representation and warranties made by Borrower in or
pursuant to this Agreement shall be accurate, before and after
giving effect to such Advance, and no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred or be continuing or would exist after giving
effect to the requested Advance on such date; provided ,
however , that for any representation or warranty limited to
the date hereof, such limitation shall not apply, and the
representation shall be true as if made at the time of any request
for an Advance or issuance of a Letter of Credit, except with
respect to representations that would be inconsistent with
Section 6.15 ;
(c) immediately
after giving effect to the requested Advance, the sum of
(i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Advances
under the Revolving Facility, including Advances in connection with
the Letters of Credit, and (ii) the Unfunded L/C Exposure,
shall not exceed the lesser of the Availability and the Facility
Cap, and the Unfunded L/C Exposure shall not exceed the L/C
Sublimit;
(d) except
as disclosed in the financial information delivered to Agent
hereunder, there shall be no liabilities or obligations with
respect to Borrower of any nature whatsoever which, either
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably would be likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) Agent
shall have received all fees, charges and expenses due and payable
to Agent on or prior to such date pursuant to the Loan
Documents;
(f) there
shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Change or Material
Adverse Effect; and
(g) no
default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing or
would exist after giving effect to the Advance under the Revolving
Facility or the issuance of a Letter of Credit on such
date.
V.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each Borrower,
jointly and severally, represents and warrants as of the date
hereof and, except for such representations and warranties that are
as a specified date, each Borrowing Date and each date of issuance
of a Letter of Credit as follows:
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5.1
Organization and Authority
Borrower
is a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of its state of formation. Borrower (a) has all requisite
power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry
on its business as now being conducted and as contemplated in the
Loan Documents, (b) is duly qualified to do business in every
jurisdiction in which it is a party to a Government Contract, and,
except as set forth on Schedule 5.1 , every other
jurisdiction in which failure so to qualify could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (c) has all
requisite power and authority (i) to execute, deliver and
perform the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (ii) to
borrow hereunder, (iii) to consummate the transactions
contemplated under the Loan Documents, and (iv) to grant the
Liens with regard to the Collateral pursuant to the Security
Documents to which it is a party. Borrower is not an
“investment company” registered or required to be
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
and is not controlled by such an “investment
company.”
The
execution, delivery and performance by Borrower of the Loan
Documents to which it is a party, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby, (a) have been duly
authorized by all requisite action of Borrower and have been duly
executed and delivered by or on behalf of Borrower; (b) do not
violate any provisions of (i) applicable law, statute, rule,
regulation, ordinance or tariff, (ii) any order of any
Governmental Authority binding on Borrower or any of its
properties, or (iii) the certificate of incorporation or
bylaws (or any other equivalent governing agreement or document) of
Borrower, or any agreement between Borrower and its shareholders,
members, partners or equity owners or among any such shareholders,
members, partners or equity owners; (c) are not in conflict
with, and do not result in a breach or default of or constitute an
event of default, or an event, fact, condition or circumstance
which, with notice or passage of time, or both, would constitute or
result in a conflict, breach, default or event of default under,
any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which Borrower is a
party, or by which the properties or assets of Borrower are bound,
the effect of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; and (d) except as set forth therein, will not
result in the creation or imposition of any Lien of any nature upon
any of the properties or assets of Borrower, and (e) except as
set forth on Schedule 5.2 , do not require the consent,
approval or authorization of, or filing, registration or
qualification with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person.
When executed and delivered, each of the Loan Documents to which
Borrower is a party will constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance
with its terms, subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy,
moratorium, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law
affecting the enforceability of creditors’ rights generally
and to the effect of general principles of equity which may limit
the availability of equitable remedies (whether in a proceeding at
law or in equity).
5.3
Subsidiaries, Capitalization and Ownership Interests
As
of the date of this Agreement, Borrower has no Subsidiaries (other
than EMSA Limited Partnership) other than those Persons listed as
Subsidiaries on Schedule 5.3 , each of which (other
than EMSA Limited Partnership) either are other Borrowers or
Guarantors of the Obligations of Borrower herein.
Schedule 5.3 also states the authorized and issued
capitalization of Borrower and each such Subsidiary, and the number
and class of equity securities and/or ownership, voting or
partnership interests (except for ASG) issued and outstanding
(including options, warrants and other rights to acquire any of the
foregoing). The ownership or partnership interests of each Borrower
that is a limited partnership or a limited liability company are
not certificated, the documents relating to such interests do not
expressly state that the interests are governed by Article 8
of the Uniform Commercial Code, and the interests are
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not held in a
securities account. Schedule 5.3 also lists the
directors, members, managers and/or partners of Borrower, as well
as any beneficial or record holders of more than twenty-five
percent (25%) of the equity of ASG, and ASG owns, directly or
indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding equity securities
and/or ownership or voting or partnership interests of each other
Borrower. The outstanding equity securities and/or ownership,
voting or partnership interests of each Borrower have been duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
Except as listed on Schedule 5.3 , Borrower does not
own an interest or participate or engage in any joint venture,
partnership or similar arrangements with any Person.
Borrower
(a) is the sole owner and has good, valid and marketable title
to all of its properties and assets, including the Collateral,
whether personal or real, subject to no transfer restrictions or
Liens of any kind except for Permitted Liens, and (b) is in
compliance in all material respects with each lease to which it is
a party or otherwise bound, except for such noncompliance as would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Schedule 5.4 lists all real properties (and their locations)
owned or leased or utilized in client owned facilities by or to
Borrower, and all assets or property that are leased pursuant to
capital leases or licensed by Borrower, and any other material
leases. Borrower enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under
all such leases and such leases are all the leases necessary for
the operation of such properties and are valid and subsisting and
are in full force and effect.
Except
as set forth on Schedule 5.5 , Borrower is not
(a) a party to any judgment, order or decree or any agreement,
document or instrument, or subject to any restriction, which would
materially adversely affect its ability to execute and deliver, or
perform under, any Loan Document or to pay the Obligations, or
(b) in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment
of any obligation, covenant or condition contained in any
agreement, document or instrument to which it is a party or to
which any of its properties or assets are subject, which default,
if not remedied within any applicable grace or cure period, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, nor is
there any event, fact, condition or circumstance which, with notice
or passage of time or both, would constitute or result in a
conflict, breach, default or event of default under, any of the
foregoing which, if not remedied within any applicable grace or
cure period could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Except
as set forth on Schedule 5.6 , there is no action,
suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to its knowledge,
threatened against Borrower that (a) questions or could
prevent the validity of any of the Loan Documents or the right of
Borrower to enter into any Loan Document or to consummate the
transactions contemplated thereby, (b) would reasonably be
expected to result in an outcome that would, either individually or
in the aggregate, (i) have any material adverse effect upon or
change in the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document,
(ii) be material and adverse to the value of the Collateral
taken as a whole or to the business, operations, prospects,
properties, assets, liabilities or condition of Borrower or any
Guarantors, taken as a whole, or (iii) materially impair or be
reasonably expected to materially impair the ability of Borrower or
any Guarantor, taken as a whole, to perform the Obligations or to
consummate the transactions under the Loan Documents executed by
such Person, or (c) would reasonably be likely to result in
any Change of Control or other change in the current ownership,
control or management of Borrower. Except as set forth on
Schedule 5.6 , as of the date hereof Borrower is not a
party or subject to any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree
of any Governmental Authority. Except as set forth on
Schedule 5.6 , as of the date hereof there is no
action, suit or proceeding initiated by
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Borrower
currently pending, and Borrower has no existing accrued and/or
unpaid Indebtedness to any Governmental Authority or any other
governmental payor, except for Permitted Indebtedness.
Borrower
is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable
Environmental Laws. Borrower has not been notified of any action,
suit, proceeding or investigation (a) relating in any way to
compliance by or liability of Borrower under any Environmental
Laws, (b) which otherwise deals with any Hazardous Substance
or any Environmental Law, or (c) which seeks to suspend,
revoke or terminate any license, permit or approval necessary for
the generation, handling, storage, treatment or disposal of any
Hazardous Substance which, in any case, could have a Material
Adverse Effect.
5.8 Tax
Returns; Governmental Reports
Borrower
(a) has filed all material federal, state, foreign (if
applicable) and local tax returns and other reports which are
required by law to be filed by Borrower, and (b) has paid all
material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges,
including, without limitation, payroll and other employment related
taxes, in each case that are due and payable, except only for items
that Borrower is currently contesting in good faith and that are
identified on Schedule 5.8 .
5.9 Financial
Statements and Reports
All
financial statements relating to Borrower that have been or may
hereafter be delivered to Agent by Borrower are accurate and
complete in all material respects and have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied with prior periods. ASG
has no material obligations or liabilities of any kind not
disclosed in such financial statements that would be required to be
disclosed therein in accordance with GAAP, and since the date of
the most recent financial statements submitted to Agent, there has
not occurred any Material Adverse Change or Material Adverse Effect
or, to Borrower’s knowledge, any other event or condition
that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(a) Borrower
(a) is in compliance with all laws, statutes, rules,
regulations, ordinances and tariffs of any Governmental Authority
applicable to Borrower and/or Borrower’s business, assets or
operations, including, without limitation, ERISA and HIPPA, as
applicable, and (b) is not in violation of any order of any
Governmental Authority or other board or tribunal, except where
such noncompliance or violation would not reasonably be likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no event, fact, condition
or circumstance known to Borrower which, with notice or passage of
time, or both, would constitute or result in any noncompliance
with, or any violation of, any of the foregoing, in each case
except where noncompliance or violation could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Borrower has not
received any notice that Borrower is not in compliance in any
respect with any of the requirements of any of the foregoing.
Borrower has (i) not engaged in any Prohibited Transactions as
defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) not failed to meet
any applicable minimum funding requirements under Section 302
of ERISA in respect of its plans and no funding requirements have
been postponed or delayed, (iii) no knowledge of any event or
occurrence which would cause the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation to institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to
terminate any of the employee benefit plans, (iv) no fiduciary
responsibility under ERISA for investments with respect to any plan
existing for the benefit of Persons other than its employees or
former employees, or (v) not withdrawn, completely or
partially, from any multi-employer pension plans so as to
incur
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liability under
the MultiEmployer Pension Plan Amendments of 1980. With respect to
Borrower, there exists no event described in Section 4043 of
ERISA, excluding Subsections 4043(b)(2) and 4043(b)(3) thereof, for
which the thirty (30) day notice period contained in 12 C.F.R.
§ 2615.3 has not been waived.
(b) Borrower
is in compliance, in all material respects, with the Patriot
Act.
5.11
Intellectual Property
Except
as set forth on Schedule 5.11 , as of the date hereof
Borrower does not own, and is not a party to, any patents, patent
applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks,
registered copyrights, copyright applications, copyrights, trade
names, trade secrets, proprietary software or licenses
(collectively, the “Intellectual Property”
).
5.12 Licenses
and Permits; Labor
Borrower
is in compliance with and has all Permits necessary or required by
applicable law or Governmental Authority for the operation of its
businesses except where the failure to be in compliance would not
reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the
foregoing are in full force and effect and not in known conflict
with the rights of others, except as would not reasonably be likely
to have a Material Adverse Effect. Borrower (a) is not in
breach of or default under the provisions of any of the foregoing,
nor is there any event, fact, condition or circumstance which, with
notice or passage of time or both, would constitute or result in a
conflict, breach, default or event of default under, any of the
foregoing which, if not remedied within any applicable grace or
cure period would reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect, and (b) has not been involved in any labor dispute,
strike, walkout or union organization activity which would
reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect
There
does not exist any Default or Event of Default or any event, fact,
condition or circumstance which, with the giving of notice or
passage of time or both, would constitute or result in a Default or
Event of Default.
No
Loan Document nor any other agreement, document, certificate, or
statement furnished to Agent by or on behalf of Borrower in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan
Documents, nor any representation or warranty made by Borrower in
any Loan Document, contains any untrue statement of material fact
or omits to state any fact necessary to make the statements therein
not materially misleading. There is no fact known to Borrower which
has not been disclosed to Agent in writing which reasonably would
be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.15 Existing
Indebtedness; Investments, Guarantees and Certain
Contracts
Except
as permitted by the Loan Documents, Borrower (a) has no
outstanding Indebtedness (b) is not subject or party to any
mortgage, note, indenture, indemnity or guarantee of, with respect
to or evidencing any Indebtedness of any other Person, or
(c) does not own or hold any equity or long-term debt
investments in, and does not have any outstanding advances to or
any outstanding guarantees for, the obligations of, or any
outstanding borrowings from, any Person other than with respect to
a Guarantor or another Borrower as set forth on
Schedule 5.15 . Borrower has performed all material
obligations required to be performed by Borrower under any document
evidencing such Indebtedness and
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there has
occurred no breach, default or event of default under any document
evidencing any such items or any fact, circumstance, condition or
event which, with the giving of notice or passage of time or both,
would constitute or result in a breach, default or event of default
thereunder.
Except
as described in the filings of ASG with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as of the date hereof there are no existing or proposed
material agreements, arrangements, understandings or transactions
between Borrower and any of Borrower’s officers, members,
managers, directors, stockholders, partners, other interest
holders, employees or any members of their respective immediate
families.
Borrower
has in full force and effect such insurance policies as are
customary in its industry and as may be required pursuant to
Section 6.5 hereof. All such insurance policies as in
force on the date of this Agreement are listed and described on
Schedule 5.17 .
5.18 Names;
Location of Offices, Records and Collateral
During
the preceding five years, Borrower has not conducted business under
or used any name (whether corporate, partnership or assumed) other
than as shown on Schedule 5.18A . Borrower is the sole
owner of all of its names listed on Schedule 5.18A ,
and any and all business done and invoices issued having a value in
excess of $50,000, in such names are Borrower’s sales,
business and invoices. Borrower maintains its places of business
and chief executive offices only at the locations set forth on
Schedule 5.18B or with respect to which notice is
provided to the Agent pursuant to Section 7.4(a) , and
all Accounts of Borrower arise, originate and are located, and all
of the Collateral and all books and records in connection therewith
or in any way relating thereto or evidence the Collateral are
located and shall be only, in and at such locations. All of the
Collateral is located only in the United States.
The
Obligations are not subordinated in any way to any other
obligations of Borrower or to the rights of any other
Person.
In
determining which Accounts are Eligible Receivables, Agent may rely
on all statements and representations made by Borrower with respect
to any Account. Unless otherwise indicated in writing to Agent,
each Account of Borrower (a) is genuine and in all respects
what it purports to be and is not evidenced by a judgment,
(b) arises out of a completed, bona fide sale and delivery of
goods or rendering of services by Borrower in the ordinary course
of business and in accordance with the terms and conditions of all
purchase orders, contracts, certifications, participations and
other documents relating thereto or forming a part of the contract
between Borrower and the Account Debtor, (c) is for a
liquidated amount maturing as stated in a claim or invoice covering
such sale of goods or rendering of services, a copy of which has
been furnished or is available to Agent, (d) if included on a
Borrowing Base Certificate, is not, subject to any known offset,
lien, deduction, defense, dispute, counterclaim or other adverse
condition, is absolutely owing to Borrower and is not contingent in
any respect or for any reason, (e) there are no known facts,
events or occurrences which in any way impair the validity or
enforceability thereof or if included on a Borrowing Base
Certificate, reduce the amount payable thereunder from the face
amount of the claim or invoice and statements delivered to Agent
with respect thereto, (f) to the best
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of
Borrower’s knowledge, there are no proceedings or actions
which are threatened or pending against any Account Debtor
thereunder which in Borrower’s opinion is likely to result in
any Material Adverse Change in the collectability of any such
Account, and (g) Borrower has obtained and currently has all
Permits necessary in the generation thereof except for any failure
to obtain a Permit which would not be reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Unless otherwise indicated in writing to
Agent, to the best of Borrower’s knowledge, (i) the
Account Debtor under each Account of Borrower had the capacity to
contract at the time any contract or other document giving rise
thereto was executed, and (ii) such Account Debtor is
solvent.
Borrowers,
jointly and severally, make the representations and warranties
contained herein with the knowledge and intention that Agent and
Lenders are relying and will rely thereon. All such representations
and warranties will survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, and the making of the Advances.
5.22
Performance and Payment Bonds for Government
Contracts
Borrower
has posted all bonds required by each Government Contract to which
it is a party, except as set forth on Schedule 5.22
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5.23 OFAC and
Anti-Terrorism Regulations
(a) Neither
Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is a Person whose
property or interest in property is blocked or subject to blocking
pursuant to Section 1 of Executive Order 13224 of
September 23, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting
Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or
Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)), (ii) engages in
any dealings or transactions prohibited by Section 2 of such
executive order, or is otherwise associated with any such Person in
any manner violative of Section 2 of such executive order, or
(iii) is a Person on the list of Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons or is in violation of the limitations
or prohibitions under any other OFAC regulation or executive
order.
(b) No
part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or
indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or
employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate
for political office, or anyone else acting in an official
capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain
any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
(c) Borrower
acknowledges by executing this Agreement that Agent has notified
Borrower that, pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act,
Agent is required to obtain, verify and record such information as
may be necessary to identify Borrower (including, without
limitation) the name and address of each Borrower) in accordance
with the Patriot Act.
VI.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Borrower covenants
and agrees that, until full performance and satisfaction, and
indefeasible payment in full in cash, of all the Obligations and
termination of this Agreement:
6.1 Financial
Statements, Reports and Other Information
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(a)
Financial Reports . ASG shall furnish to Agent and each
Lender (i) as soon as they are prepared and in any event
within ninety (90) calendar days after the end of each fiscal
year of ASG, audited annual consolidated financial statements of
ASG including the notes thereto, consisting of a consolidated
balance sheet at the end of such completed fiscal year and the
related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’
equity and cash flows for such completed fiscal year, which
financial statements shall be prepared by ASG and certified without
qualification by an independent certified public accounting firm
reasonably satisfactory to Agent (which shall include Deloitte) and
accompanied by related management letters, if available,
(ii) as soon as available and in any event within forty-five
(45) days after the end of the first three fiscal quarters of
the fiscal year of ASG, unaudited consolidated financial statements
of ASG consisting of a balance sheet and statements of income,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of the
immediately preceding fiscal quarter, and (iii) as soon as
available and in any event within thirty (30) calendar days
after the end of each calendar month, unaudited consolidated
financial statements of ASG consisting of a balance sheet and a
statement of income, and cash flows as of the end of the
immediately preceding calendar month. All such financial statements
shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied with
prior periods (except that certain of the financial statements do
not have footnotes, are subject to year end adjustments in the case
of monthly and quarterly financial statements, including, without
limitation, reserves for incurred but not reported items and claims
payable consistent with past practices). With each quarterly and
annual financial statement, ASG shall also deliver a certificate of
its chief financial officer stating that (A) such person has
reviewed the relevant terms of the Loan Documents and the condition
of Borrower, (B) no Default or Event of Default has occurred
or is continuing, or, if any of the foregoing has occurred or is
continuing, specifying the nature and status and period of
existence thereof and the steps taken or proposed to be taken with
respect thereto, and (C) ASG (on a consolidated basis) is in
compliance with all financial covenants attached as Annex I
hereto. Such certificate shall be accompanied by the calculations
necessary to show compliance with the financial covenants in a form
reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
(b)
Other Materials . ASG shall furnish to Agent and each Lender
as soon as available, and in any event within ten
(10) calendar days after the preparation or issuance thereof
or at such other time as set forth below: (i) copies of any
pro forma financial statements and any other notes, reports and
other materials related thereto, (ii) any reports, returns,
information, notices and other materials that ASG shall send to its
stockholders at any time, (iii) within thirty (30) calendar
days after the end of each calendar month for such month, an
accounts payable detailed aging and reconciliation of the accounts
receivable and accounts payable to the general ledger and financial
statements, (iv) promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of any
reports submitted to ASG by its independent accountants in
connection with any interim audit of the books of ASG or any future
Guarantor and copies of each management control letter provided by
such independent accountants, (v) within forty-five
(45) days after the end each calendar month, a report
detailing any outstanding surety bonds and any letters of credit
collateralizing such surety bonds, and (vi) such additional
information, documents, statements, reports and other materials as
Agent may reasonably request from a credit or security perspective
from time to time.
(c)
Notices . Borrower shall promptly, and in any event within
five (5) Business Days after Borrower or any authorized
officer of Borrower obtains knowledge thereof, notify Agent in
writing of (i) any pending or threatened litigation, suit,
investigation, arbitration, dispute resolution proceeding or
administrative proceeding brought or initiated by Borrower or
otherwise affecting or involving or relating to Borrower or any of
its property or assets to the extent (A) the amount in controversy
exceeds $2,000,000 (other than in lawsuits brought by or on behalf
of inmates or employees of Borrower that Borrower reasonably
believes will not go to trial), (B) any of the foregoing seeks
injunctive relief (excluding such relief sought in law suits
brought by or on behalf of inmates), or (C) if against
Borrower and not covered by insurance, (ii) any Default or
Event of Default, which notice shall specify the nature and status
thereof, the period of existence thereof and what action is
proposed to be
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taken with
respect thereto, (iii) any other development, event, fact,
circumstance or condition that could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect, in each case describing the nature and
status thereof and the action proposed to be taken with respect
thereto, (iv) any notice received by Borrower from any payor
of a claim, suit or other action such payor has, claims or has
filed against Borrower in an amount of $100,000 or more,
(v) any matter(s) affecting the value, enforceability or
collectability of any of the Collateral, including, without
limitation, claims or disputes in the amount of $100,000 or more in
existence at any one time, (vi) any notice given by Borrower to any
other lender of Borrower and shall furnish to Agent a copy of such
notice, (vii) receipt of any notice or request from any
Governmental Authority regarding any liability or claim of
liability in an amount of $100,000 or more, (viii) receipt of
any notice by Borrower regarding termination of any real estate
lease, and/or (ix) if any Account over $100,000 becomes
evidenced or secured by an instrument or chattel paper.
(d)
Consents . Borrower shall obtain and deliver from time to
time all consents, approvals and agreements from such third parties
as Agent shall determine are necessary or desirable in its
Permitted Discretion for the protection of its Collateral and that
are reasonably satisfactory to Agent with respect to the Loan
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby, or the
Collateral, including, without limitation, Landlord Waivers and
Consents for each location set forth on Schedule 5.18B
, as amended from time to time.
(e)
Operating Budget . ASG shall furnish to Agent and each
Lender on or prior to the Closing Date and for each fiscal year of
ASG thereafter on the date on which such operating budgets are
approved by ASG’s Board of Directors, and in any case no
later than January 1 of each fiscal year, consolidated month by
month projected operating budgets, which shall include projected
profit and loss statements, balance sheets and cash flow reports of
and for Borrower for such upcoming fiscal year in each case
prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied with prior
periods (except that such projections will not have footnotes and
will be subject to year-end adjustments in the case of monthly and
quarterly projections, including, without limitation, reserves for
incurred but not reported items and claims payable consistent with
past practices).
6.2 Payment of
Obligations
Borrower
shall make full and timely indefeasible payment in cash of the
principal of and interest on the Loans, Advances and all other
Obligations.
6.3 Conduct of
Business and Maintenance of Existence and Assets
Borrower
shall (a) conduct its business in accordance with good
business practices customary to the industry, (b) engage
principally in the same or similar lines of business substantially
as heretofore conducted, (c) collect its Accounts in the
ordinary course of business, (d) maintain all of its material
properties, assets and equipment used or useful in its business in
good repair, working order and condition (normal wear and tear
excepted and except as may be disposed of in the ordinary course of
business and in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents),
(e) from time to time to make all necessary repairs, renewals
and replacements of its material properties, assets and equipment,
and (f) maintain and keep in full force and effect its
existence and all material Permits and qualifications to do
business and good standing in each jurisdiction in which the
ownership or lease of property or the nature of its business makes
such Permits or qualification necessary and in which failure to
maintain such Permits or qualification could reasonably be likely
to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (g) remain in good
standing and maintain operations in all jurisdictions reasonably
necessary to conduct its business.
6.4 Compliance
with Legal and Other Obligations
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Borrower
shall (a) comply with all laws, statutes, rules, regulations,
ordinances and tariffs of all Governmental Authorities applicable
to it or its business, assets or operations, (b) pay all
taxes, assessments, fees, governmental charges, claims for labor,
supplies, rent and all other obligations or liabilities of any
kind, except liabilities being contested in good faith and against
which adequate reserves have been established, (c) perform in
accordance with its terms each contract, agreement or other
arrangement to which it is a party or by which it or any of the
Collateral is bound, including, but not limited to, any
accreditation and survey requirements, and (d) maintain and
comply with all Permits necessary to conduct its business and
comply with any new or additional requirements that may be imposed
on it or its business, except where failure to comply, pay,
maintain or perform would not reasonably be likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Borrower shall give Agent prompt notice
and a copy of (a) any new material Government Contract, and
(b) any communication from a Governmental Authority concerning
nonperformance (including nonperformance in connection with
Hazardous Substances), default, set-off or bonding issues under any
Governmental Contract.
Borrower
shall (a) keep all of its insurable properties and assets
adequately insured in all material respects against losses, damages
and hazards as are customarily insured against by businesses
engaging in similar activities or owning similar assets or
properties in at least the minimum amount required by applicable
law and any agreement to which Borrower is a party, including,
without limitation, property insurance, automobile insurance and
professional liability insurance, as applicable, (b) maintain
(i) general public liability insurance at all times against
liability on account of damage to persons and property having such
limits, deductibles, exclusions and co-insurance and other
provisions as are customary for a business engaged in activities
similar to those of Borrower, and (ii) stop loss insurance
with coverage in reasonable amounts as are customary for a business
engaged in activities similar to those of Borrower or as required
by any agreement to which Borrower is a party (i.e., at Closing,
Borrower has coverage of 100% of exposure for amounts in excess of
$300,000 per patient with a per patient cap of $1,000,000);
(c) maintain insurance under all applicable workers’
compensation laws, and (d) require all of its healthcare
professional employees and independent contractors to maintain on
behalf of or acquire professional liability insurance; all of the
foregoing insurance policies to be satisfactory in form and
substance to Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
Borrower
shall (a) keep true, complete and accurate books of record and
account in accordance with commercially reasonable business
practices in which true and correct entries are made of all of its
and their dealings and transactions in all material respects; and
(b) set up and maintain on its books such reserves as may be
required by GAAP with respect to doubtful accounts and all taxes,
assessments, charges, levies and claims and with respect to its
business, and include such reserves in its quarterly as well as
year end financial statements.
6.7
Inspection; Periodic Audits
Borrower
shall permit the representatives of Agent and Lenders from time to
time during normal business hours, upon reasonable notice and at
the expense of Borrower, to (a) (once each quarter at
Borrower’s expense if no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, and more often, at Agent’s
Permitted Discretion, after the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Default or Event of Default) visit and inspect
any of its offices or properties or any other place where
Collateral is located to inspect the Collateral and/or to examine
or audit all of its books of account, records, reports and other
papers, and make copies and extracts therefrom, and (b) discuss its
business, operations, prospects, properties, assets, liabilities,
condition and/or Accounts with its officers and independent
public
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accountants
(and by this provision such officers and accountants are authorized
to discuss the foregoing). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower
shall not be required to provide information to Agent if doing so
would require Borrower to waive any applicable attorney/client
privilege or accountant/client privilege existent in connection
with any pending or threatened litigation. Agent shall endeavor to
minimize the expenses of any quarterly audits.
6.8 Further
Assurances; Post Closing
At
Borrower’s cost and expense, Borrower shall (a) within
five (5) Business Days after Agent’s demand, take such
further actions, obtain such consents and approvals and duly
execute and deliver such further agreements, assignments,
instructions or documents as Agent reasonably may request with
respect to the purposes, terms and conditions of the Loan Documents
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby,
whether before, at or after the performance and/or consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby or the occurrence of a Default
or Event of Default, (b) without limiting and notwithstanding
any other provision of any Loan Document, execute
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