UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

AdaptHealth Corp.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): July 29, 2020

 

Delaware

 

001-38399

 

82-3677704

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

220 West Germantown Pike, Suite 250

Plymouth Meeting, PA
(address of principal executive offices)

19462

(zip code)

 

(610) 630-6357
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencements communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share   AHCO   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

The information set forth in Item 2.03 of this report is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

In connection with the entry into the Credit Agreement (as defined below), AdaptHealth LLC (“AdaptHealth”), a subsidiary of AdaptHealth Corp. (the “Company”), repaid all outstanding obligations under its Third Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated March 20, 2019, as amended on August 22, 2019, November 8, 2019, May 8, 2020 and July 1, 2020 (the “Prior Credit Agreement”), by and among AdaptHealth, the guarantors named therein, CIT Finance LLC as administrative agent and the lenders party thereto, and terminated all commitments thereunder.

 

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of the Registrant.

 

Notes Offering

 

On July 29, 2020, AdaptHealth completed its previously announced offering of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.125% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Notes”). The Notes were issued under an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated July 29, 2020, among AdaptHealth, the guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.

 

The net proceeds from the issuance of the Notes were used to repay a portion of the outstanding term loan borrowings under the Prior Credit Agreement and to pay related fees and expenses, and the remainder will be used for general corporate purposes.

 

The Notes are guaranteed by each of AdaptHealth’s existing and future subsidiaries that is a borrower or that guarantees its obligations under the Credit Agreement or certain of its other indebtedness, and by AdaptHealth’s direct parent, AdaptHealth Intermediate Holdco LLC (“AdaptHealth Intermediate”), which also guarantees its obligations under the Credit Agreement. The Notes will mature on August 1, 2028. Interest on the Notes will be payable on February 1 and August 1 of each year, beginning on February 1, 2021.

 

The Notes are unsecured senior obligations of AdaptHealth and rank equally in right of payment to all of its existing and future senior debt and senior in right of payment to all of its future subordinated debt. The Notes are effectively subordinated to any of AdaptHealth’s existing and future secured debt, including under the Credit Agreement, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt The Note guarantees will rank equally in right of payment with all of the guarantors’ existing and future senior debt and senior in right of payment to all of the guarantors’ future subordinated debt. In addition, the Notes will be structurally subordinated to the liabilities of any non-guarantor subsidiaries of AdaptHealth..

 

The Notes will be redeemable at AdaptHealth’s option, in whole or in part, at any time on or after August 1, 2023, and the redemption price for the Notes if redeemed during the 12 months beginning (i) August 1, 2023 is 103.063%, (ii) August 1, 2024 is 102.042%, (iii) August 1, 2025 is 101.021% and (iv) August 1, 2026 and thereafter is 100.000%, in each case together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date. AdaptHealth may also redeem some or all of the Notes before August 1, 2023 at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus a “make-whole” premium, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date. In addition, AdaptHealth may redeem up to 40% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes before August 1, 2023 with the proceeds from certain equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 106.125% of the principal amount of the Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date. Furthermore, AdaptHealth may be required to make an offer to purchase the Notes upon the sale of certain assets or upon specific kinds of changes of control.

 

The offering of the Notes was not and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state securities laws, and the Notes may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The Notes were sold to persons reasonably believed to be “qualified institutional buyers,” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and non-U.S. persons outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act.

 

The foregoing description of the Indenture does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Indenture. A copy of the Indenture is attached as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Credit Agreement

 

On July 29, 2020, AdaptHealth, as borrower, entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with the lenders party thereto and Regions Bank, as administrative agent. The Credit Agreement is guaranteed by AdaptHealth Intermediate and certain wholly owned subsidiaries of AdaptHealth, as guarantors (together with AdaptHealth, the “Loan Parties”) and is supported by a security interest in substantially all of the Loan Parties’ personal property and assets.

 

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The Credit Agreement provides for $200 million in commitments for revolving credit loans with a $15 million letter of credit sublimit. The Credit Agreement also provides for $250 million in term loans payable in quarterly installments of $1,562,500 beginning in September 2020, increasing to $3,125,000 in September 2022 and payable in full on July 29, 2025. In addition, the Credit Agreement provides for the ability of AdaptHealth to request increases in the revolving commitments and additional term loan facilities, in a minimum amount of $10 million for each facility. Borrowings under the initial term loans were used to repay certain existing indebtedness of AdaptHealth under the Prior Credit Agreement. Borrowings pursuant to the revolving loans may be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including for capital expenditures and acquisitions permitted under the Credit Agreement.

 

Borrowings under the Credit Agreement are scheduled to mature on July 29, 2025. The Credit Agreement contains certain customary events of default, which include failure to make payments when due thereunder, the material inaccuracy of representations or warranties, failure to observe or perform certain covenants, cross-defaults, bankruptcy and insolvency-related events, certain judgments, certain ERISA-related events, or a Change of Control (as defined in the Credit Agreement). The Credit Agreement also contains certain events of default related to compliance with healthcare laws.

 

The Credit Agreement contains certain customary representations and warranties and affirmative and negative covenants, including certain restrictions on the ability of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries (as defined in the Credit Agreement) to incur any additional indebtedness or guarantee indebtedness of others, to create liens on properties or assets, and to enter into certain asset and stock-based transactions. In addition, under the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall not be more than 3.75 to 1.00, stepping down over time to 3.25 to 1.00.

 

The interest rates applicable to revolving borrowings under the Credit Agreement are, at AdaptHealth’s option, either (i) a base rate, which is equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.5% and (c) the LIBOR Index Rate (subject to a floor) for a one month Interest Period (each term as defined in the Credit Agreement) plus 1%, or (ii) the Adjusted LIBOR Rate (subject to a floor) equal to the LIBOR (as defined in the Credit Agreement) for the applicable Interest Period multiplied by the statutory reserve rate, plus in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), the Applicable Margin (as defined in the Credit Agreement). The Applicable Margin (i) for base rate loans ranges from 1.50% to 2.75% per annum and (ii) for LIBOR loans ranges from 2.50% to 3.75% per annum, in each case, based on the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement). AdaptHealth will pay a commitment fee during the term of the Credit Agreement ranging from 0.25% to 0.50% per annum of the average daily undrawn portion of the revolving commitments based on the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio.

 

Any borrowing under the Credit Agreement may be repaid, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time without premium or penalty other than customary breakage costs, and any amounts repaid under the revolving credit facility may be reborrowed. Mandatory prepayments are required under the revolving loans when borrowings and letter of credit usage exceed the aggregate revolving commitments of all lenders. Mandatory prepayments are also required in connection with the disposition of assets to the extent not reinvested, unpermitted debt transactions, and excess cash flow if certain leverage tests are not met.

  

The foregoing description of the Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete and its qualified in its entirety to the full text of the Credit Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

4.1 Indenture, dated as of July 29, 2020, by and among AdaptHealth LLC, the guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.
   
10.1 Credit Agreement, dated as of July 29, 2020, by and among AdaptHealth LLC, the guarantors party thereto and Regions Bank, as administrative agent.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  AdaptHealth Corp.
   
  By: /s/ Christopher Joyce
    Christopher Joyce
General Counsel
Dated: August 3, 2020

 

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Execution Version

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

SENIOR NOTES INDENTURE

 

Dated as of July 29, 2020

 

Among

 

ADAPTHEALTH LLC

 

THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO

 

and

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

as Trustee

 

6.125% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2028

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Page

Article 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 1
   
Section 1.01    Definitions 1
Section 1.02    Other Definitions 25
Section 1.03    Rules of Construction 26
Section 1.04    Trust Indenture Act 27
Section 1.05    Acts of Holders 27
Section 1.06    Limited Condition Transactions 29
     
Article 2 THE NOTES 29
     
Section 2.01    Form and Dating; Terms 29
Section 2.02    Execution and Authentication 30
Section 2.03    Registrar and Paying Agent 30
Section 2.04    Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust 31
Section 2.05    Holder Lists 31
Section 2.06    Transfer and Exchange 31
Section 2.07    Replacement Notes 32
Section 2.08    Outstanding Notes 32
Section 2.09    Treasury Notes 33
Section 2.10    Temporary Notes 33
Section 2.11    Cancellation 33
Section 2.12    Defaulted Interest 33
Section 2.13    CUSIP and ISIN Numbers 34
     
Article 3 REDEMPTION 34
     
Section 3.01    Notices to Trustee 34
Section 3.02    Selection and Notice 34
Section 3.03    Notice of Redemption 34
Section 3.04    Effect of Notice of Redemption 35
Section 3.05    Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price. 36
Section 3.06    Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part. 36
Section 3.07    Optional Redemption. 36
Section 3.08    Mandatory Redemption 37
     
Article 4 COVENANTS 37
     
Section 4.01    Payment of Notes 37
Section 4.02    Maintenance of Office or Agency 37
Section 4.03    Taxes 38
Section 4.04    Reports 38
Section 4.05    Compliance Certificate 41
Section 4.06    Stay, Extension and Usury Laws 41
Section 4.07    Restricted Payments 41
Section 4.08    Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries 45
Section 4.09    Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock 47
Section 4.10    Asset Sales 50
Section 4.11    Transactions with Affiliates 53
Section 4.12    Liens 54

 

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Section 4.13    Effectiveness of Covenants. 54
Section 4.14    Corporate Existence. 55
Section 4.15    Offer to Repurchase Upon a Change of Control. 55
Section 4.16    Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries 56
Section 4.17    Additional Subsidiary Guarantees. 57
Section 4.18    Limitation on Activities of AdaptHealth Intermediate. 57
     
Article 5 SUCCESSORS 57
   
Section 5.01    Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets 57
Section 5.02    Successor Entity Substituted. 58
     
Article 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES 59
   
Section 6.01    Events of Default 59
Section 6.02    Acceleration 60
Section 6.03    Other Remedies 60
Section 6.04    Waiver of Past Defaults 60
Section 6.05    Control by Majority 61
Section 6.06    Limitation on Suits 61
Section 6.07    Rights of Holders to Receive Payment 61
Section 6.08    Collection Suit by Trustee 61
Section 6.09    Restoration of Rights and Remedies 62
Section 6.10    Rights and Remedies Cumulative 62
Section 6.11    Delay or Omission Not Waiver 62
Section 6.12    Trustee May File Proofs of Claim 62
Section 6.13    Priorities 63
Section 6.14    Undertaking for Costs 63
     
Article 7 TRUSTEE 63
   
Section 7.01    Duties of Trustee 63
Section 7.02    Rights of Trustee 64
Section 7.03    Individual Rights of Trustee 65
Section 7.04    Trustee’s Disclaimer 65
Section 7.05    Notice of Defaults 65
Section 7.06    Compensation and Indemnity 65
Section 7.07    Replacement of Trustee 66
Section 7.08    Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. 67
Section 7.09    Eligibility; Disqualification 67
     

Article 8 LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

67
   
Section 8.01    Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance 67
Section 8.02    Legal Defeasance and Discharge 67
Section 8.03    Covenant Defeasance 68
Section 8.04    Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance 68
Section 8.05    Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions 69
Section 8.06    Repayment to the Company 70
Section 8.07    Reinstatement 70
     
Article 9 AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER 70
   
Section 9.01    Without Consent of Holders 70

 

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Section 9.02    With Consent of Holders 71
Section 9.03    [Reserved] 72
Section 9.04    Revocation and Effect of Consents 72
Section 9.05    Notation on or Exchange of Notes 72
Section 9.06    Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc. 72
     
Article 10 GUARANTEES 73
   
Section 10.01    Guarantees. 73
Section 10.02    Limitation on Guarantor Liability 74
Section 10.03    Execution and Delivery 74
Section 10.04    Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms. 74
Section 10.05    Releases 75
     
Article 11 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE 75
   
Section 11.01    Satisfaction and Discharge 75
Section 11.02    Application of Trust Money 76
     
Article 12 MISCELLANEOUS 77
   
Section 12.01    [Reserved] 77
Section 12.02    Notices 77
Section 12.03    [Reserved] 78
Section 12.04    Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent 78
Section 12.05    Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion 78
Section 12.06    Rules by Trustee and Agents 79
Section 12.07    No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Members, Partners and Stockholders 79
Section 12.08    Governing Law 79
Section 12.09    Waiver of Jury Trial 79
Section 12.10    Force Majeure 79
Section 12.11    No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements 79
Section 12.12    Successors 80
Section 12.13    Severability 80
Section 12.14    Counterpart Originals 80
Section 12.15    Table of Contents, Headings, etc. 80
Section 12.16    Facsimile and PDF Delivery of Signature Pages 80
Section 12.17    U.S.A. PATRIOT Act 80
Section 12.18    Payments Due on Non-Business Days 80

 

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Appendix A Provisions Relating to Initial Notes and Additional Notes
   
Exhibit A Form of Note
Exhibit B Form of Institutional Accredited Investor Transferee Letter of Representation
Exhibit C Form of Supplemental Indenture to Be Delivered by Subsequent Guarantors

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of July 29, 2020, among AdaptHealth LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), the Guarantors listed on the signature pages hereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.

 

W  I  T  N  E  S  S  E  T  H

 

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the creation of and issuance of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.125% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Initial Notes”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantors have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders.

 

Article 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.01               Definitions.

 

“Acquired Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person:

 

(1)                Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and

 

(2)                Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

 

“AdaptHealth Intermediate” means AdaptHealth Intermediate Holdco LLC.

 

“Additional Assets” means any property or assets (other than Indebtedness and Capital Stock) to be used by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in a Permitted Business.

 

“Additional Notes” means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued from time to time under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.01 and 4.09 of this Indenture (whether or not such Notes have the same CUSIP number or ISIN).

 

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings. No Person in whom a Receivables Subsidiary makes an Investment in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction will be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries solely by reason of such Investment.

 

“Agent” means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.

 

“Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note on any Make-Whole Redemption Date, the greater of (i) 1.0% of the then outstanding principal amount of such Note and (ii) the excess of (A) the present value at such Make-Whole Redemption Date of (1) the redemption price of such Note at August 1, 2023 (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing in Section 3.07(b) of this Indenture), exclusive of accrued interest, plus (2) all scheduled interest payments due on such Note from the Make-Whole Redemption Date through August 1, 2023, computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate at such Make-Whole Redemption Date, plus 50 basis points over (B) the then outstanding principal amount of such Note.

 

 

 

 

“Asset Sale” means:

 

(1)                the sale, lease (other than operating leases), conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights outside of the ordinary course of business; provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by Sections 4.15 and 5.01 of this Indenture and not by Section 4.10 of this Indenture; and

 

(2)                the issuance of Equity Interests in any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity Interests in any of its Restricted Subsidiaries whether effected pursuant to a Division or otherwise (other than directors’ qualifying Equity Interests or Equity Interests required by applicable law to be held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary).

 

Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale:

 

(1)                any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets having a Fair Market Value of less than $10.0 million;

 

(2)                a transfer of assets between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(3)                an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

 

(4)                the sale or lease of products, services or accounts receivable (including at a discount) in the ordinary course of business and any sale or other disposition of damaged, worn-out, negligible, surplus or obsolete assets in the ordinary course of business;

 

(5)                the sale or other disposition of Cash Equivalents;

 

(6)                a Restricted Payment that does not violate Section 4.07 of this Indenture or is a Permitted Investment;

 

(7)                a sale and leaseback transaction with respect to any assets within 180 days of the acquisition of such assets;

 

(8)                any exchange of like-kind property of the type described in Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for use in a Permitted Business;

 

(9)                the sale or disposition of any assets or property received as a result of a foreclosure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on any secured Investment or any other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;

 

(10)              the licensing of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business or in accordance with industry practice;

 

(11)              the sale, lease, conveyance, disposition or other transfer of the Equity Interests of, or any Investment in, any Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

(12)              surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind;

 

(13)              leases or subleases to third persons in the ordinary course of business that do not interfere in any material respect with the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(14)             sales of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of Qualified Receivables Transaction to a Receivables Subsidiary for the Fair Market Value thereof, less amounts required to be established as reserves and customary discounts pursuant to contractual agreements with entities that are not Affiliates of the Company entered into as part of a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

 

(15)             transfers of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of Qualified Receivables Transaction (or a fractional undivided interest therein) by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

 

(16)             dispositions resulting from any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; and

 

(17)             the sale of Equity Interests in joint ventures to the extent required by or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business between the joint venture parties and sent forth in joint venture agreements.

 

“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, in respect of any Capital Lease Obligation of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

 

“Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after the passage of time.

 

“Board of Directors” means:

 

(1)                with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;

 

(2)                with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership;

 

(3)                with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof; and

 

(4)                with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

 

“Business Day” means each day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banking institutions are not required to be open in the State of New York or the place of payment.

 

“Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.

 

“Capital Stock” means:

 

(1)                in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;

 

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(2)                in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

 

(3)                in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and

 

(4)                 any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.

 

“Captive Insurance Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary established by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the sole purpose of insuring the business, facilities and/or employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

Cash Equivalents” means:

 

(1)                U.S. dollars or, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary, any other currencies held from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

 

(2)                securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support of those securities) having maturities of not more than 12 months from the date of acquisition;

 

(3)                direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state, or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case having maturities of not more than 12 months from the date of acquisition;

 

(4)                certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding 12 months and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any lender party to the Credit Agreement or with any domestic commercial bank that has capital and surplus of not less than $500.0 million;

 

(5)                 repurchase obligations with a term of not more than one year for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (4) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;

 

(6)                commercial paper having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s, S&P or Fitch and, in each case, maturing within 12 months after the date of acquisition;

 

(7)                Indebtedness or preferred stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from Moody’s (or an equivalent rating by Fitch) with maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition;

 

(8)                money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (6) of this definition; and

 

(9)                solely with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary, which is not a Subsidiary that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or the District of Columbia, investments of comparable tenor and credit quality to those described in the foregoing clauses (2) through (8) customarily utilized in countries in which such Subsidiary operates for short-term cash management purposes.

 

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

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(1)                the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act);

 

(2)                the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of any Parent Company or the Company;

 

(3)                the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation), the result of which is that any “person” (as defined above), other than a Permitted Parent or a Permitted Holder, becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of any Parent Company or the Company, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; provided, however, for purposes of this clause (3), each Person will be deemed to beneficially own any Voting Stock of another Person held by one or more of its Subsidiaries;

 

(4)                there is any transaction or series of transactions, including the election or appointment of a successor or additional Managing Member or Managing Members, that results in a Person, other than a Permitted Parent or a Permitted Holder, beneficially owning, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the aggregate voting power of the Voting Stock of the Managing Member; or

 

(5)                the merger or consolidation of any Parent Company or the Company with or into another Person or the merger of another Person with or into any Parent Company or the Company or the merger of any Person with or into a Subsidiary of the Company, unless the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the Voting Stock of such Parent Company or the Company, as applicable, immediately prior to such transaction, hold securities of the surviving or transferee Person (or in the case of any merger of any Person with or into a Subsidiary of the Company, hold securities of the Company) that represent, immediately after such transaction, at least a majority of the aggregate voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving or transferee Person (or in the case of any merger of any Person with or into a Subsidiary of the Company, at least a majority of the aggregate voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company).

 

“Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period (the “Measurement Period”), the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without duplication and to the extent deducted (and not added back or excluded) in determining such Consolidated Net Income, the amounts for such period of:

 

(1)                the Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the Measurement Period; plus

 

(2)                the consolidated income tax expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the Measurement Period; plus

 

(3)                the consolidated depreciation expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the Measurement Period; plus

 

(4)                the consolidated amortization expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the Measurement Period; plus

 

(5)                other non-cash expenses, charges or losses for the Measurement Period (but excluding (A) any non-cash charge, expense or loss in respect of amortization of a prepaid cash item that was included in Consolidated Net Income in a prior period and (B) any non-cash charge, expense or loss that relates to the write-down or write-off of inventory or accounts receivable); provided that if any non-cash charges, expenses or losses referred to in this clause (5) represents an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, (x) the Company may elect not to add back such non-cash charge, expense or loss in the current period and (y) to the extent the Company elects to add back such non-cash charge, expense or loss, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in such future period to such extent paid; plus

 

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(6)                any non-recurring out-of-pocket expenses or charges for the Measurement Period (including, without limitation, any premiums, make-whole or penalty payments) relating to any offering of Equity Interests by the Company or any Parent Company or merger, recapitalization or acquisition transactions made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any Indebtedness incurred or repaid by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (in each case, whether or not successful); plus

 

(7)                all fees paid by the Company pursuant to clauses (7) and (11) of Section 4.11(b) of this Indenture; plus

 

(8)                Consolidated Net Income attributable to non-controlling interests of a Restricted Subsidiary (less the amount of any mandatory cash distribution with respect to any non-controlling interest other than in connection with a proportionate discretionary cash distribution with respect to the interest held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary); plus

 

(9)                any losses realized upon the disposition of assets outside the ordinary course of business (including any loss realized upon the disposition of any Equity Interests of any Person) and any losses on disposed, abandoned, and discontinued operations (including in connection with any disposal thereof) and any accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities; plus

 

(10)             other cash expenses incurred during such period in connection with Permitted Investments made pursuant to clause (3) of the definition thereof to the extent that such expenses are reimbursed in cash during such period pursuant to indemnification provisions of any agreement relating to such transaction; plus

 

(11)             any non-recurring fees, cash charges and other cash expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of Equity Interests or Indebtedness or the extinguishment of Indebtedness; plus

 

(12)             any non-cash costs or expenses, incurred pursuant to any management equity plan, stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement; plus

 

(13)             changes in earn-out and contingent consideration obligations (including to the extent accounted for as bonuses, compensation or otherwise) and adjustments thereof and purchase price adjustments, in each case in connection with any acquisitions; plus

 

(14)             costs, charges, accruals, reserves or expenses attributable to the undertaking and/or implementation of cost savings initiatives and operating expense reductions, restructuring and similar charges, severance, relocation costs, integration and facilities opening costs and other business optimization expenses, signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, transition costs, costs related to closure/consolidation of facilities and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including any settlement of pension liabilities) in an aggregate amount not to exceed 20% (when taken together with amounts added under clause (15) below) of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in such Measurement Period; plus

 

(15)             pro forma “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies (including post-acquisition price or administration fee increases) related to acquisitions, dispositions and other specified transactions (including, for the avoidance of doubt, acquisitions occurring prior to the Issue Date), restructurings, cost savings initiatives and other initiatives that are reasonably identifiable, factually supportable and projected by the Company in good faith to result from actions that have been taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Company) within 18 months after such acquisition, disposition or other specified transaction, restructuring, cost savings initiative or other initiative in an aggregate amount not to exceed 20% (when taken together with amounts under clause (14) above) of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in such Measurement Period; plus

 

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(16)             any loss (after any offset) resulting from currency transaction or translation losses and any losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including intercompany Indebtedness and foreign currency hedges for currency exchange risk); plus

 

(17)             charges, losses or expenses, to the extent indemnified or insured or reimbursed by a third party to the extent such indemnification, insurance or reimbursement is received in cash or reasonably be expected to be paid within 365 days after the incurrence of such charge, loss or expense to the extent not accrued; minus

 

(18)             any gains realized upon the disposition of assets outside the ordinary course of business (including any gain realized upon the disposition of any Equity Interests of any Person) and any gains on disposed, abandoned, and discontinued operations (including in connection with any disposal thereof) and any accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities; minus

 

(19)             any gain (after any offset) resulting from currency transaction or translation gains and any gains related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including intercompany Indebtedness and foreign currency hedges for currency exchange risk); minus

 

(20)             without duplication, the consolidated income tax benefit of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the Measurement Period; minus

 

(21)             without duplication, other non-cash items (other than the accrual of revenue in accordance with GAAP consistently applied in the ordinary course of business) increasing Consolidated Net Income for the Measurement Period (excluding any such non-cash item to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for potential cash item in any prior period); and

 

(22)             without duplication, plus unrealized losses and minus unrealized gains in each case in respect of agreements governing Hedging Obligations, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income attributable to such specified Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that:

 

(1)                the Net Income (but not loss, to the extent that such loss has been funded with cash by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of any other Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting will be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or similar distributions paid in Cash Equivalents (or to the extent subsequently converted into Cash Equivalents) to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the specified Person, in respect of such period;

 

(2)                solely for purposes of Section 4.07(b)(3)(A) of this Indenture, the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person will be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or other distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders; provided that the Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash to (or to the extent converted into cash by) such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof (subject to provisions of this clause (2)) during such period, to the extent not previously included therein;

 

(3)                the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be excluded;

 

(4)                any gains or losses (less all fees, expenses and charges relating thereto) attributable to any sale of assets outside the ordinary course of business, the disposition of any Equity Interests of any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, other than in the ordinary course of business, will be excluded;

 

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(5)                any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring gain or loss will be excluded;

 

(6)                income or losses attributable to discontinued operations (including, without limitation, operations disposed during such period whether or not such operations were classified as discontinued) will be excluded; and

 

(7)                any non-cash charges (i) attributable to applying the purchase method of accounting in accordance with GAAP, (ii) resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 350 or ASC Topic 360, and (iii) relating to the amortization of intangibles resulting from the application of ASC Topic 805, will be excluded.

 

“Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” shall be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 12.02 of this Indenture or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.

 

“Credit Agreement” means that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of March 20, 2019, by and among the Company, the guarantors named therein, CIT Finance LLC as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced by any other Indebtedness (including by means of sales of debt securities and including any amendment, restatement, modification, renewal, refunding, replacement or refinancing that increases the amount borrowed thereunder or extends the maturity thereof) in whole or in part from time to time.

 

“Debt Facilities” means one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement) or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit or issuances of debt securities evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or similar instruments, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced (including by means of sales of debt securities) in whole or in part from time to time (and whether or not with the original administrative agent, lenders or trustee or another administrative agent or agents, other lenders or trustee and whether provided under the original Credit Agreement or any other credit or other agreement or indenture).

 

“Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

 

“Definitive Note” means a certificated Initial Note or Additional Note (bearing the Restricted Notes Legend if the transfer of such Note is restricted by applicable law) that does not include the Global Notes Legend.

 

“Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 of this Indenture as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as Depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

 

“Designated Noncash Consideration” means any non-cash consideration received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is designated as Designated Noncash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate.

 

“Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case, at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 90 days after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, (x) any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the Holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the Company or the Subsidiary that issued such Capital Stock to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a Change of Control or an Asset Sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase such Capital Stock unless the Company would be permitted to do so in compliance with Section 4.07 of this Indenture, (y) any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely as a result of any redemption feature that is conditioned upon, and subject to, compliance with Section 4.07 of this Indenture shall not constitute Disqualified Stock and (z) any Capital Stock issued to any plan for the benefit of employees will not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company or the Subsidiary that issued such Capital Stock in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Indenture will be the maximum amount that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock, exclusive of accrued dividends.

 

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“Division” means the division or allocation of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations of a Person (the “Dividing Person”) among two or more Persons (whether pursuant to a “plan of division” or similar arrangement), which may or may not include the Dividing Person and pursuant to which the Dividing Person may or may not survive.

 

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or the District of Columbia.

 

“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

 

“Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

 

“Equity Offering” means a public or private offering of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or any Parent Company the net proceeds of which are contributed to the Company.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

 

“Excluded Contributions” means net cash proceeds, marketable securities or Qualified Proceeds received by the Company from (i) contributions to its equity capital (other than Disqualified Stock) or (ii) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company or to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the Company) of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate on the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests are sold, as the case may be, that are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 4.07(b)(3) of this Indenture.

 

“Existing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (including the Preferred Notes), other than Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement, existing on the Issue Date.

 

“Fair Market Value” means the value that would be paid by a willing buyer to an unaffiliated willing seller in a transaction not involving distress or necessity of either party, determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, chief executive officer or chief financial officer of the Company (unless otherwise provided in this Indenture).

 

“Fitch” shall mean Fitch, Inc., and its successors.

 

“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, repays, repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise discharges any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock or Disqualified Stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock or Disqualified Stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period.

 

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In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:

 

(1)                Investments, acquisitions, mergers, consolidations and dispositions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by, merged or consolidated with the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including any related financing transactions and including increases in ownership of Restricted Subsidiaries, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date will be given pro forma effect, including giving effect to Pro Forma Cost Savings, as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period;

 

(2)                the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded;

 

(3)                the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date;

 

(4)                any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such four-quarter period;

 

(5)                any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during such four-quarter period; and

 

(6)                if any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest, the interest expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness).

 

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company. For purposes of determining whether any Indebtedness constituting a guarantee may be incurred, the interest on the Indebtedness to be guaranteed shall be included in calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio on a pro forma basis. Interest on a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Company may designate.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein with respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Indenture under a restrictive covenant that does not require compliance with a financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, any Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test, any Secured Net Leverage Ratio test and any Total Net Leverage Ratio test) (any such amounts, the “Fixed Amounts”) substantially concurrently with any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Indenture in the same restrictive covenant that requires compliance with any such financial ratio or test (any such amounts, the “Incurrence Based Amounts”), it is understood and agreed that the Fixed Amounts (and any cash proceeds thereof) shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio or test applicable to the Incurrence Based Amounts in connection with such substantially concurrent incurrence.

 

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“Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(1)                the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, net of interest income, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all cash payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations in respect of interest rates, and excluding amortization of deferred financing costs; plus

 

(2)                any interest on Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, but only to the extent that such guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus

 

(3)                the product of (A) all cash dividends paid on any series of preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company), in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries expressed as a decimal; plus

 

(4)                any Receivables Fees; plus

 

(5)                the amount of dividends paid by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 4.07(c)(12) of this Indenture.

 

Fixed GAAP Date” means the Issue Date; provided that at any time after the Issue Date, the Company may by written notice to the Trustee elect to change the Fixed GAAP Date to be the date specified in such notice, and upon such notice, the Fixed GAAP Date shall be such date for all periods beginning on and after the date specified in such notice.

 

Fixed GAAP Terms” means (a) the definitions of the terms “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA,” “Fixed Charges,” “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio,” “Consolidated Net Income,” “Secured Net Leverage Ratio,” “Total Net Leverage Ratio,” “Indebtedness,” “Secured Indebtedness,” and “Total Assets,” (b) all defined terms in this Indenture to the extent used in or relating to any of the foregoing definitions, and all ratios and computations based on any of the foregoing definitions, and (c) any other term or provision of this Indenture or the Notes that, at the Company’s election, may be specified by the Company by written notice to the Trustee from time to time; provided that the Company may elect to remove any term from constituting a Fixed GAAP Term.

 

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, as in effect on the Fixed GAAP Date (for purposes of the Fixed GAAP Terms) and as in effect from time to time (for all other purposes of this Indenture); provided, however, that lease liabilities and associated expenses recorded by the Company and its Subsidiaries pursuant to ASU 2016-02, Leases, shall not be treated as Indebtedness and shall not be included in consolidated interest expense or Fixed Charges, unless the lease liabilities would have been treated as Capital Lease Obligations under GAAP as in effect prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-02, Leases (in which case such lease liabilities and associated expenses shall be treated as Capital Lease Obligations, and the interest component of such Capital Lease Obligation shall be included in consolidated interest expense and Fixed Charges).

 

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“Government Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) and the payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.

 

Guarantee” means a collective reference or individual reference to the guarantee by AdaptHealth Intermediate and each Subsidiary Guarantor of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes, executed pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.

 

“guarantee” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take or pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise).

 

“Guarantor” or “Guarantors” means the collective reference to AdaptHealth Intermediate and each Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that executes a Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until the Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

 

“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:

 

(1)                interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements;

 

(2)                other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; and

 

(3)                other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices.

 

Holder” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

 

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, the principal and premium (if any) of any indebtedness of such Person (excluding accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or not contingent:

 

(1)                in respect of borrowed money;

 

(2)                evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof) (other than letters of credit issued in respect of trade payables);

 

(3)                in respect of banker’s acceptances;

 

(4)                representing Capital Lease Obligations;

 

(5)                representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services due more than twelve months after such property is acquired or such services are completed (except any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor); or

 

(6)                representing the net obligations under any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit, and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.

 

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“Independent Assets or Operations” means, with respect to any Parent Company, each of that Parent Company’s total assets, revenues, income from continuing operations before income taxes and cash flows from operating activities (excluding in each case amounts related to its investment in the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries), determined in accordance with GAAP and as shown on the most recent financial statements of such Parent Company, is, in each case, more than 2.0% of such Parent Company’s corresponding consolidated amount.

 

Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

Initial Notes” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

 

Interest Payment Date” means February 1 and August 1 of each year to stated maturity of the Notes.

 

Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than:

 

(1)      Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s;

 

(2)       BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P; or

 

(3)       BBB- (or the equivalent) by Fitch,

 

or, if either such entity ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the Company’s control, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any other Rating Agency.

 

“Investment Grade Rating Event” means the first day on which (a) the Notes have an Investment Grade Rating from two Rating Agencies, (b) no Default with respect to the Notes has occurred and is then continuing under this Indenture and (c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of this definition.

 

“Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel, relocation and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities of other Persons, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company, the Company will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Company’s Investments in such Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.07(d) of this Indenture. The acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.07(d) of this Indenture.

 

“Issue Date” means July 29, 2020.

 

“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.

 

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“Limited Condition Transaction” means (i) any acquisition by one or more of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries of any assets, business or Person whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing, (ii) any Permitted Investment whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing and (iii) any redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment of Indebtedness requiring irrevocable notice in advance of such redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment.

 

“Managing Member” means (a) AdaptHealth Holdings LLC (“AdaptHealth Holdings”), for so long as it is the managing member of the Company, or (b) or any successor Person that becomes the managing member of the Company pursuant to the limited liability company agreement of the Company, for so long as such Person is the managing member of the Company.

 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.

 

“Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.

 

“Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, payments made in order to obtain a necessary consent or required by applicable law, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, including taxes resulting from the transfer of the proceeds of such Asset Sale to the Company, in each case, after taking into account:

 

(1)                any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements;

 

(2)                amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale;

 

(3)                any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP;

 

(4)                any reserve for adjustment in respect of any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after such sale or other disposition thereof;

 

(5)                any distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset Sale; and

 

(6)                in the event that a Restricted Subsidiary consummates an Asset Sale and makes a pro rata payment of dividends to all of its stockholders from any cash proceeds of such Asset Sale, the amount of dividends paid to any stockholder other than the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any net proceeds of an Asset Sale by a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that are subject to restrictions on repatriation to the Company will not be considered Net Proceeds for so long as such proceeds are subject to such restrictions.

 

“Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries” means (x) any Unrestricted Subsidiary, (y) any Receivables Subsidiary and (z) any Subsidiary of the Company that does not guarantee the Company’s Obligations under the Credit Agreement and does not guarantee any Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor of $25.0 million or more. The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Restricted Subsidiary as a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of a resolution of such Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying as to the applicable clause of the definition of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries that warrants such designation.

 

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“Notes” means any Notes authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, including the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes that may be issued under a supplemental indenture and Notes to be issued or authenticated upon transfer, replacement or exchange of Notes.

 

“Obligations” means any principal, interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), other monetary obligations, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and banker’s acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

 

“Offering Memorandum” means the offering memorandum, dated July 15, 2020, relating to the sale of the Initial Notes.

 

“Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company. “Officer” of any Parent Company or any Guarantor has a correlative meaning.

 

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by two or more Officers of the Company, who must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company that meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture.

 

Opinion of Counsel” mean a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the Trustee.

 

“Parent” means AdaptHealth Corp, a Delaware corporation, the indirect parent of the Company and the Guarantors, and not any of its subsidiaries.

 

Parent Company” means any Person that is or becomes after the Issue Date a direct or indirect parent (which may be organized as, among other things, a partnership) of the Company.

 

“Permitted Business” means (i) any business engaged in by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date, and (ii) any healthcare business or other activities that are reasonably similar, ancillary, complementary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the businesses in which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries were engaged on the Issue Date.

 

“Permitted Holders” means any of Deerfield Partners, L.P, OEP AHCO Investment Holdings, LLC, Quadrant Management, Inc., Everest Trust, Still Water Nevada Trusts and Luke McGee and any of their respective Affiliates and funds or partnerships managed or advised by any of them or any of their respective Affiliates, but not including, however, any portfolio company of any of the foregoing, and any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) of which any of the Persons described above are members; provided that, in the case of such group and without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, the Persons described above are beneficial owners of at least 50.0% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company or any Parent Company held by such group.

 

“Permitted Investments” means:

 

(1)                any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

 

(2)                any Investment in Cash Equivalents;

 

(3)                any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:

 

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(a)                such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (including by means of a Division); or

 

(b)                such Person, in one transaction or a series of transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets or assets constituting a business unit, a division or line of business of such Person or a facility of such Person to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

 

(4)                any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.10 of this Indenture;

 

(5)                any Investment solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any Parent Company;

 

(6)                any Investments received in compromise, settlement or resolution of (A) obligations of trade debtors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade debtor or customer, (B) litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Persons who are not Affiliates or (C) as a result of a foreclosure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;

 

(7)                Investments represented by Hedging Obligations entered into to protect against fluctuations in interest rates, exchange rates and commodity prices;

 

(8)                any Investment in payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business;

 

(9)                Investments in receivables or other trade payables owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; provided, however, that such trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances;

 

(10)             Investments in (x) prepaid expenses and negotiable instruments held for collection and (y) lease, utility and workers compensation, unemployment insurance, other social security benefits or other insurance-related obligations (including, but not limited to, in respect of deductibles, self-insured retention amounts and premiums and adjustments thereto), performance, progress, and similar deposits entered into as a result of the operations of the business in the ordinary course of business;

 

(11)             obligations of one or more officers or other employees of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such officer’s or employee’s acquisition of shares of Capital Stock of the Company or Capital Stock of any Parent Company so long as no cash or other assets are paid by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to such officers or employees in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations;

 

(12)             loans or advances to and guarantees provided for the benefit of employees and other individual service providers in each case made in the ordinary course of business (including travel, entertainment and relocation expenses) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5.0 million at any one time outstanding;

 

(13)             Investments existing as on the Issue Date or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification or renewal of any Investment existing as of the Issue Date (excluding any such extension, modification or renewal involving additional advances, contributions or other investments of cash or property or other increases thereof unless it is a result of the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or payment-in-kind pursuant to the terms, as of the Issue Date, of the original Investment so extended, modified or renewed);

 

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(14)             repurchases of the Notes;

 

(15)             other Investments in any Person having an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (15) that are at the time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (a) $100.0 million and (b) 9.0% of Total Assets outstanding at any time; provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (15) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (15) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary (it being understood that if such Person thereafter ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, such Investment will again be deemed to have been made pursuant to this clause (15));

 

(16)             the acquisition by a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction of Equity Interests of a trust or other Person established by such Receivables Subsidiary to effect such Qualified Receivables Transaction; and any other Investment by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company in a Receivables Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction customary for such transactions;

 

(17)             Investments, loans and advances to any Captive Insurance Subsidiary in an amount equal to (i) the capital required under the applicable laws or regulations of the jurisdiction in which such Captive Insurance Subsidiary is formed or determined by independent actuaries as prudent and necessary capital to operate such Captive Insurance Subsidiary plus (ii) any reasonable general corporate and overhead expenses of such Captive Insurance Subsidiary;

 

(18)             guarantees of Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary permitted under Section 4.09 of this Indenture and performance guarantees in the ordinary course of business;

 

(19)             Investments in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an aggregate amount, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (19) that are at that time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (a) $30.0 million and (b) 2.5% of Total Assets (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); and

 

(20)             additional Investments; provided that (x) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (y) immediately after giving effect to such Investment on a pro forma basis, the Total Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.00 to 1.00.

 

Permitted Liens” means:

 

(1)                Liens on assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness in an amount not to exceed the maximum amount of Indebtedness permitted by Section 4.09(b)(1) of this Indenture;

 

(2)                Liens in favor of the Company or the Guarantors;

 

(3)                Liens on property or assets of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into, consolidated with or acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger, consolidation or acquisition and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into, consolidated with or acquired by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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(4)                Liens on property (including Capital Stock) existing at the time of acquisition of the property by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to such acquisition and not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition;

 

(5)                Liens (including deposits and pledges) to secure the performance of public or statutory obligations, progress payments, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(6)                Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by Section 4.09(b)(4) of this Indenture and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, in each case, covering only the assets acquired, constructed or improved with, financed or re-financed by such Indebtedness;

 

(7)                Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than Liens described in clause (1) above), plus renewals and extensions of such Liens;

 

(8)                Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;

 

(9)                Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, landlord’s, materialmen’s, laborers’, employees’, suppliers’ and mechanics’ Liens, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(10)             survey exceptions, title defects, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real property that do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

(11)             Liens created for the benefit of (or to secure) the Notes (or the Subsidiary Guarantees);

 

(12)             Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted by clause (3), (4), (7) or (12) of this definition; provided, however, that:

 

(a)                the new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property and assets that secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to which the original Lien arose, could secure the original Indebtedness (plus improvements and accessions to, such property or proceeds or distributions thereof); and

 

(b)                the Indebtedness secured by the new Lien is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (x) the outstanding principal amount, or, if greater, committed amount, of the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and (y) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such renewal, refunding, refinancing, replacement, defeasance or discharge;

 

(13)             other Liens with respect to obligations that do not exceed the greater of (a) $90.0 million and (b) 7.5% of Total Assets at any one time outstanding;

 

(14)             Liens incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction (which, in the case of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Receivables Subsidiaries) shall be limited to receivables and related assets referred to in the definition of Qualified Receivables Transaction);

 

(15)             security for the payment of workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, other social security benefits or other insurance-related obligations (including, but not limited to, in respect of deductibles, self-insured retention amounts and premiums and adjustments thereto) entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(16)             deposits or pledges in connection with bids, tenders, leases and contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money) entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(17)             zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, reservations, provisions, encroachments, encumbrances, protrusion permits, servitudes, covenants, conditions, waivers, restrictions on the use of property or minor irregularities of title (and with respect to leasehold interests, mortgages, obligations, liens and other encumbrances incurred, created, assumed or permitted to exist and arising by, through or under a landlord or owner of the leased property, with or without consent of the lessee), in each case, not materially interfering with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

(18)             leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses to third parties not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(19)             Liens securing Hedging Obligations incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(8) of this Indenture;

 

(20)             Liens arising out of judgments, decrees, orders or awards in respect of which the Company shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review which appeal or proceedings shall not have been finally terminated, or if the period within which such appeal or proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;

 

(21)             Liens on the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that secure Indebtedness or other obligation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

(22)             Liens on the assets of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4(b)(13) of this Indenture;

 

(23)             Liens arising from filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements regarding leases or precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financings statements or similar filings;

 

(24)             Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection and (ii) in favor of banking institution encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

 

(25)             Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

 

(26)             Liens arising out of permitted sale and leaseback transactions;

 

(27)             Liens created or deemed to exist by the establishment of trusts for the purpose of satisfying government reimbursement program costs and other actions or claims pertaining to the same or related matters or other medical reimbursement programs;

 

(28)             Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted by the terms of this Indenture; and

 

(29)             Liens deemed to exist by reason of (x) any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to the Equity Interests of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement or (y) any encumbrance or restriction imposed under any contract for the sale by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, or any business unit or division of the business or any Restricted Subsidiary permitted by the terms of this Indenture; provided that in each case such Liens shall extend only to the relevant Equity Interests.

 

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Permitted Parent” means any Parent Company that beneficially owns, together with any other Permitted Parent, 100% of the Capital Stock of the Company; provided that the ultimate beneficial ownership of the Company has not been modified, solely by virtue of the transaction by which such Parent Company became the beneficial owner of 100% of the Capital Stock of the Company and such Parent Company owns no assets other than Cash Equivalents and the Capital Stock of the Company or any other Permitted Parent.

 

Permitted Payments to Parent” means:

 

(1)                payments, directly or indirectly, to any Parent Company in an amount necessary to allow any Parent Company to pay the taxes directly attributable to (or arising out of) the taxable income of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries; provided that (A) the amount of any such payments pursuant to this clause (1) shall not exceed the amount of such taxes that the Company and/or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, would have paid had the Company and/or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, been a stand-alone corporate taxpayer (or a stand-alone corporate group) and (B) all payments made to any Parent Company pursuant to this clause (1) in respect of an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be permitted only to the extent that cash distributions were, or will be within 60 days of such payment, made by such Unrestricted Subsidiary to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for such purpose;

 

(2)                payments, directly or indirectly, to any Parent Company if the proceeds thereof are used to pay franchise taxes and other fees required to maintain the corporate existence of such Parent Company, general corporate and overhead expenses (including salaries and other compensation of employees) incurred in the ordinary course of the business of such Parent Company or used to pay fees and expenses (other than to Affiliates) relating to any unsuccessful debt or equity financing or other financing transaction or acquisition, disposition, other investment or similar transaction; and

 

(3)                any payments or disbursements to or on behalf of any Parent Company in satisfaction of obligations due from such Parent Company under the Tax Receivable Agreement.

 

“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness) or the Preferred Notes; provided that:

 

(1)                the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness extended, renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all fees, commissions, discounts and expenses, including premiums, incurred in connection therewith);

 

(2)                either (a) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged or (b) all scheduled payments on or in respect of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness (other than interest payments) shall be at least 91 days following the final scheduled maturity of the Notes;

 

(3)                if the Indebtedness being extended, renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended, renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged; and

 

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(4)               such Indebtedness (other than the Preferred Notes) is incurred:

 

(a)                by the Company or by the Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged;

 

(b)                by any Guarantor if the obligor on the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is a Guarantor; or

 

(c)                by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary if the obligor on the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary.

 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.

 

“Preferred Notes” means, collectively, the following (in each case as amended or supplemented or as refinanced or replaced in accordance with clause (1) through (3) of the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”): (a) that certain Amended and Restated Promissory Note dated as of March 20, 2019 issued by AdaptHealth Holdings to BMSB L.P. as purchaser, (b) that certain Amended and Restated Promissory Note dated as of March 20, 2019 issued by AdaptHealth Holdings to BlueMountain Summit Opportunities Fund II (US) L.P. as purchaser, (c) that certain Amended and Restated Promissory Note dated as of March 20, 2019 issued by AdaptHealth Holdings to BlueMountain Fursan Fund L.P. as purchaser, (d) that certain Amended and Restated Promissory Note dated as of March 20, 2019 issued by AdaptHealth Holdings to BlueMountain Foinaven Master Fund L.P. as purchaser, (e) that certain Promissory Note dated as of November 8, 2019 issued by AdaptHealth Holdings to BMSB L.P. as purchaser, (f) that certain Promissory Note dated as of November 8, 2019 issued by AdaptHealth Holdings to BlueMountain Summit Opportunities Fund II (US) L.P. as purchaser, (g) that certain Promissory Note dated as of November 8, 2019 issued by AdaptHealth Holdings to BlueMountain Fursan Fund L.P. as purchaser and (h) that certain Promissory Note dated as of November 8, 2019 issued by AdaptHealth Holdings to BlueMountain Foinaven Master Fund L.P. as purchaser.

 

“Pro Forma Cost Savings” means, with respect to any period, cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies that are reasonably identifiable and projected by the Company in good faith to result from actions that have been taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Company) within 18 months after the relevant investment, acquisition, consolidation, disposition, restructuring or cost savings initiative, as if all such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies in costs had been effected as of the beginning of such period.

 

Put/Call Agreement” means the Put/Call Option and Consent Agreement, dated as of May 25, 2020 (as amended and/or supplemented), by and among Parent, AdaptHealth Holdings, BlueMountain Foinaven Master Fund L.P., BMSB L.P., BlueMountain Fursan Fund L.P. and BlueMountain Summit Opportunities Fund II (US) L.P.

 

“Qualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock.

 

“Qualified Proceeds” means any of the following or any combination of the following:

 

(1)                Cash Equivalents;

 

(2)                the Fair Market Value of assets that are used or useful in the Permitted Business; and

 

(3)                the Fair Market Value of the Capital Stock of any Person engaged primarily in a Permitted Business if, in connection with the receipt by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of such Capital Stock, such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or such Person is merged or consolidated into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

provided that for purposes of Section 4.07(b)(3) of this Indenture, Qualified Proceeds shall not include Excluded Contributions.

 

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“Qualified Receivables Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries sells, conveys or otherwise transfers, or grants a security interest, to:

 

(1)                a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which transfer may be effected through the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries); and

 

(2)                if applicable, any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary),

 

in each case, in any accounts receivable (including health care insurance receivables), instruments, chattel paper, general intangibles and similar assets (whether existing as of the Issue Date or arising thereafter, the “Receivables”) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including, without limitation, all collateral securing such Receivables, all contracts, contract rights and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such Receivables, proceeds of such Receivables and any other assets, which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with receivables financings and asset securitization transactions of such type, together with any related transactions customarily entered into in a receivables financings and asset securitizations, including servicing arrangements.

 

Rating Agency” means each of S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, or if (and only if) S&P, Moody’s, Fitch or any combination thereof shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization or organizations, as the case may be, selected by the Company, which shall be substituted for S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, or any combination thereof, as the case may be.

 

“Receivables Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Qualified Receivables Transaction.

 

“Receivables Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable and in businesses related or ancillary thereto and that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company (as provided below) as a Receivables Subsidiary,

 

(1)                no portion of the Indebtedness or any other Obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which:

 

(a)                is guaranteed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (excluding guarantees (other than in respect of the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into in the ordinary course of business in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction);

 

(b)                is recourse to or obligates the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in any way other than pursuant to representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities customarily entered into in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction; or

 

(c)                subjects any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than accounts receivable and related assets as provided in the definition of Qualified Receivables Transaction), directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities customarily entered into in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

 

(2)                with which neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company, other than as may be customary in a Qualified Receivables Transaction including for fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing accounts receivable; and

 

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(3)                with which neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has any obligation to maintain or preserve such Subsidiary’s financial condition or cause such Subsidiary to achieve certain levels of operating results. Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Company will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.

 

“Record Date” for the interest payable on any applicable Interest Payment Date means January 15 or July 15 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.

 

“Replacement Preferred Stock” means any Disqualified Stock of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace or discharge any Disqualified Stock of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Disqualified Stock); provided that such Replacement Preferred Stock (i) is issued by the Company or by the Restricted Subsidiary who is the Company of the Disqualified Stock being redeemed, refunded, refinanced, replaced or discharged, and (ii) does not have an initial liquidation preference in excess of the liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends on the Disqualified Stock being redeemed, refunded, refinanced, replaced or discharged.

 

“Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by such officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer of employee to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

 

“Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

 

“Restricted Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, unless specified otherwise, references to “Restricted Subsidiaries” shall be Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company.

 

S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a business unit of S&P Global Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

 

“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Secured Indebtedness” at any date shall mean the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding at such date described in clause (a) of the definition of “Total Net Leverage Ratio” that in each case is then secured by Liens on any property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the Company may elect to treat Indebtedness under revolving credit commitments as having been incurred at the time the related revolving credit commitment is established, in which case, Secured Indebtedness shall have been deemed to have been incurred at the time such commitment is provided (and shall thereafter be deemed to be outstanding in the amount of such commitment until such commitment is terminated) but not at the time of any drawing thereunder (or replacement thereof to the extent such replacement or refinancing does not increase the amount of such commitment).

 

“Secured Net Leverage Ratio” shall mean, on any date, the ratio of (a) Secured Indebtedness (minus the amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents held, on such date, by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date (the aggregate amount of such deduction shall not exceed $75.0 million)) on such date to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ended prior to such date for which internal financial statements are available, in the case of this clause (b), with such adjustments to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period as are consistent with those set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.

 

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“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

 

“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the Issue Date. For purposes of determining whether an Event of Default has occurred, if any group of Restricted Subsidiaries as to which a particular event has occurred and is continuing at any time would be, taken as a whole, a “Significant Subsidiary” then such event shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to a Significant Subsidiary.

 

“Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness as of the Issue Date (or, if later, the date such Indebtedness was originally incurred), and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

 

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person:

 

(1)                any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and

 

(2)                any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).

 

“Subsidiary Guarantee” means the Guarantee by any Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Subsidiary Guarantor” means any Guarantor that is a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.

 

“Tax Receivable Agreement” means the Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2019 (as amended, restated and/or modified), by and among Parent, AdaptHealth Holdings, and the other parties party thereto.

 

“Total Assets” means the total consolidated assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as set forth on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

“Total Net Leverage Ratio” shall mean, on any date, the ratio of (a) (x) Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, Attributable Indebtedness, purchase money debt, unreimbursed amounts under letters of credit (subject to the proviso below) and all guarantees of the foregoing, in each case (except in the case of guarantees) in an amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of acquisition accounting in connection with any acquisition constituting an Investment permitted under this Indenture) and (y) the Preferred Notes; minus the amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents held, on such date, by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date (the aggregate amount of such deduction shall not exceed $75.0 million) to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ended prior to such date for which internal financial statements are available, in the case of this clause (b), with such adjustments to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period as are consistent with those set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.

 

“Treasury Rate” means, as of any redemption date, as determined by the Company, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of U.S. Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 that has become publicly available at least two business days prior to the redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to August 1, 2023; provided, however, that if the period from the redemption date to August 1, 2023 is less than one year, the average yield of the most recent five Business Days on actually traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

 

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“Trustee” means the party named as such in the preamble to this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.

 

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (1) any Subsidiary of the Company that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of the Company in accordance with Section 4.16 of this Indenture and (2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

“Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

 

“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:

 

(1)                the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by

 

(2)                the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

 

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any specified Person means a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interest of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) will at that time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such person.

 

Section 1.02         Other Definitions.

 

Term   Defined in Section  
“AdaptHealth Holdings”   1.01 (Definition of “Managing Member”)  
“Affiliate Transaction”   4.11  
“ASC”   1.01 (Definition of “Consolidated Net Income”)  
“Asset Sale Offer”   4.10  
“Authentication Order”   2.02  
“Calculation Date”   1.01 (Definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”)  
“Change of Control Offer”   4.15  
“Change of Control Payment”   4.15  
“Change of Control Payment Date”   4.15  
“Covenant Defeasance”   8.03  
“Dividing Person”   1.01 (Definition of “Division”)  
“Event of Default”   6.01  
“Excess Proceeds”   4.10  
“Expiration Date”   1.05  
“FATCA”   12.18  
“Fixed Amounts”   1.01 (Definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”)  
“Guaranteed Obligations”   10.01  
“incur”   4.09  
“Incurrence Based Amounts”   1.01 (Definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”)  
“LCT Election”   1.06  
“LCT Test Date”   1.06  
“Legal Defeasance”   8.02  
“Make-Whole Redemption Date”   3.07  
“Measurement Period”   1.01 (Definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA”)  
“Note Register”   2.03  
“Paying Agent”   2.03  
“PDF”   12.16  
“Payment Default”   6.01  
“Permitted Debt”   4.09  
“Qualified Reporting Subsidiary”   4.04  
“Receivables”   1.01 (Definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction”)  
“Registrar”   2.03  
“Restricted Payments”   4.07  
“Reversion Date”   4.13  
“Subsequent Transaction”   1.06  
“Suspended Covenants”   4.13  
“Suspension Date”   4.13  
“Suspension Period”   4.13  
“Temporary Notes”   2.10  

 

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Section 1.03         Rules of Construction.

 

Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(1)       a term defined in Sections 1.01 or 1.02 of this Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to it herein;

 

(2)       an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

 

(3)       “or” is not exclusive;

 

(4)       words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular;

 

(5)       provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

 

(6)       unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Appendix,” “Article,” “Section,” “clause,” “Schedule” or “Exhibit” refers to an Appendix, Article, Section, clause, Schedule or Exhibit, as the case may be, of this Indenture;

 

(7)       the words “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not any particular Article, Section, clause or other subdivision;

 

(8)       “including” means “including without limitation”;

 

(9)       references to sections of, or rules under, the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time;

 

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(10)    unless otherwise provided, references to agreements and other instruments shall be deemed to include all amendments and other modifications to such agreements or instruments, but only to the extent such amendments and other modifications are not prohibited by the terms of this Indenture; and

 

(11)    in the event that a transaction meets the criteria of more than one category of permitted transactions or listed exceptions, the Company may classify such transaction as it, in its sole discretion, determines.

 

Section 1.04         Trust Indenture Act.

 

This Indenture is not qualified under, and, does not incorporate or include any of the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Action of 1939, as amended.

 

Section 1.05         Acts of Holders.

 

(a)                 Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company and the Guarantors. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 7.01 of this Indenture) conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantors, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.05.

 

(b)                The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved (1) by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof or (2) in any other manner deemed reasonably sufficient by the Trustee. Where such execution is by a signer in a capacity other than an individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute proof of the authority of the Person executing the same. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee and the Company deem sufficient.

 

(c)                 The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.

 

(d)                Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee, the Company or the Guarantors in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

 

(e)                 The Company may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders entitled to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, or to vote on or consent to any action authorized or permitted to be taken by Holders; provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in clause (f) below. Unless otherwise specified, if not set by the Company prior to the first solicitation of a Holder made by any Person in respect of any such action, or in the case of any such vote, prior to such vote, any such record date shall be the later of 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or vote or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation or vote. If any record date is set pursuant to this clause (e), the Holders on such record date, and only such Holders, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action (including revocation of any action), whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless made, given or taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Notes, or each affected Holder, as applicable, on such record date. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder in the manner set forth in Section 12.02 of this Indenture.

 

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(f)                  The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to join in the giving or making of (1) any notice of default under Section 6.01 of this Indenture, (2) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 6.02 of this Indenture, (3) any direction referred to in Section 6.05 of this Indenture or (4) any request to pursue a remedy as permitted in Section 6.06 of this Indenture. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless made, given or taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Notes or each affected Holder, as applicable, on such record date. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company and to each Holder in the manner set forth in Section 12.02 of this Indenture.

 

(g)                Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Note may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Note or by one or more duly appointed agents, each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount. Any notice given or action taken by a Holder or its agents with regard to different parts of such principal amount pursuant to this paragraph shall have the same effect as if given or taken by separate Holders of each such different part.

 

(h)                Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including a Depositary that is the Holder of a Global Note, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and a Depositary that is the Holder of a Global Note may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Note through such Depositary’s standing instructions and customary practices.

 

(i)                  The Company may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note held by a Depositary entitled under the procedures of such Depositary, if any, to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders; provided that if such a record date is fixed, only the beneficial owners of interests in such Global Note on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, whether or not such beneficial owners remain beneficial owners of interests in such Global Note after such record date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be effective hereunder unless made, given or taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date.

 

(j)                  With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 1.05, the party hereto that sets such record date may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder in the manner set forth in Section 12.02 of this Indenture, on or prior to both the existing and the new Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 1.05, the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 90th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this clause (j).

 

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Section 1.06         Limited Condition Transactions.

 

This Indenture provides that, as it relates to any action being taken solely in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of (i) determining compliance with any provision of this Indenture which requires the calculation of any financial ratio or test, including the Secured Net Leverage Ratio, Total Net Leverage Ratio and Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, or (ii) testing availability under baskets set forth in this Indenture (including baskets determined by reference to Total Assets), in each case, at the option of the Company (the Company’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an “LCT Election”), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted under this Indenture shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into (the “LCT Test Date”), and if, after giving pro forma effect to the Limited Condition Transaction (and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith, including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, as if they had occurred on the first day of the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ended prior to such date for which internal financial statements are available (except with respect to any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness for purposes of the calculation of any leverage-based test or ratio, which shall in each case be treated as if they had occurred on the last day of such period)), the Company would have been permitted to take such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio, test or basket, such ratio, test or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with; provided that, if financial statements for one or more subsequent fiscal periods shall have become available, the Company may elect, in its sole discretion, to redetermine all such ratios, tests or baskets on the basis of such financial statements, in which case, such date of redetermination shall thereafter be deemed to be the applicable LCT Test Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Company has made an LCT Election and any of the ratios, tests or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date would have failed to have been complied with as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio, test or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or Total Assets of the Company or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets, tests or ratios will not be deemed to have failed to have been complied with as a result of such fluctuations. If the Company has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any calculation of any ratio, test or basket availability with respect to the incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens, the making of Restricted Payments, the making of any Investment, mergers, the conveyance, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other satisfaction of Indebtedness, or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary (each, a “Subsequent Transaction”) following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or the date that the definitive agreement or irrevocable notice for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of determining whether such Subsequent Transaction is permitted under this Indenture, any such ratio, test or basket shall be required to be satisfied on a pro forma basis (i) assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated and (ii) assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have not been consummated.

 

Article 2

THE NOTES

 

Section 2.01         Form and Dating; Terms.

 

(a)                 Provisions relating to the Initial Notes, Additional Notes and any other Notes issued under this Indenture are set forth in Appendix A, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall each be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, rules or agreements with national securities exchanges to which the Company or any Guarantor is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company). Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

(b)                The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

 

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture, and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

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The Notes shall be subject to repurchase by the Company pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer as provided in Section 4.10 of this Indenture or a Change of Control Offer as provided in Section 4.15 of this Indenture, and otherwise as not prohibited by this Indenture. The Notes shall not be redeemable, other than as provided in Article 3.

 

Additional Notes ranking pari passu with the Initial Notes may be created and issued from time to time by the Company without notice to or consent of the Holders and shall be consolidated with and form a single class with the Initial Notes and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise (other than issue date, issue price and, if applicable, the first Interest Payment Date and the first date from which interest will accrue) as the Initial Notes; provided that if any Additional Notes are not fungible with the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such Additional Notes will be issued as a separate series under this Indenture and will have a separate CUSIP number and ISIN from the Initial Notes; provided, further, that the Company’s ability to issue Additional Notes shall be subject to the Company’s compliance with Section 4.09 of this Indenture. Any Additional Notes shall be issued with the benefit of an indenture supplemental to this Indenture.

 

Section 2.02         Execution and Authentication.

 

(a)                 At least one Officer shall execute the Notes on behalf of the Company by manual, electronic or facsimile signature. If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.

 

(b)                A Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto by the manual or electronic signature of an authorized signatory of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been duly authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

 

(c)                 The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders, the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.

 

(d)                The Trustee shall authenticate upon a written order of the Company signed by one Officer of the Company (an “Authentication Order”) (i) Initial Notes for original issue on the Issue Date in an aggregate principal amount of $350,000,000, (ii) subject to the terms of this Indenture, Additional Notes and (iii) any Unrestricted Global Notes issued in exchange for any of the foregoing in accordance with this Indenture. Such Authentication Order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated and whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes, Additional Notes or Unrestricted Global Notes.

 

Section 2.03         Registrar and Paying Agent.

 

(a)                 The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and at least one office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes (“Note Register”) and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar, and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to any Holder. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

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(b)                The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes. The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes and to act as custodian with respect to the Global Notes.

 

Section 2.04         Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

 

The Company shall, no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each due date for the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on any of the Notes, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held in trust for the Holders entitled to the same, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by such Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, a Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

 

Section 2.05         Holder Lists.

 

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least two Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders.

 

Section 2.06         Transfer and Exchange.

 

(a)                 The Notes shall be issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a Note for registration of transfer and in compliance with Appendix A.

 

(b)                To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 of this Indenture or at the Registrar’s request.

 

(c)                 No service charge shall be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange (other than pursuant to Section 2.07 of this Indenture), but the Holders shall be required to pay any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.05 of this Indenture).

 

(d)                All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

(e)                 Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall be required (1) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 of this Indenture and ending at the close of business on the day of selection, (2) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption, or tendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) in connection with a Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of any Note being redeemed or repurchased in part or (3) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note between a Record Date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

 

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(f)                  Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal, premium, if any, and (subject to the Record Date provisions of the Notes) interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

(g)                Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 4.02 of this Indenture, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more replacement Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount.

 

(h)                At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Global Notes or Definitive Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail, the replacement Global Notes and Definitive Notes which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to in accordance with the provisions of Appendix A.

 

(i)                  All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by mail or by facsimile or electronic transmission.

 

Section 2.07         Replacement Notes.

 

If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or if a Holder claims that its Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the ownership and loss, destruction or theft of such Note, the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements are otherwise met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be provided by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge the Holder for the expenses of the Company and the Trustee in replacing a Note. Every replacement Note is a contractual obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.07, in case any mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay such Note.

 

Section 2.08         Outstanding Notes.

 

(a)                 The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 of this Indenture, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.

 

(b)                If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 of this Indenture, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser, as such term is defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York.

 

(c)                 If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 of this Indenture, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue from and after the date of such payment.

 

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(d)                If a Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on the maturity date, any redemption date or any repurchase date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable or to be redeemed or purchased on that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.

 

Section 2.09         Treasury Notes.

 

In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes beneficially owned by the Company, or by any Affiliate of the Company, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to deliver any such direction, waiver or consent with respect to the Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company or any obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

 

Section 2.10         Temporary Notes.

 

Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes (“Temporary Notes”). Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for Temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for Temporary Notes. Holders and beneficial holders, as the case may be, of Temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits accorded to Holders, or beneficial holders, respectively, of Notes under this Indenture.

 

Section 2.11         Cancellation.

 

The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee or, at the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy cancelled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Certification of the destruction of all cancelled Notes shall, upon the written request of the Company, be delivered to the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

Section 2.12         Defaulted Interest.

 

(a)                 If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 of this Indenture. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such defaulted interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such defaulted interest as provided in this Section 2.12. The Trustee shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such special record date. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) shall mail or deliver by electronic transmission in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary, or cause to be mailed or delivered by electronic transmission in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary to each Holder a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

 

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(b)                Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12 and for greater certainty, each Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue interest, which were carried by such other Note.

 

Section 2.13         CUSIP and ISIN Numbers

 

The Company in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP or ISIN numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP or ISIN numbers in notices of redemption, exchange or repurchase as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption, exchange or repurchase and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption, exchange or repurchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall as promptly as practicable notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP or ISIN numbers.

 

Article 3

REDEMPTION

 

Section 3.01         Notices to Trustee.

 

If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 of this Indenture, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least five Business Days before notice of redemption is required to be mailed or transmitted or caused to be mailed or transmitted to Holders pursuant to Section 3.03 of this Indenture (unless a shorter notice shall be agreed to by the Trustee) but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth (a) the paragraph or subparagraph of such Note or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (b) the redemption date, (c) the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (d) the redemption price, if then ascertainable.

 

Section 3.02         Selection and Notice.

 

(a)                 If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption in accordance with DTC’s requirements, or on a pro rata basis if in physical or certificated form, unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange requirements.

 

(a)                 No Notes of $2,000 or less can be redeemed in part. Notices of redemption will be transmitted at least ten but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be transmitted more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

(b)                If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to that Note will state the portion of the principal amount of that Note that is to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note will be issued in the name of the Holder upon cancellation of the original Note. Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price or the applicable notice of redemption is conditional and the conditions are not satisfied or waived.

 

Section 3.03         Notice of Redemption.

 

(a)                 The Company shall mail or deliver by electronic transmission in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary, or cause to be mailed or delivered by electronic transmission in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary, notices of redemption at least ten but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be transmitted more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge.

 

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(b)                The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including CUSIP and ISIN number, if applicable) and shall state:

 

(1)       the redemption date;

 

(2)       the redemption price, including the portion thereof representing any accrued and unpaid interest; provided that in connection with a redemption under Section 3.07(a) of this Indenture, the notice need not set forth the redemption price but only the manner of calculation thereof;

 

(3)       if any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the portion of the principal amount of that Note that is to be redeemed;

 

(4)       the name and address of the Paying Agent;

 

(5)       that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

 

(6)       that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

 

(7)       the paragraph or subparagraph of the Notes or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed;

 

(8)       that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP or ISIN number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes; and

 

(9)       if applicable, any condition to such redemption.

 

(c)                 At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least five Business Days before notice of redemption is required to be sent or caused to be sent to Holders pursuant to this Section 3.03 (unless a shorter notice shall be agreed to by the Trustee), an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in Section 3.03(b) of this Indenture.

 

Section 3.04         Effect of Notice of Redemption.

 

Once a notice of redemption is transmitted or mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 of this Indenture, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price, except as otherwise set forth in this Section 3.04. Notice of any redemption of the Notes in connection with a transaction or an event (including an Equity Offering, an incurrence of Indebtedness or a Change of Control) may, at the Company’s discretion, be given prior to the completion or the occurrence thereof and any such redemption or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion or occurrence of the related transaction or event. In addition, if such redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date the notice of redemption was delivered) as any or all conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the redemption date, or by the redemption date as so delayed. In addition, the Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person.

 

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Section 3.05         Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.

 

(a)       No later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the redemption or purchase date (or such later time as such date to which the Trustee may reasonably agree), the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after a Record Date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Holder of record on such Record Date. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed or repurchased the applicable redemption or purchase price thereof and accrued and unpaid interest thereon. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.

 

(b)       If the Company complies with the provisions of Section 3.05(a) of this Indenture, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase. If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after a Record Date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption or purchase date in respect of such Note will be paid on such redemption or purchase date to the Person in whose name such Note is registered at the close of business on such Record Date. If any Note called for redemption or purchase shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Company to comply with Section 3.05(a) of this Indenture, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or purchase date until such principal is paid, and, to the extent lawful, on any interest accrued to the redemption or purchase date not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 of this Indenture.

 

Section 3.06         Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.

 

Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to the Holder (or cause to be transferred by book entry) at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered representing the same Indebtedness to the extent not redeemed or purchased; provided that each new Note shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

Section 3.07         Optional Redemption.

 

(a)                 At any time prior to August 1, 2023, the Company may, on any one or more occasions, redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture (including any Additional Notes) at a redemption price of 106.125% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings by the Company or a contribution to the equity capital of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) from the net proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings by any Parent Company (in each case, other than Excluded Contributions); provided that (1) at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under this Indenture (including any Additional Notes but excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption; and (2) the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering or equity contribution.

 

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(b)                On or after August 1, 2023, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less than ten nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on August 1 of the years indicated below, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date:

 

Year     Percentage  
2023     103.063 %
2024     102.042 %
2025     101.021 %
2026 and thereafter     100.000 %

 

(c)                 Prior to August 1, 2023, the Company may also redeem all or any portion of the Notes upon not less than ten nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption (a “Make-Whole Redemption Date”).

 

(d)                Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date.

 

(e)                Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 of this Indenture.

 

Section 3.08         Mandatory Redemption.

 

The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

 

Article 4

COVENANTS

 

Section 4.01         Payment of Notes.

 

(a)               The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof, holds on the due date money deposited by or on behalf of the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.

 

(b)               The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, at the rate equal to the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.

 

Section 4.02         Maintenance of Office or Agency.

 

(a)               The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company and the Guarantors in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

 

(b)               The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York for such purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

 

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(c)               The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03 of this Indenture.

 

Section 4.03         Taxes.

 

The Company shall pay, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments and governmental levies except (a) such as are being contested in good faith and by appropriate negotiations or proceedings or (b) where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.

 

Section 4.04         Reports.

 

(a)                 So long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Trustee and the Holders:

 

(1)       within 75 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company commencing with the year ending December 31, 2020, all annual financial statements of the Company substantially in the form that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Form 10-K, in accordance with the requirements of such Form 10-K as of the Issue Date, if the Company were required to file such form, together with a report thereon by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, and a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” that is substantially consistent with the presentation thereof included in the Offering Memorandum;

 

(2)       within 40 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company ending after the Issue Date (solely with respect to the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year), all quarterly financial statements of the Company substantially in the form that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Form 10-Q, in accordance with the requirements of such Form 10-Q as of the Issue Date, if the Company were required to file such form, and a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations;” and

 

(3)       promptly from time to time after the occurrence of an event required to be therein reported, such other information containing substantially the same information that would be required to be contained in filings with the SEC on Form 8-K, in accordance with the requirements of such Form 8-K as of the Issue Date, under Items:

 

· 1.01 (Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement);

 

· 1.03 (Bankruptcy or Receivership);

 

· 2.01 (Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets);

 

· 2.03 (Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant);

 

· 2.04 (Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement);

 

· 4.02 (Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review);

 

· 5.01 (Changes in Control of Registrant);

 

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· 5.02(a)(1) (Resignation of Director due to Disagreement with Registrant);

 

· 5.02(c)(1) (Name and Position of Newly Appointed Officer and Date of Appointment); and

 

· 5.03(b) (Changes in Fiscal Year),

 

if the Company were required to file such reports; provided, however, that no such Form 8-K report will be required to be furnished if the Company determines in its good faith judgment that such event is not material to Holders or the business, assets, operations, financial position or prospects of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or if the Company determines in its good faith judgment that such disclosure would otherwise cause material competitive harm to the business, assets, operations, financial position or prospects of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(b)                With respect to the reports required to be furnished by clause (a) above:

 

(1)       no such reports referenced under clause (a)(3) above will be required to include as an exhibit or summary of terms of, any employment or compensatory arrangement agreement, plan or understanding between the Company (or any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Company) and any director, manager or executive officer, of the Company (or any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Company);

 

(2)       in no event will such reports be required to comply with Section 302, Section 404 or Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or related Items 307 and 308 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC;

 

(3)       in no event will such reports be required to comply with Item 302 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC;

 

(4)       in no event will such reports be required to comply with Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC or contain separate financial statements for the Company, AdaptHealth Intermediate or the Subsidiary Guarantors;

 

(5)       in no event will such reports be required to comply with Item 601 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC (with respect to exhibits) or, with respect to reports referenced in clause (a)(3) above, to include as an exhibit copies of any agreements, financial statements or other items that would be required to be filed as exhibits to a current report on Form 8-K;

 

(6)       trade secrets and other confidential information that is competitively sensitive in the good faith and reasonable determination of the Company may be excluded from any disclosures;

 

(7)       to the extent that the Company (or any Parent Company pursuant to the immediately following paragraph) is not a reporting company under the Exchange Act, in no event will such reports be required to be presented in compliance with the requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; and

 

(8)       in no event will such reports contain compensation or beneficial ownership information.

 

(c)                 The Company may satisfy its obligations in this Section 4.04 with respect to financial information relating to the Company by furnishing financial information relating to any Parent Company; provided that if and so long as such Parent Company has Independent Assets or Operations, the same is accompanied by consolidating information (which need not be audited) that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such Parent Company, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a stand-alone basis, on the other hand.

 

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(d)                In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, the financial statements, information, auditors’ reports and other documents and information required to be provided pursuant to clause (a) above may be, rather than those of the Company, those of (a) any predecessor or successor of the Company, (b) any Wholly Owned Subsidiary which is a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that, together with its consolidated Subsidiaries, constitutes substantially all of the assets of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (“Qualified Reporting Subsidiary”) or (c) any Parent Company; provided that, if the financial information required to be provided pursuant to clause (a) above relates to such Qualified Reporting Subsidiary of the Company or such Parent Company, such financial information will be accompanied by consolidating information (which need not be audited) that explains in reasonable detail (in the good faith judgment of the Company) the differences between the information relating to such Qualified Reporting Subsidiary or such Parent Company (solely in the case such Parent Company has Independent Assets or Operations) (as the case may be), on the one hand, and the information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries on a stand-alone basis, on the other hand. If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries and such Unrestricted Subsidiaries, either individually or collectively, would otherwise have been a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, then the annual and quarterly financial information required by the preceding paragraphs shall include a reasonably detailed presentation, as determined in good faith by senior management of the Company, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes to the financial statements and in the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section, of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

 

(e)                 During any period that the Company or any Parent Company has not filed the corresponding reports referred to in clause (a) above with the SEC via the EDGAR filing system (or any successor system), the Company will make available such information and such reports to any Holder and, upon request, to any beneficial owner of the Notes, in each case by posting such information on its website, on Intralinks, SyndTrak, ClearPar or any comparable password-protected online data system that will require a confidentiality acknowledgment, and will make such information readily available to any Holder, any bona fide prospective investor in the Notes (which prospective investors will be limited to “qualified institutional buyers” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act that certify their status as such to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company), any bona fide securities analyst (to the extent providing analysis of investment in the Notes to investors and prospective investors therein) or any bona fide market maker in the Notes who agrees to treat such information as confidential or accesses such information on Intralinks SyndTrak, ClearPar or any comparable password-protected online data system that will require a confidentiality acknowledgment; provided that the Company may deny access to any competitively-sensitive information otherwise to be provided pursuant to this clause (e) to any such Holder, prospective investor, security analyst or market maker that is a competitor of the Company and its Subsidiaries, or an affiliate of such a competitor (other than any affiliate that is a bona fide bank debt fund, distressed asset fund, hedge fund, mutual fund, insurance company, financial institution or investment vehicle engaged in the business of investing in, acquiring or trading commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course (and not organized primarily for the purpose of making equity investments)) to the extent that the Company determines in good faith that the provision of such information to such Person would be competitively harmful to the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, further, that such Holders, prospective investors, security analysts or market makers will agree to (1) treat all such reports (and the information contained therein) and information as confidential, (2) not use such reports and the information contained therein for any purpose other than their investment or potential investment in the Notes and (3) not publicly disclose or distribute any such reports (and the information contained therein).

 

(f)                  In addition, to the extent not satisfied by the reports required by this Section 4.04 or otherwise made publicly available by the Company, the Company will furnish to Holders thereof and prospective investors in the Notes, upon their request, the information, if any, required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) (or any successor provision) under the Securities Act.

 

(g)                The Company will be deemed to have furnished the reports referred to in clause (a) above if the Company or any Parent Company has filed the corresponding reports containing such information with the SEC via the EDGAR filing system (or any successor system).

 

(h)                The Company shall participate in quarterly conference calls after the delivery of the information referred to in clause (a)(1) or (a)(2) above (which may be a single conference call together with investors and lenders holding other securities or Indebtedness of the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries and/or any Parent Company) to discuss operating results and related matters. The Company shall issue a press release or otherwise provide notice of such conference call in the same manner in which information was delivered pursuant to clause (a)(1) and (a)(2) above which will provide the date and time of any such call and will direct Holders, prospective investors and securities analysts to contact the investor relations office of the Company to obtain access to the conference call.

 

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(i)                  It is understood that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine whether or not such information, documents or reports have been posted on the Company’s website or filed with the SEC. The posting or delivery of any such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive or actual notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of the covenants under this Indenture (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officers’ Certificate).

 

Section 4.05         Compliance Certificate.

 

(a)                 The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to his or her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto).

 

(b)                So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

Section 4.06         Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

 

The Company and each of the Guarantors covenant (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) that they shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenant that they shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

 

Section 4.07         Restricted Payments

 

(a)                 The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

(1)    declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company); provided that the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall not constitute a Restricted Payment;

 

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(2)    purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Company;

 

(3)    make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, repurchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Subsidiary Guarantee (excluding any intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), except (i) a payment of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof or (ii) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of any such subordinated Indebtedness purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or payment at final maturity, in each case within one year of the date of such purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement; or

 

(4)    make any Restricted Investment;

 

(All such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (1) through (4) of this Section 4.07(a) are collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”).

 

(b)                Notwithstanding clause (a) above, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be permitted to make Restricted Payments if at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:

 

(1)       no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;

 

(2)       the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) of this Indenture; and

 

(3)       such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries since the Issue Date (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (11), (12), (13), (14) and (15) of Section 4.07(c) of this Indenture), is less than $100.0 million plus the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(A)               50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of the first fiscal quarter in which the Issue Date occurs, to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit); plus

 

(B)               100% of the aggregate Qualified Proceeds received by the Company since the Issue Date as a contribution to its equity capital (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock, Excluded Contributions and Qualified Proceeds applied in accordance with Section 4.07(c)(7)(A) of this Indenture) or from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the Company (other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the Company) that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock); plus

 

(C)               an amount equal to the net reduction in Investments by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries resulting from (x) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of any Restricted Investment that was made after the Issue Date (other than Section 4.07(c)(15) of this Indenture) and (y) repurchases, redemptions and repayments of such Restricted Investments and the receipt of any dividends or distributions from such Restricted Investments to the extent not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

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(D)               to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company was or is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Company’s interest in such Subsidiary immediately prior to such redesignation; plus

 

(E)                in the event the Company and/or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company makes any Restricted Investment in a Person that, as a result of or in connection with such Investment, becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, an amount equal to the existing Investment of the Company and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Person that was previously treated as a Restricted Payment (other than Section 4.07(c)(15) of this Indenture).

 

(c)                 Section 4.07(a) of this Indenture shall not prohibit:

 

(1)       the payment of any dividend or other distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend or giving of the redemption notice, as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the dividend or redemption payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;

 

(2)       the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the substantially concurrent contribution of equity capital to the Company (other than Disqualified Stock); provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted Payment will be excluded from Section 4.07(b)(3)(B) of this Indenture;

 

(3)       the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Subsidiary Guarantee with the net cash proceeds from a substantially concurrent incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, or from the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the substantially concurrent contribution of equity capital to the Company (other than Disqualified Stock); provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted Payment will be excluded from Section 4.07(b)(3)(B) of this Indenture;

 

(4)       the declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or accrued dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company which Disqualified Stock was issued after the Issue Date in accordance with Section 4.09 of this Indenture;

 

(5)       the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of Replacement Preferred Stock that is permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09 of this Indenture;

 

(6)       the payment of any dividend (or any similar distribution) by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;

 

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(7)       the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company held by any current or former officer, director, employee or consultant (or their estates or beneficiaries under their estates) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and any dividend payment or other distribution by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to any Parent Company utilized for the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of such Parent Company held by any current or former officer, director, employee or consultant (or their estates or beneficiaries under their estates) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Parent Company, in each case, upon such Person’s death, disability, retirement or termination of employment; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests may not exceed $10.0 million in any fiscal year (it being understood, however, that unused amounts permitted to be paid pursuant to this proviso are available to be carried over to subsequent fiscal years subject to a maximum of $40.0 million in any fiscal year); provided, further, that such amount in any fiscal year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

 

(A)               the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests of the Company and, to the extent contributed to the Company as equity capital (other than Disqualified Stock), Equity Interests of any Parent Company, in each case to members of management, directors or consultants of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Company that occurs after the Issue Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of Section 4.07(b)(3)(B) of this Indenture, and excluding Excluded Contributions, plus

 

(B)               the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date, less

 

(C)               the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made pursuant to clauses (A) and (B) of this clause (7);

 

(8)       the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of options, rights or warrants or upon vesting of common stock, in each case, to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those options, rights, warrants or common stock;

 

(9)       the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Subsidiary Guarantee with any Excess Proceeds that remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer;

 

(10)    so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, after the occurrence of a Change of Control and the completion of the offer to repurchase the Notes pursuant to Section 4.15 of this Indenture (including the purchase of the Notes tendered), any purchase or redemption of Indebtedness that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Subsidiary Guarantee required pursuant to the terms thereof as a result of such Change of Control at a purchase or redemption price not to exceed 101% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, plus any accrued and unpaid interest;

 

(11)    cash payments in lieu of fractional shares issuable as dividends on common stock or preferred stock or upon the conversion of any convertible debt securities of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(12)    Permitted Payments to Parent;

 

(13)    Investments that are made with Excluded Contributions;

 

(14)    distributions or payments of Receivables Fees;

 

(15)    so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount since the Issue Date not to exceed the greater of (a) $90.0 million and (b) 5.0% of Total Assets;

 

(16)    additional Restricted Payments; provided that (x) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (y) on a pro forma basis after giving effect to any such Restricted Payment pursuant to this clause (16), the Total Net Leverage Ratio would not exceed 3.00 to 1.00;

 

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(17)    additional Restricted Payments made in connection with that certain Put/Call Agreement; and

 

(18)    additional Restricted Payments made to AdaptHealth Holdings to make payments with respect to the Preferred Notes.

 

(d)       The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The Fair Market Value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this Section 4.07 will, if the fair market value thereof exceeds $25.0 million, be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company whose resolution with respect thereto will be delivered to the Trustee.

 

(e)       For purposes of determining compliance with the provisions of this Section 4.07, in the event that a Restricted Payment meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Restricted Payments described in the above clauses, the Company, in its sole discretion, may order and classify, and from time to time may reorder and reclassify, such Restricted Payment if it would have been permitted at the time such Restricted Payment was made and at the time of any such reclassification.

 

Section 4.08         Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

(a)                 The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

 

(1)       pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(2)       make loans or advances to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or

 

(3)       sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

(b)                Section 4.08(a) of this Indenture shall not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

 

(1)       agreements governing Existing Indebtedness and the Credit Agreement as in effect on the Issue Date;

 

(2)       this Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees;

 

(3)       applicable law, rule, regulation or order;

 

(4)       any instrument or agreement governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness or Capital Stock was incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person or any of its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person or any of its Subsidiaries, so acquired; provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred;

 

(5)       customary non-assignment provisions in contracts, leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(6)       customary restrictions in leases (including capital leases), security agreements or mortgages or other purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on the property purchased or leased of the nature described in Section 4.08(a)(3) of this Indenture;

 

(7)       any agreement for the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the Capital Stock or the assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending the sale or other disposition;

 

(8)       any instrument or agreement governing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the restrictions contained therein are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;

 

(9)       Liens permitted to be incurred under Section 4.12 of this Indenture that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;

 

(10)     provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements, which limitation is applicable only to the assets that are the subject of such agreements;

 

(11)     restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(12)     customary provisions imposed on the transfer of copyrighted or patented materials;

 

(13)     customary provisions restricting dispositions of real property interests set forth in any reciprocal easement agreements of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(14)     Indebtedness or other contractual requirements of a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction; provided that such restrictions apply only to such Receivables Subsidiary;

 

(15)     contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, not relating to any Indebtedness, and that do not, individually or in the aggregate, detract from the value of property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any manner material to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

 

(16)     restrictions on the transfer of property or assets required by any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any of their businesses;

 

(17)     any instrument or agreement governing Indebtedness or preferred stock (i) of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary and (ii) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is incurred or issued subsequent to the Issue Date and not in violation of Section 4.09 of this Indenture; provided that (x) in the case of preferred stock and Indebtedness that is not secured by any Permitted Liens, such encumbrances and restrictions are not materially more restrictive in the aggregate than the restrictions contained in this Indenture and (y) in the case of Indebtedness secured by Permitted Liens, are not materially more restrictive in the aggregate than the restrictions contained in the Credit Agreement; and

 

(18)     any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the Indebtedness, preferred stock, Liens, agreements, contracts, licenses, leases, subleases, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (1), (2), (4) through (15) and (17) above; provided, however, that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are in the good faith judgment of the Company’s Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive, not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those restrictions contained in the Indebtedness, preferred stock, Liens, agreements, contracts, licenses, leases, subleases, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (1), (2), (4) through (15) and (17) above, as applicable prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

 

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Section 4.09         Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock.

 

(a)                 The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Company will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or such preferred stock is issued, as the case may be, would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or the Disqualified Stock or the preferred stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period; provided, further, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed $10.0 million.

 

(b)                Section 4.09(a) of this Indenture will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness or the issuance of any of the following items of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (collectively, “Permitted Debt”):

 

(1)       the incurrence by the Company and/or any Subsidiary Guarantor (and the Subsidiary Guarantee thereof by the Subsidiary Guarantors) of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and other Debt Facilities entered into after the Issue Date in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (1) (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) not to exceed (except as permitted by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”) the sum of (i) $425.0 million and (ii) any additional amount so long as, in the case of this subclause (ii), after giving effect thereto the Secured Net Leverage Ratio (treating all incurred Indebtedness under this clause (1) as secured by Liens on the assets of the Company) would not exceed 3.00 to 1.00;

 

(2)       the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing Indebtedness;

 

(3)       the incurrence by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Notes and the related Subsidiary Guarantees;

 

(4)       the incurrence or issuance by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations), Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, in each case, incurred or issued for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, construction, lease, installation or improvement of any fixed or capital assets and any Indebtedness assumed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness (except as permitted by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”) and Replacement Preferred Stock (except as permitted by the definition of “Replacement Preferred Stock”) incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed the greater of (a) $30.0 million and (b) 2.5% of Total Assets and at any time outstanding;

 

(5)       the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness or Replacement Preferred Stock in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) or any Disqualified Stock or preferred stock that was permitted by this Indenture to be incurred under Section 4.09(a) of this Indenture or clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (13), (15) or (18) of this Section 4.09(b);

 

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(6)       the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that:

 

(A)               if the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness and the payee is not the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, such Indebtedness must be expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations with respect to the Notes, in the case of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantee, in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor, except to the extent such subordination would violate any applicable law, rule or regulation; and

 

(B)               (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, will be deemed, in each case, to constitute a new incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, which new incurrence is not permitted by this clause (6);

 

(7)       the issuance by any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries to the Company or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that:

 

(A)               any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such preferred stock being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; and

 

(B)               any sale or other transfer of any such preferred stock to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company,

 

will be deemed, in each case, to constitute a new issuance of such preferred stock by such Restricted Subsidiary which new issuance is not permitted by this clause (7);

 

(8)       the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

 

(9)       the guarantee:

 

(A)               by the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors of Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 4.09; provided that if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to the Notes, then the guarantee shall be subordinated to the same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed; and

 

(B)               by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary of Indebtedness of a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary;

 

(10)    the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in respect of workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, bankers’ acceptances, letters of credit, performance bonds, surety bonds, appeal bonds or other similar bonds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that upon the drawing of letters of credit for reimbursement obligations, including with respect to workers’ compensation claims, or the incurrence of other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, such obligations are reimbursed within 30 days following such drawing or incurrence;

 

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(11)    the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business, so long as such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days;

 

(12)    the incurrence of Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, holdback, contingency payment obligations or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition or acquisition of any business, assets or Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(13)    the incurrence of Indebtedness or the issuance of any Disqualified Stock or preferred stock by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness (except as permitted by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”) and Replacement Preferred Stock (except as permitted by the definition of “Replacement Preferred Stock”) incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (13), not to exceed $20.0 million at any time outstanding;

 

(14)    the incurrence of Indebtedness resulting from endorsements of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business;

 

(15)    Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of Persons that are acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (including by way of merger or consolidation) in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; and Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor incurred in connection with, or to provide all or a portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Person became a Subsidiary or was acquired by the Company; provided that after giving effect to such acquisition, merger or consolidation, either

 

(A)               the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) of this Indenture or

 

(B)               the Company’s Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio after giving pro forma effect to such acquisition, merger or consolidation would be greater than the Company’s actual Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such acquisition, merger or consolidation;

 

(16)    Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of netting services, overdraft protection and otherwise in connection with deposit accounts; provided that such Indebtedness remains outstanding for ten Business Days or less;

 

(17)    the incurrence by a Receivables Subsidiary of Indebtedness in a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

 

(18)    the incurrence or issuance by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value or liquidation preference, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness (except as permitted by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”) and all Replacement Preferred Stock (except as permitted by the definition of “Replacement Preferred Stock”) incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock incurred or issued pursuant to this clause (18), not to exceed the greater of (A) $90.0 million and (B) 7.5% of Total Assets at any time outstanding;

 

(19)    the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in the form of loans from a Captive Insurance Subsidiary;

 

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(20)    Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(21)    Indebtedness in respect of promissory notes issued to consultants, employees or directors or former employees, consultants or directors in connection with repurchases of Equity Interests permitted by Section 4.07(c)(7) of this Indenture.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the event that an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) at any time, whether at the time of incurrence or upon the application of all or a portion of the proceeds thereof or subsequently meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (21) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) of this Indenture, the Company will be permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence, or later reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09 except that Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement outstanding on the Issue Date will be deemed to have been incurred in reliance on the exception provided by Section 4.09(b)(1)(i) of this Indenture. The accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, the reclassification of preferred stock as Indebtedness due to a change in accounting principles, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock or preferred stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock for purposes of this Section 4.09; provided in each such case, that the amount thereof is included in Fixed Charges of the Company as accrued (other than the reclassification of preferred stock as Indebtedness due to a change in accounting principles).

 

For purposes of determining compliance with any dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance would cause the applicable dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance, such dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased, plus the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums (including tender premiums) and other costs and expenses (including original issue discount) incurred in connection with such refinancing.

 

The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:

 

(1)       the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount;

 

(2)       the principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case of any other Indebtedness; and

 

(3)       in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, the lesser of:

 

(A)               the Fair Market Value of such assets at the date of determination; and

 

(B)               the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person.

 

Section 4.10         Asset Sales.

 

(a)                 The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:

 

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(1)       the Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and

 

(2)       at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash. For purposes of this clause (2), each of the following will be deemed to be cash:

 

(A)               Cash Equivalents;

 

(B)               any liabilities, as shown on the Company’s most recent consolidated balance sheet, of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary novation agreement that releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability;

 

(C)               any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of receipt, to the extent of the cash received in that conversion;

 

(D)               any Designated Noncash Consideration the Fair Market Value of which, when taken together with all other Designated Noncash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (D) (and not subsequently converted into Cash Equivalents that are treated as Net Proceeds of an Asset Sale), does not exceed $25.0 million since the Issue Date, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Noncash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value; and

 

(E)                any stock or assets of the kind referred to in clauses (2) or (4) of Section 4.10(b) of this Indenture.

 

(b)                Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Company (or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) may apply such Net Proceeds at its option:

 

(1)       to repay Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(1) of this Indenture and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;

 

(2)        to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or any Capital Stock of, another Permitted Business, if, after giving effect to any such acquisition of Capital Stock, the Permitted Business is or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or additional Capital Stock of an existing non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary which is a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(3)       to make a capital expenditure with respect to a Permitted Business or to make expenditures for maintenance, repair or improvement of existing properties and assets;

 

(4)       to acquire Additional Assets;

 

(5)       to repay (i) Notes or (ii) any other Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) that is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes, and in the case of revolving Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto; provided that if the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall so repay any Indebtedness other than the Notes, the Company will repay the Notes on a pro rata basis by, at its option, (A) redeeming Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 of this Indenture or (B) purchasing Notes through open-market purchases, at a price equal to or higher than 100% of the principal amount thereof, or making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below) to all holders to purchase their Notes on a ratable basis with such other Indebtedness for no less than 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued but unpaid interest, if any, thereon up to the principal amount of Notes to be repurchased; or

 

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(6)       any combination of the foregoing;

 

provided that the requirements of clauses (2) through (4) above shall be deemed to be satisfied if an agreement (including a lease, whether a capital lease or an operating lease) committing to make the acquisitions or expenditures referred to in any of clauses (2) through (4) above is entered into by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiary within 365 days after the receipt of such Net Proceeds and such Net Proceeds are applied in accordance with such agreement; provided, further, that (x) such acquisition or investment is then consummated within 545 days after the receipt of such Net Proceeds and (y) if such acquisition or investment is not consummated within the period set forth in sub clause (x), or otherwise applied as set forth in clauses (1) or (5) above, the Net Proceeds not so applied will be deemed to constitute Excess Proceeds under Section 4.10(c) of this Indenture.

 

Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a distribution of any or all of the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sales by a Foreign Subsidiary to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary (i) is (x) prohibited or delayed by applicable local law, (y) restricted by applicable organizational documents or any agreement or (z) subject to other organizational or administrative impediments from being repatriated to the United States or (ii) would have a material adverse tax consequence, as reasonably determined by the Company, the portion of such Net Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied in compliance with this Section 4.10; provided that if at any time within one year following the date on which such affected Net Proceeds would otherwise have been required to be applied pursuant to this Section 4.10, distribution of any of such affected Net Proceeds is no longer prohibited or delayed by applicable local law, restricted by any applicable organizational document or agreement, subject to other organizational or administrative impediment from being repatriated to the United States, and would not result in a material adverse tax consequence, then an amount equal to such amount of Net Proceeds so permitted to be repatriated will be promptly applied (net of any taxes, costs or expenses that would be payable or reserved against if such amounts were actually repatriated, whether or not they are repatriated) in compliance with this Section 4.10. The non-application of any prepayment amounts as a consequence of the foregoing provisions will not, for the avoidance of doubt, constitute a Default or an Event of Default. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Indenture shall be construed to require the Company or any Foreign Subsidiary to repatriate cash or to apply any Net Proceeds described in clause (i) above in compliance with this Section 4.10 in the event that such repatriation is not permitted under applicable local law, applicable organizational documents or agreements or other impediment within one year following the date on which the respective payment would otherwise have been required.

 

(c)                 Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales received since the Issue Date that were not or are not applied or invested as provided in Section 4.10(b) of this Indenture shall constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $20.0 million, within ten Business Days thereof, the Company will make an offer (an “Asset Sale Offer”) to all Holders and if the Company elects (or is required by the terms of such other pari passu Indebtedness), any holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any to, but excluding, the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness will be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.

 

(d)                The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.10, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.10 by virtue of such compliance.

 

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Section 4.11         Transactions with Affiliates.

 

(a)                 The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company involving aggregate consideration in excess of $5.0 million for any individual transaction or series of related transactions (each, an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless:

 

(1)       the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and

 

(2)       with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $25.0 million, the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this Section 4.11(a) and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company, together with a certified copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company approving such Affiliate Transaction or Affiliate Transactions.

 

(b)                The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of Section 4.11(a) of this Indenture:

 

(1)       any employment agreement, change of control agreement, severance agreement, employee benefit plan, officer or director indemnification agreement or any similar arrangement entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and payments pursuant thereto;

 

(2)       transactions between or among the Company, its Restricted Subsidiaries and/or any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction;

 

(3)        transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company) that is an Affiliate of the Company solely because the Company owns, directly or through a Restricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in, or controls, such Person;

 

(4)       payment of reasonable directors’ fees;

 

(5)       any issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company to Affiliates of the Company;

 

(6)       Permitted Investments or Restricted Payments that do not violate Section 4.07 of this Indenture;

 

(7)       loans (or cancellation of loans) or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business;

 

(8)       transactions with customers, suppliers, contractors, joint venture partners or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case which are in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, pursuant to joint venture agreements) and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture;

 

(9)       any Qualified Receivables Transaction;

 

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(10)    the entering into of any tax sharing agreement or arrangement or any tax receivable agreement with Parent or any Parent Company and any Permitted Payments to Parent made pursuant thereto;

 

(11)    any management, consulting, monitoring, financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or any other investment banking, banking or similar services involving the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including without limitation any payments in cash, Equity Interests or other consideration made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith) on the one hand and the Permitted Holders on the other hand, which services (and payments and other transactions in connection therewith) are approved as fair to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith;

 

(12)    the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) in the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary for compensation purposes;

 

(13)    any lease entered into between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as lessee and any Affiliate of the Company, as lessor, which is approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith;

 

(14)    intellectual property licenses in the ordinary course of business;

 

(15)    Existing Indebtedness and any other obligations pursuant to an agreement existing on the Issue Date and described in the Offering Memorandum, including any amendment thereto (so long as such amendment is not disadvantageous to the Holders in any material respect);

 

(16)    payments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of reasonable insurance premiums to, and any borrowings or dividends received from, any Captive Insurance Subsidiary;

 

(17)    transactions in which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary delivers to the Trustee a letter from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing stating that such transaction is fair to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view and which are approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith; and

 

(18)    any customary management services agreements or similar agreements between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any joint venture.

 

Section 4.12         Liens.

 

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Lien of any kind (other than Permitted Liens) securing Indebtedness upon any of their property or assets, whether owned on the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, unless all payments due under this Indenture, the noes and the Subsidiary Guarantees are secured on an equal and ratable basis with the obligations so secured until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien.

 

Section 4.13         Effectiveness of Covenants.

 

(a)       From and after the occurrence of an Investment Grade Rating Event (such date, a “Suspension Date”), the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to Section 4.07, Section 4.08, Section 4.09, Section 4.10, Section 4.11, Section 4.16, Section 4.17 (but only with respect to any Person that is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor after the date of the commencement of the applicable Suspension Date) and Section 5.01(a)(4) of this Indenture (collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”).

 

(b)       If at any date (each such date, a “Reversion Date”), the credit rating of the Notes is downgraded from an Investment Grade Rating by two Rating Agencies, then the Suspended Covenants will thereafter be reinstated and again be applicable pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, unless and until the occurrence of a subsequent Investment Grade Rating Event.

 

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(c)       The period of time between the occurrence of an Investment Grade Rating Event and its respective Reversion Date is referred to herein as the “Suspension Period.” Calculations made after a Reversion Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 4.07 of this Indenture will be made as though Section 4.07 of this Indenture had been in effect at all times since the Issue Date, including during any Suspension Period. Any Indebtedness incurred during any Suspension Period would be deemed to be Permitted Indebtedness subsequent to the Reversion Date. Neither the failure of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to comply with a Suspended Covenant during any Suspension Period nor compliance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any contractual obligation entered into in compliance with this Indenture during any Suspension Period will constitute a Default, Event of Default or breach of any kind under this Indenture or the Notes.

 

(d)       During any Suspension Period, the Company may not designate any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Additionally, during any Suspension Period, the Holders will be entitled to substantially reduced covenant protection. However, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will remain subject to all other covenants in this Indenture during any such time, including to Section 4.15 of this Indenture.

 

Section 4.14         Corporate Existence.

 

Subject to Article 5, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (1) its limited liability company existence and the corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other existence of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, Parent and AdaptHealth Intermediate, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company, any such Restricted Subsidiary, Parent or AdaptHealth Intermediate and (2) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, Parent or AdaptHealth Intermediate; provided that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other existence of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, Parent or AdaptHealth Intermediate, if the Company in good faith shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

Section 4.15         Offer to Repurchase Upon a Change of Control.

 

(a)                 If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) of that Holder’s Notes pursuant to an offer made by the Company (the “Change of Control Offer”). In the Change of Control Offer, the Company will offer to make a payment (the “Change of Control Payment”) in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to, but excluding, the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company will transmit a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on the date specified in such notice (the “Change of Control Payment Date”), which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is transmitted, pursuant to the procedures required by this Indenture and described in such notice. The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control provisions of this Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.15 by virtue of such compliance.

 

(b)                On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:

 

(1)       accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

 

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(2)       deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and

 

(3)       deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company.

 

The Paying Agent will promptly transmit to each Holder properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and transmit (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.

 

(c)                  If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a Change of Control Offer and the Company, or any third party making an offer to purchase the Notes upon a Change of Control in lieu of the Company, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company shall have the right, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior written notice, given not more than 30 days following the Change of Control Payment Date, to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a redemption price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to, but excluding, the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

 

(d)                 The provisions described above in clauses (a) through (c) of this Section 4.15 that require the Company to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control will be applicable whether or not any other provisions of this Indenture are applicable. Except as described above with respect to a Change of Control, this Indenture does not contain provisions that permit the Holders to require that the Company repurchase or redeem the Notes in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or similar transaction.

 

(e)                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.15, the Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if (1) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer or (2) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to this Indenture in respect of all Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 of this Indenture, unless and until there is a Default in payment of the applicable redemption price.

 

(f)                  A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of and conditioned on the occurrence of a Change of Control if there is a definitive agreement in place to consummate a transaction that would constitute a Change of Control if consummated at the time such Change of Control Offer is made.

 

Section 4.16         Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

 

The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.07 of this Indenture or under one or more clauses of the definition of Permitted Investments, as determined by the Company. That designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, and such designation will only be permitted if (a) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.09 of this Indenture and (b) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.

 

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Section 4.17         Additional Subsidiary Guarantees.

 

If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, acquires or creates another Subsidiary, other than a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary or if any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary otherwise ceases to be a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, in each case, after the Issue Date, then such newly acquired or created Subsidiary or Subsidiary that has ceased to be a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, as applicable, will become a Subsidiary Guarantor and execute a supplemental indenture substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C and deliver an Opinion of Counsel and Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee within 30 Business Days of the date on which it was acquired or created or ceased to be a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, as applicable.

 

Section 4.18         Limitation on Activities of AdaptHealth Intermediate.

 

AdaptHealth Intermediate (a) will not make any Investments (other than in (1) cash and Cash Equivalents or (2) Capital Stock of the Company), (b) will not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any of the Equity Interests in the Company held by AdaptHealth Intermediate and (c) will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence; provided that so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, AdaptHealth Intermediate may merge or consolidate with any other Person as described under Section 10 of this Indenture.

 

Article 5

SUCCESSORS

 

Section 5.01         Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.

 

(a)                 The Company will not, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person or consummate a Division as the Dividing Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving Person); or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:

 

(1)       Either:

 

(A)               the Company is the surviving entity; or

 

(B)               the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, merger or Division (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;

 

(2)       the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, merger or Division (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

 

(3)       immediately after such transaction, no Event of Default exists; and

 

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(4)       the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, merger or Division (if other than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made would, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period;

 

(A)               be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) of this Indenture; or

 

(B)               have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio that is greater than the actual Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company immediately prior to such transaction.

 

(b)       The Company will not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of the properties and assets of it and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person.

 

(c)                 Clauses (3) and (4) of Section 5.01(a) of this Indenture shall not apply to:

 

(1)       a merger of the Company with an Affiliate solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction;

 

(2)       any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or, so long as the Company is a surviving Person and any other surviving Person is a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, any Division of the Company as the Dividing Person; and

 

(3)       transfers of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of Qualified Receivables Transaction (or a fractional undivided interest therein) by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Transaction.

 

Section 5.02         Successor Entity Substituted.

 

Upon any consolidation, merger, Division, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01 of this Indenture or a Guarantor in accordance with Section 10.04 of this Indenture, the Company and a Guarantor, as the case may be, will be released from its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes or its Guarantee, as the case may be, and the successor Company and the successor Guarantor, as the case may be, will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or a Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture, the Notes and such Guarantee; provided that, in the case of a lease of all or substantially all its assets, the Company will not be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes and a Guarantor will not be released from its obligations under its Guarantee.

 

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Article 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section 6.01           Events of Default and Remedies.

 

Each of the following is an event of default (an “Event of Default”):

 

(1)          default in any payment of interest on any Note when due, continued for 30 days;

 

(2)          default in the payment of principal or premium, if any, on any Note when due at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon declaration or otherwise;

 

(3)           failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with the provisions of Section 5.01 or 10.04 of this Indenture;

 

(4)           failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 60 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class to comply with any of the other agreements in this Indenture;

 

(5)          default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries), whether such Indebtedness or guarantee existed on the Issue Date, or is or was created thereafter, if that default:

 

(A)          is caused by a failure to pay principal at the final Stated Maturity of such Indebtedness (a “Payment Default”); or

 

(B)           results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity

 

and, in each case, the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more;

 

(6)           with respect to any judgment or decree for the payment of money (net of any amount covered by insurance issued by a reputable and creditworthy insurer that has not contested coverage or reserved rights with respect to an underlying claim) in excess of $25.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company, the failure by the Company or such Significant Subsidiary, as applicable, to pay such judgment or decree, which judgment or decree has remained outstanding for a period of 60 days after such judgment or decree became final and nonappealable without being paid, discharged, waived or stayed;

 

(7)           except as permitted by this Indenture, the Guarantee of AdaptHealth Intermediate or any Subsidiary Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary of the Company is declared to be unenforceable or invalid by any final and nonappealable judgment or decree or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect, or AdaptHealth Intermediate or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary of the Company or any Person acting on behalf of AdaptHealth Intermediate or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, denies or disaffirms its obligations in writing under its Guarantee and such Default continues for ten days after receipt of the notice specified in this Indenture;

 

(8)           the Company, AdaptHealth Intermediate or any Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:

 

(A)         commences a voluntary case,

 

(B)          consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,

 

(C)          consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,

 

(D)          makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or

 

(E)          generally is not paying its debts as they become due; and

 

(9)           a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

 

(A)          is for relief against the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary of the Company in an involuntary case;

 

(B)          appoints a custodian of the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary of the Company for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary of the Company; or

 

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(C)          orders the liquidation of the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary of the Company; and

 

(D)          and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.

 

Section 6.02          Acceleration.

 

(a)           In the case of an Event of Default arising under clauses (8) or (9) of Section 6.01 of this Indenture with respect to the Company, AdaptHealth Intermediate or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company, all outstanding Notes shall become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately.

 

(b)           The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of all of the Holders, rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under this Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest or premium, if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes.

 

Section 6.03          Other Remedies.

 

(a)           If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

 

(b)           The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

 

Section 6.04          Waiver of Past Defaults.

 

(a)           Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest, except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal, interest or premium, if any.

 

(b)           Subject to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee, in case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any loss, liability or expense. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest when due, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

 

(1)           such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing;

 

(2)           Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

 

(3)           such Holders have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense;

 

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(4)           the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and

 

(5)           Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

 

(c)           The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under this Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest or premium, if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes.

 

Section 6.05          Control by Majority.

 

Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to reasonable indemnification against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

 

Section 6.06          Limitation on Suits.

 

Subject to Section 6.07 of this Indenture, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

 

(1)           such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing;

 

(2)           Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

 

(3)           such Holders have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense;

 

(4)           the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and

 

(5)           Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

 

A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.

 

Section 6.07          Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

 

Section 6.08          Collection Suit by Trustee.

 

If an Event of Default specified in clauses (1) or (2) of Section 6.01 of this Indenture occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company and each Guarantor for the whole amount of principal of, premium, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

 

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Section 6.09          Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

 

If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceedings, the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter and all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding has been instituted.

 

Section 6.10          Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

 

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in Section 2.07 of this Indenture, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy are, to the extent permitted by law, cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

 

Section 6.11          Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

 

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

 

Section 6.12          Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

 

The Trustee may file proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes, including the Guarantors), its creditors or its property and is entitled and empowered to participate as a member in any official committee of creditors appointed in such matter and to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims. Any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 of this Indenture. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 of this Indenture out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

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Section 6.13          Priorities.

 

If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

 

(1)           to the Trustee and its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.06 of this Indenture, including payment of all reasonable compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

 

(2)           to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and

 

(3)           to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct, including a Guarantor, if applicable.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.13. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this Section 6.13, the Trustee shall cause notice of such record date and payment date to be given to the Company and to each Holder in the manner set forth in Section 12.02 of this Indenture.

 

Section 6.14           Undertaking for Costs.

 

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.14 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 of this Indenture, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

 

Article 7

TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.01          Duties of Trustee.

 

(a)           If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

 

(b)           Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

 

(1)                 the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

(2)                 in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy or mathematical calculation or facts stated therein).

 

(c)           The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own grossly negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

(1)           this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;

 

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(2)           the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved in a court of competent jurisdiction that the Trustee was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

(3)           the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 of this Indenture.

 

(d)          Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.01.

 

(e)           Subject to this Article 7, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

 

(f)           The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

Section 7.02          Rights of Trustee.

 

(a)           The Trustee may conclusively rely upon and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine in good faith to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

 

(b)          Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both which shall conform to the provisions of Section 12.05 of this Indenture, except that no Opinion of Counsel will be required to be furnished to the Trustee in connection with the authentication and delivery of the Initial Notes on the Issue Date. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

 

(c)           The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed with due care.

 

(d)           The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

 

(e)           Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company or a Guarantor shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company or such Guarantor.

 

(f)           None of the provisions of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise to incur any liability, financial or otherwise, in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or security or indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not assured to it.

 

(g)          The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the existence of a Default or Event of Default, the Notes and this Indenture.

 

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(h)           In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

(i)            The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

 

(j)            The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any Person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

 

(k)          The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.

 

Section 7.03          Individual Rights of Trustee.

 

The Trustee or any Agent in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee or such Agent. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.09 of this Indenture.

 

Section 7.04          Trustee’s Disclaimer.

 

The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication on the Notes.

 

Section 7.05          Notice of Defaults.

 

If a Default occurs and is continuing and a Responsible Officer of Trustee has received written notice thereof, the Trustee will transmit to each Holder a notice of the Default within 90 days thereafter. Except in the case of an Event of Default specified in clauses (1) or (2) of Section 6.01 of this Indenture, the Trustee may withhold from the Holders notice of any continuing Default if the Trustee determines in good faith that withholding the notice is in the interest of the Holders.

 

Section 7.06          Compensation and Indemnity.

 

(a)           The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder as the parties shall agree in writing from time to time. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services, except for any such disbursements, advances or expenses as shall have been caused by the Trustee’s willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel. The Trustee shall provide the Company reasonable notice of any expenditure not in the ordinary course of business.

 

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(b)           The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee for, and hold each of the Trustee and any predecessor harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claims, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder (including the reasonable costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company or any Guarantor (including this Section 7.06) or defending itself against any claim whether asserted by any Holder, the Company or any Guarantor, or liability in connection with the acceptance, exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder). The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor needs to pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith.

 

(c)           The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 7.06 shall survive the satisfaction, discharge or termination of this Indenture or the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

 

(d)           To secure the payment obligations of the Company and the Guarantors in this Section 7.06, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

(e)           When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(8) or (9) of this Indenture occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

Section 7.07          Replacement of Trustee.

 

(a)           A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.07. The Trustee may resign in writing at any time by giving 30 days’ prior notice of such resignation to the Company and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

 

(1)           the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.09 of this Indenture;

 

(2)           the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

 

(3)           a receiver or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

(4)           the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

 

(b)           If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of the Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the successor Trustee to replace it with another successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

 

(c)           If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee (at the Company’s expense), the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

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(d)           If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.09 of this Indenture, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

(e)           A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall transmit a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided that all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and such transfer shall be subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.06 of this Indenture. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.07, the Company’s obligations under this Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

 

(f)            As used in this Section 7.07, the term “Trustee” shall also include each Agent.

 

Section 7.08          Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

 

If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation or national banking association, the successor corporation or national banking association without any further act shall be the successor Trustee, subject to Section 7.09 of this Indenture.

 

Section 7.09          Eligibility; Disqualification.

 

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation or national banking association organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

 

Article 8

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

Section 8.01          Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

The Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 of this Indenture or Section 8.03 of this Indenture applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.

 

Section 8.02          Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

 

(a)           Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 of this Indenture of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 of this Indenture, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to this Indenture, all outstanding Notes and Guarantees on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (“Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (1) through (4) below, and to have satisfied all of its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture, including that of the Guarantors (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

 

(1)           the rights of Holders to receive payments in respect of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes when such payments are due, solely out of the trust created pursuant to this Indenture referred to in Section 8.04 of this Indenture;

 

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(2)           the Company’s obligations with respect to the Notes concerning issuing the Temporary Notes, registration of Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for Note payments held in trust;

 

(3)           the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee, and the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith; and

 

(4)           this Section 8.02.

 

(b)           Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 of this Indenture.

 

Section 8.03          Covenant Defeasance.

 

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 of this Indenture of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 of this Indenture, be released from their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18 and clause (4) of Section 5.01(a) of this Indenture with respect to the outstanding Notes, and the Guarantors shall be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all Guarantees, on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 of this Indenture are satisfied (“Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to this Indenture and the outstanding Notes, the Company and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 of this Indenture, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture, and such Notes and the Guarantees shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 of this Indenture of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 of this Indenture, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 of this Indenture, an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(3) of this Indenture that resulted solely from the failure of the Company to comply with clause (4) of Section 5.01(a), Sections 6.01(4) (only with respect to covenants that are released as a result of such Covenant Defeasance), 6.01(5), 6.01(6), 6.01(7), 6.01(8) (solely with respect to Significant Subsidiaries of the Company) and 6.01(9) (solely with respect to Significant Subsidiaries of the Company) of this Indenture, in each case, shall not constitute an Event of Default.

 

Section 8.04          Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

 

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 of this Indenture:

 

(1)           the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination of cash in U.S. dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, or interest and premium, if any, on, the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to such stated date for payment or to a particular redemption date;

 

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(2)           in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (a) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (b) since the Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel will confirm that, the beneficial owners of the outstanding Notes shall not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

 

(3)           in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the beneficial owners of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

 

(4)           such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement) or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;

 

(5)           the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Company or others; and

 

(6)           the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with

 

Section 8.05          Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

(a)           Subject to Section 8.06 of this Indenture, all money and Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.04 of this Indenture in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company or a Guarantor acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

(b)          The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 of this Indenture or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders.

 

(c)           Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money or Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 of this Indenture which, in the opinion of an independent financial advisor expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(1) of this Indenture), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

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Section 8.06          Repayment to the Company.

 

Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.

 

Section 8.07          Reinstatement.

 

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or Section 8.03 of this Indenture, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or Section 8.03 of this Indenture until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or Section 8.03 of this Indenture, as the case may be; provided that, if the Company makes any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

Article 9

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

 

Section 9.01          Without Consent of Holders.

 

(a)           Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes without the consent of any Holder:

 

(1)           to cure any mistake, ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

 

(2)           to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes

 

(3)           to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders and Guarantees in the case of a merger, consolidation, Division or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s or such Guarantor’s assets, as applicable;

 

(4)           to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that does not adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of any Holder;

 

(5)           to conform the text of this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes to any provision of the section described under the caption “Description of notes” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in such “Description of notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes;

 

(6)           to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture as of the Issue Date;

 

(7)            to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture and/or a Guarantee with respect to the Notes; or

 

(8)           to issue the Notes.

 

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(b)          Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 12.04 of this Indenture, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and Officers’ Certificate stating that such amendment or supplement is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.

 

Section 9.02          With Consent of Holders.

 

(a)           Except as provided in Section 9.01 of this Indenture and this Section 9.02, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes) and, subject to Section 6.04 and Section 6.07 of this Indenture, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes). Section 2.08 and Section 2.09 of this Indenture shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for the purposes of this Section 9.02.

 

(b)          Upon the request of the Company, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 12.04 of this Indenture, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.

 

(c)           It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver. It shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance of such proposed amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

(d)          After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company will give to the Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment, supplement or waiver. However, the failure of the Company to give such notice to all the Holders, or any defect in the notice, will not impair or affect the validity of any such amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

(e)           However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):

 

(1)           reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

(2)           reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter the provisions with respect to the optional redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 of this Indenture (other than provisions relating to notice period for consummating an optional redemption of the Notes);

 

(3)           reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any Note;

 

(4)           waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

 

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(5)           make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;

 

(6)           make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the contractual rights of Holders to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, the Notes; or

 

(7)           make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions.

 

(f)           A consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver of this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantee by any Holder given in connection with a tender of such Holder’s Notes will not be rendered invalid by such tender.

 

Section 9.03          [Reserved].

 

Section 9.04          Revocation and Effect of Consents.

 

(a)           Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.

 

(b)          The Company may, but shall not be obliged to, fix a record date pursuant to Section 1.05 of this Indenture for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment or waiver.

 

Section 9.05          Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

 

(a)           The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

(b)           Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

Section 9.06          Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.

 

The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company may not sign an amended or supplemental indenture until the Board of Directors of the Company approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall be provided with and (subject to Section 7.01 of this Indenture) shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 12.04 of this Indenture, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.

 

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Article 10

GUARANTEES

 

Section 10.01       Guarantees.

 

(a)           Subject to this Article 10, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, on a senior unsecured basis, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that: (1) the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be promptly paid in full when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other Obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or under the Notes shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise (collectively, the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Failing payment by the Company when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

 

(b)          The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that this Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture, or pursuant to Section 10.05 of this Indenture.

 

(c)           Each of the Guarantors also agrees, jointly and severally, to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01 of this Indenture.

 

(d)           If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Subsidiary Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.

 

(e)           Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Obligations as provided in Article 6 of this Indenture, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Guarantee. The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Guarantees.

 

(f)            Each Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Company for liquidation or reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of the Company’s assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Notes are, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Notes or the Guarantees, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent transfer” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Notes shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

 

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(g)           In case any provision of any Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

(h)           Each payment to be made by a Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.

 

Section 10.02        Limitation on Guarantor Liability.

 

Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent conveyance or a fraudulent transfer for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law. Each Guarantor that makes a payment under its Guarantee will be entitled upon payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations under this Indenture to a contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Guarantors at the time of such payment, determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Section 10.03        Execution and Delivery.

 

(a)           To evidence its Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 of this Indenture, each Guarantor hereby agrees that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by an Officer or person holding an equivalent title.

 

(b)           Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 of this Indenture shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the Notes.

 

(c)           If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Guarantees shall be valid nevertheless.

 

(d)           The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.

 

Section 10.04        Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms. 

 

(a)           Except as otherwise provided in this Section 10.04, a Subsidiary Guarantor may not sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into another Person (other than the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor) or consummate a Division as the Dividing Person (in each case, whether or not such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving Person), unless:

 

(1)       immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default exists; and

 

(2)      either:

 

(A)      the Person (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor) acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor) formed by or surviving any such consolidation, merger or Division assumes all the obligations of that Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee, pursuant to a supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee; or

 

(B)       such transaction does not violate Section 4.10 of this Indenture.

 

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(b)           AdaptHealth Intermediate may not sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into, another Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor) (in each case, whether or not AdaptHealth Intermediate is the surviving Person), unless:

 

(1) immediately after giving effect to that transaction, no Event of Default exists; and

 

(2) the Person (if other than AdaptHealth Intermediate) acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person (if other than AdaptHealth Intermediate) formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger assumes all the obligations of AdaptHealth Intermediate under this Indenture and its Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee.

 

Section 10.05        Releases.

 

(a)           The Subsidiary Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor will be released:

 

(1)           in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of that Subsidiary Guarantor (including by way of merger, consolidation or Division) to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, if the sale or other disposition does not violate Section 4.10 of this Indenture;

 

(2)           in connection with any sale of Capital Stock of that Subsidiary Guarantor following which such Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, if the sale or other disposition does not violate Section 4.10 of this Indenture;

 

(3)           if any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor becomes a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture; or

 

(4)           upon Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance in accordance with Article 8 of this Indenture or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture in accordance with Article 11 of this Indenture.

 

(b)          The Guarantee of AdaptHealth Intermediate will be released upon Legal Defeasance, Covenant Defeasance in accordance with Article 8 of this Indenture or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture in accordance with Article 11 of this Indenture.

 

Article 11

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

Section 11.01        Satisfaction and Discharge.

 

(a)           This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued hereunder, when:

 

(1)           either:

 

(A)         all Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

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(B)          all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the transmitting of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Company or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination of cash in U.S. dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in amounts as will be sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

 

(2)                 no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound;

 

(3)                 the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture; and

 

(4)                 the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be.

 

(b)           In addition, the Company must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01(a)(1)(B) of this Indenture, the provisions of Section 11.02 and Section 8.06 of this Indenture shall survive.

 

Section 11.02        Application of Trust Money.

 

(a)            Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06 of this Indenture, all money and Government Securities deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 of this Indenture shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal, premium, if any, and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

(b)           If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 11.01 of this Indenture by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.01 of this Indenture; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent, as the case may be.

 

 

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Article 12

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 12.01        [Reserved].

 

Section 12.02        Notices.

 

(a)           Any notice or communication to the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee is duly given if in writing and (1) delivered in person, (2) mailed by first-class mail (certified or registered, return receipt requested), postage prepaid, or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery or (3) sent by facsimile or electronic transmission, to its address:

 

if to the Company or any Guarantor:

 

c/o AdaptHealth LLC
220 West Germantown Pike Suite 250

Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania 19462
Email: cjoyce@adapthealth.com
Attention: Christopher Joyce

 

with a copy to:


Willkie Farr & Gallagher
787 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019
Fax No: (212) 718-8111
Email: dscalzo@willkie.com; mbrandt@willkie.com
Attention: Danielle Scalzo and Michael Brandt

if to the Trustee:

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
Rebecca A Norton, MBA

Specialist, Client Service

BNY Mellon Corporate Trust

US Corporate Client Service Management

500 Ross Street, 12th Floor

Pittsburgh, PA 15262

Telephone No.: 412-234-7201

Fax No: 412-234-8377

Email: rebecca.norton@bnymellon.com

Attention: Rebecca A Norton, MBA

 

The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by like notice, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

(b)           All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; on the first date of which publication is made, if by publication; five calendar days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed by first-class mail; the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if mailed by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery; when receipt acknowledged, if sent by facsimile or electronic transmission; provided that any notice or communication delivered to the Trustee shall be deemed effective upon actual receipt thereof.

 

(c)           Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be electronically transmitted or mailed by first-class mail (certified or registered, return receipt requested) or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the Note Register or by such other delivery system as the Trustee agrees to accept. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

 

(d)          Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

 

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(e)           Notwithstanding any other provision herein, where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to any Holder of an interest in a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary for such Note (or its designee), according to the applicable procedures of such Depositary, if any, prescribed for the giving of such notice.

 

(f)           The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon notice, instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured facsimile or electronic transmission; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have received an incumbency certificate listing persons designated to give such instructions or directions. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such notice, instructions or directions notwithstanding such notice, instructions or directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent notice, instructions or directions.

 

(g)           If a notice or communication is transmitted in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

 

(h)           If the Company transmits a notice or communication to Holders, it shall transmit a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

 

Section 12.03        [Reserved].

 

Section 12.04        Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

 

Upon any request or application by the Company or any Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee:

 

(1)           an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05 of this Indenture) stating that, in the opinion of the signer(s), all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

 

(2)           an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05 of this Indenture) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been complied with.

 

provided that (x) no Opinion of Counsel will be required to be furnished to the Trustee in connection with the authentication and delivery of the Initial Notes on the Issue Date.

 

Section 12.05        Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

 

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

 

(1)           a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

 

(2)           a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

 

(3)           a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with (and, in the case of an Opinion of Counsel, may be limited to reliance on an Officers’ Certificate or a certificate of public officials as to matters of fact); and

 

(4)           a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

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Section 12.06         Rules by Trustee and Agents.

 

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

 

Section 12.07         No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporator, Stockholder, Member, Partner or Other Holder of Equity Interests.

 

No director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder, member, partner or other holder of Equity Interests of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture, the Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such Obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

 

Section 12.08         Governing Law and Jurisdiction.

 

THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND ANY NOTE GUARANTEE WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

The Company and the Trustee (i) agree that any suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of or relating to the this Indenture may be instituted in any U.S. federal or New York state court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York, (ii) irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding, (iii) waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that any suit, action or proceeding in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum and any right to the jurisdiction of any other courts to which it may be entitled on account of place of residence or domicile, and (iv) agree that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court shall be conclusive and binding and may be enforced in the courts of the jurisdiction of which it is subject by a suit upon judgment.

 

Section 12.09        Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS, HOLDERS AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES, THE NOTE GUARANTEES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

Section 12.10         Force Majeure.

 

In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services, and pandemics or disease; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

 

Section 12.11         No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

 

This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

 

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Section 12.12         Successors.

 

All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture shall bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.05 of this Indenture.

 

Section 12.13         Severability.

 

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 12.14         Counterpart Originals.

 

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

Section 12.15         Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

 

The Table of Contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Section 12.16         Facsimile and PDF Delivery of Signature Pages.

 

The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or portable document format (“PDF”) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Indenture or any document to be signed in connection with this Indenture shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.

 

Section 12.17         U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.

 

The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act, the Trustee is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.

 

Section 12.18        Tax Filings.

 

Upon request from the Trustee, the Company and each of the Holders shall provide information reasonably necessary in order to enable the Trustee to determine whether any withholding obligations under Section 1471-1474 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (“FATCA”) or applicable law apply. The Trustee shall be entitled to make any withholding or deductions from payments to the extent necessary to comply with FATCA or applicable law and neither the Trustee nor the Company shall have any liability in connection with its compliance therewith.

 

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Section 12.19         Payments Due on Non-Business Days.

 

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, redemption date or repurchase date or the Stated Maturity of the Notes shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Notes) payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, redemption date or repurchase date, or at the Stated Maturity of the Notes; provided that no interest will accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, redemption date, repurchase date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.

 

[Signatures on following page]

 

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  ADAPTHEALTH LLC
 
  By: /s/ Luke McGee
                                                                      Name: Luke McGee
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

  ACTIVSTYLE, LLC
  ADAPTHEALTH INTERMEDIATE HOLDCO LLC
  ADAPTHEALTH - MISSOURI LLC
  ADAPTHEALTH NEW ENGLAND LLC
  ADAPTHEALTH PATIENT CARE SOLUTIONS LLC
  ADVOCATE MEDICAL SERVICES, LLC
  AIRCARE HOME RESPIRATORY, LLC
  ALL AMERICAN HOME AID, LLC
  AMERICAN ANCILLARIES, INC.
  AMERICOAST MARYLAND LLC
  ASSOCIATED HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC.
  BENNETT MEDICAL SERVICES LLC
  BRADEN PARTNERS, L.P.
  CHAMPLAIN VALLEY BRACE AND LIMB, LLC
  CHOICE MEDICAL HEALTH CARE, LLC
  CLEARVIEW MEDICAL INCORPORATED
  CPAP SOLUTIONS, LLC
  CPAP2ME, INC.
  FAMILY HOME MEDICAL SUPPLY LLC
  FIRST CHOICE DME LLC
  FIRST CHOICE HOME MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, LLC
  FLORIDA HOME MEDICAL SUPPLY, LLC
  GOULD’S DISCOUNT MEDICAL, LLC
  HALPRIN, INCORPORATED
  HEALTH SOLUTIONS LLC
  HEALTHLINE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, LLC
  HOME MEDICAL EXPRESS, INC.
  HOME MEDISERVICE, LLC
  HOMETOWN HOME HEALTH, LLC
  HOME WELLNESS, LLC
  HUEY’S HOME MEDICAL, LLC
  J.M.R. MEDICAL, LLC
  LMI DME HOLDINGS LLC
  M.A.R.Y. MEDICAL, LLC
  MED STAR SURGICAL & BREATHING EQUIPMENT INC.
  MED WAY MEDICAL, INC.
  MEDBRIDGE HOME MEDICAL LLC
  MED-EQUIP, INC.
  MEDIDEX, INC.
  MEDSTAR HOLDINGS LLC
  NRE HOLDING LLC
  OCEAN HOME HEALTH OF PA LLC
  OCEAN HOME HEALTH SUPPLY LLC
  OGLES OXYGEN, LLC
  ORBIT MEDICAL OF PORTLAND, INC.
  PAL-MED, LLC

 

[Signature page to Indenture for 6.125% Senior Notes due 2028]

 

 

 

 

  PALMETTO OXYGEN, LLC
  PPS HME HOLDINGS LLC
  PPS HME LLC
  RELY MEDICAL SUPPLY, LLC
  ROBERTS HOME MEDICAL, LLC
  ROYAL DME LLC
  ROYAL MEDICAL SUPPLY INC.
  SENIOR CARE SERVICE, LLC
  SLEEP THERAPY, LLC
  SLEEPEASY THERAPEUTICS, INC.
  SOLARA HOLDINGS, LLC
  SOLARA INTERMEDIATE, LLC
  SOLARA MEDICAL SUPPLIES, LLC
  SOUND OXYGEN SERVICE LLC
  TOTAL RESPIRATORY, LLC
  TRICOUNTY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLY, LLC
  VERUS HEALTHCARE, INC.
  VERUS HEALTHCARE, LLC

 

By: /s/ Luke McGee
    Name: Luke McGee
    Title: Chief Executive Officer
     

 

[Signature page to Indenture for 6.125% Senior Notes due 2028]

 

 

 

 

  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
 
  By: /s/ Julie Hoffman-Ramos
    Name: Julie Hoffman-Ramos
    Title: Vice President

 

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APPENDIX A

 

PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE INITIAL NOTES AND THE ADDITIONAL NOTES

 

Section 1.1            Definitions.

 

(a)                 Capitalized Terms.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Appendix A have the meanings given to them in this Indenture. The following capitalized terms have the following meanings:

 

Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global Note or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depositary for such Global Note, Euroclear or Clearstream, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.

 

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, Société Anonyme, or any successor securities clearing agency.

 

Distribution Compliance Period,” with respect to any Note, means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (a) the day on which such Note is first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S, notice of which day shall be promptly given by the Company to the Trustee, and (b) the date of issuance with respect to such Note or any predecessor of such Note.

 

Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of Euroclear systems Clearance System or any successor securities clearing agency.

 

IAI” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as described in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and is not a QIB.

 

QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

 

Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Unrestricted Global Note” means any Note in global form that does not bear or is not required to bear the Restricted Notes Legend.

 

U.S. person” means a “U.S. person” as defined in Regulation S.

 

(b)                Other Definitions.

 

Term: Defined in Section:
Agent Members 2.1(c)
Definitive Notes Legend 2.2(e)
ERISA Legend 2.2(e)
Global Note 2.1(b)
Global Notes Legend 2.2(e)
IAI Global Note 2.1(b)
Regulation S Global Note 2.1(b)
Regulation S Notes 2.1(a)
Restricted Notes Legend 2.2(e)
Rule 144A Global Note 2.1(b)
Rule 144A Notes 2.1(a)

 

 

 

 

Section 2.1            Form and Dating

 

(a)                 The Initial Notes issued on the date hereof shall be (i) offered and sold by the Company to the initial purchasers thereof and (ii) resold, initially only to (1) QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A (“Rule 144A Notes”) and (2) Persons other than U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S (“Regulation S Notes”). Additional Notes may also be considered to be Rule 144A Notes or Regulation S Notes, as applicable.

 

(b)                Global Notes. Rule 144A Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent Global Notes in definitive, fully registered form, numbered RA-1 upward (collectively, the “Rule 144A Global Note”) and Regulation S Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Notes, numbered RS-1 upward (collectively, the “Regulation S Global Note”), in each case without interest coupons and bearing the Global Notes Legend and Restricted Notes Legend, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Custodian, and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in the Indenture. One or more Global Notes in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons and bearing the Global Notes Legend and the Restricted Notes Legend, numbered RIAI-1 upward (collectively, the “IAI Global Note”) shall also be issued on the Issue Date, deposited with the Custodian, and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in this Indenture to accommodate transfers of beneficial interests in the Notes to IAIs subsequent to the initial distribution. The Rule 144A Global Note, the IAI Global Note, the Regulation S Global Note and any Unrestricted Global Note are each referred to herein as a “Global Note” and are collectively referred to herein as “Global Notes.” Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified in the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as applicable, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 of this Indenture and Section 2.2(c) of this Appendix A.

 

(c)                 Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.1(c) shall apply only to a Global Note deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary.

 

The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(c) and Section 2.02 of this Indenture and pursuant to an Authentication Order, authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Notes that (i) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Note or Global Notes or the nominee of such Depositary and (ii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary’s instructions or held by the Trustee as Custodian.

 

Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under the Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Trustee as Custodian or under such Global Note, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of such Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Note.

 

(d)                Definitive Notes. Except as provided in Section 2.2 or Section 2.3 of this Appendix A, owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Definitive Notes.

 

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Section 2.2            Transfer and Exchange.

 

(a)                 Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. When Definitive Notes are presented to the Registrar with a request:

 

(i)  to register the transfer of such Definitive Notes; or

 

(ii)  to exchange such Definitive Notes for an equal principal amount of Definitive Notes of other authorized denominations,

 

the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however, that the Definitive Notes surrendered for transfer or exchange:

 

(1)                shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing; and

 

(2)                in the case of Transfer Restricted Notes, they are being transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to Section 2.2(b) of this Appendix A or otherwise in accordance with the Restricted Notes Legend, and are accompanied by a certification from the transferor in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A for exchange or registration of transfers and, as applicable, delivery of such legal opinions, certifications and other information as may be requested pursuant thereto.

 

(b)                Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Note for a Beneficial Interest in a Global Note. A Definitive Note may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Note except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive Note, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar, together with:

 

(i)  a certification from the transferor in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A for exchange or registration of transfers and, as applicable, delivery of such legal opinions, certifications and other information as may be requested pursuant thereto; and

 

(ii) written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct the Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Global Note to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Notes represented by the Global Note, such instructions to contain information regarding the Depositary account to be credited with such increase,

 

the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Note and cause, or direct the Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and the Custodian, the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by the Global Note to be increased by the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Note to be exchanged and shall credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Note equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Note so canceled. If the applicable Global Note is not then outstanding, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon an Authentication Order, a new applicable Global Note in the appropriate principal amount.

 

(c)                 Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes.

 

(i)  The transfer and exchange of Global Notes or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.2(d) of this Appendix A, if any) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall deliver to the Registrar a written order given in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depositary to be credited with a beneficial interest in such Global Note, or another Global Note and such account shall be credited in accordance with such order with a beneficial interest in the applicable Global Note and the account of the Person making the transfer shall be debited by an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Global Note being transferred.

 

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(ii)  If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global Note to a beneficial interest in another Global Note, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global Note to which such interest is being transferred in an amount equal to the principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a corresponding decrease in the principal amount of the Global Note from which such interest is being transferred.

 

(iii)  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Appendix A (other than the provisions set forth in Section 2.3 of this Appendix A), a Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole and not in part if the transfer is by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

 

(d)                Restrictions on Transfer of Global Notes; Voluntary Exchange of Interests in Transfer Restricted Global Notes for Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes.

 

(i) Transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note or an IAI Global Note to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through another Restricted Global Note shall be made in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and the Restricted Notes Legend and only upon receipt by the Trustee of a certification from the transferor in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A for exchange or registration of transfers and, as applicable, delivery of such legal opinions, certifications and other information as may be requested pursuant thereto. In addition, in the case of a transfer of a beneficial interest in either a Regulation S Global Note or a Rule 144A Global Note for an interest in an IAI Global Note, the transferee must furnish a signed letter substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Trustee.

 

(ii) During the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Global Note may only be sold, pledged or transferred through Euroclear or Clearstream in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, the Restricted Notes Legend on such Regulation S Global Note and any applicable securities laws of any state of the U.S. Prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through a Rule 144A Global Note or an IAI Global Note shall be made only in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and the Restricted Notes Legend and upon receipt by the Trustee of a written certification from the transferor of the beneficial interest in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A for exchange or registration of transfers. Such written certification shall no longer be required after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period. Upon the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Global Note shall be transferable in accordance with applicable law and the other terms of the Indenture.

 

(iii) Upon the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note may be exchanged for beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note upon certification in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A for an exchange from a Regulation S Global Note to an Unrestricted Global Note.

 

(iv) Beneficial interests in a Transfer Restricted Note that is a Rule 144A Global Note or an IAI Global Note may be exchanged for beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note if the Holder certifies in writing to the Registrar that its request for such exchange is in respect of a transfer made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A) and/or upon delivery of such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company or the Trustee may reasonably request.

 

(v) If no Unrestricted Global Note is outstanding at the time of a transfer contemplated by the preceding clauses (iii) and (iv), the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon an Authentication Order, a new Unrestricted Global Note in the appropriate principal amount.

 

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(e)                 Legends.

 

(i)  Except as permitted by Section 2.2(d) and this Section 2.2(e) of this Appendix A, each Note certificate evidencing the Global Notes and the Definitive Notes (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (each defined term in the legend being defined as such for purposes of the legend only) (“Restricted Notes Legend”):

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS [IN THE CASE OF RULE 144A NOTES: SIX MONTHS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF, THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE ISSUANCE OF ANY ADDITIONAL NOTES AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY)] [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF, THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE ISSUANCE OF ANY ADDITIONAL NOTES AND THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY) WAS FIRST OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS (AS DEFINED IN RULE 902 OF REGULATION S) IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S], ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND THAT IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SECURITIES OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D), (E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/ OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE. [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.]

 

Each Definitive Note shall bear the following additional legend (“Definitive Notes Legend”):

 

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IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

 

Each Global Note shall bear the following additional legend (“Global Notes Legend”):

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

 

Each Note shall bear the following additional legend (“ERISA Legend”):

 

BY ITS ACQUISITION OF THIS SECURITY, THE HOLDER THEREOF WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT EITHER (1) NO PORTION OF THE ASSETS USED BY SUCH HOLDER TO ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY CONSTITUTES THE ASSETS OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE U.S. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OF A PLAN, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) OR PROVISIONS UNDER ANY OTHER U.S. OR NON-U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, OR OTHER LAWS OR REGULATIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO SUCH PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAWS”), OR OF AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY SUCH PLAN, ACCOUNT OR ARRANGEMENT, OR (2) THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND SUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION OF THIS SECURITY WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A SIMILAR VIOLATION UNDER ANY APPLICABLE SIMILAR LAWS.

 

(ii)  Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Note that is a Definitive Note, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a Definitive Note that does not bear the Restricted Notes Legend and the Definitive Notes Legend and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Note if the Holder certifies in writing to the Registrar that its request for such exchange is in respect of a transfer made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A) and provides such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company or the Trustee may reasonably request.

 

(iii) Any Additional Notes sold in a registered offering shall not be required to bear the Restricted Notes Legend.

 

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(f)                  Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Note. At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Note have either been exchanged for Definitive Notes, transferred in exchange for an interest in another Global Note, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Note shall be returned by the Depositary to the Trustee for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for Definitive Notes, transferred in exchange for an interest in another Global Note, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Registrar (if it is then the Custodian for such Global Note) with respect to such Global Note, by the Registrar or the Custodian, to reflect such reduction.

 

(g)                Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Notes.

 

(i)  To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, Definitive Notes and Global Notes at the Registrar’s request.

 

(ii) No service charge shall be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange (other than pursuant to Section 2.07 of this Indenture), but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.05 of this Indenture).

 

(iii) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

(iv)  All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

 

(v)  In order to effect any transfer or exchange of an interest in any Transfer Restricted Note for an interest in a Note that does not bear the Restricted Notes Legend and has not been registered under the Securities Act, if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel, in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that no registration under the Securities Act is required in respect of such exchange or transfer or the re-sale of such interest by the beneficial Holder thereof, shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar and the Trustee.

 

(h)                No Obligation of the Trustee.

 

(i)  The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depositary or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Notes shall be given or made only to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.

 

(ii)  The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under the Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of the Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

 

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Section 2.3           Definitive Notes.

 

(a)                 A Global Note deposited with the Depositary or with the Trustee as Custodian pursuant to Section 2.1 may be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note, in exchange for such Global Note, only if such transfer complies with Section 2.2 of this Appendix A and (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a Depositary for such Global Note or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act and, in each case, a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or after the Company becomes aware of such cessation or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a request from the Depository. In addition, any Affiliate of the Company or any Guarantor that is a beneficial owner of all or part of a Global Note may have such Affiliate’s beneficial interest transferred to such Affiliate in the form of a Definitive Note by providing a written request to the Company and the Trustee and such Opinions of Counsel, certificates or other information as may be required by this Indenture or the Company or Trustee.

 

(b)                Any Global Note that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, to be so transferred, in whole or from time to time in part, without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Any portion of a Global Note transferred pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be executed, authenticated and delivered only in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof and registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct. Any Definitive Note delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Note that is a Transfer Restricted Note shall, except as otherwise provided by Section 2.2(e) of this Appendix A, bear the Restricted Notes Legend.

 

(c)                 The registered Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.

 

(d)                In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 2.3(a) of this Appendix A, the Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Definitive Notes in fully registered form without interest coupons.

 

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Exhibit A

 

[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

 

[Insert the Restricted Notes Legend, if applicable, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

 

[Insert the Global Notes Legend, if applicable, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

 

[Insert the Definitive Notes Legend, if applicable, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

 

[Insert the ERISA Legend, if applicable, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture.]

 

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CUSIP [            ]

ISIN [            ]1

 

[RULE 144A][REGULATION S][IAI][GLOBAL] NOTE

6.125% Senior Notes due 2028

 

No. [RA-__] [RS-__][RIAI- ] [Up to]2 [$______________]

 

ADAPTHEALTH LLC

 

promises to pay to [CEDE & CO.]3 [_______________] or registered assigns the principal sum [set forth on the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached hereto]4 [of $_______ (_______ Dollars)]5 on August 1, 2028.

 

Interest Payment Dates: February 1 and August 1

 

Record Dates: January 15 and July 15

 

 

1 Rule144A Note CUSIP: [00653VAA9]

Rule 144A Note ISIN: [US00653VAA98]

Regulation S Note CUSIP: [U0060VAA3]

Regulation S Note ISIN: [USU0060VAA36]

IAI Note CUSIP: [00653V AB7]

IAI Note ISIN: [US00653VAB7

 

2 Include in Global Notes.

 

3 Include in Global Notes.

 

4 Include in Global Notes.

 

5 Include in Definitive Notes

 

 

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IN WITNESS HEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

Dated:

 

  ADAPTHEALTH LLC
 
By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture:

 

  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
 
By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

Dated:

 

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[Reverse Side of Note]

6.125% Senior Notes due 2028

 

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

 

1.        INTEREST. AdaptHealth LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 6.125% per annum until but excluding maturity. The Company shall pay interest semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including [__________] [__], 20[__]; provided that the first Interest Payment Date shall be [__________] [__], 20[__]. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

 

2.        METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company shall pay interest on the Notes to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on February 1 and August 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such Record Date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. Principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest and premium, if any, may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their respective addresses set forth in the Note Register; provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds shall be required with respect to principal, premium, if any, and interest on all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent at least five Business Days prior to the applicable payment date. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

 

3.        PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the Trustee under the Indenture, shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to the Holders. The Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.

 

4.        INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of July 29, 2020 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), among AdaptHealth LLC, the other Guarantors named therein and the Trustee. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Company designated as its 6.125% Notes due 2028. The Company shall be entitled to issue Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.01 and 4.09 of the Indenture. The Notes and any Additional Notes issued under the Indenture shall be treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms. Any term used in this Note that is defined in the Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Indenture. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

5.        REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE. The Notes are subject to optional redemption, and may be the subject of certain repurchase events, as further described in the Indenture. The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

 

6.       DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents, and Holders shall be required to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption or tendered for repurchase in connection with a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed or repurchased in part.

 

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7.        PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

 

8.        AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. The Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented as provided in the Indenture.

 

9.        DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. The Events of Default relating to the Notes are defined in Section 6.01 of the Indenture. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the rights and obligations of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders shall be as set forth in the applicable provisions of the Indenture.

 

10.      AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated by the manual or electronic signature of the Trustee.

 

11.      GOVERNING LAW. THIS NOTE WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

12.      CUSIP AND ISIN NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP and ISIN numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP and ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to the Company at the following address:

 

c/o AdaptHealth LLC
220 West Germantown Pike Suite 250

Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania 19462
Email: cjoyce@adapthealth.com
Attention: Christopher Joyce

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:  
  (Insert assignee’s legal name)
   
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
   
   
   
   
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint    
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
   
Date:              
   

  Your Signature:  
    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Signature Guarantee*:      

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

A-7

 

 

CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFERS OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED NOTES

 

This certificate relates to $_________ principal amount of Notes held in (check applicable space) ____ book-entry or _____ definitive form by the undersigned.

 

The undersigned (check one box below):

 

¨ has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in a Global Note held by the Depositary a Note or Notes in definitive, registered form of authorized denominations and an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such Global Note (or the portion thereof indicated above) in accordance with the Indenture; or

 

¨ has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Note or Notes.

 

In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms:

 

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

 

(1) ¨ to the Company or subsidiary thereof; or

 

(2) ¨ to the Registrar for registration in the name of the Holder, without transfer; or

 

(3) ¨ pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”); or

 

(4) ¨ to a Person that the undersigned reasonably believes is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”)) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer and to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A; or

 

(5) ¨ pursuant to offers and sales to non-U.S. persons that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act (and if the transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the Notes shall be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear or Clearstream); or

 

(6) ¨ to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act) that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements; or

 

(7) ¨ pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or

 

(8) ¨ pursuant to another available exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

 

Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any Person other than the registered Holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (5), (6), (7) or (8) is checked, the Company or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company or the Trustee has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

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  Your Signature
   
Date:    
  Signature of Signature
Guarantor

 

TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (4) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

 

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

 

Dated:    
  NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer
  Name:  
    Title:  

 

Signature Guarantee*:    

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

A-9

 

 

TO BE COMPLETED IF THE HOLDER REQUIRES AN EXCHANGE FROM A
REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE TO AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE,
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2(d)(iii) OF APPENDIX A TO THE INDENTURE6

 

The undersigned represents and warrants that either:

 

¨ the undersigned is not a dealer (as defined in the Securities Act) and is a non-U.S. person (within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act); or

 

¨ the undersigned is not a dealer (as defined in the Securities Act) and is a U.S. person (within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act) who purchased interests in the Notes pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements under the Securities Act; or

 

¨ the undersigned is a dealer (as defined in the Securities Act) and the interest of the undersigned in this Note does not constitute the whole or a part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by such dealer for the Notes.

 

Dated:    
      Your Signature

 

 

6 Include only for Regulation S Global Notes.

 

A-10

 

 

OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

 

[   ] Section 4.10 [   ] Section 4.15

 

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

 

$_______________ (integral multiples of $1,000;
provided that the unpurchased
portion must be in a minimum
principal amount of $2,000)

 

Date: _____________________

 

  Your Signature:  
    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
  Tax Identification No.:  
Signature Guarantee*:      

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

A-11

 

 

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*

 

The initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is $__________. The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange   Amount of decrease
in Principal Amount of
this Global Note
  Amount of
increase
in Principal
Amount of
this
Global Note
  Principal
Amount of
this Global
Note
following
such
decrease or
increase
  Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee, Depositary
or Custodian
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 

 

 

*This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

 

A-12

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF
TRANSFEREE LETTER OF REPRESENTATION

 

AdaptHealth LLC
220 West Germantown Pike Suite 250

Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania 19462
Email: cjoyce@adapthealth.com
Attention: Chris Joyce

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This certificate is delivered to request a transfer of $[_______] principal amount of the 6.125% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Notes”) of AdaptHealth LLC (the “Company”).

 

Upon transfer, the Notes would be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner as follows:

 

Name:    

 

Address:    

 

Taxpayer ID Number:    

 

The undersigned represents and warrants to you that:

 

1. We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an institutional “accredited investor” at least $250,000 principal amount of the Notes, and we are acquiring the Notes, for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we invest in or purchase securities similar to the Notes in the normal course of our business. We, and any accounts for which we are acting, are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.

 

2. We understand that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing Notes to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Notes prior to the date that is one year after the later of the date of original issue and the last date on which the Company or any affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Notes (or any predecessor thereto) (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”) only in accordance with the Restricted Notes Legend (as such term is defined in the indenture under which the Notes were issued) on the Notes and any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. The foregoing restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent to the Resale Restriction Termination Date. If any resale or other transfer of the Notes is proposed to be made pursuant to clause (e) above prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Company and the Trustee, which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and that it is acquiring such Notes for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. Each purchaser acknowledges that the Company and the Trustee reserve the right prior to the offer, sale or other transfer prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date of the Notes with respect to applicable transfers described in the Restricted Notes Legend to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications and/or other information satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee.

 

  TRANSFEREE:   ,

 

  by:  

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS

 

Supplemental Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of [__________] [__], 20[__], among __________________ (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of AdaptHealth LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, each of the Company and the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to below) has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of July 29, 2020, providing for the issuance of an unlimited aggregate principal amount of 6.125% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally Guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:

 

1.        Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

2.        Guarantor. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to be a Guarantor under the Indenture and to be bound by the terms of the Indenture applicable to Guarantors, including Article 11 thereof.

 

3.        Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

4.        Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES, THE NOTE GUARANTEES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

 

5.        Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

6.        Headings. The headings of the Sections of this Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Supplemental Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

C-1

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

 

 

  [NAME OF GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]
   
   
  By:                        
    Name:
    Title:

 

 

  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
   
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

C-2

 

Exhibit 10.1
 
 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

dated as of July 29, 2020

 

among

 

AdaptHealth Intermediate Holdco LLC
as Intermediate Holdings,

 

AdaptHealth LLC
as Borrower,

 

CERTAIN Subsidiaries OF THE BORROWER
PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME,
as Guarantors,

 

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,

 

REGIONS BANK,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,

 

Citizens bank, n.a., FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

TRUIST BANK, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.

and

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

as Co-Syndication Agents,

 

and

 

CIT BANK, N.A., HANCOCK WHITNEY BANK

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Co-Documentation Agents

 

REGIONS CAPITAL MARKETS,
a division of Regions Bank,

 

Citizens bank, n.a., FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC., DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.

and

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

 

 

   

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

    Page  
         
Section 1.    DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION     1  
         
Section 1.1    Definitions     1  
Section 1.2    Accounting Terms     47  
Section 1.3    Rules of Interpretation     47  
Section 1.4    Limited Condition Acquisitions     49  
         
Section 2.    LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT     50  
         
Section 2.1    Revolving Loans and Term Loan A     50  
Section 2.2    Swing Line Loans     54  
Section 2.3    Issuances of Letters of Credit and Purchase of Participations Therein     57  
Section 2.4    Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds     60  
Section 2.5    Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes     62  
Section 2.6    Scheduled Principal Payments     62  
Section 2.7    Interest on Loans     63  
Section 2.8    Conversion/Continuation     65  
Section 2.9    Default Rate of Interest     66  
Section 2.10    Fees     66  
Section 2.11    Prepayments/Commitment Reductions     68  
Section 2.12    Application of Prepayments     70  
Section 2.13    General Provisions Regarding Payments     71  
Section 2.14    Sharing of Payments by Lenders     72  
Section 2.15    Cash Collateral     73  
Section 2.16    Defaulting Lenders     74  
Section 2.17    Removal or Replacement of Lenders     76  
Section 2.18    Refinancing Facilities     77  
Section 2.19    Amend and Extend Transactions     78  
         
Section 3.    YIELD PROTECTION     80  
         
Section 3.1    Making or Maintaining LIBOR Loans     80  
Section 3.2    Increased Costs     83  
Section 3.3    Taxes     84  
Section 3.4    Mitigation Obligations; Designation of a Different Lending Office     88  
         
Section 4.    GUARANTY     88  
         
Section 4.1    The Guaranty     88  
Section 4.2    Obligations Unconditional     89  
Section 4.3    Reinstatement     90  
Section 4.4    Certain Additional Waivers     90  
Section 4.5    Remedies     90  
Section 4.6    Rights of Contribution     91  
Section 4.7    Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee     91  
Section 4.8    Keepwell     91  
         
Section 5.    CONDITIONS PRECEDENT     91  
         
Section 5.1    Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extensions     91  
Section 5.2    Conditions to Each Credit Extension     93  

 

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Section 6.    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES     94  
         
Section 6.1    Existence, Qualification and Power     94  
Section 6.2    Authorization; No Contravention     94  
Section 6.3    Governmental Authorization; Other Consents     95  
Section 6.4    Binding Effect     95  
Section 6.5    Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect     95  
Section 6.6    Litigation     95  
Section 6.7    No Default     96  
Section 6.8    Ownership of Property; Liens     96  
Section 6.9    Environmental Compliance     96  
Section 6.10    Insurance     97  
Section 6.11    Taxes     97  
Section 6.12    ERISA Compliance     97  
Section 6.13    Subsidiaries     98  
Section 6.14    Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act, Use of Proceeds     98  
Section 6.15    Disclosure     98  
Section 6.16    Compliance with Laws     99  
Section 6.17    Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.     99  
Section 6.18    Broker’s Fees     99  
Section 6.19    Labor Matters     99  
Section 6.20    Business Locations     99  
Section 6.21    Perfection of Security Interests in the Collateral     100  
Section 6.22    Solvency     100  
Section 6.23    Holding Company Status     100  
Section 6.24    Patriot Act     100  
Section 6.25    Regulatory Matters     100  
Section 6.26    Compliance of Products     104  
Section 6.27    OFAC     107  
Section 6.28    Affected Financial Institution     107  
         
Section 7.    AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS     107  
         
Section 7.1    Financial Statements     107  
Section 7.2    Certificates; Other Information     108  
Section 7.3    Notices     109  
Section 7.4    Payment of Obligations: Tax Returns     111  
Section 7.5    Preservation of Existence, Material Contracts, Etc.     111  
Section 7.6    Maintenance of Properties     112  
Section 7.7    Maintenance of Insurance     112  
Section 7.8    Compliance with Laws     113  
Section 7.9    Books and Records     113  
Section 7.10    Inspection Rights     113  
Section 7.11    Use of Proceeds     113  
Section 7.12    Additional Subsidiaries     114  
Section 7.13    ERISA Compliance     114  
Section 7.14    Further Assurances     114  
Section 7.15    Covenant with Respect to Environmental Matters     116  
Section 7.16    Covenants with Respect to Real Property     116  
Section 7.17    Lenders Meetings     117  

 

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Section 7.18    Covenants Regarding Products and Compliance with Required Permits     117  
Section 7.19    Healthcare Operations     117  
Section 7.20    Patriot Act; OFAC     118  
Section 7.21    Post-Closing Obligations     118  
         
Section 8.    NEGATIVE COVENANTS     118  
         
Section 8.1    Indebtedness     118  
Section 8.2    Liens     120  
Section 8.3    Investments     122  
Section 8.4    Fundamental Changes     123  
Section 8.5    Dispositions     124  
Section 8.6    Restricted Payments     124  
Section 8.7    Change in Nature of Business     126  
Section 8.8    Financial Covenants     126  
Section 8.9    Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders     127  
Section 8.10    Burdensome Agreements     127  
Section 8.11    Use of Proceeds     127  
Section 8.12    Payment of Certain Indebtedness and Amendments to Certain Agreements     127  
Section 8.13    Organization Documents; Fiscal Year; Legal Name, State of Formation and Form of Entity     128  
Section 8.14    Ownership of Subsidiaries     128  
Section 8.15    Sale and Leaseback Transactions     128  
Section 8.16    Limitations on Holdings     128  
Section 8.17    Permits     129  
Section 8.18    Covenants Relating to Excluded Subsidiaries     129  
         
Section 9.    EVENTS OF DEFAULT; Remedies; Application of Funds.     129  
         
Section 9.1    Events of Default     129  
Section 9.2    Remedies     132  
Section 9.3    Application of Funds     132  
         
Section 10.    AGENCY     134  
         
Section 10.1    Appointment and Authority     134  
Section 10.2    Rights as a Lender     134  
Section 10.3    Exculpatory Provisions     134  
Section 10.4    Reliance by Administrative Agent     136  
Section 10.5    Delegation of Duties     136  
Section 10.6    Resignation of Administrative Agent     136  
Section 10.7    Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders     137  
Section 10.8    No Other Duties, etc     137  
Section 10.9    Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim     137  
Section 10.10    Collateral Matters     138  
Section 10.11    Intercreditor Agreements; Subordination Agreements     139  
         
Section 11.    MISCELLANEOUS     140  
         
Section 11.1    Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications     140  
Section 11.2    Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver     141  
Section 11.3    Set-Off     143  

 

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Section 11.4    Amendments and Waivers     144  
Section 11.5    Successors and Assigns     146  
Section 11.6    Independence of Covenants     152  
Section 11.7    Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements     152  
Section 11.8    No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative     152  
Section 11.9    Marshalling; Payments Set Aside     153  
Section 11.10    Severability     153  
Section 11.11    Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights     153  
Section 11.12    Headings     153  
Section 11.13    Applicable Laws     153  
Section 11.14    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL     154  
Section 11.15    Confidentiality     155  
Section 11.16    Usury Savings Clause     156  
Section 11.17    Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness     156  
Section 11.18    No Advisory of Fiduciary Relationship     156  
Section 11.19    Electronic Execution of Assignments and Other Documents     157  
Section 11.20    USA PATRIOT Act     157  
Section 11.21    Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions     157  
Section 11.22    Certain ERISA Matters     157  
Section 11.23    Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs     158  

 

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Appendices    
     
Appendix A   Lenders, Commitments and Commitment Percentages
Appendix B   Notice Information
     
Schedules    
     
Schedule 6.13   Capitalization
Schedule 6.17   IP Rights
Schedule 6.20(a)   Locations of Real Property
Schedule 6.20(b)   Locations of Tangible Personal Property
Schedule 6.25(a)   Regulatory Matters
Schedule 6.25(b)   Specific Licensing
Schedule 6.25(c)   Physician Ownership
Schedule 6.25(f)   Healthcare Proceedings
Schedule 6.25(g)(ii)(F)   Regulatory Inquiries
Schedule 6.26(a)   Compliance of Products
Schedule 8.1   Indebtedness Existing on the Closing Date
Schedule 8.2   Liens Existing on the Closing Date
Schedule 8.3   Investments Existing on the Closing Date
     
Exhibits    
     
Exhibit 1.1   Form of Secured Party Designation Notice
Exhibit 2.1   Form of Funding Notice
Exhibit 2.3   Form of Issuance Notice
Exhibit 2.5   Form of Note
Exhibit 2.8   Form of Conversion/Continuation Notice
Exhibit 3.3   Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates (Forms 1 – 4)
Exhibit 7.2(b)   Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit 7.12   Form of Guarantor Joinder Agreement
Exhibit 11.5(b)   Form of Assignment Agreement  
Exhibit 11.5(g)   Form of Dutch Auction Procedure for Borrower Buy-Backs  

 

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of July 29, 2020 (as amended, restated, increased, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among ADAPTHEALTH INTERMEDIATE HOLDCO LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Intermediate Holdings”), AdaptHealth LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party hereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders from time to time party hereto, and REGIONS BANK, as administrative agent (in such capacity, “Administrative Agent”) and collateral agent (in such capacity, “Collateral Agent”).

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide revolving credit and term loan facilities for the purposes set forth herein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to make the requested facilities available on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

 

Section 1.                  DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

Section 1.1               Definitions. The following terms used herein, including in the introductory paragraph, recitals, exhibits and schedules hereto, shall have the following meanings:

 

Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement” means a customary intercreditor agreement, subordination agreement, or other intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, no such agreement shall be required for Incremental Equivalent Debt in the form of senior unsecured notes.

 

Acquisition” by any Person, means the acquisition by such Person, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of (a) all or substantially all of the Property of another Person, (b) all or substantially all of a division or operating group of another Person, or (c) all of the Voting Stock of another Person, in each case whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such other Person and whether for cash, property, services, assumption of Indebtedness, securities or otherwise.

 

AdaptHealth Corp.” means AdaptHealth Corp., a Delaware corporation.

 

Additional Credit Extension Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement (which may, at the option of the Administrative Agent, be in the form of an amendment and restatement of this Agreement) providing for any Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.19, which shall be consistent with the applicable provisions of this Agreement and otherwise satisfactory to the parties thereto. Each Additional Credit Extension Amendment shall be executed by each of the Agents, the Issuing Bank, and/or the Swing Line Lender (to the extent Section 2.19 would require the consent of the Issuing Bank and/or the Swing Line Lender, respectively, for the amendments effected in such Additional Credit Extension Amendment), the applicable Loan Parties and the other parties specified in Section 2.19 (but not any other Lender). Any Additional Credit Extension Amendment may include conditions for delivery of opinions of counsel and other documentation consistent with the conditions in Section 5.1, all to the extent reasonably requested by each Agent or the other parties to such Additional Credit Extension Amendment.

 

 

 

 

Adjusted LIBOR Rate” means, subject to the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement in accordance with Section 3.1(h), for any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to an Interest Period for an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, the rate per annum obtained by dividing (a) (i) the rate per annum (rounded upward to the next whole multiple of one sixteenth of one percent (1/16 of 1%)) equal to the LIBOR, as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such period) with a term equivalent to such period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, or (ii) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (i) does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate per annum (rounded upward to the next whole multiple of one sixteenth of one percent (1/16 of 1%)) equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which displays an average settlement rate for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such period) with a term equivalent to such period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, by (b) an amount equal to (i) one, minus (ii) the Applicable Reserve Requirement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall not be less than zero.

 

Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest based on the Adjusted LIBOR Rate.

 

Administrative Agent” means as defined in the introductory paragraph hereto, together with its successors and assigns.

 

Administrative Questionnaire” means an administrative questionnaire provided by the Lenders in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

 

Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.

 

Affected Lender” means as defined in Section 3.1(b).

 

Affected Loans” means as defined in Section 3.1(b).

 

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

 

Agent” means each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

 

Aggregate Revolving Commitments” means the aggregate Revolving Commitments of all the Lenders. The aggregate principal amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments in effect on the Closing Date is TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($200,000,000).

 

Agreement” means as defined in the introductory paragraph hereto.

 

AHYDO Catch-Up Payments” means any minimum prepayment or redemption necessary at the end of each accrual period (as determined for purposes of Section 163(i) of the Internal Revenue Code) ending after the fifth anniversary of March 20, 2019, pursuant to the terms of the Preferred Note that is intended or designed to cause the loan under the Preferred Note not to be treated as an “applicable high yield discount obligation” within the meaning of Section 163(i) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

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ALTA” means American Land Title Association.

 

Applicable Laws” means all applicable laws, including all applicable provisions of constitutions, statutes, rules, ordinances, regulations and orders of all Governmental Authorities and all orders, rulings, writs and decrees of all courts, tribunals and arbitrators.

 

Applicable Margin” means (a) from the Closing Date through the date two (2) Business Days immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 7.2(b) for the Fiscal Quarter ending September 30, 2020, the percentage per annum based upon Pricing Level V in the table set forth below, and (b) thereafter, the percentage per annum determined by reference to the table set forth below using the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as set forth in the Compliance Certificate most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.2(b), with any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio becoming effective on the date two (2) Business Days immediately following the date on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered.

 

Pricing
Level
  Consolidated Total Leverage
Ratio
  Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans
and Letter of Credit Fee
    Base Rate
Loans
    Commitment
Fee
 
I < 1.50:1.0     2.50 %     1.50 %     0.25 %
II   >1.50:1.0 but < 1.75:1.0     2.75 %     1.75 %     0.30 %
III   >1.75:1.0 but < 2.00:1.0     3.00 %     2.00 %     0.35 %
IV   >2.00:1.0 but < 2.50:1.0     3.25 %     2.25 %     0.40 %
V   >2.50:1.0 but < 3.00:1.0     3.50 %     2.50 %     0.50 %
VI   > 3.00:1.0     3.75 %     2.75 %     0.50 %

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) if at any time a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance herewith, then Pricing Level VI as set forth in the table above shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered and shall remain in effect until the date on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered and (y) the determination of the Applicable Margin for any period shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.7(e). The Applicable Margin with respect to any additional Term Loan established pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(iii) shall be as provided in the joinder document(s) and/or commitment agreement(s) executed by the Borrower and the applicable Lenders in connection therewith.

 

Applicable Reserve Requirement” means, at any time, for any LIBOR Loan, the maximum rate, expressed as a decimal, at which reserves (including any basic marginal, special, supplemental, emergency or other reserves) are required to be maintained with respect thereto against “Eurocurrency liabilities” (as such term is defined in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time) under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or other applicable banking regulator. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, the Applicable Reserve Requirement shall reflect any other reserves required to be maintained by such member banks with respect to (a) any category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the applicable Adjusted LIBOR Rate or LIBOR Index Rate or any other interest rate of a Loan is to be determined, or (b) any category of extensions of credit or other assets which include Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the LIBOR Index Rate. Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans and Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the LIBOR Index Rate shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency liabilities and as such shall be deemed subject to reserve requirements without benefit of credit for pro ration, exception or offsets that may be available from time to time to the applicable Lender. The rate of interest on Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans and Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the LIBOR Index Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the Applicable Reserve Requirement.

 

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Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to the Revolving Commitments and the Term Loans, a Lender that has a Commitment with respect thereto or holds a Loan thereunder at such time, as applicable, (b) with respect to the Letter of Credit Sublimit, the Issuing Bank and (c) with respect to the Swing Line Sublimit, the Swing Line Lender.

 

Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

 

Arrangers” means, collectively, Regions Capital Markets, a division of Regions Bank, Citizens Bank, N.A., Fifth Third Bank, National Association, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Keybank National Association, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC in their capacities as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners.

 

Assignment Agreement” means an assignment agreement entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.5(b)) and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit 11.5(b) or any other form (including electronic documentation generated by MarkitClear or other electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Attributable Principal Amount” means (a) in the case of Capital Leases, the amount of Capital Lease obligations determined in accordance with GAAP, (b) in the case of Synthetic Leases, an amount determined by capitalization of the remaining lease payments thereunder as if it were a Capital Lease determined in accordance with GAAP, (c) in the case of Securitization Transactions, the outstanding principal amount of such financing, after taking into account reserve amounts and making appropriate adjustments, determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment and (d) in the case of Sale and Leaseback Transactions, the present value (discounted in accordance with GAAP at the debt rate implied in the applicable lease) of the obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the term of such lease.

 

Authorized Officer” means, as applied to any Person, any individual holding the position of chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer or treasurer of such Person and, solely for purposes of making the certifications required under Sections 5.1(b), any secretary or assistant secretary. Any document delivered hereunder that is executed by an Authorized Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Authorized Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

 

Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.

 

Bail-In Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).

 

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Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

 

Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus one half of one percent (0.5%) and (c) the LIBOR Index Rate in effect on such day plus one percent (1.0%). Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the LIBOR Index Rate shall be effective on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the LIBOR Index Rate, respectively. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Base Rate shall not be less than zero.

 

Base Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.

 

Benchmark Replacement” means the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate (which may include Term SOFR) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest as a replacement to LIBOR for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if the Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than zero, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of LIBOR with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for each applicable Interest Period, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of LIBOR with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of LIBOR with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.

 

Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other administrative matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of the Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement).

 

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Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earlier to occur of the following events with respect to LIBOR: (a) in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of LIBOR permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide LIBOR; or (b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein.

 

Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to LIBOR:

 

(a)    a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of LIBOR announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide LIBOR, permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide LIBOR;

 

(b)    a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of LIBOR, the U.S. Federal Reserve System, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for LIBOR, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for LIBOR or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for LIBOR, which states that the administrator of LIBOR has ceased or will cease to provide LIBOR permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide LIBOR; or

 

(c)    a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of LIBOR announcing that LIBOR is no longer representative.

 

‎“Benchmark Transition Start Date” means (a) in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the ‎earlier of (i) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (ii) if such Benchmark Transition ‎Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the ninetieth (90th) day ‎prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information ‎‎(or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than ninety (90) days after such statement or ‎publication, the date of such statement or publication) and (b) in the case of an Early Opt-in ‎Election, the date specified by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, as applicable, ‎by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent (in the case of such notice by the Required ‎Lenders) and the Lenders.‎

 

‎“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related ‎Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to LIBOR and solely to the extent ‎that LIBOR has not been replaced with a Benchmark Replacement, the period (a) beginning at ‎the time that such Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark ‎Replacement has replaced LIBOR for all purposes hereunder in accordance with Section 3.1(h) and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark ‎Replacement has replaced LIBOR for all purposes hereunder pursuant to Section 3.1(h).

 

Beneficial Ownership Certification” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(j).

 

Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

 

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Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

 

BHC Act Affiliate” means as defined in Section 11.23(b).

 

BlueMountain” means investment funds managed by BlueMountain Capital Management LLC.

 

Borrower” means as defined in the introductory paragraph hereto.

 

Borrowing” means (a) a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Loans of the same Type of Loan and, in the case of Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period, or (b) a borrowing of Swing Line Loans, as appropriate.

 

Business” or “Businesses” means, at any time, a collective reference to the businesses operated by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries at such time, including the provision of home health equipment and supplies.

 

Business Day” means (a) any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of New York or is a day on which banking institutions located in such state are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close, and (b) with respect to all notices, determinations, fundings and payments in connection with the Adjusted LIBOR Rate and Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans (and in the case of determinations, the Index Rate and Base Rate Loans based on the LIBOR Index Rate), the term “Business Day” means any day which is a Business Day described in clause (a) and which is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

 

Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person, all expenditures which, in accordance with GAAP, would be required to be capitalized and shown on the balance sheet of such Person, including expenditures in respect of Capital Leases.

 

Capital Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee which would, in accordance with GAAP, be required to be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of such Person.

 

Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.

 

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Cash Collateralize” means, to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable, as collateral for the Letter of Credit Obligations or Swing Line Loans, as applicable, or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect thereof, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, may agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and/or Swing Line Lender, as applicable. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

 

Cash Equivalents” means, as of any date of determination, (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than twelve (12) months from the date of acquisition, (b) Dollar denominated time deposits and certificates of deposit of (i) any Lender, (ii) any domestic commercial bank of recognized standing having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 or (iii) any bank whose short term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A1 or the equivalent thereof or from Moody’s is at least P1 or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an “Approved Bank”), in each case with maturities of not more than 270 days from the date of acquisition, (c) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable rate notes issued by, or guaranteed by, any domestic corporation rated A1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s and maturing within six (6) months of the date of acquisition, (d) repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with a bank or trust company (including any of the Lenders) or recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed by the United States in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a fair market value of at least one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the repurchase obligations and (e) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in money market mutual funds (as defined in Rule 2(a).7 of the Investment Company Act) registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which are administered by reputable financial institutions having capital of at least $500,000,000 and the portfolios of which are limited to Investments of the character described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (d).

 

CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” as such term is defined in Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III and (iii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives issued by a Governmental Authority in connection with a Lender’s submission or re-submission of a capital plan under 12 C.F.R. § 225.8 or a Governmental Authority’s assessment thereof shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

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Change of Control” means an event or series of events by which, (a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all Capital Stock that such person or group has the right to acquire (such right, an “option right”), whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the Capital Stock of AdaptHealth Corp. entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of AdaptHealth Corp. on a fully-diluted basis, (and taking into account all such Capital Stock that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right); (b) during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of AdaptHealth Corp. cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose selection or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body; (c) AdaptHealth Corp. shall cease to own and control more than fifty percent (50.0%) on a fully diluted basis, of the economic voting interests in the Capital Stock of Holdings; (d) Holdings shall cease to own and control one hundred percent (100%), on a fully diluted basis, of the economic and voting interests in the Capital Stock of Intermediate Holdings; or (e) Intermediate Holdings shall cease to own and control one hundred percent (100%), on a fully diluted basis, of the economic and voting interests in the Capital Stock of AdaptHealth LLC.

 

Closing Date” means the date of this Agreement.

 

Collateral” means the collateral identified in, and at any time covered by, the Collateral Documents.

 

Collateral Agent” means as defined in the introductory paragraph hereto, together with its successors and assigns.

 

Collateral Documents” means the Pledge and Security Agreement, the Mortgages, and all other instruments, documents and agreements delivered by any Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in order to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, a Lien on any real, personal or mixed property of any Loan Party as security for the Obligations.

 

Commitment Fee” means as defined in Section 2.10(a).

 

Commitments” means the Revolving Commitments and the Term Loan Commitments.

 

Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).

 

Competitor” means (i) any Person specifically identified in writing to the Administrative Agent as of the Closing Date and (ii) any other bona fide competitor of the Borrower (other than banks, fixed income investors, investment funds or other non-bank lending entities) identified in writing by the Borrower after the Closing Date to the Administrative Agent.

 

Compliance Certificate” means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 7.2(b).

 

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Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

 

Consolidated Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, for the Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis, all Capital Expenditures, as determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that Consolidated Capital Expenditures shall not include (a) expenditures made with proceeds of any Involuntary Disposition to the extent such expenditures are used to purchase Property that is the same as or similar to the Property subject to such Involuntary Disposition or (b) Permitted Acquisitions.

 

Consolidated Current Assets” means, as of any date of determination, for the Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis, the total assets that may properly be classified as current assets in conformity with GAAP, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents.

 

Consolidated Current Liabilities” means, as of any date of determination, for the Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis, (i) all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current liabilities” (or any like caption) on a balance sheet of the Consolidated Group (or any member thereof), but excluding the current portion of any Funded Indebtedness and (ii) without duplication of clause (i) above, all Loans then outstanding hereunder.

 

Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period for the Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis (without duplication), an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income for such period plus the following, without duplication, to the extent deducted and not already added back in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (a) Consolidated Interest Charges for such period, (b) the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable by the Consolidated Group for such period, (c) the amount of depreciation and amortization expense for such period, (d) other non-cash charges, expenses or losses (provided, in each case, that if any non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent), and including amortization of any prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period, (e) fees, costs and expenses related to or incurred in connection with (i) the consummation of the Transactions in an amount not to exceed $12,000,000, and (ii) any consummated Permitted Acquisition (provided, the amount added back with respect to any individual Permitted Acquisition shall not exceed $2,500,000, and the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (e)(ii) for any four (4) Fiscal Quarter period shall not exceed $12,500,000), (f) extraordinary, unusual, and/or non-recurring losses or charges (provided, the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (f) for any four (4) Fiscal Quarter period, when taken together with the aggregate amount added back pursuant to clauses (g) and (h) immediately following, shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of Consolidated EBITDA (calculated without giving effect to the add backs permitted pursuant to this clause (f) and clauses (g) and (h) immediately following)), (g) non-recurring cash expenses during such period resulting from restructuring charges, accruals, reserves and business optimization expenses (provided, the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (g) for any four (4) Fiscal Quarter period, when taken together with the aggregate amount added back pursuant to clauses (f) and (h) of this definition, shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of Consolidated EBITDA (calculated without giving effect to the add backs permitted pursuant to this clause (g) and clauses (f) and (h) immediately following)), and (h) the amount of “run rate” net cost savings and operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and synergies (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such items had been realized on the first day of such period) as a result of (i) actions taken in connection with any Permitted Acquisition, Investment, Disposition, restructuring or cost savings initiative or (ii) actions which will be taken within twelve (12) months after the date of such Permitted Acquisition, Investment, Disposition, restructuring or cost savings initiative, in each case (A) that are projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized as a result of such actions taken or to be taken and (B) net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period that are otherwise included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA from such actions (provided, the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (h) for any four (4) Fiscal Quarter period, when taken together with the aggregate amount added back pursuant to clauses (f) and (g) immediately preceding, shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of Consolidated EBITDA (calculated without giving effect to the add backs permitted pursuant to this clause (h) and clauses (f) and (g) immediately preceding)), and minus the following to the extent included in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (w) Consolidated Interest Income, (x) income tax credits (to the extent not netted from income taxes payable), (y) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring income receipts or gains (including gains on the sale of assets outside the ordinary course of business) and related tax effects thereon, and (z) other non-cash income, receipts of gains (excluding any such non-cash item of income to the extent it represents a receipt of cash in any future period), all as determined in accordance with GAAP. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for purposes of determining Consolidated EBITDA under this Agreement for any period that includes any of the Fiscal Quarters ended June 30, 2019, September 30, 2019, December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2020, Consolidated EBITDA for such Fiscal Quarters shall be $49,312,000, $52,218,000, $54,812,000, and $48,103,000.

 

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Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four (4) Fiscal Quarters most recently ended less the sum of (i) eighty-five percent (85%) of Consolidated Capital Expenditures made in such period and (ii) taxes, along with any Tax Distributions, paid in cash for such period, to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for such period.

 

Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, for any period for the Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to the sum of, without duplication, (a) the cash portion of Consolidated Interest Charges for such period, plus (b) Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments (excluding any payments in respect of Capital Leases for such period) for such period, plus (c) Restricted Payments paid in cash during such period (including Restricted Payments paid to (i) any holders (other than Loan Parties) of Capital Stock of any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary and (ii) to BlueMountain (including any of BMSB L.P., BlueMountain Summit Opportunities Fund II (US) L.P., BlueMountain Fursan Fund L.P., and/or BlueMountain Foinaven Master Fund L.P.) to be applied to cash interest payments due and owing under the Preferred Note), all as determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means Funded Indebtedness of the Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Group” means Intermediate Holdings and its Subsidiaries.

 

Consolidated Interest Charges” means, for any period, the interest expense (including any rent expense for such period under Capital Leases that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP) of the Consolidated Group for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Consolidated Group (including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs under Swap Agreements in respect of interest rates to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP), determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Interest Income” means, for any period, the interest income of the Consolidated Group for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period for the Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis, the net income of the Consolidated Group for such period as determined in accordance with GAAP, provided that there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income (a) the income (or deficit) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Borrower) in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in the form of cash dividends or similar cash distributions and (b) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent that the declaration of payment or dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms of any Contractual Obligation, governing document or Applicable Laws. For purposes of clarification Consolidated Net Income shall not include any income attributable to non-controlling interest of any Subsidiary.

 

Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments” means, for any period for the Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis, the sum of all scheduled payments of principal on Consolidated Funded Indebtedness scheduled to be paid during such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of this definition, payments of principal scheduled to be paid (a) shall be determined without giving effect to any reduction of such scheduled payments resulting from the application of any voluntary or mandatory prepayments made during the applicable period, (b) shall be deemed to include the Attributable Principal Amount in respect of Capital Leases, Synthetic Leases and Sale and Leaseback Transactions, (c) shall not include any voluntary or mandatory prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.11, and (d) shall be determined without giving effect to the Following Business Day Convention.

 

Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date less the amount of unrestricted and unencumbered cash and Cash Equivalents on such date (the aggregate amount of which shall not exceed $75,000,000) to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four (4) Fiscal Quarters most recently ended.

 

Consolidated Unfinanced Capital Expenditure” means any Consolidated Capital Expenditure to the extent not financed with Funded Indebtedness within ninety (90) days of the incurrence of such Capital Expenditure (other than revolving Indebtedness).

 

Consolidated Working Capital” means, as at the date of determination, the excess or deficiency of Consolidated Current Assets over Consolidated Current Liabilities.

 

Contractual Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any provision of any Security issued by that Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of its properties is subject.

 

Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote 15% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managing general partners or the equivalent.

 

Conversion/Continuation Date” means the effective date of a continuation or conversion, as the case may be, as set forth in the applicable Conversion/Continuation Notice.

 

Conversion/Continuation Notice” means a Conversion/Continuation Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.8.

 

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Correction” means repair, modification, adjustment, relabeling, destruction or inspection (including patient monitoring) of a product without its physical removal to some other location; or any plan in response to a state or federal notice of violation or deficiency, such as, without limitation, FDA 483 inspection reports, FDA warning letters, and any plans to implement, monitor and audit ongoing compliance with plans of correction.

 

Covered Entity” means as defined in Section 11.23(b).

 

Covered Party” means as defined in Section 11.23(a).

 

Credit Date” means the date of a Credit Extension.

 

Credit Extension” means the making of a Loan or the issuing, amending or extending of a Letter of Credit.

 

Debt Transaction” means, with respect to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, any sale, issuance, placement, assumption or guaranty of Funded Indebtedness, whether or not evidenced by a promissory note or other written evidence of Indebtedness, except for Funded Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 8.1.

 

Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

 

Default” means a condition or event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to (a) with respect to Obligations other than Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans referencing the LIBOR Index Rate) and the Letter of Credit Fee, the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin, if any, applicable to such Loans plus two percent (2%) per annum, (b) with respect to Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans referencing the LIBOR Index Rate), the Adjusted LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin, if any, applicable to Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans plus two percent (2%) per annum and (c) with respect to the Letter of Credit Fee, the Applicable Margin plus two percent (2%) per annum.

 

Default Right” means as defined in Section 11.23(b).

 

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Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.16(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two (2) Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Swing Line Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans) within two (2) Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank or Swing Line Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination, in good faith, by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.16(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, the Issuing Bank, the Swing Line Lender and each Lender.

 

Device Application” means a 510(k) premarket notification or premarket approval (PMA) application, as appropriate, as those terms are defined in the FDCA.

 

Disposition” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction and any Securitization Transaction) of, or any exchange of property for, any Property by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (including the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary), and including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.

 

Disqualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or any other Capital Stock into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event or condition, (i) matures or becomes mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, except as a result of a customarily defined change of control or asset sale and only so long as any rights of the holders thereof after such change of control or asset sale shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations to the extent no claim giving rise thereto has been asserted) and the termination of all Commitments and Letters of Credit, (ii) becomes redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock), in whole or in part, (iii) provides for scheduled payments of dividends in cash or (iv) becomes convertible into or exchangeable for indebtedness for borrowed money or any other Disqualified Capital Stock, in whole or in part, in each case on or prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) calendar days after the later of the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and the Term Loan A Maturity Date at the time of issuance.

 

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Disqualified Institution” means, on any date, (a) any Person designated by the Borrower as a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice delivered to the Arrangers on or prior to May 25, 2020 (or any Affiliates of such Person that are readily identifiable as Affiliates by virtue of their names or that have been designated by the Borrower as a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice to the Administrative Agent) and (b) any other Person that is a Competitor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than, in the case of clause (b), bona fide fixed income investors or debt funds), which Person has been designated by the Borrower as a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including by posting such notice on or through the Platform) not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to such date (or any Affiliates of such Competitor that are readily identifiable as Affiliates by virtue of their names or that have been designated by the Borrower as a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including by posting such notice on or through the Platform) not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to such date (other than bona fide fixed income investors or debt funds)); provided that “Disqualified Institutions” shall (i) exclude any Person that the Borrower has designated as no longer being a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent from time to time and shall exclude any Lender party hereto prior to such tenth (10th) Business Day (and such Lender’s Approved Funds and Affiliates shall also be so excluded) and (ii) not apply at any time upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.

 

Dollars” and the sign “$” mean the lawful money of the United States.

 

Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

DQ List” means as defined in Section 11.5(f).

 

Dutch Auction” means as defined in Section 11.5(g).

 

Earn-Out Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, “earn-outs” and similar payment obligations of such Person, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, purchase price holdbacks (whether or not in escrow) to secure seller indemnities. The amount of any Earn-Out Obligations at the time of determination shall be the aggregate amount, if any, of such Earn-Out Obligations that is required at such time under GAAP to be recognized as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower.

 

Early Opt-in Election” means the occurrence of:

 

(a) (i) a determination by the Administrative Agent or (ii) a notification by the Required Lenders to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrower) that the Required Lenders have determined that U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities being executed at such time, or that include language similar to that contained in Section 3.1(h) are being executed or amended, as applicable, to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace LIBOR; and

 

(b) (i) the election by the Administrative Agent or (ii) the election by the Required Lenders to declare that an Early Opt-in Election has occurred and the provision, as applicable, by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Borrower and the Lenders or by the Required Lenders of written notice of such election to the Administrative Agent.

 

EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

 

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EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

 

EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

 

Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.5(b), subject to any consents and representations, if any as may be required therein. For the avoidance of doubt, any Disqualified Institution is subject to Section 11.5(f).

 

Environmental Laws” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601, et seq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. § 5101, et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. § 6901, et seq.), the Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.), the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. § 300f to 300j-26 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), as such laws may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time, and any other federal, state, local, foreign and other applicable statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions and common law relating to pollution, the protection of the environment, natural resources, human health or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to Hazardous Materials, hazardous substances or wastes, indoor and outdoor air emissions, soil, groundwater, wastewater, surface water, stormwater, wetlands, sediment and discharges of wastewater to public treatment systems.

 

Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, losses, punitive damages, consequential damages, costs of environmental investigation and remediation, fines, penalties, indemnities or expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts and consultants)), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and any successor thereto.

 

ERISA Affiliate” means any corporation, trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with a Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code). Any former ERISA Affiliate of a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries within the meaning of this definition with respect to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and with respect to liabilities arising after such period for which a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries could be liable under the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA.

 

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ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to a Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(d) of the Internal Revenue Code) or the failure to make a required installment under Section 412(m) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to a Pension Plan; (c) a withdrawal by a Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (d) a complete or partial withdrawal by a Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or is insolvent pursuant to Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA; (e) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (g) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon a Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate; (h) the occurrence of an act or omission which could give rise to the imposition on a Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Internal Revenue Code or under Section 409, Section 502(c), (i) or (l), or Section 4071 of ERISA in respect of any Plan; (i) the assertion of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Plan other than a Multiemployer Plan or the assets thereof, or against the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate in connection with any Plan; (j) receipt from the IRS of notice of the failure of any Pension Plan (or any other Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the failure of any trust forming part of any Pension Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; (k) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) or 412(n) of the Internal Revenue Code or pursuant to ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan; (l) the commencement of any administrative investigation, audit or other administrative proceeding by the Department of Labor, IRS or other Governmental Authority, including any voluntary compliance submission through the IRS’s Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System or the Department of Labor’s Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program; (m) the occurrence of a non-exempt “prohibited transaction” within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code; or (n) the receipt by a Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency or that it intends to terminate or has terminated.

 

ERISA Plan” means (i) any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which is or was sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed by the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates; and (ii) all other employee benefit plans, programs, policies, agreements or arrangements, including any deferred compensation plan, incentive plan, bonus plan or arrangement, stock option plan, stock purchase plan, stock award plan or other equity-based plan, change in control agreement, retention, severance pay plan, dependent care plan, sick leave, disability, death benefit, group insurance, hospitalization, dental, life, any fund, trust or arrangement providing health benefits including multiemployer welfare arrangements, a multiple employer welfare fund or arrangement, cafeteria plan, employee assistance program, scholarship program, employment contract, retention incentive agreement, termination agreement, severance agreement, non-competition agreement, consulting agreement, confidentiality agreement, vacation policy, employee loan, or other similar plan, agreement or arrangement, whether written or oral, funded or unfunded, or actual or contingent which is or was sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed by, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.

 

EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.

 

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Event of Default” means each of the conditions or events set forth in Section 9.1.

 

Excess Cash Flow” means, with respect to the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, for any period: (a) without duplication, the sum of (i) Consolidated Net Income, (ii) decreases or minus increases (as the case may be) in Consolidated Working Capital, (iii) extraordinary or non-recurring gains or minus extraordinary or non-recurring losses (as the case may be) which are cash items, (iv) non-cash depreciation, non-cash amortization and other non-cash charges; minus (b) without duplication, the sum of: (i) Consolidated Unfinanced Capital Expenditures, (ii) expenses paid in respect of Permitted Acquisitions during such period, (iii) to the extent not taken into account in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, (x) the principal amortization paid in cash during such period with respect to Capital Leases and (y) the amount of any Restricted Payments actually made to Holdings pursuant to Section 8.6(d), (iv) Restricted Payments paid in cash to Holdings pursuant to Section 8.6(f) during such period, (v) Earn-Out Obligations paid in cash and (vi) unfinanced consideration paid in cash for Permitted Acquisitions during such period.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

Excluded Account” means any deposit account (i) that is used solely for payment of payroll, bonuses, other compensation and related expenses; (ii) deposit accounts that are zero balance accounts; or (iii) that maintains a balance on deposit at any time of not more than $100,000; provided that, the aggregate balance on deposit at any time in all Excluded Accounts described in clause (iii) shall not exceed $1,000,000 at any time.

 

Excluded Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of Intermediate Holdings (other than any Loan Party) that is, and continues to be, (a) a Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC, or (b) a Domestic Subsidiary that is (i) a direct or indirect Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC or (ii) a Subsidiary that is treated as a disregarded entity or as a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes and all or substantially all of whose assets consist of Capital Stock of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs and conducts no material business other than the ownership of such Capital Stock (a “Foreign Subsidiary Holdco”).

 

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Excluded Property” means, with respect to any Loan Party (a) any owned or leased real or personal Property (other than Capital Stock) which is located outside of the United States unless requested by any Agent or the Required Lenders, (b) any (i) leasehold interests in a Real Property and (ii) any owned Real Property with a fair market value not in excess of $5,000,000, (c) any personal Property (other than motor vehicles, which are addressed in clause (i) below) in respect of which perfection of a Lien is not either (i) governed by the UCC or (ii) effected by appropriate evidence of the Lien being filed in either the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, unless requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, (d) any Property which, subject to the terms of Section 8.1(c), is subject to a Lien of the type described in Section 8.2(h) pursuant to documents which prohibit such Loan Party from granting any other Liens in such Property, (e) any contract, permit, agreement, lease, license or license agreement covering real or personal property if the grant of a security interest in such contract, permit, agreement, lease, license or license agreement or the asset subject to such contract, permit, agreement, lease, license or license agreement is prohibited by the terms of such contract, permit, agreement, lease, license or license agreement or by Law and would result in the termination of or give rise to a right to materially modify such contract, permit, agreement, lease, license or license agreement, but only to the extent that (x) any such prohibition would not be rendered ineffective pursuant to the UCC or any other Applicable Law (including, if and when applicable, Debtor Relief Laws) or principles of equity and would require the consent a Person other than a Loan Party or its Affiliates to waive such prohibition and (y) such contract, agreement, lease, license or license agreement was not entered into in contemplation of circumventing any Loan Party’s obligation to pledge such contract or agreement as collateral security, (f) any intent-to-use trademark application in the United States prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto, to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant, attachment, or enforcement of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark application under applicable federal law, (g) any Excluded Account; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, any proceeds of Collateral held from time to time in any such Excluded Account shall not cease to be Collateral solely because such proceeds are held in an Excluded Account, (h) any particular asset, if the pledge thereof or the security interest therein is prohibited by Applicable Laws (but only for so long as such prohibition remains in effect), other than to the extent such prohibition is rendered ineffective under the UCC or other Applicable Laws, (i) any motor vehicle or other equipment subject to a certificate of title, but only to the extent that a security interest therein cannot be perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement, (j) any Capital Stock in joint ventures or any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary to the extent (i) consent of the minority investor is required pursuant to the Organization Documents of such Excluded Subsidiary (and such consent was not required in connection with or in contemplation or anticipation of such pledge) and not obtained after using commercially reasonable efforts and (ii) such non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary is an Excluded Subsidiary, (k) any Capital Stock in any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary held by the Loan Parties in excess of sixty-five percent (65%) of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of such Excluded Foreign Subsidiary entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)), and (l) particular assets if and for so long as, in the reasonable judgment of the Collateral Agent and the Borrower (as set forth in a written agreement among the Collateral Agent and the Borrower), the cost of obtaining a security interest in such assets exceeds the practical benefits to the holders of the Obligations afforded thereby; provided, “Excluded Property” shall not include any proceeds, products, substitutions, or replacements of Excluded Property (unless such proceeds, products, substitutions, or replacements would otherwise constitute Excluded Property).

 

Excluded Subsidiary” means, as of any date, any Subsidiary of Intermediate Holdings (other than any Loan Party) designated as such by the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent that is, and continues to be, a non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Intermediate Holdings, that satisfies the following requirements: (a) the aggregate Consolidated EBITDA attributable to such Person individually does not exceed 5.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries for the last twelve (12) months ending on the last day of the last month that is also the end of a Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements of the type set forth in Sections 7.1(a) or (b) have been delivered to Administrative Agent and (b) the aggregate Consolidated EBITDA attributable to such Person together with all other Excluded Subsidiaries does not exceed 7.50% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries for the last twelve (12) months ending on the last day of the last month that is also the end of a Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements of the type set forth in Section 7.1(a) or (b) have been delivered to the Administrative Agent; provided, to the extent any Excluded Subsidiary ceases to be a joint venture and becomes a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of a Loan Party, then such Subsidiary will be required to become a Loan Party at such time.

 

Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant under a Loan Document by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act (or the application or official interpretation thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (determined after giving effect to Section 4.8 hereof and any and all guarantees of such Guarantor’s Swap Obligations by other Loan Parties) at the time the Guaranty of such Guarantor, or grant by such Guarantor of a security interest, becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a Master Agreement governing more than one Swap Agreement, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to Swap Agreements for which such Guaranty or security interest becomes illegal.

 

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Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.17) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.3, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.3(f) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

 

Extended Revolving Commitment” means any Revolving Commitments the maturity of which shall have been extended pursuant to Section 2.19.

 

Extended Revolving Loans” means any Loans made pursuant to the Extended Revolving Commitments.

 

Extended Term Loans” means any Term Loans the maturity of which shall have been extended pursuant to Section 2.19.

 

Extension” means as defined in Section 2.19(a).

 

Extension Offer” means as defined in Section 2.19(a).

 

Facility” means any real property including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located on such real property now, hereafter or heretofore owned, leased, operated or used by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective predecessors.

 

FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

FDA” means the Food and Drug Administration of the United States of America or any successor entity thereto.

 

FDCA” means the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended, 21 U.S.C. Section 301 et seq. and all regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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Federal Funds Rate” means for any day, the rate per annum (expressed, as a decimal, rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher one one-hundredth of one percent (1/100 of 1%)) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided, (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to Regions Bank or any other Lender selected by the Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

 

‎“Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website” means the website of the Federal ‎Reserve Bank of New York at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.‎

 

Fee Letter” means that certain letter agreement dated as of May 25, 2020 among the Borrower and Regions Capital Markets, a division of Regions Bank.

 

Fiscal Quarter” means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.

 

Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of AdaptHealth Corp., Holdings, and the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries ending on December 31 of each calendar year.

 

Flood Hazard Property” means any Real Property subject to a mortgage or deed of trust in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, and located in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud slide hazards.

 

Following Business Day Convention” means a contractual provision or provision of applicable Laws pursuant to which a scheduled date for payment or performance of an obligation, which date is not a Business Day, is extended to the first following day that is a Business Day.

 

Foreign Lender” means (a) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.

 

Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

Foreign Subsidiary Holdco” means as specified in the definition of Excluded Foreign Subsidiary.

 

Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to the Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of the outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank other than Letter of Credit Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of outstanding Swing Line Loans made by the Swing Line Lender other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders.

 

Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

 

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Funded Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

 

(a)                all obligations for borrowed money, whether current or long-term (including the Obligations) and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

 

(b)                all purchase money indebtedness;

 

(c)                the principal portion of all obligations under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to Property purchased by such Person (other than customary reservations or retentions of title under agreements with suppliers entered into in the ordinary course of business);

 

(d)                the maximum amount available to be drawn under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;

 

(e)                all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of Property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business);

 

(f)                 the Attributable Principal Amount of Capital Leases, Synthetic Leases, Securitization Transactions and Sale and Leaseback Transactions;

 

(g)                all preferred stock or other Disqualified Capital Stock providing for mandatory redemptions, sinking fund or like payments prior to the Term Loan A Maturity Date;

 

(h)                Earn-Out Obligations if, and only to the extent, such obligation has not been paid in full in cash when initially due and payable;

 

(i)                 all indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a) through (h) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Funded Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on, or payable out of the proceeds of production from, Property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed; and

 

(j)                 all Guarantees with respect to indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a) through (i) above of another Person.

 

Funding Notice” means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.1.

 

GAAP” means, subject to the limitations on the application thereof set forth in Section 1.2, accounting principles generally accepted in the United States in effect as of the date of determination thereof.

 

Government Reimbursement Program” shall mean (i) the Medicare program established under the Title XVIII of the Federal Social Security Act, the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program under 5 U.S.C. §§ 8902 et seq., the TRICARE program established by the Department of Defense under 10 U.S.C. §§ 1071 et seq. or the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services under 10 U.S.C. §§ 1079 and 1086, (ii) the Medicaid program of any state or the District of Columbia acting pursuant to a health plan adopted pursuant to Title XIX of the Federal Social Security Act or (iii) any agent, administrator, intermediary or carrier for any of the foregoing.

 

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Governmental Acts” means any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto government or Governmental Authority.

 

Governmental Approvals” means any and all governmental licenses, authorizations, registrations, permits, certificates, franchises, qualifications, accreditations, consents and approvals required under any Applicable Laws and required in order for any Person to carry on its business as now conducted, of each Governmental Authority issued or required under laws applicable to the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or to the transactions described herein (including any Acquisitions and the Credit Extensions made hereunder) or necessary in the sale, furnishing, or delivery of goods or services under laws applicable to the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank and any group or body charged with setting financial accounting or regulatory capital rules or standards).

 

Governmental Authorization” means any permit, license, authorization, plan, directive, consent order or consent decree of or from any Governmental Authority.

 

Guarantee” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

 

Guaranteed Obligations” means as defined in Section 4.1.

 

Guarantor Joinder Agreement” means a guarantor joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 7.12 delivered by a Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower pursuant to Section 7.12.

 

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Guarantors” means (a) Intermediate Holdings, (b) each Person identified as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages hereto, (c) each other Person that joins as a Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.12, (d) with respect to (i) Secured Swap Obligations, (ii) Secured Treasury Management Obligations, and (iii) Swap Obligations of a Specified Loan Party (determined before giving effect to Sections 4.1 and 4.8) under the Guaranty hereunder, the Borrower, and (e) their successors and permitted assigns.

 

Guaranty” means the Guarantee made by the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other holders of the Obligations pursuant to Section 4.

 

Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, lead-based paint, toxic mold or fungus, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

Healthcare Law(s)” shall mean: (a) any and all federal, state and local fraud and abuse laws, including (i) the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7(b)), (ii) the Stark Law (42 U.S.C. § 1395nn and §1395(q)), (iii) the civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.), (iv) Sections 1320a-7 and 1320a-7a of Title 42 of the United States Code, and (v) the regulations promulgated pursuant to such statutes; (b) the FDCA; (c) the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-191) and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto; (d) laws, rules and regulations governing Medicare and Medicaid; (e) the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Pub. L. No. 108-173) and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto; (f) quality, safety, life safety, and accreditation standards and requirements of all applicable state laws or regulatory bodies; (g) any Applicable Law relating to the Loan Parties’ ownership, management, or operation of a healthcare facility or business, or assets used in connection therewith; (h) any Applicable Law relating to the billing or submission of claims, collection of accounts receivable, underwriting the cost of, or provision of management or administrative services in connection with, any and all of the foregoing, by any Loan Party; (i) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111-148) and (j) any and all other applicable healthcare laws, regulations, manual provisions, policies and administrative guidance, each of (a) through (j) as may be amended from time to time.

 

Highest Lawful Rate” means the maximum lawful interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, charged, or received under Applicable Laws relating to any Lender which are currently in effect or, to the extent allowed under such Applicable Laws, which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than Applicable Laws now allow.

 

HIPAA” shall mean the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time.

 

Holdings” means AdaptHealth Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

Incremental Equivalent Debt” means a single issuance of Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries (including Guarantees thereof by any Loan Party) in the form of senior secured or unsecured notes or loans or junior secured or unsecured notes or loans and/or commitments in respect of any of the foregoing issued or implemented in lieu of an additional Term Loan; provided that:

 

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(a)                Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower demonstrating that, upon giving effect to the incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt (and any Acquisition consummated concurrently therewith) on a Pro Forma Basis, (i) the Borrower shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.8, and (ii) the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 3.00:1.0;

 

(b)                No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing immediately prior to or after giving effect to the incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt;

 

(c)                The Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loan A and any other then existing Term Loan;

 

(d)                The final maturity date of any Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be no earlier than the Term Loan A Maturity Date or the maturity date of any other existing Term Loan, in each case, giving effect to any Extension with respect thereto, provided, that if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is junior secured or unsecured, the final maturity date for such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be no earlier than the date that is 181 days after the Term Loan A Maturity Date or the maturity date of any other existing Term Loan, in each case, giving effect to any Extension with respect thereto;

 

(e)                Subject to clauses (c) and (d), such Incremental Equivalent Debt may otherwise have an amortization schedule as determined by the Borrower and the lenders providing such Incremental Equivalent Debt;

 

(f)                 Such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to an Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement, and such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be pari passu or junior in right of payment and to the extent secured by any Collateral, shall be secured on a pari passu or junior in priority to the Loans;

 

(g)                No such Indebtedness may be (i) guaranteed by any Person which is not a Loan Party or (ii) secured by any assets other than the Collateral;

 

(h)                The proceeds of any Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be used only to finance a Permitted Acquisition and any related costs and expenses with respect thereto;

 

(i)                 The representations and warranties contained in Section 6 and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (or, in all respects, if already qualified by materiality) on and as of the date of the incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects (or, in all respects, if already qualified by materiality) as of such earlier date;

 

(j)                 Such Incremental Equivalent Debt may have an interest rate and such other pricing as the Borrower in its reasonable discretion finds acceptable; and

 

The other terms and conditions in respect of such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be more restrictive taken as a whole (as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), than those applicable to the Term Loans, unless otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders.

 

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Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

 

(a)                all Funded Indebtedness;

 

(b)                the Swap Termination Value of any Swap Agreement;

 

(c)                Synthetic Leases, Sale and Leaseback Transactions and Securitization Transactions;

 

(d)                all obligations in respect of Disqualified Capital Stock;

 

(e)                all Guarantees in respect of Indebtedness of another Person; and

 

(f)                 all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person.

 

Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.

 

Indemnitee” means as defined in Section 11.2(b).

 

Index Rate” means, subject to the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement in accordance with Section 3.1(h), for any Index Rate Determination Date with respect to any Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the Index Rate, (a) the rate per annum (rounded upward to the next whole multiple of one sixteenth of one percent (1/16 of 1%)) equal to the LIBOR as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) for deposits with a term equivalent to one (1) month in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two (2) Business Days prior to such Index Rate Determination Date, or (b) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (a) does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate per annum (rounded upward to the next whole multiple of one sixteenth of one percent (1/16 of 1%)) equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which displays an average settlement rate for deposits with a term equivalent to one (1) month in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two (2) Business Days prior to such Index Rate Determination Date. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Index Rate shall not be less than zero.

 

Index Rate Determination Date” means the Closing Date and the first Business Day of each calendar month thereafter; provided, however, that, solely for purposes of the definition of Base Rate, Index Rate Determination Date means the date of determination of the Base Rate.

 

Interest Payment Date” means with respect to (a) any Base Rate Loan and any Swing Line Loan, (i) the last Business Day of each calendar quarter, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date and (ii) the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, the Term Loan A Maturity Date and the final maturity date of any additional Term Loan; and (b) any Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, (i) the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan; provided, in the case of each Interest Period of longer than three (3) months “Interest Payment Date” shall also include each date that is three (3) months, or an integral multiple thereof, after the commencement of such Interest Period and (ii) the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, the Term Loan A Maturity Date and the final maturity date of any additional Term Loan.

 

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Interest Period” means, in connection with an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, an interest period of one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) months, as selected by the Borrower in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, (a) initially, commencing on the Credit Date or Conversion/Continuation Date thereof, as the case may be; and (b) thereafter, commencing on the day on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires; provided, (i) if an Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day unless no further Business Day occurs in such month, in which case such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day; (ii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall, subject to clause (iii) of this definition, end on the last Business Day of a calendar month; (iii) no Interest Period with respect to any Term Loan shall extend beyond any principal amortization payment date, except to the extent that the portion of such Loan comprised of Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans that is expiring prior to the applicable principal amortization payment date plus the portion of such Loan comprised of Base Rate Loans equals or exceeds the principal amortization payment then due; and (iv) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Revolving Loans shall extend beyond the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.

 

Interest Rate Determination Date” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the date that is two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.

 

Intermediate Holdings” means as defined in the introductory paragraph hereto.

 

Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

 

Internally Generated Cash” means, with respect to any Fiscal Year, cash of the Consolidated Group received in such Fiscal Year and not constituting (a) proceeds of an equity issuance, (b) proceeds of the incurrence of Indebtedness, (c) proceeds of Dispositions and Involuntary Dispositions, and (d) insurance proceeds in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or real property.

 

Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Capital Stock of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c) an Acquisition. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

 

Involuntary Disposition” means the receipt by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any cash insurance proceeds or condemnation awards payable by reason of theft, loss, physical destruction or damage, taking or similar event with respect to any of its Property.

 

IP Rights” means as defined in Section 6.17.

 

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IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance of such Letter of Credit).

 

Issuance Notice” means an Issuance Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.3.

 

Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the Issuing Bank and the Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of the Issuing Bank and relating to such Letter of Credit.

 

Issuing Bank” means Regions Bank, in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity.

 

LCA Test Date” means as defined in Section 1.4.

 

Lender” means each financial institution with a Term Loan Commitment, Term Loan, Revolving Commitment or Revolving Loan, together with its successors and permitted assigns. The initial Lenders are identified on the signature pages hereto and are set forth on Appendix A.

 

Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued hereunder.

 

Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the applicable Issuing Bank.

 

Letter of Credit Borrowing” means any Credit Extension resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit that has not been reimbursed or refinanced as a Borrowing of Revolving Loans.

 

Letter of Credit Fees” means as defined in Section 2.10(b)(i).

 

Letter of Credit Obligations” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the maximum amount available to be drawn under Letters of Credit then outstanding, assuming compliance with all requirements for drawings referenced therein, plus (b) the aggregate amount of all drawings under Letters of Credit that have not been reimbursed by the Borrower, including Letter of Credit Borrowings. For all purposes of this Agreement, (i) amounts available to be drawn under Letters of Credit will be calculated as provided in Section 1.3(i), and (ii) if a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

 

Letter of Credit Sublimit” means, as of any date of determination, the lesser of (a) FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS ($15,000,000) and (b) the aggregate unused amount of the Revolving Commitments then in effect.

 

LIBOR” means the London Interbank Offered Rate.

 

LIBOR Index Rate” means, for any Index Rate Determination Date, the rate per annum obtained by dividing (a) the Index Rate by (b) an amount equal to (i) one, minus (ii) the Applicable Reserve Requirement.

 

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LIBOR Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate or LIBOR Index Rate (including a Base Rate Loan referencing the LIBOR Index Rate), as applicable.

 

Lien” means (a) any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease or license in the nature thereof) and any option, trust or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing, and (b) in the case of Securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such Securities.

 

Limited Condition Acquisition” means a Permitted Acquisition that is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.

 

Loan” means any Revolving Loan, Swing Line Loan or Term Loan, and the Base Rate Loans and Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans comprising such Loans.

 

Loan Document” means any of this Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document, the Collateral Documents, each Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement, each Subordination Agreement, the Fee Letter, any document executed and delivered by the Borrower and/or any other Loan Party pursuant to which any Aggregate Revolving Commitments are increased pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(ii) or an additional Term Loan is established pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(iii), any documents or certificates executed by any Loan Party in favor of the Issuing Bank relating to Letters of Credit, and, to the extent evidencing or securing the Obligations, all other documents, instruments or agreements executed and delivered by any Loan Party for the benefit of any Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in connection herewith or therewith, and including for the avoidance of doubt, any Guarantor Joinder Agreement (but specifically excluding any Secured Swap Agreements and Secured Treasury Management Agreements).

 

Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.

 

Margin Stock” means as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as in effect from time to time.

 

Master Agreement” means as defined in the definition of “Swap Agreement”.

 

Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) (i) a material impairment of the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under any Loan Document or (ii) a material impairment of the ability of the Guarantors taken as a whole to perform their obligations under any Loan Document to which they are party; (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party; (d) a material adverse effect on the validity, perfection or priority of a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations on any material portion of the Collateral or a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the Collateral; or (e) a material adverse effect on the use or scope of any material healthcare Permit or the continued participation or the ability to accept or bill for goods or services in the Medicaid, Medicare or other Government Reimbursement Program by any Loan Party; provided, however, that this clause (e) shall not apply to the voluntary cancellation or termination of the items referenced in this clause (e) by a Loan Party in good faith (a “Voluntary Termination”).

 

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Material Contract” means any lease of real or personal property, contract or other arrangement to which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (other than the Loan Documents), for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Medicaid” shall mean, collectively, the healthcare assistance program established by Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § § 1396 et. seq.) and any statutes succeeding thereto, and all laws, rules, regulations, manuals, orders, guidelines or requirements (whether or not having the force of law) pertaining to such program, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Medicare” shall mean, collectively, the health insurance program for the aged and disabled established by Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 1395 et. seq.) and any statutes succeeding thereto, and all laws, rules, regulations, manuals, orders or guidelines (whether or not having the force of law) pertaining to such program, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investor Services, Inc., together with its successors.

 

Mortgage Supporting Documents” means, with respect to a Mortgage for a Real Property, to the extent requested by Collateral Agent, each of the following:

 

(a)                (i) evidence in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the recording of counterparts of such Mortgage in the recording offices specified in such Mortgage will create a valid and enforceable first priority Lien on the Property described therein in favor of the Collateral Agent (or in favor of such other trustee as may be required or desired under Applicable Laws) for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, subject only to (A) Permitted Liens and (B) such other Liens as the Collateral Agent may reasonably approve and (ii) a customary opinion of counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent) in each state in which such Real Property is located with respect to the enforceability of the form(s) of Mortgages to be recorded in such state (if customarily covered by opinions given in such state) and such other matters as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent;

 

(b)                (i) ALTA mortgagee title insurance policies or unconditional commitments therefor issued by one or more title companies reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (“Mortgagee’s Title Insurance Policy”), with respect to such Real Property, in amounts not less than the fair market value of such Real Property, together with a title report issued by a title company with respect thereto and copies of all recorded documents listed as exceptions to title or otherwise referred to therein and a comprehensive lender’s endorsement, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and (ii) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent that the Borrower has paid to the title company or to the appropriate Governmental Authorities all expenses and premiums of the title company and all other sums required in connection with the issuance of each Mortgagee’s Title Insurance Policy and all recording and stamp taxes (including mortgage recording and intangible taxes) payable in connection with recording the Mortgage for such Real Property in the appropriate real estate records;

 

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(c)                if an exception to the Mortgagee’s Title Insurance Policy with respect to any Real Property subject to a Mortgage would arise without such ALTA surveys, ALTA surveys of such Real Property;

 

(d)                reports and other reasonable information, in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, regarding environmental matters relating to such Real Property;

 

(e)                (i) a recently issued flood zone determination certificate, and (ii) evidence as to, if such Real Property is a Flood Hazard Property, (A) whether the community in which such Real Property is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program, (B) the applicable Loan Party’s written acknowledgment of receipt of written notification (1) as to the fact that such Real Property is a Flood Hazard Property and (2) as to whether the community in which each such Flood Hazard Property is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program and (C) copies of insurance policies or certificates of insurance of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries which shall evidence flood insurance which satisfies all regulatory requirements (including any applicable regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) for flood insurance and is otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and naming the Collateral Agent as sole loss payee on behalf of the holders of the Obligations.

 

(f)                 evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent that such Real Property, and the uses of such Real Property, are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable zoning laws, regulations, ordinances and requirements (the evidence submitted as to which should include the zoning designation made for such Real Property, the permitted uses of such Real Property under such zoning designation and, if available, zoning requirements as to parking, lot size, ingress, egress and building setbacks); and

 

(g)                such other agreements, documents and instruments in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as the Administrative Agent reasonably deems necessary or appropriate to create, register or otherwise perfect, maintain, evidence the existence, substance, form or validity of, or enforce a valid and enforceable first priority Lien on such Real Property in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations (or in favor of such other trustee as may be required or desired under Applicable Laws) subject only to (i) Permitted Liens and (ii) such other Liens as the Collateral Agent may reasonably approve; provided, notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, no Mortgage shall be executed and delivered with respect to any real property unless and until each Lender has received, at least twenty (20) Business Days prior to such execution and delivery, a life loan flood zone determination and such other documents as it may reasonably request to complete its flood insurance due diligence (including those described in the preceding clause (e)) and has confirmed to each Agent that flood insurance due diligence and flood insurance compliance has been completed to its satisfaction.

 

Mortgages” means the mortgages, deeds of trust or deeds to secure debt that purport to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, a security interest in the real property interest (including with respect to any improvements and fixtures) of the Borrower or any other Loan Party in real property.

 

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Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Sections 4001(a)(3) or 3(37) of ERISA that is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding six (6) plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.

 

Net Cash Proceeds” means the aggregate proceeds paid in cash or Cash Equivalents received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any Disposition, Debt Transaction or Securitization Transaction, net of (a) direct costs incurred or estimated costs for which reserves are maintained, in connection therewith (including legal, accounting and investment banking fees and expenses, sales commissions and underwriting discounts); (b) estimated taxes paid or payable (including sales, use or other transactional taxes and any net marginal increase in income taxes) as a result thereof; and (c) the amount required to retire any Indebtedness secured by a Permitted Lien on the related property. For purposes hereof, “Net Cash Proceeds” includes any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the disposition of any non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in any Disposition, Debt Transaction or Securitization Transaction.

 

Non-Consenting Lender” means as defined in Section 2.17.

 

Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.

 

Note” means a promissory note in the form of Exhibit 2.5, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Notice” means a Funding Notice, an Issuance Notice or a Conversion/Continuation Notice.

 

Obligations” means all obligations, indebtedness and other liabilities of every nature of (a) each Loan Party from time to time owed to the Agents (including former Agents in their capacity as such), the Issuing Bank, the Lenders (including former Lenders in their capacity as such) or any of them, the Qualifying Swap Providers and the Qualifying Treasury Management Banks, under any Loan Document, Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Treasury Management Agreement and (b) each Subsidiary of any Loan Party from time to time owed to the Qualifying Swap Providers and the Qualifying Treasury Management Banks under any Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Treasury Management Agreement, in each case, together with all renewals, extensions, modifications or refinancings of any of the foregoing, whether for principal, interest (including fees and interest which, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to such Loan Party or such Subsidiary of a Loan Party, would have accrued on any Obligation, whether or not a claim is allowed against such Loan Party or such Subsidiary of a Loan Party for such interest or fees in the related bankruptcy proceeding), reimbursement of amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, payments for early termination of Swap Agreements, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise; provided, however, that the “Obligations” of a Loan Party shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Loan Party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or under any of the other Loan Documents, the obligations of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party under any Secured Swap Agreement or any Secured Treasury Management Agreement shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Loan Documents only to the extent that, and for so long as, the Obligations (other than any Obligations with respect to Secured Swap Agreements and Secured Treasury Management Agreements) are so secured and guaranteed.

 

OFAC” means The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

 

Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the charter, certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity. In the event any term or condition of this Agreement or any other Loan Document requires any Organization Document to be certified by a secretary of state or similar governmental official, the reference to any such “Organization Document” shall only be to a document of a type customarily certified by such governmental official.

 

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Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).

 

Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.17).

 

Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any Borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit Obligations on any date, the aggregate outstanding amount of such Letter of Credit Obligations on such date after giving effect to any Credit Extension of a Letter of Credit occurring on such date and any other changes in the amount of the Letter of Credit Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of any drawing under any Letter of Credit; and (c) with respect to any Term Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any prepayments or repayments of such Term Loan on such date.

 

Participant” means as defined in Section 11.5(d).

 

Participant Register” means as defined in Section 11.5(d).

 

Participation Agreement” means as defined in Section 7.8.

 

Patriot Act” means as defined in Section 6.24.

 

PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.

 

Pension Plan” means any ERISA Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or with respect to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate may have any liability or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding six (6) plan years.

 

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Permits” shall mean all accreditations, certifications, provider or supplier numbers, registrations, certificates of authority, certificates of need, certificates of reimbursement, variances, qualifications, filings, consents, governmental licenses, authorizations, supplier numbers, registrations, permits, device authorizations and approvals, certificates, franchises, qualifications, accreditations, consents, approvals, listings, certificates, product clearances or approvals, marketing authorizations and all other licenses, authorizations, registrations, permits, consents and approvals or exemptions thereto required in connection with the conduct of any Loan Party’s or any Subsidiary’s business or to comply with any applicable Laws, including, without limitation, (a) any “Permits” (as defined prior to this clause (a)) issued or required under Healthcare Laws applicable to the business of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or necessary in the possession, ownership, warehousing, marketing, promoting, sale, leasing, labeling, furnishing, distribution or delivery of goods or services under Healthcare Laws applicable to the business of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) any “Permits” (as defined prior to clause (a)) issued by any Person from which any Loan Party has, as of the Closing Date, received an accreditation, any of the above issued or required under Healthcare Laws applicable to the ownership or operation of any business location of a Loan Party, and (c) establishment registrations, device listings, Investigational Device Exemptions (IDEs), 510(k) exemptions, 510(k) clearances, and PMA approvals, as those terms are defined in the FDCA and implementing regulations, and those issued by state governments, environmental protection agency permits, and any and all licenses, patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights necessary for the conduct of any Loan Party’s or Subsidiary’s business.

 

Permitted Acquisition” means Investments consisting of an Acquisition by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) the line of business of any acquired Person shall be substantially similar to, or reasonably ancillary, complementary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the businesses conducted by the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries on the Closing Date (as determined by the Borrower in its reasonable discretion), (ii) the Property acquired (or the Property of the Person acquired) in such Acquisition is used or useful in substantially the same line of business as the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries were engaged in on the Closing Date, or in a business reasonably ancillary, complementary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, such business, and the Property is located (or if an Acquisition of Capital Stock, the Acquisition target is formed or otherwise organized) in the United States, (iii) the Administrative Agent shall have received not less than ten (10) days (or such shorter period as agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) prior notice of such Acquisition, which notice shall contain a summary, in reasonable detail, of the acquisition terms and conditions, including price, and Borrower’s projections, if any, prepared in connection with such Acquisition, (iv) in the case of an Acquisition of the Capital Stock of another Person, the board of directors (or other comparable governing body) of such other Person shall have duly approved such Acquisition and such Acquisition shall not be hostile, (v) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower demonstrating that, upon giving effect to such Acquisition and the incurrence of any Indebtedness related to such Acquisition, in each case, on a Pro Forma Basis, (A) the Borrower shall be in compliance with the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio set forth in Section 8.8(b), (B) the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall not exceed the ratio that is the greater of (x) 3.00:1.0 and (y) 0.50:1.0 less than the otherwise permitted maximum Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio under Section 8.8(a) for the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended and (C) no Default or Event of Default exists or would be caused by such Acquisition or the incurrence of any related Indebtedness, (vi) the representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in each Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in all respects, if already qualified by materiality) at and as if made as of the date of such Acquisition (after giving effect thereto) except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, (vii) the Total Consideration reasonably allocable to all Acquisitions of, or any other Investments in respect of, all Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries shall not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement, (viii) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent historical financial information (including income statements, balance sheets and cash flows) covering at least the three (3) most recently ended Fiscal Years ended at least ninety (90) days prior to the proposed acquisition for which financial statements have been prepared for such acquisition target, division or line of business to be so acquired prior to the effective date of the acquisition or the entire financial history for such acquisition target, division or line of business to be so acquired, whichever period is shorter, (ix) the Borrower shall have delivered such financial and other information (including, to the extent Total Consideration for such Acquisition exceeds $5,000,000, if requested by the Administrative Agent with respect to any acquisition target with EBITDA less than $0, information describing steps Borrower intends to take (and a timeline with respect thereto) in order for such entity to have Consolidated EBITDA greater than $0), together with, to the extent Total Consideration for such Acquisition exceeds $20,000,000, a quality of earnings report and other third-party reports obtained by a Loan Party or its Affiliates in connection with such Acquisition, in each case in form and results acceptable to Administrative Agent, with respect to each Person or any division or line of business, (x) to the extent such Acquisition is with respect to a non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary), after giving effect to such Acquisition the aggregate Consolidated EBITDA attributable to all non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries (other than those designated as Excluded Subsidiaries) does not exceed 7.50% of Consolidated EBITDA for the last twelve (12) months ending on the last day of the last month that is also the end of a Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements of the type set forth in Section 7.1(a) or (b) have been delivered to the Administrative Agent, and (xi) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (A) as soon as available, executed counterparts of the respective agreements, documents or instruments pursuant to which such Acquisition is to be consummated (including any related management, non-compete, employment, option or other material agreements), any schedules to such agreements, documents or instruments and all other material ancillary agreements, instruments and documents to be executed or delivered in connection therewith, and (B) to the extent required under the related acquisition agreement, all consents and approvals from applicable Governmental Authorities and Persons; provided, further, to the extent that payment for such Acquisition is made solely from Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance or sale of Qualified Capital Stock of AdaptHealth Corp., Borrower and the Loan Parties shall only be required to be in compliance with clauses (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (x) of this definition for such Acquisition to be deemed a Permitted Acquisition.

 

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Permitted Liens” means each of the Liens permitted pursuant to Section 8.2.

 

Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

 

Plan of Reorganization” means as defined in Section 11.5(f).

 

Platform” means as defined in Section 11.1(d).

 

Pledge and Security Agreement” means the pledge and security agreement dated as of the Closing Date given by the Loan Parties, as pledgors, to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, and any other pledge agreements or security agreements that may be given by any Person pursuant to the terms hereof, in each case as the same may be amended and modified from time to time.

 

Personal Information” means (a) all information that could reveal the identity of any natural Person and (b) all other information regarding natural Persons, the collection, use, or disclosure of which is subject to applicable Privacy Laws, including without limitation information regarding patient care or payment for patient care.

 

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Preferred Note” means collectively, (a) the Promissory Notes, dated as of November 8, 2019 and (b) the Amended and Restated Promissory Notes dated as of March 20, 2019, issued by AdaptHealth Holdings in favor of affiliates of BlueMountain Capital Management, LLC, which amended and restated the Promissory Notes, dated as of March 20, 2019, issued by AdaptHealth Holdings in favor of affiliates of BlueMountain Capital Management, LLC.

 

Preferred Note Cash Interest Payments” means payments of interest pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) of the Preferred Note.

 

Preferred Note PIK Interest Payments” means payments of interest pursuant to Section 2(b)(ii) of the Preferred Note that Holdings has elected to pay in cash rather than pay in kind and increase the principal amount of the Preferred Note; provided, to the extent that any interest is elected by Holdings to be paid in kind pursuant to Section 2(b)(ii) of the Preferred Note, such shall be principal under the Preferred Note and any payment thereof shall not constitute a Preferred Note PIK Interest Payment.

 

Prime Rate” means the per annum rate which the Administrative Agent publicly announces from time to time to be its prime lending rate, as in effect from time to time. The Administrative Agent’s prime lending rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate charged to customers.

 

Principal Office” means, for the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender and the Issuing Bank, such Person’s “Principal Office” as set forth on Appendix B, or such other office as it may from time to time designate in writing to the Borrower and each Lender.

 

Privacy Laws” shall mean all Laws applicable to the privacy or security of individually identifiable information of any patient or individual, including without limitation HIPAA.

 

Pro Forma Basis” means, for purposes of calculating the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.8 (including for purposes of determining the Applicable Margin), that any Disposition, Involuntary Disposition, Acquisition, increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments or establishment of an additional Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(iii) or Restricted Payment shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the most recent four (4) Fiscal Quarter period preceding the date of such transaction for which the Borrower was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or (b). In connection with the foregoing, (a)(i) with respect to any Disposition or Involuntary Disposition, income statement and cash flow statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the Property disposed of shall be excluded to the extent relating to any period occurring prior to the date of such transaction and (ii) with respect to any Acquisition, income statement items attributable to the Person or Property acquired shall be included to the extent relating to any period applicable in such calculations to the extent (A) such items are not otherwise included in such income statement items for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP or in accordance with any defined terms set forth in Section 1.1 and (B) such items are supported by financial statements or other information satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (b) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including the Person or property acquired) in connection with such transaction (i) shall be deemed to have been incurred as of the first day of the applicable period and (ii) if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as of the relevant date of determination.

 

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Proceedings” means any actual or threatened civil, equitable or criminal proceeding litigation, action, suit, claim, investigation (governmental or judicial or otherwise), dispute indictment or prosecution, pleading, demand or the imposition of any fine or penalty or similar matter.

 

Products” means any devices or products manufactured, sold, leased, rented, developed, tested or marketed by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Properly Contested” means, with respect to any obligation of a Loan Party, (a) the obligation is subject to a bona fide dispute regarding amount or the Loan Party’s liability to pay; (b) the obligation is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently pursued; (c) appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (d) non-payment could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, nor result in forfeiture or sale of any assets of such Loan Party pending resolution of such contest proceedings and the payment of any liabilities resulting therefrom; (e) no Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) is imposed on assets of such Loan Party; and (f) if the obligation results from entry of a judgment or other order, such judgment or order is stayed pending appeal or other judicial review.

 

Property” means an interest of any kind in any property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, and whether tangible or intangible.

 

PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

 

QFC” means as defined in Section 11.23(b).

 

QFC Credit Support” means as defined in Section 11.23.

 

Qualified Capital Stock” of any Person means any Capital Stock of such Person that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.

 

Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Loan Party that, at the time the Guaranty (or grant of security interest, as applicable) becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation, has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 or such other Loan Party as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act and which may cause another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” with respect to such Swap Obligation at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

Qualifying Swap Provider” means (a) any of Regions Bank and its Affiliates, and (b) any Person that (i) at the time it enters into a Swap Agreement with any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, or (ii) in the case of a Swap Agreement with any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party in effect on or prior to the Closing Date, is, as of the Closing Date or within thirty (30) days thereafter, a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, and, in each such case, shall have provided a Secured Party Designation Notice to the Administrative Agent. For purposes hereof, the term “Lender” shall be deemed to include the Administrative Agent.

 

Qualifying Treasury Management Bank” means (a) any of Regions Bank and its Affiliates, and (b) any Person that (A) at the time it enters into a Treasury Management Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, or (B) in the case of a Treasury Management Agreement in effect on or prior to the Closing Date, is, as of the Closing Date or within thirty (30) days thereafter, a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, and, in each such case under this clause (b), shall have provided a Secured Party Designation Notice to the Administrative Agent. For purposes hereof, the term “Lender” shall be deemed to include the Administrative Agent.

 

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Real Property” means, at any time of determination, any interest (fee, leasehold or otherwise) then owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in any real property.

 

Recall” means a Person’s Removal or Correction of a marketed product that the FDA considers to be in violation of the laws it administers and against which the FDA would initiate legal action, e.g., seizure.

 

Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) the Issuing Bank, as applicable.

 

Refinancing Facility” means as defined in Section 2.18.

 

Refinancing Revolving Facility” means as defined in Section 2.18.

 

Refinancing Revolving Loans” means as defined in Section 2.18.

 

Refinancing Term Facility” means as defined in Section 2.18.

 

Refinancing Term Loans” means as defined in Section 2.18.

 

Refunded Swing Line Loans” means as defined in Section 2.2(b)(iii).

 

Register” means as defined in Section 11.5(c).

 

Reimbursement Date” means as defined in Section 2.3(d).

 

Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

 

Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any successor thereto.

 

Removal” means the physical removal of a device from its point of use to some other location for repair, modification, adjustment, relabeling, destruction, or inspection.

 

Removal Effective Date” means as defined in Section 10.6(b).

 

Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the thirty-day notice period has been waived.

 

Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having Total Credit Exposure representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the Total Credit Exposures of all Lenders; provided that the Total Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

 

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Required Permit” means a Permit (a) required under Applicable Law applicable to the business of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or necessary in the manufacturing, importing, exporting, possession, ownership, warehousing, marketing, promoting, sale, leasing, labeling, furnishing, distribution or delivery of goods or services under Applicable law applicable to the business of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any Device Application (including without limitation, at any point in time, all licenses, approvals and permits issued by the FDA or any other applicable Governmental Authority necessary for the testing, manufacture, marketing or sale of any Product by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries as such activities are being conducted by such Person with respect to such Product at such time), and (b) issued by any Person from which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries has received an accreditation. This shall include all state government registrations and certifications applicable to the operation of the business of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries which are necessary for the manufacture or repair of respiratory therapy healthcare products and related Products.

 

Resignation Effective Date” means as defined in Section 10.6(a).

 

Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.

 

Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Capital Stock or on account of any return of capital to the Borrower’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof), or any setting apart of funds or property for any of the foregoing.

 

Revolving Availability” means, at any time beginning on the first (1st) Business Day following the Closing Date and ending five (5) Business Days prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, an amount equal to (a) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments less (b) the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure at such time; provided that Revolving Availability shall equal zero Dollars ($0) while any Default or Event of Default exists and remains outstanding.

 

Revolving Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund any Revolving Loan and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans hereunder. The amount of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A or in the applicable Assignment Agreement or other agreement pursuant to which it becomes a party hereto, subject to any increase, adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof.

 

Revolving Commitment Percentage” means, for each Lender, a fraction (expressed as a percentage carried to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Revolving Commitments. The initial Revolving Commitment Percentages are set forth on Appendix A.

 

Revolving Commitment Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earlier of (a) (i) in the case of Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans, the Revolving Commitment Termination Date or (ii) in the case of the Letters of Credit, the expiration date thereof, or (b) in each case, the date on which the Revolving Commitments shall have been terminated as provided herein.

 

Revolving Commitment Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) July 29, 2025; (b) the date the Revolving Commitments are permanently reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.11(b); and (c) the date of the termination of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 9.2.

 

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Revolving Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of its outstanding Revolving Loans and such Lender’s participation in Letter of Credit Obligations and Swing Line Loans at such time.

 

Revolving Loan” means a Loan made by a Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(a).

 

Revolving Obligations” means the Revolving Loans, the Letter of Credit Obligations and the Swing Line Loans.

 

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., together with its successors.

 

Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person (other than a Loan Party) whereby the Borrower or such Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred.

 

Sanctioned Entity” means (a) a country, territory or a government of a country or territory, (b) an agency of the government of a country or territory, (c) an organization directly or indirectly owned or controlled by a country, territory or its government or (d) a Person resident in or determined to be resident in a country, in each case, that is subject to Sanctions.

 

Sanctioned Person” means (a) a Person named on the list of “Specially Designated Nationals” or any other Sanctions related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any European Union member state, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Entity or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).

 

Sanctions” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, (b) the United Nations Security Council, (c) the European Union, (d) any European Union member state, (e) Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or (f) any other relevant sanctions authority.

 

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Secured Party Designation Notice” means a notice in the form of Exhibit 1.1 (or other writing in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) from a Qualifying Swap Provider or a Qualifying Treasury Management Bank to the Administrative Agent that it holds Obligations entitled to share in the guaranties and collateral interests provided herein in respect of a Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Treasury Management Agreement, as appropriate.

 

Secured Swap Agreement” means any Swap Agreement between any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, on the one hand, and a Qualifying Swap Provider, on the other hand. For the avoidance of doubt, a holder of Obligations in respect of a Secured Swap Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 9.3 and 10.10.

 

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Secured Swap Obligations” means all obligations owing to a Qualifying Swap Provider in connection with any Secured Swap Agreement including any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any Secured Swap Agreement, any and all renewals, extensions and modifications of any Secured Swap Agreement and any and all substitutions for any Secured Swap Agreement, including all fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, fixed or otherwise (including any monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings), in each case, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising.

 

Secured Treasury Management Agreement” means any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, on the one hand, and a Qualifying Treasury Management Bank, on the other hand. For the avoidance of doubt, a holder of Obligations in respect of a Secured Treasury Management Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 9.3 and 10.10.

 

Secured Treasury Management Obligations” means all obligations owing to a Qualifying Treasury Management Bank under a Secured Treasury Management Agreement, including all fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, fixed or otherwise (including any monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings), in each case, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising.

 

Securities” means any stock, shares, partnership interests, limited liability company interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement (e.g., stock appreciation rights), options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, as amended.

 

Securitization Transaction” means any financing or factoring or similar transaction (or series of such transactions) entered by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Borrower or such Subsidiary may sell, convey or otherwise transfer, or grant a security interest in, accounts, payments, receivables, rights to future lease payments or residuals or similar rights to payment to a special purpose subsidiary or affiliate or any other Person.

 

Senior Unsecured Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in Section 8.1(o).

 

SOFR” with respect to any day means the secured overnight financing rate published for such day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of the benchmark, (or a successor administrator) on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website.

 

Solvent” or “Solvency” means, with respect to any Person on a particular date, that on such date (a) the fair value of the assets of such Person exceed its liabilities, including contingent liabilities, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liabilities of such Person or its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) the remaining capital of such Person is not unreasonably small to conduct its business, and (d) such Person will not have incurred debts and does not have the present intent to incur debts, beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature. In computing the amount of contingent liabilities of any Person on any date, such liabilities shall be computed at the amount that, in the judgment of the Administrative Agent, in light of all facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount of such liabilities that reasonably can be expected to become actual or matured liabilities.

 

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Specified Event of Default” means any Event of Default pursuant to Section 9.1(a), Section 9.1(f) or Section 9.1(g).

 

Specified Laws” means all Applicable Law relating to the operation of private label and other medical device product distributions, and the possession, control, warehousing, marketing, sale, lease, rental, and distribution of medical devices, including without limitation, the FDCA, Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) requirements of the Quality System regulation for medical devices, as specified in Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 820 (21 C.F.R. 820), the Occupational Health and Safety Act (29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), any laws pertaining to the storage and disposal of biomedical and other hazardous waste, and any implementing regulations to any of the foregoing or other applicable state or federal laws. This shall include all guidelines and standards established by state government agencies for the manufacture or repair of respiratory therapy healthcare products and related Products.

 

Specified Loan Party” means, any Loan Party that is, at the time on which the Guaranty (or grant of security interest, as applicable) becomes effective with respect to a Swap Obligation, a corporation, partnership, proprietorship, organization, trust or other entity that would not be an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act at such time but for the effect of Section 4.8.

 

Subordination Agreement(s)” means (a) an agreement (in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) among any Loan Party, a subordinating creditor of such Loan Party and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the holders of the Obligations, pursuant to which, among other things, (i) Indebtedness is subordinated to the prior payment and satisfaction of the Obligations and (ii) the subordinating creditor agrees not to require, accept or maintain any Lien(s) on any assets of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, except as the Collateral Agent may expressly permit hereunder, and (b) any note, indenture, note purchase agreement or similar instrument or agreement, pursuant to which the indebtedness evidenced thereby or issued thereunder is subordinated to the Obligations by the express terms of such note, indenture, note purchase agreement or similar instrument or agreement, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

 

Subpoena” has the meaning specified in Section 7.3(k).

 

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the Voting Stock is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person, or the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of such Person in its consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP, if such statements were prepared as of such date, or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; provided, in determining the percentage of ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership interest in the nature of a “qualifying share” of the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding. Unless otherwise provided, “Subsidiary” shall refer to a Subsidiary of Intermediate Holdings.

 

Supported QFC” means as defined in Section 11.23.

 

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Swap Agreement” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options or warrants to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by, or otherwise subject to, any master agreement or any netting agreement, and (b) any and all transactions or arrangements of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement (or similar documentation) published from time to time by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such agreement or documentation, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

 

Swap Obligation” means with respect to any Guarantor any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Agreements have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s) and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Agreements, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Agreements (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

 

Swing Line Lender” means Regions Bank in its capacity as Swing Line Lender hereunder, together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity.

 

Swing Line Loan” means a Loan made by the Swing Line Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.2.

 

Swing Line Rate” means the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin applicable to Base Rate Loans.

 

Swing Line Sublimit” means, at any time of determination, the lesser of (a) FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS ($15,000,000) and (b) the aggregate unused amount of Revolving Commitments then in effect.

 

Synthetic Lease” means any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing arrangement whereby the arrangement is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease or does not otherwise appear on a balance sheet under GAAP.

 

Systems” means any device or combination thereof which contains data and Personal Information, including without limitation, any physical and electronic data information storage servers and systems and in particular those that use, access, store or disclose Personal Information.

 

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Tax Distributions” means, for any taxable year for which Holdings is treated under the Internal Revenue Code as a partnership for income tax purposes or otherwise similarly disregarded under the Internal Revenue Code for income tax purposes, dividends and/or distributions paid by Holdings to its owners in an amount not to exceed the product of (i) taxable income related to such owners’ ownership interest in Holdings multiplied by (ii) the sum of the highest marginal individual federal and state income tax rates in any state in which any owner resides which were applicable in such taxable year.

 

Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

 

Term Loan” means the Term Loan A and any additional term loan established under Section 2.1(d)(iii).

 

Term Loan A” means as defined in Section 2.1(b).

 

Term Loan A Commitment” means, for each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make a portion of the Term Loan A hereunder. The Term Loan A Commitment of each Lender as of the Closing Date is set forth on Appendix A. The aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan A Commitments of all of the Lenders as in effect on the Closing Date is TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($250,000,000).

 

Term Loan A Commitment Percentage” means, for each Lender, a fraction (expressed as a percentage carried to the ninth decimal place), (a) the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s portion of the Term Loan A, and (b) the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan A. The initial Term Loan A Commitment Percentage of each Lender as of the Closing Date is set forth on Appendix A.

 

Term Loan A Maturity Date” means July 29, 2025.

 

Term Loan Commitment Percentage” means, for each Lender providing a portion of a Term Loan, a fraction (expressed as a percentage carried to the ninth decimal place), (a) the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s portion of such Term Loan, and (b) the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Term Loan.

 

Term Loan Commitments” means (a) for each Lender, such Lender’s Term Loan A Commitment and (b) for each Lender providing an additional Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(iii), the commitment of such Lender to make such additional Term Loan as set forth in the document(s) executed by the Borrower establishing such additional Term Loan.

 

Term SOFR” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.

 

Third Party Payor” means a Government Reimbursement Program including Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and other state or federal health care program, Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield, private insurers, managed care plans and any other person or entity which presently or in the future maintains Third Party Payor Programs.

 

Third Party Payor Programs” means all payment and reimbursement programs sponsored by a Third Party Payor, in which a Loan Party participates.

 

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Total Consideration” means, with respect to any Acquisition, all cash and non-cash consideration, including the amount of Indebtedness assumed by the buyer and the amount of Indebtedness evidenced by notes issued by the buyer to the seller, the maximum amount payable in connection with any deferred purchase price obligation (including any Earn-Out Obligation) and the value of any Capital Stock of any Loan Party issued to the seller in connection with such Acquisition.

 

Total Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the Outstanding Amount of the Term Loans of such Lender at such time and the unused Revolving Commitments and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender at such time.

 

Total Revolving Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Loans, all Swing Line Loans and all Letter of Credit Obligations.

 

Trade Date” means as defined in Section 11.5(f).

 

Transactions” means (a) the acquisition of Solara Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the transactions related thereto, (b) the acquisition of ActivStyle, Inc., a Minnesota corporation and the transactions related thereto, (c) the purchase by Deerfield Partners, LLC on July 1, 2020 of 35,000 shares of Series B-2 Preferred Stock of AdaptHealth Corp., (d) the purchase by OEP AHCO Investment Holdings, LLC on July 1, 2020 of 10,930,471 shares of Class A Common Stock and 39,706 shares of Series A Preferred Stock of AdaptHealth Corp., (e) the public offering on July 6, 2020, of 9.2 million shares of the Class A Common Stock of AdaptHealth Corp. and (f) the execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the initial funding of the Term Loan A on the Closing Date.

 

Transport and Disposal Agreement” means an agreement for the transport and disposal of hazardous wastes in accordance with all Applicable Law, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated, modified or replaced from time to time.

 

Treasury Management Agreement” means any agreement governing the provision of treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts, funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, commercial credit cards, purchasing cards, cardless e-payable services, debit cards, stored value cards, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services.

 

TRICARE” means the program administered pursuant to 10 U.S.C. Section 1071 et. seq., Sections 1320a-7 and 1320a-7a of Title 42 of the United States Code and the regulations promulgated pursuant to such statutes.

 

Type of Loan” means a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Loan.

 

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in effect in the State of New York (or any other applicable jurisdiction, as the context may require).

 

Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

 

UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.

 

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UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.

 

Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a) (16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Sections 412 and 430 of the Internal Revenue Code for the applicable plan year.

 

United States” or “U.S.” means the United States of America.

 

U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

U.S. Special Resolution Regimes” means as defined in Section 11.23.

 

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” means as defined in Section 3.3(f).

 

Voluntary Termination” means as defined in the definition of “Material Adverse Effect”.

 

Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person, Capital Stock issued by such Person the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even though the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.

 

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness as of any date of determination, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

 

Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means any Person one hundred percent (100%) of whose Capital Stock is at the time owned by a Loan Party directly or indirectly through other Persons one hundred percent (100%) of whose Capital Stock is at the time owned, directly or indirectly, by such a Loan Party.

 

Withholding Agent” means any Loan Party and the Administrative Agent.

 

Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.

 

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Section 1.2             Accounting Terms.

 

(a)            Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in conformity with GAAP. Financial statements and other information required to be delivered by the Borrower to the Lenders pursuant to clauses (a), (b) and (c) of Section 7.1 and Section 7.2(b) shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect at the time of such preparation. If at any time any change in GAAP or in the consistent application thereof would affect the computation of any financial covenant or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall object in writing to determining compliance based on such change, then the Lenders and Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such financial covenant, requirement or applicable defined terms to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change to GAAP; provided that, until so amended such computations shall continue to be made on a basis consistent with the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to clauses (a), (b), and (c) of Section 7.1 and Section 7.2(b) as to which no such objection has been made.

 

(b)            Notwithstanding the above, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that all calculations of the financial covenants in Section 8.8, including for purposes of determining the Applicable Margin, shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding the above, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.

 

Section 1.3             Rules of Interpretation.

 

(a)            The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “hereto”, “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof or thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Sections, Exhibits, Appendices and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Sections of, and Exhibits, Appendices and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory rules, regulations, orders and provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any references to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

 

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(b)            The terms lease and license shall include sub-lease and sub-license.

 

(c)            All terms not specifically defined herein or by GAAP, which terms are defined in the UCC, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the UCC of the relevant jurisdiction, with the term “instrument” being that defined under Article 9 of the UCC of such jurisdiction.

 

(d)           Unless otherwise expressly indicated, in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”, the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”, and the word “through” means “to and including”.

 

(e)            To the extent that any of the representations and warranties contained in Section 6 under this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents is qualified by “Material Adverse Effect”, the qualifier “in all material respects” contained in Section 5.2(c) and the qualifier “in any material respect” contained in Section 9.1(d) shall not apply.

 

(f)            Whenever the phrase “to the knowledge of” or words of similar import relating to the knowledge of a Person are used herein or in any other Loan Document, such phrase shall mean and refer to the actual knowledge of the Authorized Officers of such Person.

 

(g)            This Agreement and the other Loan Documents are the result of negotiation among, and have been reviewed by counsel to, among others, the Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties, and are the product of discussions and negotiations among all parties. Accordingly, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are not intended to be construed against the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders merely on account of the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s involvement in the preparation of such documents.

 

(h)            Unless otherwise indicated, all references to a specific time shall be construed to Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Savings Time, as the case may be. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all references to dollar amounts and “$” shall mean Dollars.

 

(i)             Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time (after giving effect to any permanent reduction in the stated amount of such Letter of Credit pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit); provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

 

(j)            Any reference herein or in any other Loan Document to a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale or disposition, or similar term, shall be deemed to apply to a division of or by a limited liability company or limited partnership, or an allocation of assets to a series of a limited liability company or limited partnership (or the unwinding of such a division or allocation), as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale or disposition, or similar term, as applicable, to, of or with a separate Person. Any division of a limited liability company or limited partnership shall constitute a separate Person hereunder and under each other Loan Document (and each division of any limited liability company or limited partnership that is a Subsidiary, joint venture or any other like term shall also constitute such a Person or entity).

 

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Section 1.4            Limited Condition Acquisitions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent that the terms of this Agreement require (a) compliance with any basket, financial ratio or test (including any Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio test), (b) the absence of a Default or an Event of Default, or (c) a determination as to whether the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in all respects, if already qualified by materiality), in each case, in connection with the consummation of a Limited Condition Acquisition, the determination of whether the relevant condition is satisfied may be made, at the election of the Borrower, (A) on the date of the execution of the definitive agreement with respect to such Limited Condition Acquisition (such date, the “LCA Test Date”), or (B) on the date on which such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated, in either case, after giving effect to the relevant Limited Condition Acquisition and any related incurrence of Indebtedness (other than Revolving Loans), on a Pro Forma Basis; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with any Limited Condition Acquisition: (1) (A) the condition set forth in clause (vi)(C) of the proviso to the definition of “Permitted Acquisition” shall be satisfied if (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the applicable LCA Test Date, and (y) no Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, and (B) the condition set forth in clause (vi) of the proviso to the definition of “Permitted Acquisition” shall be required to be satisfied at the time of closing of the Limited Condition Acquisition but the representations and warranties which must be accurate at the time of closing of the Limited Condition Acquisition may be limited to customary “specified representations”; (2) if the proceeds of an additional Term Loan established under Section 2.1(d)(iii) are being used to finance such Limited Condition Acquisition, then (x) the conditions set forth in clause (F)(1) of the proviso to Section 2.1(d)(iii) shall be required to be satisfied at the time of closing of the Limited Condition Acquisition and funding of such additional Term Loan but, if the lenders providing such additional Term Loan so agree, the representations and warranties which must be accurate at the time of closing of the Limited Condition Acquisition and funding of such additional Term Loan may be limited to customary “specified representations” and such other representations and warranties as may be required by the lenders providing such additional Term Loan, and (y) the conditions set forth in clause (F)(2) of the proviso to Section 2.1(d)(iii) shall, if and to the extent the lenders providing such additional Term Loan so agree, be satisfied if (I) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the applicable LCA Test Date, and (II) no Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of the funding of such additional Term Loan in connection with the consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition; (3) if the proceeds of any Incremental Equivalent Debt are being used to finance such Limited Condition Acquisition, then (x) the conditions set forth in clause (i) of the proviso to the definition of “Incremental Equivalent Debt” shall be required to be satisfied at the time of closing of the Limited Condition Acquisition and funding of such Incremental Equivalent Debt but, if the lenders providing such Incremental Equivalent Debt so agree, the representations and warranties which must be accurate at the time of closing of the Limited Condition Acquisition and funding of such Incremental Equivalent Debt may be limited to customary “specified representations” and such other representations and warranties as may be required by the lenders providing such Incremental Equivalent Debt, and (y) the conditions set forth in clause (b) of the proviso to the definition of “Incremental Equivalent Debt” shall, if and to the extent the lenders providing such Incremental Equivalent Debt so agree, be satisfied if (I) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the applicable LCA Test Date, and (II) no Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of the funding of such Incremental Equivalent Debt in connection with the consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition; and (4) such Limited Condition Acquisition and the related Indebtedness to be incurred in connection therewith and the use of proceeds thereof shall be deemed incurred and/or applied at the LCA Test Date (until such time as the Indebtedness is actually incurred or the applicable definitive agreement is terminated without actually consummating the applicable Limited Condition Acquisition) and outstanding thereafter for purposes of determining compliance (other than in connection with the making of any Restricted Payment) with any financial ratio or test on a Pro Forma Basis (including any Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio test, or any calculation of the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.8) (it being understood and agreed that for purposes of determining compliance with any financial ratio or test on a Pro Forma Basis in connection with the making of any Restricted Payment, the Borrower shall demonstrate compliance with the applicable test both after giving effect to the applicable Limited Condition Acquisition and assuming that such acquisition had not occurred). For the avoidance of doubt, if any of such ratios or amounts for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCA Test Date are thereafter exceeded or otherwise failed to have been complied with as a result of fluctuations in such ratio or amount (including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA), at or prior to the consummation of the relevant Limited Condition Acquisition, such ratios or amounts will not be deemed to have been exceeded or failed to be complied with as a result of such fluctuations solely for purposes of determining whether the relevant Limited Condition Acquisition is permitted to be consummated or taken. Except as set forth in clauses (2) and (3) in the proviso to the first sentence in this Section 1.4 in connection with the use of the proceeds of an additional Term Loan or Incremental Equivalent Debt to finance a Limited Condition Acquisition (and, in the case of such clauses (2) and (3), only if and to the extent the lenders providing such additional Term Loan or such Incremental Equivalent Debt, as applicable, so agree as provided in such clause (2) or clause (3), as applicable), it is understood and agreed that this Section 1.4 shall not limit the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 with respect to any proposed Credit Extension, in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition or otherwise.

 

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                                            Section 2.               LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT

 

Section 2.1            Revolving Loans and Term Loan A.

 

(a)           Revolving Loans. During the Revolving Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make revolving loans (each such loan, a “Revolving Loan”) to the Borrower in an aggregate amount up to but not exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided, that after giving effect to the making of any Revolving Loan, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, and (ii) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.1(a) may be repaid and reborrowed without premium or penalty (subject to Section 3.1(c)) during the Revolving Commitment Period. The Revolving Loans may consist of Base Rate Loans, Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans, or a combination thereof, as the Borrower may request. Each Lender’s Revolving Commitment shall expire on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and all Revolving Loans and all other amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Revolving Loans and the Revolving Commitments shall be paid in full no later than such date.

 

(b)           Term Loan A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Lenders will make advances of their respective Term Loan A Commitment Percentages of a term loan (the “Term Loan A”) in an amount not to exceed the Term Loan A Commitment, which Term Loan A will be disbursed to the Borrower in Dollars in a single advance on the Closing Date. The Term Loan A may consist of Base Rate Loans, Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans, or a combination thereof, as the Borrower may request. Amounts repaid on the Term Loan A may not be reborrowed.

 

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(c)           Mechanics for Revolving Loans and Term Loans.

 

(i)             All Term Loans and, except pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(iii), all Revolving Loans shall be made in an aggregate minimum amount of $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount.

 

(ii)            Whenever the Borrower desires that the Lenders make a Term Loan or a Revolving Loan, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a fully executed Funding Notice no later than (x) 1:00 p.m. at least three (3) Business Days in advance of the proposed Credit Date in the case of an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan and (y) 1:00 p.m. at least one (1) Business Day in advance of the proposed Credit Date in the case of a Loan that is a Base Rate Loan. Except as otherwise provided herein, any Funding Notice for any Loans that are Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and the Borrower shall be bound to make a borrowing in accordance therewith.

 

(iii)           Notice of receipt of each Funding Notice in respect of each Revolving Loan or Term Loan, together with the amount of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage or Term Loan Commitment Percentage thereof, respectively, if any, together with the applicable interest rate, shall be provided by the Administrative Agent to each applicable Lender by telefacsimile with reasonable promptness, but (provided the Administrative Agent shall have received such notice by 1:00 p.m.) not later than 4:00 p.m. on the same day as the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such notice from the Borrower.

 

(iv)           Each Lender shall make its Revolving Commitment Percentage of the requested Revolving Loan or its Term Loan Commitment Percentage of the requested Term Loan available to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. on the applicable Credit Date by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at the Administrative Agent’s Principal Office. Except as provided herein, upon satisfaction or waiver of the applicable conditions precedent specified herein, the Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Credit Extension available to the Borrower on the applicable Credit Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all Loans received by the Administrative Agent in connection with the Credit Extension from the Lenders to be credited to the account of the Borrower at the Administrative Agent’s Principal Office or such other account as may be designated in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.

 

(d)           Increase in Revolving Commitments and Establishment of Additional Term Loans. The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, upon prior written notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, increase the Revolving Commitments (but not the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit) and/or establish one or more additional Term Loans subject to the following:

 

(i)             After giving effect to such additional Term Loans (and after giving effect to any Permitted Acquisition consummated simultaneously therewith) and/or increases in the Revolving Commitments (assuming such increase in the Revolving Commitments is fully-drawn), in each case, on a Pro Forma Basis, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 3.00:1.0;

 

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(ii)           The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, upon prior written notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent increase the Aggregate Revolving Commitments (but not the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit) with additional Revolving Commitments from any existing Lender with a Revolving Commitment or new Revolving Commitments from any other Person selected by the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Swing Line Lender; provided that:

 

(A)           any such increase shall be in a minimum principal amount of $10,000,000 and in integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess thereof;

 

(B)            no Default or Event of Default shall exist before and immediately after giving effect to such increase;

 

(C)           the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of any such increase in the Revolving Commitments (assuming such increase in the Revolving Commitments is fully-drawn), with the financial covenants set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of Section 8.8, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) of Section 7.1;

 

(D)           no existing Lender shall be under any obligation to increase its Revolving Commitment and any such decision whether to increase its Revolving Commitment shall be in such Lender’s sole and absolute discretion;

 

(E)           (1) any new Lender providing a Revolving Commitment in connection with any increase in Aggregate Revolving Commitments shall join this Agreement by executing such joinder documents reasonably required by the Administrative Agent and/or (2) any existing Lender electing to increase its Revolving Commitment shall have executed a commitment agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(F)           any such increase in the Revolving Commitments shall be subject to receipt by the Administrative Agent of customary legal opinions and a certificate of the Borrower dated as of the date of such increase signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower (x) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by the Borrower and each Guarantor approving or consenting to such increase, and (y) certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (1) the representations and warranties contained in Section 6 and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (or, in all respects, if already qualified by materiality). on and as of the date of such increase, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects (or, in all respects, if already qualified by materiality) as of such earlier date, and (2) no Default or Event of Default exists; and

 

(G)           any such increase in the Revolving Commitments shall have terms identical to those for Revolving Loans under this Agreement, except for fees payable to the Lenders providing commitments for such increase in the Revolving Commitments.

 

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The Borrower shall be permitted to draw on the commitments of the Lenders providing for such increase in the Revolving Commitments on a nonratable basis in order to prepay any Revolving Loans owing under this Agreement on the date of any such increase in the Revolving Commitments to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Revolving Loans ratable with any revised Revolving Commitments arising from any nonratable increase in the Revolving Commitments under this Section.

 

(iii)          The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, upon prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, request the establishment of one or more additional Term Loans from existing Lenders or other Persons selected by the Borrower (other than the Borrower or any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Borrower) and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided, that:

 

(A)          any such increase shall be in a minimum aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 and integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess thereof;

 

(B)           no Default or Event of Default shall exist before and immediately after giving effect to such additional Term Loan;

 

(C)           the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of any additional Term Loan (and after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to any Permitted Acquisition consummated simultaneously therewith), with the financial covenants set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of Section 8.8, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) of Section 7.1;

 

(D)           no existing Lender shall be under any obligation to provide a portion of any additional Term Loan and any such decision whether to provide a portion of any additional Term Loan shall be in such Lender’s sole and absolute discretion;

 

(E)           (1) any new Lender shall join this Agreement by executing such joinder documents reasonably required by the Administrative Agent and/or (2) any existing Lender electing to provide a Term Loan Commitment with respect to such additional Term Loan shall have executed a commitment or joinder agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(F)           the establishment of any additional Term Loan shall be subject to receipt by the Administrative Agent of customary legal opinions and a certificate of the Borrower dated as of the date of the establishment of such additional Term Loan signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower (x) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by the Borrower and each Guarantor approving or consenting to such increase, and (y) certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (1) the representations and warranties contained in Section 6 and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (or, in all respects, if already qualified by materiality) on and as of the date of such increase, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects (or, in all respects, if already qualified by materiality) as of such earlier date, and (2) no Default or Event of Default exists.

 

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(G)            the Applicable Margin of any additional Term Loan shall be as set forth in the commitment or joinder agreement executed by the Borrower in connection therewith; provided that the all-in yield (including interest rate margins, any interest rate floors, original issue discount and upfront fees (based on the lesser of a four-year average life to maturity or the remaining life to maturity), but excluding arrangement, structuring and underwriting fees paid or payable to the arranger providing such additional Term Loan) applicable to such additional Term Loan shall not be more than 0.50% higher than the corresponding all-in yield (determined on the same basis) applicable to the Term Loan A or any other then existing Term Loan (it being understood that interest on the Term Loan A and any other then existing Term Loan may be increased to the extent necessary to satisfy this requirement);

 

(H)           the maturity date for any additional Term Loan shall be as set forth in the commitment or joinder agreement executed by the Borrower in connection therewith; provided that such date shall be no earlier than the Term Loan A Maturity Date or the maturity date of any other then existing Term Loan; and

 

(I)            the scheduled principal amortization payments under any additional Term Loan shall be as set forth in the commitment or joinder agreement executed by the Borrower in connection therewith; provided that the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any such additional Term Loan shall not be less than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loan A and any other then existing Term Loan.

 

Section 2.2             Swing Line Loans.

 

(a)           Swing Line Loans Commitments. During the Revolving Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender may, in its sole discretion, make Swing Line Loans to the Borrower in the aggregate amount up to but not exceeding the Swing Line Sublimit; provided, that after giving effect to the making of any Swing Line Loan, in no event shall (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and (ii) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.2 may be repaid and reborrowed during the Revolving Commitment Period. The Swing Line Lender’s Revolving Commitment shall expire on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and all Swing Line Loans and all other amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Swing Line Loans and the Revolving Commitments shall be paid in full no later than such date.

 

(b)           Borrowing Mechanics for Swing Line Loans.

 

(i)            Subject to clause (vi) below, whenever the Borrower desires that the Swing Line Lender make a Swing Line Loan, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a Funding Notice no later than 11:00 a.m. on the proposed Credit Date.

 

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(ii)           The Swing Line Lender shall make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Administrative Agent not later than 3:00 p.m. on the applicable Credit Date by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at the Administrative Agent’s Principal Office. Except as provided herein, upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, the Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Swing Line Loans available to the Borrower on the applicable Credit Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Swing Line Loans received by the Administrative Agent from the Swing Line Lender to be credited to the account of the Borrower at the Administrative Agent’s Principal Office, or to such other account as may be designated in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.

 

(iii)           With respect to any Swing Line Loans which have not been voluntarily prepaid by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.11, the Swing Line Lender may at any time in its sole and absolute discretion, deliver to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrower), no later than 11:00 a.m. on the day of the proposed Credit Date, a notice (which shall be deemed to be a Funding Notice given by the Borrower) requesting that each Lender holding a Revolving Commitment make Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans to the Borrower on such Credit Date in an amount equal to the amount of such Swing Line Loans (the “Refunded Swing Line Loans”) outstanding on the date such notice is given which the Swing Line Lender requests Lenders to prepay. Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, (1) the proceeds of such Revolving Loans made by the Lenders other than the Swing Line Lender shall be immediately delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Swing Line Lender (and not to the Borrower) and applied to repay a corresponding portion of the Refunded Swing Line Loans and (2) on the day such Revolving Loans are made, the Swing Line Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of the Refunded Swing Line Loans shall be deemed to be paid with the proceeds of a Revolving Loan made by the Swing Line Lender to the Borrower, and such portion of the Swing Line Loans deemed to be so paid shall no longer be outstanding as Swing Line Loans and shall no longer be due under the Note of the Swing Line Lender but shall instead constitute part of the Swing Line Lender’s outstanding Revolving Loans to the Borrower and shall be due under the Note issued by the Borrower to the Swing Line Lender. The Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Swing Line Lender to charge the Borrower’s accounts with the Administrative Agent and the Swing Line Lender (up to the amount available in each such account) in order to immediately pay the Swing Line Lender the amount of the Refunded Swing Line Loans to the extent the proceeds of such Revolving Loans made by the Lenders, including the Revolving Loans deemed to be made by the Swing Line Lender, are insufficient to repay in full the Refunded Swing Line Loans. If any portion of any such amount paid (or deemed to be paid) to the Swing Line Lender should be recovered by or on behalf of the Borrower from the Swing Line Lender in bankruptcy, by assignment for the benefit of creditors or otherwise, the loss of the amount so recovered shall be ratably shared among all Lenders in the manner contemplated by Section 2.14.

 

(iv)           If for any reason Revolving Loans are not made pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(iii) in an amount sufficient to repay any amounts owed to the Swing Line Lender in respect of any outstanding Swing Line Loans on or before the third Business Day after demand for payment thereof by the Swing Line Lender, each Lender holding a Revolving Commitment shall be deemed to, and hereby agrees to, have purchased a participation in such outstanding Swing Line Loans, and in an amount equal to its Revolving Commitment Percentage of the applicable unpaid amount together with accrued interest thereon; provided that any such participation purchased by a Lender shall be limited to an amount that would not cause the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender (after giving effect to such participation) to exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. On the Business Day that notice is provided by the Swing Line Lender (or by the 11:00 a.m. on the following Business Day if such notice is provided after 2:00 p.m.), each Lender holding a Revolving Commitment shall deliver to the Swing Line Lender an amount equal to its respective participation in the applicable unpaid amount in same day funds at the Principal Office of the Swing Line Lender. In order to evidence such participation each Lender holding a Revolving Commitment agrees to enter into a participation agreement at the request of the Swing Line Lender in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Swing Line Lender. In the event any Lender holding a Revolving Commitment fails to make available to the Swing Line Lender the amount of such Lender’s participation as provided in this paragraph, the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon for three (3) Business Days at the rate customarily used by the Swing Line Lender for the correction of errors among banks and thereafter at the Base Rate, as applicable.

 

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(v)           Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, (1) each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans for the purpose of repaying any Refunded Swing Line Loans pursuant to clause (iii) above and each Lender’s obligation to purchase a participation in any unpaid Swing Line Loans pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, any Loan Party or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuation of a Default or Event of Default; (C) any adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of any Loan Party; (D) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by any party thereto; or (E) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that such obligations of each Lender are subject to the condition that the Swing Line Lender had not received prior notice from the Borrower or the Required Lenders that any of the conditions under Section 5.2 to the making of the applicable Refunded Swing Line Loans or other unpaid Swing Line Loans were not satisfied at the time such Refunded Swing Line Loans or other unpaid Swing Line Loans were made; and (2) the Swing Line Lender shall not be obligated to make any Swing Line Loans (A) if it has elected not to do so after the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default or Event of Default, (B) it does not in good faith believe that all conditions under Section 5.2 to the making of such Swing Line Loan have been satisfied or waived by the Required Lenders or (C) at a time when a Defaulting Lender exists, unless the Swing Line Lender has entered into arrangements satisfactory to it and the Borrower to eliminate the Swing Line Lender’s risk with respect to the Defaulting Lender’s participation in such Swing Line Loan, including by Cash Collateralizing such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of the outstanding Swing Line Loans in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent.

 

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Section 2.3             Issuances of Letters of Credit and Purchase of Participations Therein.

 

(a)            Letters of Credit. During the Revolving Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Issuing Bank agrees to issue standby Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the aggregate amount up to but not exceeding the Letter of Credit Sublimit; provided (i) each Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars; (ii) the stated amount of each Letter of Credit shall not be less than $50,000 or such lesser amount as is acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank; (iii) after giving effect to such issuance, in no event shall (x) the Total Revolving Outstandings exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (y) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and (z) the Outstanding Amount of Letter of Credit Obligations exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit; and (iv) in no event shall any Letter of Credit have an expiration date later than the earlier of (1) seven (7) days prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, and (2) the date which is one (1) year from the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit. Subject to the foregoing (other than clause (iv)) the Issuing Bank may agree that a Letter of Credit will automatically be extended for one or more successive periods not to exceed one (1) year each, unless the Issuing Bank elects not to extend for any such additional period; provided no Issuing Bank shall extend any such Letter of Credit if it has received written notice that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time the Issuing Bank must elect to allow such extension; provided, further, in the event that any Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender, unless the applicable Issuing Bank has entered into arrangements satisfactory to the Issuing Bank (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Defaulting Lender to eliminate the Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Lender (after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender), including by Cash Collateralizing such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Letter of Credit Obligations in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Agents, the Issuing Bank shall not be obligated to issue or extend any Letter of Credit hereunder. The Issuing Bank may send a Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (“SWIFT”) message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a beneficiary.

 

(b)           Notice of Issuance. Whenever the Borrower desires the issuance of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Issuance Notice no later than 1:00 p.m. at least three (3) Business Days or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Issuing Bank in any particular instance, in advance of the proposed date of issuance. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 5.2, the Issuing Bank shall issue the requested Letter of Credit only in accordance the Issuing Bank’s standard operating procedures (including, without limitation, the delivery by the Borrower of such executed documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit, including any Issuer Documents, as the applicable Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent may require). Upon the issuance of any Letter of Credit or amendment or modification to a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender of such issuance, which notice shall be accompanied by a copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment or modification to a Letter of Credit and the amount of such Lender’s respective participation in such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.3(e).

 

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(c)            Responsibility of Issuing Bank With Respect to Requests for Drawings and Payments. In determining whether to honor any drawing under any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof, the applicable Issuing Bank shall be responsible only to examine the documents delivered under such Letter of Credit with reasonable care so as to ascertain whether they appear on their face to be in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit. As between the Borrower and the Issuing Bank, the Borrower assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, by the respective beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, no Issuing Bank shall be responsible for: (i) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document submitted by any party in connection with the application for and issuance of any such Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (ii) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any such Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii) failure of the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit to comply fully with any conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher; (v) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under any such Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; or (viii) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Bank, including any Governmental Acts; none of the above shall affect or impair, or prevent the vesting of, the Issuing Bank’s rights or powers hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing and in furtherance thereof, any action taken or omitted by the Issuing Bank under or in connection with the Letters of Credit or any documents and certificates delivered thereunder, if taken or omitted in good faith in the absence of gross negligence, shall not give rise to any liability on the part of the Issuing Bank to any Loan Party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.3(c), the Borrower shall retain any and all rights it may have against the Issuing Bank for any liability arising out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Bank, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order.

 

(d)            Reimbursement by the Borrower of Amounts Drawn or Paid Under Letters of Credit. In the event the Issuing Bank has determined to honor a drawing under a Letter of Credit, it shall immediately notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and the Borrower shall reimburse the Issuing Bank on or before the Business Day immediately following the date on which such drawing is honored (the “Reimbursement Date”) in an amount in Dollars and in same day funds equal to the amount of such honored drawing; provided anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) unless the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank prior to 11:00 a.m. on the date such drawing is honored that the Borrower intends to reimburse the Issuing Bank for the amount of such honored drawing with funds other than the proceeds of Revolving Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have given a timely Funding Notice to the Administrative Agent requesting the Lenders to make Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans on the Reimbursement Date in an amount in Dollars equal to the amount of such honored drawing, and (ii) subject to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions specified in Section 5.2, the Lenders shall, on the Reimbursement Date, make Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans in the amount of such honored drawing, the proceeds of which shall be applied directly by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for the amount of such honored drawing; and provided further, if for any reason proceeds of Revolving Loans are not received by the applicable Issuing Bank on the Reimbursement Date in an amount equal to the amount of such honored drawing, the Borrower shall reimburse the Issuing Bank, on demand, in an amount in same day funds equal to the excess of the amount of such honored drawing over the aggregate amount of such Revolving Loans, if any, which are so received. Nothing in this Section 2.3(d) shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to make Revolving Loans on the terms and conditions set forth herein, and the Borrower shall retain any and all rights it may have against any Lender resulting from the failure of such Lender to make such Revolving Loans under this Section 2.3(d).

 

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(e)            Lenders’ Purchase of Participations in Letters of Credit. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender having a Revolving Commitment shall be deemed to have purchased, and hereby agrees to irrevocably purchase, from the applicable Issuing Bank a participation in such Letter of Credit and any drawings honored thereunder in an amount equal to such Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage (with respect to the Revolving Commitments) of the maximum amount which is or at any time may become available to be drawn thereunder; provided that any such participation purchased by a Lender shall be limited to an amount that would not cause the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender (after giving effect to such participation) to exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. In the event that the Borrower shall fail for any reason to reimburse the Issuing Bank as provided in Section 2.3(d), the applicable Issuing Bank shall promptly notify each Lender of the unreimbursed amount of such honored drawing and of such Lender’s respective participation therein based on such Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage. Each Lender shall make available to the applicable Issuing Bank an amount equal to its respective participation, in Dollars and in same day funds, at the office of the Issuing Bank specified in such notice, not later than 12:00 p.m. on the first Business Day (under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such office of the Issuing Bank is located) after the date notified by the Issuing Bank. In the event that any Lender fails to make available to the applicable Issuing Bank on such Business Day the amount of such Lender’s participation in such Letter of Credit as provided in this Section 2.3(e), the Issuing Bank shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon for three (3) Business Days at the rate customarily used by the applicable Issuing Bank for the correction of errors among banks and thereafter at the Base Rate. Nothing in this Section 2.3(e) shall be deemed to prejudice the right of any Lender to recover from the Issuing Bank any amounts made available by such Lender to the Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section in the event that it is determined that the payment with respect to a Letter of Credit in respect of which payment was made by such Lender constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Bank, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order. In the event the Issuing Bank shall have been reimbursed by other Lenders pursuant to this Section 2.3(e) for all or any portion of any drawing honored by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank shall distribute to each Lender which has paid all amounts payable by it under this Section 2.3(e) with respect to such honored drawing such Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of all payments subsequently received by the Issuing Bank from the Borrower in reimbursement of such honored drawing when such payments are received. Any such distribution shall be made to a Lender at its primary address set forth below its name on Appendix B or at such other address as such Lender may request.

 

(f)            Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for drawings honored under the Letters of Credit issued by it and to repay any Revolving Loans made by the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.3(d) and the obligations of the Lenders under Section 2.3(e) shall be unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms hereof under all circumstances including any of the following circumstances: (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit; (ii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense (other than that such drawing has been repaid) or other right which the Borrower or any Lender may have at any time against a beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such transferee may be acting), the Issuing Bank, a Lender or any other Person or, in the case of a Lender, against the Borrower, whether in connection herewith, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transaction (including any underlying transaction between the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and the beneficiary for which any Letter of Credit was procured); (iii) any draft or other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; (iv) payment by the Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document which does not substantially comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; (v) any adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets, or financial condition of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; (vi) any breach hereof or any other Loan Document by any party thereto; (vii) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; or (viii) the fact that an Event of Default or a Default shall have occurred and be continuing; provided, in each case, that payment by the applicable Issuing Bank under the applicable Letter of Credit shall not have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Bank under the circumstances in question, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order.

 

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(g)            Indemnification. Without duplication of any obligation of the Loan Parties under Section 11.2, in addition to amounts payable as provided herein, each of the Loan Parties hereby agrees, on a joint and several basis, to protect, indemnify, pay and save harmless the Issuing Bank from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel) which the Issuing Bank may incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of (i) the issuance of any Letter of Credit by the Issuing Bank, other than as a result of (1) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Bank, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order, or (2) the wrongful dishonor by the Issuing Bank of a proper demand for payment made under any Letter of Credit issued by it, or (ii) the failure of the Issuing Bank to honor a drawing under any such Letter of Credit as a result of any Governmental Act other than as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Bank, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order.

 

(h)            Applicability of ISP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable Issuing Bank and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, the rules of the ISP shall apply to each Letter of Credit.

 

(i)             Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary of the Borrower, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of the Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.

 

(j)             Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.

 

Section 2.4              Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds.

 

(a)            Pro Rata Shares. All Loans shall be made, and all participations purchased, by the Lenders simultaneously and proportionately to their respective pro rata shares of the Loans, it being understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in such other Lender’s obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder or purchase a participation required hereby nor shall any Revolving Commitment or any Term Loan Commitment, or the portion of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans or the Term Loans, of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of a default by any other Lender in such other Lender’s obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder or purchase a participation required hereby.

 

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(b)           Availability of Funds.

 

(i)             Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.1(c) or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.1(c) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent promptly on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans, plus, in either case, any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.

 

(ii)            Payments by the Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or each applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or each applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent promptly on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

 

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Notices given by the Administrative Agent under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

Section 2.5               Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes.

 

(a)              Lenders’ Evidence of Debt. Each Lender shall maintain on its internal records an account or accounts evidencing the Obligations of the Borrower and each other Loan Party to such Lender, including the amounts of the Loans made by it and each repayment and prepayment in respect thereof. Any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower, absent manifest error; provided, that the failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Lender’s Commitment or the Borrower’s obligations in respect of any applicable Loans; and provided, further, in the event of any inconsistency between the Register and any Lender’s records, the recordations in the Register shall govern in the absence of demonstrable error therein.

 

(b)             Notes. The Borrower shall execute and deliver to each (i) Lender on the Closing Date, (ii) Person who is a permitted assignee of such Lender pursuant to Section 11.5 and (iii) Person who becomes a Lender in accordance with Section 2.1(d), in each case, to the extent requested by such Person, a Note to evidence such Person’s portion of the Loans.

 

Section 2.6               Scheduled Principal Payments.

 

(a)              Revolving Loans. The principal amount of Revolving Loans is due and payable in full on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.

 

(b)              Swing Line Loans. The principal amount of the Swing Line Loans is due and payable in full on the earlier to occur of (i) the date of demand by the Swing Line Lender and (ii) the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.

 

(c)              Term Loan A. The principal amount of the Term Loan A shall be repaid in installments on the date and in the amounts set forth in the table below (as such installments may hereafter be adjusted as a result of prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.11), unless accelerated sooner pursuant to Section 9:

 

Payment Dates   Principal Amortization Payment
September 30, 2020   $1,562,500
December 31, 2020   $1,562,500
March 31, 2021   $1,562,500
June 30, 2021   $1,562,500
September 30, 2021   $1,562,500
December 31, 2021   $1,562,500
March 31, 2022   $1,562,500
June 30, 2022   $1,562,500
September 30, 2022   $3,125,000
December 31, 2022   $3,125,000
March 31, 2023   $3,125,000
June 30, 2023   $3,125,000
September 30, 2023   $3,125,000
December 31, 2023   $3,125,000
March 31, 2024   $3,125,000
June 30, 2024   $3,125,000
September 30, 2024   $3,125,000
December 31, 2024   $3,125,000
March 31, 2025   $3,125,000
June 30, 2025   $3,125,000
Term Loan A
Maturity Date
  Outstanding Principal Balance of
Term Loan

 

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(d)             Additional Term Loans. The principal amount of any Term Loan established after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(iii) shall be repaid in installments on the date and in the amounts set forth in the documents executed and delivered by the Borrower pursuant to which such additional Term Loan is established.

 

Section 2.7               Interest on Loans.

 

(a)             Except as otherwise set forth herein, each Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date made through repayment (whether by acceleration or otherwise) thereof as follows:

 

(i)             in the case of Revolving Loans or the Term Loan A:

 

(A)              if a Base Rate Loan (including a Base Rate Loan referencing the LIBOR Index Rate), the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin; or

 

(B)               if an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, the Adjusted LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin; and

 

(ii)            in the case of Swing Line Loans, at the Swing Line Rate;

 

(iii)          in the case of any Term Loan established pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(iii), at the percentages per annum specified in the lender joinder agreement(s) and/or the commitment agreement(s) whereby such Term Loan is established.

 

(b)             The basis for determining the rate of interest with respect to any Loan (except a Swing Line Loan, which may only be made and maintained at the Swing Line Rate (unless and until converted into a Revolving Loan pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof)), and the Interest Period with respect to any Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, shall be selected by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, as the case may be. If on any day a Loan is outstanding with respect to which a Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice has not been delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof specifying the applicable basis for determining the rate of interest, then for that day (i) if such Loan is an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, such Loan shall become a Base Rate Loan and (ii) if such Loan is a Base Rate Loan, such Loan shall remain a Base Rate Loan.

 

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(c)              In connection with Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans, there shall be no more than eight (8) Interest Periods outstanding at any time. In the event the Borrower fails to specify between a Base Rate Loan or an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, such Loan (i) if outstanding as an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, will be automatically converted into a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the then-current Interest Period for such Loan, and (ii) if outstanding as a Base Rate Loan will remain as, or (if not then outstanding) will be made as, a Base Rate Loan. In the event the Borrower fails to specify an Interest Period for any Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one (1) month. As soon as practicable after 10:00 a.m. on each Interest Rate Determination Date and each Index Rate Determination Date, the Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties) the interest rate that shall apply to each of the LIBOR Loans for which an interest rate is then being determined (and for the applicable Interest Period in the case of Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans) and shall promptly give notice thereof (in writing or by telephone confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and each Lender.

 

(d)              Interest payable pursuant to this Section 2.7 shall be computed on the basis of (i) for interest at the Base Rate (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the LIBOR Index Rate), year of three hundred sixty-five (365) or three hundred sixty-six (366) days, as the case may be, and (ii) for all other computations of fees and interest, a year of three hundred sixty (360) days, in each case for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues. In computing interest on any Loan, the date of the making of such Loan or the first day of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being converted from an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, the date of conversion of such Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan to such Base Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be included, and the date of payment of such Loan or the expiration date of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being converted to an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, the date of conversion of such Base Rate Loan to such Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be excluded; provided, if a Loan is repaid on the same day on which it is made, one (1) day’s interest shall be paid on that Loan.

 

(e)              If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of the Borrower or for any other reason, the Borrower or the Lenders determine that (i) the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as calculated by the Borrower as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (ii) a proper calculation of the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio would have resulted in higher pricing for such period, the Borrower shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders promptly on demand by the Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or other Debtor Relief Law, automatically and without further action by the Administrative Agent or any Lender), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period. This subsection (e) shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as the case may be, under any other provision of this Agreement. The Borrower’s obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations.

 

(f)               Except as otherwise set forth herein, interest on each Loan shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears on and to (i) each Interest Payment Date applicable to that Loan; (ii) upon any prepayment of that Loan (other than a voluntary prepayment of a Revolving Loan or Term Loan which interest shall be payable in accordance with clause (i) above), to the extent accrued on the amount being prepaid; and (iii) at maturity, including final maturity.

 

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(g)              The Borrower agrees to pay to the applicable Issuing Bank, with respect to drawings honored under any Letter of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, interest on the amount paid by the Issuing Bank in respect of each such honored drawing from the date such drawing is honored to but excluding the date such amount is reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at a rate equal to (i) for the period from the date such drawing is honored to but excluding the applicable Reimbursement Date, the rate of interest otherwise payable hereunder with respect to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans, and (ii) thereafter, a rate which is the lesser of (y) two percent (2%) per annum in excess of the rate of interest otherwise payable hereunder with respect to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans, and (z) the Highest Lawful Rate.

 

(h)             Interest payable pursuant to Section 2.7(g) shall be computed on the basis of a year of three hundred sixty-five (365) or three hundred sixty-six (366) days, as the case may be, for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues, and shall be payable on demand or, if no demand is made, on the date on which the related drawing under a Letter of Credit is reimbursed in full. Promptly upon receipt by the Issuing Bank of any payment of interest pursuant to Section 2.7(g), the Issuing Bank shall distribute to each Lender, out of the interest received by the Issuing Bank in respect of the period from the date such drawing is honored to but excluding the date on which the Issuing Bank is reimbursed for the amount of such drawing (including any such reimbursement out of the proceeds of any Revolving Loans), the amount that such Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the letter of credit fee that would have been payable in respect of such Letter of Credit for such period if no drawing had been honored under such Letter of Credit. In the event the Issuing Bank shall have been reimbursed by the Lenders for all or any portion of such honored drawing, the Issuing Bank shall distribute to each Lender which has paid all amounts payable by it under Section 2.3(e) with respect to such honored drawing such Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of any interest received by the Issuing Bank in respect of that portion of such honored drawing so reimbursed by the Lenders for the period from the date on which the Issuing Bank was so reimbursed by the Lenders to but excluding the date on which such portion of such honored drawing is reimbursed by the Borrower.

 

Section 2.8               Conversion/Continuation.

 

(a)              So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and then be continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower shall have the option:

 

(i)            to convert at any time all or any part of any Loan equal to $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount from one Type of Loan to another Type of Loan; provided, an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan may only be converted on the expiration of the Interest Period applicable to such Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan unless the Borrower shall pay all amounts due under Section 3.1(c) in connection with any such conversion; or

 

(ii)           upon the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to any Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, to continue all or any portion of such Loan as an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan.

 

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(b)             The Borrower shall deliver a Conversion/Continuation Notice to the Administrative Agent no later than 1:00 p.m. at least three (3) Business Days in advance of the proposed Conversion/Continuation Date. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Conversion/Continuation Notice for conversion to, or continuation of, any Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans (or telephonic notice in lieu thereof) shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and the Borrower shall be bound to effect a conversion or continuation in accordance therewith.

 

Section 2.9               Default Rate of Interest.

 

(a)              If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Laws.

 

(b)              If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by the Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due (after the expiration of any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Laws.

 

(c)              During the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 9.1(f) or Section 9.1(g), the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Laws.

 

(d)             During the continuance of an Event of Default other than an Event of Default under Section 9.1(f) or Section 9.1(g), the Borrower shall, at the request of the Required Lenders, pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Laws.

 

(e)              Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.

 

(f)              In the case of any Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, upon the expiration of the Interest Period in effect at the time the Default Rate of interest is effective, each such Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan shall thereupon become a Base Rate Loan and shall thereafter bear interest at the Default Rate then in effect for Base Rate Loans. Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of interest provided for in this Section 2.9 is not a permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

 

Section 2.10             Fees.

 

(a)             Commitment Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Revolving Commitment Percentage, a commitment fee (the “Commitment Fee”) equal to the Applicable Margin of the actual daily amount by which the Aggregate Revolving Commitments exceeds the Total Revolving Outstandings, subject to adjustments as provided in Section 2.16. The Commitment Fee shall accrue at all times during the Revolving Commitment Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Section 5 is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date; provided that (1) no Commitment Fee shall accrue on any of the Revolving Commitment of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender and (2) any Commitment Fee accrued with respect to the Revolving Commitment of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. The Commitment Fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Margin during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Margin separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Margin was in effect. For purposes hereof, Swing Line Loans shall not be counted toward or be considered as usage of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.

 

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(b)              Letter of Credit Fees.

 

(i)            Standby Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Revolving Commitment Percentage a Letter of Credit fee for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Margin multiplied by the daily maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (collectively, the “Letter of Credit Fees”). For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.3(i). The Letter of Credit Fees shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears, and shall be due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the expiration date thereof and thereafter on demand; provided that (1) no Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue in favor of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender and (2) any Letter of Credit Fees accrued in favor of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. If there is any change in the Applicable Margin during any quarter, the daily maximum amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Margin separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Margin was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, during the continuance of an Event of Default under Sections 9.1(f) and (g), all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate, and during the continuance of an Event of Default other than an Event of Default under Sections 9.1 (f) or (g), then upon the request of the Required Lenders, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.

 

(ii)           Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to Issuing Bank. The Borrower shall pay directly to the Issuing Bank for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit, at the rate per annum specified in the Fee Letter, computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December in respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on its expiration date and thereafter on demand. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.3(i). In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to the Issuing Bank for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the Issuing Bank relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.

 

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(c)              Other Fees. The Borrower shall pay to Regions Capital Markets, a division of Regions Bank, and the Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever, except to the extent set forth in the Fee Letter.

 

Section 2.11             Prepayments/Commitment Reductions.

 

(a)              Voluntary Prepayments.

 

(i)            Any time and from time to time, the Loans may be repaid in whole or in part without premium or penalty (subject to Section 3.1):

 

(A)              with respect to Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans referencing the LIBOR Index Rate), the Borrower may prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part, in an aggregate minimum amount of $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount;

 

(B)               with respect to Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans, the Borrower may prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part (together with any amounts due pursuant to Section 3.1(c)) in an aggregate minimum amount of $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount; and

 

(C)               with respect to Swing Line Loans, the Borrower may prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part in any amount;

 

(ii)           All such prepayments shall be made:

 

(A)              upon written or telephonic notice on the date of prepayment in the case of Base Rate Loans or Swing Line Loans; and

 

(B)               upon not less than three (3) Business Days’ prior written or telephonic notice in the case of Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans;

 

in each case given to the Administrative Agent, or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, by 11:00 a.m. on the date required and, if given by telephone, promptly confirmed in writing to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent will promptly transmit such telephonic or original notice for a Credit Extension by telefacsimile or telephone to each Lender). Upon the giving of any such notice, the principal amount of the Loans specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the prepayment date specified therein. Any such voluntary prepayment shall be applied as specified in Section 2.12(a).

 

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(b)              Voluntary Commitment Reductions.

 

(i)            The Borrower may, from time to time upon not less than three (3) Business Days’ prior written or telephonic notice confirmed in writing to the Administrative Agent (which original written or telephonic notice the Administrative Agent will promptly transmit by telefacsimile or telephone to each applicable Lender), at any time and from time to time terminate in whole or permanently reduce in part the Revolving Commitments (ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective commitment percentage thereof); provided (A) any such partial reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount, (B) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Aggregate Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the aggregate Total Revolving Outstandings exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and (C) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit and/or the Swing Line Sublimit exceed the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit and/or the Swing Line Sublimit, as applicable, shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.

 

(ii)           The Borrower’s notice to the Administrative Agent shall designate the date (which shall be a Business Day) of such termination or reduction and the amount of any partial reduction, and such termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be effective on the date specified in the Borrower’s notice and shall reduce the Revolving Commitments of each Lender proportionately to its Revolving Commitment Percentage thereof.

 

(c)              Mandatory Prepayments.

 

(i)           Revolving Commitments. If at any time (A) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (B) the Outstanding Amount of Letter of Credit Obligations shall exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, or (C) the Outstanding Amount of Swing Line Loans shall exceed the Swing Line Sublimit, the Borrower shall immediately prepay Revolving Loans or Swing Line Loans or Cash Collateralize the Outstanding Amount of Letter of Credit Obligations in an amount equal to such excess; provided, however, that, except with respect to clause (B), Letter of Credit Obligations will not be Cash Collateralized hereunder until the Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans have been paid in full.

 

(ii)           Dispositions and Involuntary Dispositions. Prepayment will be made on the Obligations in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Net Cash Proceeds from any Disposition or Involuntary Disposition involving any asset of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries on the Business Day following receipt thereof excluding the proceeds of any Disposition less than $2,000,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year and any voluntary Disposition described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) of Section 8.5. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at the time of the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds the Borrower informs the Administrative Agent that it intends within 365 days after receipt thereof to use all of such Net Cash Proceeds either to purchase assets used in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than current assets, as defined in accordance with GAAP) or to make Capital Expenditures, the Borrower may use such Net Cash Proceeds in such manner; provided that any such Net Cash Proceeds not so used or committed to such use pursuant to a binding agreement on or before the earliest of the following dates shall promptly (but in any event within two (2) Business Days after such date) be applied as a prepayment in accordance with Section 2.12(b): (1) the date that is 365 days (or 540 days, if committed to such use pursuant to a binding agreement that was entered into on or before the 365th day after receipt of such proceeds and notice of such agreement has been delivered to the Administrative Agent) after receipt thereof and (2) the date that is five (5) Business Days after the date on which the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent of the Borrower’s determination not to purchase such replacement assets with such Net Cash Proceeds.

 

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(iii)          Debt Transactions. Prepayment will be made on the Obligations in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Net Cash Proceeds from any Debt Transactions on the Business Day following receipt thereof.

 

(iv)          Excess Cash Flow. Prepayment will be made on the Obligations, on the date that is five (5) Business Days after the date following delivery of each annual Compliance Certificate delivered under Section 7.2(b), commencing with the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2021, in an amount equal to the difference of (i) fifty percent (50%) of Excess Cash Flow, if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the Fiscal Year covered thereby is greater than 2.50:1.0, (y) twenty-five percent (25%) of Excess Cash Flow, if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the Fiscal Year covered thereby is less than or equal to 2.50:1.0 but greater than 2.00:1.0 and (z) zero percent (0%), if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the Fiscal Year covered thereby is less than or equal to 2.00:1.0 minus (ii) optional prepayments of Term Loans minus (iii) optional prepayments of Revolving Loans for which there has been a permanent reduction of Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.11(b) in the amount of such optional prepayment of Revolving Loans, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), made with Internally Generated Cash.

 

Section 2.12             Application of Prepayments. Within each Loan, prepayments will be applied first to Base Rate Loans, then to LIBOR Loans in direct order of Interest Period maturities. In addition:

 

(a)             Voluntary Prepayments. Voluntary prepayments will be applied as specified by the Borrower; provided that in the case of prepayments on the Term Loans, (i) the prepayment will be applied ratably to the Term Loans then outstanding and (ii) with respect to each Term Loan then outstanding, the prepayments will be applied to remaining principal installments thereunder as directed by the Borrower (or, in the absence of such direction, in direct order of maturity).

 

(b)              Mandatory Prepayments. Mandatory prepayments will be applied as follows:

 

(i)            Mandatory prepayments in respect of the Revolving Commitments under Section 2.11(c)(i) above shall be applied to the respective Revolving Obligations as appropriate but without a permanent reduction thereof.

 

(ii)           Mandatory prepayments in respect of Dispositions and Involuntary Dispositions under Section 2.11(c)(ii) above, Debt Transactions under Section 2.11(c)(iii), and Excess Cash Flow under Section 2.11(c)(iv) shall be applied as follows: first, ratably to the Term Loans, until paid in full, and then to the Revolving Obligations without a permanent reduction thereof. Mandatory prepayments with respect to each of the Term Loans will be applied to remaining principal installments thereunder in direct order of maturity for the four (4) scheduled principal installments immediately following such prepayment and thereafter pro rata to the remaining principal installments thereunder, including the payment due on the Term Loan A Maturity Date and the maturity date for any additional term loan established under Section 2.1(d)(iii), as applicable.

 

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(c)              Prepayments on the Obligations will be paid by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective interests therein (except for Defaulting Lenders where their share will be applied as provided in Section 2.16(a)(ii) hereof).

 

Section 2.13             General Provisions Regarding Payments.

 

(a)              All payments by the Borrower of principal, interest, fees and other Obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made in Dollars in immediately available funds, without defense, recoupment, setoff or counterclaim, free of any restriction or condition. The Administrative Agent shall, and the Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to, debit a deposit account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries held with the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates and designated for such purpose by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in order to cause timely payment to be made to the Administrative Agent of all principal, interest and fees due hereunder or under any other Loan Document (subject to sufficient funds being available in its accounts for that purpose).

 

(b)              In the event that the Administrative Agent is unable to debit a deposit account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries held with the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in order to cause timely payment to be made to the Administrative Agent of all principal, interest and fees due hereunder or any other Loan Document (including because insufficient funds are available in its accounts for that purpose), payments hereunder and under any other Loan Document shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date due at the Principal Office of the Administrative Agent or via wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Administrative Agent (or at such other location as may be designated in writing by the Administrative Agent from time to time); for purposes of computing interest and fees, funds received by the Administrative Agent after that time on such due date shall be deemed to have been paid by the Borrower on the next Business Day.

 

(c)             All payments in respect of the principal amount of any Loan (other than voluntary repayments of Revolving Loans) shall be accompanied by payment of accrued interest on the principal amount being repaid or prepaid, and all such payments (and, in any event, any payments in respect of any Loan on a date when interest is due and payable with respect to such Loan) shall be applied to the payment of interest then due and payable before application to principal.

 

(d)             The Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender at such address as such Lender shall indicate in writing, such Lender’s applicable pro rata share of all payments and prepayments of principal and interest due to such Lender hereunder, together with all other amounts due with respect thereto, including all fees payable with respect thereto, to the extent received by the Administrative Agent.

 

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(e)              Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions hereof, if any Conversion/Continuation Notice is withdrawn as to any Affected Lender or if any Affected Lender makes Base Rate Loans in lieu of its pro rata share of any Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans, the Administrative Agent shall give effect thereto in apportioning payments received thereafter.

 

(f)               Subject to the provisos set forth in the definition of “Interest Period,” whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of the payment of interest hereunder or of the Commitment Fee hereunder, but such payment shall be deemed to have been made on the date therefor for all other purposes hereunder.

 

(g)              The Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, deem any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder that is not made in same day funds prior to 2:00 p.m. to be a non-conforming payment. Any such payment shall not be deemed to have been received by the Administrative Agent until the later of (i) the time such funds become available funds, and (ii) the applicable next Business Day. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt telephonic notice to the Borrower and each applicable Lender (confirmed in writing) if any payment is non-conforming. Any non-conforming payment may constitute or become a Default or Event of Default in accordance with the terms of Section 9.1(a). Interest shall continue to accrue on any principal as to which a non-conforming payment is made until such funds become available funds (but in no event less than the period from the date of such payment to the next succeeding applicable Business Day) at the Default Rate (unless otherwise provided by the Required Lenders) from the date such amount was due and payable until the date such amount is paid in full.

 

Section 2.14             Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or other obligations hereunder resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Loans and accrued interest thereon or other such obligations greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and such other obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and other amounts owing them; provided that:

 

(i)            if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and

 

(ii)           the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender or Disqualified Institution), (B) any amounts applied by the Swing Line Lender to outstanding Swing Line Loans, (C) any amounts applied to Letter of Credit Obligations by the Issuing Bank or Swing Line Loans by the Swing Line Lender, as appropriate, from Cash Collateral provided under Section 2.15 or Section 2.16, or (D) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in Letter of Credit Obligations, Swing Line Loans or other obligations hereunder to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply (other than payments permitted by Section 2.18 or Section 11.5(g)).

 

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Each of the Loan Parties consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under Applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.

 

Section 2.15             Cash Collateral. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, within one (1) Business Day following the written request of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in an amount sufficient to cover the applicable Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).

 

(a)              Grant of Security Interest. The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Bank, and agrees to maintain, a perfected first priority security interest in all such Cash Collateral as security for the Defaulting Lenders’ obligation to fund participations in respect of Letter of Credit Obligations, to be applied pursuant to clause (b) below. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the applicable Fronting Exposure, the Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency (after giving effect to any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).

 

(b)             Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under this Section 2.15 or Section 2.16 in respect of Letters of Credit shall be applied to the satisfaction of the Defaulting Lender’s obligation to fund participations in respect of Letter of Credit Obligations (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.

 

(c)            Termination of Requirement. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce the Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure shall no longer be required to be held as Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.15 following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender), or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) that Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party shall not be released during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default (and following application as provided in this Section 2.15 may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section 9.3) but shall be released upon the cure, termination or waiver of such Default or Event of Default in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the Issuing Bank or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.

 

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Section 2.16             Defaulting Lenders.

 

(a)              Defaulting Lender Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law:

 

(i)            Waivers and Amendments. Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 11.4(a)(iii).

 

(ii)           Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amount (other than fees which any Defaulting Lender is not entitled to receive pursuant to Section 2.16(a)(iii)) received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section 9 or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 11.3), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Issuing Bank or the Swing Line Lender hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize the Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.15; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the Issuing Bank’s future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.15; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Issuing Bank or the Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the Issuing Bank or the Swing Line Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, that, if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or Letter of Credit Borrowings in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans or Letter of Credit Borrowings were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to the pay the Loans of, and Letter of Credit Borrowings owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or Letter of Credit Borrowings owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letter of Credit Obligations and Swing Line Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their Revolving Commitments without giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.16(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to (and the underlying obligations satisfied to the extent of such payment) and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

 

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(iii)          Certain Fees.

 

(A)              Such Defaulting Lender shall not be entitled to receive any Commitment Fee, any fees with respect to Letters of Credit (except as provided in clause (B) below) or any other fees hereunder for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).

 

(B)               Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive Letter of Credit Fees for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its Revolving Commitment Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.15.

 

(C)              With respect to any fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above, the Borrower shall (x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letter of Credit Obligations or Swing Line Loans that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below, (y) pay to the Issuing Bank and Swing Line Lender, as applicable, the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to the Issuing Bank’s or Swing Line Lender’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.

 

(iv)          Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letter of Credit Obligations and Swing Line Loans shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitment Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the Borrower shall have otherwise notified the Administrative Agent at such time, the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time), and (y) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure at such time to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment. No reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.

 

(v)          Cash Collateral, Repayment of Swing Line Loans. If the reallocation described in clause (iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under law, (x) first, prepay Swing Line Loans in an amount equal to the Swing Line Lender’s Fronting Exposure and (y) second, Cash Collateralize the Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.15.

 

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(b)              Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Swing Line Lender and the Issuing Bank agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with the Revolving Commitments (without giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv)), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

 

(c)             New Swing Line Loans/Letters of Credit. So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, (i) the Swing Line Lender shall not be required to fund Swing Line Loans unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect to such Swing Line Loan, and (ii) no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.

 

Section 2.17             Removal or Replacement of Lenders. If (a) any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.2, (b) any Loan Party is requested to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.3, (c) any Lender gives notice of an inability to fund LIBOR Loans under Section 3.1(b), (d) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, or (e) any Lender (a “Non-Consenting Lender”) does not consent (including by way of a failure to respond in writing to a proposed amendment, consent or waiver by the date and time specified by the Administrative Agent) to a proposed amendment, consent, change, waiver, discharge or termination hereunder or with respect to any Loan Document that has been approved by the Required Lenders, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 11.5), all of its interests, rights (other than its rights under Section 3.2, Section 3.3 and Section 11.2) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:

 

(i)            the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 11.5(b)(iv);

 

(ii)           such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in Letter of Credit Borrowings, as applicable, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.1(c)) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);

 

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(iii)           in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.2 or payments requested to be made pursuant to Section 3.3, such assignment is reasonably expected to result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;

 

(iv)          such assignment does not conflict with Applicable Law; and

 

(v)           in the case of any such assignment resulting from a Non-Consenting Lender’s failure to consent to a proposed amendment, consent, change, waiver, discharge or termination, the successor replacement Lender shall have consented to the proposed amendment, consent, change, waiver, discharge or termination.

 

Each Lender agrees that in the event it, or its interests in the Loans and obligations hereunder, shall become subject to the replacement and removal provisions of this Section, it will cooperate with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to give effect to the provisions hereof, including execution and delivery of an Assignment Agreement in connection therewith, but the replacement and removal provisions of this Section shall be effective regardless of whether an Assignment Agreement shall have been given.

 

A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

 

Section 2.18            Refinancing Facilities. After the Closing Date, the Borrower may obtain from any Lender (but with the consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed)) to refinance all or any portion of the applicable Loans or Commitments then outstanding under this Agreement (which for purposes of this Section 2.18 will be deemed to include any then outstanding Refinancing Facilities), one or more new senior secured first lien term facilities (each, a “Refinancing Term Facility” and the term loans made pursuant to a Refinancing Term Facility, “Refinancing Term Loans”) or, in the case of a refinancing and/or replacement of the Revolving Commitments or Revolving Loans, new revolving credit facilities (each, a “Refinancing Revolving Facility” and, together with any Refinancing Term Facility, a “Refinancing Facility” or the “Refinancing Facilities”, and the revolving loans made pursuant to a Refinancing Revolving Facility, “Refinancing Revolving Loans”); provided that:

 

(a)              the Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Loans, as applicable, will be pari passu in right of payment and be secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the remaining portion of the Term Loans, Revolving Loans and Revolving Commitments;

 

(b)              with respect to any Refinancing Term Facility, such Refinancing Term Facility shall not (i) have a maturity date that is earlier than ninety-one (91) days after the maturity date of the Term Loans being refinanced by such Refinancing Term Facility or (ii) have a shorter Weighted Average Life to Maturity than the Term Loans being refinanced by such Refinancing Term Facility, and in no event shall the Refinancing Term Facility be permitted to be voluntarily or mandatorily prepaid prior to repayment of all existing Term Loans that survive the initial funding of such Refinancing Term Facility, unless accompanied by ratable prepayment of all Term Loans;

 

(c)              with respect to any Refinancing Revolving Facility, (i) such Refinancing Revolving Facility shall not have a maturity date that is earlier than the maturity date of the Revolving Loans or Revolving Commitments being refinanced by such Refinancing Revolving Facility, (ii) such Refinancing Revolving Facility shall require no scheduled amortization or mandatory commitment reduction prior to the maturity date of any existing Revolving Commitments that survive the initial funding of the Refinancing Revolving Facility and (iii) any Refinancing Revolving Facility will be subject to the same pro rata (or in the case of prepayment, pro rata or less than pro rata, but not greater than pro rata) borrowing, Letter of Credit participations, Swing Line Loan participations and prepayment and Commitment reduction provisions as the existing Revolving Commitments that survive the initial funding of the Refinancing Revolving Facility (except to the extent applicable only to periods after the latest final maturity date of the relevant Loans or Commitments existing at the time of such refinancing or replacement);

 

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(d)              such Refinancing Facility shall have pricing (including interest, fees and premiums), optional prepayment and redemption terms as may be agreed to by the Borrower and the Lenders party thereto, except as provided herein;

 

(e)              such Refinancing Facility shall not be secured by any assets other than the Collateral;

 

(f)               if any such Refinancing Facility is guaranteed, it shall not be guaranteed by any Person other than the Guarantors;

 

(g)              if any such Refinancing Facility will provide for the issuance or extension of Letters of Credit or the making of Swing Line Loans, then the Issuing Bank and the Swing Line Lender, respectively, shall have consented to such Refinancing Facility;

 

(h)             the other terms (excluding those referenced in clauses (a) through (g) above and excluding pricing, fee and prepayment or redemption provisions) of such Refinancing Facility shall be substantially identical to, or (taken as a whole) no more favorable to the Lenders providing such Refinancing Facility than those applicable to the Loans or Commitments being refinanced or replaced (except for covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the latest final maturity date of the relevant Loans or Commitments existing at the time of such refinancing or replacement); and

 

(i)              the aggregate principal amount of any Refinancing Facility shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of the Loans and Commitments being refinanced or replaced therewith, plus reasonable and customary interest, premiums, fees and expenses.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Lender may exchange, continue or rollover all or a portion of its Loans in connection with any Refinancing Facility permitted by the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to a cashless settlement mechanism approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such Lender.

 

Section 2.19             Amend and Extend Transactions.

 

(a)              The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time, request an extension (each, an “Extension”) of the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and/or the Term Loan A Maturity Date to the extended maturity date specified in such request. Such notice shall set forth (i) the amount of the Revolving Commitments and/or Term Loans to be extended (which shall be in minimum increments of $5,00,000 and a minimum amount of $10,000,000), and (ii) the date on which such Extension is requested to become effective (which shall be not less than ten (10) Business Days nor more than sixty (60) days after the date of such requested Extension (or such longer or shorter periods as the Administrative Agent shall agree)). Each Appropriate Lender shall be offered (an “Extension Offer”) an opportunity to participate in such Extension on a pro rata basis and on the same terms and conditions as each other Appropriate Lender pursuant to procedures established by, or reasonably acceptable to, the Administrative Agent. Any Lender approached to participate in such Extension may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to participate in such Extension. If the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Commitments or Term Loans (calculated on the face amount thereof) in respect of which Appropriate Lenders shall have accepted the relevant Extension Offer shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Revolving Commitments or Term Loans, as applicable, requested to be extended by the Borrower pursuant to such Extension Offer, then the Revolving Commitments or Term Loans, as applicable, of Appropriate Lenders shall be extended ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts (but not to exceed actual holdings of record) with respect to which such Appropriate Lenders have accepted such Extension Offer.

 

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(b)              It shall be a condition precedent to the effectiveness of any Extension that (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to such Extension, (ii) the representations and warranties contained in Section 6 and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in all respects, if already qualified by materiality) on and as of the date of such Extension, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in all respects, if already qualified by materiality) as of such earlier date, (iii) the Issuing Bank and the Swing Line Lender shall have consented to any Extension of the Revolving Commitments to the extent that such Extension provides for the issuance of Letters of Credit or making of Swing Line Loans at any time during the extended period and (iv) the terms of such Extended Revolving Commitments and Extended Term Loans shall comply with Section 2.19(c).

 

(c)             The terms of each Extension shall be determined by the Borrower and the applicable extending Lenders and be set forth in an Additional Credit Extension Amendment; provided that (i) the final maturity date of any Extended Revolving Commitment or Extended Term Loan shall be no earlier than the Revolving Commitment Termination Date or the Term Loan A Maturity Date, respectively, (ii)(A) there shall be no scheduled amortization of the Extended Revolving Commitments and (B) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Extended Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans, (iii) the Extended Revolving Loans and the Extended Term Loans will rank pari passu in right of payment and with respect to security with the Revolving Loans and the Term Loans being extended and the borrower and guarantors of the Extended Revolving Commitments or Extended Term Loans, as applicable, shall be the same as the borrower and guarantors with respect to the Revolving Loans or applicable Term Loans being extended, (iv) the interest rate margin, rate floors, fees, original issue discounts and premiums applicable to any Extended Revolving Commitments (and the Extended Revolving Loans thereunder) and Extended Term Loans shall be determined by the Borrower and the applicable extending Lenders and (v) to the extent the terms of the Extended Revolving Commitments or Extended Term Loans are inconsistent with the terms set forth herein (except as set forth in clause (i) through (iv) above), such terms shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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(d)              In connection with any Extension, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each applicable extending Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Additional Credit Extension Amendment and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence such Extension. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Extension. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Additional Credit Extension Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lender, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate (but only to such extent), in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to implement the terms of any such Extension Offer, including any amendments necessary to establish Extended Revolving Commitments or Extended Term Loans as a new tranche of revolving commitments or term loans, as applicable, and such other technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in connection with the establishment of such new tranche (including to preserve the pro rata treatment of the extended and non-extended tranches and to provide for the reallocation of any obligations under Swing Line Loans or Letters of Credit (including Letter of Credit Obligations) upon the expiration or termination of the commitments under any tranche), in each case on terms consistent with this Section 2.19).

 

Section 3.                  YIELD PROTECTION

 

Section 3.1               Making or Maintaining LIBOR Loans.

 

(a)             Inability to Determine Applicable Interest Rate. In the event that the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), on any Interest Rate Determination Date or any Index Rate Determination Date with respect to any LIBOR Loans, that reasonable and adequate means do not exist for ascertaining the interest rate applicable to such LIBOR Loans on the basis provided for in the definition of Adjusted LIBOR Rate or LIBOR Index Rate, as applicable, the Administrative Agent shall give notice (by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and each Lender of such determination, whereupon (i) no Loans may be made as, or converted to, LIBOR Loans until such time as the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, and (ii) any Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice given by the Borrower with respect to the Loans in respect of which such determination was made shall be deemed to be rescinded by the Borrower and such Loans shall be automatically made or continued as, or converted to, as applicable, Base Rate Loans without reference to the LIBOR Index Rate component of the Base Rate.

 

(b)              Illegality or Impracticability of LIBOR Loans. In the event that on any date any Lender shall have determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto but shall be made only after consultation with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) that the making, maintaining or continuation of its LIBOR Loans (i) has become unlawful as a result of compliance by such Lender in good faith with any law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or would conflict with any such treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), or (ii) has become impracticable, as a result of contingencies occurring after the date hereof which materially and adversely affect the London interbank market or the position of such Lender in that market, then, and in any such event, such Lender shall be an “Affected Lender” and it shall on that day give notice (by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender). Thereafter (1) the obligation of the Affected Lender to make Loans as, or to convert Loans to, LIBOR Loans shall be suspended until such notice shall be withdrawn by the Affected Lender, (2) to the extent such determination by the Affected Lender relates to a LIBOR Loan then being requested by the Borrower pursuant to a Funding Notice or a Conversion/Continuation Notice, the Affected Lender shall make such Loan as (or continue such Loan as or convert such Loan to, as the case may be) a Base Rate Loan without reference to the LIBOR Index Rate component of the Base Rate, (3) the Affected Lender’s obligation to maintain its outstanding LIBOR Loans (the “Affected Loans”) shall be terminated at the earlier to occur of the expiration of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the Affected Loans or when required by law, and (4) the Affected Loans shall automatically convert into Base Rate Loans without reference to the LIBOR Index Rate component of the Base Rate on the date of such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a determination by an Affected Lender as described above relates to a LIBOR Loan then being requested by the Borrower pursuant to a Funding Notice or a Conversion/Continuation Notice, the Borrower shall have the option, subject to the provisions of Section 3.1(a), to rescind such Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice as to all Lenders by giving notice (by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing) to the Administrative Agent of such rescission on the date on which the Affected Lender gives notice of its determination as described above (which notice of rescission the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender). Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, nothing in this Section 3.1(b) shall affect the obligation of any Lender other than an Affected Lender to make or maintain Loans as, or to convert Loans to, LIBOR Loans in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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(c)              Compensation for Breakage or Non-Commencement of Interest Periods. The Borrower shall compensate each Lender, upon written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth the basis for requesting such amounts), for all reasonable out-of-pocket losses, expenses and liabilities (including any interest paid or calculated to be due and payable by such Lender to lenders of funds borrowed by it to make or carry its Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans and any loss, expense or liability sustained by such Lender in connection with the liquidation or re-employment of such funds but excluding loss of anticipated profits) which such Lender sustains: (i) if for any reason (other than a default by such Lender) a borrowing of any Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Funding Notice or a telephonic request for borrowing, or a conversion to or continuation of any Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Conversion/Continuation Notice or a telephonic request for conversion or continuation; (ii) if any prepayment or other principal payment of, or any conversion of, any of its Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans occurs on any day other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable to that Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise), including as a result of an assignment in connection with the replacement of a Lender pursuant to Section 2.17; or (iii) if any prepayment of any of its Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans is not made on any date specified in a notice of prepayment given by the Borrower.

 

(d)             Booking of LIBOR Loans. Any Lender may make, carry or transfer LIBOR Loans at, to, or for the account of any of its branch offices or the office of an Affiliate of such Lender.

 

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(e)              Assumptions Concerning Funding of Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans. Calculation of all amounts payable to a Lender under this Section 3.1 and under Section 3.2 shall be made as though such Lender had actually funded each of its relevant Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans through the purchase of a LIBOR deposit bearing interest at the rate obtained pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of Adjusted LIBOR Rate in an amount equal to the amount of such Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period and through the transfer of such LIBOR deposit from an offshore office of such Lender to a domestic office of such Lender in the United States; provided, however, each Lender may fund each of its Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans in any manner it sees fit and the foregoing assumptions shall be utilized only for the purposes of calculating amounts payable under this Section 3.1 and under Section 3.2.

 

(f)               Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender setting forth in reasonable detail the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender, as specified in paragraph (c) of this Section and the circumstances giving rise thereto shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. In the absence of any such manifest error, the Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) Business Days after receipt thereof.

 

(g)              Delay in Requests. The Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any such amounts incurred more than six (6) months prior to the date that such Lender delivers to the Borrower the certificate referenced in Section 3.1(f).

 

(h)                 

 

(i)                Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace LIBOR with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such amendment with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event will become effective at 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the fifth Business Day after the Administrative Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. Any such amendment with respect to an Early Opt-in Election will become effective on the date that Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders accept such amendment. No replacement of LIBOR with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section 3.1(h)(i) will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.

 

(ii)               Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.

 

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(iii)             Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (A) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date and Benchmark Transition Start Date, (B) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (C) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes and (D) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or Lenders pursuant to this Section 3.1(h), including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party hereto, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 3.1(h).

 

(iv)             Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period, the component of Base Rate based upon the LIBOR Index Rate will not be used in any determination of the Base Rate.

 

Section 3.2                  Increased Costs.

 

(a)                 Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:

 

(i)                impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBOR Rate or the LIBOR Index Rate) or the Issuing Bank;

 

(ii)              subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or

 

(iii)             impose on any Lender or the Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;

 

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan, or to increase the cost to such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, the Borrower will pay to such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

 

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(b)              Capital and Liquidity Requirements. If any Lender, the Issuing Bank or the Swing Line Lender (for purposes hereof, may be referred to collectively as “the Lenders” or a “Lender”) determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity ratios or requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the commitments of such Lender hereunder or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

 

(c)              Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth in reasonable detail the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section and the circumstances giving rise thereto shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. In the absence of any such manifest error, the Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) Business Days after receipt thereof.

 

(d)              Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six (6) months prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, delivers to the Borrower the certificate referenced in Section 3.2(c) and notifies the Borrower of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

 

Section 3.3               Taxes.

 

(a)              Issuing Bank. For purposes of this Section 3.3, the term “Lender” shall include the Issuing Bank and the term “Applicable Law” shall include FATCA.

 

(b)              Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by Applicable Law. If any Applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

 

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(c)             Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

 

(d)             Tax Indemnification.

 

(i)               The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten (10) Business Days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(ii)               Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 11.5(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii).

 

(e)              Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of a return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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(f)                Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation.

 

(i)                 Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in clauses (ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

 

(ii)               Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person,

 

(A)          any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

 

(B)           any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(1)                in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or W-8BEN as applicable) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or W-8BEN as applicable) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

 

(2)                executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;

 

(3)                in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 3.3-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or W-8BEN as applicable); or

 

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(4)                to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or W-8BEN as applicable), a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 3.3-2 or Exhibit 3.3-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 3.3-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

 

(C)           any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by Applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by Applicable Law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

 

(D)          if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by Applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

(iii)             Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

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(g)             Treatment of Certain Refunds. Unless required by Applicable Law, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender. If any indemnified party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of the indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (g) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

 

(i)                Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 3.3 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

 

Section 3.4               Mitigation Obligations; Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.2, or requires the Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.3, then such Lender shall (at the request of the Borrower) use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.2 or Section 3.3, as the case may be, in the future, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

 

Section 4.                  GUARANTY

 

Section 4.1                The Guaranty.

 

Each of the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantees to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Qualifying Swap Providers, the Qualifying Treasury Management Banks and the other holders of the Obligations as hereinafter provided, as primary obligor and not as surety, the prompt payment of the Obligations (the “Guaranteed Obligations”) in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory Cash Collateralization or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof. The Guarantors hereby further agree that if any of the Obligations are not paid in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory Cash Collateralization or otherwise), the Guarantors will, jointly and severally, promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory Cash Collateralization or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.

 

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Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein, in any other of the Loan Documents, Swap Agreements, Treasury Management Agreements or other documents relating to the Obligations, (a) the obligations of each Guarantor under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render such obligations subject to avoidance under the Debtor Relief Laws or any comparable provisions of any applicable state law and (b) the Guaranteed Obligations of a Guarantor shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor.

 

Section 4.2                Obligations Unconditional.

 

The obligations of the Guarantors under Section 4.1 are joint and several, absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents, Swap Agreements or Treasury Management Agreements, or any other agreement or instrument referred to therein, or any substitution, release, impairment or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, irrespective of any law or regulation or other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 4.2 that the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances. Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution against the Borrower or any other Guarantor for amounts paid under this Section 4 until such time as the Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have expired or terminated. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of any Guarantor hereunder, which shall remain absolute and unconditional as described above:

 

(a)              at any time or from time to time, without notice to any Guarantor, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;

 

(b)              any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of any of the Loan Documents, any Secured Swap Agreement between any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party and any Qualifying Swap Provider, or any Secured Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party and any Qualifying Treasury Management Bank, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan Documents, such Secured Swap Agreements or such Secured Treasury Management Agreements shall be done or omitted;

 

(c)              the maturity of any of the Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under any of the Loan Documents, any Secured Swap Agreement between any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party and any Qualifying Swap Provider or any Secured Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party and any Qualifying Treasury Management Bank, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan Documents, such Secured Swap Agreements or such Secured Treasury Management Agreements shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of the Obligations or any security therefor shall be released, impaired or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with;

 

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(d)              any Lien granted to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent or any Lender or Lenders as security for any of the Obligations shall fail to attach or be perfected; or

 

(e)              any of the Obligations shall be determined to be void or voidable (including, without limitation, for the benefit of any creditor of any Guarantor) or shall be subordinated to the claims of any Person (including, without limitation, any creditor of any Guarantor).

 

With respect to its obligations hereunder, each Guarantor hereby expressly waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against any Person under any of the Loan Documents, any Secured Swap Agreement between any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party and any Qualifying Swap Provider or any Secured Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party and any Qualifying Treasury Management Bank, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan Documents, such Secured Swap Agreements or such Secured Treasury Management Agreements, or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Obligations.

 

Section 4.3                Reinstatement.

 

The obligations of the Guarantors under this Section 4 shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of any Person in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, and each Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.

 

Section 4.4                Certain Additional Waivers.

 

Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of recourse to security for the Obligations, except through the exercise of rights of subrogation pursuant to Section 4.2 and through the exercise of rights of contribution pursuant to Section 4.6.

 

Section 4.5                Remedies.

 

The Guarantors agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, the Obligations may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 9.2 (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in said Section 9.2) for purposes of Section 4.1 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or preventing the Obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against any other Person and that, in the event of such declaration (or the Obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), the Obligations (whether or not due and payable by any other Person) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of Section 4.1. The Guarantors acknowledge and agree that their obligations hereunder are secured in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Documents and that the Lenders may exercise their remedies thereunder in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

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Section 4.6               Rights of Contribution.

 

The Guarantors agree among themselves that, in connection with payments made hereunder, each Guarantor shall have contribution rights against the other Guarantors as permitted under Applicable Law. Such contribution rights shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the obligations of such Guarantors under the Loan Documents and no Guarantor shall exercise such rights of contribution until all Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have terminated.

 

Section 4.7               Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee.

 

The guarantee in this Section 4 is a guaranty of payment and not of collection, is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Obligations whenever arising.

 

Section 4.8               Keepwell.

 

Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each Specified Loan Party to honor all of such Specified Loan Party’s obligations under the Guaranty and the Collateral Documents in respect of Swap Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section 4.8 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering such Qualified ECP Guarantor’s obligations and undertakings under this Section 4, voidable under applicable Debtor Relief Laws, and not for any greater amount). The obligations and undertakings of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section 4.8 shall remain in full force and effect until the Guaranteed Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full and the commitments relating thereto have expired or terminated, or, with respect to any Guarantor, if earlier, such Guarantor is released from its Guaranteed Obligations in accordance with Section 10.10(a). Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 4.8 constitute, and this Section 4.8 shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each Specified Loan Party for all purposes of section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

Section 5.                  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

Section 5.1               Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extensions. The obligation of each Lender to make a Credit Extension on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date:

 

(a)              Executed Loan Documents. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of executed counterparts of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and duly executed by the appropriate parties thereto.

 

(b)              Organization Documents. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of the following:

 

(i)                 Charter Documents. Copies of articles of incorporation, certificate of organization or formation, or other like document for each of the Loan Parties certified as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority.

 

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(ii)               Organization Documents Certificate. (A) Copies of bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement or like document, (B) copies of resolutions approving the transactions contemplated in connection with the financing and authorizing execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, and (C) incumbency certificates, for each of the Loan Parties, in each case certified by an Authorized Officer in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(iii)             Good Standing Certificate. Copies of certificates of good standing, existence or the like of a recent date for each of the Loan Parties from the appropriate Governmental Authority of its jurisdiction of formation or organization.

 

(c)            Closing Certificate. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certificate from an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, confirming, among other things, (i) all consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations, or filings required to be made or obtained by the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, if any, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions have been obtained and are in full force and effect, (ii) since December 31, 2019, there has been no event or circumstance which could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) the conditions set forth in Sections 5.2(c) and 5.2(d) have been met as of the Closing Date.

 

(d)            Solvency Certificate. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certificate from the chief financial officer (or an equivalent officer) of Intermediate Holdings, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, certifying that, after giving effect to the Transactions on the Closing Date, the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries are Solvent on a consolidated basis.

 

(e)            Opinions of Counsel. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of customary opinions of counsel for each of the Loan Parties, including, among other things, opinions regarding the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the enforceability thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(f)             Personal Property Collateral. Receipt by the Collateral Agent of the following:

 

(i)              UCC Financing Statements. Such UCC financing statements necessary or appropriate to perfect the security interests in the personal property collateral, as determined by the Collateral Agent.

 

(ii)              Intellectual Property Filings. Such patent, trademark and copyright notices, filings and recordations necessary or appropriate to perfect the security interests in intellectual property and intellectual property rights, as determined by the Collateral Agent.

 

(iii)             Pledged Capital Stock. Subject to Section 7.21(b), original certificates evidencing any certificated Capital Stock required to be pledged as collateral under the Collateral Documents, together with undated stock transfer powers executed in blank.

 

(iv)             Evidence of Insurance. Certificates of insurance for casualty, liability and any other insurance required by the Loan Documents, identifying the Collateral Agent as lender’s loss payable with respect to the casualty insurance and additional insured with respect to the liability insurance, as appropriate.

 

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(g)           Funding Notice; Funds Disbursement Instructions. The Administrative Agent shall have received (a) a duly executed Funding Notice with respect to the Credit Extension to occur on the Closing Date and (b) duly executed disbursement instructions (with wiring instructions and account information) for all disbursements to be made on the Closing Date.

 

(h)           Termination of Existing Indebtedness. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of evidence that the Loan Parties shall have repaid (or shall repay concurrently with the initial funding of the Term Loan A hereunder) in full all existing Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1 hereunder) and all Liens securing such Indebtedness shall have been (or shall, substantially concurrently with the Credit Extension to occur on the Closing Date, be) released.

 

(i)             Fees and Expenses. The Administrative Agent shall have confirmation that all reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses (and all filing and recording fees and taxes) required to be paid on or before the Closing Date and requested at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date have been paid, including the reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent.

 

(j)             Patriot Act; Anti-Money Laundering Laws. At least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the provision by the Loan Parties of all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or any Lender reasonably requests in writing at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act, and including, if the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, the certification regarding beneficial ownership of legal entity customers required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation (the “Beneficial Ownership Certification”).

 

For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5.1, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

 

The funding of the initial Loans hereunder shall evidence the satisfaction of the foregoing conditions.

 

Section 5.2             Conditions to Each Credit Extension. The obligation of each Lender or the Issuing Bank to make any Credit Extension on any Credit Date, including the Closing Date, are subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with Section 11.4, of the following conditions precedent:

 

(a)            the Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed and delivered Funding Notice, together with the documentation and certifications required therein with respect to each Credit Extension;

 

(b)            after making the Credit Extension requested on such Credit Date, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments then in effect and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans shall not exceed the respective Term Loan Commitments then in effect

 

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(c)              as of such Credit Date, the representations and warranties contained herein and in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in all respects, if already qualified by materiality) on and as of that Credit Date to the same extent as though made on and as of that date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (or, in all respects, if already qualified by materiality) on and as of such earlier date;

 

(d)             as of such Credit Date, no event shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation of the applicable Credit Extension that would constitute an Event of Default or a Default.

 

Any Agent or Lender shall be entitled, but not obligated to, request and receive, prior to the making of any Credit Extension, additional information reasonably satisfactory to the requesting party confirming the satisfaction of any of the foregoing if, in the reasonable good faith judgment of such Agent or Lender, such request is warranted under the circumstances.

 

Section 6.                  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

In order to induce Agents and Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make each Credit Extension to be made thereby, the Borrower and each other Loan Party represents and warrants to each Agent and Lender as follows:

 

Section 6.1               Existence, Qualification and Power. Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries (a) is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite Permits to (i) own its assets and carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, except where the failure to have such Permits, either singularly or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and in good standing under the Applicable Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license, except to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 6.2              Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not (a) contravene the terms of any Loan Party’s Organization Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, (i) any Contractual Obligation under any Material Contract to which any Loan Party is a party or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which any Loan Party or the Property of any Loan Party is subject; (c) violate any Applicable Law (including Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System); or (d) result in a limitation on any material licenses, permits or other Governmental Authorization applicable to the business, operations or properties of any Loan Party.

 

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Section 6.3               Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, other than (i) those that have already been obtained and are in full force and effect and (ii) filings to perfect the Liens created by the Collateral Documents.

 

Section 6.4               Binding Effect. Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. Each Loan Document constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party that is party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

 

Section 6.5               Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.

 

(a)              The audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries provided to the Lenders for the most recent Fiscal Year ended, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Year, including the notes thereto (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii) show all material Indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, commitments and Indebtedness.

 

(b)              The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries provided to the Lenders for the most recent Fiscal Quarter ended, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Quarter (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments; and (iii) show all material Indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent (to the extent required by GAAP), of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness.

 

(c)              The consolidated business plan and budget delivered pursuant to Section 7.2(c) was prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were deemed fair by the Borrower in light of the conditions existing at the time of delivery of such business plan and budget, and represented, at the time of delivery, the Loan Parties’ best estimate of their future financial condition and performance.

 

(d)              Since December 31, 2019, there has been no event or circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 6.6               Litigation. There are no Proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties after due investigation, threatened in writing, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or (b) could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 6.7               No Default.

 

(a)              No Loan Party is (i) in breach of or in default under any Material Contract, or (ii) in breach of or in default under any Contractual Obligation that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)              No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

Section 6.8               Ownership of Property; Liens. Each of the Loan Parties and its Subsidiaries has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all Real Property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business. No Property of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries is subject to any Liens, other than Permitted Liens.

 

Section 6.9               Environmental Compliance. Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:

 

(a)              Each of the Facilities and all operations at the Facilities are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, and there is no violation of any Environmental Law with respect to the Facilities or the Businesses, and there are no conditions relating to the Facilities or the Businesses that could give rise to liability under any applicable Environmental Laws.

 

(b)              None of the Facilities contains, or has previously contained, any Hazardous Materials at, on or under the Facilities in amounts or concentrations that constitute or constituted a violation of, or could give rise to liability under, Environmental Laws.

 

(c)              Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary has received any written or verbal notice of, or inquiry from any Governmental Authority regarding, any violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with regard to any of the Facilities or the Businesses, nor does any Loan Party have knowledge or reason to believe that any such notice will be received or is being threatened.

 

(d)              Hazardous Materials have not been transported or disposed of from the Facilities, or generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or under any of the Facilities or any other location, in each case by or on behalf of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in violation of, or in a manner that would be reasonably likely to give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Law.

 

(e)              No judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action is pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened, under any Environmental Law to which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary is or will be named as a party, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect to any Loan Party, any Subsidiary, the Facilities or the Businesses.

 

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(f)               There has been no release or, threat of release of Hazardous Materials at or from the Facilities, or arising from or related to the operations (including disposal) of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in connection with the Facilities or otherwise in connection with the Businesses, in violation of or in amounts or in a manner that could give rise to liability under Environmental Laws.

 

Section 6.10            Insurance. The properties of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies (none of which are Affiliates of the Loan Parties), in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the applicable Loan Party or the applicable Subsidiary operates. The insurance coverage of the Loan Parties complies with the requirements of Section 7.7.

 

Section 6.11            Taxes. The Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all federal, state and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being Properly Contested. There is no material proposed tax assessment against any Loan Party or Subsidiary. No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is party to any tax sharing agreement.

 

Section 6.12             ERISA Compliance.

 

(a)              Each ERISA Plan and each Loan Party is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder, and other federal or state laws. Each ERISA Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has a currently effective favorable determination letter (or in the case of a volume submitter or prototype plan is the subject of a currently effective favorable opinion letter) from the IRS or an application for such letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto (and each ERISA Plan has been timely amended to reflect changes in the applicable qualification requirements under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and any applicable IRS guidance issued thereunder) and, to the best knowledge of the Loan Parties, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification. Each Loan Party and each ERISA Affiliate has made all required contributions to each ERISA Plan subject to Sections 412 and 430 of the Internal Revenue Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 or 430 of the Internal Revenue Code has been made with respect to any ERISA Plan. Each Loan Party and each ERISA Affiliate has performed all their obligations under each ERISA Plan according to their terms, including filing or furnishing to the IRS, Department of Labor or other Governmental Authority, or to participants or beneficiaries of each ERISA Plan, any reports, returns, notices and other documentation required to be filed or furnished.

 

(b)             There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan.

 

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(c)               (i) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability and no other ERISA Plan providing retiree welfare benefits has any unfunded liability for benefits; (iii) no Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) no Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Sections 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v) no Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.

 

Section 6.13            Subsidiaries. Set forth on Schedule 6.13, is the jurisdiction of organization, the exact legal name (and for the prior five (5) years or since the date of its formation has been), chief executive office and the true and correct U.S. taxpayer identification number (or foreign equivalent, if any) of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date, together with (a) the number of shares of each class of Capital Stock of any Loan Party outstanding as of the Closing Date and (b) the number and percentage of outstanding shares of each class owned (directly or indirectly) by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary as of the Closing Date. None of the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary is subject to any outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and all other similar rights with respect thereto. The outstanding Capital Stock of each Loan Party and each Subsidiary is validly issued, and, in the case of any Loan Party that is a corporation, fully paid and non-assessable. No Subsidiary has outstanding any shares of Disqualified Capital Stock.

 

Section 6.14            Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act, Use of Proceeds.

 

(a)              The Loan Parties are not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. No proceeds of any Borrowing shall be used for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock.

 

(b)              None of the Loan Parties, any Person Controlling any Loan Party or any Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

(c)               No proceeds of any Borrowing will be used in violation of Section 8.11.

 

Section 6.15             Disclosure. No report, financial statement, certificate or other information furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to any projected financial information, the Loan Parties represent that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time and at the time made available to Administrative Agent and the Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Administrative Agent and Lenders acknowledge that the pro forma financial statements and other economic forecasts and information of a general industry nature delivered by Loan Parties hereunder are not factual representations and that the actual financial results of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries may differ from the pro forma financial statements and other economic forecasts submitted from time to time. As of the Closing Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.

 

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Section 6.16            Compliance with Laws. Each of the Loan Parties and each Subsidiary has operated at all times in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all Applicable Laws and all orders, writs, conditions of participation, contracts, standards, policies, injunctions, decrees, and Governmental Approvals applicable to it, its properties or the Facilities. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

 

(a)              neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is in receipt of any written notice of any material violation of any Applicable Law, statute, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, judgment, order writ, decree, permit, concession, franchise or other governmental approval applicable to it or any of its property, which notice, individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

(b)              neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof is in violation of and shall not violate any of the country or list based economic and trade sanctions administered and enforced by OFAC that are described or referenced at http://ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/ or as otherwise published from time to time.

 

Section 6.17            Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. The Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries own, or possess the legal right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “IP Rights”) that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses without conflict with the rights of any other Person. Set forth on Schedule 6.17 is a list of all IP Rights registered or pending registration with the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office and owned by any Loan Party, or that any Loan Party has the right to use, as of the Closing Date (or following the delivery of the first Compliance Certificate hereunder, as of the date of the most recently delivered Compliance Certificate). No claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any IP Rights or the validity or effectiveness of any IP Rights, nor does any Loan Party know of any such claim, and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, the use of any IP Rights by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or the granting of a right or a license in respect of any IP Rights from any Loan Party or any Subsidiary does not infringe on the rights of any Person. As of the Closing Date, (or following the delivery of the first Compliance Certificate hereunder, as of the date of the most recently delivered Compliance Certificate), none of the IP Rights owned by any of the Loan Parties is subject to any licensing agreement or similar arrangement except as set forth on Schedule 6.17.

 

Section 6.18            Broker’s Fees. Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary has any obligation to any Person in respect of any finder’s, broker’s, investment banking or other similar fee in connection with any of the transactions contemplated under the Loan Documents.

 

Section 6.19            Labor Matters. There are no collective bargaining agreements or Multiemployer Plans covering the employees of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary as of the Closing Date, and neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary has suffered any strikes, walkouts, work stoppages or other material labor difficulty within the last five (5) years.

 

Section 6.20            Business Locations. Set forth on Schedule 6.20(a) is a list of all Real Property located in the United States that is owned or leased by any Loan Party as of the Closing Date. Set forth on Schedule 6.20(b) is a list of all locations where any tangible personal property of any Loan Party (excluding the location of moveable assets, which are moved from location to location in the ordinary course of business) with a value in excess of $1,000,000 is located as of the Closing Date.

 

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Section 6.21            Perfection of Security Interests in the Collateral. The Collateral Documents create valid security interests in, and Liens on, the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, which security interests and Liens are currently perfected security interests and Liens, prior to all other Liens other than Permitted Liens as of the Closing Date. The exact legal name of each Loan Party is as set forth on the signature pages hereto as of the Closing Date.

 

Section 6.22            Solvency. Both before and after giving effect to (a) the Loans to be made or extended on the Closing Date or such other date as Loans requested hereunder are made or extended, the issuance of the guaranties of the Obligations and the pledge of assets as security therefor by all of the Loan Parties, (b) the disbursement of the proceeds of such Loans pursuant to the instructions of the Loan Parties, (c) the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Loan Documents, (d) the payment of any Restricted Payment and (e) the payment and accrual of all transaction costs in connection with the foregoing, the Loan Parties taken as a whole are Solvent.

 

Section 6.23            Holding Company Status. Neither Holdings nor Intermediate Holdings is engaged in any trade or business in violation of Section 8.16.

 

Section 6.24            Patriot Act. Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the (i) Trading with the Enemy Act, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, and (ii) Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act of 2001) (the “Patriot Act”). No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any Person, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

Section 6.25            Regulatory Matters. Without limiting the generality of any other representation or warranty made in this Agreement, each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants that, except as disclosed in Schedule 6.25(a), the following statements are true, complete and correct, and the Loan Parties hereby covenant and agree to notify the Administrative Agent within three (3) Business Days (but in any event prior to the Loan Parties submitting any requests for advances of reserves or escrows) following the occurrence of any facts, events or circumstances, whether threatened, existing or pending, that would make any of the following representations and warranties untrue, incomplete or incorrect (together with such supporting data and information as shall be necessary to fully explain to the Administrative Agent the scope and nature of the fact, event or circumstance), and shall provide to the Administrative Agent within two (2) Business Days of the Administrative Agent’s request, such additional information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request regarding such disclosure:

 

(a)               Permits. Each Loan Party has (i) each Permit and other rights from, and have made all material declarations and filings with, all applicable Governmental Authorities, all self-regulatory authorities and all courts and other tribunals as materially necessary to engage in the Business conducted by the Loan Parties and the ownership, if any, and operation of the Facilities, and (ii) no knowledge that any Governmental Authority is considering materially limiting, suspending or revoking any such Permit. All such Permits are valid and in full force and effect and each Loan Party is in material compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Permits except where failure to be in such compliance or for a Permit to be valid and in full force and effect could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b)              Specific Licensing. Each Loan Party is duly licensed under the Applicable Law of each state where such Loan Party conducts business and is required to be licensed to conduct business. Each Loan Party owns, leases or operates a health care business and/or provides health care goods and services and (i) if it maintains Medicare and Medicaid provider status, is the holder of the provider identification numbers as identified on Schedule 6.25(b) hereto, all of which are current and valid and such Loan Party has not allowed, permitted, authorized or caused any other Person to use any such provider identification number, and (ii) has obtained all material Permits necessary for any Loan Party to own its assets, to carry on its business, to execute, deliver and perform the Loan Documents, and to receive payments from the payors of its accounts (as defined in the UCC) and, if organized as a not-for-profit entity, has and maintains its status, if any, as an organization exempt from federal taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. No Loan Party has been notified by any such Governmental Authority or other Person during the immediately preceding twenty-four (24) month period that such party has rescinded, limited or not renewed, or intends to rescind, limit or not renew, any such license or approval.

 

(c)               Physician Ownership. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.25(c), no physician has any direct or indirect “financial relationship” that constitutes an “ownership or investment interest” (each as defined in 42 CFR 411.354(b)) in any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party.

 

(d)               Participation Agreements/Provider Status/Cost Reports.

 

(i)               Each Loan Party has the requisite participation agreement or provider number or other Permit to bill Medicare and/or Medicaid program in the state or states in which such Loan Party operates (to the extent such Loan Party participates in Medicare or Medicaid in such state or states) and all other Third Party Payor Programs which have historically accounted for any portion of the revenues of the Business or such Loan Party the loss of which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(ii)               Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:

 

(A)              there is no investigation, audit, claim review, or other action pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened which could reasonably be expected to result in a revocation, suspension, termination, probation, restriction, limitation, or non-renewal of any Participation Agreement or provider number or result in a Loan Party’s exclusion from any Third Party Payor Program;

 

(B)              no Third Party Payor Program has made any decision not to renew any Participation Agreement or provider agreement related to the Business;

 

(C)              no Loan Party has made any decision not to renew any Participation Agreement or provider agreement; and

 

(D)              no action is pending or threatened to impose sanctions with respect to the Business or a penalty, sanction, fine or imposition upon any Loan Party.

 

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(iii)            To the knowledge of each Loan Party, each Loan Party and its contractors, have properly and legally billed all Third Party Payors (or intermediaries of Third Party Payors, as applicable) for goods and services rendered with respect to the Business and have maintained their records to reflect such billing practices. No material funds relating to any Loan Party are now, or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party will be, withheld by any Third Party Payor.

 

(iv)            All Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance cost reports and financial reports submitted by each Loan Party are and will be materially accurate and complete and have not been and will not be misleading in any material respects. No cost reports for any goods and services rendered with respect to the Business remain “open” or unsettled. There are no current, pending or outstanding Medicare, Medicaid or Third Party Payor Program reimbursement audits or appeals pending with respect to the Business or any Loan Party that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and no Loan Party has any knowledge that any cost reports or financial reports previously given or declared are inaccurate.

 

(v)           Other than funds advanced by Governmental Authorities in connection with disaster relief or similar programs to businesses similarly situated to the Loan Parties, no Loan Party has any obligation (whether or not currently due) under or pursuant to any agreement, instrument or applicable Law to reimburse, repay or make payment to any Governmental Authority for any loans, advances, grants or monies given or paid to any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party and no Person asserts a claim that any such Loan Party has any such obligation to reimburse, repay or make payment to any Governmental Authority for any loans, advances, grants or monies given or paid to any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party.

 

(e)                No Violation of Healthcare Laws. No Loan Party is in violation of any Healthcare Laws, except where any such violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. With respect to any existing Healthcare Laws not currently effective (any “Future Effective Healthcare Law”), no Loan Party is aware of any fact, circumstance or condition that exists that if not cured or corrected would constitute a violation of any Future Effective Healthcare Law when the obligation of compliance under such Future Effective Healthcare Law becomes effective, except where any such violation would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(f)                Proceedings. No Loan Party is subject to any proceeding, suit or, to any Loan Party’s knowledge, investigation by any federal, state or local government or quasi-governmental body, agency, board or authority or any other administrative or investigative body (including the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services): (i) which could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a material fine, sanction, or lower reimbursement rate for products or services rendered to eligible patients which has not been provided for on their respective financial statements, or which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on any Loan Party or the operation of the Business or any material aspect thereof; (ii) which could reasonably be expected to result in the revocation, transfer, surrender, suspension or other impairment of a material portion of the Required Permits of the Business; (iii) which pertains to any state or federal Medicare or Medicaid cost reports or claims filed by any Loan Party (including, but not limited to, any reimbursement audits), or any disallowance by any commission, board or agency in connection with any audit of such cost reports, other than as set forth on Schedule 6.25(f) or otherwise not in an amount material to the Business; or (iv) which pertains to or requests any voluntary disclosure pertaining to a potential material overpayment matter involving the submission of claims to such payor by any Loan Party.

 

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(g)                Fraud & Abuse.

 

(i)                 No Loan Party has, or to its knowledge has been threatened to have, and no owner, officer, manager, employee or person with a “direct or indirect ownership interest” (as that phrase is defined in 42 C.F.R. §420.201) in any Loan Party has, engaged in any of the following: (A) knowingly and willfully making or causing to be made any materially false statement or representation of a material fact in any application for any benefit or payment under any Healthcare Laws; (B) knowingly and willfully making or causing to be made any materially false statement or representation of a material fact for use in determining rights to any benefit or payment under any Healthcare Laws; (C) failing to disclose knowledge by a claimant of the occurrence of any event affecting the initial or continued right to any benefit or payment under any Healthcare Laws on its own behalf or on behalf of another, with intent to secure such benefit or payment fraudulently; (D) knowingly and willfully soliciting or receiving any remuneration (including any kickback, bribe or rebate), directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind or offering to pay such remuneration (1) in return for referring an individual to a person for the furnishing or arranging for the furnishing of any item or service for which payment may be made in whole or in part by any Healthcare Laws, or (2) in return for purchasing, leasing or ordering or arranging for or recommending the purchasing, leasing or ordering of any good, facility, service, or item for which payment may be made in whole or in part by Medicare, Medicaid, or any other governmental payor; (E) presenting or causing to be presented a claim for reimbursement for services that is for an item or services that was known or should have been known to be (1) not provided as claimed, or (2) false or fraudulent; or (F) knowingly and willfully making or causing to be made or inducing or seeking to induce the making of any false statement or representation (or omitting to state a fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading) of a material fact with respect to (1) a facility in order that the facility may qualify for Governmental Authority certification, or (2) information required to be provided under 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-3.

 

(ii)              No Loan Party has been, or to its knowledge has been threatened to be, and no owner, officer, manager, employee or person with a “direct or indirect ownership interest” (as that phrase is defined in 42 C.F.R. §420.201) in any Loan Party: (A) has had a civil monetary penalty assessed against him or her pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7a or is the subject of a proceeding seeking to assess such penalty; (B) has been excluded from participation in a Federal Health Care Program (as that term is defined in 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7b) or is the subject of a proceeding seeking to assess such penalty, or has been “suspended” or “debarred” from selling products to the U.S. government or its agencies pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, relating to debarment and suspension applicable to federal government agencies generally (48 C.F.R. Subpart 8.4), or other applicable Laws or regulations; (C) has been convicted (as that term is defined in 42 C.F.R. §1001.2) of any of those offenses described in 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7b or 18 U.S.C. §§669, 1035, 1347, 1518 or is the subject of a proceeding seeking to assess such penalty; (D) has been involved or named in a U.S. Attorney complaint made or any other action taken pursuant to the False Claims Act under 31 U.S.C. §§3729-3731 or qui tam action brought pursuant to 31 U.S.C. §3729 et seq.; (E) has been made a party to any other action by any Governmental Authority that may prohibit it from selling products to any governmental or other purchaser pursuant to any law; or (F) was or has become subject to any federal, state, local governmental or private payor civil or criminal investigations or inquiries, proceedings, validation review, program integrity review or statement of charges involving and/or related to its compliance with Healthcare Laws or involving or threatening its participation in Medicare, Medicaid or other Third Party Payor Programs or its billing practices with respect thereto except as set forth on Schedule 6.25(g)(ii)(F).

 

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(h)       Data Privacy.

 

(i)       No Loan Party has received written notice, nor to the knowledge of such Loan Party, oral notice, of any claim that the Loan Party or any of its respective contractors or employees, have suffered a breach of Personal Information as defined under applicable Law or is not in compliance with Applicable Laws relating to the collection, use or disclosure of Personal Information, except to the extent any such breach or non-compliance: (i) did not require and is not likely to require the Loan Party to provide notification in accordance with applicable Law to affected customers, patients or other impacted individuals, or to any Governmental Authority; (ii) would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (iii) has not resulted in or is not reasonably likely to result in any claim or notice from any Governmental Authority alleging a breach of Personal Information or non-compliance with of Law or referencing the investigation of any such breach of Personal Information or non-compliance with Law.

 

(ii)       Each Loan Party has been, and is, in compliance with all Applicable Laws relating to Personal Information. Each Loan Party maintains in effect data privacy and security policies that comply with Applicable Laws (including without limitation, policies, training and procedures to ensure compliance with, the transaction standards, privacy standards and security standards promulgated pursuant to HIPAA), applicable to the conduct of its respective business and the types of Personal Information that the Loan Party collects from individuals and the uses and disclosures of such Personal Information.

 

Section 6.26            Compliance of Products.

 

(a)              Each Loan Party:

 

(i)                except as set forth on Schedule 6.26(a), has been operating in compliance in all material respects with all reporting and regulatory requirements imposed upon it as well as the Specified Laws, including reporting to FDA and other agencies, to include state government agencies of product deviations, contamination or of device malfunctions and/or device-related serious injuries or deaths and reporting to FDA of Corrections or Removals, when and as required under the FDCA;

 

(ii)              has not, and none of its officers, directors, employees, shareholders, their agents or affiliates have, made an untrue statement of material fact or fraudulent statement to the FDA or failed to disclose a material fact required to be disclosed to the FDA, committed an act, made a statement, or failed to make a statement that could reasonably be expected to provide a basis for the FDA to invoke its policy respecting “Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities,” set forth in 56 Fed. Regulation 46191 (September 10, 1991);

 

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(iii)             has not received any notice that any Governmental Authority, including the FDA, the Office of the Inspector General of HHS, the United States Department of Justice or any equivalent foreign agency, has commenced or threatened to initiate any action to enjoin a Loan Party, or any of its officers, directors, employees, shareholders, agents or Affiliates, from conducting their respective businesses at any facility owned or used by any of them, or for any material civil penalty, injunction, seizure or criminal action, or which would result in the revocation, transfer, surrender, suspension or other material impairment of any material portion of the Required Permits;

 

(iv)             is not a participant in any federal program whereby any federal, state or local government or quasi-governmental body, agency, board or other authority may have the right to recover funds by reason of the advance of federal funds, including those authorized under the Hill-Burton Act (42 U.S.C. 291, et seq.);

 

(v)              has not been threatened to be (A) excluded from United States health care programs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1320a7 and related regulations, (B) “suspended” or “debarred” from selling products to the United States government or its agencies pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, relating to debarment and suspension applicable to federal government agencies generally (48 C.F.R. Subpart 9.4), or other applicable Laws or regulations, or (C) made a party to any other action by any Governmental Authority that may prohibit it from selling products to any governmental or other purchaser pursuant to any law;

 

(vi)              is in material compliance with all Environmental Laws;

 

(vii)            maintains or causes to be maintained a standard of care in the storage, use, transportation and disposal of all Products, medical equipment, medical supplies, medical products and medical waste, of any kind and in any form, that is at least comparable to that which exists on the date of this Agreement and that is in conformity in all material respects with all Applicable Laws;

 

(viii)          maintains or causes to be maintained corporate regulatory compliance program (“CCP”) in accordance with Specified Laws, applicable regulatory guidance, and customary business practices for each Loan Party which includes at least the following components: (A) specific officer within high-level personnel identified as having overall responsibility for regulatory compliance (B) training and education programs which effectively communicate the compliance standards and procedures to employees and agents; (C) policies and procedures to allow employees and other agents to anonymously report criminal or suspect conduct and potential compliance problems; (D) consistent enforcement of compliance policies including discipline of individuals responsible for the failure to detect violations of the CCP; and (E) mechanisms to immediately respond to detected violations of the CCP;

 

(ix)            except as set forth on Schedule 6.26(a), has not received from the FDA at any time warning letters, Form FDA-483 inspection reports, “Untitled Letter”, other correspondence or notice setting forth allegedly objectionable observations or alleged violations of laws and regulations enforced by the FDA, including the FDCA, or any comparable correspondence from any state or local authority responsible for regulating medical device products and establishments, or any comparable correspondence from any foreign counterpart of the FDA, or any comparable correspondence from any foreign counterpart of any state or local authority with regard to any Product or the manufacture, processing, packing, or holding thereof;

 

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(x)              has entered into a Transport and Disposal Agreement with a reputable and qualified Person for the transport and disposal of hazardous wastes pursuant to which such Person has agreed to provide such transport and disposal services at all facilities at which such biomedical wastes and hazardous wastes are generated in conformity in all material respects with all Applicable Laws and such Transport and Disposal Agreement remains in full force and effect; and

 

(xi)            except as set forth on Schedule 6.26(a), maintains or causes to be maintained a policy that prevents the exposure of employees or contractors to bloodborne pathogens by prohibiting staff from handling returned or used Product if such Product is not received in a decontaminated manner.

 

(b)            With respect to Products:

 

(i)                 No Loan Party has acquired, received, or otherwise transferred any human tissue or organs for valuable consideration for use in human transplantation, in violation of any Applicable Law.

 

(ii)               Except as set forth on Schedule 6.26(b), each Product has been and/or shall be manufactured, imported, possessed, owned, warehoused, marketed, promoted, sold, labeled, furnished, distributed and marketed in accordance with all applicable Permits and Applicable Laws, including but not limited to the FDCA;

 

(iii)             Without limiting the generality of Section 6.26(a)(i) above, with respect to any Product being tested or manufactured by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, such Person has received, and such Product shall be the subject of, all Required Permits needed in connection with the testing or manufacture of such Product as such testing is currently being conducted by or on behalf of such Person, and such Person has not received any notice from any applicable Governmental Authority, including the FDA, that such Governmental Authority is conducting an investigation or review of (A) such Person’s manufacturing facilities and processes for such Product which have disclosed any material deficiencies or violations of Applicable Law (including Healthcare Laws) and/or the Required Permits related to the manufacture of such Product, or (B) any such Required Permit or that any such Required Permit has been revoked or withdrawn, nor has any such Governmental Authority issued any order or recommendation stating that the development, testing and/or manufacturing of such Product by such Person should cease;

 

(iv)            Without limiting the generality of Section 6.26(a)(i) above, with respect to any Product marketed, leased, rented, or sold by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, such Person shall have received, and such Product shall be the subject of, all Required Permits needed in connection with the marketing and sales of such Product as currently being marketed, leased, rented, or sold by such Person, and such Person has not received any notice from any applicable Governmental Authority, including the FDA, that such Governmental Authority is conducting an investigation or review of any such Required Permit or approval or that any such Required Permit has been revoked or withdrawn, nor has any such Governmental Authority issued any order or recommendation stating that such marketing or sales of such Product cease or that such Product be withdrawn from the marketplace; and

 

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(v)                the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries have not experienced any significant failures in their manufacturing of any Product such that the amount of such Product successfully manufactured by them in accordance with all specifications thereof and any required payments related thereto in any month shall decrease significantly with respect to the quantities of such Product produced in the prior month.

 

(c)              Neither the execution nor performance by any Loan Party of any Loan Documents, nor the exercise of any remedies by any party thereunder, will adversely affect any of the Required Permits.

 

Section 6.27            OFAC. Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof is in violation of any of the Sanctions. Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary thereof, nor to the knowledge of such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, any director, officer, employee, agent, Affiliate or representative thereof (a) is a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity, (b) has its assets located in a Sanctioned Entity, (c) derives revenues from investments in, or transactions with a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity or (d) is owned or controlled by a Sanctioned Entity or a Sanctioned Person. No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions, or (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the Loans, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor, or otherwise).

 

Section 6.28            Affected Financial Institution. No Loan Party is an Affected Financial Institution.

 

Section 7.                  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

Each Loan Party covenants and agrees that until the Obligations shall have been paid in full or otherwise satisfied, and the Commitments hereunder shall have expired or been terminated, such Loan Party shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to:

 

Section 7.1               Financial Statements. Deliver to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of each Lender:

 

(a)                Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year (commencing with the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2020) of AdaptHealth Corp., consolidated balance sheets of AdaptHealth Corp., Holdings, and the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, retained earnings, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures as of the end of and for the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, and in the case of the consolidated financial statements audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of KPMG LLP or other independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification, explanation or exception or any qualification, explanation or exception as to the scope of such audit;

 

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(b)                Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available, but in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) Fiscal Quarters (commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending September 30, 2020) of each Fiscal Year of AdaptHealth Corp., Holdings, and the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, consolidated balance sheets of AdaptHealth Corp., Holdings, and the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, retained earnings, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Quarter and for the portion of the Fiscal Year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures as of the end of and for the corresponding Fiscal Quarter of the previous Fiscal Year and the corresponding portion of the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of AdaptHealth Corp., Holdings, and the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes; and

 

(c)                Management Discussion and Analysis. Concurrently with any delivery under clause (a) or (b) of this Section 7.1, a management discussion and analysis describing any differences in the reported financial results as between the periods covered and that in the same periods during the immediately preceding Fiscal Year, and as between such periods and the same periods included in the budget delivered pursuant to Section 7.2(c) below, which shall include, among any other information or explanation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, an explanation of any revenues, Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated Capital Expenditures and new or lost customers that would assist the Lenders to better understand the results being reported.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, documents required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 7.1 (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and, if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which such materials are publicly available as posted on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR); or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Loan Parties’ behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether made available by the Administrative Agent). Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents and maintaining its copies of such documents; provided that the Borrower shall promptly notify (which may be by electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the filing and availability of any such item and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail a link thereto.

 

Section 7.2               Certificates; Other Information. Deliver to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of each Lender, in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

 

(a)               Accountant Certification. Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 7.1(a), a certificate of its independent certified public accountants certifying such financial statements;

 

(b)               Compliance Certificate. Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 7.1(a) and 7.1(b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate executed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, and such Compliance Certificate shall include such supplements to Schedule 6.17 as are necessary such that, as supplemented, such Schedule would be accurate and complete as of the date of such Compliance Certificate; provided, however, that in the event that any item included in such supplement shall constitute, result in or disclose a Default or an Event of Default hereunder, in no event shall the delivery of such supplement constitute a waiver of such Default or Event of Default by the Administrative Agent or any Lender;

 

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(c)                Annual Budget. Within sixty (60) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, the annual business plan and budget of AdaptHealth Corp., Holdings, and the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries containing, among other things, projected financial statements (including, without limitation, consolidated balance sheets of AdaptHealth Corp., Holdings, and the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries as at the end of each such Fiscal Quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, retained earnings, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each such Fiscal Quarter) for each Fiscal Quarter through the Term Loan A Maturity Date;

 

(d)              Audit Letters. Copies of any detailed audit reports, management letters or recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or the audit committee of the board of directors) of AdaptHealth Corp., Holdings, and the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries by independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, or any audit of any of them;

 

(e)              Public Company Reporting. (i) Promptly after the same are available (and in any event within ten (10) days thereof), copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of AdaptHealth Corp. and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which any Loan Party may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or to a holder of any Indebtedness owed by AdaptHealth Corp., Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, any Loan Party, or any Subsidiary in its capacity as such a holder and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto, (ii) all reports and written information to and from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, or any state or local agency responsible for environmental matters, the United States Occupational Health and Safety Administration or any successor agencies or authorities concerning environmental, health or safety matters, and (iii) all material reports and written information to and from any state or local agency responsible for health and safety matters, or any successor agencies or authorities concerning environmental, health or safety matters; and

 

(f)                 Additional Information. Promptly (and in any event within two (2) days after a request therefor), such additional information (including Medicare and Medicaid cost reports and audits) regarding the business, financial or corporate affairs of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender through the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request (including as required under the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation).

 

Section 7.3               Notices.

 

(a)                Promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender in writing of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default.

 

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(b)                Promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender in writing of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)                Promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender in writing of the occurrence of any ERISA Event.

 

(d)                Promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender in writing of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary.

 

(e)                Promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days), notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in writing, of the threat or institution of, or any material adverse development in, any Proceeding against or affecting any Loan Party (i) in which the amount involved or relief sought is in excess of $10,000,000, (ii) which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) which seeks injunctive relief which, if granted, could reasonably be expected to result in losses, costs or expenses in excess of $10,000,000, (iv) which alleges criminal misconduct by any Loan Party, or (v) which alleges the material violation of any law regarding any Environmental Liability.

 

(f)                Immediately notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in writing, upon the occurrence of, upon becoming aware of, or upon receipt of notice from a third party of, (i) any Loan Party’s default pursuant to the terms of any Material Contract to which such Loan Party is a party or (ii) the termination of, or the intent or threat to terminate, any such Material Contract.

 

(g)               Upon the written request of the Administrative Agent following the occurrence of any event or the discovery of any condition which the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders reasonably believe has caused (or could be reasonably expected to cause) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.9 to be untrue in any material respect, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Administrative Agent, at the Loan Parties’ expense, a report of an environmental assessment of reasonable scope, form and depth, (including, where appropriate, invasive soil or groundwater sampling) by a consultant reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to the nature and extent of the presence of any Hazardous Materials on any Facilities and as to the compliance by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with Environmental Laws at such Facilities. If the Loan Parties fail to deliver such an environmental report within forty-five (45) days after receipt of such written request then the Administrative Agent may arrange for same, and the Loan Parties hereby grant to the Administrative Agent and its representatives access to the Facilities to reasonably undertake such an assessment (including, where appropriate, invasive soil or groundwater sampling). The reasonable cost of any assessment arranged for by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this provision will be payable by the Loan Parties on demand and added to the obligations secured by the Collateral Documents.

 

(h)                Promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender of any Loan Party’s receipt of notice of any citation, any investigation or audit, or pending or threatened proceedings relating to, any material violation by any Loan Party of any Healthcare Law, including, (x) any investigation or audit or proceeding involving violation of any of the Medicare and/or Medicaid fraud and abuse provisions and (y) any criminal or civil investigation initiated, claim filed or disclosure required by the Office of Inspector General, the Department of Justice, CMS (formerly HCFA), or any other Governmental Authority.

 

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(i)                 Promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender of any Loan Party’s receipt of a written recommendation from any Governmental Authority or other regulatory body that such Loan Party should have its licensure, provider or supplier number or accreditation suspended, revoked, or limited in any material way, or have its eligibility to participate in Medicare, Medicaid or any other government program to accept assignments or rights to reimbursement under Medicaid, Medicare, or any other government program regulations suspended, revoked, or limited in any material way.

 

(j)                 Any change in the information provided in the Beneficial Ownership Certification that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified in such certification.

 

(k)                In addition to and not in limitation of any other provision of this Agreement, it is understood and agreed that Borrower shall (a) within two (2) Business Days notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender of any material adverse developments related to that certain subpoena dated July 11, 2017 and issued to Borrower or any other Loan Party by the United States Attorneys’ Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3486 (the “Subpoena”), (b) shall participate in a phone call with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders quarterly, at the request of the Administrative Agent, in order to provide an update on the status of the Subpoena, relevant related details and what action the Loan Parties have taken over the course of the previous quarter and propose to take with respect thereto, and (c) shall provide such other documents, instruments, agreements and information related to the Subpoena as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and each Lender.

 

Each notice pursuant to this Section 7.3 shall be accompanied by a statement of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower has taken and propose to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 7.3(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.

 

Section 7.4               Payment of Obligations: Tax Returns.

 

(a)                Pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities, including (a) all federal, state and other material tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless the same are being Properly Contested; and (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its Property unless the same are being Properly Contested.

 

(b)                Timely file or cause to be timely filed all federal, state and other material tax returns required to be filed.

 

Section 7.5               Preservation of Existence, Material Contracts, Etc.

 

(a)                Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction permitted by Section 8.4 or Section 8.5.

 

(b)                Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its good standing and qualification to do business under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and in any other jurisdiction where failure to so maintain good standing or qualification would have or would constitute a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(c)                Preserve, renew and maintain all Governmental Approvals as are necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted and herein contemplated.

 

(d)               Preserve, register and renew whenever applicable all of its material registered patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names and service marks as are necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted and herein contemplated.

 

(e)               Maintain all Material Contracts to which it is a party without default or right of any counterparty thereto to terminate or accelerate thereunder unless replaced with one or more alternative contracts of substantially equivalent value.

 

Section 7.6               Maintenance of Properties.

 

(a)                Maintain, preserve and protect all of its property owned or used in the operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.

 

(b)                Make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof.

 

(c)                Use the standard of care typical in the industry in the operation and maintenance of its Facilities.

 

Section 7.7               Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers rated not less than A-, Class VII by Best’s, commercial general liability insurance, professional liability insurance, product liability insurance, pollution liability insurance and all risk property insurance, in each case with respect to liabilities, losses or damage in respect of the assets, properties and businesses of each Loan Party as may customarily be carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons of established reputation engaged in similar businesses, in each case in such amounts (giving effect to self-insurance), with such deductibles, covering such risks, and in amounts and otherwise on such terms and conditions as shall be customary for such Persons (including perils of flood, quake and/or windstorm, as applicable) and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries will maintain or cause to be maintained (a) flood insurance with respect to each Flood Hazard Property, if any, that is located in a community that participates in the National Flood Insurance Program, in each case in compliance with any applicable regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and (b) replacement value casualty insurance on the Collateral under such policies of insurance, with such insurance companies, in such amounts, with such deductibles, and covering such risks as are at all times carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons of established reputation engaged in similar businesses. Each such policy of insurance shall (i) name the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the holders of the Obligations, as an additional insured by endorsement thereunder as its interests may appear, and (ii) in the case of each property insurance policy, contain a lender’s loss payable clause or endorsement, satisfactory in form and substance to the Collateral Agent, that names the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the holders of the Obligations, as the lender’s loss payee thereunder and provides for at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice (or such shorter prior written notice as may be agreed by the Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion) to the Collateral Agent of any modification or cancellation of such policy.

 

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Section 7.8               Compliance with Laws. Comply in all material respects with the requirements of all Applicable Laws and Governmental Approvals applicable to it (including Environmental Laws) and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or Property, except in such instances in which such requirement of Applicable Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being Properly Contested or where failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Loan Parties will (i) other than with respect to a Voluntary Termination, maintain in full force and effect, and free from restrictions, probations, conditions or known conflicts which would materially impair the use or operation of any healthcare or other business conducted or hereafter conducted or of the Business as it is currently conducted, all Permits necessary under Healthcare Laws to continue to bill or receive payment or reimbursement under all Third Party Payor Programs in which any Loan Party or the Business participates as of the date of this Agreement or any time hereafter, and (ii) provide to the Administrative Agent upon request, an accurate, complete and current list of all participation agreements with Third Party Payors with respect to the Business and the business of each Loan Party (collectively, “Participation Agreements”). Other than with respect to a Voluntary Termination, the Loan Parties will at all times comply in all material respects with all requirements, contracts, conditions and stipulations applicable to such Loan Party necessary in order to maintain in good standing and without default or limitation under all such Participation Agreements.

 

Section 7.9               Books and Records.

 

(a)                Maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with GAAP.

 

(b)                Maintain such books of record and account in material conformity with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.

 

Section 7.10            Inspection Rights. Permit (a) representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and conduct audits and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all at the expense of the Loan Parties and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Loan Parties; provided, however, that absent the existence of a Default or Event of Default, the Loan Parties shall be liable for no more than one (1) such inspection in any Fiscal Year; and (b) representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to conduct an annual audit of the Collateral at the expense of the Loan Parties and upon reasonable advance notice to the Loan Parties; provided that when a Default or an Event of Default exists the Collateral Agent (or any of its respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Loan Parties at any time during normal business hours and without advance notice and, in the case of Collateral audits, as frequently as deemed necessary by the Collateral Agent. A representative of each Lender shall have the right to accompany the Administrative Agent in connection with all such inspections, audits and examinations (at such Lender’s sole cost and expense if a Default or an Event of Default has not occurred and is continuing).

 

Section 7.11            Use of Proceeds.

 

(a)                Use the proceeds of the Term Loan A to (i) refinance certain existing Indebtedness of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries simultaneously with the closing of this agreement, and (ii) pay transaction costs, fees and expenses related thereto.

 

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(b)                Use proceeds of the Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans to (i) finance working capital, make Capital Expenditures, and for other general corporate purposes, and (ii) finance Permitted Acquisitions and to pay fees and transaction costs associated with such Permitted Acquisitions.

 

(c)                Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the proceeds of any Credit Extension be used in contravention of Applicable Laws or of any Loan Document.

 

Section 7.12            Additional Subsidiaries. Simultaneously with (or such longer period as may be agreed by the Collateral Agent at its sole option) any Acquisition or the formation of any Subsidiary:

 

(a)                notify the Administrative Agent thereof in writing, together with (i) jurisdiction of formation, (ii) number of shares of each class of Capital Stock outstanding, (iii) number and percentage of outstanding shares of each class owned (directly or indirectly) by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary and (iv) number and effect, if exercised, of all outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and all other similar rights with respect thereto; and

 

(b)               within thirty (30) days (in each case, or such later date as may be agreed by the Collateral Agent at its sole option) of any Permitted Acquisition or any Subsidiary being formed, cause each Subsidiary formed or acquired in connection with such Permitted Acquisition, other than an Excluded Subsidiary or an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary, to (A) become a Guarantor by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a Guarantor Joinder Agreement or such other document as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request for such purpose (including as required under the Security Agreement), and (B) deliver to the Administrative Agent documents of the types referred to in Sections 5.1(b), (c), and (e) and take any actions required under Section 7.14, and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, favorable opinions of counsel to such Person (which shall cover, among other things, the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of the documentation referred to in clause (A)), all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 7.13            ERISA Compliance. Do, and cause each of its ERISA Affiliates to do, each of the following: (a) maintain each ERISA Plan in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other federal or state law; (b) cause each ERISA Plan that is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code to maintain such qualification; and (c) make all required contributions to any ERISA Plan subject to Section 412, Section 430 or Section 431 of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

Section 7.14            Further Assurances.

 

(a)              To the extent not delivered to the Collateral Agent on or before the Closing Date (including in respect of after-acquired property and Persons that become Subsidiaries of any Loan Party after the Closing Date), the Loan Parties will promptly (and in any event within thirty (30) days) deliver to the Administrative Agent such modifications to the terms of the Loan Documents, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and as the Collateral Agent reasonably deems necessary or advisable in order to ensure that each Loan Party (including any Person required to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.12 hereof) shall effectively grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of holders of the Obligations, a valid and enforceable security interest in all of its property, including all of its Capital Stock (other than Excluded Property), as security for the Obligations of such Loan Party.

 

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(b)               Without limiting the generality of the above, the Loan Parties will cause (a) 100% of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock owned by the Loan Parties of each Domestic Subsidiary and (b) 65% (or such greater percentage that could not reasonably be expected to cause any material adverse tax consequences) of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock owned by the Loan Parties entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) and 100% of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock not entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) in each Foreign Subsidiary directly owned by a Loan Party or any Foreign Subsidiary Holdco owned by a Loan Party to be subject at all times to a first priority, perfected Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents or such other security documents as the Collateral Agent shall request; provided, however, that the Loan Parties shall not be required to pledge the Capital Stock of any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary to the extent (a) consent of the minority investor is required pursuant to the Organization Documents of such non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary (and such consent was not required in connection with or in contemplation or anticipation of such pledge) and not obtained after using commercially reasonable efforts and (b) such non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary is an Excluded Subsidiary.

 

(c)                If an Event of Default exists, with respect to each account (as defined in the UCC) for which either the perfection, enforceability, or validity of the Collateral Agent’s Liens in such account, or the Collateral Agent’s right or ability to obtain direct payment to the Collateral Agent of the proceeds of such account, is governed by any federal, state, or local statutory requirements other than those of the UCC, the Loan Parties will take such steps as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request to ensure such perfection, enforceability, validity of the Lien or right to obtain direct payment, including compliance with the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940.

 

(d)              If an Event of Default exists, each Loan Party shall grant (and in any event, shall be deemed to grant) a first priority, perfected Lien (except for Permitted Liens) on any additional Property of the Loan Parties (including Excluded Property other than as described in clauses (e), (h) and (j) of the Excluded Property definition) in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself, the Administrative Agent, the other Lenders and the other holders of the Obligations to secure the Obligations pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents as requested by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

 

(e)             Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, at its own cost and expense, cause to be promptly and duly taken, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such further acts, documents and assurances as may from time to time be necessary or as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders may from time to time reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and purposes of the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby, including all such actions to establish, create, preserve, protect and perfect a first priority Lien (subject only to Permitted Liens) in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of holders of the Obligations on the Collateral (including Collateral acquired after the Closing Date), including on any and all assets of each Loan Party (other than Excluded Property), whether now owned or hereafter acquired.

 

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Section 7.15            Covenant with Respect to Environmental Matters. In respect of all environmental matters:

 

(a)               comply in all material respects with the requirements of all federal, state, and local Environmental Laws applicable to the Loan Parties or their Property; notify the Administrative Agent promptly in the event of any spill, release or disposal of Hazardous Material on, or hazardous waste pollution or contamination affecting, the Facilities in material violation of applicable Environmental Laws of which a Loan Party has actual knowledge; forward to the Administrative Agent promptly any written notices relating to such matters received from any Governmental Authority; and pay when due any fine or assessment against the Facilities, provided, that the Loan Parties shall not be required to pay any such fine or assessment so long as the validity thereof shall be Properly Contested; and provided further that, in any event, payment of any such fine or assessment shall be made before any of their Property shall be subjected to a Lien or be seized or sold in satisfaction thereof;

 

(b)                promptly notify the Administrative Agent upon becoming aware of any fact or change in circumstances that would be expected to cause any of the representations and warranties contained in Section 6.9 to cease to be true in all material respects (without duplication of any materiality qualifier therein) for any time before the Revolving Commitment Termination Date;

 

(c)               not become involved, and will not knowingly permit any tenant of the Facilities to become involved, in any operations at the Facilities generating, storing, disposing, or handling Hazardous Materials in material violation of applicable Environmental Laws or any other activity that could lead to the imposition on any Lender or the Administrative Agent of any liability, or the imposition on the Loan Parties or the Facilities of any material liability or any lien under any Environmental Laws;

 

(d)             promptly contain or remove any Hazardous Materials found on the Facilities in violation of any applicable Environmental Law, which containment or removal must be done in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws and at the Loan Parties’ expense; and the Loan Parties agree that the Administrative Agent has the right, at its sole option but at the Loan Parties’ expense, to have an environmental engineer or other representative review the work being done; and

 

(e)             indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless each Indemnitee from and against and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (including, consequential damages), penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims, costs, expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for and consultants of such Indemnitees in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding, whether or not such Indemnitees shall be designated a party thereto), which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against such Indemnitees (whether direct, indirect, or consequential) now or hereafter arising as a result of any claim for environmental cleanup costs, any resulting damage to the environment and any other environmental claims against any Loan Party, any Lender, the Administrative Agent, any other Indemnitee or the Facilities. The provisions of this Section 7.15(e) shall continue in effect and shall survive the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.

 

Section 7.16            Covenants with Respect to Real Property. With respect to any Real Property (other than Excluded Property) acquired by any Loan Party after the Closing Date, deliver to the Administrative Agent within sixty (60) days of the date such Real Property was acquired, as the case may be, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

 

(a)                a Mortgage encumbering the fee interest of any Loan Party in such Real Property;

 

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(b)                all other Mortgage Supporting Documents required by Administrative Agent with respect to such Real Property; and

 

(c)                evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent of comprehensive “all risk” insurance with respect to such Real Property in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 7.17            Lenders Meetings. The Loan Parties will, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, participate in a meeting of the Administrative Agent and Lenders once during each Fiscal Year to be held at the Borrower’s corporate offices (or at such other location as may be agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) at such time as may be agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent; provided that during the existence of an Event of Default, meetings may be held more frequently than once per Fiscal Year.

 

Section 7.18            Covenants Regarding Products and Compliance with Required Permits.

 

(a)                Without limiting the generality of Section 7.8, each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries shall comply fully and completely in all material respects with all Required Permits at all times issued by any Governmental Authority, including the FDA, with respect to such development, testing, manufacture, marketing, sales, or leasing of such Product by such Person as such activities are at any such time being conducted by such Person, including the timely filing (after giving effect to any extension duly obtained) of all notifications, reports, submissions, Required Permit renewals, cost reports and other reports of every kind whatsoever required by applicable Laws (which reports shall be materially accurate and complete in all material respects and not misleading in any material respect and shall not remain open or unsettled) and shall operate in a manner such that the Required Permits remain in full force and effect.

 

(b)                Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries shall maintain in full force and effect the Transport and Disposal Agreement or such other agreement in form and substance for the transport and disposal of hazardous wastes with respect to all facilities at which such waste is generated.

 

Section 7.19            Healthcare Operations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing covenants and to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and other credit accommodations contemplated hereby, the Loan Parties hereby covenant that the Loan Parties will:

 

(a)                timely file or caused to be timely filed (after giving effect to any extension duly obtained), all notifications, reports, submissions, Permit renewals, cost reports and other reports or documents of every kind whatsoever required by Healthcare Laws (which reports will be materially accurate and complete in all material respects and not misleading in any material respect and shall not remain open or unsettled);

 

(b)                maintain in full force and effect, and free from restrictions, probations, conditions or known conflicts that would materially impair the use or operation of any healthcare or other business conducted or hereafter conducted by any Loan Party, all Permits necessary under Healthcare Laws to carry on the Business of the Loan Parties as it is conducted on the Closing Date or substantially similar thereto; and

 

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(c)                remain in material compliance with all Applicable Laws with respect to matters relating to patient or individual health care or Personal Information or data, including compliance in all material respects with applicable Privacy Laws, including HIPAA, by continuing to adopt, implement and maintain policies, procedures and continued personnel training regarding the transaction standards, privacy standards and security standards promulgated pursuant to HIPAA, and maintain information security process that (i) include safeguards for the security, confidentiality and integrity of transactions and confidential or proprietary data or individually identifiable health information used, disclosed, or accessed and (ii) are designed to protect against unauthorized access to the Systems, the data and the systems of any third person service providers that have access to the Loan Parties’ data or Systems in compliance with applicable requirements of Privacy Laws.

 

Section 7.20            Patriot Act; OFAC. The Loan Parties will (a) comply with the Patriot Act, (b) use no part of the proceeds of the Loans, 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, and (c) comply with Sanctions.

 

Section 7.21            Post-Closing Obligations.

 

(a)                Within forty-five (45) days of the Closing Date, the Loan Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) obtain amendments to the collateral descriptions included on certain UCC financing statements identified by the Administrative Agent evidencing purchase money Indebtedness of Loan Parties and filed by (x) VGM Financial Services, a division of TCF National Bank, as secured party and (y) TCF Equipment Finance, a division of TCF National Bank, as secured party, and (ii) terminate certain UCC financing statements identified by the Administrative Agent evidencing prior Indebtedness of the Loan Parties that was repaid in full in connection with past Acquisitions; and

 

(b)                Within fifteen (15) Business Days of the Closing Date (or such longer period as may be agreed by the Collateral Agent at its sole option), the Loan Parties shall provide to the Collateral Agent undated stock transfer powers executed in blank with respect to the certificates evidencing the Pledged Equity (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement) set forth on Schedule 1 to the Pledge and Security Agreement.

 

Section 8.                  NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

Each Loan Party covenants and agrees that until the Obligations shall have been paid in full or otherwise satisfied, and the Commitments hereunder shall have expired or been terminated, no Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:

 

Section 8.1               Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness (including any Earn-Out Obligations), except:

 

(a)                the Obligations;

 

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(b)                Indebtedness of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 8.1 and refinancings and extensions of any such Indebtedness if the representations, warranties, covenants, events of default and other material terms and conditions thereof are not materially less favorable to the obligor thereon or to the Lenders than the Indebtedness being refinanced or extended, and the average life to maturity thereof is greater than or equal to that of the Indebtedness being refinanced or extended; provided, such Indebtedness permitted under the immediately preceding clause shall not (i) include Indebtedness of an obligor that was not an obligor with respect to the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced or (ii) exceed in a principal amount the Indebtedness being renewed, extended or refinanced;

 

(c)                purchase money Indebtedness (including obligations in respect of Capital Leases but excluding Synthetic Leases) hereafter incurred by the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries to finance the purchase of fixed assets; provided that (i) such Indebtedness when incurred shall not exceed the purchase price of the asset(s) financed, (ii) no such Indebtedness shall be refinanced for a principal amount in excess of the principal balance outstanding thereon at the time of such refinancing and (iii) the total amount of all such Indebtedness at any time outstanding shall not exceed $40,000,000;

 

(d)                Indebtedness in respect of any Swap Agreement that is entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks to which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is exposed in the conduct of its business or the management of its liabilities (it being acknowledged by the Borrower that a Swap Agreement entered into for speculative purposes or of a speculative nature is not a Swap Agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks);

 

(e)                intercompany Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.3; provided that any Indebtedness of a Loan Party owing to any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be subject to a Subordination Agreement acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion;

 

(f)                Indebtedness assumed in connection with (or attaching to assets of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary in connection with) a Permitted Acquisition; provided that (i) the aggregate amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed $7,500,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding and (ii) such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or such Permitted Acquisition occurs and is not created in contemplation of or in connection therewith;

 

(g)             Guarantees with respect to Indebtedness permitted under this Section 8.1;

 

(h)             current Indebtedness maturing in less than one (1) year and incurred in the ordinary course of business for raw materials, supplies, equipment, services Taxes or labor;

 

(i)              so long as in the aggregate such Indebtedness does not exceed $4,000,000, Indebtedness consisting of the financing of insurance premiums in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(j)             Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations (including, in each case, letters of credit issued to provide such bonds, guaranties and similar obligations), in each case provided in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(k)               Indebtedness arising from overdraft facilities and/or the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;

 

(l)                Indebtedness due to sellers in connection with Permitted Acquisitions, including any Earn-Out Obligations incurred in connection thereto, so long as for all other Permitted Acquisitions, the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed $20,000,000 at any time outstanding and shall, at the request of the Administrative Agent, be subject to a Subordination Agreement acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion;

 

(m)              Incremental Equivalent Debt;

 

(n)              other unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $20,000,000 at any time outstanding; and

 

(o)              other senior unsecured Indebtedness (“Senior Unsecured Indebtedness”) of the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $350,000,000; provided that:

 

(i)                 no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing immediately prior to or after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness;

 

(ii)               the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower demonstrating that, upon giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the application of proceeds thereof on a Pro Forma Basis, (A) the Borrower shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.8, and (B) the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall not exceed the ratio that is 0.25:1.00 less than the otherwise permitted maximum Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio under Section 8.8(a) for the applicable Fiscal Quarter;

 

(iii)             the maturity date of such Indebtedness shall be at least 181 days after the later of the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and the Term Loan A Maturity Date at the time of issuance of such Senior Unsecured Indebtedness;

 

(iv)          such Indebtedness shall not be subject to any mandatory redemption, mandatory repurchase or other mandatory prepayments of principal other than in connection with (x) a change of control (or other comparable term) and (y) sales or other dispositions of property (including casualty events) in each case to the extent such proceeds are not required to prepay the obligations arising under this Agreement or any restatement, renewal or refinancing thereof; and

 

(v)            such Indebtedness shall not be subject to any covenants or events of default that are materially more restrictive than covenants and events of default that are usual and customary for senior unsecured high yield notes giving due regard to prevailing conditions in the syndicated loan and financial markets and operational requirements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

 

Section 8.2               Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:

 

(a)                Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;

 

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(b)                Liens existing on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 8.2;

 

(c)                Liens (other than Liens imposed under ERISA) for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet due or which are being Properly Contested;

 

(d)                statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and suppliers and other Liens imposed by law or pursuant to customary reservations or retentions of title arising in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Liens secure only amounts not yet due and payable or, if due and payable, (i) are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce the same or (ii) are being Properly Contested;

 

(e)                segregated cash pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;

 

(f)                segregated cash deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, licenses and leases, statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or litigation), performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature (other than Indebtedness) incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(g)              easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances affecting Real Property which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value or marketability of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person;

 

(h)              Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.1(c), provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any Property other than the Property financed by such Indebtedness, (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost or fair market value, whichever is lower, of the Property being acquired on the date of acquisition and (iii) such Liens (unless such Lien is a refinancing a pre-existing Lien) attached to such Property concurrently with or within thirty (30) days after the acquisition thereof;

 

(i)              leases, non-exclusive licenses or subleases granted to others not interfering in any material respect with the business of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary and not adverse to the interests of the Agents or the Lenders in any material respect;

 

(j)            any interest of title of a lessor under, and Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings, registrations or agreements in foreign jurisdictions) solely evidencing such lessor’s interest under, leases permitted by this Agreement;

 

(k)           normal and customary rights of setoff upon deposits of cash in favor of banks or other depository institutions holding such deposits;

 

(l)            Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the UCC on items in the course of collection;

 

(m)         Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement in respect of any Investment permitted hereunder;

 

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(n)          all bonds, deposits and security instruments or other Liens required or imposed by any Governmental Authority or Third Party Payor in connection with the Business of the Loan Parties in the ordinary course of business;

 

(o)           Liens in favor of the Issuing Bank or the Swing Line Lender on cash collateral securing the obligations of a Defaulting Lender to fund risk participations hereunder;

 

(p)          Liens consisting of judgment, appeal bonds, judicial attachment liens or other similar Liens arising in connection with court proceedings; provided that the enforcement of such Liens is effectively stayed and all such Liens secure judgments the existence of which do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 9.1(h);

 

(q)          Liens (junior in priority and subordinated in all respects to the Liens securing the Obligations in a manner satisfactory to the Collateral Agent through at least one hundred and eighty (180) days following the Term Loan A Maturity Date (as such date may be extended through any amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification to this Agreement)) securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.1(l);

 

(r)            Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.1(m); and

 

(s)           Liens not otherwise permitted hereunder so long as neither (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured thereby nor (ii) the aggregate fair market value (determined as the date such Lien is incurred) of the assets subject thereto exceeds (as to the Borrower and all Subsidiaries) $20,000,000 at any time outstanding.

 

Section 8.3            Investments. Make any Investments, except:

 

(a)           cash or Cash Equivalents;

 

(b)          accounts receivable created, acquired or made and trade credit extended in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms;

 

(c)           Investments consisting of stock, obligations, securities or other property received in settlement of accounts receivable (created in the ordinary course of business) from bankrupt obligors;

 

(d)          Investments existing as of the Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 8.3; provided that the amount of such Investment is not increased after the Closing Date except in accordance with this Section 8.3;

 

(e)           Guarantees permitted by Section 8.1;

 

(f)            Permitted Acquisitions and Capital Expenditures otherwise permitted hereunder;

 

(g)           loans or advances to officers, directors, managers, consultants and employees of any Loan Party for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes in the ordinary course of business or constituting advances in payroll payments and expenses or relating to indemnification or reimbursement in respect of liability relating to their serving in any capacity in the ordinary course of business; provided, such loans and advances at any time outstanding shall not in the aggregate exceed $2,000,000;

 

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(h)          intercompany Investments by any Loan Party in any other Loan Party (excluding Intermediate Holdings) that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary;

 

(i)           to the extent constituting an Investment, Investments constituting Swap Agreements permitted by Section 8.1(d);

 

(j)           Investments constituting deposits made in connection with the purchase of goods or services in the ordinary course of business or otherwise constituting deposits permitted pursuant to Section 8.2(f), (k) or (n);

 

(k)         Investments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, consisting of (i) endorsements for collection or deposit, (ii) customary trade arrangements with customers, (iii) loans or advances made to distributors not to exceed in the aggregate at any time $10,000,000 so long as no Default or Event of Default exists at the time such loan or advance is made or would result from the making of such loan or advance, (iv) advances of payroll payments to employees or other advances of salaries or compensation (including advances against commissions) to employees and sales representatives not to exceed in the aggregate at any time $2,000,000 so long as no Default or Event of Default exists at the time such loan or advance is made or would result from the making of such loan or advance and (v) Investments maintained in connection with any Loan Party’s deferred compensation plan approved by such Loan Party’s board of directors or managers, as applicable;

 

(l)          Investments in Excluded Subsidiaries and non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount (as of the date such Investment is made) not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding;

 

(m)        Investments (other than Acquisitions) to the extent that payment for such Investments is made solely from Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance or sale of Qualified Capital Stock of AdaptHealth Corp.; and

 

(n)         so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, other Investments by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries (other than Investments in Persons who are not Loan Parties) not exceeding in the aggregate at any time outstanding the sum of (i) $10,000,000 plus (ii) any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions and returns of principal) actually received by the Loan Parties in cash in respect of Investments made under Section 8.3(l).

 

Section 8.4           Fundamental Changes. Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person; provided, however, that, subject to the terms of Sections 7.12 and 7.14, (a) any Loan Party other than Intermediate Holdings may merge or consolidate with any other Loan Party other than Intermediate Holdings, provided that, if such transaction involves the Borrower, the Borrower is the surviving entity, (b) any Subsidiary may merge with any Person that is not a Loan Party in connection with a Disposition permitted under Section 8.5, and (c) any Wholly Owned Subsidiary may dissolve, liquidate or wind up its affairs at any time so long as such dissolution, liquidation or winding up, as applicable, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and substantially all of its assets and business is transferred to a Loan Party in any manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, no merger or consolidation otherwise permitted under any of the foregoing provisos shall be permitted if any Loan Party would not be Solvent after giving effect to such merger or consolidation.

 

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Section 8.5            Dispositions. Make any Disposition other than:

 

(a)           sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries;

 

(b)           any sale, transfer or other disposition of Property by any Loan Party to any other Loan Party so long as no Loan Party would fail to be Solvent after giving effect to such sale, transfer or other disposition;

 

(c)           so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, (i) sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of equipment for fair market value and (ii) sell or trade-in equipment in connection with the acquisition of replacement equipment;

 

(d)           the sale, transfer or other disposition of obsolete or worn out tangible Property which is no longer used or useful in the conduct of business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries;

 

(e)           any Involuntary Disposition by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary;

 

(f)           any non-exclusive license of any IP Rights by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business, provided that such license does not materially impair the value of any such IP Right as Collateral or the security interest of the Collateral Agent granted under the Loan Documents;

 

(g)           the sale, transfer or other disposition of accounts receivable constituting bad debts in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business (and not as part of a bulk sale or receivables financing); and

 

(h)          other Dispositions by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries the proceeds (valued at the principal amount in the case of non-cash proceeds consisting of notes or other evidences of Indebtedness and valued at fair market value in the case of all other non-cash proceeds) of which do not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year; provided that (i) no such Disposition involves (A) the sale or other disposition of a minority equity interest in the Borrower or any other Loan Party (other than Intermediate Holdings to the extent permitted hereunder) or (B) the sale or other disposition of receivables other than receivables owned by or attributable to other property concurrently being disposed of in a transaction otherwise permitted under this Section 8.5, (ii) no less than ninety percent (90%) of the proceeds of such Disposition consist of cash or Cash Equivalents received contemporaneously with the consummation of such Disposition, (iii) the proceeds received in consideration for such Disposition shall not be less than the fair market value of the Property disposed of, (iv) the Net Cash Proceeds of any such Disposition are applied in the manner specified in Section 2.11(c)(ii) hereof and (v) both immediately before and after giving effect to any such Disposition, no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 8.5 shall directly or indirectly permit any Disposition that would result in a Change of Control.

 

Section 8.6            Restricted Payments. Directly or indirectly declare or make any Restricted Payment or incur any obligation to do so, except that:

 

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(a)           each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to any Person that owns Capital Stock in such Subsidiary, ratably according to their respective holdings of the type of Capital Stock in respect of which such Restricted Payment is being made;

 

(b)           each Loan Party and each Subsidiary may declare and make non-cash dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Person making such dividend or distribution;

 

(c)           the Loan Parties may make Restricted Payments to Holdings to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Capital Stock of Holdings held by any present or former employee or director of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any employee or director equity plan, employee or director stock option plan or any other employee or director benefit plan or any agreement (including any stock subscription or shareholder agreement) upon such Person’s death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or under the terms of any such benefit plan or agreement; provided that (i) the aggregate amount of any such purchases or redemptions shall not exceed $2,000,000 in any Fiscal Year and (ii) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom;

 

(d)           the Loan Parties may make Restricted Payments to Holdings, and Holdings may in turn distribute Tax Distributions (which may only be paid annually based on AdaptHealth Corp.’s audited financial statements or, so long as no Event of Default is then outstanding, in multiple installments, based on Borrower’s good-faith and reasonable estimate of income to be generated by Holding’s and its Subsidiaries’ business in such year) to allow AdaptHealth Corp. to meet its tax obligations on such income in a timely manner;

 

(e)            [reserved];

 

(f)            the Loan Parties may make Restricted Payments to Holdings (i) to make Preferred Note Cash Interest Payments due and owing at such time under the Preferred Note (as in effect on the Closing Date and without giving effect to any amendment, restatements, supplement or any other modification to such Preferred Note not approved in writing by the Administrative Agent) and (ii) AHYDO Catch-Up Payments, in each case so long as (A) immediately before and after giving effect to such payment no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom and (B) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment on a Pro Forma Basis, the Loan Parties shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.8;

 

(g)            the Loan Parties may make Restricted Payments to Holdings to make payments due and owing at such time under the Preferred Note (as in effect on the Closing Date and without giving effect to any amendment, restatements, supplement or any other modification to such Preferred Note not approved in writing by the Administrative Agent) in respect of (i) Preferred Note PIK Interest Payments, or (ii) the put/call options in connection with the Put/Call Agreement dated as of May 25, 2020 among AdaptHealth Corp, Holdings, BM AH Holdings, LLC, BlueMountain Summit Opportunities Fund II (US) L.P., BMSP L.P., BlueMountain Foinaven Master Fund L.P. and BlueMountain Fursan Fund L.P., in each case, so long as (A) immediately before and after giving effect to such payment no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom and (B) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment on a Pro Forma Basis, (1) the Loan Parties shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.8 and (2) the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is less than 3.00:1.0; and

 

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(h)           the Loan Parties may make Restricted Payments not otherwise permitted by this Section 8.6 so long as (i) immediately before and after giving effect to such payment no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, (ii) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment on a Pro Forma Basis, (A) the Loan Parties shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.8 and (B) the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is less than 2.00:1.0.

 

Section 8.7            Change in Nature of Business. Engage to any material extent in any business different from the business conducted by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries on the Closing Date and businesses reasonably related thereto or reasonably ancillary, complementary or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of such business.

 

Section 8.8             Financial Covenants. The Loan Parties shall not:

 

(a)            Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as of the end of any Fiscal Quarter set forth below shall not be greater than the ratio set forth opposite such Fiscal Quarter:

 

Fiscal Quarter Ending Consolidated Total Leverage
Ratio
September 30, 2020 through and including March 31, 2021 3.75:1.0
June 30, 2021 through and including March 31, 2022 3.50:1.0
June 30, 2022 and thereafter: 3.25:1.0

 

; provided that, in connection with any Permitted Acquisition for which the Total Consideration equals or exceeds $100,000,000 (a “Material Acquisition”), the maximum Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as of the end of each of the four consecutive Fiscal Quarters, beginning with the Fiscal Quarter in which such Material Acquisition occurs, shall be automatically increased by 0.50:1.0 above the otherwise permitted ratio for the first through fourth Fiscal Quarters occurring thereafter (such first through fourth Fiscal Quarters being the “Adjustment Period”); provided further that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, (i) the increase in the maximum Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio during any Adjustment Period shall not apply to any calculation of the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis except for purposes of the determinations required by the definition of “Permitted Acquisition” and (ii) in no event shall the maximum Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio during any Adjustment Period exceed 4.00:1.0. Following the expiration (or termination, as provided below) of any Adjustment Period, (i) the maximum permitted Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall revert back to the otherwise maximum permitted ratio for the applicable Fiscal Quarter as set forth in this Section 8.8(a) (after the decrease in such maximum Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio following the expiration, or termination, of such Adjustment Period) and (ii) the maximum Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio cannot be subsequently increased again as provided in the first proviso above (and a subsequent Adjustment Period cannot commence) until the Borrower has delivered a Compliance Certificate evidencing that it was in compliance with the maximum Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as set forth in this Section 8.8(a) (after the decrease in such maximum Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio following the expiration, or termination, of such Adjustment Period) for at least two (2) consecutive Fiscal Quarters. The Borrower may terminate any Adjustment Period early, at any time, at its election in its sole discretion.

 

(b)           Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the end of any Fiscal Quarter to be less than 1.25:1.0.

 

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Section 8.9            Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders. Enter into or permit to exist any transaction or series of transactions with (a) any Excluded Subsidiary or (b) any officer, director or Affiliate of such Person other than (i) transactions between the Loan Parties, (ii) intercompany transactions expressly permitted by Sections 8.1, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 or 8.6, (iii) customary and reasonable compensation and reimbursement of expenses of officers and directors, and (iv) except as otherwise specifically limited in this Agreement, other transactions which are entered into in the ordinary course of such Person’s business on terms and conditions substantially as favorable to such Person as would be obtainable by it in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person other than an Excluded Subsidiary, officer, director or Affiliate.

 

Section 8.10           Burdensome Agreements. Enter into or permit to exist any Contractual Obligation that encumbers or restricts the ability of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to any Loan Party on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, (ii) pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to any Loan Party, (iii) make loans or advances to any Loan Party, (iv) sell, lease or transfer any of its Property to any Loan Party, (v) grant any Lien on any of its Property to secure the Obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof or (vi) act as a Loan Party pursuant to the Loan Documents or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof, except (in respect of any of the matters referred to in clauses (i)-(vi) above) for (A) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (B) any document or instrument governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.1(c); provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets constructed or acquired in connection therewith, (C) any Permitted Lien or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien; provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien, (D) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any Property permitted under Section 8.5 pending the consummation of such sale, and (E) customary restrictions on assignment contained in leases, licenses and other contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business with third parties and not for the purpose of circumventing any provision of this Agreement.

 

Section 8.11          Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock or to refund Indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose; provided, however that no proceeds of any Credit Extension shall be received in any manner by any Excluded Subsidiary, including by way of any Investment or distribution of any Loan Party other than as expressly permitted herein.

 

Section 8.12          Payment of Certain Indebtedness and Amendments to Certain Agreements.

 

(a)           Pay any Earn-Out Obligations, in each case, prior to the due date for such obligations or when a Default or an Event of Default is continuing.

 

(b)           Pay any obligation in violation of any Subordination Agreement applicable to such obligation.

 

(c)           Make (or give any notice with respect thereto) any voluntary or optional payment or prepayment or redemption or acquisition for value of (including without limitation, by way of depositing money or securities with the trustee with respect thereto before due for the purpose of paying when due), refund or exchange of any Senior Unsecured Indebtedness.

 

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(d)           Amend or modify, or waive any rights under any Material Contract if, in any case, such amendment, modification or waiver could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Agents or the Lenders.

 

(e)           Amend or modify any Senior Unsecured Indebtedness if such amendment or modification would add or change any terms in a manner materially adverse to the Lenders (unless, such Senior Unsecured Indebtedness, as so amended or modified, would at such time be permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 8.1).

 

Section 8.13          Organization Documents; Fiscal Year; Legal Name, State of Formation and Form of Entity.

 

(a)           Amend, modify or change its Organization Documents in a manner which is materially adverse to the interests of the Agents or the Lenders.

 

(b)           Change its Fiscal Year.

 

(c)           Change its name, its state of formation or form of organization without providing thirty (30) days (or such shorter period as agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) prior written notice to the Administrative Agent; provided that nothing herein shall permit any Loan Party to change its state of formation in a state or jurisdiction outside the United States.

 

(d)           Make any significant change in accounting treatment or reporting practices, except as required by GAAP.

 

Section 8.14          Ownership of Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, (i) permit any Person (other than any Loan Party or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of a Loan Party) to own any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary other than owned by any holders (other than Loan Parties) of Capital Stock of any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary permitted under clauses (d), (f), and/or (m) of Section 8.3, (ii) permit any Subsidiary to issue or have outstanding any shares of Disqualified Capital Stock, (iii) create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary other than pursuant to the Loan Documents or pursuant to the documents governing any Incremental Equivalent Debt.

 

Section 8.15           Sale and Leaseback Transactions. Enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction.

 

Section 8.16           Limitations on Holdings. Permit AdaptHealth Corp., Intermediate Holdings or Holdings, directly or indirectly, to (a) incur, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness or any other obligation or liability whatsoever other than (i) Holdings’ obligations under the Preferred Note and (ii) Intermediate Holdings’ Obligations hereunder, (b) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by Holdings or Intermediate Holdings other than, with respect to Intermediate Holdings only, the Liens created under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) engage in any business or activity or own any assets (including, without limitation, cash and Cash Equivalents) other than (i) holding one hundred percent (100%) of the Capital Stock of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower, as applicable and (ii) performing its obligations and activities incidental thereto and (iii) with respect to Intermediate Holdings, performing its obligations under the Loan Documents, (d) consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its assets to, any Person, or (e) fail to hold itself out to the public as a legal entity separate and distinct from all other Persons.

 

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Section 8.17          Permits.

 

(a)           (i) Suffer or permit to occur (A) any transfer of a Required Permit or rights thereunder to any Person (other than a Loan Party or any Agent) other than with respect to a Voluntary Termination; or (B) any rescission, withdrawal, revocation, termination, amendment or modification of or other alteration to the nature, tenor or scope of any Required Permit except for any such amendment, modification or other alteration which does not have a Material Adverse Effect and does not materially adversely affect the Collateral Agent’s rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral; or (ii) rescind, withdraw, revoke, amend, modify, supplement, or otherwise alter the nature, tenor or scope of the Required Permits in any material respect, other than with respect to a Voluntary Termination.

 

(b)          Terminate, surrender, modify, limit, withdraw or rescind any Participation Agreement or participation in any other Third Party Payor Program.

 

Section 8.18          Covenants Relating to Excluded Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary:

 

(a)           no Loan Party shall (i) provide any guarantee of, or any credit support for, any Indebtedness or other obligation (contingent or otherwise) of an Excluded Subsidiary or Excluded Foreign Subsidiary, or otherwise be directly or indirectly liable for any Indebtedness or other obligation (contingent or otherwise) of such Excluded Subsidiary or Excluded Foreign Subsidiary, (ii) have any direct or indirect obligation to maintain or preserve the financial condition of such Excluded Subsidiary or Excluded Foreign Subsidiary or to cause any such Excluded Subsidiary or Excluded Foreign Subsidiary to achieve any specified level of operating results, or (iii) permit a Lien on any of its property to secure, or permit any of its property to be otherwise subject (directly or indirectly) to the satisfaction of, any Indebtedness or other obligation (contingent or otherwise), of any Excluded Subsidiary or Excluded Foreign Subsidiary; and

 

(b)            no Loan Party shall permit an Excluded Subsidiary to (i) own any Capital Stock issued by a Loan Party, (ii) hold any Indebtedness of any Loan Party, or (iii) hold any Lien on property of any Loan Party.

 

Section 9.                  EVENTS OF DEFAULT; Remedies; Application of Funds.

 

Section 9.1             Events of Default. One or more of the following conditions or events shall constitute an Event of Default:

 

(a)            Non-Payment. The Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to pay when and as required to be paid pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (i) any amount of principal of any Loan or any amount payable to any Issuing Bank in reimbursement of any drawing under a Letter of Credit, or (ii) within one (1) Business Day after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or any fee due hereunder, or (iii) within five (5) Business Day after the same becomes due, any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or

 

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(b)          Specific Covenants. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.5 (with respect to each Loan Party’s existence), 7.7, 7.10, 7.11, 7.12, 7.14 or Section 8; or

 

(c)           Other Defaults. (i) An event of default has occurred under any other Loan Document, or (ii) any Loan Party fails to perform, observe or comply with any other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsections (a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document and such failure continues for thirty (30) days after the earlier of (x) an Authorized Officer of any Loan Party becoming aware of such failure or (y) notice thereof to any Loan Party by the Administrative Agent or any Lender; or

 

(d)          Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made (except to the extent already qualified by knowledge, materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in which case it shall be true and correct in all respects and shall not be incorrect or misleading in any respect); or

 

(e)          Cross-Default. (i) Any Loan Party or any Subsidiary fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of one or more items of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder or under any Swap Agreement) having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts) of more than $5,000,000; (ii) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity; or (iii) there occurs under any Swap Agreement an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Agreement) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Agreement as to which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Agreement) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Agreement as to which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined); or

 

(f)           Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries institutes or consents to the institution of any Proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its Property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its Property is instituted without the consent of such Person and such Person fails to challenge such Proceeding or such Proceeding is challenged but continues undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or

 

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(g)          Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) Any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries becomes unable to or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the Property of any such Loan Party or any Loan Party otherwise becomes insolvent; or

 

(h)          Judgments. There is entered against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (i) one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money (including a disgorgement order issued by a Governmental Authority) in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000,000 (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer has not disclaimed its obligation to cover), or (ii) one or more non-monetary final judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (B) there is a period of thirty (30) consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; or

 

(i)            ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Loan Party under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of $5,000,000, or (ii) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of $5,000,000; or

 

(j)           Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect or ceases to give the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a valid and perfected Lien in any material portion of the Collateral purported to be covered by the Loan Documents with the priority required by the relevant Loan Document; or any Loan Party or any other Affiliate of a Loan Party contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document; or

 

(k)           Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control; or

 

(l)            Healthcare Proceedings. The institution of any proceeding by FDA or similar Governmental Authority to order the withdrawal of any Product or Product category that is material to any Loan Parties’ business, taken as a whole, from the market or to enjoin any such Person or any representative of any such Person from manufacturing, marketing, selling or distributing any Product or Product category that is material to such Persons’ business, taken as a whole where such proceeding could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(m)          Required Permits. The institution of any action or proceeding by the FDA or any other Governmental Authority to revoke, suspend, reject, withdraw, limit, or restrict any Required Permit held by any Loan Party or any representative of such Person if the same could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the prospects of the Loan Parties taken as a whole; or

 

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(n)          Enforcement Actions. The commencement of any enforcement action against any Loan Party by the FDA or any other Governmental Authority if such enforcement action could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(o)           Product Recall. The Recall of any Product from the market, the voluntary withdrawal of any Product from the market, or actions to discontinue the sale of any Product, if the same could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(p)          Change in Law. A Change in Law, including a change in FDA policies or procedures or state government agency policies or procedures, occurs which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(q)           Inventory Supplier Agreements. The termination of any agreements with manufacturers that supply any Product or any components of any Product or any changes to any agreements with manufacturers that supply any Product or any components of any Product that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 9.2            Remedies. (1) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 9.1(f) or Section 9.1(g), automatically, and (2) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any other Event of Default, at the request of (or with the consent of) the Required Lenders, upon notice to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent, (A) the Revolving Commitments, if any, of each Lender having such Revolving Commitments and the obligation of the Issuing Bank to issue any Letter of Credit shall immediately terminate; (B) each of the following shall immediately become due and payable, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each of the Loan Parties: (I) the unpaid principal amount of and accrued interest on the Loans, (II) an amount equal to the maximum amount that may at any time be drawn under all Letters of Credit then outstanding (regardless of whether any beneficiary under any such Letter of Credit shall have presented, or shall be entitled at such time to present, the drafts or other documents or certificates required to draw under such Letters of Credit), and (III) all other Obligations; provided, the foregoing shall not affect in any way the obligations of the Lenders under Section 2.2(b)(iii) or Section 2.3(e); (C) the Administrative Agent may cause the Collateral Agent to enforce any and all Liens and security interests created pursuant to Collateral Documents and (D) the Administrative Agent shall direct the Borrower to pay (and the Borrower hereby agrees upon receipt of such notice, or upon the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in Section 9.1(f) and Section 9.1(g) to pay) to the Administrative Agent such additional amounts of cash, to be held as security for the Borrower’s reimbursement Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit then outstanding under arrangements acceptable to the Administrative Agent, equal to the Outstanding Amount of the Letter of Credit Obligations at such time. Notwithstanding anything herein or otherwise to the contrary, any Event of Default occurring hereunder shall continue to exist (and shall be deemed to be continuing) until such time as such Event of Default has been cured to the satisfaction of the Required Lenders or waived in writing in accordance with the terms of Section 11.4.

 

Section 9.3           Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 9.2 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:

 

First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees but including without limitation all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other counsel and amounts payable under Section 3.1, Section 3.2 and Section 3.3) payable to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, in each case in its capacity as such;

 

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Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to the Lenders including without limitation all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other counsel payable in accordance with Section 11.2(a) and amounts payable under Section 3.1, Section 3.2 and Section 3.3), ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

 

Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans, Letter of Credit Borrowings and other Obligations ratably among such parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them; and

 

Fourth, to (a) payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and Letter of Credit Borrowings, (b) payment of breakage, termination or other amounts owing in respect of any Swap Agreement between any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and any Qualifying Swap Provider, to the extent such Swap Agreement is permitted hereunder, (c) payments of amounts due under any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and any Qualifying Treasury Management Bank, and (d) the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank, to Cash Collateralize that portion of the Letter of Credit Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit, ratably among such parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth payable to them; and

 

Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Applicable Laws.

 

Subject to Section 2.3, amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fourth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.

 

Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to any Guarantor shall not be paid with amounts received from such Guarantor or such Guarantor’s assets, but appropriate adjustments shall be made with respect to payments from other Loan Parties to preserve the allocation to Obligations otherwise set forth above in this Section.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Secured Swap Obligations and Secured Treasury Management Obligations shall be excluded from the application described above if the Administrative Agent has not received a Secured Party Designation Notice, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Qualifying Swap Provider or Qualifying Treasury Management Bank, as the case may be. Each Qualifying Swap Provider or Qualifying Treasury Management Bank not a party to this Agreement that has given the notice contemplated by the preceding sentence shall, by such notice, be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of Section 10 for itself and its Affiliates as if a “Lender” party hereto.

 

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Section 10.              AGENCY

 

Section 10.1          Appointment and Authority.

 

(a)           Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints Regions Bank to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Section are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, and no Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any Applicable Law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.

 

(b)           Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints, designates and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each Collateral Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or any Collateral Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere herein or in any Collateral Document, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein or therein, nor shall the Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or participant, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any Collateral Document or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” herein and in the Collateral Documents with reference to the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any Applicable Law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. The Collateral Agent shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Collateral and the Collateral Documents, and the Collateral Agent shall have all of the benefits and immunities (i) provided to the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the Collateral Agent in connection with any Collateral or the Collateral Documents as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in such Loan Documents included the Collateral Agent with respect to such acts or omissions, and (ii) as additionally provided herein or in the Collateral Documents with respect to the Collateral Agent.

 

Section 10.2          Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

 

Section 10.3           Exculpatory Provisions.

 

(a)           The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:

 

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(i)             shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

(ii)             shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or Applicable Law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and

 

(iii)             shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

 

(b)          The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 11.4 and 9.2) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent in writing by the Borrower, a Lender or the Issuing Bank.

 

(c)          The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Section 5 or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

 

(d)          The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions of this Agreement relating to Disqualified Institutions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not ‎(i) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or prospective Lender is a Disqualified ‎Institution or (ii) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to any ‎Disqualified Institution.

 

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Section 10.4         Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and reasonably believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the Issuing Bank prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

 

Section 10.5          Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Section shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

 

Section 10.6          Resignation of Administrative Agent.

 

(a)           The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower (unless a Default or Event of Default exists), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the Resignation Effective Date), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above. Whether or not a successor has been appointed such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.

 

(b)          If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as the Administrative Agent and, with the consent of the Borrower (unless a Default or Event of Default exists), appoint a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days, or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders (the “Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.

 

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(c)         With effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date (as applicable) (1) the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) except for any indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the Issuing Bank directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent (other than any rights to indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent), and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11.2 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring or removed Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.

 

Section 10.7         Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

 

Section 10.8         No Other Duties, etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the titles listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder.

 

Section 10.9         Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or Letter of Credit Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

 

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(a)          to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, Letter of Credit Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent under Section 2.10 and Section 11.2) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

(b)          to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and the Issuing Bank to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Section 2.10 and Section 11.2).

 

Section 10.10        Collateral Matters.

 

(a)          The Lenders (including the Issuing Bank and the Swing Line Lender) irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, at its option and in its discretion,

 

(i)                 to release any Lien on any property granted to or held under any Loan Document securing the Obligations (x) upon termination of the commitments under this Agreement and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations and obligations under any Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Treasury Management Agreement) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank shall have been made), (y) that is sold or otherwise disposed of or to be sold or otherwise disposed of as part of or in connection with any sale or other disposition permitted under the Loan Documents or consented to in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, or (z) subject to Section 11.4, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders;

 

(ii)               to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held under any Loan Document securing the Obligations to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 8.2(m) as in effect on the Closing Date; and

 

(iii)             to release any Guarantor from its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents if such Person ceases to be a Guarantor as a result of a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents.

 

Upon request by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.10.

 

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(b)          The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.

 

(c)          Anything contained in any of the Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, each of the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each holder of the Obligations hereby agree that (i) no holder of the Obligations shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce this Agreement, the Notes or any other Credit Agreement, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the holders of the Obligations in accordance with the terms hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the Collateral Documents may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition and the Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of the holders of the Obligations (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by the Collateral Agent at such sale or other disposition.

 

(d)          No Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Treasury Management Agreement will create (or be deemed to create) in favor of any Qualifying Swap Provider or any Qualifying Treasury Management Bank, respectively that is a party thereto any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of the Borrower or any other Loan Party under the Loan Documents except as expressly provided herein or in the other Loan Documents. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each such Qualifying Swap Provider and Qualifying Treasury Management Bank shall be deemed to have appointed the Collateral Agent as its agent and agreed to be bound by the Loan Documents as a holder of the Obligations, subject to the limitations set forth in this clause (d). Furthermore, it is understood and agreed that the Qualifying Swap Provider and Qualifying Treasury Management Banks, in their capacity as such, shall not have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral, or to any notice of or consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of the provisions hereof or of the other Loan Documents) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in any case, only as expressly provided herein.

 

Section 10.11       Intercreditor Agreements; Subordination Agreements. Each Lender (including each Person that becomes a Lender after the Closing Date) authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement and each Subordination Agreement and agrees to be bound by the terms of each Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement, each Subordination Agreement or each other subordination agreement contemplated or requested hereunder and entered into by the Administrative Agent.

 

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Section 11.              MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 11.1          Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications.

 

(a)          Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier or electronic mail as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

 

(i)                 if to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower or any other Loan Party, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in Appendix B:

 

(ii)               if to any Lender, the Issuing Bank or Swing Line Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number in its Administrative Questionnaire on file with the Administrative Agent.

 

Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).

 

(b)           Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2 if such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Section by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or any Loan Party may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

 

Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor, provided that, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient

 

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(c)          Change of Address, Etc. Any party hereto may change its address, telecopier number or electronic mail address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

 

(d)           Platform.

 

(i)                 Each Loan Party agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the Communications (as defined below) available to the Issuing Bank and the other Lenders by posting the Communications on Debtdomain, Intralinks, Syndtrak or a substantially similar electronic transmission system (the “Platform”).

 

(ii)               The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available.” The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the adequacy of the Platform and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the Communications or the Platform. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower or the other Loan Parties, any Lender or any other Person or entity for damages of any kind, including, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s, any other Loan Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of communications through the Platform. “Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through the Platform.

 

Section 11.2            Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

 

(a)            Costs and Expenses. The Loan Parties shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of one primary outside counsel for the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates taken as a whole (and, if necessary, of one special or one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction for such Persons, taken as a whole)) in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank (including the reasonable out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank) in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.

 

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(b)             Indemnification by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), the Collateral Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and the Issuing Bank, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for such Indemnitee (and one special counsel or one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction and, in the case of an actual or potential conflict of interest, one additional counsel of each such affected Person subject to such conflict)), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrower or any other Loan Party) other than such Indemnitee or its Related Parties arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any Loan Party against an Indemnitee for material breach of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrower or such Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. This Section 11.2(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.

 

(c)             Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Loan Parties for any reason fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the Collateral Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the Issuing Bank or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Collateral Agent (or any such sub-agent), the applicable Issuing Bank or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (in each case, determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount, provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or the Issuing Bank in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or the Issuing Bank in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of this Agreement that provide that their obligations are several in nature, and not joint and several.

 

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(d)             Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, none of the Loan Parties shall assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(e)             Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly, but in any event within ten (10) Business Days after written demand therefor (including delivery of copies of applicable invoices, if any).

 

(f)              Survival. The provisions of this Section shall survive resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Swing Line Lender or any Lender, termination of the commitments hereunder and repayment, satisfaction and discharge of the loans and obligations hereunder.

 

Section 11.3            Set-Off. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, the Issuing Bank, and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, the Issuing Bank or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender, the Issuing Bank or their respective Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender or the Issuing Bank different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.16 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender, the Issuing Bank and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, the Issuing Bank or their respective Affiliates may have. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 11.3, if at any time any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any of their respective Affiliates maintains one or more deposit accounts for the Borrower or any other Loan Party into which Medicare and/or Medicaid receivables are deposited, such Person shall waive the right of setoff set forth herein.

 

 

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Section 11.4            Amendments and Waivers.

 

(a)           Required Lenders’ Consent. Subject to Section 11.4(b) and Section 11.4(c), no amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents, or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective without the written concurrence of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent may, with the consent of the Borrower only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, so long as such amendment, modification or supplement does not adversely affect the rights of any Lender or the Issuing Bank, (ii) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto, (iii) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitments, Loans and/or Letter of Credit Obligations of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender, (iv) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein, and (v) the Required Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow any Loan Party to use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination shall be binding on all of the Lenders.

 

(b)           Affected Lenders’ Consent. Without the written consent of each Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender except as provided in clause (a)(iii) above) that would be affected thereby, but subject to Section 3.1(h), no amendment, modification, termination, or consent shall be effective if the effect thereof would:

 

(i)                 increase or extend the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 9.2);

 

(ii)               waive, reduce or postpone any scheduled repayment (but not prepayment), alter the required application of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.12 or the application of funds pursuant to Section 9.3, as applicable, or amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 2.14, Section 11.5(g) or any other provision of this Agreement to allow the Loan Parties to repay or purchase Loans or terminate Commitments, in each case, on a non-pro rata basis other than as expressly set forth herein on the Closing Date;

 

(iii)             extend the stated expiration date of any Letter of Credit, beyond the Revolving Commitment Termination Date;

 

(iv)              reduce the principal of or the rate of interest on any Loan (other than any waiver of the imposition of the Default Rate pursuant to Section 2.9) or any fee or premium payable hereunder; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (A) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate or (B) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;

 

(v)                extend the time for payment of any such interest or fees;

 

(vi)              reduce the principal amount of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any Letter of Credit;

 

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(vii)            amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of this Section 11.4(b) or Section 11.4(c) or any other provision of this Agreement that expressly provides that the consent of all Lenders is required;

 

(viii)          change the percentage of the Commitments or the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loans that is required for the Lenders or any of them to take any action hereunder or amend the definition of “Required Lenders”;

 

(ix)              release all or substantially all of the Collateral or all or substantially all of the Guarantors from their obligations hereunder, in each case, except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents; or

 

(x)                consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under any Loan Document (except pursuant to a transaction permitted hereunder).

 

(c)          Other Consents. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents, or consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall:

 

(i)                 increase any Revolving Commitment of any Lender over the amount thereof then in effect without the consent of such Lender; provided, no amendment, modification or waiver of any condition precedent, covenant, Default or Event of Default shall constitute an increase in any Revolving Commitment of any Lender;

 

(ii)               amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision hereof relating to the Swing Line Sublimit or the Swing Line Loans without the consent of the Swing Line Lender;

 

(iii)             amend, modify, terminate or waive any obligation of Lenders relating to the purchase of participations in Letters of Credit as provided in Section 2.3(e) without the written consent of the Administrative Agent and of the Issuing Bank; or

 

(iv)              amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of this Section 11 as the same applies to any Agent, or any other provision hereof as the same applies to the rights or obligations of any Agent, in each case without the consent of such Agent.

 

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, (v) the consent of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties shall not be required for any amendment, modification or waiver of the provisions of Section 10 (other than the provisions of Sections 10.6 or 10.10) so long as such amendment is not adverse to the interests of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties; (w) the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, without the consent of any Lender, may enter into any amendment, modification or waiver of any Loan Document, or enter into any new agreement or instrument, to effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or additional property to become Collateral for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, or as required by local law to give effect to, or protect any security interest for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, in any property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable law; (x) the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Borrower may amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any other Loan Document to cure or correct administrative or technical errors or omissions or any ambiguity, mistake, defect, inconsistency, obvious error or to make any necessary or desirable administrative or technical change, and such amendment shall become effective without any further consent of any other party to such Loan Document so long as such amendment, modification or supplement does not adversely affect the rights of any Lender or any other holder of the Obligations in any material respect; (y) this Agreement may be amended and restated without the consent of any Lender (but with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) if, upon giving effect to such amendment and restatement, such Lender shall no longer be a party to this Agreement (as so amended and restated), the Commitments of such Lender shall have terminated, such Lender shall have no other commitment or other obligation hereunder and shall have been paid in full all principal, interest and other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement; and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may enter into amendments contemplated by Section 3.1(h).

 

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(d)            Execution of Amendments, etc. The Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of such Lender. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand on any Loan Party in any case shall entitle any Loan Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 11.4 shall be binding upon the Administrative Agent, each Lender at the time outstanding, each future Lender and, if signed by the Borrower, on the Borrower.

 

Section 11.5           Successors and Assigns.

 

(a)            Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (e) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(b)          Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments, Loans and obligations hereunder at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

 

(i)           Minimum Amounts.

 

(A)              in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s commitments and the loans at the time owing to it (in each case with respect to any credit facility) or contemporaneous assignments to Approved Funds that aggregate to at least the amounts specified in subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section in the aggregate, or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and

 

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(B)              in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the commitment (which for this purpose includes loans and obligations in respect thereof outstanding thereunder) or, if the commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment Agreement with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment Agreement, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $5,000,000, in the case of any assignment in respect of any Revolving Commitments and/or Revolving Loans, or $1,000,000, in the case of any assignment in respect of any Term Loan Commitments and/or Term Loans, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

(ii)          Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Commitments and Loans assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations on a non-pro rata basis as between its Revolving Commitment and/or Revolving Loans, on the one hand, and any Term Loan Commitment and/or Term Loans, on the other the hand.

 

(iii)         Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:

 

(A)              the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) shall be required unless (x) an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (y) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days after having received notice thereof;

 

(B)              the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of (i) commitments under revolving credit facilities and unfunded commitments under term loan facilities if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender with a commitment in respect of such facility, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender or (ii) a funded Term Loan to a Person who is not a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;

 

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(C)              the consent of the Issuing Bank (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) shall be required for any assignment in respect of any Revolving Commitment; and

 

(D)              the consent of the Swing Line Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) shall be required for any assignment in respect of any Revolving Commitment.

 

(iv)          Assignment Agreement. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment Agreement, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500, unless waived, in whole or in part by the Administrative Agent in its discretion. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

 

(v)           No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made to (A) the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries or (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B).

 

(vi)          No Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a natural person (or holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of a natural person).

 

(vii)        Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Swing Line Lender and each other Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon), and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in accordance with its Revolving Commitment Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under Applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

 

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Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment Agreement, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment Agreement, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment Agreement, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment Agreement covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.16, 2.17 and 11.2 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided, that except to the extent expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender. The Borrower will execute and deliver on request, at its own expense, Notes to the assignee evidencing the interests taken by way of assignment hereunder. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.

 

(c)            Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in the United States, a copy of each Assignment Agreement delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans and Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

(d)           Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person (or holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of a natural person) or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 11.2(c) with respect to any payments made by such Lender to its Participant(s).

 

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Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clauses (b) or (c) of Section 11.4 that affects such Participant. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.2, 3.1 and 3.3 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 3.3(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 3.3(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.17 and 3.4 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 3.2 or 3.3, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.17 with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.3 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.14 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

(e)           Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement, or any promissory notes evidencing its interests hereunder, to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section 11.5 shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security agreement; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

 

(f)           Disqualified Institutions.

 

(i)                 No assignment shall be made to any Person that was a Disqualified Institution as of the date (the “Trade Date”) on which the applicable Lender entered into a binding agreement to sell and assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to such Person (unless the Borrower has consented to such assignment as otherwise contemplated by this Section 11.5, in which case such Person will not be considered a Disqualified Institution for the purpose of such assignment). For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any assignee that becomes a Disqualified Institution after the applicable Trade Date (including as a result of the delivery of a notice pursuant to, and/or the expiration of the notice period referred to in, the definition of “Disqualified Institution”), such assignee shall not retroactively be considered a Disqualified Institution. Any assignment in violation of this clause (f)(i) shall not be void, but the other provisions of this clause (f) shall apply.

 

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(ii)               If any assignment is made to any Disqualified Institution without the Borrower’s prior consent in violation of clause (i) above, the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to the applicable Disqualified Institution and the Administrative Agent, (A) terminate any Revolving Commitment of such Disqualified Institution and repay all obligations of the Borrower owing to such Disqualified Institution in connection with such Revolving Commitment, (B) in the case of outstanding Term Loans held by Disqualified Institutions, prepay such Term Loan by paying the lesser of (1) the principal amount thereof and (2) the amount that such Disqualified Institution paid to acquire such Term Loans, in each case plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than principal amounts) payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and/or (C) require such Disqualified Institution to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in this Section 11.5), all of its interest, rights and obligations under this Agreement and related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations at the lesser of (1) the principal amount thereof and (2) the amount that such Disqualified Institution paid to acquire such interests, rights and obligations, in each case plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than principal amounts) payable to it hereunder and other the other Loan Documents; provided that (x) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 11.5(b), (y) such assignment does not conflict with Applicable Laws and (z) in the case of clause (B), the Borrower shall not use the proceeds from any Loans to prepay Term Loans held by Disqualified Institutions.

 

(iii)             Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Disqualified Institutions (A) will not (1) have the right to receive information, reports or other materials provided to Lenders by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, (2) attend or participate in meetings attended by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, or (3) access any electronic site established for the Lenders or confidential communications from counsel to or financial advisors of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders and (B) (1) for purposes of any consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of, or any action under, and for the purpose of any direction to the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, each Disqualified Institution will be deemed to have consented in the same proportion as the Lenders that are not Disqualified Institutions consented to such matter, and (2) for purposes of voting on any plan of reorganization or plan of liquidation pursuant to any Debtor Relief Laws (“Plan of Reorganization”), each Disqualified Institution party hereto hereby agrees (I) not to vote on such Plan of Reorganization, (II) if such Disqualified Institution does vote on such Plan of Reorganization notwithstanding the restriction in the foregoing clause (I), such vote will be deemed not to be in good faith and shall be “designated” pursuant to Section 1126(e) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any other Debtor Relief Laws), and such vote shall not be counted in determining whether the applicable class has accepted or rejected such Plan of Reorganization in accordance with Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any other Debtor Relief Laws) and (III) not to contest any request by any party for a determination by the bankruptcy court (or other applicable court of competent jurisdiction) effectuating the foregoing clause (II).

 

(iv)              The Administrative Agent shall have the right, and the Borrower hereby expressly authorizes the Administrative Agent, to (A) post the list of Disqualified Institutions provided by the Borrower and any updates thereto from time to time (collectively, the “DQ List”) on the Platform, including that portion of the Platform that is designated for “public side” Lenders or (B) provide the DQ List to each Lender requesting the same.

 

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(g)          Borrower Buybacks. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any Lender may, at any time, assign all or a portion of its Term Loans on a non-pro rata basis to the Borrower in accordance with the procedures set forth on Exhibit 11.5(g), pursuant to an offer made available to all Lenders on a pro rata basis (a “Dutch Auction”), subject to the following limitations:

 

(i)                 the Borrower shall represent and warrant, as of the date of the launch of the Dutch Auction and on the date of any such assignment, that neither the Borrower, its Affiliates nor any of their respective directors or officers has any material non-public information that has not been disclosed to the Lenders generally (other than to the extent any such Lender does not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or any of their respective securities) prior to such date or that the Borrower cannot make such representation and warranty;

 

(ii)               immediately and automatically, without any further action on the part of the Borrower, any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any other Person, upon the effectiveness of such assignment of Term Loans from a Lender to the Borrower (or any of them), such Term Loans and any related Commitments and all rights and obligations as a Lender related thereto shall, for all purposes under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and otherwise, be deemed to be irrevocably prepaid, terminated, extinguished, cancelled and of no further force and effect, and the Borrower shall neither obtain nor have any rights as a Lender hereunder or under the other Loan Documents by virtue of such assignment

 

(iii)             the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Credit Extension for any such assignment; and

 

(iv)              no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing before or immediately after giving effect to such assignment.

 

Section 11.6          Independence of Covenants. All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.

 

Section 11.7         Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. All representations, warranties and agreements made herein shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and the making of any Credit Extension. Notwithstanding anything herein or implied by law to the contrary, the agreements of each Loan Party set forth in Section 3.1(c), Section 3.2, Section 3.3, Section 11.2, Section 11.3, and Section 11.10 and the agreements of the Lenders and the Agents set forth in Section 2.14, Section 10.3 and Section 11.2(c) shall survive the payment of the Loans, the cancellation, expiration or cash collateralization of the Letters of Credit, and the termination hereof.

 

Section 11.8          No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative. No failure or delay on the part of any Agent or any Lender in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any default or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right or privilege. The rights, powers and remedies given to each Agent and each Lender hereby are cumulative and shall be in addition to and independent of all rights, powers and remedies existing by virtue of any statute or rule of law or in any of the other Loan Documents, any Swap Agreements or any Treasury Management Agreements. Any forbearance or failure to exercise, and any delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not impair any such right, power or remedy or be construed to be a waiver thereof, nor shall it preclude the further exercise of any such right, power or remedy.

 

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Section 11.9          Marshalling; Payments Set Aside. Neither any Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Loan Party or any other Person or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations. To the extent that any Loan Party makes a payment or payments to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Swing Line Lender or the Lenders (or to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of Lenders), or the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Lenders enforce any security interests or exercise their rights of setoff, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or setoff or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any Debtor Relief Law, any other state or federal law, common law or any equitable cause, then, to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor or related thereto, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment or payments had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

 

Section 11.10       Severability. In case any provision in or obligation hereunder or any Note or other Loan Document shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 11.11       Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and no Lender shall be responsible for the obligations or Revolving Commitment of any other Lender hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other Loan Document, and no action taken by the Lenders pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Lenders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity. The amounts payable at any time hereunder to each Lender shall be a separate and independent debt, and, subject to Section 10.10(c), each Lender shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights arising under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and it shall not be necessary for any other Lender to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

Section 11.12       Headings. Section headings herein are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part hereof for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.

 

Section 11.13       Applicable Laws.

 

(a)          Governing Law. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents (except, as to any other Loan Document, as expressly set forth therein) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

 

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(b)          Submission to Jurisdiction. Each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

 

(c)          Waiver of Venue. Each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in subsection (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

 

(d)          Service of Process. Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 11.1. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by Applicable Law.

 

Section 11.14       WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

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Section 11.15        Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its Related Parties (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent required or requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by Applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in (including, for purposes hereof, any new lenders invited to join hereunder on an increase in the Loans and Commitments hereunder, whether by exercise of an accordion, by way of amendment or otherwise), any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower or its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder (it being understood that the DQ List may be disclosed to any assignee or prospective assignee in reliance on this clause (f)), (g) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided for herein, or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers or other market identifiers with respect to the credit facilities provided for herein, (h) with the consent of the Borrower, (i) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or (j) for purposes of establishing a “due diligence” defense.

 

For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

 

Each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders acknowledges that (i) the Information may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (iii) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with Applicable Law, including United States federal and state securities laws.

 

The Loan Parties consent to the use of information related to the arrangement of the Loans by each of the Lenders and their Affiliates in connection with marketing, press releases or other transactional announcements or updates provided to investor or trade publications, including, without limitation, the placement of “tombstone” advertisements in publications of its choice at its own expense; provided, however, that to the extent that such marketing, press releases or other transactional announcements include material information about the Loan Parties, their Subsidiaries and/or their businesses other than the names and logos of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries and the amount, type and closing date of the Loans established hereby, each such Lender or Affiliate of a Lender shall obtain prior written consent of the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld).

 

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Section 11.16        Usury Savings Clause. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the aggregate interest rate charged or agreed to be paid with respect to any of the Obligations, including all charges or fees in connection therewith deemed in the nature of interest under Applicable Laws shall not exceed the Highest Lawful Rate. If the rate of interest (determined without regard to the preceding sentence) under this Agreement at any time exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, the aggregate outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder shall bear interest at the Highest Lawful Rate until the total amount of interest due hereunder equals the amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect. In addition, if when the Loans made hereunder are repaid in full the total interest due hereunder (taking into account the increase provided for above) is less than the total amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect, then to the extent permitted by law, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the difference between the amount of interest paid and the amount of interest which would have been paid if the Highest Lawful Rate had at all times been in effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of the Lenders and each of the Loan Parties to conform strictly to any applicable usury laws. Accordingly, if any Lender contracts for, charges, or receives any consideration which constitutes interest in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate, then any such excess shall be cancelled automatically and, if previously paid, shall at such Lender’s option be applied to the aggregate outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder or be refunded to each of the applicable Loan Parties. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest, throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

 

Section 11.17        Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 5, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or other electronic imaging means (e.g. “pdf” or “tif” format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

Section 11.18        No Advisory of Fiduciary Relationship. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), each of the Loan Parties acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (a)(i) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates, are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Loan Parties and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, (ii) the Loan Parties have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (iii) each of the Loan Parties is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (b)(i) the Administrative Agent, each Arranger and each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary, for any Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates or any other Person and (ii) neither the Administrative Agent, nor any Arranger or Lender nor any of their respective Affiliates has any obligation to any Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (c) the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent, nor any Arranger or Lender nor any of their respective Affiliates has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to any Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Loan Parties hereby waives and releases, any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

 

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Section 11.19        Electronic Execution of Assignments and Other Documents. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents including any Assignment Agreement or in any amendment, waiver, modification or consent relating hereto shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or electronic records, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any Applicable Laws, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

 

Section 11.20        USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender subject to the Patriot Act hereby notifies each of the Loan Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each of the Loan Parties, which information includes the name and address of each of the Loan Parties and other information that will allow such Lender to identify each of the Loan Parties in accordance with the Patriot Act.

 

Section 11.21        Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Lender that is an Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by (a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any Lender that is an Affected Financial Institution; and (b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable: (i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability; (ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or (iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.

 

Section 11.22        Certain ERISA Matters.

 

(a)           Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:

 

(i)                 such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments or this Agreement;

 

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(ii)               the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement;

 

(iii)             (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement; or

 

(iv)              such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.

 

(b)           In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).

 

Section 11.23       Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Swap Agreements or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support”, and each such QFC, a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):

 

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(a)             In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.

 

(b)            As used in this Section 11.23, the following terms have the following meanings:

 

BHC Act Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k)) of such Person.

 

Covered Entity” means any of (i) a “covered entity” (as such term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b)); (ii) a “covered bank” (as such term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b)); or (iii) a “covered FSI” (as such term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b)).

 

Default Right” means as defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

 

QFC” means a “qualified financial contract” (as defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 5390(c)(8)(D)).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.

 

BORROWER: ADAPTHEALTH LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
   
  By: /s/ Luke McGee
  Name: Luke McGee
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

GUARANTORS: ACTIVSTYLE, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company
  ADAPTHEALTH INTERMEDIATE HOLDCO LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
  ADAPTHEALTH - MISSOURI LLC, a Missouri limited liability company
  ADAPTHEALTH NEW ENGLAND LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  ADAPTHEALTH PATIENT CARE SOLUTIONS LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company
  ADVOCATE MEDICAL SERVICES, LLC a Florida limited liability company
  AIRCARE HOME RESPIRATORY, LLC, a California limited liability company
  ALL AMERICAN HOME AID, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company
  AMERICAN ANCILLARIES, INC., a Nevada corporation
  AMERICOAST MARYLAND LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  ASSOCIATED HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC., a New York corporation
  BENNETT MEDICAL SERVICES LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
  BRADEN PARTNERS, L.P., a California limited liability partnership
  CHAMPLAIN VALLEY BRACE AND LIMB, L.L.C., a New York limited liability company
  CHOICE MEDICAL HEALTH CARE, LLC, a Illinois limited liability company
  CLEARVIEW MEDICAL INCORPORATED, a Texas corporation
  CPAP SOLUTIONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
   
   
  By: /s/ Luke McGee
  Name: Luke McGee
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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GUARANTORS (CONTINUED): CPAP2ME, INC., a Delaware corporation
  FAMILY HOME MEDICAL SUPPLY LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company
  FIRST CHOICE DME LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  FIRST CHOICE HOME MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  FLORIDA HOME MEDICAL SUPPLY, LLC, a Florida limited liability company
  GOULD’S DISCOUNT MEDICAL, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company
  HALPRIN, INCORPORATED, a New York corporation
  HEALTH SOLUTIONS LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company
  HEALTHLINE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, LLC, a Texas limited liability company
  HOME MEDICAL EXPRESS, INC., a New York corporation
  HOME MEDISERVICE, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company
  HOME WELLNESS, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company
  HOMETOWN HOME HEALTH, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  HUEY’S HOME MEDICAL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  J.M.R. MEDICAL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  LMI DME HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  M.A.R.Y. MEDICAL, LLC, a California limited liability company
   
  By: /s/ Luke McGee
  Name: Luke McGee
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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Guarantors (Continued): MED STAR SURGICAL & BREATHING EQUIPMENT INC., a new york corporation
  MED WAY MEDICAL, INC., a Utah corporation
  MED-EQUIP, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation
  MEDBRIDGE HOME MEDICAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  MEDIDEX, INC., a Missouri corporation
  MEDSTAR HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  NRE HOLDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  OCEAN HOME HEALTH OF PA LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company
  OCEAN HOME HEALTH SUPPLY LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company
  OGLES OXYGEN, LLC, a South Carolina limited liability company
  ORBIT MEDICAL OF PORTLAND, INC., a Utah corporation
  PAL-MED, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  PALMETTO OXYGEN, LLC, a South Carolina limited liability company
  PPS HME HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  PPS HME LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  RELY MEDICAL SUPPLY, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company
  ROBERTS HOME MEDICAL, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company
  ROYAL DME LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  ROYAL MEDICAL SUPPLY INC., a New Jersey corporation

 

  By: /s/ Luke McGee
  Name: Luke McGee
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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GUARANTORS (CONTINUED): SENIOR CARE SERVICE, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company
  SLEEPEASY THERAPEUTICS, INC., a North Dakota corporation
  SLEEP THERAPY, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company
  SOLARA HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  SOLARA INTERMEDIATE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  SOLARA MEDICAL SUPPLIES, LLC, a California limited liability company
  SOUND OXYGEN SERVICE LLC, a Washington limited liability company
  TOTAL RESPIRATORY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  TRICOUNTY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLY, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company
  VERUS HEALTHCARE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  VERUS HEALTHCARE, INC., a Delaware corporation
   
   
  By: /s/ Luke McGee
  Name: Luke McGee
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT  
AND COLLATERAL AGENT: REGIONS BANK
   
   
  By: /s/ Ned Spitzer
  Name: Ned Spitzer
  Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

LENDERS: REGIONS BANK,
  as a Lender
     
     
  By: /s/ Ned Spitzer
  Name: Ned Spitzer
  Title: Managing Director
     
  CITIZENS BANK, N.A.,
  as a Lender
     
     
  By: /s/ James Harbeson
  Name: James Harbeson
  Title: Director
     
     
  FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
  as a Lender
     
     
  By: /s/ John McChesney
  Name: John McChesney
  Title: VP, Director
     
     
  JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
  as a Lender
     
     
  By: /s/ Kristina Harbison
  Name: Kristina Harbison
  Title: Authorized Signer
     
     
  KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
  as a Lender
     
     
  By: /s/ Scott Klingbeil
  Name: John McChesney
  Title: AVP, Portfolio Manager
     
     
  TRUIST BANK,
  as a Lender
     
     
  By: /s/ Ben Cumming
  Name: Ben Cumming
  Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

  CIT BANK, N.A.,
  as a Lender
     
     
  By: /s/ Andres Alev
  Name: Andres Alev
  Title: Director
     
     
  DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
  as a Lender
     
     
  By: /s/ Michael Strobel
  Name: Michael Strobel
  Title: Vice President
     
     
  By: /s/ Philip Tancorra
  Name: Philip Tancorra
  Title: Vice President
     
     
  HANCOCK WHITNEY BANK,
  as a Lender
     
     
  By: /s/ Megan Brearey
  Name: Megan Brearey
  Title: Senior Vice President
     
     
  U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
  as a Lender
     
     
  By: /s/ Roger Yee
  Name: Roger Yee
  Title: Senior Vice President
     
     
  ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
  as a Lender
     
     
  By: /s/ Steven Bachman
  Name: Steven T. Bachman
  Title: Authorized Signatory

 

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  PEOPLE’S UNITED BANK, N.A.,
  as a Lender
   
   
  By: /s/ Joseph Sacks
  Name: Joseph Sacks
  Title: Senior Vice President
     
     
  BANCALLIANCE INC,
  as a Lender
   
   
  By: Alliance Partners LLC, its Attorney-in Fact
     
     
  By: /s/ John Gray
  Name: John Gray
  Title: Executive Vice President
     
     
  BANKUNITED, N.A.,
  as a Lender
   
   
  By: /s/ Craig Kincade
  Name: Craig Kincade
  Title: Senior Vice President
     
     
  FIRST MIDWEST BANK,
  as a Lender
   
   
  By: /s/ James A. Goody
  Name: James A.. Goody
  Title: Senior Vice President
     
     
  WEBSTER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
  as a Lender
   
   
  By: /s/ Theresa Baker
  Name: Theresa Baker
  Title: Director

 

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