UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 8-K

 


Current Report Pursuant

to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 22, 2007

 


HOLOGIC, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 


DELAWARE

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

0-18281   04-2902449
(Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

35 Crosby Street, Bedford, MA   01730
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(781) 999-7300

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 


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ITEM 1.01. ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

In connection with the closing on October 22, 2007, of the merger (the “Merger”) of Cytyc Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Cytyc”) with and into Nor’easter Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hologic, Inc. (“Hologic” or the “Company”) which changed its corporate name to Cytyc Corporation immediately following the consummation of the Merger (“Nor’easter”), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of May 20, 2007 by and among Hologic, Nor’easter and Cytyc (the “Merger Agreement”), the Company entered into the following agreements:

Credit Agreement

On October 22, 2007, Company and its domestic subsidiaries, excluding the subsidiaries which are Massachusetts securities corporations, entered into a credit agreement relating to a senior secured credit facility (the “Credit Agreement”) with Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. and Banc of America Securities LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers; Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent; Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent; and Citicorp North America, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., RBS Citizens, National Association and Fifth Third Bank, as Co-Documentation Agents, and each lender from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”). Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have committed to provide senior secured financing in an aggregate amount of up to $2.55 billion. As of the closing of the Merger, the Company borrowed $2.35 billion under the credit facilities.

The Company used the proceeds from the credit facilities to pay the cash consideration of the Merger, to repay in full all borrowings outstanding and terminate all commitments under the Company’s existing revolving credit facility and Cytyc’s existing credit facility and to pay fees, commissions and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the Merger and the Credit Agreement. In addition, the Company may use the proceeds of the credit facilities, together with the combined company’s available cash, to redeem or convert all or a part of Cytyc’s outstanding $250 million 2.25% Senior Convertible Notes due 2024, which have not been converted into Cytyc common stock and which have been delivered to the Company for redemption or conversion.

The credit facilities under the Credit Agreement consist of:

 

   

$600.0 million senior secured tranche A term loan;

 

   

$250.0 million senior secured tranche B-1 term loan and $250.0 million senior secured tranche B-2 term loan (collectively, the “term loan B facility”);

 

   

$1,250.0 million senior secured capital markets term loan; and

 

   

$200.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility (the “revolving facility”).

Under the Credit Agreement, the Company may elect, subject in certain circumstances to pro forma compliance by the Company with a ratio of total debt to adjusted consolidated EBITDA specified in the Credit Agreement and other conditions, to increase, under terms and conditions to be determined, the total principal amount of borrowings available under the credit facilities by up to $250 million. EBITDA means earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

The domestic subsidiaries which are party to the Credit Agreement have guaranteed the Company’s obligations under the credit facilities and the credit facilities are secured by first-priority liens on, and first-priority security interests in, substantially all of the assets of the Company and all subsidiaries party to the Credit Agreement, a first priority security interest in 100% of the capital stock of each guarantor, 65% of the capital stock of certain first-tier foreign subsidiaries of the Company and each guarantor and all intercompany debt. The security interests are evidenced by a Pledge and Security Agreement by and among Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., as collateral agent, Hologic and the other parties therein named (the “Pledge and Security Agreement”) and other related agreements, including certain stock pledges and the leasehold mortgages described below.


The final maturity dates for the credit facilities will be as follows:

 

   

for the term loan A facility, September 30, 2012;

 

   

for the term loan B facility, March 31, 2013

 

   

for the term loan X facility, April 22, 2009; and

 

   

for the revolving loan facility, September 30, 2012.

The Company is required to make scheduled principal payments under the term A loan facility in increasing amounts ranging from $7.5 million per quarter on the quarter ending December 31, 2007 to $22.5 million per quarter commencing on the quarter ending December 31, 2010, and under the term B loan facility, in equal quarterly installments of $1.25 million beginning on the quarter ending December 31, 2007 during the first 21 quarters thereafter, with the remaining balance of each term loan facility due at the maturity of the applicable term loan facility. The revolving credit facility and the term loan X facility will become due at maturity. No scheduled amortizations are required under the revolving facility or the term loan X facility.

Hologic is required to make principal repayments first, pro rata among the term loan facilities and second to the revolving credit facility from specified excess cash flows from operations and from the net proceeds of specified types of asset sales, debt issuances, insurance recoveries and equity offerings, provided, however, that net proceeds from certain debt issuances and equity offerings are contemplated to be applied first to the term loan X facility until such facility is repaid in full.

Hologic may voluntarily prepay any of the credit facilities without premium or penalty (other than applicable breakage costs related to interest on Eurodollar loans).

All amounts outstanding under the credit facilities will bear interest, at Hologic’s option, as follows:

Initially, with respect to loans made under the revolving facility and the term loan A facility:

(i) at the Base Rate plus 1.25% per annum; or

(ii) at the reserve adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus 2.25% per annum;

With respect to loans made under the term loan B facility:

(i) at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus 1.5%; or

(ii) at a rate per annum equal to the reserve adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus 2.50%; and

With respect to loans made under the term loan X facility:

(i) at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus 0.75%; or

(ii) at a rate per annum equal to the reserve adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus 1.75%.

The margin applicable to loans under the revolving credit facility and the term loan A facility is subject to specified changes based on certain change in the leverage ratio as specified in the Credit Agreement.

Borrowings outstanding under the credit facilities with reference to a base rate generally will be payable by Hologic on a quarterly basis. For credit facilities bearing interest with reference to Eurodollar rates, interest shall be payable on the last day of selected interest periods (which shall be one, two, three and six months and in certain circumstances, nine or twelve months) unless the interest period exceeds three months, in which case, interest will be due at the end of every three months.


Hologic will pay a quarterly commitment fee, at an annual rate of 0.50%, on the undrawn commitments available under the revolving credit facility, subject to reduction based on a leverage ratio as specified in the Credit Agreement.

The credit facilities contain affirmative and negative covenants customarily applicable to senior secured credit facilities, including covenants restricting the ability of the Hologic loan parties, subject to negotiated exceptions, to:

 

   

incur additional indebtedness and additional liens on their assets;

 

   

engage in mergers or acquisitions or dispose of assets;

 

   

enter into sale-leaseback transactions;

 

   

pay dividends or make other distributions;

 

   

voluntarily prepay other indebtedness;

 

   

enter into transactions with affiliated persons;

 

   

make investments; and

 

   

change the nature of their businesses.

The credit facilities require the Hologic loan parties to maintain maximum leverage and interest coverage ratios, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter. The maximum leverage ratio is 5.50:1.00 beginning Hologic’s fiscal quarter ending December 29, 2007, and then decreases over time to 3:00:1.00 for the quarters ending September 25, 2010 and thereafter. The maximum interest coverage ratio is 2.000:1.00 beginning with Hologic’s fiscal quarter ending March 29, 2008, and then increases over time to 2.750:1.00 for the quarters ending September 25, 2010 and thereafter. The leverage ratio is defined as the ratio of Hologic’s consolidated total debt to Hologic’s consolidated adjusted EBITDA for the four-fiscal quarter period ending on the measurement date. The interest coverage ratio is defined as the ratio of Hologic’s annualized consolidated adjusted EBITDA for the applicable periods to Hologic’s annualized consolidated interest expense. These terms, and the calculation thereof, are defined in further detail in the Credit Agreement.

The loan documents contain customary representations and warranties by the Hologic loan parties, as well as customary events of default, including an event of default upon a change of control of Hologic. An event of default will occur under the credit facilities if it or, in some circumstances, another Hologic loan party fails to make any payment when due, fails to comply with affirmative or negative covenants, makes a misrepresentation, defaults on other specified indebtedness, fails to discharge specified judgments, becomes subject to specified claims under ERISA, or becomes subject to specified events of bankruptcy. If an event of default occurs and is not cured within any applicable grace period or is not waived, the lenders have the right to accelerate repayment of the indebtedness under the credit facilities to the extent provided in the credit documents and applicable law. If its indebtedness were accelerated, Hologic may not have sufficient funds to pay such indebtedness. In such event, Hologic’s lenders would be entitled to enforce their security interests in the collateral securing the indebtedness, which will include substantially all of the assets of Hologic and its subsidiaries.

As soon as practicable, Hologic intends to seek to refinance a substantial portion of the debt incurred under the credit facilities with convertible debt or other equity or equity-linked financing, with reduced interest rates, extended maturity and limited or no restrictive or other financial covenants.

In the ordinary course of business, certain of the Lenders and their affiliates have provided, and may in the future provide, investment banking, commercial banking, cash management, foreign exchange or other financial services to Hologic for which they have received compensation and may receive compensation in the future. Goldman Sachs, an affiliate of one of the Lenders, the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement and the collateral agent under the Pledge and Security Agreement provided investment banking services to the Company in connection with the Merger.

The description above is a summary of the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Pledge and Security Agreement and related documents. This description does not purport to be complete and it is qualified in its entirety by reference to the agreements themselves. A copy of the Credit Agreement is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Pledge and Security Agreement is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.


Mortgages

In connection with Hologic’s entry into the Credit Agreement and as required thereby, Hologic entered into an Open End Mortgage Deed, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Leases and Fixture Filing dated as of October 22, 2007 (the “36 Apple Ridge Road Mortgage”) with Lender, as Mortgagee, wherein Hologic mortgaged, granted, bargained, assigned, sold and conveyed Hologic’s interest in the property located at 36 Apple Ridge Road, Danbury, Connecticut (the “36 Apple Ridge Road Mortgaged Property”) (which includes, among other things, Hologic’s leasehold estate in the real property described in the 36 Apple Ridge Road Mortgage created by that certain Lease dated August 28, 2002 between Hologic and BONE (DE) QRS 15-12, Inc., as landlord, together with all improvements thereon, personal property as defined in the UCC, fixtures, leases and rents) to Mortgagee as security for the full and timely payment of all of Hologic’s obligations and liabilities of every nature and performance of all agreements, covenants, conditions, warranties, representations and other obligations of Hologic under the Credit Agreement, any other Credit Documents or any Hedge Agreements (as such terms are defined in the Credit Agreement). Following an event of default under the Credit Agreement, the Mortgagee may accelerate the loan, take possession of the 36 Apple Ridge Road Mortgaged Property, hold, lease, develop, manage, operate or use the 36 Apple Ridge Road Mortgaged Property, and/or institute foreclosure proceedings.

In connection with Hologic’s entry into the Credit Agreement and as required thereby, Hologic entered into an Open End Mortgage Deed, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Leases and Fixture Filing dated as of October 22, 2007 (the “37 Apple Ridge Mortgage”) with Lender, as Mortgagee, wherein Hologic mortgaged, granted, bargained, assigned, sold and conveyed Hologic’s interest in the property located at 37 Apple Ridge Road, Danbury, Connecticut (the “37 Apple Ridge Road Mortgaged Property”) (which includes, among other things, Hologic’s leasehold estate in the real property described in the Mortgage created by that certain Agreement of Lease, dated December 26, 1995 as assigned and/or amended between Hologic and Commerce Park Realty, LLC, as successor-in-interest to Melvyn J. Powers and Mary P. Powers d/b/a M&M Realty as the landlord, together with all improvements thereon, personal property as defined in the UCC, fixtures, leases and rents) to Mortgagee as security for the full and timely payment of all of Hologic’s obligations and liabilities and performance of all agreements, covenants, conditions, warranties, representations and other obligations of Hologic under the Credit Agreement, any other Credit Documents or any Hedge Agreements (as such terms are defined in the Credit Agreement). Following an event of default under the Credit Agreement, Mortgagee may accelerate the loan, take possession of the 37 Apple Ridge Mortgaged Property, hold, lease, develop, manage, operate or use the 37 Apple Ridge Road Mortgaged Property, and/or institute foreclosure proceedings.

In connection with Hologic’s entry into the Credit Agreement and as required thereby, Hologic entered into that certain Mortgage Deed, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Leases and Fixture Filing dated as of October 22, 2007 (the “35 Crosby Drive Mortgage”) with Lender, as Mortgagee, wherein Hologic mortgaged, granted, bargained, assigned, sold and conveyed Hologic’s interest in the property located at 35 Crosby Drive, Bedford, Massachusetts (the “35 Crosby Drive Mortgaged Property”) (which includes, among other things, Hologic’s leasehold estate in the real property described in the Mortgage created by that certain Lease dated August 28, 2002 between Hologic and BONE (DE) QRS 15-12, Inc., as landlord, together with all improvements thereon, personal property as defined in the UCC, fixtures, leases and rents) to Mortgagee as security for the full and timely payment of all of Hologic’s obligations and liabilities and performance of all agreements, covenants, conditions, warranties, representations and other obligations of Hologic under the Credit Agreement, any other Credit Documents or any Hedge Agreements (as such terms are defined in the Credit Agreement). Following an event of default under the Credit Agreement, Mortgagee may accelerate the loan, take possession of the 35 Crosby Drive Mortgaged Property, hold, lease, develop, manage, operate or use the 35 Crosby Drive Mortgaged Property, and/or institute foreclosure proceedings and/or exercise the statutory power of sale.

The description above is a summary of the terms of the 36 Apple Ridge Road Mortgage, the 37 Apple Ridge Road Mortgage and the 35 Crosby Drive Mortgage. This description does not purport to be complete and it is qualified in its entirety by reference to the agreements themselves. A copy of the 36 Apple Ridge Road Mortgage is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.3 and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the 37 Apple Ridge Road Mortgage is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.4 and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the 35 Crosby Drive Mortgage is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.5 and is incorporated herein by reference.


Lease Guaranty

In connection with the Merger, Hologic entered into a guaranty (the “Lease Guaranty”) of Cytyc’s obligations to Bel Marlborough I LLC, the landlord for the property at 250 Campus Drive in Marlborough, Massachusetts, an approximately 216,000 square foot facility housing Cytyc’s executive offices, as well as its administrative, research, and certain manufacturing and distribution operations under Cytyc’s lease for that facility (the “Cytyc Lease”). The annual base rent under the Cytyc Lease during the remaining term of the lease ranges from $3,595,705 to $3,891,924. Pursuant to the Lease Guaranty, Hologic unconditionally guaranteed Cytyc’s full payment, performance and observance of every warranty, covenant, agreement and obligation of Cytyc under the provisions of Cytyc’s lease for the 250 Campus Drive property, which lease is for an initial term of 15 years, beginning January 1, 2004, with two (2) five-year options to extend the term upon written notice to landlord.

The description above is a summary of the terms of the Lease Guaranty and the underlying Cytyc Lease. This description does not purport to be complete and it is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Cytyc Lease and Lease Guaranty. A copy of the Cytyc Lease and Lease Guaranty are incorporate by reference or attached to this report as Exhibits 10.6 and 10.7 and are incorporated herein by reference.

Notes, Indenture and Supplemental Indenture

Upon the consummation of the Merger (the “Closing”), Nor’easter, as the successor to Cytyc, assumed the obligations of Cytyc under Cytyc’s 2.25% Senior Convertible Notes due 2024 (the “Cytyc Notes”) and the Indenture entered into by Cytyc and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee thereunder (the “Trustee”) on March 22, 2004, pursuant to which the Cytyc Notes were issued (the “Indenture”). As of October 22, 2007, Cytyc Notes in the approximate principal face amount of $73 million were outstanding. Interest on the Cytyc Notes is payable semi-annually and the Cytyc Notes were previously convertible into shares of Cytyc common stock. At the Closing, Nor’easter, Hologic and the Trustee entered into the First Supplemental Indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”) as required by the Indenture as a result of the Merger in order to provide that (i) Nor’easter, as the successor to Cytyc, assumed the obligations of Cytyc under the Cytyc Notes and the Indenture; (ii) Hologic guarantee the obligations of Nor’easter under the Cytyc Notes and the Indenture; and (iii) as a result of the Merger, the Cytyc Notes shall cease to be convertible into shares of Cytyc common stock but rather may be converted into the kind and amount of shares of stock which a holder of shares of Cytyc common stock would have been entitled to receive upon the Merger had the Cytyc Notes been converted into shares of Hologic common stock immediately prior to the Merger, such that each $1,000 principal face amount of Cytyc Notes may be converted at any time and from time to time into $556.11765 in cash and 17.526132 shares of Hologic common stock. Pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, Nor’easter is obligated to offer to repurchase all of the outstanding Cytyc Notes in exchange for the principal face amount of such Cytyc Notes plus accrued but unpaid interest thereon. The obligations of Nor’easter and Hologic as guarantor under the Cytyc Notes and the Indenture may be accelerated upon the occurrence of certain customary events of default including, without limitation, payment defaults, uncured defaults in the performance of certain covenants and agreements under the Indenture and bankruptcy and insolvency related defaults.

The description above is a summary of the terms of the Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture. This description does not purport to be complete and it is qualified in its entirety by reference to the agreements themselves. A copy of the Indenture is attached to this report as Exhibit 4.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Supplemental Indenture is attached to this report as Exhibit 4.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 2.01 COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS

On October 22, 2007, Hologic issued a press release announcing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, Cytyc merged with and into Nor’easter and each share of common stock of Cytyc issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, subject to certain exceptions, was converted into the right to receive 0.52 of a share of Hologic common stock and $16.50 in cash without interest. In addition, all options to acquire shares of Cytyc common stock granted pursuant to Cytyc’s


option plans and other Cytyc stock based awards outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger were accelerated to become fully vested and subject to immediate exercise and were converted at the effective time of the Merger into options to acquire shares of Hologic common stock, as adjusted to reflect the exchange ratio, or the merger consideration, as applicable.

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by the text of the press release, which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 2.03 CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT OF A REGISTRANT

The information set forth in Item 1.01 above with respect to the Credit Agreement, the Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture, the Lease Guaranty, the 36 Apple Ridge Drive Mortgage, the 37 Apple Ridge Drive Mortgage and the 35 Crosby Drive Mortgage is incorporated herein in its entirety.

 

ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS

Departure of Directors

In connection with the closing of the Merger, on October 22, 2007, Jay A. Stein, Dr. Laurie Fajardo, Dr. Arthur Lerner and Irwin Jacobs resigned as members of the board of directors of Hologic. Dr. Stein will continue with Hologic as Chairman Emeritus and Chief Technical Officer.


Election of Directors

As required by the Merger Agreement, on October 19, 2007, Patrick J. Sullivan, Daniel J. Levangie, Sally W. Crawford, William McDaniel and Wayne Wilson were elected to the board of directors of Hologic, effective immediately upon the consummation of the Merger.

The Merger Agreement required that as of the effective time of the Merger Hologic Bylaws be amended to provide that the board of directors of Hologic was to consist of eleven directors, six directors to be designated by Hologic (the “continuing Hologic directors”) and five directors to be designated by Cytyc (the “continuing Cytyc directors”) with three of the five persons designated by Cytyc to be “independent” directors as defined under applicable Nasdaq listing standards, and the remaining two persons to be Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Levangie. As more fully described below, the Merger Agreement also required that the Hologic Bylaws be amended to provide that from the effective time of the Merger until immediately prior to Hologic’s annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2009, vacancies on the board of directors of Hologic will be filled as follows: (i) all vacancies created by the cessation of service of a continuing Hologic director who is an independent director will be filled by a nominee proposed to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the board by a majority of the remaining continuing Hologic directors, (ii) all vacancies created by the cessation of service of a continuing Cytyc director who is an independent director will be filled by a nominee proposed to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the board by a majority of the remaining continuing Cytyc Directors, and (iii) all remaining vacancies will be filled by a nominee proposed and selected by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the board.

Separately, on October 19, 2007, Elaine S. Ullian was elected to the board of directors of the Company as a Hologic Continuing Director.

Mr. McDaniel was appointed to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee of the board. Mr. Wilson was appointed to Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Corporate Development Committee of the board. Ms. Ullian was appointed to the Compensation Committee of the board. Ms. Crawford was appointed to the Compensation Committee of the board.

Ms. Crawford had been a director of Cytyc since January 1998. From April 1985 until January 1997, Ms. Crawford served as Chief Operating Officer of Healthsource, Inc., a publicly held managed care organization headquartered in New Hampshire. During her tenure at Healthsource, Inc., Ms. Crawford held a variety of positions and responsibilities, including leading that company’s Northern Region operations and marketing efforts. Since January 1997, Ms. Crawford has been a health care consultant in New Hampshire. Ms. Crawford serves as a director of Exact Sciences Corporation and Chittenden Corporation.

Mr. Levangie had been a director of Cytyc since July 2003. He previously served as Cytyc’s Executive Vice President and President of Cytyc Surgical Products since July 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Levangie served as Cytyc’s Executive Vice President, Commercial Operations, from August 2003 to June 2006. From August 2002 to July 2003, Mr. Levangie served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Cytyc Health Corporation, a former wholly-owned subsidiary of Cytyc. From January to July 2002, he served as Cytyc’s President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Cytyc, Mr. Levangie was employed in several sales and marketing positions for seventeen years by Abbott Laboratories, a diversified healthcare company. Mr. Levangie received a B.S. in Pharmacy from Northeastern University. Mr. Levangie serves as a director of Dune Medical Devices Ltd., a privately held medical device company.

William McDaniel had been a director of Cytyc since April 1987 and served as a consultant to Cytyc from March 1995 to February 1997. Mr. McDaniel served as a consultant to and a director of CP Ventures, Inc., a venture capital firm, from April 1995 to April 1996 and June 1996, respectively. From 1987 to March 1995, Mr. McDaniel was the President and a director of CP Ventures, Inc.

Mr. Sullivan, newly appointed Chairman of the Board of Hologic, served as Cytyc’s Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Cytyc since March 1994 and was elected Chairman of the Board of Cytyc in May 2002. From March 1994 to January 2002, and from July 2002 to the present, Mr. Sullivan also served as President of Cytyc, and from January 1991 to March 1994, Mr. Sullivan served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Cytyc. Prior to joining Cytyc, Mr. Sullivan was employed in several senior marketing positions for five years by Abbott Laboratories, a diversified healthcare company, and


was a consultant with McKinsey and Company, an international management consulting firm. Mr. Sullivan is a graduate, with distinction, of the United States Naval Academy and received an M.B.A., with distinction, from Harvard University.

Ms. Ullian has been the president and chief executive officer of Boston Medical Center, a 550-bed academic medical center affiliated with Boston University, since July 1996. Ms. Ullian is also a director of Thermo Fischer Scientific Inc., Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International. Ms. Ullian had previously served as a director of Hologic from 1996 to 2003.

Mr. Wilson had been a director of Cytyc since July 2003. A certified public accountant, Mr. Wilson has been an independent business advisor since September 2002. From January 1998 to September 2002, Mr. Wilson served as President and Chief Operating Officer, and from August 1995 to January 1998, he served as Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of PC Connection, Inc., a direct marketer of information technology products and services. From June 1986 to August 1995, he was a partner in the Assurance and Advisory Services practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP. Mr. Wilson also serves as a director of Edgewater Technology, Inc.

Each newly appointed director entered into an Indemnification Agreement with Hologic dated as of October 22, 2007. The agreements provide that the directors will be indemnified for expenses incurred because of their status as a director to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law and Hologic’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws. A form of Hologic’s Indemnification Agreement for Directors and Certain Officers is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.8 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Compensatory Arrangements of “Named Executive Officers”

On October 19, 2007, the Compensation Committee of the board of directors of Hologic, approved discretionary fiscal 2007 cash bonuses, fiscal 2008 salary effective on the consummation of the Merger, cash contributions to the Company’s Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the “SERP”) and restricted stock units to be granted immediately after the consummation of the Merger pursuant to the Company’s Second Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan for its executive officers in connection with the Company’s fiscal 2007 performance. The cash contributions to the SERP are subject to a three year vesting schedule, such that each contribution is one-third vested each year and is fully vested three years after the contribution is made. The cash contributions to the SERP also become fully vested upon the earlier to occur of death or disability of the participant or a change in control of the Company. Each restricted stock unit entitles the holder to one share of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share and notional dividend equivalents, if any. The restricted stock units become fully vested upon the earlier to occur of (i) three years after the date of grant, (ii) death or disability of the participant or (iii) a change in control of the Company. The form of restricted stock unit award agreement issued to each executive officer is filed as Exhibit 10.9 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The following table sets forth the fiscal 2007 cash bonus, the cash contributions to the SERP, and the number of restricted stock units granted for each of Hologic’s “named executive officers” (as defined by Item 402(a)(3) of Regulation S-K) as well as the annual base salary of these individuals approved by the Compensation Committee, effective as of the consummation of the Merger.


“Named Executive Officer”

  

2007

Discretionary

Cash Bonus

   

2008

Salary

  

SERP

Discretionary

Cash

Contribution

  

Restricted

Stock

Units

John W. Cumming

Chief Executive Officer and Director

   $ 900,000     $ 925,000    $ 500,000    5,176

Jay A. Stein

Chairman Emeritus and Chief Technical Officer

   $ 240,000     $ 275,000    $ 200,000    2,070

Robert A. Cascella

President and Chief Operating Officer

   $ 600,000     $ 550,000    $ 350,000    3,623

Glenn P. Muir

Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Director

   $ 500,000     $ 450,000    $ 300,000    3,106

John Pekarsky

Senior Vice President, Sales and Strategic Accounts

     (1 )   $ 250,000    $ 50,000    518

(1) Mr. Pekarsky did not receive a 2007 discretionary cash bonus. He received a commission-based bonus of approximately $245,000 based upon fiscal 2007 sales.

Employment and Severance Arrangements

Robert Cascella

On October 22, 2007, Hologic entered into a Second Retention Agreement with Robert Cascella, the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer (the “Cascella Retention Agreement”). The Cascella Retention Agreement provides that Mr. Cascella will be entitled to a retention bonus in the amount equal to approximately $2,000,000 payable 50% in cash and 50% in restricted stock units if he remains employed by Hologic for three years following the effective time of the Merger. The payment will be accelerated if Hologic terminates Mr. Cascella without cause or if Mr. Cascella resigns for good reason prior to such date. In the event that any payment by Hologic to the Mr. Cascella under the Cascella Retention Agreement would be subject to the excise tax imposed upon certain change of control payments under federal tax laws, the payments will be reduced if and to the extent necessary so that no such payment will be subject to the excise tax. Mr. Cascella’s restricted stock units are evidenced pursuant to a restricted stock unit agreement with Mr. Cascella (the “Cascella RSU Agreement”).

The description above is a summary of the terms of the Cascella Retention Agreement and the Cascella RSU Agreement. This description does not purport to be complete and it is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Cascella Retention Agreement and the Cascella RSU Agreement. A copy of the Cascella Retention Agreement is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.10 and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Cascella RSU Agreement is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.18 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Patrick J. Sullivan

In connection with the Merger, Hologic agreed to employ Patrick J. Sullivan, the former chairman, chief executive officer and president of Cytyc and entered into an Amended and Restated Retention and Severance Agreement (the “Sullivan Retention Agreement”) and an Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement with Mr. Sullivan (the “Sullivan Change of Control Agreement).

Sullivan Retention Agreement. The Sullivan Retention Agreement provides that Mr. Sullivan will be employed as chairman and an executive officer of Hologic and will receive an annual salary of $700,000. For the employment period through December 31, 2007, Mr. Sullivan will be eligible for an annual bonus award as determined in accordance with Cytyc’s former executive incentive plan. Effective January 1, 2008, Mr. Sullivan will be eligible to receive an annual bonus of up to 150% of his base salary subject to the terms and conditions of Hologic’ executive bonus plan.

The Sullivan Retention Agreement further provides that Mr. Sullivan will be paid a retention bonus of $1,500,000 on the date that is two years after the date of closing of the Merger (the “Retention Date”) if he is continuously employed by Hologic as its chairman and executive officer or, if applicable, of its successor or assignee during that time. As more fully described in the Sullivan Retention Agreement and except as noted in the following paragraph, the retention bonus will not be paid to Mr. Sullivan in the event he ceases to serve in the specified capacity prior to the retention date for any reason, including, without limitation, his death, disability, resignation without good reason or termination of his employment by Hologic for cause. In addition, on the effective date of the Merger, Hologic agreed to issue to Mr. Sullivan $1,500,000 of restricted stock units based upon the fair market value of Hologic common stock as of such date. These restricted stock units are subject to the terms and conditions of a restricted stock unit agreement with Mr. Sullivan (the “Sullivan RSU Agreement”).


If Mr. Sullivan is terminated without cause or if Mr. Sullivan notifies Hologic that he has “good reason” which means he has been assigned duties that are inconsistent with the duties typically assigned to other executive officers of Hologic in similar positions (or in the event that there are no officers of the Hologic serving in similar positions, then officers at comparable public companies), and Hologic fails to cure such occurrence within the time period set forth in the Sullivan Retention Agreement, then Mr. Sullivan will be paid the applicable retention bonus and all restricted stock units will immediately and irrevocably vest within fifteen days of such termination.

If Mr. Sullivan’s employment is terminated during the term of the Sullivan Retention Agreement, then he will be entitled to the following additional compensation and benefits:

If Mr. Sullivan’s employment is terminated (i) by Hologic for cause or disability, (ii) by reason of the Mr. Sullivan’s death or (iii) by Mr. Sullivan other than for good reason, then Hologic will pay to Mr. Sullivan accrued compensation only

If Mr. Sullivan’s employment is terminated by Hologic without cause or by Mr. Sullivan for good reason, then Mr. Sullivan will be entitled to each and all of the following: all accrued compensation; a pro rata bonus; a lump sum equal to his base salary plus bonus amount; continued medical and dental benefits on the same terms and conditions provided to other executives of Hologic for a period of three years from the date of termination; and out-placement services provided by Crenshaw Associates, Inc. or comparable search firm or, in the alternative, reimburse Mr. Sullivan with $50,000.

In the event that any payment by Hologic to Mr. Sullivan under the Sullivan Retention Agreement would be subject to the excise tax imposed upon certain change of control payments under federal tax laws, the payments will be reduced if and to the extent necessary so that no such payment will be subject to the excise tax.

Sullivan Change of Control Agreement. The Sullivan Change of Control Agreement provides that 30 days after a change of control, Hologic will pay Mr. Sullivan a lump sum in cash equal to three times the executive’s annual salary for the fiscal year immediately preceding the change of control plus the executive’s highest annual bonus (as defined in the Sullivan Change of Control Agreement). In addition, the Sullivan Change of Control Agreement provides that, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in any option, restricted stock agreement or other equity compensation agreement or plan, upon a change of control, all unvested stock options, restricted stock or stock appreciation rights held by the executive will become immediately exercisable for a one-year period following the his termination date. The Sullivan Change of Control Agreement confers no benefits prior to a change of control.

In the event that any payments received by Mr. Sullivan in connection with a change of control are subject to the excise tax imposed upon certain change of control payments under federal tax laws, the Sullivan Change of Control Agreement provides that Hologic’s auditing firm immediately preceding the change of control will compute the excise tax imposed on Mr. Sullivan and Hologic will pay that amount to Mr. Sullivan to provide the Mr. Sullivan with a payment that is economically equivalent to the payment he would have received but for the imposition of the excise tax.

Under the terms of the Sullivan Change of Control Agreements, if Mr. Sullivan remains employed through the one-year anniversary of a change of control, then he will also receive a special bonus (the “Special Bonus”) equal to the sum of his annual salary and the greater of the annual bonus (as defined in the Sullivan Change of Control Agreement) paid or payable for the most recently completed fiscal year during the employment period or the highest annual bonus. In addition, if termination of an Mr. Sullivan’s employment occurs within the two-year period following a change of control of Hologic and such termination is by Hologic (or its successor) other than for cause or by Mr. Sullivan for good reason, then Mr. Sullivan will be entitled to receive, among other things: (i) all accrued and unpaid compensation; (ii) the Special Bonus, to the extent not previously paid or accrued; and (iii) continued welfare benefits for a period of one year. In addition, Mr. Sullivan’s life insurance policy will be transferred to him.

The description above is a summary of the terms of the Sullivan Retention Agreement, the Sullivan Change of Control Agreement and the Sullivan RSU Agreement. This description does not purport


to be complete and it is qualified in its entirety by reference to the documents themselves. A copy of the Sullivan Retention Agreement is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.11 and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Sullivan Change of Control Agreement is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.12 and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Sullivan RSU Agreement is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.13 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Daniel J. Levangie

In connection with the Merger, Daniel J. Levangie, a director and former executive vice president of Cytyc and president of Cytyc surgical products, has become a director of Hologic, and has entered into a Separation and Release Agreement with Hologic, dated October 22, 2007, in connection with the termination of Mr. Levangie’s employment with Cytyc immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Levangie Separation and Release Agreement”). Pursuant to the Levangie Separation and Release Agreement, Hologic and Cytyc have agreed to pay Mr. Levangie a severance payment equal to $3,840,644.00, which includes amounts due to Mr. Levangie under his prior change of control agreement with Cytyc and a severance and retention agreement entered into with Hologic in connection with the Merger. Hologic has also agreed to pay Mr. Levangie’s COBRA continuation premiums for 18 months following termination.

The description above is a summary of the terms of the Levangie Separation and Release Agreement. This description does not purport to be complete and it is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Levangie Separation and Release Agreement itself. A copy of Levangie Separation and Release Agreement is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.14 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Adoption of Senior Executive Short-Term Incentive Plan

On October 18, 2007, stockholders of Hologic approved the adoption of Hologic’s Senior Executive Short-Term Incentive Plan (the “STIP”) which was approved by Hologic’s board of directors, upon recommendation of Hologic’s compensation committee, on June 25, 2007.

The STIP provides objective performance-based awards for covered employees, subject to a maximum limit, as described in more detail below. Amounts paid under the STIP are intended to qualify as “qualified performance-based compensation,” which is excluded from the $1.0 million limit on deductible compensation set forth in Section 162(m) of the Code. The STIP will be administered by the compensation committee appointed by the board of directors, which is authorized to designate as participants, and grant awards to, employees of Hologic who are covered employees. Under the STIP, the compensation committee may designate participants and establish performance targets and target awards for each participant not later than 90 days after the beginning of a calendar year or fiscal year of Hologic, or such other period designated by the compensation committee, provided such performance targets and target awards are established before 25% of such period has elapsed. The performance targets may relate to the attainment of specified levels of one or more of the following measures, as defined below: economic value added; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; earnings before interest and taxes; earnings per share; operating income; adjusted operating income; income before income taxes; adjusted income before income taxes; net income; adjusted net income; operating margin return on equity; return on assets; revenue; and total shareholder return.

Shortly after the end of each performance period, the compensation committee must certify whether or not the performance targets have been achieved. The compensation committee has the right, in its sole discretion, to reduce the amount of the award to any participant to reflect the compensation committee’s assessment of the participant’s individual performance or for any other reason. These awards are payable in cash as soon as practicable thereafter.

To receive payment of an award, the participant must have remained in Hologic’s continuous employ through the end of the applicable performance period. However, if (i) Hologic terminates a participant’s employment other than for cause; (ii) a participant terminates his or her employment for good reason; or (iii) a participant becomes permanently disabled or dies during a performance period, the participant or his or her estate shall be awarded, unless his or her employment agreement provides otherwise, a pro rata portion of the award earned for the performance period. The compensation committee has the right, in its sole discretion, to reduce the amount of the award to reflect the compensation committee’s assessment of the participant’s individual performance prior to the applicable termination event or for any other reason.


Unless otherwise specifically defined in an employment agreement or a benefit plan document, a determination as to whether a participant’s employment has been terminated for cause, for good reason or due to permanent disability shall be made by the compensation committee in its sole discretion.

The STIP provides that the maximum award to any participant for any performance period is determined by multiplying a participant’s salary by a factor of four.

In the event that, during a performance period, any recapitalization, reorganization, merger, acquisition, divestiture, consolidation, spin-off, combination, liquidation, dissolution, sale of assets or other similar corporate transaction or event, or any other extraordinary event, occurs, or any other event or circumstance occurs that has the effect, as determined by the compensation committee in its sole and absolute discretion, of distorting the applicable performance targets, including, without limitation, changes in accounting standards, the compensation committee may, to the extent consistent with Section 162(m), adjust or modify, in its sole and absolute discretion, the calculation of the performance targets, to the extent necessary to prevent reduction or enlargement of participants’ awards under the STIP for such performance period attributable to such transaction, circumstance or event.

The description above is a summary of the terms of the STIP. This description does not purport to be complete and it is qualified in its entirety by reference to the STIP itself. A copy of the STIP is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.15 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Option Plan Amendments

On October 18, 2007, stockholders of Hologic approved Amendment No. 1 to Hologic’s Second Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan (“1999 Equity Plan”) which increased the number of shares of common stock available for issuance under that plan by 4,000,000 shares effective upon consummation of the Merger.

Additionally, on October 19, 2007, the board of directors of Hologic approved Amendment No. 2 to the 1999 Equity Plan which prohibits the reduction of the exercise price of an option, the amendment or cancellation of an option for the purpose of repricing, replacing or regranting the option with a reduced exercise price or the buy out an option previously granted for cash or other consideration without the prior approval of the Company’s stockholders.

The description above is a summary of the terms of the amendment to the 1999 Equity Plan. This description does not purport to be complete and it is qualified in its entirety by reference to the amendments themselves. A copy of Amendment No. 1 to the 1999 Equity Plan is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.16 and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of Amendment No. 2 to the 1999 Equity Plan is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.17 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 5.03 AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS; CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR

Charter Amendment

Effective October 22, 2007, the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation was amended to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock thereunder from 90,000,000 to 300,000,000.

The description above is a summary of the terms of the amendment to Hologic’s Certificate of Incorporation. This description does not purport to be complete and it is qualified in its entirety by reference to amendment itself. A copy of the amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Form 8-K.

By Law Amendment

Also effective October 22, 2007, Hologic’s Bylaws were amended and restated (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”) to make certain changes required by the Merger Agreement as outlined below.


Board Composition

The Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that at the effective time of the Merger, the Hologic board of directors will be comprised of eleven directors. The board of directors of Hologic will consist of six continuing Hologic directors, four designated by the continuing Hologic directors, each of whom will be independent and two persons who are not independent, and five continuing Cytyc directors, three designated by the continuing Cytyc directors, each of whom will be independent and two persons who are not independent. Before the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2009 all vacancies resulting from the cessation of service of an independent continuing Hologic director will be filled by a nominee proposed by a majority of the remaining continuing Hologic directors and all vacancies resulting from the cessation of service of an independent continuing Cytyc directors will be filled by a nominee proposed by a majority of the remaining continuing Cytyc directors. All remaining vacancies shall be filled by a nominee proposed and selected by the nominating and corporate governance committee of the board of directors. The terms “continuing Hologic directors” and “continuing Cytyc directors” shall mean, respectively, the directors of Hologic or Cytyc, as the case may be, who were selected to be directors of Hologic as of the effective time of the Merger by Hologic or Cytyc, as the case may be, prior to the effective time of the Merger, and any additional directors of Hologic who take office after the effective time of the Merger who are nominated, or proposed to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of Hologic’s board, by a majority of the continuing Hologic directors or the continuing Cytyc directors, as the case may be. Any continuing Hologic director or continuing Cytyc director who is then serving as a Hologic director shall be nominated by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee for election as a Hologic director at Hologic’s annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2008, subject to the fiduciary duties of the members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. For the 2009 Annual Meeting and thereafter, the combined company’s nominations for persons to serve on the board of directors shall be determined by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Prior to the 2009 Annual Meeting, any amendment of or change to the provisions of the amended Hologic bylaws providing for board composition shall require the affirmative vote of at least 75% of the full board of directors. The amended Hologic bylaws provide that the board of directors shall designate a Compensation Committee, an Audit Committee, and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Indemnification

The Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that Hologic will indemnify any person who was or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of Hologic or, while a director or officer of Hologic, is or was serving at the request of Hologic as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, where the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection with such proceeding. Hologic will indemnify any person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding brought by that person only if the proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Hologic board of directors. The current Hologic bylaws permit indemnification of officers and directors, but do not require Hologic to provide such persons with indemnification.

Chief Executive Officer

The Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that the chief executive officer will be an officer of Hologic as appointed by the board of directors. Unless there is a chairman of the board, or the board of directors votes otherwise, when present, the chief executive officer will preside at meetings of the stockholders and the board of directors. The board of directors will designate the duties and powers of such office.

Chairman Emeritus

The Amended and Restated Bylaws also provide that the board of directors may appoint one or more positions for former directors designated as “director emeritus” or “chairman emeritus.” Former directors filling these positions will function as advisors to the board of directors and be able to attend all meetings of the board of directors, but will have no right to vote as a director on any matter.


The description above is a summary of the terms of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Hologic. This description does not purport to be complete and it is qualified in its entirety by reference to amended and restated Bylaws of Hologic. A copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Hologic is attached to this report as Exhibit 3.2 and is incorporated herein by reference. Further information regarding certain aspects of the Amended and Restated Bylaws are described under the heading “Comparison of Stockholder Rights” included within Hologic’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A as filed on September 7, 2007 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

ITEM 5.05 AMENDMENTS TO THE REGISTRANT’S CODE OF ETHICS, OR WAIVER OF A PROVISION OF THE CODE OF ETHICS

Effective October 22, 2007, the board of directors of the Company approved an amendment to Hologic’s Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers in order to more clearly define the scope of activities governed by such Code.

The description above is a summary of the terms of Hologic’s Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers as presently in effect. This description does not purport to be complete and it is qualified in its entirety by reference to Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers itself. A copy of the Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers is attached to this report as Exhibit 14.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

  (a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired.

The financial statements of Cytyc Corporation will be filed by amendment no later than 71 calendar days after the date of this report is required to be filed, pursuant to the instructions set forth in Item 9.01 of Form 8-K.

 

  (b) Pro Forma Financial Information .

The Pro Forma financial information required to be filed with respect to the Merger described herein will be filed by amendment no later than 71 calendar days after the date of this report is required to be filed, pursuant to the instructions set forth in Item 9.01 of Form 8-K.


  (d) Exhibits .

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

 

EXHIBIT NO.  

DESCRIPTION

  3.1(1)   Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of Hologic.
  3.2(1)   Amended and Restated Bylaws of Hologic.
  4.1(2)   Indenture dated March 22, 2004 by and between Cytyc and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee thereunder.
  4.2(1)   First Supplemental Indenture dated October 22, 2007 by and among Cytyc, Hologic and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee thereunder.
10.1(1)   Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of October 22, 2007 among Hologic, the Guarantors party thereto and defined below, the Secured Parties party thereto, and the Agent, Banc of America Securities LLC, Bank of America, N.A., Citicorp North America, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., RBS Citizens, National Association and Fifth Third Bank.
10.2(1)   Pledge and Security Agreement among Hologic, Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., as Collateral Agent thereunder and the other parties therein named dated as of October 22, 2007.
10.3(1)   Open End Mortgage Deed, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Leases and Fixture Filing for 36 Apple Ridge Road, Danbury, Connecticut dated as of October 22, 2007.
10.4(1)   Open End Mortgage Deed, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Leases and Fixture Filing for 37 Apple Ridge Road, Danbury, Connecticut dated as of October 22, 2007.
10.5(1)   Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Leases and Fixture Filing for 35 Crosby Drive, Bedford, Massachusetts dated as of October 22, 2007.
10.6(3)   Office Lease dated December 31, 2003 between Cytyc Corporation and Marlborough Campus Limited Partnership.
10.7(1)   Lease Guaranty dated October 22, 2007 between Bel Marlborough I LLC and Hologic, as guarantor thereunder.
10.8(4)   Form of Indemnification Agreement for Directors and Certain Officers of Hologic.
10.9(5)   Form of Restricted Stock Agreement.
10.10(1)   Second Retention Agreement with Robert A. Cascella dated as of October 22, 2007.
10.11(1)   Amended and Restated Retention and Severance Agreement with Patrick J. Sullivan dated as of August 17, 2007 and effective on October 22, 2007.
10.12(1)   Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement with Patrick J. Sullivan dated as of August 17, 2007 and effective on October 22, 2007.


10.13(1)   Restricted Stock Grant Agreement with Patrick J. Sullivan dated as of October 22, 2007.
10.14(1)   Separation and Release Agreement with Daniel J. Levangie dated as of October 22, 2007.
10.15(6)   Hologic’s Senior Executive Short-Term Incentive Plan.
10.16(7)   Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan.
10.17(1)   Amendment No. 2 to Second Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan.
10.18(1)   Restricted Stock Grant Agreement with Robert A. Cascella dated as of October 22, 2007.
14.1(1)   Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers.
99.1(1)   Press Release issued by Hologic on October 22, 2007.

(1) Filed herewith
(2) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-116237), filed by Cytyc Corporation on June 7, 2004.
(3) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Cytyc Corporation on January 30, 2004.
(4) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 33-33128), filed by Hologic on January 24, 1990.
(5) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-18281) filed by Hologic on November 2, 2006.
(6) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (Registration No. 333-144238), filed by Hologic on September 7, 2007.
(7) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (Registration No. 333-144238), filed by Hologic on September 7, 2007.


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: October 22, 2007   HOLOGIC, INC.
  By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

    Glenn P. Muir, Chief Financial Officer,
    Executive Vice President, Finance and Treasurer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

EXHIBIT NO.  

DESCRIPTION

  3.1(1)   Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of Hologic.
  3.2(1)   Amended and Restated Bylaws of Hologic.
  4.1(2)   Indenture dated March 22, 2004 by and between Cytyc and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee thereunder.
  4.2(1)   First Supplemental Indenture dated October 22, 2007 by and among Cytyc, Hologic and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee thereunder.
10.1(1)   Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of October 22, 2007 among Hologic, the Guarantors party thereto and defined below, the Secured Parties party thereto, and the Agent, Banc of America Securities LLC, Bank of America, N.A., Citicorp North America, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., RBS Citizens, National Association and Fifth Third Bank.
10.2(1)   Pledge and Security Agreement among Hologic, Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., as Collateral Agent thereunder and the other parties therein named dated as of October 22, 2007.
10.3(1)   Open End Mortgage Deed, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Leases and Fixture Filing for 36 Apple Ridge Road, Danbury, Connecticut dated as of October 22, 2007.
10.4(1)   Open End Mortgage Deed, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Leases and Fixture Filing for 37 Apple Ridge Road, Danbury, Connecticut dated as of October 22, 2007.
10.5(1)   Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Leases and Fixture Filing for 35 Crosby Drive, Bedford, Massachusetts dated as of October 22, 2007.
10.6(3)   Office Lease dated December 31, 2003 between Cytyc Corporation and Marlborough Campus Limited Partnership.
10.7(1)   Lease Guaranty dated October 22, 2007 between Bel Marlborough I LLC and Hologic, as guarantor thereunder.
10.8(4)   Form of Indemnification Agreement for Directors and Certain Officers of Hologic.
10.9(5)   Form of Restricted Stock Agreement.
10.10(1)   Second Retention Agreement with Robert A. Cascella dated as of October 22, 2007.
10.11(1)   Amended and Restated Retention and Severance Agreement with Patrick J. Sullivan dated as of August 17, 2007 and effective on October 22, 2007.
10.12(1)   Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement with Patrick J. Sullivan dated as of August 17, 2007 and effective on October 22, 2007.
10.13(1)   Restricted Stock Grant Agreement with Patrick J. Sullivan dated as of October 22, 2007.


10.14(1)   Separation and Release Agreement with Daniel J. Levangie dated as of October 22, 2007.
10.15(6)   Hologic’s Senior Executive Short-Term Incentive Plan.
10.16(7)   Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan.
10.17(1)   Amendment No. 2 to Second Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan.
10.18(1)   Restricted Stock Grant Agreement with Robert A. Cascella dated as of October 22, 2007.
14.1(1)   Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers.
99.1(1)   Press Release issued by Hologic on October 22, 2007.

(1) Filed herewith
(2) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-116237), filed by Cytyc Corporation on June 7, 2004.
(3) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Cytyc Corporation on January 30, 2004.
(4) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 33-33128), filed by Hologic on January 24, 1990.
(5) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-18281) filed by Hologic on November 2, 2006.
(6) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (Registration No. 333-144238), filed by Hologic on September 7, 2007.
(7) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (Registration No. 333-144238), filed by Hologic on September 7, 2007.

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

Hologic, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

FIRST: That at a meeting of the Board of Directors of Hologic, Inc. held on May 19, 2007, resolutions were duly adopted setting forth a proposed amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of said corporation, declaring said amendment to be advisable and calling a meeting of the stockholders of said corporation for consideration thereof. The resolution setting forth the proposed amendment is as follows:

RESOLVED : That it is advisable and in the best interests of the corporation to amend the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation so that the first paragraph of Article Fourth shall read in its entirety as follows:

(a) The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is (i) 300,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), and (ii) 1,622,685 shares of Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share (“Preferred Stock”), of which 30,000 shares have been designated Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”).

SECOND: That thereafter, pursuant to resolution of its Board of Directors, a special meeting of the stockholders of said corporation was duly called and held, on October 18, 2007, upon notice in accordance with Section 222 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware at which meeting the necessary number of shares as required by statute were voted in favor of the amendment.


THIRD: That said amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Hologic, Inc. has caused this Certificate to be signed by Glenn P. Muir, its Executive Vice President, this 22 nd day of October, 2007.

 

HOLOGIC, INC.
By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President

 

2

Exhibit 3.2

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

of

HOLOGIC, INC.

A Delaware Corporation

 

Adopted: January 18, 1990
As amended and restated on: March 1, 2004
As amended and restated on: October 22, 2007

/s/ Philip J. Flink

Philip J. Flink, Secretary


AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I. Stockholders

   1

Section 1.1 Annual Meeting.

   1

Section 1.2 Special Meetings.

   1

Section 1.3 Notice of Meeting.

   1

Section 1.4 Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.

   2

Section 1.5 Quorum.

   5

Section 1.6 Voting and Proxies.

   5

Section 1.7 Action at Meeting.

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Section 1.8 Action Without Meeting.

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Section 1.9 Voting of Shares of Certain Holders.

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Section 1.10 Stockholder Lists.

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ARTICLE II. Board of Directors

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Section 2.1 Powers.

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Section 2.2 Number of Directors; Qualifications.

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Section 2.3 [Reserved]

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Section 2.4 Election of Directors.

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Section 2.5 Vacancies.

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Section 2.6 Change in Size of the Board.

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Section 2.7 Tenure and Resignation.

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Section 2.8 Removal.

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Section 2.9 Meetings.

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Section 2.10 Notice of Meeting.

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Section 2.11 Agenda.

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Section 2.12 Quorum.

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Section 2.13 Action at Meeting.

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Section 2.14 Action Without Meeting.

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Section 2.15 Committees.

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Section 2.16 Continuing Directors.

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ARTICLE III. Officers

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Section 3.1 Enumeration.

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Section 3.2 Election.

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Section 3.3 Qualification.

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Section 3.4 Tenure.

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Section 3.5 Removal.

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Section 3.6 Resignation.

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Section 3.7 Vacancies.

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Section 3.8 Chairman of the Board.

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Section 3.9 Chief Executive Officer.

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Section 3.10 President.

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Section 3.11 Vice-President(s).

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Section 3.12 Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers.

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Section 3.13 Secretary and Assistant Secretaries.

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Section 3.14 Chairman Emeritus.

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Section 3.15 Other Powers and Duties.

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ARTICLE IV. Capital Stock

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Section 4.1 Stock Certificates.

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Section 4.2 Transfer of Shares.

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Section 4.3 Record Holders.

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Section 4.4 Record Date.

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Section 4.5 Transfer Agent and Registrar for Shares of Corporation.

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Section 4.6 Loss of Certificates.

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Section 4.7 Restrictions on Transfer.

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Section 4.8 Multiple Classes of Stock.

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ARTICLE V. Dividends

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Section 5.1 Declaration of Dividends.

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Section 5.2 Reserves.

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ARTICLE VI. Powers of Officers to Contract with the Corporation

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ARTICLE VII. Indemnification

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Section 7.1 Right to Indemnification.

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Section 7.2 Right to Advancement of Expenses.

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Section 7.3 Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit.

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Section 7.4 Non-Exclusivity.

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Section 7.5 Insurance.

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Section 7.6 No Duplicative Payment.

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Section 7.7 Severability.

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ARTICLE VIII. Miscellaneous Provisions

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Section 8.1 Certificate of Incorporation.

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Section 8.2 Fiscal Year.

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Section 8.3 Corporate Seal.

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Section 8.4 Execution of Instruments.

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Section 8.5 Voting of Securities.

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Section 8.6 Evidence of Authority.

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Section 8.7 Corporate Records.

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Section 8.8 Charitable Contributions.

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Section 8.9 Communications of Notices.

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Section 8.10 Electronic Transmissions.

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ARTICLE IX. Amendments

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Section 9.1 Amendment by Stockholders.

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Section 9.2 Amendment by Board of Directors.

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

OF

HOLOGIC, INC.

(A Delaware Corporation)

ARTICLE I.

Stockholders

Section 1.1 Annual Meeting . The annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation shall be held on such date as shall be fixed by the board of directors, at such time and place within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated in the notice of meeting. The Board may, in its sole discretion, determine that the annual meeting of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as authorized by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall fall on a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding day not a legal holiday. If the annual meeting is omitted on the day herein provided, a special meeting may be held in place thereof, and any business transacted at such special meeting in lieu of annual meeting shall have the same effect as if transacted or held at the annual meeting.

Section 1.2 Special Meetings . Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time only by the president, chief executive officer or the board of directors. Special meetings of the stockholders shall be held at such time, date and place within or outside of the State of Delaware as may be designated in the notice of such meeting. The Board may, in its sole discretion, determine that a special meeting of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as authorized by the DGCL.

Section 1.3 Notice of Meeting . A written notice stating the place, if any, date, and hour of each meeting of the stockholders, the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed present in person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, and to each stockholder who, under the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws, is entitled to such notice, by delivering such notice to such person or leaving it at their residence or usual place of business, or by mailing it, postage prepaid, and addressed to such stockholder at his address as it appears upon the books of the corporation or by giving notice by electronic transmission as permitted by Section 8.10 of these by-laws, at least ten (10) days and not more than sixty (60) before the meeting. Such notice shall be given by the secretary, an assistant secretary, or any other officer or person designated either by the secretary or by the person or persons calling the meeting.

The requirement of notice to any stockholder may be waived (i) by a written waiver of notice, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether executed or transmitted before or after the meeting by the stockholder or his attorney thereunto duly authorized, and filed with the records of the meeting, (ii) if communication with such stockholder is unlawful, (iii) by attendance at the meeting

 

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without protesting prior thereto or at its commencement the lack of notice, or (iv) as otherwise excepted by law. A waiver of notice or electronic transmission of any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need not specify the business to be transacted or the purposes of the meeting unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws.

If a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, except that if the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. At the adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.

Section 1.4 Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.

(A) Annual Meetings of Stockholders.

(1) Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (a) pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (b) by or at the direction of the nominating and corporate governance committee of the board of directors or (c) by any stockholder of the corporation who was a stockholder of record of the corporation at the time the notice provided for in this Section 1.4 is delivered to the secretary of the corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.4.

(2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting of stockholders by a stockholder pursuant to clause (c) of paragraph (A)(1) of this Section 1.4, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the corporation and any such proposed business other than the nominations of persons for election to the board of directors must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the ninetieth day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty days before or more than seventy days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the corporation). In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting of stockholders commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth: (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (i) all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an

 

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election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and (ii) such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected; (b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the by-laws of the corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (iii) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination, and (iv) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (a) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (b) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination. The foregoing notice requirements of this Section 1.4 shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder if the stockholder has notified the corporation of his or her intention to present a proposal or nomination at an annual meeting in compliance with applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholder’s proposal or nomination has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting. The corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the corporation.

(B) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting (1) by or at the direction of the board of directors or (2) provided that the board of directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 1.4 is delivered to the secretary of the corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and upon such election and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.4. In the event the corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the board of directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice required by paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 1.4 shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth day prior to such special meeting or the

 

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tenth day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the board of directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(C) General.

(1) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.4 shall be eligible to be elected at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.4. Except as otherwise provided by law, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty (a) to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.4 (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholder’s nominee or proposal in compliance with such stockholder’s representation as required by clause (A)(2)(c)(iv) of this Section 1.4) and (b) if any proposed nomination or business was not made or proposed in compliance with this Section 1.4, to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.4, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation to present a nomination or proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the corporation. For purposes of this Section 1.4, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.

(2) For purposes of this Section 1.4, “public announcement” shall include disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.4, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 1.4. Nothing in this Section 1.4 shall be deemed to affect any rights (a) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals or nominations in the corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act or (b) of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the certificate of incorporation.

 

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Section 1.5 Quorum . The holders of a majority in interest of all stock issued, outstanding and entitled to vote at a meeting shall constitute a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of the votes properly cast upon the question, whether or not a quorum is present.

Section 1.6 Voting and Proxies . Stockholders shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote owned by them of record according to the books of the corporation, unless otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation. Stockholders may vote either in person or by written proxy, but no proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. Proxies shall be filed with the secretary of the meeting, or of any adjournment thereof. Except as otherwise limited therein, proxies shall entitle the persons authorized thereby to vote at any adjournment of such meeting. A proxy purporting to be executed by or on behalf of a stockholder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior to its exercise and the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger. A proxy with respect to stock held in the name of two or more persons shall be valid if executed by one of them unless at or prior to exercise of the proxy the corporation receives a specific written notice to the contrary from any one of them.

Section 1.7 Action at Meeting . When a quorum is present at any meeting, a plurality of the votes properly cast for election to any office shall elect to such office, and a majority of the votes properly cast upon any question other than election to an office shall decide such question, except where a larger vote is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws. No ballot shall be required for any election unless requested by a stockholder present or represented at the meeting and entitled to vote in the election.

Section 1.8 Action Without Meeting . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of the minimum number of votes necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and copies are delivered to the corporation in the manner prescribed by law.

Section 1.9 Voting of Shares of Certain Holders . Shares of stock of the corporation standing in the name of another corporation, domestic or foreign, may be voted by such officer, agent, or proxy as the by-laws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision, as the board of directors of such corporation may determine.

Shares of stock of the corporation standing in the name of a deceased person, a minor ward or an incompetent person, may be voted by his administrator, executor, court-appointed guardian or conservator without a transfer of such shares into the name of such administrator, executor, court appointed guardian or conservator. Shares of capital stock of the corporation standing in the name of a trustee or fiduciary may be voted by such trustee or fiduciary.

Shares of stock of the corporation standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer thereof into his name if authority so to do be contained in an appropriate order of the court by which such receiver was appointed.

 

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A stockholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares unless in the transfer by the pledgor on the books of the corporation he expressly empowered the pledgee to vote thereon, in which case only the pledgee or its proxy shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.

Shares of its own stock belonging to this corporation shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time, but shares of its own stock held by the corporation in a fiduciary capacity may be voted and shall be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares.

Section 1.10 Stockholder Lists . The secretary (or the corporation’s transfer agent or other person authorized by these by-laws or by law) shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The corporation shall not be required to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the corporation’s principal executive office. In the event that the corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.

ARTICLE II.

Board of Directors

Section 2.1 Powers . Except as reserved to the stockholders by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the business of the corporation shall be managed under the direction of the board of directors, who shall have and may exercise all of the powers of the corporation. In particular, and without limiting the foregoing, the board of directors shall have the power to issue or reserve for issuance from time to time the whole or any part of the capital stock of the corporation which may be authorized from time to time to such person, for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as they shall determine, including the granting of options, warrants or conversion or other rights to stock.

Section 2.2 Number of Directors; Qualifications . The board of directors shall consist of such number of directors (which shall not be less than three) as shall be fixed initially by the incorporator(s) and thereafter by the board of directors before each annual meeting of the stockholders. No director need be a stockholder.

 

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Section 2.3 [Reserved]

Section 2.4 Election of Directors . The initial board of directors shall be designated in the certificate of incorporation, or if not so designated, elected by the incorporator(s) at the first meeting thereof. Thereafter, directors shall be elected by the stockholders at their annual meeting or at any special meeting the notice of which specifies the election of directors as an item of business for such meeting.

Section 2.5 Vacancies . Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.16 hereof, in the case of any vacancy in the board of directors from death, resignation, disqualification or other cause, including a vacancy resulting from enlargement of the board, the appointment or election of a director to fill such vacancy shall be only by vote of a majority of the directors then in office, whether or not constituting a quorum. The director thus appointed or elected shall hold office until his successor is chosen and qualified or his earlier resignation or removal.

Section 2.6 Change in Size of the Board . Subject to Section 2.16 hereof, the number of the board of directors may be changed by vote of a majority of the directors then in office or by the stockholders by vote of eighty percent (80%) of the shares of voting stock outstanding.

Section 2.7 Tenure and Resignation . Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these by-laws, directors shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and thereafter until their successors are chosen and qualified. Any director may resign by delivering or mailing postage prepaid a written resignation to the corporation at its principal office or to the chairman of the board, if any, president, secretary or assistant secretary, if any. Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless it is specified to be effective at some other time or upon the happening of some other event.

Section 2.8 Removal . A director may be removed from office only for cause by vote of the holders of eighty percent (80%) of the voting stock then outstanding.

Section 2.9 Meetings . Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without call or notice at such times and such places within or without the State of Delaware as the Board may, from time to time, determine, provided that notice of the first regular meeting following any such determination shall be given to directors absent from such determination. A regular meeting of the board of directors shall be held without notice immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of the stockholders or the special meeting of the stockholders held in place of such annual meeting, unless a quorum of the directors is not then present. Special meetings of the board of directors may be held at any time and at any place designated in the call of the meeting when called by the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president, or a majority of the directors. Members of the board of directors or any committee elected thereby may participate in a meeting of such board or committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time, and participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

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his usual or last known business or residence address or (ii) in person, by telephone, facsimile or electronic transmission to the extent provided in Section 2.10 of these by-laws, at least twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting. Notice shall be given by the secretary, or in his absence or unavailability, may be given by any of an assistant secretary, if any, or by the officer or directors calling the meeting. The requirement of notice to any director may be waived by a written waiver of notice signed by the person entitled to notice or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, executed or transmitted by such person before or after the meeting or meetings, and filed with the records of the meeting, or by attendance at the meeting without protesting prior thereto or at its commencement the lack of notice. A notice or waiver of notice or any waiver of electronic transmission of a directors’ meeting need not specify the purposes of the meeting.

Section 2.11 Agenda . Any lawful business may be transacted at a meeting of the board of directors, notwithstanding the fact that the nature of the business may not have been specified in the notice or waiver of notice of the meeting.

Section 2.12 Quorum . At any meeting of the board of directors, a majority of the directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Any meeting may be adjourned by a majority of the votes cast upon the question, whether or not a quorum is present, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice.

Section 2.13 Action at Meeting . Any motion adopted by vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, except where a different vote is required by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these by-laws.

Section 2.14 Action Without Meeting . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board, or any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all of the members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent to the action in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing(s) or electronic transmission(s) are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form. Such consent shall be treated for all purposes as a vote of the Board or committee, as the case may be, at a meeting.

Section 2.15 Committees . The board of directors may, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, appoint an executive committee or other committees consisting of one or more directors and may by vote delegate to any such committee some or all of their powers except those which by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws they may not delegate. In addition to other committees that the board of directors may designate from time to time, the board of directors shall designate a compensation committee, an audit committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the members of the committee present and not disqualified, whether or not they constitute a quorum, may by unanimous vote appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of the absence or disqualified member. A committee may create one or more subcommittees, each subcommittee to consist of one or more members of the committee, and delegate to such subcommittee any or all of the

 

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powers of the committee. Unless the board of directors shall otherwise provide, any such committee may make rules for the conduct of its business, but unless otherwise provided by the board of directors or such rules, its meetings shall be called, notice given or waived, its business conducted or its action taken as nearly as may be in the same manner as is provided in these by-laws with respect to meetings or for the conduct of business or the taking of actions by the board of directors. The board of directors shall have power at any time to fill vacancies in, change the membership of, or discharge any such committee at any time. The board of directors shall have power to rescind any action of any committee, but no such rescission shall have retroactive effect.

Section 2.16 Continuing Directors . As of the Effective Time (as defined in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated May 20, 2007, by and among the corporation, Nor’easter Corp. and Cytyc Corporation (“Cytyc”)), as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Merger Agreement”), the directors of Hologic shall consist of (i) six (6) Continuing Hologic Directors, consisting of four (4) persons designated by the Continuing Hologic Directors, each of whom shall be “independent” (as defined in the rules and regulations governing the requirements of companies listing on the NASDAQ Global Select Market) and two persons who are not independent, and (ii) five (5) Continuing Cytyc Directors, consisting of three (3) persons designated by the Continuing Cytyc Directors, each of whom shall be independent (as defined in the rules and regulations governing the requirements of companies listing on the NASDAQ Global Select Market) and two persons who are not independent. From the Effective Time until immediately prior to the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2009 (the “2009 Annual Meeting”): (i) all vacancies on the board of directors created by the cessation of service of a Continuing Hologic Director who is an independent director shall be filled by a nominee proposed to the nominating and corporate governance committee of the board of directors by a majority of the remaining Continuing Hologic Directors; (ii) all vacancies on the board of directors created by the cessation of service of a Continuing Cytyc Director who is an independent director shall be filled by a nominee proposed to the nominating and corporate governance committee of the board of directors by a majority of the remaining Continuing Cytyc Directors, and (iii) all remaining vacancies on the board of directors created by the cessation of service of any other Continuing Hologic Director or Continuing Cytyc Director shall be filled by a nominee proposed and selected by the nominating and corporate governance committee of the board of directors. The terms “Continuing Hologic Directors” and “Continuing Cytyc Directors” shall for purposes of this Section 2.16 mean, respectively, the directors of Hologic or Cytyc, as the case may be, as of the Effective Time who were selected to be directors of Hologic as of the Effective Time by Hologic or Cytyc, as the case may be, prior to the Effective Time, and any additional directors of Hologic who take office after the Effective Time who are nominated, or proposed to the nominating and corporate governance committee of the board of directors, by a majority of the Continuing Hologic Directors or the Continuing Cytyc Directors, as the case may be under clauses (i) and (ii) above. Any Continuing Hologic Director or Continuing Cytyc Director who is then serving as a Hologic director shall be nominated by the nominating and corporate governance committee of the board of directors of Hologic for election as a Hologic Director at Hologic’s annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2008, subject to the fiduciary duties of the members of the nominating and corporate governance committee. For the 2009 Annual Meeting and thereafter, the corporation’s nominations for persons to serve on the board of directors shall be determined by the nominating and corporate governance committee of the board of directors. Prior to the 2009 Annual Meeting, any amendment of or change to Section 2.16 of these by-laws shall require the affirmative vote of at least 75% of the full board of directors.

 

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ARTICLE III.

Officers

Section 3.1 Enumeration . The officers shall consist of a president, a treasurer, a secretary and such other officers and agents (including a chairman of the board, a chief executive officer, one or more vice-presidents, assistant treasurers and assistant secretaries), as the board of directors may, in their discretion, determine.

Section 3.2 Election . The president, treasurer and secretary shall be elected annually by the directors at their first meeting following the annual meeting of the stockholders or any special meeting held in lieu of the annual meeting. Other officers may be chosen by the directors at such meeting or at any other meeting.

Section 3.3 Qualification . An officer may, but need not, be a director or stockholder. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. Any officer may be required by the directors to give bond for the faithful performance of his duties to the corporation in such amount and with such sureties as the directors may determine. The premiums for such bonds may be paid by the corporation.

Section 3.4 Tenure . Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws, the term of office of each officer shall be for one year or until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation or removal.

Section 3.5 Removal . Any officer may be removed from office, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office; provided, however, that an officer may be removed for cause only after reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard by the board of directors prior to action thereon.

Section 3.6 Resignation . Any officer may resign by delivering or mailing postage prepaid a written resignation to the corporation at its principal office or to the president, secretary, or assistant secretary, if any, and such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless it is specified to be effective at some other time or upon the happening of some event.

Section 3.7 Vacancies . A vacancy in any office arising from any cause may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the board of directors.

Section 3.8 Chairman of the Board . The board of directors may appoint a chairman of the board. If the board of directors appoints a chairman of the board, he shall perform such duties and possess such powers as are assigned to him by the board of directors.

Section 3.9 Chief Executive Officer . The board of directors may appoint a chief executive officer, who may be a person other than the chairman of the board or the president. Unless a chairman of the board is so designated or except as otherwise voted by the board of directors, the chief executive officer shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the board of directors at which present. The chief executive officer shall have such duties and powers as are commonly incident to the office and such duties and powers as the board of directors shall from time to time designate.

 

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Section 3.10 President . The president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation, unless another person is so designated. The president shall have such duties and powers as are commonly incident to the office and such duties and powers as the board of directors shall from time to time designate.

Section 3.11 Vice-President(s) . The vice-president(s), if any, shall have such powers and perform such duties as the board of directors may from time to time determine.

Section 3.12 Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers . The treasurer, subject to the direction and under the supervision and control of the board of directors, shall have general charge of the financial affairs of the corporation. The treasurer shall have custody of all funds, securities and valuable papers of the corporation, except as the board of directors may otherwise provide. The treasurer shall keep or cause to be kept full and accurate records of account which shall be the property of the corporation, and which shall be always open to the inspection of each elected officer and director of the corporation. The treasurer shall deposit or cause to be deposited all funds of the corporation in such depository or depositories as may be authorized by the board of directors. The treasurer shall have the power to endorse for deposit or collection all notes, checks, drafts, and other negotiable instruments payable to the corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as are incidental to the office, and such other duties as may be assigned by the board of directors.

Assistant treasurers, if any, shall have such powers and perform such duties as the board of directors may from time to time determine.

Section 3.13 Secretary and Assistant Secretaries . The secretary shall record, or cause to be recorded, all proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders and directors (including committees thereof) in the book of records of this corporation. The record books shall be open at reasonable times to the inspection of any stockholder, director, or officer. The secretary shall notify the stockholders and directors, when required by law or by these by-laws, of their respective meetings, and shall perform such other duties as the directors and stockholders may from time to time prescribe. The secretary shall have the custody and charge of the corporate seal, and shall affix the seal of the corporation to all instruments requiring such seal, and shall certify under the corporate seal the proceedings of the directors and of the stockholders, when required. In the absence of the secretary at any such meeting, a temporary secretary shall be chosen who shall record the proceedings of the meeting in the aforesaid books.

Assistant secretaries, if any, shall have such powers and perform such duties as the board of directors may from time to time designate.

Section 3.14 Chairman Emeritus . The board of directors may appoint one or more positions designated as a “director emeritus” or “chairman emeritus” for former directors of the corporation. Any such person designated as a director or chairman emeritus shall function in an advisory role to the members of the board of directors, be entitled to attend all meetings of the board of directors as if such person were a director of the corporation, but shall not have the right to vote as a director on any matter.

 

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Section 3.15 Other Powers and Duties . Subject to these by-laws and to such limitations as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe, the officers of the corporation shall each have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, as well as such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred by the board of directors.

ARTICLE IV.

Capital Stock

Section 4.1 Stock Certificates . The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates in such form as shall, in conformity to law, be prescribed from time to time by the board of directors, provided that the board of directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the corporation. Each certificate shall be signed by the president or vice-president and treasurer or assistant treasurer or such other officers designated by the board of directors from time to time as permitted by law, shall bear the seal of the corporation, and shall express on its face its number, date of issue, class, the number of shares for which, and the name of the person to whom, it is issued. The corporate seal and any or all of the signatures of corporation officers may be facsimile.

If an officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed, or whose facsimile signature has been placed on, a certificate shall have ceased to be such before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the time of its issue.

Section 4.2 Transfer of Shares . Title to a certificate of stock and to the shares represented thereby shall be transferred only on the books of the corporation by delivery to the corporation or its transfer agent of the certificate properly endorsed, or by delivery of the certificate accompanied by a written assignment of the same, or a properly executed written power of attorney to sell, assign or transfer the same or the shares represented thereby. Upon surrender of a certificate for the shares being transferred, a new certificate or certificates shall be issued according to the interests of the parties.

Section 4.3 Record Holders . Except as otherwise may be required by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these by-laws, the corporation shall be entitled to treat the record hold of stock as shown on its books as the owner of such stock for all purposes, including the payment of dividends and the right to vote with respect thereto, regardless of any transfer, pledge or other disposition of such stock, until the shares have been transferred on the books of the corporation in accordance with the requirements of these by-laws.

It shall be the duty of each stockholder to notify the corporation of his post office address.

Section 4.4 Record Date . In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournments thereof, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date on which

 

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the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to receive notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.

(b) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors, and which record date shall not be more that 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent shall, by written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation, request the Board of Directors to fix a record date. The board of directors shall promptly, but in all events within 10 days after the date on which such a request is received, adopt a resolution fixing the record date. If no record date has been fixed by the board of directors within 10 days after the date on which such a request is received, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the board of directors is required by applicable law, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation. If no record date has been fixed by the board of directors and prior action by the board of director is required by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the date on which the board of directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

(c) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the board may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

Section 4.5 Transfer Agent and Registrar for Shares of Corporation . The board of directors may appoint a transfer agent and a registrar of the certificates of stock of the corporation. Any transfer agent so appointed shall maintain, among other records, a stockholders’ ledger, setting forth the names and addresses of the holders of all issued shares of stock of the corporation, the number of shares held by each, the certificate numbers representing such shares, and the date of issue of the certificates representing such shares. Any registrar so appointed shall maintain, among other records, a share register, setting forth the total number of shares of each class of shares which the corporation is authorized to issue and the total number of

 

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shares actually issued. The stockholders’ ledger and the share register are hereby identified as the stock transfer books of the corporation; but as between the stockholders’ ledger and the share register, the names and addresses of stockholders, as they appear on the stockholders’ ledger maintained by the transfer agent shall be the official list of stockholders of record of the corporation. The name and address of each stockholder of record, as they appear upon the stockholders’ ledger, shall be conclusive evidence of who are the stockholders entitled to receive notice of the meetings of stockholders, to vote at such meetings, to examine a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at meetings, and to own, enjoy and exercise any other property or rights deriving from such shares against the corporation. Stockholders, but not the corporation, its directors, officers, agents or attorneys, shall be responsible for notifying the transfer agent, in writing, of any changes in their names or addresses from time to time, and failure to do so will relieve the corporation, its other stockholders, directors, officers, agents and attorneys, and its transfer agent and registrar, of liability for failure to direct notices or other documents, or pay over or transfer dividends or other property or rights, to a name or address other than the name and address appearing in the stockholders’ ledger maintained by the transfer agent.

Section 4.6 Loss of Certificates . In case of the loss, destruction or mutilation of a certificate of stock, a replacement certificate may be issued in place thereof upon such terms as the board of directors may prescribe, including, in the discretion of the board of directors, a requirement of bond and indemnity to the corporation.

Section 4.7 Restrictions on Transfer . Every certificate for shares of stock which are subject to any restriction on transfer, whether pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, the by-laws or any agreement to which the corporation is a party, shall have the fact of the restriction noted conspicuously on the certificate and shall also set forth on the face or back either the full text of the restriction or a statement that the corporation will furnish a copy to the holder of such certificate upon written request and without charge.

Section 4.8 Multiple Classes of Stock . The amount and classes of the capital stock and the par value, if any, of the shares, shall be as fixed in the Certificate of Incorporation. At all times when there are two or more classes of stock, the several classes of stock shall conform to the description and the terms and have the respective preferences, voting powers, restrictions and qualifications set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and these by-laws. Every certificate issued when the corporation is authorized to issue more than one class or series of stock shall set forth on its face or back either (i) the full text of the preferences, voting powers, qualifications and special and relative rights of the shares of each class and series authorized to be issued, or (ii) a statement of the existence of such preferences, powers, qualifications and rights, and a statement that the corporation will furnish a copy thereof to the holder of such certificate upon written request and without charge.

ARTICLE V.

Dividends

Section 5.1 Declaration of Dividends . Except as otherwise required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the board of directors may, in its discretion, declare what, if any, dividends shall be paid from the surplus or from the net profits of the corporation for the current or preceding fiscal year, or as otherwise permitted by law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, in shares of the corporation’s stock, or in any combination thereof. Dividends shall be payable upon such dates as the board of directors may designate.

 

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Section 5.2 Reserves . Before the payment of any dividend and before making any distribution of profits, the board of directors, from time to time and in its absolute discretion, shall have power to set aside out of the surplus or net profits of the corporation such sum or sums as the board of directors deems proper and sufficient as a reserve fund to meet contingencies or for such other purpose as the board of directors shall deem to be in the best interests of the corporation, and the board of directors may modify or abolish any such reserve.

ARTICLE VI.

Powers of Officers to Contract

with the Corporation

Any and all of the directors and officers of the corporation, notwithstanding their official relations to it, may enter into and perform any contract or agreement of any nature between the corporation and themselves, or any and all of the individuals from time to time constituting the board of directors of the corporation, or any firm or corporation in which any such director may be interested, directly or indirectly, whether such individual, firm or corporation thus contracting with the corporation shall thereby derive personal or corporate profits or benefits or otherwise; provided, that (i) the material facts of such interest are disclosed or are known to the board of directors or committee thereof which authorizes such contract or agreement; (ii) if the material facts as to such person’s relationship or interest are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract is specifically approved in good faith by a vote of the stockholders; or (iii) the contract or agreement is fair as to the corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the board of directors, a committee thereof, or the stockholders. Any director of the corporation who is interested in any transaction as aforesaid may nevertheless be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the board of directors which shall authorize or ratify any such transaction. This Article shall not be construed to invalidate any contract or other transaction which would otherwise be valid under the common or statutory law applicable thereto.

ARTICLE VII.

Indemnification

Section 7.1 Right to Indemnification . Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation or, while a director or officer of the corporation, is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), where the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than permitted

 

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prior thereto), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators; provided , however , that, except as provided in Section 7.3 hereof with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the board of directors of the corporation.

Section 7.2 Right to Advancement of Expenses . The right to indemnification conferred in Section 7.1 shall include the right to be paid by the corporation the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding for which such right to indemnification is applicable in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided , however , that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section or otherwise.

Section 7.3 Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit . The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in Section 7.1 and Section 7.2, respectively, shall be contract rights. If a claim under Section 7.1 or Section 7.2 is not paid in full by the corporation within sixty days after a written claim has been received by the corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (A) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (B) in any suit by the corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking the corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its board of directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its board of directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of

 

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expenses hereunder, or by the corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Section or otherwise shall be on the corporation.

Section 7.4 Non-Exclusivity . The rights of indemnification and to receive advancement of expenses as provided by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which an indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these by-laws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of the board of directors, or otherwise. No amendment, alteration, rescission or replacement of this Article or any provision hereof shall be effective as to an indemnitee with respect to any action taken or omitted by such indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer or with respect to any state of facts then or previously existing or any proceeding previously or thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or to the extent based in part upon any such state of facts existing prior to such amendment, alteration, rescission or replacement.

Section 7.5 Insurance . The corporation may maintain, at its expense, an insurance policy or policies to protect itself and any indemnitee, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or another enterprise against liability arising out of this Article or otherwise, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify any such person against such liability under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

Section 7.6 No Duplicative Payment . The corporation shall not be liable under this Article to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder if and to the extent that an indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

Section 7.7 Severability . If any provision or provisions of this Article shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever:

(a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article (including without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Article containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and

(b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Article containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

ARTICLE VIII.

Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 8.1 Certificate of Incorporation . All references in these by-laws to the Certificate of Incorporation shall be deemed to refer to the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation, as amended and in effect from time to time.

 

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Section 8.2 Fiscal Year . Except as from time to time otherwise provided by the board of directors, the fiscal year of the corporation shall end on the Saturday closest to September 30 of each year.

Section 8.3 Corporate Seal . The board of directors shall have the power to adopt and alter the seal of the corporation.

Section 8.4 Execution of Instruments . All deeds, leases, transfers, contracts, bonds, notes, and other obligations authorized to be executed by an officer of the corporation on its behalf shall be signed by the president or the treasurer except as the board of directors may generally or in particular cases otherwise determine.

Section 8.5 Voting of Securities . Unless the board of directors otherwise provides, the president or the treasurer may waive notice of and act on behalf of this corporation, or appoint another person or persons to act as proxy or attorney in fact for this corporation with or without discretionary power and/or power of substitution, at any meeting of stockholders or shareholders of any other corporation or organization, any of whose securities are held by this corporation.

Section 8.6 Evidence of Authority . A certificate by the secretary or any assistant secretary as to any action taken by the stockholders, directors or any officer or representative of the corporation shall, as to all persons who rely thereon in good faith, be conclusive evidence of such action. The exercise of any power which by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these by-laws, or under any vote of the stockholders or the board of directors, may be exercised by an officer of the corporation only in the event of absence of another officer or any other contingency shall bind the corporation in favor of anyone relying thereon in good faith, whether or not such absence or contingency existed.

Section 8.7 Corporate Records . Any books or records maintained by the Corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account, and minute books, may be kept on, or by means of, or be in the form of, any information storage device or method; provided , however , that the books and records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time. The Corporation shall so convert any books or records so kept upon the request of any person entitled to inspect such records pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

Section 8.8 Charitable Contributions . The board of directors from time to time may authorize contributions to be made by the corporation in such amounts as it may determine to be reasonable to corporations, trusts, funds or foundations organized and operated exclusively for charitable, scientific or educational purposes, no part of the net earning of which inures to the private benefit of any stockholder or individual.

Section 8.9 Communications of Notices . Any notice required to be given under these by-laws may be given by (i) delivery in person, (ii) mailing it, postage prepaid, first class, (iii) mailing it by nationally or internationally recognized second day or faster courier service, or (iv) electronic transmission, in each case, to the addressee; provided however that facsimile transmission or electronic transmission may only be used if the addressee has consented to such means.

 

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Section 8.10 Electronic Transmissions . Notwithstanding any reference in these by-laws to written instruments, all notices, meetings, consents and other communications contemplated by these by-laws may be conducted by means of an electronic transmission, to the extent permitted by law, if specifically authorized by the board of directors of the corporation.

ARTICLE IX.

Amendments

Section 9.1 Amendment by Stockholders . These by-laws may be amended altered or repealed by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting by vote or a majority of all shares outstanding and entitled to vote, except that where the effect of the amendment would be to reduce any voting requirement otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws, such amendment shall require the vote that would have been required by such other provision. Notice and a copy of any proposal to amend these by-laws must be included in the notice of meeting of stockholders at which action is taken upon such amendment.

Section 9.2 Amendment by Board of Directors . These by-laws may be amended or altered by the board of directors at a meeting duly called for the purpose by majority vote of the directors then in office, except that directors shall not amend the by-laws in a manner which:

(a) changes the stockholder voting requirements for any action;

(b) alters or abolishes any preferential right or right of redemption applicable to a class or series of stock with shares already outstanding;

(c) alters the provisions of Article IX hereof; or

(d) permits the board of directors to take any action which under law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these by-laws is required to be taken by the stockholders.

Any amendment of these by-laws by the board of directors may be altered or repealed by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders.

 

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Exhibit 4.2

CYTYC CORPORATION

2.25% SENIOR CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE 2024

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of October 22, 2007

U.S. Bank Trust National Association,

as Trustee

 


FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of October 22, 2007, by and among Hologic, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Hologic ”), Cytyc Corporation (the “ Successor ”), a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Hologic formerly known as Nor’easter Corp., as successor to Cytyc Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Predecessor ”), and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

WHEREAS, the Predecessor and the Trustee executed an indenture, dated as of March 22, 2004 (the “ Indenture ”), under which the Predecessor issued $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.25% Senior Convertible Notes due 2024 (the “ Notes ”); and

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 20, 2007 (the “ Merger Agreement ”), among Hologic, the Predecessor and the Successor, the Predecessor was merged with and into the Successor, with the Successor continuing as the surviving corporation under the name “Cytyc Corporation” (the “ Merger ”); and

WHEREAS, Section 12.01 of the Indenture permits the Company to merge with or into another Person, provided that, among other things, (i) the surviving Person is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (ii) such Person expressly assumes by supplemental indenture the due and punctual payment of the principal of and Interest on all of the Notes, according to their tenor and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be performed by the Company and (iii) immediately after giving effect to such merger, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and

WHEREAS, at the effective time of the Merger, each issued and outstanding share of common stock of the Predecessor was converted into: (i) 0.52 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Hologic (“ Hologic Common Stock ”) and (ii) $16.50 in cash without interest (together with the Hologic Common Stock, the “ Merger Consideration ”); and

WHEREAS, the Successor, Hologic and the Trustee desire to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture as required by Sections 3.05(e), 12.01 and 15.06 of the Indenture to provide, among other things, for the delivery of the Merger Consideration upon conversion of the Notes; and

WHEREAS, Hologic desires to irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee the full and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes when due, whether at maturity, upon redemption or acceleration or otherwise, and all other monetary obligations assumed by the Successor pursuant hereto under the Indenture and the Notes (such guarantee, the “ Hologic Guarantee ”); and

WHEREAS, (a) Section 11.01(a) of the Indenture permits the Successor, with the consent of the Trustee, to enter into a supplemental indenture, without the consent of any Noteholder, to make provision with respect to the conversion rights of the holders of Notes pursuant to the requirements of Section 15.06 of the Indenture and the repurchase obligations of the Company pursuant to the requirements of Section 3.05(e) of the Indenture; (b) Section 11.01(c) of the Indenture permits the Successor, with the consent of the Trustee, to enter into a supplemental indenture, without the consent of any Noteholder, to

 

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evidence the succession of the Successor to the Company and the assumption by the Successor of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company pursuant to Article 12 of the Indenture; and (c) Section 11.01(g) of the Indenture permits the Successor, with the consent of the Trustee, to enter into a supplemental indenture, without the consent of any Noteholder, to make provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under the Indenture that shall not materially adversely affect interests of the holders of the Notes; and

WHEREAS, each of the Successor and Hologic has been authorized by resolutions of its Board of Directors to enter into this Supplemental Indenture, and has previously delivered to the Trustee certified copies of those resolutions; and

WHEREAS, Hologic and the Successor have requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture, and all things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with its terms and to make the Hologic Guarantee provided for herein the valid obligation of the Hologic have been done, and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized in all respects;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Hologic, the Successor and the Trustee, for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Noteholders, agree as follows:

1. For purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise herein expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: (i) the capitalized terms and expressions used herein shall have the same meaning as corresponding terms and expressions used in the Indenture; and (ii) the words, “herein,” “hereof,” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

2. The Successor hereby assumes all of the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the Indenture (including, without limitation, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and Interest on all of the Notes according to their tenor and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be performed by the Company). Except as expressly set forth below, the Successor shall succeed to and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of the Company under the Indenture with the same effect as if the Successor had been named as the “Company” in the Indenture.

3. Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 15.01(b)(ii) and 15.06 of the Indenture, from and after the effective time of the Merger, the Notes shall no longer be convertible into shares of Common Stock of the Company but instead shall be convertible into the Merger Consideration as follows: a holder of any Note may, at any time prior to the close of business on March 15, 2024, and subject to the conversion provisions of the Indenture, convert each $1,000 principal amount of Notes into (x) 17.526132 shares of Hologic Common Stock and (y) cash in the amount of $556.11765 (such shares of Hologic Common Stock and amount of cash issuable per $1,000 of principal amount of a Note being referred to herein as the “Conversion Rate” and replacing the definition of Conversion Rate contained in Section 15.04 of the Indenture), subject to earlier termination of such right if the Note is redeemed or called for redemption under Article II of the Indenture. Pursuant to the formula set forth in the foregoing

 

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sentence of this Section 3, each reference in the Indenture and the Notes that refers to the delivery of Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes shall be read to also require delivery of the cash due upon conversion pursuant to the formula in the foregoing sentence.

4. From and after the Effective Time of the Merger, all references to the “Company” in Article 15 shall be read to be a reference to Hologic.

5. For purposes of the defined terms “ Board of Directors ,” “ Common Stock ,” “ Officer ,” “ Officer’s Certificate ,” “ Opinion of Counsel ” and “ Significant Subsidiary ” appearing in Section 1.01 of the Indenture, all references to the “Company” contained therein shall be read to be a reference to Hologic.

6. For purposes of Sections 16.01 and 16.05 of the Indenture, all references to the “Company” contained therein shall be read to be a reference to the Company or Hologic.

7. Hologic irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each holder of Notes, and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, the full and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity or upon redemption or acceleration or otherwise, and all other monetary obligations of the Company under the Indenture and the Notes, including obligations to the Trustee, in each case according to the terms of the Indenture and the Notes. Hologic agrees that in the case of default by the Company in the payment of any such principal, interest or other obligations, Hologic shall duly and punctually pay the same. Hologic hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of any extension of the time for payment of the Notes, any modification of the Notes, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, any failure to enforce the same or any waiver, modification, consent or indulgence granted to the Company with respect thereto by any holder of Notes or the Trustee, or any other circumstances which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor. Hologic hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of a merger or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a demand or proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with respect to the Notes or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Hologic Guarantee will not be discharged as to any Note except by payment in full of the principal of, interest and other amounts payable with respect to such Note pursuant to such Note or the Indenture.

For so long as any Notes are outstanding, Hologic will guarantee the delivery of the cash and shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes pursuant to the terms of the Indenture (as amended by this Supplemental Indenture) and the Notes.

This Hologic Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment on any Note, in whole or in part, is rescinded or must otherwise be restored to the Company or Hologic upon the bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.

Hologic shall be subrogated to all rights of the Noteholders against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by Hologic pursuant to the provisions of this Hologic Guarantee or the Indenture; provided, however, that Hologic hereby waives any and all rights to which it may be entitled, by operation of law or otherwise, upon making any payment hereunder (i) to be subrogated to the rights of a Noteholder against

 

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the Company with respect to such payment or otherwise to be reimbursed, indemnified or exonerated by the Company in respect thereof or (ii) to receive any payment in the nature of contribution or for any other reason from any other obligor with respect to such payment, in each case, until the principal of and interest on the Notes shall have been paid in full.

Any term or provision of this Supplemental Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of this Hologic Guarantee shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering this Hologic Guarantee voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyances or fraudulent transfers or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

8. Upon satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture in accordance with Article 13 thereof, Hologic will be released and relieved of any obligations under its Hologic Guarantee. So long as Hologic is not released from its obligations under the Hologic Guarantee as provided in this Section 8, Hologic will remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest and premium on the Notes and for the other obligations of the Successor under the Indenture as provided in Section 7 above.

9. Section 16.03 of the Indenture is hereby amended to delete the address information for the Company and replace it with the following information:

If to the Company or Hologic:

Hologic, Inc.

35 Crosby Drive.

Bedford, Massachusetts, MA 01730

Attn: Chief Financial Officer

With a copy to:

Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP

One Financial Center

Boston, MA 02111

Attn: Philip J. Flink, Esq.

Fax: (617) 856-8201

10. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

11. In the event that any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

12. Any covenants and agreements in this Supplemental Indenture by the Successor, Hologic and the Trustee shall bind their successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

13. This Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.

 

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14. On the date hereof, the Indenture shall be supplemented and amended in accordance herewith, and this Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Notes heretofore and hereafter authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be bound thereby.

15. Except as amended by this Supplemental Indenture, the terms and provisions of the Indenture shall remain in full force and effect.

16. The Successor has delivered to the Trustee prior to the execution of this Supplemental Indenture an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel pursuant to Sections 11.05 and 12.03 of the Indenture.

17 The Trustee accepts the modifications to the Indenture effected by this Supplemental Indenture, but only upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the recitals herein contained, which shall be taken as the statements of the Successor and Hologic, and the Trustee shall not be responsible or accountable in any way whatsoever for or with respect to the validity or execution or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture, and the Trustee makes no representation with respect thereto.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be executed by their duly authorized representative as of the date hereof.

HOLOGIC, INC.

 

By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration
CYTYC CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:  

/s/ Jean Clarke

Name:   Jean Clarke
Title:   Assistant Vice President

 

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Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

dated as of October 22, 2007

among

HOLOGIC, INC.,

CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLOGIC, INC.,

as Guarantors,

VARIOUS LENDERS,

GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,

and BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,

as Joint Lead Arrangers,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Syndication Agent,

GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,

and

CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

RBS CITIZENS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

and FIFTH THIRD BANK, AN OHIO BANKING CORPORATION,

as Co-Documentation Agents

 


$2,550,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Facilities

 



TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

   2
   1.1. Definitions    2
   1.2. Accounting Terms    39
   1.3. Interpretation, etc.    39
   1.4. Letter of Credit Amounts    39
   1.5. Exchange Rates    40

SECTION 2. LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT

   40
   2.1. Term Loans    40
   2.2. Revolving Loans    41
   2.3. Swing Line Loans    42
   2.4. Issuance of Letters of Credit and Purchase of Participations Therein    44
   2.5. Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds    49
   2.6. Use of Proceeds    50
   2.7. Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes    50
   2.8. Interest on Loans    51
   2.9. Conversion/Continuation    53
   2.10. Default Interest    54
   2.11. Fees    54
   2.12. Scheduled Payments/Commitment Reductions    55
   2.13. Voluntary Prepayments/Commitment Reductions    59
   2.14. Mandatory Prepayments/Commitment Reductions    61
   2.15. Application of Prepayments/Reductions    63
   2.16. General Provisions Regarding Payments    65
   2.17. Ratable Sharing    66
   2.18. Making or Maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans    67
   2.19. Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy    68
   2.20. Taxes; Withholding, etc.    70
   2.21. Obligation to Mitigate    73
   2.22. Defaulting Lenders    73
   2.23. Removal or Replacement of a Lender    74
   2.24. Incremental Facilities    75

SECTION 3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

   77
   3.1. Closing Date    77
   3.2. Conditions to Each Credit Extension    82

SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

   83
   4.1. Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification    83
   4.2. Equity Interests and Ownership    84
   4.3. Due Authorization    84
   4.4. No Conflict    84
   4.5. Governmental Consents    84

 

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   4.6. Binding Obligation    85
   4.7. Historical Financial Statements    85
   4.8. Projections    85
   4.9. No Material Adverse Change    85
   4.10. No Restricted Junior Payments    85
   4.11. Adverse Proceedings, etc.    85
   4.12. Payment of Taxes    86
   4.13. Properties    86
   4.14. Environmental Matters    87
   4.15. No Defaults    88
   4.16. Material Contracts    88
   4.17. Governmental Regulation    88
   4.18. Margin Stock    88
   4.19. Employee Matters    88
   4.20. Employee Benefit Plans    88
   4.21. Certain Fees    89
   4.22. Solvency    89
   4.23. Related Agreements    89
   4.24. Compliance with Statutes, etc.    90
   4.25. Disclosure    90
   4.26. Patriot Act    90
SECTION 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS    90
   5.1. Financial Statements and Other Reports    91
   5.2. Existence    95
   5.3. Payment of Taxes and Claims    95
   5.4. Maintenance of Properties    95
   5.5. Insurance    95
   5.6. Books and Records; Inspections    96
   5.7. Lenders Meetings    96
   5.8. Compliance with Laws    96
   5.9. Environmental    97
   5.10. Subsidiaries    98
   5.11. Additional Material Real Estate Assets    98
   5.12. Interest Rate Protection    99
   5.13. Further Assurances    99
   5.14. Merger    99
   5.15. Miscellaneous Covenants    100
SECTION 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS    100
   6.1. Indebtedness    100
   6.2. Liens    104
   6.3. No Further Negative Pledges    105
   6.4. Restricted Junior Payments    106
   6.5. Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions    107
   6.6. Investments    107
   6.7. Financial Covenants    108

 

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   6.8. Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions    110
   6.9. Disposal of Subsidiary Interests    112
   6.10. Sales and Lease-Backs    112
   6.11. Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates    112
   6.12. Conduct of Business    113
   6.13. Amendments or Waivers of Organizational Documents and Certain Related Agreements    113
   6.14. Amendments or Waivers of with respect to Senior Unsecured Indebtedness and Subordinated Indebtedness    113
   6.15. Fiscal Year    114
   6.16. Massachusetts Securities Corporation    114

SECTION 7. GUARANTY

   114
   7.1. Guaranty of the Obligations    114
   7.2. Contribution by Guarantors    114
   7.3. Payment by Guarantors    115
   7.4. Liability of Guarantors Absolute    115
   7.5. Waivers by Guarantors    117
   7.6. Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, etc.    118
   7.7. Subordination of Other Obligations    119
   7.8. Continuing Guaranty    119
   7.9. Authority of Guarantors or Borrower    119
   7.10. Financial Condition of Borrower    119
   7.11. Bankruptcy, etc.    119
   7.12. Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor    120

SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

   120
   8.1. Events of Default    120

SECTION 9. AGENTS

   123
   9.1. Appointment of Agents    123
   9.2. Powers and Duties    124
   9.3. General Immunity    124
   9.4. Agents Entitled to Act as Lender    125
   9.5. Lenders’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment    126
   9.6. Right to Indemnity    126
   9.7. Successor Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Swing Line Lender    127
   9.8. Collateral Documents and Guaranty    128
   9.9. Withholding Taxes    130

SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS

   130
   10.1. Notices    130
   10.2. Expenses    132
   10.3. Indemnity    132
   10.4. Set-Off    133
   10.5. Amendments and Waivers    133
   10.6. Successors and Assigns; Participations    136

 

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   10.7. Independence of Covenants    139
   10.8. Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements    139
   10.9. No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative    140
   10.10. Marshalling; Payments Set Aside    140
   10.11. Severability    140
   10.12. Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights    140
   10.13. Headings    141

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   10.14. APPLICABLE LAW    141
   10.15. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION    141
   10.16. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL    141
   10.17. Confidentiality    142
   10.18. Usury Savings Clause    143
   10.19. Counterparts    143
   10.20. Effectiveness; Entire Agreement    143
   10.21. Patriot Act    144
   10.22. Electronic Execution of Assignments    144
   10.23. No Fiduciary Duty    144

 

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APPENDICES:

   A-1   Tranche A Term Loan Commitments
   A-2   Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments
   A-3   Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments
   A-4   Tranche X Term Loan Commitments
   A-5   Revolving Commitments
   B   Notice Addresses

SCHEDULES:

   1.1A   Asset Sales
   1.1B   Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries
   3.1(h)   Closing Date Mortgaged Properties
   4.1   Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualification, Capital Structure
   4.2   Equity Interests and Ownership
   4.11   Adverse Proceedings
   4.13   Real Estate Assets
   4.13(c)   Intellectual Property
   4.16   Material Contracts
   6.1   Certain Indebtedness
   6.2   Certain Liens
   6.3   Negative Pledges
   6.5   Certain Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions
   6.6(l)   Certain Investments
   6.8(i)   Transfer or Licensing of Non-Core Technology
   6.10   Sale and Leasebacks
   6.11   Certain Affiliate Transactions

EXHIBITS:

   A-1   Funding Notice
   A-2   Conversion/Continuation Notice
   A-3   Letter of Credit Application
   B-1   Tranche A Term Loan Note
   B-2   Tranche B-1 Term Loan Note
   B-3   Tranche B-2 Term Loan Note
   B-4   Tranche B Term Loan Note
   B-5   Tranche X Term Loan Note
   B-6   Revolving Loan Note
   B-7   Swing Line Note
   C   Compliance Certificate
   D   Opinions of Counsel
   E   Assignment Agreement
   F   Certificate Re Non-Bank Status
   G-1   Closing Date Certificate
   G-2   Solvency Certificate
   H   Counterpart Agreement
   I   Pledge and Security Agreement
   J   Mortgage
   K   Landlord Waiver and Consent Agreement

 

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   L    Intercompany Note
   M    Joinder Agreement

 

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CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

This CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT , dated as of October 22, 2007, is entered into by and among HOLOGIC, INC. , a Delaware corporation ( “Borrower” ), CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF BORROWER , as Guarantors, the Lenders party hereto from time to time, GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. ( “GSCP” ) and BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC ( “BAS” ), as Joint Lead Arrangers (in such capacity, “Joint Lead Arrangers” ), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. , as Syndication Agent (in such capacity, “Syndication Agent” ), GSCP, as Administrative Agent (together with its permitted successors in such capacity, “Administrative Agent” ) and as Collateral Agent (together with its permitted successor in such capacity, “Collateral Agent” ), and CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC. ( “Citicorp” ), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. ( “JPM” ), RBS CITIZENS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ( “Citizens” ) and FIFTH THIRD BANK, AN OHIO BANKING CORPORATION ( “Fifth Third” ) , as co-Documentation Agents (in such capacity, “Documentation Agents ”).

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, capitalized terms used in these Recitals shall have the respective meanings set forth for such terms in Section 1.1 hereof;

WHEREAS, Borrower has entered into that certain Merger Agreement dated as of May 20, 2007 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement” ), by and among Nor’easter Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower (the “MergerSub” ), and Cytyc Corporation (the “Target” and together with its subsidiaries, the “Acquired Business” ), pursuant to which the Target will be acquired by (the “Acquisition” ) and merged with and into (the “Merger” ) the MergerSub, with the outstanding capital stock of the Target being cancelled and converted into the right to receive 0.52 shares of the common stock of the Company per share of the common stock of the Target and $16.50 in cash consideration per share of the common stock of the Target, subject to dissenters’ rights.

WHEREAS , Lenders have agreed to extend certain credit facilities to Borrower (a) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,350,000,000, consisting of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Tranche A Term Loans, $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Tranche B-1 Term Loans, $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Tranche B-2 Term Loans and $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Tranche X Term Loans, the proceeds of which will be used to fund (i) the Acquisition, (ii) the refinancing or retiring of certain of the Existing Specified Indebtedness (including the financing of the Tender Offer), and (iii) payment of Transaction Costs and (b) up to $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Revolving Commitments, the proceeds of which will be used (i) to fund a portion of the Acquisition, (ii) for capital expenditures and Permitted Acquisitions, (iii) to provide for the ongoing working capital requirements of the Borrower and (iv) for general corporate purposes;

WHEREAS, Borrower has agreed to secure all of its Obligations by granting to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien on substantially all of its assets, including a pledge of all of the Equity Interests of certain of its Domestic Subsidiaries and 65% of all the Equity Interests of certain of its First-Tier Foreign Subsidiaries; and


WHEREAS, Guarantors have agreed to guarantee the obligations of Borrower hereunder and to secure their respective Obligations by granting to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien on substantially all of their respective assets, including a pledge of all of the Equity Interests on certain of their respective Domestic Subsidiaries and 65% of all the Equity Interests of each of their respective First-Tier Foreign Subsidiaries.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

1.1. Definitions. The following terms used herein, including in the preamble, recitals, exhibits and schedules hereto, shall have the following meanings:

“Acquired Business” as defined in the second recital hereto.

“Acquisition” as defined in the second recital hereto.

“Acquisition Condition” means, with respect to any determination under Section 6.1(n) as to whether proceeds of the issuance of Senior Unsecured Indebtedness may be applied by the Borrower to make Permitted Acquisitions, that both of the following conditions shall have been satisfied as at such date of determination, in each case calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the proposed application of the proceeds of such Indebtedness (including in respect of the proposed Permitted Acquisition) in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.7(c): (i) the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be less than 2.00, and (ii) the Leverage Ratio shall be no greater than the level therefor otherwise applicable in accordance with Section 6.7, minus 0.25.

“Adjusted Consolidated Interest Expense” means for any period, total interest expense in accordance with GAAP (including that portion attributable to Capital Leases in accordance with GAAP and capitalized interest) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and net costs under Interest Rate Agreements, but excluding, however, any amount not payable in Cash and any amounts referred to in Section 2.11(d) payable on or before the Closing Date and excluding imputed non-cash interest charges relating to convertible bonds now or hereafter outstanding.

“Adjusted Eurodollar Rate” means, for any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to an Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum obtained by dividing (and rounding upward to the next whole multiple of 1/16 of 1%) (i) (a) the rate per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate which appears on the page of the Reuters Screen which displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate (such page currently being

 

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LIBOR01 page) 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 (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 to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which displays an average British Bankers Association Interest 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, or (c) in the event the rates referenced in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) are not available, the rate per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the offered quotation rate to first class banks in the London interbank market by Bank of America, N.A. for deposits (for delivery on the first day of the relevant period) in Dollars of amounts in same day funds comparable to the principal amount of the applicable Loan of Administrative Agent, in its capacity as a Lender, for which the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate is then being determined with maturities comparable to such period as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, by (ii) an amount equal to (a) one minus (b) the Applicable Reserve Requirement.

“Administrative Agent” as defined in the preamble hereto.

“Adverse Proceeding” means any action, suit, proceeding, hearing (whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign (including any Environmental Claims), whether pending or, to the knowledge of any Authorized Officer of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any property of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

“Affected Lender” as defined in Section 2.18(b).

“Affected Loans” as defined in Section 2.18(b).

“Affiliate” means (a) as applied to any Person that is not a Credit Party or an Affiliate (as determined under clause (b) below) of a Credit Party, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power (i) to vote 5% or more of the Securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise; and (b) as applied to any Person that is a Credit Party, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power (i) to vote 10% or more of the Securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.

 

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“Agent” means each of Administrative Agent, Syndication Agent, Collateral Agent and Documentation Agents.

“Agent Affiliates” as defined in Section 10.1(b).

“Aggregate Amounts Due” as defined in Section 2.17.

“Aggregate Payments” as defined in Section 7.2.

“Agreed Currency” means Dollars, Euro, Pounds Sterling, Japanese Yen, Swiss Francs, and such other currencies as are acceptable to the Issuing Bank.

“Agreement” means this Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2007, as it may be refinanced, amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Applicable Margin” and “Applicable Revolving Commitment Fee Percentage” mean (i) with respect to Revolving Loans and Tranche A Term Loans that are Eurodollar Rate Loans and the Applicable Revolving Commitment Fee Percentage, (a) from the Closing Date until the date of delivery of the Compliance Certificate and the financial statements for the period ending December 31, 2007, a percentage, per annum, determined by reference to Tier 2 in the following table; and (b) thereafter, a percentage, per annum, determined by reference to the Leverage Ratio in effect from time to time as set forth below:

 

Tier

 

Leverage Ratio

 

Applicable Margin

 

Applicable Revolving

Commitment Fee

Percentage

Tier 1

  > 4.50:1.00   2.50%   0.50%

Tier 2

 

< 4.50:1.00

> 3.50:1.00

  2.25%   0.50%

Tier 3

 

< 3.50:1.00

> 2.00:1.00

  2.00%   0.375%

Tier 4

 

< 2.00:1.00

> 1.00:1.00

  1.75%   0.375%

Tier 5

  < 1.00:1.00   1.50%   0.25%

; (ii) with respect to Tranche X Term Loans that are Eurodollar Rate Loans, a percentage, per annum, determined by reference to Tier 4 in the above table; and (iii) with respect to Swing Line Loans, Revolving Loans, Tranche A Term Loans and Tranche X Term Loans that are Base Rate Loans, an amount equal to (a) the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Rate Loans as set forth in clause (i)(a), (i)(b) or (ii) above, as applicable, minus (b) 1.00% per annum. No change in the Applicable Margin or the Applicable Revolving Commitment Fee Percentage shall be effective until three Business Days after the date on which Administrative Agent shall have received the applicable financial statements and a Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 5.1(d)

 

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calculating the Leverage Ratio. At any time Borrower has not submitted to Administrative Agent the applicable information as and when required under Section 5.1(d), the Applicable Margin and the Applicable Revolving Commitment Fee Percentage shall be determined by reference to Tier 2 in the above table. Within one Business Day after receipt of the applicable information under Section 5.1(d), Administrative Agent shall give each Lender telefacsimile or telephonic notice (confirmed in writing) of the Applicable Margin and the Applicable Revolving Commitment Fee Percentage in effect from such date. In the event that any financial statement or certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.1 is shown to be inaccurate (at a time when this Agreement is in effect and unpaid Obligations under this Agreement are outstanding (other than indemnities and other contingent obligations not yet due and payable), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin for any period (an “ Applicable Period ”) than the Applicable Margin applied for such Applicable Period, then (i) Borrower shall immediately deliver to Administrative Agent a correct certificate required by Section 5.1 for such Applicable Period, (ii) the Applicable Margin shall be determined by reference to Tier 1 in the above table for such Applicable Period and (iii) Borrower shall immediately pay to Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest owing as a result of such increased Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the right of Administrative Agent or any Lender under Section 2.10 or Section 8.

“Applicable Reserve Requirement” means, at any time, for any Eurodollar Rate 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) under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors 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 member banks with respect to (i) any category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the applicable Adjusted Eurodollar Rate or any other interest rate of a Loan is to be determined, or (ii) any category of extensions of credit or other assets which include Eurodollar Rate Loans. A Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency liabilities and as such shall be deemed subject to reserve requirements without benefits of credit for proration, exceptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to the applicable Lender. The rate of interest on Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the Applicable Reserve Requirement.

Approved Electronic Communications ” means any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material that any Credit Party provides to Administrative Agent pursuant to any Credit Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed to the Agents or to the lenders by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 10.1(b).

“Asset Sale” means a sale, lease or sub-lease (as lessor or sublessor), sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, exclusive license (as licensor or sublicensor), transfer or other disposition to, or any exchange of property with, any Person (other than Borrower or any Guarantor), in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or any part of Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ businesses, assets or properties of any kind, whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, created, leased or

 

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licensed, including the Equity Interests of any of Borrower’s Subsidiaries, other than (i) inventory (or other assets) sold, leased or licensed out in the ordinary course of business (excluding any such sales, leases or licenses out by operations or divisions discontinued or to be discontinued), (ii) sales, leases or licenses out of other assets for aggregate consideration of less than $10,000,000 with respect to any transaction or series of related transactions and less than $20,000,000 in the aggregate during any Fiscal Year, (iii) the transactions listed on Schedule 1.1A and (iv) the surrender or waiver of contract rights on the settlement, release or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind or the non-exclusive cross-license of Intellectual Property (including in connection with the settlement of Adverse Proceedings listed on Schedule 4.11).

“Assignment Agreement” means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E, with such amendments or modifications as may be approved by Administrative Agent.

“Assignment Effective Date” as defined in Section 10.6(b).

“Authorized Officer” means, as applied to any Person, any individual holding the position of chief executive officer, or president, and such Person’s chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, corporate controller or treasurer (or, in each such case, the equivalent position however titled).

“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 greater of (i) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus  1 / 2 of 1%. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.

“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.

“Beneficiary” means each Agent, Issuing Bank, Lender and Lender Counterparty.

“Board of Governors” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States, or any successor thereto.

“Borrower” as defined in the preamble hereto.

“Business Day” means (i) 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 (ii) with respect to all notices, determinations, fundings and payments in connection with the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate or any Eurodollar Rate Loans, the term “Business Day” shall mean any day which is a Business Day described in clause (i) and which is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

 

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“Business Plan” as defined in Section 5.1(i).

“Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.

“Cash” means money, currency or a credit balance in any demand or Deposit Account.

“Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date of determination, (i) marketable securities (a) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the United States Government or (b) issued by any agency of the United States the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year after such date; (ii) marketable 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 maturing within one year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s; (iii) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s; (iv) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year after such date and issued or accepted by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that (a) is at least “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary Federal banking regulator) and (b) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than $100,000,000; and (v) shares of any money market mutual fund that (a) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clauses (i) through (iii) above, (b) has net assets of not less than $500,000,000, and (c) has the highest rating obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s.

“Cash Management Agreements” means those agreements entered into from time to time by Borrower or its Subsidiaries with a Cash Management Provider in connection with the obtaining of any Cash Management Services that has been designated by Borrower and such Cash Management Provider by notice to Administrative Agent as a Cash Management Agreement.

“Cash Management Obligations” means all obligations, liabilities, contingent reimbursement obligations, fees and expenses owing by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to any Cash Management Provider pursuant to or evidenced by the Cash Management Agreements and irrespective of whether for the payment of money, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising.

“Cash Management Provider” means any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender which provides Cash Management Services to Borrower or its Subsidiaries; provided that each such Affiliate shall appoint Collateral Agent as its agent and agree to be bound by the Credit Documents as a Secured Party, subject to Section 9.8(c).

 

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“Cash Management Services” means any cash management, including controlled disbursement, accounts or related services (including the Automated Clearing House processing of electronic funds transfers through the direct Federal Reserve Fedline system) provided to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by a Cash Management Provider.

“Certificate re Non-Bank Status” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F.

“Change of Control” means, at any time, (i) any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) (a) shall have acquired beneficial ownership of 35% or more on a fully diluted basis of the voting and/or economic interest in the Equity Interests of Borrower or (b) shall have obtained the power (whether or not exercised) to elect a majority of the members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Borrower; (ii) the majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Borrower ceases to be occupied by Persons who either (a) were members of the board of directors of Borrower on the Closing Date or (b) were nominated for election by the board of directors of Borrower or a nominating committee thereof, a majority of whom were directors on the Closing Date or whose election or nomination for election was previously approved by a majority of such directors or (iii) the occurrence of a “Change of Control” (or any comparable term) under, and as defined in, the documents evidencing any Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.1(o) or Section 6.1(n).

“Class” means (i) with respect to Lenders, each of the following classes of Lenders: (a) Lenders having Tranche A Term Loan Exposure, (b) on and after the Tranche B Combination Date, Lenders having Tranche B Term Loan Exposure, (c) to the Tranche B Combination Date, Lenders having Tranche B-1 Term Loan Exposure, (d) to the Tranche B Combination Date, Lenders having Tranche B-2 Term Loan Exposure, (e) Lenders having Tranche X Term Loan Exposure, (f) Lenders having Revolving Exposure (including Swing Line Lender) and (g) Lenders having New Term Loan Exposure, and (ii) with respect to Loans, each of the following classes of Loans: (a) Tranche A Term Loans, (b) on and after the Tranche B Combination Date, Tranche B Term Loans, (c) to the Tranche B Combination Date, Tranche B-1 Term Loans, (d) to the Tranche B Combination Date, Tranche B-2 Term Loans, (e) Tranche X Term Loans, (f) Revolving Loans (including Swing Line Loans) and (g) each Series of New Term Loans.

“Closing Date” means October 22, 2007 except with respect to the New Term Loans.

“Closing Date Certificate” means a Closing Date Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1.

“Closing Date Mortgaged Property” as defined in Section 3.1(h)(i).

 

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“Collateral” means, collectively, all of the real, personal and mixed property (including Equity Interests) in which Liens are purported to be granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents as security for the Obligations.

“Collateral Agent” as defined in the preamble hereto.

“Collateral Documents” means the Pledge and Security Agreement, the Mortgages, the Intellectual Property Security Agreements, the Landlord Personal Property Collateral Access Agreements, if any, and all other instruments, documents and agreements delivered by any Credit Party pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents in order to grant to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a Lien on any real, personal or mixed property of that Credit Party as security for the Obligations.

“Collateral Questionnaire” means a certificate in form satisfactory to Collateral Agent that provides information with respect to the personal or mixed property of each Credit Party.

“Commitment” means any Revolving Commitment or Term Loan Commitment.

“Commitment Letter” means that certain second amended and restated commitment letter, dated September 10, 2007, by and among the Borrower, Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., Banc of America Securities LLC, Bank of America, N.A., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

“Compliance Certificate” means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.

“Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” means, for any period, an amount determined for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal to (i) Consolidated Net Income, plus , to the extent reducing Consolidated Net Income, the sum, without duplication, of amounts for (a) Adjusted Consolidated Interest Expense, (b) provisions for federal, state, local and foreign taxes based on income or gains, (c) total depreciation expense, (d) total amortization expense, (e) non-cash charges related to Hedge Agreements, (f) non-cash expenses resulting from the grant, assumption or acceleration of stock options, restricted stock, SARs and other equity or phantom equity to any director, officer, employee or consultant of any Credit Party pursuant to a written plan or agreement, (g) nonrecurring losses, charges and expenses incurred in connection with (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) (I) the Acquisition and the other transactions effected pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (II) the Prior Acquisitions (the amount of transaction-related fees and expenses paid in connection with such Prior Acquisitions not to exceed $20,000,000), (III) Permitted Acquisitions to the extent such losses, charges and expenses do not exceed $20,000,000 in the aggregate per annum and $75,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement (or as approved by the Administrative Agent in the reasonable exercise of its discretion), (IV) Asset Sales, other Dispositions not in the ordinary course of business, Investments permitted by Section 6.6, issuance of or disposition of Equity Interests, issuance, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (including any refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument), or disposed or discontinued

 

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operations, not to exceed $10,000,000 per annum and $40,000,000 during the term of this Agreement, (h) any loss associated with the write-off, write-down or impairment of assets not in the ordinary course of business including, without limitation, the write-off of acquired in-process research and development and intangible assets, (i) any loss accounted for by the equity method of accounting, (j) facilities closures, severance and other restructuring expenses not to exceed $20,000,000 per annum or $75,000,000 during the term of this Agreement, (k) any losses attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, (l) unrealized losses related to mark-to-market of Indebtedness denominated in foreign currencies resulting from the application of FAS 52, (m) losses or reserves relating to damages and other expenses arising from Adverse Proceedings listed on Schedule 4.11 or settlements thereof, (n) other non-cash charges reducing Consolidated Net Income such as non-cash interest expenses or charges relating to convertible bonds now or hereafter outstanding that may be settled in cash upon conversion, including partial cash settlement (excluding any such non-cash charge to the extent that it represents an accrual or reserve for potential cash charge in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash charge that was paid in a prior period), (o) any losses, expenses or charges associated with earn-outs in connection with acquisitions completed prior to the Closing Date or Permitted Acquisitions; (p) any losses, expenses or charges associated with the write-up of inventory in connection with the Acquisition or Permitted Acquisitions and (q) the effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting principles or policies in respect of or during such period (including changes in accounting that relate to expensing earn-out payments), minus to the extent increasing Consolidated Net Income (ii) (a) other non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding any such non-cash gain to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for potential cash gain in any prior period), (b) non-cash gains related to Hedge Agreements, to the extent taken into account in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period and calculated in accordance with GAAP, (c) interest income, (d) gains arising from application of the equity method of accounting, (e) unrealized gains related to mark-to-market of Indebtedness denominated in foreign currencies resulting from the application of FAS 52, and (f) gains resulting from the reversal of reserves previously taken in connection with Adverse Proceedings listed on Schedule 4.11; provided that for the Acquisition and if the Company or any Subsidiary has made any Prior Acquisition, Permitted Acquisition or any Asset Sale permitted by Section 6.8(c) during the relevant period for determining Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, all adjustments in determining Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the relevant period (1) shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto, as if the Acquisition or such Prior Acquisition, Permitted Acquisition or Asset Sale (and any related incurrence, repayment or assumption of Indebtedness, with any new Indebtedness being deemed to be amortized over the relevant period in accordance with its terms, and assuming that any Revolving Loans borrowed in connection with such Permitted Acquisition are repaid with excess cash balances when available) had occurred on the first day of such period, but in the case of a Permitted Acquisition, only so long as the results of the business being acquired are supported by financial statements or other financial data reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and (2) may include operating expense reductions for such period resulting from any Prior Acquisition or Permitted Acquisition that is being given pro forma effect to the extent that such operating expense reductions (y) would be permitted pursuant to Article XI of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act or (z) have been approved by the Administrative Agent; and provided further that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this definition, the amount of operating expense reductions attributable to Cytyc and its Subsidiaries, Adiana, Inc. and its Subsidiaries, and Adeza Medical Corporation and its subsidiaries shall be (a) for the four fiscal quarter period ended December 31, 2007, $34,000,000; (b) for the four fiscal quarter period ended March 31, 2008, $25,000,000; (c) for the four fiscal quarter period ended June 30, 2008, $17,500,000; and (d) for the four fiscal quarter period ended September 30, 2008, $12,500,000.

 

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“Consolidated Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures of Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period determined on a consolidated basis that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in “purchase of property and equipment,” “construction in-process,” “purchase of intellectual property” or similar items reflected in the consolidated statement of cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

“Consolidated Current Assets” means, as at any date of determination, the total assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that may properly be classified as current assets in conformity with GAAP, excluding Cash and Cash Equivalents.

“Consolidated Current Liabilities” means, as at any date of determination, the total liabilities of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that may properly be classified as current liabilities in conformity with GAAP, excluding the current portion of long term debt.

“Consolidated Excess Cash Flow” means, for any period, an amount (if positive) equal to: (i) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, plus (b) the Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment, minus (ii) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period paid in cash from operating cash flow of (a) scheduled repayments of Indebtedness for borrowed money (excluding repayments of Revolving Loans or Swing Line Loans except to the extent the Revolving Commitments are permanently reduced in connection with such repayments) and scheduled repayments of obligations under Capital Leases (excluding any interest expense portion thereof), (b) Consolidated Capital Expenditures (net of any proceeds of (y) any related financings with respect to such expenditures and (z) any sales of assets used to finance such expenditures), (c) Adjusted Consolidated Interest Expense, (d) payments relating to or provisions for current taxes and payable in cash with respect to such period, (e) cash consideration in respect of Permitted Acquisitions, and the amount of any earn-out payments in connection with acquisitions completed prior to the Closing Date or Permitted Acquisitions made in cash during such period to the extent determined by the Borrower in its reasonable discretion to be appropriate, (f) losses or reserves relating to damages and other expenses arising from Adverse Proceedings listed in Schedule 4.11 or settlements thereof and (g) amounts paid in cash to redeem or convert Cytyc Convertible Notes (provided such funds are not derived from the Escrow Account).

“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, (i) the net income (or loss) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period taken as a single accounting period determined in conformity with GAAP, minus or plus in the event of a loss (ii) (a) the income (or loss) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of Borrower) in which any other Person (other than Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) has a joint interest, except to the

 

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extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by such Person during such period, (b) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or that Person’s assets are acquired by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) the income of any Subsidiary of Borrower to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary, (d) any after-tax gains or losses attributable to Asset Sales or returned surplus assets of any Pension Plan or gains or losses associated with insurance claims or condemnation proceedings, and (e) (to the extent not included in clauses (a) through (d) above) any net extraordinary gains or net extraordinary losses.

“Consolidated Senior Secured Debt” means, as of any date of determination, Consolidated Total Debt less (a) Senior Unsecured Indebtedness and (b) other Indebtedness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries subordinated to the Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to, and which Indebtedness contains other terms, tenor and covenants reasonably satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Total Debt” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate stated balance sheet amount of all Indebtedness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Working Capital” means, as at any date of determination, the excess of Consolidated Current Assets over Consolidated Current Liabilities.

“Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment” means, for any period on a consolidated basis, the amount (which may be a negative number) by which Consolidated Working Capital as of the beginning of such period exceeds (or is less than) Consolidated Working Capital as of the end of such period.

“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.

“Contributing Guarantors” as defined in Section 7.2.

“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 A-2.

“Counterpart Agreement” means a Counterpart Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H delivered by a Credit Party pursuant to Section 5.10.

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“Credit Document” means any of this Agreement, the Notes, if any, the Collateral Documents, the Post-Closing Letter, any documents or certificates executed by Borrower in favor of Issuing Bank relating to Letters of Credit, and all other documents, instruments or agreements executed and delivered by a Credit Party for the benefit of any Agent, Issuing Bank or any Lender in connection herewith on or after the date hereof.

“Credit Extension” means the making of a Loan or the issuing of a Letter of Credit.

“Credit Party” means each Person (other than any Agent, Issuing Bank or any Lender or any other representative thereof) from time to time party to a Credit Document.

“Currency Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures contract, option contract, synthetic cap or other similar agreement or arrangement, each of which is for the purpose of hedging the foreign currency risk associated with Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ operations and not for speculative purposes.

“Cytyc Convertible Notes” means the Target’s 2.25% Senior Convertible Notes due 2024 issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of March 22, 2004 between the Target and U.S. Bank and Trust National Association, a national banking corporation, as trustee thereunder, as such indenture may be supplemented in connection with the Acquisition to provide that MergerSub will assume all of Target’s obligations thereunder, to provide that such Notes shall be convertible into shares of common stock of the Borrower and cash and to make certain additional changes as set forth in such supplemental indenture.

“Default” means a condition or event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

“Default Excess” means, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, the excess, if any, of such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loans of all Lenders (calculated as if all Defaulting Lenders (including such Defaulting Lender) had funded all of their respective Defaulted Loans) over the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Loans of such Defaulting Lender.

“Default Period” means, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, the period commencing on the date of the applicable Funding Default and ending on the earliest of the following dates: (i) the date on which all Commitments are cancelled or terminated and/or the Obligations are declared or become immediately due and payable, (ii) the date on which (a) the Default Excess with respect to such Defaulting Lender shall have been reduced to zero (whether by the funding by such Defaulting Lender of any Defaulted Loans of such Defaulting Lender or by the non-pro rata application of any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of the Loans in accordance with the terms of Section 2.13 or Section 2.14 or by a combination thereof) and (b) such Defaulting Lender shall have delivered to Borrower and Administrative Agent a written reaffirmation of its intention to honor its obligations hereunder with respect to its Commitments, and (iii) the date on which Borrower, Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders waive all Funding Defaults of such Defaulting Lender in writing.

“Defaulted Loan” as defined in Section 2.22.

 

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“Defaulting Lender” as defined in Section 2.22.

“Deposit Account” means a demand, time, savings, passbook or like account with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or like organization, other than an account evidenced by a negotiable certificate of deposit.

“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property by any Person, 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 Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests which are not otherwise Disqualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Equity Interests which are not otherwise Disqualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (iii) provides for the scheduled payments or dividends in cash, or (iv) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Term Loan Maturity Date, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), if as a result of a change of control or asset sale, so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of such a change of control or asset sale event are subject to the prior payment in full of all Obligations, the cancellation or expiration of all Letters of Credit and the termination of the Commitments),

“Documentation Agents” as defined in the preamble hereto.

“Dollar Equivalent” shall mean, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any currency other than Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date or other relevant date of determination) for the purchase of Dollars with such currency.

“Dollars” and the sign “$” mean the lawful money of the United States of America.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

“Eligible Assignee” means (i) any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender and any Related Fund (any two or more Related Funds being treated as a single Eligible Assignee for all purposes hereof), and (ii) any commercial bank, insurance company, investment or mutual fund or other entity that is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) and which extends credit or buys loans; provided , neither the Borrower nor any of its Affiliates shall be an Eligible Assignee.

 

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“Employee Benefit Plan” means 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, Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.

“Environmental Claim” means any investigation, notice, notice of violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding, demand, abatement order or other order or directive (conditional or otherwise), by any Governmental Authority or any other Person, arising (i) pursuant to or in connection with any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law; (ii) in connection with any Hazardous Material or any actual or alleged Hazardous Materials Activity; or (iii) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to health, safety, natural resources or the environment.

“Environmental Laws” means any and all current or future foreign or domestic, federal or state (or any subdivision of either of them), statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, judgments, Governmental Authorizations, or any other requirements of Governmental Authorities relating to (i) environmental matters, including those relating to any Hazardous Materials Activity; (ii) the generation, use, storage, transportation or disposal of Hazardous Materials; or (iii) occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene, or the protection of human, plant or animal health or welfare, in any manner applicable to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any Facility.

“Equity Interests” means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), including partnership interests and membership interests, and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase or other arrangements or rights to acquire any of the foregoing.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.

“ERISA Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, (i) any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; (ii) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; and (iii) any member of an affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person, any corporation described in clause (i) above or any trade or business described in clause (ii) above is a member. Any former ERISA Affiliate of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of Borrower or any such Subsidiary within the meaning of this definition with respect to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of Borrower or such Subsidiary and with respect to liabilities arising after such period for which Borrower or such Subsidiary could be liable under the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA.

“ERISA Event” means (i) a “reportable event” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC has been waived by

 

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regulation); (ii) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(d) of the Internal Revenue Code) or the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 412(m) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (iii) the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (iv) the withdrawal by Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (v) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition which would reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (vi) the imposition of liability on Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (vii) the withdrawal of Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefore, or the receipt by Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA; (viii) the occurrence of an act or omission which would reasonably be expected to give rise to the imposition on Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates 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 Employee Benefit Plan; (ix) the assertion of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Employee Benefit Plan other than a Multiemployer Plan or the assets thereof, or against Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in connection with any Employee Benefit Plan; (x) receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of notice of the failure of any Pension Plan (or any other Employee Benefit 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; or (xi) 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.

“Escrow Account” means that certain deposit account of Borrower in the name of “Cytyc Corporation” established with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, containing funds sufficient for the redemption or conversion of the Remaining Cytyc Convertible Notes, pursuant to the Tender Offer or otherwise, which account shall be subject to a First Priority Lien in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, subject to no other Liens.

“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate.

 

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“Event of Default” means each of the conditions or events set forth in Section 8.1.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

“Excluded Foreign Subsidiary” means those certain Foreign Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 1.1B.

“Existing Specified Indebtedness” means (i) Indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under that certain amended and restated credit agreement dated as of September 25, 2006 among Borrower, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swing line lender and letter of credit issuer, (ii) Indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under the Cytyc Convertible Notes and (iii) Indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under that certain credit agreement dated as of June 30, 2006, by and among Target, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, Citizens Bank of Massachusetts, HSBC Bank USA, National Association, Bank of America, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

“Facility” means any real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located thereon) now, hereafter or heretofore owned, leased, operated or used by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective predecessors or Affiliates.

“Fair Share Contribution Amount” as defined in Section 7.2.

“Fair Share” as defined in Section 7.2.

“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means for any day, the rate per annum (expressed, as a decimal, rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided , (i) 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 (ii) 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 Administrative Agent, in its capacity as a Lender, on such day on such transactions as determined by Administrative Agent.

“Financial Officer Certification” means, with respect to the financial statements for which such certification is required, the certification of the chief financial officer of Borrower that such financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments, and, with respect to quarterly financial statements, absence of footnotes.

“First Priority” means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Collateral Document, that such Lien is the only Lien to which such Collateral is subject, other than any Permitted Lien.

 

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“First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary” means a Foreign Subsidiary, the Equity Interests of which are directly owned by a Domestic Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary, but excluding the Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries.

“Fiscal Quarter” means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.

“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of Borrower and its Subsidiaries ending on the last Saturday of September of each calendar year.

“Flood Hazard Property” means any Real Estate Asset subject to a mortgage in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and located in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud slide hazards.

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

“Funding Default” as defined in Section 2.22.

“Funding Guarantors” as defined in Section 7.2.

“Funding Notice” means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1.

“GAAP” means, subject to the limitations on the application thereof set forth in Section 1.2, United States generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the date of determination thereof.

“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 Authority” means any federal, state, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity, officer or examiner exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state of the United States, the United States, or a foreign entity or government.

“Governmental Authorization” means any permit, license, authorization, plan, directive, consent order or consent decree of or from any Governmental Authority.

“Grantor” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Pledge and Security Agreement.

“GSCP” as defined in the preamble.

“Guaranteed Obligations” as defined in Section 7.1.

“Guarantor” means each Subsidiary of Borrower that has in effect an enforceable Guaranty made pursuant to Section 7; provided however that none of the following Persons shall be required to furnish a Guaranty; (i) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Massachusetts securities corporation; (ii) any Foreign Subsidiary; and (iii) any Domestic Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary.

 

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“Guaranty” means the guaranty of each Guarantor set forth in Section 7.

“Hazardous Materials” means any chemical, material or substance, exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Governmental Authority or which may or could pose a hazard to the health and safety of the owners, occupants or any Persons in the vicinity of any Facility or to the indoor or outdoor environment.

“Hazardous Materials Activity” means any past, current, proposed or threatened activity, event or occurrence involving any Hazardous Materials, including the use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding, presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release, discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of any Hazardous Materials, and any corrective action or response action with respect to any of the foregoing.

“Hedge Agreement” means an Interest Rate Agreement or a Currency Agreement entered into with a Lender Counterparty and satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

“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 the laws applicable to any Lender which are currently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than applicable laws now allow.

“Historical Financial Statements” means, as of the Closing Date, (i) the audited financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the immediately preceding three Fiscal Years, consisting of balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Years, and (ii) the unaudited financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter, consisting of a balance sheet and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the three-, six-or nine-month period, as applicable, ending on such date, and, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), certified by the chief financial officer of Borrower that they fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments.

“Increased Amount Date” as defined in Section 2.24.

“Increased-Cost Lender” as defined in Section 2.23.

“Increased Spread” as defined in Section 2.24.

“Indebtedness,” as applied to any Person, means, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money; (ii) that portion of obligations with respect to Capital Leases that is properly classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP; (iii) notes payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not representing

 

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obligations for borrowed money; (iv) any obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property or services, excluding earn-out obligations except for that portion of any earn-out obligations properly classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP (also excluding any such obligations incurred under ERISA or related to deferred employee or director compensation), which purchase price is (a) due more than six months from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof or (b) evidenced by a note or similar written instrument; (v) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned or held by that Person regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by that Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person; (vi) the face amount of any letter of credit issued for the account of that Person or as to which that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings; (vii) Disqualified Equity Interests, (viii) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another; (ix) any obligation of such Person the primary purpose or intent of which is to provide assurance to an obligee that the obligation of the obligor thereof will be paid or discharged, or any agreement relating thereto will be complied with, or the holders thereof will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof; (x) any liability of such Person for an obligation of another through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (a) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise) or (b) to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another if, in the case of any agreement described under subclauses (a) or (b) of this clause (x), the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in clause (ix) above; and (xi) all obligations of such Person in respect of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transaction, including any Interest Rate Agreement and Currency Agreement, whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes; provided , in no event shall obligations under any Interest Rate Agreement, any Currency Agreement or any Spread Overlay Agreement be deemed “Indebtedness” for any purpose under Section 6.7.

“Indemnified Liabilities” means, collectively, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (including natural resource damages), penalties, claims (including Environmental Claims), actions, judgments, suits, costs (including the costs of any investigation, study, sampling, testing, abatement, cleanup, removal, remediation or other response action necessary to remove, remediate, clean up or abate any Hazardous Materials Activity), expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for Indemnitees in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding or hearing commenced or threatened by any Person, whether or not any such Indemnitee shall be designated as a party or a potential party thereto, and any fees or expenses incurred by Indemnitees in enforcing this indemnity, but only to the extent recoverable under Section 10.2 of this Agreement), whether direct, indirect or consequential and whether based on any federal, state or foreign laws, statutes, rules or regulations (including securities and commercial laws, statutes, rules or regulations and Environmental Laws), on common law or equitable cause or on contract or otherwise, that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against any such Indemnitee, in any manner relating to or arising out of (i) this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including the Lenders’ agreement to make Credit Extensions or the use or intended use of the proceeds thereof, or any enforcement of any of the Credit Documents (including any sale of, collection from, or

 

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other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranty)); (ii) the commitment letter (and any related fee or engagement letter) delivered by any Agent or any Lender to Borrower with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; or (iii) any Environmental Claim or any Hazardous Materials Activity relating to or arising from, directly or indirectly, any past or present activity, operation, land ownership, or practice of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

“Indemnitee” as defined in Section 10.3.

“Installment” as defined in Section 2.12(a).

“Intellectual Property” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Pledge and Security Agreement.

“Intellectual Property Asset” means, at the time of determination, any interest (fee, license or otherwise) then owned by any Credit Party in any Intellectual Property.

“Intellectual Property Security Agreements” means the Trademark Security Agreement, the Copyright Security Agreement and the Patent Security Agreement as such terms are defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.

“Intercompany Note” means a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit L evidencing Indebtedness owed among the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries.

“Interest Coverage Ratio” means the ratio as of the last day of (A) the Fiscal Quarter beginning with the Fiscal Quarter ending with the last Saturday in December 2007 of (i) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the prior four Fiscal Quarters, to (ii) Adjusted Consolidated Interest Expense for such Fiscal Quarter multiplied by four (4), (B) the first full Fiscal Quarter ending after the Closing Date of (i) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the prior four-Fiscal Quarter period ending on such date, to (ii) Adjusted Consolidated Interest Expense for such two-Fiscal Quarter period multiplied by two (2), (C) the second full Fiscal Quarter ending after the Closing Date of (i) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the prior four-Fiscal Quarter period ending on such date, to (ii) Adjusted Consolidated Interest Expense for such three-Fiscal Quarter period multiplied by four thirds (4/3), and (D) any other Fiscal Quarter of (i) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the prior four-Fiscal Quarter period then ending, to (ii) Adjusted Consolidated Interest Expense for such four-Fiscal Quarter period.

“Interest Payment Date” means with respect to (i) any Loan that is a Base Rate Loan, each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and the final maturity date of such Loan; and (ii) any Loan that is a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan; provided , in the case of each Interest Period of longer than three months, “Interest Payment Date” shall also include each date that is three months, or an integral multiple thereof, after the commencement of such Interest Period.

“Interest Period” means, in connection with (x) Tranche A Loans and the Revolving Loans which are Eurodollar Rate Loans, an interest period of one-, two-, three-, six-, nine- or twelve-months, and (y) Tranche B-1 Loans, Tranche B-2 Loans and Tranche B Loans,

 

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as applicable, and Tranche X Loans which are Eurodollar Rate Loans, an interest period of one-, two-, three- or six-months (and nine- or twelve-months if available to all Lenders), in each case as selected by Borrower in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, (i) initially commencing on the Credit Date or Conversion/Continuation Date thereof, as the case may be; and (ii) thereafter, commencing on the day on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires; provided , (a) 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; (b) 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 clauses (c) and (d) of this definition, end on the last Business Day of a calendar month; (c) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of any Class of Term Loans shall extend beyond the applicable maturity date for such Class; and (d) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Revolving Loans shall extend beyond the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.

“Interest Rate Agreement” means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedging agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement, each of which is for the purpose of hedging the interest rate exposure associated with Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ operations and not for speculative purposes.

“Interest Rate Determination Date” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the date that is two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.

“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, and any successor statute.

“Investment” means (i) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of, or of a beneficial interest in, any of the Securities of any other Person (other than a Guarantor); (ii) any direct or indirect redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition for value, by any Subsidiary of Borrower from any Person (other than Borrower or any Guarantor), of any Equity Interests of such Person; and (iii) any direct or indirect loan, advance (other than advances to employees for moving, entertainment and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business) or capital contributions by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to any other Person (other than Borrower or any Guarantor), including all indebtedness and accounts receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from sales to that other Person in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment.

“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.

 

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“Issuing Bank” means Bank of America, N.A. as Issuing Bank hereunder, together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity.

“Joinder Agreement” means an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit M.

“Joint Venture” means a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form; provided , in no event shall any corporate Subsidiary of any Person be considered to be a Joint Venture to which such Person is a party.

“Landlord Consent and Estoppel” means, with respect to any Leasehold Property, a letter, certificate or other instrument in writing from the lessor under the related lease, pursuant to which, among other things, the landlord consents to the granting of a Mortgage on such Leasehold Property by the Credit Party tenant, such Landlord Consent and Estoppel to be in form and substance acceptable to Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion, but in any event sufficient for Collateral Agent to obtain a Title Policy with respect to such Mortgage.

“Landlord Personal Property Collateral Access Agreement” means a Landlord Waiver and Consent Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit K with such amendments or modifications as may be approved by Collateral Agent.

“Leasehold Property” means any leasehold interest of any Credit Party as lessee under any lease of real property, other than any such leasehold interest designated from time to time by Collateral Agent in its sole discretion as not being required to be included in the Collateral.

“Lender” means each financial institution listed on the signature pages hereto as a Lender and any other Person that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment Agreement or a Joinder Agreement.

“Lender Counterparty” means each Lender, each Agent and each of their respective Affiliates counterparty to a Hedge Agreement (including any Person who is an Agent or a Lender (and any Affiliate thereof) as of the Closing Date but subsequently, whether before or after entering into a Hedge Agreement, ceases to be an Agent or a Lender, as the case may be) including, without limitation, each such Affiliate that appoints the Collateral Agent as its agent and agrees to be bound by the Credit Documents as a Secured Party, subject to Section 9.8(c).

“Letter of Credit” means a commercial or standby letter of credit issued or to be issued by Issuing Bank pursuant to this Agreement.

“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 Issuing Bank.

“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means the lesser of (i) $40,000,000 and (ii) the aggregate unused amount of the Revolving Commitments then in effect.

 

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“Letter of Credit Usage” means, as at any date of determination, the sum of (i) the maximum aggregate Stated Amount which is, or at any time thereafter may become, available for drawing under all Letters of Credit then outstanding, and (ii) the aggregate Dollar Equivalent of the principal amount of all drawings under Letters of Credit honored by Issuing Bank and not theretofore reimbursed by or on behalf of Borrower.

“Leverage Ratio” means the ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter of (i) Consolidated Total Debt as of such day to (ii) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the four-Fiscal Quarter period ending on such date.

“Licensed Intellectual Property” means any interest of any Credit Party as licensee or sublicensee under any license of Intellectual Property, other than any such interest that has been designated from time to time by Collateral Agent as not being required to be included in the Collateral.

“Licensor Consent and Estoppel” means, with respect to any Licensed Intellectual Property, a letter, certificate or other instrument in writing and in form and substance acceptable to Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion from the licensor under the related license, pursuant to which, among other things, the licensor consents to the granting of a security interest on such Licensed Intellectual Property by the Credit Party.

“Lien” means (i) 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 (ii) in the case of Securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such Securities.

“Loan” means (i) a Tranche A Term Loan, (ii) (x) on and after the Tranche B Combination Date, a Tranche B Term Loan and (y) to the Tranche B Combination Date, a Tranche B-1 Term Loan and a Tranche B-2 Term Loan, (iii) a Tranche X Term Loan, (iv) a Revolving Loan, (v) a Swing Line Loan and (vi) a New Term Loan.

“Margin Stock” as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors as in effect from time to time.

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on and/or material adverse developments with respect to (i) the business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) the ability of any Credit Party to fully and timely perform its Obligations; (iii) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against a Credit Party of a Credit Document to which it is a party; or (iv) the rights, remedies and benefits available to, or conferred upon, any Agent and any Lender or any Secured Party under any Credit Document.

“Material Contract” means any contract or other arrangement to which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (other than the Credit Documents) for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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“Material Real Estate Asset” means (i) any fee-owned Real Estate Asset having a fair market value in excess of $2,500,000 as of the date of the acquisition thereof and (ii) all Leasehold Properties other than those with respect to which the aggregate payments under the term of the lease are less than $1,000,000 per annum.

“Merger” as defined in the second recital hereto.

“Merger Agreement” as defined in the second recital hereto.

“MergerSub” as defined in the second recital hereto.

Minimum Liquidity ” means, as at any date of determination, the sum of (i) the Borrower’s unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents held in deposit and/or security accounts subject to a control agreement in favor of the Collateral Agent and (ii) the aggregate unused portion of the Revolving Commitments at such time.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investor Service, Inc.

“Mortgage” means a Mortgage substantially in the form of Exhibit J, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Multiemployer Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan which is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.

“NAIC” means The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and any successor thereto.

“Net Asset Sale Proceeds” means, with respect to any Asset Sale or any Disposition made pursuant to Section 6.8(g), an amount equal to: (i) Cash payments (including any Cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received or when released from an escrow or holdback) received by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale, minus (ii) any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with such Asset Sale, including (a) income or gains taxes payable by the seller as a result of any gain recognized in connection with such Asset Sale, (b) payment of the outstanding principal amount of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) that is either secured by a Lien on the stock or assets in question and that is required to be repaid under the terms thereof as a result of such Asset Sale or which arise as a result of such Asset Sale and that is required to be repaid under the terms thereof as a result of such Asset Sale, (c) any professional fees actually incurred in connection therewith, including, without limitation, advisers, brokers, investment bankers, attorneys, and accountants, (d) a reasonable reserve for any purchase price adjustment or any indemnification payments (fixed or contingent) attributable to seller’s indemnities and representations and warranties to purchaser in respect of any such Asset Sale undertaken by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Sale, and (e) reasonable reserves under GAAP for any facilities closings, severance or other restructuring expenses in connection with such Asset Sale.

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casualty insurance policy in respect of a covered loss thereunder or (b) as a result of the taking of any assets of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by any Person pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or otherwise, or pursuant to a sale of any such assets to a purchaser with such power under threat of such a taking, minus (ii) (a) any actual and reasonable costs incurred by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the adjustment or settlement of any claims of Borrower or such Subsidiary in respect thereof, and (b) any professional fees actually incurred in connection therewith, including, without limitation, advisers, brokers, investment bankers, attorneys, and accountants, (c) any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with any sale of such assets as referred to in clause (i)(b) of this definition, including income taxes payable as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith, and (d) reasonable reserves under GAAP for any facilities closings, severance or other restructuring expenses in connection with any such sale or insurance claim.

“New Revolving Loan” as defined in Section 2.24.

“New Revolving Loan Commitments” as defined in Section 2.24.

“New Revolving Loan Lender” as defined in Section 2.24.

“New Revolving Loan Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of the New Revolving Loans of such Lender.

“New Revolving Loan Maturity Date” means the date that New Revolving Loans of a Series shall become due and payable in full hereunder, as specified in the applicable Joinder Agreement, including by acceleration or otherwise.

“New Term Loan” as defined in Section 2.24.

“New Term Loan Commitments” as defined in Section 2.24.

“New Term Loan Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of the New Term Loans of such Lender.

“New Term Loan Lender” as defined in Section 2.24.

“New Term Loan Maturity Date” means the date that New Term Loans of a Series shall become due and payable in full hereunder, as specified in the applicable Joinder Agreement, including by acceleration or otherwise.

“Nonpublic Information” means information which has not been disseminated in a manner making it available to investors generally, within the meaning of Regulation FD.

“Non-Consenting Lender” as defined in Section 2.23.

“Non-Extension Notice” as defined in Section 2.4(a).

“Non-US Lender” as defined in Section 2.20(c).

 

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“Note” means (i) a Tranche A Term Loan Note, (ii) (x) on and after the Tranche B Combination Date, a Tranche B Term Loan Note and (y) to the Tranche B Combination Date, a Tranche B-1 Term Loan Note or a Tranche B-2 Term Loan Note, (iii) a Tranche X Term Loan Note, (iv) a Revolving Loan Note or (v) a Swing Line Note.

“Notice” means a Funding Notice, a Letter of Credit Application, or a Conversion/ Continuation Notice.

Obligations ” means (i) all obligations of every nature of each Credit Party, including obligations from time to time owed to the Agents (including former Agents), the Lenders or any of them and Lender Counterparties, to the extent arising under any Credit Document or Hedge Agreement, whether for principal, interest (including interest which, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to such Credit Party, would have accrued on any Obligation, whether or not a claim is allowed against such Credit Party for such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding), reimbursement of amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, payments for early termination of Hedge Agreements, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise and (ii) all Cash Management Obligations.

“Obligee Guarantor” as defined in Section 7.7.

Obligors ” means, collectively, the Borrower and the Guarantors and “ Obligor ” means any of them.

“Organizational Documents” means (i) with respect to any corporation, its certificate or articles of incorporation or organization, as amended, and its by-laws, as amended, (ii) with respect to any limited partnership, its certificate of limited partnership, as amended, and its partnership agreement, as amended, (iii) with respect to any general partnership, its partnership agreement, as amended, (iv) with respect to any limited liability company, its articles of organization, as amended, and its operating agreement, as amended, and (v) with respect to any other Person, comparable instruments and documents. In the event any term or condition of this Agreement or any other Credit Document requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a secretary of state or similar governmental official, the reference to any such “Organizational Document” shall only be to a document of a type customarily certified by such governmental official.

“Patriot Act” as defined in Section 3.1(w).

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.

“Pension Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA.

“Permitted Acquisition” means any acquisition by Borrower or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of, all of the Equity Interests of, or a business line or unit or a division of, any Person; provided ,

 

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(i) immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;

(ii) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated, in all material respects, in accordance with all applicable laws and in conformity with all applicable Governmental Authorizations;

(iii) in the case of the acquisition of Equity Interests, all of the Equity Interests (except for any such Securities in the nature of directors’ qualifying shares required pursuant to applicable law) acquired or otherwise issued by such Person or any newly formed Subsidiary of Borrower in connection with such acquisition shall be owned 100% by Borrower or a Guarantor thereof, and Borrower shall have taken, or caused to be taken, as of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower, each of the actions set forth in Sections 5.10 and/or 5.11, as applicable;

(iv) Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.7 on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such acquisition as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended;

(v) Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent (i) a Compliance Certificate evidencing compliance with Section 6.7 as required under clause (iv) above and (ii) in the event the purchase price of such Permitted Acquisition is greater than $25,000,000, (A) all other relevant financial information with respect to such acquired assets, including the aggregate consideration for such acquisition and any other information required to demonstrate compliance with Section 6.7 and (B) promptly upon request by Administrative Agent, (i) a copy of the purchase agreement related to the proposed Permitted Acquisition (and any related documents reasonably requested by Administrative Agent) and (ii) quarterly and annual financial statements of the Person whose Equity Interests or assets are being acquired for the twelve month (12) month period immediately prior to such proposed Permitted Acquisition, including any audited financial statements that are available;

(vi) any Person or assets or division as acquired in accordance herewith shall be in same business or lines of business in which Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries are engaged as of the Closing Date, including, without limitation, any medical pharmaceutical, diagnostic or other health oriented business and any businesses related, ancillary or incidental thereto, or that is an adjunct thereto (provided that the Administrative Agent consents to such adjunct if material), or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof; and

(vii) the aggregate unused portion of the Revolving Commitments at such time (after giving effect to the consummation of the respective Permitted Acquisition and any financing thereof) shall equal or exceed $100,000,000.

“Permitted Liens” means each of the Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.2.

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companies, Joint Ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal entities, and Governmental Authorities.

“Platform” as defined in Section 5.1(p).

“Pledge and Security Agreement” means the Pledge and Security Agreement to be executed by Borrower and each Guarantor substantially in the form of Exhibit I, as it may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Post-Closing Letter” means the Post-Closing Letter to be executed by the Borrower on the Closing Date, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Prepayment Date” as defined in Section 2.15(c).

“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest quoted in The Wall Street Journal , Money Rates Section as the Prime Rate (currently defined as the base rate on corporate loans posted by at least 75% of the nation’s thirty (30) largest banks), as in effect from time to time. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer. Any Lender may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime Rate.

“Principal Office” means, for each of Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and Issuing Bank, such Person’s “Principal Office” as set forth on Appendix B, or such other office or office of a third party or sub-agent, as appropriate, as such Person may from time to time designate in writing to Borrower, Administrative Agent and each Lender.

“Prior Acquisitions” means the following acquisitions: merger of Admiral Acquisition Corporation with and into Adiana, Inc. effective March 16, 2006 (agreement and plan of merger dated February 26, 2007); acquisition of assets of Helica Instruments Limited by Cytyc Cayman Limited effective October 25, 2006; merger of Augusta Medical corporation with and into Adeza Medical Corporation effective April 2, 2007 (subsequent to tender offer of shares of Adeza’s stock) (agreement and plan of merger dated February 11, 2007); merger of Bravo Transition, Inc. into BioLucent, Inc. and subsequent merger of BioLucent into Bravo Acquisition I, LLC effective September 19, 2007 (agreement and plan of reorganization dated June 20, 2007); and AEG Elektrofotografie GmbH acquisition of 14.5% of AEG Photoconductor Shanghai Ltd from SIMTEK New Technology Co., Ltd, pursuant to an agreement dated April 25, 2007.

“Projections” as defined in Section 4.8.

“Pro Rata Share” means (i) with respect to all payments, computations and other matters relating to the Tranche A Term Loan of any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Tranche A Term Loan Exposure of that Lender by (b) the aggregate Tranche A Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders; (ii) with respect to all payments, computations and other matters relating to the Tranche B Term Loan of any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the

 

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Tranche B Term Loan Exposure of that Lender by (b) the aggregate Tranche B Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders; (iii) with respect to all payments, computations and other matters relating to the Tranche B-1 Term Loan of any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Exposure of that Lender by (b) the aggregate Tranche B-1 Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders; (iv) with respect to all payments, computations and other matters relating to the Tranche B-2 Term Loan of any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Exposure of that Lender by (b) the aggregate Tranche B-2 Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders; (v) with respect to all payments, computations and other matters relating to the Tranche X Term Loan of any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Tranche X Term Loan Exposure of that Lender by (b) the aggregate Tranche X Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders; (vi) with respect to all payments, computations and other matters relating to the Revolving Commitment or Revolving Loans of any Lender or any Letters of Credit issued or participations purchased therein by any Lender or any participations in any Swing Line Loans purchased by any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Revolving Exposure of that Lender by (b) the aggregate Revolving Exposure of all Lenders; and (vii) with respect to all payments, computations, and other matters relating to New Term Loan Commitments or New Term Loans of a particular Series, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the New Term Loan Exposure of that Lender with respect to that Series by (b) the aggregate New Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders with respect to that Series. For all other purposes with respect to each Lender, “Pro Rata Share” means the percentage obtained by dividing (A) an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Tranche X Term Loan Exposure, (ii) the Tranche A Term Loan Exposure, (iii) (x) on and after the Tranche B Combination Date, the Tranche B Term Loan Exposure and (y) to the Tranche B Combination Date, the sum of the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Exposure and the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Exposure, (iv) the Revolving Exposure and (v) the New Term Loan Exposure of that Lender, by (B) an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate Tranche X Term Loan Exposure, the aggregate Tranche A Term Loan Exposure, either (a) the sum of the aggregate Tranche B-1 Term Loan Exposure and the aggregate Tranche B-2 Term Loan Exposure or (b) the aggregate Tranche B Term Loan Exposure, as applicable, the aggregate Revolving Exposure and the aggregate New Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders.

“Real Estate Asset” means, at any time of determination, any interest (fee, leasehold or otherwise) then owned by any Credit Party in any real property.

“Record Document” means, with respect to (A) any Leasehold Property, (i) the lease evidencing such Leasehold Property or a memorandum thereof, executed and acknowledged by the owner of the affected real property, as lessor, or (ii) if such Leasehold Property was acquired or subleased from the holder of a Recorded Leasehold Interest, the applicable assignment or sublease document, executed and acknowledged by such holder, in each case in form sufficient to give such constructive notice upon recordation and otherwise in form reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent and (B) any Licensed Intellectual Property, (i) the license evidencing such Intellectual Property or a memorandum thereof, executed and acknowledged by the licensor of the affected Intellectual Property, or (ii) if such Licensed Intellectual Property was acquired or sublicensed from the holder of licensed rights or interests in the Intellectual Property, the applicable assignment or sublicense document, executed and acknowledged by such holder, in each case in form sufficient to give constructive notice upon filing or recordation in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Copyright Office, or any foreign equivalent place of filing, of the transfer or license of such holder’s rights or interests and otherwise in form reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent.

 

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“Recorded Leasehold Interest” means a Leasehold Property with respect to which a Record Document has been recorded in all places necessary or desirable, in Collateral Agent’s reasonable judgment, to give constructive notice of such Leasehold Property to third-party purchasers and encumbrancers of the affected real property.

“Recorded License Interest” means Licensed Intellectual Property with respect to which a Record Document has been recorded in all places necessary or desirable, in Collateral Agent’s reasonable judgment, to give constructive notice of such Licensed Intellectual Property to bona fide purchasers, mortgagees, transferees and licensees of the affected Intellectual Property.

“Refunded Swing Line Loans” as defined in Section 2.3(b)(iv).

“Register” as defined in Section 2.7(b).

“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board of Governors, as in effect from time to time.

“Regulation FD” means Regulation FD as promulgated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act and Exchange Act as in effect from time to time.

“Reimbursement Date” as defined in Section 2.4(d).

“Related Agreements” means the Merger Agreement and all other documents and agreements executed and delivered in connection therewith or pursuant thereto.

“Related Fund” means, with respect to any Lender that is an investment fund, any other investment fund that invests in commercial loans and that is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.

“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of any Hazardous Material into the indoor or outdoor environment (including the abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers or other closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Material), including the movement of any Hazardous Material through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.

Remaining Cytyc Convertible Notes ” means, as at any date of determination, that portion of the Cytyc Convertible Notes that have not theretofore been redeemed in connection with the Tender Offer or converted in accordance with its terms.

“Replacement Lender” as defined in Section 2.23.

“Requisite Lenders” means one or more Lenders having or holding (i) Tranche A Term Loan Exposure, (ii) (x) on and after the Tranche B Combination Date, Tranche B Term

 

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Loan Exposure and (y) to the Tranche B Combination Date, Tranche B-1 Term Loan Exposure and Tranche B-2 Term Loan Exposure, (iii) Tranche X Term Loan Exposure, (iv) New Term Loan Exposure and/or (v) Revolving Exposure and representing more than 50% of the sum of (i) the aggregate Tranche A Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders, (ii) (x) on and after the Tranche B Combination Date, the aggregate Tranche B Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders and (y) to the Tranche B Combination Date, the sum of the aggregate Tranche B-1 Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders and the aggregate Tranche B-2 Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders, (iii) the aggregate Tranche X Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders, (iv) the aggregate Revolving Exposure of all Lenders and (v) the aggregate New Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders.

“Restricted Junior Payment” means (i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of stock of the Borrower now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of that class of stock to the holders of that class; (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of stock of the Borrower now or hereafter outstanding; (iii) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of stock of the Borrower now or hereafter outstanding; and (iv) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance (including in-substance or legal defeasance), sinking fund, cash settlement or similar payment with respect to the Cytyc Convertible Notes, any unsecured Indebtedness (other than unsecured Indebtedness permitted by clauses (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (p), (q), (r) and (s)) and (to the extent the Indebtedness being guarantied is not subordinated to the Obligations), clause (h) of Section 6.1) or any subordinated Indebtedness.

Revaluation Date ” shall mean with respect to all Letters of Credit, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance of each respective Letter of Credit, (ii) each date of any amendment of any such Letter of Credit that has the effect of increasing the amount thereof and (iii) each date of any payment by the Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit.

“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 and “Revolving Commitments” means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A-5 or in the applicable Assignment Agreement or Joinder Agreement, as applicable, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments as of the Closing Date is $200,000,000.

“Revolving Commitment Period” means the period from the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.

“Revolving Commitment Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (i) November 16, 2007, if the Term Loans are not made on or before that date; (ii) the 5-year anniversary of the Closing Date, (iii) the date the Revolving Commitments are permanently reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.13(b) or 2.14, and (iv) the date of the termination of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 8.1.

 

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“Revolving Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender, as of any date of determination, (i) prior to the termination of the Revolving Commitments, that Lender’s Revolving Commitment; and (ii) after the termination of the Revolving Commitments, the sum of (a) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans of that Lender, (b) in the case of Issuing Bank, the aggregate Letter of Credit Usage in respect of all Letters of Credit issued by that Lender (net of any participations by Lenders in such Letters of Credit), (c) the aggregate amount of all participations by that Lender in any outstanding Letters of Credit or any unreimbursed drawing under any Letter of Credit, (d) in the case of Swing Line Lender, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Swing Line Loans (net of any participations therein by other Lenders), and (e) the aggregate amount of all participations by that Lender in any outstanding Swing Line Loans.

“Revolving Loan” means a Loan made by a Lender to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.2(a) and/or Section 2.24.

“Revolving Loan Note” means a promissory note in the form of Exhibit B-6, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.

“Secured Parties” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Pledge and Security Agreement.

“Securities” means any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, 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, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

“Senior Secured Leverage Ratio” means the ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter of (i) Consolidated Senior Secured Debt as of such day to (ii) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the four-Fiscal Quarter period ending on such date.

“Senior Unsecured Indebtedness” means any senior unsecured indebtedness issued pursuant to and in accordance with Section 6.1(n).

“Series” as defined in Section 2.24.

“Solvency Certificate” means a Solvency Certificate of the chief financial officer of Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2.

 

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“Solvent” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, that as of the date of determination, both (i) (a) the sum of such Person’s debt (including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair saleable value of such Parties’ present assets on a consolidated basis; (b) such Person’s capital is not unreasonably small in relation to its business on a consolidated basis; and (c) such Persons have not incurred and does not intend to incur, or believe (nor should they reasonably believe) that they will incur, debts beyond their ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise) on a consolidated basis; and (ii) such Persons on a consolidated basis are “solvent” within the meaning given that term and similar terms under the Bankruptcy Code and applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that would reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No.5).

Spot Rate ” for a currency shall mean the rate determined by the Issuing Bank to be the rate quoted by the Issuing Bank as the spot rate for the purchase by the Issuing Bank of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Issuing Bank may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Issuing Bank if it does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.

Spread Overlay Agreements ” means one or more options or other derivative transactions entered into by the Borrower within five Business Days after the issuance by the Borrower of convertible Indebtedness the proceeds of which are applied to prepayment of the Tranche X Term Loans; provided that the net amount of the bona fide costs and expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of any such options or other derivative transactions shall not exceed 15% of the gross proceeds of the issuance of such convertible Indebtedness.

Stated Amount ” of any Letter of Credit shall mean the Dollar Equivalent of the maximum amount from time to time available to be drawn thereunder, determined without regard to whether any conditions to drawing could then be met.

“Subordinated Indebtedness” means any subordinated indebtedness issued pursuant to and in accordance with Section 6.1(o).

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons (whether directors, managers, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof 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; provided , in determining the percentage of ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership interest in the

 

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nature of a “qualifying share” of the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding; and provided further, that the entity formed in connection with the transaction set forth on Schedule 6.8(i), shall be excluded from the definition of “Subsidiary”.

“Swing Line Lender” means Bank of America, N.A., 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 Swing Line Lender to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.3.

“Swing Line Note” means a promissory note in the form of Exhibit B-7, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Swing Line Sublimit” means the lesser of (i) $10,000,000 and (ii) the aggregate unused amount of Revolving Commitments then in effect.

“Syndication Agent” as defined in the preamble hereto.

“Target” as defined in the second recital hereto.

“Tax” means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, assessment, charge, fee, deduction or withholding of any nature and whatever called, by whomsoever, on whomsoever and wherever imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed, including any interest, additions to tax, or penalties applicable thereto; provided , “Tax on the overall net income” of a Person shall be construed as a reference to a tax imposed by the jurisdiction in which that Person is organized or in which that Person’s applicable principal office (and/or, in the case of a Lender, its lending office) is located or in which that Person (and/or, in the case of a Lender, its lending office) is deemed to be doing business (other than as a result of such Person’s having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received payments under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Credit Document) on the overall net income, profits or gains of that Person (and/or, in the case of a Lender, its applicable lending office).

“Tender Offer” means the tender offer required to be made pursuant to Section 3.05 of the indenture relating to the outstanding Cytyc Convertible Notes, as the same may be modified or supplemented from time to time.

“Terminated Lender” as defined in Section 2.23.

“Term Loan” means (i) a Tranche A Term Loan, (ii) (x) on and after the Tranche B Combination Date, the Tranche B Term Loans, and (y) to the Tranche B Combination Date, the Tranche B-1 Term Loans and the Tranche B-2 Term Loans, (iii) a Tranche X Term Loan and (iv) a New Term Loan.

“Term Loan Commitment” means the Tranche A Term Loan Commitment, the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment, the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment, the Tranche X Term Loan Commitment or the New Term Loan Commitment of a Lender, and “Term Loan Commitments” means such commitments of all Lenders.

 

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“Term Loan Maturity Date” means the Tranche A Term Loan Maturity Date, the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, the Tranche X Term Loan Maturity Date and the New Term Loan Maturity Date of any Series of New Term Loans.

“Title Policy” as defined in Section 3.1(h)(iv).

“TLX Take-Out Loans” as defined in Section 2.24.

“Total Assets” means the total amount of all assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP as shown on the most recent balance sheet of Borrower.

“Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments” means, as at any date of determination, the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans (other than Revolving Loans made for the purpose of repaying any Refunded Swing Line Loans or reimbursing Issuing Bank for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, but not yet so applied), (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swing Line Loans, and (iii) the Letter of Credit Usage.

“Tranche A Term Loan” means a Tranche A Term Loan made by a Lender to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(ii).

“Tranche A Term Loan Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund a Tranche A Term Loan and “Tranche A Term Loan Commitments” means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of each Lender’s Tranche A Term Loan Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A-1 or in the applicable Assignment Agreement, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Tranche A Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $600,000,000.

“Tranche A Term Loan Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loan of such Lender; provided , at any time prior to the making of the Tranche A Term Loans, the Tranche A Term Loan Exposure of any Lender shall be equal to such Lender’s Tranche A Term Loan Commitment.

“Tranche A Term Loan Maturity Date” means the earlier of (i) September 30, 2012, and (ii) the date that all Tranche A Term Loans shall become due and payable in full hereunder, whether by acceleration or otherwise.

“Tranche A Term Loan Note” means a promissory note in the form of Exhibit B-1, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Tranche B Combination Date” means the date that is the earlier of (x) the date occurring 120 days after the Closing Date and (y) the date the Administrative Agent identifies as the “Tranche B Combination Date” in a notice to the Borrower.

 

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“Tranche B Term Loan Note” means a promissory note in the form of Exhibit B-4 and shall also refer to any Tranche B-1 Term Loan Notes and any Tranche B-2 Term Loan Notes that may be outstanding after the Tranche B Combination Date.

“Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date” means the earlier of (i) March 31, 2013, and (ii) the date that all Tranche B Term Loans shall become due and payable in full hereunder, whether by acceleration or otherwise.

“Tranche B Term Loan Exposure” means, collectively, the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Exposure and the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Exposure; provided that on and after the Tranche B Combination Date, Tranche B-1 Term Loan Exposure and Tranche B-2 Term Loan Exposure shall be deemed to be “Tranche B Term Loan Exposure” on a combined basis.

“Tranche B Term Loan” means, collectively, the Tranche B-1 Term Loan and the Tranche B-2 Term Loan; provided that on and after the Tranche B Combination Date, Tranche B-1 Term Loans and Tranche B-2 Term Loans shall be deemed to be combined into “Tranche B Term Loans”.

“Tranche B-1 Term Loan” means, to the Tranche B Combination Date, a Tranche B-1 Term Loan made by a Lender to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(iii); provided that on and after the Tranche B Combination Date, Tranche B-1 Term Loans shall be deemed to be “Tranche B Term Loans”.

“Tranche B-2 Term Loan” means, to the Tranche B Combination Date, a Tranche B-2 Term Loan made by a Lender to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(iv); provided that on and after the Tranche B Combination Date, Tranche B-2 Term Loans shall be deemed to be “Tranche B Term Loans”.

“Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund a Tranche B-1 Term Loan and “Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments” means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of each Lender’s Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A-2 or in the applicable Assignment Agreement, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $250,000,000.

“Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund a Tranche B-2 Term Loan and “Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments” means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of each Lender’s Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A-3 or in the applicable Assignment Agreement, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $250,000,000.

“Tranche B-1 Term Loan Exposure” means, to the Tranche B Combination Date, with respect to any Lender, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of the Tranche B-1 Term Loan of such Lender; provided , at any time prior to the making of the Tranche B-1 Term Loans, the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Exposure of any Lender shall be

 

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equal to such Lender’s Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment; and provided further that on and after the Tranche B Combination Date, “Tranche B-1 Term Loan Exposure”, together with Tranche B-2 Term Loan Exposure, shall be deemed to be “Tranche B Term Loan Exposure” on a combined basis.

“Tranche B-2 Term Loan Exposure” means, to the Tranche B Combination Date, with respect to any Lender, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of the Tranche B-2 Term Loan of such Lender; provided , at any time prior to the making of the Tranche B-2 Term Loans, the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Exposure of any Lender shall be equal to such Lender’s Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment; and provided further that on and after the Tranche B Combination Date, “Tranche B-2 Term Loan Exposure”, together with Tranche B-1 Term Loan Exposure, shall be deemed to be “Tranche B Term Loan Exposure” on a combined basis.

“Tranche B-1 Term Loan Note” means, to the Tranche B Combination Date, a promissory note in the form of Exhibit B-2, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time; provided that on and after the Tranche B Combination Date, references to “Tranche B Term Loan Note” shall mean Tranche B-1 Term Loan Notes and Tranche B-2 Term Loan Notes, collectively, the “Tranche B Term Loan Note”.

“Tranche B-2 Term Loan Note” means, to the Tranche B Combination Date, a promissory note in the form of Exhibit B-3, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time; provided that on and after the Tranche B Combination Date, references to “Tranche B Term Loan Note” shall mean Tranche B-1 Term Loan Notes and Tranche B-2 Term Loan Notes, collectively, the “Tranche B Term Loan Note”.

“Tranche X Term Loan” means a Tranche X Term Loan made by a Lender to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(i).

“Tranche X Term Loan Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund a Tranche X Term Loan and “Tranche X Term Loan Commitments” means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of each Lender’s Tranche X Term Loan Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A-4 or in the applicable Assignment Agreement, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Tranche X Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $1,250,000,000.

“Tranche X Term Loan Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of the Tranche X Term Loan of such Lender; provided , at any time prior to the making of the Tranche X Term Loans, the Tranche X Term Loan Exposure of any Lender shall be equal to such Lender’s Tranche X Term Loan Commitment.

“Tranche X Term Loan Maturity Date” means the earlier of (i) the 18-month anniversary of the Closing Date and (ii) the date that all Tranche X Term Loans shall become due and payable in full hereunder, whether by acceleration or otherwise.

 

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“Tranche X Term Loan Note” means a promissory note in the form of Exhibit B-5, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Transaction Costs” means the fees, costs and expenses payable by Borrower or any of Borrower’s Subsidiaries on or before the Closing Date in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents and the Related Agreements.

“Type of Loan” means (i) with respect to either Term Loans or Revolving Loans, a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan, and (ii) with respect to Swing Line Loans, a Base Rate Loan.

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

U.S. Lender ” as defined in Section 2.20(c).

“Waivable Prepayment” as defined in Section 2.15(c).

1.2. Accounting Terms. 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 Borrower to Lenders pursuant to Section 5.1(b) and 5.1(c) shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect at the time of such preparation (and delivered together with the reconciliation statements provided for in Section 5.1(e), if applicable). Subject to the foregoing, calculations in connection with the definitions, covenants and other provisions hereof shall utilize accounting principles and policies in conformity with those used to prepare the Historical Financial Statements.

1.3. Interpretation, etc. Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context otherwise requires, be used in the singular or the plural, depending on the reference. References herein to any Section, Appendix, Schedule or Exhibit shall be to a Section, an Appendix, a Schedule or an Exhibit, as the case may be, hereof unless otherwise specifically provided. The use herein of the word “include” or “including”, when following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “without limitation” or “but not limited to” or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter. The terms lease and license shall include sub-lease and sub-license, as applicable.

1.4. Letter of Credit Amounts. 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; 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.

 

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1.5. Exchange Rates. For purposes of determining compliance under Sections 6.1, 6.5 and 6.6 with respect to any amount in a currency other than Dollars (other than with respect to any amount derived from the financial statements of Borrower or its Subsidiaries), such amount shall be deemed to equal the Dollar Equivalent thereof based on the average Spot Rate for such currency for the most recent twelve-month period immediately prior to the date of determination. For purposes of determining compliance with Sections 6.1, 6.2 and 6.6, with respect to any amount of Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Dollars, compliance will be determined at the time of incurrence or advancing thereof using the Dollar Equivalent thereof at the Spot Rate in effect at the time of such incurrence or advancement.

SECTION 2. LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT

2.1. Term Loans.

(a) Loan Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof,

(i) each Lender severally agrees to make, on the Closing Date, a Tranche X Term Loan to Borrower in Dollars in an amount equal to such Lender’s Tranche X Term Loan Commitment;

(ii) each Lender severally agrees to make, on the Closing Date, a Tranche A Term Loan to Borrower in Dollars in an amount equal to such Lender’s Tranche A Term Loan Commitment;

(iii) each Lender severally agrees to make, on the Closing Date, a Tranche B-1 Term Loan to Borrower in Dollars in an amount equal to such Lender’s Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment; and

(iv) each Lender severally agrees to make, on the Closing Date, a Tranche B-2 Term Loan to Borrower in Dollars in an amount equal to such Lender’s Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment.

Borrower may make only one borrowing under each of the Tranche A Term Loan Commitments, Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments, Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments and Tranche X Term Loan Commitments which shall be on the Closing Date. Any amount borrowed under this Section 2.1(a) and subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Subject to Sections 2.13(a) and 2.14, all amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Tranche A Term Loans, the Tranche B-1 Term Loans, the Tranche B-2 Term Loans and the Tranche X Term Loans shall be paid in full no later than the Tranche A Term Loan Maturity Date, the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date and the Tranche X Term Loan Maturity Date, respectively. Each Lender’s Tranche A Term Loan Commitment, Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment, Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment and Tranche X Term Loan Commitment shall terminate immediately and without further action on the Closing Date after giving effect to the funding of such Lender’s Tranche A Term Loan Commitment, Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment, Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment and Tranche X Term Loan Commitment on such date.

 

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(b) Borrowing Mechanics for Term Loans .

(i) Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a fully executed Funding Notice no later than two Business Days prior to the Closing Date. Promptly upon receipt by Administrative Agent of such Funding Notice, Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the proposed borrowing.

(ii) Each Lender shall make its Tranche X Term Loan, Tranche A Term Loan, Tranche B-1 Term Loan and/or Tranche B-2 Term Loan, as the case may be, available to Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the Closing Date, by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at the Principal Office designated by Administrative Agent. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of the Term Loans available to Borrower on the Closing Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Loans received by Administrative Agent from Lenders to be credited to the account of Borrower at the Principal Office designated by Administrative Agent or to such other account as may be designated in writing to Administrative Agent by Borrower.

(c) Tranche B-1 Loans, Tranche B-2 Loans and Tranche B Loans . On the Tranche B Combination Date, the then remaining balance of the Tranche B-2 Term Loans shall be added to the then remaining amounts of the Tranche B-1 Term Loans and shall be treated hereunder on a combined basis as Tranche B Term Loans.

2.2. Revolving Loans.

(a) Revolving Commitments . During the Revolving Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Loans to Borrower in Dollars 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 Loans in no event shall the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect. Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.2(a) may be repaid and reborrowed during the Revolving Commitment Period. 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) Borrowing Mechanics for Revolving Loans .

(i) Except pursuant to Section 2.4(d), Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans shall be made in an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount, and Revolving Loans that are Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount.

(ii) Whenever Borrower desires that Lenders make Revolving Loans, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a fully executed and delivered Funding Notice no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days in advance of the proposed Credit Date in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Loan, and at least

 

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one Business Day in advance of the proposed Credit Date in the case of a Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Funding Notice for a Revolving Loan that is a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and Borrower shall be bound to make a borrowing in accordance therewith.

(iii) Notice of receipt of each Funding Notice in respect of Revolving Loans, together with the amount of each Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof, if any, together with the applicable interest rate, shall be provided by Administrative Agent to each applicable Lender by telefacsimile with reasonable promptness, but (provided Administrative Agent shall have received such notice by 10:00 a.m. (New York City time)) not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the same day as Administrative Agent’s receipt of such Notice from Borrower.

(iv) Each Lender shall make the amount of its Revolving Loan available to Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the applicable Credit Date by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at the Principal Office designated by Administrative Agent. Except as provided herein, upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Revolving Loans available to Borrower on the applicable Credit Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Revolving Loans received by Administrative Agent from Lenders to be credited to the account of Borrower at the Principal Office designated by Administrative Agent or such other account as may be designated in writing to Administrative Agent by Borrower.

2.3. Swing Line Loans.

(a) Swing Line Loans Commitments . During the Revolving Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Swing Line Lender hereby agrees to make Swing Line Loans to Borrower in Dollars 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 the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect. Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.3 may be repaid and reborrowed during the Revolving Commitment Period. 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) Swing Line Loans shall be made in a minimum amount of $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount.

(ii) Whenever Borrower desires that Swing Line Lender make a Swing Line Loan, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a Funding Notice no later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the proposed Credit Date.

 

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(iii) Swing Line Lender shall make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m.(New York City time) on the applicable Credit Date by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at Administrative Agent’s Principal Office. Except as provided herein, upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Swing Line Loan available to Borrower on the applicable Credit Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of such Swing Line Loan received by Administrative Agent from Swing Line Lender to be credited to the account of Borrower at Administrative Agent’s Principal Office or to such other account as may be designated in writing to Administrative Agent by Borrower.

(iv) With respect to any Swing Line Loans which have not been voluntarily prepaid by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.13, Swing Line Lender may at any time in its sole and absolute discretion deliver to Administrative Agent (with a copy to Borrower), no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least one Business Day in advance of the proposed Credit Date, a notice (which shall be deemed to be a Funding Notice given by Borrower) requesting that each Lender holding a Revolving Commitment make Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans to 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 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 Swing Line Lender shall be immediately delivered by Administrative Agent to Swing Line Lender (and not to Borrower) and applied to repay a corresponding portion of the Refunded Swing Line Loans and (2) on the day such Revolving Loans are made, Swing Line Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Refunded Swing Line Loans shall be deemed to be paid with the proceeds of a Revolving Loan made by Swing Line Lender to 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 Swing Line Note of Swing Line Lender but shall instead constitute part of Swing Line Lender’s outstanding Revolving Loans to Borrower and shall be due under the Revolving Loan Note issued by Borrower to Swing Line Lender. Borrower hereby authorizes Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender to charge Borrower’s accounts with Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender (up to the amount available in each such account) in order to immediately pay Swing Line Lender the amount of the Refunded Swing Line Loans to the extent the proceeds of such Revolving Loans made by Lenders, including the Revolving Loans deemed to be made by Swing Line Lender, are not sufficient to repay in full the Refunded Swing Line Loans. If any portion of any such amount paid (or deemed to be paid) to Swing Line Lender should be recovered by or on behalf of Borrower from 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 2.17.

(v) If for any reason Revolving Loans are not made pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(iv) in an amount sufficient to repay any amounts owed to Swing Line Lender in respect of any outstanding Swing Line Loans on or before the third Business Day after demand for payment thereof by Swing Line Lender, each Lender holding a Revolving

 

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Commitment shall be deemed to, and hereby agrees to, have purchased a participation in such outstanding Swing Line Loans in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the applicable unpaid amount together with accrued interest thereon. Upon one Business Day’s notice from Swing Line Lender, each Lender holding a Revolving Commitment shall deliver to Swing Line Lender an amount equal to its respective participation in the applicable unpaid amount in same day funds at the Principal Office of 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 Swing Line Lender in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Swing Line Lender. In the event any Lender holding a Revolving Commitment fails to make available to Swing Line Lender the amount of such Lender’s participation as provided in this paragraph, Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon for three Business Days at the rate customarily used by Swing Line Lender for the correction of errors among banks and thereafter at the Base Rate, as applicable.

(vi) 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 the second preceding paragraph 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 Swing Line Lender, any Credit 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 Credit Party; (D) any breach of this Agreement or any other Credit 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 Swing Line Lender believed in good faith that all conditions under Section 3.2 to the making of the applicable Refunded Swing Line Loans or other unpaid Swing Line Loans were satisfied at the time such Refunded Swing Line Loans or unpaid Swing Line Loans were made or the satisfaction of any such condition not satisfied had been waived by the Requisite Lenders prior to or at the time such Refunded Swing Line Loans or other unpaid Swing Line Loans were made; and (2) 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 or (B) at a time when a Funding Default exists unless Swing Line Lender has entered into arrangements satisfactory to it and Borrower to eliminate Swing Line Lender’s risk with respect to the Defaulting Lender’s participation in such Swing Ling Loan, including by cash collateralizing such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Swing Line Loans.

2.4. Issuance of Letters of Credit and Purchase of Participations Therein.

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account of Borrower or its Subsidiaries (provided that Borrower is an obligor on the Letter of Credit Application submitted to the Issuing Bank in connection with any such Letter of Credit to be issued for the account of any of Borrower’s Subsidiaries), or to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in the aggregate amount up to but not exceeding the Letter of Credit Sublimit; provided , (i) each Letter of Credit shall be denominated in an Agreed Currency; (ii) the initial stated amount of each Letter of Credit shall not be less than $250,000 (or its equivalent in any other Agreed Currency) or such lesser amount as is acceptable to Issuing Bank; (iii) after giving effect to such issuance, in no event shall the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect; (iv) after giving effect to such issuance, in no event shall the Letter of Credit Usage exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit then in effect; (v) in no event shall any standby Letter of Credit (x) have an expiration date later than the earlier of (1) the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and (2) the date which is one year from the date of issuance of such standby Letter of Credit; or (y) be issued if such standby Letter of Credit is otherwise unacceptable to Issuing Bank in its reasonable discretion; and (vi) in no event shall any commercial Letter of Credit (x) have an expiration date later than the earlier of (1) the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date and (2) the date which is 180 days from the date of issuance of such commercial Letter of Credit or (y) be issued if such commercial Letter of Credit is otherwise unacceptable to Issuing Bank in its reasonable discretion. Subject to the foregoing, Issuing Bank may agree that a standby Letter of Credit will automatically be extended for one or more successive periods not to exceed one year each, unless Issuing Bank elects not to extend for any such additional period by giving prior notice ( “Non-Extension Notice” ) to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day prior to such date of expiration; provided , Issuing Bank shall not extend any such Letter of Credit if it has received written notice that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing seven (7) Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice date; provided , further , in the event a Funding Default exists, Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue any Letter of Credit unless Issuing Bank has entered into arrangements satisfactory to it and Borrower to eliminate Issuing Bank’s risk with respect to the participation in Letters of Credit of the Defaulting Lender, including by cash collateralizing such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Letter of Credit Usage; provided , further , Issuing Bank shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if (x) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Issuing Bank from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to the Issuing Bank or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the Issuing Bank shall prohibit, or request that the Issuing Bank refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the Issuing Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the Issuing Bank in good faith deems material to it or (y) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally.

(b) Notice of Issuance . (i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to the Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York

 

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City time) at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the Issuing Bank: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit; and (H) such other matters as the Issuing Bank may require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the Issuing Bank (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as the Issuing Bank may require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent may require.

(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the Issuing Bank will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, the Issuing Bank will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the Issuing Bank has received from any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Credit Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, written notice that one or more applicable conditions contained in Section 3 shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Issuing Bank shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the Issuing Bank’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Issuing Bank a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount of such Letter of Credit.

(iii) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the Issuing Bank will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

(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, 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 Borrower and Issuing Bank, Borrower assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit issued by Issuing Bank by, the respective beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, Issuing Bank shall not be

 

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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 Issuing Bank, including any Governmental Acts; none of the above shall affect or impair, or prevent the vesting of, any of Issuing Bank’s rights or powers hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing and in furtherance thereof, any action taken or omitted by 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, shall not give rise to any liability on the part of Issuing Bank to Borrower. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.4(c), Borrower shall retain any and all rights it may have against Issuing Bank to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Issuing Bank.

(d) Reimbursement by Borrower of Amounts Drawn or Paid Under Letters of Credit . In the event Issuing Bank has determined to honor a drawing under a Letter of Credit, it shall immediately notify Borrower and Administrative Agent of the amount and currency of such drawing and the Dollar Equivalent thereof, and Borrower shall reimburse Issuing Bank through the Administrative Agent on or before the Business Day on which such drawing is honored (the “Reimbursement Date” ) in the same currency in which such drawing was made (or the Dollar Equivalent of such amount, at the option of and as notified by the Issuing Bank) and in same day funds equal to the amount of such honored drawing; provided , anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) unless Borrower shall have notified Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date such drawing is honored that Borrower intends to reimburse Issuing Bank for the amount of such honored drawing with funds other than the proceeds of Revolving Loans, Borrower shall be deemed to have given a timely Funding Notice to Administrative Agent requesting Lenders with Revolving Commitments 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 3.2, Lenders with Revolving Commitments 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 Administrative Agent to reimburse Issuing Bank for the amount of such honored drawing; and provided further , if for any reason proceeds of Revolving Loans are not received by Issuing Bank on the Reimbursement Date in an amount equal to the amount of such honored drawing, Borrower shall reimburse Issuing Bank, on demand, in an amount in same day funds equal to the excess of the amount of

 

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such honored drawing over the aggregate amount of such Revolving Loans, if any, which are so received. Nothing in this Section 2.4(d) shall be deemed to relieve any Lender with a Revolving Commitment from its obligation to make Revolving Loans on the terms and conditions set forth herein, and Borrower shall retain any and all rights it may have against any such Lender resulting from the failure of such Lender to make such Revolving Loans under this Section 2.4(d).

(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 Issuing Bank a participation in such Letter of Credit and any drawings honored thereunder in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share (with respect to the Revolving Commitments) of the maximum amount which is or at any time may become available to be drawn thereunder. In the event that Borrower shall fail for any reason to reimburse Issuing Bank as provided in Section 2.4(d), Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender with a Revolving Commitment of the unreimbursed amount of such honored drawing and of such Lender’s respective participation therein based on such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Commitments. Each Lender with a Revolving Commitment shall make available to Issuing Bank through the Administrative Agent an amount equal to its respective participation, in Dollars and in same day funds, at the office of Administrative Agent specified in such notice, not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the first Business Day after the date notified by Administrative Agent. In the event that any Lender with a Revolving Commitment fails to make available to Issuing Bank on such Business Day the amount of such Lender’s participation in such Letter of Credit as provided in this Section 2.4(e), Issuing Bank shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon for three Business Days at the rate customarily used by Issuing Bank for the correction of errors among banks and thereafter at the Base Rate. Nothing in this Section 2.4(e) shall be deemed to prejudice the right of any Lender with a Revolving Commitment to recover from Issuing Bank any amounts made available by such Lender to Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section in the event 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 Issuing Bank. In the event Issuing Bank shall have been reimbursed by other Lenders pursuant to this Section 2.4(e) for all or any portion of any drawing honored by Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall distribute to each Lender which has paid all amounts payable by it under this Section 2.4(e) with respect to such honored drawing such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all payments subsequently received by Issuing Bank from 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 Borrower to reimburse Issuing Bank for drawings honored under the Letters of Credit issued by it and to repay any Revolving Loans made by Lenders pursuant to Section 2.4(d) and the obligations of Lenders under Section 2.4(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 or other right which Borrower 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), Issuing Bank, any Lender or any other Person or, in the case of a Lender, against Borrower, whether in

 

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connection herewith, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transaction (including any underlying transaction between Borrower or one 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 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, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; (vi) any breach hereof or any other Credit Document by any party thereto; (vii) any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the Alternative Currency to the applicable Borrower or in the relevant currency markets generally; (viii) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; or (ix) the fact that an Event of Default or a Default shall have occurred and be continuing; provided , in each case, that payment by Issuing Bank under the applicable Letter of Credit shall not have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct of Issuing Bank under the circumstances in question.

(g) Indemnification . Without duplication of any obligation of Borrower under Section 10.2 or 10.3, in addition to amounts payable as provided therein, Borrower hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and save harmless Issuing Bank from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel and allocated costs of internal counsel) which Issuing Bank may incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of (i) the issuance of any Letter of Credit by Issuing Bank, other than as a result of (1) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Issuing Bank or (2) the wrongful dishonor by Issuing Bank of a proper demand for payment made under any Letter of Credit issued by it, or (ii) the failure of Issuing Bank to honor a drawing under any such Letter of Credit as a result of any Governmental Act.

2.5. Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds.

(a) Pro Rata Shares . All Loans shall be made, and all participations purchased, by Lenders simultaneously and proportionately to their respective Pro Rata Shares, 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 Term Loan Commitment or any Revolving Commitment 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.

(b) Availability of Funds . Unless Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the applicable Credit Date that such Lender does not intend to make available to Administrative Agent the amount of such Lender’s Loan requested on such Credit Date, Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to Administrative Agent on such Credit Date and Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, but shall not be obligated to, make available to Borrower a corresponding amount on such Credit Date. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to Administrative Agent by such Lender, Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Lender, together with interest thereon for each day from such Credit Date

 

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until the date such amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at the customary rate set by Administrative Agent for the correction of errors among banks for three Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrower, and Borrower shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to Administrative Agent, together with interest thereon for each day from such Credit Date until the date such amount is paid to Administrative Agent at the rate payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans for such Class of Loans. Nothing in this Section 2.5(b) shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Term Loan Commitments and Revolving Commitment hereunder or to prejudice any rights that Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.

2.6. Use of Proceeds . The proceeds of the Term Loans made on the Closing Date shall be applied by Borrower to fund the Acquisition, to refinance Existing Specified Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including the Acquired Business after giving effect to the Acquisition) and to pay Transaction Costs; provided that, the Remaining Cytyc Convertible Notes as at the Closing Date are not required to be refinanced in the event that proceeds of the Term Loans in an amount that does not exceed the lesser of (i) $250,000,000 and (ii) the principal and interest due on the Remaining Cytyc Convertible Notes outstanding on the Closing Date shall be deposited and maintained in the Escrow Account, with such funds to be used solely to redeem or convert any of the Remaining Cytyc Convertible Notes as may be tendered for redemption or conversion after the Closing Date and thereafter to be released to Borrower to be used for its general corporate purposes ( provided that following the completion of the Tender Offer and satisfaction of any redemption obligations in connection therewith, the Borrower may elect at any time to cause any portion of or all such remaining funds to be released from the Escrow Account to be used for general corporate purposes). The proceeds of the Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit made or issued on and after the Closing Date, as applicable, shall be applied by Borrower to fund a portion of the Acquisition, for working capital and general corporate purposes of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including Permitted Acquisitions and permitted capital expenditures. No portion of the proceeds of any Credit Extension shall be used in any manner that causes or might cause such Credit Extension or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors or any other regulation thereof or to violate the Exchange Act.

2.7. 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 Borrower 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 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 Revolving Commitment or 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.

 

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(b) Register . Administrative Agent (or its agent or sub-agent appointed by it) shall maintain at the Principal Office a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of Lenders and the Revolving Commitment and Loans of each Lender from time to time (the “Register” ). The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender (with respect to any entry relating to such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and Loans) at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. Administrative Agent shall record, or shall cause to be recorded, in the Register the Revolving Commitments and the Loans in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6, and each repayment or prepayment in respect of the principal amount of the Loans, and any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on Borrower and each Lender, absent manifest error; provided , failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Lender’s Revolving Commitment or Borrower’s Obligations in respect of any Loan. Borrower hereby designates GSCP to serve as Borrower’s agent solely for purposes of maintaining the Register as provided in this Section 2.7, and Borrower hereby agrees that, to the extent GSCP serves in such capacity, GSCP and its officers, directors, employees, agents, sub-agents and affiliates shall constitute “Indemnitees.”

(c) Notes . If so requested by any Lender by written notice to Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent) at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date, or at any time thereafter, Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (and/or, if applicable and if so specified in such notice, to any Person who is an assignee of such Lender pursuant to Section 10.6) on the Closing Date (or, if such notice is delivered after the Closing Date, promptly after Borrower’s receipt of such notice) a Note or Notes to evidence such Lender’s Tranche X Term Loan, Tranche A Term Loan, Tranche B-1 Term Loan, Tranche B-2 Term Loan, Tranche B Term Loan (where applicable), New Term Loan, Revolving Loans or Swing Line Loans, as the case may be.

2.8. Interest on Loans.

(a) Except as otherwise set forth herein, each Class of Loans 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, Tranche A Term Loans and Tranche X Term Loans, as applicable:

(1) if a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin; or

(2) if a Eurodollar Rate Loan, at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Margin; and

(ii) in the case of Swing Line Loans, at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin; and

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(1) if a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate plus 1.50%; or

(2) if a Eurodollar Rate Loan, at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus 2.50%.

(b) The basis for determining the rate of interest with respect to any Loan (except a Swing Line Loan which can be made and maintained only as a Base Rate Loan), and the Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, shall be selected by Borrower and notified to Administrative Agent and Lenders pursuant to the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, as the case may be; provided , until the date that Administrative Agent notifies Borrower that the primary syndication of the Loans and Revolving Commitments has been completed, as determined by Administrative Agent, the Term Loans shall be maintained as either (1) Eurodollar Rate Loans having an Interest Period of no longer than three months or (2) Base Rate Loans. If on any day a Loan is outstanding with respect to which a Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice has not been delivered to Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof specifying the applicable basis for determining the rate of interest, then for that day such Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan.

(c) In connection with Eurodollar Rate Loans there shall be no more than ten (10) Interest Periods outstanding at any time. In the event Borrower fails to specify between a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, such Loan will be made as a Base Rate Loan or (if outstanding as a Eurodollar Rate Loan) will be automatically converted into a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the then-current Interest Period for such Loan or (if outstanding as a Base Rate Loan) will remain as a Base Rate Loan. In the event Borrower fails to specify an Interest Period for any Eurodollar Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month. As soon as practicable after 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each Interest Rate Determination Date, 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 the Eurodollar Rate Loans for which an interest rate is then being determined for the applicable Interest Period and shall promptly give notice thereof (in writing or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Borrower and each Lender.

(d) Interest payable pursuant to Section 2.8(a) shall be computed (i) in the case of Base Rate Loans on the basis of a 365-day or 366-day year, as the case may be, and (ii) in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, on the basis of a 360-day year, 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 Term Loan, the last Interest Payment Date with respect to such Term Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being converted from a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the date of conversion of such Eurodollar 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 a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the date of conversion of such Base Rate Loan to such Eurodollar 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 day’s interest shall be paid on that Loan.

 

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(e) Except as otherwise set forth herein, interest on each Loan (i) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date with respect to interest accrued on and to each such payment date; (ii) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears upon any prepayment of that Loan, whether voluntary or mandatory, to the extent accrued on the amount being prepaid; and (iii) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears at maturity of the Loans, including final maturity of the Loans; provided , however, with respect to any voluntary prepayment of a Base Rate Loan, accrued interest shall instead be payable on the applicable Interest Payment Date.

(f) Borrower agrees to pay to Issuing Bank, with respect to drawings honored under any Letter of Credit, interest on the amount paid by 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 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 2% per annum in excess of the rate of interest otherwise payable hereunder with respect to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans.

(g) Interest payable pursuant to Section 2.8(f) shall be computed on the basis of a 365/366-day year 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 Issuing Bank of any payment of interest pursuant to Section 2.8(f), Issuing Bank shall distribute to each Lender, out of the interest received by Issuing Bank in respect of the period from the date such drawing is honored to but excluding the date on which 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 Issuing Bank shall have been reimbursed by Lenders for all or any portion of such honored drawing, Issuing Bank shall distribute to each Lender which has paid all amounts payable by it under Section 2.4(e) with respect to such honored drawing such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any interest received by Issuing Bank in respect of that portion of such honored drawing so reimbursed by such Lender for the period from the date on which Issuing Bank was so reimbursed by such Lender to but excluding the date on which such portion of such honored drawing is reimbursed by Borrower.

2.9. Conversion/Continuation.

(a) Subject to Section 2.18 and so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and then be continuing, Borrower shall have the option:

(i) to convert at any time all or any part of any borrowing of Term Loans or Revolving Loans equal to $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount from one Type of Loan to another Type of Loan; provided , Eurodollar Rate

 

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Loans may only be converted on the expiration of the Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Loans unless Borrower shall pay all amounts due under Section 2.18 in connection with any such conversion; or

(ii) upon the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to any borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans, to continue all or any portion of such Loans equal to $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount as Eurodollar Rate Loans.

(b) Borrower shall deliver a Conversion/Continuation Notice to Administrative Agent no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least one Business Day in advance of the proposed conversion date (in the case of a conversion to Base Rate Loans) and at least three Business Days in advance of the proposed conversion/continuation date (in the case of a conversion to, or a continuation of, Eurodollar Rate Loans). Except as otherwise provided herein, a Conversion/Continuation Notice for conversion to, or continuation of, any Eurodollar Rate Loans (or telephonic notice in lieu thereof) shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and Borrower shall be bound to effect a conversion or continuation in accordance therewith.

2.10. Default Interest . The principal amount of all Loans outstanding and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any interest payments on the Loans or any fees or other amounts owed hereunder and not paid on or before the date due (or, in the case of interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount due hereunder, not paid within five days after the date due) shall thereafter bear interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable bankruptcy laws) payable on demand at a rate that is 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder with respect to the applicable Loans (or, in the case of any such fees and other amounts, at a rate which is 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans that are Revolving Loans); provided , in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, upon the expiration of the Interest Period in effect at the time any such increase in interest rate is effective such Eurodollar Rate Loans shall thereupon become Base Rate Loans and shall thereafter bear interest payable upon demand at a rate which is 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans. Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of interest provided for in this Section 2.10 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 Administrative Agent or any Lender.

2.11. Fees.

(a) Borrower agrees to pay to Lenders having Revolving Exposure:

(i) commitment fees equal to (1) the average of the daily difference between (a) the Revolving Commitments and (b) the aggregate principal amount of (x) all outstanding Revolving Loans plus (y) the Letter of Credit Usage, times (2) the Applicable Revolving Commitment Fee Percentage; and

 

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(ii) letter of credit fees equal to (1) the Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans that are Eurodollar Rate Loans, times (2) the average aggregate daily maximum amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit (regardless of whether any conditions for drawing could then be met and determined as of the close of business on any date of determination).

All fees referred to in this Section 2.11(a) shall be paid to Administrative Agent at its Principal Office and, upon receipt, Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof.

(b) Borrower agrees to pay directly to Issuing Bank, for its own account, the following fees:

(i) a fronting fee equal to 0.125%, per annum, times the aggregate daily maximum amount available to be drawn under all Letters of Credit (determined as of the close of business on any date of determination); and

(ii) such documentary and processing charges for any issuance, amendment, transfer or payment of a Letter of Credit as are in accordance with Issuing Bank’s standard schedule for such charges as in effect at the time of such issuance, amendment, transfer or payment, as the case may be.

(c) All fees referred to in Sections 2.11(a) and 2.11(b)(i) shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year during the Revolving Commitment Period, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.

(d) In addition to any of the foregoing fees, Borrower agrees to pay to Agents such other fees in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon.

2.12. Scheduled Payments/Commitment Reductions . (a) The principal amounts of the Tranche A Term Loans shall be repaid in consecutive quarterly installments (each, an “Installment” )

in the aggregate amounts set forth below on the four quarterly scheduled Interest Payment Dates applicable to Tranche A Term Loans, commencing December 31, 2007:

 

Amortization Date

   Tranche A Term Loan
Installments

December 31, 2007

   $ 7,500,000

March 31, 2008

   $ 7,500,000

June 30, 2008

   $ 7,500,000

 

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Amortization Date

   Tranche A Term Loan
Installments

September 30, 2008

   $ 7,500,000

December 31, 2008

   $ 15,000,000

March 31, 2009

   $ 15,000,000

June 30, 2009

   $ 15,000,000

September 30, 2009

   $ 15,000,000

December 31, 2009

   $ 15,000,000

March 31, 2010

   $ 15,000,000

June 30, 2010

   $ 15,000,000

September 30, 2010

   $ 15,000,000

December 31, 2010

   $ 22,500,000

March 31, 2011

   $ 22,500,000

June 30, 2011

   $ 22,500,000

September 30, 2011

   $ 22,500,000

December 31, 2011

   $ 22,500,000

March 31, 2012

   $ 22,500,000

June 30, 2012

   $ 22,500,000

September 30, 2012

   $ 292,500,000

(b) The principal amounts of the Tranche B-1 Term Loans shall be repaid in Installments in the aggregate amounts set forth below on the four quarterly scheduled Interest Payment Dates applicable to Tranche B-1 Term Loans, commencing December 31, 2007:

 

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Amortization Date

   Tranche B-1 Term Loan
Installments

December 31, 2007

   $ 625,000

March 31, 2008

   $ 625,000

June 30, 2008

   $ 625,000

September 30, 2008

   $ 625,000

December 31, 2008

   $ 625,000

March 31, 2009

   $ 625,000

June 30, 2009

   $ 625,000

September 30, 2009

   $ 625,000

December 31, 2009

   $ 625,000

March 31, 2010

   $ 625,000

June 30, 2010

   $ 625,000

September 30, 2010

   $ 625,000

December 31, 2010

   $ 625,000

March 31, 2011

   $ 625,000

June 30, 2011

   $ 625,000

September 30, 2011

   $ 625,000

December 31, 2011

   $ 625,000

March 31, 2012

   $ 625,000

June 30, 2012

   $ 625,000

September 30, 2012

   $ 625,000

December 31, 2012

   $ 625,000

March 31, 2013

   $ 236,875,000

 

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(c) The principal amounts of the Tranche B-2 Term Loans shall be repaid in Installments in the aggregate amounts set forth below on the four quarterly scheduled Interest Payment Dates applicable to Tranche B-2 Term Loans, commencing December 31, 2007:

 

Amortization Date

   Tranche B-2 Term Loan
Installments

December 31, 2007

   $ 625,000

March 31, 2008

   $ 625,000

June 30, 2008

   $ 625,000

September 30, 2008

   $ 625,000

December 31, 2008

   $ 625,000

March 31, 2009

   $ 625,000

June 30, 2009

   $ 625,000

September 30, 2009

   $ 625,000

December 31, 2009

   $ 625,000

March 31, 2010

   $ 625,000

June 30, 2010

   $ 625,000

September 30, 2010

   $ 625,000

December 31, 2010

   $ 625,000

March 31, 2011

   $ 625,000

June 30, 2011

   $ 625,000

September 30, 2011

   $ 625,000

 

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Amortization Date

   Tranche B-2 Term Loan
Installments

December 31, 2011

   $ 625,000

March 31, 2012

   $ 625,000

June 30, 2012

   $ 625,000

September 30, 2012

   $ 625,000

December 31, 2012

   $ 625,000

March 31, 2013

   $ 236,875,000

; provided , with respect to each clause (b) and clause (c) of this Section 2.12, in the event any New Term Loans are made, such New Term Loans shall be repaid on each installment date the Tranche B Loans are repaid (each such date, the “ Installment Date ”) occurring on or after the applicable Increased Amount Date in an amount equal to (i) the aggregate principal amount of New Term Loans of the applicable Series of New Term Loans, times (ii) the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (y) the amount of all Tranche B Term Loans being repaid on such Installment Date and (z) the total aggregate principal amount of all other Term Loans outstanding on such Increased Amount Date. On the Tranche B Combination Date, the then remaining balance of the Tranche B-2 Term Loans shall be added to the then outstanding amount of the Tranche B-1 Term Loans and shall be treated hereunder on a combined basis as Tranche B Term Loans.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) such Installments shall be reduced on a pro rata basis in connection with any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of the Term Loans in accordance with Sections 2.13, 2.14 and 2.15, as applicable; and (y) Term Loans, together with all other amounts owed hereunder with respect thereto, shall, in any event, be paid in full no later than the respective Term Loan Maturity Date therefor.

2.13. Voluntary Prepayments/Commitment Reductions.

(a) Voluntary Prepayments .

(i) At any time and from time to time:

(1) with respect to Base Rate Loans, Borrower may prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part in an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount;

(2) with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans, Borrower may prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part in an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount; and

 

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(3) with respect to Swing Line Loans, Borrower may prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part in an aggregate minimum amount of $500,000, and in integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount.

(ii) All such prepayments shall be made:

(1) upon not less than one Business Day’s prior written or telephonic notice in the case of Base Rate Loans;

(2) upon not less than three Business Days’ prior written or telephonic notice in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans; and

(3) upon written or telephonic notice on the date of prepayment, in the case of Swing Line Loans;

in each case given to Administrative Agent or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, by 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date required and, if given by telephone, promptly confirmed in writing to Administrative Agent (and Administrative Agent will promptly transmit such telephonic or original notice for Term Loans or Revolving Loans, as the case may be, by telefacsimile or telephone to each Lender) or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be. 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 2.15(a).

(b) Voluntary Commitment Reductions .

(i) Borrower may, upon not less than three Business Days’ prior written or telephonic notice confirmed in writing to Administrative Agent (which original written or telephonic notice 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, without premium or penalty, the Revolving Commitments in an amount up to the amount by which the Revolving Commitments exceed the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments at the time of such proposed termination or reduction; provided , 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.

(ii) Borrower’s notice to 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 Borrower’s notice and shall reduce the Revolving Commitment of each Lender proportionately to its Pro Rata Share thereof.

 

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2.14. Mandatory Prepayments/Commitment Reductions.

(a) Asset Sales . No later than the first Business Day following the date of receipt by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any Net Asset Sale Proceeds, Borrower shall prepay the Loans as set forth in Section 2.15(b) in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Asset Sale Proceeds; provided , (i) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (ii) to the extent that Net Asset Sale Proceeds from the Closing Date through the applicable date of determination do not exceed $25,000,000 individually or $50,000,000 in the aggregate during any Fiscal Year, Borrower shall have the option, directly or through one or more of its Subsidiaries, to invest or commit to invest such Net Asset Sale Proceeds within one year of receipt thereof in long-term productive assets of the general type used in the business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided further , pending any such investment all such Net Asset Sale Proceeds shall be applied to prepay Revolving Loans to the extent outstanding (without a reduction in Revolving Commitments) on or within five Business Days after the immediately succeeding Interest Payment Date.

(b) Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds . No later than the first Business Day following the date of receipt by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or Administrative Agent as loss payee, of any Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, Borrower shall prepay the Loans as set forth in Section 2.15(b) in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds in excess of $1,000,000 for any single event giving rise thereto or series of related events giving rise thereto; provided , so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Borrower shall have the option, directly or through one or more of its Subsidiaries, to invest or commit to invest such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds within one year of receipt thereof in long term productive assets of the general type used in the business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, which investment may include the repair, restoration or replacement of the applicable assets thereof; provided further , pending any such investment all such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds in excess of $1,000,000 for any single event giving rise thereto or series of related events giving rise thereto, as the case may be, shall be applied to prepay Revolving Loans to the extent outstanding (without a reduction in Revolving Commitments) on or within five Business Days after the immediately succeeding Interest Payment Date.

(c) Issuance of Equity Securities . On the date of receipt by Borrower of any Cash proceeds from a capital contribution to, or the issuance of any Equity Interests of, Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than pursuant to any employee, director or consultant stock or stock option compensation plan or the Spread Overlay Agreements), Borrower shall prepay the Loans as set forth in Section 2.15(b) (i) in the event any Tranche X Term Loans are outstanding, in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such proceeds and (ii) thereafter, in an aggregate amount equal to 50% of such proceeds, in the case of either clause (i) or clause (ii) net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith, including reasonable legal fees and expenses; provided , during any period in which the Leverage Ratio (determined for any such period by reference to the Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(d) calculating the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most

 

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recently ended Fiscal Quarter) shall be 3.00:1.00 or less, prepayments and/or reductions otherwise required pursuant to clause (ii) hereof shall be required to be made in an amount equal to 25% of such net proceeds; provided , further , during any period in which the Leverage Ratio (determined for any such period by reference to the Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(d) calculating the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter) shall be 2.00:1.00 or less, prepayments and/or reductions otherwise required pursuant to clause (ii) hereof shall not be required to be made.

(d) Issuance of Debt . On the date of receipt by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any Cash proceeds from the incurrence of any Indebtedness of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, Borrower shall prepay the Loans as set forth in Section 2.15(b) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, the net expense of the Spread Overlay Agreements entered into in connection with the issuance of convertible securities the proceeds of which are being applied pursuant hereto, and other reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith, including reasonable legal fees and expenses; provided , however , that any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.1 (other than that portion of the proceeds of the issuance of Indebtedness issued pursuant to Section 6.1(n) that is not applied to make Permitted Acquisitions, which shall be subject hereto) and any amounts released from the Escrow Account (that are not applied to the redemption or conversion of the Remaining Cytyc Convertible Notes) shall be excluded from the application hereof.

(e) Consolidated Excess Cash Flow . In the event that there shall be Consolidated Excess Cash Flow for any Fiscal Year (commencing with the Fiscal Year ending in 2008), Borrower shall, no later than ninety days after the end of such Fiscal Year, prepay the Loans as set forth in Section 2.15(b) in an aggregate amount equal to (i) 50% of such Consolidated Excess Cash Flow minus (ii) voluntary repayments of the Loans (excluding repayments of Revolving Loans or Swing Line Loans except to the extent the Revolving Commitments are permanently reduced in connection with such repayments); provided , that if, as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Year, the Leverage Ratio (determined for any such period by reference to the Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(d) calculating the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such Fiscal Year) shall be 3.00:1.00 or less, Borrower shall only be required to make the prepayments and/or reductions otherwise required hereby in an amount equal to (i) 25% of such Consolidated Excess Cash Flow minus (ii) voluntary repayments of the Loans (excluding repayments of Revolving Loans or Swing Line Loans except to the extent the Revolving Commitments are permanently reduced in connection with such repayments); provided , further , that if, as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Year, the Leverage Ratio (determined for any such period by reference to the Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(d) calculating the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such Fiscal Year) shall be 2.00:1.00 or less, Borrower shall not be required to make the prepayments and/or reductions otherwise required hereby.

(f) Revolving Loans and Swing Loans . Except in circumstances in which Section 2.15(a) applies, Borrower shall from time to time prepay first , the Swing Line Loans without reductions in Revolving Commitments and second , the Revolving Loans without reductions in Revolving Commitments to the extent necessary so that the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments shall not at any time exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect.

 

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(g) Excess Utilization of Revolving Commitments . At any time the Total Utilization of the Revolving Commitments exceeds the Revolving Commitments then in effect, the Borrower shall prepay the Revolving Loans in an amount equal to such excess.

(h) Prepayment Certificate . Concurrently with any prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Sections 2.14(a) through 2.14(e), Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer demonstrating the calculation of the amount of the applicable net proceeds or Consolidated Excess Cash Flow, as the case may be. In the event that Borrower shall subsequently determine that the actual amount received exceeded the amount set forth in such certificate by more than $1,000,000, Borrower shall promptly make an additional prepayment of the Loans in an amount equal to such excess (but in no event shall such prepayment be required to be prior to the date that is five Business Days after the immediately succeeding Interest Payment Date), and Borrower shall concurrently therewith deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer demonstrating the derivation of such excess.

2.15. Application of Prepayments/Reductions.

(a) Application of Voluntary Prepayments by Type of Loans . Any prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.13(a) shall be applied as follows:

first , to prepay the Tranche X Term Loans to the full extent thereof; and

second , to prepay the Term Loans on a pro rata basis (in accordance with the respective outstanding principal amounts thereof); and further applied on a pro rata basis within each such Class of Loans to reduce the scheduled remaining Installments of principal of such Class of Loans; provided , however , that Borrower may, in the exercise of its sole discretion, elect that such prepayment shall be applied to prepay the next four scheduled Installments of the Tranche A Term Loans prior to application to prepay Tranche B Term Loans, with any remaining balance of such voluntary prepayment to be applied to all of the remaining Term Loans on a pro rata basis as first set forth above in this clause second .

(b) Application of Mandatory Prepayments by Class of Loans . Any amount required to be paid pursuant to Sections 2.14(a) through 2.14(e) shall be applied as follows:

first , to prepay the Term Loans on a pro rata basis (in accordance with the respective outstanding principal amounts thereof), with such prepayments to be applied to reduce the scheduled Installments of principal within each Class of Loans, first by application to the next four scheduled Installments within such respective Class and then pro rata among the remaining scheduled Installments of principal of such Class of Loans;

second , to prepay the Swing Line Loans to the full extent thereof without reduction of Revolving Commitments;

 

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third , to prepay the Revolving Loans to the full extent thereof without reduction of Revolving Commitments;

fourth , to prepay outstanding reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit; and

fifth , to cash collateralize Letters of Credit;

provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.15, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, all prepayments of Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.13(a), all proceeds of any issuance of equity securities required to be applied to prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.14(c) and all proceeds of any issuance of Indebtedness required to be applied to prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.14(d) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be net of the net expense of any Spread Overlay Agreements entered into in connection therewith) shall first be applied to prepay any outstanding Tranche X Term Loans to the full extent thereof prior to application to any other purpose; provided further that, in connection with any such payment made on or before the Tranche B Combination Date in respect of which there is any balance remaining after repayment of the Tranche X Term Loans that is either subject to required prepayment pursuant to Section 2.14 or that the Borrower has elected to apply to prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.13, the balance remaining shall be applied to prepay any outstanding Tranche B-2 Term Loans prior to application to prepay other Term Loans in accordance with clause second of Section 2.15(a) or clause first of this Section 2.15(b), as applicable.

(c) Waivable Prepayment . Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, so long as any Term Loans are outstanding, in the event Borrower is required to make any voluntary or mandatory prepayment (a “Waivable Prepayment” ) of the Term Loans, not less than three Business Days prior to the date (the “Prepayment Date” ) on which Borrower is required to make such Waivable Prepayment, Borrower shall notify Administrative Agent of the amount of such prepayment, and Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter notify each Lender holding an outstanding Term Loan of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Waivable Prepayment and such Lender’s option to elect to decline payment of such amount. Each such Lender may exercise such option by giving written notice to Borrower and Administrative Agent of its election to do so on or before the first Business Day prior to the Prepayment Date (it being understood that any Lender which does not notify Borrower and Administrative Agent of its election to exercise such option on or before the first Business Day prior to the Prepayment Date shall be deemed to have elected, as of such date, not to exercise such option). On the Prepayment Date, Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent the amount of the Waivable Prepayment, which amount shall be applied (i) in an amount equal to that portion of the Waivable Prepayment payable to those Lenders that have elected not to exercise such option, to prepay the Term Loans of such Lenders (which prepayment shall be applied to the scheduled Installments of principal of the Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.15(b)), and (ii) in an amount equal to that portion of the Waivable Prepayment otherwise payable to those Lenders that have elected to exercise such option, to prepay the Term Loans of such Lenders accepting payments under clause (i) above (which prepayment shall be further applied to the scheduled installments of principal of the Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.15(b));

 

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provided that in the event any amount of the Waivable Prepayment is outstanding after those Lenders that have elected not to exercise such option, such amount shall be applied pro rata to prepay the Term Loans of those Lenders that have elected to exercise such option (which prepayment shall be applied to scheduled Installments of principal of the Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.15(b)).

(d) Application of Prepayments of Loans to Base Rate Loans and Eurodollar Rate Loans . Considering each Class of Loans being prepaid separately, any prepayment thereof shall be applied first to Base Rate Loans to the full extent thereof before application to Eurodollar Rate Loans, in each case in a manner which minimizes the amount of any payments required to be made by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.18(c).

2.16. General Provisions Regarding Payments.

(a) All payments by Borrower of principal, interest, fees and other Obligations shall be made in the currency in which such Loans are denominated and all other payments under each Credit Document shall, unless otherwise specified in such Credit Document, be made in Dollars, in same day funds, without defense, setoff or counterclaim, free of any restriction or condition, and delivered to Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date due at the Principal Office designated by Administrative Agent for the account of Lenders; for purposes of computing interest and fees, funds received by Administrative Agent after that time on such due date shall be deemed to have been paid by Borrower on the next succeeding Business Day.

(b) All payments in respect of the principal amount of any Loan (other than voluntary prepayments 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.

(c) Administrative Agent (or its agent or sub-agent appointed by it) 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 hereunder, together with all other amounts due such Lender, including all fees payable with respect thereto, to the extent received by Administrative Agent.

(d) 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 Eurodollar Rate Loans, Administrative Agent shall give effect thereto in apportioning payments received thereafter.

(e) Subject to the provisions set forth in the definition of “Interest Period” as they may apply to Revolving Loans, whenever any payment to be made hereunder with respect to any Loan 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, with respect to Revolving Loans only, such extension of time shall be included in the computation of the payment of interest hereunder or of the Revolving Commitment fees hereunder.

 

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(f) Borrower hereby authorizes Administrative Agent to charge Borrower’s accounts with Administrative Agent in order to cause timely payment to be made to Administrative Agent of all principal, interest, fees and expenses due hereunder (subject to sufficient funds being available in its accounts for that purpose).

(g) Administrative Agent shall deem any payment by or on behalf of Borrower hereunder that is not made in same day funds prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) to be a non-conforming payment. Any such payment shall be deemed not to have been received by Administrative Agent until the later of (i) the time such funds become available funds, and (ii) the applicable next Business Day. Administrative Agent shall give prompt telephonic notice to 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 8.1(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 rate determined pursuant to Section 2.10 from the date such amount was due and payable until the date such amount is paid in full.

(h) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and not otherwise been waived, and the maturity of the Obligations shall have been accelerated pursuant to Section 8.1, all payments or proceeds received by Agents hereunder in respect of any of the Obligations shall be applied in accordance with the application arrangements described in Section 9.2 of the Pledge and Security Agreement.

2.17. Ratable Sharing . Lenders hereby agree among themselves that if any of them shall, whether by voluntary payment (other than a voluntary prepayment of Loans made and applied in accordance with the terms hereof), through the exercise of any right of set-off or banker’s lien, by counterclaim or cross action or by the enforcement of any right under the Credit Documents or otherwise (except pursuant to an Assignment Agreement with an Eligible Assignee), or as adequate protection of a deposit treated as cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code, receive payment or reduction of a proportion of the aggregate amount of principal, interest, amounts payable in respect of Letters of Credit, fees and other amounts then due and owing to such Lender hereunder or under the other Credit Documents (collectively, the “Aggregate Amounts Due” to such Lender) which is greater than the proportion received by any other Lender in respect of the Aggregate Amounts Due to such other Lender, then the Lender receiving such proportionately greater payment shall (a) notify Administrative Agent and each other Lender of the receipt of such payment and (b) apply a portion of such payment to purchase participations (which it shall be deemed to have purchased from each seller of a participation simultaneously upon the receipt by such seller of its portion of such payment) in the Aggregate Amounts Due to the other Lenders so that all such recoveries of Aggregate Amounts Due shall be shared by all Lenders in proportion to the Aggregate Amounts Due to them; provided , if all or part of such proportionately greater payment received by such purchasing Lender is thereafter recovered from such Lender upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of Borrower or otherwise, those purchases shall be rescinded and the purchase prices paid for such participations shall be returned to such

 

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purchasing Lender ratably to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. Borrower expressly consents to the foregoing arrangement and agrees that any holder of a participation so purchased may exercise any and all rights of banker’s lien, set-off or counterclaim with respect to any and all monies owing by Borrower to that holder with respect thereto as fully as if that holder were owed the amount of the participation held by that holder.

2.18. Making or Maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans.

(a) Inability to Determine Applicable Interest Rate . In the event that Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), on any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loans that, by reason of circumstances affecting the London interbank market, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the interest rate applicable to such Loans on the basis provided for in the definition of Adjusted Eurodollar Rate, Administrative Agent shall on such date give notice (by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Borrower and each Lender of such determination, whereupon (i) no Loans may be made as, or converted to, Eurodollar Rate Loans until such time as Administrative Agent notifies Borrower and Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, and (ii) any Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice given by Borrower with respect to the Loans in respect of which such determination was made shall be deemed to be rescinded by Borrower.

(b) Illegality or Impracticability of Eurodollar Rate 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 Borrower and Administrative Agent) that the making, maintaining or continuation of its Eurodollar Rate 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 Borrower and Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice 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, Eurodollar Rate 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 Eurodollar Rate Loan then being requested by 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, (3) the Affected Lender’s obligation to maintain its outstanding Eurodollar Rate 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 on the date of such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a determination by an Affected Lender as described above relates to a Eurodollar Rate Loan then being requested by Borrower pursuant to a Funding Notice or a

 

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Conversion/Continuation Notice, Borrower shall have the option, subject to the provisions of Section 2.18(c), 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 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 Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender). Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, nothing in this Section 2.18(b) shall affect the obligation of any Lender other than an Affected Lender to make or maintain Loans as, or to convert Loans to, Eurodollar Rate Loans in accordance with the terms hereof.

(c) Compensation for Breakage or Non-Commencement of Interest Periods . 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 losses, expenses and liabilities (including any interest paid by such Lender to lenders of funds borrowed by it to make or carry its Eurodollar 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 may sustain: (i) if for any reason (other than a default by such Lender) a borrowing of any Eurodollar Rate Loan 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 Eurodollar Rate Loan 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 Eurodollar Rate Loans occurs on a date prior to the last day of an Interest Period applicable to that Loan; or (iii) if any prepayment of any of its Eurodollar Rate Loans is not made on any date specified in a notice of prepayment given by Borrower.

(d) Booking of Eurodollar Rate Loans . Any Lender may make, carry or transfer Eurodollar Rate Loans at, to, or for the account of any of its branch offices or the office of an Affiliate of such Lender.

(e) Assumptions Concerning Funding of Eurodollar Rate Loans . Calculation of all amounts payable to a Lender under this Section 2.18 and under Section 2.19 shall be made as though such Lender had actually funded each of its relevant Eurodollar Rate Loans through the purchase of a Eurodollar deposit bearing interest at the rate obtained pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of Adjusted Eurodollar Rate in an amount equal to the amount of such Eurodollar Rate Loan and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period and through the transfer of such Eurodollar deposit from an offshore office of such Lender to a domestic office of such Lender in the United States of America; provided , however , each Lender may fund each of its Eurodollar 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 2.18 and under Section 2.19.

2.19. Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy.

(a) Compensation For Increased Costs and Taxes . Subject to the provisions of Section 2.20 (which shall be controlling with respect to the matters covered thereby), in the event that any Lender (which term shall include Issuing Bank and Swing Line Lender for purposes of

 

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this Section 2.19(a)) shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that any law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change therein or in the interpretation, administration or application thereof (including the introduction of any new law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order), or any determination of a court or governmental authority, in each case that becomes effective after the date hereof, or compliance by such Lender with any guideline, request or directive issued or made after the date hereof by any central bank or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law): (i) subjects such Lender (or its applicable lending office) to any additional Tax (other than any Tax on the overall net income of such Lender) with respect to this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents or any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or any payments to such Lender (or its applicable lending office) of principal, interest, fees or any other amount payable hereunder; (ii) imposes, modifies or holds applicable any reserve (including any marginal, emergency, supplemental, special or other reserve), special deposit, compulsory loan, FDIC insurance or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, or advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender (other than any such reserve or other requirements with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans that are reflected in the definition of Adjusted Eurodollar Rate); or (iii) imposes any other condition (other than with respect to a Tax matter) on or affecting such Lender (or its applicable lending office) or its obligations hereunder or the London interbank market; and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make, making or maintaining Loans or participations in Swing Line Loans or Letters of Credit or issuing Letters of Credit hereunder or to reduce any amount received or receivable by such Lender (or its applicable lending office) with respect thereto; then, in any such case, Borrower shall promptly pay to such Lender, upon receipt of the statement referred to in the next sentence, such additional amount or amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such Lender in its sole discretion shall determine) as may be necessary to compensate such Lender for any such increased cost or reduction in amounts received or receivable hereunder. Such Lender shall deliver to Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional amounts owed to such Lender under this Section 2.19(a), which statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error.

(b) Capital Adequacy Adjustment . In the event that any Lender (which term shall include Issuing Bank and Swing Line Lender for purposes of this Section 2.19(b)) shall have determined that the adoption, effectiveness, phase-in or applicability after the Closing Date of any law, rule or regulation (or any provision thereof) regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein or in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or its applicable lending office) with any guideline, request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of, or with reference to, such Lender’s Loans or Revolving Commitments or Letters of Credit, or participations therein or other obligations hereunder with respect to the Loans or the Letters of Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such controlling corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, effectiveness, phase-in,

 

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applicability, change or compliance (taking into consideration the policies of such Lender or such controlling corporation with regard to capital adequacy), then from time to time, within five Business Days after receipt by Borrower from such Lender of the statement referred to in the next sentence, Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such controlling corporation on an after-tax basis for such reduction. Such Lender shall deliver to Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional amounts owed to Lender under this Section 2.19(b), which statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error.

(c) Refunds . If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.19 or Section 2.20, it shall pay over such refund to the Borrower (but only to the extent of additional amounts paid by the Borrower under this Section 2.19 or Section 2.20 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the Administrative agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.

2.20. Taxes; Withholding, etc.

(a) Payments to Be Free and Clear . All sums payable by or on behalf of any Credit Party hereunder and under the other Credit Documents shall (except to the extent required by law) be paid free and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding on account of, any Tax (other than a Tax on the overall net income of any Lender) imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein.

(b) Withholding of Taxes . If any Credit Party or any other Person is required by law to make any deduction or withholding on account of any Tax (other than a Tax on the overall net income of a Lender) from any sum paid or payable by any Credit Party to Administrative Agent or any Lender (which term shall include Issuing Bank and Swing Line Lender for purposes of this Section 2.20) under any of the Credit Documents: (i) Borrower shall notify Administrative Agent of any such requirement or any change in any such requirement as soon as Borrower becomes aware of it; (ii) Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid any such Tax before the date on which penalties attach thereto, such payment to be made (if the liability to pay is imposed on any Credit Party) for its own account or (if that liability is imposed on Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be) on behalf of and in the name of Administrative Agent or such Lender; (iii) the sum payable by such Credit Party in respect of which the relevant deduction, withholding or payment is required shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of that deduction, withholding or payment,

 

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Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, receives on the due date a net sum equal to what it would have received had no such deduction, withholding or payment been required or made; and (iv) within thirty days after paying any sum from which it is required by law to make any deduction or withholding, and within thirty days after the due date of payment of any Tax which it is required by clause (ii) above to pay, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent evidence satisfactory to the other affected parties of such deduction, withholding or payment and of the remittance thereof to the relevant taxing or other authority; provided, no such additional amount shall be required to be paid to any Lender (other than a Lender that becomes a Lender pursuant to Section 2.23) with respect to United States federal withholding tax under clause (iii) above except to the extent that any change after the date hereof (in the case of each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof on the Closing Date) or after the effective date of the Assignment Agreement pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender (in the case of each other Lender) in any such requirement for a deduction, withholding or payment as is mentioned therein shall result in the imposition of, or an increase in, such deduction, withholding or payment from that in effect at the date hereof or at the date of such Assignment Agreement, as the case may be, in respect of payments to such Lender; provided that additional amounts shall be payable to a Lender to the extent such Lender’s assignor was entitled to receive such additional amounts. Without limiting the provisions above, the Borrower shall timely pay any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Credit Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(c) Evidence of Exemption From U.S. Withholding Tax . Each Lender that is not a United States Person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes (a “Non-US Lender” ), to the extent it is legally able to do so, shall deliver to Administrative Agent for transmission to Borrower, on or prior to the Closing Date (in the case of each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof on the Closing Date) or on or prior to the date of the Assignment Agreement pursuant to which it becomes a Lender (in the case of each other Lender), and at such other times as may be necessary in the determination of Borrower or Administrative Agent (each in the reasonable exercise of its discretion), (i) two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (claiming the benefits of any applicable United States income tax treaty), W-8ECI and/or W-8IMY, which Form W-8IMY shall be accompanied by the documentation and other Internal Revenue Service forms contemplated by that Form W-8IMY (or, in each case, any successor forms), properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code and reasonably requested by Borrower to establish that such Lender is not subject to, or is subject to a reduced rate of, deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with respect to any payments to such Lender of principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable under any of the Credit Documents, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” or other Person described in Section 881(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and cannot deliver Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI pursuant to clause (i) above, a Certificate re Non-Bank Status (in the form of Exhibit F) together with two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or any successor form), properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code and reasonably requested by Borrower to establish that such Lender is not subject to, or is subject to a reduced

 

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rate of, deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest payable under any of the Credit Documents. Each Lender that is a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code) for United States federal income tax purposes (a “U.S. Lender” ) shall deliver to Administrative Agent and Borrower on or prior to the Closing Date (or, if later, on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement) two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any successor form), properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, certifying that such U.S. Lender is entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax, or otherwise prove that it is entitled to such an exemption. Each Lender required to deliver any forms, certificates or other evidence with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters pursuant to this Section 2.20(c) hereby agrees, from time to time after the initial delivery by such Lender of such forms, certificates or other evidence, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders such forms, certificates or other evidence obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, that such Lender shall promptly deliver to Administrative Agent for transmission to Borrower two new original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8ECI and/or W-8IMY (or, in each case, any successor form), or a Certificate re Non-Bank Status and two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or any successor form), as the case may be, properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code and reasonably requested by Borrower to confirm or establish that such Lender is not subject to, or is subject to a reduced rate of, deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with respect to payments to such Lender under the Credit Documents, or notify Administrative Agent and Borrower of its inability to deliver any such forms, certificates or other evidence. Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional amount to any Non-US Lender under Section 2.20(b)(iii) if such Lender shall have failed (1) to deliver the forms, certificates or other evidence referred to in of this Section 2.20(c), or (2) to notify Administrative Agent and Borrower of its inability to deliver any such forms, certificates or other evidence, as the case may be; provided , if such Lender shall have satisfied the requirements of this Section 2.20(c) on the Closing Date or on the date of the Assignment Agreement pursuant to which it became a Lender, as applicable, nothing in this last sentence of Section 2.20(c) shall relieve Borrower of its obligation to pay any additional amounts pursuant this Section 2.20 in the event that, as a result of any change in any applicable law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change in the interpretation, administration or application thereof, such Lender is no longer properly entitled to deliver forms, certificates or other evidence at a subsequent date establishing the fact that such Lender is not subject to withholding as described herein.

(d) Borrower Indemnification for Failure to Pay Required Taxes, etc . The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and any of their respective Affiliates for any Taxes imposed on any amounts paid under any Credit Document (including any Taxes imposed or asserted or attributable to amounts payable under this Section, but excluding any Tax on the overall net income of a Lender or the Administrative Agent) and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, regardless of whether such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. Payment under this indemnification must be made within 10 days from the date Administrative Agent or any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates makes written demand therefor.

 

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2.21. Obligation to Mitigate. Each Lender (which term shall include Issuing Bank for purposes of this Section 2.21) agrees that, as promptly as practicable after the officer of such Lender responsible for administering its Loans or Letters of Credit, as the case may be, becomes aware of the occurrence of an event or the existence of a condition that would cause such Lender to become an Affected Lender or that would entitle such Lender to receive payments under Section 2.18, 2.19 or 2.20, it will, to the extent not inconsistent with the internal policies of such Lender and any applicable legal or regulatory restrictions, use reasonable efforts to (a) make, issue, fund or maintain its Credit Extensions, including any Affected Loans, through another office of such Lender, or (b) take such other measures as such Lender may deem reasonable, if as a result thereof the circumstances which would cause such Lender to be an Affected Lender would cease to exist or the additional amounts which would otherwise be required to be paid to such Lender pursuant to Section 2.18, 2.19 or 2.20 would be materially reduced and if, as determined by such Lender in its sole discretion, the making, issuing, funding or maintaining of its Revolving Commitment, Loans or Letters of Credit through such other office or in accordance with such other measures, as the case may be, would not otherwise adversely affect such Revolving Commitment, Loans or Letters of Credit or the interests of such Lender; provided , such Lender will not be obligated to utilize such other office pursuant to this Section 2.21 unless Borrower agrees to pay all incremental expenses incurred by such Lender as a result of utilizing such other office as described above. A certificate as to the amount of any such expenses payable by Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.21 (setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount) submitted by such Lender to Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

2.22. Defaulting Lenders. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that any Lender, other than at the direction or request of any regulatory agency or authority, defaults (a “Defaulting Lender” ) in its obligation to fund (a “Funding Default” ) any Revolving Loan or its portion of any unreimbursed payment under Section 2.3(b)(iv) or 2.4(e) (in each case, a “Defaulted Loan” ), then (a) during any Default Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not to be a “Lender” for purposes of voting on any matters (including the granting of any consents or waivers) with respect to any of the Credit Documents; (b) to the extent permitted by applicable law, until such time as the Default Excess with respect to such Defaulting Lender shall have been reduced to zero, (i) any voluntary prepayment of the Revolving Loans shall, if Borrower so directs at the time of making such voluntary prepayment, be applied to the Revolving Loans of other Lenders as if such Defaulting Lender had no Revolving Loans outstanding and the Revolving Exposure of such Defaulting Lender were zero, and (ii) any mandatory prepayment of the Revolving Loans shall, if Borrower so directs at the time of making such mandatory prepayment, be applied to the Revolving Loans of other Lenders (but not to the Revolving Loans of such Defaulting Lender) as if such Defaulting Lender had funded all Defaulted Loans of such Defaulting Lender, it being understood and agreed that Borrower shall be entitled to retain any portion of any mandatory prepayment of the Revolving Loans that is not paid to such Defaulting Lender solely as a result of the operation of the provisions of this clause (b); (c) such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment and outstanding Revolving Loans and such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Letter of Credit Usage shall be excluded for purposes of calculating the Revolving Commitment fee payable to Lenders in respect of any day during any Default Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender, and such Defaulting Lender shall not be entitled to receive any Revolving Commitment fee pursuant to Section 2.11 with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s

 

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Revolving Commitment in respect of any Default Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender; and (d) the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments as at any date of determination shall be calculated as if such Defaulting Lender had funded all Defaulted Loans of such Defaulting Lender. No Revolving Commitment of any Lender shall be increased or otherwise affected, and, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Section 2.22, performance by Borrower of its obligations hereunder and the other Credit Documents shall not be excused or otherwise modified as a result of any Funding Default or the operation of this Section 2.22. The rights and remedies against a Defaulting Lender under this Section 2.22 are in addition to other rights and remedies which Borrower may have against such Defaulting Lender with respect to any Funding Default and which Administrative Agent or any Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender with respect to any Funding Default.

2.23. Removal or Replacement of a Lender. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that: (a) (i) any Lender (an “Increased-Cost Lender” ) shall give notice to Borrower that such Lender is an Affected Lender or that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under Section 2.18, 2.19 or 2.20, (ii) the circumstances which have caused such Lender to be an Affected Lender or which entitle such Lender to receive such payments shall remain in effect, and (iii) such Lender shall fail to withdraw such notice within five Business Days after Borrower’s request for such withdrawal; or (b) (i) any Lender shall become a Defaulting Lender, (ii) the Default Period for such Defaulting Lender shall remain in effect, and (iii) such Defaulting Lender shall fail to cure the default as a result of which it has become a Defaulting Lender within five Business Days after Borrower’s request that it cure such default; or (c) in connection with any proposed amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent with respect to any of the provisions hereof as contemplated by Section 10.5(b), the consent of Requisite Lenders shall have been obtained but the consent of one or more of such other Lenders (each a “Non-Consenting Lender” ) whose consent is required shall not have been obtained; then, with respect to each such Increased-Cost Lender, Defaulting Lender or Non-Consenting Lender (the “Terminated Lender” ), Borrower may, by giving written notice to Administrative Agent and any Terminated Lender of its election to do so, elect to cause such Terminated Lender (and such Terminated Lender hereby irrevocably agrees) to assign its outstanding Loans, participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and its Revolving Commitment, if any, in full to one or more Eligible Assignees (each a “Replacement Lender” ) in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6 and Borrower shall pay the fees, if any, payable thereunder in connection with any such assignment from an Increased Cost Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender and the Defaulting Lender shall pay the fees, if any, payable thereunder in connection with any such assignment from such Defaulting Lender; provided , (1) on the date of such assignment, the Replacement Lender shall pay to Terminated Lender an amount equal to the sum of (A) an amount equal to the principal of, and all accrued interest on, all outstanding Loans of the Terminated Lender, (B) an amount equal to all unreimbursed drawings under Letters of Credit that have been funded by such Terminated Lender, together with all then unpaid interest with respect thereto at such time, and (C) an amount equal to all accrued, but theretofore unpaid fees owing to such Terminated Lender pursuant to Section 2.11; (2) with respect only to a Terminated Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender, on the date of such assignment, Borrower shall pay any amounts payable to such Terminated Lender pursuant to Section 2.18(c), 2.19 or 2.20 or otherwise as if it were a prepayment and (3) in the event such Terminated Lender is a Non-Consenting Lender, each Replacement Lender shall consent, at the time of such assignment, to each matter in respect of which such Terminated Lender was a Non-Consenting Lender;

 

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provided , Borrower may not make such election with respect to any Terminated Lender that is also an Issuing Bank unless, prior to the effectiveness of such election, Borrower shall either (x) have caused each outstanding Letter of Credit issued by such Terminated Lender to be cancelled or (y) have delivered cash collateral or back-up letters of credit reasonably acceptable to the Issuing Bank in an amount equal to at least 103% of the then-outstanding face amount of such Letter of Credit. Upon the prepayment of all amounts owing to any Terminated Lender and the termination of such Terminated Lender’s Revolving Commitment, if any, such Terminated Lender shall no longer constitute a “Lender” for purposes hereof; provided , any rights of such Terminated Lender to indemnification hereunder shall survive as to such Terminated Lender. Each Lender agrees that if the Borrower exercises its option hereunder to cause an assignment by such Lender as a Non-Consenting Lender or Terminated Lender, such Lender shall, promptly after receipt of written notice of such election, execute and deliver all documentation necessary to effectuate such assignment in accordance with Section 10.6. In the event that a Terminated Lender does not comply with the requirements of the immediately preceding sentence within one Business Day after receipt of such notice, such Terminated Lender hereby authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver such documentation as may be required to give effect to an assignment in accordance with Section 10.6 on behalf of a Terminated Lender and any such documentation so executed by the Administrative Agent shall be effective for purposes of documenting an assignment pursuant to Section 10.6.

2.24. Incremental Facilities. Borrower may by written notice to GSCP elect to request (A) the establishment of new term loan commitments (the “New Term Loan Commitments” ) to refinance the Tranche X Term Loans in an amount not to exceed the lesser of (i) $1,250,000,000 and (ii) an amount sufficient (together with such portion of other funds available to Borrower that Borrower elects in its sole discretion to apply for such purpose) to repay all outstanding Tranche X Term Loans (the loans made pursuant to such New Term Loan Commitments being referred to herein as the “TLX Take-Out Loans” ) and (B) from and after such time as the Tranche X Term Loans have been repaid in full (including interest accrued thereon and any fees in respect thereof), the establishment of one or more New Term Loan Commitments and/or (prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date), an increase to the existing Revolving Loan Commitments (any such increase, the “New Revolving Loan Commitments” ) the aggregate amount of all such increased commitments and new loans made pursuant to this clause (B) not to exceed the lesser of (i) $250,000,000 and (ii) the positive difference, if any, between $1,250,000,000 and the aggregate principal amount of any TLX Take-Out Loans. Any such increased commitment or new loan shall be in an amount not less than $50,000,000 individually and integral multiples of $25,000,000 in excess of that amount. Each such notice shall specify (A) the date (each, an “Increased Amount Date” ) on which Borrower proposes that the New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, shall be effective, which shall be a date not less than 5 Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to GSCP and (B) the identity of each Lender or other Person that is an Eligible Assignee (each, a “New Revolving Loan Lender” or “New Term Loan Lender,” as applicable) to whom Borrower proposes any portion of such New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, be allocated and the amounts of such allocations; provided that GSCP may elect or decline to arrange such New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments in its sole discretion and any Lender approached to provide all or a portion of the New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to

 

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provide a New Revolving Loan Commitment or a New Term Loan Commitment. Such New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments shall become effective as of such Increased Amount Date; provided that (1) no Default or Event of Default shall exist on such Increased Amount Date before or after giving effect to such New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable; (2) both before and after giving effect to the making of any Series of New Term Loans, each of the conditions set forth in Section 3.2 shall be satisfied; (3) Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in pro forma compliance with each of the covenants set forth in Section 6.7 as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter after giving effect to such New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable; (4) the New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, shall be effected pursuant to one or more Joinder Agreements executed and delivered by Borrower, the New Revolving Loan Lender or New Term Loan Lender, as applicable, and Administrative Agent, each of which shall be recorded in the Register, and each New Revolving Loan Lender or New Term Loan Lender shall be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 2.20(c); (5) Borrower shall make any payments required pursuant to Section 2.18(c) in connection with the New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable; and (6) Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered any legal opinions or other documents reasonably requested by Administrative Agent in connection with any such transaction. Any New Term Loans made on an Increased Amount Date shall be designated a separate series (a “Series” ) of New Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement.

On any Increased Amount Date on which New Revolving Loan Commitments are effected, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, (a) each of the Revolving Lenders shall assign to each of the New Revolving Loan Lenders, and each of the New Revolving Loan Lenders shall purchase from each of the Revolving Loan Lenders, at the principal amount thereof (together with accrued interest), such interests in the Revolving Loans outstanding on such Increased Amount Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, such Revolving Loans will be held by existing Revolving Loan Lenders and New Revolving Loan Lenders ratably in accordance with their Revolving Loan Commitments after giving effect to the addition of such New Revolving Loan Commitments to the Revolving Loan Commitments, (b) each New Revolving Loan Commitment shall be deemed for all purposes a Revolving Loan Commitment and each Loan made thereunder (a “New Revolving Loan” ) shall be deemed, for all purposes, a Revolving Loan and (c) each New Revolving Loan Lender shall become a Lender with respect to the New Revolving Loan Commitment and all matters relating thereto.

On any Increased Amount Date on which any New Term Loan Commitments of any Series are effective, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, (i) each New Term Loan Lender of any Series shall make a Loan to Borrower (a “New Term Loan” ) in an amount equal to its New Term Loan Commitment of such Series, and (ii) each New Term Loan Lender of any Series shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the New Term Loan Commitment of such Series and the New Term Loans of such Series made pursuant thereto.

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New Term Loan Lenders of such Series, as applicable, and (z) in the case of each notice to any Revolving Loan Lender, the respective interests in such Revolving Loan Lender’s Revolving Loans subject to the assignments contemplated by this Section.

The terms and provisions of the New Term Loans and New Term Loan Commitments of any Series shall be, except as otherwise set forth herein or in the Joinder Agreement, substantially the same as the Tranche B-1 Term Loans or the Tranche B Term Loans, as applicable. The terms and provisions of the New Revolving Loans shall be substantially the same as the Revolving Loans. In any event (i) the weighted average life to maturity of all New Term Loans of any Series shall be no shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of the Revolving Loans, the Tranche A Term Loans, the Tranche B-1 Terms Loans or the Tranche B Term Loans as applicable (whichever is longest), (ii) the New Term Loan Maturity Date of each Series shall be no earlier than the latest of the final maturity of the Revolving Loans, the Tranche A Term Loans, the Tranche B-1 Term Loans, the Tranche B Term Loans, as applicable, and the Tranche X Term Loans, (iii) the rate of interest applicable to the New Term Loans of each Series shall be determined by Borrower and the applicable New Term Lenders and shall be set forth in each applicable Joinder Agreement; provided , however , that the interest rate applicable to the New Term Loans (after giving effect to all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount payable with respect to such New Term Loans) shall not be greater than the highest interest rate that may, under any circumstances, be payable with respect to the Tranche B-1 Term Loans or the Tranche B Term Loans, as applicable, plus 0.50% per annum unless the interest rate with respect to the Tranche B-1 Term Loans or the Tranche B Term Loans, as applicable, is increased so as to equal the interest rate applicable to the New Term Loans (after giving effect to all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount payable with respect to such New Term Loans) minus 0.25% per annum (the “Increased Spread” ) (in which case the Applicable Margin that shall apply to the calculation of the interest rate on the Tranche A Term Loans shall, in the case of each Tier set forth in the table contained in the definition of “Applicable Margin,” be increased by an amount equal to the Increased Spread; and (iv) in the event that the proceeds of the New Term Loans shall be used to refinance any portion of the Tranche X Term Loans, as of the last day of the most recently ended period of four (4) consecutive Fiscal Quarters, the Leverage Ratio (determined for any such period by reference to the Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(d) calculating the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters) shall be 4.25:1.00, or less. Each Joinder Agreement may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of Administrative Agent to effect the provisions of this Section 2.24.

SECTION 3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

3.1. Closing Date. The obligation of each Lender to make a Credit Extension on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with Section 10.5, of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date:

(a) Credit Documents . Administrative Agent shall have received sufficient copies of each Credit Document originally executed and delivered by each applicable Credit Party for each Lender (or shall receive such Credit Documents in accordance with such extensions therefor as may be set forth in, and subject to the terms and conditions of, the Post-Closing Letter).

 

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(b) Organizational Documents; Incumbency . Administrative Agent shall have received (i) sufficient copies of each Organizational Document executed and delivered by each Credit Party, as applicable, and, to the extent applicable, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate governmental official, for each Lender, each dated the Closing Date or a recent date prior thereto; (ii) signature and incumbency certificates of the officers of such Person executing the Credit Documents to which it is a party; (iii) resolutions of the Board of Directors or similar governing body of each Credit Party approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and the Related Agreements to which it is a party or by which it or its assets may be bound as of the Closing Date, certified as of the Closing Date by its secretary or an assistant secretary as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment; (iv) a good standing certificate from the applicable Governmental Authority of each Credit Party’s jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation and in each jurisdiction in which it is qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity to do business, each dated a recent date prior to the Closing Date; and (v) such other documents as Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

(c) Organizational and Capital Structure . The organizational structure and capital structure of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, both before and after giving effect to the Acquisition and the Merger, shall be as set forth on Schedule 4.1.

(d) Consummation of Transactions Contemplated by Related Agreements .

(i) (1) All conditions precedent to the consummation of the Acquisition as set forth in the Merger Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived (waivers by the Borrower shall require the prior consent of the Administrative Agent if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines such waiver by the Borrower is materially adverse to the Lenders) and (2) the Acquisition shall have become effective in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement.

(ii) Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed or conformed copy of each Related Agreement and any documents executed in connection therewith, together with copies of each of the opinions of counsel delivered to the parties under the Related Agreements, accompanied by a letter from each such counsel (to the extent not inconsistent with such counsel’s established internal policies) authorizing Lenders to rely upon such opinion to the same extent as though it were addressed to Lenders.

(e) Existing Specified Indebtedness; Tender Offer . On the Closing Date, Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have (i) repaid in full all Existing Specified Indebtedness, except as otherwise described in Section 2.6, (ii) terminated any commitments to lend or make other extensions of credit thereunder, (iii) delivered to Administrative Agent all documents or instruments necessary to release all Liens securing Existing Specified Indebtedness or other obligations of Borrower and its Subsidiaries thereunder being repaid on the Closing Date, and (iv) made arrangements satisfactory to Administrative Agent with respect to the cancellation of

 

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any letters of credit outstanding thereunder or the issuance of Letters of Credit to support the obligations of Borrower and its Subsidiaries with respect thereto. The Administrative Agent shall be satisfied with the arrangements to consummate the Tender Offer or conversion within 30 Business Days after the initial Credit Extensions hereunder and funds sufficient for the redemption of any Remaining Cytyc Convertible Notes shall be deposited in the Escrow Account, subject to a First Priority Lien in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, subject to no other Liens.

(f) Transaction Costs . On or prior to the Closing Date, Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent Borrower’s reasonable best estimate of the Transaction Costs (other than fees payable to any Agent).

(g) Governmental Authorizations and Consents . Each Credit Party shall have obtained all Governmental Authorizations and all consents of other Persons, in each case that are material and necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents and the Related Agreements and each of the foregoing shall be in full force and effect and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

(h) Real Estate Assets . In order to create in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a valid and, subject to any filing and/or recording referred to herein, perfected First Priority security interest in certain Real Estate Assets, Collateral Agent shall have received or shall so receive in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Post-Closing Letter from Borrower and each applicable Guarantor:

(i) fully executed and notarized Mortgages, in proper form for recording in all appropriate places in all applicable jurisdictions, encumbering each Real Estate Asset listed in Schedule 3.1(h) (each, a “Closing Date Mortgaged Property” );

(ii) an opinion of counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent) in each state in which a Closing Date Mortgaged Property is located with respect to the enforceability of the form(s) of Mortgage(s) to be recorded in such state and such other matters as Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent;

(iii) in the case of each Leasehold Property that is a Closing Date Mortgaged Property, (1) a Landlord Consent and Estoppel and (2) evidence that such Leasehold Property is a Recorded Leasehold Interest;

(iv) (a) ALTA mortgagee title insurance policies or unconditional commitments therefor issued by one or more title companies reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent with respect to each Closing Date Mortgaged Property (each, a “Title Policy” ) in amounts not less than the fair market value of each Closing Date Mortgaged Property, together with a title report issued by a title company with respect thereto, dated not more than thirty days prior to the Closing Date and copies of all recorded documents listed as exceptions to title or otherwise referred to therein, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent, and (B) evidence satisfactory to Collateral Agent that such Credit Party has paid to the title company or to the appropriate

 

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Governmental Authorities all expenses and premiums of the title company and all other sums required in connection with the issuance of each Title Policy and all recording and stamp taxes (including mortgage recording and intangible taxes) payable in connection with recording the Mortgages for each Closing Date Mortgaged Property in the appropriate real estate records;

(v) flood certifications with respect to all Closing Date Mortgaged Properties and evidence of flood insurance with respect to each Flood Hazard Property that is located in a community that participates in the National Flood Insurance Program, in each case in compliance in all material respects with any applicable regulations of the Board of Governors, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent; and

(vi) ALTA surveys of all Closing Date Mortgaged Properties which are not Leasehold Properties, certified to Collateral Agent and dated not more than thirty days prior to the Closing Date.

(i) Personal Property Collateral . In order to create in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a valid, perfected First Priority security interest in the personal property Collateral, the Credit Parties shall have delivered to Collateral Agent or shall so deliver in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Post-Closing Letter:

(i) evidence satisfactory to Collateral Agent in all material respects of the compliance by each Credit Party with its obligations under the Pledge and Security Agreement and the other Collateral Documents (including its obligations to execute and deliver UCC financing statements, originals of securities, instruments and chattel paper and any agreements governing deposit and/or securities accounts as provided therein);

(ii) a completed Collateral Questionnaire dated the Closing Date and executed by an Authorized Officer of each Credit Party, together with all attachments contemplated thereby;

(iii) fully executed and notarized Intellectual Property Security Agreements, in proper form for filing or recording in all appropriate places in all applicable jurisdictions, memorializing and recording the encumbrance of the Intellectual Property Assets listed in Schedule 5.2 to the Pledge and Security Agreement;

(iv) opinions of counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent) with respect to the creation and perfection of the security interests in favor of Collateral Agent in such Collateral and such other matters governed by the laws of each jurisdiction in which Borrower or any material Credit Party or any material personal property Collateral is located as Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent;

(v) evidence that each Credit Party shall have taken or caused to be taken any other action, executed and delivered or caused to be executed and delivered any other agreement, document or instrument (including (i) a Landlord Personal Property Collateral Access Agreement executed by the landlord of any Leasehold Property and by the

 

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applicable Credit Party and (ii) any intercompany notes evidencing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.1(b)) and made or caused to be made any other filing and recording (other than as set forth herein) reasonably required by Collateral Agent; and

(vi) in the case of each material Intellectual Property Asset that is Licensed Intellectual Property, if any, (1) a Licensor Consent and Estoppel and (2) where the Intellectual Property Asset is a copyright or rights under copyright licensed from another Person on an exclusive basis, evidence that the such Intellectual Property Asset license is a Recorded License Interest and the underlying copyright has been appropriately recorded and registered.

(j) [Intentionally Omitted] .

(k) Financial Statements; Projections . Lenders shall have received from Borrower (i) the Historical Financial Statements, (ii) pro forma consolidated balance sheets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the Closing Date, and reflecting the consummation of the Acquisition, the related financings and the other transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents to occur on or prior to the Closing Date, which pro forma financial statements shall meet the requirements of Regulation S-X for a Form S-1 Registration Statement, (iii) an updated balance sheet as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of Borrower for which unaudited financial statements are available; and (iv) the Projections (together with consolidating information showing the combination of the Borrower and the Target).

(l) Evidence of Insurance . Collateral Agent shall have received a certificate from Borrower’s insurance broker or other evidence satisfactory to it that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to Section 5.5 is in full force and effect, together with endorsements naming the Secured Parties as additional insured and the Collateral Agent, for the benefit the Secured Parties, their successors and assigns, as loss payee thereunder to the extent required under Section 5.5.

(m) Opinions of Counsel to Credit Parties . Lenders and their respective counsel shall have received originally executed copies of the favorable written opinions of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP, counsel for Credit Parties, in the form of Exhibit D and as to such other matters as Administrative Agent may reasonably request, dated as of the Closing Date and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (and each Credit Party hereby instructs such counsel to deliver such opinions to Agents and Lenders as of the Closing Date).

(n) Fees . Borrower shall have paid to Agents the fees payable on the Closing Date referred to in Section 2.11(d).

(o) Solvency Certificate . On the Closing Date, Administrative Agent shall have received a Solvency Certificate from Borrower in form, scope and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and demonstrating that after giving effect to the consummation of the Acquisition and any rights of contribution, Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.

 

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(p) Closing Date Certificate . Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent an originally executed Closing Date Certificate, together with all attachments thereto.

(q) Credit Rating . A corporate credit rating and a corporate family rating shall have been assigned by S&P and Moody’s, respectively.

(r) Closing Date . Lenders shall have made the Term Loans and Revolving Loans, if applicable, to Borrower on or before October 22, 2007.

(s) [Intentionally Omitted] .

(t) [Intentionally Omitted] .

(u) Letter of Direction . Administrative Agent shall have received a duly executed letter of direction from Borrower addressed to Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, directing the disbursement on the Closing Date of the proceeds of the Loans made on such date.

(v) Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties set forth in each of Sections 4.1(b), 4.3, 4.4(a)(ii), 4.6, 4.17 and 4.18 and, with respect to the Borrower only, Section 4.1(a), shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing 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 on and as of such earlier date.

(w) Patriot Act . At least 10 days prior to the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the U.S.A. Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001), the “Patriot Act” ).

3.2. Conditions to Each Credit Extension.

(a) Conditions Precedent . The obligation of each Lender to make any Loan, or Issuing Bank to issue any Letter of Credit, on any Credit Date, excluding the Closing Date, are subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with Section 10.5, of the following conditions precedent:

(i) Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed and delivered Funding Notice or Letter of Credit Application, as the case may be;

(ii) with respect to the Revolving Commitments, after making the Credit Extensions requested on such Credit Date, the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments shall not exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect;

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all material respects 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 on and as of such earlier date;

(iv) with respect to the Revolving Commitments, the New Term Loan Commitments and the New Term Loans, 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; and

(v) on or before the date of issuance of any Letter of Credit, Administrative Agent shall have received all other information required by the applicable Letter of Credit Application, and such other documents or information as Issuing Bank may reasonably require in connection with the issuance of such Letter of Credit.

Any Agent or Requisite Lenders 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 good faith judgment of such Agent or Requisite Lender, such request is warranted under the circumstances.

(b) Notices . Any Notice shall be executed by an Authorized Officer in a writing delivered to Administrative Agent. In lieu of delivering a Notice, Borrower may give Administrative Agent telephonic notice by the required time of any proposed borrowing, conversion/continuation or issuance of a Letter of Credit, as the case may be; provided each such notice shall be promptly confirmed in writing by delivery of the applicable Notice to Administrative Agent on or before the applicable date of borrowing, continuation/conversion or issuance. Neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall incur any liability to Borrower in acting upon any telephonic notice referred to above that Administrative Agent believes in good faith to have been given by a duly authorized officer or other person authorized on behalf of Borrower or for otherwise acting in good faith.

SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

In order to induce Lenders and Issuing Bank to enter into this Agreement and to make each Credit Extension to be made thereby, each Credit Party represents and warrants to each Lender and Issuing Bank, on the Closing Date and on each Credit Date, that the following statements are true and correct (it being understood and agreed that the representations and warranties made on the Closing Date are deemed to be made concurrently with the consummation of the Acquisition contemplated hereby); provided , however , that the representations and warranties required to be made in connection with a Credit Extension made on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 3.1 shall be limited to those set forth in Section 3.1(v):

4.1. Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification. Each of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, validly existing and (to the extent the concept is applicable in such jurisdiction) in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization as identified in Schedule 4.1, (b) has all requisite power and authority to (i) own and operate its properties and carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted except to

 

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the extent the combined effect of all such failures and exceptions would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) to enter into the Credit Documents to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby, and (c) to the extent such concepts are applicable in such jurisdictions, is qualified to do business and in good standing in every jurisdiction where its assets are located and wherever necessary to carry out its business and operations, except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing has not had, and would not be reasonably expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

4.2. Equity Interests and Ownership. The Equity Interests of each Subsidiary of the Borrower and the other Credit Parties have been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.2, as of the date hereof, there is no existing option, warrant, call, right, commitment or other agreement to which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party requiring, and there is no membership interest or other Equity Interests of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries outstanding which upon conversion or exchange would require, the issuance by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any additional membership interests or other Equity Interests of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for or purchase, a membership interest or other Equity Interests of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. Schedule 4.2 correctly sets forth the ownership interest of Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries in their respective Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date both before and after giving effect to the Acquisition.

4.3. Due Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of each Credit Party that is a party thereto.

4.4. No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by Credit Parties of the Credit Documents to which they are parties and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents do not and will not (a) violate (i) in any material respect, any provision of any law or any governmental rule or regulation applicable to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any of the Organizational Documents of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) in any material respect, any order, judgment or decree of any court or other agency of government binding on Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; (b) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Contractual Obligation of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except to the extent the combined effect of all such breaches and defaults would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (c) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Liens permitted under any of the Credit Documents or created under any of the Credit Documents in favor of Collateral Agent, on behalf of Secured Parties); or (d) require any approval of stockholders, members or partners or (except to the extent the combined effect of the failure to obtain all such approvals and consents would not have a Material Adverse Effect) any approval or consent of any Person under any Contractual Obligation of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except for such approvals or consents which will be obtained on or before the Closing Date and disclosed in writing to Lenders.

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transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents do not and will not require any material registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any Governmental Authority except as otherwise set forth in the Merger Agreement, and except for filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made, or otherwise delivered to Collateral Agent for filing and/or recordation, as of the Closing Date.

4.6. Binding Obligation. Each Credit Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party that is a party thereto and is the legally valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

4.7. Historical Financial Statements. The Historical Financial Statements were prepared in conformity with GAAP and fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, on a consolidated basis, of the Persons described in such financial statements as at the respective dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows, on a consolidated basis, of the entities described therein for each of the periods then ended, subject, in the case of any such unaudited financial statements, to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments, and the absence of footnotes. As of the Closing Date, neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any contingent liability or liability for taxes, long-term lease or unusual forward or long-term commitment that is required by GAAP to be reflected in the Historical Financial Statements and is not reflected in the Historical Financial Statements or the notes thereto and which in any such case is material in relation to the business, operations, properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

4.8. Projections. On and as of the Closing Date, the projections of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period of Fiscal Year 2008 through and including Fiscal Year 2012 (the “Projections” ) are based on good faith estimates and assumptions made by the management of Borrower; provided , the Projections are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by the Projections may differ from such Projections and that the differences may be material; provided further , as of the Closing Date, management of Borrower believed that the Projections were reasonable and attainable.

4.9. No Material Adverse Change. Since September 30, 2006, no event, circumstance or change has occurred that has caused or evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

4.10. No Restricted Junior Payments. Since September 30, 2006, neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has directly or indirectly declared, ordered, paid or made, or set apart any sum or property for, any Restricted Junior Payment or agreed to do so except as permitted pursuant to Section 6.4.

4.11. Adverse Proceedings, etc.. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11 , there are no Adverse Proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) is in violation of any applicable laws (including Environmental Laws) that, individually or in the aggregate,

 

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would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (b) is subject to or in default with respect to any final judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.12. Payment of Taxes. Except as otherwise permitted under Section 5.3, all Federal, state, and other material tax returns and reports of Borrower and its Subsidiaries required to be filed by any of them have been timely filed (taking into account any extension of time granted to them), and all Federal, state, and other material taxes shown on such tax returns to be due and payable and all Federal, state, and other material assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon Borrower and its Subsidiaries and upon their respective properties, assets, income, businesses and franchises which are due and payable have been paid when due and payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made or provided in accordance with GAAP. Borrower has not received notice of any proposed Federal, state, or other material tax assessment against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which are not being actively contested by Borrower or such Subsidiary in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; provided, such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made or provided therefor.

4.13. Properties.

(a) Title . Each of Borrower and its Subsidiaries has (i) good, sufficient and legal title to (in the case of fee interests in real property), (ii) valid leasehold interests in (in the case of leasehold interests in real or personal property), (iii) valid licensed rights in (in the case of licensed interests in Intellectual Property) and (iv) good title to (in the case of all other personal property), all of their respective properties and assets reflected in their respective Historical Financial Statements referred to in Section 4.7 and in the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1, in each case except for assets disposed of since the date of such financial statements in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise permitted under Section 6.8, except for such defects in title as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as permitted by this Agreement or any Security Document, all such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens in all material respects.

(b) Real Estate . As of the Closing Date, Schedule 4.13 contains a true, accurate and complete list of (i) all Real Estate Assets, and (ii) all leases, subleases or assignments of leases (together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, renewals or extensions of any thereof) affecting each Real Estate Asset of any Credit Party, regardless of whether such Credit Party is the landlord or tenant (whether directly or as an assignee or successor in interest) under such lease, sublease or assignment. Each agreement listed in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence is in full force and effect with respect to the Credit Party and Borrower does not have knowledge of any default that has occurred and is continuing thereunder, except where such defaults individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and each such agreement constitutes the legally valid and binding obligation of each applicable Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance

 

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with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles.

(c) Intellectual Property . Each of Borrower and its Subsidiaries owns or is validly licensed to use all Intellectual Property that is necessary for the present conduct of its business, free and clear of Liens (other than Permitted Liens), without conflict with the rights of any other Person unless the failure to own or benefit from such valid license could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the best knowledge of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, except as set forth on Schedule 4.13(c), neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is infringing, misappropriating, diluting, or otherwise violating the Intellectual Property rights of any other Person unless such infringement, misappropriation, dilution or violation could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no pending or, to the best knowledge of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, threatened claim or litigation against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries alleging any such infringement, misappropriation, dilution or other violation, except as set forth on Schedule 4.13(c). To the best knowledge of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, except as set forth on Schedule 4.13(c), during the past two (2) years (or earlier if presently not resolved), no Person has infringed, misappropriated, diluted or otherwise violated any Intellectual Property Assets unless such infringement, misappropriation, dilution or violation could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has taken and are taking commercially reasonable steps, consistent with industry standards, to maintain and protect all Intellectual Property Assets that are material to the conduct of its business.

4.14. Environmental Matters. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective Facilities or operations are subject to any outstanding written order, consent decree or settlement agreement with any Person relating to any Environmental Law, any Environmental Claim, or any Hazardous Materials Activity that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any letter or request for information under Section 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9604) or any comparable state law. There are and, to each of Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ knowledge, have been, no conditions, occurrences, or Hazardous Materials Activities which would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental Claim against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, any predecessor of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has filed any notice under any Environmental Law indicating past or present treatment of Hazardous Materials at any Facility, and none of Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ operations involves the generation, transportation, treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste, as defined under 40 C.F.R. Parts 260-270 or any state equivalent that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Compliance with all current or reasonably foreseeable future requirements pursuant to or under Environmental Laws would not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. No event or condition has occurred or is occurring with respect to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating to any Environmental Law, any Release of Hazardous Materials, or any Hazardous Materials Activity which individually or in the aggregate has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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4.15. No Defaults. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is in material default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any of its Contractual Obligations, and no condition exists which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, could constitute such a default, except where the consequences, direct or indirect, of such default or defaults, if any, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.16. Material Contracts. Schedule 4.16 contains a true, correct and complete list of all agreement evidencing Contractual Obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in effect on the Closing Date which are required by U.S. securities laws to be filed by Borrower as exhibits to the periodic reports it files with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as described on Schedule 4.16, all Material Contracts are in full force and effect and, to Borrower’s knowledge, no defaults currently exist thereunder.

4.17. Governmental Regulation. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to regulation under the Federal Power Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940 or under any other federal or state statute or regulation which may limit its ability to incur Indebtedness or which may otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is a “registered investment company” or a company “controlled” by a “registered investment company” or a “principal underwriter” of a “registered investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

4.18. Margin Stock. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any Margin Stock.

4.19. Employee Matters. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is (a) no unfair labor practice complaint pending against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened against any of them before the National Labor Relations Board and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement that is so pending against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened against any of them, (b) no strike or work stoppage in existence or threatened involving Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (c) to the knowledge of Borrower, no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of Borrower, no union organization activity that is taking place, except (with respect to any matter specified in clause (a), (b) or (c) above, either individually or in the aggregate) such as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.20. Employee Benefit Plans. Borrower, each of its Subsidiaries and each of their respective ERISA Affiliates are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions and requirements of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan, and have performed in all material respects all their obligations under each Employee Benefit Plan. Each

 

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Employee Benefit Plan which is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service indicating that such Employee Benefit Plan is so qualified and nothing has occurred subsequent to the issuance of such determination letter which would cause such Employee Benefit Plan to lose its qualified status. No material liability to the PBGC (other than required premium payments), the Internal Revenue Service, any Employee Benefit Plan or any trust established under Title IV of ERISA has been or is expected to be incurred by Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur. Except to the extent required under Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code or similar state laws, no Employee Benefit Plan provides health or welfare benefits (through the purchase of insurance or otherwise) for any retired or former employee of Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates. The present value of the aggregate benefit liabilities under each Pension Plan sponsored, maintained or contributed to by Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates (determined as of the end of the most recent plan year on the basis of the actuarial assumptions specified for funding purposes in the most recent actuarial valuation for such Pension Plan), did not materially exceed the aggregate current value of the assets of such Pension Plan. As of the most recent valuation date for each Multiemployer Plan for which the actuarial report is available, the potential liability of Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective ERISA Affiliates for a complete withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan (within the meaning of Section 4203 of ERISA), when aggregated with such potential liability for a complete withdrawal from all Multiemployer Plans, based on information available pursuant to Section 4221(e) of ERISA is not materially more than zero. Borrower, each of its Subsidiaries and each of their ERISA Affiliates have complied with the requirements of Section 515 of ERISA with respect to each Multiemployer Plan and are not in material “default” (as defined in Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA) with respect to payments to a Multiemployer Plan.

4.21. Certain Fees. No broker’s or finder’s fee or commission will be payable with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Related Agreements, except as payable to the Agents and the Lenders.

4.22. Solvency. The Credit Parties are, in the aggregate, and, upon the incurrence of any Obligation by any Credit Party on any date on which this representation and warranty is made, will be, in the aggregate, Solvent.

4.23. Related Agreements.

(a) Delivery . Borrower have delivered to Administrative Agent complete and correct copies of (i) each Related Agreement and of all exhibits and schedules thereto as of the date hereof and (ii) copies of any material amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification to or waiver of each Related Agreement entered into after the date hereof.

(b) Conditions Precedent . On the Closing Date, (i) all conditions precedent to the consummation of the Acquisition shall have been satisfied or waived (which, in the case of waivers by the Borrower, shall be subject to the prior consent of the Administrative Agent if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines such waiver is adverse to the Lenders), and (ii) the Acquisition shall be consummated pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, and neither the “Exchange Ratio” nor the amount of the per share “Cash Consideration” (as such terms are defined therein) shall have changed without the consent of the Administrative Agent.

 

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4.24. Compliance with Statutes, etc. Each of Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable statutes, regulations and orders of, and all applicable restrictions imposed by, all Governmental Authorities, in respect of the conduct of its business and the ownership of its property (including compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws with respect to any Real Estate Asset or governing its business and the requirements of any permits issued under such Environmental Laws with respect to any such Real Estate Asset or the operations of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), except such non-compliance that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

4.25. Disclosure. No representation or warranty of any Credit Party contained in any Credit Document or in any other documents, certificates or written statements furnished to any Agent or Lender by or on behalf of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact (known to Borrower, in the case of any document not furnished by either of them) necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which the same were made. Any projections and pro forma financial information contained in such materials are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by Lenders that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ materially from the projected results. There are no facts known (or which should upon the reasonable exercise of diligence be known) to Borrower (other than matters of a general economic nature) that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and that have not been disclosed herein or in such other documents, certificates and statements furnished to Lenders for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

4.26. Patriot Act. To the extent applicable, each Credit Party is in compliance, in all material respects, with the (i) Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the Untied States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, and (ii) the Patriot Act. No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

SECTION 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Each Credit Party covenants and agrees that, so long as any Commitment is in effect and until payment in full of all Obligations and cancellation or expiration of all Letters of Credit, each Credit Party shall perform, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to perform, all covenants in this Section 5.

 

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5.1. Financial Statements and Other Reports. Borrower will deliver to Administrative Agent and Lenders:

(a) [Intentionally Omitted] .

(b) Quarterly Financial Statements . Promptly when available, and in any event within 60 days after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year (and, at Borrower’s option in its sole discretion, also for the fourth Fiscal Quarter of each Fiscal Year), commencing with the Fiscal Quarter in which the Closing Date occurs, the consolidated balance sheets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail, together with a Financial Officer Certification with respect thereto (it being agreed that the furnishing of the Borrower’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for such quarter, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, will satisfy the Borrower’s obligations under this Section 5.1(b) with respect to such quarter);

(c) Annual Financial Statements . As soon as available, and in any event within 105 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, commencing with the Fiscal Year in which the Closing Date occurs, (i) the consolidated balance sheets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the previous Fiscal Year, in reasonable detail, together with a Financial Officer Certification with respect thereto; and (ii) with respect to such consolidated financial statements a report thereon of Ernst & Young LLP or other independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing selected by Borrower, and reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (which report shall be unqualified as to going concern and scope of audit, and shall be prepared in accordance with audit standards of the Public Accounting Oversight Board and applicable Laws (it being agreed that the furnishing of the Borrower’s annual report on Form 10-K for such year, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, will satisfy the Borrower’s obligation under this Section 5.1(c) with respect to such year);

(d) Compliance Certificate . Together with each delivery of financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to Sections 5.1(b) and 5.1(c), a duly executed and completed Compliance Certificate;

(e) Statements of Reconciliation after Change in Accounting Principles . If, as a result of any change in accounting principles and policies from those used in the preparation of the Historical Financial Statements, the consolidated financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or 5.1(c) will differ in any material respect from the consolidated financial statements that would have been delivered pursuant to such subdivisions had no such change in accounting principles and policies been made, then, together with the first delivery of such financial statements after such change, one or more statements of reconciliation for all such prior financial statements in compliance in all material respects with and to the extent such reconciliation is required by GAAP;

 

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(f) Notice of Default . Promptly upon any Authorized Officer of Borrower obtaining knowledge (i) of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or that notice has been given to Borrower with respect thereto; (ii) that any Person has given any notice to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or taken any other action with respect to any event or condition set forth in Section 8.1(b); or (iii) of the occurrence of any event or change that has caused or evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, a certificate of an Authorized Officer specifying the nature and period of existence of such condition, event or change, or specifying the notice given and action taken by any such Person and the nature of such claimed Event of Default, Default, default, event or condition, and what action Borrower has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto;

(g) Notice of Litigation . Promptly upon any Authorized Officer of Borrower obtaining knowledge of (i) the institution of, or non-frivolous threat of, any Adverse Proceeding not previously disclosed in writing by Borrower to Lenders, or (ii) any material development in any Adverse Proceeding that, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii), if adversely determined would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or seeks to enjoin or otherwise prevent the consummation of, or to recover any damages or obtain relief as a result of, the transactions contemplated hereby, written notice thereof together with such other information as may be reasonably available to Borrower to enable Lenders and their counsel to evaluate such matters; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compromise in any way its attorney-client privilege;

(h) ERISA . Provided that Borrower shall not be required to compromise in any way its attorney-client privilege, (i) promptly upon becoming aware of the occurrence of or forthcoming occurrence of any ERISA Event, a written notice specifying the nature thereof, what action Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto and, when known, any action taken or threatened by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect thereto; and (ii) with reasonable promptness, copies of (1) each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to each Pension Plan; (2) all notices received by Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning an ERISA Event; and (3) copies of such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Employee Benefit Plan as Administrative Agent shall reasonably request;

(i) Business Plan . Promptly and in any event no later than ninety days after the beginning of each Fiscal Year, a consolidated business plan and projected operating budget for such Fiscal Year (a “Business Plan” ), including (i) a consolidated balance sheet and consolidated statements of income and cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, together with pro forma Compliance Certificates for such Fiscal Year and an explanation of the assumptions on which such Business Plan is based (ii) a demonstration of compliance with the requirements of Section 6.7 through the earliest to occur of (A) the last day of such Fiscal Year; or (B) the final maturity date of the Loans;

 

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(j) [Intentionally Omitted] ;

(k) [Intentionally Omitted] ;

(l) Insurance Report . As soon as practicable and in any event by the last day of each Fiscal Year, a certificate from Borrower’s insurance broker(s) outlining all material insurance coverage maintained as of the date of such certificate by Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

(m) Information Regarding Collateral . (a) Borrower will furnish to Collateral Agent prompt written notice of any change (i) in any Credit Party’s corporate name, (ii) in any Credit Party’s identity or corporate structure, (iii) in any Credit Party’s jurisdiction of organization or (iv) in any Credit Party’s Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or state organizational identification number. Borrower agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all material respects in all the Collateral as contemplated in the Collateral Documents. Borrower also agrees promptly to notify Collateral Agent if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed;

(n) Annual Collateral Verification . Each year, at the time of delivery of annual financial statements with respect to the preceding Fiscal Year pursuant to Section 5.1(c), Borrower shall deliver to Collateral Agent a certificate of its Authorized Officer (i) either confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of the Collateral Questionnaire delivered on the Closing Date or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section and/or identifying such changes and (ii) certifying that all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including fixtures filings, as applicable) and all supplemental intellectual property security agreements or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations, have been filed of record in each governmental, municipal or other appropriate office in each jurisdiction identified pursuant to clause (i) above (or in such Collateral Questionnaire) to the extent necessary to effect, protect and perfect the security interests under the Collateral Documents for a period of not less than 18 months after the date of such certificate (except as noted therein with respect to any continuation statements to be filed within such period);

(o) Other Information . (A) Promptly upon their becoming available, copies of (i) all financial statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent or made available generally by Borrower to its security holders acting in such capacity or by any Subsidiary of Borrower to its security holders other than Borrower or another Subsidiary of Borrower, (ii) all regular and periodic reports and all registration statements and prospectuses, if any, filed by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with any securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any governmental or private regulatory authority provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compromise in any way its attorney-client privilege, (iii) all press releases and other statements made available generally by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the public concerning material developments in the business of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (B) such other information and data with respect to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as from time to time may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent or any Lender provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compromise in any way its attorney-client privilege;

 

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(p) Certification of Public Information . Concurrently with the delivery of any document or notice required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.1, Borrower shall indicate in writing whether such document or notice contains Nonpublic Information. Borrower and each Lender acknowledge that certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to Borrower, its Subsidiaries or their securities) and, if documents or notices required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.1 or otherwise are being distributed through IntraLinks/IntraAgency, SyndTrak or another relevant website or other information platform (the “Platform” ), any document or notice that Borrower has indicated contains Nonpublic Information shall not be posted on that portion of the Platform designated for such public-side Lenders. If Borrower has not indicated whether a document or notice delivered pursuant to this Section 5.1 contains Nonpublic Information, Administrative Agent reserves the right to post such document or notice solely on that portion of the Platform designated for Lenders who wish to receive material nonpublic information with respect to Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their securities’

(q) Foreign Subsidiaries . Together with each delivery of financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to Sections 5.1(b) and 5.1(c), a certificate of an Authorized Officer of Borrower (i) setting forth a list of names of all Foreign Subsidiaries (if any), and (ii) certifying that all such Foreign Subsidiaries (x) organized within a single foreign jurisdiction in the aggregate comprise less than 5% of Total Assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at the end of the period to which such financial statements relate and represented (on a contribution basis) less than 5% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of the end of the period to which such financial statements relate and (y) not organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia in the aggregate comprise less than 25% of Total Assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at the end of the period to which such financial statements relate and represented (on a contribution basis) less than 25% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of the end of the period to which such financial statements relate.

(r) Electronic Delivery . Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b), (c), (e), or (o)  (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on Borrower’s website on the internet and informs the Administrative Agent in writing on the same date of such posting; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on Borrower’s behalf on an internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial or governmental, third-party website or whether sponsored by Administrative Agent) and informs the Administrative Agent in writing on the same date of such posting. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance Borrower shall be required to provide electronic or paper copies of the Compliance Certificates required by Section 5.1(d) to Administrative Agent. Except for such Compliance Certificates, Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to

 

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request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it from Administrative Agent or maintaining its copies of such documents.

5.2. Existence. Except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.8, each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and all rights and franchises, licenses and permits material to its business; provided , no Credit Party (other than Borrower with respect to existence) or any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to preserve any such existence, right or franchise, licenses and permits if such Person’s board of directors (or similar governing body) shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of such Person, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to such Person or to Lenders.

5.3. Payment of Taxes and Claims. Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay all material Taxes imposed upon it or any of its properties or assets or in respect of any of its income, businesses or franchises before any material penalty or fine accrues thereon, and all material claims (including claims for labor, services, materials and supplies) for sums that have become due and payable and that by law have or may become a Lien upon any of its properties or assets, prior to the time when any material penalty or fine shall be incurred with respect thereto; provided , no such Tax or claim need be paid if it is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted, so long as (a) adequate reserve or other appropriate provision, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor, and (b) in the case of a Tax or claim which has or may become a Lien against any of the Collateral, and which is not permitted pursuant to Section 6.2, such contest proceedings conclusively operate to stay the sale of any portion of the Collateral to satisfy such Tax or claim. No Credit Party will, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, file or consent to the filing of any consolidated income tax return with any Person (other than Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries).

5.4. Maintenance of Properties. Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, all material properties reasonably necessary in the operation of used or useful in the business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries and from time to time will make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs, renewals and replacements thereof. Nothing in this Section 5.4 shall prevent (a) dispositions, consolidations or mergers in accordance with Section 6.8 or (b) the abandonment by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice of any rights, franchises, licenses, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents or other Intellectual Property that such Person reasonably determines are not useful to its business.

5.5. Insurance. Borrower will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, such insurance, in respect of the assets, properties and businesses of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as may customarily be carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons engaged in similar businesses, in each case in such amounts (giving effect to self-insurance), with such deductibles, covering such risks and otherwise on such terms and conditions as shall be customary for such Persons. Without limiting the generality of the

 

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foregoing, Borrower will maintain or cause to be maintained (a) to the extent required by law flood insurance with respect to each Flood Hazard Property 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 engaged in similar businesses. Each such policy of insurance shall (i) name Collateral Agent, on behalf of Secured Parties, as an additional insured thereunder as its interests may appear, (ii) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contain a loss payable clause or endorsement, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Collateral Agent, that names Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as the loss payee thereunder and provide for at least thirty days’ prior written notice to Collateral Agent of any modification or cancellation of such policy; provided that, unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent shall turn over to the Borrower any amounts received by it as loss payee under any casualty insurance maintained by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, the disposition of such amounts to be subject to the provisions of Section 2.14(b), and, unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent agrees that the Borrower and/or the applicable Subsidiary shall have the sole right to adjust or settle any claims under such insurance.

5.6. Books and Records; Inspections. Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and accounts in which full, true and correct entries in conformity in all material respects with GAAP shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any authorized representatives designated by any Lender at the expense of such Lender to visit and inspect any of the properties of any Credit Party and any of its respective Subsidiaries, to inspect, copy and take extracts from its and their financial and accounting records, and to discuss its and their affairs, finances and accounts with its and their officers and independent public accountants, all upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may reasonably be requested.

5.7. Lenders Meetings. Borrower will, upon the request of Administrative Agent or Requisite Lenders, participate in a meeting of Administrative Agent and Lenders once during each Fiscal Year to be held at Borrower’s corporate offices (or at such other location as may be agreed to by Borrower and Administrative Agent) at such time as may be agreed to by Borrower and Administrative Agent (the expense of conducting such meeting to be borne by the Borrower, provided that each Person shall pay her or its travel expenses and the fees and expenses of her or its advisors).

5.8. Compliance with Laws. Each Credit Party will comply, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and all other Persons, if any, on or occupying any Facilities to comply, with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority (including all Environmental Laws), except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; or (b) the failure to comply therewith would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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5.9. Environmental.

(a) Environmental Disclosure . Provided that Borrower shall not be required to compromise in any way its attorney-client privilege, Borrower will deliver to Administrative Agent and Lenders:

(i) as soon as practicable following receipt thereof, copies of all environmental audits, investigations, analyses and reports of any kind or character, whether prepared by personnel of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or by independent consultants, governmental authorities or any other Persons, with respect to significant environmental matters at any Facility or with respect to any Environmental Claims;

(ii) promptly upon an Authorized Officer obtaining knowledge thereof, written notice describing in reasonable detail (1) any Release required to be reported to any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory agency under any applicable Environmental Laws unless the Borrower reasonably determines that the total environmental costs arising out of such Release would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (2) any remedial action taken by Borrower or any other Person in response to (A) any Hazardous Materials Activities the existence of which would reasonably be expected to result in one or more Environmental Claims having, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or (B) any Environmental Claims that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (3) Borrower’s discovery of any occurrence or condition on any real property adjoining or in the vicinity of any Facility that could cause such Facility or any part thereof to be subject to any material restrictions on the ownership, occupancy, transferability or use thereof under any Environmental Laws;

(iii) as soon as practicable following the sending or receipt thereof by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, a copy of any and all written communications with respect to (1) any Environmental Claims that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (2) any material Release required to be reported to any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory agency, and (3) any request for information from any governmental agency that suggests such agency is investigating whether Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may be potentially responsible for any Hazardous Materials Activity;

(iv) prompt written notice describing in reasonable detail (1) any proposed acquisition of stock, assets, or property by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to (A) expose Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to, or result in, Environmental Claims that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or (B) affect the ability of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to maintain in full force and effect all material Governmental Authorizations required under any Environmental Laws for their respective operations and (2) any proposed action to be taken by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to modify current operations in a manner that would reasonably be expected to subject Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to any additional material obligations or requirements under any Environmental Laws; and

 

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(v) with reasonable promptness, such other documents and information as from time to time may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent in relation to any matters disclosed pursuant to this Section 5.9(a).

(b) Hazardous Materials Activities, Etc . Each Credit Party shall promptly take, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries promptly to take, any and all actions necessary to (i) cure any violation of applicable Environmental Laws by such Credit Party or its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) make an appropriate response to any Environmental Claim against such Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and discharge any obligations it may have to any Person thereunder where failure to do so would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

5.10. Subsidiaries. In the event that any Person becomes a Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower other than a Massachusetts securities corporation, Borrower shall (a) promptly cause such Subsidiary to become a Guarantor hereunder (unless such Subsidiary is a Domestic Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary) and a Grantor under the Pledge and Security Agreement by executing and delivering to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent a Counterpart Agreement, and (b) take all such actions and execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates as are similar to those described in Sections 3.1(b) and 3.1(i). In the event that any Person becomes a First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary, Borrower shall deliver all such documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates as are similar to those described in Sections 3.1(b), and Borrower shall take all of the actions referred to in Section 3.1(i)(i) necessary to grant and to perfect a First Priority Lien in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, under the Pledge and Security Agreement in 65% of the ownership interests of such First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary. With respect to any Person that becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower, Borrower shall promptly send to Administrative Agent written notice setting forth with respect to such Person (i) the date on which such Person became a Subsidiary of Borrower, and (ii) all of the data required to be set forth in Schedules 4.1 and 4.2 with respect to all Subsidiaries of Borrower, and such written notice shall be deemed to supplement Schedule 4.1 and 4.2 for all purposes hereof, and all of the information that would be included in a writing delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(q).

5.11. Additional Material Real Estate Assets. In the event that any Credit Party other than a Foreign Subsidiary acquires a Material Real Estate Asset or a Real Estate Asset owned or leased on the Closing Date becomes a Material Real Estate Asset and such interest has not otherwise been made subject to the Lien of the Collateral Documents in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, then such Credit Party shall promptly take all such actions and execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such mortgages, documents, instruments, agreements, opinions and certificates similar to those described in Sections 3.1(h) with respect to each such Material Real Estate Asset that Collateral Agent shall reasonably request to create in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a valid and, subject to any filing and/or recording referred to herein, perfected First Priority security interest in such Material Real Estate Assets; provided that no such Lien shall be required to be granted as contemplated by this Section 5.11 on any owned Real Estate Asset or fixtures the acquisition of which is financed, or is to be financed in whole or in part through the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1(r) or Section 6.10, until such Indebtedness is

 

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repaid in full (without giving effect to any refinancing thereof) or, as the case may be, the Borrower determines not to proceed with such financing or refinancing. In addition to the foregoing, Borrower shall, at the request of Collateral Agent, deliver, from time to time, to Collateral Agent such appraisals as are required by law or regulation of Real Estate Assets with respect to which Collateral Agent has been granted a Lien.

5.12. Interest Rate Protection. No later than eighteen (18) months following the Closing Date and at all times thereafter until the third anniversary of the Closing Date, Borrower shall obtain and cause to be maintained protection against fluctuations in interest rates pursuant to one or more Interest Rate Agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, to the extent necessary to ensure that no less than 50% of the aggregate principal amount of the total Indebtedness for borrowed money of Borrower and its Subsidiaries then outstanding is either (i) subject to such Interest Rate Agreements or (ii) Indebtedness that bears interest at a fixed rate.

5.13. Further Assurances. At any time or from time to time upon the request of Administrative Agent, each Credit Party will, at its expense, promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to effect fully the purposes of the Credit Documents. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Credit Party shall take such actions as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may reasonably request from time to time to ensure that the Obligations are guaranteed by each Domestic Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary and are secured by substantially all of the assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries and all of the outstanding Equity Interests of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (subject to limitations contained in the Credit Documents with respect to Foreign Subsidiaries). If, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, Foreign Subsidiaries (a) organized in a single foreign jurisdiction that are not Credit Parties comprise in the aggregate more than (i) 5% of Total Assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or (ii) 5% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case, as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of Borrower for which financial statements are available, or (b) not organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia that are not Credit Parties comprise in the aggregate more than (i) 25% of the Total Assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or (ii) 25% of the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case, as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of Borrower for which financial statements are available, then Borrower shall, not later than 90 days after the date by which financial statements for such quarter are required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement, cause one or more such Subsidiaries to become additional Credit Parties (notwithstanding that such Subsidiaries are, individually, Foreign Subsidiaries) such that the foregoing condition ceases to be true; provided , that the time for compliance therewith may be extended with the consent of the Administrative Agent for an additional 90 day period in order to provide equivalent credit support with a view toward minimizing the tax consequences to Borrower thereof.

5.14. Merger. Borrower shall cause the Merger to occur substantially concurrently with the funding of Term Loans and Revolving Loans on the Closing Date.

 

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5.15. Miscellaneous Covenants. Unless otherwise consented to by the Administrative Agent:

(a) Maintenance of Ratings . At all times, Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain ratings issued by Moody’s and S&P with respect to its senior secured debt.

(b) Cash Management Systems . The cash management systems of Borrower and its Subsidiaries are acceptable in form to the Administrative Agent. Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not materially change these systems unless such change is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Each Credit Party covenants and agrees that, so long as any Commitment is in effect and until payment in full of all Obligations and cancellation or expiration of all Letters of Credit, such Credit Party shall perform, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to perform, all covenants in this Section 6.

6.1. Indebtedness. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or guaranty, or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness, except:

(a) the Obligations;

(b) Indebtedness of any Guarantor to Borrower or to any other Guarantor, or of Borrower to any Guarantor; provided , (i) all such Indebtedness shall be evidenced by the Intercompany Note, which shall be subject to a First Priority Lien pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, (ii) all such Indebtedness shall be unsecured and subordinated in right of payment to the payment in full of the Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Intercompany Note, and (iii) any payment by any such Guarantor under any guaranty of the Obligations shall result in a pro tanto reduction of the amount of any Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to Borrower or to any of its Subsidiaries for whose benefit such payment is made;

(c) Indebtedness which may be deemed to exist pursuant to any guaranties, performance, surety, statutory, appeal or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(d) Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and otherwise in connection with deposit accounts;

(e) guaranties in the ordinary course of business of the obligations of suppliers, customers, franchisees and licensees of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than, in each such case, the obligations of Persons to whom transfers have been made or licenses granted pursuant to Section 6.8(i));

 

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(f) Indebtedness incurred by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries arising from bonds or otherwise in connection with the settlement or appeal of any of those certain Adverse Proceedings listed in Schedule 4.11 or from agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations (including Indebtedness consisting of the deferred purchase price of property or services acquired in a Permitted Acquisition or Prior Acquisition), or from guaranties or letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing the performance of Borrower or any such Subsidiary pursuant to such agreements, in connection with Permitted Acquisitions or permitted dispositions of any business, assets or Subsidiary of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

(g) (i) Indebtedness of a Person or Indebtedness attaching to assets of a Person that, in either case, becomes a Subsidiary or Indebtedness attaching to assets that are acquired by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case after the Closing Date as the result of a Permitted Acquisition, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any one time outstanding, provided that (x) such Indebtedness existed at the time such Person became a Subsidiary or at the time such assets were acquired and, in each case, was not created in anticipation thereof and (y) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed in any respect by Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than by any such person that so becomes a Subsidiary), and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above, provided, that (1) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, (2) the direct and contingent obligors with respect to such Indebtedness are not changed and (3) such Indebtedness shall not be secured by any assets other than the assets securing the Indebtedness being renewed, extended or refinanced and the proceeds of such asset or supporting obligations in connection therewith;

(h) guaranties by Borrower of Indebtedness of a Guarantor or guaranties by a Guarantor of Indebtedness of Borrower or another Guarantor with respect, in each case, to Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 6.1; provided , that if the Indebtedness that is being guarantied is unsecured and/or subordinated to the Obligations, the guaranty shall also be unsecured and/or subordinated to the Obligations;

(i) Indebtedness described in Schedule 6.1, but not any extensions, renewals or replacements of such Indebtedness except (i) renewals and extensions expressly provided for in the agreements evidencing any such Indebtedness as the same are in effect on the date of this Agreement and (ii) refinancings and extensions of any such Indebtedness if the 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 (i) or (ii) above shall not (A) include Indebtedness of an obligor that was not an obligor with respect to the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced, (B) exceed in a principal amount the Indebtedness being renewed, extended or refinanced or (C) be incurred, created or assumed if any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom;

(j) Indebtedness (contingent or otherwise) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary existing or arising under any Hedge Agreements, provided that (i) such obligations are (or were)

 

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entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets or property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person, or changes in the value of securities issued by such Person, and not for purposes of speculation or taking a “market view,” and (ii) such Hedge Agreement does not contain any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation to make payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting party;

(k) Indebtedness of any Foreign Subsidiary to any other Foreign Subsidiary, so long as the obligee is not a Guarantor (provided that Indebtedness of any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary shall be limited to such bona fide costs and expenses as are actually incurred in connection with its winding-down or dissolution);

(l) the Remaining Cytyc Convertible Notes; provided that funds sufficient for the redemption thereof through the completion of the Tender Offer are on deposit in the Escrow Account, subject to a First Priority Lien in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, subject to no other Liens;

(m) Indebtedness in respect of those certain capitalized leases set forth on Schedule 6.1 in connection with the manufacturing facilities located in Marlborough, Massachusetts and Alajuela, Costa Rica;

(n) unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower (including Indebtedness convertible into equity of the Borrower) that is (i) issued on terms customary at the time for senior unsecured debt securities issued in a public offering or a Rule 144A offering, (ii) matures after, and does not require any scheduled amortization or other scheduled or mandatory payments of principal or first scheduled put right prior to, the date which is at least 120 days after the latest maturity date of the Term Loans (it being understood that such Indebtedness may have mandatory prepayment, repurchase or redemption provisions satisfying the requirement of clause (iii) hereof), (iii) has terms and conditions (other than interest rate and redemption premiums) that, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Borrower than the terms and conditions customary at the time for senior unsecured debt securities issued in a public offering or a Rule 144A offering and (iv) is incurred by the Borrower; provided that (1) both immediately prior and after giving effect to the incurrence thereof, (x) no Default or Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom and (y) Borrower will be in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the application of the proceeds thereof in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, with the covenants set forth in Section 6.7 and (2) the proceeds thereof shall first be applied to prepay any outstanding Tranche X Term Loans to the full extent thereof prior to application to any other purpose and only thereafter shall be used either (A) to prepay Term Loans or (B) in the event the Acquisition Condition is satisfied, to make Permitted Acquisitions; provided further that a certificate of an Authorized Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least 10 days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirements of this clause (n) shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within 5 days of receipt of such certificate that it disagrees with such determination;

 

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(o) Subordinated Indebtedness (including Indebtedness convertible into equity of the Borrower) that is (i) subordinated to the Obligations on terms customary at the time for subordinated debt securities issued in a public offering or a Rule 144A offering, (ii) matures after, and does not require any scheduled amortization or other scheduled or mandatory payments of principal or first scheduled put right prior to, the date which is at least 120 days after the latest maturity date of the Term Loans (it being understood that such Indebtedness may have mandatory prepayment, repurchase or redemption provisions satisfying the requirement of clause (iii) hereof), (iii) has terms and conditions (other than interest rate, redemption premiums and subordination terms), taken as a whole, that are not materially less favorable to Borrower as the terms and conditions customary at the time for subordinated debt securities issued in a public offering or a Rule 144A offering and (iv) is incurred by the Borrower; provided that (1) both immediately prior and after giving effect to the incurrence thereof, (x) no Default or Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom and (y) Borrower will be in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the application of the proceeds thereof in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, with the covenants set forth in Section 6.7 and (2) the proceeds thereof shall first be applied to prepay any outstanding Tranche X Term Loans to the full extent thereof prior to application to any other purpose, but thereafter may be used for the general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to the extent permitted by this Agreement; provided further that a certificate of an Authorized Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least 10 days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirements of this clause (o) shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless Administrative Agent notifies Borrower within 5 days of receipt of such certificate that it disagrees with such determination;

(p) Indebtedness of any Foreign Subsidiary to Persons other than a Credit Party in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time $30,000,000;

(q) Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary) to a Credit Party; provided that the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness permitted by this clause (q) when aggregated with all Investments by any Credit Party in any Foreign Subsidiary permitted under Section 6.6(m) shall not exceed $50,000,000 at any time;

(r) Indebtedness of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition, leasing, construction or improvement of fixed or capital assets (whether pursuant to a loan, a Capital Lease or otherwise) otherwise permitted pursuant to this Agreement, and any other Capital Leases and purchase money Indebtedness, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding in the aggregate as to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries $25,000,000 at any one time outstanding, that such amount shall be increased by an amount equal to $10,000,000 on each anniversary of the Closing Date, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on any date on which such amount is to be increased; and

(s) other unsecured Indebtedness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 outstanding at any time.

 

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6.2. Liens. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset of any kind (including any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, created or licensed, or any income, profits or royalties therefrom, or file or permit the filing of, or permit to remain in effect, any financing statement or other similar notice of any Lien with respect to any such property, asset, income, profits or royalties under the UCC of any State or under any similar recording or notice statute or under the intellectual property laws, rules or procedures, except:

(a) Liens in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties granted pursuant to any Credit Document;

(b) Liens for Taxes not yet due or for Taxes if obligations with respect to such Taxes are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted;

(c) statutory Liens of landlords, banks (and rights of set-off), of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, repairmen, workmen and materialmen, and other Liens imposed by law (other than any such Lien imposed pursuant to Section 401 (a)(29) or 412(n) of the Internal Revenue Code or by ERISA), in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business (i) for amounts not yet more than 30 days overdue or (ii) for amounts that are more than 30 days overdue and that (in the case of any such amounts overdue for a period in excess of 30 days) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, so long as such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made for any such contested amounts;

(d) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money or other Indebtedness), so long as no foreclosure, sale or similar proceedings have been commenced with respect to any portion of the Collateral on account thereof;

(e) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, and other minor defects or irregularities in title, in each case which do not and will not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

(f) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any lease of real estate permitted hereunder;

(g) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;

 

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(h) purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(i) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

(j) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any governmental office or agency to control or regulate the use of any real property;

(k) non-exclusive outbound licenses of patents, copyrights, trademarks and other Intellectual Property rights granted by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and not interfering in any respect with the ordinary conduct of or materially detracting from the value of the business of Borrower or such Subsidiary;

(l) Liens described in Schedule 6.2;

(m) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.1(g); provided , any such Lien shall encumber only the asset acquired with the proceeds of such Indebtedness and the proceeds of such asset or supporting obligations in connection therewith;

(n) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.1(c), (d), (i), (k), (m), (r) or Section 6.8(i);

(o) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default;

(p) Liens on property of a Foreign Subsidiary that secure Indebtedness of such Foreign Subsidiary permitted under Section 6.1(p);

(q) three-way technology escrow agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business using reputable escrow agents in connection with the license, development and distribution agreements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, pursuant to which Intellectual Property of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, are placed in escrow for the benefit of the agreement party; provided that (i) the escrowed technology is only released to the agreement party upon the bankruptcy, cessation of business, repudiation of material obligations or similar industry standard trigger events of Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (ii) upon such release, the agreement party’s use is limited to its internal use only, consistent with the manner in which the technology was used by Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries on behalf on the agreement party prior to the technology’s release from escrow; and

(r) other Liens on assets other than the Collateral securing Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding.

6.3. No Further Negative Pledges. Except with respect to (a) specific property encumbered to secure payment of particular Indebtedness or to be sold pursuant to an executed agreement with respect to a permitted Asset Sale, (b) restrictions by reason of customary

 

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provisions restricting assignments, subletting or other transfers contained in leases, licenses and similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business (provided that such restrictions are limited to the property or assets secured by such Liens or the property or assets subject to such leases, licenses or similar agreements, as the case may be) and (c) restrictions identified on Schedule 6.3 or in connection with Permitted Acquisitions only to the extent such restrictions are permitted under Section 6.1(g), no Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries shall enter into any agreement prohibiting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon any of its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure the Obligations.

6.4. Restricted Junior Payments. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates through any manner or means or through any other Person to, directly or indirectly, declare, order, pay, make or set apart, or agree to declare, order, pay, make or set apart, any sum for any Restricted Junior Payment, except (a) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall be caused thereby, the Borrower may make regularly scheduled payments of interest in respect of Senior Unsecured Indebtedness in accordance with the terms of, and only to the extent required by, the indenture or other agreement pursuant to which any such Indebtedness was issued, (b) Borrower may make cash payments in connection with conversions of any convertible Indebtedness issued as permitted by Section 6.1(n) so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall be caused thereby and (ii) Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a compliance certificate signed by an Authorized Officer demonstrating compliance with the financial covenants hereunder and a Minimum Liquidity of not less than $100,000,000, in each case, after giving effect to the subject Restricted Junior Payment and reaffirming that the representations and warranties made hereunder are true and complete in all material respects as of such date, (c) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall be caused thereby, Borrower may make regularly scheduled payments of interest in respect of any Subordinated Indebtedness permitted hereby in accordance with the terms of, and only to the extent required by, and subject to the subordination provisions contained in, the indenture or other agreement pursuant to which such Subordinated Indebtedness was issued, (d) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall be caused thereby, Borrower may repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries held by any current or former officer, director, consultant or employee of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or his or her estate, spouse, former spouse, or family member (or pay principal or interest on any Indebtedness issued in connection with such repurchase, redemption or other acquisition) pursuant to any equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement, shareholders’ agreement or similar agreement or benefit plan of any kind, (e) Borrower and its Subsidiaries may repurchase Equity Interests which repurchase is deemed to occur upon any “cashless” exercise of stock options, warrants or other convertible securities, (f) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall be caused thereby, Borrower and its Subsidiaries may perform their obligations to support the price per share of Borrower common stock in respect of price protection agreements entered into with sellers under Prior Acquisitions and Permitted Acquisitions, (g) Borrower may make payments pursuant to the terms of Indebtedness incurred in connection with the settlement of Adverse Proceedings listed on Schedule 4.11, (h) Equity Interests surrendered to Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with any indemnification or withholding obligation, and (i) the Borrower may make cash payments in the form of cash settlements with respect to the Spread Overlay Agreements in

 

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accordance with the terms thereof, and only to the extent required thereby, so long as the Borrower receives contemporaneously with or within ninety days preceding such distribution aggregate cash payments in connection with such Spread Overlay Agreements of not less than the amount of such distribution.

6.5. Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions. Except as provided herein, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary of Borrower to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on any of such Subsidiary’s Equity Interests owned by Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower, (b) repay or prepay any Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower, (c) make loans or advances to Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower, or (d) transfer, lease or license any of its property or assets to Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower other than restrictions (i) in agreements evidencing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1(g) that impose restrictions on the property so acquired, (ii) by reason of customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting or other transfers contained in leases, licenses, joint venture agreements and similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (iii) that are or were created by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer or option or right with respect to any property, assets or Equity Interests not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement or (iv) described on Schedule 6.5.

6.6. Investments. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make or own any Investment in any Person, including any Joint Venture, except:

(a) Investments in Cash and Cash Equivalents;

(b) equity Investments owned as of the Closing Date in any Subsidiary and Investments made after the Closing Date in the Borrower, any wholly-owned Massachusetts securities corporation, and any Guarantor of Borrower;

(c) Investments (i) in any Securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and (ii) deposits, prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

(d) intercompany loans to the extent permitted under Section 6.1(b);

(e) Investments made by any Foreign Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor in another Foreign Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary;

(f) Investments in the nature of pledges or deposits with respect to leases or utilities provided to third parties in the ordinary course of business;

(g) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(h) Investments representing non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale effected in accordance with Sections 6.8(c), 6.8(g) and 6.8(i)(A), provided that any such non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or any other Credit Party is pledged to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant to the Security Documents;

(i) Investments by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in a Person in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time an amount equal to $25,000,000; provided that such amount shall be increased by an amount equal to $5,000,000 on each anniversary of the Closing Date, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on any date on which such amount is to be increased;

(j) loans and advances to employees and directors of Borrower and its Subsidiaries made in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding in the aggregate;

(k) Permitted Acquisitions permitted pursuant to Section 6.8;

(l) Investments described in Schedule 6.6(l) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000,000 at any time and any modification, replacement, renewal or extension thereof so long as the amount of such Investment is not increased thereby other than as otherwise permitted by this Section 6.6;

(m) other Investments in Subsidiaries (other than Guarantors) in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time $50,000,000, provided that the aggregate amount of such Investments permitted by this clause (m) when aggregated with all Indebtedness of such Subsidiaries permitted under Section 6.1(q) shall not exceed $50,000,000 at any time;

(n) the Spread Overlay Agreements to the extent constituting an Investment;

(o) Investments made by a Massachusetts securities corporation as permitted by Section 6.16; and

(p) Investments permitted pursuant to Section 6.8(i).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Credit Party make any Investment that results in or facilitates in any manner any Restricted Junior Payment not otherwise permitted under the terms of Section 6.4.

6.7. Financial Covenants .

(a) Interest Coverage Ratio . Borrower shall not permit the Interest Coverage Ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter, beginning with the Fiscal Quarter ending with the last Saturday in December 2007, to be less than the correlative ratio indicated:

 

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Fiscal Quarter

  

Interest Coverage Ratio

December 29, 2007    2.000:1.00
March 29, 2008    2.125:1.00

June 28, 2008

   2.125:1.00

September 27, 2008

   2.250:1.00

December 27, 2008

   2.250:1.00

March 28, 2009

   2.375:1.00

June 27, 2009

   2.375:1.00

September 26, 2009

   2.500:1.00

December 26, 2009

   2.500:1.00

March 27, 2010

   2.625:1.00

June 26, 2010

   2.625:1.00

September 25, 2010 and thereafter

   2.750:1.00

(b) Leverage Ratio . Borrower shall not permit the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter, beginning with the Fiscal Quarter ending with the last Saturday in December 2007, to exceed the correlative ratio indicated:

 

Fiscal Quarter

  

Leverage Ratio

December 29, 2007

   5.50:1.00

March 29, 2008

   5.25:1.00

June 28, 2008

   5.00:1.00

September 27, 2008

   4.75:1.00

December 27, 2008

   4.50:1.00

March 28, 2009

   4.25:1.00

June 27, 2009

   4.00:1.00

September 26, 2009

   3.75:1.00

December 26, 2009

   3.50:1.00

March 27, 2010

   3.25:1.00

June 26, 2010

   3.25:1.00

September 25, 2010 and thereafter

   3.00:1.00

(c) Certain Calculations . With respect to any period during which a Permitted Acquisition, an Asset Sale or any prepayments of the Term Loans under Section 2.13 or 2.14 hereof has occurred (each, a “Subject Transaction” ), for purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenants set forth in this Section 6.7, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and the

 

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components of Adjusted Consolidated Interest Expense shall be calculated with respect to such period on a pro forma basis (in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act or as otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, but in any case such pro forma adjustments shall be certified by the chief financial officer of the Borrower) using historical financial statements or other financial data reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent of any business so acquired or to be acquired or sold or to be sold and the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which shall be reformulated as if such Subject Transaction, and any Indebtedness incurred or repaid in connection therewith, had been consummated or incurred or repaid at the beginning of such period (and assuming that such Indebtedness bears interest during any portion of the applicable measurement period prior to the relevant acquisition at the weighted average of the interest rates applicable to outstanding Loans during such period); provided that, for the purpose of calculating Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA included in the definition of Consolidated Excess Cash Flow in connection with any such Subject Transaction, the Acquisition or any acquisition completed prior to the Closing Date, the income (or loss) of any Person or business accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower, shall not be included.

6.8. Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation, or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell, lease or license, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any part of its business, assets or property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, created, leased or licensed, or acquire by purchase or otherwise (other than purchases or other acquisitions of inventory, materials and equipment and Capital Expenditures in the ordinary course of business) the business, property or fixed assets of, or stock or other evidence of beneficial ownership of, any Person or any division or line of business or other business unit of any Person, except:

(a) (i) any Subsidiary of Borrower may be merged with or into Borrower or any Guarantor, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any part of its business, property or assets may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to Borrower or any Guarantor; provided , in the case of such a merger, Borrower or such Guarantor, as applicable shall be the continuing or surviving Person; (ii) any Massachusetts securities corporation may be merged with or into any other Massachusetts securities corporation, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any part of its business, property or assets may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to any other Massachusetts securities corporation; and (iii) any Foreign Subsidiary may be merged with or into any other Foreign Subsidiary (provided that the surviving entity shall not be an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary), or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any part of its business, property or assets may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to any other Foreign Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary);

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(c) Asset Sales, the proceeds of which (valued at the principal amount thereof in the case of non-Cash proceeds consisting of notes or other debt Securities and valued at fair market value in the case of other non-Cash proceeds) (i) are less than $25,000,000 with respect to any single Asset Sale or series of related Asset Sales during any Fiscal Year and (ii) when aggregated with the proceeds of all other Asset Sales made within the same Fiscal Year, are less than $50,000,000; provided (1) the consideration received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof (determined in good faith by the board of directors of Borrower (or similar governing body)), (2) no less than 70% thereof shall be paid in Cash, and (3) the Net Asset Sale Proceeds thereof shall be applied as required by Section 2.14(a);

(d) disposals of obsolete, worn out or surplus property;

(e) Permitted Acquisitions;

(f) Investments made in accordance with Sections 6.4, 6.6 and 6.10;

(g) Dispositions by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under Section 6.8; provided that (i) at the time of such Disposition, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall result from such Disposition, (ii) Borrower will be in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Disposition, with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.7, (iii) for any four consecutive Fiscal Quarter periods, the aggregate of all property Disposed of in reliance on this clause (g) shall not constitute assets generating more than $10,000,000 of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period, as evidenced by a certificate of an Authorized Officer in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent delivered concurrently with each such disposition, and (iv) the net proceeds thereof shall be calculated in the same manner as Net Asset Sale Proceeds and shall be applied to prepayment of the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.14(a), without regard to whether such disposition is an Asset Sale and provided that such proceeds shall not be reinvested in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

(h) (A) the abandonment of patents, trademarks or other Intellectual Property that are, in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower, either no longer economically practicable to maintain or no longer useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and (B) non-exclusive licensing of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, which, in each case, do not interfere in any respect with the ordinary conduct of or materially detract from the value of the business of Borrower and the Subsidiaries.

(i) (A) as set forth on Schedule 6.8(i) or (B) with the consent of the Administrative Agent, the transfer or licensing of any non-core technology, or the licensing of any technology for an application not material to the business or operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, to any Person; provided that at the time of such transfer, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall result from such transfer or such licensing and after giving effect to such transfer or such licensing, the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.13 shall be true and complete in all material respects as of the date of such transfer or such licensing.

 

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6.9. Disposal of Subsidiary Interests. Except as permitted by Section 5.2 or for any sale of all of its interests in the Equity Interests of any of its Subsidiaries in compliance with the provisions of Section 6.8, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (a) directly or indirectly sell, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber or dispose of any Equity Interests of any of its Subsidiaries, except to qualify directors if required by applicable law; or (b) permit any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly to sell, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber or dispose of any Equity Interests of any of its Subsidiaries, except to another Credit Party (subject to the restrictions on such disposition otherwise imposed hereunder), or to qualify directors if required by applicable law.

6.10. Sales and Lease-Backs. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.10, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, become or remain liable as lessee or as a guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, which such Credit Party (a) has sold or transferred or is to sell or to transfer to any other Person (other than Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), or (b) intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Credit Party to any Person (other than Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) in connection with such lease, unless (a) the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the consummation of the Sale and Leaseback Transaction and the application of the proceeds thereof, with the Leverage Ratio set forth in subsection 6.7, recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower for which the relevant information is available as if such Sale and Leaseback Transaction had been consummated on the first day of the relevant period for testing such compliance (such calculation to be made in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and to be evidenced by a certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower and delivered to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly deliver copies to each Lender) at least three Business Days prior to the consummation of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction), (b) the lease entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is either (i) a Capital Lease or (ii) a lease the payments under which will be treated as an operating expense for purposes of determining Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and (c) an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is applied in accordance with Section 2.14(a).

6.11. Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any material transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of Borrower on terms that are less favorable to Borrower or that Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that might be obtained at the time from a Person who is not such a holder or Affiliate; provided , the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (a) any transaction between Borrower and any Guarantor; (b) customary fees paid to members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries; (c) compensation arrangements for officers and other employees of Borrower and its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business; (d) transactions described in Schedule 6.11; (e) the payment of transaction expenses in connection with this Agreement; and (f) entering into, making payments pursuant to and otherwise performing an indemnification and contribution agreement in favor of any Person and each Person who is or becomes a director, officer, agent or

 

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employee of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in respect of liabilities (i) arising under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and any other applicable securities laws or otherwise, in connection with any offering of securities by Borrower, (ii) incurred to third parties for any action or failure to act of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, predecessors or successors, (iii) arising out of the fact that any indemnitee was or is a director, officer, agent or employee of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or is or was serving at the request of any such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or enterprise or (iv) to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware or other applicable state law, arising out of any breach or alleged breach by such indemnitee of his or her fiduciary duty as a director or officer of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

For purposes of this Section 6.11, (A) any transaction with any Affiliate shall be deemed to have satisfied the standard set forth in the first sentence hereof if (i) such transaction is approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors of the board of directors of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, or (ii) in the event that at the time of any such transaction, there are not Disinterested Directors serving on the board of directors of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, such transaction shall be approved by a nationally recognized expert with expertise in appraising the terms and conditions of the type of transaction for which approval is required, and (B) “Disinterested Director” shall mean, with respect to any Person and transaction, a member of the board of directors of such Person who does not have any material direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such transaction.

6.12. Conduct of Business. From and after the Closing Date, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than (i) the businesses engaged in by such Credit Party on the Closing Date including, without limitation, any medical, pharmaceutical, diagnostic or other health oriented business and any businesses related, ancillary or incidental thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof; (ii) any other business acquired in connection with a Permitted Acquisition and any businesses related, ancillary or incidental thereto, or that is an adjunct thereto (provided that the Administrative Agent consents to such adjunct if material), or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof, and (iii) such other lines of business as may be consented to by Requisite Lenders.

6.13. Amendments or Waivers of Organizational Documents and Certain Related Agreements. Except as contemplated by Section 3.1(d)(i), no Credit Party shall nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, agree to any material amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification to, or waiver of, any of its Organizational Documents or any of its material rights under any Related Agreement after the Closing Date if such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification, or waiver would have a Material Adverse Effect on the rights or remedies of the Lenders under the Credit Documents or with respect to the Credit Parties, without in each case obtaining the prior written consent of Requisite Lenders to such amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification or waiver.

6.14. Amendments or Waivers of with respect to Senior Unsecured Indebtedness and Subordinated Indebtedness. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend or otherwise change the terms of any Senior Unsecured Indebtedness or Subordinated Indebtedness, or make any payment consistent with an amendment thereof or change thereto, if the effect of such amendment or change is to increase the interest rate on such Senior Unsecured Indebtedness or Subordinated Indebtedness, change (to earlier dates) any dates upon which payments of principal or interest are due thereon, change any event of default or condition to an event of default with respect thereto (other than to eliminate any such event of default or increase any grace period related thereto), change the redemption, prepayment or defeasance provisions thereof, change the subordination provisions of such

 

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Senior Unsecured Indebtedness or Subordinated Indebtedness (or of any guaranty thereof), or if the effect of such amendment or change, together with all other amendments or changes made, is to increase materially the obligations of the obligor thereunder or to confer any additional rights on the holders of such Senior Unsecured Indebtedness or Subordinated Indebtedness (or a trustee or other representative on their behalf) which would be adverse to any Credit Party or Lenders.

6.15. Fiscal Year. The Borrower shall not change its Fiscal Year-end for SEC reporting purposes from the last Saturday in September.

6.16. Massachusetts Securities Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6, (a) no Credit Party shall permit any Subsidiary that is a Massachusetts securities corporation to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Liens or any Indebtedness, Dispose of any assets (other than (i) in compliance with Section 6.8(a)(ii) or (ii) Dispositions to the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor or in connection with the sale and purchase of Investments), make any Investments or engage in any other business operations, other than Investments permitted by Section 6.6(a) , in each case in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 63, § 38B and, in addition, (b) no Credit Party shall permit any Subsidiary that is a Massachusetts securities corporation to engage in any business other than (i) investing in assets and securities of all kinds, including but not limited to debt securities and securities sold in transactions originated by it or its manager and (ii) other activities required by law to maintain tax advantaged status under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 63, § 38B.

SECTION 7. GUARANTY

7.1. Guaranty of the Obligations. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.2, Guarantors jointly and severally hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guaranty to Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Beneficiaries the due and punctual payment in full of all Obligations when the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)) (collectively, the “Guaranteed Obligations” ).

7.2. Contribution by Guarantors. All Guarantors desire to allocate among themselves (collectively, the “Contributing Guarantors” ), in a fair and equitable manner, their obligations arising under this Guaranty. Accordingly, in the event any payment or distribution is made on any date by a Guarantor (a “Funding Guarantor” ) under this Guaranty such that its Aggregate Payments exceeds its Fair Share as of such date, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each of the other Contributing Guarantors in an amount sufficient to cause each Contributing Guarantor’s Aggregate Payments to equal its Fair Share as of such date. “Fair Share” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the ratio of (i) the Fair Share Contribution Amount with respect to such

 

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Contributing Guarantor to (ii) the aggregate of the Fair Share Contribution Amounts with respect to all Contributing Guarantors multiplied by (b) the aggregate amount paid or distributed on or before such date by all Funding Guarantors under this Guaranty in respect of the obligations Guaranteed. “Fair Share Contribution Amount” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations of such Contributing Guarantor under this Guaranty that would not render its obligations hereunder or thereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any comparable applicable provisions of state law; provided , solely for purposes of calculating the “Fair Share Contribution Amount” with respect to any Contributing Guarantor for purposes of this Section 7.2, any assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor arising by virtue of any rights to subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification or any rights to or obligations of contribution hereunder shall not be considered as assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor. “Aggregate Payments” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (1) the aggregate amount of all payments and distributions made on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor in respect of this Guaranty (including in respect of this Section 7.2), minus (2) the aggregate amount of all payments received on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor from the other Contributing Guarantors as contributions under this Section 7.2. The amounts payable as contributions hereunder shall be determined as of the date on which the related payment or distribution is made by the applicable Funding Guarantor. The allocation among Contributing Guarantors of their obligations as set forth in this Section 7.2 shall not be construed in any way to limit the liability of any Contributing Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor is a third party beneficiary to the contribution agreement set forth in this Section 7.2.

7.3. Payment by Guarantors. Subject to Section 7.2, Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree, in furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Beneficiary may have at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, that upon the failure of Borrower to pay any of the Guaranteed Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)), Guarantors will upon demand pay, or cause to be paid, in Cash, to Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of Beneficiaries, an amount equal to the sum of the unpaid principal amount of all Guaranteed Obligations then due as aforesaid, accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (including interest which, but for Borrower’s becoming the subject of a case under the Bankruptcy Code, would have accrued on such Guaranteed Obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed against Borrower for such interest in the related bankruptcy case) and all other Guaranteed Obligations then owed to Beneficiaries as aforesaid.

7.4. Liability of Guarantors Absolute. Each Guarantor agrees that its obligations hereunder are irrevocable, absolute, independent and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance which constitutes a legal or equitable discharge of a guarantor or surety other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees as follows:

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(b) Administrative Agent may enforce this Guaranty upon the occurrence of an Event of Default notwithstanding the existence of any dispute between Borrower and any Beneficiary with respect to the existence of such Event of Default;

(c) the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of Borrower and the obligations of any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the obligations of Borrower, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against such Guarantor whether or not any action is brought against Borrower or any of such other guarantors and whether or not Borrower is joined in any such action or actions;

(d) payment by any Guarantor of a portion, but not all, of the Guaranteed Obligations shall in no way limit, affect, modify or abridge any Guarantor’s liability for any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations which has not been paid. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if Administrative Agent is awarded a judgment in any suit brought to enforce any Guarantor’s covenant to pay a portion of the Guaranteed Obligations, such judgment shall not be deemed to release such Guarantor from its covenant to pay the portion of the Guaranteed Obligations that is not the subject of such suit, and such judgment shall not, except to the extent satisfied by such Guarantor, limit, affect, modify or abridge any other Guarantor’s liability hereunder in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations;

(e) any Beneficiary, upon such terms as it deems appropriate, without notice or demand and without affecting the validity or enforceability hereof or giving rise to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination of any Guarantor’s liability hereunder, from time to time may (i) renew, extend, accelerate, increase the rate of interest on, or otherwise change the time, place, manner or terms of payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) settle, compromise, release or discharge, or accept or refuse any offer of performance with respect to, or substitutions for, the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto and/or subordinate the payment of the same to the payment of any other obligations; (iii) request and accept other guaranties of the Guaranteed Obligations and take and hold security for the payment hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations; (iv) release, surrender, exchange, substitute, compromise, settle, rescind, waive, alter, subordinate or modify, with or without consideration, any security for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, any other guaranties of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other obligation of any Person (including any other Guarantor) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) enforce and apply any security now or hereafter held by or for the benefit of such Beneficiary in respect hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations and direct the order or manner of sale thereof, or exercise any other right or remedy that such Beneficiary may have against any such security, in each case as such Beneficiary in its discretion may determine consistent herewith or the applicable Hedge Agreement and any applicable security agreement, including foreclosure on any such security pursuant to one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, whether or not every aspect of any such sale is commercially reasonable, and even though such action operates to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of any Guarantor against Borrower or any security for the Guaranteed Obligations; and (vi) exercise any other rights available to it under the Credit Documents or any Hedge Agreements; and

 

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(f) this Guaranty and the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination for any reason (other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations), including the occurrence of any of the following, whether or not any Guarantor shall have had notice or knowledge of any of them: (i) any failure or omission to assert or enforce or agreement or election not to assert or enforce, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or any right, power or remedy (whether arising under the Credit Documents or any Hedge Agreements, at law, in equity or otherwise) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any other guaranty of or security for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any consent to departure from, any of the terms or provisions (including provisions relating to events of default) hereof, any of the other Credit Documents, any of the Hedge Agreements or any agreement or instrument executed pursuant thereto, or of any other guaranty or security for the Guaranteed Obligations, in each case whether or not in accordance with the terms hereof or such Credit Document, such Hedge Agreement or any agreement relating to such other guaranty or security; (iii) the Guaranteed Obligations, or any agreement relating thereto, at any time being found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect; (iv) the application of payments received from any source (other than payments received pursuant to the other Credit Documents or any of the Hedge Agreements or from the proceeds of any security for the Guaranteed Obligations, except to the extent such security also serves as collateral for indebtedness other than the Guaranteed Obligations) to the payment of indebtedness other than the Guaranteed Obligations, even though any Beneficiary might have elected to apply such payment to any part or all of the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) any Beneficiary’s consent to the change, reorganization or termination of the corporate structure or existence of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and to any corresponding restructuring of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vi) any failure to perfect or continue perfection of a security interest in any collateral which secures any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vii) any defenses, set-offs or counterclaims which Borrower may allege or assert against any Beneficiary in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, including failure of consideration, breach of warranty, payment, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury; and (viii) any other act or thing or omission, or delay to do any other act or thing, which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor as an obligor in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations.

7.5. Waivers by Guarantors. Each Guarantor hereby waives, for the benefit of Beneficiaries: (a) any right to require any Beneficiary, as a condition of payment or performance by such Guarantor, to (i) proceed against Borrower, any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, (ii) proceed against or exhaust any security held from Borrower, any such other guarantor or any other Person, (iii) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any Deposit Account or credit on the books of any Beneficiary in favor of Borrower or any other Person, or (iv) pursue any other remedy in the power of any Beneficiary whatsoever; (b) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any disability or other defense of Borrower or any other Guarantor including any defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of Borrower or any other Guarantor from any cause other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations; (c) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides

 

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that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (d) any defense based upon any Beneficiary’s errors or omissions in the administration of the Guaranteed Obligations, except behavior which amounts to bad faith; (e) (i) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with the terms hereof and any legal or equitable discharge of such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, (ii) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantor’s liability hereunder or the enforcement hereof, (iii) any rights to set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims, and (iv) promptness, diligence and any requirement that any Beneficiary protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or lien or any property subject thereto; (f) notices, demands, presentments, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and notices of any action or inaction, including acceptance hereof, notices of default hereunder, the Hedge Agreements or any agreement or instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or modification of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement related thereto, notices of any extension of credit to Borrower and notices of any of the matters referred to in Section 7.4 and any right to consent to any thereof; and (g) any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by law which limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms hereof.

7.6. Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, etc. Until the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full and the Revolving Commitments shall have terminated and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been cancelled, each Guarantor hereby waives any claim, right or remedy, direct or indirect, that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Borrower or any other Guarantor or any of its assets in connection with this Guaranty or the performance by such Guarantor of its obligations hereunder, in each case whether such claim, right or remedy arises in equity, under contract, by statute, under common law or otherwise and including (a) any right of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Borrower with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, (b) any right to enforce, or to participate in, any claim, right or remedy that any Beneficiary now has or may hereafter have against Borrower, and (c) any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any collateral or security now or hereafter held by any Beneficiary. In addition, until the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full and the Revolving Commitments shall have terminated and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been cancelled, each Guarantor shall withhold exercise of any right of contribution such Guarantor may have against any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guaranteed Obligations, including any such right of contribution as contemplated by Section 7.2. Each Guarantor further agrees that, to the extent the waiver or agreement to withhold the exercise of its rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification and contribution as set forth herein is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any reason, any rights of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification such Guarantor may have against Borrower or against any collateral or security, and any rights of contribution such Guarantor may have against any such other guarantor, shall be junior and subordinate to any rights any Beneficiary may have against Borrower, to all right, title and interest any Beneficiary may have in any such collateral or security, and to any right any Beneficiary may have against such other guarantor. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of any such subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification or contribution rights at any time when all Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been finally and indefeasibly paid in full, such amount shall be held in trust for Administrative Agent on behalf of Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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7.7. Subordination of Other Obligations. Any Indebtedness of Borrower or any Guarantor now or hereafter held by any Guarantor (the “Obligee Guarantor” ) is hereby subordinated in right of payment to the Guaranteed Obligations, and any such Indebtedness collected or received by the Obligee Guarantor after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing shall be held in trust for Administrative Agent on behalf of Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations but without affecting, impairing or limiting in any manner the liability of the Obligee Guarantor under any other provision hereof.

7.8. Continuing Guaranty. This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall remain in effect until all of the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been paid in full and the Revolving Commitments shall have terminated and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been cancelled. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Guaranty as to future transactions giving rise to any Guaranteed Obligations.

7.9. Authority of Guarantors or Borrower. It is not necessary for the enforcement of this Section 7 for any Beneficiary to inquire into the capacity or powers of any Guarantor or Borrower or the officers, directors or any agents acting or purporting to act on behalf of any of them.

7.10. Financial Condition of Borrower. Any Credit Extension may be made to Borrower or continued from time to time, and any Hedge Agreements may be entered into from time to time, in each case without notice to or authorization from any Guarantor regardless of the financial or other condition of Borrower at the time of any such grant or continuation or at the time such Hedge Agreement is entered into, as the case may be. No Beneficiary shall have any obligation to disclose or discuss with any Guarantor its assessment, or any Guarantor’s assessment, of the financial condition of Borrower. Each Guarantor has adequate means to obtain information from Borrower on a continuing basis concerning the financial condition of Borrower and its ability to perform its obligations under the Credit Documents and the Hedge Agreements, and each Guarantor assumes the responsibility for being and keeping informed of the financial condition of Borrower and of all circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes any duty on the part of any Beneficiary to disclose any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, operations or conditions of Borrower now known or hereafter known by any Beneficiary.

7.11. Bankruptcy, etc. (a) So long as any Guaranteed Obligations remain outstanding, no Guarantor shall, without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent acting pursuant to the instructions of Requisite Lenders, commence or join with any other Person in commencing any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency case or proceeding of or against Borrower or any other Guarantor. The obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall not be reduced, limited, impaired, discharged, deferred, suspended or terminated by any case or proceeding, voluntary or involuntary, involving the bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization, liquidation or arrangement of Borrower or any other Guarantor or by any defense which Borrower or any other Guarantor may have by reason of the order, decree or decision of any court or administrative body resulting from any such proceeding.

 

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(b) Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that any interest on any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations which accrues after the commencement of any case or proceeding referred to in clause (a) above (or, if interest on any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations ceases to accrue by operation of law by reason of the commencement of such case or proceeding, such interest as would have accrued on such portion of the Guaranteed Obligations if such case or proceeding had not been commenced) shall be included in the Guaranteed Obligations because it is the intention of Guarantors and Beneficiaries that the Guaranteed Obligations which are guaranteed by Guarantors pursuant hereto should be determined without regard to any rule of law or order which may relieve Borrower of any portion of such Guaranteed Obligations. Guarantors will permit any trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person to pay Administrative Agent, or allow the claim of Administrative Agent in respect of, any such interest accruing after the date on which such case or proceeding is commenced.

(c) In the event that all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations are paid by Borrower, the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall continue and remain in full force and effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, in the event that all or any part of such payment(s) are rescinded or recovered directly or indirectly from any Beneficiary as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise, and any such payments which are so rescinded or recovered shall constitute Guaranteed Obligations for all purposes hereunder.

7.12. Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor. If all of the Equity Interests of any Guarantor or any of its successors in interest hereunder shall be sold or otherwise disposed of (including by merger or consolidation) in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, the Guaranty of such Guarantor or such successor in interest, as the case may be, hereunder shall automatically be discharged and released without any further action by any Beneficiary or any other Person effective as of the time of such sale.

SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

8.1. Events of Default. If any one or more of the following conditions or events shall occur:

(a) Failure to Make Payments When Due . Failure by Borrower to pay (i) when due any installment or payment of principal of any Loan, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by notice of voluntary prepayment, by mandatory prepayment or otherwise; (ii) when due any amount payable to Issuing Bank in reimbursement of any drawing under a Letter of Credit; or (iii) any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount due hereunder within five days after the date due; or

(b) Default in Other Agreements . (i) Except for the failure to fund the disputed portion of a payment in connection with an earn-out that is the subject of a good faith dispute and for which adequate reserve or other appropriate provision shall have been made in accordance with GAAP, failure of any of the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries to pay

 

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when due any principal of or interest on or any other amount payable in respect of one or more items of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness referred to in Section 8.1(a)) individually or in the aggregate in an amount of $25,000,000 or more, in each case beyond the grace period, if any, provided therefor; or (ii) breach or default by any Credit Party with respect to any other material term of (1) one or more items of Indebtedness in the individual or aggregate amounts referred to in clause (i) above or (2) any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating to such item(s) of Indebtedness, in each case beyond the grace period, if any, provided therefor, if the effect of such breach or default is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of that Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders), to cause, that Indebtedness to become or be declared due and payable (or redeemable) prior to its stated maturity or the stated maturity of any underlying obligation, as the case may be; or

(c) Breach of Certain Covenants . Failure of any Credit Party to perform or comply with any term or condition contained in Section 2.6, Sections 5.1(b), 5.1(c), 5.1(d) and 5.1(f), Section 5.2 or Section 6; or

(d) Breach of Representations, etc. Any representation, warranty, certification or other statement made or deemed made by any Credit Party in any Credit Document or in any statement or certificate at any time given by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries in writing pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall be false in any material respect as of the date made or deemed made; or

(e) Other Defaults Under Credit Documents . Any Credit Party shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained herein or in any of the other Credit Documents, other than any such term referred to in any other Section of this Section 8.1, and such default shall not have been remedied or waived within thirty days after the earlier of (i) an Authorized Officer of such Credit Party becoming aware of such default or (ii) receipt by Borrower of notice from Administrative Agent or any Lender of such default; or

(f) Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc. (i) A court of competent jurisdiction shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary) in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect, which decree or order is not stayed; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable federal or state law; or (ii) an involuntary case shall be commenced against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary) under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect; or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or other officer having similar powers over Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary), or over all or a substantial part of its property, shall have been entered; or there shall have occurred the involuntary appointment of an interim receiver, trustee or other custodian of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary) for all or a substantial part of its property; or a warrant of attachment, execution or similar process shall have been issued against any substantial part of the property of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary), and any such event described in this clause (ii) shall continue for sixty days without having been dismissed, bonded or discharged; or

 

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(g) Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc. (i) Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary) shall have an order for relief entered with respect to it or shall commence a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion of an involuntary case to a voluntary case, under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee or other custodian for all or a substantial part of its property; or Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary) shall make any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (ii) Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary) shall be unable, or shall fail generally, or shall admit in writing its general inability, to pay its debts as such debts become due; or the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or any committee thereof) (other than with respect to an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to herein or in Section 8.1(f); or

(h) Judgments and Attachments . Any money judgment, writ or warrant of attachment or similar process involving in any individual case or in the aggregate in an amount in excess of $25,000,000 (in either case to the extent not adequately covered by insurance as to which a solvent and unaffiliated insurance company has acknowledged coverage) shall be entered or filed against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets and shall remain undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of sixty days (or in any event later than five days prior to the date of any proposed sale thereunder); or

(i) Dissolution . Any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against any Credit Party decreeing the dissolution or split up of such Credit Party and such order shall remain undischarged or unstayed for a period in excess of thirty days; or

(j) Employee Benefit Plans . (i) There shall occur one or more ERISA Events which individually or in the aggregate results in or would reasonably be expected to result in liability of Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in excess of $15,000,000 during the term hereof; or (ii) there exists any fact or circumstance that reasonably could be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien or security interest under Section 412(n) of the Internal Revenue Code or under ERISA; or

(k) Change of Control; Designated Event . There occurs any Change of Control; or

(l) Guaranties, Collateral Documents and other Credit Documents . At any time after the execution and delivery thereof, (i) the Guaranty for any reason, other than the satisfaction in full of all Obligations, shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms) or shall be declared to be null and void or any Guarantor shall repudiate its obligations thereunder, (ii) this Agreement or any Collateral Document ceases to be in full force and effect (other than by reason of a release of Collateral in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof or the satisfaction in full of the Obligations in accordance with the terms hereof) or shall be declared null and void, or Collateral Agent shall not have or shall cease to have a valid and perfected Lien in any Collateral purported to be covered by the Collateral Documents with the priority required by the relevant Collateral Document, except as otherwise

 

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provided in any Collateral Document, in each case for any reason other than the failure of Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to take any action within its control, or (iii) any Credit Party shall contest the validity or enforceability of any Credit Document in writing or deny in writing that it has any further liability, including with respect to future advances by Lenders, under any Credit Document to which it is a party or shall contest the validity or perfection of any Lien in any Collateral purported to be granted by the Collateral Documents; or

(m) Subordination Provisions . Borrower or any Credit Party shall make any payment in violation of any subordination terms or conditions, if any, with respect to any Subordinated Indebtedness;

THEN , (1) upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 8.1(f) or 8.1(g), automatically, and (2) upon the occurrence of any other Event of Default, at the request of (or with the consent of) Requisite Lenders, upon notice to Borrower by Administrative Agent, (A) the Revolving Commitments, if any, of each Lender having such Revolving Commitments and the obligation of 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 Credit Party: (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 Lenders under Section 2.3(b)(v) or Section 2.4(e); (C) Administrative Agent may cause Collateral Agent to enforce any and all Liens and security interests created pursuant to Collateral Documents; and (D) Administrative Agent shall direct Borrower to pay (and Borrower hereby agrees upon receipt of such notice, or upon the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in Sections 8.1(f) and (g) to pay) to Administrative Agent such additional amounts of cash as reasonably requested by Issuing Bank, to be held as security for Borrower’s reimbursement Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit then outstanding.

SECTION 9. AGENTS

9.1. Appointment of Agents. BOA is hereby appointed Syndication Agent hereunder, and each Lender hereby authorizes BOA to act as Syndication Agent in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents. GSCP is hereby appointed Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents and each Lender hereby authorizes GSCP to act as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents. Citicorp, JPM, Citizens and Fifth Third are hereby appointed Documentation Agents hereunder, and each Lender hereby authorizes Citicorp, JPM, Citizens and Fifth Third to act as Documentation Agents in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents. Each Agent hereby agrees to act in its capacity as such upon the express conditions contained herein and the other Credit Documents, as applicable. The provisions of this Section 9 are solely for the benefit of Agents and Lenders and no Credit Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions thereof. In performing

 

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its functions and duties hereunder, each Agent shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. Each of Syndication Agent and Documentation Agents, without consent of or notice to any party hereto, may assign any and all of its rights or obligations hereunder to any of its Affiliates. As of the Closing Date, neither BOA, in its capacity as Syndication Agent, nor Citicorp, JPM, Citizens or Fifth Third in their capacity as Documentation Agents, shall have any obligations but shall be entitled to all benefits of this Section 9.

9.2. Powers and Duties. Each Lender irrevocably authorizes each Agent to take such action on such Lender’s behalf and to exercise such powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Credit Documents as are specifically delegated or granted to such Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers, rights and remedies as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Agent shall have only those duties and responsibilities that are expressly specified herein and the other Credit Documents. Each Agent may exercise such powers, rights and remedies and perform such duties by or through its agents or employees. No Agent shall have, by reason hereof or any of the other Credit Documents, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender; nothing herein or any of the other Credit Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon any Agent any obligations in respect hereof or any of the other Credit Documents except as expressly set forth herein or therein.

9.3. General Immunity.

(a) No Responsibility for Certain Matters . No Agent shall be responsible to any Lender for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectability or sufficiency hereof or any other Credit Document or for any representations, warranties, recitals or statements made herein or therein or made in any written or oral statements or in any financial or other statements, instruments, reports or certificates or any other documents furnished or made by any Agent to Lenders or by or on behalf of any Credit Party or to any Lender in connection with the Credit Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby or for the financial condition or business affairs of any Credit Party or any other Person liable for the payment of any Obligations, nor shall any Agent be required to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, provisions, covenants or agreements contained in any of the Credit Documents or as to the use of the proceeds of the Loans or as to the existence or possible existence of any Event of Default or Default or to make any disclosures with respect to the foregoing. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Administrative Agent shall not have any liability arising from confirmations of the amount of outstanding Loans or the Letter of Credit Usage or the component amounts thereof.

(b) Exculpatory Provisions . No Agent nor any of its officers, partners, directors, employees or agents shall be liable to Lenders for any action taken or omitted by any Agent under or in connection with any of the Credit Documents except to the extent caused by such Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Each Agent shall be entitled to refrain from any act or the taking of any action (including the failure to take an action) in connection herewith or any of the other Credit Documents or from the exercise of any power, discretion or authority vested in it hereunder or thereunder unless and until such Agent shall have received instructions

 

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in respect thereof from Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under Section 10.5) and, upon receipt of such instructions from Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders, as the case may be), such Agent shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed) refrain from acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with such instructions. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, (i) each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any communication, instrument or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person or Persons, and shall be entitled to rely and shall be protected in relying on opinions and judgments of attorneys (who may be attorneys for Borrower and its Subsidiaries), accountants, experts and other professional advisors selected by it; and (ii) no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against any Agent as a result of such Agent acting or (where so instructed) refraining from acting hereunder or any of the other Credit Documents in accordance with the instructions of Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under Section 10.5).

(c) Delegation of Duties . Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers under this Agreement or under any other Credit Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by Administrative Agent. 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 Affiliates. The exculpatory, indemnification and other provisions of this Section 9.3 and of Section 9.6 shall apply to any the Affiliates of Administrative 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. All of the rights, benefits, and privileges (including the exculpatory and indemnification provisions) of this Section 9.3 and of Section 9.6 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Affiliates of any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities as sub-agent as if such sub-agent and Affiliates were named herein. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to each sub-agent appointed by Administrative Agent, (i) such sub-agent shall be a third party beneficiary under this Agreement with respect to all such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) and shall have all of the rights and benefits of a third party beneficiary, including an independent right of action to enforce such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) directly, without the consent or joinder of any other Person, against any or all of the Credit Parties and the Lenders, (ii) such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) shall not be modified or amended without the consent of such sub-agent, and (iii) such sub-agent shall only have obligations to Administrative Agent and not to any Credit Party, Lender or any other Person and no Credit Party, Lender or any other Person shall have any rights, directly or indirectly, as a third party beneficiary or otherwise, against such sub-agent.

9.4. Agents Entitled to Act as Lender. The agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, any Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender hereunder. With respect to its participation in the Loans and the Letters of Credit, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as if it were not performing the duties and functions delegated to it hereunder, and the term “Lender” shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include each Agent in its individual capacity. Any Agent and its Affiliates may accept

 

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deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory or other business with Borrower or any of its Affiliates as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from Borrower for services in connection herewith and otherwise without having to account for the same to Lenders.

9.5. Lenders’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment .

(a) Each Lender represents and warrants that it has made its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with Credit Extensions hereunder and that it has made and shall continue to make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries. No Agent shall have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to make any such investigation or any such appraisal on behalf of Lenders or to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the making of the Loans or at any time or times thereafter, and no Agent shall have any responsibility with respect to the accuracy of or the completeness of any information provided to Lenders.

(b) Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, an Assignment Agreement or a Joinder Agreement and funding its Tranche A Term Loan, Tranche B-1 Term Loan, Tranche B-2 Term Loan, Tranche B Term Loan (where applicable), Tranche X Term Loan and/or Revolving Loans on the Closing Date or by the funding of any New Term Loans or New Revolving Loans, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Credit Document and each other document required to be approved by any Agent, Requisite Lenders or Lenders, as applicable on the Closing Date or as of the date of funding of such New Loans.

9.6. Right to Indemnity. Each Lender, in proportion to its Pro Rata Share, severally agrees to indemnify each Agent, to the extent that such Agent shall not have been reimbursed by any Credit Party, for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent in exercising its powers, rights and remedies or performing its duties hereunder or under the other Credit Documents or otherwise in its capacity as such Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents; provided , no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. If any indemnity furnished to any Agent for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Agent, be insufficient or become impaired, such Agent may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided , in no event shall this sentence require any Lender to indemnify any Agent against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof; and provided further , this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Agent against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement described in the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence.

 

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9.7. Successor Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Swing Line Lender (a) Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving thirty days’ prior written notice thereof to Lenders and Borrower, and Administrative Agent may be removed at any time with or without cause by an instrument or concurrent instruments in writing delivered to Borrower and Administrative Agent and signed by Requisite Lenders. Upon any such notice of resignation or any such removal, Requisite Lenders shall have the right, upon five Business Days’ notice to Borrower, to appoint a successor Administrative Agent. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, that successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall promptly (i) transfer to any successor Collateral Agent all sums, Securities and other items of Collateral held under the Collateral Documents, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of such successor Collateral Agent under the Credit Documents, and (ii) execute and deliver to such successor Collateral Agent such amendments to financing statements, and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Collateral Agent of the security interests created under the Collateral Documents, whereupon such retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. If the Requisite Lenders have not appointed a successor Administrative Agent, Administrative Agent shall have the right to appoint a financial institution to act as Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent hereunder and in any case, Administrative Agent’s resignation shall become effective on the thirtieth day after such notice of resignation. If neither the Requisite Lenders nor Administrative Agent have appointed a successor Administrative Agent, the Requisite Lenders shall be deemed to have succeeded to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent; provided that, until a successor Administrative Agent is so appointed by the Requisite Lenders or Administrative Agent, Administrative Agent, by notice to the Borrower and the Requisite Lenders, may retain its role as Collateral Agent under any Collateral Document. Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, any resignation or removal of GSCP or its successor as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute the resignation or removal of GSCP or its successor as Collateral Agent. After any retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 9 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent hereunder. Any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to this Section shall, upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Collateral Agent for all purposes hereunder. If GSCP or its successor as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section has resigned as Administrative Agent but retained its role as Collateral Agent and no successor Collateral Agent has become the Collateral Agent pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, GSCP or its successor may resign as Collateral Agent upon notice to the Borrower and the Requisite Lenders at any time.

(b) In addition to the foregoing, Collateral Agent may resign at any time by giving thirty 30 days’ prior written notice thereof to Lenders and the Grantors, and Collateral Agent may be removed at any time with or without cause by an instrument or concurrent instruments in writing delivered to the Grantors and Collateral Agent signed by the Requisite Lenders. Upon any such notice of resignation or any such removal, Requisite Lenders shall have the right, upon five Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, to appoint a successor

 

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Collateral Agent. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent, that successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, and the retiring or removed Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Collateral Agent all sums, Securities and other items of Collateral held hereunder or under the Collateral Documents, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, and (ii) execute and deliver to such successor Collateral Agent or otherwise authorize the filing of such amendments to financing statements, and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Collateral Agent of the security interests created under the Collateral Documents, whereupon such retiring or removed Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the Collateral Documents. After any retiring or removed Collateral Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Agreement and the Collateral Documents shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it under this Agreement or the Collateral Documents while it was the Collateral Agent hereunder.

(c) Any resignation or removal of GSCP or its successor as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute the resignation or removal of GSCP or its successor as Swing Line Lender, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to this Section shall, upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Swing Line Lender for all purposes hereunder. In such event (a) Borrower shall prepay any outstanding Swing Line Loans made by the retiring or removed Administrative Agent in its capacity as Swing Line Lender, (b) upon such prepayment, the retiring or removed Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender shall surrender any Swing Line Note held by it to Borrower for cancellation, and (c) Borrower shall issue, if so requested by successor Administrative Agent and Swing Line Loan Lender, a new Swing Line Note to the successor Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender, in the principal amount of the Swing Line Loan Sublimit then in effect and with other appropriate insertions.

9.8. Collateral Documents and Guaranty.

(a) Agents under Collateral Documents and Guaranty . Each Secured Party hereby further authorizes Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, on behalf of and for the benefit of Secured Parties, to be the agent for and representative of the Secured Parties with respect to the Guaranty, the Collateral and the Collateral Documents; provided that neither Administrative Agent nor Collateral Agent shall owe any fiduciary duty, duty of loyalty, duty of care, duty of disclosure or any other obligation whatsoever to any holder of Obligations with respect to any Hedge Agreement. Subject to Section 10.5, without further written consent or authorization from any Secured Party, Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable may execute any documents or instruments necessary to (i) in connection with a sale or disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement, release any Lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject of such sale or other disposition of assets or to which Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 10.5) have otherwise consented or (ii) release any Guarantor from the Guaranty pursuant to Section 7.12 or with respect to which Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 10.5) have consented.

 

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(b) Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guaranty . Anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, Borrower, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and each Secured Party hereby agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the guaranty may be exercised solely by Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as provided herein and in the other Credit Documents, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, Collateral Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition and Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of Secured Parties 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 at such sale or other disposition.

(c) Rights under Hedge Agreements and Cash Management Agreements . No Hedge Agreement will create (or be deemed to create) in favor of any Lender Counterparty that is party thereto and no Cash Management Agreement will create (or be deemed to create) in favor of any Cash Management Provider that is a party thereto, any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Guarantor under the Credit Documents, except as expressly provided in Section 10.5(c)(v) and Section 10.5(c)(vi) respectively of this Agreement and Section 9.2 of the Pledge and Security Agreement.

(d) Parallel Debt . For the purposes of taking and ensuring the continuing validity of security (“ Parallel Debt Security ”) under the Credit Documents subject to the laws of Germany and the Netherlands, notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Agreement:

(i) each Obligor irrevocably undertakes, by way of an abstract acknowledgement of debt and as an independent payment obligation (such undertakings, the “ Parallel Obligations ”), to pay to Collateral Agent amounts equal to all present and future amounts owing by it to a Secured Party under and in connection with the Credit Documents, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any obligations resulting from unjustified enrichment or tort, (the “ Original Obligations ”), provided that this shall not, at any time, result in an Obligor incurring an aggregate obligation to the Secured Parties which is greater than its obligations to the Secured Parties under the Credit Documents;

(ii) Collateral Agent shall have its own independent right to demand and receive payment of the Parallel Obligations;

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(iv) notwithstanding Section 9.8(d)(i), payment by an Obligor of its Parallel Obligations shall to the same extent decrease and be a good discharge of the corresponding Original Obligations owing to the relevant Secured Party and payment by an Obligor of its Original Obligations to the relevant Secured Party shall to the same extent decrease and be a good discharge of the Parallel Obligations owing by it to Collateral Agent;

(v) the Parallel Obligations are owed to Collateral Agent in its own name on behalf of itself and not as agent or representative of any other person nor as trustee and the Parallel Debt Security shall secure the Parallel Obligations so owing;

(vi) without limiting or affecting Collateral Agent’s right to protect, preserve or enforce its rights in relation to any Secured Obligations, Collateral Agent undertakes to each Secured Party not to exercise its rights in respect of the Parallel Obligations without the consent of the relevant Secured Party; and

(vii) Collateral Agent undertakes to pay to the Secured Parties any amount collected or received by it in payment or partial payment of the Parallel Obligations and shall distribute any amount so received to the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of the Pledge and Security Agreement as if such amounts had been received in respect of the Original Obligations.

9.9. Withholding Taxes. To the extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding tax. If the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly executed or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective or for any other reason, such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as tax or otherwise, including any penalties or interest and together with all expenses (including legal expenses, allocated internal costs and out-of-pocket expenses) incurred.

SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS

10.1. Notices.

(a) Notices Generally . Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given to a Credit Party, Syndication Agent, Collateral Agent, Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, Issuing Bank or Documentation Agents, shall be sent to such Person’s address as set forth on Appendix B or in the other relevant Credit Document, and in the case of any Lender, the address as indicated on Appendix B or otherwise indicated to Administrative Agent in writing. Except as otherwise set forth in paragraph (b) below, each notice hereunder shall be in writing and may be personally served, telexed or sent by telefacsimile or United States mail or courier service and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service and signed for against receipt thereof, upon

 

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receipt of telefacsimile or telex, or three Business Days after depositing it in the United States mail with postage prepaid and properly addressed; provided , no notice to any Agent shall be effective until received by such Agent; provided further , any such notice or other communication shall at the request of Administrative Agent be provided to any sub-agent appointed pursuant to Section 9.3(c) hereto as designated by Administrative Agent from time to time.

(b) Electronic Communications .

(i) 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, including the Platform) pursuant to procedures approved by Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to service of process or to notices to any Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2 if such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, has notified Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Section by electronic communication. Administrative Agent or Borrower 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 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), provided that 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, 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.

(ii) Each of the Credit Parties understands that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution and agrees and assumes the risks associated with such electronic distribution, except to the extent caused by the willful misconduct or gross negligence, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, of Administrative Agent.

(iii) The Platform and any Approved Electronic Communications are provided “as is” and “as available”. None of the Agents or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors or representatives (the “Agent Affiliates” ) warrant the accuracy, adequacy, or completeness of the Approved Electronic Communications or the Platform and each expressly disclaims liability for errors or omissions in the Platform and the Approved Electronic Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including 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 the Agent Affiliates in connection with the Platform or the Approved Electronic Communications.

 

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(iv) Each of the Credit Parties, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Agents agree that Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, store any Approved Electronic Communications on the Platform in accordance with Administrative Agent’s customary document retention procedures and policies.

10.2. Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, Borrower agrees to pay promptly (a) all the actual and reasonable costs and expenses of the Agents for the preparation of the Credit Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto; (b) all the costs of the Agents for the furnishing all opinions by counsel for Borrower and the other Credit Parties; (c) the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to Agents in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and administration of the Credit Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto and any other documents or matters requested by Borrower; provided that prior to the occurrence, and during the continuance, of a Default or Event of Default, reasonable attorney’s fees shall be limited to one primary counsel and, if reasonably required by the Administrative Agent, local or specialist counsel, provided further that no such limitation shall apply if counsel for the Administrative Agent determines in good faith that there is an actual or potential conflict of interest that requires separate representation for any Agent; (d) all the actual costs and reasonable expenses of creating, perfecting and recording Liens in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, including filing and recording fees, expenses and taxes, stamp or documentary taxes, search fees, title insurance premiums and reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to each Agent and of counsel providing any opinions that any Agent or Requisite Lenders may request in respect of the Collateral or the Liens created pursuant to the Collateral Documents; (e) all the actual costs and reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any auditors, accountants, consultants or appraisers retained by the Agents; (f) all the actual costs and reasonable expenses (including the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any appraisers, consultants, advisors and agents employed or retained by Collateral Agent and its counsel) in connection with the custody or preservation of any of the Collateral; (g) all other actual and reasonable costs and expenses incurred by each Agent in connection with the syndication of the Loans and Commitments and the negotiation, preparation and execution of the Credit Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto and the transactions contemplated thereby; and (h) after the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default, all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of settlement, incurred by any Agent and Lenders in enforcing any Obligations of or in collecting any payments due from any Credit Party hereunder or under the other Credit Documents by reason of such Default or Event of Default (including in connection with the sale, lease or license of, collection from, or other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranty) or in connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided hereunder in the nature of a “work-out” or pursuant to any insolvency or bankruptcy cases or proceedings.

10.3. Indemnity.

(a) In addition to the payment of expenses pursuant to Section 10.2, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, each Credit Party agrees to defend (subject to Indemnitees’ selection of counsel), indemnify, pay and hold harmless, each Arranger, Agent and Lender and the officers, partners, members, directors, trustees, advisors,

 

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employees, agents, sub-agents and Affiliates of each Joint Lead Arranger, Agent and each Lender (each, an “Indemnitee” ), from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities; provided , no Credit Party shall have any obligation to any Indemnitee hereunder with respect to any Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of that Indemnitee, in each case, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent that the undertakings to defend, indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in this Section 10.3 may be unenforceable in whole or in part because they are violative of any law or public policy, the applicable Credit Party shall contribute the maximum portion that it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law to the payment and satisfaction of all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by Indemnitees or any of them.

(b) To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Credit Party shall assert, and each Credit Party hereby waives, any claim against each Joint Lead Arranger, each Lender, each Agent and their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) (whether or not the claim therefor is based on contract, tort or duty imposed by any applicable legal requirement) arising out of, in connection with, arising out of, as a result of, or in any way related to, this Agreement or any Credit Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in connection herewith or therewith, and Borrower hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any such claim or any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.

10.4. Set-Off. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default each Lender (and its respective Affiliates) are hereby authorized by each Credit Party at any time or from time to time subject to the consent of Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), without notice to any Credit Party or to any other Person (other than Administrative Agent), any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special, including Indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured, but not including trust accounts) and any other Indebtedness at any time held or owing by such Lender or its Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of any Credit Party against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of any Credit Party to such Lender or its Affiliates hereunder, the Letters of Credit and participations therein and under the other Credit Documents, including all claims of any nature or description arising out of or connected hereto, the Letters of Credit and participations therein or with any other Credit Document, irrespective of whether or not (a) such Lender (or any of its Affiliates) shall have made any demand hereunder or (b) the principal of or the interest on the Loans or any amounts in respect of the Letters of Credit or any other amounts due hereunder shall have become due and payable pursuant to Section 2 and although such obligations and liabilities, or any of them, may be contingent or unmatured.

10.5. Amendments and Waivers.

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modification, termination or waiver of any provision of the Credit Documents, or consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective without the written concurrence of the Requisite Lenders; provided that Administrative Agent may, with the consent of 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 Issuing Bank.

(b) Affected Lenders’ Consent . Without the written consent of each Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) that would be affected thereby, no amendment, modification, termination, or consent shall be effective if the effect thereof would:

(i) extend the scheduled final maturity of any Loan or Note;

(ii) waive, reduce or postpone any scheduled repayment (but not prepayment);

(iii) extend the stated expiration date of any Letter of Credit beyond the Revolving Commitment Termination Date;

(iv) reduce the rate of interest on any Loan (other than any waiver of any increase in the interest rate applicable to any Loan pursuant to Section 2.10) or any fee or any premium payable hereunder;

(v) extend the time for payment of any interest or fees;

(vi) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any Letter of Credit;

(vii) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of Section 2.13(b), this Section 10.5(b), Section 10.5(c) or any provision of this Agreement that expressly provides that the consent of all Lenders is required;

(viii) amend the definition of “Requisite Lenders” or “Pro Rata Share” ; provided , with the consent of Requisite Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant hereto may be included in the determination of “Requisite Lenders” or “Pro Rata Share” on substantially the same terms and conditions as the Term Loan Commitments, the Term Loans, the Revolving Commitments and the Revolving Loans are included on the Closing Date;

(ix) release all or substantially all of the Collateral or all or substantially all of the Guarantors from the Guaranty except as expressly provided in the Credit Documents; or

(x) consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of any of its rights and obligations under any Credit Document.

 

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(c) Other Consents . No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of the Credit Documents, or consent to any departure by any Credit 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 Swing Line Lender;

(iii) alter the required application of any repayments or prepayments as among Classes pursuant to Section 2.15 without the consent of Lenders holding more than 50% of the aggregate Tranche A Term Loan Exposure, Tranche B-1 Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders, Tranche B-2 Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders, Tranche B Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders (where applicable), Tranche X Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders, Revolving Exposure of all Lenders or New Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders, as applicable, of each Class which is being allocated a lesser repayment or prepayment as a result thereof; provided , Requisite Lenders may waive, in whole or in part, any prepayment so long as the application, as among Classes, of any portion of such prepayment which is still required to be made is not altered;

(iv) amend, modify, terminate or waive any obligation of Lenders relating to the purchase of participations in Letters of Credit as provided in Section 2.4(e) without the written consent of Administrative Agent and of Issuing Bank;

(v) amend, modify or waive this Agreement or the Pledge and Security Agreement so as to alter the ratable treatment of Obligations arising under the Credit Documents and Obligations arising under Hedge Agreements or the definition of “Lender Counterparty , ” “Hedge Agreement , ” “Obligations , or “Secured Obligations” (as defined in any applicable Collateral Document) in each case in a manner adverse to any Lender Counterparty with Obligations then outstanding without the written consent of any such Lender Counterparty;

(vi) amend, modify or waive this Agreement or the Pledge and Security Agreement so as to alter the ratable treatment of Obligations arising under the Credit Documents and Obligations arising under Hedge Agreements or the definition of “Cash Management Provider” , “Lender Counterparty”, “Cash Management Agreement” , “Cash Management Obligations”, “Obligations” or “Secured Obligations” (as defined in any applicable Collateral Document) in each case in a manner adverse to any Cash Management Provider with Obligations then outstanding without the written consent of any such Cash Management Provider; or

 

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(vii) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of Section 9 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.

(d) Execution of Amendments, etc. 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 Credit Party in any case shall entitle any Credit 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 10.5 shall be binding upon each Lender at the time outstanding, each future Lender and, each Credit Party signatory thereto.

10.6. Successors and Assigns; Participations.

(a) Generally . This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and the successors and assigns of Lenders. No Credit Party’s rights or obligations hereunder nor any interest therein may be assigned or delegated by any Credit Party without the prior written consent of all Lenders. 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 and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, Affiliates of each of the Agents and Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) Register . Borrower, Administrative Agent and Lenders shall deem and treat the Persons listed as Lenders in the Register as the holders and owners of the corresponding Commitments and Loans listed therein for all purposes hereof, and, subject to Section 10.6(h) hereof, no assignment or transfer of any such Commitment or Loan shall be effective, in each case, unless and until recorded in the Register following receipt of an Assignment Agreement effecting the assignment or transfer thereof, together with the required forms and certificates regarding tax matters and any fees payable in connection with such assignment, in each case, as provided in Section 10.6(d). Each assignment shall be recorded in the Register on the Business Day the Assignment Agreement is received by Administrative Agent, if received by 12:00 noon New York City time, and on the following Business Day if received after such time, prompt notice thereof shall be provided to Borrower and a copy of such Assignment Agreement shall be maintained, as applicable. The date of such recordation of a transfer shall be referred to herein as the “Assignment Effective Date . Any request, authority or consent of any Person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is listed in the Register as a Lender shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent holder, assignee or transferee of the corresponding Commitments or Loans.

(c) Right to Assign . Each Lender shall have the right at any time to sell, assign or transfer all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, including all or a portion of its Commitment or Loans or other Obligations owing to it ( provided , however , that pro rata assignments shall not be required and each assignment shall be of a uniform, and not varying, percentage of all rights and obligations under and in respect of any applicable Loan and any related Commitments):

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(ii) to any Person meeting the criteria of clause (ii) of the definition of the term of “Eligible Assignee” upon giving of notice to Borrower and Administrative Agent and, in the case of assignments of Revolving Loans or Revolving Commitments to any such Person (except in the case of assignments made by or to GSCP), consented to by each of Borrower and Administrative Agent (such consents not to be (x) unreasonably withheld or delayed or, (y) in the case of Borrower, required at any time an Event of Default shall have occurred and then be continuing); provided , further each such assignment pursuant to this Section 10.6(c)(ii) shall be in an aggregate amount of not less than (A) $2,500,000 (or such lesser amount as may be agreed to by Borrower and Administrative Agent or as shall constitute the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments and Revolving Loans of the assigning Lender) with respect to the assignment of the Revolving Commitments and Revolving Loans and (B) $1,000,000 (or such lesser amount as may be agreed to by Borrower and Administrative Agent or as shall constitute the aggregate amount held by the assigning Lender of the Tranche A Term Loans, Tranche B-1 Term Loans, Tranche B-2 Term Loans, Tranche B Term Loans (where applicable), Tranche X Term Loans or New Term Loans of a Series) with respect to the assignment of Term Loans other than Tranche A Term Loans; provided that Related Funds shall be aggregated for purposes of determining compliance with such minimum assignment amounts.

(d) Mechanics . Assignments and assumptions of Loans and Commitments by Lenders shall be effected by manual execution and delivery to Administrative Agent of an Assignment Agreement. Assignments made pursuant to the foregoing provision shall be effective as of the Assignment Effective Date. In connection with all assignments there shall be delivered to Administrative Agent such forms, certificates or other evidence, if any, with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters as the assignee under such Assignment Agreement may be required to deliver pursuant to Section 2.20(c), together with payment to the Administrative Agent of a registration and processing fee of $3,500 (except that (i) no such registration and processing fee shall be payable (y) in connection with an assignment by or to GSCP or any Affiliate thereof or (z) in the case of an assignee which is already a Lender or is an Affiliate or Related Fund of a Lender or a Person under common management with a Lender and (ii) no more than one such fee shall be payable in connection with simultaneous assignments to or by two or more Related Funds).

(e) Representations and Warranties of Assignee . Each assignee Lender succeeding to an interest in the Commitments and Loans by assignment and assumption represents and warrants as of the Closing Date or as of the Assignment Effective Date that (i) it is an Eligible Assignee; (ii) it has experience and expertise in the making of or investing in commitments or loans such as the applicable Commitments or Loans, as the case may be; and (iii) it will make or invest in, as the case may be, its Commitments or Loans for its own account

 

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in the ordinary course and without a view to distribution of such Commitments or Loans within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or other federal securities laws (it being understood that, subject to the provisions of this Section 10.6, the disposition of such Commitments or Loans or any interests therein shall at all times remain within its exclusive control).

(f) Effect of Assignment . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 10.6, as of the applicable “Assignment Effective Date” with respect to any assignee and assignor (i) such assignee shall have the rights and obligations of a “Lender” hereunder to the extent of its interest in the Loans and Commitments as reflected in the Register and shall be a party hereto and a “Lender” for all purposes hereof with respect to the interest assigned, in addition to any interests hereunder it may theretofore hold as a Lender; (ii) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to the assignee, relinquish its rights (other than any rights which survive the termination hereof under Section 10.8) and be released from its obligations hereunder (and, in the case of an assignment covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations hereunder, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto on the Assignment Effective Date; provided , anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, (y) Issuing Bank shall continue to have all rights and obligations with respect to such Letters of Credit until the cancellation or expiration of such Letters of Credit and the reimbursement of any amounts drawn thereunder and (z) such assigning Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of all indemnities of a Lender hereunder as specified herein with respect to matters arising out of the prior involvement of such assigning Lender as a Lender hereunder); (iii) the Commitments shall be modified to reflect any Commitment of such assignee and of such assigning Lender, if any; and (iv) if any such assignment occurs after the issuance of any Note to the assigning Lender, the assigning Lender shall, upon the effectiveness of such assignment or as promptly thereafter as practicable, surrender its applicable Notes to Administrative Agent for cancellation, and thereupon Borrower shall issue and deliver new Notes, if so requested by the assignee and/or assigning Lender, to such assignee and/or to such assigning Lender, with appropriate insertions, to reflect the new Revolving Commitments and/or outstanding Loans of the assignee and/or the assigning Lender.

(g) Participations .

(i) Each Lender shall have the right at any time to sell one or more participations to any Person (other than Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates) in all or any part of its Commitments, Loans or in any other Obligation.

(ii) The holder of any such participation, other than an Affiliate of the Lender granting such participation, shall not be entitled to require such Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder except with respect to any amendment, modification or waiver that would (A) extend the final scheduled maturity of any Loan, Note or Letter of Credit (unless such Letter of Credit is not extended beyond the Revolving Commitment Termination Date) in which such participant is participating, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest or fees thereon (except in connection with a waiver of applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates) or reduce the principal amount thereof, or increase the amount of the participant’s participation over the amount thereof

 

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then in effect (it being understood that a waiver of any Default or Event of Default or of a mandatory reduction in the Commitment shall not constitute a change in the terms of such participation, and that an increase in any Commitment or Loan shall be permitted without the consent of any participant if the participant’s participation is not increased as a result thereof), (B) consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or (C) release all or substantially all of the Collateral under the Collateral Documents (except as expressly provided in the Credit Documents) supporting the Loans hereunder in which such participant is participating.

(iii) Borrower agrees that each participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.18(c), 2.19 and 2.20 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section; provided , (x) a participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.19 or 2.20 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such participant, unless the sale of the participation to such participant is made with Borrower’s prior written consent and (y) a participant that would be a Non-US Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.20 unless Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such participant and such participant agrees, for the benefit of Borrower, to comply with Section 2.20 as though it were a Lender; provided further that, except as specifically set forth in clauses (x) and (y) of this sentence, nothing herein shall require any notice to the Borrower or any other Person in connection with the sale of any participation. To the extent permitted by law, each participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.4 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.17 as though it were a Lender.

(h) Certain Other Assignments and Participations . In addition to any other assignment or participation permitted pursuant to this Section 10.6, any Lender may assign and/or pledge all or any portion of its Loans, the other Obligations owed to such Lender, and its Notes, if any, to secure obligations of such Lender including any Federal Reserve Bank as collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board of Governors and any operating circular issued by such Federal Reserve Bank; provided , that no Lender, as between Borrower and such Lender, shall be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder as a result of any such assignment and pledge, and provided further , that in no event shall the applicable Federal Reserve Bank, pledgee or trustee, be considered to be a “Lender” or be entitled to require the assigning Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder.

10.7. 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.

10.8. 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 Credit Party set forth in Sections 2.18(c), 2.19, 2.20, 10.2, 10.3

 

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and 10.4 and the agreements of Agents and Lenders set forth in Sections 2.17, 9.3(b), 9.6 and 10.17 shall survive the payment of the Loans, the cancellation or expiration of the Letters of Credit and the reimbursement of any amounts drawn thereunder, and the termination hereof.

10.9. 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 Credit 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 Credit Documents or any of the Hedge 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.

10.10. Marshalling; Payments Set Aside. Neither any Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Credit Party or any other Person or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations. To the extent that any Credit Party makes a payment or payments to Administrative Agent or Lenders (or to Administrative Agent, on behalf of Lenders), or any Agent or 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 bankruptcy 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.

10.11. Severability. In case any provision in or obligation hereunder or under any other Credit 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.

10.12. Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights. The obligations of Lenders hereunder are several and no Lender shall be responsible for the obligations or Commitment of any other Lender hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other Credit Document, and no action taken by Lenders pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute 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 each Lender shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and it shall not be necessary for any Agent or any other Lender to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

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10.13. 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.

10.14. APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF (OTHER THAN NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, SECTION 5-1401).

10.15. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. SUBJECT TO CLAUSE (E) OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE, ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY PARTY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT, OR ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS, SHALL BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE STATE, COUNTY AND CITY OF NEW YORK. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT, EACH CREDIT PARTY, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY (A) ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, IF ALL SUCH COURTS SHALL BE UNABLE TO ASSUME JURISDICTION OR SHALL REFUSE JURISDICTION OVER ANY SUCH PROCEEDINGS, THEN THE SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION HEREUNDER SHALL NOT BE EXCLUSIVE AND SUCH PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION; (B) WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS; (C) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE APPLICABLE CREDIT PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 10.1; (D) AGREES THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (C) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE APPLICABLE CREDIT PARTY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT; AND (E) AGREES THAT AGENTS AND LENDERS RETAIN THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY CREDIT PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS UNDER ANY SECURITY DOCUMENT OR THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT.

10.16. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS LOAN TRANSACTION OR THE LENDER/BORROWER RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE

 

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ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THIS WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN ITS RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 10.16 AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS HERETO OR ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE LOANS MADE HEREUNDER. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

10.17. Confidentiality. Each Agent, and each Lender (which term shall for the purposes of this Section 10.17 include the Issuing Bank) shall hold all non-public information regarding Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their businesses identified as such by Borrower and obtained by such Agent or such Lender pursuant to the requirements hereof in accordance with such Agent’s and such Lender’s customary procedures for handling confidential information of such nature, it being understood and agreed by Borrower that, in any event, the Administrative Agent may disclose such information to the Lenders and each Agent and each Lender, subject to and in accordance with such customary procedures for having confidential information, may make (i) disclosures of such information to Affiliates of such Lender or Agent and to their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors (and to other Persons authorized by a Lender or Agent to organize, present or disseminate such information in connection with disclosures otherwise made in accordance with this Section 10.17), (ii) disclosures of such information reasonably required by any bona fide or potential assignee, transferee or participant in connection with the contemplated assignment, transfer or participation of any Loans or any participations therein or to any pledgee referred to in Section 10.6(h) or by any direct or indirect contractual counterparties (or the professional advisors thereto) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations (provided, such assignees, transferees, participants, pledgees, counterparties and advisors are advised of and agree to be bound by either the provisions of this Section 10.17 or other provisions at least as restrictive as this Section 10.17), (iii) disclosure to any rating agency when required by it, provided that, prior to any disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake in writing to preserve the confidentiality of any confidential information relating to the Credit Parties received by it from any of the Agents or any Lender, (iv) disclosures in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Credit Document and (v) disclosures required or requested by any governmental agency or representative thereof or by the NAIC or pursuant to legal or judicial process;

 

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provided , unless specifically prohibited by applicable law or court order, each Lender and each Agent shall make reasonable efforts to notify Borrower of any request by any governmental agency or representative thereof (other than any such request in connection with any examination of the financial condition or other routine examination of such Lender by such governmental agency) for disclosure of any such non-public information prior to disclosure of such information. In addition, each Agent and each Lender may disclose the existence of this Agreement and the information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar services providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

10.18. Usury Savings Clause. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the aggregate interest rate charged with respect to any of the Obligations, including all charges or fees in connection therewith deemed in the nature of interest under applicable law 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 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, Borrower shall pay to 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 Lenders and Borrower 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 outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder or be refunded to Borrower.

10.19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

10.20. Effectiveness; Entire Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution of a counterpart hereof by each of the parties hereto and receipt by Borrower and Administrative Agent of written or telephonic notification of such execution and authorization of delivery thereof. With the exception of the syndication, cooperation, indemnification, confidentiality, jurisdiction, governing law and waiver of jury trial provisions contained in the Commitment Letter (which syndication, cooperation, indemnification, confidentiality, jurisdiction, governing law and waiver of jury trial provisions shall remain in full force and effect), all of the Joint Lead Arrangers’, Agents’ and their respective Affiliates’ obligations under the Commitment Letter shall terminate and be superseded by the Credit Documents and this Agreement (together with any other documents, instruments or agreements executed and delivered in connection therewith), and the Joint Lead Arrangers, Agents and their respective

 

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Affiliates shall be released from all liability in connection with such terminated and superseded obligations, including, without limitation, any claim for injury or damages, whether consequential, special, direct, indirect, punitive or otherwise.

10.21. Patriot Act. Each Lender and Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Credit Party that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of each Credit Party and other information that will allow such Lender or Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Credit Party in accordance with the Patriot Act.

10.22. Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures 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 or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, 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.

10.23. No Fiduciary Duty. Each Agent, each Arranger, each Lender and their Affiliates (collectively, solely for purposes of this paragraph, the “Lenders” ), may have economic interests that conflict with those of the Borrower. The Borrower agrees that nothing in the Credit Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between the Lenders and the Borrower, its stockholders or its affiliates. The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that (i) the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Borrower, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each of the Lenders is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Borrower, its management, stockholders, creditors or any other person, (iii) no Lender has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Borrower with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any Lender or any of its affiliates has advised or is currently advising the Borrower on other matters) or any other obligation to the Borrower except the obligations expressly set forth in the Credit Documents and (iv) the Borrower has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent deemed appropriate. The Borrower further acknowledges and agrees that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading thereto. The Borrower agrees that it will not claim that any Lender has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Borrower, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers or representatives thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.

 

HOLOGIC, INC.,

 

as Borrower

By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration

R2 TECHNOLOGY, INC.,

 

as Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

BIOLUCENT LLC,

 

as Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

SUROS SURGICAL SYSTEMS, INC.,

 

as Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

 

APPENDIX A-1-1


AEG PHOTOCONDUCTOR CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

DIRECT RADIOGRAPHY CORP.,

 

as Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

CYTYC INTERNATIONAL, INC.,

 

as Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

CRUISER, INC.,

 

as Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

 

APPENDIX A-1-2


CYTYC CORPORATION,

 

as Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

CYTYC DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC,

 

as Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

CYTYC INTERIM, INC.,

 

as Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

CYTYC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY,

 

as Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

 

APPENDIX A-1-3


CYTYC LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,

 

as Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

CYTYC PRENATAL PRODUCTS CORP.,

 

as Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

CYTYC SURGICAL PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,

 

as Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

CYTYC SURGICAL PRODUCTS II, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,

 

as Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

 

APPENDIX A-1-4


CYTYC SURGICAL PRODUCTS III, INC.,

 

as Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

SST MERGER CORP.,

 

as Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

 

APPENDIX A-1-5


GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,

 

as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and a Lender

By:  

/s/ Bruce A. Mendelsohn

  Authorized Signatory

 

APPENDIX A-1-6


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

 

as Syndication Agent, Swing Line Lender, Issuing Bank and a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Jill J. Hogan

Name:

 

Jill J. Hogan

Title:

 

Vice President

 

APPENDIX A-1-7


CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,

 

as a Documentation Agent and a Lender

By:  

/s/ Allen Fisher

Name:   Allen Fisher
Title:   Vice President

 

APPENDIX A-1-8


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

 

as a Documentation Agent

By:  

/s/ Peter M. Killea

Name:   Peter M. Killea
Title:   Vice President

 

APPENDIX A-1-9


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

 

as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Peter M. Killea

Name:   Peter M. Killea
Title:   Vice President

 

APPENDIX A-1-10


RBS CITIZENS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

as a Documentation Agent

By:  

/s/ R. Scott Haskell

Name:   R. Scott Haskell
Title:   Senior Vice President

 

APPENDIX A-1-11


FIFTH THIRD BANK, AN OHIO BANKING CORPORATION

 

as a Documentation Agent

By:  

/s/ R. Michael Dunlavey

Name:   R. Michael Dunlavey
Title:   Vice President

 

APPENDIX A-1-12


APPENDIX A-1

TO CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

Tranche A Term Loan Commitments

 

Lender

  

Tranche A

Term Loan
Commitment

  

Pro

Rata Share

 

Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P.

   $ 30,000,000.00    5.00 %

Bank of America, N.A.

   $ 30,000,000.00    5.00 %

Citicorp North America, Inc.

   $ 30,000,000.00    5.00 %

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

   $ 30,000,000.00    5.00 %

The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland

   $ 10,000,000.00    1.67 %

Cathay United Bank

   $ 11,000,000.00    1.83 %

RBS Citizens, National Association

   $ 73,000,000.00    12.17 %

Commerce Bank, NA

   $ 11,250,000.00    1.88 %

DnB NOR Bank ASA

   $ 48,500,000.00    8.08 %

Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio Banking Corporation

   $ 71, 000,000.00    11.83 %

Keybank National Association

   $ 30,000,000.00    5.00 %

Raymond James Bank, FSB

   $ 37,500,000.00    6.25 %

Royal Bank of Canada

   $ 37,500,000.00    6.25 %

The Bank of Nova Scotia

   $ 45,000,000.00    7.50 %

Shore Bank

   $ 3,750,000.00    0.63 %

Sovereign Bank

   $ 40,000,000.00    6.67 %

State Bank of India

   $ 7,500,000.00    1.25 %

State Bank of India (California)

   $ 5,000,000.00    0.83 %

Taiwan Cooperative Bank

   $ 6,500,000.00    1.08 %

TDBankNorth, N.A.

   $ 22,500,000.00    3.75 %

Union Bank of California, N.A.

   $ 20,000,000.00    3.33 %
             

Total

   $ 600,000,000.00    100 %
             

 

APPENDIX A-1-13


APPENDIX A-2

TO CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments

 

Lender

  

Tranche B-1

Term Loan
Commitment

  

Pro

Rata Share

 

Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P.

   $ 152,500,000.00    61.00 %

Bank of America, N.A.

   $ 36,250,000.00    14.50 %

Citicorp North America, Inc.

   $ 36,250,000.00    14.50 %

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

   $ 25,000,000.00    10.00 %
             

Total

   $ 250,000,000.00    100 %
             

 

APPENDIX A-2-1


APPENDIX A-3

TO CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments

 

Lender

  

Tranche B-2

Term Loan
Commitment

  

Pro

Rata Share

 

Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P.

   $ 152,500,000.00    61.00 %

Bank of America, N.A.

   $ 36,250,000.00    14.50 %

Citicorp North America, Inc.

   $ 36,250,000.00    14.50 %

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

   $ 25,000,000.00    10.00 %
             

Total

   $ 250,000,000.00    100 %
             

 

APPENDIX A-2-2


APPENDIX A-4

TO CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

Tranche X Term Loan Commitments

 

Lender

  

Tranche X

Term Loan
Commitment

  

Pro

Rata Share

 

Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P.

   $ 775,000,000.00    62.00 %

Bank of America, N.A.

   $ 175,000,000.00    14.00 %

Citicorp North America, Inc.

   $ 175,000,000.00    14.00 %

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

   $ 125,000,000.00    10.00 %
             

Total

   $ 1,250,000,000.00    100 %
             

 

APPENDIX A-3-1


APPENDIX A-5

TO CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

Revolving Commitments

 

Lender

   Revolving
Commitment
   Pro
Rata Share
 

Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P.

   $ 10,000,000.00    5.00 %

Bank of America, N.A.

   $ 10,000,000.00    5.00 %

Citicorp North America, Inc.

   $ 10,000,000.00    5.00 %

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

   $ 10,000,000.00    5.00 %

Cathay United Bank

   $ 8,750,000.00    4.38 %

RBS Citizens, National Association

   $ 23,000,000.00    11.50 %

Commerce Bank, NA

   $ 3,750,000.00    1.88 %

DnB NOR Bank ASA

   $ 16,750,000.00    8.38 %

Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio Banking Corporation

   $ 25,500,000.00    12.75 %

Keybank National Association

   $ 10,000,000.00    5.00 %

Raymond James Bank, FSB

   $ 12,500,000.00    6.25 %

Royal Bank of Canada

   $ 12,500,000.00    6.25 %

The Bank of Nova Scotia

   $ 15,000,000.00    7.50 %

Shore Bank

   $ 3,750,000.00    1.88 %

Sovereign Bank

   $ 10,000,000.00    5.00 %

State Bank of India

   $ 2,500,000.00    1.25 %

Taiwan Cooperative Bank

   $ 3,500,000.00    1.75 %

TDBankNorth, N.A

   $ 7,500,000.00    3.75 %

Union Bank of California, N.A.

   $ 5,000,000.00    2.50 %
             

Total

   $ 200,000,000.00    100 %
             

 

APPENDIX A-4-1


APPENDIX B

TO CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

Notice Addresses

Borrower:

Hologic, Inc.

35 Crosby Drive

Bedford, MA 01730

Attention:   

Glenn P. Muir,

Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration

Facsimile:    +1 781 282-0669

Guarantors :

R2 Technology, Inc.

Suros Surgical Systems, Inc.

BioLucent LLC

Direct Radiography Corp.

Cytyc Limited Partnership

AEG Photoconductor Corporation

Cytyc International, Inc.

Cruiser, Inc.

Cytyc Corporation

Cytyc Development Company LLC

Cytyc Interim, Inc.

Cytyc Limited Liability Company

Cytyc Prenatal Products Corp.

Cytyc Surgical Products Limited Partnership

Cytyc Sugical Products II, Limited Partnership

Cytyc Surgical Products III, Inc.

SST Merger Corp.,

in each case, to:

Hologic, Inc.

35 Crosby Drive

Bedford, MA 01730

Attention:   

Glenn P. Muir,

Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration

Facsimile:    +1 781 282-0669

in each case, with a copy to:

Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP

One Financial Center, Boston MA 02111

Attention: Philip J. Flink, Esq.

Facsimile: +1 617 856-8201

 

APPENDIX B-2


GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,

Administrative Agent’s and Collateral Agent’s Principal Office and as Lender:

Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P.

c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.

30 Hudson Street, 17th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07302

Attention: SBD Operations

Attention: Pedro Ramirez

Telecopier: +1 (212) 357-4597

Email and for delivery of final financial statements for posting: gsd.link@gs.com

in each case, with a copy to:

Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P.

1 New York Plaza

42 nd Floor

New York, New York 10004

Attention: James Balcom, Vice President

Telecopier: +1 (212) 902-3000

Tel: +1 (212) 902-3063

Email: james.balcom @gs.com

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Issuing Bank, Swing Line Lender and a Lender

Bank of America, N.A.

101 N Tryon Street

NC1-001-04-39

Charlotte, NC 28255

Attention: Sally Bixby

Facsimile: 704.719.8876

Tel: +1 704-387-9482

Email: Sally.A.Bixby@bankofamerica.com

 

APPENDIX B-3


CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,

as a Documentation Agent and a Lender

Citicorp North America, Inc.

Citi Global Markets & Banking

388 Greenwich Street 21 st Floor

New York, NY10013

Attention: Allen Fisher

Facsimile: +1 (646) 291-1623

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as a Documentation Agent and as Lender

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

10 South Dearborn, Floor 7

Chicago, IL 60603-2003

Attention: Marlene Zanoria

Facsimile: +1 (312)-385-7096

RBS CITIZENS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as a Documentation Agent

RBS Citizens, National Association

Technology Banking Division

RBS Citizens, National Association

53 State St. MBS830

Boston, MA 02109

Attention: R. Scott Haskell, Senior Vice President

Facsimile: +1 (617) 994-7129

Tel: +1 (617) 994-7129

FIFTH THIRD BANK, AN OHIO BANKING CORPORATION,

as a Documentation Agent

Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio Banking Corporation

Fifth Third Bank

110 N. Main Street

MD 332921

Dayton, Ohio 45402

Attention: R. Michael Dunlavey

Facsimile: +1 (937) 227-3095

Tel: +1 (937) 227-6454

 

APPENDIX B-4

Exhibit 10.2

EXECUTION VERSION

PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

dated as of October 22, 2007

between

EACH OF THE GRANTORS PARTY HERETO

and

GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,

as Collateral Agent


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          PAGE

SECTION 1.        DEFINITIONS; GRANT OF SECURITY

   1

    1.1

   General Definitions    1

    1.2

   Definitions; Interpretation    7

SECTION 2.        GRANT OF SECURITY

   8

    2.1

   Grant of Security    8

    2.2

   Certain Limited Exclusions    8

SECTION 3.        SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS; GRANTORS REMAIN LIABLE

   9

    3.1

   Security for Obligations    9

    3.2

   Continuing Liability Under Collateral    9

SECTION 4.        CERTAIN PERFECTION REQUIREMENTS

   9

    4.1

   Delivery Requirements    9

    4.2

   Control Requirements    10

    4.3

   Intellectual Property Recording Requirements    11

    4.4

   Other Actions    12

    4.5

   Timing and Notice    13

SECTION 5.        REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

   13

    5.1

   Grantor Information & Status    13

    5.2

   Collateral Identification, Special Collateral    14

    5.3

   Ownership of Collateral and Absence of Other Liens    14

    5.4

   Status of Security Interest.    15

    5.5

   Goods & Receivables    15

    5.6

   Pledged Equity Interests, Investment Related Property    16

    5.7

   Intellectual Property    16

    5.8

   Miscellaneous    18

SECTION 6.        COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS

   18

    6.1

   Grantor Information & Status    18

    6.2

   Collateral Identification; Special Collateral    18

    6.3

   Ownership of Collateral and Absence of Other Liens    19

    6.4

   Status of Security Interest    19

    6.5

   Goods & Receivables    19

    6.6

   Pledged Equity Interests, Investment Related Property    21

    6.7

   Intellectual Property    23

    6.8

   Miscellaneous    24

SECTION 7.        ACCESS; RIGHT OF INSPECTION AND FURTHER ASSURANCES; ADDITIONAL GRANTORS

   24

    7.1

   Access; Right of Inspection    24

    7.2

   Further Assurances    25

    7.3

   Additional Grantors    26

SECTION 8.        COLLATERAL AGENT APPOINTED ATTORNEY-IN-FACT

   26

    8.1

   Power of Attorney    26

 

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    8.2

   No Duty on the Part of Collateral Agent or Secured Parties    27

SECTION 9.        REMEDIES

   27

    9.1

   Generally    27

    9.2

   Application of Proceeds    29

    9.3

   Sales on Credit    29

    9.4

   Investment Related Property    29

    9.5

   Grant of Intellectual Property License    30

    9.6

   Intellectual Property    30

    9.7

   Cash Proceeds; Deposit Accounts    32

SECTION 10.        COLLATERAL AGENT

   32

SECTION 11.        CONTINUING SECURITY INTEREST; TRANSFER OF LOANS

   33

SECTION 12.        STANDARD OF CARE; COLLATERAL AGENT MAY PERFORM

   33

SECTION 13.        MISCELLANEOUS

   34

SCHEDULE 5.1 — GENERAL INFORMATION

  

SCHEDULE 5.2 — COLLATERAL IDENTIFICATION

  

SCHEDULE 5.4 — FINANCING STATEMENTS

  

SCHEDULE 5.5 — LOCATION OF EQUIPMENT AND INVENTORY

  

SCHEDULE 5.6 — PLEDGED EQUITY INTERESTS

  

SCHEDULE 5.7 — INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

  

EXHIBIT A — PLEDGE SUPPLEMENT

  

EXHIBIT B — UNCERTIFICATED SECURITIES CONTROL AGREEMENT

  

EXHIBIT C — SECURITIES ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT

  

EXHIBIT D — DEPOSIT ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT

  

EXHIBIT E — TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT

  

EXHIBIT F — COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT

  

EXHIBIT G — PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT

  

 

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EXECUTION VERSION

This PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT , dated as of October 22, 2007 (this “Agreement” ), between Hologic, Inc. (the “Borrower”) and certain domestic subsidiaries of the Borrower party hereto from time to time, whether as an original signatory hereto or as an Additional Grantor (as herein defined) (other than the Collateral Agent, each, a “Grantor” ), and Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (as herein defined) (in such capacity as collateral agent, together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “Collateral Agent” ).

RECITALS:

WHEREAS , reference is made to that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement” ), by and among Borrower and certain subsidiaries of Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time (the “Lenders” ), Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. , as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent , Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P . and Banc of America Securities LLC , as Joint Lead Arrangers , Bank of America, N.A. , as Syndication Agent , and Citicorp North America, Inc. , JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. , RBS Citizens, National Association , and Fifth Third Bank , an Ohio Banking Corporation , as Co-Documentation Agents ;

WHEREAS , subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, certain Grantors may enter into one or more Hedge Agreements with one or more Lender Counterparties;

WHEREAS , in consideration of the extensions of credit and other accommodations of Lenders and Lender Counterparties as set forth in the Credit Agreement and the Hedge Agreements, respectively, each Grantor has agreed to secure such Grantor’s obligations under the Credit Documents and the Hedge Agreements as set forth herein; and

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, each Grantor and the Collateral Agent agree as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS; GRANT OF SECURITY.

1.1 General Definitions. In this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“Additional Grantors” shall have the meaning assigned in Section 7.3.

“Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“Assigned Agreements” shall mean all agreements and contracts to which such Grantor is a party as of the date hereof, or to which such Grantor becomes a party after the date hereof, including, without limitation, each Material Contract, as each such agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.

“Borrower” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

“Cash Proceeds” shall have the meaning assigned in Section 9.7.

“Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned in Section 2.1.


“Collateral Account” shall mean any account established by the Collateral Agent.

“Collateral Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“Collateral Records” shall mean books, records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, customer lists, supplier lists, blueprints, technical specifications, manuals, computer software and related documentation, computer printouts, tapes, disks and other electronic storage media and related data processing software and similar items that at any time evidence or contain information relating to any of the Collateral or are otherwise necessary or helpful in the collection thereof or realization thereupon.

“Collateral Support” shall mean all property (real or personal) assigned, hypothecated or otherwise securing any Collateral and shall include any security agreement or other agreement granting a lien or security interest in such real or personal property.

“Control” shall mean: (1) with respect to any Deposit Accounts, control within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC, (2) with respect to any Securities Accounts, Security Entitlements, Commodity Contract or Commodity Account, control within the meaning of Section 9-106 of the UCC, (3) with respect to any Uncertificated Securities, control within the meaning of Section 8-106(c) of the UCC, (4) with respect to any Certificated Security, control within the meaning of Section 8-106(a) or (b) of the UCC, (5) with respect to any Electronic Chattel Paper, control within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC, (6) with respect to Letter-of-Credit Rights, control within the meaning of Section 9-107 of the UCC and (7) with respect to any “transferable record”(as that term is defined in Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction), control within the meaning of Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in the jurisdiction relevant to such transferable record.

“Copyright Licenses” shall mean any and all agreements, licenses and covenants (whether or not in writing) providing for the granting of any right in or to any Copyright or otherwise providing for a covenant not to sue (whether such Grantor is licensee or licensor thereunder) including, without limitation, each agreement required to be listed in Schedule 5.2(II) under the heading “Copyright Licenses” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time).

“Copyright Security Agreement” means a Copyright Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit F.

Copyrights shall mean all United States, and foreign copyrights (including Community designs), including but not limited to copyrights in software and all rights in and to databases, and all Mask Works (as defined under 17 U.S.C. 901 of the U.S. Copyright Act), whether registered or unregistered and whether or not the underlying works of authorship have been published, moral rights, reversionary interests, termination rights, and, with respect to any and all of the foregoing: (i) all registrations and applications therefor including, without limitation, the registrations and applications required to be listed in Schedule 5.2(II) under the heading “Copyrights” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), (ii) all extensions and renewals thereof, (iii) the right to sue or otherwise recover for past, present and future infringements thereof, and (iv) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation,

 

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licenses, fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (v) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

“Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

“Credit Documents” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.

“Excluded Asset” shall mean any asset of any Grantor excluded from the security interest hereunder by virtue of Section 2.2 hereof but only to the extent, and for so long as, so excluded thereunder.

“Grantors” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“Indemnitee” shall mean the Collateral Agent, and its and its Affiliates’ officers, partners, directors, trustees, employees, agents.

“Insurance” shall mean (i) all insurance policies covering any or all of the Collateral (regardless of whether the Collateral Agent is the loss payee thereof) and (ii) any key man life insurance policies.

“Intellectual Property” shall mean, the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under the United States or foreign laws or otherwise, including without limitation, the Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trademarks, the Trademark Licenses, the Trade Secrets, and the Trade Secret Licenses, and the right to sue or otherwise recover for past, present and future infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all Proceeds therefrom, including without limitation license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit, now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto.

“Intellectual Property Licenses” shall mean, collectively, the Copyright Licenses, Patent Licenses, Trademark Licenses and Trade Secret Licenses.

“Investment Accounts” shall mean the Collateral Account, Securities Accounts, Commodities Accounts and Deposit Accounts.

“Investment Related Property” shall mean: (i) all “investment property” (as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC) and (ii) all of the following (regardless of whether classified as investment property under the UCC): all Pledged Equity Interests, Pledged Debt, the Investment Accounts and certificates of deposit.

“Lender” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

“Majority Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.

“Material Intellectual Property” shall mean any item of Intellectual Property included in the Collateral which is material to the business of the Grantors, taken as a whole, or is otherwise of material value to the Grantors, taken as a whole.

 

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“Non-Assignable Contract” shall mean any agreement, contract or license to which any Grantor is a party that by its terms purports to restrict or prevent the assignment or granting of a security interest therein (either by its terms or by any federal or state statutory prohibition or otherwise irrespective of whether such prohibition or restriction is enforceable under Section 9-406 through 409 of the UCC).

“Patent Licenses” shall mean all agreements, licenses and covenants (whether or not in writing) providing for the granting of any right in or to any Patent or otherwise providing for a covenant not to sue (whether such Grantor is licensee or licensor thereunder), including, without limitation, each agreement required to be listed in Schedule 5.2(II) under the heading “Patent Licenses” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time).

“Patent Security Agreement” means a Patent Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G.

“Patents” shall mean all United States and foreign patents and certificates of invention, inventions or similar industrial property rights, and applications for any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to: (i) each patent and patent application required to be listed in Schedule 5.2(II) under the heading “Patents” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), (ii) all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals, and reexaminations thereof, (iii) all improvements thereto, (iv) the right to sue or otherwise recover for past, present and future infringements thereof, (v) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (vi) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world

“Pledge Supplement” shall mean any supplement to this agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit A.

“Pledged Debt” shall mean all indebtedness for borrowed money owed to such Grantor, whether or not evidenced by any Instrument, including, without limitation, all indebtedness described on Schedule 5.2(I) under the heading “Pledged Debt” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), issued by the obligors named therein, the instruments, if any, evidencing such any of the foregoing, and all interest, cash, instruments and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the foregoing.

“Pledged Equity Interests” shall mean all Pledged Stock, Pledged LLC Interests, Pledged Partnership Interests and any other participation or interests in any equity or profits of any business entity including, without limitation, any trust.

“Pledged LLC Interests” shall mean all interests in any limited liability company and each series thereof including, without limitation, all limited liability company interests listed on Schedule 5.2(I) under the heading “Pledged LLC Interests” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) and the certificates, if any, representing such limited liability company interests and any interest of such Grantor on the books and records of such limited liability company or on the books and records of any securities intermediary pertaining to such interest and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such limited liability company interests.

 

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“Pledged Partnership Interests” shall mean all interests in any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or other partnership including, without limitation, all partnership interests listed on Schedule 5.2(I) under the heading “Pledged Partnership Interests” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) and the certificates, if any, representing such partnership interests and any interest of such Grantor on the books and records of such partnership or on the books and records of any securities intermediary pertaining to such interest and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such partnership interests.

“Pledged Stock” shall mean all shares of capital stock owned by such Grantor, including, without limitation, all shares of capital stock described on Schedule 5.2(I) under the heading “Pledged Stock” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), and the certificates, if any, representing such shares and any interest of such Grantor in the entries on the books of the issuer of such shares or on the books of any securities intermediary pertaining to such shares, and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such shares.

“Pledge Supplement” shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

“Receivables” shall mean all rights to payment, whether or not earned by performance, for goods or other property sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed of, or services rendered or to be rendered, including, without limitation all such rights constituting or evidenced by any Account, Chattel Paper, Instrument, General Intangible or Investment Related Property, together with all of Grantor’s rights, if any, in any goods or other property giving rise to such right to payment and all Collateral Support and Supporting Obligations related thereto and all Receivables Records.

“Receivables Records” shall mean (i) all original copies of all documents, instruments or other writings or electronic records or other Records evidencing the Receivables, (ii) all books, correspondence, credit or other files, Records, ledger sheets or cards, invoices, and other papers relating to Receivables, including, without limitation, all tapes, cards, computer tapes, computer discs, computer runs, record keeping systems and other papers and documents relating to the Receivables, whether in the possession or under the control of Grantor or any computer bureau or agent from time to time acting for Grantor or otherwise, (iii) all evidences of the filing of financing statements and the registration of other instruments in connection therewith, and amendments, supplements or other modifications thereto, notices to other creditors, secured parties or agents thereof, and certificates, acknowledgments, or other writings, including, without limitation, lien search reports, from filing or other registration officers, (iv) all credit information, reports and memoranda relating thereto and (v) all other written or non-written forms of information related in any way to the foregoing or any Receivable.

“Secured Obligations” shall have the meaning assigned in Section 3.1.

 

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“Secured Parties” shall mean the Agents, Lenders, the Lender Counterparties and the Cash Management Providers and shall include, without limitation, all former Agents, Lenders and Lender Counterparties to the extent that any Obligations owing to such Persons were incurred while such Persons were Agents, Lenders, Lender Counterparties or Cash Management Providers and such Obligations have not been paid or satisfied in full.

“Securities” shall mean any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, 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.

“Trademark Licenses” shall mean any and all agreements, licenses and covenants (whether or not in writing) providing for the granting of any right in or to any Trademark or otherwise providing for a covenant not to sue or permitting co-existence (whether such Grantor is licensee or licensor thereunder), including, without limitation, each agreement required to be listed in Schedule 5.2(II) under the heading “Trademark Licenses” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time).

“Trademark Security Agreement” means a Trademark Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E.

“Trademarks” shall mean all United States, and foreign trademarks, trade names, trade dress, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, Internet domain names, service marks, certification marks, collective marks, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of a like nature, whether or not registered, and with respect to any and all of the foregoing: (i) all registrations and applications therefor including, without limitation, the registrations and applications required to be listed in Schedule 5.2(II) under the heading “Trademarks”(as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), (ii) all extensions or renewals of any of the foregoing, (iii) all of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of and symbolized by the foregoing, (iv) the right to sue for past, present and future infringement or dilution of any of the foregoing or for any injury to the related goodwill, (v) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (vi) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

“Trade Secret Licenses” shall mean any and all agreements (whether or not in writing) providing for the granting of any right in or to Trade Secrets (whether such Grantor is licensee or licensor thereunder) including, without limitation, each agreement required to be listed in Schedule 5.2(II) under the heading “Trade Secret Licenses” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time).

“Trade Secrets” shall mean all trade secrets and all other confidential or proprietary information and know-how whether or not such Trade Secret has been reduced to a writing or other tangible form, including all documents and things embodying, incorporating, or referring in any way to such Trade Secret, including but not limited to: (i) the right to sue or otherwise recover for past, present and future misappropriation or other violation thereof, (ii) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income,

 

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payments, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto; and (iii) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, however, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, priority or remedies.

“United States” shall mean the United States of America.

1.2 Definitions; Interpretation.

(a) In this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the meaning given to them in the UCC (and, if defined in more than one Article of the UCC, shall have the meaning given in Article 9 thereof): Account, Account Debtor, As-Extracted Collateral, Bank, Certificated Security, Chattel Paper, Consignee, Consignment, Consignor, Commercial Tort Claims, Commodity Account, Commodity Contract, Deposit Account, Document, Entitlement Order, Equipment, Electronic Chattel Paper, Farm Products, Fixtures, General Intangibles, Goods, Health-Care-Insurance Receivable, Instrument, Inventory, Letter-of-Credit Right, Manufactured Home, Money, Payment Intangible, Proceeds, Record, Securities Account, Securities Intermediary, Security Certificate, Security Entitlement, Supporting Obligations, Tangible Chattel Paper and Uncertificated Security.

(b) All other capitalized terms used herein (including the preamble and recitals hereto) and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement. The incorporation by reference of terms defined in the Credit Agreement shall survive any termination of the Credit Agreement until this agreement is terminated as provided in Section 11 hereof. Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context otherwise requires, be used in the singular or the plural, depending on the reference. References herein to any Section, Appendix, Schedule or Exhibit shall be to a Section, an Appendix, a Schedule or an Exhibit, as the case may be, hereof unless otherwise specifically provided. The use herein of the word “include” or “including”, when following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “without limitation” or “but not limited to” or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter. The terms lease and license shall include sub-lease and sub-license, as applicable. If any conflict or inconsistency exists between this Agreement and the Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement shall govern. All references herein to provisions of the UCC shall include all successor provisions under any subsequent version or amendment to any Article of the UCC.

 

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SECTION 2. GRANT OF SECURITY.

2.1 Grant of Security. Each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent a security interest in and continuing lien on all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under all personal property of such Grantor including, but not limited to the following, in each case whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired, created or arising and wherever located (all of which being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Collateral” ):

(a) Accounts;

(b) Chattel Paper;

(c) Documents;

(d) General Intangibles;

(e) Goods (including, without limitation, Inventory and Equipment);

(f) Instruments;

(g) Insurance;

(h) Intellectual Property;

(i) Investment Related Property (including, without limitation, Deposit Accounts);

(j) Letter-of-Credit Rights;

(k) Money;

(l) Receivables and Receivable Records;

(m) Commercial Tort Claims now or hereafter described on Schedule 5.2

(n) to the extent not otherwise included above, all other personal property of any kind and all Collateral Records, Collateral Support and Supporting Obligations relating to any of the foregoing; and

(o) to the extent not otherwise included above, all Proceeds, products, accessions, rents and profits of or in respect of any of the foregoing.

2.2 Certain Limited Exclusions. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Collateral include or the security interest granted under Section 2.1 hereof attach to (a) any lease, license, contract or agreement to which any Grantor is a party, and any of its rights or interest thereunder, if and to the extent that a security interest is prohibited by or in violation of (i) any law, rule or regulation applicable to such Grantor, or (ii) a term, provision or condition of any such lease, license, contract, property right or agreement (unless such law, rule, regulation, term, provision or condition would be rendered ineffective with respect to the creation of the security interest hereunder pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity); provided however that the Collateral shall include (and such security interest shall attach) immediately at such time as the contractual or legal prohibition shall no longer be applicable and to the extent severable, shall attach immediately to any portion of such lease, license, contract or agreement not subject to the prohibitions specified in (i) or (ii) above; provided further that the exclusions referred to in clause (a) of this Section 2.2 shall not include any Proceeds of any such lease, license, contract or

 

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agreement; (b) in any of the outstanding capital stock of a First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary in excess of 65% of the voting power of all classes of capital stock of such First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary entitled to vote; provided that immediately upon the amendment of the Internal Revenue Code to allow the pledge of a greater percentage of the voting power of capital stock in a First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary without adverse tax consequences, the Collateral shall include, and the security interest granted by each Grantor shall attach to, such greater percentage of capital stock of each First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary, (c) any “intent-to-use” application for trademark or service mark registration filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1051, prior to the filing under Section 1(c) or Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act of a “Statement of Use” or an “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto, solely to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein prior to such filing would impair the validity or enforceability of any registration that issues from such intent-to-use trademark or service mark application under applicable federal law, (d) any outstanding capital stock of any Foreign Subsidiary that is not a First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary or (e) any property and/or assets of Grantors (other than, for purposes of the $20,000,000 cap below, (i) Intellectual Property, (ii) Investment proceeds or (iii) inter-company loan proceeds) located outside of the United States provided that the aggregate value of such property and assets does not exceed $20,000,000.

SECTION 3. SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS; GRANTORS REMAIN LIABLE.

3.1 Security for Obligations. This Agreement secures, and the Collateral is collateral security for, the prompt and complete payment or performance in full when due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including the payment of amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §362(a) (and any successor provision thereof)), of all Obligations with respect to every Grantor (the “Secured Obligations” ).

3.2 Continuing Liability Under Collateral. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) each Grantor shall remain liable for all obligations under the Collateral and nothing contained herein is intended or shall be a delegation of duties to the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party, (ii) each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the agreements included in the Collateral, including, without limitation, any agreements relating to Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests, to perform all of the obligations undertaken by it thereunder all in accordance with and pursuant to the terms and provisions thereof and neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any of such agreements by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or any other document related thereto nor shall the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party have any obligation to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by it or have any obligation to take any action to collect or enforce any rights under any agreement included in the Collateral, including, without limitation, any agreements relating to Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests, and (iii) the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of its rights hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral.

SECTION 4. CERTAIN PERFECTION REQUIREMENTS

4.1 Delivery Requirements.

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Certificated Securities duly indorsed by an effective indorsement (within the meaning of Section 8-107 of the UCC), or accompanied by share transfer powers or other instruments of transfer duly endorsed by such an effective endorsement, in each case, to the Collateral Agent or in blank. In addition, each Grantor shall cause any certificates evidencing any Pledged Equity Interests included in the Collateral, including, without limitation, any Pledged Partnership Interests included in the Collateral or Pledged LLC Interests included in the Collateral, to be similarly delivered to the Collateral Agent regardless of whether such Pledged Equity Interests constitute Certificated Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the delivery requirements set forth in this Section 4.1(a) shall not apply to any certificates evidencing shares valued at less than $50,000 individually or $250,000 in the aggregate; provided that such exception shall not apply to any certificates evidencing the equity interests in the Borrower’s Subsidiaries.

(b) With respect to any Instruments or Tangible Chattel Paper included in the Collateral, each Grantor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent all such Instruments or Tangible Chattel Paper to the Collateral Agent duly indorsed in blank; provided, however, that such delivery requirement shall not apply to any Instruments or Tangible Chattel Paper having a face amount of less than $1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate.

4.2 Control Requirements.

(a) With respect to any Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts, Security Entitlements, Commodity Accounts and Commodity Contracts included in the Collateral, each Grantor shall ensure that the Collateral Agent has Control thereof; provided, however, that such Control requirement shall not apply to any (i) Deposit Accounts with a value of less than, or having funds or other assets credited thereto with a value of less than, $250,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate, Deposit Accounts specifically and exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefit payments to or for the benefit of a Grantor’s employees, Deposit Accounts specifically and exclusively used for cash collateral to secure letters of credit permitted under the Credit Agreement and the Deposit Account (account no. 562035) of Cytyc Corporation at the Bank of New York solely to the extent that the funds in such Deposit Account are being held in escrow pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated February 26, 2007, with respect to the purchase of Adiana Biomedical Corporation by Cytyc Corporation (collectively, the “Excluded Deposit Accounts” ) and (ii) Securities Accounts, Security Entitlements, Commodity Accounts and Commodity Contracts with a value of less than, or having funds or other assets credited thereto with a value of less than, $250,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate (collectively, the “Excluded Securities/Commodity Accounts” ). With respect to any Securities Accounts or Securities Entitlements, such Control shall be accomplished by the Grantor causing the Securities Intermediary maintaining such Securities Account or Security Entitlement to enter into an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto (or such other agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent) pursuant to which the Securities Intermediary shall agree to comply with the Collateral Agent’s Entitlement Orders without further consent by such Grantor. With respect to any Deposit Account, each Grantor shall cause the depositary institution maintaining such account to enter into an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto (or such other agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent), pursuant to which the Bank shall agree to comply with the Collateral Agent’s instructions with respect to disposition of funds in the Deposit Account without further consent by such Grantor. With respect to any Commodity Accounts or Commodity Contracts each Grantor shall cause Control in favor of the Collateral Agent in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent.

 

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(b) With respect to any Uncertificated Security included in the Collateral (other than any Uncertificated Securities credited to a Securities Account), each Grantor shall cause the issuer of such Uncertificated Security to either (i) register the Collateral Agent as the registered owner thereof on the books and records of the issuer or (ii) execute an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto (or such other agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent), pursuant to which such issuer agrees to comply with the Collateral Agent’s instructions with respect to such Uncertificated Security without further consent by such Grantor.

(c) With respect to any Letter-of-Credit Rights included in the Collateral (other than any Letter-of-Credit Rights constituting a Supporting Obligation for a Receivable in which the Collateral Agent has a valid and perfected security interest) with a value in excess of $50,000, Grantor shall ensure that Collateral Agent has Control thereof by obtaining the written consent of each issuer of each related letter of credit to the assignment of the proceeds of such letter of credit to the Collateral Agent.

(d) With respect any Electronic Chattel Paper or “transferable record”(as that term is defined in Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction) included in the Collateral, Grantor shall ensure that the Collateral Agent has Control thereof; provided, however, that such Control requirement shall not apply to any Electronic Chattel Paper or transferable record having a face amount of less than $1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate.

4.3 Intellectual Property Recording Requirements.

(a) In the case of any Collateral (whether now owned or hereafter acquired or created) consisting of issued U.S. Patents or pending U.S. Patent applications, Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent a Patent Security Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit G hereto (or a supplement thereto) covering all such Patents in appropriate form for recordation with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with respect to the security interest of the Collateral Agent.

(b) In the case of any Collateral (whether now owned or hereafter acquired or created) consisting of registered U.S. Trademarks or pending U.S. Trademark applications, Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent a Trademark Security Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto (or a supplement thereto) covering all such Trademarks, in appropriate form for recordation with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with respect to the security interest of the Collateral Agent.

(c) In the case of any Collateral (whether now owned or hereafter acquired or created) consisting of registered U.S. Copyrights or pending U.S. Copyright applications, or consisting of exclusive Copyright Licenses that constitute Material Intellectual Property in respect of registered U.S. Copyrights for which any Grantor is the licensee, Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent a Copyright Security Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto (or a supplement thereto) covering all such Copyright and exclusive Copyright Licenses, in appropriate form for recordation with the U.S. Copyright Office with respect to the security interest of the Collateral Agent.

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registered Trademarks, registered Copyrights, or any applications for the foregoing, Grantor shall (i) execute, deliver to the Collateral Agent, and record security agreements (or supplement thereto) covering all such Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights in appropriate form for recordation with the applicable foreign, international, or multi-national registers with respect to the security interest of the Collateral Agent, and (ii) take such additional actions or make such additional filings or recordings as may be necessary or advisable, under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction to insure the validity, perfection and priority of the security interest of the Collateral Agent; provided, however, that the foregoing requirements shall only apply to those jurisdictions in which the Collateral Agent reasonably determines that the benefits of perfection outweigh the time and expense required to perfect the security interest of the Collateral in such jurisdiction (it being agreed and understood that the foregoing requirements applicable as at the Closing Date with respect to the Grantors’ existing foreign, international, or multi-national issued/registered Patents, registered Trademarks, registered Copyrights, or any applications for the foregoing, shall be deemed satisfied to the extent the requirements with respect thereto set forth in the Post Closing Letter are satisfied).

4.4 Other Actions.

(a) If any issuer of any Pledged Equity Interest constituting Collateral is organized under a jurisdiction outside of the United States, each Grantor shall take such additional actions, including, without limitation, causing the issuer to register the pledge on its books and records or making such filings or recordings, in each case as may be necessary or reasonably advisable, under the laws of such issuer’s jurisdiction to insure the validity, perfection and priority of the security interest of the Collateral Agent.

(b) With respect to any Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged LLC Interests included in the Collateral, if the Grantors own less than 100% of the equity interests in any issuer of such Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests constituting Collateral, Grantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the consent of each other holder of partnership interest or limited liability company interests in such issuer to the security interest of the Collateral Agent hereunder and following an Event of Default, the transfer of such Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged LLC Interests constituting Collateral to the Collateral Agent of its designee, and to the substitution of the Collateral Agent or its designee as a partner or member with all the rights and powers related thereto. Each Grantor consents to the grant by each other Grantor of a Lien in all Investment Related Property constituting Collateral to the Collateral Agent and without limiting the generality of the foregoing consents to the transfer of any Pledged Partnership Interest and any Pledged LLC Interest constituting Collateral to the Collateral Agent or its designee following an Event of Default for the purposes of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise rights and remedies under Section 9 hereof and to the substitution of the Collateral Agent or its designee as a partner in any partnership or as a member in any limited liability company with all the rights and powers related thereto.

(c) With respect to any Goods in excess of $100,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate, which is covered by a certificate of title under a statute of any jurisdiction under the law of which indication of a security interest on such certificate is required as a condition of perfection thereof, upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, (A) provide information with respect to any such Goods (B) execute and file with the registrar of motor vehicles or other appropriate authority in such jurisdiction an application or other document requesting the notation or other indication of the security interest created hereunder on such certificate of title, and (C) deliver to the Collateral Agent copies of all such applications or other documents filed during such calendar quarter and copies of all such certificates of title issued during such calendar quarter indicating the security interest created hereunder in the items of Goods covered thereby.

 

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4.5 Timing and Notice. With respect to any Collateral in existence on the Closing Date, each Grantor shall comply with the requirements of Section 4 on the date hereof (except as otherwise set forth in the Post Closing Letter) and with respect to any Collateral hereafter owned or acquired Grantor shall comply with the requirements of Section 4 hereof within 45 days after such Collateral is acquired or, in the case of foreign, international, or multi-national issued/registered Patents, registered Trademarks, registered Copyrights, or any applications for the foregoing, within 90 days after such Collateral is acquired or created, subject to extension by the Collateral Agent in the event that the applicable Grantor is using commercially reasonable efforts to comply with such requirements. Each Grantor shall promptly inform the Collateral Agent of its acquisition of any Collateral for which any action is required by Section 4 hereof.

SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants, on each Credit Date other than the Closing Date, that:

5.1 Grantor Information & Status.

(a) Schedule 5.1(A) & (B) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) sets forth under the appropriate headings: (1) the full legal name of such Grantor, (2) all trade names or other names under which such Grantor currently conducts business, (3) the type of organization of such Grantor, (4) the jurisdiction of organization of such Grantor, (5) its organizational identification number, if any, and (6) the jurisdiction where the chief executive office or its sole place of business (or the principal residence if such Grantor is a natural person) is located.

(b) except as provided on Schedule 5.1(C) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), it has not changed its name, jurisdiction of organization, chief executive office or sole place of business (or principal residence if such Grantor is a natural person) or its corporate structure in any way (e.g., by merger, consolidation, change in corporate form or otherwise) and has not done business under any other name, in each case, within the past five (5) years;

(c) it has not within the last five (5) years become bound (whether as a result of merger or otherwise) as debtor under a security agreement entered into by another Person, which has not heretofore been terminated other than the agreements identified on Schedule 5.1(D) hereof (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time);

(d) such Grantor has been duly organized and is validly existing as an entity of the type as set forth opposite such Grantor’s name on Schedule 5.1(A) solely under the laws of the jurisdiction as set forth opposite such Grantor’s name on Schedule 5.1(A) and remains duly existing as such. Such Grantor has not filed any certificates of dissolution or liquidation, any certificates of domestication, transfer or continuance in any other jurisdiction; and

(e) no Grantor is a “transmitting utility” (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(80) of the UCC).

 

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5.2 Collateral Identification, Special Collateral.

(a) On the Closing Date and within 30 days following the completion of the most recent Fiscal Quarter prior to a Credit Date, Schedule 5.2 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) sets forth under the appropriate headings all of such Grantor’s: (1) Pledged Equity Interests constituting Collateral, other than any Pledged Equity Interests valued at less than $50,000 individually or $250,000 in the aggregate, provided that such exception shall not apply to any Pledged Equity Interests evidencing the equity interests in the Borrower’s Subsidiaries, (2) Pledged Debt other than any Pledged Debt having a face amount of less than $250,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate, (3) Securities Accounts, Security Entitlements, Commodity Accounts and Commodity Contracts other than any Securities Accounts, Security Entitlements, Commodity Accounts and Commodity Contracts having a value of less than, or having funds or other assets credited thereto with a value of less than, $250,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate, (4) Deposit Accounts other than any Deposit Accounts holding less than $250,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate, (5) United States and foreign registrations of and applications for Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights owned by each Grantor constituting Material Intellectual Property, (6) Patent Licenses, Trademark Licenses, Trade Secret Licenses and Copyright Licenses constituting Material Intellectual Property other than employment related agreements or consulting agreements with individuals to the extent that such agreements can be characterized as Patent Licenses, Trademark Licenses, Trade Secret Licenses and/or Copyright Licenses, (7) Commercial Tort Claims other than any Commercial Tort Claims having a value of less than $500,000 individually and $2,000,000 in the aggregate, (8) Letter-of-Credit Rights for letters of credit other than any Letters of Credit Rights worth less than $250,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate, (9) other than with salesman, servicemen, customers or such items in transit, under repair or with assemblers, the name and address of any warehouseman, bailee or other third party in possession of any Inventory, Equipment and other tangible personal property other than any Inventory, Equipment or other tangible person property having a value less than $1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate, and (10) Material Contracts. Within 30 days following the completion of the most recent Fiscal Quarter prior to a Credit Date, each Grantor shall supplement such schedules as necessary to ensure that such schedules are accurate;

(b) none of the Collateral in excess of $500,000 individually or $2,000,000 in the aggregate constitutes, or is the Proceeds of, (1) Farm Products, (2) As-Extracted Collateral, (3) Manufactured Homes, (4) Health-Care-Insurance Receivables; (5) timber to be cut, or (6) aircraft, aircraft engines, satellites, ships or railroad rolling stock. No material portion of the collateral consists of motor vehicles or other goods subject to a certificate of title statute of any jurisdiction;

(c) all information supplied by any Grantor with respect to any of the Collateral (in each case taken as a whole with respect to any particular Collateral) is accurate and complete in all material respects; and

(d) no Excluded Asset is material to the business of such Grantor.

5.3 Ownership of Collateral and Absence of Other Liens.

(a) it owns the Collateral other than Intellectual Property purported to be owned by it or otherwise has the rights it purports to have in each item of Collateral and, as to all Collateral whether now existing or hereafter acquired (including by way of lease or license), will continue to own or have such rights in each item of the Collateral other than Intellectual Property (except as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement), in each case free and clear of any and all Liens, rights or claims of all other Persons, including, without limitation, liens arising as a result of such Grantor becoming bound (as a result of merger or otherwise) as debtor under a security agreement entered into by another Person other than any Permitted Liens; and

 

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(b) other than any financing statements filed in favor of the Collateral Agent, no effective financing statement, fixture filing or other instrument similar in effect under any applicable law covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file in any filing or recording office except for (x) financing statements for which duly authorized proper termination statements have been delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing and (y) financing statements filed in connection with Permitted Liens. Other than the Collateral Agent and any automatic control in favor of a Bank, Securities Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary maintaining a Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Contract, no Person is in Control of any Collateral.

5.4 Status of Security Interest.

(a) upon the filing of financing statements naming each Grantor as “debtor” and the Collateral Agent as “secured party” and describing the Collateral in the filing offices set forth opposite such Grantor’s name on Schedule 5.4 hereof (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), the security interest of the Collateral Agent in all Collateral that can be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any jurisdiction will constitute a valid, perfected, first priority Liens subject in the case of priority only, to any Permitted Liens with respect to Collateral. Each agreement purporting to give the Collateral Agent Control over any Collateral is effective to establish the Collateral Agent’s Control of the Collateral subject thereto;

(b) to the extent perfection or priority of the security interest therein is not subject to Article 9 of the UCC, upon recordation in the applicable intellectual property registries (including but not limited to the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office) of the security interests granted hereunder in all Collateral consisting of (i) U.S. Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and exclusive Copyright Licenses and (ii) non-U.S. Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights that constitute Material Intellectual Property and are required to be perfected pursuant to Section 4.3(d), the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent hereunder in such Collateral shall constitute valid, perfected, first priority Liens (subject only to Permitted Liens);

(c) except as set forth in the Credit Agreement, no authorization, consent, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or regulatory body or any other Person is required for either (i) the pledge or grant by any Grantor of the Liens purported to be created in favor of the Collateral Agent hereunder or (ii) the exercise by Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies in respect of any Collateral (whether specifically granted or created hereunder or created or provided for by applicable law), except (A) for the filings contemplated by clause (a) above and (B) as may be required, in connection with the disposition of any Investment Related Property, by laws generally affecting the offering and sale of Securities; and

(d) each Grantor is in compliance with its obligations under Section 4 hereof.

5.5 Goods & Receivables.

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Debtor, (ii) is and will be enforceable in accordance with its terms, (iii) is not and will not be subject to any credits, rights of recoupment, setoffs, defenses, taxes, counterclaims (except with respect to refunds, returns and allowances in the ordinary course of business with respect to damaged merchandise) and (iv) is and will be in compliance with all applicable laws, whether federal, state, local or foreign, unless failure to comply with clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and/or (iv) of this Section 5.5(a) would not have a Material Adverse Effect;

(b) as of the Closing Date, except as otherwise identified on Schedule 5.5 hereto, none of the Account Debtors in respect of any Receivable in excess of $250,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate is the government of the United States, any agency or instrumentality thereof, any state or municipality or any foreign sovereign. Subject to Section 6.8, no Receivable in excess of $500,000 individually or $2,000,000 in the aggregate requires the consent of the Account Debtor in respect thereof in connection with the security interest hereunder, except any consent which has been obtained;

(c) any Goods now or hereafter produced by any Grantor included in the Collateral have been and will be produced in compliance with the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and

(d) other than any Inventory or Equipment in transit (or, in the case of Grantors’ motor vehicles, being used in the ordinary course), being repaired or in the possession or control of any warehouseman, bailee, other third party, salesmen or customers, all of the Equipment and Inventory included in the Collateral is located only at the locations specified in Schedule 5.5 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time).

5.6 Pledged Equity Interests, Investment Related Property.

(a) it is the record and beneficial owner of the Pledged Equity Interests free of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), rights or claims of other Persons and, other than as set forth on Schedule 4.2 of the Credit Agreement or as otherwise permitted under the Credit Agreement, there are no outstanding warrants, options or other rights to purchase, or shareholder, voting trust or similar agreements outstanding with respect to, or property that is convertible into, or that requires the issuance or sale of, any Pledged Equity Interests;

(b) except as set forth in Schedule 5.6, no consent of any Person including any other general or limited partner, any other member of a limited liability company, any other shareholder or any other trust beneficiary is necessary or reasonably desirable in connection with the creation, perfection or first priority status of the security interest of the Collateral Agent in any Pledged Equity Interests constituting Collateral or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the voting or other rights provided for in this Agreement or the exercise of remedies in respect thereof except such as have been obtained; and

(c) all of the Pledged LLC Interests and Pledged Partnership Interests constituting Collateral are or represent interests that by their terms provide that they are securities governed by the uniform commercial code of an applicable jurisdiction.

5.7 Intellectual Property.

(a) except as set forth in Schedule 5.2, it is the owner of all Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights listed on Schedule 5.2 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) that constitute Material Intellectual Property; and it owns or has

 

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the valid right to use and, where Grantor does so, sublicense others to use, all Intellectual Property necessary to conduct its business, free and clear of all Liens, claims, and licenses, except for Permitted Liens and the licenses set forth on Schedule 5.2 (as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time) and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(b) except as set forth in Schedule 5.2, each Patent, Trademark and Copyright listed on Schedule 5.2 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) that constitute Material Intellectual Property is subsisting and has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, nor, in the case of Patents, is the subject of a reexamination proceeding, and each Grantor has performed in all material respects all acts and has paid all renewal, maintenance, and other fees and taxes required to maintain each and every registration and application of Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks that constitute Material Intellectual Property in full force and effect;

(c) no action or proceeding is pending, or to such Grantors’ knowledge, threatened, challenging the validity, enforceability, registration, ownership or use of any of such Grantor’s Patents, Trademarks, or Copyrights listed on Schedule 5.2 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) that constitute Material Intellectual Property;

(d) none of the Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights or Trade Secrets that constitute Material Intellectual Property has been licensed by any Grantor to any Affiliate or third party, except as disclosed in Schedule 5.2 (as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time), and all exclusive Copyright Licenses that constitute Material Intellectual Property have been properly recorded in the U.S. Copyright Office;

(e) [Intentionally Omitted];

(f) each Grantor has been using appropriate statutory notice of registration in connection with its use of registered Trademarks, proper marking practices in connection with the use of issued Patents and pending Patent applications, and appropriate notice of copyright in connection with the publication of Copyrights, except where failure to use such statutory notice of registration, proper marking practices and appropriate notice of copyright would not have a Material Adverse Effect;

(g) each Grantor has taken commercially reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality of its Trade Secrets that constitute Material Intellectual Property in accordance with industry standards;

(h) each Grantor has maintained its standards of quality in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of all products sold and in the provision of all services rendered under or in connection with all Trademarks of such Grantor and has taken commercially reasonable actions to insure that all licensees of the Trademarks owned by such Grantor meet such standards of quality, except where failure to maintain or meet such standards would not have a Material Adverse Effect;

(i) to the best knowledge of each Grantor, except as set forth on Schedule 5.7 hereof, such Grantor is not infringing, misappropriating, diluting, or otherwise violating the Intellectual Property rights of any other Person unless such infringement, misappropriation, dilution or violation would not have a Material Adverse Effect; there is no pending or, to the best knowledge of each Grantor, threatened claim or litigation against such Grantor alleging any such infringement, misappropriation, dilution or other violation, except as set forth on Schedule 5.7 hereof;

 

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(j) to the best knowledge of each Grantor, except as set forth on Schedule 5.7 hereof, during the past two (2) years (or earlier if presently not resolved), no Person has infringed, misappropriated, diluted or otherwise violated any Intellectual Property rights of such Grantor unless such infringement, misappropriation, dilution or violation would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and

(k) no settlement or consents, covenants not to sue, co-existence agreements, non-assertion assurances, or releases have been entered into by such Grantor or binds such Grantor in a manner that would materially adversely affect such Grantor’s rights to own, license or use any Material Intellectual Property, except as disclosed in Schedule 5.7 hereof (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time).

5.8 Miscellaneous. No Material Contract prohibits assignment or requires consent of or notice to any Person in connection with the assignment to the Collateral Agent hereunder, except such as has been given or made or is currently sought pursuant to Section 6.8 hereof.

SECTION 6. COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS.

Each Grantor hereby covenants and agrees that:

6.1 Grantor Information & Status. Without limiting any prohibitions or restrictions on mergers or other transactions set forth in the Credit Agreement, and except as it may be permitted to do so under the Credit Agreement, it shall not change such Grantor’s name, identity, corporate structure (e.g. by merger, consolidation, change in corporate form or otherwise), sole place of business (or principal residence if such Grantor is a natural person), chief executive office, type of organization or jurisdiction of organization or establish any trade names unless it shall have (a) notified the Collateral Agent in writing promptly with respect to any such change or establishment, identifying such new proposed name, identity, corporate structure, sole place of business (or principal residence if such Grantor is a natural person), chief executive office, jurisdiction of organization or trade name and providing such other information in connection therewith as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and (b) except as provided in the Credit Agreement or herein, taken all actions necessary to maintain the continuous validity, perfection and the same or better priority of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in that portion of the Collateral granted or intended to be granted and agreed to hereby, which in the case of any merger or other change in corporate structure shall include, without limitation, executing and delivering to the Collateral Agent a completed Pledge Supplement, substantially in the form of Annex A attached hereto, upon completion of such merger or other change in corporate structure confirming the grant of the security interest hereunder.

6.2 Collateral Identification; Special Collateral.

(a) in the event that it hereafter acquires any Collateral of a type described in Section 5.2(b) hereof with a fair market value in excess of $250,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate, it shall promptly notify there Collateral Agent thereof in writing and take such actions and execute such documents and make such filings all at Grantor’s expense as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to ensure that the Collateral Agent has a valid, perfected, first priority security interest in such Collateral, subject to Permitted Liens.

 

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(b) in the event that it hereafter acquires or has any Commercial Tort Claim that an Authorized Officer of the Grantor reasonably believes has a value in excess of $500,000 individually or $2,000,000 in the aggregate it shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a completed Pledge Supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, together with all Supplements to Schedules thereto, identifying such new Commercial Tort Claims; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compromise in any way its attorney-client privilege.

6.3 Ownership of Collateral and Absence of Other Liens.

(a) except for the security interest created by this Agreement, it shall not create or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any of the Collateral, other than Permitted Liens, and such Grantor shall defend the Collateral against all Persons at any time claiming any interest therein;

(b) upon any Authorized Officer of such Grantor obtaining knowledge thereof, it shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent in writing of any event that may have a Material Adverse Effect on the value of the Collateral or any material portion thereof, the ability of any Grantor or the Collateral Agent to dispose of the Collateral or any material portion thereof, or the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent in relation thereto, including, without limitation, the levy of any legal process against the Collateral or any material portion thereof; and

(c) it shall not sell, transfer or assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or exclusively license to another Person any Collateral except as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement.

6.4 Status of Security Interest.

(a) Subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (b) of this Section 6.4, each Grantor shall maintain the security interest of the Collateral Agent hereunder in all Collateral as valid, perfected, first priority Liens (subject only to Permitted Liens).

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Grantor shall be required to take any action to perfect any Collateral that can only be perfected by (i) Control or (ii) filings with registrars of motor vehicles or similar governmental authorities with respect to goods covered by a certificate of title, in each case except as and to the extent specified in Section 4 hereof and/or the Post Closing Letter.

6.5 Goods & Receivables.

(a) it shall not deliver any Document evidencing any Equipment and Inventory to any Person other than the issuer of such Document or its agent to claim the Goods evidenced therefor or the Collateral Agent;

(b) if any Equipment or Inventory in excess of $1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate is in possession or control of any warehouseman, bailee or other third party (other than a Consignee under a Consignment for which such Grantor is the Consignor or with servicemen, salesmen, customers, such items in transit, such items under repair or with assemblers), each Grantor shall join with the Collateral Agent in notifying the third party of the Collateral Agent’s security interest and obtaining an acknowledgment from the third party that it is holding the Equipment and Inventory for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and will permit the

 

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Collateral Agent to have access to Equipment or Inventory for purposes of inspecting such Collateral or, following an Event of Default, to remove same from such premises if the Collateral Agent so elects; and with respect to any Goods in excess of $250,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate subject to a Consignment for which such Grantor is the Consignor, Grantor shall file appropriate financing statements against the Consignee and take such other action as may be necessary to ensure that the Grantor has a first priority perfected security interest in such Goods subject to any nonmaterial Liens.

(c) it shall keep the Equipment, Inventory and any Documents evidencing any material Equipment and Inventory in the locations specified on Schedule 5.5 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) or as otherwise provided by Section 5.5 unless it shall have (a) notified the Collateral Agent in writing, by executing and delivering to the Collateral Agent a completed Pledge Supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, together with all Supplements to Schedules thereto, prior to ten (10) days after any change in locations, identifying such new locations and providing such other information in connection therewith as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request;

(d) it shall keep and maintain at its own cost and expense satisfactory and complete records of the Receivables, including, but not limited to, to the extent it is commercially reasonable to do so, the originals of all documentation with respect to all Receivables and records of all payments received and all credits granted on the Receivables, all merchandise returned and all other material dealings therewith;

(e) if any Account Debtor in respect of any Receivable in excess of $250,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate is the government of the United States, any agency or instrumentality thereof, any state or municipality or any foreign sovereign, within ninety days after such Receivable(s) arise(s), the applicable Grantor shall promptly execute any instruments and take any steps reasonably required by Collateral Agent in order that all monies due or to become due on account of any such Receivable shall be assigned to Collateral Agent and notice thereof given to such Governmental Authority under the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or any similar State or local law;

(f) other than in the ordinary course of business (i) it shall not amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of any Receivable other than such amendments, modifications, terminations or waivers that would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) following and during the continuation of an Event of Default, such Grantor shall not, upon receipt of notice from the Collateral Agent directing it not to do so, (w) grant any extension or renewal of the time of payment of any Receivable, (x) compromise or settle any dispute, claim or legal proceeding with respect to any Receivable for less than the total unpaid balance thereof, (y) release, wholly or partially, any Person liable for the payment thereof, or (z) allow any credit or discount thereon; and

(g) at any time following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time to notify, or require any Grantor to notify, any Account Debtor of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Receivables and any Supporting Obligation and, in addition, the Collateral Agent may: (1) direct the Account Debtors under any Receivables to make payment of all amounts due or to become due to such Grantor thereunder directly to the Collateral Agent; (2) notify, or require any Grantor to notify, each Person maintaining a lockbox or similar arrangement to which Account Debtors under any Receivables have been directed to make payment to remit all amounts representing collections on checks and other payment items from time to time sent to or deposited in such

 

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lockbox or other arrangement directly to the Collateral Agent; and (3) enforce, at the expense of such Grantor, collection of any such Receivables and to adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment thereof, in the same manner and to the same extent as such Grantor might have done. If the Collateral Agent notifies any Grantor that it has elected to collect the Receivables in accordance with the preceding sentence, any payments of Receivables received by such Grantor shall be forthwith (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent if required, in the Collateral Account maintained under the sole dominion and control of the Collateral Agent, and until so turned over, all amounts and proceeds (including checks and other instruments) received by such Grantor in respect of the Receivables, any Supporting Obligation or Collateral Support shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent hereunder and shall be segregated from other funds of such Grantor and such Grantor shall not, except as may be permitted by the Collateral Agent, adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment of any Receivable, or release wholly or partly any Account Debtor or obligor thereof, or allow any credit or discount thereon.

6.6 Pledged Equity Interests, Investment Related Property.

(a) except as provided in the next sentence, in the event such Grantor receives any dividends, interest or distributions on account of any Pledged Equity Interest or other Investment Related Property constituting Collateral, upon the merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution of any issuer of such Pledged Equity Interest or Investment Related Property, then (a) such dividends, interest or distributions and securities or other property shall be included in the definition of Collateral without further action and (b) such Grantor shall promptly take all steps, if any, necessary or reasonably advisable to ensure the validity, perfection, priority and, if applicable, control of the Collateral Agent over such Investment Related Property (including, without limitation, delivery thereof to the Collateral Agent) and pending any such action such Grantor shall be deemed to hold such dividends, interest, distributions, securities or other property in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and shall segregate such dividends, distributions, Securities or other property from all other property of such Grantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent authorizes each Grantor to retain all ordinary cash dividends and distributions paid in the normal course of the business of the issuer and consistent with the past practice of the issuer and all scheduled payments of interest;

(b) Voting .

(i) So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:

 

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except as otherwise provided under the covenants and agreements relating to Investment Related Property in this Agreement or elsewhere herein or in the Credit Agreement, each Grantor shall be entitled to exercise or refrain from exercising any and all voting and other consensual rights pertaining to the Investment Related Property included in the Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement or the Credit Agreement; provided, no Grantor shall exercise or refrain from exercising any such right if the Collateral Agent shall have notified such Grantor that, in the Collateral Agent’s reasonable judgment, such action would have a Material Adverse Effect; and provided further, such Grantor shall give the Collateral Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior written notice of the manner in which

 

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it intends to exercise, or the reasons for refraining from exercising, any such right in a manner that could have a Material Adverse Effect; it being understood, however, that neither the voting by such Grantor of any Pledged Stock for, or such Grantor’s consent to, the election of directors (or similar governing body) at a regularly scheduled annual or other meeting of stockholders or with respect to incidental matters at any such meeting, nor such Grantor’s consent to or approval of any action otherwise permitted under this Agreement and the Credit Agreement, shall be deemed inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement or the Credit Agreement within the meaning of this Section 6.6(b)(i)(1) and no notice of any such voting or consent need be given to the Collateral Agent; and

(ii) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default:

 

  (1) upon receipt of written notice from Collateral Agent terminating such Grantor’s voting rights, all rights of each Grantor to exercise or refrain from exercising the voting and other consensual rights which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant hereto shall cease and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent (to the extent permitted by applicable law) who shall thereupon have the sole right to exercise such voting and other consensual rights; provided that such rights shall automatically revert back to the applicable Grantor upon the waiver or cure of all Events of Default then existing; and

 

  (2) in order to permit the Collateral Agent to exercise the voting and other consensual rights which it may be entitled to exercise pursuant hereto and to receive all dividends and other distributions which it may be entitled to receive hereunder: (1) each Grantor shall promptly execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to the Collateral Agent all proxies, dividend payment orders and other instruments as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request and (2) each Grantor acknowledges that the Collateral Agent may utilize the power of attorney set forth in Section 8.1.

(c) except as expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, it shall not vote to enable or take any other action: (a) amend or terminate any partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents in any way that materially changes, in an adverse manner, the rights of such Grantor with respect to any Investment Related Property constituting Collateral or adversely affects the validity, perfection or priority of the Collateral Agent’s security interest, (b) permit any issuer of any Pledged Equity Interest to issue any additional stock, partnership interests, limited liability company interest or other equity interests of any nature or to issue securities convertible into or granting the right of purchaser or exchange for any stock or other equity interest of any nature of such issuer, (c) permit any issuer of any Pledged Equity Interest to dispose of all or a material portion of their assets, (d) waive any material default under or material breach of any terms of organizational document relating to the issuer of any Pledged Equity Interest or the terms of any Pledged Debt, or (e) cause any issuer of any Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests which are not securities (for purposes of the UCC) on the date hereof to elect or otherwise take any action to cause such Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC interest to be treated as securities for purposes of the UCC; provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing, if any issuer of any Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests takes any such action in violation of the foregoing in this clause (e), such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent in writing of any such election or action and, in such event, shall take all steps necessary or advisable to establish the Collateral Agent’s “control” thereof; and

 

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(d) except as expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, it shall not permit any issuer of any Pledged Equity Interest constituting Collateral to merge or consolidate unless (i) such issuer creates a security interest that is perfected by a filed financing statement (that is not effective solely under section 9-508 of the UCC) in collateral in which such new debtor has or acquires rights, (ii) all the outstanding capital stock or other equity interests of the surviving or resulting corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity is, upon such merger or consolidation, pledged hereunder (subject to Section 2.2(b) hereof) and no cash, securities or other property is distributed in respect of the outstanding equity interests of any other constituent Grantor; provided that if the surviving or resulting Grantors upon any such merger or consolidation involving an issuer which is a First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary, then such Grantor shall only be required to pledge equity interests in accordance with Section 2.2 and (iii) Grantor promptly complies with the delivery and control requirements of Section 4 hereof and/or the Post Closing Letter.

6.7 Intellectual Property.

(a) it shall not do any act or omit to do any act whereby any of the Material Intellectual Property may lapse, or become abandoned, dedicated to the public, forfeited or unenforceable, or which would adversely affect in any material respect the validity, grant, or enforceability of the security interest granted therein;

(b) it shall not, with respect to any Trademarks included in the Material Intellectual Property, cease the use of any of such Trademarks or fail to maintain the level of the quality of products sold and services rendered under any of such Trademark at a level at least substantially consistent with the quality of such products and services as of the date hereof, and each Grantor shall take all steps necessary to insure that licensees of such Trademarks use such consistent standards of quality, except where failure to use such Trademarks, to maintain such level of quality or take such steps would not have a Material Adverse Effect;

(c) [Intentionally Omitted];

(d) it shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent if it knows or has reason to know that any item of Material Intellectual Property may become (a) abandoned or dedicated to the public or placed in the public domain, (b) invalid or unenforceable, (c) subject to any adverse determination or development regarding such Grantor’s ownership, registration or use or the validity or enforceability of such item of Intellectual Property (including the institution of , or any such determination or development in, any action or proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, any state registry, any foreign counterpart of the foregoing, or any court) or (d) the subject of any reversion or termination rights;

(e) it shall take all commercially reasonable steps, including in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, any state registry or any foreign counterpart of the foregoing, to pursue any application and maintain any registration of each Trademark, Patent, and Copyright owned by or exclusively licensed to any Grantor, subject to Section 6.8 hereof, including, but not limited to, those items on Schedule 5.2 (II) (as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time);

 

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(f) it shall hereafter use commercially reasonable efforts so as not to permit the inclusion in any Material Contract to which it hereafter becomes a party of any provision that would in any way materially impair or prevent the creation of a security interest in, or the assignment of, such Grantor’s rights and interests in any property included within the definitions of any Intellectual Property acquired under such Material Contracts;

(g) in the event that any Material Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to any Grantor is infringed, misappropriated, or diluted by a third party, such Grantor shall promptly take commercially reasonable actions in response to such infringement, misappropriation, or dilution to protect its rights in such Material Intellectual Property;

(h) it shall take commercially reasonable steps, consistent with industry standards, to protect the secrecy of all Trade Secrets that constitute Material Intellectual Property, including, without limitation, entering into confidentiality agreements with employees and consultants and labeling and restricting access to secret information and documents;

(i) it shall use commercially reasonable efforts to use proper statutory notice, consistent with industry standards, in connection with its use of any of the Material Intellectual Property; and

(j) it shall continue to use commercially reasonable efforts to collect, at its own expense, all amounts due or to become due to such Grantor in respect of its Intellectual Property or any portion thereof. In connection with such collections, each Grantor may take (and, at the Collateral Agent’s reasonable direction, shall take) such action as such Grantor or, upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or reasonably advisable to enforce collection of such amounts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time, to notify, or require any Grantor to notify, any obligors with respect to any such amounts of the existence of the security interest created hereby.

6.8 Miscellaneous. Each Grantor shall, within thirty (30) days of the date hereof with respect to any Material Contract that is a Non-Assignable Contract (other than any Material Contract which constitutes an Account, Chattel Paper or Payment Intangible of such Grantor) in effect on the date hereof and within thirty (30) days after entering into any Material Contract that is a Non-Assignable Contract after the Closing Date, request in writing the consent of the counterparty or counterparties to such Non-Assignable Contract pursuant to the terms of such Non-Assignable Contract or applicable law to the assignment or granting of a security interest in such Non-Assignable Contract to Secured Party and use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such consent as soon as practicable thereafter.

SECTION 7. ACCESS; RIGHT OF INSPECTION AND FURTHER ASSURANCES; ADDITIONAL GRANTORS.

7.1 Access; Right of Inspection. The Collateral Agent shall at all times have free reasonable access during normal business hours to all the books, correspondence and records of each Grantor, and the Collateral Agent and its representatives may examine the same, take extracts therefrom and make photocopies thereof, and each Grantor agrees to render to the Collateral Agent, at such Grantor’s cost and expense, such clerical and other assistance as may be reasonably requested with regard thereto. The Collateral Agent and its representatives shall upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable times during normal business hours also have the right to enter any premises of each Grantor and inspect any property of each Grantor where any of the Collateral of such Grantor granted pursuant to this Agreement is located for the purpose of inspecting the same, observing its use or otherwise protecting its interests therein.

 

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7.2 Further Assurances.

(a) Each Grantor agrees that from time to time, at the expense of such Grantor, that it shall, subject to the other provisions hereof and the provisions set forth in the Post Closing Letter, promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action, that may be necessary or desirable, or that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in order to create and/or maintain the validity, perfection or priority of and protect any security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and subject to Section 4 and Section 6 hereof and the Post Closing Letter, in each case, each Grantor shall:

(i) file such financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, record security interests in Intellectual Property and execute and deliver such other agreements, instruments, endorsements, powers of attorney or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in order to effect, reflect, perfect and preserve the security interests granted or purported to be granted hereby;

(ii) take all actions necessary to ensure the recordation of appropriate evidence of the liens and security interest granted hereunder in the Intellectual Property with any intellectual property registry in which said Intellectual Property is registered or issued or in which an application for registration or issuance is pending including, without limitation, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, the various Secretaries of State, and the foreign counterparts on any of the foregoing;

(iii) at any reasonable time, upon reasonable request by the Collateral Agent, assemble the Collateral and allow inspection of the Collateral by the Collateral Agent, or persons designated by the Collateral Agent;

(iv) at the Collateral Agent’s request, appear in and defend any action or proceeding that may affect such Grantor’s title to or the Collateral Agent’s security interest in all or any material part of the Collateral; and

(v) furnish the Collateral Agent with such information regarding the Collateral, including, without limitation, the location thereof, as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request from time to time.

(b) Each Grantor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to file a Record or Records, including, without limitation, financing or continuation statements, intellectual property security agreements and amendments to any of the foregoing, in any jurisdictions and with any filing offices as the Collateral Agent may determine, in its sole discretion, are necessary or advisable to perfect or otherwise protect the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent herein (subject to Sections 4 and 6 hereof and the Post Closing Letter). Such financing statements may describe the Collateral in the same manner as described herein or may contain an indication or description of collateral that describes such property in any other manner as the Collateral Agent may determine, in its sole discretion, is necessary, advisable or prudent to ensure

 

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the perfection of the security interest in the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent herein, including, without limitation, describing such property as “all assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired” or words of similar effect. Each Grantor shall furnish to the Collateral Agent from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the Collateral as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.

(c) Each Grantor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to modify this Agreement after obtaining such Grantor’s approval of or signature to such modification by amending Schedule 5.2 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) to include reference to any right, title or interest in any existing Intellectual Property or any Intellectual Property acquired or developed by any Grantor after the execution hereof or to delete any reference to any right, title or interest in any Intellectual Property in which any Grantor no longer has or claims any right, title or interest.

7.3 Additional Grantors. From time to time subsequent to the date hereof, additional domestic Persons may become parties hereto as additional Grantors (each, an “ Additional Grantor ”), by executing a Pledge Supplement. Upon delivery of any such Pledge Supplement to the Collateral Agent, notice of which is hereby waived by Grantors, each Additional Grantor shall be a Grantor and shall be as fully a party hereto as if Additional Grantor were an original signatory hereto. Each Grantor expressly agrees that its obligations arising hereunder shall not be affected or diminished by the addition or release of any other Grantor hereunder, nor by any election of Collateral Agent not to cause any Subsidiary of Borrower to become an Additional Grantor hereunder. This Agreement shall be fully effective as to any Grantor that is or becomes a party hereto regardless of whether any other Person becomes or fails to become or ceases to be a Grantor hereunder.

SECTION 8. COLLATERAL AGENT APPOINTED ATTORNEY-IN-FACT.

8.1 Power of Attorney. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent (such appointment being coupled with an interest) as such Grantor’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor, the Collateral Agent or otherwise, from time to time in the Collateral Agent’s discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Collateral Agent may deem reasonably necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the following:

(a) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, to obtain and adjust insurance required to be maintained by such Grantor or paid to the Collateral Agent pursuant to and to the extent provided in the Credit Agreement;

(b) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, to ask for, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compound, receive and give acquittance and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in respect of any of the Collateral;

(c) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, to receive, endorse and collect any drafts or other instruments, documents and chattel paper in connection with clause (b) above;

(d) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, to file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the Collateral or otherwise to enforce the rights of the Collateral Agent with respect to any of the Collateral;

 

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(e) to prepare and file any UCC financing statements against such Grantor as debtor;

(f) to prepare, sign, and file for recordation in any intellectual property registry, appropriate evidence of the lien and security interest granted herein in the Intellectual Property in the name of such Grantor as debtor;

(g) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, to take or cause to be taken all actions necessary to perform or comply or cause performance or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, access to pay or discharge taxes or Liens (other than Permitted Liens) levied or placed upon or threatened against the Collateral, the legality or validity thereof and the amounts necessary to discharge the same to be determined by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion, any such payments made by the Collateral Agent to become obligations of such Grantor to the Collateral Agent, due and payable immediately without demand; and

(h) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, generally to sell, transfer, lease, license, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and to do, at the Collateral Agent’s option and such Grantor’s expense, at any time or from time to time, all acts and things that the Collateral Agent deems reasonably necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Collateral Agent’s security interest therein in order to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.

8.2 No Duty on the Part of Collateral Agent or Secured Parties. The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect the interests of the Secured Parties in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

SECTION 9. REMEDIES.

9.1 Generally.

(a) If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to all other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it at law or in equity, all the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent on default under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral) to collect, enforce or satisfy any Secured Obligations then owing, whether by acceleration or otherwise, and also may pursue any of the following separately, successively or simultaneously:

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assemble all or part of the Collateral as directed by the Collateral Agent and make it available to the Collateral Agent at a place to be designated by the Collateral Agent that is reasonably convenient to both parties;

(ii) enter onto the property where any Collateral is located and take possession thereof with or without judicial process;

(iii) prior to the disposition of the Collateral, store, process, repair or recondition the Collateral or otherwise prepare the Collateral for disposition in any manner to the extent the Collateral Agent deems appropriate; and

(iv) without notice except as specified below or under the UCC, sell, assign, lease, license (on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis) or otherwise dispose of the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any of the Collateral Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, at such time or times and at such price or prices and upon such other terms as the Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable.

(b) The Collateral Agent or any Secured Party may be the purchaser of any or all of the Collateral at any public or private (to the extent to the portion of the Collateral being privately sold is of a kind that is customarily sold on a recognized market or the subject of widely distributed standard price quotations) sale in accordance with the UCC and the Collateral Agent, as collateral agent for and representative of the Secured Parties, 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 sale made in accordance with the UCC, to use and apply any of the Secured Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Collateral Agent at such sale. Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by applicable law) all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal which it now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted. Each Grantor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten (10) days notice to such Grantor of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. Each Grantor agrees that it would not be commercially unreasonable for the Collateral Agent to dispose of the Collateral or any portion thereof by using Internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets. Each Grantor hereby waives any claims against the Collateral Agent arising by reason of the fact that the price at which any Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale, even if the Collateral Agent accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree. If the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay all the Secured Obligations, Grantors shall be liable for the deficiency and the fees of any attorneys employed by the Collateral Agent to collect such deficiency. Each Grantor further agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section will cause irreparable injury to the Collateral Agent, that the Collateral Agent has no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and every covenant contained in this Section shall be specifically enforceable against such Grantor, and such Grantor hereby waives and agrees not to

 

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assert any defenses against an action for specific performance of such covenants except for a defense that no default has occurred giving rise to the Secured Obligations becoming due and payable prior to their stated maturities. Nothing in this Section shall in any way limit the rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder.

(c) The Collateral Agent may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties as to the Collateral. The Collateral Agent may specifically disclaim or modify any warranties of title or the like. This procedure will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral.

(d) The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to marshal any of the Collateral.

9.2 Application of Proceeds. Except as expressly provided elsewhere in this Agreement, all proceeds received by the Collateral Agent in respect of any sale, any collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral shall be applied in full or in part by the Collateral Agent against, the Secured Obligations in the following order of priority: first , to the payment of all costs and expenses of such sale, collection or other realization, including reasonable compensation to the Collateral Agent and its agents and counsel, and all other expenses, liabilities and advances made or incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection therewith, and all amounts for which the Collateral Agent is entitled to indemnification hereunder (in its capacity as the Collateral Agent and not as a Lender) and all advances made by the Collateral Agent hereunder for the account of the applicable Grantor, and to the payment of all costs and expenses paid or incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under the Credit Agreement, all in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof; second , to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the payment of all other Secured Obligations for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Lender Counterparties in accordance with the Credit Agreement (as applicable); and third , to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the payment to or upon the order of such Grantor or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

9.3 Sales on Credit. If Collateral Agent sells any of the Collateral upon credit, Grantor will be credited only with payments actually made by purchaser and received by Collateral Agent and applied to indebtedness of the purchaser. In the event the purchaser fails to pay for the Collateral, Collateral Agent may resell the Collateral and Grantor shall be credited with proceeds of the sale.

9.4 Investment Related Property. Each Grantor recognizes that, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, the Collateral Agent may be compelled, with respect to any sale of all or any part of the Investment Related Property included in the Collateral conducted without prior registration or qualification of such Investment Related Property included in the Collateral under the Securities Act and/or such state securities laws, to limit purchasers to those who will agree, among other things, to acquire the Investment Related Property included in the Collateral for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Grantor acknowledges that any such private sale may be at prices and on terms less favorable than those obtainable through a public sale without such restrictions (including a public offering made pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act) and, notwithstanding such circumstances, each Grantor agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner and that the Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to engage in public sales and no obligation to delay the sale of any Investment Related Property included in the Collateral for the

 

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period of time necessary to permit the issuer thereof to register it for a form of public sale requiring registration under the Securities Act or under applicable state securities laws, even if such issuer would, or should, agree to so register it. If the Collateral Agent determines to exercise its right to sell any or all of the Investment Related Property included in the Collateral, upon written request, each Grantor shall and shall cause each issuer of any Pledged Stock to be sold hereunder, each partnership and each limited liability company from time to time to furnish to the Collateral Agent all such information as the Collateral Agent may request in order to determine the number and nature of interest, shares or other instruments included in the Investment Related Property included in the Collateral which may be sold by the Collateral Agent in exempt transactions under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, as the same are from time to time in effect.

9.5 Grant of Intellectual Property License. For the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent, during the continuance of an Event of Default, to exercise rights and remedies under Section 9 hereof at such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, and for no other purpose, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, to the extent assignable, an irrevocable, non-exclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Grantor), subject, in the case of Trademarks, to sufficient rights to quality control and inspection in favor of such Grantor to avoid the risk of invalidation of said Trademarks, to use, assign, license or sublicense any of the Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired or created by such Grantor, wherever the same may be located. Such license shall include access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer programs used for the compilation or printout hereof.

9.6 Intellectual Property.

(a) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in addition to the other rights and remedies provided herein, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default:

(i) the Collateral Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to bring suit or otherwise commence any action or proceeding in the name of any Grantor, the Collateral Agent or otherwise, in the Collateral Agent’s sole discretion, to enforce any Intellectual Property rights, in which event such Grantor shall, at the request of the Collateral Agent, do any and all lawful acts and execute any and all documents required by the Collateral Agent in aid of such enforcement and such Grantor shall promptly, upon demand, reimburse and indemnify the Collateral Agent as provided in Section 12 hereof in connection with the exercise of its rights under this Section, and, to the extent that the Collateral Agent shall elect not to bring suit to enforce any Intellectual Property rights as provided in this Section, each Grantor agrees to use all reasonable measures, whether by action, suit, proceeding or otherwise, to prevent the infringement, misappropriation, dilution or other violation of any of such Grantor’s rights in the Intellectual Property by others and for that purpose agrees to diligently maintain any action, suit or proceeding against any Person so infringing, misappropriating, diluting or otherwise violating as shall be necessary to prevent such infringement, misappropriation, dilution or other violation;

(ii) upon written demand from the Collateral Agent, for the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent, to exercise rights and remedies under Section 9 hereof at such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, and for no other purpose, each Grantor shall grant, assign, convey or otherwise

 

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transfer to the Collateral Agent or such Collateral Agent’s designee all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to the Intellectual Property and shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent such documents as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement;

(iii) each Grantor agrees that such an assignment and/or recording shall be applied to reduce the Secured Obligations outstanding only to the extent that the Collateral Agent (or any Secured Party) receives cash proceeds in respect of the sale of, or other realization upon, the Intellectual Property;

(iv) within five (5) Business Days after written notice from the Collateral Agent, each Grantor shall make available to the Collateral Agent, to the extent within such Grantor’s power and authority, such personnel in such Grantor’s employ on the date of such Event of Default as the Collateral Agent may reasonably designate, by name, title or job responsibility, to permit such Grantor to continue, directly or indirectly, to produce, advertise and sell the products and services sold or delivered by such Grantor under or in connection with the Trademarks or the Trademark Licenses, such persons to be available to perform their prior functions on the Collateral Agent’s behalf and to be compensated by the Collateral Agent at such Grantor’s expense on a per diem, pro-rata basis consistent with the salary and benefit structure applicable to each as of the date of such Event of Default; and

(v) the Collateral Agent shall have the right to notify, or require each Grantor to notify, any obligors with respect to amounts due or to become due to such Grantor in respect of the Intellectual Property, of the existence of the security interest created herein, to direct such obligors to make payment of all such amounts directly to the Collateral Agent, and, upon such notification and at the expense of such Grantor, to enforce collection of any such amounts and to adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment thereof, in the same manner and to the same extent as such Grantor might have done:

 

  (1) all amounts and proceeds (including checks and other instruments) received by Grantor in respect of amounts due to such Grantor in respect of the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent hereunder, shall be segregated from other funds of such Grantor and shall be forthwith paid over or delivered to the Collateral Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement) to be held as cash Collateral and applied as provided by Section 9.7 hereof; and

 

  (2) upon written notice to Collateral Agent not to so adjust, settle or compromise, Grantor shall not adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment of any such amount or release wholly or partly any obligor with respect thereto or allow any credit or discount thereon.

(b) If (i) an Event of Default shall have occurred and, by reason of cure, waiver, modification, amendment or otherwise, no longer be continuing, (ii) no other Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (iii) an assignment or other transfer to the Collateral Agent of any rights, title and interests in and to the Intellectual Property shall have been previously made and shall have become absolute and effective, and (iv) the Secured Obligations shall not have become immediately due and payable, upon the written request of any Grantor, the Collateral Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to such Grantor, at such

 

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Grantor’s sole cost and expense, such assignments or other transfer as may be necessary to reassign to such Grantor any such rights, title and interests as may have been assigned to the Collateral Agent as aforesaid, subject to any disposition thereof that may have been made by the Collateral Agent; provided, after giving effect to such reassignment, the Collateral Agent’s security interest granted pursuant hereto, as well as all other rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent granted hereunder, shall continue to be in full force and effect; and provided further, the rights, title and interests so reassigned shall be free and clear of any other Liens granted by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties.

9.7 Cash Proceeds; Deposit Accounts. (a) If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in addition to the rights of the Collateral Agent specified in Section 6.5 with respect to payments of Receivables, all proceeds of any Collateral received by any Grantor consisting of cash, checks and other near-cash items (collectively, “ Cash Proceeds ”) shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Collateral Agent, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent, if required) and held by the Collateral Agent in the Collateral Account. Any Cash Proceeds received by the Collateral Agent (whether from a Grantor or otherwise) may, in the sole discretion of the Collateral Agent, (A) be held by the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as collateral security for the Secured Obligations (whether matured or unmatured) only for so long as it reasonably appears there may be additional Secured Obligations that arise and/or (B) then or at any time thereafter may be applied by the Collateral Agent against the Secured Obligations then due and owing.

(b) If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent may apply the balance from any Deposit Account or instruct the bank at which any Deposit Account is maintained to pay the balance of any Deposit Account to or for the benefit of the Collateral Agent.

SECTION 10. COLLATERAL AGENT.

The Collateral Agent has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder by Lenders and, by their acceptance of the benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the Credit Agreement; provided, the Collateral Agent shall, after payment in full of all Obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, exercise, or refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for herein in accordance with the instructions of the holders (the “ Majority Holders ”) of a majority of the aggregate “settlement amount” as defined in the Hedge Agreements (or, with respect to any Hedge Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) under such Hedge Agreement) under all Hedge Agreements. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, settlement amount for any Hedge that has not been terminated shall be the settlement amount as of the last Business Day of the month preceding any date of determination and shall be calculated by the appropriate swap counterparties and reported to the Collateral Agent upon request; provided any Hedge Agreement with a settlement amount that is a negative number shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the Majority Holders. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Secured Party, by its acceptance of the benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral hereunder, it being understood and agreed

 

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by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Section. The provisions of the Credit Agreement relating to the Collateral Agent including, without limitation, the provisions relating to resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent and the powers and duties and immunities of the Collateral Agent are incorporated herein by this reference and shall survive any termination of the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 11. CONTINUING SECURITY INTEREST; TRANSFER OF LOANS.

This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall remain in full force and effect until the payment in full of all Secured Obligations, the cancellation or termination of the Commitments and the cancellation, expiration, posting of backstop letters of credit or cash collateralization of all outstanding Letters of Credit satisfactory to the issuer(s) of such Letters of Credit, be binding upon each Grantor, its successors and assigns, and inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder, to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and its successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, but subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement, any Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any Loans held by it to any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to Lenders herein or otherwise. Upon the payment in full of all Secured Obligations, the cancellation or termination of the Commitments and the cancellation, expiration, posting of backstop letters of credit or cash collateralization of all outstanding Letters of Credit satisfactory to the issuer(s) of such Letters of Credit, the security interest granted hereby shall automatically terminate hereunder and of record and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to Grantors. Upon any such termination the Collateral Agent shall, at Grantors’ expense, execute and deliver to Grantors or otherwise authorize the filing of such documents as Grantors shall reasonably request, including financing statement amendments to evidence such termination. Upon any disposition of property permitted by the Credit Agreement, the Liens granted herein shall be deemed to be automatically released and such property shall automatically revert to the applicable Grantor with no further action on the part of any Person. The Collateral Agent shall, at Grantor’s expense, execute and deliver or otherwise authorize the filing of such documents as Grantors shall reasonably request, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, including financing statement amendments to evidence such release.

SECTION 12. STANDARD OF CARE; COLLATERAL AGENT MAY PERFORM.

The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect its interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers. Except for the exercise of reasonable care in the custody of any Collateral in its possession and the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the Collateral Agent accords its own property. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon all or any part of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or otherwise. If any Grantor fails to timely perform any agreement contained herein, the Collateral Agent may itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement, and the expenses of the Collateral Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by each Grantor under Section 10.2 of the Credit Agreement.

 

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SECTION 13. MISCELLANEOUS.

Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be given in accordance with Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement. No failure or delay on the part of the Collateral Agent in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Credit 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. All rights and remedies existing under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies otherwise available. In case any provision in or obligation under this Agreement 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. 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. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and Grantors and their respective successors and assigns to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement. No Grantor shall, without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent given in accordance with the Credit Agreement, assign any right, duty or obligation hereunder. This Agreement and the other Credit Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding between Grantors and the Collateral Agent and supersede all prior agreements and understandings between such parties relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. Accordingly, the Credit Documents may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent oral agreements of the parties. There are no unwritten oral agreements between the parties. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument; signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signature pages are physically attached to the same document.

THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND ALL CLAIMS AND CONTROVERSIES ARISING OUT OF THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT LAW, TORT LAW OR OTHERWISE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTEREST).

THE PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT UNDER THE HEADINGS “CONSENT TO JURISDICTION” AND “WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL” ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY THIS REFERENCE AND SUCH INCORPORATION SHALL SURVIVE ANY TERMINATION OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor and the Collateral Agent have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.

 

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HOLOGIC, INC.,

as Grantor

By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration

 

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R2 TECHNOLOGY, INC.
BIOLUCENT LLC
SUROS SURGICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
DIRECT RADIOGRAPHY CORP.
CYTYC INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CRUISER, INC.
CYTYC CORPORATION
CYTYC DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC
CYTYC INTERIM, INC.
CYTYC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
CYTYC LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
AEG PHOTOCONDUCTOR CORPORATION
CYTYC PRENATAL PRODUCTS CORP.
CYTYC SURGICAL PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
CYTYC SURGICAL PRODUCTS II, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
CYTYC SURGICAL PRODUCTS III, INC.

SST MERGER CORP.,

as Grantors

By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

 

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GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,

as Collateral Agent

By:  

/s/ Bruce H. Mendelsohn

Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

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EXECUTION VERSION

SCHEDULE 5.1

TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

(A) Full Legal Name, Type of Organization, Jurisdiction of Organization, Chief Executive Office/Sole Place of Business (or Residence if Grantor is a Natural Person) and Organizational Identification Number of each Grantor:

 

Full Legal Name

 

Type of Organization

 

Jurisdiction of Organization

 

Chief Executive

Office/Sole Place of Business
(or Residence if Grantor is a
Natural Person)

 

Organization I.D.#

 

(B) Other Names (including any Trade Name or Fictitious Business Name) under which each Grantor currently conducts business:

 

Full Legal Name

 

Trade Name or Fictitious Business Name

 

(C) Changes in Name, Jurisdiction of Organization, Chief Executive Office or Sole Place of Business (or Principal Residence if Grantor is a Natural Person) and Corporate Structure within past five (5) years:

 

Grantor

 

Date of Change

 

Description of Change

 

(D) Agreements pursuant to which any Grantor is bound as debtor within past five (5) years:

 

Grantor

 

Description of Agreement

 

SCHEDULE 5.1-1


SCHEDULE 5.2

TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

COLLATERAL IDENTIFICATION

I. INVESTMENT RELATED PROPERTY

 

(A) Pledged Stock:

 

Grantor

 

Stock Issuer

 

Class of Stock

 

Certificated (Y/N)

 

Stock
Certificate No.

 

Par Value

 

No. of Pledged
Stock

 

Percentage of
Outstanding
Stock of the Stock
Issuer

Pledged LLC Interests:

 

Grantor

 

Limited Liability
Company

 

Certificated (Y/N)

 

Certificate No. (if any)

 

No. of Pledged Units

 

Percentage of
Outstanding LLC
Interests of the Limited
Liability Company

Pledged Partnership Interests:

 

Grantor

 

Partnership

 

Type of Partnership
Interests (e.g., general or
limited)

 

Certificated (Y/N)

 

Certificate No.

(if any)

 

Percentage of
Outstanding
Partnership Interests of
the Partnership

Trust Interests or other Equity Interests not listed above:

 

Grantor

 

Trust

 

Class of Trust Interests

 

Certificated (Y/N)

 

Certificate No.

(if any)

 

Percentage of
Outstanding Trust
Interests of the Trust

Pledged Debt:

 

Grantor

 

Issuer

 

Original Principal
Amount

 

Outstanding Principal
Balance

 

Issue Date

 

Maturity Date

 

SCHEDULE 5.2-1


Securities Account:

 

Grantor

 

Share of Securities Intermediary

 

Account Number

 

Account Name

Deposit Accounts:

 

Grantor

 

Name of Depositary Bank

 

Account Number

 

Account Name

Commodity Contracts and Commodities Accounts:

 

Grantor

 

Name of Commodities Intermediary

 

Account Number

 

Account Name

II. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

  (A) Copyrights

 

Grantor

 

Description of Copyright

 

Registration Number

 

Issue Date

 

  (B) Copyright Licenses

 

Grantor

 

Description of Copyright License

 

Registration Number (if any) of
underlying Copyright

 

Name of Licensor

 

  (C) Patents

 

Grantor

 

Title of Patent

 

Patent Number/ (Application
Number)

 

Issue Date/ (Filing Date)

 

SCHEDULE 5.2-2


  (D) Patent Licenses

 

Grantor

 

Description of Patent License

 

Registration Number of underlying
Patent

 

Name of Licensor

 

  (E) Trademarks

 

Grantor

 

Trademark

 

Registration Number/ (Serial
Number)

 

Registration Date/ (Filing Date)

 

  (F) Trademark Licenses

 

Grantor

 

Description of Trademark License

 

Registration Number of underlying
Trademark

 

Name of Licensor

 

  (G) Trade Secret Licenses

III. COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS

 

Grantor

 

Commercial Tort Claims

IV. LETTER-OF-CREDIT RIGHTS

 

Grantor

 

Description of Letters of Credit

 

SCHEDULE 5.2-3


V. WAREHOUSEMAN, BAILEES AND OTHER THIRD PARTIES IN POSSESSION OF COLLATERAL

 

Grantor

 

Description of Property

 

Name and Address of Third Party

VI. MATERIAL CONTRACTS

 

Grantor

 

Description of Material Contract

 

SCHEDULE 5.2-4


SCHEDULE 5.4 TO

PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

FINANCING STATEMENTS:

 

Grantor

 

Filing Jurisdiction(s)

Hologic, Inc.   Delaware Secretary of State
R2 Technology, Inc.   Delaware Secretary of State
Biolucent LLC   Delaware Secretary of State
Suros Surgical Systems, Inc.   Delaware Secretary of State
Direct Radiography Corp.   Delaware Secretary of State
AEG Photoconductor Corporation   Delaware Secretary of State
SST Merger Corp.   Delaware Secretary of State
Cytyc International, Inc.   Delaware Secretary of State
Cruiser, Inc.   Delaware Secretary of State
Cytyc Corporation   Delaware Secretary of State
Cytyc Development Company LLC   Delaware Secretary of State
Cytyc Interim, Inc.   Delaware Secretary of State
Cytyc Limited Liability Company   Delaware Secretary of State
Cytyc Limited Partnership   Massachusetts Secretary of State
Cytyc Prenatal Products Corp.   Delaware Secretary of State
Cytyc Surgical Products Limited Partnership   California Secretary of State
Cytyc Sugical Products II, Limited Partnership   Delaware Secretary of State
Cytyc Surgical Products III, Inc.   Delaware Secretary of State

 

SCHEDULE 5.4-1


SCHEDULE 5.5

TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

Grantor

 

Location of Equipment and Inventory

 

SCHEDULE 5.5-1


EXHIBIT A

TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

PLEDGE SUPPLEMENT

This PLEDGE SUPPLEMENT , dated [mm/dd/yy], is delivered by [              ] a [                      ] (the “Grantor” ) pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of [mm/dd/yy] (as it may be from time to time amended, restated, modified or supplemented, the “Security Agreement”), among Hologic, Inc. , the other Grantors named therein, and Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. , as the Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used herein not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Security Agreement.

Grantor hereby confirms the grant to the Collateral Agent set forth in the Security Agreement of, and does hereby grant to the Collateral Agent, a security interest in all of Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to all Collateral to secure the Secured Obligations, in each case whether now or hereafter existing or in which Grantor now has or hereafter acquires an interest and wherever the same may be located. Grantor represents and warrants that the attached Supplements to Schedules accurately and completely set forth all additional information required to be provided pursuant to the Security Agreement and hereby agrees that such Supplements to Schedules shall constitute part of the Schedules to the Security Agreement.

THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND ALL CLAIMS AND CONTROVERSIES ARISING OUT OF THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT LAW, TORT LAW OR OTHERWISE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTEREST).

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Grantor has caused this Pledge Supplement to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of [ mm/dd/yy ].

 

[NAME OF GRANTOR]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

EXHIBIT A-1


SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE 5.1

TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

Additional Information:

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

(A) Full Legal Name, Type of Organization, Jurisdiction of Organization, Chief Executive Office/Sole Place of Business (or Residence if Grantor is a Natural Person) and Organizational Identification Number of each Grantor:

 

Full Legal Name

 

Type of Organization

 

Jurisdiction of Organization

 

Chief Executive

Office/Sole Place of Business
(or Residence if Grantor is a
Natural Person)

 

Organization I.D.#

 

(B) Other Names (including any Trade Name or Fictitious Business Name) under which each Grantor currently conducts business:

 

Full Legal Name

 

Trade Name or Fictitious Business Name

 

(C) Changes in Name, Jurisdiction of Organization, Chief Executive Office or Sole Place of Business (or Principal Residence if Grantor is a Natural Person) and Corporate Structure within past five (5) years:

 

Grantor

 

Date of Change

 

Description of Change

 

(D) Agreements pursuant to which any Grantor is bound as debtor within past five (5) years:

 

Grantor

 

Description of Agreement

 

EXHIBIT A-2


SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE 5.2

TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

COLLATERAL IDENTIFICATION

I. INVESTMENT RELATED PROPERTY

 

(A) Pledged Stock:

 

Grantor

 

Stock Issuer

 

Class of Stock

 

Certificated (Y/N)

 

Stock
Certificate No.

 

Par Value

 

No. of Pledged
Stock

 

Percentage of
Outstanding
Stock of the Stock
Issuer

Pledged LLC Interests:

 

Grantor

 

Limited Liability
Company

 

Certificated (Y/N)

 

Certificate No. (if any)

 

No. of Pledged Units

 

Percentage of
Outstanding LLC
Interests of the Limited
Liability Company

Pledged Partnership Interests:

 

Grantor

 

Partnership

 

Type of Partnership
Interests (e.g., general or
limited)

 

Certificated (Y/N)

 

Certificate No.

(if any)

 

Percentage of
Outstanding
Partnership Interests of
the Partnership

Pledged Trust Interests:

 

Grantor

 

Trust

 

Class of Trust Interests

 

Certificated (Y/N)

 

Certificate No.

(if any)

 

Percentage of
Outstanding Trust
Interests of the Trust

Pledged Debt:

 

Grantor

 

Issuer

 

Original Principal
Amount

 

Outstanding Principal
Balance

 

Issue Date

 

Maturity Date

 

EXHIBIT A-3


Securities Account:

 

Grantor

 

Share of Securities Intermediary

 

Account Number

 

Account Name

Deposit Accounts:

 

Grantor

 

Name of Depositary Bank

 

Account Number

 

Account Name

Commodities Accounts:

 

Grantor

 

Name of Commodities Intermediary

 

Account Number

 

Account Name

 

(B)

 

Grantor

 

Date of Acquisition

 

Description of Acquisition

II. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

  (A) Copyrights

 

Grantor

 

Description of Copyright

 

Registration Number

 

Registration Date

 

  (B) Copyright Licenses

 

Grantor

 

Description of Copyright License

 

Registration Number (if any) of
underlying Copyright

 

Name of Licensor

 

EXHIBIT A-4


  (C) Patents

 

Grantor

 

Title of Patent

 

Patent Number/ (Application
Number)

 

Issue Date/ (Filing Date)

 

  (D) Patent Licenses

 

Grantor

 

Description of Patent License

 

Patent Number of underlying Patent

 

Name of Licensor

 

  (E) Trademarks

 

Grantor

 

Trademark

 

Registration Number/ (Serial
Number)

 

Registration Date/ (Filing Date)

 

  (F) Trademark Licenses

 

Grantor

 

Description of Trademark License

 

Registration Number of underlying
Trademark

 

Name of Licensor

 

  (G) Trade Secret Licenses

III. COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS

 

Grantor

 

Commercial Tort Claims

IV. LETTER-OF-CREDIT RIGHTS

 

Grantor

 

Description of Letters of Credit

 

EXHIBIT A-5


V. WAREHOUSEMAN, BAILEES AND OTHER THIRD PARTIES IN POSSESSION OF COLLATERAL

 

Grantor

 

Description of Property

 

Name and Address of Third Party

VI. MATERIAL CONTRACTS

 

Grantor

 

Description of Material Contract

 

EXHIBIT A-6


SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE 5.4

TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

Financing Statements:

 

Grantor

 

Filing Jurisdiction(s)

 

EXHIBIT A-7


SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE 5.5

TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

Additional Information:

 

Name of Grantor

 

Location of Equipment and Inventory

 

EXHIBIT A-8


EXHIBIT B

TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

UNCERTIFICATED SECURITIES CONTROL AGREEMENT

This Uncertificated Securities Control Agreement dated as of [              ], 20[      ] among [            ] (the “Pledgor” ), Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., as collateral agent for the Secured Parties, (the “Collateral Agent” ) and [                      ], a [                      ] [corporation] (the “Issuer” ). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned in the Pledge and Security Agreement dated [as of the date hereof], among the Pledgor, the other Grantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent (the “Security Agreement” ). All references herein to the “ UCC ” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.

Section 1. Registered Ownership of Shares . The Issuer hereby confirms and agrees that as of the date hereof the Pledgor is the registered owner of [                      ] shares of the Issuer’s [common] stock (the “Pledged Shares” ) and the Issuer shall not change the registered owner of the Pledged Shares without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent.

Section 2. Instructions . If at any time the Issuer shall receive instructions originated by the Collateral Agent relating to the Pledged Shares, the Issuer shall comply with such instructions without further consent by the Pledgor or any other person.

Section 3. Additional Representations and Warranties of the Issuer . The Issuer hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent:

(a) It has not entered into, and until the termination of this agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating the Pledged Shares pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with instructions issued by such other person; and

(b) It has not entered into, and until the termination of this agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Pledgor or the Collateral Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Issuer to comply with Instructions as set forth in Section 2 hereof.

(c) Except for the claims and interest of the Collateral Agent and of the Pledgor in the Pledged Shares, the Issuer does not know of any claim to, or interest in, the Pledged Shares. If any person asserts any lien, encumbrance or adverse claim (including any writ, garnishment, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process) against the Pledged Shares, the Issuer will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and the Pledgor thereof.

(d) This Uncertificated Securities Control Agreement is the valid and legally binding obligation of the Issuer.

Section 4. Choice of Law . This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

Section 5. Conflict with Other Agreements . In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. No amendment or modification of this Agreement or waiver of any right hereunder shall be binding on any party hereto unless it is in writing and is signed by all of the parties hereto.

 

EXHIBIT B-1


Section 6. Voting Rights . Until such time as the Collateral Agent shall otherwise instruct the Issuer in writing, the Pledgor shall have the right to vote the Pledged Shares.

Section 7. Successors; Assignment . The terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective corporate successors or heirs and personal representatives who obtain such rights solely by operation of law. The Collateral Agent may assign its rights hereunder only with the express written consent of the Issuer and by sending written notice of such assignment to the Pledgor.

Section 8. Indemnification of Issuer . The Pledgor and the Collateral Agent hereby agree that (a) the Issuer is released from any and all liabilities to the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent arising from the terms of this Agreement and the compliance of the Issuer with the terms hereof, except to the extent that such liabilities arise from the Issuer’s negligence and (b) the Pledgor, its successors and assigns shall at all times indemnify and save harmless the Issuer from and against any and all claims, actions and suits of others arising out of the terms of this Agreement or the compliance of the Issuer with the terms hereof, except to the extent that such arises from the Issuer’s negligence, and from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs, charges, counsel fees and other expenses of every nature and character arising by reason of the same, until the termination of this Agreement.

Section 9. Notices . Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and deemed to have been properly given when delivered in person, or when sent by telecopy or other electronic means and electronic confirmation of error free receipt is received or two (2) days after being sent by certified or registered United States mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the party at the address set forth below.

 

Pledgor:   [Name and Address of Pledgor]
  Attention: [                                      ]
  Telecopier: [                                      ]
Collateral Agent:   [Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P.
  c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
  30 Hudson Street, 17th Floor
  Jersey City, NJ 07302
  Attention: SBD Operations
  Attention: Pedro Ramirez
  Telecopier: (212) 357-4597
 

Email and for delivery of final financial statements for posting:

gsd.link@gs.com]

Issuer:   [Insert Name and Address of Issuer]
  Attention: [                                      ]
  Telecopier: [                                      ]

Any party may change its address for notices in the manner set forth above.

Section 10. Termination . The obligations of the Issuer to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Control Agreement shall continue in effect until the security interests of the Collateral Agent in the Pledged Shares have been terminated pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement and the Collateral Agent has notified the Issuer of such termination in writing. The

 

EXHIBIT B-2


Collateral Agent agrees to provide Notice of Termination in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto to the Issuer upon the request of the Pledgor on or after the termination of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Pledged Shares pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement. The termination of this Control Agreement shall not terminate the Pledged Shares or alter the obligations of the Issuer to the Pledgor pursuant to any other agreement with respect to the Pledged Shares.

Section 11. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any party hereto may execute this Agreement by signing and delivering one or more counterparts.

 

[NAME OF PLEDGOR],

as Pledgor

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

[GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.],

as Collateral Agent

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

[NAME OF ISSUER],

as Issuer

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

EXHIBIT B-3


Exhibit A

[Letterhead of Collateral Agent]

[Date]

[Name and Address of Issuer]

Attention: [                                          ]

Re: Termination of Control Agreement

You are hereby notified that the Uncertificated Securities Control Agreement between you, [Name of Pledgor] (the “Pledgor” ) and the undersigned (a copy of which is attached) is terminated and you have no further obligations to the undersigned pursuant to such Agreement. Notwithstanding any previous instructions to you, you are hereby instructed to accept all future directions with respect to Pledged Shares (as defined in the Uncertificated Control Agreement) from the Pledgor. This notice terminates any obligations you may have to the undersigned with respect to the Pledged Shares, however nothing contained in this notice shall alter any obligations which you may otherwise owe to the Pledgor pursuant to any other agreement.

You are instructed to deliver a copy of this notice by facsimile transmission to the Pledgor.

 

Very truly yours,

[GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.],

as Collateral Agent

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

EXHIBIT B-4


EXHIBIT C

TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

SECURITIES ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT

This Securities Account Control Agreement dated as of [              ], 20[      ] (this “Agreement” ) among [                      ] (the “Debtor” ), Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (the “Collateral Agent” ) and [                      ], in its capacity as a “securities intermediary” as defined in Section 8-102 of the UCC (in such capacity, the “Securities Intermediary” ). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated [as of the date hereof], among the Debtor, the other Grantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement” ). All references herein to the “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.

Section 1. Establishment of Securities Account . The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that:

(a) The Securities Intermediary has established account number [IDENTIFY ACCOUNT NUMBER] in the name “[IDENTIFY EXACT TITLE OF ACCOUNT]” (such account and any successor account, the “Securities Account” ) and the Securities Intermediary shall not change the name or account number of the Securities Account without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent;

(b) All securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Securities Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another securities account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Securities Account be registered in the name of the Debtor, payable to the order of the Debtor or specially indorsed to the Debtor except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank;

(c) All property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to the Security Agreement will be promptly credited to the Securities Account; and

(d) The Securities Account is a “securities account” within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the UCC.

Section 2. “Financial Assets” Election . The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (including, without limitation, any investment property, financial asset, security, instrument, general intangible or cash) credited to the Securities Account shall be treated as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC.

Section 3. Control of the Securities Account . If at any time the Securities Intermediary shall receive any order from the Collateral Agent directing transfer or redemption of any financial asset relating to the Securities Account, the Securities Intermediary shall comply with such entitlement order without further consent by the Debtor or any other person. If the Debtor is otherwise entitled to issue entitlement orders and such orders conflict with any entitlement order issued by the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the orders issued by the Collateral Agent.

 

EXHIBIT C-1


Section 4. Subordination of Lien; Waiver of Set-Off . In the event that the Securities Intermediary has or subsequently obtains by agreement, by operation of law or otherwise a security interest in the Securities Account or any security entitlement credited thereto, the Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that such security interest shall be subordinate to the security interest of the Collateral Agent. The financial assets and other items deposited to the Securities Account will not be subject to deduction, set-off, banker’s lien, or any other right in favor of any person other than the Collateral Agent (except that the Securities Intermediary may set off (i) all amounts due to the Securities Intermediary in respect of customary fees and expenses for the routine maintenance and operation of the Securities Account and (ii) the face amount of any checks which have been credited to such Securities Account but are subsequently returned unpaid because of uncollected or insufficient funds).

Section 5. Choice of Law . This Agreement and the Securities Account shall each be governed by the laws of the State of New York. Regardless of any provision in any other agreement, for purposes of the UCC, New York shall be deemed to be the Securities Intermediary’s jurisdiction (within the meaning of Section 8-110 of the UCC) and the Securities Account (as well as the securities entitlements related thereto) shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

Section 6. Conflict with Other Agreements .

(a) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail;

(b) No amendment or modification of this Agreement or waiver of any right hereunder shall be binding on any party hereto unless it is in writing and is signed by all of the parties hereto;

(c) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that:

(i) There are no other control agreements entered into between the Securities Intermediary and the Debtor with respect to the Securities Account;

(ii) It has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement, will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Securities Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the UCC) of such other person; and

(iii) It has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement, will not enter into, any agreement with the Debtor or the Collateral Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in Section 3 hereof.

Section 7. Adverse Claims . Except for the claims and interest of the Collateral Agent and of the Debtor in the Securities Account, the Securities Intermediary does not know of any claim to, or interest in, the Securities Account or in any “financial asset” (as defined in Section 8-102(a) of the UCC) credited thereto. If any person asserts any lien, encumbrance or adverse claim (including any writ, garnishment, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process) against the Securities Account or in any financial asset carried therein, the Securities Intermediary will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and the Debtor thereof.

 

EXHIBIT C-2


Section 8. Maintenance of Securities Account . In addition to, and not in lieu of, the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to honor entitlement orders as agreed in Section 3 hereof, the Securities Intermediary agrees to maintain the Securities Account as follows:

(a) Notice of Sole Control . If at any time the Collateral Agent delivers to the Securities Intermediary a Notice of Sole Control in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, the Securities Intermediary agrees that after receipt of such notice, it will take all instruction with respect to the Securities Account solely from the Collateral Agent.

(b) Voting Rights . Until such time as the Securities Intermediary receives a Notice of Sole Control pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 8, the Debtor shall direct the Securities Intermediary with respect to the voting of any financial assets credited to the Securities Account.

(c) Permitted Investments . Until such time as the Securities Intermediary receives a Notice of Sole Control signed by the Collateral Agent, the Debtor shall direct the Securities Intermediary with respect to the selection of investments to be made for the Securities Account; provided, however, that the Securities Intermediary shall not honor any instruction to purchase any investments other than investments of a type described on Exhibit B hereto.

(d) Statements and Confirmations . The Securities Intermediary will promptly send copies of all statements, confirmations and other correspondence concerning the Securities Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto simultaneously to each of the Debtor and the Collateral Agent at the address for each set forth in Section 12 of this Agreement.

(e) Tax Reporting . All items of income, gain, expense and loss recognized in the Securities Account shall be reported to the Internal Revenue Service and all state and local taxing authorities under the name and taxpayer identification number of the Debtor.

Section 9. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Securities Intermediary . The Securities Intermediary hereby makes the following representations, warranties and covenants:

(a) The Securities Account has been established as set forth in Section 1 above and such Securities Account will be maintained in the manner set forth herein until termination of this Agreement; and

(b) This Agreement is the valid and legally binding obligation of the Securities Intermediary.

Section 10 Indemnification of Securities Intermediary . The Debtor and the Collateral Agent hereby agree that (a) the Securities Intermediary is released from any and all liabilities to the Debtor and the Collateral Agent arising from the terms of this Agreement and the compliance of the Securities Intermediary with the terms hereof, except to the extent that such liabilities arise from the Securities Intermediary’s negligence and (b) the Debtor, its successors and assigns shall at all times indemnify and save harmless the Securities Intermediary from and against any and all claims, actions and suits of others arising out of the terms of this Agreement or the compliance of the Securities Intermediary with the terms hereof, except to the extent that such arises from the Securities Intermediary’s negligence, and from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs, charges, counsel fees and other expenses of every nature and character arising by reason of the same, until the termination of this Agreement.

 

EXHIBIT C-3


Section 11. Successors; Assignment . The terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective corporate successors or heirs and personal representatives who obtain such rights solely by operation of law. The Collateral Agent may assign its rights hereunder only with the express written consent of the Securities Intermediary and by sending written notice of such assignment to the Debtor.

Section 12. Notices . Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and deemed to have been properly given when delivered in person, or when sent by telecopy or other electronic means and electronic confirmation of error free receipt is received or two (2) days after being sent by certified or registered United States mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the party at the address set forth below.

 

Debtor:   [Name and Address of Debtor]
  Attention: [                                          ]
  Telecopier: [                                          ]
Collateral Agent:   [Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P.
  c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
  30 Hudson Street, 17th Floor
  Jersey City, NJ 07302
  Attention: SBD Operations
  Attention: Pedro Ramirez
  Telecopier: (212) 357-4597
  Email and for delivery of final financial statements for posting:
  gsd.link@gs.com]
Securities Intermediary:   [Name and Address of Securities Intermediary]
  Attention: [                                          ]
  Telecopier: [                                          ]

Any party may change its address for notices in the manner set forth above.

Section 13. Termination. The obligations of the Securities Intermediary to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement shall continue in effect until the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Securities Account has been terminated pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement and the Collateral Agent has notified the Securities Intermediary of such termination in writing. The Collateral Agent agrees to provide Notice of Termination in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto to the Securities Intermediary upon the request of the Debtor on or after the termination of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Securities Account pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement. The termination of this Agreement shall not terminate the Securities Account or alter the obligations of the Securities Intermediary to the Debtor pursuant to any other agreement with respect to the Securities Account.

Section 14. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any party hereto may execute this Agreement by signing and delivering one or more counterparts.

 

EXHIBIT C-4


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Account Control Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

[DEBTOR],

as Debtor

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

[GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.],

as Collateral Agent

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

[NAME OF SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY],

as Securities Intermediary

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

EXHIBIT C-5


EXHIBIT A

TO SECURITIES ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT

[Letterhead of Collateral Agent]

[Date]

[Name and Address of Securities Intermediary]

Attention: [                                          ]

Re: Notice of Sole Control

Ladies and Gentlemen:

As referenced in the Securities Account Control Agreement dated as of [              ], 20[      ] among [Name of Debtor] (the “Debtor” ), you and the undersigned (a copy of which is attached), we hereby give you notice of our sole control over securities account number [                      ] (the “Securities Account” ) and all financial assets credited thereto. You are hereby instructed not to accept any direction, instructions or entitlement orders with respect to the Securities Account or the financial assets credited thereto from any person other than the undersigned, unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.

You are instructed to deliver a copy of this notice by facsimile transmission to the Debtor.

 

Very truly yours,

[GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.],

as Collateral Agent

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

cc: [Name of Debtor]

 

EXHIBIT C-6


EXHIBIT B

TO SECURITIES ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT

Permitted Investments

[TO COME]

 

EXHIBIT C-7


EXHIBIT C

TO SECURITIES ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT

[Letterhead of the Collateral Agent]

[Date]

[Name and Address of Securities Intermediary]

Attention: [                                          ]

Re: Termination of Securities Account Control Agreement

You are hereby notified that the Securities Account Control Agreement dated as of [              ], 20[      ] among you, [Name of Debtor] (the “Debtor” ) and the undersigned (a copy of which is attached) is terminated and you have no further obligations to the undersigned pursuant to such Agreement. Notwithstanding any previous instructions to you, you are hereby instructed to accept all future directions with respect to account number(s) [                      ] from the Debtor. This notice terminates any obligations you may have to the undersigned with respect to such account, however nothing contained in this notice shall alter any obligations which you may otherwise owe to the Debtor pursuant to any other agreement.

You are instructed to deliver a copy of this notice by facsimile transmission to the Debtor.

 

Very truly yours,

[GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.],

as Collateral Agent

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

EXHIBIT C-8


EXHIBIT D

TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

DEPOSIT ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT

This Deposit Account Control Agreement dated as of [              ], 20[      ] (this “Agreement” ) among Hologic, Inc. (the “Debtor” ), and Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (the “Collateral Agent” ) and [                      ], in its capacity as a “bank” as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC (in such capacity, the “Financial Institution” ). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated [as of the date hereof], between the Debtor, the other Grantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement” ). All references herein to the “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.

Section 1. Establishment of Deposit Account . The Financial Institution hereby confirms and agrees that:

(a) The Financial Institution has established account number [IDENTIFY ACCOUNT NUMBER] in the name “[IDENTIFY EXACT TITLE OF ACCOUNT]” (such account and any successor account, the “Deposit Account” ) and the Financial Institution shall not change the name or account number of the Deposit Account without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent and, prior to delivery of a Notice of Sole Control in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, the Debtor; and

(b) The Deposit Account is a “deposit account” within the meaning of Section 9-102(a)(29) of the UCC.

Section 2. Control of the Deposit Account . If at any time the Financial Institution shall receive any instructions originated by the Collateral Agent directing the disposition of funds in the Deposit Account, the Financial Institution shall comply with such instructions without further consent by the Debtor or any other person. The Financial Institution hereby acknowledges that it has received notice of the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Deposit Account and hereby acknowledges and consents to such lien. If the Debtor is otherwise entitled to issue instructions and such instructions conflict with any instructions issued the Collateral Agent, the Financial Institution shall follow the instructions issued by the Collateral Agent.

Section 3. Subordination of Lien; Waiver of Set-Off . In the event that the Financial Institution has or subsequently obtains by agreement, by operation of law or otherwise a security interest in the Deposit Account or any funds credited thereto, the Financial Institution hereby agrees that such security interest shall be subordinate to the security interest of the Collateral Agent. Money and other items credited to the Deposit Account will not be subject to deduction, set-off, banker’s lien, or any other right in favor of any person other than the Collateral Agent (except that the Financial Institution may set off (i) all amounts due to the Financial Institution in respect of customary fees and expenses for the routine maintenance and operation of the Deposit Account and (ii) the face amount of any checks which have been credited to such Deposit Account but are subsequently returned unpaid because of uncollected or insufficient funds).

Section 4. Choice of Law . This Agreement and the Deposit Account shall each be governed by the laws of the State of New York. Regardless of any provision in any other agreement, for purposes of the UCC, New York shall be deemed to be the Financial Institution’s jurisdiction (within the meaning of Section 9-304 of the UCC) and the Deposit Account shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

 

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Section 5. Conflict with Other Agreements .

(a) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail;

(b) No amendment or modification of this Agreement or waiver of any right hereunder shall be binding on any party hereto unless it is in writing and is signed by all of the parties hereto; and

(c) The Financial Institution hereby confirms and agrees that:

(i) There are no other agreements entered into between the Financial Institution and the Debtor with respect to the Deposit Account [other than                      ]; and

(ii) It has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement, will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating the Deposit Account and/or any funds credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with instructions originated by such persons as contemplated by Section 9-104 of the UCC.

Section 6. Adverse Claims . The Financial Institution does not know of any liens, claims or encumbrances relating to the Deposit Account. If any person asserts any lien, encumbrance or adverse claim (including any writ, garnishment, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process) against the Deposit Account, the Financial Institution will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and the Debtor thereof.

Section 7. Maintenance of Deposit Account . In addition to, and not in lieu of, the obligation of the Financial Institution to honor instructions as set forth in Section 2 hereof, the Financial Institution agrees to maintain the Deposit Account as follows:

(a) Notice of Sole Control . If at any time the Collateral Agent delivers to the Financial Institution a Notice of Sole Control in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, the Financial Institution agrees that after receipt of such notice, it will take all instruction with respect to the Deposit Account solely from the Collateral Agent.

(b) Statements and Confirmations . The Financial Institution will promptly send copies of all statements, confirmations and other correspondence concerning the Deposit Account simultaneously to each of the Debtor and the Collateral Agent at the address for each set forth in Section 11 of this Agreement; and

(c) Tax Reporting . All interest, if any, relating to the Deposit Account, shall be reported to the Internal Revenue Service and all state and local taxing authorities under the name and taxpayer identification number of the Debtor.

Section 8. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Financial Institution . The Financial Institution hereby makes the following representations, warranties and covenants:

(a) The Deposit Account has been established as set forth in Section 1 and such Deposit Account will be maintained in the manner set forth herein until termination of this Agreement; and

 

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(b) This Agreement is the valid and legally binding obligation of the Financial Institution.

Section 9. Indemnification of Financial Institution . The Debtor and the Collateral Agent hereby agree that (a) the Financial Institution is released from any and all liabilities to the Debtor and the Collateral Agent arising from the terms of this Agreement and the compliance of the Financial Institution with the terms hereof, except to the extent that such liabilities arise from the Financial Institution’s negligence and (b) the Debtor, its successors and assigns shall at all times indemnify and save harmless the Financial Institution from and against any and all claims, actions and suits of others arising out of the terms of this Agreement or the compliance of the Financial Institution with the terms hereof, except to the extent that such arises from the Financial Institution’s negligence, and from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs, charges, counsel fees and other expenses of every nature and character arising by reason of the same, until the termination of this Agreement.

Section 10. Successors; Assignment . The terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective corporate successors or heirs and personal representatives who obtain such rights solely by operation of law. The Collateral Agent may assign its rights hereunder only with the express written consent of the Financial Institution and by sending written notice of such assignment to the Debtor.

Section 11 Notices . Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and deemed to have been properly given when delivered in person, or when sent by telecopy or other electronic means and electronic confirmation of error free receipt is received or two (2) days after being sent by certified or registered United States mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the party at the address set forth below.

 

Debtor:   [Name and Address of Debtor]
  Attention: [                                          ]
  Telecopier: [                                          ]
Collateral Agent:   [Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P.
  c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
  30 Hudson Street, 17th Floor
  Jersey City, NJ 07302
  Attention: SBD Operations
  Attention: Pedro Ramirez
  Telecopier: (212) 357-4597
  Email and for delivery of final financial statements for posting:
  gsd.link@gs.com]
Financial Institution:   [Name and Address of Financial Institution]
  Attention: [                                          ]
  Telecopier: [                                          ]

Any party may change its address for notices in the manner set forth above.

 

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Section 12. Termination . The obligations of the Financial Institution to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement shall continue in effect until the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Deposit Account has been terminated pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement and the Collateral Agent has notified the Financial Institution of such termination in writing. The Collateral Agent agrees to provide Notice of Termination in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto to the Financial Institution upon the request of the Debtor on or after the termination of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Deposit Account pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement. The termination of this Agreement shall not terminate the Deposit Account or alter the obligations of the Financial Institution to the Debtor pursuant to any other agreement with respect to the Deposit Account.

Section 13. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any party hereto may execute this Agreement by signing and delivering one or more counterparts.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Deposit Account Control Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

[DEBTOR],

as Debtor

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

[GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.],

as Collateral Agent

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

[NAME OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTION],

as Financial Institution

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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EXHIBIT A

TO DEPOSIT ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT

[Letterhead of Collateral Agent]

[Date]

[Name and Address of Financial Institution]

Attention: [                                          ]

Re: Notice of Sole Control

Ladies and Gentlemen:

As referenced in the Deposit Account Control Agreement dated as of [              ], 20[      ] among [Name of Debtor] (the “Debtor” ), you and the undersigned (a copy of which is attached), we hereby give you notice of our sole control over deposit account number [                      ] (the “Deposit Account” ) and all financial assets credited thereto. You are hereby instructed not to accept any direction, instructions or entitlement orders with respect to the Deposit Account or the financial assets credited thereto from any person other than the undersigned, unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.

You are instructed to deliver a copy of this notice by facsimile transmission to the Debtor.

 

Very truly yours,

[GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.],

as Collateral Agent

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

cc: [Name of Debtor]

 

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EXHIBIT B

TO DEPOSIT ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT

[Letterhead of the Collateral Agent]

[Date]

[Name and Address of Financial Institution]

Attention: [                                          ]

Re: Termination of Deposit Account Control Agreement

You are hereby notified that the Deposit Account Control Agreement dated as of [              ], 20[      ] among [Name of Debtor] (the “Debtor” ), you and the undersigned (a copy of which is attached) is terminated and you have no further obligations to the undersigned pursuant to such Agreement. Notwithstanding any previous instructions to you, you are hereby instructed to accept all future directions with respect to account number(s) [                      ] from the Debtor. This notice terminates any obligations you may have to the undersigned with respect to such account, however nothing contained in this notice shall alter any obligations which you may otherwise owe to the Debtor pursuant to any other agreement.

You are instructed to deliver a copy of this notice by facsimile transmission to the Debtor.

 

Very truly yours,
[GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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Exhibit 10.3

RECORDING REQUESTED BY:

Latham & Watkins LLP

AND WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO:

Latham & Watkins LLP

885 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attn: Tamara Katz, Esq.

 

Re: HOLOGIC, INC.
Location:    36 Appleridge Road
Municipality:    Danbury
County:    Fairfield
State:    Connecticut

Space above this line for recorder’s use only

OPEN END MORTGAGE DEED, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES AND FIXTURE FILING

This OPEN END MORTGAGE DEED, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES AND FIXTURE FILING , dated as of October 22, 2007 (this “Mortgage” ), by and from HOLOGIC, INC. , a Delaware corporation ( “Mortgagor” ), with an address at 35 Crosby Drive, Bedford, MA 07130 to Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., as agent for Lenders and Lender Counterparties (in such capacity, “Mortgagee” ) with an address at 30 Hudson Street, 17th Floor, Jersey City, New Jersey, 07302.

RECITALS:

WHEREAS , reference is made to that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2007 (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement” ; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), by and among HOLOGIC, INC. ( “Borrower” ), certain Subsidiaries of Borrower, as Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. ( “GSCP” ) and BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, GSCP, as Administrative Agent (together with its permitted successors in such capacity, “Administrative Agent” ) and as Collateral Agent (together with its permitted successor in such capacity, “Collateral Agent” ), and CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., JPMORGAN SECURITIES INC., RBS CITIZENS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND FIFTH THIRD BANK, as Co-Documentation Agents (the “Co-Documentation Agents”, together with the Administrative Agent, Syndication Agent and the Collateral Agent, the “Agents”) and certain other Agents party to the Credit Agreement from time to time;

 

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WHEREAS , subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, Mortgagor may enter into one or more Hedge Agreements with one or more Lender Counterparties;

WHEREAS , in consideration of the extensions of credit and other accommodations of Lenders and Lender Counterparties as set forth in the Credit Agreement and the Hedge Agreements, respectively, Mortgagor has agreed, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each other Credit Document and each of the Hedge Agreements, to secure Mortgagor’s obligations under the Credit Documents and the Hedge Agreements as set forth herein; and

NOW , THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, Mortgagee and Mortgagor agree as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

1.1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein (including the recitals hereto) not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement. In addition, as used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“Indebtedness” means (i) with respect to Borrower, all obligations and liabilities of every nature of Borrower now or hereafter existing under or arising out of or in connection with the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents and any Hedge Agreement; and (ii) with respect to any other Mortgagor, all obligations and liabilities of every nature of such Mortgagor now or hereafter existing under or arising out of or in connection with any other Credit Document, in each case together with all extensions or renewals thereof, whether for principal, interest (including interest that, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to Borrower, would accrue on such obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed against Borrower for such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding), reimbursement of amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, payments for early termination of Hedge Agreements, fees, expenses, indemnities or otherwise, whether voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, created or incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are paid, to the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered directly or indirectly from Mortgagor, any Lender or Lender Counterparty as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise, and all obligations of every nature of Mortgagor now or hereafter existing under this Agreement. The Credit Agreement contains a revolving credit facility which permits the Borrower to borrow certain principal amounts, repay all or a portion of such principal amounts, and reborrow the amounts previously paid to the Administrative Agent or Lenders, all upon satisfaction of certain conditions stated in the Credit Agreement. This Mortgage secures all advances and re-advances under the revolving credit feature of the Credit Agreement.

“Mortgaged Property” means all of Mortgagor’s interest in (i) [the leasehold estate in] the real property described in Exhibit A [created by the Subject Lease (as defined below)], together with any greater or additional estate therein as hereafter may be acquired by Mortgagor (the “Land” ); [(ii) all assignments, modifications, extensions and renewals of the Subject Lease and all credits, deposits, options, privileges and rights of Mortgagor as tenant under the Subject Lease, including, but not limited to, rights of first refusal, if any, and the right, if any, to renew or extend the Subject Lease for a succeeding term or terms,] (iii) all improvements now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor, now or at any time situated, placed or constructed upon the Land subject to the Permitted Liens, (the “Improvements” ; the Land and Improvements are collectively referred to as the “Premises” ); (iv) all materials, supplies, equipment, apparatus and other items of personal property

 

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now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor and now or hereafter attached to, installed in or used in connection with any of the Improvements or the Land, and water, gas, electrical, telephone, storm and sanitary sewer facilities and all other utilities whether or not situated in easements (the “Fixtures” ); (v) all right, title and interest of Mortgagor in and to all goods, accounts, general intangibles, instruments, documents, chattel paper and all other personal property of any kind or character, including such items of personal property as defined in the UCC (defined below), now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor and now or hereafter affixed to, placed upon, used in connection with, arising from or otherwise related to the Premises (the “Personalty” ); (vi) all reserves, escrows or impounds required under the Credit Agreement and all deposit accounts maintained by Mortgagor with respect to the Mortgaged Property (the “Deposit Accounts” ); (vii) all leases, licenses, concessions, occupancy agreements or other agreements (written or oral, now or at any time in effect) which grant to any Person (other than Mortgagor) a possessory interest in, or the right to use, all or any part of the Mortgaged Property, together with all related security and other deposits subject to depositors rights and requirements of law (the “Leases” ); (viii) all of the rents, revenues, royalties, income, proceeds, profits, security and other types of deposits subject to depositors rights and requirements of law, and other benefits paid or payable by parties to the Leases for using, leasing, licensing possessing, operating from, residing in, selling or otherwise enjoying the Mortgaged Property (the “Rents” ), (ix) to the extent mortgageable or assignable all other agreements, such as construction contracts, architects’ agreements, engineers’ contracts, utility contracts, maintenance agreements, management agreements, service contracts, listing agreements, guaranties, warranties, permits, licenses, certificates and entitlements in any way relating to the construction, use, occupancy, operation, maintenance, enjoyment or ownership of the Mortgaged Property (the “Property Agreements” ); (x) to the extent mortgageable or assignable all rights, privileges, tenements, hereditaments, rights-of-way, easements, appendages and appurtenances appertaining to the foregoing; (xi) all property tax refunds payable to Mortgagor (the “Tax Refunds” ); (xii) all accessions, replacements and substitutions for any of the foregoing and all proceeds thereof (the “Proceeds” ); (xiii) all insurance policies, unearned premiums therefor and proceeds from such policies covering any of the above property now or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor (the “Insurance” ); and (xiv) all of Mortgagor’s right, title and interest in and to any awards, damages, remunerations, reimbursements, settlements or compensation heretofore made or hereafter to be made by any governmental authority pertaining to the Land, Improvements, Fixtures or Personalty (the “Condemnation Awards” ). As used in this Mortgage, the term “Mortgaged Property” shall mean all or, where the context permits or requires, any portion of the above or any interest therein.

“Obligations” means all of the agreements, covenants, conditions, warranties, representations and other obligations of Mortgagor (including, without limitation, the obligation to repay the Indebtedness, including any Incremental Facilities) under the Credit Agreement, any other Credit Documents or any of the Hedge Agreements.

“Subject Lease” means that certain Lease Agreement, dated August 28, 2002, pursuant to which Mortgagor leases all or a portion of the Land from BONE (DE) QRS 15-12, INC., a memorandum of which was recorded with the Danbury Land Records.

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of New York or, if the creation, perfection and enforcement of any security interest herein granted is governed by the laws of a state other than New York, then, as to the matter in question, the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in that state.

1.2. Interpretation. References to “Sections” shall be to Sections of this Mortgage unless otherwise specifically provided. Section headings in this Mortgage are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Mortgage for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect. The rules of construction set forth in Section 1.3 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this Mortgage mutatis mutandis. If any conflict or inconsistency exists between this Mortgage and the Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement shall govern.

 

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SECTION 2. GRANT

To secure the full and timely payment of the Indebtedness and the full and timely performance of the Obligations, Mortgagor MORTGAGES, GRANTS, BARGAINS, ASSIGNS, SELLS and CONVEYS, to Mortgagee WITH MORTGAGE COVENANTS UPON THE STATUTORY CONDITIONS, the Mortgaged Property, subject, however, to the Permitted Liens, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Mortgaged Property to Mortgagee, and Mortgagor does hereby bind itself, its successors and assigns to WARRANT AND FOREVER DEFEND the title to the Mortgaged Property unto Mortgagee for so long as any of the Obligations remain outstanding.

SECTION 3. WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS

3.1. Title. Mortgagor represents and warrants to Mortgagee that except for the Permitted Liens, (a) Mortgagor owns the Mortgaged Property free and clear of any liens, claims or interests, and (b) this Mortgage creates valid, enforceable first priority liens and security interests against the Mortgaged Property.

3.2. First Lien Status. Subject to Permitted Liens, Mortgagor shall preserve and protect the first lien and security interest status of this Mortgage and the other Credit Documents to the extent related to the Mortgaged Property. If any lien or security interest other than a Permitted Lien is asserted against the Mortgaged Property, Mortgagor shall promptly, and at its expense, (a) give Mortgagee a detailed written notice of such lien or security interest (including origin, amount and other terms), and (b) pay the underlying claim in full or take such other action so as to cause it to be released.

3.3. Payment and Performance. Mortgagor shall pay the Indebtedness when due under the Credit Documents and shall perform the Obligations in full when they are required to be performed as required under the Credit Documents, subject to any cure period provided for therein.

3.4. Replacement of Fixtures and Personalty. Mortgagor shall not, without the prior written consent of Mortgagee or as permitted under the Credit Agreement, permit any of the Fixtures or Personalty to be removed at any time from the Land or Improvements, unless the removed item is removed temporarily for maintenance and repair or, if removed permanently, is obsolete and is replaced by an article of equal or better suitability and value, owned by Mortgagor subject to the liens and security interests of this Mortgage and the other Credit Documents, and free and clear of any other lien or security interest except such as may be permitted under the Credit Agreement or first approved in writing by Mortgagee; provided that such consent is not required for inventory removed and not replaced when sold, leased, or when removed for marketing and demonstration purposes, or when otherwise removed pursuant to the ordinary course of business.

3.5. Inspection. Mortgagor shall permit Mortgagee, and Mortgagee’s agents, representatives and employees, upon reasonable prior notice to Mortgagor, [and in compliance with the Subject Lease,] to inspect the Mortgaged Property and all books and records of Mortgagor located thereon, and to conduct such environmental and engineering studies as [permitted by the Subject Lease and as] Mortgagee may reasonably require; provided, such inspections and studies shall not materially interfere with the use and operation of the Mortgaged Property.

 

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3.6. Covenants Running with the Land. All Obligations contained in this Mortgage are intended by Mortgagor and Mortgagee to be, and shall be construed as, covenants running with the Mortgaged Property. As used herein, “Mortgagor” shall refer to the party named in the first paragraph of this Mortgage and to any subsequent owner of all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property. All Persons who may have or acquire an interest in the Mortgaged Property shall be deemed to have notice of, and be bound by, the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents; however, no such party shall be entitled to any rights thereunder without the prior written consent of Mortgagee. In addition, all of the covenants of Mortgagor in any Credit Document party thereto are incorporated herein by reference and, together with covenants in this Section, shall be covenants running with the land.

3.7. Condemnation Awards and Insurance Proceeds. Mortgagor assigns all awards and compensation to which it is entitled for any condemnation or other taking, or any purchase in lieu thereof, to Mortgagee and authorizes Mortgagee to collect and receive such awards and compensation and to give proper receipts and acquittances therefor, subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement. Mortgagor assigns to Mortgagee all proceeds of any insurance policies insuring against loss or damage to the Mortgaged Property, subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement. Mortgagor authorizes Mortgagee to collect and receive such proceeds and authorizes and directs the issuer of each of such insurance policies to make payment for all such losses directly to Mortgagee, instead of to Mortgagor and Mortgagee jointly, subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement.

3.8. Change in Tax Law. Upon the enactment of or change in (including, without limitation, a change in interpretation of) any applicable law (i) deducting or allowing Mortgagor to deduct from the value of the Mortgaged Property for the purpose of taxation any lien or security interest thereon or (ii) subjecting Mortgagee or any of the Lenders to any tax or changing the basis of taxation of mortgages, deeds of trust, or other liens or debts secured thereby, or the manner of collection of such taxes, in each such case, so as to affect this Mortgage, the Indebtedness or Mortgagee, and the result is to increase the taxes imposed upon or the cost to Mortgagee of maintaining the Indebtedness, or to reduce the amount of any payments receivable hereunder, then, and in any such event, Mortgagor shall, on demand, pay to Mortgagee and the Lenders additional amounts to compensate for such increased costs or reduced amounts, provided that if any such payment or reimbursement shall be unlawful, or taxable to Mortgagee, or would constitute usury or render the Indebtedness wholly or partially usurious under applicable law, then Mortgagor shall pay or reimburse Mortgagee or the Lenders for payment of the lawful and non-usurious portion thereof.

3.9. Mortgage Tax. Mortgagor shall (i) pay when due any tax imposed upon it or upon Mortgagee or any Lender pursuant to the tax law of the state in which the Mortgaged Property is located in connection with the execution, delivery and recordation of this Mortgage and any of the other Credit Documents, and (ii) prepare, execute and file any form required to be prepared, executed and filed in connection therewith.

3.10. Reduction Of Secured Amount. In the event that the amount secured by the Mortgage is less than the Indebtedness, then the amount secured shall be reduced only by the last and final sums that Mortgagor [or Borrower] repays with respect to the Indebtedness and shall not be reduced by any intervening repayments of the Indebtedness unless arising from the Mortgaged Property. So long as the balance of the Indebtedness exceeds the amount secured, any payments of the Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be applied against, or to reduce, the portion of the Indebtedness secured by this Mortgage. Such payments shall instead be deemed to reduce only such portions of the Indebtedness as are secured by other collateral located outside of the state in which the Mortgaged Property is located or as are unsecured.

 

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3.11. Certain Leasehold Representations, Warranties and Covenants.

3.11.1. Mortgagor represents and warrants to Mortgagee that, as of the date hereof, (a) the Subject Lease is unmodified and in full force and effect, except as modifications are permitted hereby or under the Credit Documents, (b) all rent and other charges therein have been paid to the extent they are payable to the date hereof, except to the extent failure to pay them would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) Mortgagor enjoys the quiet and peaceful possession of the property demised thereby, , except to the extent it would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (d) Mortgagor is not in default under any of the terms thereof and there are no circumstances which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, would constitute an event of default thereunder, , except to the extent it would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (e) to the knowledge of an Authorized Officer of the Mortgagor, the lessor thereunder is not in default under any of the terms or provisions thereof on the part of the lessor to be observed or performed (but this statement is made for the benefit of and may only be relied upon by Mortgagee and Lenders), except to the extent it would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Mortgagor shall promptly pay, when due and payable, the rent and other charges payable pursuant to the Subject Lease, and will timely perform and observe all of the other terms, covenants and conditions required to be performed and observed by Mortgagor as lessee under the Subject Lease, except to the extent it would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Mortgagor shall notify Mortgagee in writing of any default by Mortgagor in the performance or observance of any terms, covenants or conditions on the part of Mortgagor to be performed or observed under the Subject Lease within ten (10) days after an Authorized Officer of Mortgagor obtains actual knowledge of such default. Mortgagor shall, promptly following the receipt thereof, deliver a copy of any notice of default given to Mortgagor by the lessor pursuant to the Subject Lease and promptly notify Mortgagee in writing of any default by the lessor, or which an Authorized Officer of Mortgagor has actual knowledge, in the performance or observance of any of the material terms, covenants or conditions on the part of the lessor to be performed or observed thereunder. Unless required under the terms of the Subject Lease, except as set forth in the Credit Agreement, Mortgagor shall not, without the prior written consent of Mortgagee (which may be granted or withheld in Mortgagee’s sole and absolute discretion) (i) terminate or surrender the Subject Lease or (ii) enter into any modification of the Subject Lease which materially impairs the practical realization of the security interest granted by this Mortgage, and any such attempted termination, modification or surrender without Mortgagee’s written consent shall be void. Mortgagor shall, within thirty (30) days after written request from Mortgagee, use reasonable efforts to obtain from the lessor and deliver to Mortgagee a certificate setting forth the name of the tenant thereunder and stating that the Subject Lease is in full force and effect, is unmodified or, if the Subject Lease has been modified, the date of each modification (together with copies of each such modification), that no notice of termination thereon has been served on Mortgagor, stating that to the best of Mortgagor’s knowledge, no default or event which with notice or lapse of time (or both) would become a default is existing under the Subject Lease, except to the extent it would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, stating the date to which rent has been paid, and specifying the nature of any defaults, if any, and containing such other statements and representations as may be reasonably requested by Mortgagee.

3.11.2. So long as any of the Indebtedness or the Obligations remain unpaid or unperformed, the fee title to and the leasehold estate in the premises subject to each Subject Lease shall not merge but shall always be kept separate and distinct notwithstanding the union of such estates in the lessor or Mortgagor, or in a third party, by purchase or otherwise. If Mortgagor acquires the fee title or any other estate, title or interest in the property demised by the Subject Lease, or any part thereof, the lien of this Mortgage shall attach to, cover and be a lien upon such acquired estate, title or interest and the same shall thereupon be and become a part of the Mortgaged Property with the

 

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same force and effect as if specifically encumbered herein. Mortgagor agrees to execute all instruments and documents that Mortgagee may reasonably require to ratify, confirm and further evidence the lien of this Mortgage on the acquired estate, title or interest. Furthermore, Mortgagor hereby appoints Mortgagee as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact to execute and deliver, following an Event of Default, all such instruments and documents in the name and on behalf of Mortgagor. This power, being coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable as long as any portion of the Indebtedness remains unpaid.

3.11.3. If the Subject Lease shall be terminated prior to the natural expiration of its term due to default by Mortgagor or any tenant thereunder, and if, pursuant to the provisions of the Subject Lease, Mortgagee or its designee shall acquire from the lessor a new lease of the premises subject to the Subject Lease, Mortgagor shall have no right, title or interest in or to such new lease or the leasehold estate created thereby, or renewal privileges therein contained.

3.11.4. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Mortgage shall not constitute an assignment of any Subject Lease within the meaning of any provision thereof prohibiting its assignment and Mortgagee shall have no liability or obligation thereunder by reason of its acceptance of this Mortgage. Mortgagee shall be liable for the obligations of the tenant arising out of any Subject Lease for only that period of time for which Mortgagee is in possession of the premises demised thereunder or has acquired, by foreclosure or otherwise, and is holding all of Mortgagor’s right, title and interest therein.

SECTION 4. DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE

4.1. Remedies. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Mortgagee may, at Mortgagee’s election, exercise any or all of the following rights, remedies and recourses: (a) declare the Indebtedness to be immediately due and payable, without further notice, presentment, protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, demand or action of any nature whatsoever (each of which hereby is expressly waived by Mortgagor), whereupon the same shall become immediately due and payable; (b) enter the Mortgaged Property and take exclusive possession thereof and of all books, records and accounts relating thereto or located thereon. If Mortgagor remains in possession of the Mortgaged Property after an Event of Default and without Mortgagee’s prior written consent, Mortgagee may invoke any legal remedies to dispossess Mortgagor; (c) hold, lease, develop, manage, operate or otherwise use the Mortgaged Property upon such terms and conditions as Mortgagee may deem reasonable under the circumstances (making such repairs, alterations, additions and improvements and taking other actions, from time to time, as Mortgagee deems necessary or desirable), and apply all Rents and other amounts collected by Mortgagee in connection therewith in accordance with the provisions hereof; (d) institute proceedings for the complete foreclosure of this Mortgage, either by judicial action or by power of sale, to the extent permitted by law, in which case the Mortgaged Property may be sold for cash or credit in one or more parcels. With respect to any notices required or permitted under the UCC, Mortgagor agrees that ten (10) days’ prior written notice shall be deemed commercially reasonable. At any such sale by virtue of any judicial proceedings, power of sale, or any other legal right, remedy or recourse, the title to and right of possession of any such property shall pass to the purchaser thereof, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, Mortgagor shall be completely and irrevocably divested of all of its right, title, interest, claim, equity, equity of redemption, and demand whatsoever, either at law or in equity, in and to the property sold and such sale shall be a perpetual bar both at law and in equity against Mortgagor, and against all other Persons claiming or to claim the property sold or any part thereof, by, through or under Mortgagor. Mortgagee or any of the Lenders may be a purchaser at such sale and if Mortgagee is the highest bidder, Mortgagee shall credit the portion of the purchase price that would be distributed to

 

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Mortgagee against the Indebtedness in lieu of paying cash. In the event this Mortgage is foreclosed by judicial action, appraisement of the Mortgaged Property is waived; (e) make application to a court of competent jurisdiction for, and obtain from such court as a matter of strict right and without notice to Mortgagor or regard to the adequacy of the Mortgaged Property for the repayment of the Indebtedness, the appointment of a receiver of the Mortgaged Property, and Mortgagor irrevocably consents to such appointment. Any such receiver shall have all the usual powers and duties of receivers in similar cases, including the full power to rent, maintain and otherwise operate the Mortgaged Property upon such terms as may be approved by the court, and shall apply such Rents in accordance with the provisions hereof; and/or (f) exercise all other rights, remedies and recourses granted under the Credit Documents or otherwise available at law or in equity.

4.2. Separate Sales. The Mortgaged Property may be sold in one or more parcels and in such manner and order as Mortgagee in its commercially reasonable discretion may elect; the right of sale arising out of any Event of Default shall not be exhausted by any one or more sales.

4.3. Remedies Cumulative, Concurrent and Nonexclusive. Mortgagee shall have all rights, remedies and recourses granted in the Credit Documents and available at law or equity (including the UCC), which rights (a) shall be cumulated and concurrent, (b) may be pursued separately, successively or concurrently against Mortgagor or others obligated under the Credit Documents, or against the Mortgaged Property, or against any one or more of them, at the sole discretion of Mortgagee or the Lenders, (c) may be exercised as often as occasion therefor shall arise, and the exercise or failure to exercise any of them shall not be construed as a waiver or release thereof or of any other right, remedy or recourse, and (d) are intended to be, and shall be, nonexclusive. No action by Mortgagee or the Lenders in the enforcement of any rights, remedies or recourses under the Credit Documents or otherwise at law or equity shall be deemed to cure any Event of Default.

4.4. Release of and Resort to Collateral. Mortgagee may release, regardless of consideration and without the necessity for any notice to or consent by the holder of any subordinate lien on the Mortgaged Property, any part of the Mortgaged Property without, as to the remainder, in any way impairing, affecting, subordinating or releasing the lien or security interest created in or evidenced by the Credit Documents or their status as a first and prior lien and security interest in and to the Mortgaged Property. For payment of the Indebtedness, Mortgagee may resort to any other security in such order and manner as Mortgagee may elect.

4.5. Waiver of Redemption, Notice and Marshalling of Assets. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Mortgagor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives and releases (a) all benefit that might accrue to Mortgagor by virtue of any present or future statute of limitations or law or judicial decision exempting the Mortgaged Property from attachment, levy or sale on execution or providing for any stay of execution, exemption from civil process, redemption or extension of time for payment; (b) unless otherwise required under the Credit Documents, all notices of any Event of Default or of Mortgagee’s election to exercise or the actual exercise of any right, remedy or recourse provided for under the Credit Documents; and (c) any right to a marshalling of assets or a sale in inverse order of alienation.

4.6. Discontinuance of Proceedings. If Mortgagee or the Lenders shall have proceeded to invoke any right, remedy or recourse permitted under the Credit Documents and shall thereafter elect to discontinue or abandon it for any reason, Mortgagee or the Lenders shall have the unqualified right to do so and, in such an event, Mortgagor and Mortgagee or the Lenders shall be restored to their former positions with respect to the Indebtedness, the Obligations, the Credit Documents, the Mortgaged Property and otherwise, and the rights, remedies, recourses and powers of Mortgagee or the Lenders shall continue as if the right, remedy or recourse had never been invoked, but no such

 

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discontinuance or abandonment shall waive any Event of Default which may then exist or the right of Mortgagee or the Lenders thereafter to exercise any right, remedy or recourse under the Credit Documents for such Event of Default.

4.7. Application of Proceeds. The proceeds of any sale of, and the Rents and other amounts generated by the holding, leasing, management, operation or other use of the Mortgaged Property, shall be applied by Mortgagee (or the receiver, if one is appointed) in the following order unless otherwise required by applicable law: first, to the payment of the costs and expenses of taking possession of the Mortgaged Property and of holding, using, leasing, repairing, improving and selling the same, including, without limitation, (a) receiver’s fees and expenses, including the repayment of the amounts evidenced by any receiver’s certificates, (b) court costs, (c) reasonable attorneys’ and accountants’ fees and expenses, (d) costs of advertisement [, and (e) the payment of all rent and other charges under the Subject Lease]; second, to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the payment of all other Obligations for the ratable benefit (subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement) of the Lenders and the Lender Counterparties; and third, to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the payment to or upon the order of Mortgagor or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

4.8. Occupancy After Foreclosure. Any sale of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof will divest all right, title and interest of Mortgagor in and to the property sold. Subject to applicable law, any purchaser at a foreclosure sale will receive immediate possession of the property purchased. If Mortgagor retains possession of such property or any part thereof subsequent to such sale, Mortgagor will be considered a tenant at sufferance of the purchaser, and will, if Mortgagor remains in possession after demand to remove, be subject to eviction and removal, forcible or otherwise, with or without process of law.

4.9. Additional Advances and Disbursements; Costs of Enforcement. If any Event of Default exists, Mortgagee and each of the Lenders shall have the right, but not the obligation, to cure such Event of Default in the name and on behalf of Mortgagor in accordance with the Credit Agreement. All sums advanced and expenses incurred at any time by Mortgagee or any Lender under this Section, or otherwise under this Mortgage or any of the other Credit Documents or applicable law, shall bear interest from the date that such sum is advanced or expense incurred if not repaid within five (5) days after demand therefor, to and including the date of reimbursement, computed at the rate or rates at which interest is then computed on the Indebtedness, and all such sums, together with interest thereon, shall be secured by this Mortgage. Mortgagor shall pay all expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) of or incidental to the perfection and enforcement of this Mortgage and the other Credit Documents, or the enforcement, compromise or settlement of the Indebtedness or any claim under this Mortgage and the other Credit Documents, and for the curing thereof, or for defending or asserting the rights and claims of Mortgagee or the Lenders in respect thereof, by litigation or otherwise.

4.10. No Mortgagee in Possession. Neither the enforcement of any of the remedies under this Section other than the Mortgagee entering the Mortgaged Property and taking exclusive possession thereof, the assignment of the Rents and Leases under Section 5, the security interests under Section 6, nor any other remedies afforded to Mortgagee or the Lenders under the Credit Documents, at law or in equity shall cause Mortgagee or any Lender to be deemed or construed to be a mortgagee in possession of the Mortgaged Property, to obligate Mortgagee or any Lender to lease the Mortgaged Property or attempt to do so, or to take any action, incur any expense, or perform or discharge any obligation, duty or liability whatsoever under any of the Leases or otherwise.

 

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SECTION 5. ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES

5.1. Assignment. In furtherance of and in addition to the assignment made by Mortgagor herein, Mortgagor hereby absolutely and unconditionally assigns, sells, transfers and conveys to Mortgagee all of its right, title and interest in and to all Leases, whether now existing or hereafter entered into, and all of its right, title and interest in and to all Rents. This assignment is an absolute assignment and not an assignment for additional security only. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Mortgagor shall have a revocable license from Mortgagee to exercise all rights extended to the landlord under the Leases, including the right to receive and collect all Rents and to hold the Rents in trust for use in the payment and performance of the Obligations and to otherwise use the same. The foregoing license is granted subject to the conditional limitation that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, whether or not legal proceedings have commenced, and without regard to waste, adequacy of security for the Obligations or solvency of Mortgagor, the license herein granted shall automatically expire and terminate, without notice by Mortgagee (any such notice being hereby expressly waived by Mortgagor).

5.2. Perfection Upon Recordation. Mortgagor acknowledges that Mortgagee has taken all reasonable actions necessary to obtain, and that upon recordation of this Mortgage Mortgagee shall have, to the extent permitted under applicable law, a valid and fully perfected, first priority, present assignment of the Rents arising out of the Leases and all security for such Leases subject to the Permitted Liens and in the case of security deposits, rights of depositors and requirements of law. Mortgagor acknowledges and agrees that upon recordation of this Mortgage, Mortgagee’s interest in the Rents shall be deemed to be fully perfected, “choate” and enforced as to Mortgagor and all third parties, including, without limitation, any subsequently appointed trustee in any case under Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code” ), without the necessity of commencing a foreclosure action with respect to this Mortgage, making formal demand for the Rents, obtaining the appointment of a receiver or taking any other affirmative action.

5.3. Bankruptcy Provisions. Without limitation of the absolute nature of the assignment of the Rents hereunder, Mortgagor and Mortgagee agree that (a) this Mortgage shall constitute a “security agreement” for purposes of Section 552(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) the security interest created by this Mortgage extends to property of Mortgagor acquired before the commencement of a case in bankruptcy and to all amounts paid as Rents, and (c) such security interest shall extend to all Rents acquired by the estate after the commencement of any case in bankruptcy.

SECTION 6. SECURITY AGREEMENT

6.1. Security Interest. This Mortgage constitutes a “security agreement” on personal property within the meaning of the UCC and other applicable law and with respect to the Personalty, Fixtures, Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Awards. To this end, Mortgagor grants to Mortgagee a first and prior security interest in the Personalty, Fixtures, Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance, Condemnation Awards and all other Mortgaged Property which is personal property to secure the payment of the Indebtedness and performance of the Obligations subject to the Permitted Liens, and agrees that Mortgagee shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC with respect to such property. Any notice of sale, disposition or other intended action by Mortgagee with respect to the Personalty, Fixtures, Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Awards sent to Mortgagor at least ten (10) days prior to any action under the UCC shall constitute reasonable notice to Mortgagor.

 

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6.2. Financing Statements. Mortgagor shall execute and deliver to Mortgagee, in form and substance satisfactory to Mortgagee, such financing statements and such further assurances as Mortgagee may, from time to time, reasonably consider necessary to create, perfect and preserve Mortgagee’s security interest hereunder and Mortgagee may cause such statements and assurances to be recorded and filed, at such times and places as may be required or permitted by law to so create, perfect and preserve such security interest. Mortgagor’s chief executive office is at the address set forth on Appendix B to the Credit Agreement.

6.3. Fixture Filing. This Mortgage shall also constitute a “fixture filing” for the purposes of the UCC against all of the Mortgaged Property which is or is to become fixtures. Information concerning the security interest herein granted may be obtained at the addresses of Debtor (Mortgagor) and Secured Party (Mortgagee) as set forth in the first paragraph of this Mortgage.

SECTION 7. ATTORNEY-IN-FACT

Mortgagor hereby irrevocably appoints Mortgagee and its successors and assigns as its attorney-in-fact, which agency is coupled with an interest and with full power of substitution, (a) to execute and/or record any notices of completion, cessation of labor or any other notices that Mortgagee deems appropriate to protect Mortgagee’s interest, if Mortgagor shall fail to do so within ten (10) days after written request by Mortgagee, (b) upon the issuance of a deed pursuant to the foreclosure of this Mortgage or the delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, to execute all instruments of assignment, conveyance or further assurance with respect to the Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Fixtures, Personalty, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Awards in favor of the grantee of any such deed and as may be necessary or desirable for such purpose, (c) to prepare, execute and file or record financing statements, continuation statements, applications for registration and like papers necessary to create, perfect or preserve Mortgagee’s security interests and rights in or to any of the Mortgaged Property, and (d) while any Event of Default exists, to perform any obligation of Mortgagor hereunder; provided, (i) Mortgagee shall not under any circumstances be obligated to perform any obligation of Mortgagor; (ii) any sums advanced by Mortgagee in such performance shall be added to and included in the Indebtedness and shall bear interest at the rate or rates at which interest is then computed on the Indebtedness provided that from the date incurred said advance is not repaid within five (5) days demand therefor; (iii) Mortgagee as such attorney-in-fact shall only be accountable for such funds as are actually received by Mortgagee; and (iv) Mortgagee shall not be liable to Mortgagor or any other person or entity for any failure to take any action which it is empowered to take under this Section.

SECTION 8. MORTGAGEE AS AGENT

Mortgagee has been appointed to act as Mortgagee hereunder by Lenders and, by their acceptance of the benefits hereof, Lender Counterparties. Mortgagee shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including the release or substitution of Mortgaged Property), solely in accordance with this Mortgage and the Credit Agreement; provided, Mortgagee shall exercise, or refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for herein in accordance with the instructions of (a) Requisite Lenders, or (b) after payment in full of all Obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, the holders of a majority of the aggregate notional

 

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amount (or, with respect to any Hedge Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) under such Hedge Agreement) under all Hedge Agreements (Requisite Lenders or, if applicable, such holders being referred to herein as “Requisite Obligees” ). In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Lender Counterparty, by its acceptance of the benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Mortgaged Property, it being understood and agreed by such Lender Counterparty that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by Mortgagee for the benefit of Lenders and Lender Counterparties in accordance with the terms of this Section. Mortgagee shall at all times be the same Person that is Collateral Agent under the Credit Agreement. Written notice of resignation by Collateral Agent pursuant to terms of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute notice of resignation as Mortgagee under this Agreement; removal of Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute removal as Mortgagee under this Agreement; and appointment of a successor Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute appointment of a successor Mortgagee under this Agreement. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent under the terms of the Credit Agreement by a successor Collateral Agent, that successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Mortgagee under this Agreement, and the retiring or removed Mortgagee under this Agreement shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Mortgagee all sums, securities and other items of Mortgaged Property held hereunder, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Mortgagee under this Mortgage, and (ii) execute and deliver to such successor Mortgagee such amendments to financing statements, and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Mortgagee of the security interests created hereunder, whereupon such retiring or removed Mortgagee shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Mortgage thereafter accruing. After any retiring or removed Collateral Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Mortgagee, the provisions of this Mortgage shall continue to enure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it under this Mortgage while it was Mortgagee hereunder.

SECTION 9. LOCAL LAW PROVISIONS

9.1. Maturity Date. The Note and other obligations secured by this Mortgage have an initial maturity date (the “ Anniversary Date ”) eighteen (18) months from the date hereof and may, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Financing Agreement, be extended for one year periods from Anniversary Date to Anniversary Date (any such date of termination, but in no event longer than five (5) years and six (6) months from the date hereof, the “ Maturity Date ”). In the event Mortgagor extends the term of the Note beyond the Anniversary Date in accordance with the terms of the Financing Agreement, there shall be no requirement that either Mortgagor or Mortgagee record notice of such extension on the Land Record.

9.2. Revolving Loan. This mortgage secures a Commercial Revolving Loan as defined in Section 49-2(c) of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, in the principal amount of up to Five Billion One Hundred Million and 00/100 dollars ($5,100,000,000) in the aggregate to be outstanding at any time, pursuant to the Financing Agreement whereby the Grantee will make loans or advances to the Grantor on a revolving basis, which loans may be advanced, repaid and reborrowed from time to time at an interest rate set forth in the Financing Agreement, which loans or advances shall be evidenced by the Note or by the books and records of the Grantee.

 

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9.3. Prejudgment Remedy Waiver. The Mortgagor represents, warrants and acknowledges that the transaction of which this Mortgage is a part is a commercial transaction and not a consumer transaction. Monies now or in the future to be advanced to or on behalf of Mortgagor are not and will not be used for personal family or household purposes.

MORTGAGOR ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS THE RIGHT UNDER CHAPTER 903a OF THE CONNECTICUT GENERAL STATUTES, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS, TO NOTICE OF AND HEARING ON THE RIGHT OF THE LENDER TO OBTAIN A PREJUDGMENT REMEDY, SUCH AS ATTACHMENT, GARNISHMENT OR REPLEVIN, UPON COMMENCING ANY LITIGATION AGAINST MORTGAGOR. NOTWITHSTANDING SUCH RIGHT, MORTGAGOR HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO NOTICE, JUDICIAL HEARING OR PRIOR COURT ORDER TO WHICH IT MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE THE RIGHT UNDER SAID STATUTE OR UNDER ANY OTHER STATE OR FEDERAL STATUTE OR CONSTITUTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE OBTAINING BY MORTGAGEE OF ANY PREJUDGMENT REMEDY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MORTGAGE. MORTGAGOR FURTHER CONSENTS TO THE ISSUANCE OF ANY PREJUDGMENT REMEDIES WITHOUT A BOND AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST OR FILE MOTIONS SEEKING TO REQUIRE THE POSTING OF A BOND OR ANY SIMILAR DEVISE IN CONNECTION WITH MORTGAGEE’S EXERCISE OF ANY PREJUDGMENT REMEDY. MORTGAGOR ALSO WAIVES ANY AND ALL OBJECTION WHICH IT MIGHT OTHERWISE ASSERT, NOW OR IN THE FUTURE, TO THE EXERCISE OR USE BY MORTGAGEE OF ANY RIGHT OF SETOFF, REPOSSESSION OR SELF HELP AS MAY PRESENTLY EXIST UNDER STATUTE OR COMMON LAW.

Mortgagee is specifically permitted, as its option and in its discretion, to make additional loans and future advances under this Mortgage as contemplated by Section 49-2(a) and (b) of the Connecticut General Statutes, and shall have all rights, powers and protections allowed thereunder. Each and every such loan or advance shall be secured by this Mortgage equally with, and with the same priority as, the original indebtedness secured hereby; provided, however, that (i) no advance shall cause the principal amount of the Obligations secured hereby to exceed the amount set forth above; and (ii) the time of repayment thereof shall not exceed the maturity of the original Indebtedness secured hereby as stated above.

The Revolving Loans secured by the Mortgage is a variable interest rate loan as more particularly described in the Financing Agreement and the Note but changes in the interest rate will not affect the maximum term of the Revolving Loans or the Maturity Date.

This Mortgage is made upon THE STATUTORY CONDITIONS. If the Revolving Loans and all other obligations shall be fully paid in accordance with its terms and if all of the covenants and agreements of Mortgagor under the Note, this Mortgage, the Financing Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be fully and faithfully performed, observed and complied with, and if the Financing Agreement shall be terminated as it relates to the Mortgaged Property as shall be evidenced by a release of this Mortgage duly executed by Mortgagee and recorded in the Land Records, then this Mortgage shall be void but otherwise it shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS

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any Lender or any Lender Counterparty in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Credit Document or Hedge Agreement 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. All rights and remedies existing under this Mortgage, the other Credit Documents and the Hedge Agreements are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies otherwise available. In case any provision in or obligation under this Mortgage 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. 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. This Mortgage shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Mortgagee and Mortgagor and their respective successors and assigns. Except as permitted in the Credit Agreement, Mortgagor shall not, without the prior written consent of Mortgagee, assign any rights, duties or obligations hereunder. Upon payment in full of the Indebtedness and performance in full of the Obligations, or upon prepayment of a portion of the Indebtedness equal to the Net Asset Sale Proceeds for the Mortgaged Property in connection with a permitted Asset Sale, subject to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement, Mortgagee, at Mortgagor’s expense, shall release the liens and security interests created by this Mortgage or reconvey the Mortgaged Property to Mortgagor or, at the request of Mortgagor, assign this Mortgage without recourse. This Mortgage and the other Credit Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding between Mortgagee and Mortgagor and supersede all prior agreements and understandings between such parties relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. Accordingly, the Credit Documents may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent oral agreements of the parties. There are no unwritten oral agreements between the parties.

THE PROVISIONS OF THIS MORTGAGE REGARDING THE CREATION, PERFECTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE LIENS AND SECURITY INTERESTS HEREIN GRANTED SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE IN WHICH THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY IS LOCATED. ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS MORTGAGE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF MORTGAGOR AND MORTGAGEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF (OTHER THAN NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, SECTION 5-1401).

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Mortgagor has on the date set forth in the acknowledgment hereto, effective as of the date first above written, caused this instrument to be duly executed and delivered by authority duly given.

 

WITNESS:     HOLOGIC, INC., a Delaware corporation

/s/ Shivani Kaul

    By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name Shivani Kaul     Name:   Glenn P. Muir
    Title:   Executive Vice President Finance and Administration

/s/ Christopher O. Dunham

     
Name Christopher O. Dunham      

 

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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

Suffolk, ss.

On this 18 th day of October, 2007, before me, the undersigned notary public, personally appeared Glenn P. Muir, proved to me through satisfactory evidence of identification, which was a MA drivers license, to be the person whose name is signed on the preceding or attached document, and acknowledged to me that he signed it voluntarily for its stated purpose, as Executive Vice President Finance and Administration for Hologic, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

/s/ Phyllis Thomas
Notary Public
My commission expires: 1/9/09

 

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36 Appleridge Road, Danbury, CT Leasehold Mortgage


EXHIBIT A TO

MORTGAGE

Legal Description of Premises : 36 Apple Ridge Way, Danbury, CT

Real property in the City of Danbury, County of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, described as follows:

(See attached)

 

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Parcel 1:

A certain piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, located in the Town of Danbury, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, more particularly bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point on the easterly highway line of Ye Old Road at the northwesterly corner of the herein described parcel, thence running in an easterly, southerly and easterly direction along the southerly boundary line of land now or formerly of Seymour R. Powers, Trustee, et als (Parcel “Br”) the following courses and distances.

N 70° 54’ 11” E 320.000’

S 19° 05’ 49” E 69.445’

N 72° 28’ 55” E 93.118’

To a point on the westerly highway line of Apple Ridge Road (property of Seymour R. Powers, Trustee, et als) and the northeasterly corner of the herein described parcel, thence running along said westerly highway line the following courses and distances:

S 20° 05’ 04” E 111.00’

Thence along a curve to the left with a central angle of 87 ° 00’ 19”, a radius of 365.00’ and an arc length of 554.263’ to a point, thence turning and running in a southerly direction along land of Seymour R. Powers, Trustee, et als on a course bearing S 17° 05’ 23” E a distance of 91.332’ to a point on the northerly boundary line of land now or formerly of Mary A. Fairwell, thence turning and running along the northerly and westerly boundary lines of said Mary A. Farwell the following courses and distances:

S 49° 44’ 28” W 611.97’

S 30° 30’ 08” E 135.00’

To a point on the northerly highway line of Ye Old Road, thence turning and running along the northerly and easterly highway lines of said Ye Old Road (an unimproved highway) the following courses and distances:

S 57° 15’ 16” W 170.10’

S 50° 48’ 11” W 37.62’

S 52° 15’ 10” W 78.01’

N 11° 49’ 23” W 36.98’

N 13° 35’ 48” W 109.08’

N 16° 35’ 03” W 201.38’

N 15° 44’ 38” W 264.38’

N 16° 19’ 21” W 186.64’

N 23° 48’ 32” W 32,66’

N 16° 56’ 54” W 234.849’

To the point of place of beginning. Said parcel contains 10.973 Acres and is more particularly shown and described on a map entitled “ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey, Plan of Land in City of Danbury, Connecticut, Prepared for Hologic, Inc.”, Dated August 21, 2002 Prepared by the BSC Group, Inc., Rohan Freeman, L.S. 70046.

Together with the perpetual right to pass and repass over, through, under and across the entire length and width of a certain roadway shown and designated as Apple Ridge Road on the above referenced map, for the purpose of egress and ingress and for the purpose of obtaining water, gas electric and telephone service and other utilities, and for the purpose of installing thereon and thereunder all improvements, equipment and appurtenances required for such services and for such ingress and egress, to the above described premises from the public highway known as Kenosia Avenue.

 

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Together with a perpetual drainage and sewer easement as set forth in a deed from Seymour R. Powers to Seymour R. Powers, Trustee dated September 5, 1989 and recorded September 17, 1989 in Volume 931, Page 1002 of the Danbury Land Records. Said easement was partially released by instrument dated May 8, 1996 and recorded in Book 1147, Page 1142 of the Danbury Land Records.

Together with the right to use, pass and repass for all purposes on, over, across and under the roadway known as Ye Old Road, Danbury, Connecticut.

Together with the provisions of a Road Maintenance Agreement with Thermotrex Corporation dated as of March 31, 1993 and recorded in Book 1045, Page 238 of the Danbury Land Records.

Together with a scenic view easement as set forth in (i) a warranty deed from Seymour R. Powers to Thermotrex Corporation dated March 26, 1993 and recorded April 1, 1993 in Book 1043, Page 819 of the Danbury Land Records; (ii) a warranty deed from Melvyn I. Powers to Thermotrex Corporation dated March 30, 1993 and receded April 1, 1993 in Book 1043, Page 826 of the Danbury Land Records; (iii) a trustee’s deed from Melvyn I. Powers and Union Trust Company, as trustees for Gary S. Kepniss, to Thermotrex Corporation dated March 30, 1993 and recorded April 1, 1993 in Book 1043, Page 833 of the Danbury Land Records; (iv) a warranty deed from Alice Powers to Thermotrex Corporation dated March 26, 1993 and recorded April 1, 1993 in Book 1043, Page 812 of the Danbury Land Records: (v) a trustee’s deed from Seymour R. Powers, as trustee of the Seymour R. Powers Revocable Trust Agreement to Thermotrex Corporation dated March 26, 1993 and recorded April 1, 1993 in Book 1043, Page 839 of the Danbury Land Records; and (vi) a quitclaim deed from Pow-Dan II Corporation to Thermotrex Corporation dated March 30, 1993 and recorded in Book 1043, Page 844 of the Danbury Land Records.

Together with two perpetual easements for the maintenance of sewer and/or water lines in favor of the City of Danbury dated July 16, 1985 and recorded August 7, 1985 in Volume 744 at Page 162 of the Danbury Land Records.

Together with a drainage and sewer easement as set forth in a Quit Claim Deed from Seymour R. Powers to Seymour R. Powers, Trustee for “Seymour R. Powers Revocable Trust Agreement” dated September 5, 1989 and recorded September 17, 1989 in Volume 931 at Page 1002 of the Danbury Land Records. Said easement was partially released by instrument dated May 8, 1996 and recorded in Volume 1147 at Page 1142 of the Danbury Land Records.

Together with an Easement Agreement in favor of The Southern New England Telephone Company dated April 11, 1986 and recorded April 29, 1986 in Volume 779 at Page 710 of the Danbury Land Records.

Together with Gas line easement in favor of The Connecticut Light and Power Company dated December 14, 1979 and recorded February 15, 1980 in Volume 635 at Page 472 of the Danbury Land Records.

Together, Gas line easement in favor of The Connecticut Light and Power Company dated October 15, 1984 and recorded December 5, 1984 in Volume 720 at Page 506 of the Danbury Land Records.

Parcel 2

A certain piece or parcel of land, with any buildings and improvements thereon, located in the Town of Danbury, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, which parcel contains 0.434 Acres more particularly shown and described on Map No. 10206 of the Danbury Land Records and is more particularly bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point on the easterly highway line of Ye Old Road at the southeasterly corner of the herein described parcel, thence running West S 78° 10’ 37” W a distance of 17.50’ to a point:

 

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Thence running N 13° 58’ 10” W a distance of 144.99’ to a point;

Thence running N 15° 22’ 00” W a distance of 57.18’ to a point;

Thence running N 15° 37’ 24” W a distance of 144.37’ to a point:

Thence running N 15° 01’ 25” W a distance of 75.46’ to a point;

Thence running N 16° 49’ 37” W a distance of 152.31’ to a point;

Thence running N 16° 28’ 35” W a distance of 222.57’ to a point:

Thence running N 19° 57’ 59” W a distance of 35.75’ to a point;

Thence running N 17° 28’ 32” W a distance of 231.51’ to a point; the last eight course running along land now or formerly of Wooster School Corp;

Thence running N 73° 03’ 06” E a distance of 18.95’ to a point; which point marks the northeasterly corner of the herein described parcel;

Thence running S 16° 56’ 54” E a distance of 234.849’ to a point:

Thence running S 23° 48’ 32” E a distance of 32.66’ to a point:

Thence running S 16° 19’ 21” E a distance of 186.64’ to a point;

Thence running S 15° 44’ 38” E a distance of 264.38’ to a point;

Thence running S 16° 35’ 03” E a distance of 201.38’ to a point;

Thence running S 13° 35’ 48” E a distance of 109.08’ to a point;

Thence running S 11° 49’ 23” E a distance of 36.98’ to the point and place of beginning; which last six courses are along Parcel 1 described herein.

 

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Exhibit 10.4

RECORDING REQUESTED BY:

Latham & Watkins LLP

AND WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO:

Latham & Watkins LLP

885 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attn: Tamara Katz, Esq.

 

Re:    HOLOGIC, INC.
Location:    37 Appleridge Road
Municipality:    Danbury
County:    Fairfield
State:    Connecticut

Space above this line for recorder’s use only

OPEN END MORTGAGE DEED, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES AND FIXTURE FILING

This OPEN END MORTGAGE DEED, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES AND FIXTURE FILING , dated as of October 22, 2007 (this “Mortgage” ), by and from HOLOGIC, INC. , a Delaware corporation ( “Mortgagor” ), with an address at 35 Crosby Drive, Bedford, MA 07130 to Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., as agent for Lenders and Lender Counterparties (in such capacity, “Mortgagee” ) with an address at 30 Hudson Street, 17th Floor, Jersey City, New Jersey, 07302.

RECITALS:

WHEREAS , reference is made to that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2007 (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement” ; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), by and among HOLOGIC, INC. ( “Borrower” ), certain Subsidiaries of Borrower, as Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. ( “GSCP” ) and BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, GSCP, as Administrative Agent (together with its permitted successors in such capacity, “Administrative Agent” ) and as Collateral Agent (together with its permitted successor in such capacity, “Collateral Agent” ), and CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., JPMORGAN SECURITIES INC., RBS CITIZENS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND FIFTH THIRD BANK, as Co-Documentation Agents (the “Co-Documentation Agents”, together with the Administrative Agent, Syndication Agent and the Collateral Agent, the “Agents”) and certain other Agents party to the Credit Agreement from time to time;

 

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WHEREAS , subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, Mortgagor may enter into one or more Hedge Agreements with one or more Lender Counterparties;

WHEREAS , in consideration of the extensions of credit and other accommodations of Lenders and Lender Counterparties as set forth in the Credit Agreement and the Hedge Agreements, respectively, Mortgagor has agreed, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each other Credit Document and each of the Hedge Agreements, to secure Mortgagor’s obligations under the Credit Documents and the Hedge Agreements as set forth herein; and

NOW , THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, Mortgagee and Mortgagor agree as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

1.1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein (including the recitals hereto) not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement. In addition, as used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“Indebtedness” means (i) with respect to Borrower, all obligations and liabilities of every nature of Borrower now or hereafter existing under or arising out of or in connection with the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents and any Hedge Agreement; and (ii) with respect to any other Mortgagor, all obligations and liabilities of every nature of such Mortgagor now or hereafter existing under or arising out of or in connection with any other Credit Document, in each case together with all extensions or renewals thereof, whether for principal, interest (including interest that, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to Borrower, would accrue on such obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed against Borrower for such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding), reimbursement of amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, payments for early termination of Hedge Agreements, fees, expenses, indemnities or otherwise, whether voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, created or incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are paid, to the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered directly or indirectly from Mortgagor, any Lender or Lender Counterparty as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise, and all obligations of every nature of Mortgagor now or hereafter existing under this Agreement. The Credit Agreement contains a revolving credit facility which permits the Borrower to borrow certain principal amounts, repay all or a portion of such principal amounts, and reborrow the amounts previously paid to the Administrative Agent or Lenders, all upon satisfaction of certain conditions stated in the Credit Agreement. This Mortgage secures all advances and re-advances under the revolving credit feature of the Credit Agreement.

“Mortgaged Property” means all of Mortgagor’s interest in (i) [the leasehold estate in] the real property described in Exhibit A [created by the Subject Lease (as defined below)], together with any greater or additional estate therein as hereafter may be acquired by Mortgagor (the “Land” ); [(ii) all assignments, modifications, extensions and renewals of the Subject Lease and all credits, deposits, options, privileges and rights of Mortgagor as tenant under the Subject Lease, including, but not limited to, rights of first refusal, if any, and the right, if any, to renew or extend the Subject Lease for a succeeding term or terms,] (iii) all improvements now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor, now or at any time situated, placed or constructed upon the Land subject to the Permitted Liens, (the “Improvements” ; the Land and Improvements are collectively referred to as the “Premises” ); (iv) all materials, supplies, equipment, apparatus and other items of personal property

 

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now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor and now or hereafter attached to, installed in or used in connection with any of the Improvements or the Land, and water, gas, electrical, telephone, storm and sanitary sewer facilities and all other utilities whether or not situated in easements (the “Fixtures” ); (v) all right, title and interest of Mortgagor in and to all goods, accounts, general intangibles, instruments, documents, chattel paper and all other personal property of any kind or character, including such items of personal property as defined in the UCC (defined below), now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor and now or hereafter affixed to, placed upon, used in connection with, arising from or otherwise related to the Premises (the “Personalty” ); (vi) all reserves, escrows or impounds required under the Credit Agreement and all deposit accounts maintained by Mortgagor with respect to the Mortgaged Property (the “Deposit Accounts” ); (vii) all leases, licenses, concessions, occupancy agreements or other agreements (written or oral, now or at any time in effect) which grant to any Person (other than Mortgagor) a possessory interest in, or the right to use, all or any part of the Mortgaged Property, together with all related security and other deposits subject to depositors rights and requirements of law (the “Leases” ); (viii) all of the rents, revenues, royalties, income, proceeds, profits, security and other types of deposits subject to depositors rights and requirements of law, and other benefits paid or payable by parties to the Leases for using, leasing, licensing possessing, operating from, residing in, selling or otherwise enjoying the Mortgaged Property (the “Rents” ), (ix) to the extent mortgageable or assignable all other agreements, such as construction contracts, architects’ agreements, engineers’ contracts, utility contracts, maintenance agreements, management agreements, service contracts, listing agreements, guaranties, warranties, permits, licenses, certificates and entitlements in any way relating to the construction, use, occupancy, operation, maintenance, enjoyment or ownership of the Mortgaged Property (the “Property Agreements” ); (x) to the extent mortgageable or assignable all rights, privileges, tenements, hereditaments, rights-of-way, easements, appendages and appurtenances appertaining to the foregoing; (xi) all property tax refunds payable to Mortgagor (the “Tax Refunds” ); (xii) all accessions, replacements and substitutions for any of the foregoing and all proceeds thereof (the “Proceeds” ); (xiii) all insurance policies, unearned premiums therefor and proceeds from such policies covering any of the above property now or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor (the “Insurance” ); and (xiv) all of Mortgagor’s right, title and interest in and to any awards, damages, remunerations, reimbursements, settlements or compensation heretofore made or hereafter to be made by any governmental authority pertaining to the Land, Improvements, Fixtures or Personalty (the “Condemnation Awards” ). As used in this Mortgage, the term “Mortgaged Property” shall mean all or, where the context permits or requires, any portion of the above or any interest therein.

“Obligations” means all of the agreements, covenants, conditions, warranties, representations and other obligations of Mortgagor (including, without limitation, the obligation to repay the Indebtedness, including any Incremental Facilities) under the Credit Agreement, any other Credit Documents or any of the Hedge Agreements.

“Subject Lease” means that certain Agreement of Lease, dated December 26, 1995, as same has been assigned and/or amended from time to time, pursuant to which Mortgagor leases all or a portion of the Land from Commerce Park Realty, LLC, successor-in-interest to Melvyn J. Powers and Mary P. Powers d/b/a M&M Realty Realty, a Notice of Lease of which was recorded with the Danbury Land Records.

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of New York or, if the creation, perfection and enforcement of any security interest herein granted is governed by the laws of a state other than New York, then, as to the matter in question, the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in that state.

1.2. Interpretation. References to “Sections” shall be to Sections of this Mortgage unless otherwise specifically provided. Section headings in this Mortgage are included herein for

 

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convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Mortgage for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect. The rules of construction set forth in Section 1.3 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this Mortgage mutatis mutandis. If any conflict or inconsistency exists between this Mortgage and the Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement shall govern.

SECTION 2. GRANT

To secure the full and timely payment of the Indebtedness and the full and timely performance of the Obligations, Mortgagor MORTGAGES, GRANTS, BARGAINS, ASSIGNS, SELLS and CONVEYS, to Mortgagee WITH MORTGAGE COVENANTS UPON THE STATUTORY CONDITIONS, the Mortgaged Property, subject, however, to the Permitted Liens, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Mortgaged Property to Mortgagee, and Mortgagor does hereby bind itself, its successors and assigns to WARRANT AND FOREVER DEFEND the title to the Mortgaged Property unto Mortgagee for so long as any of the Obligations remain outstanding.

SECTION 3. WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS

3.1. Title. Mortgagor represents and warrants to Mortgagee that except for the Permitted Liens, (a) Mortgagor owns the Mortgaged Property free and clear of any liens, claims or interests, and (b) this Mortgage creates valid, enforceable first priority liens and security interests against the Mortgaged Property.

3.2. First Lien Status. Subject to Permitted Liens, Mortgagor shall preserve and protect the first lien and security interest status of this Mortgage and the other Credit Documents to the extent related to the Mortgaged Property. If any lien or security interest other than a Permitted Lien is asserted against the Mortgaged Property, Mortgagor shall promptly, and at its expense, (a) give Mortgagee a detailed written notice of such lien or security interest (including origin, amount and other terms), and (b) pay the underlying claim in full or take such other action so as to cause it to be released.

3.3. Payment and Performance. Mortgagor shall pay the Indebtedness when due under the Credit Documents and shall perform the Obligations in full when they are required to be performed as required under the Credit Documents, subject to any cure period provided for therein.

3.4. Replacement of Fixtures and Personalty. Mortgagor shall not, without the prior written consent of Mortgagee or as permitted under the Credit Agreement, permit any of the Fixtures or Personalty to be removed at any time from the Land or Improvements, unless the removed item is removed temporarily for maintenance and repair or, if removed permanently, is obsolete and is replaced by an article of equal or better suitability and value, owned by Mortgagor subject to the liens and security interests of this Mortgage and the other Credit Documents, and free and clear of any other lien or security interest except such as may be permitted under the Credit Agreement or first approved in writing by Mortgagee; provided that such consent is not required for inventory removed and not replaced when sold, leased, or when removed for marketing and demonstration purposes, or when otherwise removed pursuant to the ordinary course of business.

3.5. Inspection. Mortgagor shall permit Mortgagee, and Mortgagee’s agents, representatives and employees, upon reasonable prior notice to Mortgagor, [and in compliance with the Subject Lease,] to inspect the Mortgaged Property and all books and records of Mortgagor located thereon, and to conduct such environmental and engineering studies as [permitted by the Subject Lease and as] Mortgagee may reasonably require; provided, such inspections and studies shall not materially interfere with the use and operation of the Mortgaged Property.

 

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3.6. Covenants Running with the Land. All Obligations contained in this Mortgage are intended by Mortgagor and Mortgagee to be, and shall be construed as, covenants running with the Mortgaged Property. As used herein, “Mortgagor” shall refer to the party named in the first paragraph of this Mortgage and to any subsequent owner of all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property. All Persons who may have or acquire an interest in the Mortgaged Property shall be deemed to have notice of, and be bound by, the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents; however, no such party shall be entitled to any rights thereunder without the prior written consent of Mortgagee. In addition, all of the covenants of Mortgagor in any Credit Document party thereto are incorporated herein by reference and, together with covenants in this Section, shall be covenants running with the land.

3.7. Condemnation Awards and Insurance Proceeds. Mortgagor assigns all awards and compensation to which it is entitled for any condemnation or other taking, or any purchase in lieu thereof, to Mortgagee and authorizes Mortgagee to collect and receive such awards and compensation and to give proper receipts and acquittances therefor, subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement. Mortgagor assigns to Mortgagee all proceeds of any insurance policies insuring against loss or damage to the Mortgaged Property, subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement. Mortgagor authorizes Mortgagee to collect and receive such proceeds and authorizes and directs the issuer of each of such insurance policies to make payment for all such losses directly to Mortgagee, instead of to Mortgagor and Mortgagee jointly, subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement.

3.8. Change in Tax Law. Upon the enactment of or change in (including, without limitation, a change in interpretation of) any applicable law (i) deducting or allowing Mortgagor to deduct from the value of the Mortgaged Property for the purpose of taxation any lien or security interest thereon or (ii) subjecting Mortgagee or any of the Lenders to any tax or changing the basis of taxation of mortgages, deeds of trust, or other liens or debts secured thereby, or the manner of collection of such taxes, in each such case, so as to affect this Mortgage, the Indebtedness or Mortgagee, and the result is to increase the taxes imposed upon or the cost to Mortgagee of maintaining the Indebtedness, or to reduce the amount of any payments receivable hereunder, then, and in any such event, Mortgagor shall, on demand, pay to Mortgagee and the Lenders additional amounts to compensate for such increased costs or reduced amounts, provided that if any such payment or reimbursement shall be unlawful, or taxable to Mortgagee, or would constitute usury or render the Indebtedness wholly or partially usurious under applicable law, then Mortgagor shall pay or reimburse Mortgagee or the Lenders for payment of the lawful and non-usurious portion thereof.

3.9. Mortgage Tax. Mortgagor shall (i) pay when due any tax imposed upon it or upon Mortgagee or any Lender pursuant to the tax law of the state in which the Mortgaged Property is located in connection with the execution, delivery and recordation of this Mortgage and any of the other Credit Documents, and (ii) prepare, execute and file any form required to be prepared, executed and filed in connection therewith.

3.10. Reduction Of Secured Amount. In the event that the amount secured by the Mortgage is less than the Indebtedness, then the amount secured shall be reduced only by the last and final sums that Mortgagor [or Borrower] repays with respect to the Indebtedness and shall not be reduced by any intervening repayments of the Indebtedness unless arising from the Mortgaged Property. So long as the balance of the Indebtedness exceeds the amount secured, any payments of the Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be applied against, or to reduce, the portion of the Indebtedness secured by this Mortgage. Such payments shall instead be deemed to reduce only such portions of the Indebtedness as are secured by other collateral located outside of the state in which the Mortgaged Property is located or as are unsecured.

 

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3.11. Certain Leasehold Representations, Warranties and Covenants.

3.11.1. Mortgagor represents and warrants to Mortgagee that, as of the date hereof, (a) the Subject Lease is unmodified and in full force and effect, except as modifications are permitted hereby or under the Credit Documents, (b) all rent and other charges therein have been paid to the extent they are payable to the date hereof, except to the extent failure to pay them would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) Mortgagor enjoys the quiet and peaceful possession of the property demised thereby, , except to the extent it would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (d) Mortgagor is not in default under any of the terms thereof and there are no circumstances which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, would constitute an event of default thereunder, , except to the extent it would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (e) to the knowledge of an Authorized Officer of the Mortgagor, the lessor thereunder is not in default under any of the terms or provisions thereof on the part of the lessor to be observed or performed (but this statement is made for the benefit of and may only be relied upon by Mortgagee and Lenders), except to the extent it would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Mortgagor shall promptly pay, when due and payable, the rent and other charges payable pursuant to the Subject Lease, and will timely perform and observe all of the other terms, covenants and conditions required to be performed and observed by Mortgagor as lessee under the Subject Lease, except to the extent it would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Mortgagor shall notify Mortgagee in writing of any default by Mortgagor in the performance or observance of any terms, covenants or conditions on the part of Mortgagor to be performed or observed under the Subject Lease within ten (10) days after an Authorized Officer of Mortgagor obtains actual knowledge of such default. Mortgagor shall, promptly following the receipt thereof, deliver a copy of any notice of default given to Mortgagor by the lessor pursuant to the Subject Lease and promptly notify Mortgagee in writing of any default by the lessor, or which an Authorized Officer of Mortgagor has actual knowledge, in the performance or observance of any of the material terms, covenants or conditions on the part of the lessor to be performed or observed thereunder. Unless required under the terms of the Subject Lease, except as set forth in the Credit Agreement, Mortgagor shall not, without the prior written consent of Mortgagee (which may be granted or withheld in Mortgagee’s sole and absolute discretion) (i) terminate or surrender the Subject Lease or (ii) enter into any modification of the Subject Lease which materially impairs the practical realization of the security interest granted by this Mortgage, and any such attempted termination, modification or surrender without Mortgagee’s written consent shall be void. Mortgagor shall, within thirty (30) days after written request from Mortgagee, use reasonable efforts to obtain from the lessor and deliver to Mortgagee a certificate setting forth the name of the tenant thereunder and stating that the Subject Lease is in full force and effect, is unmodified or, if the Subject Lease has been modified, the date of each modification (together with copies of each such modification), that no notice of termination thereon has been served on Mortgagor, stating that to the best of Mortgagor’s knowledge, no default or event which with notice or lapse of time (or both) would become a default is existing under the Subject Lease, except to the extent it would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, stating the date to which rent has been paid, and specifying the nature of any defaults, if any, and containing such other statements and representations as may be reasonably requested by Mortgagee.

3.11.2. So long as any of the Indebtedness or the Obligations remain unpaid or unperformed, the fee title to and the leasehold estate in the premises subject to each Subject Lease shall not merge but shall always be kept separate and distinct notwithstanding the union of such estates in the lessor or Mortgagor, or in a third party, by purchase or otherwise. If Mortgagor acquires

 

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the fee title or any other estate, title or interest in the property demised by the Subject Lease, or any part thereof, the lien of this Mortgage shall attach to, cover and be a lien upon such acquired estate, title or interest and the same shall thereupon be and become a part of the Mortgaged Property with the same force and effect as if specifically encumbered herein. Mortgagor agrees to execute all instruments and documents that Mortgagee may reasonably require to ratify, confirm and further evidence the lien of this Mortgage on the acquired estate, title or interest. Furthermore, Mortgagor hereby appoints Mortgagee as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact to execute and deliver, following an Event of Default, all such instruments and documents in the name and on behalf of Mortgagor. This power, being coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable as long as any portion of the Indebtedness remains unpaid.

3.11.3. If the Subject Lease shall be terminated prior to the natural expiration of its term due to default by Mortgagor or any tenant thereunder, and if, pursuant to the provisions of the Subject Lease, Mortgagee or its designee shall acquire from the lessor a new lease of the premises subject to the Subject Lease, Mortgagor shall have no right, title or interest in or to such new lease or the leasehold estate created thereby, or renewal privileges therein contained.

3.11.4. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Mortgage shall not constitute an assignment of any Subject Lease within the meaning of any provision thereof prohibiting its assignment and Mortgagee shall have no liability or obligation thereunder by reason of its acceptance of this Mortgage. Mortgagee shall be liable for the obligations of the tenant arising out of any Subject Lease for only that period of time for which Mortgagee is in possession of the premises demised thereunder or has acquired, by foreclosure or otherwise, and is holding all of Mortgagor’s right, title and interest therein.

SECTION 4. DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE

4.1. Remedies. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Mortgagee may, at Mortgagee’s election, exercise any or all of the following rights, remedies and recourses: (a) declare the Indebtedness to be immediately due and payable, without further notice, presentment, protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, demand or action of any nature whatsoever (each of which hereby is expressly waived by Mortgagor), whereupon the same shall become immediately due and payable; (b) enter the Mortgaged Property and take exclusive possession thereof and of all books, records and accounts relating thereto or located thereon. If Mortgagor remains in possession of the Mortgaged Property after an Event of Default and without Mortgagee’s prior written consent, Mortgagee may invoke any legal remedies to dispossess Mortgagor; (c) hold, lease, develop, manage, operate or otherwise use the Mortgaged Property upon such terms and conditions as Mortgagee may deem reasonable under the circumstances (making such repairs, alterations, additions and improvements and taking other actions, from time to time, as Mortgagee deems necessary or desirable), and apply all Rents and other amounts collected by Mortgagee in connection therewith in accordance with the provisions hereof; (d) institute proceedings for the complete foreclosure of this Mortgage, either by judicial action or by power of sale, to the extent permitted by law, in which case the Mortgaged Property may be sold for cash or credit in one or more parcels. With respect to any notices required or permitted under the UCC, Mortgagor agrees that ten (10) days’ prior written notice shall be deemed commercially reasonable. At any such sale by virtue of any judicial proceedings, power of sale, to the extent permitted by law, or any other legal right, remedy or recourse, the title to and right of possession of any such property shall pass to the purchaser thereof, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, Mortgagor shall be completely and irrevocably divested of all of its right, title, interest, claim, equity, equity of redemption, and demand whatsoever, either at law or in equity, in and to the property sold and such sale shall be a perpetual bar both at law and in equity against

 

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Mortgagor, and against all other Persons claiming or to claim the property sold or any part thereof, by, through or under Mortgagor. Mortgagee or any of the Lenders may be a purchaser at such sale and if Mortgagee is the highest bidder, Mortgagee shall credit the portion of the purchase price that would be distributed to Mortgagee against the Indebtedness in lieu of paying cash. In the event this Mortgage is foreclosed by judicial action, appraisement of the Mortgaged Property is waived; (e) make application to a court of competent jurisdiction for, and obtain from such court as a matter of strict right and without notice to Mortgagor or regard to the adequacy of the Mortgaged Property for the repayment of the Indebtedness, the appointment of a receiver of the Mortgaged Property, and Mortgagor irrevocably consents to such appointment. Any such receiver shall have all the usual powers and duties of receivers in similar cases, including the full power to rent, maintain and otherwise operate the Mortgaged Property upon such terms as may be approved by the court, and shall apply such Rents in accordance with the provisions hereof; and/or (f) exercise all other rights, remedies and recourses granted under the Credit Documents or otherwise available at law or in equity.

4.2. Separate Sales. The Mortgaged Property may be sold in one or more parcels and in such manner and order as Mortgagee in its commercially reasonable discretion may elect; the right of sale arising out of any Event of Default shall not be exhausted by any one or more sales.

4.3. Remedies Cumulative, Concurrent and Nonexclusive. Mortgagee shall have all rights, remedies and recourses granted in the Credit Documents and available at law or equity (including the UCC), which rights (a) shall be cumulated and concurrent, (b) may be pursued separately, successively or concurrently against Mortgagor or others obligated under the Credit Documents, or against the Mortgaged Property, or against any one or more of them, at the sole discretion of Mortgagee or the Lenders, (c) may be exercised as often as occasion therefor shall arise, and the exercise or failure to exercise any of them shall not be construed as a waiver or release thereof or of any other right, remedy or recourse, and (d) are intended to be, and shall be, nonexclusive. No action by Mortgagee or the Lenders in the enforcement of any rights, remedies or recourses under the Credit Documents or otherwise at law or equity shall be deemed to cure any Event of Default.

4.4. Release of and Resort to Collateral. Mortgagee may release, regardless of consideration and without the necessity for any notice to or consent by the holder of any subordinate lien on the Mortgaged Property, any part of the Mortgaged Property without, as to the remainder, in any way impairing, affecting, subordinating or releasing the lien or security interest created in or evidenced by the Credit Documents or their status as a first and prior lien and security interest in and to the Mortgaged Property. For payment of the Indebtedness, Mortgagee may resort to any other security in such order and manner as Mortgagee may elect.

4.5. Waiver of Redemption, Notice and Marshalling of Assets. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Mortgagor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives and releases (a) all benefit that might accrue to Mortgagor by virtue of any present or future statute of limitations or law or judicial decision exempting the Mortgaged Property from attachment, levy or sale on execution or providing for any stay of execution, exemption from civil process, redemption or extension of time for payment; (b) unless otherwise required under the Credit Documents, all notices of any Event of Default or of Mortgagee’s election to exercise or the actual exercise of any right, remedy or recourse provided for under the Credit Documents; and (c) any right to a marshalling of assets or a sale in inverse order of alienation.

4.6. Discontinuance of Proceedings. If Mortgagee or the Lenders shall have proceeded to invoke any right, remedy or recourse permitted under the Credit Documents and shall thereafter elect to discontinue or abandon it for any reason, Mortgagee or the Lenders shall have the unqualified right to do so and, in such an event, Mortgagor and Mortgagee or the Lenders shall be restored to their

 

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former positions with respect to the Indebtedness, the Obligations, the Credit Documents, the Mortgaged Property and otherwise, and the rights, remedies, recourses and powers of Mortgagee or the Lenders shall continue as if the right, remedy or recourse had never been invoked, but no such discontinuance or abandonment shall waive any Event of Default which may then exist or the right of Mortgagee or the Lenders thereafter to exercise any right, remedy or recourse under the Credit Documents for such Event of Default.

4.7. Application of Proceeds. The proceeds of any sale of, and the Rents and other amounts generated by the holding, leasing, management, operation or other use of the Mortgaged Property, shall be applied by Mortgagee (or the receiver, if one is appointed) in the following order unless otherwise required by applicable law: first, to the payment of the costs and expenses of taking possession of the Mortgaged Property and of holding, using, leasing, repairing, improving and selling the same, including, without limitation, (a) receiver’s fees and expenses, including the repayment of the amounts evidenced by any receiver’s certificates, (b) court costs, (c) reasonable attorneys’ and accountants’ fees and expenses, (d) costs of advertisement [, and (e) the payment of all rent and other charges under the Subject Lease]; second, to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the payment of all other Obligations for the ratable benefit (subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement) of the Lenders and the Lender Counterparties; and third, to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the payment to or upon the order of Mortgagor or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

4.8. Occupancy After Foreclosure. Any sale of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof will divest all right, title and interest of Mortgagor in and to the property sold. Subject to applicable law, any purchaser at a foreclosure sale will receive immediate possession of the property purchased. If Mortgagor retains possession of such property or any part thereof subsequent to such sale, Mortgagor will be considered a tenant at sufferance of the purchaser, and will, if Mortgagor remains in possession after demand to remove, be subject to eviction and removal, forcible or otherwise, with or without process of law.

4.9. Additional Advances and Disbursements; Costs of Enforcement. If any Event of Default exists, Mortgagee and each of the Lenders shall have the right, but not the obligation, to cure such Event of Default in the name and on behalf of Mortgagor in accordance with the Credit Agreement. All sums advanced and expenses incurred at any time by Mortgagee or any Lender under this Section, or otherwise under this Mortgage or any of the other Credit Documents or applicable law, shall bear interest from the date that such sum is advanced or expense incurred if not repaid within five (5) days after demand therefor, to and including the date of reimbursement, computed at the rate or rates at which interest is then computed on the Indebtedness, and all such sums, together with interest thereon, shall be secured by this Mortgage. Mortgagor shall pay all expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) of or incidental to the perfection and enforcement of this Mortgage and the other Credit Documents, or the enforcement, compromise or settlement of the Indebtedness or any claim under this Mortgage and the other Credit Documents, and for the curing thereof, or for defending or asserting the rights and claims of Mortgagee or the Lenders in respect thereof, by litigation or otherwise.

4.10. No Mortgagee in Possession. Neither the enforcement of any of the remedies under this Section other than the Mortgagee entering the Mortgaged Property and taking exclusive possession thereof, the assignment of the Rents and Leases under Section 5, the security interests under Section 6, nor any other remedies afforded to Mortgagee or the Lenders under the Credit Documents, at law or in equity shall cause Mortgagee or any Lender to be deemed or construed to be a mortgagee in possession of the Mortgaged Property, to obligate Mortgagee or any Lender to lease the Mortgaged Property or attempt to do so, or to take any action, incur any expense, or perform or discharge any obligation, duty or liability whatsoever under any of the Leases or otherwise.

 

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SECTION 5. ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES

5.1. Assignment. In furtherance of and in addition to the assignment made by Mortgagor herein, Mortgagor hereby absolutely and unconditionally assigns, sells, transfers and conveys to Mortgagee all of its right, title and interest in and to all Leases, whether now existing or hereafter entered into, and all of its right, title and interest in and to all Rents. This assignment is an absolute assignment and not an assignment for additional security only. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Mortgagor shall have a revocable license from Mortgagee to exercise all rights extended to the landlord under the Leases, including the right to receive and collect all Rents and to hold the Rents in trust for use in the payment and performance of the Obligations and to otherwise use the same. The foregoing license is granted subject to the conditional limitation that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, whether or not legal proceedings have commenced, and without regard to waste, adequacy of security for the Obligations or solvency of Mortgagor, the license herein granted shall automatically expire and terminate, without notice by Mortgagee (any such notice being hereby expressly waived by Mortgagor).

5.2. Perfection Upon Recordation. Mortgagor acknowledges that Mortgagee has taken all reasonable actions necessary to obtain, and that upon recordation of this Mortgage Mortgagee shall have, to the extent permitted under applicable law, a valid and fully perfected, first priority, present assignment of the Rents arising out of the Leases and all security for such Leases subject to the Permitted Liens and in the case of security deposits, rights of depositors and requirements of law. Mortgagor acknowledges and agrees that upon recordation of this Mortgage, Mortgagee’s interest in the Rents shall be deemed to be fully perfected, “choate” and enforced as to Mortgagor and all third parties, including, without limitation, any subsequently appointed trustee in any case under Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code” ), without the necessity of commencing a foreclosure action with respect to this Mortgage, making formal demand for the Rents, obtaining the appointment of a receiver or taking any other affirmative action.

5.3. Bankruptcy Provisions. Without limitation of the absolute nature of the assignment of the Rents hereunder, Mortgagor and Mortgagee agree that (a) this Mortgage shall constitute a “security agreement” for purposes of Section 552(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) the security interest created by this Mortgage extends to property of Mortgagor acquired before the commencement of a case in bankruptcy and to all amounts paid as Rents, and (c) such security interest shall extend to all Rents acquired by the estate after the commencement of any case in bankruptcy.

SECTION 6. SECURITY AGREEMENT

6.1. Security Interest. This Mortgage constitutes a “security agreement” on personal property within the meaning of the UCC and other applicable law and with respect to the Personalty, Fixtures, Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Awards. To this end, Mortgagor grants to Mortgagee a first and prior security interest in the Personalty, Fixtures, Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance, Condemnation Awards and all other Mortgaged Property which is personal property to secure the payment of the Indebtedness and performance of the Obligations subject to the Permitted Liens, and agrees that Mortgagee shall have all the rights and remedies of a

 

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secured party under the UCC with respect to such property. Any notice of sale, disposition or other intended action by Mortgagee with respect to the Personalty, Fixtures, Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Awards sent to Mortgagor at least ten (10) days prior to any action under the UCC shall constitute reasonable notice to Mortgagor.

6.2. Financing Statements. Mortgagor shall execute and deliver to Mortgagee, in form and substance satisfactory to Mortgagee, such financing statements and such further assurances as Mortgagee may, from time to time, reasonably consider necessary to create, perfect and preserve Mortgagee’s security interest hereunder and Mortgagee may cause such statements and assurances to be recorded and filed, at such times and places as may be required or permitted by law to so create, perfect and preserve such security interest. Mortgagor’s chief executive office is at the address set forth on Appendix B to the Credit Agreement.

6.3. Fixture Filing. This Mortgage shall also constitute a “fixture filing” for the purposes of the UCC against all of the Mortgaged Property which is or is to become fixtures. Information concerning the security interest herein granted may be obtained at the addresses of Debtor (Mortgagor) and Secured Party (Mortgagee) as set forth in the first paragraph of this Mortgage.

SECTION 7. ATTORNEY-IN-FACT

Mortgagor hereby irrevocably appoints Mortgagee and its successors and assigns as its attorney-in-fact, which agency is coupled with an interest and with full power of substitution, (a) to execute and/or record any notices of completion, cessation of labor or any other notices that Mortgagee deems appropriate to protect Mortgagee’s interest, if Mortgagor shall fail to do so within ten (10) days after written request by Mortgagee, (b) upon the issuance of a deed pursuant to the foreclosure of this Mortgage or the delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, to execute all instruments of assignment, conveyance or further assurance with respect to the Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Fixtures, Personalty, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Awards in favor of the grantee of any such deed and as may be necessary or desirable for such purpose, (c) to prepare, execute and file or record financing statements, continuation statements, applications for registration and like papers necessary to create, perfect or preserve Mortgagee’s security interests and rights in or to any of the Mortgaged Property, and (d) while any Event of Default exists, to perform any obligation of Mortgagor hereunder; provided, (i) Mortgagee shall not under any circumstances be obligated to perform any obligation of Mortgagor; (ii) any sums advanced by Mortgagee in such performance shall be added to and included in the Indebtedness and shall bear interest at the rate or rates at which interest is then computed on the Indebtedness provided that from the date incurred said advance is not repaid within five (5) days demand therefor; (iii) Mortgagee as such attorney-in-fact shall only be accountable for such funds as are actually received by Mortgagee; and (iv) Mortgagee shall not be liable to Mortgagor or any other person or entity for any failure to take any action which it is empowered to take under this Section.

SECTION 8. MORTGAGEE AS AGENT

Mortgagee has been appointed to act as Mortgagee hereunder by Lenders and, by their acceptance of the benefits hereof, Lender Counterparties. Mortgagee shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including the release or substitution of Mortgaged Property), solely in accordance with this Mortgage and the Credit Agreement; provided,

 

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Mortgagee shall exercise, or refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for herein in accordance with the instructions of (a) Requisite Lenders, or (b) after payment in full of all Obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, the holders of a majority of the aggregate notional amount (or, with respect to any Hedge Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) under such Hedge Agreement) under all Hedge Agreements (Requisite Lenders or, if applicable, such holders being referred to herein as “Requisite Obligees” ). In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Lender Counterparty, by its acceptance of the benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Mortgaged Property, it being understood and agreed by such Lender Counterparty that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by Mortgagee for the benefit of Lenders and Lender Counterparties in accordance with the terms of this Section. Mortgagee shall at all times be the same Person that is Collateral Agent under the Credit Agreement. Written notice of resignation by Collateral Agent pursuant to terms of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute notice of resignation as Mortgagee under this Agreement; removal of Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute removal as Mortgagee under this Agreement; and appointment of a successor Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute appointment of a successor Mortgagee under this Agreement. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent under the terms of the Credit Agreement by a successor Collateral Agent, that successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Mortgagee under this Agreement, and the retiring or removed Mortgagee under this Agreement shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Mortgagee all sums, securities and other items of Mortgaged Property held hereunder, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Mortgagee under this Mortgage, and (ii) execute and deliver to such successor Mortgagee such amendments to financing statements, and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Mortgagee of the security interests created hereunder, whereupon such retiring or removed Mortgagee shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Mortgage thereafter accruing. After any retiring or removed Collateral Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Mortgagee, the provisions of this Mortgage shall continue to enure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it under this Mortgage while it was Mortgagee hereunder.

SECTION 9. LOCAL LAW PROVISIONS

9.1. Maturity Date. The Note and other obligations secured by this Mortgage have an initial maturity date (the “ Anniversary Date ”) eighteen (18) months from the date hereof and may, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Financing Agreement, be extended for one year periods from Anniversary Date to Anniversary Date (any such date of termination, but in no event longer than five (5) years and six (6) months from the date hereof, the “ Maturity Date ”). In the event Mortgagor extends the term of the Note beyond the Anniversary Date in accordance with the terms of the Financing Agreement, there shall be no requirement that either Mortgagor or Mortgagee record notice of such extension on the Land Record.

9.2. Revolving Loan. This mortgage secures a Commercial Revolving Loan as defined in Section 49-2(c) of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, in the principal amount of up to Five Billion One Hundred Million and 00/100 dollars ($5,100,000,000) in the aggregate to be outstanding at any time, pursuant to the Financing Agreement whereby the Grantee will make loans or advances to the Grantor on a revolving basis, which loans may be advanced, repaid and reborrowed from time to time at an interest rate set forth in the Financing Agreement, which loans or advances shall be evidenced by the Note or by the books and records of the Grantee.

 

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9.3. Prejudgment Remedy Waiver. The Mortgagor represents, warrants and acknowledges that the transaction of which this Mortgage is a part is a commercial transaction and not a consumer transaction. Monies now or in the future to be advanced to or on behalf of Mortgagor are not and will not be used for personal family or household purposes.

MORTGAGOR ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS THE RIGHT UNDER CHAPTER 903a OF THE CONNECTICUT GENERAL STATUTES, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS, TO NOTICE OF AND HEARING ON THE RIGHT OF THE LENDER TO OBTAIN A PREJUDGMENT REMEDY, SUCH AS ATTACHMENT, GARNISHMENT OR REPLEVIN, UPON COMMENCING ANY LITIGATION AGAINST MORTGAGOR. NOTWITHSTANDING SUCH RIGHT, MORTGAGOR HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO NOTICE, JUDICIAL HEARING OR PRIOR COURT ORDER TO WHICH IT MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE THE RIGHT UNDER SAID STATUTE OR UNDER ANY OTHER STATE OR FEDERAL STATUTE OR CONSTITUTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE OBTAINING BY MORTGAGEE OF ANY PREJUDGMENT REMEDY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MORTGAGE. MORTGAGOR FURTHER CONSENTS TO THE ISSUANCE OF ANY PREJUDGMENT REMEDIES WITHOUT A BOND AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST OR FILE MOTIONS SEEKING TO REQUIRE THE POSTING OF A BOND OR ANY SIMILAR DEVISE IN CONNECTION WITH MORTGAGEE’S EXERCISE OF ANY PREJUDGMENT REMEDY. MORTGAGOR ALSO WAIVES ANY AND ALL OBJECTION WHICH IT MIGHT OTHERWISE ASSERT, NOW OR IN THE FUTURE, TO THE EXERCISE OR USE BY MORTGAGEE OF ANY RIGHT OF SETOFF, REPOSSESSION OR SELF HELP AS MAY PRESENTLY EXIST UNDER STATUTE OR COMMON LAW.

Mortgagee is specifically permitted, as its option and in its discretion, to make additional loans and future advances under this Mortgage as contemplated by Section 49-2(a) and (b) of the Connecticut General Statutes, and shall have all rights, powers and protections allowed thereunder. Each and every such loan or advance shall be secured by this Mortgage equally with, and with the same priority as, the original indebtedness secured hereby; provided, however, that (i) no advance shall cause the principal amount of the Obligations secured hereby to exceed the amount set forth above; and (ii) the time of repayment thereof shall not exceed the maturity of the original Indebtedness secured hereby as stated above.

The Revolving Loans secured by the Mortgage is a variable interest rate loan as more particularly described in the Financing Agreement and the Note but changes in the interest rate will not affect the maximum term of the Revolving Loans or the Maturity Date.

This Mortgage is made upon THE STATUTORY CONDITIONS. If the Revolving Loans and all other obligations shall be fully paid in accordance with its terms and if all of the covenants and agreements of Mortgagor under the Note, this Mortgage, the Financing Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be fully and faithfully performed, observed and complied with, and if the Financing Agreement shall be terminated as it relates to the Mortgaged Property as shall be evidenced by a release of this Mortgage duly executed by Mortgagee and recorded in the Land Records, then this Mortgage shall be void but otherwise it shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS

Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Mortgage shall be given in accordance with Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement. No failure or delay on the part of Mortgagee any Lender or any Lender Counterparty in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Credit Document or Hedge Agreement 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. All rights and remedies existing under this Mortgage, the other Credit Documents and the Hedge Agreements are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies otherwise available. In case any provision in or obligation under this Mortgage 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. 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. This Mortgage shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Mortgagee and Mortgagor and their respective successors and assigns. Except as permitted in the Credit Agreement, Mortgagor shall not, without the prior written consent of Mortgagee, assign any rights, duties or obligations hereunder. Upon payment in full of the Indebtedness and performance in full of the Obligations, or upon prepayment of a portion of the Indebtedness equal to the Net Asset Sale Proceeds for the Mortgaged Property in connection with a permitted Asset Sale, subject to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement, Mortgagee, at Mortgagor’s expense, shall release the liens and security interests created by this Mortgage or reconvey the Mortgaged Property to Mortgagor or, at the request of Mortgagor, assign this Mortgage without recourse. This Mortgage and the other Credit Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding between Mortgagee and Mortgagor and supersede all prior agreements and understandings between such parties relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. Accordingly, the Credit Documents may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent oral agreements of the parties. There are no unwritten oral agreements between the parties.

THE PROVISIONS OF THIS MORTGAGE REGARDING THE CREATION, PERFECTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE LIENS AND SECURITY INTERESTS HEREIN GRANTED SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE IN WHICH THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY IS LOCATED. ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS MORTGAGE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF MORTGAGOR AND MORTGAGEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF (OTHER THAN NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, SECTION 5-1401).

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Mortgagor has on the date set forth in the acknowledgment hereto, effective as of the date first above written, caused this instrument to be duly executed and delivered by authority duly given.

 

WITNESS:     HOLOGIC, INC., a Delaware corporation

/s/ Shivani Kaul

    By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name Shivani Kaul     Name:   Glenn P. Muir
    Title:   Executive Vice President Finance and Administration

/s/ Christopher O. Dunham

     
Name Christopher O. Dunham      

 

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37 Appleridge Road, Danbury, CT Leasehold Mortgage


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

Suffolk, ss.

On this 18 th day of October, 2007, before me, the undersigned notary public, personally appeared Glenn P. Muir, proved to me through satisfactory evidence of identification, which was a MA drivers license, to be the person whose name is signed on the preceding or attached document, and acknowledged to me that he signed it voluntarily for its stated purpose, as Executive Vice President Finance and Administration for Hologic, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

/s/ Phyllis Thomas

Notary Public
My commission expires: 1/9/09

 

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37 Appleridge Road, Danbury, CT Leasehold Mortgage


EXHIBIT A TO

MORTGAGE

Legal Description of Premises :

37 Apple Ridge Way, Danbury, CT

All that piece or parcel of property consisting of approximately 13.428 acres, situated on Apple Ridge Road, in the City of Danbury, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, more particularly described on a map entitled: “Map Showing Parcel ‘D’- Orchard Park, Danbury, Connecticut prepared for M&M Realty” (Scale 1”= 40’) prepared by New England Land Surveying, P.C., dated January 2, 1996, which map is to be filed in the Office of Town Clerk of Danbury, and which land is described as follows:

Beginning at a point which is the northwesterly corner of the Premises herein described and proceeding N 77° 14’ 34” E, a distance of 160,63’; thence continuing along said line M 76° 46’ 25” E, a distance of 242.78’; thence N 71° 51’ 26” E, a distance of 378.72 ’; thence turning and running S 12° 07’ 22” E, a distance of 597.50’; thence proceeding along a curve 355.22’; thence running S 68° 59’ 09” W, a distance of 149.51’; thence along a curve a distance of 499,91’, and thence N 20° 05’ 04’W, a distance of 382.56’ and thence N 14° 13’ 54” W, a distance of 176.01’ to the point and place of beginning.

Together with the right (in common with others) to pass and repass over that certain roadway shown and designated as Apple Ridge Road on the Map for the purposes of ingress and egress to the said piece or parcel of land from the public highway known as Kenosia Avenue.

 

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Exhibit 10.5

RECORDING REQUESTED BY:

Latham & Watkins LLP

AND WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO:

Latham & Watkins LLP

885 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attn: Tamara Katz, Esq.

 

Re:    HOLOGIC, INC.
Location:    35 Crosby Drive
Municipality:    Bedford
County:    Middlesex
State:    Massachusetts

Space above this line for recorder’s use only

MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES AND FIXTURE FILING

This MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES AND FIXTURE FILING , dated as of October 22, 2007 (this “Mortgage” ), by and from HOLOGIC, INC. , a Delaware corporation ( “Mortgagor” ), with an address at 35 Crosby Drive, Bedford, MA 07130 to Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., as agent for Lenders and Lender Counterparties (in such capacity, “Mortgagee” ) with an address at 30 Hudson Street, 17th Floor, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302.

RECITALS:

WHEREAS , reference is made to that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2007 (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement” ; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), by and among HOLOGIC, INC. ( “Borrower” ), certain Subsidiaries of Borrower, as Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. ( “GSCP” ) and BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Syndication Agent, GSCP, as Administrative Agent (together with its permitted successors in such capacity, “Administrative Agent” ) and as Collateral Agent (together with its permitted successor in such capacity, “Collateral Agent” ), and CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., JPMORGAN SECURITIES INC., RBS CITIZENS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND FIFTH THIRD BANK, as Co-Documentation Agents (the “Co-Documentation Agents”, together with the Administrative Agent, Syndication Agent and the Collateral Agent, the “Agents”) and certain other Agents party to the Credit Agreement from time to time;

WHEREAS , subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, Mortgagor may enter into one or more Hedge Agreements with one or more Lender Counterparties;

 

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WHEREAS , in consideration of the extensions of credit and other accommodations of Lenders and Lender Counterparties as set forth in the Credit Agreement and the Hedge Agreements, respectively, Mortgagor has agreed, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each other Credit Document and each of the Hedge Agreements, to secure Mortgagor’s obligations under the Credit Documents and the Hedge Agreements as set forth herein; and

NOW , THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, Mortgagee and Mortgagor agree as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

1.1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein (including the recitals hereto) not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement. In addition, as used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“Indebtedness” means (i) with respect to Borrower, all obligations and liabilities of every nature of Borrower now or hereafter existing under or arising out of or in connection with the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents and any Hedge Agreement; and (ii) with respect to any other Mortgagor, all obligations and liabilities of every nature of such Mortgagor now or hereafter existing under or arising out of or in connection with any other Credit Document, in each case together with all extensions or renewals thereof, whether for principal, interest (including interest that, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to Borrower, would accrue on such obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed against Borrower for such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding), reimbursement of amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, payments for early termination of Hedge Agreements, fees, expenses, indemnities or otherwise, whether voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, created or incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are paid, to the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered directly or indirectly from Mortgagor, any Lender or Lender Counterparty as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise, and all obligations of every nature of Mortgagor now or hereafter existing under this Agreement. The Credit Agreement contains a revolving credit facility which permits the Borrower to borrow certain principal amounts, repay all or a portion of such principal amounts, and reborrow the amounts previously paid to the Administrative Agent or Lenders, all upon satisfaction of certain conditions stated in the Credit Agreement. This Mortgage secures all advances and re-advances under the revolving credit feature of the Credit Agreement.

“Mortgaged Property” means all of Mortgagor’s interest in (i) [the leasehold estate in] the real property described in Exhibit A [created by the Subject Lease (as defined below)], together with any greater or additional estate therein as hereafter may be acquired by Mortgagor (the “Land” ); [(ii) all assignments, modifications, extensions and renewals of the Subject Lease and all credits, deposits, options, privileges and rights of Mortgagor as tenant under the Subject Lease, including, but not limited to, rights of first refusal, if any, and the right, if any, to renew or extend the Subject Lease for a succeeding term or terms,] (iii) all improvements now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor, now or at any time situated, placed or constructed upon the Land subject to the Permitted Liens, (the “Improvements” ; the Land and Improvements are collectively referred to as the “Premises” ); (iv) all materials, supplies, equipment, apparatus and other items of personal property now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor and now or hereafter attached to, installed in or used in connection with any of the Improvements or the Land, and water, gas, electrical, telephone, storm and sanitary sewer facilities and all other utilities whether or not situated in easements (the

 

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“Fixtures” ); (v) all right, title and interest of Mortgagor in and to all goods, accounts, general intangibles, instruments, documents, chattel paper and all other personal property of any kind or character, including such items of personal property as defined in the UCC (defined below), now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor and now or hereafter affixed to, placed upon, used in connection with, arising from or otherwise related to the Premises (the “Personalty” ); (vi) all reserves, escrows or impounds required under the Credit Agreement and all deposit accounts maintained by Mortgagor with respect to the Mortgaged Property (the “Deposit Accounts” ); (vii) all leases, licenses, concessions, occupancy agreements or other agreements (written or oral, now or at any time in effect) which grant to any Person (other than Mortgagor) a possessory interest in, or the right to use, all or any part of the Mortgaged Property, together with all related security and other deposits subject to depositors rights and requirements of law (the “Leases” ); (viii) all of the rents, revenues, royalties, income, proceeds, profits, security and other types of deposits subject to depositors rights and requirements of law, and other benefits paid or payable by parties to the Leases for using, leasing, licensing possessing, operating from, residing in, selling or otherwise enjoying the Mortgaged Property (the “Rents” ), (ix) to the extent mortgageable or assignable all other agreements, such as construction contracts, architects’ agreements, engineers’ contracts, utility contracts, maintenance agreements, management agreements, service contracts, listing agreements, guaranties, warranties, permits, licenses, certificates and entitlements in any way relating to the construction, use, occupancy, operation, maintenance, enjoyment or ownership of the Mortgaged Property (the “Property Agreements” ); (x) to the extent mortgageable or assignable all rights, privileges, tenements, hereditaments, rights-of-way, easements, appendages and appurtenances appertaining to the foregoing; (xi) all property tax refunds payable to Mortgagor (the “Tax Refunds” ); (xii) all accessions, replacements and substitutions for any of the foregoing and all proceeds thereof (the “Proceeds” ); (xiii) all insurance policies, unearned premiums therefor and proceeds from such policies covering any of the above property now or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor (the “Insurance” ); and (xiv) all of Mortgagor’s right, title and interest in and to any awards, damages, remunerations, reimbursements, settlements or compensation heretofore made or hereafter to be made by any governmental authority pertaining to the Land, Improvements, Fixtures or Personalty (the “Condemnation Awards” ). As used in this Mortgage, the term “Mortgaged Property” shall mean all or, where the context permits or requires, any portion of the above or any interest therein.

“Obligations” means all of the agreements, covenants, conditions, warranties, representations and other obligations of Mortgagor (including, without limitation, the obligation to repay the Indebtedness) under the Credit Agreement, any other Credit Documents or any of the Hedge Agreements.

“Subject Lease” means that certain Lease Agreement, dated August 28, 2002, pursuant to which Mortgagor leases all or a portion of the Land from BONE (DE) QRS 15-12, INC., a memorandum of which was recorded with the Middlesex Registry of Deeds.

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of New York or, if the creation, perfection and enforcement of any security interest herein granted is governed by the laws of a state other than New York, then, as to the matter in question, the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in that state.

1.2. Interpretation. References to “Sections” shall be to Sections of this Mortgage unless otherwise specifically provided. Section headings in this Mortgage are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Mortgage for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect. The rules of construction set forth in Section 1.3 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this Mortgage mutatis mutandis. If any conflict or inconsistency exists between this Mortgage and the Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement shall govern.

 

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SECTION 2. GRANT

To secure the full and timely payment of the Indebtedness and the full and timely performance of the Obligations, Mortgagor MORTGAGES, GRANTS, BARGAINS, ASSIGNS, SELLS and CONVEYS, to Mortgagee with Mortgage Covenants the Mortgaged Property, subject, however, to the Permitted Liens, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Mortgaged Property to Mortgagee, and Mortgagor does hereby bind itself, its successors and assigns to WARRANT AND FOREVER DEFEND the title to the Mortgaged Property unto Mortgagee for so long as any of the Obligations remain outstanding.

SECTION 3. WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS

3.1. Title. Mortgagor represents and warrants to Mortgagee that except for the Permitted Liens, (a) Mortgagor owns the Mortgaged Property free and clear of any liens, claims or interests, and (b) this Mortgage creates valid, enforceable first priority liens and security interests against the Mortgaged Property.

3.2. First Lien Status. Subject to Permitted Liens, Mortgagor shall preserve and protect the first lien and security interest status of this Mortgage and the other Credit Documents to the extent related to the Mortgaged Property. If any lien or security interest other than a Permitted Lien is asserted against the Mortgaged Property, Mortgagor shall promptly, and at its expense, (a) give Mortgagee a detailed written notice of such lien or security interest (including origin, amount and other terms), and (b) pay the underlying claim in full or take such other action so as to cause it to be released.

3.3. Payment and Performance. Mortgagor shall pay the Indebtedness when due under the Credit Documents and shall perform the Obligations in full when they are required to be performed as required under the Credit Documents, subject to any cure period provided for therein.

3.4. Replacement of Fixtures and Personalty. Mortgagor shall not, without the prior written consent of Mortgagee or as permitted under the Credit Agreement, permit any of the Fixtures or Personalty to be removed at any time from the Land or Improvements, unless the removed item is removed temporarily for maintenance and repair or, if removed permanently, is obsolete and is replaced by an article of equal or better suitability and value, owned by Mortgagor subject to the liens and security interests of this Mortgage and the other Credit Documents, and free and clear of any other lien or security interest except such as may be permitted under the Credit Agreement or first approved in writing by Mortgagee; provided that such consent is not required for inventory removed and not replaced when sold, leased, or when removed for marketing and demonstration purposes, or when otherwise removed pursuant to the ordinary course of business.

3.5. Inspection. Mortgagor shall permit Mortgagee, and Mortgagee’s agents, representatives and employees, upon reasonable prior notice to Mortgagor, [and in compliance with the Subject Lease,] to inspect the Mortgaged Property and all books and records of Mortgagor located thereon, and to conduct such environmental and engineering studies as [permitted by the Subject Lease and as] Mortgagee may reasonably require; provided, such inspections and studies shall not materially interfere with the use and operation of the Mortgaged Property.

3.6. Covenants Running with the Land. All Obligations contained in this Mortgage are intended by Mortgagor and Mortgagee to be, and shall be construed as, covenants running with the Mortgaged Property. As used herein, “Mortgagor” shall refer to the party named in the first paragraph of this Mortgage and to any subsequent owner of all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property. All Persons who may have or acquire an interest in the Mortgaged Property shall be

 

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deemed to have notice of, and be bound by, the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents; however, no such party shall be entitled to any rights thereunder without the prior written consent of Mortgagee. In addition, all of the covenants of Mortgagor in any Credit Document party thereto are incorporated herein by reference and, together with covenants in this Section, shall be covenants running with the land.

3.7. Condemnation Awards and Insurance Proceeds. Mortgagor assigns all awards and compensation to which it is entitled for any condemnation or other taking, or any purchase in lieu thereof, to Mortgagee and authorizes Mortgagee to collect and receive such awards and compensation and to give proper receipts and acquittances therefor, subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement. Mortgagor assigns to Mortgagee all proceeds of any insurance policies insuring against loss or damage to the Mortgaged Property, subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement. Mortgagor authorizes Mortgagee to collect and receive such proceeds and authorizes and directs the issuer of each of such insurance policies to make payment for all such losses directly to Mortgagee, instead of to Mortgagor and Mortgagee jointly, subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement.

3.8. Change in Tax Law. Upon the enactment of or change in (including, without limitation, a change in interpretation of) any applicable law (i) deducting or allowing Mortgagor to deduct from the value of the Mortgaged Property for the purpose of taxation any lien or security interest thereon or (ii) subjecting Mortgagee or any of the Lenders to any tax or changing the basis of taxation of mortgages, deeds of trust, or other liens or debts secured thereby, or the manner of collection of such taxes, in each such case, so as to affect this Mortgage, the Indebtedness or Mortgagee, and the result is to increase the taxes imposed upon or the cost to Mortgagee of maintaining the Indebtedness, or to reduce the amount of any payments receivable hereunder, then, and in any such event, Mortgagor shall, on demand, pay to Mortgagee and the Lenders additional amounts to compensate for such increased costs or reduced amounts, provided that if any such payment or reimbursement shall be unlawful, or taxable to Mortgagee, or would constitute usury or render the Indebtedness wholly or partially usurious under applicable law, then Mortgagor shall pay or reimburse Mortgagee or the Lenders for payment of the lawful and non-usurious portion thereof.

3.9. Mortgage Tax. Mortgagor shall (i) pay when due any tax imposed upon it or upon Mortgagee or any Lender pursuant to the tax law of the state in which the Mortgaged Property is located in connection with the execution, delivery and recordation of this Mortgage and any of the other Credit Documents, and (ii) prepare, execute and file any form required to be prepared, executed and filed in connection therewith.

3.10. Reduction Of Secured Amount. In the event that the amount secured by the Mortgage is less than the Indebtedness, then the amount secured shall be reduced only by the last and final sums that Mortgagor [or Borrower] repays with respect to the Indebtedness and shall not be reduced by any intervening repayments of the Indebtedness unless arising from the Mortgaged Property. So long as the balance of the Indebtedness exceeds the amount secured, any payments of the Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be applied against, or to reduce, the portion of the Indebtedness secured by this Mortgage. Such payments shall instead be deemed to reduce only such portions of the Indebtedness as are secured by other collateral located outside of the state in which the Mortgaged Property is located or as are unsecured.

3.11. Certain Leasehold Representations, Warranties and Covenants.

3.11.1. Mortgagor represents and warrants to Mortgagee that, as of the date hereof, (a) the Subject Lease is unmodified and in full force and effect, except as modifications are permitted hereby or under the Credit Documents, (b) all rent and other charges therein have been paid to the extent they are payable to the date hereof, except to the extent failure to pay them would not

 

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reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) Mortgagor enjoys the quiet and peaceful possession of the property demised thereby, except to the extent it would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (d) Mortgagor is not in default under any of the terms thereof and there are no circumstances which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, would constitute an event of default thereunder, except to the extent it would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (e) to the knowledge of an Authorized Officer of the Mortgagor, the lessor thereunder is not in default under any of the terms or provisions thereof on the part of the lessor to be observed or performed (but this statement is made for the benefit of and may only be relied upon by Mortgagee and Lenders), except to the extent it would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Mortgagor shall promptly pay, when due and payable, the rent and other charges payable pursuant to the Subject Lease, and will timely perform and observe all of the other terms, covenants and conditions required to be performed and observed by Mortgagor as lessee under the Subject Lease, except to the extent it would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Mortgagor shall notify Mortgagee in writing of any default by Mortgagor in the performance or observance of any terms, covenants or conditions on the part of Mortgagor to be performed or observed under the Subject Lease within ten (10) days after an Authorized Officer of Mortgagor obtains actual knowledge of such default. Mortgagor shall, promptly following the receipt thereof, deliver a copy of any notice of default given to Mortgagor by the lessor pursuant to the Subject Lease and promptly notify Mortgagee in writing of any default by the lessor, or which an Authorized Officer of Mortgagor has actual knowledge, in the performance or observance of any of the material terms, covenants or conditions on the part of the lessor to be performed or observed thereunder. Unless required under the terms of the Subject Lease, except as set forth in the Credit Agreement, Mortgagor shall not, without the prior written consent of Mortgagee (which may be granted or withheld in Mortgagee’s sole and absolute discretion) (i) terminate or surrender the Subject Lease or (ii) enter into any modification of the Subject Lease which materially impairs the practical realization of the security interest granted by this Mortgage, and any such attempted termination, modification or surrender without Mortgagee’s written consent shall be void. Mortgagor shall, within thirty (30) days after written request from Mortgagee, use reasonable efforts to obtain from the lessor and deliver to Mortgagee a certificate setting forth the name of the tenant thereunder and stating that the Subject Lease is in full force and effect, is unmodified or, if the Subject Lease has been modified, the date of each modification (together with copies of each such modification), that no notice of termination thereon has been served on Mortgagor, stating that to the best of Mortgagor’s knowledge, no default or event which with notice or lapse of time (or both) would become a default is existing under the Subject Lease, except to the extent it would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, stating the date to which rent has been paid, and specifying the nature of any defaults, if any, and containing such other statements and representations as may be reasonably requested by Mortgagee.

3.11.2. So long as any of the Indebtedness or the Obligations remain unpaid or unperformed, the fee title to and the leasehold estate in the premises subject to each Subject Lease shall not merge but shall always be kept separate and distinct notwithstanding the union of such estates in the lessor or Mortgagor, or in a third party, by purchase or otherwise. If Mortgagor acquires the fee title or any other estate, title or interest in the property demised by the Subject Lease, or any part thereof, the lien of this Mortgage shall attach to, cover and be a lien upon such acquired estate, title or interest and the same shall thereupon be and become a part of the Mortgaged Property with the same force and effect as if specifically encumbered herein. Mortgagor agrees to execute all instruments and documents that Mortgagee may reasonably require to ratify, confirm and further evidence the lien of this Mortgage on the acquired estate, title or interest. Furthermore, Mortgagor hereby appoints Mortgagee as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact to execute and deliver, following an Event of Default, all such instruments and documents in the name and on behalf of Mortgagor. This power, being coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable as long as any portion of the Indebtedness remains unpaid.

 

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3.11.3. If the Subject Lease shall be terminated prior to the natural expiration of its term due to default by Mortgagor or any tenant thereunder, and if, pursuant to the provisions of the Subject Lease, Mortgagee or its designee shall acquire from the lessor a new lease of the premises subject to the Subject Lease, Mortgagor shall have no right, title or interest in or to such new lease or the leasehold estate created thereby, or renewal privileges therein contained.

3.11.4. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Mortgage shall not constitute an assignment of any Subject Lease within the meaning of any provision thereof prohibiting its assignment and Mortgagee shall have no liability or obligation thereunder by reason of its acceptance of this Mortgage. Mortgagee shall be liable for the obligations of the tenant arising out of any Subject Lease for only that period of time for which Mortgagee is in possession of the premises demised thereunder or has acquired, by foreclosure or otherwise, and is holding all of Mortgagor’s right, title and interest therein.

SECTION 4. DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE

4.1. Remedies. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Mortgagee may, at Mortgagee’s election, exercise any or all of the following rights, remedies and recourses: (a) declare the Indebtedness to be immediately due and payable, without further notice, presentment, protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, demand or action of any nature whatsoever (each of which hereby is expressly waived by Mortgagor), whereupon the same shall become immediately due and payable; (b) enter the Mortgaged Property and take exclusive possession thereof and of all books, records and accounts relating thereto or located thereon. If Mortgagor remains in possession of the Mortgaged Property after an Event of Default and without Mortgagee’s prior written consent, Mortgagee may invoke any legal remedies to dispossess Mortgagor; (c) hold, lease, develop, manage, operate or otherwise use the Mortgaged Property upon such terms and conditions as Mortgagee may deem reasonable under the circumstances (making such repairs, alterations, additions and improvements and taking other actions, from time to time, as Mortgagee deems necessary or desirable), and apply all Rents and other amounts collected by Mortgagee in connection therewith in accordance with the provisions hereof; (d) institute proceedings for the complete foreclosure of this Mortgage, either by judicial action or by power of sale, in which case the Mortgaged Property may be sold for cash or credit in one or more parcels. With respect to any notices required or permitted under the UCC, Mortgagor agrees that ten (10) days’ prior written notice shall be deemed commercially reasonable. At any such sale by virtue of any judicial proceedings, power of sale, or any other legal right, remedy or recourse, the title to and right of possession of any such property shall pass to the purchaser thereof, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, Mortgagor shall be completely and irrevocably divested of all of its right, title, interest, claim, equity, equity of redemption, and demand whatsoever, either at law or in equity, in and to the property sold and such sale shall be a perpetual bar both at law and in equity against Mortgagor, and against all other Persons claiming or to claim the property sold or any part thereof, by, through or under Mortgagor. Mortgagee or any of the Lenders may be a purchaser at such sale and if Mortgagee is the highest bidder, Mortgagee shall credit the portion of the purchase price that would be distributed to Mortgagee against the Indebtedness in lieu of paying cash. In the event this Mortgage is foreclosed by judicial action, appraisement of the Mortgaged Property is waived; (e) make application to a court of competent jurisdiction for, and obtain from such court as a matter of strict right and without notice to Mortgagor or regard to the adequacy of the Mortgaged Property for the repayment of the Indebtedness, the appointment of a receiver of the Mortgaged Property, and Mortgagor irrevocably consents to such appointment. Any such receiver shall have all the usual powers and duties of receivers in similar cases, including the full power to rent, maintain and otherwise operate the Mortgaged Property upon such terms as may be approved by the court, and shall apply such Rents in accordance with the provisions hereof; and/or (f) exercise all other rights, remedies and recourses granted under the Credit Documents or otherwise available at law or in equity.

 

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4.2. Separate Sales. The Mortgaged Property may be sold in one or more parcels and in such manner and order as Mortgagee in its commercially reasonable discretion may elect; the right of sale arising out of any Event of Default shall not be exhausted by any one or more sales.

4.3. Remedies Cumulative, Concurrent and Nonexclusive. Mortgagee shall have all rights, remedies and recourses granted in the Credit Documents and available at law or equity (including the UCC), which rights (a) shall be cumulated and concurrent, (b) may be pursued separately, successively or concurrently against Mortgagor or others obligated under the Credit Documents, or against the Mortgaged Property, or against any one or more of them, at the sole discretion of Mortgagee or the Lenders, (c) may be exercised as often as occasion therefor shall arise, and the exercise or failure to exercise any of them shall not be construed as a waiver or release thereof or of any other right, remedy or recourse, and (d) are intended to be, and shall be, nonexclusive. No action by Mortgagee or the Lenders in the enforcement of any rights, remedies or recourses under the Credit Documents or otherwise at law or equity shall be deemed to cure any Event of Default.

4.4. Release of and Resort to Collateral. Mortgagee may release, regardless of consideration and without the necessity for any notice to or consent by the holder of any subordinate lien on the Mortgaged Property, any part of the Mortgaged Property without, as to the remainder, in any way impairing, affecting, subordinating or releasing the lien or security interest created in or evidenced by the Credit Documents or their status as a first and prior lien and security interest in and to the Mortgaged Property. For payment of the Indebtedness, Mortgagee may resort to any other security in such order and manner as Mortgagee may elect.

4.5. Waiver of Redemption, Notice and Marshalling of Assets. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Mortgagor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives and releases (a) all benefit that might accrue to Mortgagor by virtue of any present or future statute of limitations or law or judicial decision exempting the Mortgaged Property from attachment, levy or sale on execution or providing for any stay of execution, exemption from civil process, redemption or extension of time for payment; (b) unless otherwise required under the Credit Documents, all notices of any Event of Default or of Mortgagee’s election to exercise or the actual exercise of any right, remedy or recourse provided for under the Credit Documents; and (c) any right to a marshalling of assets or a sale in inverse order of alienation.

4.6. Discontinuance of Proceedings. If Mortgagee or the Lenders shall have proceeded to invoke any right, remedy or recourse permitted under the Credit Documents and shall thereafter elect to discontinue or abandon it for any reason, Mortgagee or the Lenders shall have the unqualified right to do so and, in such an event, Mortgagor and Mortgagee or the Lenders shall be restored to their former positions with respect to the Indebtedness, the Obligations, the Credit Documents, the Mortgaged Property and otherwise, and the rights, remedies, recourses and powers of Mortgagee or the Lenders shall continue as if the right, remedy or recourse had never been invoked, but no such discontinuance or abandonment shall waive any Event of Default which may then exist or the right of Mortgagee or the Lenders thereafter to exercise any right, remedy or recourse under the Credit Documents for such Event of Default.

4.7. Application of Proceeds. The proceeds of any sale of, and the Rents and other amounts generated by the holding, leasing, management, operation or other use of the Mortgaged Property, shall be applied by Mortgagee (or the receiver, if one is appointed) in the following order unless otherwise required by applicable law: first, to the payment of the costs and expenses of taking possession of the Mortgaged Property and of holding, using, leasing, repairing, improving and selling

 

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the same, including, without limitation, (a) receiver’s fees and expenses, including the repayment of the amounts evidenced by any receiver’s certificates, (b) court costs, (c) reasonable attorneys’ and accountants’ fees and expenses, (d) costs of advertisement [, and (e) the payment of all rent and other charges under the Subject Lease]; second, to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the payment of all other Obligations for the ratable benefit (subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement) of the Lenders and the Lender Counterparties; and third, to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the payment to or upon the order of Mortgagor or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

4.8. Occupancy After Foreclosure. Any sale of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof will divest all right, title and interest of Mortgagor in and to the property sold. Subject to applicable law, any purchaser at a foreclosure sale will receive immediate possession of the property purchased. If Mortgagor retains possession of such property or any part thereof subsequent to such sale, Mortgagor will be considered a tenant at sufferance of the purchaser, and will, if Mortgagor remains in possession after demand to remove, be subject to eviction and removal, forcible or otherwise, with or without process of law.

4.9. Additional Advances and Disbursements; Costs of Enforcement. If any Event of Default exists, Mortgagee and each of the Lenders shall have the right, but not the obligation, to cure such Event of Default in the name and on behalf of Mortgagor in accordance with the Credit Agreement. All sums advanced and expenses incurred at any time by Mortgagee or any Lender under this Section, or otherwise under this Mortgage or any of the other Credit Documents or applicable law, shall bear interest from the date that such sum is advanced or expense incurred if not repaid within five (5) days after demand therefor, to and including the date of reimbursement, computed at the rate or rates at which interest is then computed on the Indebtedness, and all such sums, together with interest thereon, shall be secured by this Mortgage. Mortgagor shall pay all expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) of or incidental to the perfection and enforcement of this Mortgage and the other Credit Documents, or the enforcement, compromise or settlement of the Indebtedness or any claim under this Mortgage and the other Credit Documents, and for the curing thereof, or for defending or asserting the rights and claims of Mortgagee or the Lenders in respect thereof, by litigation or otherwise.

4.10. No Mortgagee in Possession. Neither the enforcement of any of the remedies under this Section other than the Mortgagee entering the Mortgaged Property and taking exclusive possession thereof, the assignment of the Rents and Leases under Section 5, the security interests under Section 6, nor any other remedies afforded to Mortgagee or the Lenders under the Credit Documents, at law or in equity shall cause Mortgagee or any Lender to be deemed or construed to be a mortgagee in possession of the Mortgaged Property, to obligate Mortgagee or any Lender to lease the Mortgaged Property or attempt to do so, or to take any action, incur any expense, or perform or discharge any obligation, duty or liability whatsoever under any of the Leases or otherwise.

SECTION 5. ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES

5.1. Assignment. In furtherance of and in addition to the assignment made by Mortgagor herein, Mortgagor hereby absolutely and unconditionally assigns, sells, transfers and conveys to Mortgagee all of its right, title and interest in and to all Leases, whether now existing or hereafter entered into, and all of its right, title and interest in and to all Rents. This assignment is an absolute assignment and not an assignment for additional security only. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Mortgagor shall have a revocable license from Mortgagee to exercise all rights extended to the landlord under the Leases, including the right to receive and collect all Rents and to hold the Rents in trust for use in the payment and performance of the Obligations and

 

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to otherwise use the same. The foregoing license is granted subject to the conditional limitation that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, whether or not legal proceedings have commenced, and without regard to waste, adequacy of security for the Obligations or solvency of Mortgagor, the license herein granted shall automatically expire and terminate, without notice by Mortgagee (any such notice being hereby expressly waived by Mortgagor).

5.2. Perfection Upon Recordation. Mortgagor acknowledges that Mortgagee has taken all reasonable actions necessary to obtain, and that upon recordation of this Mortgage Mortgagee shall have, to the extent permitted under applicable law, a valid and fully perfected, first priority, present assignment of the Rents arising out of the Leases and all security for such Leases subject to the Permitted Liens and in the case of security deposits, rights of depositors and requirements of law. Mortgagor acknowledges and agrees that upon recordation of this Mortgage, Mortgagee’s interest in the Rents shall be deemed to be fully perfected, “choate” and enforced as to Mortgagor and all third parties, including, without limitation, any subsequently appointed trustee in any case under Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code” ), without the necessity of commencing a foreclosure action with respect to this Mortgage, making formal demand for the Rents, obtaining the appointment of a receiver or taking any other affirmative action.

5.3. Bankruptcy Provisions. Without limitation of the absolute nature of the assignment of the Rents hereunder, Mortgagor and Mortgagee agree that (a) this Mortgage shall constitute a “security agreement” for purposes of Section 552(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) the security interest created by this Mortgage extends to property of Mortgagor acquired before the commencement of a case in bankruptcy and to all amounts paid as Rents, and (c) such security interest shall extend to all Rents acquired by the estate after the commencement of any case in bankruptcy.

SECTION 6. SECURITY AGREEMENT

6.1. Security Interest. This Mortgage constitutes a “security agreement” on personal property within the meaning of the UCC and other applicable law and with respect to the Personalty, Fixtures, Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Awards. To this end, Mortgagor grants to Mortgagee a first and prior security interest in the Personalty, Fixtures, Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance, Condemnation Awards and all other Mortgaged Property which is personal property to secure the payment of the Indebtedness and performance of the Obligations subject to the Permitted Liens, and agrees that Mortgagee shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC with respect to such property. Any notice of sale, disposition or other intended action by Mortgagee with respect to the Personalty, Fixtures, Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Awards sent to Mortgagor at least ten (10) days prior to any action under the UCC shall constitute reasonable notice to Mortgagor.

6.2. Financing Statements. Mortgagor shall execute and deliver to Mortgagee, in form and substance satisfactory to Mortgagee, such financing statements and such further assurances as Mortgagee may, from time to time, reasonably consider necessary to create, perfect and preserve Mortgagee’s security interest hereunder and Mortgagee may cause such statements and assurances to be recorded and filed, at such times and places as may be required or permitted by law to so create, perfect and preserve such security interest. Mortgagor’s chief executive office is at the address set forth on Appendix B to the Credit Agreement.

 

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6.3. Fixture Filing. This Mortgage shall also constitute a “fixture filing” for the purposes of the UCC against all of the Mortgaged Property which is or is to become fixtures. Information concerning the security interest herein granted may be obtained at the addresses of Debtor (Mortgagor) and Secured Party (Mortgagee) as set forth in the first paragraph of this Mortgage.

SECTION 7. ATTORNEY-IN-FACT

Mortgagor hereby irrevocably appoints Mortgagee and its successors and assigns as its attorney-in-fact, which agency is coupled with an interest and with full power of substitution, (a) to execute and/or record any notices of completion, cessation of labor or any other notices that Mortgagee deems appropriate to protect Mortgagee’s interest, if Mortgagor shall fail to do so within ten (10) days after written request by Mortgagee, (b) upon the issuance of a deed pursuant to the foreclosure of this Mortgage or the delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, to execute all instruments of assignment, conveyance or further assurance with respect to the Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Fixtures, Personalty, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Awards in favor of the grantee of any such deed and as may be necessary or desirable for such purpose, (c) to prepare, execute and file or record financing statements, continuation statements, applications for registration and like papers necessary to create, perfect or preserve Mortgagee’s security interests and rights in or to any of the Mortgaged Property, and (d) while any Event of Default exists, to perform any obligation of Mortgagor hereunder; provided, (i) Mortgagee shall not under any circumstances be obligated to perform any obligation of Mortgagor; (ii) any sums advanced by Mortgagee in such performance shall be added to and included in the Indebtedness and shall bear interest at the rate or rates at which interest is then computed on the Indebtedness provided that from the date incurred said advance is not repaid within five (5) days demand therefor; (iii) Mortgagee as such attorney-in-fact shall only be accountable for such funds as are actually received by Mortgagee; and (iv) Mortgagee shall not be liable to Mortgagor or any other person or entity for any failure to take any action which it is empowered to take under this Section.

SECTION 8. MORTGAGEE AS AGENT

Mortgagee has been appointed to act as Mortgagee hereunder by Lenders and, by their acceptance of the benefits hereof, Lender Counterparties. Mortgagee shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including the release or substitution of Mortgaged Property), solely in accordance with this Mortgage and the Credit Agreement; provided, Mortgagee shall exercise, or refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for herein in accordance with the instructions of (a) Requisite Lenders, or (b) after payment in full of all Obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, the holders of a majority of the aggregate notional amount (or, with respect to any Hedge Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) under such Hedge Agreement) under all Hedge Agreements (Requisite Lenders or, if applicable, such holders being referred to herein as “Requisite Obligees” ). In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Lender Counterparty, by its acceptance of the benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Mortgaged Property, it being understood and agreed by such Lender Counterparty that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by Mortgagee for the benefit of Lenders and Lender Counterparties in accordance with the terms of this Section. Mortgagee shall at all times be the same Person that is Collateral Agent under the Credit Agreement. Written notice of resignation by Collateral Agent pursuant to terms of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute notice of resignation as Mortgagee under this Agreement; removal of Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of the Credit

 

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Agreement shall also constitute removal as Mortgagee under this Agreement; and appointment of a successor Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute appointment of a successor Mortgagee under this Agreement. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent under the terms of the Credit Agreement by a successor Collateral Agent, that successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Mortgagee under this Agreement, and the retiring or removed Mortgagee under this Agreement shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Mortgagee all sums, securities and other items of Mortgaged Property held hereunder, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Mortgagee under this Mortgage, and (ii) execute and deliver to such successor Mortgagee such amendments to financing statements, and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Mortgagee of the security interests created hereunder, whereupon such retiring or removed Mortgagee shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Mortgage thereafter accruing. After any retiring or removed Collateral Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Mortgagee, the provisions of this Mortgage shall continue to enure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it under this Mortgage while it was Mortgagee hereunder.

SECTION 9. LOCAL LAW PROVISIONS

This Mortgage is on the STATUTORY CONDITION and upon the further condition that all covenants and agreements of Mortgagor contained in this Mortgage shall be kept and fully performed, and upon any breach of any of such covenants or agreements or if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, Mortgagee shall have, as to the Mortgaged Property, the STATUTORY POWER OF SALE.

SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS

Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Mortgage shall be given in accordance with Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement. No failure or delay on the part of Mortgagee any Lender or any Lender Counterparty in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Credit Document or Hedge Agreement 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. All rights and remedies existing under this Mortgage, the other Credit Documents and the Hedge Agreements are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies otherwise available. In case any provision in or obligation under this Mortgage 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. 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. This Mortgage shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Mortgagee and Mortgagor and their respective successors and assigns. Except as permitted in the Credit Agreement, Mortgagor shall not, without the prior written consent of Mortgagee, assign any rights, duties or obligations hereunder. Upon payment in full of the Indebtedness and performance in full of the Obligations, or upon prepayment of a portion of the Indebtedness equal to the Net Asset Sale Proceeds for the Mortgaged Property in connection with a permitted Asset Sale, subject to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement, Mortgagee, at Mortgagor’s expense, shall release the liens and security interests created by this Mortgage or reconvey the Mortgaged Property to Mortgagor or, at

 

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the request of Mortgagor, assign this Mortgage without recourse. This Mortgage and the other Credit Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding between Mortgagee and Mortgagor and supersede all prior agreements and understandings between such parties relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. Accordingly, the Credit Documents may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent oral agreements of the parties. There are no unwritten oral agreements between the parties.

THE PROVISIONS OF THIS MORTGAGE REGARDING THE CREATION, PERFECTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE LIENS AND SECURITY INTERESTS HEREIN GRANTED SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE IN WHICH THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY IS LOCATED. ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS MORTGAGE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF MORTGAGOR AND MORTGAGEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF (OTHER THAN NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, SECTION 5-1401).

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Mortgagor has on the date set forth in the acknowledgment hereto, effective as of the date first above written, caused this instrument to be duly executed and delivered by authority duly given.

 

HOLOGIC, INC., a Delaware corporation
By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President Finance and Administration and Treasurer

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

Suffolk, ss.

On this 18 th day of October, 2007, before me, the undersigned notary public, personally appeared Glenn P. Muir, proved to me through satisfactory evidence of identification, which was a MA drivers license to be the person whose name is signed on the preceding or attached document, and acknowledged to me that he signed it voluntarily for its stated purpose, as Executive Vice President Finance and Administration and Treasurer for Hologic, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

/s/ Phyllis Thomas
Notary Public
My commission expires: 01/09/09

 

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EXHIBIT A TO

MORTGAGE

Legal Description of Premises :

35 Crosby Drive, Bedford, MA

That certain parcel of land situated in Bedford in the County of Middlesex and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, bounded and described as follows:

Westerly by the easterly line of Crosby Drive, in three courses, one hundred ninety six and  83 / 100 feet, two hundred eleven and  69 / 100 feet, and five hundred forty eight and  36 / 100 feet, respectively;

Northerly by Lot 9 on the plan referred to below, three hundred forty and  27 / 100 feet;

Easterly by said Lot 9 one hundred nine and  76 / 100 feet;

Northerly again by said Lot 9 six hundred seventy eight and  87 / 100 feet;

Easterly by land now or formerly of 54 Middlesex Realty Trust, by Lot 13 on the plan referred to below,

by land now or formerly of John H. Cardwell, Trustee, and by land now or formerly of Trident Realty Trust, eight hundred forty-six and  90 / 100 feet; and

Southerly by land now or formerly of Eikonix Realty Trust one thousand nineteen and  22 / 100 feet.

Said parcel is shown as Lot 12 on plan hereinafter mentioned (Plan No. 34759F).

All of said boundaries are determined by the Land Court to be located as shown on a subdivision plan as approved by the Court and filed in the Land Registration Office as Plan No. 34759F.

 

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Exhibit 10.7

GUARANTY

 

LANDLORD:    Bel Marlborough I LLC, its successors and assigns
TENANT:    CYTYC Corporation, its successors and assigns
PREMISES:    250 Campus Drive, Marlborough, MA
DATE OF LEASE:    December 31, 2003
GUARANTOR:    Hologic, Inc., its successors and assigns
GUARANTOR’S ADDRESS:    35 Crosby Drive Bedford, MA 01730

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, and in further consideration of the execution and delivery at the request of the undersigned Guarantor (listed above) of the Consent to assignment of lease of even date herewith by and between Landlord and Tenant (the “Consent”), and in respect of the Premises, all as listed above, the undersigned Guarantor hereby guarantees to said Landlord the full, prompt and faithful payment, performance and observance by said Tenant, of each and every warranty, covenant, agreement and obligation of said Tenant under the provisions of said Lease, it being understood and agreed that proceedings may be brought against the undersigned Guarantor under this Guaranty without first proceeding against said Tenant. The undersigned Guarantor does hereby waive demand and all suretyship defenses and defenses in the nature thereof, and agrees to remain bound notwithstanding that Tenant may be relieved of any obligations under the said Lease by operation of law or otherwise. No extensions of time granted to the Tenant for the payment of rent or other sums, or for the performance of any of the obligations of the Tenant or forbearance or delay on the part of Landlord to enforce any of the provisions, covenants, agreements, conditions, and stipulations of said Lease, or waiver by Landlord of any of said provisions, covenants, agreements, conditions, and stipulations, shall operate to release or discharge the Guarantor from its full liability under this Guaranty or prejudice the rights of Landlord hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, in the event that Landlord’s rights to damages or other payments under the Lease are limited pursuant to the operation of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), Guarantor shall remain fully liable for the amount which otherwise would have been payable to Landlord irrespective of such limitation. Guarantor waives any right to require that resort be had to any security.

The undersigned Guarantor hereby agrees that in any action seeking to enforce this Guaranty or otherwise arising hereunder, service of process may be made upon the undersigned Guarantor in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by delivery of process to the Guarantor’s address listed above, and the undersigned Guarantor hereby consents to

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such manner of service of process and to the jurisdiction of any State or Federal court located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Guarantor will pay to Landlord all of Landlord’s expenses, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in enforcing this Guaranty.

This Guaranty, and all of the terms hereof, shall be binding on Guarantor and the successors and legal representatives of Guarantor. The undersigned Guarantor further covenants and agrees that this Guaranty shall remain and continue in full force and effect as to: (i) any assignment or subletting, and during any period when Tenant, its assignees, successors or sublessees are occupying the premises described in the Lease, unless Landlord has released Tenant from its obligations under the Lease in connection with an assignment, (ii) any extension or renewal of the term of the Lease which is effected pursuant to the provisions of the Lease, and (iii) the demise of any additional premises which is effected pursuant to the provisions of the Lease. In addition, Guarantor confirms and agrees that it shall be deemed to have consented to any alterations or improvements made by Tenant, its assignees or sublessees in the premises (“Tenant Alterations”) and that Guarantor shall not be relieved of any of its obligations under the Lease by reason of any Tenant Alterations, whether or not the same have been approved by either Landlord or Guarantor.

The undersigned warrants and represents to Landlord, as an inducement to the Landlord to execute the Consent, that it has the legal right and capacity to execute this Guaranty, and that it owns, directly or indirectly, one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding capital stock of Tenant. In the event that this Guaranty shall be held ineffective or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the undersigned shall be deemed to be the Tenant under the within Lease with the same force and effect as if the undersigned were expressly named a joint tenant therein.

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SIGNED under seal this 18th day of October, 2007.

 

GUARANTOR:
HOLOGIC, INC.,
By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President Finance and Administration and Treasurer Hereunto duly authorized

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

Suffolk, ss.

On this 18th day of October, 2007, before me, the undersigned notary public, personally appeared Glenn P. Muir, proved to me through satisfactory evidence of identification, which were a Massachusetts driver’s license, to be the person whose name is signed on the preceding or attached document, and acknowledged to me that he signed it voluntarily for its stated purpose, as Executive Vice President Finance and Administration and Treasurer for Hologic, Inc.

 

/s/ Phyllis A. Thomas

Notary Public
My commission expires: 1/9/2009
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Exhibit 10.10

EXECUTION COPY

SECOND RETENTION AGREEMENT

AGREEMENT entered into as of this 22nd day of October, 2007 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Hologic, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at 35 Crosby Drive, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730 (the “Company”) and Robert A. Cascella, an individual having his principal residence in Charlestown, Massachusetts (the “Executive”).

WHEREAS, the Executive serves as the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company;

WHEREAS, upon the Closing Date (as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement) and pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among the Company, Nor’easter Corp. and Cytyc Corporation (“Cytyc”) dated as of May 20, 2007 (the “Merger Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive entered into a Retention and Severance Agreement, dated May 3, 2006, to provide certain incentives to the Executive if he remained employed with the Company until December 31, 2008 (the “First Retention Agreement”) and an Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement, dated October 30, 2006 ( the “Change of Control Agreement”);

WHEREAS, subject to and conditioned upon the Merger, in order to provide additional incentives, in addition to the benefits provided under the First Retention Agreement, to the Executive to ensure his continued employment until the three year anniversary of the Closing Date the Company is prepared to pay the Executive a Retention Bonus (as defined below) and issue Restricted Stock Units on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth; and

WHEREAS, the Executive is prepared to continue his employment by the Company following the Closing Date in reliance upon the Company’s undertaking and agreement to pay such Retention Bonus and issue Restricted Stock Units and issue Restricted Stock Units on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth; and

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto, each intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows:

1. Definitions .

1.1 Accrued Compensation . For purposes of this Agreement, “Accrued Compensation” shall mean an amount which shall include all amounts earned or accrued through the “Termination Date” (as hereinafter defined) but not paid as of the Termination Date, including without limitation, (i) base salary, (ii) reimbursement for reasonable and necessary business expenses incurred by the Executive on behalf of the Company, pursuant to the Company’s expense reimbursement policy in effect at such time, during the period ending on the Termination Date, (iii) vacation pay, and (iv) any other amounts that may be earned or accrued through the Termination Date under any other change of control, retention (including the First Retention Agreement and Change of Control Agreement) or other agreement between the Executive and the Company relating to his employment with the Company.

 


1.2 Cause . The Company may terminate the Executive's employment during the Term of this Agreement for “Cause”. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” means (i) an act or acts of personal dishonesty taken by the Executive and intended to result in substantial personal enrichment of the Executive at the expense of the Company; (ii) material violation of the Company’s Code of Conduct, and other Company Codes of Conduct or policies and procedures that are applicable to the Executive; or (iii) the conviction of the Executive of a felony involving moral turpitude. The Company shall provide the Executive with 30 days written notice of any determination of Cause and provide the Executive, for a period of 30 days following such notice, with the opportunity to appear before the Board, with or without legal representation, to present arguments and evidence on his behalf and following such presentation to the Board, the Executive may only be terminated for Cause if the Board by a vote of not less than 75% of the independent directors (determined in accordance with the corporate governance listing standards of the Nasdaq National Market and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission) determining that his actions did, in fact, constitute for Cause .

1.3 Company . For purposes of this Agreement, “Company” shall mean Hologic, Inc. and shall include its “Successors and Assigns” (as hereinafter defined).

1.4 Disability . For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” shall mean a physical or mental infirmity which impairs the Executive's ability to substantially perform his duties with the Company for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days, and the Executive has not returned to his full time employment prior to the Termination Date as stated in the “Notice of Termination” (as hereinafter defined).

1.5 Good Reason . For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean:

 

  (a) Material diminution in the Executive’s offices, titles and reporting requirements, authority, duties or responsibilities as in effect at any time in the ninety (90) days prior to Notice of Termination;

 

  (b) Executive ceases to report to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company;

 

  (c) Any person other than John W. Cumming serves as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer; or

 

  (d) Material breach by the Company of this Agreement.

1.6 Notice of Termination . For purposes of this Agreement, “Notice of Termination” shall mean (i) a written notice from the Company of termination of the Executive's employment which indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, if any, and which sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive's employment under the provision so indicated; or (ii) a written notice from the Executive to the Company of his resignation for Good Reason, within ninety (90) days of the initial existence of the Good Reason condition(s), describing the

 

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condition(s) in specific and adequate detail, and the Company has had thirty (30) days to cure such condition(s) after the date on which the Executive gives such Notice of Termination to the Company.

1.7 Termination Date . For purposes of this Agreement, “Termination Date” shall mean in the case of the Executive's death, his date of death, in the case of Good Reason, the last day of his employment, and in all other cases, the date specified in the Notice of Termination; provided, however, that if the Executive's employment is terminated by the Company for Cause or due to Disability or by the Executive for Good Reason, the date specified in the Notice of Termination shall be at least 30 days from the date the Notice of Termination is given to the Executive, provided that in the case of Disability the Executive shall not have returned to the full-time performance of his duties during such period of at least 30 days.

2. Effective Date . This Agreement is subject to and conditioned upon the consummation of the Merger. Upon the Closing Date of the Merger, this Agreement shall become effective (the “Effective Date”). In the event that the Merger is not consummated, for whatever reason, this Agreement shall be void ad initio and of no force and effect.

3. Retention Bonus; Restricted Stock Units . Subject to and conditioned upon the consummation of the Merger, (i) provided that the Executive has remained continuously employed by the Company or, if applicable, by its successor or assignee until the three year anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Retention Date”), then the Company shall pay the Executive by check or by federal funds wire transfer, within fifteen (15) days of the Retention Date, a cash bonus in the amount of One Million Dollars (a “Retention Bonus”) and (ii) as of the Effective Date the Company shall issue the Executive One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) in Restricted Stock Units (based on the “fair market value” of the Common Stock as of the Effective Date; fair market value shall mean the last reported sales price for such Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market (on that date) or the closing bid, if no sales were reported as quoted on such exchange or system as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable). The Restricted Stock Units shall be fully vested upon the Retention Date and be subject to the terms and conditions more fully described in the governing Restricted Stock Unit Agreement.

4. Change of Control Agreement . The Executive and Company agree that the Change of Control Agreement is hereby amended to provide that the payment of any Retention Bonus and issuance of Restricted Stock Units under this Agreement shall not be taken into consideration when determining and/or calculating the Executive’s Annual Base Salary, Annual Bonus, Average Annual Bonus, Change of Control Payments or Special Bonus (as such terms are defined or used in the Change of Control Agreement) thereunder.

 

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5. Termination of Employment .

5.1 If, during the term of this Agreement, the Executive's employment with the Company is terminated, then the Executive shall be entitled to the following compensation and benefits:

 

  (a) If the Executive’s employment with the Company shall be terminated (1) by the Company for Cause or Disability, (2) by reason of the Executive's death, or (3) by the Executive other than for Good Reason, the Company shall pay to the Executive the Accrued Compensation only.

 

  (b) If the Executive’s employment with the Company shall be terminated by Company without Cause (as defined in Section 1.2) or by the Executive for Good Reason (as defined in Section 1.5), then the Executive shall be entitled to each and all of the following:

 

  (i) The Company shall pay the Executive all Accrued Compensation; and

 

  (ii) The Company shall pay the Executive the Retention Bonus and shall remove any restrictions on Common Stock provided for pursuant to the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement described in Section 3 herein within fifteen (15) days of termination.

 

  (c) The Amounts provided for in Sections 5.1(a) and 5.1(b)(i) shall be paid in a single lump sum cash payment within five (5) business days after the Executive’s Termination Date (or earlier, if required by applicable law).

5.2 Mitigation . The Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise and no such payment shall be offset or reduced by the amount of any compensation or benefits provided to the Executive in any subsequent employment.

6. Other Severance Benefits . The benefits provided for in Section 5.1(b) shall be in addition to the benefits provided under the First Retention Agreement. The Executive's entitlement to any other compensation or benefits shall be determined in accordance with the Company's employee benefit plans and other applicable programs, policies and practices then in effect.

7. Divestiture or Sale of Division . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the termination of the Executive's employment with the Company in connection with the sale, divestiture or other disposition of a Subsidiary or “Division” (as hereinafter defined) (or part thereof) shall not be deemed to be a termination of employment of the Executive for purposes of this Agreement provided, in the event such sale, divestiture or

 

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other disposition of a Subsidiary or Division, the Company obtains an agreement from such purchaser or acquiror as contemplated in Section 9.3. The Executive shall not be entitled to benefits from the Company under this Agreement as a result of such sale, divestiture, or other disposition, except in the event of a subsequent termination of employment entitling Executive to a payment hereunder. “Division” shall mean a business unit or other substantial business operation within the Company that is operated as a separate profit center, but that is not maintained by the Company as a separate legal entity.

8. Excise Tax Payments .

8.1 Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that the payments and benefits provided under this Agreement and benefits provided to, or for the benefit of, the Executive under any other Company plan or agreement (such payments or benefits are collectively referred to as the “Payments”) would be subject to the excise tax (the “Excise Tax”) imposed under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the Payments shall be reduced (but not below zero) if and to the extent necessary so that no Payment to be made or benefit to be provided to the Executive shall be subject to the Excise Tax (such reduced amount is hereinafter referred to as the “Limited Payment Amount”). Unless the Executive shall have given prior written notice specifying a different order to the Company to effectuate the Limited Payment Amount, the Company shall reduce or eliminate the Payments, by first reducing or eliminating those payments or benefits which are not payable in cash and then by reducing or eliminating cash payments, in each case in reverse order beginning with payments or benefits which are to be paid the farthest in time from the “Determination” (as hereinafter defined). Any notice given by the Executive pursuant to the preceding sentence shall take precedence over the provisions of any other plan, arrangement or agreement governing the Executive's rights and entitlements to any benefits or compensation.

8.2 An initial determination as to whether the Payments shall be reduced to the Limited Payment Amount pursuant to the Plan and the amount of such Limited Payment Amount shall be made by an accounting firm at the Company’s expense selected by the Company which is designated as one of the six largest accounting firms in the United States (the “Accounting Firm”). The Accounting Firm shall provide its determination (the “Determination”), together with detailed supporting calculations and documentation, to the Company and the Executive within five (5) days of the Termination Date, if applicable, or such other time as requested by the Company or by the Executive (provided the Executive reasonably believes that any of the Payments may be subject to the Excise Tax), and if the Accounting Firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable by the Executive with respect to a Payment or Payments, it shall furnish the Executive with an opinion, at the Company’s expense, reasonably acceptable to the Executive that no Excise Tax will be imposed with respect to any such Payment or Payments. Within ten (10) days of the delivery of the Determination to the Executive, the Executive shall have the right to dispute the Determination (the “Dispute”). If there is no Dispute, the Determination shall be binding, final and conclusive upon the Company and the Executive subject to the application of Section 8.3 below.

8.3 As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Sections 4999 and 28OG of the Code, it is possible that the Payments to be made to, or provided for the benefit of, the Executive either have been made or will not be made by the Company which, in either case, will be

 

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inconsistent with the limitations provided in Section 8.1 (hereinafter referred to as an “Excess Payment” or “Underpayment”, respectively). If it is established pursuant to a final determination of a court, or an Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) proceeding which has been finally and conclusively resolved, that an Excess Payment has been made, such Excess Payment shall be deemed for all purposes to be a loan to the Executive made on the date the Executive received the Excess Payment and the Executive shall repay the Excess Payment to the Company, on demand (but not less than thirty (30) days after written notice is received by the Executive), together with interest on the Excess Payment at the “Applicable Federal Rate” (as defined in Section 1274(d) of the Code) from the date of the Executive's receipt of such Excess Payment until the date of such repayment. In the event that it is determined by (i) the Accounting Firm, the Company (which shall include the position taken by the Company, or together with its consolidated group, on its federal income tax return) or the IRS, (ii) pursuant to a determination by a court, or (iii) upon the resolution to the Executive's satisfaction of the Dispute, that an Underpayment has occurred, the Company shall pay an amount equal to the Underpayment to the Executive within thirty (30) days of such determination or resolution, together with interest on such amount at the Applicable Federal Rate from the date such amount would have been paid to the Executive until the date of payment.

8.4 Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that, according to the Determination, an Excise Tax will be imposed on any Payment or Payments, the Company shall pay to the applicable government taxing authorities, as Excise Tax withholding, the amount of the Excise Tax that the Company has actually withheld from the Payment or Payments.

9. Successors: Binding Agreement .

9.1 This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Company, and its Successors and Assigns, and the Company shall require any Successors and Assigns to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession or assignment had taken place.

9.2 Neither this Agreement nor any right or interest hereunder shall be assignable or transferable by the Executive, his beneficiaries or legal representatives, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive's personal representative.

9.3 In the event that a Subsidiary or Division (or part thereof) is sold, divested, or otherwise disposed of by the Company subsequent to or in connection with a Change in Control and the Executive is offered employment by the purchaser or acquiror thereof, the Company shall require such purchaser or acquiror to assume, and agree to perform, the Company's obligations under this Agreement, in the same manner, and to the same extent, that the Company would be required to perform if no such acquisition or purchase had taken place.

10. Arbitration . Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach, termination or invalidity hereof, (collectively, a “Claim”) shall be settled by arbitration pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such

 

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arbitration shall be conducted by one arbitrator, with experience in the matters covered by this Agreement, mutually acceptable to the parties. If the parties are unable to agree on the arbitrator within thirty (30) days of one party giving the other party written notice of intent to arbitrate a Claim, the American Arbitration Association shall appoint an arbitrator with such qualifications to conduct such arbitration. The decision of the arbitrator in any such arbitration shall be conclusive and binding on the parties. Any such arbitration shall be conducted in Boston, Massachusetts, unless the Executive consents to a different location.

11. Injunctive Relief . If the Executive commits a breach or is about to commit a breach, of any of the provisions of this Agreement, the Company shall have the right to have the provisions of this Agreement specifically enforced by any court having equity jurisdiction without being required to post bond or other security and without having to prove the inadequacy of the available remedies at law, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach will cause irreparable injury to the Company and that money damages will not provide an adequate remedy to the Company. In addition, the Company may take all such other actions and remedies available to it under law or in equity and shall be entitled to such damages as it can show they have sustained by reason of such breach.

12. Tax Treatment; Tax Withholding . The Company and the Executive hereby acknowledge and agree that any Retention Bonus payable hereunder and issuance of Company common stock pursuant to the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement shall be treated and reported by the Company and the Executive as additional compensation for services rendered and as ordinary income. The Executive also acknowledges and agrees that the Company may withhold from any Retention Bonus, issuance of Company’s common stock pursuant to the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement or any other payment such amounts as may be required to satisfy all federal, state and local withholding and employment tax obligations.

13. General Provisions .

13.1 No Special Employment Rights . No provision of this Agreement shall grant or confer upon, or shall be construed to grant or confer upon, the Executive any right with respect to the continuation of his employment by the Company or to otherwise affect in any respect the terms and conditions of such employment except to the extent expressly provided hereunder.

13.2 Notices . Any and all notices or other communications required or permitted to be given in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing (or in the form of a facsimile or electronic transmission) addressed as provided below and shall be (i) delivered by hand, (ii) transmitted by facsimile or electronic mail with receipt confirmed, (iii) delivered by overnight courier service with confirmed receipt or (iv) mailed by first class U.S. mail, postage prepaid and registered or certified, return receipt requested:

If to the Company to:

Hologic, Inc.

35 Crosby Drive

Bedford, MA 07130

Attn: David Brady, Senior Vice President

Facsimile Number: (781) 280-0674

E-Mail Address: dbrady@hologic.com

 

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with a copy to:

James L. Hauser, Esq.

Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP

One Financial Center

Boston, MA 02111

Facsimile Number: (617) 856-8201

E-Mail Address: jhauser@brownrudnick.com

If to the Executive, to:

Robert A. Cascella

64th Ninth Street

Charlestown, MA 02129

617/241-0801

and in any case at such other address as the addressee shall have specified by written notice. Any notice or other communication given in accordance with this Section 13.2 shall be deemed delivered and effective upon receipt, except those notices and other communications sent by mail, which shall be deemed delivered and effective three (3) business days following deposit with the United States Postal Service. All periods of notice shall be measured from the date of delivery thereof.

13.3 Entire Agreement; Amendment . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof, superseding all prior understandings and agreements, whether written or oral; provided , however , that the Change of Control Agreement, Employee Intellectual Property Rights and Non-Competition Agreement, option agreement, restricted stock unit agreement, First Retention Agreement or other employment agreement by and between the Company and Executive shall remain in full force and effect, except as specifically provided herein. This Agreement may not be amended or revised except by a writing signed by both the Company and the Executive.

14. Non-Exclusivity of Rights . Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the Executive's continuing or future participation in any benefit, bonus, incentive or other plan or program provided by the Company (except for any severance or termination policies, plans, programs or practices) and for which the Executive may qualify, nor shall anything herein limit or reduce such rights as the Executive may have under any other agreements with the Company (except for any severance or termination agreement). Amounts which are vested benefits or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan or program of the Company shall be payable in accordance with such plan or program, except as explicitly modified by this Agreement.

15. 409A Compliance . Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, the Company shall make the payments required hereunder in compliance with the requirements

 

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of Section 409A of the Code and any interpretative guidance issued thereunder. The Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, delay payments hereunder or make such other modifications with respect to the timing of payments as it deems necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code.

16. Release . The Executive agrees that, with the exception of the Accrued Compensation due to him in accordance with the terms hereunder, that the payment of any severance under Sections 5.1(b)(i) and (ii) is subject to and conditioned upon the execution and delivery by the Executive to the Company of a Settlement and Release Agreement (the “Release Agreement”) in favor of the Company, its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents in respect to the Executive’s employment with the Company and the termination thereof in a form suitable to the Company and the expiration of any revocation period provided for under the Release Agreement.

17. Other Change in Control Agreement . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Executive is a party to a Change of Control Agreement with the Company and such agreement results in the payment of benefits to the Executive as the result of a change in control then the Executive shall receive no compensation hereunder other than the Retention Payment and Restricted Stock Units, subject to the terms and conditions herein.

17.1 Effect of Headings . The titles of section headings herein contained have been provided solely for convenience of reference and in no way define, limit or describe the scope or substance of any provision of this Agreement.

17.2 Severability . The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and the invalidity of any provision shall not affect the validity of any other provision. In the event that any court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof is unenforceable because of the duration or scope thereof, the parties hereto agree that said court in making such determination shall have the power to reduce the duration and scope of such provision to the extent necessary to make it enforceable, and that the Agreement in its reduced form shall be valid and enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.

17.3 Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as a binding contract as of the day and year first above written.

 

Hologic, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Executive

/s/ Robert A. Cascella

Robert A. Cascella

 

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Exhibit 10.11

EXECUTION COPY

AMENDED AND RESTATED

RETENTION AND SEVERANCE AGREEMENT

AMENDED AND RESTATED RETENTION AND SEVERANCE AGREEMENT entered into as of this 17 th day of August, 2007 (the “Agreement”) by and between Hologic, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at 35 Crosby Drive, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730 (the “Company”) and Patrick J. Sullivan, an individual having his principal residence at 151 Plympton Road, Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776 (the “Executive”). This Agreement amends and restates in its entirety that certain Retention and Severance Agreement, dated as of May 20, 2007 (the “Original Agreement”), to clarify further certain provisions of the Original Agreement.

WHEREAS, the Executive is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Cytyc Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Cytyc”); and

WHEREAS, in connection with the execution and delivery of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among the Company, Nor’easter Corp., a Delaware corporation (Nor’easter”) and Cytyc, dated as of May 20, 2007 (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Cytyc, subject to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth therein, has agreed to merge with and into Nor’easter (the “Merger”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement and the Merger upon the Closing Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement), the former stockholders of Cytyc will own over 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company; and

WHEREAS, as provided in the Merger Agreement and subject to and conditioned upon the completion of the Merger, commencing as of the Closing Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement, such date to be sometimes referred to herein as the Effective Date of this Agreement), the Company desires to employ the Executive as the Executive Chairman of the Board of the Company and as an executive officer of the Company; and

WHEREAS, subject to and conditioned upon the consummation of the Merger, the Company agrees to provide additional incentives to the Executive to ensure his continued employment as the Chairman for a term of two years from the Closing Date, the Company is prepared to pay the Executive a Retention Bonus (as defined below) and issue Restricted Stock Units on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth; and

WHEREAS, the Executive is prepared to become employed by the Company as the Chairman and executive officer effective as of the Closing Date and through the Retention Date (as defined below) in reliance upon the Company’s undertaking and agreement to pay such Retention Bonus and issue Restricted Stock Units on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth; and

WHEREAS, the Company also desires to enter into this Agreement to provide the Executive with severance benefits in the event his employment is terminated in certain circumstances in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto, each intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows:

1. Definitions .

1.1 Accrued Compensation . For purposes of this Agreement, “Accrued Compensation” shall mean an amount which shall include all amounts earned or accrued through the “Termination Date” (as hereinafter defined) but not paid as of the Termination Date, including (i) base salary, (ii) reimbursement for reasonable and necessary business expenses incurred by the Executive on behalf of the Company, pursuant to the Company's expense reimbursement policy in effect at such time, during the period ending on the Termination Date, and (iii) vacation pay (other than the “Pro Rata Bonus” (as hereinafter defined)).

1.2 Base Salary . For purposes of this Agreement, “Base Salary” shall mean the greater of the Executive's annual base salary (a) at the rate in effect on the Termination Date or (b) at the highest rate in effect at any time during the ninety (90) day period prior to the Termination Date, and shall include all amounts of his Base Salary that are deferred at the election of the Executive under the qualified and non-qualified employee benefit plans of the Company or any other agreement or arrangement. For avoidance of doubt, Base Salary shall not include any Annual Bonus or portion thereof deferred under the Company’s Bonus Deferral Program or payments or benefits under this Agreement. As of the Effective Date of this Agreement, the Company shall pay Executive a Base Salary equal to $700,000.00 annually.

1.3 Annual Bonus . For purposes of this Agreement, “Annual Bonus” shall mean a cash amount the Executive is eligible to earn as additional compensation for period of employment through December 31, 2007 determined in accordance with Cytyc’s Executive Incentive Plan. Effective as of January 1, 2008, the Executive shall be eligible for an Annual Bonus of up to 150% of Executive’s Base Salary, subject to the terms and conditions of the Company’s Executive Bonus Plan. The Annual Bonus will be paid no later than two and half months after the end of the respective performance period for which the Annual Bonus was earned. The parties agree that the transition from the Cytyc Executive Incentive Plan to the Company’s Executive Bonus Plan shall be effected in a manner that avoids gaps or overlap between the plans and allows the Executive to benefit from any material increase in bonus opportunities afforded to other similarly situated executives.

1.4 Bonus Amount . For purposes of this Agreement, “Bonus Amount” shall mean the average of the annual bonuses (excluding any Retention Bonus paid pursuant to this Agreement or Change of Control payments paid under a change of control agreement including the Cytyc Change of Control Agreement (as defined below) paid or payable during the three full fiscal years ended prior to the Termination Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, any bonus electively deferred by the Executive pursuant to a qualified or a non-qualified plan shall be included in the Bonus Amount.

1.5 Cause . The Company may terminate the Executive's employment during the Term of this Agreement for “Cause”. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” means (i) any fraudulent act or acts that result in substantial harm or loss of the Company; (ii) willful and

 

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material violation of the Company’s Code of Conduct, and other Company Codes of Conduct or policies and procedures that are applicable to the Executive and that the Executive was made aware of; or (iii) the conviction of the Executive of a felony involving moral turpitude. The Company shall provide the Executive with 30 days written notice of any determination of Cause and provide the Executive, for a period of 30 days following such notice, with the opportunity to appear before the Board, with or without legal representation, to present arguments and evidence on his behalf and following such presentation to the Board, the Executive may only be terminated for Cause if the Board by a vote of not less than 75% of the independent directors (determined in accordance with the corporate governance listing standards of the Nasdaq National Market and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission) determining that his actions did, in fact, constitute Cause.

1.6 Company . For purposes of this Agreement, “Company” shall mean Hologic and shall include its “Successors and Assigns” (as hereinafter defined).

1.7 Disability . For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” shall mean a physical or mental infirmity which impairs the Executive’s ability to substantially perform his duties with the Company for a period of one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days, and the Executive has not returned to his full time employment prior to the Termination Date as stated in the “Notice of Termination” (as hereinafter defined).

1.8 Good Reason . For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean:

 

  (a) Material diminution in the Executive’s authority duties or responsibilities as defined in Exhibit A (including removal from the Board of Directors);

 

  (b) Reduction in the Executive’s Base Salary or bonus opportunity, unless such reduction is part of a company wide reduction in salary and bonus opportunities for all similarly situated executives;

 

  (c) The Company requiring the Executive to be based at any office or location more than fifty (50) miles from the Company’s headquarters as of the date hereof;

 

  (d) Material diminution in the budget over which the Executive retains authority; and

 

  (e) Any action or inaction that constitutes a material breach by the Company of this Agreement.

1.9 Notice of Termination . For purposes of this Agreement, “Notice of Termination” shall mean (i) a written notice from the Company of termination of the Executive's employment which indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, if any, and which sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive's employment under the provision so indicated; or (ii) a written notice from the Executive to the Company of his resignation for Good Reason, which indicates the specific provision in Section 1.8 herein. Any Notice of Termination by the

 

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Executive for Good Reason must occur not more than two years following the initial existence of one or more conditions described in Section 1.8 arising without the consent of the Executive and written notice to Company within ninety (90) days of the occurrence of the act or acts giving rise to Good Reason and the Company shall have thirty (30) days after receipt of such written notice to remedy the condition.

1.10 Pro Rata Bonus . For purposes of this Agreement, “Pro Rata Bonus” shall mean an amount equal to the Bonus Amount multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of months worked in the fiscal year through the Termination Date and the denominator of which is 12. Any partial months shall be rounded to the nearest whole number using normal mathematical convention.

1.11 Termination Date . For purposes of this Agreement, “Termination Date” shall mean in the case of the Executive's death, his date of death, in the case of Good Reason, the last day of his employment, and in all other cases, the date specified in the Notice of Termination; provided, however, that if the Executive's employment is terminated by the Company for Cause or due to Disability or by the Executive for Good Reason, the date specified in the Notice of Termination shall be at least 30 days from the date the Notice of Termination is given to the Executive, provided that in the case of Disability the Executive shall not have returned to the full-time performance of his duties during such period of at least 30 days.

2. Agreement . This Agreement shall be subject to and conditioned upon the consummation of the Merger and shall not become effective until the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement). . In the event that the Merger Agreement is terminated prior to the Effective Time, then this Agreement shall become null and void ab initio and be of no further force and effect.

2.1 Title/Duties . Upon the Effective Date, the Company shall appoint the Executive as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and employ him as an executive officer of the Company. The Executive’s duties as Executive Chairman and executive officer are described in the attached Exhibit A.

3. Retention Bonus . Following the Effective Date and provided that the Executive has remained continuously employed by the Company as its Chairman and executive officer or, if applicable, of its successor or assignee from the Effective Date to the two year anniversary thereof (the “Retention Date”), then the Company shall pay the Executive by check or by federal funds wire transfer, within fifteen (15) days of the Retention Date, a cash bonus in the amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) (a “Retention Bonus”). In no event will the Retention Bonus be paid to Executive, if he ceases to serve as either the Company’s or, if applicable, its successor’s or assignee’s Chairman or executive officer until the Retention Date for any reason, including, without limitation, the Executive’s death, disability, resignation or termination of his employment by the Company for any reason. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Executive is terminated without Cause or (ii) the Executive notifies the Company in writing that he has been assigned duties that are inconsistent with the duties typically assigned to other executive officers of the Company in similar positions (in the event that there are no officers of the Company serving in similar positions, then officers at comparable public companies) within thirty (30) days’ notice of such occurrence and the Company fails to

 

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remedy such occurrence within thirty (30) days of receipt of such written notice, then the Retention Bonus shall be immediately payable to the Executive within fifteen (15) days of such termination.

3.1 Restricted Stock Units . Upon the Effective Date of this Agreement, the Company shall issue to the Executive One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) in Restricted Stock Units (based on the “fair market value” of the Common Stock as of the Effective Date of this Agreement; fair market value shall mean the last reported sales price for such Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market (on that date) or the closing bid, if no sales were reported as quoted on such exchange or system as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable). The Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to the terms and conditions more fully described in the governing Restricted Stock Unit Agreement Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Executive is terminated without Cause or (ii) the Executive notifies the Company in writing that he has been assigned duties that are inconsistent with the duties typically assigned to other executive officers of the Company in similar positions (in the event that there are no officers of the Company serving in similar positions, then officers at comparable public companies) within thirty (30) days’ notice of such occurrence and the Company fails to remedy such occurrence within thirty (30) days of receipt of such written notice, then all Restricted Stock Units shall immediately and irrevocably vest to the Executive within fifteen (15) days of such termination.

4. Change of Control Agreements . The Executive and Company agree that the Change of Control Agreement entered into between the parties concurrent with this Agreement (the “Hologic Change of Control Agreement’) shall provide, subject to and conditioned upon the consummation of the Merger, that the payment of any Retention Bonus, issuance of Restricted Stock Units and for severance provided under this Agreement shall not be taken into consideration when determining and/or calculating the Executive’s Annual Base Salary, Annual Bonus, Average Annual Bonus, Change of Control Payments or Special Bonus thereunder (as such terms are defined or used in the Hologic Change of Control Agreement). The Change of Control Agreement, as amended, entered into by and between Cytyc and Executive with an effective date of July 23, 2003 attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Cytyc Change of Control Agreement”) shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its original terms, other than payment of the Change of Control payment provided for under Section 2(a)(i)(B) therein, which shall be paid to Executive by Cytyc immediately prior to and subject to the consummation of the Merger.

5. Intellectual Property Rights and Non-Competition Agreement . In consideration for the substantial benefits being provided hereunder, the Executive agrees to execute the Company’s Employee Intellectual Property Rights and Non-Competition Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B, which is hereby incorporated into this Agreement.

 

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6. Termination of Employment .

6.1 If, during the term of this Agreement, the Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated, then the Executive shall be entitled to the following compensation and benefits:

 

  (a) If the Executive’s employment with the Company shall be terminated (1) by the Company for Cause or Disability, (2) by reason of the Executive’s death, or (3) by the Executive other than for Good Reason, the Company shall pay to the Executive the Accrued Compensation only.

 

  (b) If the Executive’s employment with the Company shall be terminated by Company without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason (as defined in Section 1.8), then the Executive shall be entitled to each and all of the following:

 

  (i) The Company shall pay the Executive all Accrued Compensation;

 

  (ii) The Company shall pay the Executive a Pro Rata Bonus;

 

  (iii) The Company shall pay the Executive a lump amount equal to the Executive’s Base Salary plus Bonus Amount;

 

  (iv) The Company shall continue to provide the Executive with medical and dental benefits on the same terms and conditions provided to other executives of the Company for a period of one (1) year from the Termination Date;

 

  (v) The Company shall provide the Executive with out-placement services through Crenshaw Associates, Inc. (or a comparable executive search firm) or in the alternative, reimburse the Executive with Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000); and

 

  (c) In the event of a termination for “Good Reason” or termination without “Cause” as such terms are defined in the Cytyc Change of Control Agreement during the twenty-four months following the Closing Date, then the Company shall provide any benefits or payments provided to Executive under the Cytyc Change of Control Agreement, including, but not limited to, all benefits under Sections 2(a)(i)(A), 2(a)(ii), 2(a)(iii), 2(a)(iv), Section 3 and Section 15, subject to Section 4 with respect to execution of a mutual release in good faith; provided, however, that in no event will Executive be entitled to a payment under Section 2(a)(i)(B), which Executive acknowledges he is to receive upon the consummation of the Merger.

 

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6.2 Mitigation . The Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise and no such payment shall be offset or reduced by the amount of any compensation or benefits provided to the Executive in any subsequent employment.

6.3 Other Severance Benefits . The severance pay and benefits provided for in Section 6.1(b) shall be in lieu of any other severance or termination pay to which the Executive may be entitled under any Company severance or termination plan, program, practice or arrangement. The Executive's entitlement to any other compensation or benefits shall be determined in accordance with the Company's employee benefit plans and other applicable programs, policies and practices then in effect.

7. Divestiture or Sale of Division . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the termination of the Executive's employment with the Company in connection with the sale, divestiture or other disposition of a Subsidiary or “Division” (as hereinafter defined) (or part thereof) shall not be deemed to be a termination of employment of the Executive for purposes of this Agreement; provided , however , in the event such sale, divestiture or other disposition of a Subsidiary or Division, the Company obtains an express written agreement from such purchaser or acquiror as contemplated in Section 9.3. The Executive shall not be entitled to benefits from the Company under this Agreement as a result of such sale, divestiture, or other disposition, except in the event of a subsequent termination of employment entitling Executive to a payment hereunder. “Division” shall mean a business unit or other substantial business operation within the Company that is operated as a separate profit center, but that is not maintained by the Company as a separate legal entity.

8. Excise Tax Payments .

8.1 Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that the payments and benefits provided under this Agreement and benefits provided to, or for the benefit of, the Executive under any other Company plan or agreement (such payments or benefits are collectively referred to as the “Payments”) would be subject to the excise tax (the “Excise Tax”) imposed under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the Payments shall be reduced (but not below zero) if and to the extent necessary so that no Payment to be made or benefit to be provided to the Executive shall be subject to the Excise Tax (such reduced amount is hereinafter referred to as the “Limited Payment Amount”). Unless the Executive shall have given prior written notice specifying a different order to the Company to effectuate the Limited Payment Amount, the Company shall reduce or eliminate the Payments, by first reducing or eliminating those payments or benefits which are not payable in cash and then by reducing or eliminating cash payments, in each case in reverse order beginning with payments or benefits which are to be paid the farthest in time from the “Determination” (as hereinafter defined). Any notice given by the Executive pursuant to the preceding sentence shall take precedence over the provisions of any other plan, arrangement or agreement governing the Executive's rights and entitlements to any benefits or compensation.

8.2 An initial determination as to whether the Payments shall be reduced to the Limited Payment Amount pursuant to the Plan and the amount of such Limited Payment Amount shall be made by an accounting firm at the Company's expense selected by the Company which

 

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is designated as one of the six largest accounting firms in the United States (the “Accounting Firm”). The Accounting Firm shall provide its determination (the “Determination”), together with detailed supporting calculations and documentation, to the Company and the Executive within five (5) days of the Termination Date, if applicable, or such other time as requested by the Company or by the Executive (provided the Executive reasonably believes that any of the Payments may be subject to the Excise Tax), and if the Accounting Firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable by the Executive with respect to a Payment or Payments, it shall furnish the Executive with an opinion, at the Company's expense, reasonably acceptable to the Executive that no Excise Tax will be imposed with respect to any such Payment or Payments. Within ten (10) days of the delivery of the Determination to the Executive, the Executive shall have the right to dispute the Determination (the “Dispute”). If there is no Dispute, the Determination shall be binding, final and conclusive upon the Company and the Executive subject to the application of Section 8.3 below.

8.3 As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Sections 4999 and 28OG of the Code, it is possible that the Payments to be made to, or provided for the benefit of, the Executive either have been made or will not be made by the Company which, in either case, will be inconsistent with the limitations provided in Section 8.1 (hereinafter referred to as an “Excess Payment” or “Underpayment”, respectively). If it is established pursuant to a final determination of a court, or an Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) proceeding which has been finally and conclusively resolved, that an Excess Payment has been made, such Excess Payment shall be deemed for all purposes to be a loan to the Executive made on the date the Executive received the Excess Payment and the Executive shall repay the Excess Payment to the Company, on demand (but not less than thirty (30) days after written notice is received by the Executive), together with interest on the Excess Payment at the “Applicable Federal Rate” (as defined in Section 1274(d) of the Code) from the date of the Executive's receipt of such Excess Payment until the date of such repayment. In the event that it is determined by (i) the Accounting Firm, the Company (which shall include the position taken by the Company, or together with its consolidated group, on its federal income tax return) or the IRS, (ii) pursuant to a determination by a court, or (iii) upon the resolution to the Executive's satisfaction of the Dispute, that an Underpayment has occurred, the Company shall pay an amount equal to the Underpayment to the Executive within thirty (30) days of such determination or resolution, together with interest on such amount at the Applicable Federal Rate from the date such amount would have been paid to the Executive until the date of payment.

8.4 The Company represents and warrants that this Agreement and all payments and benefits associated with it are in compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. However, if the Company is found not to be in compliance with Section 409(A) in the future, and this noncompliance results in any excise tax or penalty being born by you, the Company will fully reimburse you within thirty (30) days of any tax and/or penalty you may incur. Notwithstanding the above, in the event of a determination that any payment or benefit associated with this Agreement is not compliant with the provisions of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, the Company agrees that it will modify this Agreement to make it compliant with Section 409A and that it will make a good faith effort to maintain the value of the payments and benefits under this Agreement.

 

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8.5 Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that, according to the Determination, an Excise Tax will be imposed on any Payment or Payments, the Company shall pay to the applicable government taxing authorities, as Excise Tax withholding, the amount of the Excise Tax that the Company has actually withheld from the Payment or Payments.

9. Successors: Binding Agreement .

9.1 This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Company, and its Successors and Assigns, and the Company shall require any Successors and Assigns to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession or assignment had taken place.

9.2 Neither this Agreement nor any right or interest hereunder shall be assignable or transferable by the Executive, his beneficiaries or legal representatives, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive's personal representative.

9.3 In the event that a Subsidiary or Division (or part thereof) is sold, divested, or otherwise disposed of by the Company subsequent to or in connection with a Change in Control and the Executive is offered employment by the purchaser or acquiror thereof, the Company shall require such purchaser or acquiror to expressly assume, and agree to perform, the Company's obligations under this Agreement, in the same manner, and to the same extent, that the Company would be required to perform if no such acquisition or purchase had taken place.

10. Arbitration . Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach, termination or invalidity hereof, (collectively, a “Claim”) shall be settled by arbitration pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association and by a panel of three arbitrators, two of which will be chosen by each party and one agreed to by both parties. If the parties are unable to agree on the arbitrator within thirty (30) days of one party giving the other party written notice of intent to arbitrate a Claim, the American Arbitration Association shall appoint an arbitrator with such qualifications to conduct such arbitration. The decision of the arbitrator in any such arbitration shall be conclusive and binding on the parties. Any such arbitration shall be conducted in Boston, Massachusetts, unless the Executive consents to a different location.

11. Injunctive Relief . If the Executive commits a breach or is about to commit a breach, of any of the provisions of this Agreement, the Company shall have the right to have the provisions of this Agreement specifically enforced by any court having equity jurisdiction without being required to post bond or other security and without having to prove the inadequacy of the available remedies at law, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach will cause irreparable injury to the Company and that money damages will may not provide an adequate remedy to the Company. In addition, the Company may take all such other actions and remedies available to it under law or in equity and shall be entitled to such damages as it can show they have sustained by reason of such breach.

 

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12. Tax Treatment; Tax Withholding . The Company and the Executive hereby acknowledge and agree that any Retention Bonus payable hereunder and issuance of Company common stock pursuant to the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement shall be treated and reported by the Company and the Executive as additional compensation for services rendered and as ordinary income. The Executive also acknowledges and agrees that the Company may withhold from any Retention Bonus, issuance of Company’s common stock pursuant to the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement or severance payment such amounts as may be required to satisfy all federal, state and local withholding and employment tax obligations.

13. General Provisions .

13.1 No Special Employment Rights . No provision of this Agreement shall grant or confer upon, or shall be construed to grant or confer upon, the Executive any right with respect to the continuation of his employment by the Company or to otherwise affect in any respect the terms and conditions of such employment except to the extent expressly provided hereunder.

13.2 Notices . Any and all notices or other communications required or permitted to be given in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing (or in the form of a facsimile or electronic transmission) addressed as provided below and shall be (i) delivered by hand, (ii) transmitted by facsimile or electronic mail with receipt confirmed, (iii) delivered by overnight courier service with confirmed receipt or (iv) mailed by first class U.S. mail, postage prepaid and registered or certified, return receipt requested:

If to the Company to:

Hologic, Inc.

35 Crosby Drive

Bedford, MA 07130

Attn: David Brady, Senior Vice President

Facsimile Number: (781) 280-0674

E-Mail Address: dbrady@hologic.com

with a copy to:

James L. Hauser, Esq.

Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP

One Financial Center

Boston, MA 02111

E-Mail Address: jhauser@brownrudnick.com

If to the Executive, to:

Patrick J. Sullivan

151 Plympton Road

Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776

E-Mail Address:

 

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with a copy to:

Wendi S. Lazar, Esq.

Outten & Golden LLP

3 Park Avenue, 29 th Floor

New York, NY 10016

Facsimile Number:

E-Mail Address: wsl@outtengolden.com

and in any case at such other address as the addressee shall have specified by written notice. Any notice or other communication given in accordance with this Section 13.2 shall be deemed delivered and effective upon receipt, except those notices and other communications sent by mail, which shall be deemed delivered and effective three (3) business days following deposit with the United States Postal Service. All periods of notice shall be measured from the date of delivery thereof.

14. Credit Service . Executive’s past years of service with Cytyc Corporation shall be credited when determining his years of service under any and all Cytyc (or any applicable Hologic) benefit and retirement plans. Upon commencement of Executive’s employment with the Company, he will be eligible to participate in all of the Company’s benefits, pension plans and perquisites commensurate with that of other executives on his level. Based on Executive’s prior years of service with Cytyc Corporation, Executive will be automatically vested in the retirement plan at the time he commences employment with the Company.

15. Entire Agreement; Amendment . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof, superseding all prior understandings and agreements including, without limitation, the Original Agreement, whether written or oral, provided, however, that the Cytyc Change of Control Agreement, the Hologic Change of Control Agreement, Employee Intellectual Property Rights and Non-Competition Agreement, option agreement or other employment agreement by and between the Company and Executive shall remain in full force and effect, except as specifically provided herein. This Agreement may not be amended or revised except by a writing signed by both the Company and the Executive.

16. Non-Exclusivity of Rights . Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the Executive’s continuing or future participation in any benefit, bonus, incentive or other plan or program provided by the Company (except for any severance or termination policies, plans, programs or practices other than benefits available under the Cytyc Change of Control Agreement and the Hologic Change of Control Agreement) and for which the Executive may qualify, nor shall anything herein limit or reduce such rights as the Executive may have under any other agreements with the Company (except for any severance or termination agreement other than benefits available under the Cytyc Change of Control Agreement and the Hologic Change of Control Agreement). Amounts which are vested benefits or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan or program of the Company shall be payable in accordance with such plan or program, except as explicitly modified by this Agreement.

 

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17. Release . The Executive agrees that, with the exception of the Accrued Compensation due to him in accordance with the terms hereunder, that the payment of any severance under Sections 6.1(b)(ii), (iii) and (iv) is subject to and conditioned upon the execution and delivery by the Executive to the Company of a Settlement and Mutual Release Agreement (the “Release Agreement”) drafted by the Company, its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents in good faith in respect to the Executive’s employment with the Company and the termination thereof in a form suitable to the Company and the expiration of any revocation period provided for under the Release Agreement.

18. Other Change in Control Agreement . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Hologic Change of Control Agreement results in the payment of benefits to the Executive as the result of a change in control (as defined therein), then the Executive shall receive no compensation hereunder other than accrued salary and bonus and the Retention Payment and Restricted Stock Units, subject to the terms and conditions herein.

19. Effect of Headings . The titles of section headings herein contained have been provided solely for convenience of reference and in no way define, limit or describe the scope or substance of any provision of this Agreement.

20. Severability . The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and the invalidity of any provision shall not affect the validity of any other provision. In the event that any court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof is unenforceable because of the duration or scope thereof, the parties hereto agree that said court in making such determination shall have the power to reduce the duration and scope of such provision to the extent necessary to make it enforceable, and that the Agreement in its reduced form shall be valid and enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.

21. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as a binding contract as of the day and year first above written.

 

HOLOGIC, INC.
By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

  Glenn P. Muir, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Executive

/s/ Patrick J. Sullivan

Patrick J. Sullivan

 

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Exhibit A

Executive Chairman of the Hologic, Inc. Board of Directors

This position is held by an employee of the company and is a separate position from the CEO position. The executive oversees the activities and meetings of the Board of Directors and may be responsible for other activities and functions at the corporate level as outlined below. With respect to Executive’s duties as a member of the Board of Directors he shall report directly to the Board of Directors. With respect to Executive’s operational duties including without limitation, investor relations, as an executive officer of Hologic, the Chief Executive Officer of Hologic shall have final review and authority.

Corporate Responsibilities

1. Serve as key member of Hologic Investor Team (team includes Jack Cumming and Glenn Muir) that communicates the company story at analyst meetings, investor conferences, road shows and the media.

2. Mentor Jack Cumming in learning Cytyc's current business.

3. Working as Co-Chair of the Alignment Team - select group of senior managers to participate in the development of a plan to align the assets of the combined companies to maximize efficiencies, effectively manage the business and drive future growth.

4. Serve as senior advisor (along with Jack Cumming) and be an active participant in the business development initiatives.

5. Participate as a senior member of Hologic's Scientific Advisory Board (along with Jack Cumming and Jay Stein). The Advisory Panel, composed of leading clinicians in Breast Health was formed to help shape decisions about future strategic direction for our company.

6. Serve as Corporate Spokesperson (with Jack Cumming) to foster alliances with government officials and leading clinicians of countries where screening programs are in the formative stage.

Board Responsibilities

1. To act as a Director of the Company in the best interests of the Company and chair and attend all board meetings.

2. Participate in Company committees as designated by the Board.

 

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3. Ensure the objectives of the company, as agreed by the Board, are fully, promptly and properly carried out.

4. Ensure that all members of the Board receive tailored induction on all activities as they relate to overall Board effectiveness.

 

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Exhibit B

EMPLOYEE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

AND NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT

In order to induce Hologic, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), to employ me initially or to continue my employment, as the case may be, and in consideration of its doing so, I hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Definitions .

When used in this Agreement, the terms specified below have the meanings indicated. Terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement have the meanings specified there.

“Company” means the Company and, any other business entity that is either controlled by, controls, or under common control with the Company.

“Confidential Information” means Information, whether it is or is not recorded or embodied in or on Material, that is not a Trade Secret but that is identified to me as being confidential to the Company.

“Information” means all information concerning technical, administrative, financial, manufacturing, or marketing activities, including, without limitation, design, manufacturing, and procurement specifications; engineering and manufacturing data; manufacturing processes, techniques, and know-how; formulas; information-processing processes or programs; techniques, and know-how; research and development plans; trade secrets; marketing plans and strategies; customer names, employee names and responsibilities, cost and financial data, and other data.

“Invention” means any discovery, invention, improvement, process, formula, or technique, whether patentable or not.

“Material” means any physical embodiment of Information, regardless of whether I or someone else created it, including, without limitation, drawings, specifications, recording media for machine information-processing systems (such as disks, ROMs, and tapes that contain Information), documentation of all types, contracts, reports, manuals, lists, quotations, proposals, correspondence, notebooks, and samples.

“Trade Secret” means any Information, whether it is or is not recorded or embodied on or in a Material, that is not readily available from either the Company or another source without restrictions on its use and disclosure and whose use by Company gives it an opportunity to obtain an advantage over its then-current or potential competitors that do not use it.

 

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“Proprietary Invention” means any Invention I made, conceived, or reduced to practice, either alone or with others, (a) either in the course of performing work for Company or at Company’s expense, or (b) that results from tasks assigned to me by Company, or (c) whose creation ordinarily would be associated with my then current responsibilities as an employee of the Company. If I am identified as an inventor in any application for any United States or foreign patent where the Invention (i) is claimed to have been made, conceived, or reduced to practice during the first year after termination of my employment by the Company and (ii) would have been a Proprietary Invention if it occurred before the termination of my employment, then that Invention shall be rebuttably presumed to be a Proprietary Invention.

“Trade Secret Material” means Material that contains Trade Secrets.

 

2. Acknowledgment of Relationship of Trust .

I realize that my employment by the Company involved a relationship of confidence and trust between me and the Company with respect to its intellectual property rights, which include patents, trade secrets, copyrights, and trademarks, and that, as part of my employment, I am expected to contribute to the Company by creating and protecting those rights. I understand that the Company’s competitive position depends on its ability to develop, utilize, and keep control over those intellectual property rights, and I will develop and protect those rights as provided below, or as otherwise reasonably requested in writing.

 

3. Non-disclosure of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information .

(a) At all times, both during my employment by the Company and afterward, I will keep in confidence, and will not disclose, any Trade Secrets to anyone, and will not transfer any Trade Secret Material to anyone, including employees of Company, except as authorized by the Company. I will use any Trade Secrets and Trade Secret Material to which I have access only in the course of my work for the Company and for its benefit and will not appropriate it for the benefit of myself or any other person. During my employment by Company I will comply with its then-current procedures for the protection of Trade Secrets and Trade Secret Material. In the event of any inconsistency between those procedures and the requirements of this Agreement, the more stringent procedures or requirements will apply.

(b) At all times, both during my employment by the Company and afterward, I will keep in confidence and will not disclose or transfer any Confidential Information to any person other than an employee of Company, except as authorized by the Company, and I will not appropriate confidential information for the benefit of myself or any other person.

 

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4. Return of Trade Secret Material and Material Containing Confidential Information .

I will not remove from Company’s premises, or make any copies of, Trade Secret Material or Material containing Confidential Information, except for use in Company’s business. I will return to the Company all such Materials, including all copies of it, in my possession or under my control, (I) at any time upon the request of the Company, and (ii) without such a request at the termination of my employment by the Company. Upon the Company’s request, I will furnish a written statement that I returned all such Materials.

 

5. Prior Inventions .

As a matter of record, and in order to avoid disputes over the application of paragraph 7 below, I attach to this Agreement, as Exhibit A, a complete list of all Inventions I made, conceived, or first reduced to practice, alone or jointly with others, prior to my employment by Employer, that are not described in a publication or patent application in existence on the Effective Date of this Agreement, and that I want to exclude from the effect of this Agreement. If no such list is attached to this Agreement, I represent that I will have no such Inventions as of the Effective Date.

 

6. Disclosure of Inventions .

I will disclose to the Company promptly (a) any Proprietary Inventions and (b) any Inventions of which I am aware that are made, conceived, or first reduced to practice by others performing services for Employer.

 

7. Assignment of Proprietary Inventions .

All Proprietary Inventions shall be the exclusive property of the Company, and the Company shall be the owner of any patents and other rights related to Proprietary Inventions. Accordingly, I hereby assign and convey to the Company all of my right, title, and interest in and to any Proprietary Inventions.

 

8. Cooperation and Further Assurances .

I will help the Company, at its expense, obtain and enforce patents on Proprietary Inventions in any countries it selects, and I will execute any related documents, including, without limitation, application papers for letters patent, assignments, affidavits and oaths of facts within my knowledge, and assignments of my right, title, and interest in and to Proprietary Inventions and related patents to the Company or its designee. I will do any other things the Company requests to convey to, or vest in, the Company the rights, titles, benefits, and privileges intended to be conveyed. My obligation under this paragraph shall continue after the termination of my employment, subject to the Company’s compensating me at a reasonable rate for time actually spent by me at Employer’s request on such help after termination of employment.

 

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9. Prior Agreements .

I attach to this Agreement, as Exhibit B, a complete list of prior agreements with any other person related to intellectual property rights or which restricts in any way my employment by the Company. I represent that my performance of all the terms of this Agreement and as an employee of the Company will not breach any other agreement, including any employment, confidentiality, non-competition, or other agreement,. I will not enter into any agreement either written or oral in conflict with this Agreement.

 

10. Works in Authorship .

(a) I acknowledge that all works of authorship (including, without limitation, works of authorship that contain software program code) I produce during and within the scope of, my employment by the Company, whether they are or are not created on the Company’s premises or during hours in which I am supposed to be rendering services to the Company, are works made for hire and are the property of the Company, and that copyrights in those works of authorship are the property of the Company. If for any reason it appears that the Company is not the author of any such work of authorship for copyright purposes, I hereby expressly assign all of my rights in and to that work to the Company and agree to sign any instrument of specific assignment requested.

(b) I will use reasonable efforts to avoid including in any work of authorship I produce within the scope of my employment any material that then is created by, or on behalf of, any person other than the Company. I will inform the Company of any material created by or on behalf of any other person that I recommend be included in a work of authorship.

 

11. Information or Material of Others .

I will not disclose to Company, or use in Company’s business, or Information or Material relating to the business of any other person and intended by that person not to be disclosed to Company.

 

12. Full Time and Best Efforts .

I will devote my full time during the time I am expected to work, and my best efforts, to Company’s business to the exclusion of all other business activities. In addition, while I am employed by the Company, I will not, directly or indirectly, either by myself or in conjunction with others, be engaged or interested in, or affiliated with, or organize or help to organize, or aid or assist in any manner any business similar to or competitive with Company, except that mere ownership of no more than one percent (1%) of the capital stock of a corporation whose stock is registered under Section 12 or Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is not so barred. I agree to fully comply with all published Company policies and procedures as they may be amended from time to time, and to always conduct myself in accord with the highest ethical, moral, and legal standards.

 

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13. Non-competition .

During the course of my employment and for two (2) years after termination thereof for any reason, I will not, directly or indirectly, either by myself or in conjunction with others, be engaged or interested in, or affiliated with or organize or help to organize, or aid or assist in any manner, any business competitive with the products and services then offered or planned to be offered by the Company, in the United States or elsewhere, except that I understand that mere ownership of no more than two percent (2%) of the total outstanding stock of a publicly held corporation is not so barred. During this same period, I shall not on behalf of any party or person other than the Company, solicit or induce (or assist or provide information in connection therewith) any (i) then-customer or prospective customer of the Company for any product or service competitive with any product or service then offered or planned to be offered by the Company, or (ii) then-current employee (except for my personal assistant) to leave the employ of the Company. I recognize that the foregoing limitations are reasonably required for the adequate protection of the Company's business and do not preclude me from pursuing my livelihood. However, if any such foregoing limitation is found by a court to be unenforceable for any reason, said limitation shall be interpreted to extend only to the maximum extent enforceable. I agree to inform any new employer or associate of this Agreement and to provide it with a copy.

Both the employee and the Company agree that they will discuss at the point of separation, a reasonable alternative to the non-competition portion of this agreement. The intent here would be 1.) not to prevent the employee from seeking gainful employment and 2.) To protect the company’s proprietary and confidential information as it pertains to that for which the employee was aware of or was directly involved in. Upon agreement at that time by both parties, the Non-Competition section of this agreement would be so waived.

For purposes of this Agreement, I will not be deemed, directly or indirectly, either by myself or in conjunction with others, to be engaged or interested in, or affiliated with or organize or help to organize, or aid or assist in any manner, any business competitive with the products and services then offered, planned to be offered by the Company, in the United States or elsewhere subject to the following:

 

  (i) the business competing with the Company derives less than ten percent (10%) of its total annual revenues from products and services then under development or offered by the Company in the United States or elsewhere; and

 

  (ii) I do not have any relationship with the portion, subsidiary or division of the competing business engaged in selling or developing the same products and services as the Company.

 

14. Enforcement .

I acknowledge that my employment by Company imposes on me a duty to act solely for the benefit of Company. In addition to any other remedies Company has available to it, Company is entitled, at its election, to recover from me (a) the value of anything belonging to Company I use, or transfer, in breach of that duty, and (b) any benefit I

 

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receive as a result of violating that duty of loyalty, or the value of that benefit or its proceeds, and Company also shall be entitled to recover from me the amount of damages it suffered as a result.

 

15. Successors and Assigns .

This Agreement shall be binding upon me and my heirs, executors, assigns, and administrators and shall inure to the benefit of Company and its successors and assigns.

 

16. Miscellaneous .

This Agreement contains the entire and only agreement between me and Company with respect to the subject matter hereof, and no modification shall be binding on me or Company unless in writing and signed by me and an officer of the Company. My obligations under this Agreement shall survive termination of my employment for any reason, and regardless of whether said termination is or is alleged to be a breach of this or any other Agreement I may have with the Company. This Agreement shall be governed by, subject to, and construed according to the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This Agreement is executed under seal.

 

17. Effective Date .

This Agreement shall be effective as of the date set forth below.

 

    

/s/ Patrick J. Sullivan

     (Signature)

 

/s/ Carolyn Sullivan

 

    

 

 

(Witness)

     Patrick J. Sullivan

 

8/15/2007

 

    

(Effective Date)

    

 

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Exhibit C

Cytyc Change of Control Agreement

 

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Exhibit 10.12

EXECUTION COPY

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT

AMENDED AND RESTATED CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT by and between Hologic, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Patrick J. Sullivan (the “Executive”), dated as of August 17, 2007 (the “Agreement”). This Agreement amends and restates in its entirety that certain Change of Control Agreement dated as of May 20, 2007 (the “Original Agreement”) to further clarify certain provisions of the Original Agreement.

WHEREAS, upon the Closing Date (as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement) and pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among the Company, Nor’easter Corp. and Cytyc Corporation (“Cytyc”) dated as of May 20, 2007 (the “Merger Agreement”), the stockholders of Cytyc will own over 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company;

WHEREAS, subject to and conditioned upon the completion of the Merger, commencing as of the Closing Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement, such date to be sometimes referred to herein as the “Effective Time” of this Agreement), the Company desires that the Executive will serve as Executive Chairman and executive officer of the Company; and

WHEREAS, subject to and conditioned upon the consummation of the Merger (as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement), the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to assure that the Company will have the continued dedication of the Executive, notwithstanding the possibility, threat, or occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined below) of the Company. The Board believes it is imperative to diminish the inevitable distraction of the Executive by virtue of the personal uncertainties and risks created by a pending or threatened Change of Control and to encourage the Executive’s full attention and dedication to the Company currently and in the event of any threatened or pending Change of Control, and to provide the Executive with compensation and benefits arrangements upon a Change of Control which ensure that the compensation and benefits expectations of the Executive will be satisfied and which are competitive with those of other corporations; and

WHEREAS, in the event that the Merger Agreement is terminated, then this Agreement shall become null and void ab initio and be of no further force and effect.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto, each intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows:

1. Certain Definitions .

(a) The “Effective Date” shall be the first date during the Change of Control Period (as hereinafter defined) on which a Change of Control occurs. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Executive’s employment


with the Company is terminated prior to the date on which a Change of Control occurs, and it is reasonably demonstrated that such termination of employment (1) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect the Change of Control or (2) otherwise arose in connection with or in anticipation of the Change of Control, then for all purposes of this Agreement the “Effective Date” shall mean the date immediately prior to the date of such termination of employment.

(b) The “Change of Control Period” is the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the second anniversary of such date; provided, however, that commencing on the date one year after the date hereof, and on each annual anniversary of such date (such date and each annual anniversary thereof is hereinafter referred to as the “Renewal Date”), the Change of Control Period shall be automatically extended without any further action by the Company or the Executive so as to terminate three years from such Renewal Date; provided, however, that if the Company shall give notice in writing to the Executive, at least 60 days prior to the Renewal Date, stating that the Change of Control Period shall not be extended, then the Change of Control Period shall expire three years from the last effective Renewal Date.

2. Change of Control . For the purpose of this Agreement, a “Change of Control” shall mean:

(a) The acquisition by any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, of stock of the Company (the “Company Stock”) that, together with Company Stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the Company Stock; provided, however, that if any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, is considered to own more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the Company Stock, the acquisition of additional Company Stock by the same person or persons shall be construed as not triggering a Change of Control; and provided further, however, that an increase in the percentage of Company Stock owned by any one person, or persons acting as a group, as a result of a transaction in which the Company acquires its Company Stock in exchange for property shall be treated as an acquisition of Company Stock for purposes of this Section 2(a);

(b) The acquisition by any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, on a single date or during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons, ownership of Company Stock possessing 30% or more of the total voting power of the Company Stock; provided, however, that if any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, already has satisfied this requirement, the acquisition of additional Company Stock by the same person or persons shall be construed as not triggering a Change of Control; and provided further, however, that an increase in the

 

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percentage of Company Stock owned by any one person, or persons acting as a group, as a result of a transaction in which the Company acquires its Company Stock in exchange for property shall be treated as an acquisition of Company Stock for purposes of this Section 2(b);

(c) A majority of the Company’s Board members is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the Company’s Board members before the date of the appointment or election; or

(d) The acquisition by any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, on a single date or during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons, assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to more than 40% of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions; provided, however that there is no Change of Control under this Section 2(d) when there is a transfer to an entity that is controlled by the Company’s shareholders immediately after the transfer. For purposes of the immediately preceding clause, there is no Change of Control under this Section 2(d) if the assets are transferred to

 

  (i) a shareholder of the Company (immediately before the asset transfer) in exchange for or with respect to its Company Stock;

 

  (ii) an entity, 50% or more of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company;

 

  (iii) a person, or more than one person acting as a group, that owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the total value or total voting power of the Company Stock; or

 

  (iv) an entity, at least 50% of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by a person described in (iii) above.

For purposes of (i) through (iv) above, a person’s status generally is determined immediately after the transfer of the assets.

For purposes of this Section 2, persons shall not be considered as acting as a “group” solely because they purchase or own Company Stock at the same time, or as a result of the same public offering. However, persons shall be considered as acting as a “group” if they are owners of a corporation that enters into a merger, consolidation, purchase or acquisition of stock, or similar business transaction with the Company. If a person, including an entity, owns stock in the Company

 

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and another corporation that enter into a merger, consolidation, purchase or acquisition of stock, or similar transaction, such shareholder shall be considered to be acting as a “group” with other shareholders only with respect to the ownership in that corporation before the transaction giving rise to the change and not with respect to the ownership interest in the Company.

(e) Nothing herein shall supersede or effect the rights that the Executive may have under the Change of Control Agreement, as amended, entered into by and between the Executive and Cytyc with an effective date of July 23, 2003 (the “Cytyc Change of Control Agreement”); provided, however, that the Executive acknowledges that the benefits provided for under Section 2(a)(i)(B) therein were paid out upon consummation of the Merger.

3. Employment Period . Subject to and conditioned upon the consummation of the Merger and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company hereby agrees to appoint Executive as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors and to retain the Executive in its employ as an executive officer, and the Executive hereby agrees to accept such retention by the Company, for the period commencing on the Effective Date, and ending on the last day of the twenty-fourth month following the month in which the Effective Date occurs (the “Employment Period”).

4. Terms of Employment . (a)  Position and Duties . (i) During the Employment Period, (A) the Executive’s position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties and responsibilities shall be the same as those described in Exhibit A of the Amended and Restated Retention Agreement executed by and between the Company and Executive dated August 17, 2007 (the “Retention Agreement”) and (B) the Executive’s services shall be performed at the location of the Company’s corporate headquarters or any office or location less than 35 miles from such location.

(ii) During the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of vacation and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled, the Executive agrees to devote his full business time to the business and affairs of the Company and, to the extent necessary to discharge the responsibilities assigned to the Executive hereunder, to use the Executive’s reasonable best efforts to perform faithfully and efficiently such responsibilities. During the Employment Period it shall not be a violation of this Agreement for the Executive to (A) serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or committees, (B) deliver lectures, fulfill speaking engagements or teach at educational institutions and (C) manage personal investments, so long as such activities do not significantly interfere with the performance of the Executive’s responsibilities as an employee of the Company in accordance with this Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed that to the extent that any such activities have been conducted by the Executive prior to the Effective Date, the continued conduct of such activities (or the conduct of activities similar in nature and scope thereto) subsequent to the Effective Date shall be permitted.

 

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(b) Compensation .

(i) Base Salary . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall receive an annual base salary (“Annual Base Salary”) of Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000.00). During the Employment Period, the Annual Base Salary shall be reviewed at least annually and shall be increased at any time and from time to time as shall be substantially consistent with increases in base salary awarded in the ordinary course of business to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies. Any increase in Annual Base Salary shall not serve to limit or reduce any other obligation to the Executive under this Agreement. Annual Base Salary shall not be reduced after any such increase and the term Annual Base Salary as utilized in this Agreement shall refer to Annual Base Salary as so increased. As used in this Agreement, the term “affiliated companies” includes any company controlled by, controlling or under common control with the Company. Annual Base Salary shall be payable in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices, but shall be paid at least monthly.

(ii) Annual Bonus . In addition to Annual Base Salary, the Executive shall be awarded, for each fiscal year of the Company during the Employment Period, an annual bonus (the “Annual Bonus”) in cash at least equal to the greater of (a) the average (annualized for any fiscal year consisting of less than twelve full months or with respect to which the Executive has been employed by the Company or Cytyc for less than twelve full months) bonus (the “Average Annual Bonus”) paid or payable to the Executive by the Company and its affiliated companies or Cytyc, as applicable, in respect of the three fiscal years immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the Effective Date occurs, (b) the Annual Bonus paid for the fiscal year of the Company (if applicable, by Cytyc) immediately preceding the Effective Date, or (c) the maximum target bonus determined in accordance with the terms of the Company’s or Cytyc’s, as applicable, bonus plan for senior executives for the fiscal year immediately preceding the Effective Date (the “Target Bonus”). Each such Annual Bonus shall be paid no later than the 15th day of the third month of the fiscal year next following the fiscal year for which the Annual Bonus is awarded. In no event shall the calculation of the Annual Bonus, Average Annual Bonus and Special Bonus (as defined in Section 4(b)(iv)) include: any bonuses deferred by the Company, as applicable, or retention bonus or severance benefits provided under the Retention Agreement between the Executive and Company. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any portion of Annual Base Salary or Annual Bonus electively deferred by the Executive pursuant to a qualified or a non-qualified plan including, but not limited to, the Hologic, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”) shall be included in determining the Annual Base Salary, Annual Bonus and the Average Annual Bonus. If the fiscal year of any successor to this Agreement, as described by Section 11(c) herein, is different than the Company’s fiscal year at the time of the Change of Control, then the Executive shall be paid (i) the Annual Bonus that would have been paid upon the end of Company’s fiscal year ending after the Change of Control, and (ii) a pro-rata Annual Bonus for any months of service performed following the end of the Company’s fiscal year, but prior to the first day of the successor’s fiscal year immediately following the Change of Control. The Annual Bonuses thereafter shall be based on the successor’s first full fiscal year beginning after the Change of Control and successive fiscal years thereafter.

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pay to the Executive a special bonus (the “Special Bonus”) in recognition of the Executive’s services during the crucial one-year transition period following the Change of Control in cash equal to the sum of (A) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary and (B) the greater of (x) the Annual Bonus paid or payable (annualized for any fiscal year consisting of less than twelve full months or for which the Executive has been employed for less than twelve full months) to the Executive for the most recently completed fiscal year of the Company during the Employment Period, if any, and (y) the greater of (i) the Average Annual Bonus, (ii) the Annual Bonus paid for the fiscal year immediately preceding the Effective Date, or (iii) the Target Bonus (such greater amount hereafter referred to as the “Highest Annual Bonus”). Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Executive’s employment is terminated under Section 6(d) herein prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date, then the Company shall pay the Executive the Special Bonus as if he was employed on the first anniversary of the Effective Date. The Special Bonus shall be paid no later than 30 days following the first anniversary of the Effective Date or, if earlier, the Date of Termination.

(v) Incentive, Savings and Retirement Plans . In addition to Annual Base Salary and Annual Bonus payable as hereinabove provided, the Executive shall be entitled to participate during the Employment Period in all incentive, savings and retirement plans, practices, policies and programs applicable to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies, but in no event shall such plans practices, policies and programs provide the Executive with incentive, savings and retirement benefits opportunities, in each case, less favorable, in the aggregate, than the most favorable of those provided by Company or, if applicable, Cytyc, for the Executive under such plans, practices, policies and programs as in effect at any time during the one-year immediately preceding the Effective Date, or, if more favorable to the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies.

(vi) Welfare Benefit Plans . During the Employment Period, the Executive and/or the Executive’s family, as the case may be, shall be eligible for participation in and shall receive all benefits under welfare benefit plans, practices, policies and programs provided by the Company and its affiliated companies (including, without limitation, medical, prescription, dental, disability, salary continuance, employee life, group life, accidental death and travel accident insurance plans and programs) and applicable to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies, but in no event shall such plans, practices, policies and programs provide benefits which are less favorable, in the aggregate, than the most favorable of such plans, practices, policies and programs of the Company in effect at any time during the one-year period immediately preceding the Effective Date, or, if more favorable to the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies.

(vii) Expenses . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Executive upon submission of appropriate accountings in accordance with the most favorable policies, practices and procedures of the Company and its affiliated companies in effect at any time during the one-year period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies.

 

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(viii) Fringe Benefits . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to fringe benefits in accordance with the most favorable plans, practices, programs and policies of the Company and its affiliated companies in effect at any time during the one-year period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies.

(ix) Office and Support Staff . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to an office or offices of a size and with furnishings and other appointments, and to exclusive personal secretarial and other assistance, at least equal to the most favorable of the foregoing provided to the Executive by Company at any time during the one-year period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as provided at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies.

(x) Vacation . During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the most favorable plans, policies, programs and practices of the Company and its affiliated companies as in effect at any time during the one-year period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect at any time thereafter with respect to other peer incentives of the Company and its affiliated companies.

(xi) Out-Placement . If the Executive is terminated without Cause or resigns for Good Reason (both as defined herein), then the Company shall provide the Executive with outplacement services through Crenshaw Associates, Inc. (or a comparable executive search firm of the Executive’s choice and within his sole discretion) or in the alternative, reimburse the Executive within fifteen (15) days of the Date of Termination for executive outplacement services with cash in an amount typically provided by Company to other similarly situated executive officers upon an involuntary termination.

5. Termination of Employment . (a)  Death or Disability . The Executive’s employment shall terminate automatically upon the Executive’s death during the Employment Period. If the Company determines in good faith that the Disability of the Executive has occurred during the Employment Period (pursuant to the definition of “Disability” set forth below), it may give to the Executive written notice in accordance with Section 13(b) of this Agreement of its intention to terminate the Executive’s employment. In such event, the Executive’s employment with the Company shall terminate effective on the 30th day after receipt of such notice by the Executive (the “Disability Effective Date”), provided that, within the 30 days after such receipt, the Executive shall not have returned to full-time performance of the Executive’s duties. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” means the absence of the Executive from the Executive’s duties with the Company on a full-time basis for 180 consecutive business days as a result of incapacity due to mental or physical illness which is determined to be

 

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total and permanent by a physician selected by the Company or its insurers and acceptable to the Executive or the Executive’s legal representative (such agreement as to acceptability not to be withheld unreasonably).

(b) Cause . The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period for “Cause”. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” means (i) any fraudulent act or acts intended to result in substantial harm or loss to the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (ii) material violation of the Company’s, or any of its subsidiaries’, Code of Conduct, and other Company Codes of Conduct or policies and procedures that are applicable to the Executive; or (iii) the conviction of the Executive of a felony involving moral turpitude. The Company shall provide the Executive with 30 days written notice of any determination of Cause and provide the Executive, for a period of 30 days following such notice, with the opportunity to appear before the Board, with or without legal representation, to present arguments and evidence on his behalf and following such presentation to the Board, the Executive may only be terminated for Cause if the Board by a vote of not less than 75% of the independent directors (determined in accordance with the corporate governance listing standards of the Nasdaq National Market and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission) determining that his actions did, in fact, constitute for Cause.

(c) Good Reason . The Executive’s employment may be terminated during the Employment Period by the Executive for Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” means:

(i) A material reduction in the Executive’s Annual Base Salary;

(ii) A material diminution in the Executive’s authority, duties (including removal from the Company’s Board of Directors) and responsibilities as Executive Chairman of the Company as in effect 90 days prior to the executive’s Notice of Termination to the Company;

(iii) A material change in the geographic location at which the Executive must perform services, other than a move to Bedford, Massachusetts; or

(iv) Any other action or inaction that constitutes a material breach by the Company of a term or condition of this Agreement, including, for this purpose, a material breach of the Retention Agreement.

Provided, however, that no Good Reason shall exist if the Executive has not given written notice to the Company within ninety (90) days of the initial existence of the Good Reason condition(s) and until the Company has had thirty (30) days to cure such event after the date on which the Executive gives the Company written notice specifying such event in specific detail before such event permits the Executive to terminate his employment for Good Reason.

 

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(d) Notice of Termination . Any termination by the Company for Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto given in accordance with Section 13(b) of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” means a written notice which (i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) if the Date of Termination (as defined below) is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the termination date (which date shall be not more than fifteen days after the giving of such notice). The failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company hereunder or preclude the Executive or the Company from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive’s or the Company’s rights hereunder.

(e) Date of Termination . “Date of Termination” means the date of receipt of the Notice of Termination or any later date specified therein, as the case may be; provided however, that (i) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause, death or Disability, the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the Company notifies the Executive of such termination and (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of death or Disability, the Date of Termination shall be the date of death of the Executive or the Disability Effective Date, as the case may be.

6. Obligations of the Company upon Termination .

(a) Death . If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s death during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive’s legal representatives under this Agreement, other than for (i) payment of the sum of the following amounts: (A) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore paid, (B) the product of (I) the Highest Annual Bonus and (II) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the current fiscal year of the Company through the Date of Termination, and the denominator of which is 365, (C) the Special Bonus, if due to the Executive pursuant to Section 4(b)(iv), to the extent not theretofore paid, and (D) any accrued and unpaid Annual Bonus amounts, compensation or vacation pay, in each case, to the extent not yet paid by the Company (the amounts described in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C) and (D) are hereafter referred to as “Accrued Obligations” and shall be paid to the Executive’s estate or beneficiary, as applicable, in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination), (ii) any other benefits or compensation payable under any employee benefit plan in accordance with the applicable plans’ terms (but in no event later than the 15th day of the third month of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the death occurs), including, without limitation, any non-qualified plan or SERP; (iii) for the remainder of the Employment Period, or such longer period as any plan, program, practice or policy may provide, the Company shall continue benefits to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family at least equal to those which would have been provided in accordance with the applicable plans, programs, practices and policies described in Section 4(b)(v) and (vi) of this Agreement and the Cytyc Change in Control Agreement, other than any plans that constitute (or would if payments extended into a

 

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subsequent taxable year of the Executive) nonqualified deferred compensation plans within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, or as if the Executive’s employment had not been terminated in accordance with the most favorable plans, practices, programs or policies of the Company and its affiliated companies as in effect and applicable generally to other peer executives and their families during the one year period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies and their families (such continuation of such benefits for the applicable period herein set forth shall be hereinafter referred to as “Welfare Benefit Continuation”) (for purposes of determining eligibility of the Executive for retiree benefits pursuant to such plans, practices, programs and policies, the Executive shall be considered to have remained employed until the end of the Employment Period and to have retired on the last day of such period), and (iv) payment to the Executive’s estate or beneficiary, as applicable, in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination of an amount equal to the sum of the Executive’s Annual Base Salary and the Highest Annual Bonus. Subject to the provisions of Section 9 hereof, but, otherwise, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Executive’s family shall be entitled to receive benefits at least equal to the most favorable benefits provided by the Company and any of its affiliated companies to surviving families of peer executives of the Company and such affiliated companies under such plans, programs, practices and policies relating to family death benefits, if any, as in effect with respect to other peer executives and their families at any time during the one year period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family, as in effect on the date of the Executive’s death with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies and their families.

(b) Disability . If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s Disability during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive, other than for (i) payment of the Accrued Obligations (which shall be paid in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination), (ii) the timely payment and provision of the Welfare Benefit Continuation, and (iii) payment to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination of an amount equal to the sum of the Executive’s Annual Base Salary and the Highest Annual Bonus. In addition, the Company shall transfer to the Executive the insurance policy written with respect to the Executive under the Company’s Group Term Life Insurance Policy for Executive Officers and the right to the full cash surrender value thereof. Subject to the provisions of Section 9 hereof, but, otherwise, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Executive shall be entitled after the Disability Effective Date to receive disability and other benefits at least equal to the most favorable of those provided by the Company and its affiliated companies to disabled executives and/or their families in accordance with such plans, programs, practices and policies relating to disability, if any, as in effect with respect to other peer executives and their families at any time during the one year period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family, as in effect at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies and their families.

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than by reason of his death or Disability) during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive other than the obligation to pay to the Executive Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination. In such case, such amounts shall be paid to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination.

(d) Good Reason; Other Than for Cause or Disability . If, during the Employment Period, the Company shall terminate the Executive’s employment other than for Cause, death or Disability, or if the Executive shall terminate employment under this Agreement for Good Reason (as such terms are defined herein, except as noted below):

(i) the Company shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination the aggregate of the following amounts:

A. all Accrued Obligations; and

B. the Special Bonus, to the extent not previously paid or accrued (for purposes of clarification, i.e., not included in Accrued Obligations), as calculated in accordance with Section 4(b)(iv) herein;

(ii) the Company shall timely pay and provide the Welfare Benefit Continuation; provided, however, that if the Executive becomes reemployed with another employer and is eligible to receive medical or other welfare benefits under another employer provided plan, the medical or other welfare benefits described herein shall be secondary to those provided under such other plan during such applicable period of eligibility;

(iii) the Company shall transfer to the Executive the insurance policy written with respect to the Executive under the Company’s Group Term Life Insurance Policy for Executive Officers and the right to the full cash surrender value thereof; and

(iv) In the event of a termination for “Good Reason” or termination without “Cause” as such terms are defined in the Cytyc Change of Control Agreement during the twenty-four months following the Closing Date, then the Company shall provide any benefits or payments provided to Executive under the Cytyc Change of Control Agreement, including, but not limited to, all benefits under Sections 2(a)(i)(A), 2(a)(ii), 2(a)(iii), 2(a)(iv), Section 3 and Section 15, subject to Section 4 with respect to execution of a mutual release in good faith; provided, however, that in no event will Executive be entitled to a payment under Section 2(a)(i)(B), which Executive acknowledges he is to receive upon the consummation of the Merger.

 

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(e) Change of Control Payment . Upon a Change of Control, the Company shall pay the Executive the following:

(i) a lump sum amount in cash within 30 days after the Effective Date equal to the (such amount shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Change of Control Payment”) to the product of (X) three (3) multiplied by the sum of (i) (Y) the Annual Base Salary for the fiscal year immediately preceding the Effective Date and (ii) Highest Annual Bonus; and

(ii) notwithstanding any other provisions to the contrary contained herein or in any option agreement, restricted stock agreement or other equity compensation agreement, between the Company and the Executive, or any stock option, restricted stock or other equity compensation plans sponsored by the Company, unless such agreement or plan expressly references and supersedes this Agreement, then all unvested options, restricted stock or stock appreciation rights which Executive then holds to acquire securities from the Company, shall be immediately and automatically exercisable as of the Effective Date, and the Executive shall have the right to exercise any such options or stock appreciation rights for a period of one year after the Date of Termination; provided, however, that this acceleration of vesting shall not apply to the restricted stock units issued to Executive pursuant to the Retention Agreement, which shall continue to vest in accordance with the terms therein.

7. Non-exclusivity of Rights . Except as provided in Section 6, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the Executive’s continuing or future participation in any benefit, bonus, incentive or other plans, programs, policies or practices, provided by the Company or any of its affiliated companies and for which the Executive may qualify, nor shall anything herein limit or otherwise affect such rights as the Executive may have under any other agreements with the Company or any of its affiliated companies. Amounts which are vested benefits or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy, practice or program of the Company or any of its affiliated companies at or subsequent to the Date of Termination shall be payable in accordance with such plan, policy, practice or program except as explicitly modified by this Agreement.

8. Full Settlement . (a) The Company’s obligation to make the payments provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action which the Company may have against the Executive or others. In no event shall the Executive be obligated to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to the Executive under any of the provisions of this Agreement and, except as provided in Section 6(d)(ii), such amounts shall not be reduced whether or not the Executive obtains other employment. The Company agrees to pay promptly as incurred, to the full extent permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses which the Executive may reasonably incur as a result of any contest (regardless of the outcome thereof) by the Company, the Executive or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any contest by the Executive about the amount of any payment pursuant to this Agreement, unless a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the Executive made such effort in bad faith), plus in each case interest at the rate of 12% per annum compounded annually.

 

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(b) If there shall be any dispute between the Company and the Executive (i) in the event of any termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company, whether such termination was for Cause, or (ii) in the event of any termination of employment by the Executive, whether Good Reason existed, then, unless and until there is a final, nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction declaring that such termination was for Cause or that the determination by the Executive of the existence of Good Reason was not made in good faith, the Company shall pay all amounts, and provide all benefits, to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family or other beneficiaries, as the case may be, that the Company would be required to pay or provide pursuant to Section 6(d) as though such termination were by the Company without Cause, or by the Executive with Good Reason; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any disputed amount pursuant to this paragraph except upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Executive to repay all such amounts to which the Executive is ultimately adjudged by such court not to be entitled.

9. 280G Protection .

(a) If any amounts payable under, or benefits resulting from, this Agreement or any other plan or other compensation are subject to the excise tax imposed under Internal Revenue Code Section 4999 (the “Code”) on “excess parachute payments”, the Accounting Firm (as defined below) will in good faith compute the excise tax imposed under Code Section 4999 (the “Excise Tax”) and Company shall pay that amount (the “Gross-Up Payment”) to the Executive, including any federal, state, local and excise taxes imposed on the foregoing payment under this Agreement assuming the Executive is in the highest applicable marginal tax rate. The effect of such calculation will be to provide the Executive with a payment under this Agreement that is economically equivalent to the payment he would have received but for the imposition of the excise tax. The calculations under this Section 9 will be made in a manner consistent with the requirements of Code Sections 280G and 4999, as in effect at the time the calculations are made.

(b) All determinations required to be made under this Section 9 shall be made by the Company’s auditing firm immediately preceding the Effective Date, unless such firm shall be the accounting firm of the individual, entity or group effecting the Change of Control or any affiliate of the Company at the Date of Termination, in which case such determinations shall be made by an accounting firm of national standing agreed to by the Company and the Executive, or, if the Company does not so agree within 10 days of the Date of Termination, such an accounting firm shall be selected by the Executive (the “Accounting Firm”) which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive within 15 business days of the date such firm is selected or such earlier time as is requested by the Company and an opinion to the Executive that he has substantial authority not to report any Excise Tax on his Federal income tax return with respect to any Agreement Payments. Any such determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive. Within five business days of the determination by the Accounting Firm as to the Reduced Amount, the Company shall pay to or distribute to or for the benefit of the Executive such amounts as are then due to the Executive under this Agreement. The Gross-Up Payment shall be paid to the Executive at the earliest possible time after receiving notice from the Executive, but not later than by the end of

 

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the calendar year in which the taxes are paid to the government, or if an audit or a tax dispute related to the Gross-Up Payment occurs, by the end of the calendar year after the year in which the disputed taxes are paid (or the year after the year in which such an audit or dispute is concluded, if not taxes are paid.)

(c) As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 280G of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that Gross-Up Payments will have been made by the Company which should not have been made (“Overpayment”) or that additional Agreement Payments which will not have been made by the Company could have been made (“Underpayment”), in each case, consistent with the calculations required to be made hereunder. In the event that the Accounting Firm, based upon the assertion of a deficiency by the Internal Revenue Service against the Executive which the Accounting Firm believes has a high probability of success determines that an Overpayment has been made, any such Overpayment paid or distributed by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive shall be treated for all purposes as a loan ab initio to the Executive which the Executive shall repay to the Company together with interest at the applicable Federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2) of the Code. In the event that the Accounting Firm, based upon controlling precedent or other substantial authority, determines that an Underpayment has occurred, any such Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive together with interest at the rate of 12% per annum compounded annually.

10. Confidential Information . The Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or any of its affiliated companies, and their respective businesses, which shall have been obtained by the Executive during the Executive’s employment by the Company or any of its affiliated companies and which shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Executive or representatives of the Executive in violation of this Agreement). After termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to anyone other than the Company and those designated by it. In no event shall an asserted violation of the provisions of this Section 10 constitute a basis for deferring or withholding any amounts otherwise payable to the Executive under this Agreement.

11. Successors . (a) This Agreement is personal to the Executive and without the prior written consent of the Company shall not be assignable by the Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s legal representatives.

(b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns.

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the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. The Company shall provide written evidence to the Executive to document compliance with the foregoing sentence within ten (10) business days of the Effective Date. As used in this Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise. In addition, the Executive shall be entitled, upon exercise of any outstanding stock options or stock appreciation rights of the Company, to receive in lieu of shares of the Company’s stock, shares of such stock or other securities of such successor as the holders of shares of the Company’s stock received pursuant to the terms of the merger, consolidation or sale.

12. Compliance With Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code . The Company covenants that it shall use its best efforts to ensure that this Agreement and all payments and benefits associated with it are in compliance with Section 409A of the Code. However, if the Company is found not to be in compliance with Section 409A in the future, and this non compliance results in any excise tax or penalty being borne by Executive, the Company will fully reimburse the Executive within thirty (30) days for any tax and/or penalty that he may incur. Notwithstanding the above, in the event of a determination that any payment or benefit associated with this Agreement is not compliant with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, the Company agrees that it will modify this Agreement, and the Executive agrees that he shall consent to such modification, to make this Agreement compliant with Section 409A and that it shall maintain the value of the payments and benefits under this Agreement. Under no circumstances shall any provision of this Agreement be construed as preventing the Company from modifying this Agreement, on or before December 31, 2007, or such other compliance deadlines as may be published by the Internal Revenue Service from time to time, to make this Agreement compliant with Section 409A.

13. Miscellaneous . (a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect. This Agreement may not be amended or modified otherwise than by a written agreement executed by the parties hereto or their respective successors and legal representatives.

(b) All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

If to the Executive:

Patrick J. Sullivan

151 Plympton Road

Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776

 

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With a copy to:

Wendi S. Lazar, Esq.

Outten & Golden, LLP

3 Park Avenue, 29 th Floor

New York, NY 10016

If to the Company:

Hologic, Inc.

35 Crosby Drive

Bedford, MA 07130

Attn: David Brady, Senior Vice President

Facsimile Number: (781) 280-0674

E-Mail Address: dbrady@hologic.com

with a copy to:

James L. Hauser, Esq.

Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP

One Financial Center

Boston, MA 02111

Facsimile Number: (617) 856-8201

E-Mail Address: jhauser@brownrudnick.com

or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith. Notices and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee.

(c) The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.

(d) The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such Federal, state or local taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

(e) The Executive’s or the Company’s failure to insist upon strict compliance with any provision hereof shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or any other provision thereof.

(f) This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the Company and the Executive with respect to the rights and other benefits that the Executive shall be entitled during the Employment Period, and in connection therewith shall supersede the Original Agreement and supersede all other prior oral and written communications with the Executive with respect thereto; provided, however, that the Retention Agreement, Employee Intellectual Property Rights and Non-Competition Agreement, option agreement or other employment agreement by and

 

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between the Company and Executive shall remain in full force and effect and if the Company’s separation policy or the Retention Agreement would provide greater benefits to the Executive than this Agreement, then the Executive may elect to receive benefits under the Company’s separation policy or Retention Agreement in lieu of the benefits provided hereunder, provided that such election complies with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code. Nothing herein shall affect the application of the Company’s separation policy and/or Retention Agreement in lieu of the benefits provided hereunder. Nothing herein shall affect the application of the Company’s separation policy prior to the Effective Date.

(g) The Executive and the Company acknowledge that, except as may otherwise be provided under any other written agreement between the Executive and the Company, the employment of the Executive by the Company is “at will” and may be terminated by either the Executive or the Company at any time. Moreover, if prior to the Effective Date, the Executive’s employment with the Company terminates, then the Executive shall have no further rights under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, if, during the Employment Period, the Executive shall terminate employment with the Company other than for Good Reason, the Executive shall have no liability to the Company.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive has hereunto set his hand and, pursuant to the authorization from its Board of Directors, the Company has caused these presents to be executed in its name on its behalf, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

HOLOGIC, INC.
By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Name:   Glenn P. Muir
Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
EXECUTIVE
 

/s/ Patrick J. Sullivan

  Patrick J. Sullivan

 

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Exhibit 10.13

Hologic, Inc. Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan

Restricted Stock Unit Award

Patrick J. Sullivan was awarded $1.5 million value in Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”)

 

Grant Date: October 22, 2007

  Restriction Lapse Date: October 22, 2010

Restricted Stock Unit Grant (the “Grant”) – additional terms

1. Grant . The Compensation Committee (“Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Hologic, Inc. (“Company”) has granted [# of shares based on closing price of Hologic common stock on October 22, 2007] Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) to Patrick J. Sullivan (the “Grantee”). Each RSU entitles the Grantee to receive from the Company (i) one share of Hologic, Inc. common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and (ii) the right to receive notional dividend equivalents, each in accordance with the terms of (a) this Grant, (b) the Hologic, Inc. Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), (c) any rules and procedures adopted by the Committee, and (d) that certain Amended and Restated Retention and Severance Agreement dated August 17, 2007, between the Company and the Grantee (the “Retention Agreement”).

2. Restricted Stock Units . The Company will deliver to the Grantee, as of the Restriction Lapse Date, one share of Company common stock, par value $0.01, for each RSU of the Grant which become vested on the Restriction Lapse Date as set forth in paragraph 4 (the “Issue Date”).

3. Dividend Equivalents . Until the Issue Date, whenever dividends are paid or distributed with respect to the Company’s common stock, the Grantee shall be entitled to receive notional dividend equivalents in an amount equal in value to the amount of the dividend or property distributed on a single share of common stock. multiplied by the number of RSUs credited to the Grantee’s account as of the record date for such dividend or distribution. Payment of the notional dividend equivalents paid on RSUs will be withheld by the Company and shall be delivered to the Grantee as of the Issue Date, if and only to the extent that the RSUs have vested as of said date, as set forth in paragraph 4.

4. Vesting . All of the RSUs granted hereby will vest on the Restriction Lapse Date only if the Grantee remains employed by the Company as set forth in the Retention Agreement at all times prior to the Restriction Lapse Date. If such employment of Grantee with the Company is terminated prior to the Restriction Lapse Date for other than Cause or Good Reason (as such terms are defined in Sections 1.2 and 1.5, respectively, of the Retention Agreement), then the RSUs shall not vest, this Agreement shall terminate and Grantee shall have no further rights hereunder, including without limitation any rights to receive any Dividend Equivalents as set forth in paragraph 3. In the event that the Grantee’s employment with the Company is terminated by the Company for other than Cause or the Grantee terminates such employment for Good Reason, then the RSUs shall be immediately and fully vested on the date of such termination. Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement dated October 30, 2006, between the Company and the Grantee (the “Change of Control Agreement”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Change of Control Agreement, the vesting of the RSUs shall not be accelerated by a Change of Control (as such term is defined in the Change of Control Agreement).

5. Voting and other Rights . The Grantee shall have no rights of ownership in the RSUs or the underlying shares of Company common stock, and shall have no right to vote the RSUs or the underlying sharers of Company common stock until the date on which the RSUs vest.

6. Incorporation of Plan and Retention Agreement . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms used in this Grant have the same meaning as given such terms in the Plan. This Grant incorporates and is subject to the provisions of the Plan and the Retention Agreement, and such Plan and Retention Agreement shall be deemed a part of the Grant for all purposes. A copy of the Plan will be furnished upon request.

7. 409A Compliance . The Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, delay payments hereunder or make such other modifications with respect to the issuance of stock hereunder as it reasonably deems necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code and interpretative guidance thereunder.


8. Entire Agreement . This Grant, the Plan, and the Retention Agreement, contain all of the provisions applicable to the RSUs and no other statements, documents or practices may modify, waive or alter such provisions unless expressly set forth in writing, signed by an authorized officer of the Company and delivered to the Grantee.

 

Patrick J. Sullivan

    Hologic, Inc.

 

    By:  

/ S /    G LENN P. M UIR

Exhibit 10.14

Separation and Release Agreement

SEPARATION AND RELEASE AGREEMENT entered into as of this 22 nd day of October, 2007 (the “Agreement”) by and among Hologic, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at 35 Crosby Drive, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730 (“Hologic”), Cytyc Corporation, a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at 250 Campus Drive, Marlborough, Massachusetts 01752 (“Cytyc”), and Daniel J. Levangie, an individual having his principal residence at 120 Commonwealth Avenue, Apt. 4, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (the “Executive”).

RECITAL

WHEREAS, in connection with the execution and delivery of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Hologic, Nor’easter Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Nor’easter”) and Cytyc Corporation, dated as of May 20, 2007 (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Cytyc, subject to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth therein, has agreed to merge with and into Nor’easter (the “Merger”);

WHEREAS , Executive and Cytyc entered into that certain Change of Control Agreement, as amended, dated July 23, 2003 (the “Cytyc Change of Control Agreement”);

WHEREAS , Executive and Hologic have entered into that certain Amended and Restated Retention and Separation Agreement dated August 17, 2007 (the “Retention Agreement”), subject to and effective upon the consummation of the Merger;

WHEREAS, Executive and Hologic entered into that certain Intellectual Property Rights and Noncompetition Agreement, dated August 17, 2007 (the “Noncompetition Agreement”);

WHEREAS , Executive and Hologic entered into a certain Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement, dated August 17, 2007 (the “Hologic Change of Control Agreement”); and

WHEREAS , Executive and Cytyc desire to reach a mutual understanding and acceptance of the terms and conditions related to Executive’s resignation from employment with Cytyc, effective as of the closing of the Merger.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants herein contained it is hereby agreed as follows:

1. Separation Date . Executive shall cease to be an employee of Cytyc immediately prior to the Effective Time (as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement) of the Merger (the “Separation Date) and shall not become an employee of Hologic; provided that this Release Agreement is not revoked in accordance with Section 8 herein. The Executive shall execute and deliver a letter of resignation to Cytyc in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A hereto and dated as of the Separation Date.

 

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2. Severance . In consideration of Executive’s accepting and not revoking this Release Agreement:

(a) In addition to all other amounts payable to Executive by law (including, without limitation, final wages and accrued but unused vacation), Cytyc shall pay Executive a lump sum payment equal to $3,840,644.00 upon expiration of the revocation period described in Section 8. The payments indicated in this Section 2 hereof shall be net of all other withholdings required by law, including, without limitation, applicable federal and state taxes and shall be in lieu of, and full satisfaction thereof and any and all payments due pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Retention Agreement and Section 2 of the Cytyc Change of Control Agreement. The Executive agrees and acknowledges that in no event is he entitled to payment of a Retention Bonus or issuance of Restricted Stock Units under Sections 3 and 3.1, respectively, of the Retention Agreement. The Company and Executive agree that the payment due the Executive under Section 2(a)(i)(B) of the Cytyc Change of Control Agreement is included in the amount set forth in this Section 2(a) and the Company has no further obligation thereto.

(b) Cytyc shall continue to pay the employer and employee portion of premiums for COBRA continuation coverage for eighteen (18) months following the Separation Date.

(c) This Agreement shall be subject to and conditioned upon the consummation of the Merger and shall not become effective until the Effective Date (as defined in Section 8 below). In the event that the Merger Agreement is terminated prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), then this Agreement shall become null and void ab initio and be of no further force and effect.

3. Release .

(a) In consideration for, among other things, the payments to be made pursuant to Sections 2(a) and 2(b) above, Executive, for himself, his agents, legal representatives, assigns, heirs, distributes, devisees, legatees, administrators, personal representatives and executors (collectively, the “Releasing Parties”), hereby releases and discharges, to the extent permitted by law, Cytyc and its present and past subsidiaries and affiliates, its and their respective successors and assigns, and the present and past shareholders, officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives of each of the foregoing (collectively, the “Releasees”), from any and all claims, demands, actions, liabilities and other claims for relief and remuneration whatsoever, whether known or unknown, from the beginning of the world to the date Executive signs this Release Agreement, but otherwise including, without limitation, any claims arising out of or relating to Executive’s employment with and termination of employment from Cytyc Corporation, for wrongful discharge, for breach of contract, for discrimination or retaliation under any federal, state or local fair employment practices laws, including, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991), the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, for defamation or other torts, for wages, bonuses, incentive compensation, stock, stock options, vacation pay or any other compensation or benefit and any claims under any tort or contract (express or implied) theory, and any of the claims, matters and issues which could have been asserted by the Releasing Parties against the Released Parties in any legal, administrative or other proceeding in any jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the above, nothing in this release is intended to release or waive

 

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your right to COBRA, unemployment insurance benefits, any accrued pension rights or any other vested retirement benefits, the right to seek enforcement of this Agreement or any rights referenced in Section 4 below.

(b) In consideration of the Release provided by the Executive in Section 3(a) above, Cytyc hereby releases and discharges, to the extent permitted by law, the Executive from any and all claims, demands, actions and liabilities and other claims for relief or remuneration whatsoever, whether known or unknown, from the beginning of the world to the date Executive signs this Release Agreement; provided, however, nothing herein shall eliminate or limit Executive’s personal liability for any acts or omissions that were not in good faith or which involved intentional misconduct or knowing violation of the law.

4. Service as Director . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Executive and Hologic acknowledge and agree that the Executive shall continue as a director of Hologic as provided for in the Merger Agreement. The Executive and Hologic agree and acknowledge that the rights and obligations of either party with respect to the Executive’s status as a director of Hologic including, without limitation, his entitlement to compensation as a non-employee Director thereof pursuant to Hologic’s Board of Directors’ Compensation Plan shall not be released or waived.

5. Survival . It is understood and agreed that, with the exception of (i) obligations of Executive under the Noncompetition Agreement, (ii) Section 3 of the Cytyc Change of Control Agreement, (iii) Section 8 of the Retention Agreement, and (iv) any of the Executive’s rights to indemnification as provided in Cytyc’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws or any indemnification agreement between Cytyc and the Executive (it being acknowledged and agreed by the Executive that, as of the date of this Agreement, there are no amounts owing to the Executive pursuant to any such indemnification rights), all which shall remain fully binding and in full effect subsequent to the execution of this Release Agreement, the Release set forth in the preceding Section 3(a) is intended and shall be deemed to be a full and complete release of any and all claims that Executive or Releasing Parties may or might have against Releasees out of any occurrence arising on or before the Execution Date and said Release Agreement is intended to cover and does cover any and all future damages not now known to Executive or which may later develop or be discovered, including all causes of action therefore and arising out of or in connection with any occurrence arising on or before the Execution Date.

6. Exceptions . This Release Agreement does not (i) prohibit or restrict the Executive from communicating, providing relevant information to or otherwise cooperating with the EEOC or any other governmental authority with responsibility for the administration of fair employment practices laws regarding a possible violation of such laws or responding to any inquiry from such authority, including an inquiry about the existence of this Release Agreement or its underlying facts, or (ii) preclude Executive from benefiting from classwide injunctive relief awarded in any fair employment practices case brought by any governmental agency, provided such relief does not result in Executive’s receipt of any monetary benefit or substantial equivalent thereof.

 

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7. ADEA Release . By signing and returning this Release Agreement, Executive acknowledges that Executive:

(a) has carefully read and fully understands the terms of this Release Agreement;

(b) is entering into this Release Agreement voluntarily and knowing that Executive is releasing claims that Executive has or believes Executive may have against the Releasees; and

(c) has obtained advice of counsel with respect to the negotiation and execution of this Release Agreement.

8. ADEA Revocation . Executive acknowledges that he has been given the opportunity to consider this Release Agreement for forty-five days before signing it. For a period of seven (7) days from the date Executive signs this Release Agreement, Executive has the right to revoke this Release Agreement by written notice to the undersigned. This Release Agreement shall not become effective or enforceable until the expiration of the revocation period. This Release Agreement shall become effective on the first business day following the expiration of the revocation period (the “Effective Date”).

9. Public Statement . Executive hereby agrees that he will refrain from making any derogatory or false statements with respect to Cytyc or Hologic or any of their officers, directors, Executives, advisors, customers, shareholders or other related or affiliated parties or any other Releasees. Cytyc or Hologic hereby agree that their officers, directors, shareholders or other related or affiliated parties shall refrain from making any derogatory or false statements with respect to Executive. Cytyc or Hologic will also direct their employees and advisors to refrain from making derogatory or false statements with respect to Executive.

10. Confidentiality . By employment with Cytyc, Executive has had, or will have, contact with and gain knowledge of certain confidential and proprietary information and trade secrets, including without limitation, analyses of Cytyc’s prospects and opportunities; programs (including advertising); direct mail and telephone lists, customer lists and potential customer lists; Cytyc’s plans for present and future developments; marketing information including strategies, tactics, methods, customer’s market research data; financial information, including reports, records, costs, and performance data, debt arrangements, holdings, income statements, annual and/or quarterly statements and accounting records and/or tax returns; operational information, including operating procedures, products, methods, service techniques, “know-how”, tooling, plans, concepts, designs, specifications, trade secrets, processes, methods and suppliers; technical information, including computer software programs; research and development projects; product formulae, processes, inventions, designs, or discoveries, which information Cytyc treats as confidential. Executive agrees that Executive will not communicate or disclose to any third party or use for Executive’s own account, without the written consent of Cytyc, any of the aforementioned information or material, except as required by law, unless and until such information or material becomes generally available to the public through sources other than Executive.

 

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Executive will deliver to Cytyc all property, documents, or materials in his possession or custody, of any nature belonging to Cytyc whether in original form or copies of any kind, including any trade secrets and proprietary information upon the Separation Date.

11. Assignment . Executive hereby represents and warrants to Cytyc that Executive has not assigned any claim that Executive may or might have against Cytyc, from which Cytyc would otherwise be released pursuant to this Release Agreement, to any third party.

12. Governing Law . This Release Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to conflict of laws principles.

13. Voluntary Assent . The Executive confirms that no other promises or agreements of any kind have been made by any person to cause him to sign this Release Agreement except as otherwise as noted herein, and that he fully understands the meaning and intent of this Release Agreement. Executive agrees that this is the entire agreement and understanding between Cytyc and him or herself.

14. Severability . The provisions of this Release Agreement are severable. If any provision of this Release Agreement is declared invalid or unenforceable, any court of competent jurisdiction reviewing such provision shall enforce the provision to the maximum extent permissible under applicable law. Any ruling will not affect the validity and enforceability of any other provision of the Release Agreement.

15. Notices . Any and all notices or other communications required or permitted to be given in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing (or in the form of a facsimile or electronic transmission) addressed as provided below and shall be (i) delivered by hand, (ii) transmitted by facsimile or electronic mail with receipt confirmed, (iii) delivered by overnight courier service with confirmed receipt or (iv) mailed by first class U.S. mail, postage prepaid and registered or certified, return receipt requested:

If to Cytyc send c/o Hologic, Inc. at:

Hologic, Inc.

35 Crosby Drive

Bedford, Massachusetts 07130

Attention: David Brady, Senior Vice President

Facsimile No: (781) 280-0674

Email Address: dbrady@hologic.com

with a copy to:

James L. Hauser, Esq.

Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP

One Financial Center

Boston, MA 02111

E-Mail Address: jhauser@brownrudnick.com

 

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If to the Executive, to:

Daniel J. Levangie

120 Commonwealth Avenue, Apt. 4

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

E-Mail Address:

with a copy to:

Steven D. Weatherhead

Bello Black & Welsh LLP

One Exeter Place

699 Boylston Street, 10 th Floor

Boston, MA 02116

and in any case at such other address as the addressee shall have specified by written notice. Any notice or other communication given in accordance with this Section 15 shall be deemed delivered and effective upon receipt, except those notices and other communications sent by mail, which shall be deemed delivered and effective three (3) business days following deposit with the United States Postal Service. All periods of notice shall be measured from the date of delivery thereof.

16. Entire Agreement . This Release Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof, superseding all prior understandings and agreements, whether written or oral, including without limitation, the Hologic Change in Control Agreement, Cytyc Change in Control Agreement and Retention Agreement, provided , however , that the Noncompetition Agreement; Section 3 of the Cytyc Change of Control Agreement; and Section 8 of the Retention Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

17. Remedies . Any breach or threatened breach by the Executive of the provisions of this Release Agreement could result in irreparable and continuing damage to Cytyc for which there is no adequate remedy at law. In such event, Cytyc shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief and/or specific performance, and such other relief that may be proper (including monetary damages, if proper). Any breach or threatened breach by Cytyc of the provisions of this Release Agreement could result in irreparable and continuing damage to the Executive for which there is no adequate remedy at law. In such event, the Executive shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief and/or specific performance, and such other relief that may be proper (including monetary damages, if proper).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Cytyc and Executive have executed and delivered this Release Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

/s/ Daniel J. Levangie

Daniel J. Levangie
CYTYC CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

Glenn P. Muir

 

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Exhibit A

Letter of Resignation

[DATE]

[ADDRESS]

Re: Cytyc Corporation and all direct and indirect subsidiaries

Dear [DISCUSS]:

In connection with the execution and delivery of the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Hologic, Inc., Nor’easter Corp., and Cytyc Corporation, dated as of May 20, 2007 (the “Merger Agreement”), I hereby resign as an employee and from all officer positions that I hold, if any, in Cytyc Corporation and all of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, effective immediately prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement). I hereby acknowledge that I have never been employed by Hologic, Inc.

 

Sincerely,

 

Daniel J. Levangie

 

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Exhibit 10.17

AMENDMENT NO. 2

TO

HOLOGIC, INC.

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 1999 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

The following amendment to the Hologic, Inc. (the “Corporation”) Second Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), upon recommendation of the Compensation Committee, was approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on October 19, 2007, and is being made without shareholder approval as such approval is not necessary to comply with any applicable requirement of the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Corporation, any applicable tax requirement, any applicable rules or regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Rule 16(b)-3 (or any successor rule thereunder), or the rules and regulations of The Nasdaq Stock Market or any other exchange or stock market over which the Corporation’s securities are listed:

1. Section 12(i) “Amendment of Award” is hereby amended by adding the following sentence at the end of such Section:

“Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as provided in Section 5(b), without the prior approval of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock, neither the Company nor the Board will take any action to amend or modify any Award to lower the award, exercise or conversion price applicable to such Award or otherwise cancel an outstanding Award for the purpose of repricing, replacing or regranting such Award previously granted for cash or other consideration.”

2. Except as amended hereby, the Second Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its original terms.

Amendments effective as of October 19, 2007

Exhibit 10.18

Hologic, Inc. Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan

Restricted Stock Unit Award

Robert A. Cascella was awarded $1million value in Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”)

 

Grant Date: October 22, 2007    Restriction Lapse Date: October 22, 2010

Restricted Stock Unit Grant (the “Grant”) – additional terms

1. Grant . The Compensation Committee (“Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Hologic, Inc. (“Company”) has granted [# of shares based on closing price of Hologic common stock on October 22, 2007] Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) to Robert A. Cascella (the “Grantee”). Each RSU entitles the Grantee to receive from the Company (i) one share of Hologic, Inc. common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and (ii) the right to receive notional dividend equivalents, each in accordance with the terms of (a) this Grant, (b) the Hologic, Inc. Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan (“Plan”), (c) any rules and procedures adopted by the Committee, and (d) that certain Second Retention Agreement dated October 22, 2007, between the Company and the Grantee (the “Retention Agreement”).

2. Restricted Stock Units . The Company will deliver to the Grantee, as of the Restriction Lapse Date, one share of Company common stock, par value $0.01, for each RSU of the Grant which become vested on the Restriction Lapse Date as set forth in paragraph 4 (the “Issue Date”).

3. Dividend Equivalents . Until the Issue Date, whenever dividends are paid or distributed with respect to the Company’s common stock, the Grantee shall be entitled to receive notional dividend equivalents in an amount equal in value to the amount of the dividend or property distributed on a single share of common stock. multiplied by the number of RSUs credited to the Grantee’s account as of the record date for such dividend or distribution. Payment of the notional dividend equivalents paid on RSUs will be withheld by the Company and shall be delivered to the Grantee as of the Issue Date, if and only to the extent that the RSUs have vested as of said date, as set forth in paragraph 4.

4. Vesting . All of the RSUs granted hereby will vest on the Restriction Lapse Date only if the Grantee remains employed by the Company as set forth in the Retention Agreement at all times prior to the Restriction Lapse Date. If such employment of Grantee with the Company is terminated prior to the Restriction Lapse Date for other than Cause or Good Reason (as such terms are defined in Sections 1.2 and 1.5, respectively, of the Retention Agreement), then the RSUs shall not vest, this Agreement shall terminate and Grantee shall have no further rights hereunder, including without limitation any rights to receive any Dividend Equivalents as set forth in paragraph 3. In the event that the Grantee’s employment with the Company is terminated by the Company for other than Cause or the Grantee terminates such employment for Good Reason, then the RSU’s shall be immediately and fully vested on the date of such termination. Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement dated October 30, 2006, between the Company and the Grantee (the “Change of Control Agreement”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Change of Control Agreement, the vesting of the RSUs shall not be accelerated by a Change of Control (as such term is defined in the Change of Control Agreement).

5. Voting and other Rights . The Grantee shall have no rights of ownership in the RSUs or the underlying shares of Company common stock, and shall have no right to vote the RSUs or the underlying sharers of Company common stock until the date on which the RSUs vest.

6. Incorporation of Plan and Retention Agreement . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms used in this Grant have the same meaning as given such terms in the Plan. This Grant incorporates and is subject to the provisions of the Plan and the Retention Agreement, and such Plan and Retention Agreement shall be deemed a part of the Grant for all purposes. A copy of the Plan will be furnished upon request.

7. 409A Compliance . The Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, delay payments hereunder or make such other modifications with respect to the issuance of stock hereunder as it reasonably deems necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code and interpretative guidance thereunder.


8. Entire Agreement . This Grant, the Hologic, Inc. Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan, and the Retention Agreement, contain all of the provisions applicable to the RSUs and no other statements, documents or practices may modify, waive or alter such provisions unless expressly set forth in writing, signed by an authorized officer of the Company and delivered to the Grantee.

 

Robert A. Cascella     Hologic, Inc.

/s/ Robert A. Cascella

    By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

      Glenn P. Muir
      Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration

Exhibit 14.1

Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers

The honesty, integrity and sound judgment of Hologic’s senior financial officers, which include Hologic’s principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or other persons performing similar functions (the “Senior Financial Officers”), is fundamental to the financial reporting process and the reputation and success of Hologic and its subsidiaries (collectively, “Hologic”). Hologic’s Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers hold an important and elevated role in corporate governance in that they are uniquely capable and empowered to ensure that all stakeholders’ interests are appropriately balanced, protected and preserved. Because of this special role, the Chief Executive Officer and each of the Senior Financial Officers agrees to be bound by this Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers and each agrees that he or she will:

 

  1. Act with honesty and integrity and ethically handle actual or apparent conflicts of interest in personal and professional relationships involving Hologic or its business.

 

  2. Provide information that is accurate, complete, objective, relevant, timely and understandable to ensure full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that Hologic files with, or submits to, government agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and in other public communications.

 

  3. Comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations of federal, state, provincial and local governments, and other appropriate private and public regulatory agencies, affecting Hologic’s business and its conduct in business matters.

 

  4. In all matters affecting Hologic’s business and its conduct in business matters, act in good faith, responsibly, with due care, competence and diligence, without misrepresenting material facts or allowing his/her independent judgment to be subordinated.

 

  5. Respect the confidentiality of information acquired in the course of his/her work for Hologic except when authorized or otherwise legally obligated to disclose. Confidential information acquired in the course of his/her work for Hologic shall not be used for personal advantage.

 

  6. Proactively promote and be an example of ethical behavior as a responsible partner among peers in Hologic’s working environment.

 

  7. Achieve responsible use of and control over all Hologic assets and resources employed or entrusted to him/her.


Each of the Senior Financial Officers and the Chief Executive Officer are expected to adhere to this Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers and Hologic’s Code of Business Conduct at all times. Any violations of either of these Codes shall be promptly reported in accordance with the procedures set forth in Hologic’s Complaint Procedures for Accounting and Auditing Matters. If any Senior Financial Officer or the Chief Executive Officer is found to be in violation of this Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, such person will be subject to disciplinary action, which may include termination of employment. It is against Hologic policy to retaliate against any employee for good faith reporting of violations of this Code or Hologic’s Code of Business Conduct.

The Board of Directors (or, if permitted under applicable SEC and Nasdaq Marketplace Rules, and so appointed by the Board of Directors, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors) shall have the sole discretionary authority to approve any amendment to or waiver of this Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers. Any such amendment to or waiver of this Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers shall be publicly disclosed in the manner specified by SEC rules.

Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HOLOGIC AND CYTYC COMPLETE MERGER

Combination Creates One Of World’s Largest Companies Focused On Advanced Technology In Women’s Health

BEDFORD, Mass ., October 22, 2007 – Hologic, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOLX) and Cytyc Corporation (NASDAQ: CYTC) today announced the completion of the combination of the two companies, creating one of the largest companies in the world focused on advanced technology in women’s health.

“We are delighted to have completed this transaction, which marks a new chapter in the history of our company,” said Jack Cumming, Hologic’s Chief Executive Officer. “Both Hologic and Cytyc provide some of the most advanced technology addressing women’s health needs. By combining our companies’ complementary, best-in-class products and technologies, we expect to drive enhanced growth and value creation. We are now focused on seamlessly integrating these two great companies and realizing the tremendous upside potential our combination creates.”

“We look forward to joining our talented teams and working together to reach our shared goal of improving women’s health,” said Patrick Sullivan, Chairman of Hologic and former Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Cytyc. “We are very excited to realize the extraordinary benefits this combination of industry leaders will provide to shareholders, employees, physicians and their patients.”

Under the terms of the merger agreement, Cytyc shareholders received 0.52 shares of Hologic common stock and $16.50 in cash for each share of Cytyc common stock held by them, with aggregate consideration paid to Cytyc shareholders totaling approximately $6.2 billion, payable in approximately 65,800,000 shares of Hologic common stock and approximately $2.1 billion in cash. Hologic will continue to trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “HOLX” while Cytyc will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hologic and will cease trading on the NASDAQ as of the close of trading on October 22, 2007.

About Hologic, Inc.

Hologic, Inc. is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostic and medical imaging systems dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, and a leading developer of innovative imaging technology for digital radiography and breast imaging. Hologic’s core business units are focused on mammography and breast biopsy, osteoporosis assessment, and mini C-arm and extremity MRI imaging for orthopedic applications. Cytyc’s products cover a range of cancer and women’s health applications, including cervical cancer screening, preterm birth screening, treatment of excessive menstrual bleeding, radiation treatment of patients with early-stage breast cancer.

Forward Looking Disclaimer

This news release contains forward-looking information that involves risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding Hologic’s plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. Such statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the anticipated benefits of Hologic’s business combination with Cytyc Corporation. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward looking statements to vary materially from Hologic’s expectations, include, among others: problems may arise with the ability of Hologic to successfully integrate the businesses of Cytyc, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected; Hologic may not be able to achieve the expected synergies from the


acquisition or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies; the acquisition may involve unexpected costs or unexpected liabilities, or the effects of purchase accounting may be different from Hologic’s expectations; and the combined company may be adversely affected by future legislative, regulatory, or tax changes as well as other economic, business and/or competitive factors. Other factors that could adversely affect Hologic’s business and prospects are described in Hologic’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Hologic expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statements to reflect any change in Hologic’s expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

Hologic Contacts:

Glenn Muir, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

781-999-7300

Frances Crecco, Director Investor Relations

781-999-7377

Additional Contacts:

Joele Frank, Andrea Priest

Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher

212-355-4449