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):
November 14, 2013
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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001-32209
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer
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of incorporation)
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Identification No.)
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8735 Henderson Road, Renaissance One
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Tampa, Florida
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33634
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(813) 290-6200
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
5.75% Senior Notes due 2020
On November 14, 2013, WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (the “Company”) issued 5.75% senior notes due 2020 in the aggregate principal amount of $600,000,000 (the “Senior Notes”). The Senior Notes were issued under an indenture, dated as of November 14, 2013 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 14, 2013 (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”) each between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. They were issued in a registered offering pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-183100) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Company used a portion of the net proceeds from the offering to repay in full amounts outstanding under its 2011 Credit Agreement (as defined in Item 1.02 below). The remaining net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including organic growth opportunities and potential acquisitions.
The Senior Notes will mature on November 15, 2020, and will bear interest at a rate of 5.75% per annum. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Interest on the Senior Notes will be payable semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing on May 15, 2014.
The following is a brief description of the terms of the Senior Notes and the Indenture.
Ranking
The Senior Notes will be the Company’s senior unsecured obligations. The Senior Notes will rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s existing and future indebtedness that is not expressly subordinated thereto, senior in right of payment to any future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment thereto and effectively junior to the Company’s existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness. In addition, the Senior Notes will be structurally subordinated to all indebtedness and other liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries (unless the Company’s subsidiaries become guarantors of the Senior Notes).
Guarantees
As of the issue date of the Senior Notes, none of the Company’s subsidiaries will guarantee the Senior Notes. In the future, if any of the Company’s U.S. subsidiaries becomes a guarantor of the Company’s other debt, that subsidiary will fully and unconditionally guarantee the Senior Notes on a senior basis, subject to certain exceptions.
Optional Redemption
At any time prior to November 15, 2016, the Company may, on any one or more occasions redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes (including any additional Senior Notes, but excluding Senior Notes held by the Company or its subsidiaries), upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at a redemption price equal to 105.750% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the applicable date of redemption (subject to the rights of holders of Senior Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), with the net cash proceeds of an equity offering by the Company;
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(1) at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes issued under the Indenture (including any additional Senior Notes, but excluding Senior Notes held by the Company or its subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption; and
(2) the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such equity offering.
At any time prior to November 15, 2016, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Senior Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the
principal amount of the Senior Notes redeemed, plus the Applicable Premium, as defined in the Indenture, as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the applicable date of redemption (subject to the rights of holders of Senior Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
Except pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs, the Senior Notes will not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to November 15, 2016.
On or after November 15, 2016, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Senior Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Senior Notes redeemed, to, but not including, the applicable date of redemption, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on November 15 of the years indicated below, subject to the rights of holders of Senior Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date:
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Period
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Redemption Price
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2016
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102.875
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2018 and thereafter
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Change of Control
If the Company experiences certain change of control events, as defined in the Indenture, the Company must offer to repurchase the Senior Notes at 101% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable repurchase date.
Asset Sale
If the Company sells assets under certain circumstances described in the Indenture, and subject to certain exceptions, the Company must offer to repurchase the Senior Notes at 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable repurchase date.
Covenants
The Indenture contains covenants that, among other things, limit the ability of the Company and its restricted subsidiaries to:
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sell assets, including capital stock of restricted subsidiaries;
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incur restrictions on the ability of restricted subsidiaries to pay dividends or make other payments, and in the case of the Company’s subsidiaries, guarantee indebtedness;
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Events of Default
The Indenture also provides for events of default which, if any of them occurs, would permit or require the principal of and accrued interest on, the Senior Notes to become or to be declared due and payable.
Credit Agreement
On November 14, 2013, the Company also entered into a senior unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Agreement”) with an initial aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $300,000,000, among the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, SunTrust Bank and Goldman Sachs Bank USA as co-syndication agents and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA as joint bookrunners and joint lead arrangers, replacing the 2011 Credit Agreement.
The Credit Agreement provides for a senior unsecured revolving loan facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) of up to $300,000,000 (the loans thereunder, the “Revolving Credit Loans”), of which up to $75,000,000 is available for letters of credit and up to $15,000,000 is available for short-term borrowings on a swingline basis. The Credit Agreement also provides that the Company may, at its option, increase the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Facility and/or obtain incremental term loans in an amount up to $75,000,000 without the consent of any lenders not participating in such increase, subject to certain customary conditions and lenders committing to provide the increase in funding. There can be no assurance that additional funding will become available. Unutilized commitments under the Credit Agreement are subject to a fee of 0.25% to 0.375% depending upon the Company’s ratio of total debt to cash flow.
The proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loans may be used for general corporate purposes of the Company and its subsidiaries. The commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility expire on November 14, 2018 and any Revolving Credit Loans will be payable in full at that time.
Loans designated by the Company at the time of borrowing as “ABR Loans” that are outstanding under the Credit Agreement bear interest at a rate per annum equal to (i) the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in effect on such day; (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%; and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) for a one month interest period on such day plus 1%;
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(ii) the Applicable Margin. Loans designated by the Company at the time of borrowing as “Eurodollar Loans” that are outstanding under the Credit Agreement bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) for the interest period in effect for such borrowing plus the Applicable Rate. The “Applicable Rate” means a percentage ranging from 0.50% to 1.25% per annum for ABR Loans and a percentage ranging from 1.50% to 2.25% per annum for Eurodollar Loans, depending upon the Company’s ratio of total debt to cash flow.
The Credit Agreement includes negative and financial covenants that limit certain activities of the Company and its subsidiaries, including (i) restrictions on the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ ability to incur additional indebtedness; and (ii) financial covenants that require (a) the ratio of total debt to cash flow not to exceed a maximum; (b) a minimum interest expense and principal payment coverage ratio; and (c) a minimum level of statutory net worth for the Company’s health maintenance organization and insurance subsidiaries.
The Credit Agreement also contains customary representations and warranties that must be accurate in order for the Company to borrow under the Revolving Credit Facility. In addition, the Credit Agreement contains customary events of default. If an event of default occurs and is continuing, the Company may be required immediately to repay all amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement. Lenders holding at least 50% of the loans and commitments under the Credit Agreement may elect to accelerate the maturity of the loans and/or terminate the commitments under the Credit Agreement upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an event of default.
The foregoing description does not purport to be a complete description of the parties’ rights and obligations under the above-described Credit Agreement. The above description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete Credit Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
On November 14, 2013, the Company and The WellCare Management Group, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company, terminated the senior secured credit facility dated August 1, 2011, as amended to date, among the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, collectively, as the joint lead bookrunners and joint lead arrangers, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as syndication agent (the “2011 Credit Agreement”). All amounts outstanding under the 2011 Credit Agreement were paid on November 14, 2013. The 2011 Credit Agreement was terminated in connection with the entry into the Credit Agreement described above under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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 is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On November 15, 2013 the Company updated its guidance for 2013 adjusted net income per diluted share to incorporate the interest expense associated with the senior unsecured notes as well as the write off of the deferred financing costs associated with the previous senior secured credit facility, the combined impact of which is approximately $0.10 per diluted share. As a result, WellCare anticipates 2013 adjusted net income per diluted share of $4.60 to $4.70. The previous guidance was for adjusted net income per diluted share of $4.70 to $4.80. The other elements of 2013 guidance have not changed and are as described in the Company’s news release published on November 1, 2013.
The press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1 is incorporated by reference herein.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The information furnished pursuant Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K (the “8-K”) and the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 contain “forward-looking” statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, or that include words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. For example, statements regarding WellCare's financial outlook are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause WellCare's actual future results to differ materially from those projected or contemplated in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, WellCare’s progress on top priorities such as improving health care quality and access, ensuring a competitive cost position, and delivering prudent, profitable growth, WellCare’s ability to effectively manage growth, WellCare’s ability to address operational challenges relating to new business, WellCare’s ability to effectively execute and integrate acquisitions, potential reductions in Medicaid and Medicare revenue, including due to sequestration, and WellCare’s ability to estimate and manage medical benefits effectively.
Additional information concerning these and other important risks and uncertainties can be found under the captions “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in WellCare's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, and in WellCare's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2013 and other subsequent filings by WellCare with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which contain discussions of WellCare's business and the various factors that may affect it. WellCare undertakes no duty to update these forward-looking statements to reflect any future events, developments, or otherwise.
The information furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of the 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject
to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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Exhibit
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Description
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Credit Agreement, dated November 14, 2013, among WellCare Health Plans, Inc., the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, SunTrust Bank and Goldman Sachs Bank USA as co-syndication agents and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA as joint bookrunners and joint lead arrangers
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Furnished and not filed.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Date: November 18, 2013
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WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
/s/ Lisa G. Iglesias
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Lisa G. Iglesias
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
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Exhibit Index
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Exhibit
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Description
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Credit Agreement, dated November 14, 2013, among WellCare Health Plans, Inc., the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, SunTrust Bank and Goldman Sachs Bank USA as co-syndication agents and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA as joint bookrunners and joint lead arrangers
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Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION VERSION
WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
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The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
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INDENTURE
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Dated as of November 14, 2013
SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 310 through 318,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
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Trust Indenture
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Indenture Section
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Act Section
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Section 310
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(a)(1)
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609
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609
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Not Applicable
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(a)(4)
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Not Applicable
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(b)
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608
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610
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Section 311
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613
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613
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Section 312
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701
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Section 313
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1004
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102
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102
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PARTIES
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RECITALS OF THE CORPORATION
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ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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Section 101. Definitions.
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Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
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Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
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Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
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Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Corporation.
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Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
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Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
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Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
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Section 109. Successors and Assigns.
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Section 110. Separability Clause.
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Section 111. Benefits of Indenture.
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Section 112. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Jurisdiction.
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Section 113. Legal Holidays.
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Section 114. Counterparts.
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ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS
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Section 201. Forms Generally.
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Section 202. Form of Face of Security.
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Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security.
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Section 204. Form of Legend for Global Securities.
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Section 205. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
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ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES
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Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
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Section 302. Denominations.
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Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
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Section 304. Temporary Securities.
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Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
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Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
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Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
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Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
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Section 309. Cancellation.
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Section 310. Computation of Interest.
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Section 311. CUSIP Numbers.
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ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
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Section 402. Application of Trust Money.
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ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES
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Section 501. Events of Default.
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Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
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Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
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Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
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Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
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Section 506. Application of Money Collected.
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Section 507. Limitation on Suits.
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Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
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Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
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Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
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Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
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Section 512. Control by Holders.
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Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
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Section 514. Undertaking for Costs.
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Section 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
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ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE
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Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
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Section 602. Notice of Defaults.
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Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
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Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
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Section 605. May Hold Securities.
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Section 606. Money Held in Trust.
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Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
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Section 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
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Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
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Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
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Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
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Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
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Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Corporation.
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Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
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ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND CORPORATION
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Section 701. Corporation to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
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Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
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Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
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Section 704. Reports by Corporation.
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ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
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Section 801. Corporation May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
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Section 802. Successor Substituted.
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ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
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Section 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
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Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
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Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
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ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS
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Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
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INDENTURE, dated as of November 14, 2013, between WellCare Health Plans, Inc., a Delaware corporation with a principal place of business at 8735 Henderson Road, Tampa, Florida 33634 (the “Corporation”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).
RECITALS OF THE CORPORATION
The Corporation has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”) to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Corporation, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101.
Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2)
all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(3)
all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America at the date of such computation;
(4)
unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a “Section” or an “Exhibit” refers to an Article or a Section or an Exhibit, as the case may be, of this Indenture;
(5)
the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;
(6)
“or” is not exclusive;
(7)
the words “including,” “includes” and “include” shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation; and
(8)
“will” means “shall”.
“Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Applicable Procedures” of a Depositary means, with respect to any matter at any time, the policies and procedures of such Depositary, if any, that are applicable to such matter at such time.
“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.
“Board of Trustees” means either the board of trustees of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of that board.
“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation to have been duly adopted by the Board of Trustees and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Business Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
“Common Stock” means the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share of the Corporation.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business in Jacksonville, Florida shall be principally administered, which office as of the date of this instrument is located at 10161 Centurion Pkwy. N., 2nd Floor, Jacksonville, Florida 32256, Attention: Corporate Trust Division - Corporate Finance Unit, except that with
respect to presentation of Securities for payment or for registration of transfer or exchange, such term shall mean the office or agency of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate agency business shall be conducted, which office at the date of this instrument is located at 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286; Attention: Corporate Trust Division - Corporate Finance Unit, or, in the case of any of such offices or agency, such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Corporation.
“corporation” means a corporation, association, company, limited liability company, joint-stock company or business trust.
“Corporation” means the Person named as the “Corporation” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Corporation” shall mean such successor Person.
“Corporation Request” or “Corporation Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Corporation by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel or any Senior Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1303.
“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.
“Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1302.
“Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, any Person that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
“Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 104.
“Global Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 204 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities).
“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture” shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.
“interest”, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
“Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
“Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
“Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
“Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 501(4) or 501(5).
“Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel or any Senior Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary, of the Corporation.
“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by any two Officers or by any Officer and an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or any Person designated by an Officer in writing as authorized to execute and deliver such certificate, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the Officers signing an Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to Section 1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Corporation.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Corporation.
“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
“Outstanding”, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Corporation) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Corporation (if the Corporation shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefore satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 1302; and
(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to the Corporation and the Trustee that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Corporation;
provided, however
, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Corporation or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Corporation or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Corporation or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Corporation or of such other obligor.
“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Corporation to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Corporation.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301.
“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
“Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
“Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Division - Corporate Finance Unit (or any successor division or unit) of the Trustee located at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and for the purposes of Section 601(c)(2) shall also include any other officer of the Trustee to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
“Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.
“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
“Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
“Subsidiary” means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Corporation and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors or trustees, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed;
provided
,
however
, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with
respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
“U.S. Government Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 1304.
“Vice President”, when used with respect to the Corporation or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president”.
SECTION 102.
Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Corporation to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Corporation shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by at least one Officer of the Corporation, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (except for certificates provided for in Section 1004) shall include,
(1)
a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2)
a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3)
a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4)
a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 103.
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Corporation on behalf of the Corporation may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Corporation stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Corporation, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
SECTION 104.
Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Corporation. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Corporation, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Corporation in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
The Corporation may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the Corporation may not set a record date for,
and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Corporation from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Corporation, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Corporation’s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Corporation in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such record dates may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
SECTION 105.
Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Corporation.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1)
the Trustee by any Holder or by the Corporation shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or
(2)
the Corporation by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Corporation addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument, Attention: General Counsel, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Corporation.
(3)
The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon and comply with instructions and directions sent by e-mail, facsimile and other similar unsecured electronic methods by persons believed by the Trustee to be authorized to give instructions and directions on behalf of the Corporation;
provided
, however, that (a) the Corporation, subsequent to the transmission thereof, shall provide the originally executed instructions or directions to the Trustee in a timely manner and (b) such originally executed instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized representative of the Corporation. The Trustee shall have no liability for any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses incurred or sustained by the Corporation as a result of such action upon or compliance with such instructions or directions. The Corporation agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.
SECTION 106.
Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his or her address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to a Holder of a Global Security, such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary for such Security (or its designee), pursuant to its Applicable Procedures, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice.
SECTION 107.
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
SECTION 108.
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 109.
Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Corporation shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 110.
Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 111.
Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 112.
Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Jurisdiction.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
EACH OF THE CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND
ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
THE CORPORATION SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE CITY OF NEW YORK, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE ANY OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS INDENTURE OR WITH REGARD TO THE NOTES, AND AGREES NOT TO SEEK A TRANSFER OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING ON THE BASIS OF INCONVENIENCE OF THE FORUM OR OTHERWISE (BUT THE CORPORATION WILL NOT BE PREVENTED FROM REMOVING ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING FROM A STATE COURT TO THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE CITY OF NEW YORK). THE CORPORATION AGREES THAT PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE SERVED UPON IT BY REGISTERED MAIL OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY THE RULES OF THE COURT IN WHICH THE ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT. THE CORPORATION IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION TO ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING THAT MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS WHETHER ON THE GROUNDS OF VENUE, RESIDENCE OR DOMICILE OR ON THE GROUND THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
SECTION 113.
Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Maturity, provided that no interest shall accrue with respect to such payment for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Maturity, as the case may be to the date of such payment.
SECTION 114.
Counterparts.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or electronic format (
i.e.
, “pdf” or “tif”) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or electronic format (
i.e.
, “pdf” or “tif”) shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201.
Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Corporation Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
SECTION 202.
Form of Face of Security.
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WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
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WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Corporation”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
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, or registered assigns, the principal sum of
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Dollars on
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if this Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert
– , and to pay interest thereon from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on
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and
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in each year, commencing ……………… and at the Maturity thereof, at the rate of
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per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment,
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if applicable, insert
– provided that any principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of
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____%
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per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand
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. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be
paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the
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or
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(whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest so payable, but not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
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If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert
− The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall bear interest at the rate of _____% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment.
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Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
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− any such
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interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Corporation maintained for that purpose in New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, against surrender of this Security in the case of any payment due at the Maturity of the principal hereof (other than any payment of interest that first becomes payable on a day other than an Interest Payment Date);
provided
,
however
, that at the option of the Corporation payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; and
provided, further
, that if this Security is a Global Security, payment may be made pursuant to the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary as permitted in said Indenture.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
By_________________________________
Attest:
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SECTION 203.
Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Corporation (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of , (herein called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Corporation, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof
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if applicable, insert
− [initially] limited in aggregate principal amount to $________
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[, provided that the Corporation may, without the consent of any Holder, at any time and from time to time increase the initial principal amount].
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− The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail,
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if applicable, insert
− (1) on ........... in any year commencing with the year ________ and ending with the year _________ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)
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at any time
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− on or after
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, 20
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, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Corporation, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning
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with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.
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If
applicable, insert
– The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on
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in each year beginning with the year
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and ending with the year
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of
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if applicable, insert
− not less than $
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(“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more than
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$
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. aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Corporation otherwise than through
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sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent
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if applicable, insert
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sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made
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if applicable, insert
− , in the inverse order in which they become due
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If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert
– In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
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– The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
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– If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
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[
If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert
– If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to – insert formula for determining the amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Corporation’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.
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The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Corporation and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Corporation and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions (i) permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Corporation with certain provisions of the Indenture with respect to such series and (ii) permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of any series to be affected under the Indenture (with each such series considered separately for this purpose), on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable
indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Corporation, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Corporation in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Corporation and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Corporation may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Corporation, the Trustee and any agent of the Corporation or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Corporation, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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– This Security is a Global Security and is subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to Global Securities, including the limitations in Section 305 thereof on transfers and exchanges of Global Securities.
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– Interest on the principal balance of this Security shall be calculated on the basis of a
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360-day year of twelve 30-day months
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THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
SECTION 204.
Form of Legend for Global Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
SECTION 205.
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
a
s Trustee
By
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Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301.
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,
(1)
the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);
(2)
any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(3)
the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(4)
the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the series is payable;
(5)
the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;
(6)
the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner in which any payment may be made;
(7)
the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Corporation and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Corporation to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;
(8)
the obligation, if any, of the Corporation to redeem or purchase any Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9)
if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(10)
if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to a financial or economic measure or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(11)
if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for the purposes of making payment in the currency of the United States of America and applying the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 101;
(12)
if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Corporation or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable, the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be determined);
(13)
if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;
(14)
if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);
(15)
if applicable, that the Securities of the series, shall be subject to either or both of Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance as provided in Article Thirteen; provided that no series of Securities that is exchangeable for or convertible into Common Stock or other securities pursuant to Section 301(19) shall be subject to Defeasance pursuant to Section 1302.
(16)
if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 204 and any addition to, elimination of or other changes in the circumstances set forth in Clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof;
(17)
any addition to, elimination of or other change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502;
(18)
any addition to, elimination of or other change in the covenants set forth in Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series;
(19)
the terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which the Securities are exchangeable for or convertible into Common Stock or other securities; and
(20)
any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 901(5)).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’ Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at one time and, unless otherwise provided or contemplated by this Section 301 with respect to a series of Securities, additional Securities of a series may be issued at the option of the Corporation, without the consent of any Holder, at any time and from time to time.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation on behalf of the Corporation and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
SECTION 302.
Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 303.
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Corporation by Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel, any Senior Vice President or the Treasurer, attested by the Secretary, one of the Assistant Secretaries or other authorized Person of the Corporation. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Corporation shall bind the Corporation, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Corporation may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Corporation to the Trustee for authentication, together with an Corporation Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Corporation Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(1)
if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2)
if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(3)
that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Corporation in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Corporation enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, including where the size of an Outstanding series of Securities is increased as contemplated by Section 301, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Corporation Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Corporation, and the Corporation shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 304.
Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Corporation may execute, and upon Corporation Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Corporation will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Corporation in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Corporation shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.
SECTION 305.
Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Corporation shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Corporation in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Corporation shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or agency of the Corporation in a Place of Payment for that series, the Corporation shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Corporation shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Corporation, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Corporation or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Corporation and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Corporation may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.
If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in part, the Corporation shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to Global Securities:
(1)
Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(2)
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, and subject to such applicable provisions, if any, as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary has notified the Corporation that it is unwilling or unable or no longer permitted under applicable law to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (B) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security or (C) the Corporation so directs the Trustee by Company Order or (D) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
(3)
Subject to Clause (2) above and to such applicable provisions, if any, as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301, any exchange of a Global Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall direct.
(4)
Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 304, 306, 906 or 1107 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
SECTION 306.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Corporation shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Corporation and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Corporation or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Corporation shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Corporation in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Corporation may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Corporation, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 307.
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest or, if no business is conducted by the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office on such date, at 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on such date.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Corporation, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1)
The Corporation may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Corporation shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Corporation shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Corporation of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Corporation, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set forth in Section 106, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2)
The Corporation may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Corporation to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Except as may be provided in this Section 307 or as contemplated in Section 301 with respect to any Securities of a series, the Person to whom interest shall be payable on any Security that first becomes payable on a day that is not an Interest Payment Date shall be the Holder of such Security on the day such interest is paid.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
SECTION 308.
Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Corporation, the Trustee and any agent of the Corporation or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the
Corporation, the Trustee nor any agent of the Corporation or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 309.
Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Corporation may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Corporation may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Corporation has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Corporation Order;
provided, however
, that the Trustee shall not be required to destroy such cancelled Securities.
SECTION 310.
Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 311.
CUSIP Numbers.
The Corporation in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or other similar numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or other similar numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders, provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities. Any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or other similar numbers.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401.
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Corporation Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of any Security expressly provided for herein or in the terms of such Security), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Corporation, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1)
either
(A)
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Corporation and thereafter repaid to the Corporation or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B)
all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(i)
have become due and payable, or
(ii)
will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii)
are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Corporation,
and the Corporation, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose money in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2)
the Corporation has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Corporation; and
(3)
the Corporation has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Corporation to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
SECTION 402.
Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Corporation acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501.
Events of Default.
“Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1)
default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2)
default in the payment of the principal of or any premium, if any, on any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3)
default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series; or
(4)
default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Corporation in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Corporation by the Trustee or to the Corporation and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or
(5)
a default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness for money borrowed by the Corporation (including a default with respect to Securities of any series other than that series) having an aggregate principal amount outstanding of at least $100,000,000, or under any mortgage, indenture or instrument (including this Indenture) under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by the Corporation having an aggregate principal amount outstanding of at least $100,000,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default (A) shall constitute a failure to pay any portion of the principal of such indebtedness when due and payable after the expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto or (B) shall have resulted in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without, in the case of Clause (A), such indebtedness having been discharged or without, in the case of Clause (B), such indebtedness having been discharged or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, in each such case within a period of 10 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Corporation by the Trustee or to the Corporation and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 20% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default and requiring the Corporation to cause such indebtedness to be discharged or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled, as the case may be, and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;
provided
,
however
, that, subject to the provisions of Sections 601 and 602, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of such default unless either (A) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have knowledge of such default or (B) the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Corporation, from any Holder, from the holder of any such indebtedness or from the trustee under any such mortgage, indenture or other instrument; or
(6)
the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Corporation in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Corporation a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Corporation under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Corporation or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(7)
the commencement by the Corporation of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Corporation in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Corporation or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Corporation in furtherance of any such action; or
(8)
any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.
SECTION 502.
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(6) or 501(7)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee, upon receipt of a request from the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, shall, or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may, declare the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Corporation (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified
amount) shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 501(6) or 501 (7) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs, the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Corporation and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1)
the Corporation has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(A)
all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(B)
the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C)
to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and
(D)
all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
(2)
all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 503.
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Corporation covenants that if
(1)
default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2)
default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Corporation will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504.
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Corporation (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 607.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding;
provided
,
however
, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar committee.
SECTION 505.
Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506.
Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article or, during the pendency of bankruptcy proceedings of the Corporation, any distributions of money or other property in respect of the Corporation’s obligations under this Indenture, shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee (including any predecessor trustee) under Section 607; and
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively.
SECTION 507.
Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1)
such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2)
the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3)
such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4)
the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5)
no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
SECTION 508.
Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 509.
Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Corporation, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 510.
Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511.
Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
SECTION 512.
Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that
(1)
such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, and
(2)
the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 513.
Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default
(1)
in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series, or
(2)
in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514.
Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act,
provided
that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Trustee or the Corporation.
SECTION 515.
Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
The Corporation covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Corporation (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the
Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601.
Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are provided in the Trust Indenture Act or specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts, statements, opinions or conclusions stated therein).
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that
(1) this Subsection (c) shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsections (a) or (d) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, determined as provided herein, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series.
(d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(e) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
SECTION 602.
Notice of Defaults.
If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act;
provided
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however
, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.
SECTION 603.
Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(1)
the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(2)
any request or direction of the Corporation mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Corporation Request or Corporation Order, and any resolution of the Board of Trustees shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3)
whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;
(4)
the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5)
the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(6)
the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Corporation, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Corporation and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation except for gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with such inquiry or investigation;
(7)
the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(8)
the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(9)
the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default or Event of Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture;
(10)
the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;
(11)
the Trustee may request that the Corporation deliver an certificate setting forth the names of individuals and or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded;
(12)
anything in this Indenture notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustee be liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to loss of profit), even if the Trustee has been advised as to the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;
(13)
the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; or acts of military authority; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are
consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances; and
(14)
the permissive right of the Trustee to take or refrain from taking action hereunder shall not be construed as a duty.
SECTION 604.
Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Corporation, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Corporation of Securities or the proceeds thereof. The Trustee shall not be responsible to make any calculation with respect to any matter under this Indenture. The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor or investigate the Corporation’s compliance with or the breach of, or cause to be performed or observed, any representation, warranty or covenant made in this Indenture.
SECTION 605.
May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Corporation, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Corporation with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 606.
Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Corporation.
SECTION 607.
Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Corporation agrees
(1)
to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as the Corporation and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2)
except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable, documented expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its gross negligence or willful misconduct; and
(3)
to indemnify the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claims, liability or expense including taxes (other than taxes imposed on the income of the Trustee) incurred without gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, or any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, or in connection with enforcing the provisions of this Section.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Corporation under this Section 607 the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee hereunder, except upon funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on particular Securities.
In addition to, but without prejudice to its other rights under this Indenture, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 501(6) or Section 501(7), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.
“Trustee” for purposes of this Section shall include any predecessor Trustee; provided, however, that the negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of any Trustee hereunder shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee hereunder.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, the termination for any reason of this Indenture, and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
SECTION 608.
Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series.
SECTION 609.
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
SECTION 610.
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Corporation.
The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Corporation.
If at any time:
(1)
the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor by the Corporation or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(2)
the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Corporation or by any such Holder, or
(3)
the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (A) the Corporation by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation or removal, the Trustee resigning or being removed may petition, at the expense of the Corporation, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Corporation, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one
year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Corporation and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Corporation. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Corporation or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
The Corporation shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 611.
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Corporation and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Corporation or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Corporation, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring
Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Corporation or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Corporation shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 611, the Corporation’s obligations under Section 607 will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION 612.
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any Person into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
SECTION 613.
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Corporation.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Corporation (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Corporation (or any such other obligor).
SECTION 614.
Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer, or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Corporation and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any Person into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such Person shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Corporation. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Corporation. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Corporation and shall give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Corporation agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time such compensation for its services under this Section as the Corporation and the Authenticating Agent shall from time to time agree in writing.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND CORPORATION
SECTION 701.
Corporation to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Corporation will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1)
semi-annually, not later than March 15 and September 15 in each year, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of each series as of the preceding March 1 or September 1, as the case may be, and
(2)
at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Corporation of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished,
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar.
SECTION 702.
Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may dispose of any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Corporation and the Trustee that neither the Corporation or the Trustee or any agent of any of
them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 703.
Reports by Trustee.
The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. Reports so required to be transmitted at stated intervals of not more than 12 months shall be transmitted within 60 days after each May 15, beginning with May 15, 2014.
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed and with the Commission and with the Corporation. The Corporation will promptly notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
SECTION 704.
Reports by Corporation.
The Corporation shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; provided that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the Commission.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Corporation’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801.
Corporation May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Corporation shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and the Corporation shall not permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Corporation or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to the Corporation, unless:
(1)
in case the Corporation shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Corporation is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Corporation substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation,
partnership or trust, shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Corporation to be performed or observed;
(2)
immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Corporation or any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Corporation or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, 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;
(3)
if, as a result of any such consolidation or merger or such conveyance, transfer or lease, properties or assets of the Corporation would become subject to a mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other encumbrance which would not be permitted by this Indenture, the Corporation or such successor Person, as the case may be, shall take such steps as shall be necessary effectively to secure the Securities equally and ratably with (or prior to) all indebtedness secured thereby; and
(4)
the Corporation has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
SECTION 802.
Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation of the Corporation with, or merger of the Corporation into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Corporation substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Corporation is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Corporation under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Corporation herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901.
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Corporation, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1)
to evidence the succession of another Person to the Corporation and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Corporation herein and in the Securities; or
(2)
to add to the covenants of the Corporation for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Corporation; or
(3)
to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); or
(4)
to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or
(5)
to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or
(6)
to secure the Securities pursuant to the provisions of Section 801(3) or otherwise; or
(7)
to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(8)
to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611; or
(9)
to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant to this Clause (9) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect.
SECTION 902.
Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said
Holders delivered to the Corporation and the Trustee, the Corporation, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture;
provided
,
however
, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1)
change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or
(2)
reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
(3)
modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1008, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby;
provided
,
however
, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 1008, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611 and 901(8).
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
The Corporation may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to consent to any indenture supplemental hereto. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that unless such consent shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the date which is 90 days after
such record date, any such consent previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.
SECTION 903.
Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904.
Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905.
Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 906.
Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Corporation shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Corporation, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Corporation and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001.
Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Corporation covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 1002.
Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Corporation will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and
where notices and demands to or upon the Corporation in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Corporation will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Corporation shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Corporation hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Corporation may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations;
provided
,
however
, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Corporation of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Corporation will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
With respect to any Global Security, and except as otherwise may be specified for such Global Security as contemplated by Section 301, the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee shall be the Place of Payment where such Global Security may be presented or surrendered for payment or for registration of transfer or exchange, or where Successor Securities may be delivered in exchange therefore, provided, however, that any such payment, presentation, surrender or delivery effected pursuant to the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary for such Global Security shall be deemed to have been effected at the Place of Payment for such Global Security in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
SECTION 1003.
Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Corporation shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Corporation shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit (or, if the Corporation has deposited any trust funds with a trustee pursuant to Section 1304(1), cause such trustee to deposit) with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Corporation will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Corporation will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the continuance of any default by the Corporation (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.
The Corporation may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Corporation Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Corporation or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Corporation or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Corporation, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Corporation on Corporation Request, or (if then held by the Corporation) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Corporation for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Corporation as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease;
provided
,
however
, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Corporation cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Corporation.
SECTION 1004.
Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Corporation will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Corporation ending after the date hereof, an Officers’ Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Corporation is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Corporation shall be in default, specifying all such defaults, the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
SECTION 1005.
Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Corporation will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises;
provided
,
however
, that the Corporation shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Trustees shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Corporation and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
SECTION 1006.
Provision of Financial Information.
Whether or not the Corporation is subject to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Corporation will, to the extent permitted under the Exchange Act, file with the
Commission the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents that the Corporation would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (the “Financial Statements”) if the Corporation were so subject, such documents to be filed with the Commission on or prior to the respective dates (the “Required Filing Dates”) by which the Corporation would have been required so to file such documents if the Corporation were so subject.
The Corporation will also in any event (x) within 15 days of each Required Filing Date (i) transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, without cost to such Holders, copies of the annual reports and quarterly reports that the Corporation would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act if the Corporation were subject to such Sections, and (ii) file with the Trustee copies of the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents that the Corporation would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act if the Corporation were subject to such Sections and (y) if filing such documents by the Corporation with the Commission is not permitted under the Exchange Act, promptly upon written request and payment of the reasonable cost of duplication and delivery, supply copies of such documents to any prospective Holder.
SECTION 1007.
Waiver of Certain Covenants.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of a specific series, the Corporation may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to Section 301(18), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such series, in Article Eight, or in any of Sections 1005 through 1006, inclusive, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Corporation and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101.
Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1102.
Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Corporation to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of the Corporation of less than all the Securities of any
series (including any such redemption affecting only a single Security), the Corporation shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Corporation (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Corporation shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.
SECTION 1103.
Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, pro rata, by lot or by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series, provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Corporation in writing of the Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 1104.
Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register, with a copy to the Trustee and any Paying Agent.
All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed, including CUSIP number, if any, and shall state:
(1)
the Redemption Date,
(2)
the Redemption Price,
(3)
if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed,
(4)
that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5)
the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and
(6)
that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Corporation shall be given by the Corporation or, at the Corporation’s request made to the Trustee at least 35 days prior to the Redemption Date, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Corporation and shall be irrevocable.
SECTION 1105.
Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to any Redemption Date, the Corporation shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Corporation is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date or the Securities of the series provide otherwise) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 1106.
Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Corporation shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Corporation at the Redemption Price, together, if applicable, with accrued interest to the Redemption Date;
provided
,
however
, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
SECTION 1107.
Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Corporation or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Corporation and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Corporation shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201.
Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of any Securities is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of such Securities is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of any Securities, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities as provided for by the terms of such Securities.
SECTION 1202.
Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Corporation (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Corporation pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as and to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities; provided that the Securities to be so credited have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price, as specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203.
Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Securities, the Corporation will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 1202 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 nor more than 45 days prior to each such sinking fund payment date, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Corporation in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1301.
Corporation’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
If applicable to a particular series of Securities, the Corporation may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 1302 or Section 1303 applied to any such series of Securities or any Securities of such series, as the case may be, designated pursuant to Section 301 as being defeasible pursuant to such Section 1302 or 1303, in accordance with any applicable requirements provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
SECTION 1302.
Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Corporation’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any applicable series of Securities or any Securities of such series, as the case may be, the Corporation shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Corporation shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Corporation, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1304 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due, (2) the Corporation’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the Corporation may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any
applicable Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have Section 1303 applied to such Securities.
SECTION 1303.
Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Corporation’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any applicable series of Securities or any Securities of such series, as the case may be, (1) the Corporation shall be released from its obligations under Section 801(3), Sections 1005 through 1006, inclusive, and any covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(18), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 501(4) (with respect to any of Section 801(3), Sections 1005 through 1006, inclusive, and any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(18), 901(2) or 901(7)), 501(5) and 501(8) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Covenant Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Corporation may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 501(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1304.
Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 1302 or Section 1303 to any applicable series of Securities or any Securities of such series, as the case may be:
(1)
The Corporation shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefits of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used herein, “U.S. Government Obligation” means (x) any security which is (i) a direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with
respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is specified in Clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.
(2)
In the event of an election to have Section 1302 apply to any applicable series of Securities or any Securities of such series, as the case may be, the Corporation shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Corporation has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this instrument, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.
(3)
In the event of an election to have Section 1303 apply to any applicable series of Securities or any Securities of such series, as the case may be, the Corporation shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.
(4)
The Corporation shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that neither such Securities nor any other Securities of the same series, if then listed on any securities exchange, will be delisted as a result of such deposit.
(5)
No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any other Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections 501(6) and (7), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th day).
(6)
Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of such Act).
(7)
Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Corporation is a party or by which it is bound.
(8)
Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from registration thereunder.
(9)
The Corporation shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
SECTION 1305.
Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and Section 1306, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of any Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Corporation acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Corporation shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Corporation from time to time upon Corporation Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1304 with respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to such Securities.
SECTION 1306.
Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Corporation has been discharged or released pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1305 with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article;
provided
,
however
, that if the Corporation makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Corporation shall be subrogated to the rights
(if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
By:
/s/ Thomas L. Tran_____________
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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Attest:
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee:
By:
/s/ Michael Countryman_____________
Exhibit 4.2
EXECUTION VERSION
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
$600,000,000
5.75% Senior Notes due 2020
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of November 14, 2013
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
as Trustee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1.
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DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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Section 1.01 Definitions.
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Section 1.02 Other Definitions.
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Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
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Section 1.04 Rules of Construction.
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ARTICLE 2.
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THE NOTES
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Section 2.01 Form Generally.
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Section 2.02 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
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Section 2.03 Notes in Global Form.
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Section 2.04 Amount of Notes.
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Section 2.05 Registrar and Paying Agent.
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Section 2.06 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
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Section 2.07 Holder Lists.
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Section 2.08 Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
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Section 2.09 Replacement Notes.
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Section 2.10 Outstanding Notes.
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Section 2.11 Treasury Notes.
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Section 2.12 Temporary Notes.
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Section 2.13 Cancellation.
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Section 2.14 Payment of Interest; Defaulted Interest.
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Section 2.15 CUSIP or ISIN Numbers.
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Section 2.16 Additional Notes.
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Section 2.17 Record Date.
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Section 2.18 Persons Deemed Owners.
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Section 2.19 Computation of Interest.
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ARTICLE 3.
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REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
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Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.
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Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.
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Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.
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Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
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Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption Price.
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Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed in Part.
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Section 3.07 Mandatory Redemption.
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Section 3.08 Offer To Purchase.
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ARTICLE 4.
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ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
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Section 4.01 SEC Reports.
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Section 4.02 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.
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Section 4.03 Restricted Payments.
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Section 4.04 Liens.
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Section 4.05 Asset Sales.
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Section 4.06 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.
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Section 4.07 Transactions with Affiliates.
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Section 4.08 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
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Section 4.09 Repurchase at the Option of Holders Upon a Change of Control.
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Section 4.10 Limitation on Issuances of Guarantees of Indebtedness.
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Section 4.11 Covenant Termination.
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Section 4.12 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
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ARTICLE 5.
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SUCCESSORS
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Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.
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Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.
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ARTICLE 6.
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DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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Section 6.01 Events of Default.
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Section 6.02 Acceleration.
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Section 6.03 Limitation on Suits.
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ARTICLE 7.
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TRUSTEE
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Section 7.01 Rights and Duties of Trustee.
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ARTICLE 8.
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LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
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Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
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Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance.
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Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
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Section 8.05 Deposited Cash and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other
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Miscellaneous Provisions.
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Section 8.06 Repayment to Company.
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Section 8.07 Reinstatement.
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ARTICLE 9.
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AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
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Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes.
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Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.
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Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
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Section 9.04 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
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ARTICLE 10.
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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
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Section 10.01 Subsidiary Guarantee.
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Section 10.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
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Section 10.03 Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantee.
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ARTICLE 11.
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Section 11.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.
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Section 11.02 Deposited Cash and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other
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Miscellaneous Provisions.
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Section 11.03 Repayment to Company.
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ARTICLE 12.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 12.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls.
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Section 12.02 Notices.
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Section 12.03 Governing Law.
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Section 12.04 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.
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Section 12.05 Successors.
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Section 12.06 Severability.
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Section 12.07 Counterpart Originals.
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Section 12.08 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
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Section 12.09 Supplemental Indenture Governs.
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Section 12.10 Responsibility for Recitals, Etc.
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This FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of November 14, 2013 (this “
Supplemental Indenture
”) is by and between WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (the “
Company
”), a Delaware corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (the “
Trustee
”).
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee executed and delivered the indenture, dated as of November 14, 2013 (the “
Base Indenture
” and, together with this Supplemental Indenture, the “
Indenture
”), to provide for the issuance of the Securities (as defined in the Base Indenture);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of a new series of the Securities under the Base Indenture to be known as its “5.75% Senior Notes due 2020”, the form and substance and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to resolutions duly adopted on November 6, 2013, have duly authorized the issuance of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of such 5.75% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “
Initial Notes
”), and has authorized the proper officers of the Company to execute any and all appropriate documents necessary or appropriate to effect such issuance;
WHEREAS, this Supplemental Indenture is being entered into pursuant to the provisions of Article Nine of the Base Indenture to establish the terms of the Notes (as defined herein) in accordance with Section 301 of the Base Indenture and to establish the form of the Notes in accordance with Section 201 of the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all things and acts necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, and to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, have been performed, and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes has been duly authorized in all respects.
For and in consideration of the premises and purchase by the Holders of the Initial Notes, and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided in the Base Indenture, the forms and terms of the Notes (as defined herein), it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes, as follows:
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01
Definitions.
Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture unless otherwise indicated. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
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Acquired Debt
” means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
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Additional Notes
” means, subject to the Company’s compliance with Section 4.02 hereof, any additional 5.75% Senior Notes due 2020 issued from time to time after the Issue Date under the terms of the Indenture other than pursuant to Sections 2.08, 2.09, 2.12 or 3.06 of this Supplemental Indenture.
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Affiliate
” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings.
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Agent
” means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.
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Applicable Premium
” means, with respect to any Note on any Redemption Date, the greater of:
(1) 1.0% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Note; or
(2) the excess of:
(a) the present value at such Redemption Date of (i) the Redemption Price of the Note at November 15, 2016, (such Redemption Price being set forth in Paragraph 5 of such Note);
plus
(ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through November 15, 2016, (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points; over
(b) the then outstanding principal amount of the Note.
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ASC
” means the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification.
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Asset Sale
” means the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights, other than sales, leases, transfers, conveyances or other dispositions of products, services, accounts receivable or inventory in the ordinary course of business;
provided
that the sale, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture described in Section 4.09 hereof and/or the provisions described in Section 5.01 hereof and not by the provisions described under Section 4.05 hereof.
Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items will not be deemed to be Asset Sales:
(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets having a Fair Market Value of less than the greater of (a) $30.0 million and (b) 1.0% of Consolidated Total Assets;
(2) a sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) a sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition effected in compliance with the provisions described under Section 5.01 hereof;
(5) a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that does not violate Section 4.03 hereof;
(6) the disposition of Equity Interests in Permitted Joint Ventures;
(7) a transfer of property or assets that are obsolete, damaged or worn out equipment and that are no longer useful in the conduct of the Company or its Subsidiaries’ business and that is disposed of in the ordinary course of business (including the abandonment or other disposition of intellectual property that is, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole);
(8) a Sale/Leaseback Transaction,
provided
that at least 75% of the consideration paid to the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary for such Sale/Leaseback Transaction consists of cash received at closing;
(9) the disposition of Receivables and Related Assets in a Qualified Securitization Transaction;
(10) any Asset Swap;
(11) the disposition of any Permitted Market Investment;
(12) the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations;
(13) the termination, surrender or sublease of leases (as lessee), licenses (as licensee), subleases (as sublessee) and sublicenses (as sublicensee) in the ordinary course of business;
(14) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;
(15) transfers, conveyances or other dispositions of any real property resulting from any condemnation or eminent domain;
(16) the settlement or write-off of accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business;
(17) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind;
(18) the granting of Liens not prohibited by Section 4.04 hereof;
(19) the lease, sublease or license or sublicense in the ordinary course of business of real or personal property, including patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights that do not materially interfere with the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (as determined in good faith by an officer of the Company); and
(20) the settlement or early termination of any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and the settlement or early termination of any related Permitted Warrant Transaction.
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Asset Swap
” means any substantially contemporaneous (and in any event occurring within 180 days of each other) purchase and sale or exchange of any properties or assets or interests used or useful in a Permitted Business between the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person;
provided
, that any cash received from such purchase and sale or exchange must be applied in accordance with Section 4.05 hereof.
“
Bankruptcy Law
” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors, or the law of any other jurisdiction relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, winding up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors.
“
Beneficial Owner
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” have a corresponding meaning.
“
Board of Directors
” means:
(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;
(2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership;
(3) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee or managing members thereof; and
(4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
“
Business Day
” means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
“
Capital Lease Obligation
” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the date of this Supplemental Indenture. In the event of a change under GAAP (or the application thereof) requiring all leases to be capitalized, only those leases that would result or would have resulted in Capital Lease Obligations on the date of this Supplemental indenture (assuming for purposes hereof that they were in existence on the date of this Supplemental Indenture) shall be considered Capital Lease Obligations and all calculations and deliverables under the indenture shall be made in accordance herewith.
“
Capital Stock
” means:
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person;
provided
that no warrants, options, rights or obligations to purchase Capital Stock purchased in a Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction or sold as units with Indebtedness constituting Permitted Convertible Indebtedness shall constitute Capital Stock.
“
Cash Equivalents
” means:
(1) United States dollars;
(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States government (
provided
that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support of those securities) having maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition;
(3) certificates of deposit and Eurodollar time deposits with maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding 12 months and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any lender party to the Credit Agreement or with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $250.0 million;
(4) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than thirty days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;
(5) commercial paper rated at least A-1 by S&P or at least P-1 by Moody’s (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) and in each case maturing within 12 months after the date of acquisition;
(6) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(7) Indebtedness issued by Persons with a rating of A or higher from S&P or A-2 or higher from Moody’s (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) in each case with maturities not exceeding 24 months from the date of acquisition; and
(8) money market funds substantially all of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (7) of this definition.
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Change of Control
” means the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act);
(2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as defined above) becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Company, measured by voting power rather than number of shares;
(3) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors; or
(4) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a
transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction is converted into or exchanged for Voting Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or transferee Person constituting a majority of the outstanding shares of such Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee Person (immediately after giving effect to such issuance).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a change of control under clause (2) above if (i) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (ii) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction.
“
Change of Control Event
” means (a) prior to the Covenant Termination Date, a Change of Control and (b) after the Covenant Termination Date, a Change of Control together with a Rating Decline.
“
Company Order
” means a written order signed in the name of the Company by an Officer and delivered to the Trustee or, with respect to Sections 2.02, 2.08, 2.09 and 2.12 hereof, any other employee of the Company named in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee.
“
Consolidated Cash Flow
” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period
plus
:
(1) provision for taxes or assessments based on income, profits or insurance premiums, plus franchise or similar taxes, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income;
plus
(2) Consolidated Interest Expense, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income;
plus
(3) any fees, expenses or charges related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, Hedging Obligation, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Supplemental Indenture (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including such fees, expenses and charges relating to the offering of the notes (and the use of proceeds thereof), a Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and the settlement of any related Permitted Warrant Transaction, in each case, to the extent that such fees, expenses or charges were deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income;
plus
(4) the amount of any restructuring charge, integration costs or other business optimization expenses or reserve to the extent such charges, costs or expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income, including any one-time costs incurred in connection with acquisitions after the date of this Supplemental Indenture in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $100.0 million and (y) 1.0% of the consolidated revenue of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for any consecutive four quarters, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income;
plus
(5) depreciation, depletion, amortization or write-downs of goodwill and other non-cash charges or expenses (excluding any cash payment made during the period with respect to any non-cash charge in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, depletion, amortization, write-downs of goodwill and other non-cash charges or expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income;
plus
(6) severance payments to management, non-cash stock-based compensation expense, and net income attributable to non-controlling interests in the Company’s non-wholly-owned Subsidiaries to the extent such net income is received by the Company in cash;
plus
(7) any non-cash impairment charge or asset write-off pursuant ASC 360 and ASC 350 or any successor pronouncement, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income;
plus
(8) any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual items (excluding any cash payment made during the period with respect to any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual item in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual items were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income;
plus
(9) costs, fees and expenses of legal counsel and other advisors, and the amount of any settlement, paid during such period in connection with (1) the Investigation and (2) other civil litigation matters relating to the subject matter of the Investigation, to the extent that such costs, fees and expenses were deducting such Consolidated Net Income;
plus
(10) accretion of settlement discount;
minus
(11) non-cash gains and all non-cash items of income increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period (
provided
that, to the extent previously subtracted from Consolidated Cash Flow for the purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, any cash payment received during such period in respect of any non-cash gains or non-cash items of income in a prior period shall be added in computing Consolidated Cash Flow during the period in which such cash payment is received),
in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.
“
Consolidated Interest Expense
” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (including amortization of original issue discount and bond premium, the interest component of Capital Lease Obligations, and net payments and receipts (if any) pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations (
provided
,
however
, that if interest rate Hedging Obligations result in net benefits rather than costs, such benefits shall be credited to reduce Consolidated Interest Expense unless, pursuant to GAAP, such net benefits are otherwise reflected in Consolidated Net Income) and excluding amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and expensing of any financing fees);
plus
(2) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued;
minus
(3) interest income for such period;
minus
(4) any amortization of deferred charges resulting from the application of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. APB 14-1—Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion (including partial cash settlement).
For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
“
Consolidated Net Income
” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP;
provided
,
however
, that there will not be included in such Consolidated Net Income:
(1) any Net Income (loss) of any Person if such Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary except that subject to the limitations contained in clauses (2) and (3) below, the Company’s equity in the Net Income of any such Person for such period will be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Person during such period to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution;
(2) Net Income or loss of any Person for any period prior to the acquisition of such Person by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, or the Net Income or loss of any Person who succeeds to the obligations of the Company under the Indenture for any period prior to such succession;
(3) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles;
(4) any amortization of deferred charges resulting from the application of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. APB 14-1—Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion (including partial cash settlement);
(5) any net after-tax income (loss) from disposed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed or discontinued operations;
(6) the net after-tax effect of any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual items
(7) any after tax gains (loss) attributable to sales of assets out of the ordinary course of business;
(8) the amount of any restructuring charge, integration costs or other business optimization expenses or reserve, including any one-time costs incurred in connection with acquisitions after the date of the indenture in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $100.0 million and (y) 1.0% of the consolidated revenue for any consecutive four quarters;
(9) any fees, expenses or charges related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, Hedging Obligation, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by the indenture (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including such fees, expenses and charges relating to the offering of the notes (and the use of proceeds thereof), a Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and the settlement of any related Permitted Warrant Transaction; and
(10) any non-cash impairment charge or asset write-off pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification 360 and Accounting Standards Codification 350 or any successor pronouncement.
“
Consolidated Total Assets
” means, as of the date of any determination thereof, total assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis as of such date.
“
Continuing Directors
” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who:
(1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of this Supplemental Indenture; or
(2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election.
“
Contribution Indebtedness
” means Indebtedness of the Company in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of cash received by the Company after the Issue Date from the sale of its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) or as a contribution to its common equity capital (in each case, other than to or from a Subsidiary of the Company);
provided
that such Indebtedness (a) is incurred within 180 days after the sale of such Equity Interests or the making of such capital contribution, (b) is designated as “Contribution Indebtedness” pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate on the date of its incurrence and (c) such cash contribution is not and has not been included in the calculation of permitted Restricted Payments for purposes of Section 4.03 hereof. Any sale of Equity Interests or capital contribution that forms the basis for an incurrence of Contribution Indebtedness will not be considered to be an Equity Offering for purposes of Paragraph 5 of the Notes.
“
Credit Agreement
” means the Credit Agreement expected to be entered into by the Company and the lenders party thereto on or after the Issue Date.
“
Credit Facilities
” means, one or more debt facilities or agreements (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement), note purchase agreements, indentures or commercial paper facilities, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders or investors providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables), debt securities or letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced (including any agreement to extend the maturity thereof and adding additional borrowers or guarantors and by means of sales of debt
securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part from time to time under the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders, underwriter or group of underwriters and including increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder;
provided
that such increase is permitted by Section 4.02 hereof.
“
Custodian
” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.05 hereof as Custodian with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as custodian hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Supplemental Indenture.
“
Default
” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
“
Designated HMO Subsidiary
” means a Subsidiary of the Company designated or intended to be an HMO subject to obtaining the required licenses and certificates of authority necessary to operate as an HMO; provided that such Subsidiary is pursuing obtaining such required licenses and certificates of authority in a commercially reasonable manner in good faith.
“
Designated Insurance Subsidiary
” means a Subsidiary of the Company designated or intended to be doing business (or required to qualify or to be licensed) under the Insurance Regulations subject to obtaining the required licenses and certificates of authority necessary to operate as a Person doing business (or required to qualify or to be licensed) under the Insurance Regulations; provided that such Subsidiary is pursuing obtaining such required licenses and certificates of authority in a commercially reasonable manner in good faith.
“
Designated Non-cash Consideration
” means any non-cash consideration received by the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an officer’s certificate executed by the principal financial officer of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such Asset Sale. Any particular item of Designated Non-cash Consideration will cease to be considered to be outstanding once it has been sold for cash or Cash Equivalents.
“
Definitive Note
” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof, in substantially the form of
Exhibit A
hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note legend set forth in
Exhibit A
and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.
“
Depositary
” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.05 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as Depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Supplemental Indenture.
“
Disqualified Stock
” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature;
provided
,
however
, that only the portion of Capital Stock which
so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock;
provided
,
further
,
however
, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability;
provided
,
further
, that any class of Capital Stock of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.03 hereof.
“
dollars
” and the sign “
$
” mean the lawful money of the United States of America.
“
Equity Interests
” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
“
Equity Offering
” means any private or public sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company.
“
Exchange Act
” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“
Existing Credit Agreement
” means the Credit Agreement between the Company, The WellCare Management Group, Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and the other lenders party thereto dated August 1, 2011 (as amended to date).
“
Existing Indebtedness
” means Indebtedness existing on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness under this Supplemental Indenture and the Credit Agreement).
“
Fair Market Value
” means, with respect to any Asset Sale or Restricted Payment or other item, the price that would be negotiated in an arm’s-length transaction for cash between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of which is under any compulsion to complete the transaction, as such price is determined in good faith by an officer of the Company.
“
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
” means with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period. In the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems Disqualified Stock or preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “
Calculation Date
”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving
pro forma
effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period.
In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:
(1) Investments, dispositions and acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations and including any related financing transactions, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date will be given
pro forma
effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period; and
(2) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date.
For purposes of this definition, whenever
pro forma
effect is to be given to an Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger or consolidation and the amount of income or earnings relating thereto, the
pro forma
calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company and such
pro forma
calculations may include operating expense reductions for such period resulting from the transaction which is being given
pro forma
effect that (A) have been realized or (B) for which the steps necessary for realization have been taken (or are taken concurrently with such transaction) or (C) for which the steps necessary for realization are reasonably expected to be taken within the twelve-month period following such transaction and, in each case, including, but not limited to, (a) reduction in personnel expenses, (b) reduction of costs related to administrative functions, (c) reduction of costs related to leased or owned properties and (d) reductions from the consolidation of operations and streamlining of corporate overhead;
provided
that, in each case, such adjustments are set forth in an officer’s certificate signed by the Company’s principal financial officer which states (i) the amount of such adjustment or adjustments, (ii) in the case of items (B) or (C) above, that such adjustment or adjustments are based on the reasonable good faith belief of the officer executing such Officer’s Certificate at the time of such execution and (iii) that any related incurrence of Indebtedness is permitted pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given
pro forma
effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the calculation date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness if the related hedge has a remaining term in excess of twelve months).
Interest on a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at the interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a
pro forma
basis shall be computed based upon the average daily
balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a Eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Company may designate.
“
Fixed Charges
” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period;
plus
(2) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) or any series of preferred stock or Disqualified Stock of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.
“
GAAP
” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time.
“
Global Note
” or “
Global Notes
” means the Notes in the form established pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof, evidencing all or part of the Notes issued to the Depositary or its nominee and registered in the name of such Depositary or nominee.
“
Government Securities
” means securities that are:
(1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or
(2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America or a member of the European Union, the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,
which, in each case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt;
provided
,
however
, that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depository receipt.
“
Guarantee
” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner, including, without
limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness.
“
Guarantor
” means any Subsidiary that executes a Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and its respective successors and assigns.
“
Hedging Obligations
” means, with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, the obligations of such Person under (a) interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements, (b) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk and (c) other arrangements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices. For the avoidance of doubt, any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness Call Transaction will not constitute Hedging Obligations.
“
HMO
” means any health maintenance organization or managed care organization, any person doing business as a health maintenance organization or managed care organization, or any person required to qualify or be licensed as a health maintenance organization or managed care organization under applicable law (including HMO Regulations).
“
HMO Business
” means the business of operating an HMO or other similar regulated entity or business.
“
HMO Regulations
” means all laws, rules, regulations, directives and administrative orders applicable under Federal or state law to any HMO Subsidiary, including Part 422 of Chapter IV of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations and Subchapter XI of Title 42 of the United States Code Annotated (and any regulations, orders and directives promulgated or issued pursuant thereto, including Part 417 of Chapter IV of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations).
“
HMO Subsidiary
” means WellCare of New York, Inc., WellCare of Connecticut, Inc., WellCare of Florida, Inc., WellCare of Louisiana, Inc., WellCare of Ohio, Inc., WellCare Health Plans of New Jersey, Inc., WellCare of Georgia, Inc., WellCare of Texas, Inc., WellCare of South Carolina, Inc., Missouri Care Incorporated, Easy Choice Health Plan, Inc. and Harmony Health Plan of Illinois, Inc., and any other existing or future U.S. Subsidiary that shall become capitalized or licensed as an HMO, shall conduct HMO Business or shall provide managed care services.
“
Holder
” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Note Register.
“
Indebtedness
” means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent:
(1) in respect of borrowed money;
(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), but excluding letters of credit, surety bonds and performance bonds entered into in the ordinary course of business to the
extent such letters of credit, surety bonds and performance bonds are not drawn upon or are cash collateralized;
(3) the principal component in respect of banker’s acceptances;
(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations;
(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, except (a) any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or Trade Payable or (b) any earn‑out obligations until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP; or
(6) representing the net termination value of any Hedging Obligations,
if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person),
provided
,
however
, that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of (a) the Fair Market Value of such asset at such date of determination and (b) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person. For the avoidance of doubt, Permitted Warrant Transactions shall not constitute “Indebtedness”. For the avoidance of doubt, any amounts due and payable in connection with the Investigation and other civil litigation matters relating to the Investigation shall not constitute Indebtedness for any purpose hereunder to the extent such due and payable amounts do not constitute debt, indebtedness or liabilities under GAAP that are referenced in clauses (1) through (6) above.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:
(a) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; and
(b) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, together with any interest on the Indebtedness that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed to exclude (a) contingent obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business (not in respect of borrowed money); (b) deferred or prepaid revenues or marketing fees; (c) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the respective seller; (d) obligations under or in respect of a Qualified Securitization Transaction (but including the excess, if any, of the amount of the obligations thereunder or in respect thereof over the aggregate receivables balances securing or otherwise supporting such obligations but only to the extent that the Company or any Subsidiary other than a Securitization Subsidiary is directly or indirectly liable for such excess); and (e) obligations to make payments in respect of funds held under escrow arrangements in the ordinary course of business.
Notwithstanding anything in this Supplemental Indenture to the contrary, Indebtedness shall not include, and shall be calculated without giving effect to, the effects of ASC 815 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose under this Supplemental Indenture as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness; and any such amounts that would have constituted Indebtedness under this Supplemental Indenture but for the application of this sentence shall not be deemed an incurrence of Indebtedness under this Supplemental Indenture.
“
Insurance
Regulations
” means all laws, rules, regulations, directives and administrative orders applicable under Federal or state law to any Insurance Subsidiary.
“
Insurance
Subsidiary
” means any Subsidiary that is engaged in the insurance business and that is regulated by the relevant governmental authority.
“
Investigation
” means the civil, criminal, or administrative investigations or inquiries of the Company and its Subsidiaries by federal or state governmental authorities, including but not limited to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, the SEC, state governmental regulators, and any other federal or state agencies, departments, or other regulatory bodies or authorities, or otherwise relating to the foregoing matter, in each case as disclosed under Part I, Item. 3 in the Company’s annual reports on Form 10-K for the periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2011.
“
Interest Payment Dates
” shall have the meaning set forth in paragraph 1 of each Note.
“
Investment Grade Rating
” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s or BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, in each case, with a stable or better outlook.
“
Investments
” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit security deposits and advances to customers or suppliers, and commission, travel and similar advances, fees and compensation paid to officers, directors and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company, the Company will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.03(c) hereof. The acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Company or such Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investment held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.03(c) hereof. Except as otherwise provided in this Supplemental Indenture,
the amount of an Investment will be determined at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.
“
Issue Date
” means November 14, 2013.
“
Legal Holiday
” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York, the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located or any other place of payment on the Notes are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.
“
Lien
” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction;
provided
that in no event shall an operating lease or an option or an agreement to sell be deemed to constitute a Lien.
“
Limited Originator Recourse
” means a reimbursement obligation of the Company in connection with a drawing on a letter of credit, revolving loan commitment, cash collateral account or other such credit enhancement issued to support Indebtedness of a Securitization Subsidiary that the Company’s Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) determines is necessary to effectuate a Qualified Securitization Transaction;
provided
that the available amount of any such form of credit enhancement at any time shall not exceed 10% of the principal amount of such Indebtedness at such time; and
provided
,
further
, that such reimbursement obligation is permitted to be incurred by the Company pursuant to the covenant described above under Section 4.02 hereof.
“
Moody’s
” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“
Net Income
” means, with respect to any specified Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:
(1) any gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such gain or loss, realized in connection with: (a) any Asset Sale; or (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(2) any extraordinary gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain or loss.
“
Net Proceeds
” means the aggregate cash or Cash Equivalents received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale and any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but
excluding the assumption by the acquiring person of Indebtedness relating to the disposed assets or other consideration received in any other non-cash form), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale, and any reserve established in accordance with GAAP against liabilities associated with such Asset Sale or any amount placed in escrow for adjustment in respect of the purchase price of such Asset Sale, until such time as such reserve is reversed or such escrow arrangement is terminated, in which case Net Proceeds shall be increased by the amount of the reserve so reversed or the amount returned to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries from such escrow agreement, as the case may be.
“
Non-Recourse Debt
” means Indebtedness:
(1) as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender; and
(2) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
in each case other than with respect the pledge of Equity Interests of any obligor securing such Indebtedness.
“
Notes
” means the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.
“
Obligations
” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
“
Officer
” means the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company.
“
Officer’s Certificate
” means a certificate signed by an Officer and delivered to the Trustee.
“
Opinion of Counsel
” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Base Indenture.
“
Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction
” means any call or capped call option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on the Company’s common stock purchased by the Company in connection with the issuance of any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness;
provided
that the purchase price for such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, less the proceeds received by the Company from the sale of any related Permitted Warrant Transaction, does not
exceed the net proceeds received by the Company from the sale of such Permitted Convertible Indebtedness issued in connection with the Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.
“
Permitted Business
” means the lines of business conducted by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date hereof and any other healthcare business related, ancillary or complementary (including any reasonable extension, development or expansion) to any such business.
“
Permitted Convertible Indebtedness
” means Indebtedness of the Company permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Supplemental Indenture that is either (a) convertible into common stock of the Company (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock) or (b) sold as units with call options, warrants or rights to purchase (or substantially equivalent derivative transactions) that are exercisable for common stock of the Company and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock).
“
Permitted Convertible Indebtedness Call Transaction
” means any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and any Permitted Warrant Transaction.
“
Permitted Investments
” means:
(1) any Investment in the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;
(3) any Investment by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:
(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or
(b) such Person is, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Subsidiary;
(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.05 hereof or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
(5) any acquisition of assets or Capital Stock solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;
(6) any Investments received in compromise or resolution of (A) obligations of trade creditors, health care providers or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor, health care provider or customer or (B) litigation, arbitration or other disputes;
(7) Hedging Obligations;
(8) Investments the payment for which is Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;
(9) Investments in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection, utility and workers compensation, performance and similar deposits made in the ordinary course of business;
(10) loans and advances to directors, officers and employees of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount for all such loans and advances not to exceed $10.0 million at any time outstanding;
(11) any Investments existing on, or made pursuant to binding commitments existing on, the Issue Date and any Investments consisting of an extension, modification or renewal of any Investments existing on, or made pursuant to a binding commitment existing on, the Issue Date;
(12) Investments acquired after the Issue Date as a result of the acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of another Person, by way of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a transaction that is not prohibited by Section 5.01 hereof after the Issue Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation;
(13) loans and advances to directors, officers and employees of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(14) Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;
(15) guarantees issued in accordance with Section 4.02 and Section 4.10 of this Supplemental Indenture;
(16) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials, services and equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(17) guarantees by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of operating leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), trademarks, licenses, purchase agreements or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(18) Permitted Market Investments;
(19) Investments in Permitted Joint Ventures in an amount not to exceed at any one time outstanding the greater of (a) $120.0 million and (b) 4.0% of the Company’s Consolidated Total Assets;
(20) Investments by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction, which investment consists of a retained interest in transferred Receivables and Related Assets;
(21) Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions which constitute Investments;
(22) other Investments in any Person having an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the date each such investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (22) that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (a) $120.0 million and (b) 4.0% of Consolidated Total Assets;
(23) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(24) Indebtedness and Guarantees permitted under the indenture;
(25) Investments in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, and workers’ compensation, performance and similar deposits entered into as a result of the operations of the business in the ordinary course of business;
(26) required advances and (ii) other advances to contract providers in an amount not to exceed (A) with respect to any contract provider (and its Affiliates) individually, $40.0 million at any time outstanding and (B) with respect to contract providers collectively, the dollar equivalent of two percent (2.0%) of the aggregate annual consolidated medical expenses of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the immediately preceding fiscal year;
(27) deposits in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of leases;
(28) receivables owing to the Company any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with deferred premium obligations or endorsements for collection or deposit, in each case created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary terms;
(29) Investments consisting of, or made pursuant to, capital support or other similar keep-well agreements, or Guarantees thereof, guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that constitute insurance contracts, or Guarantees of insurance products written by, or the performance of, any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case in the ordinary course of business consistent with business practices in effect on the date of the indenture;
(30) Investments in any HMO Subsidiary or any Insurance Subsidiary (other than any Designated HMO Subsidiary or any Designated Insurance Subsidiary) in an aggregate amount reasonably necessary to ensure that such HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary maintains the minimum Statutory Net Worth threshold required pursuant to applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order of, or arrangement with, any regulatory body or agency; and
(31) Investments in any Designated HMO Subsidiary or any Designated Insurance Subsidiary in an aggregate amount necessary to ensure that such HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary maintains the minimum amount of capital as required pursuant to applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order of, or arrangement with, any regulatory body or agency; provided that such investments may not be made at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.
“
Permitted Joint Venture
” means any joint venture that the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party to that is engaged in a Permitted Business.
“
Permitted Liens
” means:
(1) Liens in favor of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) Liens on assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness and other Obligations that were permitted by the terms of this Supplemental Indenture to be incurred pursuant to Sections 4.02(a) or 4.02(b)(1) hereof or securing Hedging Obligations related thereto;
provided
that the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness secured by such Liens shall not exceed the greater of (a) the greater of (x) $450.0 million and (y) 15.0% of Consolidated Total Assets and (b) the maximum aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness (as of the date of granting of any such Liens and after giving
pro forma
effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the application of the net proceeds therefrom) that can be incurred without exceeding a Secured Debt Ratio of 2.00 to 1.00 (less the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness incurred by Securitization Subsidiaries and then outstanding pursuant to Section 4.02(b)(14) hereof);
(3) Liens on any property or assets existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or on the property or assets of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
provided
that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition and do not extend to any other property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or claims not at the time delinquent or thereafter payable without penalty or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
provided
that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefore;
(5) Liens on any property or assets existing at the time of the acquisition thereof by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or is merged with, or consolidated into, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
provided
that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition and do not extend to any property or assets of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary;
(6) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, tenders, bids, trade contracts, leases, government contracts, performance bonds, landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen Liens and other similar Liens imposed by
law, Liens in the form of deposits or pledges incurred in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment compensation and other types of social security and/or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(7) Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations under the Credit Agreement);
(8) survey exceptions, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real property that were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and that do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the ordinary course of business of such Person;
(9) Liens created for the benefit of (or to secure) the Notes (or any Subsidiary Guarantees);
(10) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding leases entered into by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(11) Liens securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness that was previously so secured as permitted by this Supplemental Indenture;
provided
that any such Lien is limited to all or part of the same property or assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which the original Lien arose, could secure) the Indebtedness being refinanced or is in respect of property that is the security for a Permitted Lien hereunder;
(12) Liens securing Hedging Obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, which transactions or obligations are incurred for bona fide hedging purposes (and not for speculative purposes) of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(13) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by Section 4.02(b)(4) hereof;
provided
that any such Lien (a) covers only the assets acquired, leased, designed, installed, constructed or improved with such Indebtedness and (b) is created within 270 days of such acquisition, construction or improvement;
(14) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by clauses (17) and (21) of Section 4.02(b) hereof;
(15) Liens required by any regulation, or order of or arrangement or agreement with any regulatory body or agency, so long as such Liens do not secure Indebtedness;
(16) Liens on assets transferred to a Securitization Subsidiary or on assets of Securitization Subsidiary, in either case, incurred in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction;
(17) other Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to Indebtedness other than in respect of borrowed money in an aggregate principal amount, together with all Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace such Indebtedness (or refinancings, refundings or replacements thereof), that does not exceed the greater of (a) $200.0 million and (b) 7.5% of Consolidated Total Assets at any one time outstanding;
(18) Liens securing judgments, decrees or attachments (or appeal or other surety bonds relating to such judgments), provided that no such judgment constitutes an Event of Default under Section 6.01(h) hereof or Liens securing appeal or surety bonds related thereto;
(19) licenses, leases or subleases and other intellectual property rights granted to others not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(20) normal and customary rights of setoff upon deposits of cash in favor of banks or other depository institutions;
(21) Liens of a collection bank arising in the ordinary course of business under Section 4-210 of the UCC in effect in the relevant jurisdiction covering only the items being collected upon;
(22) Liens of sellers of goods to the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary arising under Article 2 of the UCC in effect in the relevant jurisdiction or similar provisions of applicable law in the ordinary course of business, covering only the goods sold and securing only the unpaid purchase price for such goods and related expenses;
(23) Liens in the nature of municipal ordinances, zoning, entitlement, land use and environmental regulation;
(24) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(25) 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;
(26) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 4.02(b)(16);
provided
, any such Lien shall encumber only the rights and interests under the insurance policy that secures such Indebtedness; and
(27) Liens deemed to exist by reason of (x) any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to any joint venture or similar arrangement or (y) any encumbrance or restriction imposed by any contract for the sale by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any of the Equity Interests of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any business unit or division or assets permitted pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.
“
Permitted Market Investments
” means any security that (i)(a) is of a type traded or quoted on any exchange or recognized financial market, (b) can be readily liquidated or disposed of on such exchanges or markets and (c) other than in the case of an equity security, has no lower than an “investment grade” rating from any nationally recognized rating agency or (ii) satisfies the Company’s investment guidelines in effect on the Issue Date, as may be amended from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company;
provided
that the aggregate amount of Permitted Market Investments consisting of common stock shall not exceed 30.0% of the aggregate amount of Permitted Market Investments at any time.
“
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness);
provided
,
however
, that:
(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums (including tender premiums) and defeasance costs, incurred in connection therewith);
(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date the same as or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is (a) equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged or (b) more than 90 days after the final maturity date of the Notes;
(3) if Subordinated Obligations are being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Subordinated Obligations being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; and
(4) such Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company or by the Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded.
“
Permitted Warrant Transaction
” means any call option on, warrant or right to purchase (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) the Company’s common stock sold by the Company substantially concurrently with any purchase by the Company of a related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.
“
Person
” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.
“
Predecessor Note
” of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same Indebtedness as that evidenced by such particular Note; and any Note
authenticated and delivered under Section 2.09 hereof in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same Indebtedness as the lost, destroyed or stolen Note.
“
Qualified Securitization Transaction
” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to which (a) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to a Securitization Subsidiary its interests in Receivables and Related Assets and (b) such Securitization Subsidiary transfers to any other Person, or grants a security interest in, such Receivables and Related Assets, pursuant to a transaction which is customarily used to achieve a transfer of financial assets under GAAP.
“
Rating Decline
” means the Notes cease to have an Investment Grade Rating on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control (which period shall be extended until the ratings are announced if, during such 60-day period, the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by either S&P or Moody’s).
“
Receivables and Related Assets
” means any account receivable (whether now existing or arising thereafter) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, and any assets related thereto including all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and contract rights and all Guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interest are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transaction involving accounts receivable.
“
Redemption Date
” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, shall mean the date specified for redemption of such Note in accordance with the terms of such Note and this Supplemental Indenture.
“
Redemption Price
” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to the terms of such Note and this Supplemental Indenture.
“
Regular Record Date
” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the applicable date specified as a “Record Date” on the face of the Note.
“
Restricted Investment
” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
“
Restricted Subsidiary
” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“
S&P
” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group.
“
Sale/Leaseback Transaction
” means an arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter acquired whereby the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof transfers such property to a Person and the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person.
“
SAP
” means, with respect to each HMO Subsidiary (other than a Designated HMO Subsidiary), the statutory accounting principles and procedures prescribed or permitted by applicable HMO Regulations for such HMO Subsidiary, applied on a consistent basis as interpreted by the state in which the applicable HMO Subsidiary operates and (ii) with respect to each Insurance Subsidiary (other than a Designated Insurance Subsidiary), the statutory accounting principles and procedures prescribed or permitted by applicable Insurance Regulations for such Insurance Subsidiary, applied on a consistent basis, as interpreted by the state in which the applicable Insurance Subsidiary operates.
“
SEC
” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“
Secured Debt
” means all Indebtedness secured by Liens of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis.
“
Secured Debt Ratio
” as of the date of any event for which a calculation is required (the “date of determination”) means the ratio of (a) the aggregate amount of Secured Debt as of the date of determination to (b) the Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of determination, in each case with such
pro forma
adjustments as are appropriate and consistent with the
pro forma
adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”.
“
Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“
Securitization Subsidiary
” means a Subsidiary of the Company:
(1) that is designated a “Securitization Subsidiary” by the Board of Directors of the Company (or a duly authorized committee thereof);
(2) that does not engage in any activities other than Qualified Securitization Transactions and any activity necessary or incidental thereto;
(3) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligation, contingent or otherwise, of which:
(a) is Guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or Limited Originator Recourse,
(b) is recourse to or obligates the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or Limited Originator Recourse, or
(c) subjects any property or asset of the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or Limited Originator Recourse;
(4) with respect to which neither the Company nor any other Restricted Subsidiary has any obligation to maintain or preserve its financial condition or cause it to achieve certain levels of operating results; and
(5) with which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms not less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from persons that are not Affiliates of the Company, other than Standard Securitization Undertakings and fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing accounts receivable of such entity.
Any designation of a Subsidiary as a Securitization Subsidiary shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company giving effect to the designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the designation complied with the preceding conditions.
“
Significant Subsidiary
” means any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the Issue Date.
“
Special Record Date
” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered Securities means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.14 hereof.
“
Standard Securitization Undertakings
” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that are reasonably customary in accounts receivable securitization transactions, as the case may be.
“
Stated Maturity
” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness, and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
“
Statutory Net Worth
” means, with respect to any HMO Subsidiary or any Insurance Subsidiary (other than a Designated HMO Subsidiary or a Designated Insurance Subsidiary), as of the end of any fiscal year, the difference between (a) total admitted assets and (b) total liabilities, in each case as calculated according to the applicable state’s interpretation of SAP in the applicable jurisdiction as most recently reported to the applicable jurisdiction for such fiscal year.
“
Subordinated Obligations
” means any Indebtedness of the Company (whether outstanding on the date hereof or thereafter incurred) that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes pursuant to a written agreement to that effect.
“
Subsidiary
” means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any
contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and
(2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).
“
Subsidiary Guarantee
” means a Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Company’s obligations under this Supplemental Indenture and on the Notes, executed pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof.
“
TIA
” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“
Total Debt
” means all Indebtedness (net of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents held by the Company) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis, after eliminating all intercompany items, excluding Indebtedness under letters of credit to the extent such letters of credit are cash collateralized and payments due under a settlement of any litigation existing on the Issue Date.
“
Total Debt Ratio
” as of the date of any event for which a calculation is required (the “date of determination”) means the ratio of (a) the aggregate amount of Total Debt as of the date of determination to (b) the Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of determination, in each case with such
pro forma
adjustments as are appropriate and consistent with the
pro forma
adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”.
“
Trade Payables
” means, with respect to any Person, any accounts payable or any other Indebtedness or monetary obligation to trade creditors, physicians, hospitals, health maintenance organizations or other health care providers created, assumed or guaranteed by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition of goods and services.
“
Treasury Rate
” means, at the time of computation, the yield to maturity of United States Treasury Securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) which has become publicly available at least two business days prior to the Redemption Date or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to November 15, 2016;
provided
,
however
, that if the period from the Redemption Date to November 15, 2016 is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury Security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury Securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from the Redemption Date to November 15, 2016 is less than one year, the weekly
average yield on actually traded United States Treasury Securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.
“
Trustee
” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean such successor Trustee.
“
Unrestricted Subsidiary
” means as of the Issue Date, any Subsidiary of the Company (or any successor to any of them) that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Board Resolution and any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:
(1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;
(2) except as permitted by Section 4.07 hereof, is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable in any material respect to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company;
(3) is a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and
(4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by Section 4.03 hereof. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Supplemental Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 4.02 hereof, the Company will be in default of such Section. The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
provided
that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation will only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.02 hereof, calculated on a
pro forma
basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.
“
Voting Stock
” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
“
Weighted Average Life to Maturity
” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:
(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by
(2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
Section 1.02
Other Definitions.
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Term
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Defined in Section
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“Acceptable Commitment”
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4.05
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“Affiliate Transaction”
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4.07
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“Asset Sale Offer”
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4.05
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“Benefited Party”
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10.01
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“Change of Control Offer”
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4.09
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“Covenant Defeasance”
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8.03
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“Covenant Termination Date”
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4.11
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“Defaulted Interest”
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2.14
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“DTC”
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2.05
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“Event of Default”
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6.01
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“Excess Proceeds”
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4.05
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“incur”
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4.02
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“Initial Lien”
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4.04
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“Legal Defeasance”
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8.02
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“Note Register”
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2.05
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“Offer Amount”
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3.08
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“Offer Period”
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3.08
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“Offer to Purchase”
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3.08
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“Paying Agent”
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2.05
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“Payment Default”
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6.01
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“Permitted Debt”
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4.02
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“Purchase Date”
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3.08
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“Purchase Price”
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3.08
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“Registrar”
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2.05
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“Restricted Payments”
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4.03
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“Terminated Covenants”
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4.11
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Section 1.03
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
(a)
This Supplemental Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA, which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Supplemental Indenture. The following TIA terms have the following meanings:
“
indenture securities
” means the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees, if any;
“
indenture security holder
” means a Holder of a Note;
“
indenture to be qualified
” means this Supplemental Indenture;
“
indenture trustee
” or “
institutional trustee
” means the Trustee; and
“
obligor
” on the Notes means the Company and any successor obligor upon the Notes.
(b)
All other terms used in this Supplemental Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings so assigned to them either in the TIA, by another statute or SEC rule, as applicable.
Section 1.04
Rules of Construction.
(a)
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
a term has the meaning assigned to it herein, whether defined expressly or by reference;
(2)
an accounting term not otherwise defined herein has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3)
“or” is not exclusive;
(4)
“will” shall be interpreted to express a command;
(5)
words used herein implying any gender shall apply to both genders;
(6)
words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(7)
all references in this instrument to “Articles”, “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Articles, Sections and subdivisions of this instrument as originally executed, unless otherwise specified;
(8)
(i) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinated or junior to secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured, (ii) Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinated or junior to any other Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral and (iii) Indebtedness that is not
guaranteed shall not be deemed to be subordinated or junior to Indebtedness that is guaranteed merely because of such guarantee;
(9)
the definition of any term in this Supplemental Indenture that is also defined in the Base Indenture shall for the purposes of this Supplemental Indenture supersede the definition of such term in the Base Indenture;
(10)
the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;
(11)
“including” means “including without limitation;”
(12)
provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(13)
references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the TIA shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time thereunder.
ARTICLE 2.
THE NOTES
Article 2 and those portions of Article 3 of the Base Indenture that are addressed in this Article 2 shall be superseded in their entirety by this Article 2 with respect to, and solely for the benefit of the holders of, the Notes,
provided
that this Article 2 shall not become a part of the terms of any other series of Securities.
Section 2.01
Form Generally.
The Notes shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A
hereto with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the Officers executing such Notes as evidenced by their execution of the Notes.
The certificated Notes shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner,
provided
that such method is permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which such Notes may be listed, all as determined by the Officers executing such Notes as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
Section 2.02
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
An Officer shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual, facsimile or electronic signature. If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.
A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual, facsimile or electronic signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under the Indenture.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes; and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Notes.
No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Supplemental Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee by manual, facsimile or electronic signature of an authorized signatory, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. The Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee
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Date: ______________
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__________________________
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By:
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Authorized Signatory
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Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.
With respect to Notes that are not to be originally issued at one time, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any of such Notes, the forms and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and the other documents delivered pursuant to this Section, as applicable, in connection with the first authentication of Notes.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Note shall have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Note to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 2.13 hereof together with a written statement stating that such Note has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of the Indenture such Note shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
Section 2.03
Notes in Global Form.
Notes issued as a Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon or otherwise notated on the books and records of the Registrar and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and
redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the aggregate principal amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in such manner and upon instructions given by the Holder thereof.
Global Notes may be issued in either registered or bearer form and in either temporary or permanent form. Permanent Global Notes will be issued in definitive form.
The provisions of the last sentence of Section 2.02 hereof shall apply to any Note represented by a Global Note if such Note was never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Note in global form together with written instructions with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Notes represented thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence of Section 2.02 hereof.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 2.03 and Section 2.14 hereof, payment of principal of and any interest on any Global Note shall be made to the person or persons specified therein.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or Registrar will have any responsibility, liability or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a Depositary participant or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Notes and the Indenture shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of the Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in the Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable procedures. The Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent and the Registrar shall be entitled to rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners. The Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent and the Registrar shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary, and any nominee thereof, that is the registered holder of any Global Note for all purposes of this Indenture relating to such Global Note (including the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest and additional amounts, if any, and the giving of instructions or directions by or to the owner or holder of a beneficial ownership interest in such Global Note) as the sole holder of such Global Note and shall have no obligations under the Global Note to the beneficial owners thereof. None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any acts or omissions of the Depositary with respect to such Global Note, for any transactions between the Depositary and any Depositary participant or between or among the Depositary, any such Depositary participant and/or any holder or owner of a beneficial interest in such Global Note, or for any transfers of beneficial interests in any such Global Note.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Note, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any Depositary (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Global Security or shall impair, as between such
Depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such Global Note, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such Depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such Global Note.
None of the Trustee, any Paying Agent or Registrar shall have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Supplemental Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of the Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements thereof.
Section 2.04
Amount of Notes.
On the Issue Date, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.75% Senior Notes due November 15, 2020 and, at any time and from time to time thereafter, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount specified in a Company Order. Such order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated and, in the case of an issuance of Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.16 hereof after the Issue Date, shall certify that such issuance is in compliance with Section 4.02 hereof. The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Supplemental Indenture is unlimited, subject to compliance with Section 4.02 hereof. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules or usage. The Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000.
All Notes shall be substantially identical except as to the date from which interest shall accrue and except as may otherwise be provided in any indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the Notes are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of any appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate setting forth the terms of the Notes.
The Notes, including any Additional Notes, shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.
Section 2.05
Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall maintain, with respect to the Notes, an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“
Registrar
”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“
Paying Agent
”) in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York. The Registrar shall keep a register (the “
Note Register
”) of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-
registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to the Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar of Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“
DTC
”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes, and the Trustee hereby agrees so to initially act.
Section 2.06
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all funds held by it relating to the Notes to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all funds held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for such funds. If the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all funds held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any Event of Default under Sections 6.01(i) and (j) hereof relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.07
Holder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a).
Section 2.08
Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Notes at an office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 2.05 hereof or Section 305 of the Base Indenture for such purpose, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount. The Company shall not charge a service charge for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to pay all taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that may be imposed in connection with the transfer or exchange of the Notes from the Holder requesting such transfer or exchange (other than any exchange of a temporary Note for a permanent Note not involving any change in ownership or any exchange pursuant to Sections 2.12 or 3.06 hereof, not involving any transfer).
Notwithstanding any other provisions (other than the provisions set forth in the fourth paragraph) of this Section 2.08 hereof, a Global Note representing all or a portion of the Notes may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
Each Global Note is exchangeable for Notes in certificated form only if (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Notes or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and the Company fails within 90 days thereafter to appoint a successor Depositary, (ii) the Company in its sole discretion determines that such Global Note shall be exchangeable or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing a Default with respect to the Notes represented by such Global Notes. In any such event the Company will issue, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of certificated Notes, will authenticate and deliver Notes in certificated form in exchange for such Global Note. In any such instance, an owner of a beneficial interest in either Global Note will be entitled to physical delivery in certificated form of Notes equal in principal amount to such beneficial interest and to have such Notes registered in its name. Notes so issued in certificated form will be issued in denominations of $2,000 or any larger amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000, and will be issued in registered form only, without coupons.
Upon the exchange of a Global Note for Notes in certificated form, such Global Note shall be cancelled by the Trustee. All cancelled Notes held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee and, upon written request by the Company, a certificate of their disposal delivered to the Company. Definitive Notes issued in exchange for a Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.08 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Note in global form, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee in writing. The Trustee shall deliver such Notes as instructed in writing by the Depositary.
At the option of the Holders of certificated Notes, certificated Notes may be exchanged for other certificated Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender of the certificated Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any certificated Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the certificated Notes which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under the Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Notes during a period beginning 15 Business Days before any selection of Notes to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Note so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
Section 2.09
Replacement Notes.
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note. If required by the Trustee or the Company, the Holder of such Note shall provide indemnity that is sufficient, in the judgment of the Trustee or the Company, to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer in connection with such replacement. If required by the Company, such Holder shall reimburse the Company for its reasonable expenses in connection with such replacement.
Every replacement Note issued in accordance with this Section 2.09 shall be the valid obligation of the Company, evidencing the same debt as the destroyed, lost or stolen Note, and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of the Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.10
Outstanding Notes.
The Notes outstanding at any time shall be the entire principal amount of Notes represented by all of the Global Notes and Definitive Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those subject to reductions in beneficial interests effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.10 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.11 hereof, a Note shall not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.09 hereof, it shall cease to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 1001 of the Base Indenture, it shall cease to be outstanding and interest on it shall cease to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a Redemption Date, a Purchase Date or a maturity date, funds sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.
Section 2.11
Treasury Notes.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company, or by any Affiliate of the Company, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
Section 2.12
Temporary Notes.
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and, upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes or Definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes, as applicable. After preparation of Definitive Notes, the Temporary Note will be exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon surrender of the Temporary Notes.
Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of the Indenture as Holders of permanent Notes.
Section 2.13
Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of cancelled Notes (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act or other applicable laws) unless by written order, signed by an Officer of the Company, the Company directs them to be returned to it.
Certification of the disposal of all cancelled Notes shall be delivered to the Company from time to time upon request. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.14
Payment of Interest; Defaulted Interest.
Interest on any Note which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the person in whose name that Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes which is payable (“
Defaulted Interest
”), it shall pay the Defaulted Interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the Defaulted Interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent Special Record Date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes. The Company
shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Notes and the date of the proposed payment. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed each such Special Record Date and payment date,
provided
that no such Special Record Date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such Defaulted Interest. At least 15 days before the Special Record Date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the Special Record Date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.14 and Section 2.08 hereof, each Note delivered under the Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Note.
Section 2.15
CUSIP or ISIN Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP”, “ISIN” and/or other similar numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP”, “ISIN” and/or other similar numbers in notices of redemption or Offers to Purchase as a convenience to Holders;
provided
,
however
, that neither the Company nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility for any defect in such “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or other similar numbers that appear on any such notice and that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption or notice of an Offer to Purchase and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption or Offer to Purchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee if it becomes aware of any change in the “CUSIP” , “ISIN” and/or other similar numbers.
Section 2.16
Additional Notes.
The Company shall be entitled, subject to its compliance with Section 4.02 hereof, to issue an unlimited amount of Additional Notes under the Indenture which shall have identical terms as the Initial Notes issued on the date hereof, other than with respect to the date of issuance and issue price. The Initial Notes issued on the date hereof and any Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture, including directions, waivers, amendments, consents, redemptions and Offers to Purchase.
With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in a Board Resolution and an Officer’s Certificate, a copy of each of which shall be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:
(a)
the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture; and
(b)
the issue price, the Issue Date and the CUSIP and/or ISIN number of such Additional Notes.
Section 2.17
Record Date.
The record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders of Notes entitled to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent or permitted under the Indenture shall be determined as provided for in TIA §316(c).
Section 2.18
Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the person in whose name such Note is registered as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by the first paragraph of Section 2.04 hereof and subject to Sections 2.07 and 2.13 hereof) interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Note in global form or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Section 2.19
Computation of Interest.
Interest on the Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE 3.
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Article 11 and Article 12 of the Base Indenture shall be superseded in its entirety by this Article 3 with respect to, and solely for the benefit of the holders of, the Notes,
provided
that this Article 3 shall not become a part of the terms of any other series of Securities.
Section 3.01
Notices to Trustee.
Except as set forth in Paragraph 5 of the reverse side of the form of the Notes set forth in
Exhibit A
, the Company will not be entitled to redeem the Notes at its option prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least 30 days (or such shorter period as may be acceptable to the Trustee) but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth (a) the applicable section of this Supplemental Indenture and the Note pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (b) the Redemption Date, (c) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and (d) the Redemption Price.
Section 3.02
Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed among the Holders of the Notes in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not so listed, based on a method that most nearly approximates a pro rata basis, unless otherwise required by law or Depositary requirements. In the event of partial redemption, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. No Notes of $2,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in amounts of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not an integral multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the two preceding sentences, provisions of this Supplemental Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.
Section 3.03
Notice of Redemption.
At least 30 days but not more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed, by electronic transmission (for Notes held in book entry form) or first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at such Holder’s registered address appearing in the Note Register, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance pursuant to Article 8 hereof or a satisfaction and discharge pursuant to Article 11 hereof.
The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:
(a)
the Redemption Date;
(b)
the appropriate method for calculation of the Redemption Price, but need not include the Redemption Price itself; the actual Redemption Price shall be set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Redemption Date.
(c)
if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date upon surrender of such Note, if applicable, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion shall be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;
(d)
the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(e)
that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;
(f)
that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;
(g)
the applicable section of this Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(h)
that no representation is made as to the correctness of the CUSIP and/or ISIN numbers, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense;
provided
,
however
, that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days (or such shorter period allowed by the Trustee), prior to the Redemption Date, an Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice (in the name and at the expense of the Company) and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in this Section 3.03.
Section 3.04
Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of any conditions precedent as provided for in the next sentence, Notes called for redemption shall become irrevocably due and payable on the Redemption Date at the Redemption Price. Notice of any redemption may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent.
Section 3.05
Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or prior to 11:00 a.m. Eastern time on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of and, if applicable, accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly, and in any event within two (2) Business Days after the Redemption Date, return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the Redemption Price of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, all Notes to be redeemed.
If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for purchase or redemption on the applicable Redemption Date. If a Note is redeemed on or after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal from the Redemption Date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes.
Section 3.06
Notes Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.
Section 3.07
Mandatory Redemption.
The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. The Company and its Subsidiaries may at any time and from time to time purchase Notes in open market transactions, tender offers or otherwise.
Section 3.08
Offer To Purchase.
(a)
In the event that, pursuant to Sections 4.05 or 4.09 hereof, the Company shall be required to commence an Asset Sale Offer or a Change of Control Offer (each, an “
Offer to Purchase
”), it shall follow the procedures specified below.
(b)
The Company shall commence the Offer to Purchase by sending, by first-class mail (or electronic transmission), with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder at such Holder’s address appearing in the Note Register, a notice the terms of which shall govern the Offer to Purchase stating:
(1)
that the Offer to Purchase is being made pursuant to this Section 3.08 and Sections 4.05 or 4.09 hereof, as the case may be, and, in the case of a Change of Control Offer, that a Change of Control has occurred, the circumstances and relevant facts regarding the Change of Control and that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof;
(2)
the principal amount of Notes required to be purchased pursuant to Sections 4.05 or 4.09 hereof, as the case may be (the “
Offer Amount
”), the purchase price set forth in Sections 4.05 or 4.09 hereof, as applicable (the “
Purchase Price
”), the Offer Period and the Purchase Date (each as defined below);
(3)
except as provided in clause (9), that all Notes timely tendered and not withdrawn shall be accepted for payment;
(4)
that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest;
(5)
that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer to Purchase shall cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;
(6)
that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Offer to Purchase may elect to have Notes purchased equal to $2,000 or in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000 only;
(7)
that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Offer to Purchase shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, the Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice before the close of business on the third Business Day before the Purchase Date;
(8)
that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a telegram, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note (or portions thereof) the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;
(9)
that, in the case of an Asset Sale Offer, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000 shall be purchased); and
(10)
that Holders whose Notes were purchased in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).
(c)
The Offer to Purchase shall remain open for a period of at least 30 days but no more than 60 days following its commencement, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “
Offer Period
”). No later than five (5) Business Days (and in any event no later than the 60th day following the Change of Control) after the termination of the Offer Period (the “
Purchase Date
”), the Company shall purchase the Offer Amount or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered in response to the Offer to Purchase. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.
(d)
On or prior to the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:
(1)
accept for payment (on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary in connection with an Asset Sale Offer), the Offer Amount of Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered;
(2)
deposit with the Paying Agent funds in an amount equal to the Purchase Price in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn; and
(3)
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company and that such Notes or portions
thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.08.
(e)
The Paying Agent (or the Company, if acting as the Paying Agent) shall promptly (but in the case of a Change of Control, not later than 60 days from the date of the Change of Control) deliver to each tendering Holder the Purchase Price. In the event that any portion of the Notes surrendered is not purchased by the Company, the Company shall promptly execute and issue a new Note in a principal amount equal to such unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered, and, upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) such new Note to such Holder, (it being understood that, notwithstanding anything in this Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture to the contrary, no Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate is required for the Trustee to authenticate and deliver (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) such new Note), in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered;
provided
,
however
, that each such new Note shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof.
(f)
In the case of a Change of Control Offer, as soon as practicable after the Purchase Date the Company shall announce the amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company in connection with such Offer to Purchase.
(g)
If the Purchase Date is on or after a Regular Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date.
(h)
The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Rule 14e‑1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the Offer to Purchase. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with Sections 4.05 or 4.09 hereof, as applicable, this Section 3.08 or other provisions of the Indenture, the Company shall comply with applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under Sections 4.05 or 4.09 hereof, as applicable, this Section 3.08 or such other provision by virtue of such compliance.
(i)
If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a Change of Control Offer and the Company, or any other Person making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Company, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company will have the right, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following the Purchase Date, to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a Redemption Price in cash equal to the applicable Change of Control Payment
plus
, to the extent not included in the Change of Control Payment, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.
Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.08, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.08 shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
ARTICLE 4.
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
In addition to the covenants set forth in Article 10 of the Base Indenture, the Notes shall be subject to the additional covenants set forth in this Article 4
provided
, that, Section 1006 of the Base Indenture shall be superseded in its entirety by Section 4.01 hereof with respect to, and solely for the benefit of the holders of, the Notes.
Section 4.01
SEC Reports.
(a)
Notwithstanding that the Company may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, so long as the Notes are outstanding the Company will file with the SEC (unless the SEC will not accept such filing), within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations, and provide the Trustee within 15 days after the filing of the same, all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such forms, in each case including a “Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations” and, with respect to annual information only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Company’s independent registered accounting firm;
provided
,
however
, that if the Company shall not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, such reports shall be provided at the times specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations for a registrant that is a non-accelerated filer, plus any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act. The Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports referred to in this section to the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes if the Company has filed such reports with the SEC via the EDGAR filing system or posted such reports on its website.
(b)
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates).
Section 4.02
Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.
(a)
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, Guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, “
incur
”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Company will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock (including Disqualified Stock) other than to the Company;
provided
,
however
, that the Company may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock and any Guarantor may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue preferred stock (including Disqualified Stock), if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended
four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such preferred stock or Disqualified Stock is issued would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0, determined on a
pro forma
basis (including a
pro forma
application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or the preferred stock or Disqualified Stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
(b)
Section 4.02(a) hereof will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, “
Permitted Debt
”):
(1)
the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness and letters of credit under one or more Credit Facilities;
provided
that the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness and letters of credit of the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary incurred pursuant to this clause (1) (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof) does not exceed the greater of (a) $450.0 million and (b) 15.0% of Consolidated Total Assets;
(2)
the incurrence by the Company and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of Existing Indebtedness;
(3)
the incurrence by the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by the Initial Notes (but not Additional Notes);
(4)
the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt, Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations), Disqualified Stock and preferred stock, in each case incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price, lease or cost of design, installation, construction or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock incurred pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed the greater of (a) $120.0 million and (b) 4.0 % of Consolidated Total Assets;
(5)
the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which serves to extend, defease, renew, refund, refinance or replace Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was incurred under Section 4.02(a) hereof or clauses (2) (excluding the Existing Credit Agreement), (3), (4), this clause (5), (13) or (18) of this Section 4.02(b);
(6)
the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
provided
,
however
, that (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) any subsequent sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (6);
(7)
the incurrence of Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of guarantees, indemnities, holdbacks, earn-out, non-compete, consulting, deferred compensation, purchase price adjustments and similar obligations in connection with the acquisition or disposition of assets, including, without limitation, shares of Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries or contingent payment obligations incurred in connection with the acquisition of assets which are contingent on the performance of the assets acquired, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such assets or shares of Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;
(8)
the incurrence of Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of bid, appeal, surety and performance bonds, completion guarantees or other similar arrangements, provider claims, workers’ compensation claims, statutory, appeal or similar obligations, bankers’ acceptances, payment obligations in connection with sales tax and insurance or other similar requirements in the ordinary course of business or in respect of awards or judgments not resulting in an Event of Default;
(9)
the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds, netting services and otherwise in connection with deposit accounts so long as such Indebtedness is covered within 10 business days or arising in connection with endorsement of instruments for deposit in the ordinary course of business;
(10)
Indebtedness representing deferred compensation or other similar arrangements to employees and directors of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(11)
the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations;
provided
that such Hedging Obligations are entered into for bona fide hedging purposes (and not for speculative purposes) of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(12)
(a) the Guarantee by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 4.02;
provided
that if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is incurred by the Company and is subordinated to the Notes, then the Guarantee of such Indebtedness by any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be subordinated to the same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed and (b) the Guarantee by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary required pursuant to applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order of, or arrangement with, any regulatory body or agency;
(13)
Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary outstanding on the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by the Company or otherwise became a Restricted Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness incurred as consideration in, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a subsidiary of the Company or was otherwise acquired by the Company),
provided
that after giving effect thereto, (a) the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.02(a) hereof, or (b) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would be no worse than immediately prior thereto;
(14)
Indebtedness incurred by a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction that is not recourse with respect to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or Limited Originator Recourse);
provided
,
however
, that in the event such Securitization Subsidiary ceases to qualify as a Securitization Subsidiary or such Indebtedness becomes recourse to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or Limited Originator Recourse), such Indebtedness will, in each case, be deemed to be, and must be classified by the Company as, incurred at such time (or at the time initially incurred) under one more of the other provisions of this Section 4.02;
(15)
the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness to the extent the proceeds thereof are used to purchase Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or to defease or discharge Notes in accordance with the terms of this Supplemental Indenture;
(16)
the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness consisting of (a) (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) insurance premiums incurred in the ordinary course of business and owed to any Person providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Company or its Subsidiaries, so long as such Indebtedness shall not be in excess of the amount of the unpaid cost of and shall be incurred only to defer the cost of, such insurance for the year in which such Indebtedness is incurred and such Indebtedness shall only be outstanding during such year or (b) take or pay obligations in supply agreements, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(17)
Indebtedness in respect of secured or unsecured letters of credit incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (a) $120.0 million and (b) 4.0% of Consolidated Total Assets plus (ii) additional amounts as may be required pursuant to applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order of, or arrangement with, any regulatory body or agency;
(18)
Contribution Indebtedness;
(19)
the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness on behalf of or representing Guarantees of any Permitted Joint Venture not to exceed the greater of (a) $120.0 million and (b) 4.0% of Consolidated Total Assets;
(20)
the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness consisting of obligations to make payments to current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants, their respective Affiliates, heirs and executors with respect to the cancellation, purchase or redemption of, Capital Stock of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent permitted under Section 4.03(b)(4) hereof;
(21)
the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable), including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (21), not to exceed the greater of (a) $150.0 million and (b) 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets;
(22)
guarantees in the ordinary course of business of the obligations of suppliers, customers, franchisees and licensees of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(23)
letters of credit of any Designated HMO Subsidiary, HMO Subsidiary, Designated Insurance Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary that are cash collateralized in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed an amount equal to 2.0% of the total consolidated revenue of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the four-quarter period ended as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available; and
(24)
guarantees (i) in favor of one or more governmental authorities by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of any HMO Subsidiary or an Insurance Subsidiary otherwise permitted to be incurred by such HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary under this covenant to the extent that such guarantees are required pursuant to applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order of, or agreement with, any regulatory body or agency or (ii) by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of commercial obligations of an HMO Subsidiary or an Insurance Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business.
(c)
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.02, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (24) of Section 4.02(b) hereof or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.02(a) hereof, the Company shall, in its sole discretion, classify (or later re-classify in whole or in part), or divide (or later re-divide in whole or in part) such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.02 and such Indebtedness will be treated as having been incurred pursuant to such clauses or Section 4.02(a) hereof, as the case may be, designated by the Company. Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value or liquidation preference and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock for purposes of this Section 4.02.
(d)
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness which by its terms (or by the terms of any agreement governing such Indebtedness) is subordinated to any other Indebtedness of the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, unless made expressly subordinate to the Notes to the same extent and in the same manner as such Indebtedness is subordinated pursuant to subordination provisions that are most favorable to the Holders of any other Indebtedness of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be.
Section 4.03
Restricted Payments.
(a)
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(1)
declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution (A) on account of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or (B) to the direct or indirect holders of the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends, payments or distributions (i) payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or (ii) to the Company or a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary or to all holders of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary on a pro rata basis);
(2)
purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than (a) Equity Interests of any wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or (b) purchases, redemptions, defeasances or other acquisitions made by a Restricted Subsidiary on a pro rata basis from all shareholders of such Restricted Subsidiary);
(3)
make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Subordinated Obligations (excluding any intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), except a payment of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof or the payment, purchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of any such Subordinated Obligations, in each case where the Stated Maturity is within one year of such payment, purchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value; or
(4)
make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”),
unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
(A)
no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;
(B)
the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving
pro forma
effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to
incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.02(a) hereof; and
(C)
such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (b)(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11) and (12) of this Section 4.03), is less than the sum, without duplication, of:
(I)
50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) from July 1, 2013 to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit),
plus
(II)
100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds (or the Fair Market Value of property other than cash) received by the Company since the Issue Date as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of the Company (other than the issuance of Disqualified Stock or any Permitted Warrant Transaction) or from the issuance or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the Company, in either case, that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests of the Company (other than Equity Interests or Disqualified Stock or debt securities sold to a Subsidiary of the Company),
plus
(III)
to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the Issue Date is (a) sold for cash or otherwise cancelled, liquidated or repaid for cash, the cash proceeds received with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) or (b) made in an entity that subsequently becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Investments owned by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in such entity at the time such entity becomes a Restricted Subsidiary,
plus
(IV)
100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds (or the Fair Market Value of property other than cash) received by the Company since the Issue Date by means of (a) the sale (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary and (B) a distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than in each case to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment), in each case to the extent that such amounts were not otherwise included in the Consolidated Net Income for such period,
plus
(V)
in case, after the date hereof, any Unrestricted Subsidiary has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary under the terms of this Supplemental Indenture or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated
with or into, or transfers or conveys assets to, or is liquidated into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Investments owned by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the redesignation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable).
(b)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and in the cases of clauses (6) and (12) below, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, the preceding provisions will not prohibit:
(1)
the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend, if at the date of declaration the dividend payment would have complied with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture;
(2)
any Restricted Payments made out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock);
provided
,
however
, that the amount of any such net cash proceeds from such sale will be excluded from Section 4.03(a)(4)(C)(II) hereof;
(3)
the redemption, repurchase, repayment, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of any Subordinated Obligations with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
(4)
the redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (a) held by any current or former director, officer, employee or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and their Affiliates, heirs and executors pursuant to any management equity subscription plan or agreement, stock option or stock purchase plan or agreement or employee benefit plan as may be adopted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from time to time or pursuant to any agreement with any director, officer, employee or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in existence on the Issue Date or (b) from an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries upon the termination of such employee’s employment with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
provided
,
however
, that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests in reliance on this clause (4) (other than with respect to employees whose employment has terminated) may not exceed $10.0 million in any calendar year, with any unused amounts in any calendar year being carried forward to the immediately succeeding calendar year and
provided
,
further
, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed (A) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, in each case to members of management, directors or consultants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that occurs after the Issue Date,
provided
that such cash proceeds utilized for redemptions, repurchases or other acquisitions or retirements will be excluded from Section 4.03(a)(4)(C)(II) hereof plus (B) the cash proceeds of “key man” life insurance policies received by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (
provided
that the Company may elect to apply all or any portion of the
aggregate increase contemplated by clauses (A) and (B) above in any calendar year, it being understood that the forgiveness of any debt by such Person shall not be a Restricted Payment hereunder) less (C) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made pursuant to clauses (A) and (B) of this clause (4);
(5)
repurchases, acquisitions, forfeitures or retirements of Capital Stock of the Company deemed to occur upon the exercise or vesting of stock options, warrants or restricted stock or similar rights under employee benefit plans of the Company or its Subsidiaries if such Capital Stock represents all or a portion of the exercise price thereof and repurchases, acquisitions, forfeitures or retirements of Capital Stock or options to purchase Capital Stock in connection with the exercise or vesting of stock options, warrants or restricted stock to the extent necessary to pay applicable withholding taxes;
(6)
any Restricted Payments, so long as the Total Debt Ratio is no more than 2.0 to 1.0, both as of the date thereof and on a
pro forma
basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment;
(7)
payments of cash, dividends, distributions advances or other Restricted Payments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock of the Company;
provided
,
however
, that any such cash payment shall not be for the purpose of evading the limitation of the covenant described under this subheading (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company);
(8)
the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Obligations or Disqualified Stock pursuant to provisions similar to those described under Sections 4.05 and 4.09 hereof;
provided
that a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, has been made and all Notes tendered by Holders in connection with a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value;
(9)
the declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or accrued dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any preferred stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company issued on or after the Issue Date in accordance with Section 4.02 hereof to the extent such dividends are included in the definition of Fixed Charges;
(10)
the making of cash payments in connection with any conversion of Permitted Convertible Indebtedness in an aggregate amount since the Issue Date therefor not to exceed the sum of (a) the principal amount of such Permitted Convertible Indebtedness
plus
(b) any payments received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the exercise, settlement or termination of any related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction;
(11)
any payments in connection with (including, without limitation, the purchase of) a Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and the settlement of any related Permitted Warrant Transaction (a) by delivery of shares of the Company’s common stock
upon net share settlement of such Permitted Warrant Transaction or (b) by (i) set-off of such Permitted Warrant Transaction against the related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and (ii) payment of an amount due upon termination of such Permitted Warrant Transaction in common stock or using cash received upon the exercise, settlement or termination of a Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction upon any early termination thereof; and
(12)
other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount since the Issue Date not to exceed the greater of (a) $150.0 million and (b) 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets.
(c)
The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the assets, property or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth any Fair Market Value determinations. If the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary makes a Restricted Payment which at the time of the making of such Restricted Payment would in the good faith determination of the Company be permitted under the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, such Restricted Payment shall be deemed to have been made in compliance with this Supplemental Indenture notwithstanding any subsequent adjustments made in good faith to the Company’s financial statements affecting Consolidated Net Income of the Company for any period.
Section 4.04
Liens.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur or assume any consensual Liens (the “
Initial Lien
”) of any kind against or upon any of their respective properties or assets, or any proceeds, income or profit therefrom or assign or convey any right to receive income therefrom, except Permitted Liens, to secure any Indebtedness of the Company unless prior to, or contemporaneously therewith, the Notes are equally and ratably secured by a Lien on such property, assets, proceeds, income or profit;
provided
,
however
, that if such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated to the Notes, the Lien securing such Indebtedness will be subordinated and junior to the Lien securing the Notes with the same relative priority as such Indebtedness has with respect to the Notes. Any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes pursuant to the preceding sentence shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Initial Lien.
Section 4.05
Asset Sales.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(1)
the Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets sold, leased, transferred, conveyed or otherwise disposed of or Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company issued, sold, transferred, conveyed or otherwise disposed of; and
(2)
at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this clause (2), each of the following will be deemed to be cash:
(A)
any liabilities, as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto, of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes) (A) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets and from which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary have been validly released by all creditors in writing, or (B) in respect of which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary following such Asset Sale has any obligation;
(B)
any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents within 90 days, to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received in that conversion; and
(C)
any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (c) not to exceed 5.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (determined based on the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available and with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this paragraph and for no other purpose.
To the extent that the Fair Market Value of any Asset Sale exceeds 10.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of receipt of the Net Proceeds of any such Asset Sale (determined based on the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are then available and with the Fair Market Value of each Asset Sale being measured at the time of such Asset Sale), then, within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from any such Asset Sale, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may apply those Net Proceeds (but shall only be required to apply that portion of the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale that exceeds 10.0% of Consolidated Total Assets) at its option (or any portion thereof):
(1) to permanently repay (a) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is secured by a Lien or (b) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred pursuant to Section 4.02(b)(1) hereof (in each case, other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company) and, if such Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto; or
(2) to make an Investment in any one or more businesses (
provided
that if such Investment is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person, such
acquisition results in such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary), assets, or property or capital expenditures, in each case (a) used or useful in a Permitted Business or (b) that replace the properties and assets that are the subject of such Asset Disposition;
provided
that a binding commitment to apply Net Proceeds as set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment so long as the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment within 545 days after receipt of such Net Proceeds (an “
Acceptable Commitment
”) and, in the event any Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before the Net Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, then the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary shall be permitted to apply the Net Proceeds in any manner set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above before the expiration of such 545-day period and, in the event the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary fails to do so, then such Net Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds (as defined below). Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Supplemental Indenture.
Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that were required to be applied in accordance with the first sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph and that are not so applied or invested as provided in the preceding paragraph will constitute “Excess Proceeds”. When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $25.0 million, within 30 days thereof, the Company will make an offer (an “
Asset Sale Offer
”) to all Holders to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and, if the Company is required to do so under the terms of any other Indebtedness that is
pari passu
in right of payment with the Notes, such other Indebtedness on a pro rata basis with the Notes, that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of the purchase of all properly tendered and not withdrawn Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use such remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Supplemental Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other
pari passu
Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Notes and such other
pari passu
Indebtedness will be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.
The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sale provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.05 or Section 3.08 hereof by virtue of such compliance.
Section 4.06
Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to:
(a)
pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(b)
make loans or advances to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(c)
transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
However, the preceding restrictions will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(1)
agreements governing the Credit Agreement and agreements governing Existing Indebtedness, in each case as in effect on the Issue Date;
(2)
this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes;
(3)
applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order of, or arrangement with, any regulatory body or agency;
(4)
any agreement or other instrument of (i) a Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such encumbrance or restriction was created in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition) or (ii) any Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time it is designated or is deemed to become a Restricted Subsidiary, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person or Unrestricted Subsidiary, or the property or assets of the Person or Unrestricted Subsidiary, so acquired or designated, as the case may be;
(5)
restrictions on cash, Cash Equivalents or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers or governmental regulatory bodies or required by insurance, surety or bonding companies, in each case pursuant to contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(6)
customary non-assignment provisions in leases, licenses, sublicenses and other contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(7)
customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to purchase money Indebtedness for property acquired and Capital Lease Obligations permitted to be incurred under the provisions of Section 4.02 hereof that impose restrictions of the nature described in clause (c) of the first paragraph of this Section 4.06 on the property so acquired or subject to such obligations;
(8)
any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary or the assets of a Restricted Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or other disposition or the sale or other disposition of its assets;
(9)
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
provided
,
however
, that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced (as determined in good faith by an officer of the Company);
(10)
Liens securing Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred under the provisions of Section 4.04 hereof that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;
(11)
provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements, agreements in respect of Permitted Market Investments and other similar agreements (including agreements entered into in connection with a Restricted Investment);
provided
that such provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets or property relate only to the assets or properties subject to such agreements;
(12)
other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Issue Date under the provisions of Section 4.02 hereof;
provided
that such incurrence will not materially impair the Company’s ability to make payments under the Notes when due (as determined in good faith by an officer of the Company);
(13)
contractual requirements of a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction,
provided
that such restrictions apply only to such Restricted Subsidiary;
(14)
any amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing of an agreement referred to in clauses (1) through (13) above,
provided
,
however
that such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing is not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing (as determined in good faith by an officer of the Company).
(15)
Hedging Obligations; and
(16)
customary provisions in any joint venture agreement or similar agreement to the extent prohibiting the pledge of the Equity Interests of such joint venture.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.06, (i) the priority of any preferred stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on common stock shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make distributions on Capital Stock and (2) the subordination of loans or advances made to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to other Indebtedness incurred by the Company
or any such Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances.
Section 4.07
Transactions with Affiliates.
(a)
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or Guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate (each, an “
Affiliate Transaction
”), unless:
(1)
the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not less favorable in any material respect to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and
(2)
the Company delivers to the Trustee with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $50.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company set forth in an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this Section 4.07 and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company.
(b)
The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of clause (a) of this Section 4.07:
(1)
transactions solely between or among the Company and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or solely among its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2)
any issuances of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) to Affiliates of the Company;
(3)
reasonable and customary fees, indemnification and similar arrangements, consulting fees, employee salaries, bonuses or employment or severance agreements, compensation or employee benefit arrangements or plans and incentive arrangements or plans (including any amendments to the foregoing) with any officer, director, employee or consultant of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary entered into in the ordinary course of business or approved in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company;
(4)
any transactions made in compliance with Section 4.03 hereof;
(5)
loans (and cancellation of loans) and advances to directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or approved in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company;
(6)
any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date or any amendment thereto so long as any such amendment is not more disadvantageous to the Holders in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date;
(7)
any transaction effected as part of a Qualified Securitization Transaction;
(8)
transactions entered into by a Person prior to the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged or consolidated into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (
provided
such transaction is not entered into in contemplation of such event);
(9)
transactions permitted by, and complying with, the provisions of Section 5.01 hereof;
(10)
transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company) that is an Affiliate of the Company solely because the Company owns, directly or through a Restricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in such Person;
(11)
payment of management fees or similar fees under any management agreement entered into or assumed in connection with an acquisition or business expansion; and
(12)
any transaction in which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives an opinion from a nationally recognized investment banking, appraisal or accounting firm that such Affiliate Transaction is either fair, from a financial standpoint, to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary or meets the requirements of Section 4.07(a)(1) hereof.
Section 4.08
Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
The Company’s Board of Directors may designate any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default. If any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the newly designated Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of that designation and will either reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.03(a) hereof or be a Permitted Investment, as determined by the Company. Such designation of such a Subsidiary or Person as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be permitted only if the deemed Investment would be permitted at the time the Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and, in any case, if that Subsidiary or Person otherwise satisfies the requirements set forth in the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Company’s Board of Directors may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if the redesignation would not cause a Default.
Section 4.09
Repurchase at the Option of Holders Upon a Change of Control.
(a)
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Event, the Company, or any other Person in lieu of the Company, shall, within 30 days of a Change of Control Event, make an offer (the “
Change of Control Offer
”) pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3.08 hereof. Each Holder shall have the right to accept such offer and require the Company, or such other Person in lieu of the Company, to repurchase all or any portion (
provided
that no Notes of $2,000 or less will be repurchased in part) of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer at a purchase price, in cash, equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to, but not including, the Purchase Date (subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payout date).
(b)
The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if (i) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Supplemental Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer by the Company and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer or (ii) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture as described in Section 3.03 hereof, unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable Redemption Price. A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control Event and may be conditional upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Event, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control Event at the time the Change of Control Offer is made.
Section 4.10
Limitation on Issuances of Guarantees of Indebtedness.
The Company will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, to guarantee or pledge any assets to secure the payment of any other Indebtedness of the Company under (a) Section 4.02(a) hereof and (b) Sections 4.02(b)(1), (2), (3), (5) (only to the extent such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness was not previously guaranteed) (12)(a) (only to the extent that the Indebtedness thereby guaranteed was incurred under (a) Section 4.02(a) hereof or (b) Sections 4.02(b)(1), (2), (3), (13), (14) (other than with respect to Standard Securitization Undertakings and Limited Originator Recourse), (15), (18), (19), (20) or (21)), (13), (14) (other than with respect to Standard Securitization Undertakings and Limited Originator Recourse), (15), (18), (19), (20) or (21), unless such Restricted Subsidiary simultaneously executes and delivers a supplemental indenture in substantially the form included in
Exhibit C
attached hereto providing for the guarantee of the payment of the Notes by such Restricted Subsidiary. The Subsidiary Guarantee will be (1) senior to such Restricted Subsidiary’s Guarantee of, or pledge to secure, such other Indebtedness if such other Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; or (2)
pari passu
in right of payment with such Restricted Subsidiary’s Guarantee of, or pledge to secure, such other Indebtedness if such other Indebtedness is not subordinated in right of payment to the Notes.
The Subsidiary Guarantee of a Guarantor will be automatically and unconditionally released:
(1)
in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of that Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, if the sale or other disposition does not violate Section 4.05 hereof;
(2)
in connection with any sale or other disposition of all of the Capital Stock of that Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, if the sale or other disposition does not violate Section 4.05 hereof;
(3)
if the Company designates any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Supplemental Indenture;
(4)
if such Guarantor is dissolved or liquidated;
(5)
upon legal defeasance, covenant defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of the Notes as
provided
below under Sections 8.02, 8.03 and 11.01 hereof; or
(6)
if such Guarantor is released or discharged from the underlying Guarantee of Indebtedness giving rise to the execution of a Subsidiary Guarantee.
The form of Subsidiary Guarantee is attached hereto as Exhibit B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company guarantees Indebtedness incurred by any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, such Guarantee by the Company will not require any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to provide a Subsidiary Guarantee for the Notes.
Section 4.11
Covenant Termination.
Following the first day (such date, the “
Covenant Termination Date
”):
(a)
the Notes have an Investment Grade Rating; and
(b)
no Default has occurred and is continuing under the Indenture;
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall cease to be subject to the provisions of:
(1)
Section 4.02 hereof;
(2)
Section 4.03 hereof;
(3)
Section 4.05 hereof;
(4)
Section 4.06 hereof;
(5)
Section 4.07 hereof; and
(6)
Section 4.10 hereof
(collectively, the “
Terminated Covenants
”). No Default, Event of Default or breach of any kind shall be deemed to exist under the Indenture or the Notes with respect to the Terminated Covenants based on, and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall bear any liability for, any actions taken or events occurring after the Notes attain an Investment Grade Rating, regardless of whether such actions or event would have been permitted if the applicable Terminated Covenants remained in effect. The Terminated Covenants will not be reinstated even if the Company subsequently does not satisfy the requirements set forth in clauses (a) and/or (b) above. After the Terminated Covenants have been terminated, Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall remain subject to the provisions of Section 4.09 hereof and the following Sections:
(1) Section 4.01 hereof;
(2) Section 4.04 hereof (other than the definition of “Permitted Liens” which shall be replaced as set forth in the paragraph below); and
(3) Section 5.01 hereof (other than the financial test set forth in clause (a)(4) thereof).
On the Covenant Termination Date, the definition of “Permitted Liens” set forth in Section 1.01 hereof shall be replaced in its entirety with the following definition:
“
Permitted Liens
” means:
(1) Liens in favor of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) Liens on any property or assets of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
provided
that such Liens were in existence prior to such merger or consolidation and not incurred in contemplation thereof and do not extend to any property or assets other than those of the Person merged into and consolidated with the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary;
(3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or claims not at the time delinquent or thereafter payable without penalty or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and, in each case, for which it maintains adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP;
(4) Liens on any property or assets existing at the time of the acquisition thereof by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or is merged with, or consolidated into, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
provided
that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition and do not extend to any other property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(5) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, tenders, bids, trade contracts, leases, government contracts, performance bonds, landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen Liens and other similar Liens imposed by law, Liens in the form of deposits or pledges incurred in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment compensation and other types of social security and/or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(6) Liens existing on the Covenant Termination Date;
(7) survey exceptions, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real property that were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and that do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the ordinary course of business of such Person;
(8) Liens created for the benefit of (or to secure) the Notes (or any Subsidiary Guarantees);
(9) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding leases entered into by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(10) Liens securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness that was previously so secured as permitted by the indenture;
provided
that any such Lien is limited to all or part of the same property or assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which the original Lien arose, could secure) the Indebtedness being refinanced or is in respect of property that is the security for a Permitted Lien hereunder;
(11) Liens securing Hedging Obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, which transactions or obligations are incurred for bona fide hedging purposes (and not for speculative purposes) of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(12) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt, Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations) incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price, lease or cost of design, installation, construction or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
provided
that any such Lien (a) covers only the assets acquired, leased, designed, installed, constructed or improved with such Indebtedness and (b) is created within 270 days of such acquisition, construction or improvement;
(13) Liens required by any regulation, or order of or arrangement or agreement with any regulatory body or agency, so long as such Liens do not secure Indebtedness;
(14) Liens on assets transferred to a Securitization Subsidiary or on assets of a Securitization Subsidiary, in either case, incurred in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction;
(15) other Liens with respect to Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount that does not exceed the greater of (a) 20.0% of Consolidated Total Assets and (b) the amounts available under clauses (2) and (14) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” in effect prior to the Covenant Termination Date;
(16) Liens securing judgments, decrees or attachments (or appeal or other surety bonds relating to such judgments), provided that no such judgment constitutes an Event of Default under paragraph (8) under the caption “Event of Default” or Liens securing appeal or surety bonds related thereto;
(17) licenses, leases or subleases and other intellectual property rights granted to others not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary normal and customary rights of setoff upon deposits of cash in favor of banks or other depository institutions;
(18) Liens of a collection bank arising in the ordinary course of business under Section 4-210 of the UCC in effect in the relevant jurisdiction covering only the items being collected upon;
(19) Liens of sellers of goods to the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary arising under Article 2 of the UCC in effect in the relevant jurisdiction or similar provisions of applicable law in the ordinary course of business, covering only the goods sold and securing only the unpaid purchase price for such goods and related expenses;
(20) Liens in the nature of municipal ordinances, zoning, entitlement, land use and environmental regulation;
(21) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(22) 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;
(23) Liens securing Indebtedness consisting of (a)(i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) incurred in the ordinary course of business and owed to any Person providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Company or its Subsidiaries, so long as such Indebtedness shall not be in excess of the amount of the unpaid cost of and shall be incurred only to defer the cost of, such insurance for the year in which such Indebtedness is incurred and such Indebtedness shall only be outstanding during such year, or (b) take or pay obligations in supply agreements, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
provided
, in each case, any such Lien shall encumber only the rights and interests under the insurance policy that secures such Indebtedness; and
(24) Liens deemed to exist by reason of (x) any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to any joint venture or similar arrangement or (y) any encumbrance or restriction imposed by any contract for the sale by the Company any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any of the Equity Interests of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any business unit or division or assets permitted pursuant to the indenture.
Section 4.12
Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
ARTICLE 5.
SUCCESSORS
Article 8 of the Base Indenture shall be superseded in its entirety by this Article 5 with respect to, and solely for the benefit of the holders of, the Notes,
provided
that this Article 5 shall not become a part of the terms of any other series of Securities.
Section 5.01
Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.
(a)
The Company may not, directly or indirectly, consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving Person) or sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:
(1)
either:
(A)
the Company is the surviving Person; or
(B)
the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
provided
that, if such entity is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation;
(2)
the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the Indenture pursuant to agreements in form satisfactory to the Trustee;
(3)
immediately after such transaction no Default or Event of Default exists;
(4)
the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made will, on the date of such transaction after giving
pro forma
effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, (a) be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.02(a) hereof or (b) have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio that is no worse than the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company for such applicable four-quarter period without giving
pro forma
effect to such transactions and any related financing transactions; and
(5)
the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
(b)
The sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company, which properties or assets, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company.
(c)
Upon any transaction or series of transactions that are of the type described in, and are effected in accordance with, conditions described in Section 5.01(a) and (b) hereof, the surviving entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of the Company under the Indenture and the Notes with the same effect as if such surviving entity had been named as the issuer of the Notes; and when a surviving entity duly assumes all of the obligations and covenants of the issuer pursuant to the Indenture and the Notes, the Company or any other predecessor Person shall be relieved of such obligations.
(d)
Section 5.01(a) hereof shall not apply to any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. Clauses (3) and (4) of Section 5.01(a) hereof shall not apply to (i) any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into one of its Restricted Subsidiaries for any purpose or (ii) the merger of the Company with or into an Affiliate solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby.
Section 5.02
Successor Corporation Substituted.
The surviving Person shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of the Company under the Indenture;
provided
,
however
, that the predecessor entity shall not be released from any obligations with respect to the payment of the Notes in the case of:
(a)
a sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance or other disposition (unless such sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance or other disposition is of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, taken as a whole), or
(b)
a lease.
ARTICLE 6.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01
Events of Default.
“Event of Default” with respect to the Notes of each series shall not have the meaning assigned to such term by Section 501 of the Base Indenture. Each of the following constitutes an “
Event of Default
” with respect to the Notes for all purposes hereunder and under the Base Indenture:
(a)
default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the Notes;
(b)
default in payment when due of the principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes;
(c)
failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with Section 5.01 hereof;
(d)
failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 30 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class to comply with the provisions described under Sections 4.05 and 4.09 hereof;
(e)
failure by the Company for 120 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class to comply with the provisions described under Section 4.01 hereof;
(f)
failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 60 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class to comply with any of its other agreements in the Indenture or the Notes;
(g)
default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists, or is created after the Issue Date, if that default:
(1)
is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such Indebtedness on or prior to the expiration of any grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such default (a “
Payment Default
”); or
(2)
results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its Stated Maturity,
in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $120.0 million or more.
In the event of any Event of Default specified in this clause (g), such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment default, other than as a result of the acceleration of the Notes) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or Holders of the Notes, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose:
(1) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged,
(2) the Holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default, or
(3) if the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured;
(h)
failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay final non-appealable judgments entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction aggregating in excess of $120.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days;
(i)
certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency described below with respect to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(1) commences a voluntary case;
(2) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or consents to its dissolution or winding up;
(3) consents to the appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, Trustee or custodian of it or all or substantially all of its property; or
(4) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; and
(j)
a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(1) is for relief against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries, that, when taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case; or
(2) appoints a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, trustee or custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, when taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, when taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or
(3) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, when taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;
and such order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.
The Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, the Notes.
The Company shall within 5 days of becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
Section 6.02
Acceleration.
In addition to the remedies set forth in Article 5 of the Base Indenture, the remedies of the Trustee and the Holders set forth below shall apply with respect to the Notes.
(a)
If any Event of Default (other than those of the type described in Section 6.01(i) or (j) hereof) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may, and the Trustee upon the request of Holders of 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of outstanding Notes may, declare the principal of all the Notes, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, premium, if any, to be due and payable by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee specifying the respective Event of Default and that such notice is a notice of acceleration, and the same shall become immediately due and payable.
(b)
In the case of an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(i) or (j) hereof, all outstanding Notes shall become due and payable immediately without any further action or notice on the part of the Trustee or the Holders. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture.
(c)
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee and the Company may rescind and annul any declaration of acceleration if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal, premium or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
Section 6.03
Limitation on Suits.
Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, when due, no Holder of a Note may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Notes unless:
(a)
such Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing;
(b)
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(c)
such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
(d)
the Trustee does not comply with such request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and
(e)
during such 60-day period, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request.
ARTICLE 7.
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01
Rights and Duties of Trustee.
The Trustee shall have the rights and duties set forth in the Base Indenture, including during the continuance of an Event of Default.
ARTICLE 8.
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Article 13 of the Base Indenture shall be superseded in its entirety by this Article 8 and Article 11 with respect to, and solely for the benefit of the holders of, the Notes,
provided
that this Article 8 and Article 11 shall not become a part of the terms of any other series of Securities.
Section 8.01
Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have either Sections 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth in this Article 8. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution set forth in an Officer’s Certificate.
Section 8.02
Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “
Legal Defeasance
”) and each Guarantor, if any, shall be released from all of its obligations under its Subsidiary Guaranty. For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Debt represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of the Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under the Notes and the Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section 8.04 hereof, and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Notes when such payments are due, (b) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 of this Supplemental Indenture and Sections 1001 and 1002 of the Base Indenture, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and
immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company’s and the Guarantor’s, if any, obligations in connection therewith and (d) this Article 8. If the Company exercises under Section 8.01 hereof the option applicable to this Section 8.02, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.
Section 8.03
Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09 and 4.10 hereof, the operation of Section 5.01(a)(4) hereof, and any events set forth in Section 6.01(c) through (g) with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, “
Covenant Defeasance
”) and each Guarantor, if any, shall be released from all of its obligations under its Subsidiary Guaranty with respect to such covenants in connection with such outstanding Notes and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of the Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. If the Company exercises under Section 8.01 hereof the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in clause (c) (with respect to the covenant contained in Section 5.01(a)(4) hereof), clause (d) (with respect to the covenants contained in Section 4.05 and 4.09 hereof), clause (e) with respect to covenants in Section 4.01 hereof), clause (f) (with respect to the covenants contained in Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08 and 4.10 hereof), and clauses (g), (h), (i) and (j) (but in the case of (i) and (j) of Section 6.01 hereof, with respect to Significant Subsidiaries only).
Section 8.04
Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof to the outstanding Notes.
The Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance may be exercised only if:
(a)
the Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in dollars, Government Securities, or a combination of cash in dollars
and Government Securities, in amounts as will be sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, or interest and premium, if any, on the outstanding Notes on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to such particular Redemption Date;
(b)
in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (ii) subsequent to the Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(c)
in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(d)
no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to make such deposit and the grant of any Lien securing such borrowing);
(e)
such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than the Indenture) to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound (other than resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to make such deposit and the grant of any Lien securing such borrowing);
(f)
the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others; and
(g)
the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
Section 8.05
Deposited Cash and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all cash and Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “
Trustee
”) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and the Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest but such cash and securities need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any cash or Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the certification delivered under Section 8.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 8.06
Repayment to Company.
The Trustee shall promptly, and in any event, no later than five (5) Business Days, pay to the Company after request therefor, any excess money held with respect to the Notes at such time in excess of amounts required to pay any of the Company’s Obligations then owing with respect to the Notes.
Any cash or Government Securities deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for one year after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder shall thereafter, as an unsecured creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such cash and securities, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease;
provided
,
however
, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in
The New York Times
and
The Wall Street
Journal
(national edition), notice that such cash and securities remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such cash and securities then remaining shall be repaid to the Company.
Section 8.07
Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any cash or. Government Securities in accordance with Sections 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s obligations under the Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Sections 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such cash and securities in accordance with Sections 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be;
provided
,
however
, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders to receive such payment from the cash and securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 9.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Article 9 of the Base Indenture shall be superseded in its entirety by this Article 9 with respect to, and solely for the benefit of the holders of, the Notes,
provided
that this Article 9 shall not become a part of the terms of any other series of Securities.
Section 9.01
Without Consent of Holders of Notes.
Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Supplemental Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee without the consent of any Holder to:
(1)
to cure any ambiguity, mistake, defect or inconsistency;
(2)
to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;
(3)
to provide for the assumption of the Company’s obligations to Holders of Notes in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets;
(4)
to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder;
(5)
to provide for or confirm the issuance of Additional Notes otherwise permitted to be incurred by the Indenture; or
(6)
to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;
(7)
to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture and/or Guarantee with respect to the Notes;
(8)
to evidence and provide the acceptance of the appointment of a successor Trustee under the Indenture;
(9)
to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant a security interest in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders as additional security for the payment and performance of the Company’s or a Guarantor’s obligations;
(10)
to comply with the rules of any applicable Depositary;
(11)
to release a Guarantor from its Guarantee pursuant to the terms of the Indenture when permitted or required pursuant to the terms herein; or
(12)
to conform the text of the Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees to any provision of the “Description of Notes” in the Company’s prospectus related to the Notes to the extent that such provision in the “Description of Notes” was intended to be a substantially verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees.
Section 9.02
With Consent of Holders of Notes.
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture and the Notes with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of or tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes), and, subject to Section 6.01 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee may be waived with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes).
Without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):
(1)
reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(2)
reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter the provisions with respect to the redemption or repurchase of the Notes relating to Sections 4.05 or Section 4.09 hereof (and any applicable definitions);
(3)
reduce the rate of, or change the time for, payment of interest on any Note;
(4)
waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
(5)
make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;
(6)
make any change in the provisions (including applicable definitions) of the Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on the Notes;
(7)
waive a redemption or repurchase payment with respect to any Note (other than a payment required by the provisions described under Sections 4.05 or 4.09 hereof);
(8)
make any change in the ranking of the Notes in a manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes; or
(9)
make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to consent to any supplemental indenture. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date;
provided
that unless such consent shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the date which is 120 days after such record date, any such consent previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holder of each Note affected thereby to such Holder’s address appearing in the Note Register a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental indenture or waiver.
Section 9.03
Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment or supplement to this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes shall be set forth in an amended or supplemental indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.
Section 9.04
Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities
or immunities of the Trustee. The Company may not sign an amendment or supplemental indenture until its Board of Directors approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall be provided with and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by the Indenture and that such amended or supplemental indenture is the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions and that such amended or supplemental indenture complies with the provisions hereof (including Section 9.03 hereof).
ARTICLE 10.
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
Section 10.01
Subsidiary Guarantee.
Subject to this Article 10, each Guarantor who becomes a party to this Supplemental Indenture hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns: (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, subject to any applicable grace period, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of and premium, if any, and, to the extent permitted by law, interest, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under the Indenture and the Notes, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration pursuant to Section 6.02 hereof, redemption or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations with regard to its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be joint and several, unconditional, irrespective of the validity or enforceability of the Notes or the obligations of the Company under the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, the recovery of any judgment against the Company or any other obligor with respect to the Indenture, the Notes or the Obligations of the Company under the Indenture or the Notes, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstances (other than complete payment or performance) which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor. Each Guarantor further, to the extent permitted by law, waives and relinquishes all claims, rights and remedies accorded by applicable law to guarantors and agrees not to assert or take advantage of any such claims, rights or remedies, including but not limited to: (a) any right to require any of the Trustee, the Holders or the Company (each a “
Benefited Party
”), as a condition of payment or performance by such Guarantor, to (1) proceed against the Company, any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Obligations under the Subsidiary
Guarantees or any other Person, (2) proceed against or exhaust any security held from the Company, any such other guarantor or any other Person, (3) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of any Benefited Party in favor of the Company or any other Person, or (4) pursue any other remedy in the power of any Benefited Party whatsoever; (b) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any disability or other defense of the Company including any defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the Obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantees or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of the Company from any cause other than payment in full of the Obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantees; (c) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides 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 Benefited Party’s errors or omissions in the administration of the Obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantees, except behavior which amounts to bad faith; (e)(1) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with the terms of the Subsidiary Guarantees and any legal or equitable discharge of such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, (2) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantor’s liability hereunder or the enforcement hereof, (3) any rights to set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims and (4) promptness, diligence and any requirement that any Benefited Party protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or lien or any property subject thereto; (f) notices, demands, presentations, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and notices of any action or inaction, including acceptance of the Subsidiary Guarantees, notices of Default under the Notes or any agreement or instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or modification of the Obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantees or any agreement related thereto, and notices of any extension of credit to the Company and any right to consent to any thereof; (g) to the extent permitted under applicable law, the benefits of any “One Action” rule and (h) 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 of the Subsidiary Guarantees. Except to the extent expressly provided herein, including Sections 4.10, 8.02 and 8.03 hereof, each Guarantor hereby covenants that its Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete payment or performance of the obligations contained in its Subsidiary Guarantee and the Indenture.
If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Subsidiary Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.
Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Section 6.02 hereof for the purposes of this Subsidiary Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby and (y) in the event
of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Section 6.02 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Subsidiary Guarantee. The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Subsidiary Guarantee.
Section 10.02
Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
(a)
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that each Guarantor’s liability shall be that amount from time to time equal to the aggregate liability of such Guarantor under the guarantee, but shall be limited to the lesser of (i) the aggregate amount of the Company’s obligations under the Notes and the Indenture or (ii) the amount, if any, which would not have (1) rendered the Guarantor “insolvent” (as such term is defined in the Federal Bankruptcy Code and in the Debtor and Creditor Law of the State of New York) or (2) left it with unreasonably small capital at the time its guarantee with respect to the Notes was entered into, after giving effect to the incurrence of existing Indebtedness immediately before such time;
provided
,
however
, it shall be a presumption in any lawsuit or proceeding in which a Guarantor is a party that the amount guaranteed pursuant to the guarantee with respect to the Notes is the amount described in clause (i) above unless any creditor, or representative of creditors of the Guarantor, or debtor in possession or Trustee in bankruptcy of the Guarantor, otherwise proves in a lawsuit that the aggregate liability of the Guarantor is limited to the amount described in clause (ii).
(b)
In making any determination as to the solvency or sufficiency of capital of a Guarantor in accordance with the proviso of Section 10.02(a) hereof, the right of each Guarantor to contribution from other Guarantors and any other rights such Guarantor may have, contractual or otherwise, shall be taken into account.
Section 10.03
Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantee.
To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee in substantially the form included in
Exhibit B
attached hereto shall be endorsed by an Officer of such Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.
The Company hereby agrees that it shall cause each Person that becomes obligated to provide a Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof to execute a supplemental indenture in substantially the form included in
Exhibit C
attached hereto, pursuant to which such Person provides the guarantee set forth in this Article 10 and otherwise assumes the obligations and accepts the rights of a Guarantor under the Indenture, in each case with the same effect and to the same extent as if such Person had been named herein as a Guarantor. The Company also hereby agrees to cause each such new Guarantor to evidence its guarantee by endorsing a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee on each Note as provided in this Section 10.03.
ARTICLE 11.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Article 4 of the Base Indenture shall be superseded in its entirety by Article 8 hereof and this Article 11 with respect to, and solely for the benefit of the holders of, the Notes,
provided
that Article 8 hereof and this Article 11 shall not become a part of the terms of any other series of Securities.
Section 11.01
Satisfaction and Discharge.
The Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect, as to all Notes issued hereunder, when:
(a)
either:
(1)
all Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(2)
all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year, and the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities, or a combination of cash in U.S. dollars and Government Securities, in such amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;
(b)
no Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit and the grant of any Lien securing such borrowing) has occurred and is continuing on the date of the deposit or will occur as a result of the deposit and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than resulting from the borrowing of funds to
be applied to make such deposit and the grant of any Liens securing such borrowing) to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound;
(c)
the Company has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under the Indenture; and
(d)
the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the Redemption Date, as the case may be.
In addition, the Company must deliver an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge have been complied with.
Section 11.02
Deposited Cash and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to Section 11.03 hereof, all cash and Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 11.02, the “
Trustee
”) pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and the Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest but such cash and securities need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 11.03
Repayment to Company.
Any cash or Government Securities deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder shall thereafter, as an unsecured creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such cash and securities, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease;
provided
,
however
, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in
The New York Times
and
The Wall Street Journal
(national edition), notice that such cash and securities remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such cash and securities then remaining shall be repaid to the Company.
ARTICLE 12.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.01
Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this Supplemental Indenture by the TIA, the provision required by the TIA shall control.
Section 12.02
Notices.
Section 105 of the Base Indenture shall be superseded in its entirety by this Section 12.02 with respect to, and solely for the benefit of the holders of, the Notes,
provided
that this Section 12.02 shall not become a part of the terms of any other series of Securities.
Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission or overnight air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery, to the other’s address:
If to the Company:
WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
8725 Henderson Road, Renaissance One
Tampa, FL
Attention: General Counsel
Telecopier No.: (813) 206-6210
If to the Trustee:
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
10161 Centurion Pkwy. N., 2nd Floor,\
Jacksonville, Florida 32256
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Telecopier No.: (914) 645-1921
The Company or the Trustee, by notice to the other, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to the Trustee or Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if sent by facsimile transmission; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery. All notices and
communications to the Trustee or Holders shall be deemed duly given and effective only upon receipt.
Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery to its address shown on the Note Register.
Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA §313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
Other than with respect to the Trustee, if a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon and comply with instructions and directions sent by e-mail, portable document format (PDF), facsimile and other similar unsecured electronic methods pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture;
provided
,
however
, that the Trustee shall have received an incumbency certificate listing persons designated to give such instructions or directions and containing specimen signatures of such designated persons, which such incumbency certificate shall be amended and replaced whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. The Trustee shall have no liability for any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses incurred or sustained by the Company as a result of such action upon or compliance with such instructions or directions. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties
Section 12.03
Governing Law.
THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF SUCH STATE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
Section 12.04
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder, member, manager or partner of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or of the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees, if any, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability.
The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver and release may not be effective to waive or release liabilities under the federal securities laws.
Section 12.05
Successors.
All covenants and agreements of the Company in this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All covenants and agreements of the Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.
Section 12.06
Severability.
In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 12.07
Counterpart Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or electronic format (
i.e.
, “pdf” or “tif”) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or electronic format (
i.e.
, “pdf” or “tif”) shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
Section 12.08
Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents and Headings in this Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Supplemental Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 12.09
Supplemental Indenture Governs.
This Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to the Base Indenture, and this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture shall hereafter be read together with respect to the Notes. If any term or provision contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall conflict or be inconsistent with any term or provision of the Base Indenture, the terms and provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall govern with respect to the Notes.
Section 12.10
Responsibility for Recitals, Etc.
The recitals herein and in the Notes (except in the Trustee's certificate of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Notes or of the proceeds thereof.
[Signatures on following page]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed.
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Company:
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WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Thomas L. Tran
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Name:
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Thomas L. Tran
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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Trustee:
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
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By:
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/s/ Michael Countryman
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Name:
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Michael Countryman
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Title:
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Vice President
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First Supplemental Indenture Signature Page
EXHIBIT A
[Form of Face of Security]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
GLOBAL NOTE
5.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2020
CUSIP 94946TAB2
ISIN US94946TAB26
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
promises to pay to CEDE & CO., INC. or registered assigns, the principal sum of _____________________________________ Dollars ($____________) on November 15, 2020.
Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15, commencing May 15, 2014.
Record Dates: May 1 and November 1.
Dated: _________________
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officer.
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WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
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By:
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This is one of the
Notes referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture:
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. as Trustee
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Authorized Signatory
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[Form of Back of Security]
5.75% Senior Notes due 2020
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
1.
Interest
. WellCare Health Plans, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company
”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 5.75% per annum until maturity. The Company shall pay interest semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an “
Interest Payment Date
”). Interest shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid on the Notes (or one or more Predecessor Notes) or, if no interest has been paid, from November 14, 2013. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
2.
Method of Payment
. The Company shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the May 1 or November 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are cancelled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.14 of the Supplemental Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes shall be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the Note Register;
provided
,
however
, that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds shall be required with respect to principal of and interest and premium, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
3.
Paying Agent and Registrar
. Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the Trustee under the Indenture, shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
4.
Indenture
. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of November 14, 2013 (the “
Base Indenture
”) between the Company and the Trustee, as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 14, 2013 (the “
Supplemental Indenture
” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “
Indenture
”). The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
5.
Optional Redemption
.
(a) Except as set forth in clauses (b), (c) (d) and (e) of this paragraph 5, the Notes shall not be redeemable at the option of the Company.
(b) At any time prior to November 15, 2016, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture (including any Additional Notes, but excluding Notes held by the Company or its Subsidiaries), upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at a Redemption Price equal to 105.750% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the applicable date of redemption (subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), with the net cash proceeds of an Equity Offering by the Company;
provided
that:
(1) at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under this Supplemental Indenture (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes and excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption; and
(2) the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.
(c) At any time prior to November 15, 2016, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the applicable date of redemption (subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
(d) On or after November 15, 2016, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Notes, at its option, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to the applicable date of redemption, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on November 15 of the years indicated below, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date:
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100.000
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(e) Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable
Redemption Date. Any redemption pursuant to this Paragraph 5 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 of the Supplemental Indenture.
(f) If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a Change of Control Offer and the Company purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company may redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following the Purchase Date, at a Redemption Price in cash equal to the applicable Change of Control Payment
plus
, to the extent not included in the Change of Control Payment, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.
6.
Mandatory Redemption
. The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
7.
Repurchase at Option of Holder
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(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, Article 3 and Section 4.09 of the Supplemental Indenture shall apply to the extent applicable.
(b) If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consummates an Asset Sale, Article 3 and Section 4.05 of the Supplemental Indenture shall apply to the extent applicable.
8.
Notice of Redemption
. Notice of redemption shall be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the Redemption Date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
9.
Denominations, Transfer, Exchange
. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. This Note shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed hereon and the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented hereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
10.
Persons Deemed Owners
. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.
11.
Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
. The Indenture or Notes may be amended or supplemented as provided in the Indenture.
12.
Defaults and Remedies
. The Events of Default relating to the Notes are defined in Section 6.01 of the Supplemental Indenture. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency described in the Supplemental Indenture, all outstanding Notes shall become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, the Notes. The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required within 5 days of becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
13.
Trustee Dealings with Company
. Subject to certain limitations, the Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
14.
No Recourse Against Others
. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or of any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, if any, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability.
15.
Authentication
. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by manual, facsimile or electronic signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
16.
Abbreviations
. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
17.
CUSIP Numbers
. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
18.
Governing Law
. THIS NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SUCH STATE.
The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
8725 Henderson Road, Renaissance One
Tampa, FL 33634
Attention: General Counsel
Telecopier No.: (813) 206-6210
OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.05 or 4.09 of the Supplemental Indenture, check the box below:
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Section 4.05
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Section 4.09
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.05 or Section 4.09 of the Supplemental Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased: $_________
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Date: ___________
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Your Signature:
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Tax Identification No.:
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SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
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Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“
STAMP
”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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Assignment Form
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To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
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(Insert assignee’s social security or other tax I.D. no.)
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(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
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and irrevocably appoint
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as agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
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Date: ___________
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Your Signature: _____________________________________
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Signature Guarantee: _________________________________
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Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee.
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, dated as of November 14, 2013 (the “
Base Indenture
”), between WellCare Health Plans, Inc., as issuer (the “
Company
”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “
Trustee
”), as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 14, 2013 (the “
Supplemental Indenture
” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “
Indenture
”), (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent permitted by law, interest and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Subsidiary Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 10 of the Supplemental Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee. This Subsidiary Guarantee is subject to release as and to the extent set forth in Sections 4.10, 8.02 and 8.03 of the Supplemental Indenture. Each Holder of a Note, by accepting the same agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined are used herein as so defined in the Indenture.
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[NAME OF GUARANTORS]
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED BY
ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS]
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “
Supplemental Indenture
”), dated as of [ ] among [ ] (the “
Additional Subsidiary Guarantor
”), a [ ] corporation and a [direct][indirect] subsidiary of WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (the “
Company
”) The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “
Trustee
”).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture (the “
Base Indenture
”) and a First Supplemental Indenture (the “
Supplemental Indenture
” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “
Indenture
”), each dated as of November 14, 2013, providing for the issuance of the 5.75% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “
Notes
”);
WHEREAS, Sections 4.10 and 10.03 of the Supplemental Indenture provide that under certain circumstances the Company will cause the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a guaranty agreement pursuant to which the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor will Guarantee payment of the Notes on the same terms and conditions as those set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01(7) of the Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee and the Company are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
For and in consideration of the foregoing and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company, the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
SECTION 1.
Capitalized Terms
. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
SECTION 2.
Guarantees
. The Additional Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all other Guarantors, to guarantee the Company’s obligations under the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 10 of the Supplemental Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture.
SECTION 3.
Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture
. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
SECTION 4.
Governing Law
. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF SUCH STATE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO
THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
SECTION 5.
Trustee Makes No Representation
. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 6.
Counterparts
. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
SECTION 7.
Effect of Headings
. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction of this Supplemental Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
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WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
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By:
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Title:
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[ADDITIONAL GUARANTOR]
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By:
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
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Name:
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Exhibit 5.1
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TELEPHONE: 1-212-558-4000
FACSIMILE: 1-212-558-3588
WWW.SULLCROM.COM
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125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004-2498
______________________
LOS ANGELES • PALO ALTO • WASHINGTON, D.C.
FRANKFURT • LONDON • PARIS
BEIJING • HONG KONG • TOKYO
MELBOURNE • SYDNEY
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November 14, 2013
WellCare Health Plans, Inc.,
8725 Henderson Road,
Renaissance One,
Tampa, Florida 33634.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.75% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Securities”) of WellCare Health Plans, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of November 14, 2013, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 14, 2013 (collectively, the “Indenture”), each between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), we, as your counsel, have examined such corporate records, certificates and other documents, and such questions of law, as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.
Upon the basis of such examination, we advise you that, in our opinion, the Securities
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles.
The foregoing opinion is limited to the Federal laws of the United States, the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and we are expressing no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
We have relied as to certain factual matters on information obtained from public officials, officers of the Company and other sources believed by us to be responsible, and we have assumed that the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee, that the Securities conform to the specimens thereof examined by us, that the Trustee’s certificates of authentication of the Securities have been manually signed by one of the Trustee’s authorized officers, and that the signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine, assumptions which we have not independently verified.
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WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
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We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on the date hereof, relating to the Securities. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933
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Very truly yours,
/s/ SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP
EXECUTION COPY
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
November 14, 2013
among
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
The Lenders Party Hereto
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as Administrative Agent
and
SUNTRUST BANK and GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
as Co-Syndication Agents
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,
SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC. and
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
as Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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Definitions
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SECTION 1.01.
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Defined Terms
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1
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SECTION 1.02.
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Classification of Loans and Borrowings
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SECTION 1.03.
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Terms Generally
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SECTION 1.04.
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Accounting Terms; GAAP
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SECTION 1.05.
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Pro Forma and other Calculations
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ARTICLE II
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The Credits
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SECTION 2.01.
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Commitments
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SECTION 2.02.
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Loans and Borrowings
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SECTION 2.03.
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Requests for Borrowings
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SECTION 2.04.
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Intentionally Omitted
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SECTION 2.05.
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Swingline Loans
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SECTION 2.06.
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Letters of Credit
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SECTION 2.07.
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Funding of Borrowings
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SECTION 2.08.
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Interest Elections
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SECTION 2.09.
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Termination and Reduction of Commitments
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SECTION 2.10.
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Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt
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SECTION 2.11.
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Prepayment of Loans
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SECTION 2.12.
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Fees
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SECTION 2.13.
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Interest
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SECTION 2.14.
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Alternate Rate of Interest
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SECTION 2.15.
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Increased Costs
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SECTION 2.16.
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Break Funding Payments
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SECTION 2.17.
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Taxes
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SECTION 2.18.
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Payments Generally; Allocations of Proceeds; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs
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SECTION 2.19.
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Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
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SECTION 2.20.
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Defaulting Lenders
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SECTION 2.21.
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Expansion Option
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ARTICLE III
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Representations and Warranties
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SECTION 3.01.
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Organization; Powers
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SECTION 3.02.
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Authorization
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SECTION 3.03.
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Enforceability
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SECTION 3.04.
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Governmental Approvals
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SECTION 3.05.
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Financial Condition
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SECTION 3.06.
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No Material Adverse Change
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SECTION 3.07.
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Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases
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SECTION 3.08.
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Subsidiaries
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SECTION 3.09.
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Litigation; Compliance with Laws
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SECTION 3.10.
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Agreements
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SECTION 3.11.
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Federal Reserve Regulations
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SECTION 3.12.
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Investment Company Act
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SECTION 3.13.
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Tax Returns
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SECTION 3.14.
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No Material Misstatements
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SECTION 3.15.
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Employee Benefit Plans
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SECTION 3.16.
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Environmental Matters
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SECTION 3.17.
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Insurance
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SECTION 3.18.
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Labor Matters
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SECTION 3.19.
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Solvency
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SECTION 3.20.
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Licensing and Accreditation
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SECTION 3.21.
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Medicare and Medicaid Notices and Filings Related to Business
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SECTION 3.22.
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Sanctions Laws and Regulations
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ARTICLE IV
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Conditions
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SECTION 4.01.
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Effective Date
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SECTION 4.02.
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Each Credit Event
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ARTICLE V
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Affirmative Covenants
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SECTION 5.01.
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Existence; Businesses and Properties
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SECTION 5.02.
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Insurance
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SECTION 5.03.
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Obligations and Taxes
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Financial Statements, Reports, etc.
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Litigation and Other Notices
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Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections
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Use of Proceeds
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Compliance with Laws
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Designation of Obligations
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ARTICLE VI
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Negative Covenants
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SECTION 6.01.
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Indebtedness
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Liens
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Investments, Loans, Advances and Guarantees
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Interests of any Parent Entity; Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions
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Restricted Payments; Restrictive Agreements
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Business of the Borrower and Subsidiaries; Ownership of Subsidiaries; Preferred Equity Interests
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Other Indebtedness and Agreements
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Capital Expenditures
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SECTION 6.11.
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Statutory Net Worth Ratio
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SECTION 6.12.
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Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
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Fiscal Year
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SECTION 6.15.
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Swap Agreements
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Sanctions Laws and Regulations
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ARTICLE VII
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Events of Default
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SECTION 7.01.
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Events of Default
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Remedies upon the occurrence of any Event of Default
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ARTICLE VIII
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The Administrative Agent
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ARTICLE IX
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Miscellaneous
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SECTION 9.01.
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Notices
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SECTION 9.02.
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Waivers; Amendments
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SECTION 9.03.
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Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
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SECTION 9.04.
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Successors and Assigns
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82
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SECTION 9.05.
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Survival
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86
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SECTION 9.06.
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Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution
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86
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SECTION 9.07.
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Severability
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86
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SECTION 9.08.
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Right of Setoff
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86
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SECTION 9.09.
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Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
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87
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SECTION 9.10.
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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87
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SECTION 9.11.
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Headings
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87
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SECTION 9.12.
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Confidentiality
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88
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SECTION 9.13.
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USA PATRIOT Act
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88
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SECTION 9.14.
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No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility
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88
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SECTION 9.15.
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Interest Rate Limitation
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89
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SECTION 9.16.
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Termination of Commitments under Existing Credit Agreement
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89
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Continued)
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SCHEDULES:
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Schedule 2.01
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Commitments
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Schedule 3.06
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MAE Excepted Matters
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Schedule 3.08
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Subsidiaries
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Schedule 3.09
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Disclosed Matters
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Schedule 3.16
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Environmental Matters
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Schedule 3.17
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Insurance
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Schedule 4.01(f)
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Surviving Credit Facilities
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Schedule 6.01
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Existing Indebtedness
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Schedule 6.02
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Existing Liens
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Schedule 6.04
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Existing and Designated Investments
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Schedule 6.07
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Transactions with Affiliates
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EXHIBITS:
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Exhibit A
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Form of Assignment and Assumption
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Exhibit B-1
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Form of Borrowing Request
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Exhibit B-2
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Form of Interest Election Request
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Exhibit C
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List of Closing Documents
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Exhibit D
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Form of Increasing Lender Supplement
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Exhibit E
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Form of Augmenting Lender Supplement
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CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement
”) dated as of November 14, 2013 among WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC., the LENDERS from time to time party hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and SUNTRUST BANK and GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as Co-Syndication Agents.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01.
Defined Terms
. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“
ABR
”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to a Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
“
Adjusted LIBO Rate
” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
“
Administrative Agent
” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (including its branches and affiliates), in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.
“
Administrative Questionnaire
” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“
Affiliate
” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“
Agent Party
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d).
“
Aggregate Commitment
” means the aggregate of the Commitments of all of the Lenders, as reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. As of the Effective Date, the Aggregate Commitment is $300,000,000.
“
Alternate Base Rate
” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%,
provided
that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the rate appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or on any successor or substitute page of such page) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.
“
Anti-Corruption Laws
” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.
“
Anti-Kickback Statute
” means the Antikickback Statute as set forth in Section 1320a-7b of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended, and any statute succeeding thereto.
“
Applicable Percentage
” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s Commitment and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Commitment (if the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments);
provided
that in the case of Section 2.20 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, any such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment shall be disregarded in the calculation.
“
Applicable Rate
” means, for any day, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, any ABR Loan or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Eurodollar Spread”, “ABR Spread” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as the case may be, based upon the Cash Flow Leverage Ratio applicable on such date:
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Cash Flow
Leverage Ratio
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Eurodollar
Spread
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ABR
Spread
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Commitment Fee
Rate
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Category 1
:
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< 1.00 to 1.00
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1.50%
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0.50%
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0.25%
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Category 2
:
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≥ 1.00 to 1.00 but
< 1.50 to 1.00
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1.75%
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0.75%
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0.30%
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Category 3
:
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≥ 1.50 to 1.00 but
< 2.00 to 1.00
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2.00%
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1.00%
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0.35%
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Category 4
:
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≥ 2.00 to 1.00
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2.25%
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1.25%
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0.375%
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For purposes of the foregoing,
(i) if at any time the Borrower fails to deliver the quarterly or annual financial statements or certificates on or before the date such financial statements or certificates are due pursuant to Section 5.04, Category 4 shall be deemed applicable for the period commencing three (3) Business Days after the required date of delivery and ending on the date which is three (3) Business Days after such financial statements or certificates are actually delivered, after which the Category shall be determined in accordance with the table above as applicable;
(ii) adjustments, if any, to the Category then in effect shall be effective three (3) Business Days after the Administrative Agent has received the applicable financial statements and certificates (it being understood and agreed that each change in Category shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change); and
(iii) notwithstanding the foregoing, from and after the Effective Date, Category 2 shall be deemed to be applicable until the Administrative Agent’s receipt of the applicable financial statements for the Borrower’s first full fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date and adjustments to the Category then in effect shall thereafter be effected in accordance with the preceding paragraphs.
“
Approved Bank
” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Cash Equivalents”.
“
Approved Fund
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.
“
Asset Sale
” means the sale, transfer or other disposition (by way of merger, casualty, condemnation or otherwise) by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries to any person other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary of (a) any Equity Interests of any of the Subsidiaries (other than directors’ qualifying shares) or (b) any other assets (other than cash or Permitted Investments) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, “Asset Sale” shall not include (i) sales, assignments, transfers, leases or other dispositions of inventory (or other assets), damaged, obsolete or worn out assets, scrap and Permitted Investments, in each case disposed of in the ordinary course of business, (ii) sales, assignments, transfers, leases or other dispositions in the ordinary course of goods, services or information, (iii) dispositions of any kind between or among Subsidiaries or (iv) Excluded Asset Sales;
provided
further
, that each of (1) any asset sale or series of related asset sales described in clause (b) above having a value at the time of such sale not in excess of $60,000,000 and (2) issuances by the Borrower of its Equity Interests shall be deemed not to be an “Asset Sale” for purposes of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, neither (i) the grant of a Lien on, or the pledge of a security interest in, any asset or (ii) the entry into any reinsurance agreements by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, shall constitute an Asset Sale.
“
Assignment and Assumption
” means an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of
Exhibit A
or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“
Augmenting Lender
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21.
“
Availability Period
” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.
“
Available Revolving Commitment
” means, at any time with respect to any Lender, the Commitment of such Lender then in effect minus the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender at such time; it being understood and agreed that any Lender’s Swingline Exposure shall not be deemed to be a component of the Revolving Credit Exposure for purposes of calculating the commitment fee under Section 2.12(a).
“
Banking Services
” means each and any of the following bank services provided to the Borrower or any Subsidiary by any Lender or any of its Affiliates: (a) credit cards for commercial customers (including, without limitation, commercial credit cards and purchasing cards), (b) stored value cards and (c) treasury management services (including, without limitation, controlled disbursement, automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, overdrafts and interstate depository network services).
“
Banking Services Obligations
” means any and all obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor) in connection with Banking Services.
“
Bankruptcy Event
” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, provided, further, that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity
from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.
“
Board
” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
“
Borrower
” means WellCare Health Plans, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“
Borrowing
” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect or (b) a Swingline Loan.
“
Borrowing Request
” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03 in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B‑1
or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“
Business Day
” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed;
provided
that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “
Business Day
” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in Dollars in the London interbank market.
“
Capital Expenditures
” means, for any period, without duplication, (a) the additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries that are (or should be) set forth in a consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower for such period prepared in accordance with GAAP and (b) Capital Lease Obligations or Synthetic Lease Obligations incurred by the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries during such period, but excluding in each case (i) any such expenditure made to restore, replace or rebuild property to substantially the same condition of such property immediately prior to any damage, loss, destruction or condemnation of such property, to the extent such expenditure is made with insurance proceeds, condemnation awards or damage recovery proceeds relating to any such damage, loss, destruction or condemnation or with the proceeds of Asset Sales or Excluded Asset Sales and (ii) any capital expenditure to the extent such capital expenditure was made with the proceeds of Asset Sales or Excluded Asset Sales or in exchange for property in the same or better condition as such new property.
“
Capital Lease Obligations
” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are or would be required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP (determined using GAAP as in effect on the date hereof), and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP (determined using GAAP as in effect on the date hereof).
“
Cash Equivalents
” means any of the following:
(i) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (
provided
that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition;
(ii) time deposits, eurodollar time deposits, certificates of deposit and money market deposits, in each case, with maturities not exceeding one year from the date of acquisition thereof,
and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with (x) any Lender, (y) any bank organized under the laws of the United States (or any state thereof or the District of Columbia) and having capital and surplus in excess of $250,000,000 or (z) any bank (or the parent company of such bank) of recognized standing organized under the laws of the United States (or any state thereof or the District of Columbia) and whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-1, A-2 or the equivalent thereof or from Moody’s is at least P-1, P-2 or the equivalent thereof (any such bank, an “
Approved Bank
”);
(iii) commercial paper issued by any Lender or Approved Bank or by the parent company of any Lender or Approved Bank and commercial paper issued by, or guaranteed by, any industrial or financial company with a short-term commercial paper rating of at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s, or guaranteed by any industrial company with a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least A or A2, or the equivalent of each thereof, from S&P or Moody’s, as the case may be, and in each case maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition;
(iv) repurchase agreements entered into with any Lender or Approved Bank having a term of not more than 30 days and covering securities described in clauses (i) and (ii) above;
(v) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(vi) Indebtedness issued by Persons with a rating of A or higher from S&P or A-2 or higher from Moody’s (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) in each case with maturities not exceeding 24 months from the date of acquisition;
(vii) investments in money market funds substantially all the assets of which are comprised of securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (vi) above; and
(vii) investments in money market funds access to which is provided as part of “sweep” accounts maintained with a Lender or Approved Bank.
“
Cash Collateralize
” means the pledge, deposit or delivery by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of cash or other investments described in clauses (b), (g) or (e) of the definition of Permitted Investments to the issuer of letters of credit, or counterparty in respect of Swap Agreements, as collateral for the obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries thereunder or as otherwise required by Section 2.20.
“
Cash Flow Leverage Ratio
” means, on any date, the ratio of Total Debt on such date to Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to such date for which financial statements of the Borrower have been delivered in accordance with Section 5.04 (or, prior to the delivery of such financial statements, based on the financial statements of the Borrower as of September 30, 2013).
“
CHAMPUS
” means the United States Department of Defense Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services, or any successor thereto, including TRICARE.
A “
Change in Control
” shall be deemed to have occurred if (a) any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) shall beneficially own or control Equity Interests in the Borrower representing more than 25% of either the aggregate ordinary voting power or the aggregate equity value represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in the Borrower; or (b) during any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Borrower ceases to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board of directors on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board of directors was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board of directors or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board of directors was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) or (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board of directors (excluding, in the case of both clause (ii) and (iii), any individual whose initial nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member of that board of directors occurs as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for the election or removal of one or more directors by any person or group other than a solicitation for the election of one or more directors by or on behalf of the board of directors).
“
Change in Law
” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement (or with respect to any Lender, if later, the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender), of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rules, guideline, requirement or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority;
provided
however
, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder, issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law” regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.
“
CHM
” means Comprehensive Health Management, Inc., a Florida corporation.
“
CHM Management Agreements
” means the Management Agreements between CHM and certain HMO Subsidiaries, as approved by the applicable Governmental Authorities, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“
Class
”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans.
“
CMS
” means the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
“
Code
” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“
Commitment
” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced or terminated from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09, (b) increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.21 and (c) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s
Commitment is set forth on
Schedule 2.01
, or in the Assignment and Assumption or other documentation contemplated hereby pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable.
“
Communications
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d).
“
Company Action Level
” means the Company Action Level risk-based capital threshold, as defined by NAIC, or in any state that has not adopted the NAIC definition, as defined by the appropriate state Governmental Authority, the HMO Model Act or comparable act applicable to a HMO Subsidiary.
“
Connection Income Taxe
s” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes.
“
Consolidated EBITDA
” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period
plus
(a) without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, (ii) provision for taxes or assessments based on income, profits or insurance premiums, plus franchise or similar taxes, (iii) all amounts attributable to depreciation, depletion, amortization or write-downs of goodwill for such period and (iv) any non-cash charges or expenses for such period (
provided
, that any cash payment made with respect to any non-cash charge in a prior period shall be subtracted in computing Consolidated EBITDA during the period in which such cash payment is made), (v) any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual items for such period (
provided
, that, to the extent previously added back to Consolidated EBITDA for purposes of this Agreement, any cash payment made during such period in respect of any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual item in a prior period shall be subtracted in computing Consolidated EBITDA during the period in which such cash payment is made, (vi) costs, fees and expenses of legal counsel and other advisors, and the amount of any settlement, paid during such period in connection with (1) the Investigation and (2) other civil litigation matters relating to the subject matter of the Investigation,
plus
(b) any non-capitalized fees or expenses incurred in connection with any Swap Agreement,
plus
(c) any fees, expenses or charges related to any sale or other disposition of any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, Permitted Investment, Swap Obligation, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including such fees, expenses and charges relating to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Loan Documents,
plus
(d) accretion of settlement discount,
plus
(e) the amount of any restructuring charge, integration costs or other business optimization expenses or reserve, including any one-time costs incurred in connection with acquisitions after the date of this Agreement (i) calculated on a basis that is consistent with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933 and (ii) in an aggregate amount during any such period not to exceed the greater of (x) $45,000,000 and (y) 15.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for such period (calculated without giving effect to this clause (e)),
plus
(f) non-recurring severance payments to management and net income attributable to non-controlling interests in non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries to the extent such net income is received by the Borrower in cash,
plus
(g) any non-cash impairment charge or asset write-off pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification 360 and Accounting Standards Codification 350 or any successor pronouncement;
minus
(h) to the extent included in determining such Consolidated Net Income, any non-cash gains and all non-cash items of income, for such period, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (
provided
that, to the extent previously subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA for the purposes of this Agreement, any cash payment received during such period in respect of any non-cash gains or non-cash items of income in a prior period shall be added in computing Consolidated EBITDA during the period in which such cash payment is received).
“
Consolidated Interest Expense
” means, for any period, the sum, without duplication, of (a) consolidated interest expense of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period (including amortization
of original issue discount and bond premium, the interest component of Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations and net payments and receipts (if any) pursuant to interest rate Swap Obligations) and excluding amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and expensing of any financing fees);
plus
(b) consolidated capitalized interest of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued;
minus
(c) interest income for such period;
minus
any amortization of deferred charges resulting from the application of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. APB 14-1—Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion (including partial cash settlement). For purposes of this definition, (x) interest on a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP, and (y) interest expense shall be determined after giving effect to any net payments made or received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with respect to interest rate Swap Agreements.
“
Consolidated Net Income
” means, for any period, the net income or loss of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
provided
that there shall be excluded without duplication (a) the income of any Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by the Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its organizational documents or any agreement (other than an agreement with a Governmental Authority) to which such Subsidiary is a party, except if any cash is actually distributed (b) subject to Section 1.05, the income or loss of any person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the date that such person’s assets are acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (c) the income of any person (other than the Borrower) in which any other person (other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any director holding qualifying shares in accordance with applicable law) has a joint interest, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to the Borrower or such Subsidiary by such person during such period, (d) any after tax gains attributable to sales of assets out of the ordinary course of business, (e) any after tax losses attributable to sales of assets out of the ordinary course of business, (f) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles, (g) any amortization of deferred charges resulting from the application of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. APB 14-1 – Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion (including partial cash settlement), (h) the net after-tax effect of non-cash extraordinary, non-recurring and unusual gains, losses, charges and expenses, (i) the amount of any restructuring charge, integration costs or other business optimization expenses or reserve, including any one-time costs incurred in connection with acquisitions after the date of this Agreement (i) calculated on a basis that is consistent with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933 and (ii) in an aggregate amount during any such period not to exceed the greater of (x) $45,000,000 and (y) 15.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for such period (calculated without giving effect to this clause (h)), (j) any non-recurring fees, expenses or charges related to any sale or other disposition of any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, Permitted Investment, Swap Obligation, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including such fees, expenses and charges relating to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Loan Documents, and (k) any non-cash impairment charge or asset write-off pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification 360 and Accounting Standards Codification 350 or any successor pronouncement excluded.
“
Consolidated Total Assets
” means, as any date of determination, the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter preceding such date of determination for which financial statements of the Borrower have been delivered in accordance with Section 5.04 (or, prior to the delivery of such financial statements, based on the financial statements of the Borrower as of September 30, 2013).
“
Contract Provider
” means any Person or any employee, agent or subcontractor of such Person who provides professional health care services under or pursuant to any contract with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“
Control
” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“
Co-Syndication Agent
” means each of SunTrust Bank and Goldman Sachs Bank USA in its capacity as a co-syndication agent for the credit facility evidenced by this Agreement.
“
Credit Party
” means the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender.
“
Default
” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“
Defaulting Lender
” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two (2) Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans or (iii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after request by a Credit Party, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Credit Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event that is continuing.
“
Designated HMO Subsidiary
” means a Subsidiary of the Borrower designated or intended to be an HMO subject to obtaining the required licenses and certificates of authority necessary to operate as an HMO;
provided
that such Subsidiary is pursuing obtaining such required licenses and certificates of authority in a commercially reasonable manner in good faith.
“
Designated Insurance Subsidiary
” means a Subsidiary of the Borrower designated or intended to be doing business (or required to qualify or to be licensed) under the Insurance Regulations subject to obtaining the required licenses and certificates of authority necessary to operate as a Person doing business (or required to qualify or to be licensed) under the Insurance Regulations;
provided
that such Subsidiary is pursuing obtaining such required licenses and certificates of authority in a commercially reasonable manner in good faith.
“
Dollars
” or “
$
” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
“
Domestic Subsidiary
” means a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located in the United States of America.
“
Effective Date
” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).
“
Electronic Signature
” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.
“
Electronic System
” means any electronic system, including e‑mail, e-fax, Intralinks
®
, ClearPar
®
and any other Internet or extranet-based site, whether such electronic system is owned, operated or hosted by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank and any of its respective Related Parties or any other Person, providing for access to data protected by passcodes or other security system.
“
Environmental Laws
” means all applicable and legally binding laws, regulations, rules, ordinances, codes, decrees, judgments, directives, orders, and binding agreements promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, human health and safety or the presence, management, Release of, or exposure to Hazardous Materials.
“
Environmental Liability
” means all liabilities, obligations, damages, losses, claims, actions, suits, judgments, orders, fines, penalties, fees, expenses and costs (including administrative oversight costs, natural resource damages and remediation costs), whether contingent or otherwise, arising out of or relating to (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“
Equity Interests
” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity interests in any Person.
“
ERISA
” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
“
ERISA Affiliate
” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code, or solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“
ERISA Event
” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the failure to satisfy the “minimum funding standard” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to the intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the adoption of any amendment
to a Plan that would require the provision of security pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) of the Code or Section 307 of ERISA; (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; (h) the occurrence of a “prohibited transaction” with respect to which the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries is a “disqualified person” (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code) or with respect to which the Borrower or any such Subsidiary could otherwise be liable; or (i) any other event or condition with respect to a Plan or Multiemployer Plan that could result in liability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
“
Eurodollar
”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, means that such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
“
Event of Default
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.
“
Excluded Asset Sale
” means with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries:
(a) any liquidation or sale of Permitted Investments;
(b) any sale, lease, transfer, assignment or other disposition of assets (other than in connection with any casualty or condemnation) to any Person;
provided
, that the aggregate fair market value of all property disposed of pursuant to this
clause (b)
does not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate;
(c) any disposition of obsolete, worn-out or surplus tangible assets or assets that are no longer useful in the business in the ordinary course of business and in a commercially reasonable manner;
(d) any lease, as lessor or sublessor, or license, as licensor or sublicensor, of real or personal property in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;
(e) any sale, lease, transfer or exchange of any property or asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in exchange for any other property or asset with a fair market value equal to or greater than such property or asset;
(f) the settlement or write-off of accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business;
(g) transfers, assignments, and other dispositions constituting Liens permitted by Section 6.02 or Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.06;
(h) any merger, amalgamation, consolidation, transfer or conveyance permitted by Section 6.05(a);
(i) any surrender or wavier of contract rights or the settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind;
(j) the lease, sublease or license or sublicense in the ordinary course of business of real or personal property, including patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights that do not materially interfere with the business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; or
(k) the unwinding of any Swap Obligations.
“
Excluded Taxes
” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income (however denominated) (i) by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, (c) any tax imposed by FATCA, (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.19(b)), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender resulting from any law in effect on the date such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.17(a), (e) any Tax that is attributable to a Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(e) and (f) any backup withholding tax imposed by the United States of America.
“
Exclusion Event
” means any exclusion by the entity overseeing such program of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from participation in any Medical Reimbursement Program, to the extent such exclusion is material to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
“
Existing Credit Agreement
” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2011, by and among the Borrower, WellCare Management Group, Inc., the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof.
“
Existing Letters of Credit
” means each of the letters of credit described on
Schedule 6.01
hereto.
“
FATCA
” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
“
Federal Funds Effective Rate
” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“
Financial Officer
” means, with respect to any Person, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of such Person.
“
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
” means, on any date, the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDA to (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense paid or payable in cash,
plus
scheduled principal payments in respect of Indebtedness (excluding the Revolving Loans , Letters of Credit payments in respect of intercompany Indebtedness and any payments due on the final maturity of any Indebtedness), in each case for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to such date;
provided
, that, for purposes of determining Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.
Notwithstanding Section 1.05 hereof, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:
(1) In the event that the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurs, assumes, guarantees, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving
pro forma
effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period.
(1) Investments, dispositions and acquisitions that have been made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including through mergers or consolidations and including any related financing transactions, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the calculation date will be given
pro forma
effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period; and
(2) the fixed charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of prior to the calculation date, will be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such fixed charges will not be obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary following the calculation date.
“
Foreign Lender
” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“
Foreign Subsidiary
” means any Subsidiary which is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“
GAAP
” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
“
Governmental Authority
” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
“
Guarantee
” of or by any Person (the “
guarantor
”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “
primary obligor
”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition
or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation;
provided
, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
“
Harmony Management Agreement
” means the Management Agreement between Harmony Health Plan of Illinois, Inc. and Harmony Health Management, Inc., as approved by the applicable Governmental Authorities, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“
Hazardous Materials
” means (a) any petroleum products or byproducts, coal ash, radon gas, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, chlorofluorocarbons and all other ozone-depleting substances and (b) any chemical, material, substance or waste that is prohibited, limited or regulated by or pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“
HHS
” means the United States Department of Health and Human Services and any successor thereof.
“
HMO
” means any health maintenance organization or managed care organization, any person doing business as a health maintenance organization or managed care organization, or any person required to qualify or be licensed as a health maintenance organization or managed care organization under applicable law (including HMO Regulations).
“
HMO Business
” means the business of operating an HMO or other similar regulated entity or business.
“
HMO Event
” means (i) any non-compliance by the Borrower or any of its HMO Subsidiaries (other than a Designated HMO Subsidiary) with any of the material terms and provisions of the HMO Regulations pertaining to its fiscal soundness, solvency or financial conditions that is materially adverse to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or (ii) the assertion in writing, after the date hereof, by any HMO Regulator that it intends to take administrative action against the Borrower or any of its HMO Subsidiaries to revoke or modify in a manner materially adverse to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole any material license, material charter or material permit or to enforce the fiscal soundness, solvency or financial provisions or requirements of the HMO Regulations against the Borrower or any of its HMO Subsidiaries.
“
HMO Regulations
” means all laws, rules, regulations, directives and administrative orders applicable under Federal or state law to any HMO Subsidiary, including Part 422 of Chapter IV of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations and Subchapter XI of Title 42 of the United States Code Annotated (and any regulations, orders and directives promulgated or issued pursuant thereto, including Part 417 of Chapter IV of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations).
“
HMO Regulator
” means any person charged with the administration, oversight or enforcement of any HMO Regulation, whether primarily, secondarily or jointly.
“
HMO Subsidiary
” means any Subsidiary that is designated as an HMO Subsidiary on
Schedule 3.08
and any other existing or future Domestic Subsidiary that shall become capitalized or licensed as an HMO, shall conduct HMO Business or shall provide managed care services.
“
Increasing Lender
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21.
“
Incremental Term Loan
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21.
“
Incremental Term Loan Amendment
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21.
“
Indebtedness
” of any Person means, as of the applicable date, on a consolidated basis without duplication, (a) all obligations of such person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds (other than surety bonds and performance bonds), debentures, notes, or similar instruments for borrowed money, (c) all obligations of such person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by such person, (d) all obligations of such person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding trade accounts payable and accrued obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business) to the extent the same would be required to be shown as a long-term liability on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by any Lien on property owned or acquired by such person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed;
provided
, that the amount of Indebtedness of such person existing at any time under this clause shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the fair market value of the property or asset to which the Lien relates or the amount of Indebtedness secured by such Liens pursuant to the terms of the instruments embodying such Indebtedness of others, whichever is less, (f) all Guarantees by such person of Indebtedness of others;
provided
, that the amount of such Guarantees at any time shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the maximum amount for which such person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instruments embodying such Guarantees, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations of such person (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, leases classified as operating leases in accordance with GAAP (determined using GAAP as in effect on the date hereof)), (h) the principal component of all obligations of such person as an account party in respect of letters of credit except to the extent such letters of credit are Cash Collateralized and (i) the principal component of all obligations of such person in respect of bankers’ acceptances. The Indebtedness of any person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such person is a general partner. For the avoidance of doubt, any amounts due and payable in connection with the Investigation and other civil litigation matters relating to the Investigation shall not constitute Indebtedness for any purpose hereunder to the extent such due and payable amounts do not constitute debt, indebtedness or liabilities under GAAP that are referenced in clauses (a) through (i) above.
“
Indemnified Taxes
” means Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under any Loan Document.
“
Ineligible Institution
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).
“
Insurance Regulations
” means all laws, rules, regulations, directives and administrative orders applicable under Federal or state law to any Insurance Subsidiary.
“
Insurance Subsidiary
” means any Subsidiary that is engaged in the insurance business and that is regulated by the relevant Governmental Authority.
“
Interest Election Request
” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08 in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B‑2
or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“
Interest Payment Date
” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date, (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’
duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period and the Maturity Date and (c) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid and the Maturity Date.
“
Interest Period
” means with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one week or one, two, three or six months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect;
provided
, that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing only, such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
“
Interpolated Rate
” means, at any time, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBOR Screen Rate for the longest period (for which the LIBOR Screen Rate is available) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period and (b) the LIBOR Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which the LIBOR Screen Rate is available) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time.
“
Investigation
” means the civil, criminal, or administrative investigations or inquiries of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries by federal or state governmental authorities, including but not limited to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, the SEC, state governmental regulators, and any other federal or state agencies, departments, or other regulatory bodies or authorities, or otherwise relating to the foregoing matter, in each case as disclosed under Part I, Item. 3 in the Borrower’s annual reports on Form 10-K for the periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2011.
“
Issuing Bank
” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.06(i). The Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
“
IT Assets
” means computers, computer software, firmware, middleware, servers, workstations, routers, hubs, switches, data communications lines, and all other information technology equipment, and all associated documentation.
“
Joint Bookrunner
” means each of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA in its capacity as a joint bookrunner and joint lead arranger for the credit facility evidenced by this Agreement.
“
Joint Venture
” means a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form, that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary.
“
LC Collateral Account
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(j).
“
LC Disbursement
” means a payment made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
“
LC Exposure
” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.
“
Lender Parent
” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.
“
Lenders
” means the Persons listed on
Schedule 2.01
and any other Person that shall have become a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 2.21 or pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank.
“
Letter of Credit
” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.
“
LIBO Rate
” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any applicable Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate administered by the British Bankers Association (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen or, in the event such rate does not appear on either of such Reuters pages, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion (in each case, the “
LIBOR Screen Rate
”) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period;
provided
that, if the LIBOR Screen Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement;
provided
,
further
, that if a LIBOR Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (the “
Impacted Interest Period
”), then the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period shall be the Interpolated Rate;
provided
, that, if any Interpolated Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement. It is understood and agreed that all of the terms and conditions of this definition of “LIBO Rate” shall be subject to Section 2.14.
“
LIBOR Screen Rate
” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “LIBO Rate”.
“
Lien
” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities that cannot be cash settled;
provided
, however, that restrictions on transfer arising under applicable Insurance Regulations or HMO Regulations shall not constitute a Lien.
“
Loan Documents
” means this Agreement, any promissory notes issued pursuant to Section 2.10(e) of this Agreement, any Letter of Credit applications, the Notes and the Letters of Credit. Any reference in the Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto, and shall refer to this Agreement or such Loan Document as the same may be in effect at any and all times such reference becomes operative.
“
Loans
” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
“
Market Disruption Event
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(b).
“
Material Adverse Effect
” means (a) a materially adverse effect, or an event or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect, on the business, assets, operations or financial condition of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of the ability of the Borrower to perform any of its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is or will be a party or (c) a material adverse effect on the rights of or benefits available to the Lenders under any Loan Document.
“
Material Indebtedness
” means, as of any date, any Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $30,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.
“
Maturity Date
” means November 14, 2018.
“
Medicaid
” means that means-tested entitlement program under Title XIX, P.L. 89-87, of the Social Security Act, which provides Federal grants to States for medical assistance based on specific eligibility criteria, as set forth at Section 1396, et seq. of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended, and any statute succeeding thereto.
“
Medicaid Regulations
” means (a) all Federal statutes (whether set forth in Title XIX of the Social Security Act or elsewhere) affecting the medical assistance program established by Title XIX of the Social Security Act and any statues succeeding thereto, (b) all applicable provisions of all Federal rules, regulations, manuals and orders of all Governmental Authorities promulgated pursuant to or in connection with the statues described in clause (a) above and all Federal administrative, reimbursement and other guidelines of all Governmental Authorities having the force of law promulgated pursuant to or in connection with the statues described in clause (a) above, (c) all state statutes and plans for medical assistance enacted in connection with the statutes and provisions described in clauses (a) and (b) above, and (d) all applicable provisions of all rules, regulations, manuals and orders of all Governmental Authorities promulgated pursuant to or in connection with the statutes described in clause (c) above and all state administrative, reimbursement and other guidelines of all Governmental Authorities having the force of law promulgated pursuant to or in connection with the statutes described in clause (b) above, in each case as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“
Medical Reimbursement Programs
” means, collectively, the Medicare, Medicaid, CHAMPUS and TRICARE programs and any other health care program operated by or financed in whole or in part by any foreign or domestic Federal, state or local government and any other non-government funded third-party payor programs to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is subject.
“
Medicare
” means that government-sponsored entitlement program under Title XVIII, P.L. 89-87, of the Social Security Act, which provides for a health insurance system for eligible elderly and disabled individuals, as set forth at Section 1395, et seq. of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended, and any statute succeeding thereto.
“
Medicare Advantage Organization
” means a public or private entity organized and licensed by a State as a risk-bearing entity (with the exception of provider-sponsored organizations receiving waivers) that is certified by CMS as meeting the Medicare Advantage contract requirements.
“
Medicare Regulations
” means, collectively, (a) all Federal statues (whether set forth in Title XVIII of the Social Security Act or elsewhere) affecting the health insurance program for the aged and disabled established by Title XVIII of the Social Security Act and any statues succeeding thereto and (b) all applicable provisions of all rules, regulations, manuals and orders and administrative, reimbursement and other guidelines having the force of law of all Governmental Authorities (including CMS, the OIG, HHS or any person succeeding to the functions of any of the foregoing) promulgated pursuant to or in connection with any of the foregoing having the force of law, as each may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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Moody’s
” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“
Multiemployer Plan
” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
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NAIC
” means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
“
Necessary Regulatory Approval
” means, as to any action taken or proposed to be taken by the Administrative Agent under the Security Agreement, including but not limited to any transfer of control, or exercise of voting control in respect of, the Pledged Securities that constitute Equity Interests in any Designated Insurance Subsidiary, Designated HMO Subsidiary, HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary, any approval that is required to be obtained prior to taking such action from the insurance department or similar regulatory authority of any jurisdiction in which the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries that is a Designated Insurance Subsidiary, Designated HMO Subsidiary, HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary is authorized or admitted to carry on or transact business.
“
Obligations
” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, all LC Exposure, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and other obligations and indebtedness (including interest and fees accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), obligations and liabilities of any of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to any of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any indemnified party, individually or collectively, existing on the Effective Date or arising thereafter, direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise, arising or incurred under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in respect of any of the Loans made or reimbursement or other obligations incurred or any of the Letters of Credit or other instruments at any time evidencing any thereof.
“
OFAC
” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of Treasury.
“
OIG
” means the Office of Inspector General of HHS and any successor thereof.
“
Other Connection Taxes
” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected
a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“
Other Taxes
” means 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 from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“
Participant
” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
“
Participant Register
” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
“
PBGC
” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“
Permitted Acquisition
” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in clause (h) of Section 6.04.
“
Permitted Investments
” means:
(a) investments in cash or Cash Equivalents;
(b) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America or any member State of the European Union (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America or any member State of the European Union);
(c) 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 rated at the date of acquisition, at least “BBB-” by S&P or at least “Baa3” by Moody’s and for which an active trading market exists and price quotations are available;
(d) debt securities rated, at the date of acquisition, at least “BBB” by S&P and at least “Baa2” by Moody’s (provided that if any such debt security only has a rating by one of S&P or Moody’s, such rating will apply) and for which an active trading market exists and price quotations are available;
(e) demand deposit accounts, in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing not more than one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, the Administrative Agent or any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia;
(f) investments in money market mutual funds compliant with Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(g) other short-term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments of a type analogous to the foregoing;
(h) investments by an HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary in all cases of the types and in the amounts (i) that qualify as “Admitted Assets” (or the substantive equivalent thereof under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction) as determined by such HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary’s Primary Regulator, (ii) in the case of jurisdictions outside the United States, assets that are permissible investments for such HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary pursuant to the regulatory regime administered by the Primary Regulator and (iii) that at the time such investment was made qualified as “Admitted Assets” (or the substantive equivalent thereof under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction) as determined by such HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary’s Primary Regulator at such time, but no longer qualify as “Admitted Assets” (or the substantive equivalent thereof under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction), provided that the aggregate value of Investments permitted to be outstanding at any one time in reliance on this
clause (iii)
shall not exceed an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the aggregate total fair market value of all “Admitted Assets” (or the substantive equivalent thereof under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction) as determined by such HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary’s Primary Regulator, in each case measured as of the most recently completed fiscal quarter for which financial statements prepared in accordance with statutory accounting standards are available; and
(i) exchange-traded funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the shares of which trade on a nationally recognized stock exchange in the United States and that invest solely in one or more of the investments otherwise permitted under this definition.
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Person
” or “
person
” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“
Plan
” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“
Primary Regulator
” means the state regulator having primary jurisdiction over the relevant HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary.
“
Prime Rate
” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.
“
Pro Forma Basis
” means, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant hereunder, compliance with such covenant or test after giving effect to (a) any proposed Permitted Acquisition or (b) any Asset Sale of a Subsidiary or operating entity for which historical financial statements for the relevant period are available (including pro forma adjustments arising out of events which are directly attributable to the proposed Permitted Acquisition or Asset Sale, are factually supportable and are expected to have a continuing impact, in each case as determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S‑X of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as interpreted by the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and as certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower) using, for purposes of determining such compliance, the historical financial statements of all entities or assets so acquired or sold and the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries which shall be reformulated as if such Permitted Acquisitions or Asset Sale, and all other Permitted Acquisitions or Asset Sales that have been consummated during the
period, and any Indebtedness or other liabilities incurred in connection with any such Permitted Acquisitions had been consummated and incurred at the beginning of such period.
“
Pro Forma Compliance
” means, at any date of determination, that the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the covenants set forth in Sections 6.11, 6.12 and 6.13 as of the date of such determination or the last day of the most recently completed fiscal quarter, as the case may be (computed by reference to (a) balance sheet amounts as of the date of the most recent balance sheet available and (b) income statement amounts for the most recently completed period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis in respect of the event giving rise to such determination).
“
Register
” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
“
Regulation T
” means Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“
Regulation U
” means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“
Regulation X
” means Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“
Related Parties
” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
“
Release
” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the environment or within or upon any building, structure, facility or fixture.
“
Required Advance
” means an advance required by HMO Regulators to be made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to a Contract Provider.
“
Required Lenders
” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time.
“
Requirement of Law
” shall mean, collectively, any and all requirements of any Governmental Authority including any and all laws, judgments, orders, decrees, ordinances, rules, regulations, statutes or case law (including all applicable HMO Regulations, Insurance Regulations, Medicare Regulations and Medicaid Regulations and agreements with a regulatory agency).
“
Responsible Officer
” of any person means any executive officer or Financial Officer of such person and any other officer or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such person in respect of this Agreement.
“
Restricted Indebtedness
” means Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary the payment, prepayment, repurchase or defeasance of which is restricted under Section 6.09.
“
Restricted Payment
” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than a Joint
Venture), or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of or otherwise with respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than a Joint Venture) or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than a Joint Venture).
“
Revolving Credit Exposure
” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure at such time.
“
Revolving Loan
” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
“
S&P
” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business.
“
Sanctioned Country
” means, at any time, a country or territory which is the subject or target of any Sanctions.
“
Sanctioned Person
” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person controlled by any such Person.
“
Sanctions
” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State.
“
SAP
” means, with respect to each HMO Subsidiary (other than a Designated HMO Subsidiary), the statutory accounting principles and procedures prescribed or permitted by applicable HMO Regulations for such HMO Subsidiary, applied on a consistent basis as interpreted by the state in which the applicable HMO Subsidiary operates and (ii) with respect to each Insurance Subsidiary (other than a Designated Insurance Subsidiary), the statutory accounting principles and procedures prescribed or permitted by applicable Insurance Regulations for such Insurance Subsidiary, applied on a consistent basis, as interpreted by the state in which the applicable Insurance Subsidiary operates.
“
SEC
” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“
Senior Officers
” means the Chief Executive Officer, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Chief Accounting Officer and any other executive officer listed as such in the Borrower’s annual report on Form 10‑K as most recently filed with the SEC.
“
Senior Unsecured Notes
” means the senior unsecured notes of the Borrower issued on or about the Effective Date.
“
Social Security Act
” means the Social Security Act of 1965 as set forth in Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended, and any successor statute thereto, as interpreted by the rules and regulations issued thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time. References to sections of the Social Security Act shall be construed to refer to any successor sections.
“
Statutory Net Worth
” means, with respect to any HMO Subsidiary or any Insurance Subsidiary (other than a Designated HMO Subsidiary or a Designated Insurance Subsidiary), as of the end
of any fiscal year, the difference between (a) total admitted assets and (b) total liabilities, in each case as calculated according to the applicable state’s interpretation of SAP in the applicable jurisdiction as most recently reported to the applicable jurisdiction for such fiscal year.
“
Statutory Reserve Rate
” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve, liquid asset, fees or similar requirements (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves or other requirements) established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board), expressed in the case of each such requirement as a decimal. Such reserve, liquid asset, fees or similar requirements shall include those imposed pursuant to Regulation D of the Board. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve, liquid asset, fee or similar requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under any applicable law, rule or regulation, including Regulation D of the Board. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve, liquid asset or similar requirement.
“
Stipulation Agreement
” means the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement dated December 17, 2010 entered into between and among the New Mexico State Investment Council, the Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico, the Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana, the Policeman’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago, and the Public School Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago, on behalf of themselves and the other members of the Class (as defined therein) and WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
“
subsidiary
” means, with respect to any Person (the “
parent
”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, Controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
“
Subsidiary
” means any subsidiary of the Borrower.
“
Swap Agreement
” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions;
provided
that, for the avoidance of doubt, no employee benefit plan, phantom stock or similar plan or agreement providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
“
Swap Obligations
” means any and all obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under (a) any and all Swap Agreements permitted hereunder with a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, and (b) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any such Swap Agreement transaction.
“
Swingline Exposure
” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time.
“
Swingline Lender
” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
“
Swingline Loan
” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.05.
“
Synthetic Lease
” means, as to any person, any lease (including leases that may be terminated by the lessee at any time) of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) (a) that is accounted for as an operating lease under GAAP and (b) in respect of which the lessee retains or obtains ownership of the property so leased for U.S. federal income tax purposes, other than any such lease under which such person is the lessor.
“
Synthetic Lease Obligations
” means, as to any person, an amount equal to the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under any Synthetic Lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such person in accordance with GAAP if such obligations were accounted for as Capital Lease Obligations.
“
Synthetic Purchase Agreement
” means any swap, derivative or other agreement or combination of agreements pursuant to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is or may become obligated to make (a) any payment in connection with a purchase by any third party from a person other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Equity Interest or Restricted Indebtedness or (b) any payment (other than on account of a permitted purchase by it of any Equity Interest or Restricted Indebtedness) the amount of which is determined by reference to the price or value at any time of any Equity Interest or Restricted Indebtedness;
provided
that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only to current or former directors, officers or employees of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries (or to their heirs or estates) shall be deemed to be a Synthetic Purchase Agreement.
“
Taxes
” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, fees, assessments, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“
Total Debt
” means, at any time, the total Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP after eliminating all intercompany items, at such time, excluding Indebtedness under letters of credit to the extent such letters of credit are Cash Collateralized and payments due under a settlement of any litigation existing on the Effective Date and disclosed to the Administrative Agent.
“
Transactions
” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans and other credit extensions, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.
“
TRICARE
” means the United States Department of Defense health care program for service families, including TRICARE Prime, TRICARE Extra and TRICARE Standard, and any successor to or predecessor thereof (including CHAMPUS).
“
Type
”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
“
USA Patriot Act
” means The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
“
WCGHM
” means WCG Health Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“
Wholly-Owned
” means, with respect to a Subsidiary of any Person, all of the outstanding Equity Interests of that Subsidiary (other than any director’s qualifying shares or shares owned by foreign nationals to the extent mandated by applicable law) and that are owned by such Person or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
“
Withdrawal Liability
” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION 1.02.
Classification of Loans and Borrowings
. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (
e.g.
, a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type (
e.g.
, a “Eurodollar Loan”) or by Class and Type (
e.g.
, a “Eurodollar Revolving Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (
e.g.
, a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (
e.g.
, a “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (
e.g.
, a “Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing”).
SECTION 1.03.
Terms Generally
. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. The word “law” shall be construed as referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official rulings and interpretations thereunder having the force of law or with which affected Persons customarily comply), and all judgments, orders and decrees, of all Governmental Authorities. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (f) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
SECTION 1.04.
Accounting Terms; GAAP
. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time;
provided
that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative
Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made (i) without giving effect to any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein, (ii) without giving effect to any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof and (iii) the accounting for operating leases and capital leases under GAAP as in effect on the date hereof shall apply for the purposes of determining compliance with the covenants set forth herein.
SECTION 1.05.
Pro Forma and other Calculations
. With respect to any period during which any Permitted Acquisition or Asset Sale of the type described in clause (b) of the definition of the term “
Pro Forma Basis
” occurs as permitted pursuant to the terms hereof, the Cash Flow Leverage Ratio and the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated with respect to such period (and, to the extent applicable, subsequent periods) and such Permitted Acquisition or Asset Sale on a Pro Forma Basis. Calculations that involve the determination of Consolidated Net Income, Consolidated EBITDA and consolidated shareholders’ equity shall be made in accordance with GAAP on the basis of the consolidated balance sheet and income statement most recently available, subject to such exceptions and adjustments permitted under Section 1.04.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01.
Commitments
. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender (severally and not jointly) agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower in Dollars from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (ii) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the Aggregate Commitment. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans in accordance with the terms hereof.
SECTION 2.02.
Loans and Borrowings
.
(a)
Each Revolving Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder;
provided
that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required. Any Swingline Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.05.
(b)
Subject to Section 2.14, each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Swingline Loan
shall be an ABR Loan. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan (and in the case of an Affiliate, the provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 shall apply to such Affiliate to the same extent as to such Lender);
provided
that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c)
Each Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and each ABR Revolving Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000;
provided
that a Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Aggregate Commitment or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.06(e). Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000 (or, if less, the entire unused balance of the aggregate Commitments or the amount required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement) Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time;
provided
that there shall not at any time be more than a total of ten (10) Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding.
(d)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.
SECTION 2.03.
Requests for Borrowings
. To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, three (3) Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, one (1) Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing;
provided
that any such notice of an ABR Revolving Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.06(e) may be given not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i)
the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(ii)
the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii)
whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;
(iv)
in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and
(v)
the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.07.
If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the
Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04.
Intentionally Omitted
.
SECTION 2.05.
Swingline Loans
.
(a)
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans in Dollars to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding $15,000,000 or (ii) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the Aggregate Commitment;
provided
that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.
(b)
To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (confirmed by telecopy), not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the day of a proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loan. The Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of any such notice received from the Borrower. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the Borrower by means of a credit to the general deposit account of the Borrower with the Swingline Lender (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.06(e), by remittance to the Issuing Bank) by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.
(c)
The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day require the Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply,
mutatis
mutandis
, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other party on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear;
provided
that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the
extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
SECTION 2.06.
Letters of Credit
.
(a)
General
. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars for their own account, or for the account of any of their Subsidiaries, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, the Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. The Borrower unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that, in connection with any Letter of Credit issued for the account of any Subsidiary as provided in the first sentence of this paragraph, the Borrower will be fully responsible for the reimbursement of LC Disbursements in accordance with the terms hereof, the payment of interest thereon and the payment of fees due under Section 2.12(b) to the same extent as if it were the sole account party in respect of such Letter of Credit (the Borrower hereby irrevocably waiving any defenses that might otherwise be available to it as a guarantor or surety of the obligations of such a Subsidiary that is an account party in respect of any such Letter of Credit).
(b)
Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions
. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Bank) to the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on the Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the amount of the LC Exposure shall not exceed $75,000,000 and (ii) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitment.
(c)
Expiration Date
. Each Letter of Credit shall expire (or be subject to termination by notice from the Issuing Bank to the beneficiary thereof) at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date;
provided
that any Letter of Credit with a one-year tenor may expire on the date that is no later than twelve months after the Maturity Date if the Borrower has Cash Collateralized 102% of the LC Exposure pursuant to arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent at least fifteen (15) days prior to the Maturity Date.
(d)
Participations
. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the
aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(e)
Reimbursement
. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent in Dollars the amount equal to such LC Disbursement, calculated as of the date the Issuing Bank made such LC Disbursement not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice;
provided
that, if such LC Disbursement is not less than $1,000,000, the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.05 that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan in an equivalent amount of such LC Disbursement and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan. If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply,
mutatis
mutandis
, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Revolving Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
(f)
Obligations Absolute
. The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor the Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related
Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Bank;
provided
that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by the Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
(g)
Disbursement Procedures
. The Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. The Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder;
provided
that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(h)
Interim Interest
. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans;
provided
that, if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.13(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse the Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.
(i)
Replacement of the Issuing Bank
. The Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of the Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.12(b). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of the Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters
of Credit then outstanding and issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
(j)
Cash Collateralization
. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Lenders with LC Exposure representing at least 66 2/3% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders (the “
LC Collateral Account
”), an amount in cash equal to 102% of the amount of the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon;
provided
that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in clause (g) or (h) of Section 7.01. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the Obligations. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account and the Borrower hereby grants the Administrative Agent a security interest in the LC Collateral Account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Borrower’ risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with LC Exposure representing at least 66 2/3% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other Obligations. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three (3) Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.
SECTION 2.07.
Funding of Borrowings
. (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders;
provided
that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.05. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request;
provided
that ABR Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.06(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Bank.
(b)
Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the
case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.
SECTION 2.08.
Interest Elections
.
(a)
Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.
(b)
To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request signed by the Borrower. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, this Section shall not be construed to permit the Borrower to elect (i) an Interest Period for Eurodollar Loans that does not comply with Section 2.02(d) or (ii) convert any Borrowing to a Borrowing of a Type not available under such Borrowing.
(c)
Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i)
the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii)
the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii)
whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and
(iv)
if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which Interest Period shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
(d)
Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e)
If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR
Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
SECTION 2.09.
Termination and Reduction of Commitments
.
(a)
Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.
(b)
The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments;
provided
that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 or, if less, the entire unused balance of the aggregate Commitments as of such date and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the Aggregate Commitment.
(c)
The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable;
provided
that a notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or other transactions specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.
SECTION 2.10.
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt
.
(a)
The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan on the Maturity Date and (ii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Maturity Date and the first date after such Swingline Loan is made that is the 15
th
or last day of a calendar month and is at least five Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made;
provided
that on each date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding.
(b)
Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(c)
The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d)
The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be
prima
facie
evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein;
provided
that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error
therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e)
Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit F
or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if any such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).
SECTION 2.11.
Prepayment of Loans
. (a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.11(a). The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three (3) Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of prepayment or (iii) in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid;
provided
that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.09, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.09. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Revolving Loans included in the prepaid Revolving Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by (i) accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.13 and (ii) break funding payments pursuant to Section 2.16.
(b)
If, at any time, the sum of the aggregate amount of all of the Revolving Credit Exposures exceeds the Aggregate Commitment, the Borrower shall immediately repay Borrowings or Cash Collateralize LC Exposure in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.06(j), as applicable, in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to cause the aggregate amount of all Revolving Credit Exposures to be less than or equal to the Aggregate Commitment.
SECTION 2.12.
Fees
.
(a)
The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the average daily amount of the Available Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates;
provided
that, if such Lender continues to have any Revolving Credit Exposure after its Commitment terminates, then such commitment fee shall continue to accrue on the daily amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure from and including the date on which its Commitment terminates to but excluding the date on which such Lender ceases to have any Revolving Credit Exposure. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof;
provided
that any commitment fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand.
All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(b)
The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Eurodollar Revolving Loans on the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to the Issuing Bank for its own account a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.125% per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) attributable to Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as the Issuing Bank’s standard fees and commissions with respect to the issuance, amendment, cancellation, negotiation, transfer, presentment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Unless otherwise specified above, participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the third (3
rd
) Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date;
provided
that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to the Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within ten (10) days after demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(c)
The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(d)
All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the applicable Lenders. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
SECTION 2.13.
Interest
.
(a)
The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
(b)
The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.
(c)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.
(d)
Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and upon termination of the Commitments;
provided
that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment
of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(e)
All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.14.
Alternate Rate of Interest
. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:
(a)
the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or
(b)
the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period (each of clause (a) and (b), a “
Market Disruption Event
”);
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective and any such Eurodollar Borrowing shall be repaid on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing;
provided
that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then the other Type of Borrowings shall be permitted. During any period in which a Market Disruption Event is in effect, the Borrower may request that the Administrative Agent confirm (in the case of a Market Disruption Event pursuant to clause (a) above) or that the Administrative Agent request the Required Lenders to confirm (in the case of a Market Disruption Event pursuant to clause (b) above) that the circumstances giving rise to the Market Disruption Event continue to be in effect;
provided
that (A) the Borrower shall not be permitted to submit any such request more than once in any thirty (30) day period and (B) nothing contained in this Section 2.14 or the failure to provide confirmation of the continued effectiveness of such Market Disruption Event shall in any way affect the Administrative Agent’s or Required Lenders’ right to provide any additional notices of a Market Disruption Event as provided in this Section 2.14. If the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (as applicable) have not confirmed that a Market Disruption Event remains in effect within ten (10) Business Days after such request from the Borrower, then such Market Disruption Event shall be deemed to be no longer existing.
SECTION 2.15.
Increased Costs
.
(a)
If any Change in Law shall:
(i)
impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, liquidity or similar requirement (including any compulsory loan requirement, insurance charge or other assessment)
against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or the Issuing Bank;
(ii)
impose on any Lender or the Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein; or
(iii)
subject the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payments to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder to any Taxes on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes);
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Person of making, continuing, converting into or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan or to increase the cost to such Person of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Person hereunder, whether of principal, interest or otherwise, then the Borrower will pay to such Person such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Person for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b)
If any Lender or the Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered as reasonably determined by such Lender or the Issuing Bank (which determination shall be made in good faith (and not on an arbitrary or capricious basis) and generally consistent with similarly situated customers of such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, under agreements having provisions similar to this Section 2.15, after consideration of such factors as such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, then reasonably determines to be relevant;
provided
that neither such Lender nor the Issuing Bank, as applicable, shall be required to disclose any confidential or proprietary information in connection therewith).
(c)
A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d)
Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation;
provided
that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 270 days
prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor;
provided
further
that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 270-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION 2.16.
Break Funding Payments
. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.11), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.11 and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. Such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in Dollars of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.
SECTION 2.17.
Taxes
. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, unless such deduction is required by any law (including by FATCA);
provided
that if the Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b)
In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes related to the Borrower and imposed on or incurred by the Administrative Agent, a Lender or the Issuing Bank to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c)
The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Issuing Bank, within fifteen (15) days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower
by a Lender or the Issuing Bank, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d)
As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e)
Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate.
(f)
If the Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17, it shall pay over such refund to the Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Taxes or Other 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 Section 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.
(g)
If a payment made to a Lender or an Issuing Bank under this Agreement would be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender or Issuing Bank were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender or Issuing Bank shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender or Issuing Bank has or has not complied with such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s obligations under FATCA and, as necessary, to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this paragraph, “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(h)
Each Lender and Issuing Bank shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent for any Taxes (but, in the case of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, only to the extent that the Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so) attributable to such Lender or Issuing Bank that are paid or payable by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement or any Loan Documents and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such amounts were correctly
or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. The indemnity under this Section 2.17(h) shall be paid within fifteen (15) days after the Administrative Agent delivers to the applicable Lender or Issuing Bank a certificate stating the amount so paid or payable by the Administrative Agent. Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.18.
Payments Generally; Allocations of Proceeds; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs
.
(a)
The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 10 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603, except payments to be made directly to the Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in Dollars.
(b)
If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.
(c)
At the election of the Administrative Agent, all payments of principal, interest, LC Disbursements, fees, premiums, reimbursable expenses (including, without limitation, all reimbursement for fees and expenses pursuant to Section 9.03), and other sums payable under the Loan Documents, may be paid from the proceeds of Borrowings made hereunder whether made following a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.03 or a deemed request as provided in this Section or may be deducted from any deposit account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent. The Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes (i) the Administrative Agent to make a Borrowing for the purpose of paying each payment of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder or any other amount due under the Loan Documents and agrees that all such amounts charged shall constitute Loans (including Swingline Loans) and that all such Borrowings shall be deemed to have been requested pursuant to Sections 2.03 or 2.05, as applicable and (ii) the Administrative Agent to charge any deposit account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent for each payment of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder or any other amount due under the Loan Documents.
(d)
If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued
interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans;
provided
that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(e)
Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant Lenders or the Issuing Bank hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the relevant Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the relevant Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(f)
If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05(c), 2.06(d) or (e), 2.07(b), 2.18(e) or 9.03(c), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender and for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid and/or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under such Sections; in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.
SECTION 2.19.
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
.
(a)
If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, (ii) the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17 or (iii) any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b)
If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, or if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under the Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment);
provided
that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and if a Commitment is being assigned, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
SECTION 2.20.
Defaulting Lenders
. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
(a)
fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(a);
(b)
the Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether all Lenders or the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.02);
provided
, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02, this clause (b) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of such Lender or each Lender directly affected thereby;
(c)
if any Swingline Exposure or LC Exposure exists at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
(i)
all or any part of such Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages but only to the extent (x) the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures plus such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Commitments and (y) the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 are satisfied at such time;
(ii)
if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within one (1) Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent (x)
first
, prepay such Swingline Exposure and (y)
second
, Cash Collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Bank only the Borrower’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.06(j) for so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding;
(iii)
if the Borrower Cash Collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is Cash Collateralized;
(iv)
if the LC Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.12(a) and 2.12(b) shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Applicable Percentages; or
(v)
if any Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is neither Cash Collateralized nor reallocated pursuant to this Section 2.20(c), then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Bank or any other Lender hereunder, all letter of credit fees payable under Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure shall be payable to the Issuing Bank until and to the extent that such LC Exposure is Cash Collateralized and/or reallocated; and
(d)
so long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lender’s then outstanding LC Exposure will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.20(c), and participating interests in any such newly issued or increased Letter of Credit or newly made Swingline Loan shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.20(c)(i) (and Defaulting Lenders shall not participate therein).
If (i) a Bankruptcy Event with respect to a Lender Parent of any Lender shall occur following the date hereof and for so long as such event shall continue or (ii) the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, shall have entered into arrangements with the Borrower or such Lender, satisfactory to the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.
In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swingline Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.
SECTION 2.21.
Expansion Option
. The Borrower may from time to time elect to increase the Commitments or enter into one or more tranches of term loans (each an “
Incremental Term Loan
”), in each case in minimum increments of $15,000,000 so long as, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of such increases and all such Incremental Term Loans does not exceed $75,000,000. The Borrower may arrange for any such increase or tranche to be provided by one or more Lenders (each Lender so agreeing to an increase in its Commitment, or to participate in such Incremental Term Loans, an “
Increasing Lender
”), or by one or more new banks, financial institutions or other entities (each such new bank, financial institution or other entity, an “
Augmenting Lender
”;
provided
that no Ineligible Institution may be an Augmenting Lender), to increase their existing Commitments, or to participate in such Incremental Term
Loans, or extend Commitments, as the case may be;
provided
that (i) each Augmenting Lender, shall be subject to the approval of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (ii) (x) in the case of an Increasing Lender, the Borrower and such Increasing Lender execute an agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit D
hereto or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent, and (y) in the case of an Augmenting Lender, the Borrower and such Augmenting Lender execute an agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit E
hereto or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent. No consent of any Lender (other than the Lenders participating in the increase or any Incremental Term Loan) shall be required for any increase in Commitments or Incremental Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.21. Increases and new Commitments and Incremental Term Loans created pursuant to this Section 2.21 shall become effective on the date agreed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the relevant Increasing Lenders or Augmenting Lenders, and the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in the Commitments (or in the Commitment of any Lender) or tranche of Incremental Term Loans shall become effective under this Section 2.21 unless, (i) on the proposed date of the effectiveness of such increase or Incremental Term Loans, (A) the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 shall be satisfied or waived by the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower and (B) the Borrower shall be in compliance (on a Pro Forma Basis reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) with the covenants contained in Sections 6.11, 6.12, 6.13 and 6.14 and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received documents consistent with those delivered on the Effective Date as to the corporate power and authority of the Borrower to borrow hereunder after giving effect to such increase. On the effective date of any increase in the Commitments or any Incremental Term Loans being made, (i) each relevant Increasing Lender and Augmenting Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine, for the benefit of the other Lenders, as being required in order to cause, after giving effect to such increase and the use of such amounts to make payments to such other Lenders, each Lender’s portion of the outstanding Revolving Loans of all the Lenders to equal its Applicable Percentage of such outstanding Revolving Loans, and (ii) except in the case of any Incremental Term Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have repaid and reborrowed all outstanding Revolving Loans as of the date of any increase in the Commitments (with such reborrowing to consist of the Types of Revolving Loans, with related Interest Periods if applicable, specified in a notice delivered by the Borrower, in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.03). The deemed payments made pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be accompanied by payment of all accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, in respect of each Eurodollar Loan, shall be subject to indemnification by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 if the deemed payment occurs other than on the last day of the related Interest Periods. The Incremental Term Loans (a) shall rank pari passu in right of payment with the Revolving Loans, (b) shall not mature earlier than the Maturity Date (but may have amortization prior to such date) and (c) shall be treated substantially the same as (and in any event no more favorably than) the Revolving Loans;
provided
that (i) the terms and conditions applicable to any tranche of Incremental Term Loans maturing after the Maturity Date may provide for material additional or different financial or other covenants or prepayment requirements applicable only during periods after the Maturity Date and (ii) the Incremental Term Loans may be priced differently than the Revolving Loans. Incremental Term Loans may be made hereunder pursuant to an amendment or restatement (an “
Incremental Term Loan Amendment
”) of this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrower, each Increasing Lender participating in such tranche, each Augmenting Lender participating in such tranche, if any, and the Administrative Agent. The Incremental Term Loan Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.21. Nothing contained in this Section 2.21 shall constitute, or otherwise be deemed to be, a commitment on the part of any Lender to increase its Commitment hereunder, or provide Incremental Term Loans, at any time.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and each Lender that:
SECTION 3.01.
Organization; Powers
. The Borrower and each Subsidiary (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company (as applicable) power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, (c) is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where the failure so to qualify could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and each other agreement or instrument contemplated thereby to which it is or will be a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to borrow hereunder.
SECTION 3.02.
Authorization
. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated thereby (including the borrowings hereunder) (a) have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate (or other organizational) and (b) will not (i) violate (A) the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents or by-laws of the Borrower, (B) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Borrower, or any order of any Governmental Authority or (C) any provision of any indenture, material agreement or other material instrument to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them or any of their property is or may be bound (other than any indenture, material agreement or other material instrument that will be terminated on or prior to the Effective Date) except, in the case of clause (B) and (C) above as related to Subsidiaries to the extent such violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, or give rise to any right to accelerate or to require the prepayment, repurchase or redemption of any obligation under any such indenture, material agreement or other material instrument (other than any indenture, material agreement or other material instrument that will be terminated on or prior to the Effective Date) except, as related to Subsidiaries, to the extent such conflict or breach could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.02) or (iv) result in a suspension or revocation of, or limitation on, any material certificate of authority, license, permit, authorization or other approval applicable to the business, operations or properties of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to the extent such suspension, revocation or limitation is material to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or materially adversely affect the ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to participate in, or contract with, any material Medical Reimbursement Program.
SECTION 3.03.
Enforceability
. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered by the Borrower will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its terms except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and except as enforceability may be limited by general principle of equity and an implied covenant of good faith.
SECTION 3.04.
Governmental Approvals
. No action, consent or approval of, registration or filing with or any other action by any Governmental Authority is or will be required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, the Borrower of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except for (a) approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, other actions by, or notices to, or filings with, any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction or any other Person that have been given, taken, or made or are in full force and effect and (b) any Necessary Regulatory Approvals.
SECTION 3.05.
Financial Condition
. The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows (i) as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 reported on by Deloitte & Touche, LLP, independent public accountants, and (ii) as of and for the fiscal quarter and the portion of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013, certified by its chief financial officer. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii) above.
SECTION 3.06.
No Material Adverse Change
. Other than as set forth in Schedule 3.06 with respect to matters in effect on the Effective Date, or as publicly disclosed in the Borrower’s filings with the SEC prior to the Effective Date, no event, change or condition has occurred that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, assets, operations, financial condition of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, since December 31, 2012.
SECTION 3.07.
Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases
.
(a)
Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has good and legal title to, or valid leasehold interests in, or valid licensed rights in, all its material properties and assets, except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties and assets for their intended purposes. All such material properties and assets are free and clear of Liens, other than Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02.
(b)
Each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries has complied in all material respects with all obligations under all material leases to which it is a party and all such leases are in full force and effect.
SECTION 3.08.
Subsidiaries
.
Schedule 3.08
sets forth as of the Effective Date a list of all Subsidiaries and the percentage ownership interest of the Borrower and each Subsidiary therein. The Insurance Subsidiaries and the HMO Subsidiaries listed on
Schedule 3.08
are designated as such. The shares of capital stock or other ownership interests in the Subsidiaries set forth on
Schedule 3.08
are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by the Borrower or a Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, free and clear of all Liens (other than non-consensual Liens permitted under this Agreement).
SECTION 3.09.
Litigation; Compliance with Laws
.
(a)
Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.09
, there are no actions, suits; investigations or proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority now pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any business, property or rights of any such person (i) that involve any Loan Document or the Transactions or (ii) that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)
Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the status of the matters disclosed on
Schedule 3.09
that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in, or have materially increased the likelihood of, a Material Adverse Effect.
(c)
None of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective material properties or assets is in violation of, nor will the continued operation of their material properties and assets as currently conducted violate, any law, rule or regulation applicable to the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including any zoning, building, ordinance, code or approval or any building permits where such violation or default would be material to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole), or is in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction, decree or order applicable to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Governmental Authority, in each case where such violation or default could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the foregoing, current billing policies, arrangements, protocols and instructions of each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries comply in all material respects with requirements of Medical Reimbursement Programs and are currently administered by properly trained personnel. To the knowledge of the Senior Officers of the Borrower, none of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, nor any of their current respective officers, directors or employees, have engaged in any material activities that constitute prohibited acts of fraud under Medicare Regulations or under Medicaid Regulations where such activities have resulted, or the Borrower has reasonably determined in good faith it could reasonably be expected to result, in a Material Adverse Effect and the Borrower has not taken action within a reasonable period of time after discovery of such activities, to suspend or remove such persons from responsibilities relating to such activities or to ensure that such activities are no longer reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.10.
Agreements
. None of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is in default in any manner under any provision of any indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing Indebtedness, or any other material agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties or assets are or may be bound, where such default could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.11.
Federal Reserve Regulations
. (a) None of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of buying or carrying Margin Stock.
(b)
No part of the proceeds of any Loan or any Letter of Credit will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, for any purpose that entails a violation of, the provisions of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulation T, U or X.
SECTION 3.12.
Investment Company Act
. None of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is required to register as an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
SECTION 3.13.
Tax Returns
. Each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed all Federal and material state, local and foreign tax returns and has paid or caused to be paid all taxes due and payable by it and all assessments received by it, except (a) taxes or assessments that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.14.
No Material Misstatements
. None of any information, report, financial statement, exhibit or schedule (other than forward-looking statements and projections) furnished by the
Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of any Loan Document or included therein or delivered pursuant thereto when taken together contained, contains any material misstatement of fact or omitted, omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided
that neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to have knowledge of any information in the possession of such federal and state agencies and other regulatory agencies and organizations regarding the Investigation, in each case, unless and until such time as such information has been communicated or otherwise delivered by such federal or state agency, or other regulatory agency or organization, as applicable, to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (whether to the board of directors of the Borrower, the management of the Borrower or otherwise);
provided
that to the extent any such information, report, financial statement, exhibit or schedule was based upon or constitutes a forecast or projection, the Borrower represents only that it acted in good faith and utilized reasonable assumptions and due care in the preparation of such information, report, financial statement, exhibit or schedule.
SECTION 3.15.
Employee Benefit Plans
. Each of the Borrower and its ERISA Affiliates is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder, except to the extent the failure to comply could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all benefit liabilities under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the last annual valuation date applicable thereto, exceed by more than $3,000,000 the fair market value of the assets of such Plan, and the present value of all benefit liabilities of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the last annual valuation dates applicable thereto, exceed by more than $8,000,000 the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans.
SECTION 3.16.
Environmental Matters
. Except for matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.
SECTION 3.17.
Insurance
.
Schedule 3.17
sets forth a true, complete and correct description of all material insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date. As of the Effective Date, such insurance is in full force and effect and all premiums have been duly paid. Except for self-insurance on terms consistent with industry practice, the properties of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries are adequately insured in all material respects with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Borrower, but only to the extent and in such amounts, and with such deductibles and covering such risks, as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary operates.
SECTION 3.18.
Labor Matters
. As of the Effective Date there is (i) no unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened against the Borrower or any Subsidiary before any Governmental Authority and no grievance or arbitration proceeding pending or, to the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened against the Borrower or any Subsidiary which arises out of or under any collective bargaining agreement, and (ii) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown, stoppage
or similar action or grievance pending or, to the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened against the Borrower or any Subsidiary that, in the case of clause (i) or (ii) could, if determined adversely, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.19.
Solvency
. Immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Effective Date and immediately following the making of each Loan and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of each Loan, (a) the fair value of the property and assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) (including goodwill and other intangibles) is greater than the liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis); (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) (including goodwill and other intangibles) is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) of their debts as they become absolute and matured; (c) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) have not incurred, or believe that they will incur, debts or liabilities beyond the ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature; and (d) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) do not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which they are engaged.
SECTION 3.20.
Licensing and Accreditation
. Except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (i) has obtained and maintains accreditation from one or more generally recognized accreditation agencies where such accreditation is customary in the industry in which it is engaged; (ii) in the case of each HMO Subsidiary, has entered into and maintains in good standing its contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to be a Medicare Advantage Organization or such other agreement to be able to provide managed health care services to Medicare or Medicaid; and (iii) has taken all necessary action to obtain, preserve and maintain each certificate of authority, license, permit, authorization and other approval of any Governmental Authority required for the conduct of its business and material to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and all of such certificates, licenses, permits, authorizations or approvals are in full force and effect and have not been revoked or suspended or otherwise limited, including action to obtain, preserve and maintain with respect to each HMO Subsidiary all certificates of authority, licenses, permits, authorizations and other approvals required under the HMO Regulations or other regulations issued by the applicable Governmental Authority, including approvals required to ensure that such HMO Subsidiary and Insurance Subsidiary is eligible for all reimbursements available under the HMO Regulations or other regulations issued by the applicable Governmental Authority, and all of such certificates, licenses, permits, authorizations or approvals are in full force and effect and have not been revoked or suspended or otherwise limited.
SECTION 3.21.
Medicare and Medicaid Notices and Filings Related to Business
. Except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each of the Borrower and the HMO Subsidiaries has timely filed (a) all reports and other filings required to be filed in connection with the Medicare and Medicaid programs in which they participate, and all such reports and filings are true and complete in all material respects, and (b) all material reports, data and other information required by any other Governmental Authority with authority to regulate it or its business or operations in any manner. Except to the extent any such action could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there are no claims, actions, proceedings or appeals pending (and none of the Borrower or any Subsidiary has made any filing that would result in any claims, actions, proceedings or appeals) before any Governmental Authority with respect to any Medicare or Medicaid reports or claims filed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary on or before the date hereof, or with respect to any adjustments, denials, recoupments or disallowances by any intermediary, carrier, other insurer, commission, board or
agency in connection with any cost reports or claims, and (ii) no validation review, survey, inspection, audit, investigation or program integrity review related to the Borrower or any Subsidiary has been conducted by any Governmental Authority or government contractor in connection with the Medicare or Medicaid programs, and no such reviews are scheduled, pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
SECTION 3.22.
Sanctions Laws and Regulations
.
(a)
The Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective Senior Officers, and, to the knowledge of the Senior Officers of the Borrower, their respective directors, officers, employees and agents (if any), with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees and to the knowledge of the Borrower its directors and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects.
(b)
None of (i) the Borrower, any Subsidiary or their respective Senior Officers, or (ii) to the knowledge of the Senior Officers of the Borrower, any of the directors, officers, employees or agents (if any) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. No Borrowing or Letter of Credit, use of proceeds or other Transaction will violate Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions
SECTION 4.01.
Effective Date
. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
(a)
The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received (i) from each party hereto either (A) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (B) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement and (ii) duly executed copies of the Loan Documents and such other legal opinions, certificates, documents, instruments and agreements as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request in connection with the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel and as further described in the list of closing documents attached as
Exhibit C
.
(b)
The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, counsel for the Borrower, and covering such other matters relating to the Borrower, the Loan Documents or the Transactions as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinion.
(c)
The Lenders shall have received (i) audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for the period ended December 31, 2012 and (ii) satisfactory consolidated financial statement projections through and including the Borrower’s 2018 fiscal year, together with such information as the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall reasonably request (including, without limitation, a detailed description of the assumptions used in preparing such projections consistent with the Borrower’s past practices).
(d)
The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the Borrower, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Borrower, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel and as further described in the list of closing documents attached as
Exhibit C
.
(e)
The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02.
(f)
The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that each of the credit facilities under the Existing Credit Agreement, and any other credit facility currently in effect other than as set forth on
Schedule 4.01(f)
for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, shall have been terminated and cancelled and all indebtedness thereunder shall have been fully repaid (except to the extent being so repaid with the initial Revolving Loans) and any and all liens thereunder shall have been terminated. For the avoidance of doubt, “credit facility” as used in the immediately preceding sentence shall not include any inter-company Indebtedness (e.g., Indebtedness payable from one Subsidiary of the Borrower to another or any inter-company accounts payable arising due to one Subsidiary advancing payment for the expenses of other Subsidiaries of the Borrower in the ordinary course of business).
(g)
The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that all governmental and third party approvals necessary in connection with the Transactions have been obtained and are in full force and effect.
(h)
The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable, documented out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
SECTION 4.02.
Each Credit Event
. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing, and of the Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a)
The representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable 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;
provided
that, in each case, such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof.
(b)
At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Each request for a Borrowing (but not any Interest Election Request) and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
The Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan, all fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have been canceled, have expired or are Cash Collateralized as contemplated by Section 2.06(j) and all amounts drawn thereunder have been reimbursed in full, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, the Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 5.01.
Existence; Businesses and Properties
.
(a)
Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, except as otherwise expressly permitted under Section 6.05 and except where the failure to be in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
provided
that any Subsidiary may dissolve, liquidate or wind up its affairs at any time if such dissolution, liquidation or winding up, as applicable, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)
Take all action to obtain, preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business and to preserve, renew and maintain all of its registered patents, trademarks, trade names and services marks, except, in each case, to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and maintain and preserve all property material to the conduct of its business and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times.
SECTION 5.02.
Insurance
. Maintain in full force and effect (i) except to the extent the Borrower and the Subsidiaries are self-insured on terms consistent with industry practice, adequate insurance (including workers’ compensation insurance, liability insurance, casualty insurance and business interruption insurance) with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary operates and (ii) such other insurance as may be required by law.
SECTION 5.03.
Obligations and Taxes
. Pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable its Indebtedness and other obligations and all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of its property, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, as well as all material lawful claims that, if unpaid, might give rise to a Lien upon such properties or any part thereof;
provided
,
however
, that such payment and discharge shall not be required with respect to any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim so long as the validity or amount thereof shall be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and the Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall have set aside on their books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and SAP, as applicable, and such contest operates to suspend collection of the contested obligation, tax, assessment or charge and enforcement of a Lien.
SECTION 5.04.
Financial Statements, Reports, etc.
Furnish to the Administrative Agent, who will make it available to each Lender:
(a)
within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of income, changes in members’ or stockholders’ equity, as applicable, and cash flows showing the financial condition of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and the results of its operations and the operations of such Subsidiaries during such year, together with comparative figures for the immediately preceding fiscal year, together with an Audit Report of Deloitte & Touche, LLP, or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which opinion shall be without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception (other than such a qualification or exception that is solely with respect to, or resulting solely from, the upcoming maturity date of the Loans hereunder, being scheduled to occur within twelve months from the time such report is delivered) and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements fairly present the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
(b)
within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of income and cash flows showing the financial condition of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and the results of its operations and the operations of such Subsidiaries during such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, and comparative figures for the same periods in the immediately preceding fiscal year, all certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c)
[intentionally omitted];
(d)
concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) of this Section, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower opining on or certifying such statements certifying that no Default or Event of Default has occurred or, if such a Default or an Event of Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto;
(e)
within 15 days following the filing of a 10-K with the SEC by the Borrower, an annual consolidated budget for the succeeding fiscal year (including a projected consolidated balance sheet and related statements of projected operations and cash flows as of the end of and for such succeeding fiscal year and each quarter thereof and setting forth the assumptions used for purposes of preparing such budget) as reviewed by the Borrower’s board of directors and, promptly when available, any significant revisions of such budget;
(f)
promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed to its shareholders, as the case may be;
(g)
promptly after the written request by the Administrative Agent, all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent reasonably requests in order to comply with ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA Patriot Act; and
(h)
promptly upon written request from the Administrative Agent, from time to time, such other information regarding any of the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request, including a summary of unregulated cash flow items of the Borrower substantially in the form agreed to between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent as of the Effective Date.
Information required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 5.04(a), 5.04(b) and 5.04(f) shall be deemed to have been delivered if such information, or one or more annual, quarterly or other periodic reports containing such information, shall have been posted by the Administrative Agent on an IntraLinks or similar site to which the Lenders have been granted access or shall be available on the website of the SEC at
http://www.sec.gov
;
provided
that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower shall be required to provide copies of the compliance certificates required by clause (d) of this Section 5.04 to the Administrative Agent. Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section may also be delivered by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent. In the event any financial statements delivered under clause (a) or (b) above shall be restated, the Borrower shall deliver, promptly after such restated financial statements become available, revised compliance certificates required by clause (d) of this Section 5.04 with respect to the periods covered thereby that give effect to such restatement, signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower.
SECTION 5.05.
Litigation and Other Notices
. Furnish to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and each Lender, promptly after any Responsible Officer of the Borrower or any Subsidiary obtains knowledge thereof, written notice of the following:
(a)
any Default or Event of Default, specifying the nature and extent thereof and the corrective action, if any, taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto;
(b)
not later than five (5) Business Days after receipt of official written notice, the filing or commencement of, or (to the extent permitted by law, rule or regulation) any threat or notice of intention of any person to file or commence, any investigation, action, suit or proceeding, whether at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority, against the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c)
within five (5) Business Days thereof, the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(d)
not later than five (5) Business Days after receipt of official written notice, any development that has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, an Exclusion Event, including any notice by the OIG of exclusion or proposed exclusion of the Borrower or any Subsidiary from any Medical Reimbursement Program in which it participates, and any other development that has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect;
(e)
not later than five (5) Business Days after receipt of official written notice, commencement of any material audit of the Borrower or any Subsidiary by any regulatory authority, including any HMO Regulator, and commencement of any proceeding or other action against the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case, that could reasonably be expected to result in a suspension, revocation or termination of any material contract of the Borrower or any Subsidiary with respect to Medicaid or Medicare, including any such contract to be a Medicare Advantage Organization, in each case to the extent such suspension, revocation or termination is material to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; and
(f)
receipt by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of (i) any notice of suspension or forfeiture of any material certificate of authority or similar license of any HMO Subsidiary to the extent such suspension or forfeiture is material to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole and (ii) to the extent permitted by law, rule or regulation, any other material notice of deficiency, compliance order or adverse report issued by any regulatory authority, including any HMO Regulator, or private insurance company pursuant to a material provider agreement that, if not promptly complied with or cured, could reasonably be expected to result in the suspension or forfeiture of any certification, license, permit, authorization or other approval necessary for such HMO Subsidiary to carry on its business as then conducted or in the termination of any insurance or reimbursement program then available to any HMO Subsidiary, in each case to the extent such suspension, termination or forfeiture is material to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 5.06.
Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections
.
(a)
Maintain (i) proper books of record and account, in which true, complete and correct entries in conformity with GAAP or SAP, as applicable, shall be made of all material financial transactions and matters involving the material assets and business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and (ii) such books of record and account in material conformity with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over the Borrower and the Subsidiaries.
(b)
Permit representatives designated by, and independent contractors of, the Administrative Agent or any Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine (subject to applicable laws of Governmental Authorities regarding confidentiality of patient health information and other confidentiality restrictions of Governmental Authorities to which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are bound) its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers and independent public accountants (provided that so long as no Event of Default exists, a representative of the Borrower shall be permitted to be present in such discussions), all at the expense of the Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower (which notice shall not be required at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default);
provided
,
however
, that so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower shall be obligated to pay the expenses of only one such visit in any calendar year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall be required to disclose (i) any materials subject to a confidentiality obligation binding upon the Borrower or such Subsidiary (
provided
that the Borrower or such Subsidiary shall, at the request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain permission for such disclosure and, in the event permission cannot be obtained, furnish some information regarding the matters to which such materials relate as can reasonably be furnished without violation of such confidentiality obligations) or (ii) any communications protected by attorney-client privilege the disclosure or inspection of which would waive such privilege.
SECTION 5.07.
Use of Proceeds
. In the case of the Borrower, use (a) the proceeds of the Loans solely for general corporate purposes, including, without limitation, for Permitted Investments, Permitted Acquisitions, settlement payments and the payment of any fees and expenses in connection with the settlement of any litigation or investigation to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party; and (b) Letters of Credit solely to support payment obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or in connection with any litigation or investigation to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party.
SECTION 5.08.
Compliance with Laws
.
(a)
Comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs, injunctions and decrees of any Governmental Authority (including, without limitation, Environmental Laws, Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, Medicare Regulations,
Medicaid Regulations, the Anti-Kickback Statute, HMO Regulations and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996), whether now existing or hereafter enacted, except where the failure to comply therewith, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)
Obtain and maintain all material certifications, licenses, permits, authorizations and approvals of all applicable Governmental Authorities as are required for the conduct of its material business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including material licenses and contracts with Medicare and Medicaid to the extent such certifications, licenses, permits, authorizations and contracts are material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(c)
Use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that billing policies, arrangements, protocols and instructions comply in all material respects with reimbursement requirements under Medicare, Medicaid and other Medical Reimbursement Programs in which it participates and are administered by properly trained personnel.
(d)
Maintain a compliance program for the Borrower and the Subsidiaries that (i) satisfies the material requirements therefor applicable to Medicare Advantage Organizations and (ii) is reasonably designed to provide internal controls effective to promote adherence to, and prevent and detect any material violation of, any applicable material laws, rules and regulations and, in any event, includes regular internal audits and monitoring to ensure compliance therewith and with all material applicable laws, rules and regulations.
(e)
Maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.
SECTION 5.09.
Designation of Obligations
. In the event that the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall at any time issue or have outstanding any Indebtedness that by its terms is subordinated to any other Indebtedness of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, take all actions as shall be necessary to cause the Obligations to constitute senior indebtedness (however denominated) in respect of such subordinated Indebtedness and to enable the Lenders to have and exercise any payment blockage or other remedies available or potentially available to holders of senior indebtedness under the terms of such subordinated Indebtedness. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Obligations are hereby designated as “senior indebtedness” and, if relevant, as “designated senior indebtedness” in respect of all such subordinated Indebtedness and are further given all such other designations as shall be required under the terms of any such subordinated Indebtedness in order that the Lenders may have and exercise any payment blockage or other remedies available or potentially available to holders of senior Indebtedness under the terms of such subordinated Indebtedness.
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
The Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that, so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan, all fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have been cancelled, have expired or are Cash Collateralized as contemplated by Section 2.06(j)
and all amounts drawn thereunder have been reimbursed in full, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, neither Borrower will, nor will they cause or permit any of the Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 6.01.
Indebtedness
. Incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a)
Indebtedness (including Guarantees) existing on the Effective Date and, to the extent in excess of $2,000,000, set forth in
Schedule 6.01
(and any refinancings, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not (i) increase the outstanding principal amount thereof or (ii) result in a maturity date that is prior to, or decrease the weighted average life thereof for the period ending before, the earlier of (x) the 91
st
day following the Maturity Date and (y) the date on which such original Indebtedness matured);
(b)
Indebtedness created hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and the other Obligations;
(c)
Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary;
(d)
Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries arising under any Swap Agreement,
provided
that such Swap Agreement was entered into by such person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of managing risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets or property held or reasonably anticipated by such person or interest rate, foreign currency exchange rate exposure, and not for purposes of speculation;
(e)
purchase money Indebtedness, Synthetic Lease Obligations and Capital Lease Obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries incurred to finance all or any part of the purchase price, lease or cost of design, installation, construction or improvement of fixed or capital assets, including IT Assets, and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
provided
that (i) the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness does not exceed, at the time of incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the greater of (x) $90,000,000 and (y) 3.0% of Consolidated Total Assets, (ii) such Indebtedness is issued and any Liens securing such Indebtedness are created concurrently or within 270 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and (iii) no Lien securing such Indebtedness shall extend to or cover any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than the asset so financed;
(f)
the incurrence of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary consisting of Guarantees, indemnities, holdbacks, earn-out, non-compete, consulting, deferred compensation, purchase price adjustments and similar obligations in connection with the acquisition or disposition of assets, including Equity Interests of Subsidiaries or contingent payment obligations incurred in connection with the acquisition of assets which are contingent on the performance of the assets acquired, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such assets or Equity Interests of such Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;
(g)
letters of credit of any Designated HMO Subsidiary, HMO Subsidiary, Designated Insurance Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary that are Cash Collateralized in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed an amount equal to 2.0% of the total consolidated revenue of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the four-quarter period ended as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements of the Borrower have been delivered in accordance with Section 5.04 (or, prior to the delivery of such financial statements, based on the financial statements of the Borrower as of September 30, 2013);
(h)
Indebtedness (i) consisting of the financing of insurance premiums, (ii) incurred in the ordinary course of business and owed to any Person providing property, casualty or liability insurance
to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, so long as such Indebtedness shall not be in excess of the amount of the unpaid cost of and shall be incurred only to defer the cost of, such insurance for the year in which such Indebtedness is incurred and such Indebtedness shall only be outstanding during such year and (iii) consisting of take or pay obligations in supply agreements, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(i)
Guarantees by the Borrower of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary and by any Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary (subject to any limitations in respect of Guarantees of any Indebtedness set forth in clauses (v) and (z) of this Section 6.01);
(j)
unsecured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower in connection with a Permitted Acquisition;
provided
that (i) at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, both before and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness permitted by this clause shall not exceed, at the time of incurrence of any such Indebtedness, $25,000,000, (iii) such Indebtedness shall be expressly subordinated to the Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (iv) such Indebtedness shall have a maturity date at least 91 days after the Maturity Date and shall require no scheduled or other mandatory payment of principal (including any payment at the option of the holders of such Indebtedness and any payment pursuant to a sinking fund obligation, but excluding any payment required upon the occurrence of a change in control, however defined in the documents governing such Indebtedness) prior to the 91
st
day following the Maturity Date, (v) on or prior to the date of such incurrence, the Borrower shall have delivered a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower confirming compliance with this clause, together with reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating satisfaction of the requirement set forth in this section; and any refinancings, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not (x) increase the outstanding principal amount thereof or (y) result in a maturity date that is prior to, or decrease the weighted average life thereof for the period ending before, the earlier of (A) 91
st
day following the Maturity Date and (B) the date on which such original Indebtedness matured);
(k)
Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary, or is merged with or consolidated into the Borrower, or any of its Subsidiaries, after the date hereof (
provided
that (i) such Indebtedness exists at the time such person becomes a Subsidiary, or is merged with or consolidated into the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries, and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such person becoming a Subsidiary, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this subsection 6.01(k) shall not exceed, at the time of incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the greater of (x) $60,000,000 and (y) 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets and (iii) any Liens securing such Indebtedness shall only be permissible to the extent permitted by Section 6.02(j)) and any refinancings, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not (x) increase the outstanding principal amount thereof, (y) result in a maturity date that is prior to, or decrease the weighted average life thereof for the period ending before, the earlier of (A) 91
st
day following the Maturity Date and (B) the date on which such original Indebtedness matured or (z) expand the scope of the Liens securing such Indebtedness beyond the scope permitted by Section 6.02(j);
(l)
Indebtedness in respect of bid, appeal, surety and performance bonds, completion guarantees or other similar arrangements, provider claims, workers’ compensation claims, statutory, appeal or similar obligations, bankers’ acceptances, payment obligations in connection with sales tax and insurance or other similar requirements in the ordinary course of business or in respect of awards or judgments not resulting in an Event of Default;
(m)
other unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount (which, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount shall mean the accreted value of
such Indebtedness) not exceeding, at the time of incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the greater of (x) $30,000,000 and (y) 1.0% of Consolidated Total Assets;
(n)
other secured Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding, at the time of incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the greater of (x) $75,000,000 and (y) 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets;
(o)
Indebtedness under the Existing Letters of Credit;
provided
, that such letters of credit may not be renewed (other than pursuant to the auto-renewal provisions thereof), extended or replaced other than with Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement or letters of credit that are Cash Collateralized;
(p)
Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under letters of credit (i) in an aggregate amount not to exceed, at the time of incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the greater of (x) $60,000,000 and (y) 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets
plus
(ii) additional amounts as may be required pursuant to Requirements of Law to satisfy regulatory obligations of Designated HMO Subsidiaries, Designated Insurance Subsidiaries, HMO Subsidiaries and Insurance Subsidiaries;
(q)
Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and otherwise in connection with deposit accounts; provided, such Indebtedness shall be extinguished within ten (10) Business Days after the incurrence thereof or arising in connection with endorsement of instruments for deposit in the ordinary course of business;
(r)
guaranties in the ordinary course of business of the obligations of suppliers, customers, franchisees and licensees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(s)
Indebtedness of the HMO Subsidiaries and Insurance Subsidiaries under letters of credit incurred in the ordinary course of business or as may otherwise be required from time to time pursuant to Requirements of Law, in an aggregate amount (together with any outstanding Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(p)) not to exceed, at the time of incurrence of any such Indebtedness, an amount equal to 5.0% of the total consolidated revenue of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the four-quarter period ended as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements of the Borrower have been delivered in accordance with Section 5.04 (or, prior to the delivery of any such financial statements, based on the financial statements of the Borrower as of September 30, 2013);
(t)
guaranties (i) in favor of one or more Governmental Authorities by the Borrower or a Subsidiary of Indebtedness of any HMO Subsidiary or an Insurance Subsidiary otherwise permitted to be incurred by such HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary under this Section 6.01 to the extent that such guaranties are required pursuant to applicable Requirements of Law or (ii) by the Borrower or a Subsidiary of commercial obligations of an HMO subsidiary or an Insurance Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(u)
[intentionally omitted];
(v)
unsecured senior Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower;
provided
, that (i) at the time of the incurrence of any such Indebtedness, both before and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the Cash Flow Leverage Ratio, at the time of and after giving effect (including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) to the incurrence of any such Indebtedness shall be at least 0.25 to 1.00 less than the maximum Cash Flow Leverage Ratio then permitted by Section 6.12, (iii) no Subsidiary (other than a Subsidiary that has guaranteed the Obligations hereunder in accordance with the last paragraph of this Section 6.01) shall Guarantee such Indebtedness except to the
extent that the aggregate principal amount of all Guarantees by Subsidiaries pursuant to this subsection 6.01(v) does not exceed, at the time of incurrence of any such Guarantee, the greater of (x) $60,000,000 and (y) 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets and (iv) other than with respect to Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not in excess of $50,000,000, such Indebtedness shall have a maturity date at least 91 days after the Maturity Date and shall require no scheduled or other mandatory payment of principal (including any payment at the option of the holders of such Indebtedness and any payment pursuant to a sinking fund obligation, but excluding any payment required upon the occurrence of a change in control, however defined in the documents governing such Indebtedness) prior to the 91
st
day following the Maturity Date;
(w)
unsecured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower;
provided
, that (i) at the time of the incurrence of any such Indebtedness, both before and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the Cash Flow Leverage Ratio at the time of and after giving effect (including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) to the incurrence of such Indebtedness shall not exceed the maximum Cash Flow Leverage Ratio then permitted by Section 6.12, (iii) such Indebtedness shall be expressly subordinated to the Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (iv) such Indebtedness shall have a maturity date at least 91 days after the Maturity Date and shall require no scheduled or other mandatory payment of principal (including any payment at the option of the holders of such Indebtedness and any payment pursuant to a sinking fund obligation, but excluding any payment required upon the occurrence of a change in control, however defined in the documents governing such Indebtedness) prior to the 91
st
day following the Maturity Date;
(x)
Indebtedness of the Borrower in respect of the Senior Unsecured Notes (and any refinancings, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness so long as such Indebtedness shall have a maturity date at least 91 days after the Maturity Date and shall require no scheduled or other mandatory payment of principal (including any payment at the option of the holders of such Indebtedness and any payment pursuant to a sinking fund obligation, but excluding any payment required upon the occurrence of a change in control, however defined in the documents governing such Indebtedness) prior to the 91
st
day following the Maturity Date);
(y)
Indebtedness representing deferred compensation or other similar arrangements to employees and directors of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(z)
the incurrence of Indebtedness on behalf of or representing Guarantees of any Joint Venture not to exceed in the aggregate, at the time of incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the greater of (a) $30,000,000 and (b) 1.0% of Consolidated Total Assets;
(aa)
the incurrence of Indebtedness consisting of obligations to make payments to current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants, their respective Affiliates, heirs and executors with respect to the cancellation, purchase or redemption of, Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to the extent permitted under Section 6.06; and
(bb)
other unsecured Indebtedness of the Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding, at the time of incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the greater of (i) $90,000,000 and (ii) 3.0% of Consolidated Total Assets.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.01, (A) Indebtedness need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Indebtedness described in Section 6.01(a) through 6.01(aa) but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof and (B) in the event that an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Indebtedness described in Sections 6.01(a) through (aa), the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify
or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in one of the above clauses and such item of Indebtedness shall be treated as having been incurred or existing pursuant to only one of such clauses. In addition, with respect to any Indebtedness that was permitted to be incurred hereunder on the date of such incurrence, any increase in the amount of such Indebtedness (solely in connection with any accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness) as of the date of such incurrence.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.01, it is understood and agreed that the Borrower shall not at any time permit any Subsidiary to guaranty any Material Indebtedness of the Borrower (including the obligations under any publicly issued or privately placed debt securities of the Borrower but excluding any guaranties permitted by any of clauses (e), (f), (h), (l), (p), (q), (r), (s) and (t) of this Section 6.01 or pursuant to a Requirement of Law) (any such guaranty being referred to herein as a “
Specified Guaranty
”) unless and until such Subsidiary has guaranteed the Obligations hereunder (as well as all Swap Obligations and Banking Services Obligations) pursuant to a guaranty agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, such guaranty agreement to be accompanied by appropriate corporate resolutions, other corporate documentation and legal opinions in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel. The Borrower further covenants to execute and, concurrently with or prior to the entry by any Subsidiary into a Specified Guaranty, deliver all such amendments to this Agreement as are reasonably requested by, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent the Required Lenders in order to reflect the existence of such guaranty of the Obligations hereunder (as well as all Swap Obligations and Banking Services Obligations) contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence.
SECTION 6.02.
Liens
. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or assets (including Equity Interests or other securities of any person, including any Subsidiary) now owned or hereafter acquired by it or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
(a)
Liens on property or assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof and, in the case of liens securing obligations in excess of $2,000,000 on the date hereof, set forth in
Schedule 6.02
;
provided
that such Liens (i) shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary not subject to such lien as of the Effective Date and (ii) shall secure only those obligations which they secure on the date hereof and, other than in the case of judgments, extensions, renewals and replacements thereof permitted hereunder;
(b)
[intentionally omitted];
(c)
Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or claims that are not due and payable or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted;
(d)
statutory Liens of banks (and rights of set-off) landlords and carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, repairmen, workmen; or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not due and payable or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted;
(e)
Liens, pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations;
(f)
Liens, pledges or deposits to secure the performance of tenders, bids, trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness), leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, government
contracts, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(g)
easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way, encroachments, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar encumbrances which, in the aggregate, do not materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(h)
Liens securing judgments, decrees or attachments (or appeal or other surety bonds relating to such judgments),
provided
that no such judgment constitutes an Event of Default under clause (i) of Section 7.01 or Liens securing appeal or surety bonds related thereto;
(i)
Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to clause (e) of Section 6.01;
provided
that (i) such security interests are incurred, and the Indebtedness secured thereby is created, within 90 days after such acquisition (or construction), (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of such real property, improvements or equipment at the time of such acquisition (or construction) and (iii) such security interests do not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(j)
any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any person that becomes a Subsidiary, or is merged with, or consolidated into, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, after the date hereof prior to the time such person becomes a Subsidiary, or is merged with or consolidated into the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
provided
that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of, or in connection with, such acquisition or such person becoming a Subsidiary, or being merged with or consolidated into the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien does not apply to any other property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iii) such Lien secures only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such person becomes a Subsidiary, or is merged with or consolidated into the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof permitted by this Agreement;
(k)
licenses, leases or subleases and other intellectual property rights granted to others not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(l)
any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under, and Liens arising from UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings, registrations or agreements in foreign jurisdictions) relating to, leases permitted by this Agreement;
(m)
normal and customary rights of setoff upon deposits of cash in favor of banks or other depository institutions;
(n)
Liens of a collection bank arising in the ordinary course of business under Section 4-210 of the UCC in effect in the relevant jurisdiction covering only the items being collected upon;
(o)
Liens of sellers of goods to the Borrower and any Subsidiary arising under Article 2 of the UCC in effect in the relevant jurisdiction or similar provisions of applicable law in the ordinary course of business, covering only the goods sold and securing only the unpaid purchase price for such goods and related expenses;
(p)
Liens in the nature of municipal ordinances, zoning, entitlement, land use and environmental regulation;
(q)
[intentionally omitted];
(r)
Liens to secure Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (p) of Section 6.01;
(s)
Liens to secure the Existing Letters of Credit and any renewals, extensions and replacements thereof permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(o);
(t)
Liens arising under or existing as a result of any federal, state or foreign securities or insurance regulatory law, or order of arrangement or agreement with any regulatory body or agency, so long as such Liens do not secure Indebtedness.
(u)
Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(v)
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;
(w)
Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(h); provided any such Lien shall encumber only the rights and interests under the insurance policy that secures such Indebtedness;
(x)
Liens on assets of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(n);
(y)
Liens on assets of any of the HMO Subsidiaries and Insurance Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(s);
(z)
(i) Liens securing Swap Obligations permitted pursuant to clause (d) of Section 6.01 and (ii) Liens securing letters of credit permitted pursuant to clause (g) of Section 6.01;
(aa)
other Liens on assets securing Indebtedness and other obligations in an aggregate amount not to exceed, at the time of incurrence of any such secured Indebtedness or other obligations, $25,000,000;
(bb)
Liens deemed to exist by reason of (x) any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to any joint venture or similar arrangement or (y) any encumbrance or restriction imposed by any contract for the sale by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries of any of the Equity Interests of its subsidiaries, or any business unit or division or assets permitted pursuant to this Agreement; and
(cc)
Liens granted in favor of the Borrower.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.02, (A) a Lien need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Liens described in Section 6.02(a) through (cc) but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof and (B) in the event that a Lien (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Liens described in Section 6.02(a) through (cc), the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such Lien (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this covenant and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Lien in one of the above clauses and such Lien will be treated as being incurred or existing pursuant to only one of such clauses. In addition, with respect to any Lien securing
Indebtedness that was permitted to secure such Indebtedness at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such Lien shall be permitted to secure any increase in the amount of such Indebtedness (solely in connection with any accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness) as of the date of such incurrence.
SECTION 6.03.
Sale and Lease-Back Transactions
. Enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any person whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property which it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred unless (a) the sale of such property is permitted by Section 6.05 and (b) any Capital Lease Obligations, Synthetic Lease Obligations or Liens arising in connection therewith are permitted by Sections 6.01 and 6.02, as the case may be.
SECTION 6.04.
Investments, Loans, Advances and Guarantees
. Purchase, hold or acquire any Equity Interests, evidences of indebtedness or other securities of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, or any investment or any other interest in, or Guarantee any obligation of, any other Person, except:
(a)
(i) investments by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof in the Equity Interests of the Subsidiaries and (ii) additional investments by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in the Equity Interests of persons that are Subsidiaries at the time such investments are made (including Subsidiaries organized after the date hereof by the Borrower or existing Subsidiaries);
(b)
Permitted Investments and investments that were Permitted Investments when made;
(c)
loans or advances made by the Borrower to any Subsidiary and made by any Subsidiary to the Borrower or to any other Subsidiary;
(d)
investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e)
Indebtedness and Guarantees permitted by Section 6.01;
(f)
the Borrower and the Subsidiaries may make loans and advances in the ordinary course of business to their respective directors, officers and employees so long as the aggregate principal amount thereof at any time outstanding (determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs of such loans and advances) shall not exceed $10,000,000 at the time of such loan or advance;
(g)
investments in the form of Swap Agreements,
provided
that such Swap Agreements meet the requirements set forth in clause (d) of Section 6.01;
(h)
the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries may acquire all or a substantial portion of the assets of a person or line of business of such person, or greater than 50% of the Equity Interests of a person (referred to herein as the “
Acquired Entity
”); provided that (i) the Acquired Entity shall constitute a business permitted by Section 6.08; (ii) the Acquired Entity, if any, is organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or Puerto Rico or the District of Columbia and at least 80% of the consolidated gross operating revenues of such Acquired Entity for the most recently completed period of twelve months were derived from domestic operations in the United States of America, any State thereof or Puerto Rico or the District of Columbia; and (iii) at the time of such acquisition (A) both before and after
giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (B) the Borrower would be in Pro Forma Compliance; (C) the Cash Flow Leverage Ratio at the time of and after giving effect (including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) to such acquisition shall be at least 0.25 to 1.00 less than the maximum Cash Flow Leverage Ratio then permitted by Section 6.12; and (iv) in the case of an acquisition involving consideration in excess of 10.0% of Consolidated Total Assets, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower confirming compliance with subclauses (i) through (iii) above (any acquisition of an Acquired Entity meeting all the criteria of this clause being referred to herein as a “
Permitted Acquisition
”);
(i)
in addition to investments permitted by clauses (a) through (h) of this Section, additional investments, loans and advances by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries so long as the aggregate amount invested, loaned or advanced pursuant to this clause (determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs of such investments, loans and advances) does not exceed at the time of such investment, loan or advance the greater of (x) $60,000,000 and (y) 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets;
(j)
investments in existence on, or made pursuant to binding commitments existing on, the Effective Date and any investments consisting of an extension, modification or renewal of any investments existing on, or made pursuant to a binding commitment existing on, the Effective Date, and, in each case, to the extent such investment is in excess of $2,000,000 on the Effective Date, set forth on Schedule 6.04;
(k)
investments (i) received in compromise or resolution of (A) obligations of trade creditors, health care providers or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor, health care provider or customer or (B) litigation, arbitration or other disputes and (ii) deposits, prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business consistent with the past practices of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(l)
investments in any HMO Subsidiary or any Insurance Subsidiary (other than any Designated HMO Subsidiary or any Designated Insurance Subsidiary) in an aggregate amount reasonably necessary to ensure that such HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary maintains (i) the minimum Statutory Net Worth threshold required pursuant to applicable Requirements of Law and (ii) a minimum threshold of Statutory Net Worth in compliance with Section 6.11);
(m)
investments in any Designated HMO Subsidiary or any Designated Insurance Subsidiary in an aggregate amount necessary to ensure that such HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary maintains the minimum amount of capital as required pursuant to applicable Requirements of Law; provided that such investments may not be made at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default;
(n)
Capital Expenditures with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries permitted by Section 6.10;
(o)
investments in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, and workers’ compensation, performance and similar deposits entered into as a result of the operations of the business in the ordinary course of business;
(p)
investments described in Schedule 6.04;
(q)
purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials, services, machinery and equipment or purchase of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property and other tangible assets, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(r)
investments as a result of consideration received in connection with (i) an Asset Sale made in compliance with Section 6.05 or (ii) an Excluded Asset Sale or (iii) any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under the power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(s)
(i) Required Advances and (ii) other advances to Contract Providers in an amount not to exceed (A) with respect to any Contract Provider (and its Affiliates) individually, $40,000,000 at any time outstanding and (B) with respect to Contract Providers collectively, the dollar equivalent of two percent (2.0%) of the aggregate annual consolidated medical expenses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the immediately preceding fiscal year;
(t)
investments by any Subsidiary in any other Subsidiary;
provided
that such investments may not be made at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default,
provided
,
further
, that the Cash Flow Leverage Ratio at the time of and after giving effect (including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) to each such investment shall be at least 0.25 to 1.00 less than the maximum Cash Flow Leverage Ratio then permitted by Section 6.12;
(u)
investments permitted under Section 6.01(k);
(v)
deposits in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of Leases;
(w)
receivables owing to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with deferred premium obligations or endorsements for collection or deposit, in each case created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary terms;
(x)
investments consisting of, or made pursuant to, capital support or other similar keep-well agreements, or Guarantees thereof, Guaranteed by the Borrower or any HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary that constitute insurance contracts, or Guarantees of insurance products written by, or the performance of, any HMO or Insurance Subsidiary of the Borrower, in each case in the ordinary course of business consistent with business practices in effect on the date hereof;
(y)
investments in Joint Ventures,
provided
, however, the Cash Flow Leverage Ratio at the time of and after giving effect (including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) to each such investment shall be at least 0.25 to 1.00 less than the maximum Cash Flow Leverage Ratio then permitted by Section 6.12;
(z)
investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with Equity Interests of the Borrower;
(aa)
investments acquired after the Effective Date as a result of the acquisition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of another Person, in the case of any acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation, in accordance with Section 6.05, and to the extent that such investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation;
(bb)
loans and advances to directors, officers and employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(cc)
investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons; and
(dd)
Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of operating leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), trademarks, licenses, purchase agreements or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business.
SECTION 6.05.
Interests of any Parent Entity; Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions
.
(a)
Merge into or consolidate with any other person, or permit any other person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all the assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) of the Borrower, or any Equity Interests of the Borrower, or less than all of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary (other than the Borrower), or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or any substantial part of the assets of any other person, except that (i) the Borrower and any Subsidiary may purchase and sell inventory machinery, equipment and other tangible assets and Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business, (ii) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (1) any Subsidiary or Joint Venture may merge into, or consolidate or amalgamate with, or purchase or acquire the assets of (or engage in a disposition to) a Subsidiary, (2) any Subsidiary or Joint Venture may merge into, or consolidate or amalgamate with, any other Subsidiary or Joint Venture in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Subsidiary and (3) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries may make Permitted Acquisitions, (iii) the HMO Subsidiaries and the Insurance Subsidiaries may merge into, or consolidate or amalgamate with, or purchase or acquire the assets of (or engage in a disposition to) any other HMO Subsidiary, Insurance Subsidiary or Subsidiary of an HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary and (iv) any Subsidiary or Joint Venture may merge into, or consolidate or amalgamate with, or purchase or acquire the assets of (or engage in a disposition to) any Subsidiary or Joint Venture.
(b)
Except as permitted pursuant to Section 6.05(a), engage in any Asset Sale except:
(i)
Asset Sales that satisfy each of the following conditions: (1) consideration at least 75% of which is cash or Cash Equivalents, (2) such consideration, at the time such Asset Sale is agreed to, is at least equal to the fair market value of the assets being sold, transferred, leased or disposed of at the time such Asset Sale is agreed to, and (3) the fair market value of all assets sold, transferred, leased or disposed of pursuant to this clause (i) shall not exceed (A) the greater of (x) $60,000,000 and (y) 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets or (B) provided that the Cash Flow Leverage Ratio at the time of and after giving effect (including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) to such Asset Sale shall be at least 0.25 to 1.00 less than the maximum Cash Flow Leverage Ratio then permitted by Section 6.12 and the net proceeds from such Asset Sale are used within 180 days from the date of the receipt of such net proceeds to repay Indebtedness or make a Permitted Investment, the greater of (x) $300,000,000 and (y) 10.0% of Consolidated Total Assets;
(ii)
Asset Sales made in connection with Sale-Leaseback Transactions, the proceeds of which, when taken together with the proceeds of all other Asset Sales made under this Section 6.05(b) at the time of such sale, do not exceed the greater of (x) $60,000,000 and (y) 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets;
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)) and (2) no less than 100% of such consideration shall be paid in cash on the date of such Asset Sale;
(iii)
Asset Sales among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; and
(iv)
Asset Sales by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to Joint Ventures permitted pursuant to Section 6.04(y) and Asset Sales of Equity Interests in Joint Ventures, provided, however, the Cash Flow Leverage Ratio at the time of and after giving effect (including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) to such Investment shall be at least 0.25 to 1.00 less than the maximum Cash Flow Leverage Ratio then permitted by Section 6.12.
SECTION 6.06.
Restricted Payments; Restrictive Agreements
.
(a)
Declare or make, or agree to declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment (including pursuant to any Synthetic Purchase Agreement), or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so;
provided
,
however
, that:
(i)
any Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions ratably to its equityholders;
(ii)
the Borrower may declare and pay dividends and other payments solely in common shares of the Borrower;
(iii)
so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may (x) repurchase its Equity Interests owned by retiring directors, officers or employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (y) make payments to directors, officers or employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries upon termination of employment in connection with the exercise of stock options, stock appreciation rights or similar equity or equity-based incentives pursuant to management or other incentive plans or in connection with the death or disability of such employees;
(iv)
the Borrower may repurchase restricted Equity Interests of the Borrower issued as compensation to officers, directors and employees upon the vesting of such restricted Equity Interests if the fair market value of such repurchased Equity Interests represent an amount equal to the tax withholding obligations of such officers, directors and employees that result from the vesting of such restricted Equity Interests, and
(v)
so long as (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (B) the Cash Flow Leverage Ratio at the time of and after giving effect (including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) to a Restricted Payment shall be at least 0.25 to 1.00 less than the maximum Cash Flow Leverage Ratio then permitted by Section 6.12, the Borrower may make Restricted Payments provided that such Restricted Payments, cumulatively in the aggregate are less than the sum, without duplication of (1) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income for the period (taken as one accounting period) from September 1, 2013 to the end of the Borrower’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit),
plus
(2) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds (or the fair market value of property other than cash) received by Borrower since the Effective Date as common equity capital or from the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of the Borrower or from the issuance or sale of convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the Borrower, in either case, that have been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests of the Borrower (other than Equity Interests or exchangeable
debt securities sold to a Subsidiary),
plus
(3) to the extent that any investment (other than a Permitted Investment) that was made after the Effective Date is (x) sold for cash or otherwise cancelled, liquidated or repaid for cash, the cash proceeds received with respect to such investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) or (y) made in an entity that subsequently becomes a Subsidiary, an amount equal to the fair market value of the Permitted Investments owned by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in such entity at the time such entity becomes a Subsidiary,
plus
(4) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds (or the fair market value of property other than cash) received by the Borrower since the Effective Date the Issue Date by means of (x) the sale (other than to the Borrower or a Subsidiary) of Equity Interests of a Subsidiary and (y) a distribution or dividend from a Subsidiary (other than in each case to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment), in each case to the extent that such amounts were not otherwise included in the Consolidated Net Income for such period.
(b)
Enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement (other than, in the case of any HMO Subsidiary, Joint Venture or any Insurance Subsidiary, with a Governmental Authority regulating such Subsidiary) that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (i) the ability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, or (ii) the ability of any Subsidiary (other than an HMO Subsidiary or an Insurance Subsidiary) to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any of its Equity Interests or to make or repay loans or advances to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
provided
that (A) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by any Loan Document, (B) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale,
provided
such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (C) clause (i) above shall not apply to (x) customary provisions in leases and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof, (y) any Lien permitted by Section 6.02 or any document or instrument governing any such permitted Lien if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets subject to such permitted Lien and (z) Swap Agreements, (D) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to purchase money indebtedness for property acquired, Synthetic Lease Obligations and Capital Lease Obligations permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(e) that impose restrictions on the property so acquired or subject to such obligations, (E) any agreement, license or other instrument of Person acquired by or merged or consolidated or amalgamated with, or into, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in existence at the time of such merger, consolidations or amalgamation (but in any such case not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person or the properties or assets of any Person other than the Person and its subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its subsidiaries so acquired, and (F) customary provisions in any joint venture agreement or similar agreement to the extent prohibiting the pledge of the Equity Interests of such Joint Venture.
SECTION 6.07.
Transactions with Affiliates
. Except for transactions by or among the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and any transaction expressly permitted under Sections 6.01, 6.04, 6.05 and 6.06, sell or transfer any property or assets to, or purchase or acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except for (a) any of the foregoing transactions at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) reasonable and customary fees, indemnification and similar arrangements, consulting fees, employee salaries, bonuses or employment or severance agreements, compensation or employee benefit arrangements or plans and incentive arrangements or plans (including any amendments to the foregoing) with any officer, director, employee or consultant of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary entered into in the ordinary course of business or approved in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Borrower, (c) payment of management fees or similar fees under the
CHM Management Agreements, the Harmony Management Agreement, or similar management agreements entered into or assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or business expansion, (d) loans (and cancellation of loans) and advances to directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business or approved in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Borrower, (e) transactions entered into by a Person prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or is merged or consolidated into the Borrower or a Subsidiary (provided such transaction is not entered into in contemplation of such event), (f) any transaction in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives an opinion from a nationally recognized investment banking, appraisal or accounting firm that such transaction is either fair, from a financial standpoint, to the Borrower or such Subsidiary or meets the requirements of clause (a) of this paragraph, and (g) the agreements described in, and transactions contemplated in, Schedule 6.07.
SECTION 6.08.
Business of the Borrower and Subsidiaries; Ownership of Subsidiaries; Preferred Equity Interests
.
(a)
Engage at any time in any business or business activity other than those lines of business conducted by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on the date hereof and any business substantially related or incidental thereto (including establishment of clinics, third party administrators, Wholly-Owned Insurance Subsidiaries and HMO Subsidiaries).
(b)
Form or acquire any Foreign Subsidiary (other than formation of a Wholly-Owned Insurance Subsidiary).
SECTION 6.09.
Other Indebtedness and Agreements
. Amend, modify or change (i) any of its organizational documents in a manner materially adverse to the Lenders and (ii) the terms of the CHM Management Agreements in a manner materially adverse to the Lenders without the approval of applicable regulatory authorities and the Administrative Agent (which approval by the Administrative Agent shall not be unreasonably withheld and shall be deemed given unless expressly withheld within 10 Business Days after the date notice of such amendment, modification or change was delivered to the Administrative Agent (it being agreed that any such notice shall refer to this Section and to the deemed approval of such amendment, modification or change in the absence of action within such 10 Business Day period)).
SECTION 6.10.
Capital Expenditures
.
(a)
Permit the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in any fiscal year of the Borrower to exceed an amount equal to 1.75% of the total consolidated revenue of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the four-quarter period ended as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements of the Borrower have been delivered in accordance with Section 5.04.
(b)
The amount of any Capital Expenditures permitted to be made in respect of any fiscal year shall be increased by the unused amount of Capital Expenditures that were permitted to be made during the immediately preceding fiscal year pursuant to Section 6.10(a), without giving effect to any carryover amount. Capital Expenditures in any fiscal year shall be deemed to use first, the amount for such fiscal year set forth in Section 6.10(a) and, second, any amount carried forward to such fiscal year pursuant to this Section 6.10(b).
SECTION 6.11.
Statutory Net Worth Ratio
.
(a)
Permit, as of the end of each fiscal year: for HMO Subsidiaries and Insurance Subsidiaries operating in states that require risk-based capital reporting:
(i)
with respect to HMO Subsidiaries and Insurance Subsidiaries operating in a state in which regulatory action may be taken against an HMO Subsidiary or an Insurance Subsidiary, as applicable, that does not maintain a minimum Statutory Net Worth threshold at a level equal to or greater than Company Action Level, the ratio of Statutory Net Worth to Company Action Level risk-
based capital of such HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary to be at a level of less than 1.05 to 1.00; and
(ii)
with respect to all other HMO Subsidiaries and Insurance Subsidiaries, the ratio of Statutory Net Worth to the state’s Statutory Net Worth requirement for each such HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary to be at a level less than 1.05 to 1.00;
provided
that in no event shall the amount required pursuant to this clause (a)(ii) be greater than the amount which would be required if clause (a)(i) were applicable to such HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary; and
(b)
for HMO Subsidiaries and Insurance Subsidiaries operating in states that do not require risk-based capital reporting, the ratio of Statutory Net Worth to the applicable Statutory Net Worth requirement for each such HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary to be at a level less than 1.05 to 1.00;
provided
that in no event shall the amount required pursuant to this clause (b) be greater than the amount which would be required if clause (a)(i) were applicable to such HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary.
SECTION 6.12.
Cash Flow Leverage Ratio
. Permit the Cash Flow Leverage Ratio, as of the end of each of its fiscal quarters, ending on such date, to be greater than 3.00 to 1.00.
SECTION 6.13.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
. Permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as of the end of each of its fiscal quarters, ending on such date, to be less than 3.00 to 1.00.
SECTION 6.14.
Fiscal Year
. In the case of the Borrower, change its fiscal year-end to a date other than December 31
st
.
SECTION 6.15.
Swap Agreements
. Enter into any Swap Agreement, except (a) Swap Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, and not for speculative purposes, and (b) Swap Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate, from floating to fixed rates or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of either Borrower or any Subsidiary.
SECTION 6.16.
Sanctions Laws and Regulations
. The Borrower will not request any Borrowing or Letter of Credit, and the Borrower shall not use, and shall procure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit in any material respect (i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (ii) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, or (iii) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
SECTION 7.01.
Events of Default
. If any of the following events (“
Events of Default
”) shall occur:
(a)
any representation or warranty made or deemed made in or in connection with any Loan Document or the borrowings or issuances of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any representation, warranty, statement or information contained in any report, certificate, financial statement or other instrument furnished
in connection with or pursuant to any Loan Document, shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect when so made, deemed made or furnished;
(b)
default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Loan or the reimbursement with respect to any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by acceleration thereof or otherwise;
(c)
default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (b) of this Section 7.01) due under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days in the case of such interest or five Business Days in the case of such fee or other amount;
(d)
default shall be made in the due observance or performance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.01(a), 5.05 or 5.08 or in
Article VI
(provided that, solely with respect to compliance with Section 6.11 as of the end of any fiscal year, if, in connection with the filing by a Subsidiary of a statutory financial statement with a regulatory authority pursuant to a Requirement of Law, the Borrower or any Subsidiary discovers that the Subsidiary was not in compliance with Section 6.11 as of the end of the fiscal year, then the Borrower will not be in default of Section 6.11 if the Borrower demonstrates to the Administrative Agent’s reasonable satisfaction that the Borrower has cured all such violations in respect of any of such ratios within 15 days after the date on which the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary has filed its statutory financial statements with such regulatory authority);
(e)
default shall be made in the due observance or performance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in clauses (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 7.01) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 15 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to the Borrower;
(f)
(i) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail to pay any principal or interest, regardless of amount, due in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable (after giving effect to any applicable cure periods), or (ii) any other event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity;
provided
that this clause (ii) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;
(g)
an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief in respect of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or of a substantial part of the property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of the property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (iii) the winding-up or liquidation of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; and such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered by a court of competent jurisdiction;
(h)
The Borrower or any Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or the filing of any petition described in clause (g) of this Section 7.01, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of the property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (vi) become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due or (vii) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(i)
one or more judgments shall be rendered against the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 45 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to levy upon assets or properties of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment and such judgment either (i) is for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $20,000,000 (excluding (A) any amount covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer shall have acknowledged, in writing, coverage and (B) any amount for which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is entitled to indemnification or reimbursement from a creditworthy third party that has not disputed its obligation to make such indemnification or reimbursement) or (ii) is for injunctive relief and could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(j)
an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(k)
an HMO Event shall have occurred and the same shall remain unremedied for a period of 60 days following the occurrence thereof (or such shorter period of time, if any, as the HMO Regulator shall have imposed for the cure of such HMO Event);
(l)
an Exclusion Event shall have occurred and such Exclusion Event could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or
(m)
there shall have occurred a Change in Control.
SECTION 7.02.
Remedies upon the occurrence of any Event of Default
. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in clause (g) or (h) of Section 7.01) has occurred, and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in clause (g) or (h) of Section 7.01, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations accrued hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, exercise any rights and remedies provided to the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents or at law or equity.
ARTICLE VIII
The Administrative Agent
Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the
proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facility provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent.
Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender, in accordance with Section 9.08, the proceeds of which are applied in accordance with this Agreement, each Lender agrees that it will not take any action, nor institute any actions or proceedings, against the Borrower or with respect to any Loan Document, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders or, as may be provided in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, with the consent of the Administrative Agent.
None of the Lenders or their Affiliates, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Joint Bookrunner or Co-Syndication Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than, in the case of Lenders, those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Joint Bookrunners or such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders and their Affiliates in its capacity as Co-Syndication Agents or Joint Bookrunners, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the preceding paragraph.
The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01.
Notices
.
(a)
Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
(i)
if to the Borrower to it at 8725 Henderson Road, Renaissance One, Tampa, FL 33634, Attention of Chief Financial Officer (Telecopy No. (813) 283-9375), Vice President, Treasurer (Telecopy No. (813) 283-5257) and General Counsel (Telecopy No. (813) 290-6210);
(ii)
if to the Administrative Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60603, Attention of Sabana Johnson (Telecopy No. (888) 292-9533), with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 712 Main Street, Floor 8 North, Houston, TX 77002, Attention of John Kushnerick (Telecopy No. (713) 216-6710);
(iii)
if to the Issuing Bank, to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60603, Attention of Pavithra Charles (Telecopy No. (312) 256-2608);
(iv)
if to the Swingline Lender, to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60603, Attention of Sabana Johnson (Telecopy No. (888) 292-9533); and
(v)
if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices delivered through Electronic Systems, to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).
(b)
Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereunder may be delivered or furnished by using Electronic Systems pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent;
provided
that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless
otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the 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 the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e‑mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e‑mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its e‑mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i), of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email 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.
(c)
Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.
(d)
Electronic Systems
.
(i)
The Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make Communications (as defined below) available to the Issuing Bank and the other Lenders by posting the Communications on Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak, ClearPar or a substantially similar Electronic System.
(ii)
Any Electronic System used by the Administrative Agent is provided “as is” and “as available.” The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the adequacy of such Electronic Systems and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the Communications or any Electronic System. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “
Agent Parties
”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other Person or entity for damages of any kind, including, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Communications through an Electronic System. “
Communications
” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through an Electronic System.
SECTION 9.02.
Waivers; Amendments
.
(a)
No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b)
Except as provided in Section 2.21 with respect to an Incremental Term Loan Amendment, neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders;
provided
that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.18(b) or (d) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender (v) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender (it being understood that, solely with the consent of the parties prescribed by Section 2.21 to be parties to an Incremental Term Loan Amendment, Incremental Term Loans may be included in the determination of Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Commitments and the Revolving Loans are included on the Effective Date) or (vi) release any of the Subsidiary guarantors from their obligations under any Guaranty of the Obligations pursuant to the final paragraph of Section 6.01, without the written consent of each Lender (except if a Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder);
provided
further
that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be (it being understood that any change to Section 2.20 shall require the consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement shall be required of any Defaulting Lender, except with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first proviso of this paragraph and then only in the event such Defaulting Lender shall be directly affected by such amendment, waiver or other modification.
(c)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement and any other Loan Document may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (x) to add one or more credit facilities (in addition to the Incremental Term Loans pursuant to an Incremental Term Loan Amendment) to this Agreement and to permit extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Revolving Loans, the Incremental Term Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (y) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and Lenders.
(d)
If, in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of “each Lender” or “each Lender directly affected thereby,” the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other necessary Lenders is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is necessary but not obtained being referred to herein as a “
Non-Consenting Lender
”), then the Borrower may elect to replace a Non-Consenting Lender as a Lender party to this Agreement, provided that, concurrently with such replacement, (i) another bank or other entity which is reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall agree, as of such date, to purchase for cash the Loans and other Obligations due to the Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption and to become a Lender for all purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations of the Non-Consenting Lender to be terminated as of such date and to comply with the requirements of clause (b) of Section 9.04, and (ii) the Borrower shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender in same day funds on the day of such replacement (1) all interest, fees and other amounts then accrued but unpaid to such Non-Consenting Lender by the Borrower hereunder to and including the date of termination, including without limitation payments due to such Non-Consenting Lender under Sections 2.15 and 2.17, and (2) an amount, if any, equal to the payment which would have been due to such Lender on the day of such replacement under Section 2.16 had the Loans of such Non-Consenting Lender been prepaid on such date rather than sold to the replacement Lender.
(e)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein the Administrative Agent may, with the consent of the Borrower only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency or to reflect or address issues raised by any Primary Regulator of any Designated Insurance Subsidiary, Designated HMO Subsidiary, HMO Subsidiary or Insurance Subsidiary or to make any changes necessary in connection with the Necessary Regulatory Approvals.
SECTION 9.03.
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
.
(a)
The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable, documented, out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable, documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication and distribution (including, without limitation, via the internet or through a service such as Intralinks) of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable, documented, out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable, documented, out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and any other Loan Document, including its rights under this Section, and in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b)
The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “
Indemnitee
”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable documented, out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any
Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto;
provided
that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.
(c)
To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, and each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount (it being understood that the Borrower’s failure to pay any such amount shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof);
provided
that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in its capacity as such.
(d)
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and the Borrower hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, (i) for any damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet), or (ii) on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.
(e)
All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than fifteen (15) days after written demand therefor.
SECTION 9.04.
Successors and Assigns
.
(a)
The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. 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 (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b)
(i)
Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Persons (other than an Ineligible Institution) all or a portion of its rights and obligations
under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:
(A)
the Borrower; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof, and
provided
, further that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee;
(B)
the Administrative Agent;
(C)
the Issuing Bank; and
(D)
the Swingline Lender.
(ii)
Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A)
except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent,
provided
that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(B)
each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;
(C)
the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, such fee to be paid by either the assigning Lender or the assignee Lender or shared between such Lenders; and
(D)
the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its affiliates and their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.
For the purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the term “Approved Fund” and “Ineligible Institution” have the following meanings:
“
Approved Fund
” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“
Ineligible Institution
” means (a) a natural person, (b) a Defaulting Lender, (c) the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates or (d) a company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person or relative(s) thereof.
(iii)
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.
(iv)
The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “
Register
”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v)
Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register;
provided
that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05(c), 2.06(d) or (e), 2.07(b), 2.18(e) or 9.03(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(c)
(i)
Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “
Participant
”), other than an Ineligible Institution, in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it);
provided
that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement;
provided
that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(d) as though it were a Lender.
(ii)
A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15 or 2.17 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 the Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.17 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 2.17(e) as though it were a Lender(it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.17(e) shall be delivered to the participating Lender). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the obligations under this Agreement (the “
Participant Register
”);
provided
that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in the obligations under this Agreement) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such interest is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(d)
Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest;
provided
that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
SECTION 9.05.
Survival
. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.
SECTION 9.06.
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution
. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy, e‑mailed.pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, 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.
SECTION 9.07.
Severability
. Any provision of any Loan Document held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.08.
Right of Setoff
. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final and in whatever currency denominated) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any
of and all of the Obligations held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under the Loan Documents and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.
SECTION 9.09.
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
.
(a)
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.
(b)
The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County, Borough of Manhattan and of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c)
The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d)
Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION 9.10.
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 9.11.
Headings
. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 9.12.
Confidentiality
. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. For the purposes of this Section, “
Information
” means all information received from the Borrower relating to the Borrower or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower;
provided
that, in the case of information received from the Borrower after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
SECTION 9.13.
USA PATRIOT Act
. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the USA Patriot Act.
SECTION 9.14.
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility
. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Lenders, on the other hand, (B) the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) the Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) each of the Lenders is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or any other Person and (B) no Lender has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) each of the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and their Affiliates, and no Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against each of the Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
SECTION 9.15.
Interest Rate Limitation
. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the “
Charges
”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “
Maximum Rate
”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
SECTION 9.16.
Termination of Commitments under Existing Credit Agreement
. Each of the signatories hereto that is also a party to the Existing Credit Agreement hereby agrees that, as of the Effective Date, all of the commitments to extend credit under the Existing Credit Agreement will be terminated automatically. This Agreement constitutes notice thereof and pursuant hereto the requirement contained in Section 2.09(c) of the Existing Credit Agreement that three Business Days’ (as defined therein) notice of the termination of such commitments be given to the administrative agent thereunder is waived.
[Signature Pages Follow]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC., as the Borrower
By
/s/ Thomas L. Tran
Name: Thomas L. Tran
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Signature Page to Credit Agreement
Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually as a Lender, as Swingline Lender, as Issuing Bank and as Administrative Agent
By
/s/ John Kushnerick
Name: John Kushnerick
Title: Vice President
Signature Page to Credit Agreement
Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.
SUNTRUST BANK, individually as a Lender
and as a Co-Syndication Agent
By
/s/ Elizabeth Greene
Name: Elizabeth Greene
Title: Managing Director
Signature Page to Credit Agreement
Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, individually as a Lender and as a Co-Syndication Agent
By
/s/ Mark Walton
Name: Mark Walton
Title: Authorized Signatory
Signature Page to Credit Agreement
Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
By
/s/ Leslie Fredericks
Name: Leslie Fredericks
Title: Senior Vice President
Signature Page to Credit Agreement
Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
By
/s/ E. Mark Hardison
Name: Mark Hardison
Title: Vice President
Signature Page to Credit Agreement
Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Lender
By
/s/ Noam Azachi
Name: Noam Azachi
Title: Vice President
Signature Page to Credit Agreement
Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
By
/s/ John M. Langenderfer
Name: John M. Langenderfer
Title: Senior Vice President
Signature Page to Credit Agreement
Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.
UNION BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By
/s/ Steven Sau
Name: Steven Sau
Title: Vice President
Signature Page to Credit Agreement
Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.
CADENCE BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By
/s/ Teresa Stinson
Name: Teresa Stinson
Title: SVP/ C&I Banking
Signature Page to Credit Agreement
Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.
HANCOCK BANK, as a Lender
By
/s/ Kenneth C. Misemer
Name: Kenneth C. Misemer
Title: Vice President
Signature Page to Credit Agreement
Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.
SCHEDULE 2.01
COMMITMENTS
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LENDER
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COMMITMENT
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
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$50,000,000
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SUNTRUST BANK
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$50,000,000
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GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
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$40,000,000
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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$30,000,000
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
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$22,500,000
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC
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$22,500,000
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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$22,500,000
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UNION BANK, N.A.
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$22,500,000
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CADENCE BANK, N.A.
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$20,000,000
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HANCOCK BANK
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$20,000,000
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AGGREGATE COMMITMENT:
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$300,000,000
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EXHIBIT A
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
This Assignment and Assumption (the “
Assignment
and
Assumption
”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [
Insert name of Assignor
] (the “
Assignor
”) and [
Insert name of Assignee
] (the “
Assignee
”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, the “
Credit Agreement
”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including any letters of credit, guarantees, and swingline loans included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the “
Assigned Interest
”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
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Assignor:
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Assignee:
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[and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]
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Borrower:
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WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
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Administrative Agent:
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement
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Credit Agreement:
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The Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2013 among WellCare Health Plans, Inc., the Lenders parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the other agents parties thereto
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Facility Assigned
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Effective Date: _____________ ___, 20___ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:
ASSIGNOR
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]
By:
Title:
ASSIGNEE
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
By:
Title:
___________________
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Fill in the appropriate terminology for the types of facilities under the Credit Agreement that are being assigned under this Assignment (e.g., “Commitment”, “Term Loan Commitment”, etc.).
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Set forth, so at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.
Consented to and Accepted:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as
Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank and
Swingline Lender
By:
Title:
[Consented to:]
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WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
By:
Title:
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To be added only if the consent of the Borrower is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.
ANNEX I
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
1.
Representations and Warranties
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1.1
Assignor
. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.
1.2.
Assignee
. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and (v) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
2.
Payments
. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.
3.
General Provisions
. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Acceptance and adoption of the terms of this Assignment and Assumption by the Assignee and the Assignor by Electronic Signature or delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by any Electronic System shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of
this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
EXHIBIT B‑1
FORM OF BORROWING REQUEST
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
for the Lenders referred to below
10 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: [_______________]
Fax: [(___) _________]
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WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
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[Date]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2013, among WellCare Health Plans, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
Borrower
”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “
Administrative Agent
”) for the Lenders. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. This notice constitutes a Borrowing Request and the Borrower hereby requests a Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in connection with such request the Borrower specifies the following information with respect to such Borrowing requested hereby:
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Aggregate amount of Borrowing:
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Date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day): _________
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Type of Borrowing (ABR or Eurodollar): _________
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Interest Period (if a Eurodollar Borrowing):
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Location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with Section 2.07 of the Credit Agreement: _________
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[Signature Page Follows]
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To be added only if the consent of the Borrower is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.
2
Which must comply with the definition of “Interest Period” and end not later than the Maturity Date.
The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that the conditions specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 of the Credit Agreement are satisfied.
Very truly yours,
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.,
as the Borrower
By:
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Title:
EXHIBIT B‑2
FORM OF INTEREST ELECTION REQUEST
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
for the Lenders referred to below
10 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: [_______________]
Fax: [(___) _________]
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[Date]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2013, among WellCare Health Plans, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
Borrower
”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “
Administrative Agent
”) for the Lenders. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. The Borrower hereby gives you notice pursuant to Section 2.08 of the Credit Agreement that it requests to convert an existing Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the Borrower specifies the following information with respect to such conversion requested hereby:
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List date, Type, principal amount and Interest Period (if applicable) of existing Borrowing: __________
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Aggregate principal amount of resulting Borrowing: __________
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Effective date of interest election (which shall be a Business Day): __________
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Interest Period and the last day thereof (if a Eurodollar Borrowing):
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[Signature Page Follows]
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Which must comply with the definition of “Interest Period” and end not later than the Maturity Date.
Very truly yours,
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.,
as the Borrower
By:
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT C
LIST OF CLOSING DOCUMENTS
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
CREDIT FACILITY
November 14, 2013
LIST OF CLOSING DOCUMENTS
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A.
LOAN DOCUMENTS
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Credit Agreement (the “
Credit Agreement
”) by and among WellCare Health Plans, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Borrower
”), the institutions from time to time parties thereto as Lenders (the “
Lenders
”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent for itself and the other Lenders (the “
Administrative Agent
”), evidencing a revolving credit facility to the Borrower from the Lenders in an initial aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000.
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SCHEDULES
Schedule 2.01 -- Commitments
Schedule 3.06 -- MAE Excepted Matters
Schedule 3.08
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Subsidiaries
Schedule 3.09
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Disclosed Matters
Schedule 3.16
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Environmental Matters
Schedule 3.17
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Insurance
Schedule 4.01(f)
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Surviving Credit Facilities
Schedule 6.01
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Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02
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Existing Liens
Schedule 6.04
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Existing and Designated Investments
Schedule 6.07
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Transactions with Affiliates
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A -- Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B‑1 -- Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit B‑2 -- Form of Interest Election Request
Exhibit C -- List of Closing Documents
Exhibit D -- Form of Increasing Lender Supplement
Exhibit E -- Form of Augmenting Lender Supplement
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Notes executed by the Borrower in favor of each of the Lenders, if any, which has requested a note pursuant to Section 2.10(e) of the Credit Agreement.
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Each capitalized term used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the above-defined Credit Agreement. Items appearing in
bold
and
italics
shall be prepared and/or provided by the Borrower and/or Borrower’s counsel.
B.
CORPORATE DOCUMENTS
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Certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Borrower certifying (i) that there have been no changes in the Certificate of Incorporation or other charter document of the Borrower, as attached thereto and as certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State Delaware, since the date of the certification thereof by such governmental entity, (ii) the By-Laws or other applicable organizational document, as attached thereto, of the Borrower as in effect on the date of such certification, (iii) resolutions of the Board of Directors or other governing body of the Borrower authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document to which it is a party, and (iv) the names and true signatures of the incumbent officers of the Borrower authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and authorized to request a Borrowing or the issuance of a Letter of Credit under the Credit Agreement.
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Good Standing Certificate for the Borrower from the Secretary of State of Delaware.
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OPINIONS
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Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, counsel for the Borrower.
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CLOSING CERTIFICATES AND MISCELLANEOUS
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A Certificate signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of the Borrower certifying the following: (i) all of the representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in the Credit Agreement are true and correct and (ii) no Default has occurred and is then continuing.
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Payoff documentation providing evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the credit facilities evidenced by the Existing Credit Agreement have been terminated and cancelled (along with all of the agreements, documents and instruments delivered in connection therewith) and all Indebtedness owing thereunder has been repaid and any and all liens thereunder shall have been terminated.
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF INCREASING LENDER SUPPLEMENT
INCREASING LENDER SUPPLEMENT, dated __________, 20___ (this “
Supplement
”), by and among each of the signatories hereto, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of November 14, 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Credit Agreement
”), among WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (the “
Borrower
”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “
Administrative Agent
”).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, pursuant to
Section 2.21
of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower has the right, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, to effectuate from time to time an increase in the Aggregate Commitment and/or one or more tranches of Incremental Term Loans under the Credit Agreement by requesting one or more Lenders to increase the amount of its Commitment and/or to participate in such a tranche;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has given notice to the Administrative Agent of its intention to [increase the Aggregate Commitment] [and] [enter into a tranche of Incremental Term Loans] pursuant to such
Section 2.21
; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to
Section 2.21
of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned Increasing Lender now desires to [increase the amount of its Commitment] [and] [participate in a tranche of Incremental Term Loans] under the Credit Agreement by executing and delivering to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent this Supplement;
NOW, THEREFORE, each of the parties hereto hereby agrees as follows:
1. The undersigned Increasing Lender agrees, subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, that on the date of this Supplement it shall [have its Commitment increased by $[__________], thereby making the aggregate amount of its total Commitments equal to $[__________]] [and] [participate in a tranche of Incremental Term Loans with a commitment amount equal to $[__________] with respect thereto].
2. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on and as of the date hereof.
3. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement shall have their defined meanings when used herein.
4. This Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
5. This Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same document.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Supplement to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer on the date first above written.
[INSERT NAME OF INCREASING LENDER]
By:
Name:
Title:
Accepted and agreed to as of the date first written above:
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
Acknowledged as of the date first written above:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as Administrative Agent
By:
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF AUGMENTING LENDER SUPPLEMENT
AUGMENTING LENDER SUPPLEMENT, dated __________, 20___ (this “
Supplement
”), by and among each of the signatories hereto, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of November 14, 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Credit Agreement
”), among WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (the “
Borrower
”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “
Administrative Agent
”).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement provides in Section 2.21 thereof that any bank, financial institution or other entity may [extend Commitments] [and] [participate in tranches of Incremental Term Loans] under the Credit Agreement subject to the approval of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, by executing and delivering to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a supplement to the Credit Agreement in substantially the form of this Supplement; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned Augmenting Lender was not an original party to the Credit Agreement but now desires to become a party thereto;
NOW, THEREFORE, each of the parties hereto hereby agrees as follows:
1. The undersigned Augmenting Lender agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and agrees that it shall, on the date of this Supplement, become a Lender for all purposes of the Credit Agreement to the same extent as if originally a party thereto, with a [Commitment with respect to Revolving Loans of $[__________]] [and] [a commitment with respect to Incremental Term Loans of $[__________]].
2. The undersigned Augmenting Lender (a) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into this Supplement; (b) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01
thereof, as applicable, and has reviewed such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Supplement; (c) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (d) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are incidental thereto; and (e) agrees that it will be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and will perform in accordance with its terms all the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
3. The undersigned’s address for notices for the purposes of the Credit Agreement is as follows:
[___________]
4. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on and as of the date hereof.
5. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement shall have their defined meanings when used herein.
6. This Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
7. This Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same document.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Supplement to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer on the date first above written.
[INSERT NAME OF AUGMENTING LENDER]
By:
Name:
Title:
Accepted and agreed to as of the date first written above:
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
Acknowledged as of the date first written above:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as Administrative Agent
By:
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT F
FORM OF NOTE
[_____], 2013
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “
Borrower
”), HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of [LENDER] (the “
Lender
”) the aggregate unpaid amount of all Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the “Credit Agreement” (as defined below), on the Maturity Date or on such earlier date as may be required by the terms of the Credit Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are as defined in the Credit Agreement.
The undersigned Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan made to it from the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full at a rate or rates per annum determined in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement. Interest hereunder is due and payable at such times and on such dates as set forth in the Credit Agreement.
At the time of each Loan, and upon each payment or prepayment of principal of each Loan, the Lender shall make a notation either on the schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof, or in such Lender’s own books and records, in each case specifying the amount of such Loan, the respective Interest Period thereof (in the case of Eurodollar Loans) or the amount of principal paid or prepaid with respect to such Loan, as applicable;
provided
that the failure of the Lender to make any such recordation or notation shall not affect the Obligations of the undersigned Borrower hereunder or under the Credit Agreement.
This Note is one of the notes referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, that certain Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2013 by and among the Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Credit Agreement
”). The Credit Agreement, among other things, (i) provides for the making of Loans by the Lender to the undersigned Borrower from time to time in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Commitment, the indebtedness of the undersigned Borrower resulting from each such Loan to it being evidenced by this Note, and (ii) contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events and also for prepayments of the principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof upon the terms and conditions therein specified.
Demand, presentment, protest and notice of nonpayment and protest are hereby waived by the Borrower.
Whenever in this Note reference is made to the Administrative Agent, the Lender or the Borrower, such reference shall be deemed to include, as applicable, a reference to their respective successors and assigns. The provisions of this Note shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of said successors and assigns. The Borrower’s successors and assigns shall include, without limitation, a receiver, trustee or debtor in possession of or for the Borrower.
This Note is not subject to documentary stamp to state of Florida documentary stamp tax because (1) it is not secured by a mortgage on Florida real estate and (2) it was executed by the Borrower
and delivered to the Lender outside of the state of Florida (See Rule 12B-4.053 (34) Florida Administrative Code).
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This Note shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.,
as the Borrower
By:
Name:
Title:
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Exhibit 99.1
WellCare Announces Closing of Notes and New Credit Agreement
TAMPA, Fla. (November 15, 2013)
- WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE: WCG) announced today that it completed the issuance of $600 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.75% senior unsecured notes due 2020 in connection with a public offering made pursuant to a registration statement and a related preliminary prospectus supplement filed by WellCare with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Company announced the offering of the senior notes on November 4, and the notes were priced on November 8. The Company used $337 million of the net proceeds from the notes issuance to repay the term loans outstanding under its previous senior secured credit facility. The remaining net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including organic growth opportunities and potential acquisitions.
In addition, WellCare announced that it entered into a new $300 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility, replacing and terminating the previous senior secured credit facility. The funds borrowed under the new credit facility can be used for general corporate purposes. The Company has not borrowed any funds under this facility. The new credit facility is set to expire in November 2018 and contains customary covenants and restrictions.
The Company is updating its guidance for 2013 adjusted net income per diluted share to incorporate the interest expense associated with the senior unsecured notes as well as the write off of the deferred financing costs associated with the previous senior secured credit facility, the combined impact of which is approximately $0.10 per diluted share. As a result, WellCare now anticipates 2013 adjusted net income per diluted share of $4.60 to $4.70. The previous guidance was for adjusted net income per diluted share of $4.70 to $4.80. The other elements of 2013 guidance have not changed and are as described in the Company’s news release published on November 1, 2013.
About WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. provides managed care services targeted to government-sponsored health care programs, focusing on Medicaid and Medicare. Headquartered in Tampa, Fla., WellCare offers a variety of health plans for families, children, and the aged, blind, and disabled, as well as prescription drug plans. The Company served approximately 2.8 million members nationwide as of September 30, 2013. For more information about WellCare, please visit the Company's website at www.wellcare.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains “forward-looking” statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, or that include words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. For example, statements regarding the Company’s financial outlook are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause WellCare's actual future results to differ materially from those projected or contemplated in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, WellCare’s progress on top priorities such as improving health care quality and access, ensuring a competitive cost position, and delivering prudent, profitable growth, WellCare’s ability to effectively manage growth, WellCare’s ability to address operational challenges relating to new business, WellCare’s ability to effectively execute and integrate acquisitions, potential reductions in Medicaid and Medicare revenue, including due to sequestration, and WellCare’s ability to estimate and manage medical benefits effectively.
Additional information concerning these and other important risks and uncertainties can be found under the captions “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in WellCare's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, and in WellCare's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2013 and other subsequent filings by WellCare with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which contain discussions of WellCare's business and the various factors that may affect it. WellCare undertakes no duty to update these forward-looking statements to reflect any future events, developments, or otherwise.
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CONTACTS:
Investor Relations
Gregg Haddad
813-206-3916
gregg.haddad@wellcare.com
Media Relations
Crystal Warwell Walker
813-206-2697
crystal.walker@wellcare.com