\n a) Greater than 7.50 to 1.00 A- A3 9 b.p.<\/p>\n b) Equal to or Less than 7.50
\n to 1.00 but Greater than
\n 6.50 to 1.00 BBB+ Baa1 10<\/p>\n
c) Equal to or Less than 6.50
\n to 1.00 but Greater than
\n 5.50 to 1.00 BBB Baa2 12.5<\/p>\n
d) Equal to or Less than 5.50
\n to 1.00 but Greater than
\n 4.50 to 1.00 BBB- Baa3 15<\/p>\n
e) Equal to or Less than 4.50
\n to 1.00 but Greater than
\n 3.50 to 1.00 BB+ Ba1 17.5<\/p>\n
f) Equal to or Less than 3.50
\n to 1.00 but Greater than
\n 3.00 to 1.00 BB Ba2 20<\/p>\n
g) Equal to or Less than 3.00
\n to 1.00 but Greater than BB- Ba3
\n 2.50 to 1.00 or Lower 25
\n<\/c><\/c><\/s><\/caption>\n<\/table>\n
The Applicable Unused Fee shall be established in the case of a Rating
\n from time to time based upon the Rating then in effect, and in the
\n case of the ratio, at the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower
\n (the “Ratio Determination Date”). Any change in the Applicable Unused
\n Fee following each Ratio Determination Date shall be determined based
\n upon the computations set forth in the Compliance Certificate, subject
\n to review and approval of such computations by the Agent and shall be
\n effective commencing on the date following the date such certificate
\n is received until the date following the date on which a new
\n Compliance Certificate is delivered or is required to be delivered,
\n whichever shall first occur; provided however, if the Borrower shall
\n fail to deliver any such certificate within the time period required
\n by Section 7.1, then the Applicable Unused Fee shall be 2%. From the
\n Closing Date to the first Ratio Determination Date, the Applicable
\n Unused Fee shall be 9 basis points on the Bridge Facility.<\/p>\n
“Applications and Agreements for Letters of Credit” means,
\n collectively, the Applications and Agreements for Letters of Credit,
\n or similar documentation, executed by the Borrower from time to time
\n and delivered to the Issuing Bank to support the issuance of Letters
\n of Credit.<\/p>\n
“ASC” means ASC Network Corporation, a Delaware corporation.<\/p>\n
“Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean an Assignment and Acceptance in
\n the form of Exhibit B (with blanks appropriately filled in) delivered to
\n the Agent in connection with an assignment of a Lender’s interest under
\n this Agreement pursuant to Section 11.1.<\/p>\n
“Authorized Representative” means any of the Executive Officers of the
\n Borrower or, with respect to financial matters, the Treasurer or the chief
\n financial officer of the Borrower, or any other Person expressly designated
\n by the Board of Directors of the Borrower (or the appropriate committee
\n thereof) as an Authorized Representative of the Borrower, as set forth from
\n time to time in a certificate in the form of Exhibit C.<\/p>\n
“Base Rate” means the per annum rate of interest equal to the greater
\n of (i) the Prime Rate or (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus
\n one-half of one percent (1\/2%). Any change in the Base Rate resulting from
\n a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall become
\n effective as of 12:01 A.M. of the Business Day on which each such change
\n occurs. The Base Rate is a reference rate used by the Agent in determining
\n interest rates on certain loans and is not intended to be the lowest rate
\n of interest charged on any extension of credit to any debtor.<\/p>\n
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan for which the rate of interest is
\n determined by reference to the Base Rate.<\/p>\n
“Base Rate Refunding Loan” means an Advance under the Bridge Facility
\n which bears interest at a Base Rate made to satisfy Reimbursement
\n Obligations arising from a drawing under a Letter of Credit.<\/p>\n
“Base Rate Segment” means a Segment bearing interest or to bear
\n interest at the Base Rate.<\/p>\n
“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or
\n any successor body).<\/p>\n
“Borrowing Notice” means the notice delivered by an Authorized
\n Representative in connection with an Advance under the Bridge Facility, in
\n the form of Exhibit D.<\/p>\n
“Bridge Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the obligation
\n of such Lender to make Bridge Loans to the Borrower in a principal amount
\n equal to such Lender’s Applicable Commitment Percentage of the Total Bridge
\n Commitment.<\/p>\n
“Bridge Facility” means the facility described in Section 2.1(a)
\n providing for Bridge Loans to the Borrower by the Lenders in the original
\n principal amount of the Total Bridge Commitment.<\/p>\n
“Bridge Loan” means a loan made pursuant to the Bridge Facility in
\n accordance with Section 2.1(a).<\/p>\n
“Bridge Notes” means, collectively, the promissory notes of the
\n Borrower evidencing Bridge Loans executed and delivered to the Lenders as
\n provided in Section 2.5 substantially in the form of Exhibit F, with
\n appropriate insertions as to amounts, dates and names of Lenders.<\/p>\n
“Bridge Outstandings” means, as of any date of determination, the
\n aggregate principal amount of Bridge Loans then outstanding and all
\n interest accrued thereon.<\/p>\n
“Bridge Termination Date” means (i) the Stated Termination Date or
\n (ii) such earlier date of termination of Lenders’ obligations as may be
\n determined pursuant to Section 9.1 upon the occurrence of an Event of
\n Default, or (iii) such date as the Borrower may voluntarily and permanently
\n terminate the Bridge Facility by payment in full of all Bridge Outstandings
\n and Letter of Credit Outstandings.<\/p>\n
“Business Day” means, (i) except in the case of a Eurodollar Loan, any
\n day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banks in the States
\n of New York and North Carolina are authorized or obligated by law,
\n executive order or governmental decree to be closed and, (ii) with respect
\n to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, any day which is a Business Day, as described
\n above, and on which the relevant international financial markets are open
\n for the transaction of business contemplated by this Agreement in London,
\n England, New York, New York and Charlotte, North Carolina.<\/p>\n
“Capital Leases” means all leases which have been or should be
\n capitalized in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time
\n including Statement No. 13 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and
\n any successor thereof.<\/p>\n
“Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, rights to
\n purchase, warrants or options (whether or not currently exercisable),
\n participation or other equivalents of or interest in (however designated)
\n the equity (including without limitation common stock, preferred stock and
\n partnership and joint venture interests) of such Person (excluding any debt
\n securities that are convertible into, or exchangeable for, such equity).<\/p>\n
“Change of Control” means, at any time:<\/p>\n
(i) any “person” or “group” (each as used in Sections 13(d)(3)
\n and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), who are not as of the Closing Date
\n owners of one percent (1%) or more of the Voting Stock of the
\n Borrower, either (A) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in
\n Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of Voting
\n Stock of the Borrower (or securities convertible into or exchangeable
\n for such Voting Stock) representing 15% or more of the combined voting
\n power of all Voting Stock of the Borrower (on a fully diluted basis)
\n or (B) otherwise has the ability, directly or indirectly, to elect a
\n majority of the board of directors of the Borrower;<\/p>\n
(ii) during any period of up to 24 consecutive months, commencing on
\n the Closing Date, individuals who at the beginning of such period were
\n directors<\/p>\n
of the Borrower shall cease for any reason (other than the death,
\n disability or retirement of an officer of the Borrower that is serving as a
\n director at such time so long as another officer of the Borrower replaces
\n such Person as a director) to constitute a majority of the board of
\n directors of the Borrower; or<\/p>\n
(iii) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert shall have
\n acquired by contract or otherwise, or shall have entered into a contract or
\n arrangement that, upon consummation thereof, will result in its or their
\n acquisition, of the power to exercise, directly or indirectly, a
\n controlling influence on the management or policies of the Borrower.<\/p>\n
“Closing Date” means the date as of which this Agreement is executed by the
\nBorrower, the Lenders and the Agent and on which the conditions set forth in
\nSection 5.1 have been satisfied.<\/p>\n
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any
\nregulations promulgated thereunder.<\/p>\n
“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the
\nBorrower.<\/p>\n
“Compliance Certificate” shall have the meaning attributed to that term in
\nSection 7.1(c).<\/p>\n
“Consistent Basis” in reference to the application of GAAP means the
\naccounting principles observed in the period referred to are comparable in all
\nmaterial respects to those applied in the preparation of the audited financial
\nstatements of the Borrower referred to in Section 6.6(a).<\/p>\n
“Consolidated Amortization Expense” of the Borrower for any period means
\nthe amortization expense of the Borrower and its Consolidated Entities for such
\nperiod (to the extent included in the computation of Consolidated Net Income),
\ndetermined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.<\/p>\n
“Consolidated Depreciation Expense” of the Borrower means the depreciation
\nexpense of the Borrower and its Consolidated Entities for such period (to the
\nextent included in the computation of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower),
\ndetermined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.<\/p>\n
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to the Borrower and its
\nConsolidated Entities for any Four-Quarter Period ending on the date of
\ncomputation thereof, the sum of, without duplication, (i) Consolidated Net
\nIncome, (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense, (iii) Consolidated Income Tax
\nExpense, (iv) Consolidated Amortization Expense, (v) Consolidated Depreciation
\nExpense and (vi) the minority interest of any Person or Persons in Consolidated
\nEntities, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP applied
\non a Consistent Basis.<\/p>\n
“Consolidated Entity” shall mean any Person whose financial statements are
\nappropriately consolidated with the Borrower’s financial statements under GAAP.<\/p>\n
“Consolidated Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its
\nConsolidated Entities, all determined on a consolidated basis.<\/p>\n
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Four-Quarter
\nPeriod ending on the date of computation thereof, the gross interest expense of
\nthe Borrower and its Consolidated Entities, including without limitation (i) the
\ncurrent amortized portion of debt discounts to the extent included in gross
\ninterest expense, (ii) the current amortized portion of all fees (including fees
\npayable in respect of any Rate Hedging Obligation) payable in connection with
\nthe incurrence of Indebtedness to the extent included in gross interest expense,
\n(iii) the portion of any payments made in connection with Capital Leases
\nallocable to interest expense, and (iv) lease payments, other than the
\nHeadquarters Obligations, made pursuant to the Headquarters Lease, all
\ndetermined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP applied on a
\nConsistent Basis.<\/p>\n
“Consolidated Net Income” of the Borrower for any period means the net
\nincome (or loss) of the Borrower and its Consolidated Entities for such period
\ndetermined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, without giving
\neffect to dividends on any series of preferred stock of any Consolidated Entity,
\nwhether or not in cash, to the extent such consolidated net income was reduced
\nthereby; provided that there shall be excluded from such net income (for all
\npurposes, other than compliance with Section 8.1(a), to the extent otherwise
\nincluded therein), without duplication, (i) the net income of any Person (other
\nthan a Consolidated Entity) to the extent that any such income has not actually
\nbeen received by the Borrower or a Consolidated Entity in the form of dividends
\nor similar distributions during such period, but including, in any event, net
\nincome of any Person who becomes a Consolidated Entity whose Acquisition is
\naccounted for on a “pooling of interests” basis; (ii) except to the extent
\nincludable in the consolidated net income of the Borrower or a Consolidated
\nEntity pursuant to the foregoing clause (i), the net income of any Person that
\naccrued prior to the date that (a) such Person becomes a Consolidated Entity or
\nis merged into or consolidated with a Consolidated Entity or (b) the assets of
\nsuch Person are acquired by the Borrower or a Consolidated Entity; (iii) the net
\nincome of any Consolidated Entity to the extent that the declaration or payment
\nof dividends or similar distributions by such Consolidated Entity of that income
\nis not permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement,
\ninstrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation
\napplicable to that Consolidated Entity during such period; (iv) any gain (or
\nloss), together with any related provisions for taxes on any such gain, realized
\nduring such period by the Borrower or its Consolidated Entities upon (a) the
\nacquisition of any securities, or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness, of the
\nBorrower or its Consolidated Entities or (b) any asset sale by the referent
\nperson or any of its Subsidiaries; (v) any extraordinary gain (or extraordinary
\nloss), together with any related provision for taxes or tax benefit resulting
\nfrom any such extraordinary gain or loss, realized by the Borrower or its
\nConsolidated Entities during such period; and (vi) in the case of a successor to
\nany Person by consolidation, merger or transfer of its assets, any earnings of
\nthe successor prior to such merger, consolidation<\/p>\n
or transfer of assets; provided, further, however, that there shall be added
\nback to net income non-recurring, non-cash expenses and cash transaction costs
\nrelating to professional fees arising in conjunction with an Acquisition
\nprovided such expenses do not exceed 10% of the Cost of Acquisition.<\/p>\n
“Consolidated Net Worth” of the Borrower as of any date means the
\nConsolidated Stockholders’ Equity (including any preferred stock that is
\nclassified as equity under GAAP, other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower
\nand its Consolidated Entities (excluding any equity adjustment for foreign
\ncurrency translation for any period subsequent to the Closing Date) on a
\nconsolidated basis at such date, as determined in accordance with GAAP, less all
\nwrite-ups subsequent to the Closing Date in the book value of any asset owned by
\nthe Borrower or any of its Consolidated Entities.<\/p>\n
“Consolidated Stockholders’ Equity” shall mean at any time as at which the
\namount thereof is to be determined, the sum of the following amounts in respect
\nof the Borrower and the Consolidated Entities: (i) the par or stated value of
\nall Capital Stock of the Borrower, (ii) retained earnings, (iii) additional paid
\nin capital, (iv) capital surplus and (v) earned surplus minus treasury stock.<\/p>\n
“Consolidated Tangible Net Worth” means, as of any date on which the amount
\nthereof is to be determined, Consolidated Stockholders’ Equity minus (without
\nduplication of deductions in respect of items already deducted in arriving at
\nsurplus and retained earnings) (i) all reserves (other than contingency reserves
\nnot allocated to any particular purpose), including without limitation reserves
\nfor depreciation, depletion, amortization, obsolescence, deferred income taxes,
\ninsurance and inventory valuation and (ii) the net book value of all assets
\nwhich would be treated as intangible assets, such as (without limitation)
\ngoodwill (whether representing the excess of cost over book value of assets
\nacquired or otherwise), capitalized expenses, unamortized debt discount and
\nexpense, consignment inventory rights, patents, trademarks, trade names,
\ncopyrights, franchises and licenses, all as determined on a consolidated basis
\nin accordance with GAAP applied on a Consistent Basis.<\/p>\n
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date on which the amount
\nthereof is to be determined, the net book value of all assets of the Borrower
\nand its Consolidated Entities as determined on a consolidated basis in
\naccordance with GAAP applied on a Consistent Basis.<\/p>\n
“Consolidated Total Capital” means, as of any date on which the amount
\nthereof is to be determined, the sum of Consolidated Indebtedness plus
\nConsolidated Shareholders’ Equity of the Borrower and its Consolidated Entities.<\/p>\n
“Contract Provider” means any Person who provides professional health care
\nservices under or pursuant to any contract with the Borrower or any Subsidiary.<\/p>\n
“Controlled Partnership” shall mean a general partnership of which the
\nBorrower or a Subsidiary is a general partner (but not including Alabama World
\nFootball), or a<\/p>\n
limited partnership whose general partners include the Borrower or a Subsidiary
\n(but not including Vanderbilt), or a limited liability company whose members
\ninclude the Borrower or a Subsidiary or another Controlled Partnership, which
\npartnership, whether general or limited, or limited liability company has assets
\nwith a value in excess of $2,000.00, and with respect to which partnership or
\nlimited liability company the Borrower or a Subsidiary is entitled to receive
\nnot less than 50% of any distributions of cash made to the partners or members
\nthereof, other than any preferred cash distribution arrangement in existence at
\nthe Closing Date or approved by the Required Lenders in writing, or which is
\notherwise a Consolidated Entity.<\/p>\n
“Cost of Acquisition” means, in respect of any Acquisition, the sum of (i)
\nthe amount of cash paid by the Borrower and its Consolidated Entities in
\nconnection with such Acquisition, (ii) the Fair Market Value of all Capital
\nStock or other ownership interests of the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity
\nissued or given in connection with such Acquisition, (iii) the amount
\n(determined by using the face amount or the amount payable at maturity,
\nwhichever is greater) of all Indebtedness incurred, assumed or acquired in
\nconnection with such Acquisition, (iv) all additional purchase price amounts in
\nthe form of earnouts and other contingent obligations that should be recorded on
\nthe financial statements of the Borrower and its Consolidated Entities in
\nconnection with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, (v) all amounts paid
\nin respect of covenants not to compete, consulting agreements and other
\naffiliated contracts in connection with such Acquisition and (vi) the aggregate
\nfair market value of all other consideration given by the Borrower and its
\nConsolidated Entities in connection with such Acquisition.<\/p>\n
“Default” means any event or condition which, with the giving or receipt of
\nnotice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.<\/p>\n
“Default Rate” means (i) with respect to each Eurodollar Rate Loan and
\nEurodollar Rate Segment, until the end of the Interest Period applicable
\nthereto, a rate of two percent (2%) plus the Eurodollar Rate applicable to such
\nLoan or Segment, and thereafter at a rate of interest per annum which shall be
\ntwo percent (2%) plus the Base Rate, (ii) with respect to Base Rate Loans and
\nBase Rate Segments, at a rate of interest per annum which shall be two percent
\n(2%) plus the Base Rate and (iii) in any case, the maximum rate permitted by
\napplicable law, if lower.<\/p>\n
“Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the
\nterms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is
\nexchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily
\nredeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable
\nat the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the
\nBridge Termination Date.<\/p>\n
“Dollars” and the symbol “$” mean dollars constituting legal tender for the
\npayment of public and private debts in the United States of America.<\/p>\n
“Employee Benefit Plan” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning
\nof Section 3(3) of ERISA which (i) is maintained for employees of the Borrower
\nor any of<\/p>\n
its ERISA Affiliates or is assumed by the Borrower or any of its ERISA
\nAffiliates in connection with any Acquisition or (ii) has at any time been
\nmaintained for the employees of the Borrower or any current or former ERISA
\nAffiliate.<\/p>\n
“Environmental Laws” means, collectively, the Comprehensive Environmental
\nResponse, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, the Superfund
\nAmendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, the Resource Conservation and
\nRecovery Act, as amended, the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, the
\nClean Air Act, as amended, the Clean Water Act, as amended, any other
\n“Superfund” or “Superlien” law or any other federal, or applicable state or
\nlocal statute, law, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order or decree
\nregulating, relating to, or imposing liability or standards of conduct
\nconcerning, any Hazardous Material.<\/p>\n
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
\namended from time to time, and any successor statute and all rules and
\nregulations promulgated thereunder.<\/p>\n
“ERISA Affiliate”, as applied to the Borrower, means any Person or trade or
\nbusiness which is a member of a group which is under common control with the
\nBorrower, who together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer within
\nthe meaning of Section 414(b) and (c) of the Code.<\/p>\n
“Eurodollar Rate” means the interest rate per annum calculated according to
\nthe following formula:<\/p>\n
Eurodollar = Interbank Offered Rate + Applicable
\n _______________________
\n Rate 1- Eurodollar Reserve Percentage Margin<\/p>\n
“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Loan or Segment of a Loan for which the rate
\nof interest is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate.<\/p>\n
“Eurodollar Rate Segment” means a Segment bearing interest or to bear
\ninterest at the Eurodollar Rate.<\/p>\n
“Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” means, for any day, that percentage
\n(expressed as a decimal) which is in effect from time to time under Regulation D
\nor any successor regulation, as the maximum reserve requirement (including any
\nbasic, supplemental, emergency, special, or marginal reserves) applicable with
\nrespect to Eurocurrency liabilities as that term is defined in Regulation D (or
\nagainst any other category of liabilities that includes deposits by reference to
\nwhich the interest rate on Eurodollar Rate Loans is determined), whether or not
\nthe Agent or any Lender has any Eurocurrency liabilities subject to such
\nrequirements, without benefits of credits or proration, exceptions or offsets
\nthat may be available from time to time to the Agent or any Lender. The
\nEurodollar Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date
\nof any change in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.<\/p>\n
“Event of Default” means any of the occurrences set forth as such in
\nSection 9.1.<\/p>\n
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
\nthe regulations promulgated thereunder.<\/p>\n
“Executive Officer” means any Person who from time to time holds the
\noffices with Borrower listed on Exhibit M.<\/p>\n
“Existing Availability” means that, at any point in time, there shall be
\navailable to the Borrower under the Existing Credit Agreement for borrowing or
\nissuance of letters of credit an amount of $5,000,000 or more.<\/p>\n
“Existing Credit Agreement” means the Third Amended and Restated Credit
\nAgreement dated April 18, 1996 among the Borrower, NationsBank, National
\nAssociation, as Agent and the lenders party thereto from time to time, as
\namended, modified or supplemented.<\/p>\n
“Facility” shall mean an inpatient or outpatient rehabilitation facility,
\ncertified outpatient rehabilitation facility, skilled nursing facility,
\nspecialty medical center, specialty orthopedic hospital or acute care hospital,
\nsubacute inpatient facility, transitional living center, medical office
\nbuilding, outpatient surgery center or outpatient diagnostic center with all
\nbuildings and improvements associated therewith, that is owned or leased, in
\nwhole or part, by the Borrower or a Subsidiary or any partnership controlled
\ndirectly or indirectly by the Borrower.<\/p>\n
“Fair Market Value” shall mean, with respect to any capital stock or other
\nownership interests issued or given by the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity
\nin connection with an Acquisition, (i) in the case of capital stock that is
\nCommon Stock and such Common Stock is then designated as a national market
\nsystem security by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”)
\nor is listed on a national securities exchange, the average of the last reported
\nbid and ask quotations or prices reported thereon for Common Stock or such other
\nvalue as may be ascribed to the Common Stock in a definitive merger or
\nacquisition agreement provided such value is determined according to customary
\nmethods for like transactions and is approved (to the extent required by
\nBorrower’s charter or bylaws) by the Borrower’s Board of Directors or (ii) in
\nthe case of capital stock that is not Common Stock or in the event that Common
\nStock is not so designated by NASD or listed on such national exchange, or in
\nthe case of any other ownership interests, the determination of the fair market
\nvalue thereof in good faith by a majority of disinterested members of the board
\nof directors of the Borrower or such Consolidated Entity, in each case effective
\nas of the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the
\nclosing date of such Acquisition.<\/p>\n
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum
\n(rounded upward to the nearest 1\/100th of 1%) equal to the weighted average of
\nthe rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
\nReserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by
\nthe Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such
\nday, provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds
\nEffective Rate for such day shall be such rate<\/p>\n
on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate
\nis so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds
\nEffective Rate for such day shall be the average rate quoted to the Agent on
\nsuch day on such transaction as determined by the Agent.<\/p>\n
“Fiscal Year” means, with respect to the Borrower, the twelve month fiscal
\nperiod of the Borrower commencing on January 1 of each calendar year and ending
\non December 31 of each calendar year, or with respect to Horizon, the twelve
\nmonth fiscal period of Horizon commencing on June 1 of each calendar year and
\nending on May 31 of the next succeeding calendar year.<\/p>\n
“Four-Quarter Period” means a period of four full consecutive fiscal
\nquarters of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken together as one accounting
\nperiod.<\/p>\n
“GAAP” or “Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” means generally
\naccepted accounting principles, being those principles of accounting set forth
\nin pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or the American
\nInstitute of Certified Public Accountants or which have other substantial
\nauthoritative support and are applicable in the circumstances as of the date of
\na report.<\/p>\n
“Governmental Authority” shall mean any Federal, state, municipal, national
\nor other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or
\ninstrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity or officer
\nexercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
\nfunctions of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether
\nassociated with a state of the United States, the United States, or a foreign
\nentity or government.<\/p>\n
“Guaranteed Obligations” of any person shall mean all guaranties (including
\nguaranties of guaranties and guaranties of dividends and other monetary
\nobligations), endorsements, assumptions and other contingent obligations with
\nrespect to, or to purchase or to otherwise pay or acquire, Indebtedness of
\nothers; provided, however, that such term shall not include obligations under
\nleases and other contracts initially incurred directly by another Person and
\nsubsequently directly assumed by the Person in question, but such term shall
\ninclude obligations that, if the same had been initially incurred directly by
\nthe Person in question, would have constituted Guaranteed Obligations.<\/p>\n
“Hazardous Material” means and includes any hazardous, toxic or dangerous
\nwaste, substance or material, the generation, handling, storage, disposal,
\ntreatment or emission of which is subject to any Environmental Law.<\/p>\n
“HCFA” means the United States Health Care Financing Administration and any
\nsuccessor thereto.<\/p>\n
“Headquarters Lease” means the Lease Agreement between HEALTHSOUTH
\nHoldings, Inc., as Lessee, and First Security Bank of Utah, N.A., as Lessor,
\ndated as of November 16, 1995 providing for the lease to HEALTHSOUTH Holdings,
\nInc. of the<\/p>\n
land and improvements thereon located on the property described therein, as such
\nLease Agreement may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated in its
\nentirety from time to time.<\/p>\n
“Headquarters Obligations” means all of the Holder Advances and Loans, as
\neach such term is defined in the Participation Agreement.<\/p>\n
“Horizon” means Horizon\/CMS Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation.<\/p>\n
“Indebtedness” of any Person at any date means, without duplication: (i)
\nall indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (whether or not the recourse
\nof the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a portion
\nthereof); (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures,
\nnotes or other similar instruments; (iii) all obligations (contingent or
\notherwise) of such Person in respect of letters of credit or other similar
\ninstruments (or reimbursement obligations with respect thereto); (iv) all
\nobligations of such Person with respect to Rate Hedging Obligations (other than
\nthose that fix the interest rate on variable rate indebtedness otherwise
\npermitted hereunder or that protect the Borrower and or its Consolidated
\nEntities against changes in foreign exchange rates); (v) obligations of such
\nPerson to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property or services,
\nexcept trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of
\nbusiness; (vi) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person; (vii) all
\nindebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any assets of such Person, whether
\nor not such indebtedness is assumed by such Person; (viii) all Guaranteed
\nObligations; (ix) the Headquarters Obligations; and (x) all obligations of a
\nlike nature to those described in clauses (i) through (ix) above of a
\npartnership of which such Person is a general partner. The amount of
\nIndebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such
\ndate of all unconditional obligations as described above, the maximum liability
\nof such Person for any such contingent obligations at such date and, in the case
\nof clause (vii), the amount of the Indebtedness secured.<\/p>\n
“Interbank Offered Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan or
\nEurodollar Rate Segment or Eurodollar Market Loans for the Interest Period
\napplicable thereto, the average (rounded upward to the nearest one-sixteenth
\n(1\/16) of one percent) per annum rate of interest determined by the Agent (each
\nsuch determination to be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) as of two
\nBusiness Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as the effective
\nrate at which deposits in immediately available funds in Dollars are being, have
\nbeen, or would be offered or quoted by the Agent to major banks in the
\napplicable interbank market for Eurodollar deposits at any time during the
\nBusiness Day which is the second Business Day immediately preceding the first
\nday of such Interest Period, for a term comparable to such Interest Period and
\nin the amount of such Eurodollar Rate Loan or Eurodollar Rate Segment or
\nEurodollar Market Loan. If no such offers or quotes are generally available for
\nsuch amount, then the Agent shall be entitled to determine the Eurodollar Rate
\nby estimating in its reasonable judgment the per annum rate (as described above)
\nthat would be applicable if such quote or offers were generally available.<\/p>\n
“Interest Period” shall mean with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, each
\nperiod commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is made or converted
\nfrom a Loan of another Type or the last day of the next preceding Interest
\nPeriod for such Loan and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the
\nfirst, second, third or sixth calendar month thereafter, as the Borrower may
\nselect as provided in Section 2.2, except that each Interest Period that
\ncommences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on any day for which
\nthere is no numerically corresponding day in the appropriate subsequent calendar
\nmonth) shall end on the last Business Day of the appropriate subsequent calendar
\nmonth. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) if any Interest Period for any
\nEurodollar Rate Loan would otherwise end after the Bridge Termination Date, such
\nInterest Period shall end on the Bridge Termination Date; (ii) each Interest
\nPeriod that would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day shall end
\non the next succeeding Business Day (or, in the case of an Interest Period for a
\nEurodollar Rate Loan, if such next succeeding Business Day falls in the next
\nsucceeding calendar month, on the next preceding Business Day); and (iii)
\nnotwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) above, no Interest Period for any Loan
\nshall have a duration of less than one month (in the case of a Eurodollar Rate
\nLoan) and, if the Interest Period for any Eurodollar Rate Loan would otherwise
\nbe a shorter period, such Loan shall not be available hereunder for such period.<\/p>\n
“Interest Rate Selection Notice” means the written notice delivered by an
\nAuthorized Representative in connection with the election of a subsequent
\nInterest Period for any Eurodollar Rate Loan or Eurodollar Rate Segment or the
\nconversion of any Eurodollar Rate Loan or Eurodollar Rate Segment into a Base
\nRate Loan or Base Rate Segment or the conversion of any Base Rate Loan or Base
\nRate Segment into a Eurodollar Rate Loan or Eurodollar Rate Segment, in the form
\nof Exhibit E.<\/p>\n
“Issuing Bank” means NationsBank as issuer of Letters of Credit under
\nArticle III.<\/p>\n
“LC Account Agreement” means the LC Account Agreement dated as of the date
\nhereof between the Borrower and the Issuing Bank, as amended, modified or
\nsupplemented from time to time.<\/p>\n
“Lending Office” means, as to each Lender and for each Type of Loan, the
\nLending Office of such Lender (or an Affiliate of such Lender) designated for
\nsuch Type of Loan on the signature pages hereof or in an Assignment and
\nAcceptance or such other office of such Lender (or of an affiliate of such
\nLender) as such Lender may from time to time specify to an Authorized
\nRepresentative and the Agent as the office by which its Loans are to be made and
\nmaintained.<\/p>\n
“Letter of Credit” means a standby letter of credit issued by the Issuing
\nBank pursuant to Article IV for the account of the Borrower in favor of a Person
\nadvancing credit or securing an obligation on behalf of the Borrower.<\/p>\n
“Letter of Credit Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the
\nobligation of such Lender to acquire Participations in respect of Letters of
\nCredit and Reimbursement Obligations up to an aggregate amount at any one time
\noutstanding equal to such Lender’s<\/p>\n
Applicable Commitment Percentage of the Total Letter of Credit Commitment as the
\nsame may be increased or decreased from time to time pursuant to this Agreement.<\/p>\n
“Letter of Credit Facility” means the facility described in Article III
\nproviding for the issuance by the Issuing Bank for the account of the Borrower
\nof Letters of Credit in an aggregate stated amount at any time outstanding not
\nexceeding, together with all Reimbursement Obligations, the Total Letter of
\nCredit Commitment.<\/p>\n
“Letter of Credit Outstandings” means, as of any date of determination, the
\naggregate amount remaining undrawn under all Letters of Credit plus
\nReimbursement Obligations then outstanding.<\/p>\n
“Lien” means any interest in property securing any obligation owed to, or a
\nclaim by, a Person other than the owner of the property, whether such interest
\nis based on the common law, statute or contract, and including but not limited
\nto the lien or security interest arising from a mortgage, encumbrance, pledge,
\nsecurity agreement, conditional sale or trust receipt or a lease, consignment or
\nbailment for security purposes. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Borrower
\nand any Subsidiary shall be deemed to be the owner of any property which it has
\nacquired or holds subject to a conditional sale agreement, financing lease, or
\nother arrangement pursuant to which title to the property has been retained by
\nor vested in some other Person for security purposes.<\/p>\n
“Line of Business” means, with respect to the Borrower and its
\nSubsidiaries, any separate and distinguishable type of business carried on by
\nthe Borrower or its Subsidiaries, including (but not limited to) long-term care,
\ninstitutional pharmacy services, physician placement and contract therapy
\nservices.<\/p>\n
“Loan” or “Loans” means any Bridge Loans and all extensions and renewals
\nthereof.<\/p>\n
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Notes, the LC Account Agreement,
\nthe Applications and Agreements for Letter of Credit and all other instruments
\nand documents heretofore or hereafter executed or delivered to or in favor of
\nany Lender or the Agent in connection with the Loans made, Letters of Credit
\nissued and transactions contemplated under this Agreement, as the same may be
\namended, supplemented or replaced from time to time.<\/p>\n
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the
\nbusiness, properties, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, of the
\nBorrower and its Consolidated Entities, taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of
\nthe Borrower to pay or perform its obligations, liabilities and indebtedness
\nunder the Loan Documents as such payment or performance becomes due in
\naccordance with the terms thereof, or (iii) the rights, powers and remedies of
\nthe Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document or the validity, legality or
\nenforceability thereof (including for purposes of clauses (ii) and (iii) the
\nimposition of burdensome conditions thereon).<\/p>\n
“Material Group” shall mean, at any time, any group, whether one or more,
\nor combination of Consolidated Entities (a) whose assets, in the aggregate,
\nconstitute 5% or more of the assets of the Borrower and the Consolidated
\nEntities on a consolidated basis or (b) whose net revenues, in the aggregate,
\nconstitute 5% or more of the net revenues of the Borrower and the Consolidated
\nEntities on a consolidated basis.<\/p>\n
“Medicaid Certification” means certification by HCFA or a state agency or
\nentity under contract with HCFA that a health care operation is in compliance
\nwith all the conditions of participation set forth in the Medicaid Regulations.<\/p>\n
“Medicaid Provider Agreement” means an agreement entered into between a
\nstate agency or other entity administering the Medicaid program and a health
\ncare operation under which the health care operation agrees to provide services
\nfor Medicaid patients in accordance with the terms of the agreement and Medicaid
\nRegulations.<\/p>\n
“Medicaid Regulations” means, collectively, (i) all federal statutes
\n(whether set forth in Title XIX of the Social Security Act or elsewhere)
\naffecting the medical assistance program established by Title XIX of the Social
\nSecurity Act and any statutes succeeding thereto; (ii) all applicable provisions
\nof all federal rules, regulations, manuals and orders of all Governmental
\nAuthorities promulgated pursuant to or in connection with the statutes described
\nin clause (i) above and all federal administrative, reimbursement and other
\nguidelines of all Governmental Authorities having the force of law promulgated
\npursuant to or in connection with the statutes described in clause (i) above;
\n(iii) all state statutes and plans for medical assistance enacted in connection
\nwith the statutes and provisions described in clauses (i) and (ii) above; and
\n(iv) all applicable provisions of all rules, regulations, manuals and orders of
\nall Governmental Authorities promulgated pursuant to or in connection with the
\nstatutes described in clause (iii) above and all state administrative,
\nreimbursement and other guidelines of all Governmental Authorities having the
\nforce of law promulgated pursuant to or in connection with the statutes
\ndescribed in clause (ii) above, in each case as may be amended, supplemented or
\notherwise modified from time to time.<\/p>\n
“Medicare Certification” means certification by HCFA or a state agency or
\nentity under contract with HCFA that a health care operation is in compliance
\nwith all the conditions of participation set forth in the Medicare Regulations.<\/p>\n
“Medicare Provider Agreement” means an agreement entered into between a
\nstate agency or other entity administering the Medicare program and a health
\ncare operation under which the health care operation agrees to provide services
\nfor Medicare patients in accordance with the terms of the agreement and Medicare
\nRegulations.<\/p>\n
“Medicare Regulations” means, collectively, all federal statutes (whether
\nset forth in Title XVIII of the Social Security Act or elsewhere) affecting the
\nhealth insurance program for the aged and disabled established by Title XVIII of
\nthe Social Security Act and any statutes succeeding thereto; together with all
\napplicable provisions of all rules, regulations, manuals and orders and
\nadministrative, reimbursement and other guidelines<\/p>\n
having the force of law of all Governmental Authorities (including without
\nlimitation, Health and Human Services (“HHS”), HCFA, the Office of the Inspector
\nGeneral for HHS, or any Person succeeding to the functions of any of the
\nforegoing) promulgated pursuant to or in connection with any of the foregoing
\nhaving the force of law, as each may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
\nmodified from time to time.<\/p>\n
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.<\/p>\n
“Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section
\n4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is making, or
\nis accruing an obligation to make, contributions or has made, or been obligated
\nto make, contributions within the preceding six (6) Fiscal Years.<\/p>\n
“NationsBank” means NationsBank, National Association.<\/p>\n
“Notes” means the Bridge Notes.<\/p>\n
“Obligations” means the obligations, liabilities and Indebtedness of the
\nBorrower with respect to (i) the principal and interest on the Loans as
\nevidenced by the Notes, (ii) the Reimbursement Obligations and otherwise in
\nrespect of the Letters of Credit, and (iii) the payment and performance of all
\nother obligations, liabilities and Indebtedness of the Borrower to the Lenders
\nor the Agent hereunder, under any one or more of the other Loan Documents or
\nwith respect to the Loans.<\/p>\n
“Participation” means, with respect to any Lender (other than the Issuing
\nBank) and a Letter of Credit, the extension of credit represented by the
\nparticipation of such Lender hereunder in the liability of the Issuing Bank in
\nrespect of a Letter of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank in accordance with the
\nterms hereof.<\/p>\n
“Participation Agreement” means the Participation Agreement dated November
\n16, 1995 among HEALTHSOUTH Corporation, as Construction Agent, HEALTHSOUTH
\nHoldings, Inc., as Lessee, First Security Bank of Utah, N.A., as Trustee, the
\nHolders identified therein, the Lenders identified therein, and NationsBank,
\nNational Association, as Agent, as such Participation Agreement may be amended,
\nmodified, supplemented or restated in its entirety from time to time.<\/p>\n
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any successor
\nthereto.<\/p>\n
“Pension Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan within the meaning
\nof Section 3(2) of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to
\nthe provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code and which (i) is
\nmaintained for employees of the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates or is
\nassumed by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates in connection with any
\nAcquisition or (ii) has at any time been maintained for the employees of the
\nBorrower or any current or former ERISA Affiliate.<\/p>\n
“Permitted Encumbrances” shall mean:<\/p>\n
(1) liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges that are
\n not delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
\n proceedings duly pursued;<\/p>\n
(2) mechanics’, materialmen’s, contractor’s, landlord’s or other similar
\n liens arising in the ordinary course of business, securing obligations that
\n are not delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
\n proceedings duly pursued;<\/p>\n
(3) restrictions, exceptions, reservations, easements, conditions,
\n limitations and other matters of record other than Liens that do not
\n materially adversely affect the value or utility of the affected property;<\/p>\n
(4) Liens on assets securing Indebtedness the proceeds of which are used to
\n acquire such assets;<\/p>\n
(5) Liens and other matters approved in writing by the Required Lenders;
\n and<\/p>\n
(6) Liens in favor of landlords, the amount secured by which landlords’
\n Liens, in the aggregate, would not materially adversely affect the Borrower
\n or a Material Group.<\/p>\n
“Permitted Investments” shall mean:<\/p>\n
(1) direct obligations of, or obligations the payment of which is
\n guaranteed by, the United States of America or an interest in any trust or
\n fund that invests solely in such obligations or repurchase agreements,
\n properly secured, with respect to such obligations.<\/p>\n
(2) direct obligations of agencies or instrumentalities of the United
\n States of America having a rating of A or higher by S&P or A2 or higher by
\n Moody’s;<\/p>\n
(3) a certificate of deposit issued by, or other interest-bearing deposits
\n with, a bank having its principal place of business in the United States of
\n America and having equity capital of not less than $250,000,000;<\/p>\n
(4) a certificate of deposit issued by, or other interest-bearing deposits
\n with, any other bank organized under the laws of the United States of
\n America or any state thereof, provided that such deposit is either (i)
\n insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or (ii) properly
\n secured by such bank by pledging direct obligations of the United States of
\n America having a market value not less than the face amount of such
\n deposits;<\/p>\n
(5) the capital stock of and partnership interests in, and loans made by
\n the Borrower to, Controlled Partnerships and Subsidiaries;<\/p>\n
(6) prime commercial paper maturing within 270 days of the acquisition
\n thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of A-1 or higher
\n by S&P, or P-1 or higher by Moody’s;<\/p>\n
(7) eligible banker’s acceptances, repurchase agreements and tax-exempt
\n municipal bonds having a maturity of less than one year, in each case
\n having a rating, or that is the full recourse obligation of a person whose
\n senior debt is rated, A or higher by S&P or A2 or higher by Moody’s;<\/p>\n
(8) loans made by the Borrower or a Consolidated Entity in an aggregate
\n amount of $2,000,000 or less to employees of the Borrower or of a
\n Consolidated Entity;<\/p>\n
(9) loans made by the Borrower or a Controlled Partnership in an aggregate
\n amount of $1,000,000 or less to limited partners (or potential limited
\n partners) of Controlled Partnerships for the purpose of enabling such
\n limited partners to acquire limited partnership interests in Controlled
\n Partnerships, to operate their practices or to restructure partnership
\n interests;<\/p>\n
(10) loans in an aggregate amount of up to $20,000,000 made by the Borrower
\n to the HEALTHSOUTH Employee Stock Benefit Plan;<\/p>\n
(11) scholarship loans made by the Borrower in an aggregate amount not
\n exceeding $1,000,000 to individuals who meet certain eligibility
\n requirements as established by the Borrower from time to time;<\/p>\n
(12) up to 100% of the outstanding shares of stock of Caretenders
\n Healthcorp (formerly known as Senior Services, Inc.) provided that
\n aggregate costs incurred to purchase such shares shall not exceed
\n $12,000,000;<\/p>\n
(13) other investments of less than $5,000,000 in the aggregate expressly
\n approved in writing by the Agent and investments of $5,000,000 or greater
\n expressly approved in writing by the Required Lenders;<\/p>\n
(14) any other investment having a rating of A or higher or A-1 or higher
\n by S&P or A2 or higher or P-1 or higher by Moody’s;<\/p>\n
(15) loans to health care practitioners and other persons not to exceed in
\n the aggregate $5,000,000;<\/p>\n
(16) investments in Acacia Venture Partners, Wellmark, HEALTHSMART,
\n MedPartners and Austin Medical Office Building which in the aggregate do
\n not exceed $5,000,000; and<\/p>\n
(17) additional investments existing on the Closing Date and described in
\n Exhibit H.<\/p>\n
“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
\ncompany, trust, unincorporated organization, association, joint venture or a
\ngovernment or agency or political subdivision thereof.<\/p>\n
“Prepayable Debt” means the Indebtedness described in Schedule
\n1.1–Prepayable Debt.<\/p>\n
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum announced publicly by the
\nAgent as its prime rate from time to time.<\/p>\n
“Principal Office” means the office of the Agent at NationsBank, National
\nAssociation, Independence Center, 15th Floor, NC1 001-15-04, Charlotte, North
\nCarolina 28255, Attention: Agency Services, or such other office and address as
\nthe Agent may from time to time designate.<\/p>\n
“Pro Forma Historical Statements” means (i) the pro forma consolidated
\nbalance sheet as at March 31, 1997 and (ii) the pro forma consolidated income
\nstatements for Fiscal Year ended December 31, 1994, December 31, 1995 and
\nDecember 31, 1996 prepared in accordance with GAAP by independent certified
\npublic accountants of national reputation, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
\ngiving historical pro forma effect to the Related Acquisition, which shall be
\nfurnished to the Agent and the Lenders prior to the Closing Date.<\/p>\n
“Rate Hedging Obligations” means any and all obligations of the Borrower or
\nany Consolidated Entity, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and
\nwhensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals,
\nextensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under (i) any
\nand all agreements, devices or arrangements designed to protect at least one of
\nthe parties thereto from the fluctuations of interest rates, exchange rates or
\nforward rates applicable to such party’s assets, liabilities or exchange
\ntransactions, including, but not limited to, Dollar-denominated or
\ncross-currency interest rate exchange agreements, forward currency exchange
\nagreements, interest rate cap or collar protection agreements, forward rate
\ncurrency or interest rate options, puts, warrants and those commonly known as
\ninterest rate “swap” agreements; and (ii) any and all cancellations, buybacks,
\nreversals, terminations or assignments of any of the foregoing.<\/p>\n
“Rating” means the rating of senior unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower
\nin effect at any time which rating is made by either of Moody’s or S&P.<\/p>\n
“Registration Statement” means the Borrower’s Registration Statement on
\nForm S-4 Registration No. 33336419, as filed with the Securities and Exchange
\nCommission on September 25, 1997, as amended, including all documents
\nincorporated therein by reference.<\/p>\n
“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board as the same may be amended
\nor supplemented from time to time.<\/p>\n
“Reimbursement Obligation” shall mean, at any time, the obligation of the
\nBorrower with respect to any Letter of Credit to reimburse the Issuing Bank and
\nthe Lenders to the extent of their respective Participations (including by the
\nreceipt by the Issuing Bank of proceeds of Loans pursuant to Section 3.2) for
\namounts theretofore paid by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a drawing under such
\nLetter of Credit.<\/p>\n
“Related Acquisition” means the acquisition by the Borrower of Horizon in
\naccordance with the terms of the Related Acquisition Agreement, as such
\ntransaction is further described in the Registration Statement.<\/p>\n
“Related Acquisition Agreement” means that certain Plan and Agreement of
\nMerger dated as of February 17, 1997 by and among the Borrower, Horizon and Reid
\nAcquisition Corporation, and all schedules, annexes and exhibits thereto, as the
\nsame may be amended or supplemented in a manner acceptable to the Administrative
\nAgent and the Required Lenders in their discretion.<\/p>\n
“Related Acquisition Transaction Documents” means the Related Acquisition
\nAgreement and each document, agreement, instrument, opinion or certificate
\nincorporated therein or delivered in connection therewith, including in each
\ncase all annexes, schedules and exhibits thereto, as any of the same may be
\namended or supplemented in a manner acceptable to the Agent and the Required
\nLenders in their discretion.<\/p>\n
“Required Lenders” means, as of any date, Lenders on such date having
\nCredit Exposures (as defined below) aggregating at least 51% of the aggregate
\nCredit Exposures of all the Lenders on such date. For purposes of the preceding
\nsentence, the amount of the “Credit Exposure” of each Lender shall be equal to
\nthe aggregate principal amount of the Loans, owing to such Lender plus the
\naggregate unutilized amounts of such Lender’s Bridge Commitment plus the amount
\nof such Lender’s Applicable Commitment Percentage of Letter of Credit
\nOutstandings; provided that, if any Lender shall have failed to pay to the
\nIssuing Bank its Applicable Commitment Percentage of any drawing under any
\nLetter of Credit resulting in an outstanding Reimbursement Obligation, such
\nLender’s Credit Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit and Reimbursement
\nObligations shall be deemed to be held by the Issuing Bank for purposes of this
\ndefinition.<\/p>\n
“Restricted Payment” means (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct
\nor indirect, on account of any shares of any class of stock of Borrower or any
\nof its Consolidated Entities (other than those payable or distributable solely
\nto the Borrower) now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely
\nin shares of a class of stock to the holders of that class; (b) any redemption,
\nconversion, exchange, retirement or similar payment, purchase or other
\nacquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of stock
\nof the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Entities (other than those payable or
\ndistributable solely to the Borrower) now or hereafter outstanding; (c) any
\npayment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants,
\noptions or other rights<\/p>\n
to acquire shares of any class of stock of the Borrower or any of its
\nConsolidated Entities now or hereafter outstanding; and (d) any issuance and
\nsale of capital stock of any Consolidated Entity of the Borrower (or any option,
\nwarrant or right to acquire such stock) other than to the Borrower.<\/p>\n
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies.<\/p>\n
“Segment” means a portion of a Loan (or all thereof) with respect to which
\na particular interest rate is (or is proposed to be) applicable.<\/p>\n
“Short Term Credit Facility” means the short-term loan of $500,000,000 made
\nby NationsBank, National Association to the Borrower evidenced by a promissory
\nnote dated September 25, 1997.<\/p>\n
“Single Employer Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan covered by
\nTitle IV of ERISA in respect of which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is an
\n“employer” as described in Section 4001(b) of ERISA and which is not a
\nMultiemployer Plan.<\/p>\n
“Solvent” means, when used with respect to any Person, that at the time of
\ndetermination:<\/p>\n
(i) the fair value of its assets (both at fair valuation and at
\n present fair saleable value on an orderly basis) is in excess of the total
\n amount of its liabilities, including contingent obligations; and<\/p>\n
(ii) it is then able and expects to be able to pay its debts as they
\n mature; and<\/p>\n
(iii) it has capital sufficient to carry on its business as conducted
\n and as proposed to be conducted.<\/p>\n
“Stated Termination Date” means October 21, 1998.<\/p>\n
“Subordinated Debt” means any unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower
\n or any Consolidated Entity (other than inter-company Indebtedness) which is
\n subordinated in right of payment in all respects to the Obligations in a
\n manner reasonably acceptable to the Agent.<\/p>\n
“Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity in which more than 50%
\nof its outstanding voting stock or more than 50% of all equity interests is
\nowned directly or indirectly by the Borrower and\/or by one or more of the
\nBorrower’s Subsidiaries.<\/p>\n
“Swap Agreement” means one or more agreements between the Borrower and any
\nPerson with respect to Indebtedness evidenced by any or all of the Notes, on
\nterms mutually acceptable to Borrower and such Person and approved by each of
\nthe Lenders, which agreements create Rate Hedging Obligations; provided,
\nhowever, that no such<\/p>\n
approval of the Lenders shall be required to the extent such agreements are
\nentered into between the Borrower and any Lender.<\/p>\n
“Termination Event” means: (i) a “Reportable Event” described in Section
\n4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder (unless the notice
\nrequirement has been waived by applicable regulation); or (ii) the withdrawal of
\nthe Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan during a plan year in
\nwhich it was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA
\nor was deemed such under Section 4068(f) of ERISA; or (iii) the termination of a
\nPension Plan, the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan or
\nthe treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of
\nERISA; or (iv) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan by the
\nPBGC; or (v) any other event or condition which would constitute grounds under
\nSection 4042(a) of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee
\nto administer, any Pension Plan; or (vi) the partial or complete withdrawal of
\nthe Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan; or (vii) the
\nimposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of
\nERISA; or (viii) any event or condition which results in the reorganization or
\ninsolvency of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4241 or Section 4245 of ERISA,
\nrespectively; or (ix) any event or condition which results in the termination of
\na Multiemployer Plan under Section 4041A of ERISA or the institution by the PBGC
\nof proceedings to terminate a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA.<\/p>\n
“Total Letter of Credit Commitment” means an amount not to exceed
\n$50,000,000.<\/p>\n
“Total Bridge Commitment” means a principal amount equal to $1,250,000,000,
\nas reduced from time to time in accordance with Section 2.1(a) and Section 2.7.<\/p>\n
“Type” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.3.<\/p>\n
“Vanderbilt” shall mean Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital,
\nL.P., the partners of which are the Borrower, Vanderbilt University and
\nVanderbilt Health Services.<\/p>\n
“Voting Stock” means shares of Capital Stock issued by a corporation, or
\nequivalent interests in any other Person, the holders of which are ordinarily,
\nin the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors
\n(or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even if the right so
\nto vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.<\/p>\n
24.2. Rules of Interpretation.<\/p>\n
(a) All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall have
\n the meanings assigned to such terms and shall be interpreted in accordance
\n with GAAP applied on a Consistent Basis.<\/p>\n
(b) The headings, subheadings and table of contents used herein or in
\n any other Loan Document are solely for convenience of reference and shall
\n not constitute a part of any such document or affect the meaning,
\n construction or effect of any provision thereof.<\/p>\n
(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided, references herein to
\n articles, sections, paragraphs, clauses, annexes, appendices, exhibits and
\n schedules are references to articles, sections, paragraphs, clauses,
\n annexes, appendices, exhibits and schedules in or to this Agreement.<\/p>\n
(d) All definitions set forth herein or in any other Loan Document
\n shall apply to the singular as well as the plural form of such defined
\n term, and all references to the masculine gender shall include reference to
\n the feminine or neuter gender, and vice versa, as the context may require.<\/p>\n
(e) When used herein or in any other Loan Document, words such as
\n “hereunder”, “hereto”, “hereof” and “herein” and other words of like import
\n shall, unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, refer to the
\n whole of the applicable document and not to any particular article,
\n section, subsection, paragraph or clause thereof.<\/p>\n
(f) References to “including” means including without limiting the
\n generality of any description preceding such term, and for purposes hereof
\n the rule of ejusdem generis shall not be applicable to limit a general
\n statement, followed by or referable to an enumeration of specific matters,
\n to matters similar to those specifically mentioned.<\/p>\n
(g) All dates and times of day specified herein shall refer to such
\n dates and times at Charlotte, North Carolina.<\/p>\n
(h) Each of the parties to the Loan Documents and their counsel have
\n reviewed and revised, or requested (or had the opportunity to request)
\n revisions to, the Loan Documents, and any rule of construction that
\n ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall be
\n inapplicable in the construing and interpretation of the Loan Documents and
\n all exhibits, schedules and appendices thereto.<\/p>\n
(i) Any reference to an officer of the Borrower or any other Person by
\n reference to the title of such officer shall be deemed to refer to each
\n other officer of such Person, however titled, exercising the same or
\n substantially similar functions.<\/p>\n
(j) All references to any agreement or document as amended, modified
\n or supplemented, or words of similar effect, shall mean such document or
\n agreement, as the case may be, as amended, modified or supplemented from
\n time to time only as and to the extent permitted therein and in the Loan
\n Documents.<\/p>\n
24.3. Types of Loans. Loans hereunder are distinguished by “Type”. The
\n“Type” of a Loan refers to whether such Loan is a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar
\nRate Loan, each of which constitutes a Type.<\/p>\n
ARTICLE XXV<\/p>\n
The Loans<\/p>\n
25.1. Bridge Loans.<\/p>\n
(a) Bridge Facility. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
\neach Lender severally agrees to make Advances to the Borrower under the Bridge
\nFacility from time to time from the Closing Date until the Bridge Termination
\nDate on a pro rata basis as to the total borrowing requested by the Borrower on
\nany day determined by such Lender’s Applicable Commitment Percentage up to but
\nnot exceeding the Bridge Commitment of such Lender, provided, however, that the
\nLenders will not be required and shall have no obligation to make any such
\nAdvance (i) so long as a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is
\ncontinuing or (ii) if the maturity of any of the Notes has been accelerated as a
\nresult of an Event of Default or (iii) if there is Existing Availability;
\nprovided further, however, that immediately after giving effect to each such
\nAdvance, the principal amount of Bridge Outstandings plus Letters of Credit
\nOutstandings shall not exceed the Total Bridge Commitment. Within such limits,
\nthe Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow under the Bridge Facility on a
\nBusiness Day from the Closing Date until, but (as to borrowings and
\nreborrowings) not including, the Bridge Termination Date; provided, however,
\nthat (y) no Bridge Loan that is a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be made which has
\nan Interest Period that extends beyond the Bridge Termination Date and (z) each
\nBridge Loan that is a Eurodollar Rate Loan may, subject to the provisions of
\nSection 2.3, be repaid only on the last day of the Interest Period with respect
\nthereto unless such payment is accompanied by the additional payment, if any,
\nrequired by Section 4.2.<\/p>\n
(b) Amounts. The aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Bridge
\nOutstandings shall not exceed the Total Bridge Commitment and, in the event
\nthere shall be outstanding any such excess, the Borrower shall immediately make
\nsuch payments and prepayments as shall be necessary to comply with this
\nrestriction. Each Bridge Loan hereunder and each conversion under Section 2.8,
\nshall be in an amount of at least $5,000,000, and, if greater than $5,000,000,
\nan integral multiple of $1,000,000.<\/p>\n
(c) Advances. (i) An Authorized Representative shall give the Agent (1) at
\nleast three (3) Business Days’ irrevocable written notice by telefacsimile
\ntransmission of a Borrowing Notice or Interest Rate Selection Notice (as
\napplicable) with appropriate insertions, effective upon receipt, of each Bridge
\nLoan that is a Eurodollar Rate Loan (whether representing an additional
\nborrowing hereunder or the conversion of a borrowing hereunder from Base Rate
\nLoans to Eurodollar Rate Loans) prior to 10:30 A.M. and (2) irrevocable written
\nnotice by telefacsimile transmission of a Borrowing Notice or Interest Rate
\nSelection Notice (as applicable) with appropriate insertions, effective upon
\nreceipt, of each Bridge Loan that is a Base Rate Loan (whether representing an
\nadditional borrowing hereunder or the conversion of borrowing hereunder from
\nEurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans) prior to 10:30 A.M. on the day of such
\nproposed Bridge Loan. Each such notice shall specify the amount of the borrowing
\nthe Type of Loan (Base Rate or Eurodollar Rate), the date of borrowing and, if a
\nEurodollar Rate Loan, the Interest Period to be used in the computation of
\ninterest. Notice of receipt of such Borrowing Notice or Interest Rate Selection
\nNotice, as the case may be, together with the amount<\/p>\n
of each Lender’s portion of an Advance requested thereunder, shall be provided
\nby the Agent to each Lender by telefacsimile transmission with reasonable
\npromptness, but (provided the Agent shall have received such notice by 10:30
\nA.M.) not later than 1:00 P.M. on the same day as the Agent’s receipt of such
\nnotice.<\/p>\n
(ii) Not later than 2:00 P.M. on the date specified for each borrowing
\nunder this Section 2.1, each Lender shall, pursuant to the terms and subject to
\nthe conditions of this Agreement, make the amount of the Loan or Loans to be
\nmade by it on such day available by wire transfer to the Agent in the amount of
\nits pro rata share, determined according to such Lender’s Applicable Commitment
\nPercentage of the Bridge Loan or Bridge Loans to be made on such day. Such wire
\ntransfer shall be directed to the Agent at the Principal Office and shall be in
\nthe form of Dollars constituting immediately available funds. The amount so
\nreceived by the Agent shall, subject to the terms and conditions of this
\nAgreement, be made available to the Borrower by delivery of the proceeds thereof
\nas shall be directed in the applicable Borrowing Notice by the Authorized
\nRepresentative and reasonably acceptable to the Agent.<\/p>\n
(iii) The Borrower shall have the option to elect the duration of the
\ninitial and any subsequent Interest Periods and to convert the Bridge Loans in
\naccordance with Section 2.8. Eurodollar Rate Loans and Base Rate Loans may be
\noutstanding at the same time, provided, however, there shall not be outstanding
\nat any one time Loans having more than eight (8) different Interest Periods. If
\nthe Agent does not receive a Borrowing Notice or an Interest Rate Selection
\nNotice giving notice of election of the duration of an Interest Period or of
\nconversion of any Loan to or continuation of a Loan as a Eurodollar Rate Loan by
\nthe time prescribed by Section 2.1(c) or 2.8, the Borrower shall be deemed to
\nhave elected to convert such Segment to (or continue such Segment as) a Base
\nRate Loan until the Borrower notifies the Agent in accordance with Section 2.8.<\/p>\n
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a drawing is made under any Letter
\nof Credit, such drawing is honored by the Issuing Bank prior to the Bridge
\nTermination Date, and the Borrower shall not immediately fully reimburse the
\nIssuing Bank in respect of such drawing, (A) provided that the conditions to
\nmaking a Bridge Loan as herein provided shall then be satisfied, the
\nReimbursement Obligation arising from such drawing shall be paid to the Issuing
\nBank by the Agent without the requirement of notice to or from the Borrower from
\nimmediately available funds which shall be advanced as a Base Rate Refunding
\nLoan by each Lender under the Bridge Facility in an amount equal to such
\nLender’s Applicable Commitment Percentage of such Reimbursement Obligation, and
\n(B) if the conditions to making a Bridge Loan as herein provided shall not then
\nbe satisfied, each of the Lenders shall fund by payment to the Agent (for the
\nbenefit of the Issuing Bank) in immediately available funds the purchase from
\nthe Issuing Bank of their respective Participations in the related Reimbursement
\nObligation based on their respective Applicable Commitment Percentages. If a
\ndrawing is presented under any Letter of Credit in accordance with the terms
\nthereof and the Borrower shall not immediately reimburse the Issuing Bank in
\nrespect thereof, then notice of such drawing or payment shall be provided
\npromptly by the Issuing Bank to the Agent and the Agent shall provide notice to
\neach Lender by telephone or telefacsimile transmission. If notice to the Lenders
\nof a drawing under any Letter of Credit is given by the Agent at or before 12:00
\nnoon on any Business Day, each Lender shall, pursuant to the conditions
\nspecified in this Section 2.1(c)(iv), either make a Base Rate Refunding<\/p>\n
Loan or fund the purchase of its Participation in the amount of such Lender’s
\nApplicable Commitment Percentage of such drawing or payment and shall pay such
\namount to the Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank at the Principal Office
\nin Dollars and in immediately available funds before 2:30 P.M. on the same
\nBusiness Day. If notice to the Lenders of a drawing under a Letter of Credit is
\ngiven by the Agent after 12:00 noon on any Business Day, each Lender shall,
\npursuant to the conditions specified in this Section 2.1(c)(iv), either make a
\nBase Rate Refunding Loan or fund the purchase of its Participation in the amount
\nof such Lender’s Applicable Commitment Percentage of such drawing or payment and
\nshall pay such amount to the Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank at the
\nPrincipal Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds before 12:00 noon
\non the next following Business Day. Any such Base Rate Refunding Loan shall be
\nadvanced as, and shall continue as, a Base Rate Loan unless and until the
\nBorrower converts such Base Rate Loan in accordance with the terms of Section
\n2.8.<\/p>\n
25.2. Payment of Interest. (a) The Borrower shall pay interest to the Agent
\nfor the account of each Lender on the outstanding and unpaid principal amount of
\neach Loan made by such Lender for the period commencing on the date of such Loan
\nuntil such Loan shall be due at the then applicable Base Rate for Base Rate
\nLoans or applicable Eurodollar Rate for Eurodollar Rate Loans, as designated by
\nthe Authorized Representative pursuant to Section 2.1; provided, however, that
\nif any amount payable under this Agreement shall not be paid when due (at
\nmaturity, by acceleration or otherwise, subject to the provisions of Section
\n9.1(a)), all amounts outstanding hereunder shall bear interest thereafter at the
\nDefault Rate.<\/p>\n
(b) Interest on each Loan shall be computed on an Actual\/360 Basis.
\nInterest on each Loan shall be paid (i) quarterly in arrears on the last
\nBusiness Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing September
\n30, 1997, for each Base Rate Loan, (ii) on the last day of the applicable
\nInterest Period for each Eurodollar Rate Loan and, if such Interest Period
\nextends for more than three (3) months, at intervals of three (3) months after
\nthe first day of such Interest Period, and (iii) upon the Bridge Termination
\nDate. Interest payable at the Default Rate shall be payable on demand.<\/p>\n
25.3. Payment of Principal. The principal amount of each Bridge Loan shall
\nbe due and payable to the Agent for the benefit of each Lender in full on the
\nStated Termination Date, or earlier as specifically provided herein. In
\naddition, if at any time there shall be any Existing Availability the Borrower
\nshall promptly reduce the Bridge Outstandings by an amount equal to the
\ndifference between $1,250,000,000 and the amount of outstanding loans and
\nletters of credit under the Existing Credit Agreement. The principal amount of
\nany Base Rate Loan may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time. The principal
\namount of any Eurodollar Rate Loan may be prepaid only at the end of the
\napplicable Interest Period unless the Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the
\naccount of the Lenders the additional amount, if any, required under Section
\n4.2. All prepayments of Bridge Loans made by the Borrower shall be in the amount
\nof $5,000,000 or such greater amount which is an integral multiple of
\n$1,000,000, or the amount equal to all Bridge Outstandings, as the case may be,
\nor such other amount as necessary to comply with Section 2.1(b) or Section 2.8.<\/p>\n
25.4. Non-Conforming Payments. (a) Each payment of principal (including any
\nprepayment) and payment of interest and fees, and any other amount required to
\nbe paid to the Lenders with respect to the Loans, shall be made to the Agent at
\nthe Principal Office, for the account of each Lender, in Dollars and in
\nimmediately available funds before 10:00 A.M. on the date such payment is due.
\nThe Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, debit the amount of any such
\npayment which is not made by such time to any ordinary deposit account, if any,
\nof the Borrower with the Agent. The Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower of
\nany such debit; however, failure to give such notice shall not affect the
\nvalidity of such debit.<\/p>\n
(b) The Agent shall deem any payment made by or on behalf of the Borrower
\nhereunder that is not made both in Dollars and in immediately available funds
\nand prior to 10:00 A.M. to be a non-conforming payment. Any such payment shall
\nnot be deemed to be received by the Agent until the later of (i) the time such
\nfunds become available funds and (ii) the next Business Day. Any non-conforming
\npayment may constitute or become a Default or Event of Default. Interest shall
\ncontinue to accrue on any principal as to which a non-conforming payment is made
\nuntil the later of (x) the date such funds become available funds or (y) the
\nnext Business Day at the Default Rate from the date such amount was due and
\npayable.<\/p>\n
(c) In the event that any payment hereunder or under the Notes becomes due
\nand payable on a day other than a Business Day, then such due date shall be
\nextended to the next succeeding Business Day unless provided otherwise under
\nclause (ii) of the definition of “Interest Period”; provided that interest shall
\ncontinue to accrue during the period of any such extension and provided further,
\nthat in no event shall any such due date be extended beyond the Bridge
\nTermination Date.<\/p>\n
25.5. Notes. Bridge Loans made by each Lender shall be evidenced by the
\nBridge Note payable to the order of such Lender in the respective amount of its
\nApplicable Commitment Percentage of the Bridge Commitment, which Bridge Note
\nshall be dated the Closing Date or a later date pursuant to an Assignment and
\nAcceptance and shall be duly completed, executed and delivered by the Borrower.<\/p>\n
25.6. Pro Rata Payments. Except as otherwise provided herein, (a) each
\npayment on account of the principal of and interest on the Loans and the fees
\ndescribed in Section 2.9 shall be made to the Agent for the account of the
\nLenders pro rata based on their Applicable Commitment Percentages, (b) all
\npayments to be made by the Borrower for the account of each of the Lenders on
\naccount of principal, interest and fees, shall be made without diminution,
\nsetoff, recoupment or counterclaim, and (c) the Agent will promptly distribute
\nto the Lenders in immediately available funds payments received in fully
\ncollected, immediately available funds from the Borrower.<\/p>\n
25.7. Reductions. (a) The Borrower shall, by irrevocable notice from an
\nAuthorized Representative, have the right from time to time but not more
\nfrequently than once each calendar month, upon not less than three (3) Business
\nDays’ written notice to the Agent, effective upon receipt, to permanently reduce
\nthe Total Bridge Commitment. The Agent shall give each Lender, within one (1)
\nBusiness Day of receipt of such notice, telefacsimile notice, or telephonic
\nnotice (confirmed in writing), of such reduction. Each such reduction shall be
\nin the aggregate amount<\/p>\n
of $10,000,000 or such greater amount which is in an integral multiple of
\n$1,000,000, or the entire remaining Total Bridge Commitment, and shall
\npermanently reduce the Total Bridge Commitment. Each reduction of the Total
\nBridge Commitment shall be accompanied by payment of Bridge Loans to the extent
\nthat the principal amount of Bridge Outstandings plus Letter of Credit
\nOutstanding exceeds the Total Bridge Commitment after giving effect to such
\nreduction, together with accrued and unpaid interest on the amounts prepaid. If
\nany such reduction shall result in the payment of any Eurodollar Rate Loan other
\nthan on the last day of the Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Loan such
\nprepayment shall be accompanied by amounts due, if any, under Section 4.2.<\/p>\n
(b) The Borrower shall make the following mandatory permanent reductions of
\nthe Total Bridge Commitment, each such payment to be made to the Agent for the
\nbenefit of the Lenders within the time period specified below:<\/p>\n
(i) With respect to the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of
\n any Line of Business where the sales price for such Line of Business shall
\n exceed $35,000,000, 100% of the net cash proceeds of the first $500,000,000
\n derived from all such transactions in the aggregate and 50% of the net cash
\n proceeds of the next $500,000,000 derived from all such transactions in the
\n aggregate, less expenses of such sale, any taxes actually paid or payable
\n as a result of such sale and any secured Indebtedness required to be repaid
\n in connection with such sale, lease or transfer, if the sales price for
\n such Line of Business shall exceed $35,000,000, such reduction to be made
\n within 30 days of the receipt of such proceeds; the Company shall give not
\n less than five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Agent of any
\n such prepayment resulting as a result of such reduction, which notice shall
\n include a certificate of an Authorized Representative setting forth in
\n reasonable detail the calculations utilized in computing the amount of such
\n prepayment or other reduction; and<\/p>\n
(ii) with respect to the issuance and sale for cash of any
\n Indebtedness or equity securities of the Borrower or (but only if the sales
\n proceeds shall exceed $5,000,000) any of its Subsidiaries, the principal
\n amount of any Indebtedness or the cash proceeds of any securities, less any
\n costs of issuance and any original issue discount, such reduction to be
\n made within 30 days of the receipt of such proceeds; the Company shall give
\n the Agent not less than five (5) days written notice of any such prepayment
\n resulting as a result of such reduction.<\/p>\n
25.8. Conversions and Elections of Subsequent Interest Periods. Provided
\nthat no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and
\nsubject to the limitations set forth below and in Article IV, the Borrower may:<\/p>\n
(a) upon delivery, effective upon receipt, of a properly completed
\nInterest Rate Selection Notice to the Agent on or before 10:30 A.M. on any
\nBusiness Day, convert all or a part of Eurodollar Rate Loans under the Bridge
\nFacility to Base Rate Loans on the last day of the Interest Period for such
\nEurodollar Rate Loans; and<\/p>\n
(b) upon delivery, effective upon receipt, of a properly completed
\nInterest Rate Selection Notice to the Agent on or before 10:30 A.M. three (3)
\nBusiness Days prior to the date of such election or conversion:<\/p>\n
(i) elect a subsequent Interest Period for all or a portion of
\n Eurodollar Rate Loans under the Bridge Facility to begin on the last
\n day of the then current Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate
\n Loans; and<\/p>\n
(ii) convert Base Rate Loans under the Bridge Facility to
\n Eurodollar Rate Loans on any Business Day.<\/p>\n
Each election and conversion pursuant to this Section 2.8 shall be subject
\nto the limitations on Eurodollar Rate Loans set forth in the definition of
\n“Interest Period” herein and in Sections 2.1 and 2.3 and Article IV. The Agent
\nshall give written notice to each Lender of such notice of election or
\nconversion prior to 3:00 P.M. on the day such notice of election or conversion
\nis received. All such continuations or conversions of Loans shall be effected
\npro rata based on the Applicable Commitment Percentages of the Lenders.<\/p>\n
25.9. Unused Fees.<\/p>\n
(a) For the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the Bridge
\nTermination Date, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent, for the pro rata
\nbenefit of the Lenders based on their Applicable Commitment Percentages, an
\nunused fee equal to the Applicable Unused Fee multiplied by the average daily
\namount by which the Total Bridge Commitment exceeds the aggregate principal
\namount of Bridge Outstandings plus Letter of Credit Outstandings. Such fees
\nshall be due in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September
\nand December commencing September 30, 1997 to and on the Bridge Termination
\nDate.<\/p>\n
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as any Lender fails to make
\navailable any portion of its Bridge Commitment when requested, such Lender shall
\nnot be entitled to receive payment of its pro rata share of such fees until such
\nLender shall make available such portion. All fees payable pursuant to this
\nSection 2.9 shall be calculated on an Actual\/360 Basis.<\/p>\n
25.10. Deficiency Advances. No Lender shall be responsible for any default
\nof any other Lender in respect of such other Lender’s obligation to make any
\nLoan or fund its purchase of any Participation hereunder nor shall the Bridge
\nCommitment of any Lender hereunder be increased as a result of such default of
\nany other Lender. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event
\nany Lender shall fail to advance funds to the Borrower under the Bridge Facility
\nas herein provided, the Agent may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated
\nto, advance under the Bridge Note in its favor as a Lender all or any portion of
\nsuch amount or amounts (each, a “deficiency advance”) and shall thereafter be
\nentitled to payments of principal of and interest on such deficiency advance in
\nthe same manner and at the same interest rate or rates to which such other
\nLender would have been entitled had it made such advance under its Bridge Note;
\nprovided that, upon payment to the Agent from such other Lender of the entire
\noutstanding amount of each such deficiency advance, together with accrued and
\nunpaid interest thereon, from the most recent<\/p>\n
date or dates interest was paid to the Agent by the Borrower on each Loan
\ncomprising such deficiency advance at the interest rate per annum for overnight
\nborrowing by the Agent from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Virginia, then
\nsuch payment shall be credited against the applicable Note of the Agent in full
\npayment of such deficiency advance and the Borrower shall be deemed to have
\nborrowed the amount of such deficiency advance from such other Lender as of the
\nmost recent date or dates, as the case may be, upon which any payments of
\ninterest were made by the Borrower thereon.<\/p>\n
25.11. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans made pursuant to this
\nAgreement shall be used by the Borrower (i) to repay Prepayable Debt, (ii) pay
\nin full the Short Term Facility, (iii) to purchase ASC, to provide funding in
\nconnection with the acquisition of Horizon and (iv) to provide for the working
\ncapital needs and other corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Consolidated
\nEntities.<\/p>\n
ARTICLE XXVI<\/p>\n
Letters of Credit<\/p>\n
26.1. Letters of Credit. The Issuing Bank agrees, subject to the terms and
\nconditions of this Agreement, upon request of the Borrower to issue from time to
\ntime for the account of the Borrower Letters of Credit upon delivery to the
\nIssuing Bank of an Application and Agreement for Letter of Credit relating
\nthereto in form and content acceptable to the Issuing Bank; provided, that (i)
\nthe Letter of Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Total Letter of Credit
\nCommitment, (ii) no Letter of Credit shall be issued so long as a Default or an
\nEvent of Default has occurred or is continuing or if the applicable conditions
\nset forth in Article V shall not have been satisfied, (iii) no Letter of Credit
\nshall be issued if, after giving effect thereto, Letter of Credit Outstandings
\nplus the aggregate principal amount of Bridge Outstandings shall exceed the
\nTotal Bridge Commitment and (iv) no Letter of Credit shall be issued if there is
\nExisting Availability. No Letter of Credit shall have an expiry date (including
\nall rights of the Borrower or any beneficiary named in such Letter of Credit to
\nrequire renewal) or payment date occurring later than the fifth Business Day
\nprior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date.<\/p>\n
26.2. Reimbursement.<\/p>\n
(a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally agrees to pay to the Issuing Bank
\nimmediately on demand at the Principal Office all amounts required to pay all
\ndrafts drawn or purporting to be drawn under the Letters of Credit and all
\nreasonable expenses incurred by the Issuing Bank in connection with the Letters
\nof Credit, and in any event and without demand to place in possession of the
\nIssuing Bank (which shall include Advances under the Bridge Facility if
\npermitted by Section 2.1(c)) sufficient funds to pay all debts and liabilities
\narising in respect of any Letter of Credit. The Issuing Bank agrees to give the
\nBorrower prompt notice of any request for a draw under a Letter of Credit. The
\nIssuing Bank may charge any account the Borrower may have with it for any and
\nall amounts the Issuing Bank pays under a Letter of Credit, plus charges and
\nreasonable expenses as from time to time agreed to by the Issuing Bank and the
\nBorrower; provided that to the extent permitted by Section 2.1(c)(iv), amounts
\nshall be paid pursuant to Advances under the Bridge Facility. The Borrower
\nagrees to pay the Issuing Bank interest on any Reimbursement Obligations not
\npaid when due hereunder at the Base Rate plus two percent (2.0%), or the maximum
\nrate permitted by applicable law, if lower, such rate to be calculated on an
\nActual\/360 Basis.<\/p>\n
(b) In accordance with the provisions of Section 2.1(c), the Issuing Bank
\nshall notify the Agent of any drawing under any Letter of Credit promptly
\nfollowing the receipt by the Issuing Bank of such drawing.<\/p>\n
(c) Each Lender (other than the Issuing Bank) shall automatically acquire
\non the date of issuance thereof a Participation in the liability of the Issuing
\nBank in respect of each Letter of Credit in an amount equal to such Lender’s
\nApplicable Commitment Percentage of such liability, and to the extent that the
\nBorrower is obligated to pay the Issuing Bank under Section 3.2(a), each Lender
\n(other than the Issuing Bank) thereby shall absolutely, unconditionally and
\nirrevocably assume, and shall be unconditionally obligated to pay to the Issuing
\nBank as<\/p>\n
hereinafter described, its Applicable Commitment Percentage of the liability of
\nthe Issuing Bank under such Letter of Credit.<\/p>\n
(i) Each Lender (including the Issuing Bank in its capacity as a
\n Lender) shall, subject to the terms and conditions of Article II, pay
\n to the Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank at the Principal
\n Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds, an amount equal
\n to its Applicable Commitment Percentage of any drawing under a Letter
\n of Credit, such funds to be provided in the manner described in
\n Section 2.1(c)(iv).<\/p>\n
(ii) Simultaneously with the making of each payment by a Lender
\n to the Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(iv)(B), such Lender
\n shall, automatically and without any further action on the part of the
\n Issuing Bank or such Lender, acquire a Participation in an amount
\n equal to such payment (excluding the portion thereof constituting
\n interest accrued prior to the date such Lender made its payment) in
\n the related Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower. The
\n Reimbursement Obligations of the Borrower shall be immediately due and
\n payable whether by Advances made in accordance with Section 2.1(c)(iv)
\n or otherwise.<\/p>\n
(iii) Each Lender’s obligation to make payment to the Agent for
\n the account of the Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(iv) and
\n this Section 3.2(c), and the right of the Issuing Bank to receive the
\n same, shall be absolute and unconditional, shall not be affected by
\n any circumstance whatsoever and shall be made without any offset,
\n abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. If any Lender is
\n obligated to pay but does not pay amounts to the Agent for the account
\n of the Issuing Bank in full upon such request as required by Section
\n 2.1(c)(iv) or this Section 3.2(c), such Lender shall, on demand, pay
\n to the Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank interest on the
\n unpaid amount for each day during the period commencing on the date of
\n notice given to such Lender pursuant to Section 2.1(c) until such
\n Lender pays such amount to the Agent for the account of the Issuing
\n Bank in full at the interest rate per annum for overnight borrowing by
\n the Agent from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Virginia.<\/p>\n
(iv) In the event the Lenders have purchased Participations in
\n any Reimbursement Obligation as set forth in clause (ii) above, then
\n at any time payment (in fully collected, immediately available funds)
\n of such Reimbursement Obligation, in whole or in part, is received by
\n Issuing Bank from the Borrower, the Issuing Bank shall promptly pay to
\n each Lender an amount equal to its Applicable Commitment Percentage of
\n such payment from the Borrower.<\/p>\n
(d) Promptly following the end of each calendar quarter, the Issuing Bank
\nshall deliver to the Agent and the Agent shall deliver to each Lender a notice
\ndescribing the aggregate undrawn amount of all Letters of Credit at the end of
\nsuch quarter. The Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the issuance of a
\nLetter of Credit.<\/p>\n
(e) The issuance by the Issuing Bank of each Letter of Credit shall, in
\naddition to the conditions precedent set forth in Article V, be subject to the
\nconditions that such Letter of Credit be in such form and contain such terms as
\nshall be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Bank consistent with the then
\ncurrent practices and procedures of the Issuing Bank with respect<\/p>\n
to similar letters of credit, and the Borrower shall have executed and delivered
\nsuch other instruments and agreements relating to such Letters of Credit as the
\nIssuing Bank shall have reasonably requested consistent with such practices and
\nprocedures and shall not be in conflict with any of the express terms herein
\ncontained. All Letters of Credit shall be issued pursuant to and subject to the
\nUniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, 1993 revision,
\nInternational Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 500 and all subsequent
\namendments and revisions thereto.<\/p>\n
(f) The Borrower agrees that Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion,
\naccept or pay, as complying with the terms of any Letter of Credit, any drafts
\nor other documents otherwise in order which may be signed or issued by an
\nadministrator, executor, trustee in bankruptcy, debtor in possession, assignee
\nfor the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver, attorney in fact or other
\nlegal representative of a party who is authorized under such Letter of Credit to
\ndraw or issue any drafts or other documents.<\/p>\n
(g) Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 11.12, the
\nBorrower hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuing Bank, each
\nother Lender and the Agent from and against any and all claims and damages,
\nlosses, liabilities, reasonable costs and expenses which the Issuing Bank, such
\nother Lender or the Agent may incur (or which may be claimed against the Issuing
\nBank, such other Lender or the Agent) by any Person by reason of or in
\nconnection with the issuance or transfer of or payment or failure to pay under
\nany Letter of Credit; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to
\nindemnify the Issuing Bank, any other Lender or the Agent for any claims,
\ndamages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses to the extent, but only to the
\nextent, (i) caused by the willful misconduct or negligence of the party to be
\nindemnified or (ii) in the case of the Issuing Bank, caused by the failure of
\nthe Issuing Bank to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it
\nof a request for payment strictly complying with the terms and conditions of
\nsuch Letter of Credit, unless such payment is prohibited by any law, regulation,
\ncourt order or decree. The indemnification and hold harmless provisions of this
\nSection 3.2(g) shall survive repayment of the Obligations, occurrence of the
\nBridge Termination Date and expiration or termination of this Agreement.<\/p>\n
(h) Without limiting the Borrower’s rights as set forth in Section 3.2(g),
\nthe obligation of the Borrower to immediately reimburse the Issuing Bank for
\ndrawings made under Letters of Credit and to repay Loans made under Section
\n2.1(c) and the Issuing Bank’s and each Lender’s right to receive such payment
\nshall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and such obligations of the
\nBorrower shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this
\nAgreement and such Letters of Credit and the related Applications and Agreement
\nfor any Letter of Credit, under all circumstances whatsoever, including the
\nfollowing circumstances:<\/p>\n
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit,
\n the obligation supported by any Letter of Credit or any other agreement or
\n instrument relating thereto (collectively, the “Related LC Documents”);<\/p>\n
(ii) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to or departure from
\n all or any of the Related LC Documents;<\/p>\n
(iii) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense (other than the
\n defense of payment in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) or other
\n rights which the Borrower may have at any time against any beneficiary or
\n any transferee of a Letter of Credit (or any persons or entities for whom
\n any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the Agent, the
\n Lenders or any other Person, whether in connection with the Loan Documents,
\n the Related LC Documents or any unrelated transaction;<\/p>\n
(iv) any breach of contract or other dispute between the Borrower and
\n any beneficiary or any transferee of a Letter of Credit (or any persons or
\n entities for whom such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting),
\n the Agent, the Lenders or any other Person;<\/p>\n
(v) any draft, statement or any other document presented under any
\n Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient
\n in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any
\n respect whatsoever;<\/p>\n
(vi) any delay, extension of time, renewal, compromise or other
\n indulgence or modification granted or agreed to by the Agent or the
\n requisite number of Lenders, with or without notice to or approval by the
\n Borrower in respect of any of Borrower’s Obligations under this Agreement;
\n or<\/p>\n
(vii) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not
\n similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that nothing in this
\n Section 3.2(h) shall give the Issuing Bank any right to reimbursement for
\n drawings made under a Letter of Credit otherwise than pursuant to a request
\n for payment strictly complying with the terms and conditions of such Letter
\n of Credit unless the Borrower has specifically waived such strict
\n compliance in writing.<\/p>\n
26.3. Letter of Credit Facility Fees. (a) The Borrower shall pay to the
\nAgent, for the pro rata benefit of the Lenders based on their Applicable
\nCommitment Percentages, a fee on the aggregate amount available to be drawn on
\neach outstanding Letter of Credit at a rate equal to the Applicable Margin. In
\naddition, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for the benefit of the Issuing
\nBank an issuance fee equal to one-eighth of one percent (1\/8%) per annum times
\nthe amount of outstanding Letters of Credit. Such fees shall be due with respect
\nto each Letter of Credit quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each
\nMarch, June, September and December, the first such payment to be made on the
\nfirst such date occurring after the date of issuance of a Letter of Credit. The
\nfees described in this Section 3.3 shall be calculated on the basis of a year of
\n360 days for the actual number of days elapsed.<\/p>\n
(b) The Borrower acknowledges that the Issuing Bank as issuer of each
\nLetter of Credit will be required by applicable rules and regulations of the
\nBoard to maintain reserves for its liability to honor draws made pursuant to a
\nLetter of Credit notwithstanding the obligation of the Lenders for a
\nParticipation in such liability. The Borrower agrees to promptly reimburse the
\nIssuing Bank for all additional costs which it may hereafter incur solely by
\nreason of its acting as issuer of the Letters of Credit and its being required
\nto reserve for such liability, it being<\/p>\n
understood by the Borrower that other interest and fees payable under this
\nAgreement do not include compensation of the Issuing Bank for such reserves. The
\nIssuing Bank shall furnish to the Borrower at the time of its demand for payment
\nof such additional costs, the computation of such additional cost which shall be
\nconclusive absent manifest error, provided that such computations are made on a
\nreasonable basis.<\/p>\n
26.4. Administrative Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Issuing Bank such
\nadministrative fee and other fees, if any, in connection with the Letters of
\nCredit in such amounts and at such times as the Issuing Bank and the Borrower
\nshall agree from time to time.<\/p>\n
ARTICLE XXVII<\/p>\n
Termination of Eurodollar Rate and Yield Protection<\/p>\n
27.1. Suspension of Loans.<\/p>\n
(a) If at any time the Agent shall reasonably determine (which
\ndetermination, if reasonable, shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all
\nparties) that:<\/p>\n
(i) by reason of any changes arising after the Closing Date affecting
\n the applicable interbank market or affecting the position of any Lender or
\n the Agent in such market, adequate and fair means do not exist for
\n ascertaining the Interbank Offered Rate with respect to a Eurodollar Rate
\n Loan; or<\/p>\n
(ii) the continuation by any Lender of any Eurodollar Rate Loans or
\n the funding thereof in the applicable interbank market would be unlawful by
\n reason of any law, governmental rule, regulation, guidelines or order; or<\/p>\n
(iii) the continuation by any Lender of any Eurodollar Rate Loans or
\n the funding thereof in the applicable interbank market would be
\n impracticable as a result of a contingency occurring after the date of this
\n Agreement that materially and adversely affects the applicable interbank
\n market;<\/p>\n
then, and in any such event, the Agent shall on such date give notice (by
\ntelephone and confirmed in writing) to the Borrower of such determination. The
\nobligation of any Lender to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Segments so
\naffected or to permit interest to be computed thereon based upon the Interbank
\nOffered Rate shall be terminated, and interest shall thereafter be computed on
\nthe affected Segment or Segments at the then applicable Base Rate.<\/p>\n
(b) It is the intention of the parties that the Eurodollar Rates shall
\naccurately reflect the cost to each Lender of maintaining any Eurodollar Rate
\nSegment during any period in which interest accrues thereon at a Eurodollar
\nRate. Accordingly:<\/p>\n
(i) if by reason of any change after the date hereof in any applicable
\n law or governmental rule, regulation or order (or any interpretation
\n thereof and including the introduction of any new law or governmental rule,
\n regulation or order), including any change in the Eurodollar Reserve
\n Percentage, the cost to any Lender of maintaining any Eurodollar Rate
\n Segment or funding the same by means of an interbank market time deposit in
\n the relevant interbank market shall increase, the Eurodollar Rate
\n applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Segment shall be adjusted as necessary
\n to reflect such change in cost to such Lender, effective as of the date on
\n which such change in any applicable law, governmental rule, regulation or
\n order becomes effective; and<\/p>\n
(ii) If any Lender shall have determined that the adoption after the
\n date of this Agreement of any law, rule, regulation or guideline regarding
\n capital adequacy, or any change in any of the foregoing or in the
\n interpretation or administration of any of the foregoing by any
\n Governmental Authority, central<\/p>\n
bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration
\n thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or any lending office of any Lender)
\n or such Lender’s holding company with any request or directive regarding
\n capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such
\n authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect
\n of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital
\n of such Lender’s holding company, as a consequence of such Lender’s
\n obligations under this Agreement or the Advances made by such Lender
\n pursuant hereto, to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s
\n holding company could have achieved but for such adoption, change or
\n compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s guidelines with respect
\n to capital adequacy) by an amount reasonably deemed by such Lender to be
\n material, then from time to time the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such
\n additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such
\n Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.<\/p>\n
27.2. Compensation. The Borrower shall compensate any Lender for all
\nreasonable losses, expenses and liabilities (including any interest owed by such
\nLender to lenders on funds borrowed by such Lender to make or carry any
\nEurodollar Rate Segment and any loss sustained by such Lender in connection with
\nthe re-employment of such funds), that such Lender may sustain: (a) if for any
\nreason (other than a default by such Lender) following agreement between the
\nBorrower and the Agent or the Borrower and such Lender, as the case may be, as
\nto the Eurodollar Rate applicable to a Eurodollar Rate Segment the Borrower
\nfails to accept such Eurodollar Rate Segment, (b) as a consequence of any
\nunauthorized action taken or default by the Borrower in the repayment of any
\nEurodollar Rate Segment when required by the terms of this Agreement or (c) with
\nrespect to any loss of income incurred by a Lender (as determined in a
\nreasonable manner by such Lender) associated with the payment of principal other
\nthan the last day of an Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Rate
\nLoan. A certificate as to the amount of any additional amounts payable pursuant
\nto this Section 4.2 (setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting
\nsuch amounts) submitted by such Lender to the Borrower shall be conclusive, in
\nthe absence of manifest error. The Borrower shall pay to such Lender the amount
\nshown as due on any such certificate delivered by such Lender within 30 days
\nafter the Borrower’s receipt of the same.<\/p>\n
27.3. Taxes. All payments by the Borrower of principal of, and interest on,
\nthe Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder shall be made free and clear
\nof and without deduction for any present or future excise, stamp or franchise
\ntaxes or other taxes, whatsoever imposed by any taxing authority, but excluding
\nfranchise taxes and taxes imposed on or measured by any Lender’s net income or
\nreceipts (such non-excluded items being called “Taxes”). In the event that any
\nwithholding or deduction from any payment to be made by the Borrower hereunder
\nis required in respect of any Taxes pursuant to any applicable law, rule or
\nregulation, then the Borrower will<\/p>\n
(a) pay directly to the relevant authority the full amount required to
\n be so withheld or deducted;<\/p>\n
(b) promptly forward to the Agent an official receipt or other
\n documentation satisfactory to the Agent evidencing such payment to such
\n authority; and<\/p>\n
(c) pay to the Agent for the account of each affected Lender such
\n additional amount or amounts as is necessary to ensure that the net amount
\n actually received by each Lender will equal the full amount such Lender
\n would have received had no such withholding or deduction been required.<\/p>\n
Moreover, if any Taxes are directly asserted against the Agent or any Lender
\nwith respect to any payment received by the Agent or such Lender hereunder, the
\nAgent or such Lender may pay such Taxes and the Borrower will promptly pay such
\nadditional amounts (including any penalties, interest or expenses) as is
\nnecessary in order that the net amount received by the Agent or such Lender
\nafter the payment of such Taxes (including any Taxes on such additional amount)
\nshall equal the amount the Agent or such Lender would have received had no such
\nTaxes been asserted. Upon the request of the Borrower or the Agent, each Lender
\nand each participant that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other
\nthan the United States shall, prior to the due date of any payments hereunder or
\nunder the Notes, execute and deliver to the Borrower and the Agent one or more
\n(as the Borrower or the Agent may reasonably request) United States Internal
\nRevenue Service Forms 4224 or Forms 1001 or such other forms or documents (or
\nsuccessor forms or documents), appropriately completed, as may be applicable (if
\nany are) to establish the extent, if any, to which a payment to such Lender or
\nparticipant is exempt from withholding or deduction of Taxes.<\/p>\n
If the Borrower fails to pay any Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing
\nauthority or fails to remit to the Agent, for the account of the respective
\nLender, the required amounts, receipts or other required documentary evidence,
\nthe Borrower shall indemnify the Lenders for any incremental Taxes, interest or
\npenalties that may become payable by any Lender as a result of any such failure.
\nFor purposes of this Section 4.3, a distribution hereunder by the Agent or any
\nLender to or for the account of any Lenders shall be deemed a payment by the
\nBorrower.<\/p>\n
If Taxes are incorrectly or illegally paid or assessed, and if any Lender
\nor the Agent contests the assessment of such Taxes, such Lender or the Agent
\nshall refund, to the extent of any refund made to such Lender or the Agent, any
\namounts paid by the Borrower under this Section in respect of such Taxes (less
\nthe costs and expenses incurred by such Lender in connection with such contest,
\nincluding legal fees).<\/p>\n
Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreements of the Borrower
\nhereunder or under any other Loan Document, the agreements of the Borrower
\ncontained in this Section shall survive the payment in full of all its
\nObligations and the termination of all Bridge Commitments.<\/p>\n
To the extent any Lender shall become liable for the payment of any Taxes
\nhereunder and shall seek reimbursement therefor pursuant to this Section 4.3,
\nthe Borrower shall be entitled, upon the giving of five Business Days’ notice to
\nthe Agent and such Lender, (i) to replace such Lender with a substitute lender,
\nand (ii) in connection with such substitution, cause the payment in full of the
\noutstanding Obligation due to the Lender requesting reimbursement without
\npenalty or payment other than under Section 4.2; provided, all obligations to
\nsuch assigning Lender shall be paid in full, no<\/p>\n
assignment fee shall be payable by such assigning Lender but shall be paid by
\nBorrower and such assigning Lender shall be entitled to the benefits of this
\nAgreement set forth in Sections 3.2(g), 11.6 and 11.12 and Article IV.<\/p>\n
ARTICLE XXVIII<\/p>\n
Conditions to Making Loans and Issuing Letters of Credit<\/p>\n
28.1. Conditions of Initial Advance. This Agreement shall not become
\neffective until the following conditions precedent have been satisfied in the
\nsole judgment of the Agent:<\/p>\n
(a) the Agent shall have received on the Closing Date, in form and
\n substance satisfactory to the Agent and Lenders, the following:<\/p>\n
(i) executed originals of each of this Agreement, the Notes, the
\n LC Account Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with all
\n schedules and exhibits thereto;<\/p>\n
(ii) the favorable written opinion or opinions with respect to
\n the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby of
\n counsel to the Borrower dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Agent
\n and the Lenders and satisfactory to Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore,
\n L.L.P., special counsel to the Agent, substantially in the form of
\n Exhibit H;<\/p>\n
(iii) resolutions of the board of directors of the Borrower
\n certified by its secretary or assistant secretary as of the Closing
\n Date, approving and adopting the Loan Documents to be executed by the
\n Borrower, and authorizing the execution and delivery and performance
\n thereof;<\/p>\n
(iv) specimen signatures of officers of the Borrower executing
\n the Loan Documents on behalf of the Borrower, certified by the
\n secretary or assistant secretary of the Borrower;<\/p>\n
(v) the charter documents of the Borrower certified as of a
\n recent date by the Secretary of State of its state of organization;<\/p>\n
(vi) the bylaws of the Borrower certified as of the Closing Date
\n as true and correct by its secretary or assistant secretary;<\/p>\n
(vii) certificates issued as of a recent date by the Secretary of
\n State of the jurisdiction of formation of the Borrower as to the valid
\n existence and good standing of the Borrower;<\/p>\n
(viii) appropriate certificates of qualification to do business,
\n good standing and, where appropriate, authority to conduct business
\n under assumed name, issued in respect of the Borrower as of a recent
\n date by the Secretary of State or comparable official of each
\n jurisdiction in which the failure to be qualified to do business or
\n authorized so to conduct business could have a Material Adverse
\n Effect;<\/p>\n
(ix) notice of appointment of the initial Authorized
\n Representative(s);<\/p>\n
(x) evidence of all insurance required by the Loan Documents;<\/p>\n
(xi) a certificate in the form of Exhibit I completed as of June
\n 30, 1997;<\/p>\n
(xii) evidence that all fees payable by the Borrower on the
\n Closing Date to the Agent and the Lenders have been paid in full;<\/p>\n
(xiii) Pro Forma Historical Statement and the financial
\n statements described in Section 6.6(d) and (e);<\/p>\n
(xiv) true copies of the Registration Statement and the Related
\n Transaction Documents;<\/p>\n
(xv) such other documents, instruments, certificates and opinions
\n as the Agent or any Lender may reasonably request on or prior to the
\n Closing Date in connection with the consummation of the transactions
\n contemplated hereby; and<\/p>\n
(b) In the good faith judgment of the Agent and the Lenders:<\/p>\n
(i) there shall not have occurred or become known to the Agent or
\n the Lenders any event, condition, situation or status since the date
\n of the information contained in the financial and business
\n projections, budgets, pro forma data and forecasts concerning the
\n Borrower and its Consolidated Entities delivered to the Agent prior to
\n the Closing Date that has had or could reasonably be expected to
\n result in a Material Adverse Effect;<\/p>\n
(ii) no litigation, action, suit, investigation or other
\n arbitral, administrative or judicial proceeding shall be pending or
\n threatened which could reasonably be likely to result in a Material
\n Adverse Effect; and<\/p>\n
(iii) the Borrower and its Consolidated Entities shall have
\n received all approvals, consents and waivers, and shall have made or
\n given all necessary filings and notices, as shall be required to
\n consummate the transactions contemplated hereby without the occurrence
\n of any default under, conflict with or violation of (A) any applicable
\n law, rule, regulation, order or decree of any Governmental Authority
\n or arbitral authority or (B) any agreement, document or instrument to
\n which any of the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity is a party or by
\n which any of them or their properties is bound, except for such
\n approvals, consents, waivers, filings and notices the receipt, making
\n or giving of which will not have a Material Adverse Effect.<\/p>\n
28.2. Conditions of Loans and Letters of Credit. The obligations of the
\nLenders to make any Loans, and the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit,
\nhereunder on or subsequent to the Closing Date, are subject to the satisfaction
\nof the following conditions:<\/p>\n
(a) the Agent shall have received a Borrowing Notice if required by
\n Article II;<\/p>\n
(b) simultaneously with the making of a second Advance, evidence
\nsatisfactory to the Agent (which may include the appropriate written request or
\ndirection of the Borrower to the Agent delivered as of the Closing Date) of the
\nuse of Advances, together with other funds supplied by the Borrower (if any), to
\nthe repayment in full of the Prepayable Debt, and the making of satisfactory
\narrangements for the effective release and termination of all Liens securing any
\nPrepayable Debt substantially simultaneously with such payment;<\/p>\n
(c) the proceeds of the initial Advance shall be used to pay in full the
\nShort Term Facility and up to $190,000,000 shall be used to acquire ASC;<\/p>\n
(d) the representations and warranties of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries
\nset forth in Article VI and in each of the other Loan Documents shall be true
\nand correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Advance
\nLetter of Credit issuance or renewal, with the same effect as though such
\nrepresentations and warranties had been made on and as of such date, except to
\nthe extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate to an
\nearlier date and except that the financial statements referred to in Section
\n6.6(a) shall be deemed to be those financial statements most recently delivered
\nto the Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.1 from the date financial
\nstatements are delivered to the Agent and the Lenders in accordance with such
\nSection;<\/p>\n
(e) in the case of the issuance of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall
\nhave executed and delivered to the Issuing Bank an Application and Agreement for
\nthe Letter of Credit in form and content acceptable to the Issuing Bank together
\nwith such other instruments and documents as it shall request;<\/p>\n
(f) at the time of (and after giving effect to) each Advance or the
\nissuance of a Letter of Credit, no Default or Event of Default shall have
\noccurred and be continuing; and<\/p>\n
(g) immediately after giving effect to:<\/p>\n
(i) a Bridge Loan, the aggregate principal balance of all outstanding
\nBridge Loans for each Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Bridge Commitment;<\/p>\n
(ii) a Letter of Credit or renewal thereof, the aggregate principal balance
\nof all outstanding Participations in Letters of Credit and Reimbursement
\nObligations (or in the case of the Issuing Bank, its remaining interest after
\ndeduction of all Participations in Letters of Credit and Reimbursement
\nObligations of other Lenders) for each Lender and in the aggregate shall not
\nexceed, respectively, (X) such Lender’s Letter of Credit Commitment or (Y) the
\nTotal Letter of Credit Commitment; and<\/p>\n
(iii) a Bridge Loan or a Letter of Credit or renewal thereof, the sum of
\nLetter of Credit Outstandings plus the aggregate principal amount of Bridge
\nOutstandings shall not exceed the Total Bridge Commitment.<\/p>\n
Each borrowing hereunder and each issuance of a Letter of Credit hereunder
\nshall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower to the effect
\nthat the conditions set forth in clauses (d) and (f) have been satisfied as of
\nthe date of such borrowing.<\/p>\n
ARTICLE XXIX<\/p>\n
Representations and Warranties<\/p>\n
The Borrower represents and warrants with respect to itself and (to the
\nextent expressly set forth below) its Consolidated Entities (which
\nrepresentations and warranties shall survive the delivery of the documents
\nmentioned herein and the making of Loans and the issuance of a Letter of
\nCredit), that:<\/p>\n
29.1. Organization and Authority.<\/p>\n
(a) The Borrower and each Consolidated Entity is a corporation,
\n partnership or limited liability company duly organized and validly
\n existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation;<\/p>\n
(b) The Borrower and each Consolidated Entity (x) has the requisite
\n power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its
\n business as now being conducted and as contemplated in the Loan Documents,
\n and (y) is qualified to do business in every jurisdiction in which failure
\n so to qualify would have a Material Adverse Effect;<\/p>\n
(c) The Borrower has the power and authority to execute, deliver and
\n perform this Agreement and the Notes, and to borrow and obtain other
\n extensions of credit hereunder, and to execute, deliver and perform each of
\n the other Loan Documents to which it is a party; and<\/p>\n
(d) When executed and delivered, each of the Loan Documents to which
\n the Borrower is a party will be the legal, valid and binding obligation or
\n agreement, as the case may be, of the Borrower, enforceable against the
\n Borrower in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of any
\n applicable bankruptcy, moratorium, insolvency, reorganization or other
\n similar law affecting the enforceability of creditors’ rights generally and
\n to the effect of general principles of equity (whether considered in a
\n proceeding at law or in equity).<\/p>\n
29.2. Loan Documents. The execution, delivery and performance by the
\nBorrower of each of the Loan Documents and the credit extensions hereunder:<\/p>\n
(a) have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate actions
\n (including any required shareholder approval) of the Borrower required for
\n the lawful execution, delivery and performance thereof;<\/p>\n
(b) do not violate any provisions of (i) applicable law, rule or
\n regulation, (ii) any judgment, writ, order, determination, decree or
\n arbitral award of any Governmental Authority or arbitral authority binding
\n on the Borrower or any Subsidiary or its or any Subsidiary’s properties, or
\n (iii) the charter documents or bylaws of the Borrower;<\/p>\n
(c) do not and will not be in conflict with, result in a breach of or
\n constitute an event of default, or an event which, with notice or lapse of
\n time or both, would constitute an event of default, under any contract,
\n indenture, agreement or other instrument or<\/p>\n
document to which Borrower or any Consolidated Entity is a party, or by
\n which the properties or assets of the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity
\n are bound; and<\/p>\n
(d) do not and will not result in the creation or imposition of any
\n Lien upon any of the properties or assets of Borrower or any Subsidiary.<\/p>\n
29.3. Solvency. The Borrower is Solvent and the Borrower and its
\nConsolidated Entities taken as a whole are Solvent, in each case after giving
\neffect to the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.<\/p>\n
29.4. Subsidiaries. The Borrower has no Subsidiaries other than those
\nPersons listed as Subsidiaries in Schedule 6.4 and additional Subsidiaries
\ncreated or acquired after the Closing Date.<\/p>\n
29.5. Ownership Interests. Borrower owns no interest in any Person other
\nthan the Persons listed in Schedule 6.4, equity investments in Persons not
\nconstituting Subsidiaries permitted under Section 7.2 and additional
\nSubsidiaries created or acquired after the Closing Date.<\/p>\n
29.6. Financial Condition.<\/p>\n
(a) The Registration Statement incorporates by reference financial
\n statements of the Borrower and Horizon contained in the periodic reports
\n descried therein under the caption “INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY
\n REFERENCE”. Such financial statements (including the notes thereto) present
\n fairly the financial condition of (i) the Borrower and its Consolidated
\n Subsidiaries (before giving effect to the Related Acquisition) and (ii)
\n Horizon and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the Fiscal Years and three
\n month periods set forth and results of their operations and the changes in
\n their stockholders’ equity and cash flow for the Fiscal Years and three
\n month periods then ended, all in conformity with Generally Accepted
\n Accounting Principles applied on a Consistent Basis;<\/p>\n
(b) since June 30, 1997 (in the case of the Borrower) or May 31, 1997
\n (in the case of Horizon) there has been no material adverse change in the
\n condition, financial or otherwise, of (i) the Borrower or any of its
\n Consolidated Subsidiaries (before giving effect to the Related Acquisition)
\n or (ii) Horizon and its Subsidiaries, or in the businesses, properties,
\n performance, prospects or operations of (x) the Borrower or any of its
\n Consolidated Subsidiaries (before giving effect to the Related Acquisition)
\n or (y) Horizon and its Subsidiaries, nor have such businesses or properties
\n been materially adversely affected as a result of any fire, explosion,
\n earthquake, accident, strike, lockout, combination of workers, flood,
\n embargo or act of God;<\/p>\n
(c) except as set forth in the financial statements referred to in
\n Section 6.6(a) or permitted by Section 8.3, neither Borrower nor any
\n Subsidiary has incurred, other than in the ordinary course of business, any
\n material Indebtedness or other commitment or liability which remains
\n outstanding or unsatisfied;<\/p>\n
(d) the Pro Forma Historical Statements provided to the Agent and the
\n Lenders fairly present in accordance with GAAP the historical pro forma
\n financial condition and<\/p>\n
results of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for
\n the respective periods covered thereby, after giving pro forma effect to
\n the Related Acquisition and making the adjustments described therein;<\/p>\n
(e) the pro forma projections of the Borrower and its Consolidated
\n Subsidiaries giving effect to the Related Acquisition for the Fiscal Years
\n ending December 31, 1997, December 31, 1998 and December 31, 1999 provided
\n to the Agent and the Lenders were prepared by the Borrower in good faith
\n and are based upon assumptions which the Borrower believes to have been
\n reasonable as of the time of preparation thereof and as of the Closing
\n Date; and<\/p>\n
(f) neither the Borrower nor any Consolidated Entity has any material
\n Indebtedness, Guaranteed Obligations or other obligations or liabilities,
\n direct or contingent, in an aggregate amount in excess of $300,000 other
\n than (a) the liabilities reflected in such balance sheet and the notes
\n thereto or (b) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business.<\/p>\n
29.7. Title to Properties. The Borrower and each Consolidated Entity has
\ngood and marketable title to all its real and personal properties, subject to no
\ntransfer restrictions or Liens of any kind, except for the transfer restrictions
\nand Liens permitted by this Agreement.<\/p>\n
29.8. Taxes. The Borrower and each Consolidated Entity have filed or caused
\nto be filed all federal, state and local tax returns which are required to be
\nfiled by it and, except for taxes and assessments being contested in good faith
\nby appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and against which reserves
\nreflected in the financial statements described in Section 6.6(a) and
\nsatisfactory to the Borrower’s independent certified public accountants have
\nbeen established, have paid or caused to be paid all taxes as shown on said
\nreturns or on any assessment received by it, to the extent that such taxes have
\nbecome due.<\/p>\n
29.9. Other Agreements. Except as disclosed in or incorporated by reference
\nin the Registration Statement:<\/p>\n
(a) Neither the Borrower nor any Consolidated Entity is a party to or
\n subject to any judgment, order, decree, agreement, lease or instrument, or
\n subject to other restrictions, compliance with the terms of which
\n individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a
\n Material Adverse Effect;<\/p>\n
(b) neither the Borrower nor any Consolidated Entity is in default in
\n the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations,
\n covenants or conditions contained in (i) any Medicaid Provider Agreement,
\n Medicare Provider Agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the
\n Borrower or any Consolidated Entity is a party, which default has resulted
\n in, or if not remedied within any applicable grace period could result in,
\n the revocation, termination, cancellation or suspension of Medicaid
\n Certification or Medicare Certification of Borrower or any Consolidated
\n Entity which could have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) any other
\n agreement or instrument to which the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity is
\n a party, which default has, or if not remedied within any applicable grace
\n period could reasonably be likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect;<\/p>\n
(c) to the knowledge of Borrower’s Executive Officers, no Contract
\n Provider is a party to any judgment, order, decree, agreement or
\n instrument, or subject to restrictions, compliance with the terms of which
\n could individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a
\n Material Adverse Effect; and<\/p>\n
(d) to the knowledge of Borrower’s Executive Officers, no Contract
\n Provider is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any
\n of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any Medicaid
\n Provider Agreement, Medicare Provider Agreement or other agreement or
\n instrument to which such Person is a party, which default has resulted in,
\n or if not remedied within any applicable grace period could result in, the
\n revocation, termination, cancellation or suspension of Medicaid
\n Certification or Medicare Certification of such Person, which revocation,
\n termination, cancellation or suspension could reasonably be likely to have
\n a Material Adverse Effect.<\/p>\n
29.10. Litigation. Except as disclosed in or incorporated by reference in
\nthe Registration Statement, there is no action, suit, investigation or
\nproceeding at law or in equity or by or before any governmental instrumentality
\nor agency or arbitral body pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
\nthreatened by or against the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity or, to the
\nknowledge of the Borrower, pending or threatened by or against any Contract
\nProvider, or affecting the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity or, to the
\nknowledge of the Borrower, any Contract Provider or any properties or rights of
\nthe Borrower or any Consolidated Entity or, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
\nany Contract Provider, which could reasonably be expected (i) to result in the
\nrevocation, termination, cancellation or suspension of Medicaid Certification or
\nMedicare Certification of such Person, which revocation, termination,
\ncancellation or suspension could reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse
\nEffect, or (ii) to have a Material Adverse Effect.<\/p>\n
29.11. Margin Stock. The proceeds of the borrowings and other extensions of
\ncredit made hereunder will be used by the Borrower only for the purposes
\nexpressly authorized herein. None of such proceeds will be used, directly or
\nindirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock or for
\nthe purpose of reducing or retiring any Indebtedness which was originally
\nincurred to purchase or carry margin stock or for any other purpose which might
\nconstitute any of the Loans or Letters of Credit under this Agreement a “purpose
\ncredit” within the meaning of Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board. Neither
\nthe Borrower nor any agent acting in its behalf has taken or will take any
\naction which might cause this Agreement or any of the documents or instruments
\ndelivered pursuant hereto to violate any regulation of the Board or to violate
\nthe Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state
\nsecurities laws, in each case as in effect on the date hereof.<\/p>\n
29.12. Investment Company. Neither the Borrower nor any Consolidated Entity
\nis an “investment company,” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or
\n“principal underwriter” for, an “investment company”, as such terms are defined
\nin the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (15 U.S.C. ss. 80a-1, et
\nseq.). The application of the proceeds of the Loans and repayment thereof by the
\nBorrower and the issuance of Letters of Credit and the performance by the
\nBorrower and any Consolidated Entity of the transactions contemplated by the
\nLoan Documents will not violate any provision of said Act, or any rule,
\nregulation or order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder,
\nin each case as in effect on the date hereof.<\/p>\n
29.13. Patents, Etc. The Borrower and each Consolidated Entity owns or has
\nthe right to use, under valid license agreements or otherwise, all material
\npatents, licenses, franchises, trademarks, trademark rights, trade names, trade
\nname rights, trade secrets, service marks, service mark rights and copyrights
\nnecessary to or used in the conduct of its businesses as now conducted and as
\ncontemplated by the Loan Documents, without known conflict by, or with, any
\npatent, license, franchise, trademark, trade secret, trade name, service mark,
\ncopyright or other proprietary right of, any other Person.<\/p>\n
29.14. No Untrue Statement. Neither (a) this Agreement nor any other Loan
\nDocument or certificate or document executed and delivered by or on behalf of
\nthe Borrower or any Consolidated Entity in accordance with or pursuant to any
\nLoan Document nor (b) any statement, representation, or warranty provided to the
\nAgent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation or preparation of the
\nLoan Documents contains any misrepresentation or untrue statement of material
\nfact or omits to state a material fact necessary, in light of the circumstance
\nunder which it was made, in order to make any such warranty, representation or
\nstatement contained therein not misleading.<\/p>\n
29.15. No Consents, Etc. Neither the respective businesses or properties of
\nthe Borrower or any Consolidated Entity, nor any relationship between the
\nBorrower or any Consolidated Entity and any other Person, nor any circumstance
\nin connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents
\nand the transactions contemplated thereby, is such as to require a consent,
\napproval or authorization of, or filing, registration or qualification with, any
\nGovernmental Authority or any other Person on the part of the Borrower or any
\nConsolidated Entity as a condition to the execution, delivery and performance
\nof, or consummation of the transactions contemplated by, or the validity or
\nenforceability of, the Loan Documents, which, if not obtained or effected, would
\nbe reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, or if so, such consent,
\napproval, authorization, filing, registration or qualification has been duly
\nobtained or effected, as the case may be;<\/p>\n
29.16. ERISA Requirement. (i) The execution and delivery of the Loan
\nDocuments will not involve any prohibited transaction within the meaning of
\nERISA, (ii) the Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate has fulfilled its obligations
\nunder the minimum funding standards imposed by ERISA and each is in compliance
\nin all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, and (iii) no
\n“Reportable Event,” as defined in Section 4043(b) of Title IV of ERISA, has
\noccurred with respect to any plan maintained by the Borrower or any of its ERISA
\nAffiliate.<\/p>\n
29.17. No Default. As of the date hereof, there does not exist any Default
\nor Event of Default.<\/p>\n
29.18. Hazardous Materials. The Borrower and each Consolidated Entity is in
\ncompliance with all applicable Environmental Laws in all material respects.
\nNeither the Borrower nor any Consolidated Entity has been notified of any
\naction, suit, proceeding or investigation which, and neither the Borrower nor
\nany Consolidated Entity is aware of any facts which, (i) calls into question, or
\ncould reasonably be expected to call into question, compliance in all material
\nrespects by the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity with any Environmental Laws,
\n(ii) which seeks, or could reasonably be expected to form the basis of a
\nmeritorious proceeding, to suspend, revoke or terminate any material license,
\npermit or approval necessary for the generation, handling, storage, treatment or
\ndisposal of any Hazardous Material, or (iii) seeks to cause, or could<\/p>\n
reasonably be expected to form the basis of a meritorious proceeding to cause,
\nany property of the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity to be subject to any
\nmaterial restrictions on ownership, use, occupancy or transferability under any
\nEnvironmental Law.<\/p>\n
29.19. Employment Matters. (a) Except as set forth on Schedule 6.19, none
\nof the employees of the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity is subject to any
\ncollective bargaining agreement and there are no strikes, work stoppages,
\nelection or decertification petitions or proceedings, unfair labor charges,
\nequal opportunity proceedings, or other material labor\/employee related
\ncontroversies or proceedings pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower,
\nthreatened against the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity or between the
\nBorrower or any Consolidated Entity and any of its employees, other than
\nemployee grievances, controversies or proceedings arising in the ordinary course
\nof business which could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
\naggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and<\/p>\n
(b) Except to the extent a failure to maintain compliance would not have a
\nMaterial Adverse Effect, the Borrower and each Consolidated Entity is in
\ncompliance in all respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations
\npertaining to labor or employment matters, including without limitation those
\npertaining to wages, hours, occupational safety and taxation and there is
\nneither pending nor threatened any litigation, administrative proceeding or, to
\nthe knowledge of the Borrower, any investigation, in respect of such matters
\nwhich, if decided adversely, could reasonably be likely, individually or in the
\naggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.<\/p>\n
29.20. RICO. Neither the Borrower nor any Consolidated Entity is engaged in
\nor has engaged in any course of conduct that could subject any of their
\nrespective properties to any Lien, seizure or other forfeiture under any
\ncriminal law, racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations law, civil or
\ncriminal, or other similar laws.<\/p>\n
29.21. Reimbursement from Third Party Payors. The accounts receivable of
\nthe Borrower and each Consolidated Entity and each Contract Provider have been
\nand will continue to be adjusted to reflect reimbursement policies of third
\nparty payors such as Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross\/Blue Shield, private
\ninsurance companies, health maintenance organizations, preferred provider
\norganizations, alternative delivery systems, managed care systems, government
\ncontracting agencies and other third party payors. In particular, accounts
\nreceivable relating to such third party payors do not and shall not exceed
\namounts any obligee is entitled to receive under any capitation arrangement, fee
\nschedule, discount formula, cost-based reimbursement or other adjustment or
\nlimitation to its usual charges.<\/p>\n
29.22. Representations and Warranties from the Related Acquisition
\nTransaction Documents. As of the Closing Date (and immediately prior to giving
\neffect to the Related Acquisition), each of the representations and warranties
\nmade by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the Related Acquisition Transaction
\nDocuments are true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof,
\nand, except as such representations or warranties are modified by certificates
\nprovided by Horizon at the closing of the Restated Acquisition, the Borrower is
\nnot aware of any facts or circumstances indicating that any of the
\nrepresentations or warranties of Horizon or any of its Subsidiaries contained in
\nthe Related Acquisition Transaction Documents are not true and correct in all
\nmaterial respects as of the date hereof.<\/p>\n
ARTICLE XXX<\/p>\n
Affirmative Covenants<\/p>\n
Until the Bridge Termination Date and termination of this Agreement in
\naccordance with the terms hereof, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise
\nconsent in writing, the Borrower will, and where applicable will cause each
\nConsolidated Entity to:<\/p>\n
30.1. Financial Statements, Reports, Etc. The Borrower shall deliver or
\ncause to be delivered to the Agent and each Lender:<\/p>\n
(a) Not later than 50 days after the end of each of the first three
\n quarters of each Fiscal Year, a balance sheet and a statement of income of
\n the Borrower and its Consolidated Entities on a consolidated basis and a
\n statement of cash flow of the Borrower and its Consolidated Entities on a
\n consolidated basis for such calendar quarter and for the period beginning
\n on the first day of such Fiscal Year and ending on the last day of such
\n quarter (in sufficient detail to indicate the Borrower’s and each
\n Consolidated Entity’s compliance with the financial covenants set forth in
\n Section 8.1), together with statements in comparative form for the
\n corresponding date or period in the preceding Fiscal Year as summarized in
\n the Borrower’s Form 10-Q for the corresponding period, and certified as to
\n fairness, accuracy and completeness by the chief executive officer, chief
\n financial officer or Treasurer of the Borrower.<\/p>\n
(b) Not later than 100 days after the end of each Fiscal Year,
\n financial statements (including a balance sheet, a statement of income, a
\n statement of changes in shareholders’ equity and a statement of cash flow)
\n of the Borrower and its Consolidated Entities on a consolidated basis for
\n such Fiscal Year (in sufficient detail to indicate the Borrower’s and each
\n Consolidated Entity’s compliance with the financial covenants set forth in
\n Section 8.1), together with statements in comparative form as of the end of
\n and for the preceding Fiscal Year as summarized in the Borrower’s Form 10-K
\n for the corresponding period, and accompanied by an opinion of certified
\n public accountants acceptable to the Agent, which opinion shall state in
\n effect that such financial statements (A) were audited using generally
\n accepted auditing standards, (B) were prepared in accordance with generally
\n accepted accounting principles applied on a Consistent Basis, and (C)
\n present fairly the financial condition and results of operations of the
\n Borrower and its Consolidated Entities for the periods covered.<\/p>\n
(c) Together with the financial statements required by paragraphs (1)
\n and (2) above a compliance certificate duly executed by the chief executive
\n officer or chief financial officer or Treasurer of the Borrower in the form
\n of Exhibit L (“Compliance Certificate”).<\/p>\n
(d) Contemporaneously with the distribution thereof to the Borrower’s
\n or any Consolidated Entity’s stockholders or partners or the filing thereof
\n with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, copies of
\n all statements, reports, notices and filings distributed by the Borrower or
\n any Consolidated Entity to its stockholders or partners or filed with the
\n Securities and Exchange Commission (including reports on SEC Forms 10-K,
\n 10-Q and 8-K).<\/p>\n
(e) Promptly after the Borrower knows or has reason to know of the
\n occurrence of any “reportable event” under Section 4043 of ERISA applicable
\n to the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate, a certificate of the president or
\n chief financial officer of the Borrower setting forth the details as to
\n such “reportable event” and the action that the Borrower or the ERISA
\n Affiliate has taken or will take with respect thereto, and promptly after
\n the filing or receiving thereof, copies of all reports and notices that the
\n Borrower and each Consolidated Entity files under ERISA with the Internal
\n Revenue Service or the PBGC or the United States Department of Labor.<\/p>\n
(f) Promptly after the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Entities
\n becomes aware of the commencement thereof, notice of any investigation,
\n action, suit or proceeding before any Governmental Authority involving the
\n condemnation or taking under the power of eminent domain of any of its
\n property or the revocation or suspension of any permit, license,
\n certificate of need or other governmental requirement applicable to any
\n Facility.<\/p>\n
(g) Within 10 days of the receipt by the Borrower or any of its
\n Consolidated Entities, copies of all material deficiency notices,
\n compliance orders or adverse reports issued by any Governmental Authority
\n or accreditation commission having jurisdiction over licensing,
\n accreditation or operation of a Facility or by any Governmental Authority
\n or private insurance company pursuant to a provider agreement, which, if
\n not promptly complied with or cured, could result in the suspension or
\n forfeiture of any license, certification or accreditation necessary in
\n order for such Facility to carry on its business as then conducted or the
\n termination of any material insurance or reimbursement program available to
\n such Facility.<\/p>\n
(h) Such other information regarding any Facility or the financial
\n condition or operations of the Borrower or its Consolidated Entities as the
\n Agent shall reasonably request from time to time or at any time.<\/p>\n
30.2. Maintain Properties. Maintain all properties necessary to its
\noperations in good working order and condition, make all needed repairs,
\nreplacements and renewals to such properties, and maintain free from Liens all
\ntrademarks, trade names, service marks, patents, copyrights, trade secrets,
\nknow-how, and other intellectual property and proprietary information (or
\nadequate licenses thereto), in each case as are reasonably necessary to conduct
\nits business as currently conducted or as contemplated hereby, all in accordance
\nwith customary and prudent business practices.<\/p>\n
30.3. Existence, Qualification, Etc. Except as otherwise expressly
\npermitted under Section 8.4, do or cause to be done all things necessary to
\npreserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and all material rights
\nand franchises, and maintain its license or qualification to do business as a
\nforeign corporation and good standing in each jurisdiction in which its
\nownership or lease of property or the nature of its business makes such license
\nor qualification necessary.<\/p>\n
30.4. Regulations and Taxes. Comply in all material respects with or
\ncontest in good faith all statutes and governmental regulations and pay all
\ntaxes, assessments, governmental charges, claims for labor, supplies, rent and
\nany other obligation which, if unpaid, would become<\/p>\n
a Lien against any of its properties except liabilities being contested in good
\nfaith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and against which adequate
\nreserves acceptable to the Borrower’s independent certified public accountants
\nhave been established unless and until any Lien resulting therefrom attaches to
\nany of its property and becomes enforceable by its creditors.<\/p>\n
30.5. Insurance. At all times maintain in force, and pay all premiums and
\ncosts related to, insurance coverages in amounts deemed by the management of the
\nBorrower to be sufficient in accordance with usual and customary business
\npractices and any other coverages required under applicable governmental
\nrequirements. The Borrower shall deliver to the Agent annually on or before each
\nanniversary date of this Agreement, and at such other time or times as the Agent
\nmay request (but not more often than monthly), a certificate of the president or
\nchief financial officer of the Borrower setting out in such detail as the Agent
\nmay reasonably require a description of all insurance coverages maintained by
\nthe Borrower and each Consolidated Entity. The Agent shall have no obligation to
\ngive the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity notice of any notification received
\nby the Agent with respect to any insurance policies or take any steps to protect
\nthe Borrower’s or any Consolidated Entity’s interests under such policies.<\/p>\n
30.6. True Books. Keep true books of record and account in which full, true
\nand correct entries will be made of all of its dealings and transactions, and
\nset up on its books such reserves as may be required by GAAP with respect to
\ndoubtful accounts and all taxes, assessments, charges, levies and claims and
\nwith respect to its business in general, and include such reserves in interim as
\nwell as year-end financial statements.<\/p>\n
30.7. Right of Inspection. Permit any Person designated by the Agent to
\nvisit and inspect any of the properties, corporate books and financial reports
\nof the Borrower or any Subsidiary and to discuss its affairs, finances and
\naccounts with its principal officers and independent certified public
\naccountants, all at reasonable times, at reasonable intervals and with
\nreasonable prior notice.<\/p>\n
30.8. Observe all Laws. Conform to and duly observe, and cause all Contract
\nProviders to conform to and duly observe, in all material respects all laws,
\nrules and regulations and all other valid requirements of any regulatory
\nauthority with respect to the conduct of its business, including without
\nlimitation Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, Medicare
\nRegulations, Medicaid Regulations, and all laws, rules and regulations of
\nGovernmental Authorities pertaining to the licensing of professional and other
\nhealth care providers, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be
\nexpected to have a Material Adverse Effect.<\/p>\n
30.9. Governmental Licenses. Obtain and maintain, and use reasonable effort
\nto cause all Contract Providers to obtain and maintain, all licenses, permits,
\ncertifications and approvals of all applicable Governmental Authorities as are
\nrequired for the conduct of its business as currently conducted and herein
\ncontemplated, including without limitation professional licenses, Medicaid
\nCertifications and Medicare Certifications, except where the failure to do so
\ncould not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.<\/p>\n
30.10. Covenants Extending to Other Persons. Cause each of its Consolidated
\nEntities to do with respect to itself, its business and its assets, each of the
\nthings required of the Borrower in Sections 7.2 through 7.9, 7.15 and 7.16
\ninclusive.<\/p>\n
30.11. Officer’s Knowledge of Default. Upon any Executive Officer of the
\nBorrower obtaining knowledge of any Default or Event of Default or any default
\nor event of default under any other obligation of the Borrower or any
\nConsolidated Entity to any Lender, or any event, development or occurrence which
\ncould reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, cause such
\nExecutive Officer or an Authorized Representative to promptly notify the Agent
\nof the nature thereof, the period of existence thereof, and what action the
\nBorrower or such Consolidated Entity proposes to take with respect thereto. The
\nAgent shall notify the Lenders of receipt of such notice.<\/p>\n
30.12. Suits or Other Proceedings. Upon any Executive Officer of the
\nBorrower obtaining knowledge of any litigation or other proceedings being
\ninstituted (i) against the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any attachment, levy,
\nexecution or other process being instituted against any assets of the Borrower
\nor any Subsidiary or Controlled Partnership, which if adversely determined could
\nreasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) against the
\nBorrower, any Subsidiary or any Contract Provider (but only with respect to
\nservices provided to the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity) to suspend, revoke
\nor terminate any Medicaid Provider Agreement, Medicaid Certification, Medicare
\nProvider Agreement or Medicare Certification, which suspension, revocation or
\ntermination could reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, cause
\nsuch Executive Officer or an Authorized Representative to promptly deliver to
\nthe Agent written notice thereof stating the nature and status of such
\nlitigation, dispute, proceeding, levy, execution or other process.<\/p>\n
30.13. Notice of Discharge of Hazardous Material or Environmental
\nComplaint. Promptly provide to the Agent true, accurate and complete copies of
\nany and all notices, complaints, orders, directives, claims, or citations
\nreceived by the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity relating to any of the
\nfollowing which is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) violation or
\nalleged violation by the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity of any applicable
\nEnvironmental Law; (b) release or threatened release by the Borrower or any
\nConsolidated Entity, or at any Facility or property owned or leased or operated
\nby the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity, of any Hazardous Material, except
\nwhere occurring legally; or (c) liability or alleged liability of the Borrower
\nor any Consolidated Entity for the costs of cleaning up, removing, remediating
\nor responding to a release of Hazardous Materials.<\/p>\n
30.14. Environmental Compliance. If the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity
\nshall receive any letter, notice, complaint, order, directive, claim or citation
\nfrom any Governmental Authority alleging that the Borrower or any Consolidated
\nEntity has violated any Environmental Law or is liable for the costs of cleaning
\nup, removing, remediating or responding to a release of Hazardous Materials
\nwithin the time period permitted by the applicable Environmental Law or the
\nGovernmental Authority responsible for enforcing such Environmental Law, remove
\nor remedy, or cause the applicable Consolidated Entity to remove or remedy, such
\nviolation or release or satisfy such liability unless and only during the period
\nthat the applicability of such Environmental Law, the fact of such violation or
\nliability or what is required to remove or remedy such violation is being
\ncontested by the Borrower or the applicable Consolidated Entity by appropriate
\nproceedings diligently conducted and all reserves with respect thereto as may be
\nrequired under GAAP, if any, have been made, and no Lien in connection therewith
\nshall have attached to any property of the Borrower or the applicable
\nConsolidated Entity which shall have become enforceable against creditors of
\nsuch Person.<\/p>\n
30.15. Continuation of Current Business. Not engage in any business other
\nthan the business now being conducted by the Borrower and other businesses
\ndirectly related to such services.<\/p>\n
30.16. Management Contracts. Not enter into any agreement whereby the
\nmanagement, supervision or control of its business or any Facility shall be
\ndelegated to or placed in any persons other than its governing body and
\nofficers, the Borrower or a Consolidated Entity, except that management of the
\nFacility owned by Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital, L.P. is vested
\nin part in a Governance Committee and in part in a Subsidiary of the Borrower
\npursuant to the applicable limited partnership agreement and a management
\nagreement.<\/p>\n
ARTICLE XXXI<\/p>\n
Negative Covenants<\/p>\n
Until the Bridge Termination Date and termination of this Agreement in
\naccordance with the terms hereof, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise
\nconsent in writing, the Borrower will not, nor (to the extent expressly set
\nforth below) will it permit any Consolidated Entity to:<\/p>\n
31.1. Financial Covenants.<\/p>\n
(a) Minimum Net Worth. Permit Consolidated Net Worth to be less than
\n $917,711,000 plus (A) 50% of Consolidated Net Income (if positive and
\n including for purposes of this Section 8.1(a) only any extraordinary gain),
\n on an ongoing basis for each fiscal quarter beginning with the fiscal
\n quarter ended March 31, 1996, plus (B) the aggregate amount of all
\n increases, if any, in its capital accounts resulting from the issuance of
\n Capital Stock or conversion of debt into Capital Stock or other securities
\n properly classified as equity in accordance with generally accepted
\n accounting principles, or from the sale or other disposition of treasury
\n shares, from the date of this Agreement through the date of determination
\n plus (c) without duplication, any addition to Consolidated Stockholders’
\n Equity resulting from an Acquisition after the Closing Date which shall be
\n accounted for on a pooling-of-interests basis.<\/p>\n
(b) Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio. Permit
\n the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense at any
\n time to be less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00.<\/p>\n
(c) Consolidated Indebtedness to Consolidated Total Capital. Permit
\n the ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Consolidated Total Capital at any
\n time to equal or exceed .65 to 1.00.<\/p>\n
31.2. Investments and Loans. Purchase or otherwise acquire any stock,
\nsecurity, obligation or evidence of indebtedness of, make any capital
\ncontribution to, own any equity interest in, or make any loan or advance to, any
\nother Person; provided, however, that the Borrower and its Consolidated Entities
\nmay (A) continue to hold all stock of and own partnership interests in the
\nPersons that constitute Consolidated Entities on the Closing Date and Persons
\nthat thereafter become Consolidated Entities as a result of Acquisitions
\npermitted under Section 8.8; (B) make Permitted Investments; and (C) make
\ninvestments in an amount not exceeding 15% of Consolidated Total Assets.<\/p>\n
31.3. Indebtedness. Permit to exist Indebtedness, howsoever evidenced, of
\nSubsidiaries and Controlled Partnerships (exclusive of Indebtedness to the
\nBorrower) in an aggregate amount at any time exceeding the greater of
\n$70,000,000 or 15% of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth, excluding, however,
\nIndebtedness of Subsidiaries and Controlled Partnerships existing as of the date
\nhereof and described on Schedule 8.3.<\/p>\n
31.4. Existing Facility. Make any payment of the principal portion of
\nIndebtedness (other than amounts which are simultaneously reborrowed)
\noutstanding under the Existing Agreement if there are any Bridge Outstandings.<\/p>\n
31.5. Consolidation or Merger. Merge or consolidate with another Person
\nunless (i) in the case of a merger or consolidation of the Borrower, the
\nBorrower is the continuing or surviving entity, (ii) in the case of a merger or
\nconsolidation involving a Consolidated Entity, the continuing or surviving
\nentity is majority-owned by the Borrower (with such majority ownership
\nconstituting a controlling interest), and (iii) before and after giving effect
\nto the proposed merger or consolidation, no Default or Event of Default shall
\nexist.<\/p>\n
31.6. Liens. Incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Lien upon any of
\nits accounts receivable, contract rights, chattel paper, inventory, equipment,
\ninstruments, general intangibles or other personal or real property of any
\ncharacter, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than (i) Liens that
\nconstitute Permitted Encumbrances, and (ii) Liens on assets which at no time
\nhave a book value of greater than 5% of Consolidated Total Assets.<\/p>\n
31.7. Dividends and Distributions. Permit any Consolidated Entity to be or
\nbecome subject to any restrictions on the ability of such Consolidated Entity to
\npay dividends or to make partnership distributions other than as required by
\nthis Agreement or restrictions imposed by applicable law.<\/p>\n
31.8. Acquisitions. Enter into any agreement to acquire any Person or
\nFacility unless (i) the Person or Facility to be acquired is in substantially
\nthe same line of business presently engaged in by the Borrower or its
\nConsolidated Entities, and (ii) if the Cost of Acquisition exceeds $150,000,000
\nthe Borrower shall have furnished to the Agent (A) pro forma historical
\nfinancial statements as of the end of the most recently completed Fiscal Year of
\nthe Borrower and most recent interim fiscal quarter, if applicable, giving
\neffect to such Acquisition and (B) a Compliance Certificate prepared on an
\nhistorical pro forma basis giving effect to such Acquisition, which certificate
\nshall demonstrate that no Default or Event of Default would exist immediately
\nafter giving effect thereto.<\/p>\n
31.9. Restricted Payments. Make any Restricted Payment or apply or set
\napart any of their assets therefor or agree to do any of the foregoing;
\nprovided, however, the Borrower may make the Restricted Payments in any Fiscal
\nYear (on a non-cumulative basis, with the effect that amounts not paid in any
\nFiscal Year may not be carried over for payment in a subsequent period) if
\nimmediately prior and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default or
\nEvent of Default shall exist or occur and be continuing.<\/p>\n
31.10. Compliance with ERISA. With respect to any Pension Plan, Employee
\nBenefit Plan or Multiemployer Plan:<\/p>\n
(a) permit the occurrence of any Termination Event which would result
\n in a liability on the part of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to the
\n PBGC which liability would have a Material Adverse Effect; or<\/p>\n
(b) permit the present value of all benefit liabilities under all
\n Pension Plans to exceed the current value of the assets of such Pension
\n Plans allocable to such benefit liabilities; or<\/p>\n
(c) permit any accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in Section
\n 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code) with respect to any Pension Plan,
\n whether or not waived; or<\/p>\n
(d) fail to make any contribution or payment to any Multiemployer Plan
\n which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate may be required to make under any
\n agreement relating to such Multiemployer Plan, or any law pertaining
\n thereto; or<\/p>\n
(e) engage, or permit any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate to engage,
\n in any prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of
\n the Code for which a civil penalty pursuant to Section 502(I) of ERISA or a
\n tax pursuant to Section 4975 of the Code may be imposed; or<\/p>\n
(f) permit the establishment of any Employee Benefit Plan providing
\n post-retirement welfare benefits or establish or amend any Employee Benefit
\n Plan which establishment or amendment could result in liability to the
\n Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or increase the obligation of the Borrower
\n or any ERISA Affiliate to a Multiemployer Plan which liability or increase,
\n individually or together with all similar liabilities and increases, is in
\n excess of $5,000,000; or<\/p>\n
(g) fail, or permit any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate to fail, to
\n establish, maintain and operate each Employee Benefit Plan in compliance in
\n all material respects with the provisions of ERISA, the Code, all
\n applicable Foreign Benefit Laws and all other applicable laws and the
\n regulations and interpretations thereof.<\/p>\n
31.11. Fiscal Year. Change its Fiscal Year (other than a change to conform
\nthe fiscal year of a Consolidated Entity to that of the Borrower).<\/p>\n
31.12. Dissolution, etc. Wind up, liquidate or dissolve (voluntarily or
\ninvoluntarily) or commence or suffer any proceedings seeking any such winding
\nup, liquidation or dissolution, except in connection with a merger or
\nconsolidation permitted pursuant to Section 8.5.<\/p>\n
ARTICLE XXXII<\/p>\n
Events of Default and Acceleration<\/p>\n
32.1. Events of Default. If any one or more of the following events (herein
\ncalled “Events of Default”) shall occur for any reason whatsoever (and whether
\nsuch occurrence shall be voluntary or involuntary or come about or be effected
\nby operation of law or pursuant to or in compliance with any judgment, decree or
\norder of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any Governmental
\nAuthority), that is to say:<\/p>\n
(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay (i) when due any principal payable
\n under the terms of any Note or any Reimbursement Obligation or (ii) not
\n later than five Business Days of the date when due any interest or fees
\n payable under the terms of any Note or any other amount payable under this
\n Agreement or any other of the other Obligations or any other amount owed to
\n the Agent or any of the Lenders under or in connection with the Loan
\n Documents; or<\/p>\n
(b) The Borrower or any Material Group shall default in the
\n performance or observance of any other provision of this Agreement (other
\n than the provisions of Article VII and Article VIII), except as covered by
\n clause (a) above, and shall not cure such default within thirty days after
\n the first to occur of (i) the date the Agent or any Lender gives written or
\n telephonic notice of such default to the Borrower or (ii) the date the
\n Borrower otherwise has notice thereof; or<\/p>\n
(c) the Borrower or any Material Group shall default in the observance
\n or performance of any provision in Article VII or Article VIII; or<\/p>\n
(d) the Agent shall reasonably determine that any statement,
\n certification, representation or warranty contained herein, or in any of
\n the other Loan Documents or in any report, financial statement, certificate
\n or other instrument delivered to the Agent or any Lender by or on behalf of
\n the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity, was misleading or untrue in any
\n material respect at the time it was made or deemed made; or<\/p>\n
(e) default shall be made (i) in the payment of any Indebtedness
\n exceeding $5,000,000 (other than the Obligations) of the Borrower or any
\n Consolidated Entity when due or (ii) in the performance, observance or
\n fulfillment of any term or covenant contained in any agreement or
\n instrument under or pursuant to which any such Indebtedness may have been
\n issued, created, assumed, guaranteed or secured by Borrower or any
\n Consolidated Entity, if the effect of such default in the performance,
\n observance or fulfillment is to accelerate the maturity of such
\n Indebtedness or to permit the holder thereof to cause such Indebtedness to
\n become due prior to its stated maturity, and such default shall not be
\n cured within 10 days after the occurrence of such default, and the amount
\n of the Indebtedness involved exceeds $5,000,000; or<\/p>\n
(f) the Borrower or any Material Group shall fail to pay or admit in
\n writing its inability to pay its or their debts generally as they come due,
\n or a receiver, trustee, liquidator or other custodian shall be appointed
\n for the Borrower or any Material Group or for any of the property of the
\n Borrower or any Material Group or a petition in<\/p>\n
bankruptcy, or under any insolvency law, shall be filed by or against the
\n Borrower or any Material Group or the Borrower or any Material Group shall
\n apply for the benefit of, or take advantage of, any law for relief of
\n debtors, or enter into an arrangement or composition with, or make an
\n assignment for the benefit of, creditors; or<\/p>\n
(g) final judgment for the payment of money in excess of any aggregate
\n of $500,000 shall be rendered against the Borrower or any Material Group,
\n and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 days during which
\n execution shall not be effectively stayed; or<\/p>\n
(h) an event of default, as therein defined, shall occur under any
\n other Loan Document; or<\/p>\n
(i) any of the Notes or LC Account Agreement shall be deemed
\n unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction or shall no longer be
\n effective; or<\/p>\n
(j) the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity shall, other than in the
\n ordinary course of business (as determined by past practices), suspend all
\n or any part of its operations material to the conduct of the business of
\n the Borrower and its Consolidated Entities, taken as a whole, for a period
\n of more than 60 days;<\/p>\n
(k) the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity shall breach any of the
\n material terms or conditions of any agreement under which any Rate Hedging
\n Obligations are created and such breach shall continue beyond any grace
\n period, if any, relating thereto pursuant to the terms of such agreement,
\n or the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity shall disaffirm or seek to
\n disaffirm any such agreement or any of its obligations thereunder;<\/p>\n
(l) there shall occur (i) any cancellation, revocation, suspension or
\n termination of any Medicare Certification, Medicare Provider Agreement,
\n Medicaid Certification or Medicaid Provider Agreement affecting the
\n Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Contract Provider, or (ii) the loss of any
\n other permits, licenses, authorizations, certifications or approvals from
\n any federal, state or local Governmental Authority or termination of any
\n contract with any such authority, in either case which cancellation,
\n revocation, suspension, termination or loss (X) in the case of any
\n suspension or temporary loss only, continues for a period greater than 60
\n days and (Y) results in the suspension or termination of operations of the
\n Borrower or any Subsidiary or in the failure of the Borrower or any
\n Subsidiaries or any Contract Provider to be eligible to participate in
\n Medicare or Medicaid programs or to accept assignments of rights to
\n reimbursement under Medicaid Regulations or Medicare Regulations, if and
\n only if such Person, in the ordinary course of business, participates in
\n the Medicare or Medicare programs or accepts assignments of rights to
\n reimbursement thereunder; provided that any such events described in this
\n Section 9.1(l) shall constitute an Event of Default only if such event
\n shall result either singly or in the aggregate in the termination,
\n cancellation, suspension or material impairment of operations or rights to
\n reimbursement which produce 5% or more of the Borrower’s gross revenues (on
\n an annualized basis); or<\/p>\n
(m) there shall occur a Change of Control;<\/p>\n
then, and in any such event and at any time thereafter, if such Event of Default
\nor any other Event of Default shall then be continuing and shall have not been
\nwaived,<\/p>\n
(A) either or both of the following actions may be taken: (i) the
\n Agent, with the consent of the Required Lenders, may, and at the direction
\n of the Required Lenders shall, declare any obligation of the Lenders and
\n the Issuing Bank to make further Loans or to issue additional Letters of
\n Credit terminated, whereupon the obligation of each Lender to make further
\n Loans and of the Issuing Bank to issue additional Letters of Credit
\n hereunder shall terminate immediately, and (ii) the Agent shall at the
\n direction of the Required Lenders, at their option, declare by notice to
\n the Borrower any or all of the Obligations to be immediately due and
\n payable, and the same, including all interest accrued thereon and all other
\n obligations of the Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders, shall forthwith
\n become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest,
\n notice or other formality of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
\n waived, anything contained herein or in any instrument evidencing the
\n Obligations to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that
\n notwithstanding the above, if there shall occur an Event of Default under
\n clause (f) above, then the obligation of the Lenders to make Loans and of
\n the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall automatically
\n terminate and any and all of the Obligations shall be immediately due and
\n payable without the necessity of any action by the Agent or the Required
\n Lenders or notice to the Agent or the Lenders; and<\/p>\n
(B) the Borrower shall, upon demand of the Agent or the Required
\n Lenders, deposit cash with the Agent in an amount equal to the aggregate
\n amount remaining undrawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit, as
\n collateral security for the repayment of any future drawings or payments
\n under such Letters of Credit, and such amounts shall be held by the Agent
\n pursuant to the terms of the LC Account Agreement; and<\/p>\n
(C) the Agent and each of the Lenders shall have all of the rights and
\n remedies available under the Loan Documents or under any applicable law.<\/p>\n
32.2. Agent to Act. In case any one or more Events of Default shall occur
\nand be continuing and not have been waived, the Agent may, and at the direction
\nof the Required Lenders shall, proceed to protect and enforce their rights or
\nremedies either by suit in equity or by action at law, or both, whether for the
\nspecific performance of any covenant, agreement or other provision contained
\nherein or in any other Loan Document, or to enforce the payment of the
\nObligations or any other legal or equitable right or remedy.<\/p>\n
32.3. Cumulative Rights. No right or remedy herein conferred upon the
\nLenders or the Agent is intended to be exclusive of any other rights or remedies
\ncontained herein or in any other Loan Document, and every such right or remedy
\nshall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other such right or remedy
\ncontained herein and therein or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
\nby statute, or otherwise.<\/p>\n
32.4. No Waiver. No course of dealing between the Borrower and any Lender
\nor the Agent or any failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Agent in
\nexercising any rights or remedies under any Loan Document or otherwise available
\nto it shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies and no single or
\npartial exercise of any rights or remedies shall operate as a<\/p>\n
waiver or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder or of
\nthe same right or remedy on a future occasion.<\/p>\n
32.5. Allocation of Proceeds. If an Event of Default has occurred and not
\nbeen waived, and the maturity of the Notes has been accelerated pursuant to this
\nArticle IX, all payments received by the Agent hereunder, in respect of any
\nprincipal of or interest on the Obligations or any other amounts payable by the
\nBorrower hereunder, shall be applied by the Agent in the following order:<\/p>\n
(i) amounts due to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.11 or Section
\n 11.6;<\/p>\n
(ii) amounts due to the Agent and the Issuing Bank pursuant to Section
\n 10.11, Section 3.3 and Section 3.4;<\/p>\n
(iii) payments of interest, to be applied pro rata based on the
\n proportion which the principal amount of outstanding Loans and
\n Reimbursement Obligations of each Lender bears to the total of all
\n outstanding Loans and Reimbursement Obligations;<\/p>\n
(iv) payments of principal, to be applied pro rata based on the
\n proportion which the principal amount of outstanding Loans and
\n Reimbursement Obligations of each Lender bears to the total of all
\n outstanding Loans and Reimbursement Obligations;<\/p>\n
(v) payment of cash amounts to the Agent pursuant to Section 9.1;<\/p>\n
(vi) payments of all other amounts due under this Agreement, if any,
\n to be applied in accordance with each Lender’s pro rata share of all such
\n other amounts due to the Lenders; and<\/p>\n
(vii) any surplus remaining after application as provided for herein,
\n to the Borrower or otherwise as may be required by applicable law.<\/p>\n
ARTICLE XXXIII<\/p>\n
The Agent<\/p>\n
33.1. Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints
\nNationsBank as the Agent for the Lenders under this Agreement, and each of the
\nLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes NationsBank as the Agent for such Lender,
\nto take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the
\nother Loan Documents and to exercise such powers as are expressly delegated to
\nthe Agent by the terms of this Agreement and such other Loan Documents, together
\nwith such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Agent shall not
\nhave any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or
\nany fiduciary relationship with any of the Lenders, and no implied covenants,
\nfunctions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read
\ninto this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the
\nAgent.<\/p>\n
33.2. Attorneys-in-fact. The Agent may execute any of its duties under the
\nLoan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled
\nto advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Agent
\nshall not be responsible for the negligence, gross negligence or willful
\nmisconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable
\ncare.<\/p>\n
33.3. Limitation on Liability. Neither the Agent nor any of its officers,
\ndirectors, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact shall be liable to the Lenders
\nfor any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in
\nconnection with the Loan Documents except for its or their own gross negligence
\nor willful misconduct. Neither the Agent nor any of its Affiliates shall be
\nresponsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements,
\nrepresentations or warranties made by the Borrower or any officer or
\nrepresentative thereof contained in any Loan Document, or in any certificate,
\nreport, statement or other document referred to or provided for in or received
\nby the Agent under or in connection with any Loan Document, or for the value,
\nvalidity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of any Loan
\nDocument, or for any failure of the Borrower to perform its obligations under
\nany Loan Document, or for any recitals, statements, representations or
\nwarranties made, or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness,
\nenforceability or sufficiency of any collateral. The Agent shall not be under
\nany obligation to any of the Lenders to ascertain or to inquire as to the
\nobservance or performance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of any
\nLoan Document on the part of the Borrower or to inspect the properties, books or
\nrecords of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries.<\/p>\n
33.4. Reliance. The Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully
\nprotected in relying, upon any note, writing, resolution, notice, consent
\ncertificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telefacsimile or telex
\nmessage, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be
\ngenuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person
\nor Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without
\nlimitation, counsel to the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts
\nselected by the Agent. The Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the
\nowner thereof for all purposes unless an Assignment and Acceptance shall have
\nbeen filed with and accepted by the Agent. The Agent shall be fully justified in
\nfailing or refusing to take any action under the Loan Documents unless it shall
\nfirst receive advice or concurrence of the Lenders or the Required Lenders as
\nprovided<\/p>\n
in this Agreement or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the
\nLenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by
\nreason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Agent shall in all
\ncases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under the Loan
\nDocuments in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders or all Lenders as
\nrequired in this Agreement, and such request and any action taken or failure to
\nact pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all present and
\nfuture holders of the Notes.<\/p>\n
33.5. Notice of Default. The Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or
\nnotice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless the Agent has
\nreceived notice from a Lender, an Authorized Representative or the Borrower
\nreferring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and
\nstating that such notice is a “notice of default”. In the event that the Agent
\nreceives such a notice, the Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the
\nLenders. The Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event
\nof Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders or all
\nLenders as required in this Agreement; provided that, unless and until the Agent
\nshall have received such directions, the Agent may (but shall not be obligated
\nto) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such
\nEvent of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the
\nLenders.<\/p>\n
33.6. No Representations. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither
\nthe Agent nor any of its affiliates has made any representations or warranties
\nto it and that no act by the Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the
\naffairs of the Borrower or its Consolidated Entities, shall be deemed to
\nconstitute any representation or warranty by the Agent to any Lender. Each
\nLender represents to the Agent that it has, independently and without reliance
\nupon the Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information
\nas it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into
\nthe financial condition, creditworthiness, affairs, status and nature of the
\nBorrower and each Consolidated Entity and made its own decision to enter into
\nthis Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and
\nwithout reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents
\nand information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its
\nown credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action
\nunder the Loan Documents and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to
\ninform itself as to the status and affairs, financial or otherwise, of the
\nBorrower and its Subsidiaries. Except for notices, reports and other documents
\nexpressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Agent hereunder, the
\nAgent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any
\ncredit or other information concerning the affairs, financial condition or
\nbusiness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which may come into the possession
\nof the Agent or any of its affiliates.<\/p>\n
33.7. Indemnification. Each of the Lenders agrees to indemnify the Agent in
\nits capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower or any of its
\nConsolidated Entities and without limiting any obligations of the Borrower or
\nany of its Consolidated Entities to do so), ratably according to the respective
\nprincipal amount of the Notes held by them (or, if no Notes are outstanding,
\nratably in accordance with their respective Applicable Commitment Percentages as
\nthen in effect) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses
\n(excluding any losses suffered by the Agent as a result of the Borrower’s
\nfailure to pay any fee owing to the Agent), damages, penalties, actions,
\njudgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature
\nwhatsoever which may at any time (including without limitation at any time
\nfollowing the payment of the Notes) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted
\nagainst the Agent in any way<\/p>\n
relating to or arising out of any Loan Document or any other document
\ncontemplated by or referred to therein or the transactions contemplated thereby
\nor any action taken or omitted by the Agent under or in connection with any of
\nthe foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any
\nportion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
\njudgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Agent’s
\ngross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section 10.7
\nshall survive the payment of the Obligations and following the Bridge
\nTermination Date.<\/p>\n
33.8. Lender. The Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept
\ndeposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower and
\nits Subsidiaries as though it were not the Agent hereunder. With respect to its
\nLoans made or renewed by it and any Note issued to it, the Agent shall have the
\nsame rights and powers under this Agreement as any Lender and may exercise the
\nsame as though it were not the Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders”
\nshall, unless the context otherwise indicates, include the Agent in its
\nindividual capacity.<\/p>\n
33.9. Resignation. If the Agent shall resign as Agent under this Agreement,
\nthen the Required Lenders may appoint, with the consent, so long as there shall
\nnot have occurred and be continuing a Default or Event of Default, of the
\nBorrower, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, a successor Agent
\nfor the Lenders, which successor Agent shall be a commercial bank organized
\nunder the laws of the United States or any state thereof, having a combined
\nsurplus and capital of not less than $500,000,000, whereupon such successor
\nAgent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the former Agent and the
\nobligations of the former Agent shall be terminated and canceled, without any
\nother or further act or deed on the part of such former Agent or any of the
\nparties to this Agreement; provided, however, that the former Agent’s
\nresignation shall not become effective until such successor Agent has been
\nappointed and has succeeded of record to all right, title and interest in any
\ncollateral held by the Agent; provided, further, that if the Required Lenders
\nand, if applicable, the Borrower cannot agree as to a successor Agent within
\nninety (90) days after such resignation, the Agent shall appoint a successor
\nAgent which satisfies the criteria set forth above in this Section 10.9 for a
\nsuccessor Agent and the parties hereto agree to execute whatever documents are
\nnecessary to effect such action under this Agreement or any other document
\nexecuted pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however that in such event all
\nprovisions of the Loan Documents, shall remain in full force and effect. After
\nany retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this
\nArticle X shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be
\ntaken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement.<\/p>\n
33.10. Sharing of Payments, etc. Each Lender agrees that if it shall,
\nthrough the exercise of a right of banker’s lien, set-off, counterclaim or
\notherwise, obtain payment with respect to its Obligations (other than pursuant
\nto Section 2.10 or Article IV) which results in its receiving more than its pro
\nrata share of the aggregate payments with respect to all of the Obligations
\n(other than any payment expressly provided hereunder to be distributed on other
\nthan a pro rata basis and payments pursuant to Article IV), then (a) such Lender
\nshall be deemed to have simultaneously purchased from the other Lenders a share
\nin their Obligations so that the amount of the Obligations held by each of the
\nLenders shall be pro rata and (b) such other adjustments shall be made from time
\nto time as shall be equitable to insure that the Lenders share such payments
\nratably; provided, however, that for purposes of this Section 10.10 the term
\n“pro rata” shall be determined with respect to the Bridge Commitment of each
\nLender and to the Total Bridge Commitment after subtraction in each case of
\namounts, if any, by which any such Lender has not<\/p>\n
funded its share of the outstanding Loans and Obligations. If all or any portion
\nof any such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the Lender which
\nreceived the same, the purchase provided in this Section 10.10 shall be
\nrescinded to the extent of such recovery, without interest. The Borrower
\nexpressly consents to the foregoing arrangements and agrees that each Lender so
\npurchasing a portion of the other Lenders’ Obligations may exercise all rights
\nof payment (including, without limitation, all rights of set-off, banker’s lien
\nor counterclaim) with respect to such portion as fully as if such Lender were
\nthe direct holder of such portion.<\/p>\n
33.11. Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent, for its individual
\naccount, in advance a quarterly Agent’s fee in such amount as from time to time
\nagreed to by the Borrower and Agent in writing.<\/p>\n
33.12. Independent Agreements. The provisions contained in Sections 10.1
\nthrough 10.8 and 10.10 (other than the last sentence thereof) constitute
\nindependent obligations and agreements of the Agent and the Lenders and the
\nBorrower shall not be deemed a party thereto nor bound thereby. Borrower does
\nacknowledge the rights of Lenders and Agent under Sections 10.9 and 10.11 and
\nthe last sentence of Section 10.10.<\/p>\n
ARTICLE XXXIV<\/p>\n
Miscellaneous<\/p>\n
34.1. Assignments and Participations. (a) At any time after the Closing
\nDate each Lender may, with the prior consent of the Agent and (so long as no
\nDefault or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing) the Borrower,
\nwhich consents shall not be unreasonably withheld, assign to one or more banks
\nor financial institutions all or a portion of its rights and obligations under
\nthe Loan Documents (including, without limitation, all or a portion of any Notes
\npayable to its order); provided, that (i) each such assignment shall be of a
\nconstant and not a varying percentage of all of the assigning Lender’s rights
\nand obligations under the Letter of Credit Facility and the Bridge Facility,
\n(ii) for each assignment involving the issuance and transfer of Notes, the
\nassigning Lender shall execute an Assignment and Acceptance and the Borrower
\nhereby agrees to execute replacement Notes to give effect to such assignment,
\n(iii) the minimum Bridge Commitment which shall be assigned is (x) $5,000,000,
\nin the case of an assignment by one existing Lender to another existing Lender,
\nand (y) $10,000,000 in all other cases, and in multiples of $1,000,000 in excess
\nthereof (together with which the assigning Lender’s applicable portion of
\nParticipations and the Letter of Credit Commitment shall also be assigned), (iv)
\nsuch assignee shall have an office located in the United States, and (v) no
\nconsent of the Borrower or the Agent shall be required in connection with any
\nassignment by a Lender to an affiliate of such Lender. Upon such execution,
\ndelivery, approval and acceptance, from and after the effective date specified
\nin each Assignment and Acceptance, (x) the assignee thereunder shall be a party
\nhereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder or under any
\nsuch Notes have been assigned or negotiated to it pursuant to such Assignment
\nand Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder and a
\nholder of such Notes and (y) the assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that
\nrights and obligations hereunder or under such Note have been assigned or
\nnegotiated by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its
\nrights, other than those set forth in Section 3.2(g), Article IV, Section 11.6
\nand Section 11.12 of this Agreement and be released from its obligations under
\nthis Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, any Lender who makes an
\nassignment shall pay to the Agent a one-time administrative fee of $3,000 which
\nfee shall not be reimbursed by the Borrower.<\/p>\n
(b) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the Lender
\nassignor thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each
\nother and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) the assignment made under
\nsuch Assignment and Acceptance is made under such Assignment and Acceptance
\nwithout recourse to such assignor; (ii) such assigning Lender makes no
\nrepresentation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to (x) the
\nstatements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this
\nAgreement or any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document
\nfurnished pursuant hereto, (y) the execution, legality, validity,
\nenforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any of
\nthe other Loan Documents or any other document or instrument furnished pursuant
\nhereto, or (z) the financial condition of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or
\nthe performance or observance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any of its
\nobligations under any Loan Document or any other instrument or document
\nfurnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee confirms that it has received a
\ncopy of this Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements
\ndelivered pursuant to Section 6.6(a) or Section 7.1, as the case may be, and
\nsuch other Loan Documents and other documents and information as it has deemed
\nappropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such
\nAssignment and Acceptance; (iv) such<\/p>\n
assignee will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, such assigning
\nLender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it
\nshall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in
\ntaking or not taking action under any Loan Document; (v) such assignee appoints
\nand authorizes the Agent to take such action as Agent on its behalf and to
\nexercise such powers under the Loan Documents as are delegated to the Agent by
\nthe terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably
\nincidental thereto; and (vi) such assignee agrees that it will perform in
\naccordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the
\nLoan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender and a holder of
\nsuch Notes.<\/p>\n
(c) The Agent shall maintain at its address referred to herein a copy of
\neach Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it.<\/p>\n
(d) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an
\nassigning Lender, the Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to Borrower.<\/p>\n
(e) Nothing herein shall prohibit any Lender from pledging or assigning,
\nwithout notice to or consent of the Borrower or the Agent and without the
\npayment of the administrative fee referred to in Section 13.1(a), any Note to
\nany Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with applicable law.<\/p>\n
(f) Each Lender may sell participations at its expense to one or more banks
\nor other entities as to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under
\nthis Agreement; provided, that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this
\nAgreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely
\nresponsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations,
\n(iii) such Lender shall remain the holder of any Note issued to it for the
\npurpose of this Agreement, (iv) such participations shall be in a minimum amount
\nof $5,000,000 and, if greater, an amount which is an integral multiple of
\n$1,000,000 and shall include an allocable portion of such Lender’s
\nParticipations, (v) the Borrower, the Agent and the other Lenders shall continue
\nto deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s
\nrights and obligations under this Agreement and with regard to any and all
\npayments to be made under this Agreement; provided, that the participation
\nagreement between a Lender and its participants may provide that such Lender
\nwill obtain the approval of such participant prior to such Lender’s agreeing to
\nany amendment or waiver of any provisions of any Loan Document which would (A)
\nextend the maturity of any Note or scheduled payment of any Obligations, (B)
\nreduce the interest rates, unused fees or letter of credit facility fees
\nhereunder or (C) increase or extend the termination date of the Bridge
\nCommitment of the Lender granting the participation, and (vi) the sale of any
\nsuch participations which require Borrower to file a registration statement with
\nthe United States Securities and Exchange Commission or under the securities
\nregulations or laws of any state shall not be permitted.<\/p>\n
(g) The Borrower may not assign any rights, powers, duties or obligations
\nunder this Agreement or the other Loan Documents without the prior written
\nconsent of all the Lenders.<\/p>\n
34.2. Notices. Any notice shall be conclusively deemed to have been
\nreceived by any party hereto and be effective (i) on the day on which delivered
\n(including hand delivery by commercial courier service) to such party (against
\nreceipt therefor), (ii) on the date of receipt at such address, telefacsimile
\nnumber or telex number as may from time to time be specified by<\/p>\n
such party in written notice to the other parties hereto or otherwise received),
\nin the case of notice by telegram, telefacsimile or telex, respectively (where
\nthe receipt of such message is verified by return), or (iii) on the fifth
\nBusiness Day after the day on which mailed, if sent prepaid by certified or
\nregistered mail, return receipt requested, in each case delivered, transmitted
\nor mailed, as the case may be, to the address, telex number or telefacsimile
\nnumber, as appropriate, set forth below or such other address or number as such
\nparty shall specify by notice hereunder:<\/p>\n
(a) if to the Borrower:<\/p>\n
Michael D. Martin, Executive Vice President, Chief
\n Financial Officer and Treasurer<\/p>\n
HEALTHSOUTH Corporation
\n One HealthSouth Parkway
\n Birmingham, Alabama 35243<\/p>\n
with a copy to:<\/p>\n
William W. Horton
\n HEALTHSOUTH Corporation
\n One HealthSouth Parkway
\n Birmingham, Alabama 35243<\/p>\n
(b) if to the Agent at:<\/p>\n
One Independence Center
\n 15th Floor
\n 101 North Tryon Street
\n Charlotte, North Carolina 28255
\n Attention: Agency Services<\/p>\n
(c) if to NationsBank in its capacity as issuer of the Letters
\nof Credit:<\/p>\n
NationsBank, N.A.
\n One Independence Center, 15th Floor
\n 101 North Tryon Street
\n Charlotte, North Carolina 28255
\n Attention: Letter of Credit Department<\/p>\n
(d) if to the Lenders:<\/p>\n
At the addresses set forth on the signature pages
\n hereof and on the signature page of each Assignment
\n and Acceptance.<\/p>\n
34.3. No Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of the Agent, any Lender
\nor the Borrower in the exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall
\noperate as a waiver of any such right, power or privilege nor shall any such
\nfailure or delay preclude any other or<\/p>\n
further exercise thereof. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative
\nand not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.<\/p>\n
34.4. Setoff. The Borrower agrees that the Agent and each Lender shall have
\na lien for all the Obligations of the Borrower upon all deposits or deposit
\naccounts, of any kind, or any interest in any deposits or deposit accounts
\nthereof, now or hereafter pledged, mortgaged, transferred or assigned to the
\nAgent or such Lender or otherwise in the possession or control of the Agent or
\nsuch Lender (other than for safekeeping) for any purpose for the account or
\nbenefit of the Borrower and including any balance of any deposit account or of
\nany credit of the Borrower with the Agent or such Lender, whether now existing
\nor hereafter established, hereby authorizing the Agent and each Lender at any
\ntime or times from and after the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default
\nwith or without prior notice to set off against and apply such balances or any
\npart thereof to such of the Obligations of the Borrower to the Lenders then past
\ndue and in such amounts as they may elect, and whether or not the collateral or
\nthe responsibility of other Persons primarily, secondarily or otherwise liable
\nmay be deemed adequate. For the purposes of this paragraph, all remittances and
\nproperty shall be deemed to be in the possession of the Agent or such Lender as
\nsoon as the same may be put in transit to it by mail or carrier or by other
\nbailee.<\/p>\n
34.5. Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties
\nmade herein shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Loans and the
\nissuance of the Letters of Credit and the execution and delivery to the Lenders
\nof this Agreement and the Notes and shall continue in full force and effect so
\nlong as any of Obligations remain outstanding or any Lender has any commitment
\nhereunder or the Borrower has continuing obligations hereunder unless otherwise
\nprovided herein. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is
\nreferred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the successors and
\npermitted assigns of such party and all covenants, provisions and agreements by
\nor on behalf of the Borrower which are contained in the Loan Documents shall
\ninure to the benefit of the successors and permitted assigns of the Lenders or
\nany of them.<\/p>\n
34.6. Expenses. The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Agent for
\nall its reasonable and customary out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in
\nconnection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of, and any
\namendment, supplement or modification to, this Agreement or any of the other
\nLoan Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
\nthereby, including, without limitation, the reasonable and customary fees and
\ndisbursements of counsel to the Agent, (b) to pay or reimburse the Agent and,
\nafter an Event of Default, each Lender for all their reasonable costs and
\nexpenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any
\nrights under this Agreement, including without limitation, the reasonable fees
\nand disbursements of their counsel, (c) to pay, indemnify and hold harmless the
\nAgent and each Lender from any and all recording and filing fees and any and all
\nliabilities with respect to, or resulting from any failure of Borrower to pay or
\ndelay of Borrower in paying, documentary, stamp, excise, withholding and other
\nsimilar taxes, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable in
\nconnection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation of any amendment,
\nsupplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of,
\nthis Agreement, and (d) from and after the occurrence of any Event of Default to
\npay, and indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and each Lender from and against,
\nany and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
\njudgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature
\nwhatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery,<\/p>\n
enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement or in any respect
\nrelating to the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (all the foregoing,
\ncollectively, the “indemnified liabilities”); provided, however, that the
\nBorrower shall have no obligation hereunder with respect to indemnified
\nliabilities arising from (i) the willful misconduct or negligence of the party
\nseeking indemnification, (ii) legal proceedings commenced against the Agent or
\nany Lender by any security holder or creditor thereof arising out of and based
\nupon rights afforded any such security holder or creditor solely in its capacity
\nas such, (iii) any taxes imposed upon the Agent or any Lender other than the
\ndocumentary, stamp, excise, withholding and similar taxes described in clause
\n(c) above or any tax resulting from any change described in Section 4.1, which
\ntax would be payable to Lenders by Borrower pursuant to Article IV, (iv) taxes
\nimposed as a result of a transfer or assignment of any Note, participation or
\nassignment of a portion of its rights, (v) any taxes imposed upon any transferee
\nof any Note, or (vi) by reason of the failure of the Agent or any Lender to
\nperform its or their obligations under this Agreement. The agreements in this
\nsubsection shall survive the Bridge Termination Date.<\/p>\n
34.7. Amendments. No amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of
\nthis Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and no consent by the Lenders
\nto any departure therefrom by the Borrower shall be effective unless such
\namendment, modification or waiver shall be in writing and signed by the Agent
\nand the Borrower, but only upon having received the written consent of the
\nRequired Lenders, and the same shall then be effective only for the period and
\non the conditions and for the specific instances and purposes specified in such
\nwriting; provided, however, that no such amendment, modification or waiver<\/p>\n
(i) which changes, extends or waives any provision of Section 2.6,
\n Section 2.9, Section 3.3(a), Section 5.1(a), Section 7.11, Section 10.10,
\n this Section 11.7 or Section 11.15, the amount of or the due date of any
\n scheduled installment or other payment of or reduces the rate of interest
\n or other amounts payable on or with respect to any Obligation, which
\n changes the definition of Required Lenders, which increases or extends the
\n Bridge Commitment of any Lender or which increases or extends the Stated
\n Termination Date (including any extension of the expiry date of a Letter of
\n Credit beyond the Stated Termination Date) or which waives any condition to
\n the making of any Loan or the issuance of any Letter of Credit shall be
\n effective unless in writing and signed by each of the Lenders; provided,
\n however, the Required Lenders may in their sole discretion waive any
\n Default or Event of Default (other than any Event of Default under Section
\n 9.1(a) as to which only the Lender which is the payee of a Note may waive
\n the failure to make a payment of principal or interest due on such Note and
\n Section 9.1(f) as to which all Lenders must waive such Event of Default);<\/p>\n
(ii) which affects the rights, privileges, immunities or indemnities
\n of the Agent, shall be effective unless in writing and signed by the Agent.<\/p>\n
Notwithstanding any provision of the other Loan Documents to the contrary, as
\nbetween the Agent and the Lenders, execution by the Agent shall not be deemed
\nconclusive evidence that the Agent has obtained the written consent of the
\nRequired Lenders; however, the Borrower shall be entitled to rely on the
\nsignature of the Agent as evidence of consent. No notice to or demand on the
\nBorrower in any case shall entitle the Borrower to any other or further notice
\nor demand in similar or other circumstances, except as provided by law or as
\notherwise expressly provided herein. No delay or omission on any Lender’s, the
\nAgent’s or the Borrower’s part in exercising<\/p>\n
any right, remedy or option shall operate as a waiver of such or any other
\nright, remedy or option or of any Default or Event of Default.<\/p>\n
34.8. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
\ncounterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an
\noriginal, and it shall not be necessary in making proof of this Agreement to
\nproduce or account for more than one such fully- executed counterpart.<\/p>\n
34.9. Waivers by Borrower. IN ANY LITIGATION IN ANY COURT WITH RESPECT TO,
\nIN CONNECTION WITH, OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE LOANS, ANY OF THE
\nNOTES, ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, THE OBLIGATIONS, OR ANY INSTRUMENT OR
\nDOCUMENT DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE VALIDITY, PROTECTION,
\nINTERPRETATION, COLLECTION OR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF, OR ANY OTHER CLAIM OR DISPUTE
\nHOWSOEVER ARISING BETWEEN THE BORROWER AND THE LENDERS OR THE AGENT, THE
\nBORROWER AND EACH LENDER AND THE AGENT HEREBY WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
\nLAW, TRIAL BY JURY IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH LITIGATION.<\/p>\n
The Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders believe that, inasmuch as this
\nAgreement and the transactions contemplated hereby have been entered into and
\nconsummated outside the State of Alabama, such transactions constitute
\ntransactions in interstate commerce, so that neither the Agent nor any of the
\nLenders is required, solely by entering into this Agreement and consummating the
\ntransactions contemplated hereby, to qualify to do business as a foreign
\ncorporation within the State of Alabama. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however,
\nthe Borrower hereby irrevocably waives all rights that it may have to raise, in
\nany action brought by any of the Lenders or the Agent to enforce the rights of
\nthe Lenders and the Agent hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, or
\nthe obligations of the Borrower hereunder or thereunder, any defense which is
\nbased upon the failure of any of the Lenders or the Agent to qualify to do
\nbusiness as a foreign corporation in the State of Alabama, including, but not
\nlimited to, any defenses based upon ss. 232 of the Alabama Constitution of 1901,
\nss. 10-2B-15.01 of the Code of Alabama (1975) or ss. 40-14-4 of the Code of
\nAlabama (1975), or any successor provision to any thereof. The foregoing waiver
\nis made knowingly and voluntarily and is a material inducement for the Agent and
\nthe Lenders to enter into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any
\nof the other Loan Documents.<\/p>\n
34.10. Termination. The termination of this Agreement shall not affect any
\nrights of the Borrower, the Lenders or the Agent or any obligation of the
\nBorrower, the Lenders or the Agent, arising prior to the effective date of such
\ntermination, and the provisions hereof shall continue to be fully operative
\nuntil all transactions entered into or rights created or obligations incurred
\nprior to such termination have been fully disposed of, concluded or liquidated
\nand the Obligations arising prior to or after such termination have been
\nirrevocably paid in full. The rights granted to the Agent for the benefit of the
\nLenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall continue in full
\nforce and effect, notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement, until all
\nof the Obligations have been paid in full after the termination hereof or the
\nBorrower has furnished the Lenders and the Agent with an indemnification
\nsatisfactory to the Agent and each Lender with respect thereto. All
\nrepresentations, warranties, covenants, waivers and agreements contained herein
\nshall survive termination hereof until payment in full of the Obligations unless
\notherwise provided herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if after receipt of
\nany payment of all or any part of the Obligations, any Lender is for any reason
\ncompelled to surrender such payment to any Person because such payment is
\ndetermined to be void or voidable as a preference,<\/p>\n
impermissible setoff, a diversion of trust funds or for any other reason, this
\nAgreement shall continue in full force and the Borrower shall be liable to, and
\nshall indemnify and hold such Lender harmless for, the amount of such payment
\nsurrendered until such Lender shall have been finally and irrevocably paid in
\nfull. The provisions of the foregoing sentence shall be and remain effective
\nnotwithstanding any contrary action which may have been taken by the Lenders in
\nreliance upon such payment, and any such contrary action so taken shall be
\nwithout prejudice to the Lenders’ rights under this Agreement and shall be
\ndeemed to have been conditioned upon such payment having become final and
\nirrevocable.<\/p>\n
34.11. Governing Law. ALL DOCUMENTS EXECUTED PURSUANT TO THE TRANSACTIONS
\nCONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH OF
\nTHE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE CONTRACTS MADE UNDER, AND FOR ALL
\nPURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS AND JUDICIAL
\nDECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE BORROWER HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE
\nJURISDICTION AND VENUE OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE
\nPURPOSES OF RESOLVING DISPUTES HEREUNDER OR ARISING OUT OF THE TRANSACTION
\nCONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR FOR THE PURPOSES OF COLLECTION.<\/p>\n
34.12. Indemnification. In consideration of the execution and delivery of
\nthis Agreement by the Agent and each Lender and the extension of the Bridge
\nCommitments, and so long as the Agent and Lenders have fulfilled their
\nobligations hereunder, the Borrower hereby indemnifies, exonerates and holds
\nfree and harmless the Agent and each Lender and each of their respective
\nofficers, directors, employees, affiliates and agents (collectively, the
\n“Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action,
\nclaims, suits, losses, costs, liabilities and damages, and expenses incurred in
\nconnection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnified Party is a
\nparty to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), including
\nreasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (collectively, the “Indemnified
\nLiabilities”), incurred by the Indemnified Parties or any of them as a result
\nof, or arising out of, or relating to, any of the following:<\/p>\n
(a) any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part,
\n directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of any Loan or supported by any
\n Letter of Credit;<\/p>\n
(b) the entering into and performance of this Agreement and any other
\n Loan Document by any of the Indemnified Parties;<\/p>\n
(c) provided Lenders have no ownership interest in real property of
\n Borrower, any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to any
\n environmental cleanup, audit, compliance or other matter relating to the
\n protection of the environment or the release by the Borrower or any of its
\n Subsidiaries or Controlled Partnerships of any hazardous waste material; or<\/p>\n
(d) provided Lenders have no ownership interest in real property of
\n Borrower, the presence on or under, or the escape, seepage, leakage,
\n spillage, discharge, emission, discharging or releases from any real
\n property owned or operated by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Controlled
\n Partnership of any hazardous waste material (including any losses,
\n liabilities, damages, injuries, costs, expenses or claims asserted or
\n arising under any environmental laws), regardless of whether caused by, or
\n within the control of, the Borrower or such Subsidiary or Controlled
\n Partnerships,<\/p>\n
except for any such Indemnified Liabilities arising for the account of a
\nparticular Indemnified Party by reason of the relevant Indemnified Party’s
\nnegligence or willful misconduct, and if and to the extent that the foregoing
\nundertaking may be unenforceable for any reason, the Borrower hereby agrees to
\nmake the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the
\nIndemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law. The
\nagreements in this Section 11.12 shall survive the Bridge Termination Date.<\/p>\n
34.13. Agreement Controls. In the event that any term of any of the Loan
\nDocuments other than this Agreement conflicts with any term of this Agreement,
\nthe terms and provisions of this Agreement shall control.<\/p>\n
34.14. Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent
\nthe final agreement between the parties as to the subject matter hereof or
\nthereof and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous, or
\nsubsequent oral agreements of the parties. There are no oral agreements between
\nthe parties.<\/p>\n
34.15. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and
\nshall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors
\nand assigns; provided, however, that the Borrower may not assign or transfer its
\nrights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Agent
\nand all Lenders. The Agent and the Lenders may assign or transfer their interest
\nhereunder but only as provided herein.<\/p>\n
34.16. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan
\nDocuments shall be determined to be illegal or invalid as to one or more of the
\nparties hereto, then such provision shall remain in effect with respect to all
\nparties, if any, as to whom such provision is neither illegal nor invalid, and
\nin any event all other provisions hereof shall remain effective and binding on
\nthe parties hereto.<\/p>\n
34.17. Usury Savings Clause. Notwithstanding any other provision herein,
\nthe aggregate interest rate charged under any of the Notes, including all
\ncharges or fees in connection therewith deemed in the nature of interest under
\nNorth Carolina law, shall not exceed the Highest Lawful Rate (as such term is
\ndefined below). If the rate of interest (determined without regard to the
\npreceding sentence) under this Agreement at any time exceeds the Highest Lawful
\nRate (as defined below), the outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder
\nshall bear interest at the Highest Lawful Rate until the total amount of
\ninterest due hereunder equals the amount of interest which would have been due
\nhereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all
\ntimes been in effect. In addition, if when the Loans made hereunder are repaid
\nin full the total interest due hereunder (taking into account the increase
\nprovided for above) is less than the total amount of interest which would have
\nbeen due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement
\nhad at all times been in effect, then to the extent permitted by law, the
\nBorrower shall pay to the Agent an amount equal to the difference between the
\namount of the interest paid and the amount of interest which would have been
\npaid if the Highest Lawful Rate had at all times been in effect. Notwithstanding
\nthe foregoing, it is the intention of the Lenders and the Borrower to conform
\nstrictly to any applicable usury laws. Accordingly, if any Lender contracts for,
\ncharges, or receives any consideration which constitutes interest in excess of
\nthe Highest Lawful Rate, then any such excess shall be canceled automatically
\nand, if previously paid, shall at such Lender’s option be applied to the
\noutstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder or be refunded to the Borrower.
\nAs used in this paragraph, the term “Highest<\/p>\n
Lawful Rate” means, as to any Lender, the maximum lawful interest rate, if any,
\nthat at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, charged, or
\nreceived under the laws applicable to such Lender which are presently in effect
\nor, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter
\nbe in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than
\napplicable laws now allow.<\/p>\n
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be
\nmade, executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the day and
\nyear first above written.<\/p>\n
HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION<\/p>\n
WITNESS:<\/p>\n
\/s\/ WILLIAM W. HORTON By: \/s\/ MICHAEL D. MARTIN
\n————————- ——————————–
\n \/s\/ STACEY S. FLEENOR Name: \/s\/ Michael D. Martin
\n———————— ——————————–
\n Executive Vice President
\n Title: and Chief Financial Officer<\/p>\n
NATIONSBANK N.A.,
\n as Agent for the Lenders<\/p>\n
By: \/s\/ SCOTT S. WARD
\n ——————————–
\n Name: Scott S. Ward
\n ——————————
\n Title: Senior Vice President
\n ————————— <\/p>\n
COMMITMENT: NATIONSBANK, N.A.
\n$350,000,000<\/p>\n
By: \/s\/ SCOTT S. WARD
\n ——————————–
\n Name: Scott S. Ward
\n ——————————
\n Title: Senior Vice President
\n —————————-<\/p>\n
Lending Office:
\n 100 South Tryon Street
\n Charlotte, North Carolina 28255<\/p>\n
Wire Transfer Instructions:
\n NationsBank, N.A.
\n Charlotte, North Carolina
\n ABA #053000196
\n Reference: HEALTHSOUTH Corporation
\n Attention: Agency Services<\/p>\n
COMMITMENT: SCOTIABANC INC.
\n$100,000,000<\/p>\n
By: \/s\/ DANA MALONEY
\n ————————–
\n Name: Dana Maloney
\n ————————–
\n Title: Relationship Manager<\/p>\n
Lending Office:
\n 600 Peachtree Street, N.E.
\n Suite 2700
\n Atlanta, Georgia 30308<\/p>\n
Wire Transfer Instructions:
\n The Bank of Nova Scotia
\n New York Agency, for further
\n credit to BNS-Atlanta Agency
\n New York, New York
\n ABA #026002532
\n Account #0606634
\n Attention: Houston-Atlanta Team
\n Reference: HEALTHSOUTH<\/p>\n
COMMITMENT: FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
\n$100,000,000<\/p>\n
By: \/s\/ THOMAS L. JAMES
\n ——————————
\n Name: Thomas L. James
\n —————————-
\n Title: Senior Vice President<\/p>\n
Lending Office:
\n One First Union Plaza
\n Charlotte, North Carolina 28288<\/p>\n
Wire Transfer Instructions:
\n First Union National Bank
\n Charlotte, North Carolina
\n ABA #053000219
\n Account #465906 0001802
\n Reference: HEALTHSOUTH
\n Attention: Sue Patterson<\/p>\n
COMMITMENT: WACHOVIA BANK OF GEORGIA, N.A.
\n$100,000,000<\/p>\n
By: \/s\/ JOHN C. CANTY
\n —————————-
\n Name: John C. Canty
\n —————————
\n Title: Banking Officer<\/p>\n
Lending Office:
\n 191 Peachtree Street, N.E.
\n Atlanta, Georgia 30303<\/p>\n
Wire Transfer Instructions:
\n Wachovia Bank of Georgia
\n Atlanta, Georgia
\n ABA #061000010
\n Account #18-800-621
\n Attention: Becky Creel<\/p>\n
COMMITMENT: BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY
\n$100,000,000<\/p>\n
By: \/s\/ DOUGLAS J. WEIR
\n ——————————-
\n Name: Douglas J. Weir
\n —————————–
\n Title: Vice President<\/p>\n
Lending Office:
\n 1251 Avenue of the Americas
\n New York, New York 10029-1104<\/p>\n
Wire Transfer Instructions:
\n The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd., NY, NY
\n Further Credit: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.
\n ABA #0260-0963
\n Reference: HEALTHSOUTH Corporation
\n Attention:<\/p>\n
COMMITMENT: DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK AND\/OR
\n$100,000,000 CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCHES<\/p>\n
By: \/s\/ ANDREAS DIRNAGI
\n ——————————
\n Name: Andreas Dirnagi
\n —————————–
\n Title: Vice President<\/p>\n
By: \/s\/ SUSAN L. PEARSON
\n ——————————
\n Name: Susan L. Pearson
\n ——————————-
\n Title: Vice President<\/p>\n
Lending Office:
\n 31 W. 52nd Street
\n New York, New York 10019<\/p>\n
Wire Transfer Instructions:
\n Deutsche Bank AG
\n New York, New York 10019
\n ABA #026003780
\n Reference: HEALTHSOUTH
\n Account #0479733<\/p>\n
COMMITMENT: THE INDUSTRIAL BANK OF JAPAN, LIMITED,
\n$100,000,000 ATLANTA AGENCY<\/p>\n
By: \/s\/ KAZUO JIDA
\n —————————-
\n Name: Kazuo Jida
\n ————————–
\n Title: General Manager<\/p>\n
Lending Office:
\n Atlanta Agency
\n One Ninety One Peachtree Tower, Suite 3600
\n 191 Peachtree Street, N.E.
\n Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1757
\n Attention: James Masters<\/p>\n
Wire Transfer Instructions:
\n Industrial Bank of
\n Japan, Limited, New
\n York Branch ABA
\n #026008345 For the
\n account of:<\/p>\n
IBJ Atlanta Agency<\/p>\n
A\/C 2601-21014<\/p>\n
Reference: HEALTHSOUTH Corporation<\/p>\n
COMMITMENT: PNC BANK, KENTUCKY, INC.
\n$100,000,000 <\/p>\n
By: \/s\/ BENJAMIN A. WILLINGHAM
\n ———————————
\n Name: Benjamin A. Willingham
\n ———————————
\n Title: Vice President<\/p>\n
Lending Office:
\n 500 West Jefferson Street
\n Louisville, Kentucky 40202<\/p>\n
Wire Transfer Instructions:
\n PNC Bank, Kentucky, Inc.
\n Louisville, Kentucky
\n ABA #083-000-108
\n Account #3000990597
\n Reference: HEALTHSOUTH
\n Attention: Margie Pate<\/p>\n
COMMITMENT: MELLON BANK, N.A.
\n$100,000,000 <\/p>\n
By: \/s\/ MARSHA WICKER
\n ———————————
\n Name: Marsha Wicker
\n ——————————–
\n Title: Vice President<\/p>\n
Lending Office:
\n 2 Mellon Bank Center
\n Room 152-0270
\n Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15259<\/p>\n
Wire Transfer Instructions:
\n Mellon Bank, N.A.
\n Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15259
\n ABA #0430-0026-1
\n Account #990873800
\n Attention: Christine Bissell
\n Reference: HEALTHSOUTH Corp.<\/p>\n
COMMITMENT: BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
\n$100,000,000<\/p>\n
By: \/s\/ MARY JO JOLLY
\n ——————————–
\n Name: Mary Jo Jolly
\n ——————————
\n Title: Assistant Vice President<\/p>\n
Lending Office:
\n 1 Bankers Trust Plaza
\n 130 Liberty Street
\n New York, New York 10006<\/p>\n
Wire Transfer Instructions:
\n Bankers Trust Company
\n New York, New York 10006
\n ABA #021-001-033
\n Reference: HEALTHSOUTH
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