EX-10.4 5 d644809dex104.htm EX-10.4 EX-10.4

Exhibit 10.4

 

    United States Bankruptcy Court
    Southern District of Texas
    ENTERED
  IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT   November 30, 2023
  Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
  FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
  HOUSTON DIVISION  

 

    

Chapter 11

 

  

In re:

  

AKUMIN INC., et al.,1

  

Case No. 23-90827 (CML)

  
 
Debtors.   

(Jointly Administered)

  
       

FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND ORDER

(I) APPROVING DISCLOSURE STATEMENT ON A FINAL BASIS

AND (II) CONFIRMING THE JOINT PREPACKAGED CHAPTER 11 PLAN

OF REORGANIZATION OF AKUMIN INC. AND ITS DEBTOR AFFILIATES

WHEREAS, on October 22, 2023, Akumin Inc. and its debtor affiliates in the above-captioned chapter 11 cases (the “Chapter 11 Cases”), as debtors and debtors in possession (the “Debtors,” and collectively with their non-debtor affiliates, “Akumin”), proposed and filed the Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Akumin Inc. and its Debtor Affiliates [Docket No. 21] (as supplemented and as otherwise amended in accordance with the terms thereof and this Confirmation Order, the “Prepackaged Plan”),2 annexed hereto as Exhibit A, and filed the Disclosure Statement for the Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Akumin Inc. and its Debtor Affiliates [Docket No. 23] (the “Disclosure Statement”);

WHEREAS, on October 23, 2023, after notice and hearing, this Bankruptcy Court entered the Order (I) Conditionally Approving the Disclosure Statement, (II) Scheduling a Combined Disclosure Statement Final Approval and Plan Confirmation Hearing and Setting

 

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A complete list of each of the Debtors in these chapter 11 cases may be obtained on the website of the Debtors’ proposed claims and noticing agent at https://dm.epiq11.com/Akumin. The Debtors’ service address is 8300 W. Sunrise Boulevard, Plantation, Florida 33322.

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Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Prepackaged Plan and the Confirmation Brief (as defined herein), as applicable.


Related Deadlines, (III) Approving (A) The Solicitation Procedures and (B) the Confirmation Hearing Notice, (IV) Approving (A) the Reverse Dutch Procedures and (B) Reverse Dutch Election Forms, (V) Waiving the Requirements that the U.S. Trustee Convene a Meeting of Creditors and the Debtors File Schedules, SOFAs and 2015.3 Reports, (VI) Establishing Procedures for the Assumption and Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases and (VII) Granting Related Relief [Docket No. 60] (the “Solicitation Procedures Order”), which, among other things, (i) conditionally approved the Disclosure Statement (to the extent required by section 1125(b) of the Bankruptcy Code), (ii) approved the procedures and materials for obtaining elections from Holders of Claims in Class 4 and Class 5 to participate in the Reverse Dutch Election Opportunity (the “Reverse Dutch Election Procedures”); (iii) approved the solicitation procedures with respect to the Prepackaged Plan (the “Solicitation Procedures”), and (iv) scheduled a hearing on November 29, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. (prevailing Central Time) to consider final approval of the Disclosure Statement and confirmation of the Prepackaged Plan (the “Confirmation Hearing”);

WHEREAS, the Debtors, through their claims and balloting agent, Epiq Corporate Restructuring LLC (the “Claims and Balloting Agent”), duly caused the transmittal of the Disclosure Statement, the Prepackaged Plan, and the related solicitation materials, including ballots (the “Ballots”), notice of non-voting status (the “Non-Voting Status Notice”), the opt-out form (the “Opt-Out Form”), and notice of the Confirmation Hearing (the “Combined Hearing Notice,” and collectively, the “Solicitation Materials”), to Holders of Claims and Interests in accordance with the Solicitation Procedures Order, as described in the Certificate of Service, filed on November 6, 2023 [Docket No. 151] (the “Solicitation Affidavit”),3 as well as the Declaration of Stephenie Kjontvedt of Epiq Corporate Restructuring, LLC Regarding the Solicitation and

 

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Service of the Combined Hearing Notice was supplemented, as reflected in the Supplemental Certificate of Service, filed on November 8, 2023 and November 27, 2023 [Docket Nos. 172 and 223].

 

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Tabulation of Ballots Cast on the Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Akumin Inc. and its Debtor Affiliates, filed on November 27, 2023 [Docket No. 234] (the “Tabulation Declaration”);

WHEREAS, on October 27, 2023 and October 30, 2023, respectively, the Debtors, through the Claims and Balloting Agent, caused to be published in the New York Times, National Edition and USA Today a shortened version of the Combined Hearing Notice as set forth in the Affidavit of Publication of the New York Times and USA Today, filed on October 31, 2023 [Docket No. 141] (the “Publication Affidavit”);

WHEREAS, due and proper notice of the Confirmation Hearing was given to holders of Claims and Interests and all other parties in interest in compliance with chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (the “Bankruptcy Rules”), the Bankruptcy Local Rules for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “Local Rules”), and the Solicitation Procedures Order, as established by the affidavits of service, mailing, and publication filed with this Bankruptcy Court, including the Solicitation Affidavit and the Publication Affidavit, and such notice being sufficient under the circumstances and no further notice being required;

WHEREAS, on November 15, 2023, the Debtors filed the Plan Supplement [Docket No. 200] (as may be further amended or supplemented, the “Plan Supplement”);

WHEREAS, on November 27, 2023, the Debtors filed the Tabulation Declaration;

WHEREAS, on November 27, 2023, the Debtors filed the (i) Memorandum of Law in Support of (I) Final Approval of the Disclosure Statement, and (II) Confirmation of the Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Akumin Inc. and its Debtor Affiliates [Docket No. 237] (the “Confirmation Brief”), the (ii) Declaration of Ronald J. Bienias, Chief Restructuring

 

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Officer of Akumin Inc., in Support of (I) Final Approval of the Disclosure Statement and (II) Confirmation of the Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Akumin Inc. and its Debtor Affiliates [Docket No. 235]; and (iii) Declaration of Robert Jackey in Support of (I) Final Approval of the Disclosure Statement and (II) Confirmation of the Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Akumin Inc. and its Debtor Affiliates (the “Jackey Declaration”) [Docket No. 236];

WHEREAS, on November 29, 2023, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (this “Bankruptcy Court”) held the Confirmation Hearing;

WHEREAS, this Bankruptcy Court has reviewed the Prepackaged Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Reverse Dutch Election Procedures, the Solicitation Procedures and Solicitation Materials, the Plan Supplement, the Solicitation Affidavit, the Tabulation Declaration, the Confirmation Brief, the Jackey Declaration and all filed pleadings, declarations, affidavits, certificates, exhibits, statements, and comments regarding final approval of the Disclosure Statement and confirmation of the Prepackaged Plan, including all objections, statements, and reservations of rights filed by parties in interest on the docket of the Chapter 11 Cases;

WHEREAS, this Bankruptcy Court has considered the Restructuring Transactions incorporated and described in the Prepackaged Plan or Plan Supplement, as applicable;

WHEREAS, this Bankruptcy Court has heard the statements and arguments made by counsel with respect to the approval of the requested relief in the Solicitation Procedures Motion;

WHEREAS, this Bankruptcy Court has reviewed the discharge, compromises, settlements, releases, exculpations, and injunctions set forth in Article VIII of the Prepackaged Plan;

 

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WHEREAS, this Bankruptcy Court has heard the statements and arguments made by counsel in respect of final approval of the Disclosure Statement and confirmation of the Prepackaged Plan and considered all oral representations, testimony, documents, filings, and other evidence regarding the same;

WHEREAS, this Bankruptcy Court has fully considered the entire record of the Confirmation Hearing;

WHEREAS, this Bankruptcy Court is familiar with and has taken judicial notice of the entire record of these Chapter 11 Cases;

WHEREAS, any objections to final approval of the Disclosure Statement or confirmation of the Prepackaged Plan have been settled, withdrawn, resolved, or overruled on the merits by this Bankruptcy Court; and

NOW, THEREFORE, after due deliberation and sufficient cause appearing therefor, this Bankruptcy Court hereby FINDS, DETERMINES, and CONCLUDES as follows:

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

A. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law. The findings and conclusions set forth herein and in the record of the Confirmation Hearing constitute this Bankruptcy Court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Rule 52 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, made applicable herein by Bankruptcy Rules 7052 and 9014. To the extent any of the following findings of fact constitute conclusions of law, they are adopted as such. To the extent any of the following conclusions of law constitute findings of fact, they are adopted as such.

B. Jurisdiction, Venue, Core Proceeding. This Bankruptcy Court has jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1334. Approval of the Disclosure Statement and confirmation of the Prepackaged Plan are core proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(b) and this Bankruptcy Court has jurisdiction to enter a final order with respect thereto.

 

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Venue is proper before this Bankruptcy Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 and 1409. The Debtors were and are eligible debtors under section 109 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Debtors are proper plan proponents under section 1121(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

C. Chapter 11 Petitions. On October 22, 2023, each Debtor commenced with this Bankruptcy Court a voluntary case under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. In accordance with the Order (I) Directing Joint Administration of the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases and (II) Granting Related Relief [Docket No. 15], these Chapter 11 Cases have been consolidated for procedural purposes only and are being jointly administered pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 1015. Since the Petition Date, the Debtors have operated their business and managed their properties as debtors in possession pursuant to sections 1107(a) and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code. No trustee or examiner has been appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to section 1104 of the Bankruptcy Code. No statutory committee of unsecured creditors or equity security holders has been appointed pursuant to section 1102 of the Bankruptcy Code in these Chapter 11 Cases.

D. Judicial Notice. This Bankruptcy Court takes judicial notice of the docket of the Chapter 11 Cases maintained by the Clerk of this Bankruptcy Court, including all pleadings and other documents filed, all orders entered, all hearing transcripts, and all evidence and arguments made, proffered, or adduced at the hearings held before this Bankruptcy Court during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases. Any resolution of objections to the adequacy of the Disclosure Statement or confirmation of the Prepackaged Plan explained on the record at the Confirmation Hearing is hereby incorporated by reference. All unresolved objections, statements, informal objections, and reservations of rights, if any, related to the Disclosure Statement, the Prepackaged Plan, or confirmation of the Prepackaged Plan are overruled on the merits and denied in their entirety.

 

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E. Burden of Proof. Based on the record of these Chapter 11 Cases, each of the Debtors has met the burden of proving each applicable element of sections 1129(a) and (b) of the Bankruptcy Code by a preponderance of the evidence.

F. Modifications to the Prepackaged Plan. Pursuant to section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code, the modifications to the Prepackaged Plan described or set forth in this Confirmation Order constitute technical or clarifying changes, changes with respect to particular Claims by agreement with Holders of such Claims, or modifications that do not otherwise materially and adversely affect or change the treatment of any other Claim or Interest under the Prepackaged Plan. Notice of these modifications was adequate and appropriate under the facts and circumstances of these Chapter 11 Cases. In accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 3019, these modifications do not require additional disclosure under section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code or the re-solicitation of votes on the Prepackaged Plan under section 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code, and they do not require that Holders of Claims or Interests be afforded an opportunity to change previously cast votes accepting or rejecting the Prepackaged Plan. Accordingly, the Prepackaged Plan is properly before this Bankruptcy Court and all votes cast with respect to the Prepackaged Plan prior to such modification shall be binding and shall apply with respect to the Prepackaged Plan.

G. Adequacy of Disclosure Statement. The Disclosure Statement (i) contains sufficient information of a kind necessary to satisfy the disclosure requirements of all applicable non-bankruptcy laws, including the Securities Act, and (ii) contains “adequate information” (as such term is defined in section 1125(a)(1) and used in section 1126(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code) with respect to the Debtors, the Prepackaged Plan, and the transactions contemplated therein.

 

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H. Solicitation. As described in and evidenced by the Solicitation Affidavit and the Tabulation Declaration, transmittal and service of the Solicitation Materials (collectively, the “Solicitation”) were timely, adequate, appropriate, and sufficient under the circumstances. The Solicitation (i) was conducted in good faith and (ii) complied with the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Local Rules, the Solicitation Procedures Order, and all other applicable non-bankruptcy rules, laws, and regulations applicable to the Solicitation. The Released Parties, the 1125(e) Exculpated Parties, and Exculpated Parties are entitled to the protection of section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code.

I. Notice. As evidenced by the Solicitation Affidavit, the Publication Affidavit, and the Tabulation Declaration, all parties required to be given notice of the Confirmation Hearing (including the deadline for filing and serving objections to confirmation of the Prepackaged Plan) have been given due, proper, adequate, timely, and sufficient notice of the Confirmation Hearing in accordance with the Solicitation Procedures Order and in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Local Rules, and all other applicable non-bankruptcy rules, laws, and regulations, and such parties have had an opportunity to appear and be heard with respect thereto.

J. Tabulation. As described in the Tabulation Declaration, the Claims in Class 3 (Prepetition RCF Claims), Class 4 (Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims), Class 5 (Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims), and Class 6 (Prepetition Series A Note Claims) are Impaired under the Prepackaged Plan and entitled to vote on the Prepackaged Plan, and their respective holders have voted to accept the Prepackaged Plan in the numbers and amounts required by section 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code. All procedures used to tabulate the Ballots were fair, reasonable, and conducted in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the

 

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Local Rules, the Solicitation Procedures Order, and all other applicable non-bankruptcy rules, laws, and regulations. The Claims in Class 1 (Other Secured Claims), Class 2 (Other Priority Claims), and Class 7 (General Unsecured Claims) are Unimpaired under the Prepackaged Plan and conclusively presumed to have accepted the Prepackaged Plan and, therefore, the Debtors were not required to solicit votes from the Holders of Claims in such Classes. Further, the Debtors were not required to solicit votes from Holders of Interests in Class 9 (Existing Common Stock Interests) or Class 10 (Other Equity Interests), which were deemed to reject the Prepackaged Plan. Holders of Claims in Class 8 (Intercompany Claims) and Holders of Interests in Class 11 (Intercompany Interests) are Unimpaired and conclusively presumed to have accepted the Prepackaged Plan (to the extent reinstated) or are Impaired and deemed to reject the Prepackaged Plan (to the extent cancelled), and, in either event, are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Prepackaged Plan. Nevertheless, the Debtors served Holders of Claims and Interests in the non-voting Classes with the Combined Hearing Notice and the Non-Voting Status Notice, including the Opt-Out Form.

K. Plan Supplement. The Plan Supplement complies with the Bankruptcy Code and the terms of the Prepackaged Plan, and the filing and notice of such documents are good and proper in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, and the Bankruptcy Local Rules, and no other or further notice is required. All documents included in the Plan Supplement are integral to, part of, and incorporated by reference into the Prepackaged Plan. Subject to the terms of the Prepackaged Plan and the Restructuring Support Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any consent rights set forth or incorporated therein), and only consistent therewith, the Debtors reserve the right to alter, amend, update, or modify, in each case in whole or in part, the Plan Supplement before the Effective Date. All parties were provided due, adequate, and sufficient notice of the Plan Supplement.

 

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L. Prepackaged Plan Proposed in Good Faith. The Debtors have proposed the Prepackaged Plan (and all documents necessary to effectuate the Prepackaged Plan) in good faith and not by any means forbidden by law. In so determining, this Bankruptcy Court has examined the totality of the circumstances surrounding the filing of these Chapter 11 Cases, the Prepackaged Plan, the process leading to confirmation of the Prepackaged Plan, and the transactions to be implemented pursuant thereto. The Debtors’ good faith is evident from the record of these Chapter 11 Cases, the Disclosure Statement, the record of the Confirmation Hearing, and other proceedings held in these Chapter 11 Cases. The Prepackaged Plan and all documents necessary to effectuate the Prepackaged Plan were negotiated at arm’s length among the parties to the Restructuring Support Agreement, including the Debtors, the Consenting Investor, the Consenting Noteholders, the Consenting RCF Lenders, and their respective advisors. These Chapter 11 Cases were filed and the Prepackaged Plan was negotiated and proposed with the legitimate purpose of allowing the Debtors to implement the transactions therein, and emerge from bankruptcy with a capital structure that will allow them to conduct their businesses and satisfy their obligations with sufficient liquidity and capital resources. The Debtors’ good faith is evident from the facts and the record of the Chapter 11 Cases, the Disclosure Statement, the hearing on conditional approval of the Disclosure Statement, and the record of the Confirmation Hearing, and other proceedings held in the Chapter 11 Cases. The Prepackaged Plan itself and the process leading to its formulation provide independent evidence of the Debtors’ and other applicable parties’ good faith and assures fair treatment of Holders of Claims and Interests. Consistent with the overriding purposes of chapter 11, the Debtors filed the Chapter 11 Cases with the belief that the Debtors were in need of a restructuring, and the Prepackaged Plan was negotiated and proposed with the intention of

 

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accomplishing a successful transaction, to maximize stakeholder value, and for no ulterior purpose.

Accordingly, the requirements of section 1129(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code are satisfied.

M. Best Interest of Creditors. The liquidation analysis attached to the Disclosure Statement and the other evidence presented, proffered, or adduced at the Confirmation Hearing (i) are persuasive and credible, (ii) are based on appropriate assumptions and valid analysis and methodology, (iii) have not been controverted by other evidence, and (iv) establish that each holder of an Impaired Claim either has accepted the Prepackaged Plan or will receive or retain under the Prepackaged Plan, on account of such Claim or Interest, property of a value, as of the Effective Date, that is not less than the amount that such holder would receive or retain if the Debtors were liquidated under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code on such date.

N. Valuation. As described in and evidenced by the valuation analysis set forth in the Plan Supplement, and the testimony presented, proffered, or adduced at the Confirmation Hearing, which this Bankruptcy Court has determined to be credible, persuasive, and based on appropriate assumptions and valid analysis and methodology, this Bankruptcy Court finds that the valuation implied by the restructuring transactions contemplated by the Prepackaged Plan is the best measure of the Reorganized Debtors’ value given the facts and circumstances of these Chapter 11 Cases.

O. Injunctions, Releases, and Exculpation. The injunctions, releases, and exculpation for the benefit of the Released Parties, 1125(e) Exculpated Parties, and Exculpated Parties contained in Article VIII of the Prepackaged Plan are essential components of the Prepackaged Plan. The releases of non-Debtors contained therein are consensual in that all Releasing Parties were given due and adequate notice thereof and sufficient opportunity to elect to opt out of such releases. Accordingly, the releases contained in Article VIII of the Prepackaged

 

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Plan are (i) consistent with and permissible under applicable law, (ii) given in exchange for good and valuable consideration provided by the Released Parties, (iii) in the best interests of the Debtors, their Estates, and all parties in interest, and (iv) fair, equitable, and reasonable. The exculpation provisions contained in Article VIII.E of the Prepackaged Plan is appropriately tailored to the circumstances of these Chapter 11 Cases.

P. Good Faith. The Debtors and the Released Parties have been and will be acting in good faith if they proceed to (i) consummate the Prepackaged Plan and the agreements, settlements, transactions, and transfers contemplated thereby and (ii) take any other actions authorized and directed by this Confirmation Order.

ORDER

ACCORDINGLY, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, DECREED,

AND DETERMINED THAT:

1. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law. The above-referenced findings of fact and conclusions of law are hereby incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein and shall constitute findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 7052, made applicable herein by Bankruptcy Rule 9014. All findings of fact and conclusions of law announced by this Bankruptcy Court at the Confirmation Hearing in relation to final approval of the Disclosure Statement or confirmation of the Prepackaged Plan are hereby incorporated into this Confirmation Order. To the extent that any finding of fact shall be determined to be a conclusion of law, it shall be deemed so, and vice versa.

2. Final Approval of Disclosure Statement. The Disclosure Statement is approved on a final basis as having adequate information as contemplated by section 1125(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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3. Solicitation. The Solicitation complied with the Solicitation Procedures Order, was appropriate and satisfactory based upon the circumstances of these Chapter 11 Cases, and complied with the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, and the Local Rules.

4. Confirmation of Prepackaged Plan. The Prepackaged Plan and each of its provisions is confirmed pursuant to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code. The documents contained in the Plan Supplement (including any supplements, amendments, or modifications thereof in accordance with this Confirmation Order and the Prepackaged Plan) or otherwise contemplated by the Prepackaged Plan (collectively, the Plan Documents”), are approved, and the Debtors are authorized to execute and deliver such documents and perform thereunder. The terms of the Prepackaged Plan and the Plan Documents are incorporated herein by reference and are an integral part of this Confirmation Order. The terms of the Prepackaged Plan, the Plan Documents, all exhibits thereto, and all other relevant and necessary documents shall be effective and binding as of the Effective Date. Subject to the terms of the Prepackaged Plan and the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Debtors reserve the right to alter, amend, update, or modify the Prepackaged Plan and the Plan Documents prior to the Effective Date. The failure to specifically include or refer to any particular article, section, or provision of the Prepackaged Plan in this Confirmation Order shall not diminish or impair the effectiveness or enforceability of such article, section, or provision nor constitute a waiver thereof, it being the intent of this Bankruptcy Court that the Prepackaged Plan is confirmed in its entirety and incorporated herein by this reference.

5. Objections. To the extent that any objections (including any reservations of rights contained therein) to final approval of the Disclosure Statement or confirmation of the Prepackaged Plan or any other responses or reservations of rights with respect thereto have not

 

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been withdrawn prior to entry of this Confirmation Order, such objections and responses shall be, and hereby are, overruled on the merits and denied with prejudice. All objections to final approval of the Disclosure Statement or confirmation of the Prepackaged Plan not filed and served prior to the Objection Deadline, if any, are deemed waived and shall not be considered by this Bankruptcy Court. All parties have had a full and fair opportunity to litigate all issues raised or that might have been raised in the objections to final approval of the Disclosure Statement and Confirmation of the Prepackaged Plan, and the objections have been fully and fairly litigated or resolved, including by agreed-upon provisions as set forth in this Confirmation Order. All withdrawn objections are deemed withdrawn with prejudice.

6. Vesting of Assets in the Reorganized Debtors. Except as otherwise provided in the Prepackaged Plan, this Confirmation Order, or any agreement, instrument, or other document incorporated herein, on the Effective Date, all property in each Estate and all Causes of Action shall vest in each respective Reorganized Debtor, free and clear of all liens, Claims, charges, Causes of Action, or other encumbrances. On and after the Effective Date, except as otherwise provided in the Prepackaged Plan, this Confirmation Order, or any agreement, instrument, or other document incorporated herein, each Reorganized Debtor may operate its business and may use, acquire, or dispose of property and compromise or settle any Claims, Interests, or Causes of Action without supervision or approval by this Bankruptcy Court and free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Rules.

7. Corporate Action. Upon the Effective Date, all actions contemplated under the Prepackaged Plan shall be deemed authorized and approved in all respects, including: (a) the issuance and distribution of the New Common Stock; (b) the issuance and distribution of the New Notes; (c) the offering and implementation of the Reverse Dutch Election Opportunity;

 

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(d) implementation of the Restructuring Transactions; (e) entry into the CVR Agreement and distribution of the CVRs; (f) all other actions contemplated under the Prepackaged Plan (whether to occur before, on, or after the Effective Date); (g) adoption of the New Corporate Governance Documents; (h) the rejection, assumption, or assumption and assignment, as applicable, of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases (as applicable); and (i) all other acts or actions contemplated or reasonably necessary or appropriate to promptly consummate the Restructuring Transactions contemplated by the Prepackaged Plan (whether to occur before, on, or after the Effective Date). On or (as applicable) prior to the Effective Date, all matters provided for in the Prepackaged Plan involving the corporate structure of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, and any corporate, partnership, limited liability company, or other governance action required by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, in connection with the Prepackaged Plan shall be deemed to have occurred and shall be in effect, without any requirement of further action by the Security holders, members, directors, or officers of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable.

8. Implementation of the Prepackaged Plan. On or (as applicable) prior to the Effective Date, the appropriate officers of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall be authorized and (as applicable) directed to issue, execute, and deliver the agreements, documents, indentures, Securities, and instruments contemplated under the Prepackaged Plan (or necessary or desirable to effect the transactions contemplated under the Prepackaged Plan) in the name of and on behalf of the Reorganized Debtors, including but not limited to, any new agreements, documents, indentures, Securities, and instruments relating to the New Common Stock, the New Notes, the Reverse Dutch Election Opportunity, the New Corporate Governance Documents, and the CVRs. The authorizations and approvals contemplated by Article IV.M of

 

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the Prepackaged Plan shall be effective notwithstanding any requirements under nonbankruptcy law.

9. Restructuring Transactions. On the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the Reorganized Debtors may take all actions consistent with this Confirmation Order and the Prepackaged Plan as may be necessary or appropriate to effect any transaction described in, approved by, contemplated by, or necessary to effectuate the Restructuring Transactions, and all parties receiving distributions under or otherwise affected by the terms, provisions, restrictions and conditions contained in the Prepackaged Plan and/or any Plan Documents shall be deemed to have received sufficient and adequate notice of, and to have actual knowledge of, all such terms, provisions, restrictions and conditions, such that they are subject to all such terms, provisions, restrictions, and conditions (including, as set forth in Article IV.K of the Prepackaged Plan, that it shall be a condition to the receipt of any CVRs that, prior to such receipt, each recipient duly executes and delivers to the Reorganized Debtors a CVR Recipient Certification). The Reorganized Debtors are authorized to issue the New Common Stock of Reorganized Parent, pursuant to and as set forth in the Prepackaged Plan and the Plan Documents. Any transfers of assets or equity interests effected, or any obligations incurred through the Restructuring Transactions are hereby approved and shall not constitute fraudulent conveyances or fraudulent transfers or otherwise be subject to avoidance.

10. Securities Exemptions. The offering, issuance (or entry into), and distribution of the New Common Stock, the New Notes, the CVRs, and all other Securities entered into and/or issued in connection with the Prepackaged Plan, shall be exempt from, among other things, the registration requirements of section 5 of the Securities Act and any other applicable Law requiring registration prior to the offering, issuance, distribution, or sale of Securities to the

 

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maximum extent permitted by Law, in accordance with, and pursuant to, (i) section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code (with respect to the New Common Stock after the Petition Date and the CVRs), (ii) section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act or Regulation S under the Securities Act (with respect to the New Common Stock prior to the Petition Date and the New Notes), or (iii) any other available exemption from registration, as applicable.

11. Neither the issuance of the New Common Stock, New Notes, or CVRs nor the Reverse Dutch Election Opportunity shall constitute an invitation or solicitation of an invitation, or offer to sell or buy, any securities in contravention of any applicable Law in any jurisdiction. No action has been taken in any jurisdiction that would permit a public offering of any of the New Common Stock, New Notes, or CVRs (other than securities issued pursuant to section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code) in any jurisdiction where such action for that purpose is required.

12. The Reorganized Debtors shall not need to provide any further evidence other than the Prepackaged Plan or this Confirmation Order with respect to the treatment of the New Common Stock, New Notes, and CVRs under applicable securities Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Prepackaged Plan, no Entity (including, for the avoidance of doubt, DTC and any transfer agent) shall be entitled to require a legal opinion regarding the validity of any transaction contemplated by the Prepackaged Plan, including, for the avoidance of doubt, whether the New Common Stock, New Notes and CVRs are exempt from registration and/or eligible for DTC book-entry delivery, settlement, and depository services. DTC and any transfer agent shall be required to accept and conclusively rely upon the Prepackaged Plan and this Confirmation Order in lieu of a legal opinion regarding whether the New Common Stock, New

 

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Notes and/or CVRs are exempt from registration and/or eligible for DTC book-entry delivery, settlement and depository services.

13. New Notes and New RCF Exit Facility.

a. The (i) issuance of the New Notes, (ii) the related guarantees (including the New Debt Facilities Guarantees), and (iii) all other documents, instruments, agreements, guaranties, and collateral documents contemplated thereby (collectively, the “New Notes Documents”) are hereby approved (including all transactions, actions, undertakings contemplated thereby). On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall be authorized to, subject to the terms and conditions of the Restructuring Support Agreement and the Prepackaged Plan, (x) execute and deliver the New Notes Documents, (y) incur and pay any fees, premiums, and expenses in connection therewith, and (z) make any such modifications as the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, may deem to be necessary, without further notice, act, or action or order of this Bankruptcy Court and without regard to any applicable law, regulation, order, rule, or need for any vote, consent, authorization, or approval of any Person or Persons (other than any consents required under the Restructuring Support Agreement or the Prepackaged Plan).

b. The (i) New RCF Exit Facility Agreement, (ii) the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement among Akumin Inc. and the other parties thereto (the “Intercreditor Agreement”), (iii) the Pledge and Security Agreement, by and among Akumin Inc. and the other parties thereto (the “Security Agreement”), and (iv) all other documents, instruments, agreements, guaranties, and collateral documents contemplated thereby (collectively, the “New RCF Exit Facility Documents”) are hereby approved (including all transactions, actions, and undertakings contemplated thereby). On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall be authorized to,

 

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subject to the terms and conditions of the Restructuring Support Agreement and the Prepackaged Plan, (x) execute and deliver the New RCF Exit Facility Documents, (y) incur and pay any fees, premiums, and expenses in connection therewith, and (z) make any such modifications as the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, may deem to be necessary, without further notice, act, or action or order of this Bankruptcy Court and without regard to any applicable law, regulation, order, rule, or need for any vote, consent, authorization, or approval of any Person or Persons (other than any consents required under the Restructuring Support Agreement or the Prepackaged Plan).

c. The terms of the New Notes Documents (as defined in the Restructuring Support Agreement) and New RCF Exit Facility Documents are fair and reasonable, and the New Notes Documents and New RCF Exit Facility Documents were negotiated in good faith and at arm’s-length.

d. On the Effective Date, all Liens and security interests granted pursuant to, or in connection with the New Notes Documents (including the New Debt Facilities Guarantees) and New RCF Exit Facility Documents, (i) shall be deemed to be approved and without the necessity of the execution, recordation, or filing of mortgages, security agreements, control agreements, pledge agreements, financing statements, or other similar documents, be valid, binding, fully perfected, fully enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, the collateral securing the New Notes, the related guarantees (including the New Debt Facilities guarantees) and the New RCF Exit Facility, with the priorities established in respect thereof under applicable non-bankruptcy law, the Prepackaged Plan, and this Confirmation Order and (ii) shall not be enjoined or subject to discharge, impairment, release, avoidance, recharacterization, or subordination (including equitable subordination) for any purposes whatsoever and shall not constitute

 

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preferential transfers, fraudulent conveyances, or other voidable transfers under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable non-bankruptcy Law, the Prepackaged Plan, or this Confirmation Order.

e. The Reorganized Debtors and the Persons granted Liens and security interests under the New Notes Documents, the related guarantees and New RCF Exit Facility Agreement, as applicable, are authorized to make all filings and recordings and to obtain all governmental approvals and consents necessary to establish and perfect such Liens and security interests under the provisions of the applicable state, provincial, federal, or other Law (whether domestic or foreign) that would be applicable in the absence of the Prepackaged Plan and this Confirmation Order (it being understood that perfection shall occur automatically by virtue of the entry of this Confirmation Order without the need for any filings or recordings) and will thereafter cooperate to make all other filings and recordings that otherwise would be necessary under applicable Law to give notice of such Liens and security interests to third parties.

f. On the Effective Date, the New Notes Documents and the New RCF Exit Facility Documents (other than certain documents that will be agreed upon after the Effective Date) shall become effective, binding, and enforceable upon the parties thereto in accordance with their respective terms and conditions.

g. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph 13, to the extent the New Notes Documents and New RCF Exit Facility Documents, as applicable, are executed following the Effective Date, the provisions of this paragraph 13 shall apply to such agreement(s) as if such agreement(s) had been executed on or before the Effective Date.

14. Cancellation of Existing Securities and Agreements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Prepackaged Plan, except with respect to Prepetition 2025 Notes, Prepetition 2028 Notes, and Existing Common Stock Interests for the purpose of evidencing a right

 

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to a distribution under the Prepackaged Plan in respect thereof (including the New Notes and the Reverse Dutch Election Available Proceeds), and except as otherwise set forth in the Prepackaged Plan or the Plan Supplement, on the Effective Date, all agreements, instruments, and other documents evidencing any Claim or Interest (other than Intercompany Claims or Interests that are not modified by the Prepackaged Plan) and any rights of any holder in respect thereof shall be deemed cancelled and of no force or effect without any need for any such Holder to take further action with respect thereto, and the obligations of the Debtors, and with respect to the Prepetition RCF Claims, the Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims, the Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims, the Prepetition Series A Note Claims, the Existing Common Stock Interests, the Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities and the Physician Owned Entities, thereunder shall be deemed fully satisfied, released, and discharged; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not impact any Claims that are Unimpaired by the Prepackaged Plan. The holders of or parties to such cancelled instruments, Securities, and other documentation shall have no rights arising from or related to such instruments, Securities, or other documentation or the cancellation thereof, except the rights provided for pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Prepetition 2025 Notes Indenture and the Prepetition 2028 Notes Indenture shall continue in effect solely to permit the Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Trustees to make or assist in making, as applicable, distributions pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan and deduct therefrom such reasonable compensation, fees and expenses (a) due to the Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Trustees, or (b) incurred by the Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Trustees in making such distributions. Except as provided in the Prepackaged Plan, on the Effective Date, the Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Trustees and their respective agents, successors and assigns shall be automatically and fully discharged of all duties and obligations associated with the Prepetition 2025 Notes Indenture and

 

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the Prepetition 2028 Notes Indenture. The commitments and obligations of the Holders of the Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims and the Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims to extend any further or future credit or financial accommodations to the Debtors, their subsidiaries or assigns under the Prepetition 2025 Notes Indenture and the Prepetition 2028 Notes Indenture, respectively, shall fully terminate and be of no further force or effect on the Effective Date.

15. Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases.

a. Pursuant to Article V of the Prepackaged Plan, as of and subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, all Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to which Akumin is party shall be deemed assumed pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan, unless such contract or lease (i) was previously identified on the Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Schedule, (ii) previously expired or terminated pursuant to their own terms, (iii) has been previously assumed or rejected by the Debtors pursuant to a Final Order, (iv) is the subject of a motion to reject that is pending on the Effective Date, or (v) has an ordered or requested effective date of rejection that is after the Effective Date.

b. Entry of this Confirmation Order shall constitute approval of the assumptions or rejections provided for in the Prepackaged Plan pursuant to sections 365(a) and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code. Each executory contract and unexpired lease assumed pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan shall vest in and be fully enforceable by the applicable Reorganized Debtor in accordance with its terms, except as modified by the provisions of the Prepackaged Plan, any Final Order of this Bankruptcy Court authorizing and providing for its assumption, or applicable law.

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Confirmation Order, shall be deemed disallowed and expunged as of the later of (i) the date of entry of an order of this Bankruptcy Court (including this Confirmation Order) approving such assumption, (ii) the effective date of such assumption, or (iii) the Effective Date without the need for any objection thereto or any further notice to or action, order, or approval of this Bankruptcy Court.

d. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Prepackaged Plan or this Confirmation Order, with respect to any assumed Unexpired Leases of nonresidential real property, the Debtors, shall remain liable for all obligations arising under the Unexpired Lease of nonresidential real property that were not otherwise required to be asserted as a cure cost, including: (a) for amounts owed or accruing under such Unexpired Lease of nonresidential real property, or in connection with Debtor’s use and occupancy of the premises thereunder, that are unbilled or not yet due as of the Effective Date regardless of when such amounts or obligations accrued, on account of common area maintenance, insurance, taxes, utilities, repair and maintenance and similar charges; (b) any regular or periodic adjustment or reconciliation of charges accrued or accruing under such Unexpired Lease of Nonresidential real property that are not yet due or have not been determined or billed as of the Effective Date; (c) any percentage rent that comes due after the Effective Date under such Unexpired Lease of nonresidential real property; (d) post-assumption obligations under such Unexpired Lease of nonresidential real property; and (e) obligations, if any, to indemnify the non-Debtor counterparty under such Unexpired Lease of nonresidential real property arising from the Debtor’s use and occupancy of the Premises in accordance with the terms of the Unexpired Lease of nonresidential real property, which are not known by the counterparty or liquidated by the effective date of the assumption (and therefore not payable as a cure cost pursuant to Bankruptcy Code § 365(b)(1)(a)).

 

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e. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Prepackaged Plan or Plan Supplement, the Debtors’ leases with SCF Funding I, LLC and STORE Master Funding IV, LLC, respectively, shall be assumed as of the Confirmation Date.

f. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confirmation Order, the Prepackaged Plan, or any notice related thereto, the Cigna Contracts (as defined in the Protective Objection of Cigna Entities to Notice of Assumption of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases of Debtors and Related Procedures [Docket No. 205] (the “Cigna Objection”)) shall be assumed under the Prepackaged Plan, and, in lieu of cure, all obligations due and unpaid under the Cigna Contracts accruing prior to the Effective Date shall be unimpaired and reinstated, and nothing in this Confirmation Order or section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code shall affect such obligations. This fully resolves the Cigna Objection.

g. As used in this section “626” means each and any of: 626 Holdings, Inc., 626 OpCo, LLC, 626 AWI, LLC, 626 ISS, LLC, 626 Parts, LLC, 626 Holdings Equity, LLC, Tito’s Intermediate, Inc., Tito’s Holdings, LLC, PRC Tito’s LLC, A Walsh Imaging, Inc., Vista Imaging Tech, LLC, Innovatus Imaging Corp., Injector Support & Service, LLC, Phigem Parts, Inc., HC Capital Holdings 2106D, LLC, and any of their predecessors, successors, or assigns. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confirmation Order, the Prepackaged Plan, or any notice related thereto, the Debtors shall assume or reject any executory contracts with 626 within 60 days of the entry of the Confirmation Order. The parties shall work in good faith to resolve any cure amounts. Nothing in the Confirmation Order, the Prepackaged Plan, any notice, or any other related document shall impact or impair 626’s claims, rights, or remedies against the Debtors, any purportedly Released Party, or any other party to this proceeding solely as they relate to or

 

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arise from any commercial equipment, lease, or service contracts; time & materials purchase orders; or parts purchases to which 626 is a party.

16. Conditions Precedent to Effective Date. The Prepackaged Plan shall not become effective unless and until all conditions set forth in Article IX.A of the Prepackaged Plan have been satisfied or waived in accordance with Article IX.B of the Prepackaged Plan.

17. Injunctions, Releases, and Exculpation.

a. As of the Effective Date, except for the rights that remain in effect from and after the Effective Date to enforce the Prepackaged Plan, all injunctions, releases, and exculpation provisions contained in the Prepackaged Plan, including those in Article VIII.C. (Releases by the Debtors), Article VIII.D (Releases by the Releasing Parties), Article VIII.E (Exculpation), and Article VIII.F (Injunction), are hereby approved and shall be effective and binding on all Persons, to the extent provided in the Prepackaged Plan, without further order or action by this Bankruptcy Court.

b. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Article VIII.E of the Prepackaged Plan, no Exculpated Party or 1125(e) Exculpated Party shall be exculpated with respect to a Claim or Cause of Action arising out of or related to any act or omission of an Exculpated Party that constitutes gross negligence as determined by a Final Order, but in all respects such Persons shall be entitled to reasonably rely upon the advice of counsel with respect to their duties and responsibilities pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan.

18. Government Approvals Not Required. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Prepackaged Plan or this Confirmation Order, this Confirmation Order shall constitute all approvals and consents required, if any, by the laws, rules, or regulations of any state or any other governmental authority with respect to the implementation or consummation of the

 

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Prepackaged Plan and any documents, instruments, or agreements, and any amendments or modifications thereto, and any other acts referred to in or contemplated by the Prepackaged Plan, the Disclosure Statement, and any Plan Document, or the Restructuring Transactions.

a. 1146 Exemption. Each federal, state, commonwealth, local, foreign, or other governmental agency is directed and authorized to accept the validity of any and all documents, agreements, mortgages, and instruments that are necessary or appropriate to effectuate, implement, or consummate the transactions contemplated by the Prepackaged Plan, this Confirmation Order, and any Plan Document, without payment of any stamp tax or similar tax imposed by state or local law to the fullest extent permitted by section 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code.

19. Statutory Fees and Quarterly Reports. The Reorganized Debtors shall pay all fees required to be paid to the Clerk of this Bankruptcy Court and the U.S. Trustee pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1930(a) that become due and payable prior to the Effective Date, and shall file with this Bankruptcy Court quarterly reports in a form reasonably acceptable to the U.S. Trustee. On and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall remain obligated to pay any such fees when

they become due and payable until the earliest of that particular Reorganized Debtor’s case being closed, dismissed, or converted to a case under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code.

20. Restructuring Expenses. On the Effective Date, the Debtors shall pay all Restructuring Expenses incurred, or estimated to be incurred, up to and including the Effective Date, in accordance with the terms of the Prepackaged Plan; provided, however, that any such estimates shall not be considered an admission or limitation with respect to such Restructuring Expenses. In addition, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors (as applicable) shall continue to pay, when due and payable in the ordinary course, Restructuring Expenses related to

 

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implementation, consummation, and defense of the Prepackaged Plan, whether incurred before, on, or after the Effective Date, in accordance with any applicable engagement letters and without any requirement for Bankruptcy Court review or approval.

21. No Effect on Governmental Regulatory Authority.

a. United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, no provision of the Prepackaged Plan (i) releases any non-Debtor Person or Entity (including any Released Party) from any Claim or Cause of Action of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”); or, (ii) enjoins, limits, impairs, or delays the SEC from commencing or continuing any Claims, Causes of Action, proceedings, or investigations against any non-Debtor Person or Entity (including any Released Party) in any forum.

b. Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Department of State Health Services. Nothing in this Confirmation Order, the Prepackaged Plan or related documents discharges, releases, precludes, enjoins, or otherwise bars: (a) any liability to any Governmental Unit that is not a Claim; (b) any Claim of a Governmental Unit arising on or after the Confirmation Date; (c) any liability to a Governmental Unit under police and regulatory statutes or regulations that any entity would be subject to as the owner or operator of property after the Confirmation Date; or (d) any liability to a Governmental Unit on the part of any Person other than the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors. Nor shall anything in this Confirmation Order or the Prepacked Plan enjoin or otherwise bar a Governmental Unit from asserting or enforcing, outside this Bankruptcy Court, any liability described in the preceding sentence. Further, nothing in this Confirmation Order or the Prepackaged Plan or related documents: (a) authorizes the transfer or assignment of any governmental (i) license, (ii) permit, (iii) registration, (iv) authorization or (v)

 

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approval, or the discontinuation of any obligation thereunder, without compliance with all applicable legal requirements and approvals under police or regulatory law; (b) shall relieve any entity from any obligation to address or comply with information requests or inquiries from any Governmental Unit; (c) shall affect any setoff or recoupment rights of any Governmental Unit; or (d) divests any tribunal of any jurisdiction it may have under police or regulatory law to interpret this Confirmation Order or the Prepackaged Plan or to adjudicate any defense asserted under this Confirmation Order or the Prepackaged Plan. Further, the State of Texas and its governmental units are deemed to have opted out of any release set forth in the Prepackaged Plan.

22. Provisions Regarding Taxing Authorities.

a. Florida Taxing Authorities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Prepackaged Plan or this Confirmation Order, Broward County, Florida (the “Tax Collector”), shall retain any valid, perfected, and unavoidable statutory liens (the “Tax Liens”), if any, held by the Tax Collector for tangible personal property taxes, to the extent that the Tax Collector is entitled to use such liens in accordance with applicable state law. In addition, the Tax Collector shall be entitled to enforce its Tax Liens to collect any unpaid taxes in accordance with applicable state law to the extent such taxes are not paid by the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Post Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, under applicable state law. Nothing in the Prepackaged Plan and Confirmation Order shall be deemed as an admission as to the validity of any lien or claim asserted by the Tax Collector, and all parties’ rights to object to the priority, validity, amount, and extent of the claims and liens asserted by the Tax Collector are fully preserved.

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held by the Texas Taxing Authorities4 or which shall arise during the course of these Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to applicable nonbankruptcy law for prepetition and postpetition ad valorem taxes (the “Tax Liens”) shall neither be primed by nor subordinated to any liens granted thereby or pursuant to this Confirmation Order to the extent such Tax Liens are valid, senior, perfected, unavoidable and, under applicable nonbankruptcy law, are granted priority over a prior perfected security interest or lien, and all parties’ rights to object to the priority, validity, amount, and extent of the claims and liens asserted by the Texas Taxing Authorities are fully preserved.

23. Provisions Regarding McKinsey Claims. Notwithstanding any provision in the Prepackaged Plan or this Confirmation Order to the contrary, this Bankruptcy Court shall retain jurisdiction over the prepetition claims of McKinsey & Company, Inc. (“McKinsey”) against the Debtors or their estates asserted in Proof of Claim No. 10020 (the “McKinsey Proof of Claim”), and each of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, and McKinsey consent to (a) this Bankruptcy Court’s jurisdiction and (b) this Bankruptcy Court entering a final order adjudicating the McKinsey Proof of Claim to the extent that it is later determined that this Bankruptcy Court, absent consent of the parties, cannot enter final orders or judgments consistent with Article III of the United States Constitution. No later than thirty (30) days after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall file any objection to the McKinsey Proof of Claim. If an objection is filed, McKinsey must file a response within thirty (30) days of the date of filing of the Reorganized Debtors’ objection. Thereafter, any dispute regarding the McKinsey Proof of Claim will be set for a hearing by this Bankruptcy Court to the extent such dispute is not consensually resolved by the parties. If no objection by the Reorganized Debtors is timely filed, McKinsey’s claim (as specified in the

 

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Texas Taxing Authorities is defined as Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, Dallas County, Denton County, City of Frisco, Frisco ISD, Garland ISD, City of Mesquite, Plano ISD, Richardson ISD, Tarrant County, Williamson County, Bexar County, El Paso County, Freestone County, City of Grapevine, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, Mesquite ISD, and Potter County.

 

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McKinsey Proof of Claim) shall be an Allowed Claim and shall be paid pursuant to the terms of the Prepackaged Plan. The Debtors’, the Reorganized Debtors’, and all parties’ rights with respect to the McKinsey Proof of Claim are fully reserved, and all defenses any party may hold with respect to the McKinsey Proof of Claim, or any claim that McKinsey may assert, are fully reserved and not modified or impaired in any way. No claims or causes of action that any party, including the Debtors, may hold against McKinsey are released, exculpated, or modified in any way by the Prepackaged Plan.

24. Provisions Regarding Pending Litigation.

a. ERISA Action. Notwithstanding anything in the Prepackaged Plan or this Confirmation Order to the contrary, the Claims and/or Causes of Action of Johana Colon, Christine Rundberg, and Anthony Womack in their personal capacities, in their derivative capacities on behalf of Advanced Diagnostic Group Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the “ESOP”), and in their representative capacities on behalf of the ESOP, the ESOP’s participants, and the Advanced Diagnostic Group Employee Stock Ownership Trust (the “ADGESO Trust”) (collectively, the “ERISA Plaintiffs”) against any Entity (other than the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors) in connection with or arising out of (i) the allegations asserted by the ERISA Plaintiffs in the litigation captioned Colon v. Johnson, No. 8:22-cv-00888-TPB-TGW (M.D. Fla.), which is pending in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, or (ii) services rendered to the ADGESO Trust by legal professionals, shall not be released or enjoined.

b. MUHA Litigation. Nothing in this Confirmation Order or the Prepackaged Plan shall be deemed to impair, release, or otherwise alter: (a) any and all claims of Medical University Hospital Authority (“MUHA”), Medical University of South Carolina (“MUSC”), or their affiliates against any of the Debtors and/or their affiliates, including, without

 

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limitation, any and all claims asserted in MUSC Health Cancer Care Organization, LLC v. Medical University Hospital Authority, Civil Action No. 2023-CP-10-01449 pending in the Charleston County, South Carolina Court of Common Pleas; and (b) any and all claims of MUHA, MUSC, and/or any patients of MUHA or MUSC against the Debtors and/or their affiliates related in any way to the Cyber-Security Breach (as defined in the Declaration of Riadh Zine in Support of First Day Motions [Doc. No. 30]).

c. Shenoy Litigation. On February 26, 2021, the Estate of Vijendra Shenoy and Shalini Shenoy, individually and as executrix (the “Shenoy Plaintiffs”) commenced an action against Akumin Inc., Akumin Operating Corp., and Akumin Holdings Corp. (collectively, the “Shenoy Defendants”), among others, in Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania, Case No. 2021-02498 (the “Shenoy Action”). Pursuant to this Confirmation Order and as of the date hereof, the automatic stay, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362, is hereby lifted as to the Shenoy Action, and nothing in the Prepackaged Plan or this Confirmation Order shall prohibit the Shenoy Plaintiffs from prosecuting the Shenoy Action to a settlement or judgment, including any appeals, or collecting on any such settlement or judgment pursuant to this paragraph 24(c). Nothing in this Confirmation Order or the Prepackaged Plan shall be deemed to impair, release, or otherwise alter any and all claims the Shenoy Plaintiffs have asserted in the Shenoy Action. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Shenoy Defendants shall retain all of their available rights and defenses available under applicable law in connection with the Shenoy Action. For the avoidance of doubt, other than through the Shenoy Action, no person or entity (including Shenoy Plaintiffs or any other beneficiary of the Shenoy Action) shall commence an action or otherwise seek payment of a claim against the Shenoy Defendants named in the Shenoy Action based on any of the facts and circumstances giving rise to the Shenoy Action.

 

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d. On December 20, 2021, Terry Longair (the “Plaintiff”) filed a Statement of Claim against the following defendants (the “Defendants”): (i) Akumin Inc. (the “Debtor Defendant”), (ii) certain officers of the Debtor, (iii) certain members of the Debtor Defendant’s Board of Directors (collectively, (i), (ii), and (iii) are the “Akumin Defendants”), and (iv) Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”), in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice under the Class Proceedings Act of 1992 (Court File No. CV-21-00674081-00CP) (the “Canadian Securities Class Action”). On February 17, 2023, the Plaintiff amended the Statement of Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Prepackaged Plan or this Confirmation Order (including but not limited to the treatment of Class 10 and the Third-Party Release), (a) any claims arising from the Canadian Securities Class Action against the Debtor Defendant, including any claims against the Debtor Defendant for contribution or indemnification arising from the Canadian Securities Class Action, shall be classified as Other Equity Interests in Class 10 under the Prepackaged Plan and shall not be entitled to any distribution under the Prepackaged Plan, provided, however, that (b) (i) nothing in the Prepackaged Plan or this Confirmation Order shall prohibit the Plaintiff (on behalf of the putative class) and Defendants from prosecuting or defending the Canadian Securities Class Action (including any claims between Defendants in or arising from the Canadian Securities Class Action) to a settlement or judgment, including any appeals, or collecting on any such settlement or judgment pursuant to this paragraph 24, (ii) the amount of any recoveries on account of any judgment against or settlement with any Akumin Defendants in the Canadian Securities Class Action (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any defense costs, professional fees, or other disbursements payable from insurance) shall not exceed the amount of proceeds, if any, received under any applicable insurance policies, including but not limited to any D&O Liability Policies (for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing subparagraph (ii) shall not limit the availability of

 

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coverage under any applicable insurance policies), and (iii) the Akumin Defendants will use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the availability of such insurance (provided, however, that under no circumstance shall the Akumin Defendants be required to incur out-of-pocket costs or expenses to fulfill such obligation). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Plaintiff and each of the Defendants shall retain all of their available rights, claims, and defenses available under applicable law in connection with the Canadian Securities Class Action (including but not limited to all discovery rights and obligations under the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure, the securities legislation and common law of each Canadian Province and rights and defenses under any applicable non-Canadian law as well as all rights and defenses under the Class Proceedings Act of Ontario). For the avoidance of doubt, other than as set forth in this paragraph 24, no Entity (including the Plaintiff or any other beneficiary of the Canadian Securities Class Action) shall commence an action or otherwise seek payment of a claim against the Defendants based on any of the facts and circumstances giving rise to the Canadian Securities Class Action. The motion brought by the Plaintiff in the Canadian Securities Class Action returnable November 27, 2023 shall be withdrawn on a without costs basis. Nothing in the Prepackaged Plan or this Order limits, expands, or affects any obligations under applicable law of the Debtor and, after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtor, to preserve the Debtors’ books, records, documents, files, electronic data (in whatever format, including native format), or any tangible object potentially relevant to the Canadian Securities Class Action of the Debtor and, after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtor, to preserve the Debtors’ books, records, documents, files, electronic data (in whatever format, including native format), or any tangible object potentially relevant to the Canadian Securities Class Action.

 

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e. On August 17, 2022, Yahaira Lopez and Pedro Bigorra (the “Lopez Plaintiffs”) commenced an action against Akumin Corp. (n/k/a Akumin Operating Corp.), among others, in the 15th Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County Circuit Court, West Palm Beach, Florida Case No. 5022CA008001XXXXXMB (the “Lopez Action”). Pursuant to this Confirmation Order and as of the date hereof, the automatic stay, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362, is hereby lifted as to the Lopez Action, and nothing in the Prepackaged Plan or this Confirmation Order shall prohibit the Lopez Plaintiffs from prosecuting the Lopez Action to a settlement or judgment, including any appeals, or collecting on any such settlement or judgment pursuant to this paragraph 24(e). Nothing in this Confirmation Order or the Prepackaged Plan shall be deemed to impair, release, or otherwise alter any and all claims the Lopez Plaintiffs have asserted in the Lopez Action. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Akumin Operating Corp. shall retain all of its available rights and defenses available under applicable law in connection with the Lopez Action. For the avoidance of doubt, other than through the Lopez Action, no person or entity (including the Lopez Plaintiffs or any other beneficiary of the Lopez Action) shall commence an action or otherwise seek payment of a claim against Defendants named in the Lopez Action based on any of the facts and circumstances giving rise to the Lopez Action.

25. Contribution and Indemnification Rights. In resolution of the informal objection and request for clarification made by Mr. Joshua Blacksten, any indemnification, including advancement of fees and expenses, and contribution rights that Mr. Blacksten has or may have against any of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors are not discharged.

 

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26. Zurich Insurance.

a. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Disclosure Statement, the Prepackaged Plan (including without limitation and for the avoidance of doubt Articles IV.S, V.E, VI.J, VI.K, and VIII.F of the Prepackaged Plan), the Plan Supplement, this Confirmation Order, the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Definitive Documents, any Plan Administrator Agreement, the DIP Orders or any other order or agreement related to post-petition or exit financing, any bar date notice or claim objection, any notice of any Cure amount or Claim, any document related to any of the foregoing, or any other order of this Bankruptcy Court (including, without limitation, any other provision that purports to be preemptory or supervening, confers Bankruptcy Court jurisdiction, grants an injunction, discharge or release, or requires a party to opt out of any releases):

i. nothing alters, modifies or otherwise amends the terms and conditions of any of the insurance policies issued by Zurich American Insurance Company and/or any of its affiliates and predecessors (collectively, “Zurich”) to, or that provide coverage to, any of the Debtors (or any of their predecessors or affiliates) at any time (collectively, the “Zurich Policies”) and/or all agreements, documents or instruments related thereto (collectively, the Zurich Agreements” and, together with the Zurich Policies, the “Zurich Insurance Program”) (including any agreement to arbitrate disputes and any provisions regarding the provision, maintenance, use, nature and priority of any and all letters of credit, trusts, cash collateral, credits, return premium, unearned premium and any and all other collateral and/or security (including any proceeds of any of the foregoing) provided at any time by or on behalf of the Debtors (or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable) or any of the Debtors’ affiliates to Zurich (collectively, the “Zurich Collateral”)), except that, on and after the Effective Date: (I) the Reorganized Debtors

 

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jointly and severally shall assume all Zurich Policies and Zurich Agreements that identify one or more of the Debtors as the first named insured or as counterparty thereto in their entirety pursuant to sections 105 and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code; and (II) all of the Debtors’ rights and obligations under the Zurich Insurance Program shall vest, unaltered and in their entireties, with the Reorganized Debtors;

ii. nothing therein releases or discharges Zurich’s security interests and liens on the Zurich Collateral, which security interests and liens shall maintain the same nature and priority provided for by the Zurich Insurance Program and applicable nonbankruptcy laws;

iii. Nothing therein releases or discharges any of the claims of Zurich (including any Cure Claim) arising under the Zurich Insurance Program (regardless of whether all or any part of such claims are liquidated before or after the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases, confirmation of the Prepackaged Plan and/or any other chapter 11 plan, or conversion of one or more of the Chapter 11 Cases to cases under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code) (collectively, the “Zurich Claims”) and, further, the Zurich Claims are actual and necessary expenses of the Debtors’ estates (or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable) and shall be paid in full in the ordinary course of business, whether as an Allowed Administrative Claim under section 503(b)(1)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, regardless of when such amounts are or shall become liquidated, due or paid, without the need or requirement for Zurich to file or serve a request, motion, or application for payment of or proof of any Proof of Claim, Cure Claim (or any objection to Cure amounts and/or Cure notices), Administrative Claim, or any notice of recoupment (and further and for the avoidance of doubt, any claims bar date or similar deadline governing Cure amounts or Claims shall not be applicable to Zurich);

 

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iv. nothing in the second paragraph of Article VIII.F of the Prepackaged Plan applies or shall be deemed to apply to any claims covered by or asserted under the Zurich Insurance Program, which claims may proceed in the appropriate judicial or administrative forum in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Zurich Insurance Program and/or applicable nonbankruptcy law (regardless of whether such claims arise before or after the Petition Date), provided that the automatic stay of section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and/or the injunctions set forth in Article VIII of the Prepackaged Plan, each if and to the extent applicable, has been lifted with respect to such claims under the Prepackaged Plan or by or through any order entered by this Bankruptcy Court, and nothing shall impact, affect, impair, waive, release, or expand the coverage provided for any claims covered by or asserted under the Zurich Insurance Program and/or Zurich’s rights and defenses relating to or in connection with such claims under the terms and conditions of the Zurich Insurance Program and/or applicable nonbankruptcy law;

v. the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors shall not sell, assign, or otherwise transfer the Zurich Insurance Program and/or any of the rights, benefits, interests, and proceeds thereunder except with the express written permission of Zurich; and

vi. the automatic stay of Bankruptcy Code section 362(a) and the injunctions set forth in Article VIII of the Prepackaged Plan, if and to the extent applicable, shall be deemed lifted without further order of this Bankruptcy Court, solely to permit: (I) claimants with valid workers’ compensation claims or direct action claims against Zurich under applicable nonbankruptcy law to proceed with their claims; (II) Zurich to administer, handle, defend, settle, and/or pay, in the ordinary course of business and without further order of this Bankruptcy Court, (A) all workers’ compensation or direct action claims covered by the Zurich

 

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Insurance Program, (B) all claims covered by the Zurich Insurance Program where an order has been entered by this Bankruptcy Court granting a claimant relief from the automatic stay or the injunctions set forth in Article VIII of the Prepackaged Plan to proceed with its claim, and (C) all costs in relation to each of the foregoing; (III) Zurich to draw against any or all of the Zurich Collateral and to hold the proceeds thereof as security for the obligations of the Debtors (or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable) to Zurich and/or apply such proceeds to the obligations of the Debtors (or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable) under the Zurich Insurance Program, in such order as Zurich may determine; and (IV) subject to the terms of the Zurich Insurance Program and/or applicable nonbankruptcy law, Zurich to (i) cancel any policies under the Zurich Insurance Program, and (ii) take other actions relating to the Zurich Insurance Program (including setoff); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any actions taken by Zurich, including payment for any workers’ compensation claims and direct action claims, shall be subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Zurich Insurance Program, including with regard to any applicable policy limits or caps, and/or applicable nonbankruptcy law.

27. Liberty Mutual. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Prepackaged Plan, this Confirmation Order, or any other order of the Bankruptcy Court, on the Effective Date, all rights and obligations of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (“Liberty”) related to the (i) bonds of any kind issued by Liberty and maintained in the ordinary course of business, (ii) payment and/or indemnity agreements between the Debtors and Liberty, setting forth Liberty’s rights against the Debtors, and the Debtors’ obligations to pay and indemnify Liberty from any loss, cost, or expense that Liberty may incur, in each case, on account of the issuance of any bonds on behalf of the Debtors, (iii) Liberty’s collateral agreements governing collateral in connection with the Debtors’ bonds, including as applicable control agreements, trust agreements, deposit accounts,

 

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letters of credit and proceeds therefrom, and/or (iv) ordinary course premium payments to Liberty for the Debtors’ bonds (collectively, the “Bond Program,” and the Debtors’ obligations arising therefrom, the “Bond Obligations”) shall continue in full force and effect according to their terms and applicable non-bankruptcy law and are not discharged or released by the Prepackaged Plan. For the avoidance of any doubt, and only to the extent applicable, the all agreements related to the Bond Obligations are assumed by the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code upon the Effective Date. Finally, as part of the ordinary course of business of the Bond Program, the Debtors will pay any unpaid premiums and loss adjustment expenses that are due and owing on the Effective Date prior or contemporaneously thereto.

28. Reverse Dutch Election Opportunity. To the extent the Debtors’ cash on hand, plus any additional amounts remaining from the Consenting Investor Direct Investment, are insufficient to satisfy the necessary payments to the holders of the Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes (the “Potential Reverse Dutch Auction Funding Shortfall”), then the Consenting Investor shall pay to the Debtors the amount of the Potential Reverse Dutch Auction Funding Shortfall; provided that the amount of the Potential Reverse Dutch Auction Funding Shortfall funded by the Consenting Investor shall be an incremental cash equity contribution from the Consenting Investor; provided further that the Debtors shall not draw on the New RCF Exit Facility to pay any amounts associated with the Reverse Dutch Auction Election Opportunity, including the Potential Reverse Dutch Auction Funding Shortfall.

29. Documents, Mortgages, and Instruments. Each federal, state, commonwealth, local, foreign, or other governmental agency is hereby authorized to accept any and all documents, mortgages, and instruments necessary or appropriate to effectuate, implement,

 

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or consummate the transactions, including the Restructuring Transactions, contemplated by the Prepackaged Plan and this Confirmation Order.

30. Reversal/Stay/Modification/Vacatur of Order. Except as otherwise provided in this Confirmation Order, if any or all of the provisions of this Confirmation Order are hereafter reversed, modified, vacated, or stayed by subsequent order of this Bankruptcy Court, or any other court, such reversal, stay, modification, or vacatur shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any act, obligation, indebtedness, liability, priority, or Lien incurred or undertaken by the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or any other party authorized or required to take action to implement the Prepackaged Plan, as applicable, prior to the effective date of such reversal, stay, modification, or vacatur. Notwithstanding any such reversal, stay, modification, or vacatur of this Confirmation Order, any act or obligation incurred or undertaken pursuant to, or in reliance on, this Confirmation Order prior to the effective date of such reversal, stay, modification, or vacatur shall be governed in all respects by the provisions of this Confirmation Order, the Prepackaged Plan, the Plan Documents, or any amendments or modifications to the foregoing.

31. Provisions of Prepackaged Plan and Order Nonseverable and Mutually Dependent. The provisions of the Prepackaged Plan and this Confirmation Order, including the findings of fact and conclusions of law set forth herein, are nonseverable and mutually dependent.

32. Headings. Headings utilized herein are for convenience and reference only, and do not constitute a part of this Confirmation Order for any other purpose.

33. Post-Confirmation Modifications. Without need for further order or authorization of this Bankruptcy Court, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, are authorized and empowered to make any and all modifications to any and all documents that are necessary to effectuate the Prepackaged Plan that do not materially modify the terms of such

 

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documents and are consistent with the Prepackaged Plan (subject to the consent rights contained in each of the Prepackaged Plan and the Restructuring Support Agreement). Subject to certain restrictions and requirements set forth in section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 3019 and those restrictions on modifications set forth in the Prepackaged Plan and the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors expressly reserve their respective rights to revoke or withdraw, or to alter, amend, or modify materially the Prepackaged Plan with respect to such Debtor, one or more times after Confirmation, and, to the extent necessary, may initiate proceedings in this Bankruptcy Court to so alter, amend, or modify the Prepackaged Plan, or remedy any defect or omission, or reconcile any inconsistencies in the Prepackaged Plan, the Disclosure Statement, or this Confirmation Order, in such manner as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of the Prepackaged Plan (subject to the consent rights contained or incorporated in each of the Prepackaged Plan and Restructuring Support Agreement). Any such modification or supplement shall be considered a modification of the Prepackaged Plan and shall be made in accordance with Article X.A of the Prepackaged Plan.

34. Governing Law. Except to the extent that the Bankruptcy Code or other federal law is applicable or to the extent that a Plan Document provides otherwise with respect to such document, the rights, duties, and obligations arising under the Prepackaged Plan and the Plan Documents shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof (other than section 5-1401 and section 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law).

35. Applicable Non-Bankruptcy Law. Pursuant to sections 1123(a) and 1142(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, the provisions of this Confirmation Order, the Prepackaged Plan, the Plan

 

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Documents, and any other related documents or any amendments or modifications thereto, shall apply and be enforceable notwithstanding any otherwise applicable non-bankruptcy law.

36. Waiver of Section 341 Meeting of Creditors or Equity Holders; Waiver of Schedules, SOFAs and 2015.3 Reports. Any requirement under section 341(e) of the Bankruptcy Code for the U.S. Trustee to convene a meeting of creditors or equity holders is permanently waived as of the Confirmation Date. Any requirements for the Debtors to file the following are permanently waived as of the Confirmation Date: (i) schedules of assets and liabilities and statements of financial affairs and (ii) initial reports of financial information with respect to entities in which the Debtors hold a controlling or substantial interest as set forth in Bankruptcy Rule 2015.3.

37. Notices of Confirmation and Effective Date. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall serve notice of the occurrence of the Effective Date, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B, on all holders of Claims and Interests, the U.S. Trustee, and all other parties in interest. The notice is hereby approved in all respects and shall be deemed good and sufficient notice of entry of this Confirmation Order and the occurrence of the Effective Date.

38. Final Order. This Confirmation Order is a Final Order and the period in which an appeal must be filed shall commence upon the entry hereof.

39. Failure of Consummation. Notwithstanding the entry of this Confirmation Order, if consummation of the Prepackaged Plan does not occur, (i) the Prepackaged Plan shall be null and void in all respects; (ii) any assumption or rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases effected by the Prepackaged Plan and any document or agreement executed pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan will be null and void in all respects; and (iii) nothing contained in the

 

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Prepackaged Plan or the Disclosure Statement shall: (a) constitute a waiver or release of any Claims by the Debtors, Claims, or Interests; (b) prejudice in any manner the rights of the Debtors, any Holders of Claims or Interests, or any other Entity; or (c) constitute and admission, acknowledgment, offer, or undertaking by the Debtors, any Holders or Claims or Interests, or any other Entity.

40. Substantial Consummation. On the Effective Date, the Prepackaged Plan shall be deemed to be substantially consummated under sections 1101 and 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code.

41. Waiver of Stay. The requirements under Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e) that a confirmation order is stayed until the expiration of 14 days after entry are hereby waived. This Confirmation Order shall take effect immediately and shall not be stayed pursuant to Bankruptcy Rules 3020(e), 6004(h), 6006(d), or 7062 or otherwise.

42. References to and Omissions of Plan Provisions. References to articles, sections, and provisions of the Prepackaged Plan are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the interpretation of the Prepackaged Plan. The failure to specifically include or to refer to any particular article, section, or provision of the Prepackaged Plan in this Confirmation Order shall not diminish or impair the effectiveness of such article, section, or provision, it being the intent of this Bankruptcy Court that the Prepackaged Plan be confirmed in its entirety, except as expressly modified herein, and incorporated herein by reference.

43. Plan Supplement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, certain documents included in the Plan Supplement remain subject to further negotiation and are subject to the consent rights set forth in the Prepackaged Plan and the Restructuring Support Agreement,

 

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and may be amended and/or supplemented with documents that meet the consent rights set forth in the Prepackaged Plan or the Restructuring Support Agreement prior to the occurrence of the Effective Date.

44. Inconsistency. To the extent of any inconsistency between this Confirmation Order and the Prepackaged Plan, this Confirmation Order shall govern.

 

 

Signed: November 30, 2023

     

/s/ Christopher M. Lopez

     

Christopher Lopez

     

United States Bankruptcy Judge

 

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Exhibit A

Prepackaged Plan


IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

HOUSTON DIVISION

 

In re:

  

Chapter 11

 

AKUMIN INC., et al.,1

  

Case No. 23-90827 (CML)

 
Debtors.   

(Joint Administration Requested)

JOINT PREPACKAGED CHAPTER 11 PLAN

OF REORGANIZATION OF AKUMIN INC. AND ITS DEBTOR AFFILIATES

 

 

THIS CHAPTER 11 PLAN IS BEING SOLICITED FOR ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1125 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE AND WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1126 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE. THIS CHAPTER 11 PLAN WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR APPROVAL FOLLOWING SOLICITATION AND THE DEBTORS’ FILING FOR CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY.

 

JACKSON WALKER L.L.P.

  

DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP

Matthew D. Cavenaugh (TX Bar No. 24062656)

Jennifer F. Wertz (TX Bar No. 24072822)

J. Machir Stull (TX Bar No. 24070697)

Victoria N. Argeroplos (TX Bar No. 24105799)

1401 McKinney Street, Suite 1900

Houston, Texas 77010

  

Eric Lopez Schnabel (pro hac vice pending)

Rachel P. Stoian (pro hac vice pending)

Michael Galen (pro hac vice pending)

51 West 52nd Street

New York, New York 10019

Telephone: (212) 415-9200

Telephone:

 

(713) 752-4200

  

Facsimile: (212) 953-7201

Facsimile:

 

(713) 752-4221

  

Email:

  

schnabel.eric@dorsey.com

Email:

 

mcavenaugh@jw.com

     

stoian.rachel@dorsey.com

 

jwertz@jw.com

     

galen.michael@dorsey.com

 

mstull@jw.com

     
 

vargeroplos@jw.com

     

Proposed Co-Counsel to the Debtors and Debtors in Possession

     

Proposed Co-Counsel to the Debtors and Debtors in Possession

Dated: October 22, 2023

 

 

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A complete list of each of the Debtors in these chapter 11 cases may be obtained on the website of the Debtors’ proposed claims and noticing agent at https://dm.epiq11.com/Akumin The Debtors’ service address is 8300 W. Sunrise Boulevard, Plantation, Florida 33322.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I. DEFINED TERMS, RULES OF INTERPRETATION, COMPUTATION OF TIME, AND GOVERNING LAW

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A. Defined Terms

     1

B. Rules of Interpretation

     17

C. Computation of Time

     18

D. Governing Law

     18

E. Reference to Monetary Figures

     18

F. Reference to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors

     18

G. Nonconsolidated Prepackaged Plan

     18

H. Controlling Document

     18

I. Consultation, Information, Notice, and Consent Rights

     18

ARTICLE II. ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS, DIP CLAIMS, PRIORITY CLAIMS, AND RESTRUCTURING EXPENSES

     19

A. Administrative Claims

     19

B. DIP Claims

     19

C. Professional Fee Claims

     19

D. Priority Tax Claims

     20

E. Payment of Restructuring Expenses

     20

ARTICLE III. CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS

     21

A. Classification of Claims and Interests

     21

B. Treatment of Claims and Interests

     21

C. Special Provision Governing Unimpaired Claims

     26

D. Elimination of Vacant Classes

     27

E. Voting Classes, Presumed Acceptance by Non-Voting Classes

     27

F. Intercompany Interests

     27

G. Confirmation Pursuant to Sections 1129(a)(10) and 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code

     27

H. Controversy Concerning Impairment

     27

I. Subordinated Claims

     27

ARTICLE IV. MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN

     28

A. General Settlement of Claims and Interests

     28

B. Sale Transaction Election Deadline; Successful Bid

     28

C. Restructuring Transactions

     28

D. Continued Corporate Existence

     30

E. Vesting of Assets in the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors

     30

F. Cancellation of Existing Securities and Agreements

     30

G. Cancellation of Certain Existing Security Interests

     30

H. Sources of Consideration for Plan Distributions

     31

I. New Common Stock

     31

J. Consenting Investor Direct Investment and Cash Contribution

     32

K. CVR Agreement and CVR Distribution Framework

     32

L. New Notes and New RCF Exit Facility Agreement

     34

M. Corporate Action

     35

N. New Corporate Governance Documents

     35

O. Preservation of Causes of Action

     36

P. Certain Securities Law Matters

     37

Q. 1146 Exemption

     37

R. Additional Sale Transaction Provisions

     38

S. Director and Officer Liability Insurance

     38

T. Indemnification Obligations

     39

 

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ARTICLE V. TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES

     39

A. Assumption and Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

     39

B. Claims Based on Rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases

     40

C. Cure of Defaults for Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

     40

D. Preexisting Obligations to the Debtors Under Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

     41

E. Insurance Policies

     42

F. Reservation of Rights

     42

G. Nonoccurrence of Effective Date

     42

H. Contracts and Leases Entered Into After the Petition Date

     42

ARTICLE VI. PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS

     42

A. Distributions on Account of Claims Allowed as of the Effective Date

     42

B. Disbursing Agent

     43

C. Rights and Powers of Disbursing Agent

     43

D. Delivery of Distributions and Undeliverable or Unclaimed Distributions

     43

E. Manner of Payment

     45

F. Compliance with Tax Requirements

     45

G. Allocations

     45

H. No Postpetition Interest on Claims

     46

I. Foreign Currency Exchange Rate

     46

J. Setoffs and Recoupment

     46

K. Claims Paid or Payable by Third Parties

     46

ARTICLE VII. PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING CONTINGENT, UNLIQUIDATED, AND DISPUTED CLAIMS

     47

A. Disputed Claims Process

     47

B. Allowance of Claims

     48

C. Claims Administration Responsibilities

     48

D. Estimation of Claims and Interests

     48

E. Adjustment to Claims or Interests without Objection

     48

F. Disallowance of Claims or Interests

     48

G. No Distributions Pending Allowance

     49

H. Distributions After Allowance

     49

I. No Interest

     49

J. Accrual of Dividends and Other Rights

     49

ARTICLE VIII. SETTLEMENT, RELEASE, INJUNCTION, AND RELATED PROVISIONS

     49

A. Discharge of Claims and Termination of Interests

     49

B. Release of Liens

     50

C. Releases by the Debtors

     50

D. Releases by the Releasing Parties

     51

E. Exculpation

     52

F. Injunction

     53

G. Protections Against Discriminatory Treatment

     54

H. Document Retention

     54

I. Reimbursement or Contribution

     54

ARTICLE IX. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN

     54

A. Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date

     54

B. Waiver of Conditions

     56

C. Effect of Failure of Conditions

     56

D. Substantial Consummation

     56

ARTICLE X. MODIFICATION, REVOCATION, OR WITHDRAWAL OF THE PLAN

     56

A. Modification and Amendments

     56

B. Effect of Confirmation on Modifications

     57

 

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C. Revocation or Withdrawal of Prepackaged Plan

     57

ARTICLE XI. RETENTION OF JURISDICTION

     57

ARTICLE XII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     59

A. Immediate Binding Effect

     59

B. Additional Documents

     60

C. Payment of Statutory Fees

     60

D. Statutory Committee and Cessation of Fee and Expense Payment

     60

E. Reservation of Rights

     60

F. Successors and Assigns

     60

G. Notices

     60

H. Term of Injunctions or Stays

     61

I. Entire Agreement

     61

J. Plan Supplement

     62

K. Severability of Prepackaged Plan Provisions

     62

L. Votes Solicited in Good Faith

     62

M. Closing of Chapter 11 Cases

     62

N. Waiver or Estoppel

     62

O. Creditor Default

     62

 

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INTRODUCTION

Akumin Inc. and the above-captioned debtors and debtors in possession (collectively, the “Debtors”), propose this joint prepackaged chapter 11 plan of reorganization (as modified, amended, or supplemented from time to time, the “Prepackaged Plan”) for the resolution of the outstanding claims against, and equity interests in, the Debtors. Although proposed jointly for administrative purposes, the Prepackaged Plan constitutes a separate Prepackaged Plan for each Debtor. Holders of Claims against, or Interests in, the Debtors may refer to the Disclosure Statement for a discussion of the Debtors’ history, businesses, assets, results of operations, historical financial information, projections of future operations, risk factors, a summary and analysis of this Prepackaged Plan, the Restructuring Transactions, and certain related matters. The Debtors are the proponents of the Prepackaged Plan within the meaning of section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.

ALL HOLDERS OF CLAIMS ENTITLED TO VOTE ON THE PREPACKAGED PLAN ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ THE PREPACKAGED PLAN AND THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT IN THEIR ENTIRETY BEFORE VOTING TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PREPACKAGED PLAN.

ARTICLE I.

DEFINED TERMS, RULES OF INTERPRETATION,

COMPUTATION OF TIME, AND GOVERNING LAW

 

A.

Defined Terms.

As used in this Prepackaged Plan, capitalized terms have the meanings set forth below.

1. “1125(e) Exculpation Parties” means, collectively, and in each case in its capacity as such: (a) each of the Exculpated Parties; (b) the directors and officers of any of the Debtors; (c) each Consenting Stakeholder; (d) each Prepetition Debt Facility Agent; and (e) with respect to each of the foregoing parties, the Related Parties thereof.

2. “Accredited Investor” has the meaning provided in ARTICLE IV.K of the Prepackaged Plan.

3. “Ad Hoc Noteholder Group” means that certain ad hoc group comprised of beneficial holders (or investment managers or advisors to beneficial holders) of Prepetition Senior Secured Notes represented by the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group Advisors.

4. “Ad Hoc Noteholder Group Advisors” means Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and any other attorneys, accountants, other professionals, advisors, and consultants for the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group, if any, as may be mutually agreed to by the Required Consenting Noteholders, the Consenting Investor, and the Debtors.

5. “Administrative Claim” means a Claim for costs and expenses of administration of the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to sections 327, 328, 330, 365, 503(b), 507(a), 507(b), or 1114(e)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, including: (a) the actual and necessary costs and expenses of preserving the Estates and operating the businesses of the Debtors incurred on or after the Petition Date and through the Effective Date; (b) Allowed Professional Fee Claims; (c) all fees and charges assessed against the Estates under chapter 123 of the Judicial Code; and (d) Restructuring Expenses.

6. “Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in section 101(2) of the Bankruptcy Code as if the reference Entity was a debtor in a case under the Bankruptcy Code.

7. “Allowed” means, with respect to any Claim, except as otherwise provided herein: (a) a Claim allowed pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan or a Final Order; (b) a Claim that is scheduled by the Debtors as not contingent, not unliquidated, and not disputed, and for which no Proof of Claim, as applicable, has been timely Filed; or (c) a Claim that is evidenced by a Proof of Claim or a request for payment of an Administrative Claim, as applicable (or for which Claim a Proof of Claim is not required under the Prepackaged Plan, the Bankruptcy Code, or a Final Order); provided that with respect to a Claim described in clauses (b) and (c) above, such Claim shall be Allowed only

 

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if and to the extent that with respect to such Claim no objection to the allowance thereof is interposed within the applicable period of time fixed by the Prepackaged Plan, the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, or the Bankruptcy Court, or such an objection is so interposed and the Claim has been Allowed by a Final Order; provided, further, that the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors shall retain all claims and defenses with respect to Allowed Claims that are reinstated or otherwise Unimpaired pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan. To the extent applicable, any Claim that has been or is hereafter listed in the Schedules as contingent, unliquidated, or disputed, and for which no contrary or superseding Proof of Claim is or has been timely Filed, or that is not or has not been Allowed by a Final Order, is not considered Allowed and shall be expunged without further action by the Debtors and without further notice to any party or action, approval, or order of the Bankruptcy Court. Unless expressly waived by the Prepackaged Plan, the Allowed amount of Claims or Interests shall be subject to and shall not exceed the limitations or maximum amounts permitted by the Bankruptcy Code, including sections 502 or 503 of the Bankruptcy Code, to the extent applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Claim of any Entity subject to section 502(d) of the Bankruptcy Code shall be deemed Allowed unless and until such Entity pays in full the amount that it owes the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, as applicable.

8. “Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Schedule” means a schedule of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to be assumed by the Debtors pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan, which may be included in the Plan Supplement (if applicable in connection with a Sale transaction), as the same may be amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time.

9. “Avoidance Actions” means any and all actual or potential avoidance, recovery, subordination, or other Claims, Causes of Action, or remedies that may be brought by or on behalf of the Debtors or their Estates or other authorized parties in interest under the Bankruptcy Code or applicable non-bankruptcy Law, including Claims, Causes of Action, or remedies under sections 502, 510, 542, 544, 545, 547 through 553, and 724(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or under similar local, state, federal, or foreign statutes and common law, including fraudulent transfer Laws.

10. “Bankruptcy Code” means title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101–1532, as amended from time to time.

11. “Bankruptcy Court” means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

12. “Bankruptcy Rules” means the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure promulgated under section 2075 of the Judicial Code and the general, local, and chambers rules of the Bankruptcy Court, each, as amended from time to time.

13. “Bidding Procedures” means the procedures governing the auction and the Sale Transaction, as approved by the Bankruptcy Court and as may be amended from time to time in accordance with their terms, a substantially final form of which is attached as Exhibit G to the Restructuring Support Agreement.

14. “Bidding Procedures Motion” means the motion Filed by the Debtors seeking entry of an order approving the Bidding Procedures.

15. “Bidding Procedures Order” means the order entered by the Bankruptcy Court approving the Bidding Procedures and establishing deadlines for the submission of bids and the auction in accordance with such procedures, which order shall be consistent in all material respects with the Restructuring Support Agreement and this Prepackaged Plan.

16. “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the State of New York.

17. “Cash” or “$” means cash in legal tender of the United States of America and cash equivalents, including bank deposits, checks, and other similar items.

18. “Cash Collateral” has the meaning ascribed to such term in section 363(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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19. “Cause of Action” or “Causes of Action” means any claims, interests, damages, remedies, causes of action, demands, rights, actions, controversies, proceedings, agreements, suits, obligations, liabilities, judgments, accounts, defenses, offsets, powers, privileges, licenses, Liens, indemnities, and guaranties, of any kind or character whatsoever, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereinafter arising, contingent or non- contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, disputed or undisputed, secured or unsecured, assertable, directly or derivatively, matured or unmatured, suspected or unsuspected, whether arising before, on, or after the Petition Date, in contract, tort, law, equity, or otherwise. Causes of Action also include: (a) all rights of setoff, counterclaim, or recoupment and claims under contracts or for breaches of duties imposed by Law or in equity; (b) any claim based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, tort, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, violation of state, provincial, or federal Law or breach of any duty imposed by Law or in equity, including securities Laws, negligence, and gross negligence; (c) the right to object to or otherwise contest Claims or Interests; (d) claims pursuant to section 362 or chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code; (e) such claims and defenses as fraud, mistake, duress, and usury, and any other defenses set forth in section 558 of the Bankruptcy Code; and (f) any other Avoidance Action.

20. “Chapter 11 Cases” means (a) when used with reference to a particular Debtor, the case pending for that Debtor under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court and (b) when used with reference to all the Debtors, the procedurally consolidated chapter 11 cases pending for the Debtors in the Bankruptcy Court.

21. “Claim” means any claim, as defined in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, against any of the Debtors.

22. “Claims and Balloting Agent” means Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC, the notice, claims, and solicitation agent retained by the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases.

23. “Claims Register” means the official register of Claims and Interests maintained by the Claims and Balloting Agent.

24. “Class” means a class of Claims or Interests as set forth in ARTICLE III of the Prepackaged Plan pursuant to section 1122(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

25. “Clearing Price” has the meaning set forth in Article I.A.179 of the Prepackaged Plan.

26. “CM/ECF” means the Bankruptcy Court’s Case Management and Electronic Case Filing system.

27. “Confirmation” means the Bankruptcy Court’s entry of the Confirmation Order on the docket of the Chapter 11 Cases.

28. “Confirmation Date” means the date upon which the Bankruptcy Court enters the Confirmation Order on the docket of the Chapter 11 Cases, within the meaning of Bankruptcy Rules 5003 and 9021.

29. “Confirmation Hearing” means the hearing to be held by the Bankruptcy Court on confirmation of the Prepackaged Plan and the adequacy of the Disclosure Statement, as such hearing may be continued from time to time.

30. “Confirmation Order” means the order of the Bankruptcy Court confirming the Prepackaged Plan pursuant to, inter alia, section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code and approving the Disclosure Statement as containing, among other things, “adequate information” as required by section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code, which order shall be consistent with the terms of the Restructuring Support Agreement, including the consent rights contained therein.

31. “Consenting 2025 Noteholders” has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement.

32. “Consenting 2028 Noteholders” has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement.

33. “Consenting Equityholders” has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement.

 

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34. “Consenting Investor” has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement.

35. “Consenting Investor Advisors” means Moelis & Company LLC and Sidley Austin LLP in their capacity as advisors to the Consenting Investor.

36. “Consenting Investor Cash Contribution” has the meaning set forth in ARTICLE III.B.9(b)(i) of the Prepackaged Plan.

37. “Consenting Investor Direct Investment” means an investment on the Effective Date in the amount of the Consenting Investor Direct Investment Amount in accordance with the Restructuring Support Agreement and Article V.J of the Prepackaged Plan.

38. “Consenting Investor Direct Investment Amount” means $130,000,000.00; provided that any new money funded by the Consenting Investor under the DIP Facility (or any other new money contributions made by the Consenting Investor to the Debtors prior to the Effective Date), and any paid-in-kind interest accrued with respect thereto, shall reduce the Consenting Investor Direct Investment Amount on a dollar-for-dollar basis.

39. “Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities” has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement.

40. “Consenting Noteholders” has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement.

41. “Consenting Physician-Owned Entities” has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement.

42. “Consenting RCF Lenders has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement.

43. “Consenting RCF Lender Advisors” means (a) King & Spalding LLP, (b) one local counsel to the Consenting RCF Lenders, (c) such other attorneys, accountants, other professionals, advisors, and consultants for the Consenting RCF Lenders, if any, as may be mutually agreed to by the Required Consenting RCF Lenders, the Consenting Investor, and the Debtors.

44. “Consenting Stakeholders” has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement.

45. “Consummation” means the occurrence of the Effective Date.

46. “Cure” means all amounts, including an amount of $0.00, required to cure any monetary defaults under any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease (or such lesser amount as may be agreed upon by the parties under an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease) that is to be assumed by the Debtors pursuant to sections 365 or 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code, other than a default that is not required to be cured pursuant to section 365(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code.

47. “CVR Agent” means the agent to be specified in and to be party to the CVR Agreement.

48. “CVR Agreement” means that certain agreement setting forth the full terms and conditions of the CVRs, a substantially final form of which shall be filed with the Plan Supplement and shall be consistent in form and substance with this Prepackaged Plan and the form attached to the Restructuring Support Agreement as Exhibit J.

49. “CVR Distribution Framework” means the procedures set forth in ARTICLE IV.K of the Prepackaged Plan (and as may be supplemented in the Plan Supplement) to be utilized by the Reorganized Debtors to distribute the CVRs pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan in a manner to ensure compliance with the Securities Exchange Act, solely to the extent that the Securities Exchange Act is applicable.

50. “CVR Distribution Conditions” means the conditions set forth in the CVR Distribution Framework that are required to be satisfied by an individual recipient prior to such recipient becoming eligible to receive CVRs.

 

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51. “CVR Notice” has the meaning provided in ARTICLE IV.K of the Prepackaged Plan.

52. “CVR Recipient Certification” has the meaning provided in ARTICLE IV.K of the Prepackaged Plan.

53. “CVR Recipient Conditions” has the meaning provided in ARTICLE IV.K of the Prepackaged Plan.

54. “CVRs” means those certain uncertificated, non-transferrable (unless expressly permitted therein) contractual contingent value rights to be governed by the CVR Agreement entered into by the Parent, Consenting Investor and the CVR Agent.

55. “CVR Submission Deadline” has the meaning provided in ARTICLE IV.K of the Prepackaged Plan.

56. “D&O Liability Insurance Policies” means all insurance policies of any of the Debtors for directors’, managers’, and officers’ liability existing as of the Petition Date (including any “tail policy”) and all agreements, documents, or instruments relating thereto.

57. “Debtors” means Akumin Inc.; Advanced Diagnostic Group, LLC; Advanced Diagnostic Resources, LLC; Affiliated PET Systems, L.L.C.; AFO Imaging, Inc.; Akumin FL, LLC; Akumin Florida Holdings, LLC; Akumin Health Illinois, LLC; Akumin Holdings Corp.; Akumin Operating Corp.; Alliance Imaging NC, LLC; Alliance Oncology of Arizona, LLC; Alliance Radiosurgery, LLC; Decatur Health Imaging, L.L.C.; Diagnostic Health Center of Anchorage, LLC; Greater Boston MRI Limited Partnership; Greater Boston MRI Services, LLC; Imaging Center of West Palm Beach LLC; InMed Diagnostic Services of MA, LLC; LCM Imaging, Inc.; Medical Diagnostics, LLC; Medical Outsourcing Services, LLC; Mid-American Imaging Inc.; Monroe PET, LLC; MUSC Health Cancer Care Organization, LLC; NEHE/WSIC II, LLC; NEHE-MRI, LLC; Neospine Blocker Corp.; New England Health Imaging - Houlton, LLC; New England Molecular Imaging LLC; PET Scans of America Corp.; PMI Partners, LLC; PREFERRED IMAGING AT CASA LINDA PLAZA, LLC; PREFERRED IMAGING AT THE MEDICAL CENTER, LLC; PREFERRED IMAGING HEB, LLC; Preferred Imaging of Austin, LLC; Preferred Imaging of Corinth, LLC; Preferred Imaging of Denton, LLC; Preferred Imaging of Fort Worth, LLC; Preferred Imaging of Frisco, LLC; PREFERRED IMAGING OF GARLAND, LLC; PREFERRED IMAGING OF GRAPEVINE/COLLEYVILLE, LLC; Preferred Imaging of Irving, LLC; Preferred Imaging of McKinney, LLC; Preferred Imaging of Mesquite, LLC; PREFERRED IMAGING OF PLANO, LLC; Preferred Imaging on Plano Parkway, LLC; PREFERRED OPEN MRI, LLC; ROUND ROCK IMAGING, LLC; Shared P.E.T. Imaging, LLC; SMT Health Services, LLC; SyncMed, LLC; Three Rivers Holding, LLC; TIC Acquisition Holdings, LLC; USR Holdings, LLC; Vista PEM Providers, LLC; Western Massachusetts Magnetic Resonance Services, LLC; Woodland Diagnostic Imaging, LLC; and New England Health Enterprises Business Trust.

58. “Debtor Release” means the release set forth in ARTICLE VIII.C of the Prepackaged Plan.

59. “Definitive Documents” means the documents listed in Section 3 of the Restructuring Support Agreement, as modified, amended, or supplemented from time to time, in accordance with the Restructuring Support Agreement and Article I.I herein.

60. “DIP Agent” means the administrative agent, collateral agent, or similar Entity under the DIP

Facility.

61. “DIP Claims” means any and all Claims arising under, derived from, or based upon the DIP Facility Documents, which DIP Claims shall have the priorities set forth in the DIP Facility Term Sheet or DIP Credit Agreement, as applicable and the DIP Orders.

62. “DIP Credit Agreement” means a junior secured debtor in possession credit agreement that governs the DIP Facility among Parent as borrower, the Debtor guarantors as party thereto, and the lender parties thereto, as may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, or modified from time to time, in a form to be agreed upon by the Debtors and the DIP Lenders, which shall be in form and substance consistent with the terms of the Restructuring Support Agreement and the consent rights contained therein

 

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63. “DIP Facility” means the junior secured debtor in possession financing facility for the DIP Loans, in the aggregate principal amount of $75 million, entered into on the terms and conditions set forth in the DIP Facility Documents.

64. “DIP Facility Documents” means any documents governing the DIP Facility that are entered into in accordance with the DIP Facility Term Sheet (or DIP Credit Agreement, as applicable), and the DIP Orders, and any amendments, modifications, and supplements thereto, and together with any related notes, certificates, agreements, securities agreements, documents, and instruments (including any amendments, restatements, supplements, or modifications of any of the foregoing) related to or executed in connection therewith.

65. “DIP Facility Term Sheet” means the DIP Loan Term Sheet attached as Exhibit F to the Restructuring Support Agreement and the DIP Orders; provided, that following entry of the DIP Orders, the version attached to the DIP Order shall control.

66. “DIP Lenders” means the lenders providing the DIP Facility under the DIP Facility Documents.

67. “DIP Loans” means the loans provided under the DIP Facility, which shall be converted into New Common Stock on the Effective Date in accordance with Article II.B. of the Prepackaged Plan.

68. “DIP Orders” means, together, the Interim DIP Order and the Final DIP Order.

69. “Disbursing Agent” means, as applicable, the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Post-Effective Date Debtors, the Post-Effective Date Plan Administrator, or such other Entity or Entities selected by the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Post-Effective Date Debtors, or the Post-Effective Date Plan Administrator, in each case, in consultation with the Consenting Stakeholders, as applicable, to make or facilitate distributions pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan.

70. “Disclosure Statement” means the disclosure statement for the Prepackaged Plan, including all exhibits and schedules thereto, to be approved by the Confirmation Order, a copy of which is attached to the Restructuring Support Agreement as Exhibit E.

71. “Disputed” means, as to a Claim or an Interest, any Claim or Interest: (a) that is not Allowed; (b) that is not disallowed by the Prepackaged Plan, the Bankruptcy Code, or a Final Order, as applicable; (c) as to which a dispute is being adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with non-bankruptcy Law; (d) that is Filed in the Bankruptcy Court and not withdrawn, as to which a timely objection or request for estimation has been Filed; and (e) with respect to which a party in interest has Filed a Proof of Claim or otherwise made a written request to a Debtor for payment, without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

72. “Distribution Date” means, except as otherwise set forth herein, the date or dates determined by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, on or after the Effective Date, with the first such date occurring on or as soon as is reasonably practicable after the Effective Date, upon which the Disbursing Agent shall make distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims and Interests entitled to receive distributions under the Prepackaged Plan.

73. “Distribution Record Date” means the record date for purposes of making distributions under the Prepackaged Plan on account of Allowed Claims and Interests except with respect to public securities, which date shall be on or as soon as is reasonably practicable after the Effective Date, subject to the consent of the Consenting Investor, reasonable consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders, and, solely as the Distribution Record Date relates to Holders of Prepetition RCF Claims, the Required Consenting RCF Lenders.

74. “DTC” means the Depository Trust Company.

75. “Effective Date” means, as to the applicable Debtor, the date that is the first Business Day on which (a) no stay of the Confirmation Order is in effect and (b) all conditions precedent to the occurrence of the Effective Date set forth in Article IX.A of the Prepackaged Plan have been satisfied or waived in accordance with Article IX.B

 

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of the Prepackaged Plan. Any action to be taken on the Effective Date may be taken on or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.

76. “Entity” has the meaning set forth in section 101(15) of the Bankruptcy Code, including “person” (as defined in section 101(41) of the Bankruptcy Code) and “governmental unit” (as defined in section 101(27) of the Bankruptcy Code).

77. “Estate” means as to each Debtor, the estate created for such Debtor in its Chapter 11 Case pursuant to section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code upon the commencement of such Debtor’s Chapter 11 Case.

78. “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78a, et seq., as amended from time to time.

79. “Exculpated Parties” means collectively, and in each case in its capacity as such: (a) the Debtors; and (b) any statutory committees appointed in the chapter 11 cases and each of their respective members.

80. “Executory Contract” means a contract to which one or more of the Debtors is a party and that is subject to assumption or rejection under section 365 or 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code.

81. “Existing Common Stock Interests” means shares of the class of common stock of Parent, which is traded and quoted on the NASDAQ under the symbol “AKU” and Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “AKU.TO”, that existed immediately prior to the Effective Date, including (i) any restricted stock units of Parent that vest upon a “change of control” transaction and (ii) the exercise of any stock options Parent in accordance with their terms prior to the Effective Date.

82. “Federal Judgment Rate” means the federal judgment rate in effect as of the Petition Date.

83. “File,” “Filed,” or “Filing” means file, filed, or filing with the Bankruptcy Court or its authorized designee in the Chapter 11 Cases.

84. “Final DIP Order” means any order approving the DIP Facility and authorizing the Debtors’ use of Cash Collateral on a final basis.

85. “Final Order” means an order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court, or court of competent jurisdiction with respect to the subject matter that has not been reversed, stayed, modified, or amended, as entered on the docket in any Chapter 11 Case or the docket of any court of competent jurisdiction, and as to which the time to appeal, or seek certiorari or move for a new trial, reargument, or rehearing has expired and no appeal or petition for certiorari or other proceedings for a new trial, reargument, or rehearing has been timely taken, or as to which any appeal that has been taken or any petition for certiorari that has been or may be timely filed has been withdrawn or resolved by the highest court to which the order or judgment was appealed or from which certiorari was sought or the new trial, reargument, or rehearing will have been denied, resulted in no stay pending appeal of such order, or has otherwise been dismissed with prejudice; provided that the possibility that a motion under Rules 59 or 60 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or any analogous rule under the Bankruptcy Rules, may be filed with respect to such order will not preclude such order from being a Final Order.

86. “General Unsecured Claim” means any Claim against any of the Debtors that is not (a) paid in full prior to the Effective Date pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court; (b) an Administrative Claim; (c) a DIP Claim;] (d) a Secured Claim; (e) an Other Secured Claim; (f) a Priority Tax Claim; (g) an Other Priority Claim; (h) a Prepetition 2025 Notes Claim; (i) a Prepetition 2028 Notes Claim; (j) a Prepetition Series A Note Claim; (k) a Prepetition RCF Claim; (l) an Intercompany Claim; or (m) a Section 510(b) Claim.

87. “Governing Body” means, in each case in its capacity as such, the board of directors, board of managers, manager, general partner, special committee, or such similar governing body of any of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable.

 

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88. “Governmental Unit” has the meaning set forth in section 101(27) of the Bankruptcy Code.

89. “Holder” means an Entity holding a Claim against or an Interest in a Debtor, as applicable.

90. “Impaired” means with respect to a Class of Claims or Interests, a Class of Claims or Interests that is impaired within the meaning of section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.

91. “Intercompany Claim” means any Claim against a Debtor or an Affiliate of a Debtor held by another Debtor or an Affiliate of a Debtor.

92. “Intercompany Interest” means an Interest in a Debtor held by another Debtor.

93. “Interest” means any equity security (as defined in section 101(16) of the Bankruptcy Code) in any Debtor and any other rights, options, warrants, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights, restricted stock units, performance shares, performance units, redemption rights, repurchase rights, convertible, exercisable or exchangeable Securities or other agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character relating to, or whose value is related to, any such interest or other ownership interest in any Debtor.

94. “Interim DIP Order” means one or more orders entered on an interim basis approving the DIP Facility and the DIP Facility Documents and authorizing the Debtors’ use of Cash Collateral.

95. “Judicial Code” means title 28 of the United States Code, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1–4001, as amended from time to time.

96. “Law” means any federal, state, local or foreign law (including common law), statute, code, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, ruling, or judgment, in each case, that is validly adopted, promulgated, issued, or entered by a governmental authority of competent jurisdiction (including the Bankruptcy Court).

97. “Lien” has the meaning set forth in section 101(37) of the Bankruptcy Code.

98. “Maximum CVR Recipients” has the meaning provided in ARTICLE IV.K of the Prepackaged Plan.

99. “Nasdaq” means Nasdaq Stock Market, together with any successors thereto.

100. “New 2027 Notes” means new senior secured notes due 2027 in an aggregate initial principal amount of $475 million to be issued by Reorganized Parent on the Effective Date and governed by the New 2027 Notes Indenture; provided, that the aggregate principal amount of the New 2027 Notes to be issued pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan shall be reduced dollar-for-dollar by the aggregate principal amount of the Selected Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes that are Prepetition 2025 Notes. For the avoidance of doubt, the aggregate principal amount of the New 2027 Notes shall not be reduced on account of any Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes for which the applicable holder does not receive any Reverse Dutch Election Available Proceeds on account of such Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes.

101. “New 2027 Notes Indenture” means the indenture that will govern the New 2027 Notes, a substantially final form of which is attached as Exhibit H to the Restructuring Support Agreement and shall be filed with the Plan Supplement.

102. “New 2028 Notes” means new senior secured notes due 2028 in an aggregate initial principal amount of $375 million to be issued by Reorganized Parent on the Effective Date and governed by the New 2028 Notes Indenture; provided, that the aggregate principal amount of the New 2028 Notes to be issued pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan shall be reduced dollar-for-dollar by the aggregate principal amount of the Selected Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes that are Prepetition 2028 Notes. For the avoidance of doubt, the aggregate principal amount of the New 2028 Notes shall not be reduced on account of any Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes for which the applicable holder does not receive any Reverse Dutch Election Available Proceeds on account of such Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes.

 

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103. “New 2028 Notes Indenture” means the indenture that will govern the New 2028 Notes, a substantially final form of which is attached as Exhibit I to the Restructuring Support Agreement and shall be filed with the Plan Supplement.

104. “New Board” means the boards of directors or members of the applicable Governing Bodies of the applicable Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, and as set forth in the Plan Supplement.

105. “New Common Stock” means, if the Reorganization Transaction occurs, shares of common stock of Reorganized Parent to be issued on the Effective Date or as otherwise permitted pursuant to the New Corporate Governance Documents.

106. “New Corporate Governance Documents” means the documents providing for corporate governance of the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, including charters, bylaws, operating agreements, or other organizational documents or shareholders’ agreements, as applicable, which (a) shall be consistent with the terms of the Restructuring Support Agreement and the consent rights contained therein and (b) will be filed with the Plan Supplement solely to the extent of any material amendments to the Prepetition Organizational Documents. For the avoidance of doubt, the New Corporate Governance Documents of Reorganized Parent shall be filed in the Plan Supplement.

107. “New Debt Documents” means, collectively, the New 2027 Notes Indenture, the New 2028 Notes Indenture, the New RCF Exit Facility Agreement, and all other agreements, documents, and instruments evidencing or securing the New Debt Facilities, to be delivered or entered into in connection therewith (including any guarantee agreements (including the New Debt Facilities Guarantees), pledge and collateral agreements, intercreditor agreements, subordination agreements, commitment letters, term sheets, fee letters, and other security documents), each of which shall be consistent with the terms of the Restructuring Support Agreement and the consent rights contained therein.

108. “New Debt Facilities” means, collectively, the New RCF Exit Facility and the New Notes.

109. “New Debt Facilities Guarantees” means, collectively, the New Debt Facilities Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entity Guarantees and the New Debt Facilities Physician-Owned Entity Guarantees.

110. “New Debt Facilities Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entity Guarantees” means those certain secured guarantees of the obligations arising under the New Debt Facilities, to be provided by the Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities, as guarantors in favor of one or more of the Company Parties as obligor of the obligations under the New Debt Documents from and after the Effective Date, which guarantees and related liens and security interests (together with any amendments thereto) shall be subject to the consent rights set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).

111. “New Debt Facilities Physician-Owned Entity Guarantees” means those certain secured guarantees of the obligations arising under the New Debt Facilities, to be provided by the Consenting Physician-Owned Entities as guarantors in favor of one or more of the Company Parties as obligor for the obligations under the New Debt Documents from and after the Effective Date, which guarantees, liens and security interests (together with any amendments thereto) shall be subject to the consent rights set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Consenting Physician-Owned Entities (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).

112. “New Notes” means, collectively, the New 2027 Notes and the New 2028 Notes.

113. “New RCF Exit Facility” means a new revolving credit facility to be entered into by certain of the Debtors on the Effective Date.

 

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114. “New RCF Exit Facility Agreement” means the revolving credit agreement governing the New RCF Exit Facility, a copy of which will be filed in the Plan Supplement, which shall be consistent with the terms of the Restructuring Support Agreement and the consent rights contained therein.

115. “Other Equity Interests” means any and all Interests in the Debtors other than Existing Common Stock Interests or Intercompany Interests, including any and all outstanding and unexercised or unvested Prepetition Consenting Investor Warrants, other warrants, options, or rights to acquire Existing Common Stock Interests or other Interests in the Debtors existing immediately prior to the Effective Date and any Section 510(b) Claims.

116. “Other Priority Claim” means any unsecured Claim, other than an Administrative Claim or a Priority Tax Claim, entitled to priority in right of payment under section 507(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

117. “Other Secured Claim” means any Secured Claim other than a DIP Claim, Prepetition 2025 Notes Claim, Prepetition 2028 Notes Claim, or Prepetition RCF Claim.

118. “Parent” means Akumin Inc.

119. “Person” has the meaning set forth in section 101(41) of the Bankruptcy Code.

120. “Petition Date” means the date on which the Debtors commenced the Chapter 11 Cases.

121. “Plan Administrator Agreement” means, in the event of a Sale Transaction that results in one or more Post-Effective Date Debtor(s), the agreement between the Post-Effective Date Plan Administrator and the Post-Effective Date Debtor(s) regarding the administration and wind-down of the Post-Effective Date Debtor(s) assets and other matters related to their applicable Estate(s), which shall be filed as part of the Plan Supplement.

122. “Plan Distribution” means a payment or distribution of consideration to Holders of Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests under the Prepackaged Plan.

123. “Plan Supplement” means the compilation of documents and forms of documents, term sheets, agreements, schedules, and exhibits to the Prepackaged Plan (in each case, as may be altered, amended, modified, or supplemented up to and through the Effective Date in accordance with the terms hereof and the Restructuring Support Agreement, including the consent rights contained therein, and this Prepackaged Plan) to be Filed prior to the Confirmation Hearing to the extent available, and any additional documents Filed prior to the Effective Date as amendments to the Plan Supplement, including the following, as applicable: (a) the New Corporate Governance Documents; (b) in the event of a Reorganization Transaction, and to the extent known, the identities of the members of the New Board of Reorganized Parent; (c) in the event of a Sale Transaction, the identity of the Post-Effective Date Plan Administrator Agreement; (d) in the event of a Reorganization Transaction, the Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Schedule; (e), in the event of a Sale Transaction, the Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Schedule; (f) the Schedule of Retained Causes of Action; (g) the CVR Agreement; (h) the New 2027 Notes Indenture and the New 2028 Notes Indenture; (i) the New RCF Exit Facility Agreement; (j) in the event of a Reorganization Transaction, a restructuring transactions memorandum (if any); and (k) in the event of a Sale Transaction, the Sale Transaction Documents.

124. “Post-Effective Date Debtors” means, in the event of a Sale Transaction, the Debtors after the Effective Date.

125. “Post-Effective Date Plan Administrator” means, in the event of a Sale Transaction, the person or entity identified in the Plan Supplement to be appointed on the Effective Date and who will serve as the plan administrator for the Post-Effective Date Debtors as set forth in ARTICLE IV.R.2 of the Prepackaged Plan.

126. “Prepackaged Plan” means this joint chapter 11 plan of reorganization, the Plan Supplement, and all exhibits and schedules annexed hereto or referenced herein, in each case, as may be amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code, the Restructuring Support Agreement, and the terms hereof.

 

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127. “Prepetition 2025 Notes” means the 7.00% Senior Secured Notes, due 2025, outstanding under the Prepetition 2025 Notes Indenture.

128. “Prepetition 2025 Notes Claim(s)” means any Claim for obligations arising under the Prepetition 2025 Notes Indenture, including Claims in respect of all principal amounts outstanding, interest, fees, redemption premiums, expenses, costs, and other charges arising thereunder or related thereto, including postpetition interest, as applicable.

129. “Prepetition 2025 Notes Indenture” means that certain Indenture, dated as of November 2, 2020 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among Parent, as issuer, certain of the Debtors, as guarantors, and the Prepetition 2025 Notes Trustee.

130. “Prepetition 2025 Notes Trustee” means UMB Bank, National Association, in its capacity as trustee and collateral agent under the Prepetition 2025 Notes Indenture.

131. “Prepetition 2028 Notes” means the 7.50% Senior Secured Notes, due 2028, outstanding under the Prepetition 2028 Notes Indenture.

132. “Prepetition 2028 Notes Claim(s)” means any Claim for obligations arising under the Prepetition 2028 Notes, including Claims in respect of all principal amounts outstanding, interest, fees, redemption premiums, expenses, costs, and other charges arising thereunder or related thereto, including postpetition interest, as applicable.

133. “Prepetition 2028 Notes Indenture” means that certain Indenture, dated as of August 9, 2021 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among Parent, as issuer and successor to Akumin Escrow Inc., certain of the Debtors, as guarantors, and the Prepetition 2028 Notes Trustee.

134. “Prepetition 2028 Notes Trustee” means UMB Bank, National Association, in its capacity as trustee and collateral agent under the Prepetition 2028 Notes Indenture.

135. “Prepetition Consenting Investor Warrants” means warrants to purchase Existing Common Stock Interests held by the Consenting Investor.

136. “Prepetition Debt Facility Agents” means the Prepetition RCF Agent and the Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Trustees.

137. “Prepetition Notes” means the Prepetition 2025 Notes and the Prepetition 2028 Notes.

138. “Prepetition Organizational Documents” means the formation documents and governance documents for the Debtors as of the Petition Date.

139. “Prepetition RCF Agent” means PNC Bank, National Association, as successor to BBVA USA, in its capacity as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent for the Prepetition RCF Facility.

140. “Prepetition RCF Claims” means any Claim for obligations arising under the Prepetition RCF Credit Agreement or relating to the Prepetition RCF Facility, including the Prepetition Swap Claims and Claims for all principal amounts outstanding, interest, fees, expenses, costs and other charges arising thereunder or related thereto. In the event that the Prepetition RCF Claims are not paid down in full pursuant to the Interim DIP Order, Prepetition RCF Claims shall be Allowed in an amount to be agreed to by the Debtors and the Consenting RCF Lenders prior to the Confirmation Hearing, which amount shall be included in the Confirmation Order.

141. “Prepetition RCF Credit Agreement” means that certain Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November 2, 2020, by and among certain of the Debtors as borrowers and guarantors thereto, the lenders party thereto from time to time, and the Prepetition RCF Agent, as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

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142. “Prepetition RCF Facility” means the revolving credit facility arising under the Prepetition RCF Credit Agreement.

143. “Prepetition Senior Secured Notes” means, collectively, the Prepetition 2025 Notes and the Prepetition 2028 Notes.

144. “Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Trustees” means the Prepetition 2025 Notes Trustee and the Prepetition 2028 Notes Trustee.

145. “Prepetition Series A Note” means those certain 11% Cash / 13% PIK Unsecured Notes due 2032 / 2033, issued by Akumin Corp. to the Consenting Investor on September 1, 2021.

146. “Prepetition Series A Note Claims” means any Claim on account of the Prepetition Series A Note.

147. “Prepetition Swap Agreement” means, collectively, as may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, or modified from time to time, the Amended and Restated ISDA Master Agreement dated as of September 28, 2012, between PNC Bank, National Association and Alliance-HNI Leasing Co., L.L.C. and subsequently supplemented on March 29, 2019 and March 19, 2020.

148. “Prepetition Swap Claims” means any and all Claims against the Debtors arising under, derived from, or based upon the Prepetition Swap Agreement.

149. “Priority Tax Claim” means any Claim of a Governmental Unit of the kind specified in sections 502(i) and 507(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.

150. “Pro Rata” means the proportion that an Allowed Claim or an Allowed Interest in a particular Class bears to the aggregate amount of Allowed Claims or Allowed Interests in that Class, unless otherwise indicated.

151. “Professional” means an Entity: (a) employed pursuant to a Bankruptcy Court order in accordance with sections 327, 363, or 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code and to be compensated for services rendered prior to or on the Confirmation Date, pursuant to sections 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, and 363 of the Bankruptcy Code; or (b) awarded compensation and reimbursement by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to section 503(b)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code.

152. “Professional Fee Amount” means the aggregate amount of Professional Fee Claims and other unpaid fees and expenses that the Professionals estimate they have incurred or will incur in rendering services to the Debtors as set forth in Article II.B of the Prepackaged Plan.

153. “Professional Fee Claim” means a Claim by a Professional seeking an award by the Bankruptcy Court of compensation for services rendered or reimbursement of expenses incurred through and including the Confirmation Date under sections 330, 331, 503(b)(2), 503(b)(3), 503(b)(4), or 503(b)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code.

154. “Professional Fee Account” means an account to be funded by the Debtors with Cash on the Effective Date in an amount equal to the Professional Fee Amount.

155. “Proof of Claim” means a proof of Claim Filed against any of the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases.

156. “Purchase Agreement” means the definitive purchase agreement(s) effectuating the Sale Transaction, including all exhibits and schedules thereto, and as may be amended, modified, or supplemented in accordance with the terms thereof, which shall be in form and substance consistent with the Restructuring Support Agreement and the consent rights contained therein.

157. “Purchaser” means one or more Entities that are the purchaser or purchasers under the Purchase Agreement(s), if any, together with any successors to and permitted assigns of such purchaser(s).

 

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158. “Reinstate,” “Reinstated,” or “Reinstatement” means with respect to Claims and Interests, that the Claim or Interest shall not be discharged hereunder and the holder’s legal, equitable, and contractual rights on account of such Claim or Interest shall remain unaltered by Consummation in accordance with section 1124(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.

159. “Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Schedule” means, in the event of a Reorganization Transaction, a schedule of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to be rejected by the Debtors pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan, which schedule shall be included in the Plan Supplement, as the same may be amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time; provided that such schedule shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Consenting Investor.

160. “Related Party” means, collectively, current and former directors, managers, officers, equity holders (regardless of whether such interests are held directly or indirectly), affiliated investment funds or investment vehicles, predecessors, participants, successors, assigns, subsidiaries, affiliates, managed accounts or funds, partners, limited partners, general partners, principals, members, management companies, fund advisors or managers, employees, agents, advisory board members, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, representatives, heirs, executors, and assigns, and other professionals, in each case solely in their capacities as such, together with their respective past and present directors, officers, stockholders, partners, members, employees, agents, attorneys, representatives, heirs, executors and assigns, in each case solely in their capacities as such.

161. “Released Parties” means, collectively, and in each case in its capacity as such: (a) each Debtor; (b) each Reorganized Debtor or Post-Effective Date Debtor, as applicable; (c) each Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entity; (d) each Consenting Physician-Owned Entity; (e) the Prepetition Debt Facility Agents; (f) the Consenting Investor; (g) each Consenting Stakeholder; (h) the DIP Lender; (i) the DIP Agent; (j) each current and former Affiliate of each Entity in the foregoing clause (a) through (i); and (k) each Related Party of each Entity in clause (a) through (j); provided that any Holder of a Claim or Interest that affirmatively opts out of the releases provided by the Prepackaged Plan by checking the box on the applicable ballot or Notice of Non-Voting Status indicating that they opt not to grant the releases provided in the Prepackaged Plan shall not be a “Released Party.”

162. “Releasing Parties” means, collectively, and in each case in its capacity as such: (a) each Debtor; (b) each Reorganized Debtor or Post-Effective Date Debtor, as applicable; (c) each Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entity; (d) each Consenting Physician-Owned Entity; (e) the Prepetition Debt Facility Agents; (f) the Consenting Investor; (g) each Consenting Stakeholder; (h) the DIP Lender; (i) the DIP Agent; (j) all Holders of Claims or Interests that vote to accept the Prepackaged Plan; (k) all Holders of Claims or Interests that are deemed to accept the Prepackaged Plan who do not affirmatively opt out of the releases provided by the Prepackaged Plan by checking the box on the applicable Notice of Non-Voting Status indicating that they opt not to grant the releases provided in the Prepackaged Plan; (l) all Holders of Claims or Interests that abstain from voting on the Prepackaged Plan and who do not affirmatively opt out of the releases provided by the Prepackaged Plan by checking the box on the applicable ballot indicating that they opt not to grant the releases provided in the Prepackaged Plan; (m) all holders of Claims or Interests that vote to reject the Prepackaged Plan or are deemed to reject the Prepackaged Plan and who do not affirmatively opt out of the releases provided by the Prepackaged Plan by checking the box on the applicable ballot or Notice of Non-Voting Status, as applicable, indicating that they opt not to grant the releases provided in the Prepackaged Plan; (n) each current and former Affiliate of each Entity in the foregoing clause (a) through (m); and (o) each Related Party of each Entity in clause (a) through (n).

163. “Reorganization Transaction” means the Restructuring Transaction to be effectuated on the Effective Date unless the Debtors elect to pursue the Sale Transaction.

164. “Reorganized Debtors” means, in the event that the Reorganization Transaction is consummated, collectively, Reorganized Parent and each other Debtor, or any successor or assign thereto, by merger, consolidation, or otherwise, on and after the Effective Date.

165. “Reorganized Parent” means, in the event that the Reorganization Transaction is consummated, Parent, as reorganized on the Effective Date in accordance with the Prepackaged Plan.

 

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166. “Required Consenting Equityholders” has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement.

167. “Required Consenting 2025 Noteholders” has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement.

168. “Required Consenting 2028 Noteholders” has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement.

169. “Required Consenting Noteholders” has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement.

170. “Required Consenting RCF Lenders” has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement.

171. “Restructuring Expenses” means the prepetition and postpetition reasonable and documented fees and expenses of the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group Advisors, Consenting RCF Lenders Advisors, the Consenting Investor Advisors, not previously paid by the Debtors, in each case, in accordance with the engagement letters of such professionals, and which, without further order of, or application to the Bankruptcy Court by such professionals, including, the requirement for the filing of retention applications, fee applications, or any applications in the Chapter 11 Cases, shall be Allowed as an Administrative Claim upon incurrence and shall not be subject to any offset, defense, counter-claim, reduction, or credit.

172. “Restructuring Support Agreement” means that certain restructuring support agreement to which the Debtors are a party, a copy of which is attached to this Prepackaged Plan as Exhibit A.

173. “Restructuring Transactions” means any transaction and any actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effect a restructuring of the Debtors’ respective businesses or a corporate restructuring of the overall corporate structure of the Debtors on the terms set forth in this Prepackaged Plan, the issuance of all securities, notes, instruments, agreements, certificates, and other documents required to be issued or executed pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan, one or more inter-company mergers, consolidations, amalgamations, arrangements, continuances, restructurings, conversions, dissolutions, transfers, liquidations, or other corporate transactions, as described in Article IV.C of the Prepackaged Plan, in each case, in form and substance consistent with the terms of the Restructuring Support Agreement and the consent rights contained therein.

174. “Reverse Dutch Election Available Proceeds” means $60,000,000 in the aggregate to be made available by the Debtors upon receipt of the Consenting Investor Direct Investment to fund Cash payments pursuant to the Reverse Dutch Election Opportunity.

175. “Reverse Dutch Election Bid Price” means, with respect to each participant, the lowest price at which the applicable holder consents to receive cash in lieu of New Notes pursuant to the Reverse Dutch Election Opportunity, which shall be no higher than the Reverse Dutch Election Maximum Price and specified in such holder’s Required Reverse Dutch Election Submission Materials.

176. “Reverse Dutch Election Deadline” means the deadline by which holders of Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims and Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims shall direct their applicable brokers and/or nominees to submit the Reverse Dutch Election Required Submission Materials, which will be at least twenty (20) Business Days after the date that the Reverse Dutch Election Required Submission Materials are distributed to the Holders of Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims and Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims and specifically identified in the Reverse Dutch Election Form; provided, that the Debtors shall extend the Reverse Dutch Election Deadline such that it is no more than ten (10) calendar days prior to the anticipated Effective Date and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide notice of such extension to the Holders of Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims and Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims at least five (5) Business Days prior to the previously scheduled Reverse Dutch Election Deadline by filing a notice on the docket and posting such notice on the Debtors’ restructuring website at https://dm.epiq11.com/Akumin. The Reverse Dutch Election

 

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Required Submission Materials must be actually received by the Claims and Balloting Agent by 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) to be considered timely submitted by the Reverse Dutch Election Deadline.

177. “Reverse Dutch Election Form” means a form and instructions to be prepared by the Debtors and distributed to holders of Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims and Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims in accordance with the Reverse Dutch Election Procedures set forth in the Solicitation Procedures Motion and any order approving the Solicitation Procedures Motion.

178. “Reverse Dutch Election Maximum Price” means, (a) with respect to the Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims, $825 per $1,000 in principal amount of the Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims, and (b) with respect to the Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims, $775 per $1,000 in principal amount of the Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims.

179. “Reverse Dutch Election Opportunity” means an election process pursuant to which the Reverse Dutch Election Available Proceeds will be paid at the applicable Reverse Dutch Election Bid Price to each of the Reverse Dutch Election Participants in lieu of New Notes under the Prepackaged Plan; provided, that if the Reverse Dutch Election Available Proceeds are insufficient to pay the aggregate Reverse Dutch Election Bid Price to all Reverse Dutch Election Participants, then (a) the Reverse Dutch Election Available Proceeds shall be allocated first to the participants that have submitted the lowest Reverse Dutch Election Bid Price for the full amount of Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes for which such Reverse Dutch Election Bid Price was submitted, which allocation of Reverse Dutch Election Available Proceeds shall be repeated for each next-lowest Reverse Dutch Election Bid Price until the highest Reverse Dutch Election Bid Price for which allocation of remaining Reverse Dutch Election Available Proceeds for the full amount of Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes does not exhaust all of the remaining Reverse Dutch Election Available Proceeds; (b) any participants that have submitted Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes with the Reverse Dutch Election Bid Price at which the remaining Reverse Dutch Election Available Proceeds would be exhausted after allocation of Reverse Dutch Election Available Proceeds with respect to all lower Reverse Dutch Election Bid Prices as set forth in step (a) above (the “Clearing Price”) shall receive their pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes that were submitted with such Reverse Dutch Election Bid Price, subject to adjustments required under the procedures of DTC relating to minimum denominations) of the remaining Reverse Dutch Election Available Proceeds; and (c) any Reverse Dutch Election Participants that select a Reverse Dutch Election Bid Price that is higher than the Clearing Price shall not receive any Reverse Dutch Election Available Proceeds with respect to their Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes. Reverse Dutch Election Participants that select Reverse Dutch Election Bid Prices equal to or lower than the Clearing Price will receive consideration equal to their applicable Reverse Dutch Election Bid Price for each $1,000 principal amount of Selected Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes.

180. “Reverse Dutch Election Participants” means holders of Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims and Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims that have timely submitted the Reverse Dutch Election Required Submission Materials by the Reverse Dutch Election Deadline.

181. “Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes” means the Prepetition Notes held by the Reverse Dutch Election Participants that the Reverse Dutch Election Participants have elected to participate in the Reverse Dutch Election Opportunity by submitting the Reverse Dutch Election Required Submission Materials.

182. “Reverse Dutch Election Required Submission Materials” means, collectively, (a) the executed Reverse Dutch Election Form specifying, among other things, the Reverse Dutch Election Bid Price and (b) delivery of book-entry positions for the applicable Prepetition Notes identified in each respective Reverse Dutch Election Form through DTC’s ATOP system or as otherwise provided in the Reverse Dutch Election Form.

183. “Sale Hearing” means a hearing to consider the approval of any Sale Transaction, which may be combined with the Confirmation Hearing.

184. “Sale Order” means one or more Bankruptcy Court orders, which may be the Confirmation Order, approving the Debtors’ entry into one or more Purchase Agreement(s) in connection with the Sale Transaction, in each case, in form and substance consistent with the Restructuring Support Agreement and the consent rights contained therein.

 

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185. “Sale Transaction” means one or more sales of all, substantially all, or a material portion of the Debtors’ Estate assets pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or the Prepackaged Plan in accordance with the Bidding Procedures and this Prepackaged Plan.

186. “Sale Transaction Documents” means the documents governing the Sale Transaction, including, without limitation, the Bidding Procedures, the Bidding Procedures Motion, the Bidding Procedures Order, the Purchase Agreement(s), and any Sale Order(s), in each case, in form and substance consistent with the terms of the Restructuring Support Agreement and the consent rights contained therein.

187. “Sale Transaction Election Notice” means a notice Filed in advance of the earlier of the Confirmation Hearing or applicable Sale Hearing indicating that the Debtors have (a) received a Successful Bid in accordance with the Bid Procedures (and the requirements set forth therein) and this Prepackaged Plan and (b) elected to pursue the Sale Transaction.

188. “Sale Transaction Election Notice Deadline” means 5:00 p.m. (Central Time) on the day that is seven days prior to the Confirmation Hearing.

189. “Schedule of Retained Causes of Action” means the schedule of certain Causes of Action of the Debtors that are not released, waived, or transferred pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan, as the same may be amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time, in each case, in form and substance consistent with the terms of the Restructuring Support Agreement and the consent rights contained therein.

190. “Schedules” means, collectively, the schedules of assets and liabilities, schedules of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, and statements of financial affairs Filed by the Debtors pursuant to section 521 of the Bankruptcy Code, including any amendments or supplements thereto, in each case.

191. “Section 510(b) Claims” means any Claim against a Debtor subject to subordination under section 510(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, whether by operation of Law or contract.

192. “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

193. “Secured Claim” means a Claim: (a) secured by a valid, perfected, and enforceable Lien on collateral to the extent of the value of such collateral, as determined in accordance with section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or (b) subject to a valid right of setoff pursuant to section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code to the extent of the amount subject to setoff.

194. “Secured Tax Claim” means any Secured Claim that, absent its secured status, would be entitled to priority in right of payment under section 507(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code (determined irrespective of time limitations), including any related Secured Claim for penalties.

195. “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 77a–77aa, or any similar Law, as now in effect or hereafter amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

196. “Security” means any security, as defined in section 2(a)(1) of the Securities Act or section 101(49) of the Bankruptcy Code.

197. “Selected Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes” means those Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes for which the holder(s) received Cash payments from the Reverse Dutch Election Available Proceeds.

198. “Solicitation Materials” means the solicitation materials provided by the Claims and Balloting Agent to the parties entitled to vote to accept or reject the Prepackaged Plan.

199. “Solicitation Procedures Motion” means the motion Filed by the Debtors seeking, among other things, entry of an order approving the solicitation procedures, conditional approval of Disclosure Statement, and

 

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scheduling the Confirmation Hearing to consider final approval of the Disclosure Statement and a hearing to consider Confirmation of the Prepackaged Plan, which shall be consistent with the terms of the Restructuring Support Agreement and the consent rights contained therein.

200. “Successful Bid” means a qualified bid that is selected by the Debtors in accordance with the Bidding Procedures; provided that the Debtors shall not select any bid as the Successful Bid unless such bid meets the Successful Bid Mandatory Conditions.

201. “Successful Bid Mandatory Conditions” has the meaning ascribed to such term in ARTICLE IV.B of the Prepackaged Plan.

202. “Third-Party Release” means the release set forth in ARTICLE VIII.D of the Prepackaged Plan.

203. “Unexpired Lease” means a lease to which one or more of the Debtors is a party that is subject to assumption or rejection under section 365 or 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code.

204. “Unimpaired” means with respect to a Class of Claims or Interests, a Class of Claims or Interests that is unimpaired within the meaning of section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.

205. “Unsecured Claim” means any Claim that is not a Secured Claim.

206. “Voting Deadline” means, subject to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court, November 15, 2023, or such other date as ordered by the Bankruptcy Court.

 

B.

Rules of Interpretation.

For purposes of this Prepackaged Plan: (1) in the appropriate context, each term, whether stated in the singular or the plural, shall include both the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine, and the neuter gender; (2) unless otherwise specified, any reference herein to a contract, lease, instrument, release, indenture, or other agreement or document being in a particular form or on particular terms and conditions means that the referenced document shall be substantially in that form or substantially on those terms and conditions; provided that nothing in this clause (2) shall affect any parties’ consent rights over any of the Definitive Documents or any amendments thereto, as provided for in the Restructuring Support Agreement; (3) unless otherwise specified, any reference herein to an existing document, schedule, or exhibit, whether or not Filed, having been Filed or to be Filed shall mean that document, schedule, or exhibit, as it may thereafter be amended, modified, or supplemented in accordance with the Prepackaged Plan or Confirmation Order, as applicable; (4) any reference to an Entity as a Holder of a Claim or Interest includes that Entity’s successors and assigns; (5) unless otherwise specified, all references herein to “Articles” are references to Articles hereof or hereto; (6) unless otherwise specified, all references herein to exhibits are references to exhibits in the Plan Supplement; (7) unless otherwise specified, the words “herein,” “hereof,” and “hereto” refer to the Prepackaged Plan in its entirety rather than to a particular portion of the Prepackaged Plan; (8) subject to the provisions of any contract, certificate of incorporation, by-law, instrument, release, or other agreement or document entered into in connection with the Prepackaged Plan, the rights and obligations arising pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with the applicable federal Law, including the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules; (9) captions and headings to Articles are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the interpretation of the Prepackaged Plan; (10) unless otherwise specified herein, the rules of construction set forth in section 102 of the Bankruptcy Code shall apply; (11) any term used in capitalized form herein that is not otherwise defined but that is used in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules, as the case may be; (12) all references to docket numbers of documents Filed in the Chapter 11 Cases are references to the docket numbers under the Bankruptcy Court’s CM/ECF system; (13) all references to statutes, regulations, orders, rules of courts, and the like shall mean as amended from time to time, and as applicable to the Chapter 11 Cases, unless otherwise stated; (14) the words “include” and “including,” and variations thereof, shall not be deemed to be terms of limitation, and shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (15) references to “Proofs of Claim,” “holders of Claims,” “Disputed Claims,” and the like shall include “Proofs of Interest,” “holders of Interests,” “Disputed Interests,” and the like, as applicable; (16)

 

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any immaterial effectuating provisions may be interpreted by the Reorganized Debtors in such a manner that is consistent with the overall purpose and intent of the Prepackaged Plan all without further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court or any other Entity; and (17) all references herein to consent, acceptance, or approval may be conveyed by counsel for the respective parties that have such consent, acceptance, or approval rights, including by electronic mail.

 

C.

Computation of Time.

Unless otherwise specifically stated herein, the provisions of Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a) shall apply in computing any period of time prescribed or allowed herein. If the date on which a transaction may occur pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan shall occur on a day that is not a Business Day, then such transaction shall instead occur on the next succeeding Business Day. Any action to be taken on the Effective Date may be taken on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Date.

 

D.

Governing Law.

Unless a rule of law or procedure is supplied by federal Law (including the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules) or unless otherwise specifically stated, the Laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws (other than section 5-1401 and section 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law), shall govern the rights, obligations, construction, and implementation of the Prepackaged Plan, any agreements, documents, instruments, or contracts executed or entered into in connection with the Prepackaged Plan (except as otherwise set forth in those agreements, in which case the governing Law of such agreement shall control), and corporate governance matters; provided that corporate governance matters relating to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, not incorporated in New York shall be governed by the Laws of the state of incorporation or formation of the relevant Debtor or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable.

 

E.

Reference to Monetary Figures.

All references in the Prepackaged Plan to monetary figures shall refer to currency of the United States of America, unless otherwise expressly provided herein.

 

F.

Reference to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors.

Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Prepackaged Plan to the contrary, references in the Prepackaged Plan to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors shall mean the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, to the extent the context requires.

 

G.

Nonconsolidated Prepackaged Plan.

Although for purposes of administrative convenience and efficiency this Prepackaged Plan has been filed as a joint plan for each of the Debtors and presents together Classes of Claims against and Interests in the Debtors, the Prepackaged Plan does not provide for the substantive consolidation of any of the Debtors.

 

H.

Controlling Document.

In the event of an inconsistency between the Prepackaged Plan and the Disclosure Statement, the terms of the Prepackaged Plan shall control in all respects. In the event of an inconsistency between the Prepackaged Plan and the Plan Supplement, the terms of the relevant provision in the Plan Supplement shall control (unless stated otherwise in such Plan Supplement document or in the Confirmation Order). In the event of an inconsistency between the Confirmation Order and the Prepackaged Plan (including the Plan Supplement), the Confirmation Order shall control.

 

I.

Consultation, Information, Notice, and Consent Rights.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any and all consultation, information, notice, and consent rights of the parties to the Restructuring Support Agreement set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement

 

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(including the exhibits thereto) with respect to the form and substance of this Prepackaged Plan, all exhibits to the Prepackaged Plan, and the Plan Supplement, and all other Definitive Documents, including any amendments, restatements, supplements, or other modifications to such agreements and documents, and any consents, waivers, or other deviations under or from any such documents, shall be incorporated herein by this reference (including to the applicable definitions in Article I.A hereof) and fully enforceable as if stated in full herein.

Failure to reference the rights referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph as such rights relate to any document referenced in the Restructuring Support Agreement shall not impair such rights and obligations.

Solely with respect to any consultation, information, notice, or consent rights in the Prepackaged Plan, in the event of any inconsistency between the Prepackaged Plan and the Restructuring Support Agreement, the terms of the Restructuring Support Agreement shall control.

ARTICLE II.

ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS, DIP CLAIMS, PRIORITY

CLAIMS, AND RESTRUCTURING EXPENSES

In accordance with section 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, Administrative Claims, Professional Fee Claims, and Priority Tax Claims have not been classified and, thus, are excluded from the Classes of Claims and Interests set forth in Article III hereof.

 

A.

Administrative Claims.

Subject to the provisions of sections 328, 330(a), and 331 of the Bankruptcy Code, unless otherwise agreed to by the Holder of an Allowed Administrative Claim and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, or otherwise provided for under the Prepackaged Plan or the Restructuring Support Agreement, each Holder of an Allowed Administrative Claim (other than holders of Professional Fee Claims and Claims for fees and expenses pursuant to section 1930 of chapter 123 of title 28 of the United States Code) will receive in full and final satisfaction of its Administrative Claim an amount of Cash equal to the amount of such Allowed Administrative Claim in accordance with the following: (1) if an Administrative Claim is Allowed on or prior to the Effective Date, on the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter (or, if not then due, when such Allowed Administrative Claim is due or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter); (2) if such Administrative Claim is not Allowed as of the Effective Date, no later than thirty (30) days after the date on which an order allowing such Administrative Claim becomes a Final Order, or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter; (3) if such Allowed Administrative Claim is based on liabilities incurred by the Debtors in the ordinary course of their business after the Petition Date in accordance with the terms and conditions of the particular transaction giving rise to such Allowed Administrative Claim without any further action by the holders of such Allowed Administrative Claim; (4) at such time and upon such terms as may be agreed upon by such holder and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, and in each case, with the consent of the Consenting Investor; or (5) at such time and upon such terms as set forth in an order of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

B.

DIP Claims.

On the Effective Date, in full and final satisfaction of all Allowed DIP Claims, including, for the avoidance of doubt, all Claims in respect of the outstanding principal amount of DIP Loans and any accrued but unpaid interest thereon, shall be converted into New Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the DIP Facility Documents and the DIP Orders and shall reduce dollar-for-dollar the Consenting Investor Direct Investment Amount.

 

C.

Professional Fee Claims.

1. Final Fee Applications and Payment of Professional Fee Claims.

All requests for payment of Professional Fee Claims for services rendered and reimbursement of expenses incurred prior to the Confirmation Date must be Filed no later than forty-five (45) days after the Effective Date. The Bankruptcy Court shall determine the Allowed amounts of such Professional Fee Claims after notice and a hearing in

 

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accordance with the procedures established by the Bankruptcy Court. The Reorganized Debtors shall pay Professional Fee Claims in Cash in the amount the Bankruptcy Court allows, including from the Professional Fee Account, which the Reorganized Debtors will establish in trust for the Professionals and fund with Cash equal to the Professional Fee Amount on the Effective Date.

 

2.

Professional Fee Account.

On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall, in consultation with the Consenting Investor, establish and fund the Professional Fee Account with Cash equal to the Professional Fee Amount, which shall be funded by the Reorganized Debtors. The Professional Fee Account shall be maintained solely for the Professionals. The amount of Allowed Professional Fee Claims shall be paid in Cash to the Professionals by the Reorganized Debtors from the Professional Fee Account as soon as reasonably practicable after such Professional Fee Claims are Allowed. When such Allowed Professional Fee Claims have been paid in full, any remaining amount in the Professional Fee Account shall promptly be paid to the Reorganized Debtors without any further action or order of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

3.

Professional Fee Amount.

Professionals shall reasonably estimate their unpaid Professional Fee Claims in consultation with the Consenting Investor and other unpaid fees and expenses incurred in rendering services to the Debtors before and as of the Effective Date, and shall deliver such estimate to the Debtors no later than five (5) days before the Effective Date; provided that such estimate shall not be deemed to limit the amount of the fees and expenses that are the subject of each Professional’s final request for payment in the Chapter 11 Cases. If a Professional does not provide an estimate, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors may estimate the unpaid and unbilled fees and expenses of such Professional in consultation with the Consenting Investor.

 

4.

Post-Confirmation Fees and Expenses.

Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Prepackaged Plan, from and after the Confirmation Date, the Debtors shall, in the ordinary course of business and without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, pay in Cash the reasonable and documented legal, professional, or other fees and expenses related to implementation of the Prepackaged Plan and Consummation incurred by the Debtors. Upon the Confirmation Date, any requirement that Professionals comply with sections 327 through 331, 363, and 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code in seeking retention or compensation for services rendered after such date shall terminate, and the Debtors may employ and pay any Professional in the ordinary course of business without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

D.

Priority Tax Claims.

Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim agrees to a less favorable treatment, in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Priority Tax Claim, each Holder of such Allowed Priority Tax Claim shall be treated in accordance with the terms set forth in section 1129(a)(9)(C) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

E.

Payment of Restructuring Expenses.

The Restructuring Expenses and the outstanding reasonable and documented fees and expenses of the Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Trustees incurred, or estimated to be incurred, up to and including the Effective Date, shall be paid in full in Cash on the Effective Date or as reasonably practicable thereafter (to the extent not previously paid during the course of the Chapter 11 Cases) in accordance with, and subject to, the terms of the Restructuring Support Agreement, any applicable engagement letter(s), and any DIP Orders, as applicable, without any requirement to file a fee application with the Bankruptcy Court, without the need for itemized time detail, or without any requirement for Bankruptcy Court review or approval. All Restructuring Expenses to be paid on the Effective Date shall be estimated prior to and as of the Effective Date and such estimates shall be delivered to the Debtors at least two (2) Business Days before the anticipated Effective Date; provided that such estimates shall not be considered an admission or limitation with respect to such Restructuring Expenses. On or as soon as practicable after

 

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the Effective Date, final invoices for all Restructuring Expenses incurred prior to and as of the Effective Date shall be submitted to the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable. In addition, the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, and/or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, shall continue to pay pre- and post-Effective Date, when due Restructuring Expenses related to implementation, consummation, and defense of the Prepackaged Plan, whether incurred before, on, or after the Effective Date, without any requirement for Bankruptcy Court review or approval.

ARTICLE III.

CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS

 

A.

Classification of Claims and Interests.

This Prepackaged Plan constitutes a separate Prepackaged Plan proposed by each Debtor. Except for the Claims addressed in Article II hereof, all Claims and Interests are classified in the Classes set forth below in accordance with sections 1122 and 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code. A Claim or an Interest, or any portion thereof, is classified in a particular Class only to the extent that any portion of such Claim or Interest fits within the description of that Class and is classified in other Classes to the extent that any portion of the Claim or Interest fits within the description of such other Classes. A Claim or an Interest also is classified in a particular Class for the purpose of receiving distributions under the Prepackaged Plan only to the extent that such Claim or Interest is an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest in that Class and has not been paid, released, or otherwise satisfied prior to the Effective Date.

The classification of Claims and Interests against the Debtors pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan is as follows:

 

Class

  

Type of Claim or Interest

  

Impairment

  

Entitled to Vote

Class 1

  

Other Secured Claims

  

Unimpaired

  

No (Deemed to accept)

Class 2

  

Other Priority Claims

  

Unimpaired

  

No (Deemed to accept)

Class 3

  

Prepetition RCF Claims

  

Impaired

  

Yes

Class 4

  

Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims

  

Impaired

  

Yes

Class 5

  

Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims

  

Impaired

  

Yes

Class 6

  

Prepetition Series A Note Claims

  

Impaired

  

Yes

Class 7

  

General Unsecured Claims

  

Unimpaired

  

No (Deemed to accept)

Class 8

  

Intercompany Claims

  

Impaired / Unimpaired

  

No (Deemed to accept or reject)

Class 9

  

Existing Common Stock Interests

  

Impaired

  

No (Deemed to reject)

Class 10

  

Other Equity Interests

  

Impaired

  

No (Deemed to reject)

Class 11

  

Intercompany Interests

  

Impaired / Unimpaired

  

No (Deemed to accept or reject)

 

B.

Treatment of Claims and Interests.

Each Holder of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest, as applicable, shall receive under the Prepackaged Plan the treatment described below in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for such holder’s Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest, except to the extent different treatment is agreed to by the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, and the Holder of such Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest, as applicable. Unless otherwise indicated, the Holder of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest, as applicable, shall receive such treatment on the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.

 

  1.

Class 1 – Other Secured Claims

 

  (a)

Classification: Class 1 consists of all Other Secured Claims.

 

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  (b)

Treatment: The legal, equitable, and contractual rights of the Holders of Allowed Other Secured Claims are unaltered by the Prepackaged Plan. Each Holder of an Allowed Other Secured Claim shall receive, at the option of the applicable Debtor:

 

  (i)

payment in full in Cash of its Allowed Other Secured Claim;

 

  (ii)

the collateral securing its Allowed Other Secured Claim;

 

  (iii)

Reinstatement of its Allowed Other Secured Claim; or

 

  (iv)

such other treatment that renders its Allowed Other Secured Claim Unimpaired in accordance with section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

  (c)

Voting: Class 1 is Unimpaired under the Prepackaged Plan. Holders of Other Secured Claims are conclusively presumed to have accepted the Prepackaged Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, such holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Prepackaged Plan.

 

  2.

Class 2 – Other Priority Claims

 

  (a)

Classification: Class 2 consists of all Other Priority Claims.

 

  (b)

Treatment: The legal, equitable, and contractual rights of the holders of Allowed Other Priority Claims are unaltered by the Prepackaged Plan. Each Holder of an Allowed Other Priority Claim shall receive payment in full in Cash.

 

  (c)

Voting: Class 2 is Unimpaired under the Prepackaged Plan. Holders of Other Priority Claims are conclusively presumed to have accepted the Prepackaged Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, such holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Prepackaged Plan.

 

  3.

Class 3 – Prepetition RCF Claims

 

  (a)

Classification: Class 3 consists of all Prepetition RCF Claims.

 

  (b)

Treatment:

 

  (i)

In the event of a Reorganization Transaction, each Holder of an Allowed Prepetition RCF Claim shall receive, in full and final satisfaction of such Claim, its Pro Rata Share of the New RCF Exit Facility.

 

  (ii)

In the event of a Sale Transaction, each Holder of an Allowed Prepetition RCF Claim shall receive payment in full in Cash, including, for the avoidance of doubt, all principal amounts outstanding under the Prepetition RCF Facility and any pre- and postpetition interest, fees, redemption premium, expenses, costs, and other charges arising thereunder or related thereto, as applicable.

 

  (c)

Voting: Class 3 is impaired under the Prepackaged Plan. Holders of Prepetition RCF Claims are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Prepackaged Plan.

 

  4.

Class 4 – Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims

 

  (a)

Classification: Class 4 consists of all Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims.

 

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  (b)

Allowance: Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims shall be deemed Allowed in the aggregate principal amount of $475 million, plus all interest, fees, redemption premiums, expenses, costs, and other charges due under the Prepetition 2025 Notes Indenture.

 

  (c)

Treatment:

 

  (i)

In the event of a Reorganization Transaction, each Holder of an Allowed Prepetition 2025 Notes Claim shall receive, in full and final satisfaction of such Claim, its Pro Rata Share of:

 

  (a)

(x) the New 2027 Notes; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any Allowed Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims arising on account of Selected Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes shall not receive any portion of the New 2027 Notes that such Holder would have otherwise been entitled to receive on account of such Claims; and

 

  (b)

(y) the opportunity to voluntarily participate in the Reverse Dutch Election Opportunity by submitting a Reverse Dutch Election Form prior to the Reverse Dutch Election Deadline.

 

  (ii)

In the event of a Sale Transaction, each Holder of an Allowed Prepetition 2025 Notes Claim shall receive payment in full in Cash, including, for the avoidance of doubt, all principal amounts outstanding under the Prepetition 2025 Indenture and any pre- and postpetition interest, fees, redemption premium, expenses, costs, and other charges arising thereunder or related thereto, as applicable.

 

  (d)

Voting: Class 4 is Impaired under the Prepackaged Plan. Holders of Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Prepackaged Plan.

 

  5.

Class 5 – Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims

 

  (a)

Classification: Class 5 consists of all Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims.

 

  (b)

Allowance: Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims shall be deemed Allowed in the aggregate principal amount of $375 million, plus all interest, fees, redemption premiums, expenses, costs, and other charges due under the Prepetition 2028 Notes Indenture.

 

  (c)

Treatment:

 

  (i)

In the event of a Reorganization Transaction, each Holder of an Allowed Prepetition 2028 Notes Claim shall receive, in full and final satisfaction of such Claim, its Pro Rata Share of:

 

  (a)

(x) the New 2028 Notes; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any Allowed Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims arising on account of Selected Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes shall not receive any portion of the New 2028 Notes that such Holder would have otherwise been entitled to receive on account of such Claims; and

 

  (b)

(y) the opportunity to voluntarily participate in the Reverse Dutch Election Opportunity by submitting a Reverse Dutch Election Form prior to the Reverse Dutch Election Deadline.

 

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  (ii)

In the event of a Sale Transaction, each Holder of an Allowed Prepetition 2028 Notes Claim shall receive payment in full in Cash, including, for the avoidance of doubt, all principal amounts outstanding under the Prepetition 2028 Indenture and any pre- and postpetition interest, fees, redemption premium, expenses, costs, and other charges arising thereunder or related thereto, as applicable.

 

  (d)

Voting: Class 5 is Impaired under the Prepackaged Plan. Holders of Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Prepackaged Plan.

 

  6.

Class 6 – Prepetition Series A Note Claims

 

  (a)

Classification: Class 6 consists of the Prepetition Series A Note Claims.

 

  (b)

Allowance: Prepetition Series A Note Claims shall be deemed Allowed in the aggregate principal amount of $469,791,590.16, plus all interest, fees, expenses, costs, and other charges due under the Prepetition Series A Note.

 

  (c)

Treatment:

 

  (i)

In the event of a Reorganization Transaction, the Holder of the Allowed Prepetition Series A Note Claims shall receive 100% of the New Common Stock of Reorganized Parent, subject to dilution (i) in accordance with the New Corporate Governance Documents and (ii) for any New Common Stock issued to Holders of Allowed DIP Claims, in full and final satisfaction of such Claim.

 

  (ii)

In the event of a Sale Transaction, the Holder of the Allowed Prepetition Series A Note Claims shall receive payment in full in Cash.

 

  (d)

Voting: Class 6 is Impaired under the Prepackaged Plan. Holders of Prepetition Series A Note Claims are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Prepackaged Plan.

 

  7.

Class 7 – General Unsecured Claims

 

  (a)

Classification: Class 7 consists of all General Unsecured Claims.

 

  (b)

Treatment: The legal, equitable, and contractual rights of the holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims are unaltered by the Prepackaged Plan. Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim agrees to different treatment, on and after the Effective Date, the Debtors shall continue to pay or dispute each General Unsecured Claim in the ordinary course of business as if the Chapter 11 Cases had never been commenced.

 

  (c)

Voting: Class 7 is Unimpaired under the Prepackaged Plan. Holders of General Unsecured Claims are conclusively presumed to have accepted the Prepackaged Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Prepackaged Plan.

 

  8.

Class 8 – Intercompany Claims

 

  (a)

Classification: Class 8 consists of all Intercompany Claims.

 

  (b)

Treatment: Each Allowed Intercompany Claim shall be, at the option of the applicable Debtor (with the consent of the Consenting Investor and in consultation with the Required Consenting Noteholders to the extent the holders of the New Notes may reasonably be impacted), either:

 

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  (i)

Reinstated;

 

  (ii)

canceled, released, and extinguished, and will be of no further force or effect; or

 

  (iii)

otherwise addressed at the option of each applicable Debtor such that holders of Intercompany Claims will not receive any distribution on account of such Intercompany Claims.

 

  (c)

Voting: Class 8 is conclusively deemed to have accepted the Prepackaged Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code or rejected the Prepackaged Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. Class 8 is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Prepackaged Plan.

 

  9.

Class 9 – Existing Common Stock Interests

 

  (a)

Classification: Class 9 consists of all Existing Common Stock Interests.

 

  (b)

Treatment: All Existing Common Stock Interests shall be canceled, released, and extinguished and will be of no further force or effect.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Reorganization Transaction is consummated, on the Effective Date:

 

  (i)

each Holder of an Existing Common Stock Interest (other than the Consenting Investor) shall receive its Pro Rata Share (not taking into account the Existing Common Stock Interest held by the Consenting Investor) of $25,000,000 in Cash to be contributed by the Consenting Investor to the holders of Existing Common Stock Interests other than the Consenting Investor (the “Consenting Investor Cash Contribution”); and

 

  (ii)

each Holder of an Existing Common Stock Interest (other than the Consenting Investor) that satisfies the CVR Distribution Conditions shall receive its Pro Rata Share of the CVRs, which shall be distributed pursuant to the CVR Distribution Framework; provided that no Holder of Existing Common Stock Interests shall be entitled to receive any interest in the CVRs to be distributed pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan if (A) the receipt of such CVRs by a particular holder (together with the other holders) will prevent Reorganized Parent from becoming or remaining a privately held company whose securities are not required to be registered under the Securities Exchange Act, (B) the receipt of such CVRs by a particular holder will prevent Reorganized Parent from ceasing to be a reporting issuer under applicable Canadian securities Laws on the Effective Date, or (C) such recipient has not satisfied the CVR Distribution Conditions.

For the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to the CVR Distribution Framework, in order to ensure compliance with the Securities Exchange Act (to the extent applicable), (x) the Reorganized Debtor shall not be required to distribute the CVRs under the Prepackaged Plan until as soon as reasonably practicable after the deadline set forth in the CVR Distribution Framework for the holders of Existing Common Stock Interests to submit required forms and agreements to claim their potential right to receive CVRs and (y) the CVR Distribution Framework shall provide a mechanism for the Reorganized Debtor to pay Cash in an amount equal to the value of the CVRs at the Effective Date as determined by an independent valuator acceptable to the Consenting Investor to be retained by the Parent as soon as practicable following the Confirmation Date (such value, the “Effective Date CVR Value”) to holders of Existing Common Stock Interests that have otherwise

 

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met the CVR Distribution Conditions in lieu of distribution of CVRs to such holder; provided, that if the Cash to be distributed to a particular beneficial holder in lieu of CVRs is less than the minimum distribution amount set forth in ARTICLE VI.D.3 of the Prepackaged Plan, then such holder shall not receive any additional Cash nor any rights under or interest in the CVRs.

If the Sale Transaction is consummated, each Holder of an Existing Common Stock Interest shall receive its Pro Rata Share of any proceeds available after all Claims and obligations of the Debtors’ Estates have been satisfied (or otherwise reserved for) in full in Cash.

 

  (c)

Voting: Class 9 is conclusively deemed to have rejected the Prepackaged Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. Class 9 is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Prepackaged Plan.

 

  10.

Class 10 – Other Equity Interests

 

  (a)

Classification: Class 10 consists of all Other Equity Interests.

 

  (b)

Treatment: Holders of Other Equity Interests will not receive any distribution on account of such Interests, which will be canceled, released, and extinguished as of the Effective Date, and will be of no further force or effect. For the avoidance of doubt, the Consenting Investor shall not receive any recovery on account of the Prepetition Consenting Investor Warrants, which will be canceled, released, and extinguished as of the Effective Date, and will be of no further force or effect.

 

  (c)

Voting: Class 10 is conclusively deemed to have rejected the Prepackaged Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Prepackaged Plan.

 

  11.

Class 11 – Intercompany Interests

 

  (a)

Classification: Class 11 consists of all Intercompany Interests.

 

  (b)

Treatment: Each Intercompany Interest shall be, at the option of the applicable Debtor (with the consent of the Consenting Investor and in consultation with the Required Consenting Noteholders to the extent the holders of the New Notes may reasonably be impacted), either:

 

  (i)

Reinstated;

 

  (ii)

canceled, released, and extinguished, and will be of no further force or effect; or

 

  (iii)

otherwise addressed at the option of each applicable Debtor such that holders of Intercompany Interests will not receive any distribution on account of such Intercompany Interests.

 

  (c)

Class 11 is conclusively deemed to have accepted the Prepackaged Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code or rejected the Prepackaged Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. Class 11 is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Prepackaged Plan

 

C.

Special Provision Governing Unimpaired Claims.

Except as otherwise provided in the Prepackaged Plan, nothing under the Prepackaged Plan shall affect the Debtors’ or the Reorganized Debtors’ (or the Post-Effective Date Debtors’, as applicable) rights regarding any

 

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Unimpaired Claim, including, all rights regarding legal and equitable defenses to or setoffs or recoupments against any such Unimpaired Claim. Unless otherwise Allowed, Claims that are Unimpaired shall remain Disputed Claims under the Prepackaged Plan.

 

D.

Elimination of Vacant Classes.

Any Class of Claims or Interests that does not have a Holder of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest or a Claim or Interest temporarily Allowed by the Bankruptcy Court in an amount greater than zero as of the date of the Confirmation Hearing shall be deemed eliminated from the Prepackaged Plan for purposes of voting to accept or reject the Prepackaged Plan and for purposes of determining acceptance or rejection of the Prepackaged Plan by such Class pursuant to section 1129(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

E.

Voting Classes, Presumed Acceptance by Non-Voting Classes.

If a Class contains Claims or Interests eligible to vote and no holders of Claims or Interests eligible to vote in such Class vote to accept or reject the Prepackaged Plan, the holders of such Claims or Interests in such Class shall be deemed to have accepted the Prepackaged Plan.

 

F.

Intercompany Interests.

To the extent Reinstated under the Prepackaged Plan, distributions on account of Intercompany Interests are not being received by holders of such Intercompany Interests on account of their Intercompany Interests but for the purposes of administrative convenience and due to the importance of maintaining the prepetition corporate structure for the ultimate benefit of the holders of New Common Stock, and in exchange for the Debtors’, Reorganized Debtors’, or Post-Effective Date Debtors’, as applicable, agreement under the Prepackaged Plan to make certain distributions to the holders of Allowed Claims.

 

G.

Confirmation Pursuant to Sections 1129(a)(10) and 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Section 1129(a)(10) of the Bankruptcy Code shall be satisfied for purposes of Confirmation by acceptance of the Prepackaged Plan by one or more of the Classes entitled to vote pursuant to Article III.B of the Prepackaged Plan. The Debtors reserve the right, subject to the prior consent of the Consenting Investor and the Required Consenting Noteholders and the reasonable prior consent of the Required Consenting RCF Lenders, to modify the Prepackaged Plan in accordance with Article X hereof and the Restructuring Support Agreement to the extent, if any, that Confirmation pursuant to section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code requires modification, including by modifying the treatment applicable to a Class of Claims or Interests to render such Class of Claims or Interests Unimpaired to the extent permitted by the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules.

 

H.

Controversy Concerning Impairment.

If a controversy arises as to whether any Claims or Interests, or any Class of Claims or Interests, are Impaired, the Bankruptcy Court shall, after notice and a hearing, determine such controversy on or before the Confirmation Date.

 

I.

Subordinated Claims.

The allowance, classification, and treatment of all Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests and the respective distributions and treatments under the Prepackaged Plan take into account and conform to the relative priority and rights of the Claims and Interests in each Class in connection with any contractual, legal, and equitable subordination rights relating thereto, whether arising under general principles of equitable subordination, section 510(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, or otherwise. Any such contractual, legal, or equitable subordination rights shall be settled, compromised, and released pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan.

 

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ARTICLE IV.

MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN

 

A.

General Settlement of Claims and Interests.

As discussed in detail in the Disclosure Statement and as otherwise provided herein, pursuant to section 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 9019, and in consideration for the classification, distributions, releases, and other benefits provided under the Prepackaged Plan, upon the Effective Date, the provisions of the Prepackaged Plan shall constitute a good faith compromise and settlement of all Claims, Interests, Causes of Action, and controversies released, settled, compromised, discharged, or otherwise resolved pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan, whether under any provision of chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code, on any equitable theory (including equitable subordination, equitable disallowance, or unjust enrichment) or otherwise.

The Prepackaged Plan shall be deemed a motion to approve the good faith compromise and settlement of all such Claims, Interests, and controversies pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019, and the entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s approval of such compromise and settlement under section 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 9019, as well as a finding by the Bankruptcy Court that such settlement and compromise is fair, equitable, reasonable and in the best interests of the Debtors and their Estates. Subject to Article VI hereof, all distributions made to holders of Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests (as applicable) in any Class are intended to be and shall be final.

 

B.

Sale Transaction Election Deadline; Successful Bid.

In accordance with the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Debtors intend to pursue Consummation of the Reorganization Transaction pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan; provided, however, that if a Successful Bid is received in accordance with the Bidding Procedures, the Debtors may elect to pursue the Sale Transaction by filing the Sale Transaction Election Notice by the Sale Transaction Election Notice Deadline.

Except as otherwise may be agreed by the Consenting Investor and the Required Consenting Noteholders, the Debtors shall only designate a qualified bid as a Successful Bid if such qualified bid meets the requirements to be set forth in the Bidding Procedures and the following mandatory requirements (such conditions, the “Successful Bid Mandatory Conditions”):

 

  1.

The qualified bid provides for the payment in full in Cash (from readily available funds) of all Allowed Claims against the Debtors Estates (including Administrative Claims) on the Effective Date or such other treatment as to render such claims Unimpaired, including satisfaction in full of all Allowed Prepetition RCF Claims, Allowed Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims, Allowed Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims, and Allowed Prepetition Series A Note Claims; and

 

  2.

Provides for a greater recovery to the holders of Existing Common Stock Interests than the Reorganization Transaction.

 

C.

Restructuring Transactions.

On or before the Effective Date, the applicable Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors (and their respective officers, directors, members, or managers (as applicable)) shall enter into and shall take any actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effect the Restructuring Transactions, including as may be set forth in a restructuring transactions memorandum (to be filed in the Plan Supplement if applicable) and may take all actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effect any transaction described in, approved by, contemplated by, or necessary to effectuate the Prepackaged Plan and the Restructuring Support Agreement that are consistent with and pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Prepackaged Plan and the Restructuring Support Agreement (and without the need for any approvals, authorizations, or consents except for those expressly required pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan). These actions to implement the Restructuring Transactions may include: (1) the execution and delivery of appropriate agreements or other documents of merger, amalgamation, consolidation, restructuring, conversion, disposition, transfer, arrangement, continuance, dissolution, sale, purchase, or liquidation containing terms that are consistent with

 

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the terms of the Prepackaged Plan and the Restructuring Support Agreement and that satisfy the applicable requirements of applicable Law and any other terms to which the applicable Entities may agree; (2) the execution and delivery of appropriate instruments of transfer, assignment, assumption, or delegation of any asset, property, right, liability, debt, or obligation on terms consistent with the terms of the Prepackaged Plan and the Restructuring Support Agreement and having other terms for which the applicable parties agree; (3) the filing of appropriate certificates or articles of incorporation, formation, reincorporation, merger, consolidation, conversion, amalgamation, arrangement, continuance, or dissolution pursuant to applicable state or provincial Law; (4) the issuance of the New Common Stock; (5) the execution and delivery of the CVR Agreement and any filing related thereto, and distribution of the CVRs pursuant to the CVR Distribution Framework; (6) the execution and delivery of the New Corporate Governance Documents, and any certificates or articles of incorporation, bylaws, or such applicable formation documents (if any) of each Reorganized Debtor or Post-Effective Date Debtor, as applicable (including all actions to be taken, undertakings to be made, and obligations to be incurred and fees and expenses to be paid by the Debtors and/or the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable); (7) the execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement (if applicable) and/or the New Debt Documents, and any filing related thereto, and the issuance of the New Notes thereunder; and (8) all other actions that the applicable Entities determine to be necessary, including making filings or recordings that may be required by applicable Law in connection with the Prepackaged Plan. All Holders of Claims and Interests receiving distributions pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan and all other necessary parties in interest, including any and all agents thereof, shall prepare, execute, and deliver any agreements or documents, including any subscription agreements, and take any other actions as the Debtors and the Consenting Investor, in consultation with the Required Consenting Noteholders, may jointly determine are necessary or advisable, including by voting and/or exercising any powers or rights available to such Holder, including at any board, or creditors’, or shareholders’ meeting (including any Special Meeting), to effectuate the provisions and intent of the Prepackaged Plan.

The Confirmation Order shall, and shall be deemed to, pursuant to sections 363 and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code, authorize, among other things, all actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effect any transaction described in, contemplated by, or necessary to effectuate the Prepackaged Plan.

 

  1.

Reorganization Transaction.

If the Reorganization Transaction is to be consummated, on the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall issue all securities, notes, instruments, certificates, and other documents required to be issued pursuant to the Restructuring Transactions.

On the Effective Date, the New Board shall be established, and the Reorganized Debtors shall adopt their New Corporate Governance Documents. The Reorganized Debtors shall be authorized to adopt any other agreements, documents, and instruments and to take any other actions contemplated under the Prepackaged Plan as necessary to consummate the Prepackaged Plan. Cash payments to be made pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan will be made by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable. The Debtors and Reorganized Debtors will be entitled to transfer funds between and among themselves as they determine to be necessary or appropriate to enable the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, to satisfy their obligations under the Prepackaged Plan. Except as set forth herein, any changes in intercompany account balances resulting from such transfers will be accounted for and settled in accordance with the Debtors’ historical intercompany account settlement practices and will not violate the terms of the Prepackaged Plan.

From and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors, subject to any applicable limitations set forth in any post-Effective Date agreement, shall have the right and authority without further order of the Bankruptcy Court to raise additional capital and obtain additional financing, subject to the New Corporate Governance Documents, and the New Debt Documents, as the Governing Bodies of the applicable Reorganized Debtors deem appropriate.

 

  2.

Sale Transaction.

In the event the Sale Transaction occurs, the Sale Transaction will be effectuated either by (a) one or more equity sale(s) under the Prepackaged Plan or (b) one or more asset sale(s) pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or the Prepackaged Plan, in each case, with such Sale Transaction Documents to be set forth in the Plan Supplement or Filed with the Bankruptcy Court.

 

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D.

Continued Corporate Existence.

Except as otherwise provided in the Prepackaged Plan or any agreement, instrument, or other document incorporated in the Prepackaged Plan or the Plan Supplement, each Debtor shall continue to exist after the Effective Date as a separate corporate entity, limited liability company, partnership, or other form, as the case may be, with all the powers of a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other form, as the case may be, pursuant to the applicable Law in the jurisdiction in which each applicable Debtor is incorporated or formed and pursuant to the respective certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or other formation documents) in effect prior to the Effective Date, except to the extent such certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or other formation documents) are amended under the Prepackaged Plan or otherwise, in each case, consistent with the Prepackaged Plan, and to the extent such documents are amended in accordance therewith, such documents are deemed to be amended pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan and require no further action or approval (other than any requisite filings required under applicable state, provincial, or federal Law). After the Effective Date, the respective certificate(s) of incorporation and bylaws (or other formation documents) of one or more of the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors may be amended or modified on the terms therein without supervision or approval by the Bankruptcy Court and free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Rules. After the Effective Date, one or more of the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors may be disposed of, dissolved, wound down, or liquidated without supervision or approval by the Bankruptcy Court and free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Rules.

 

E.

Vesting of Assets in the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors.

Except as otherwise provided in the Confirmation Order, the Prepackaged Plan, or any agreement, instrument, or other document incorporated in, or entered into in connection with or pursuant to, the Prepackaged Plan or Plan Supplement, on the Effective Date, pursuant to sections 1141(b) and (c), all property in each Estate, all Causes of Action, and any property acquired by any of the Debtors pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan shall vest in each respective Reorganized Debtor or Post-Effective Date Debtor, as applicable, free and clear of all Liens, Claims, charges, or other encumbrances. On and after the Effective Date, except as otherwise provided in the Prepackaged Plan, each Reorganized Debtor or Post-Effective Date Debtor, as applicable, may operate its business and may use, acquire, or dispose of property and compromise or settle any Claims, Interests, or Causes of Action without supervision or approval by the Bankruptcy Court and free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Rules.

 

F.

Cancellation of Existing Securities and Agreements.

Except for the purpose of evidencing a right to a distribution under the Prepackaged Plan and except as otherwise set forth in the Prepackaged Plan or the Plan Supplement, on the Effective Date, all agreements, instruments, and other documents evidencing any Claim or Interest (other than Intercompany Interests that are not modified by the Prepackaged Plan) and any rights of any holder in respect thereof shall be deemed cancelled and of no force or effect and the obligations of the Debtors, and with respect to the Prepetition RCF Claims, the Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims, the Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims and Prepetition Series A Note Claims, the Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities and the Physician Owned Entities, thereunder shall be deemed fully satisfied, released, and discharged; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not impact any Claims that are Unimpaired by the Prepackaged Plan. The holders of or parties to such cancelled instruments, Securities, and other documentation shall have no rights arising from or related to such instruments, Securities, or other documentation or the cancellation thereof, except the rights provided for pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan.

 

G.

Cancellation of Certain Existing Security Interests.

Upon the full payment or other satisfaction of an Allowed Secured Claim (including Allowed DIP Claims), or promptly thereafter, all mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests against any property of the Estates shall be fully released and discharged, and all of the right, title, and interest of any holder of such mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests shall revert to the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors and their successors and assigns. Any Holder of such Secured Claim (and the applicable agents for such Holder) shall be authorized and directed, at the sole cost and expense of the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, to release any collateral or other property of any Debtor (including any Cash Collateral and possessory collateral) held by such Holder (and the applicable agents for such Holder), and to take such actions as may be

 

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reasonably requested by the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors to evidence the release of such Liens and/or security interests, including the execution, delivery, and filing or recording of such releases. The presentation or filing of the Confirmation Order to or with any federal, state, provincial, or local agency, records office, or department shall constitute good and sufficient evidence of, but shall not be required to effect, the termination of such Liens.

To the extent that any Holder of an Allowed Secured Claim (including Allowed DIP Claims) that has been satisfied or discharged in full pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan, or any agent for such Holder, has filed or recorded publicly any Liens and/or security interests to secure such Holder’s Allowed Secured Claim, then as soon as practicable on or after the Effective Date, such Holder (or the agent for such Holder) shall take any and all steps requested by the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Post-Effective Date Debtors that are necessary or desirable to record or effectuate the cancellation and/or extinguishment of such Liens and/or security interests, including the making of any applicable filings or recordings, and the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors shall be entitled to make any such filings or recordings on such Holder’s behalf.

Upon the Effective Date, or promptly thereafter, with respect to the Prepetition RCF Claims, the Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims and the Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims, all mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests against any property of the Non-Debtor Hospital Partners or Physician-Owned Entities shall be fully released, and all of the right, title, and interest of any holder of such mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests shall revert to the Non-Debtor Hospital Partners or Physician-Owned Entities and their successors and assigns, as applicable. Any holder of such mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests shall be authorized and directed, at the sole cost and expense of the Non-Debtor Hospital Partners or Physician-Owned Entities, to take such actions as may be reasonably requested by the Non-Debtor Hospital Partners or Physician-Owned Entities to evidence the release of such Liens and/or security interests, including the execution, delivery, and filing or recording of such releases. The presentation or filing of the Confirmation Order to or with any federal, state, provincial, or local agency, records office, or department shall constitute good and sufficient evidence of, but shall not be required to effect, the termination of such Liens.

To the extent that any Holder of Prepetition RCF Claims, the Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims and the Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims, or any agent for such Holder, has filed or recorded publicly any Liens and/or security interests against the property of the Non-Debtor Hospital Partners or Physician-Owned Entities, then as soon as practicable on or after the Effective Date, such Holder (or the agent for such Holder) shall take any and all steps requested by the Non-Debtor Hospital Partners or Physician-Owned Entities that are necessary or desirable to record or effectuate the cancellation and/or extinguishment of such Liens and/or security interests, including the making of any applicable filings or recordings, and the Non-Debtor Hospital Partners or Physician-Owned Entities shall be entitled to make any such filings or recordings on such holder’s behalf.

 

H.

Sources of Consideration for Plan Distributions.

The Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, shall fund distributions under the Prepackaged Plan with the (i) Debtors’ Cash on hand, (ii) Cash generated from operations; (iii) if the Reorganization Transaction is consummated, funds from the Consenting Investor Direct Investment, the DIP Facility, and the Consenting Investor Cash Contribution, and (iv) if the Sale Transaction is consummated, the proceeds of the Sale Transaction.

 

I.

New Common Stock.

In connection with the Reorganization Transaction, the issuance of the New Common Stock by Reorganized Parent shall be hereby authorized without the need for any further corporate action or without any further action by the holders of Claims or Interests. The Reorganized Debtors shall be authorized to issue a certain number of shares, units or equity interests (as the case may be based on how the New Common Stock is denominated and the identity of the Reorganized Debtor issuing such shares, units, or equity interests) of New Common Stock required to be issued under the Prepackaged Plan and pursuant to their New Corporate Governance Documents. On the Effective Date, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall issue or enter into all Securities, notes, instruments, certificates, and other documents required to be issued or entered into pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan. The New Corporate

 

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Governance Documents shall be effective as of the Effective Date and, as of such date, shall be deemed to be valid, binding, and enforceable in accordance with its terms.

All of the shares, units, or equity interests (as the case may be based on how the New Common Stock is denominated) of New Common Stock issued or authorized to be issued pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable. Each distribution and issuance referred to in Article VI hereof shall be governed by the terms and conditions set forth in the Prepackaged Plan applicable to such distribution or issuance and by the terms and conditions of the instruments evidencing or relating to such distribution or issuance, which terms and conditions shall bind each Entity receiving such distribution or issuance.

The Reorganized Debtors and/or Post-Effective Date Debtors (i) shall emerge from these Chapter 11 Cases as a private company on the Effective Date and the New Common Stock shall not be listed on a public stock exchange, (ii) shall not be voluntarily subjected to any reporting requirements promulgated by the SEC, and (iii) shall not be required to list the New Common Stock on a recognized U.S. or any foreign stock exchange.

To the extent the following actions have not been completed on or prior to the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors and/or Post-Effective Date Debtors shall (i) take all actions reasonably necessary or desirable to delist the Existing Common Stock Interests from Nasdaq and to deregister under the Exchange Act as promptly as practicable in compliance with SEC rules, (ii) file a Form 25 with the SEC to delist the Existing Common Stock Interests from Nasdaq and to deregister the Existing Common Stock Interests from Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act (unless Nasdaq has already filed a Form 25 with the SEC providing for such delisting and deregistration), (iii) file post-effective amendments to terminate all of Parent’s currently effective registration statements under the Securities Act, (iv) file a Form 15 notifying the SEC of the suspension of Parent’s duty to file reports under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, (v) take all actions reasonably necessary or desirable to delist Existing Common Stock Interests from the Toronto Stock Exchange and to cease to be a reporting issuer under Canadian securities laws, and (vi) take all actions reasonably necessary or desirable to ensure (A) that the New Common Stock and the CVRs shall not be listed on a public securities exchange and that the Reorganized Debtors shall not be required to list the New Common Stock or CVRs on a recognized securities exchange, except, in each case, as otherwise may be required pursuant to the New Corporate Governance Documents or the CVR Agreement, as applicable, and (B) that the Reorganized Debtors and/or Post-Effective Date Debtors shall not be voluntarily subjected to any reporting requirements promulgated by the SEC.

 

J.

Consenting Investor Direct Investment and Cash Contribution.

Solely in the event of a Reorganization Transaction, on the Effective Date, the Consenting Investor (or an Affiliate of the Consenting Investor) shall fund (i) the Consenting Investor Direct Investment into the Reorganized Debtors in the amount of the Consenting Investor Direct Investment Amount, and (ii) the Consenting Investor Cash Contribution. The proceeds of the Consenting Investor Direct Investment shall be used by the Reorganized Debtors solely to fund ordinary course working capital, make payments to the Reverse Dutch Election Participants on account of the Reverse Dutch Election Opportunity or deleveraging transactions. The proceeds of the Consenting Investor Cash Contribution shall be used by the Reorganized Debtors to fund Plan Distributions in accordance with Article III of this Prepackaged Plan.

On the Effective Date, the Debtors shall consummate the Reverse Dutch Election Opportunity in accordance with the terms of the Prepackaged Plan using the Reverse Dutch Election Available Proceeds.

 

K.

CVR Agreement and CVR Distribution Framework.

On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Parent and the Consenting Investor shall enter into the CVR Agreement with the CVR Agent. After the Effective Date, the CVRs shall be distributed by Reorganized Parent pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan according to the following CVR Distribution Framework:

 

  1.

No later than 14 days after the Effective Date, Reorganized Parent will mail a notice of potential right to receive one CVR per share of Existing Common Stock Interest (the “CVR Notice”) to all known registered and beneficial holders of Existing Common Stock Interests as of the Effective Date (immediately prior to the cancellation thereof) other than the Consenting Investor (such holders,

 

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the “Potential CVR Recipients”) and each such CVR Notice shall contain (i) information as to the process for a Potential CVR Recipient to receive their CVR (or Cash in lieu of CVR); and (ii) that if CVR Recipient Certification is not received by the CVR Submission Deadline, the Potential CVR Recipient will lose the right to obtain any interest in the CVRs (or to obtain Cash in lieu of a CVR distribution).

 

  2.

In order to obtain any interest in the CVRs, by no later than 90 days after service of the CVR Notice (“CVR Submission Deadline”), Potential CVR Recipients shall be required to return a certification and agreement (the “CVR Recipient Certification”) that will provide for, among other things (“CVR Recipient Conditions”):

 

  (a)

The Potential CVR Recipient shall certify whether or not they are an accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501 promulgated under the Securities Act) (each such accredited investor, an “Accredited Investor”);

 

  (b)

If the Potential CVR Recipient opted-out of the Third-Party Release, such Potential CVR Recipient consents to being deemed to have withdrawn such opt-out upon receipt of the CVRs (or Cash in lieu of the CVRs);

 

  (c)

The Potential CVR Recipient agrees to release (and shall be deemed to have released) any Section 510(b) Claims upon receipt of the CVRs (or Cash in lieu of the CVRs);

 

  (d)

For any beneficial holders that hold their Existing Common Stock through a registered broker or agent, a certification from such holder’s broker or agent as to the amount of shares beneficially owned by such holder as of the Effective Date (immediately prior to the cancellation thereof); and

 

  (e)

Such other information reasonably requested by the Reorganized Debtors.

 

  3.

The Reorganized Parent will distribute the CVRs; provided that Reorganized Parent, on the Effective Date, (A) shall be a privately held company whose securities are not required to be registered under the Securities Exchange Act and (B) shall cease to be a reporting issuer under Canadian securities laws, provided further that CVRs shall not be distributed to more than 1,900 beneficial holders of Existing Common Stock Interests, of which no more than 450 shall be non-Accredited Investors (“Maximum CVR Recipients”).

 

  4.

If more Potential CVR Recipients meeting the CVR Recipient Conditions than the Maximum CVR Recipients return a properly executed CVR Recipient Certification by the CVR Submission Deadline, then the Reorganized Debtors shall only distribute the CVRs pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan to the Potential CVR Recipients that hold the largest percentage of Existing Common Stock until CVRs have been distributed to the Maximum CVR Recipients. In the event that multiple Potential CVR Recipients hold the same number of shares and all such holders cannot be included due to the Maximum CVR Recipient Requirement, then the Reorganized Debtors shall include such Potential CVR Recipients in alphabetical order (based on last name or entity name) until the Maximum CVR Recipient threshold is reached.

 

  5.

For any Potential CVR Recipient meeting the CVR Recipient Requirements that would have been eligible to receive the CVRs but for the limitation on the Maximum CVR Recipients, the Reorganized Parent shall pay Cash in an amount equal to the Effective Date CVR Value to a particular holder in lieu of distribution of CVRs to such holder; provided, that if the Cash to be distributed to a particular beneficial holder in lieu of CVRs is less than the minimum distribution amount set forth in ARTICLE VI.D.3 of the Prepackaged Plan, then such holder shall not receive any additional Cash nor any rights under or interest in the CVRs. The Cash payment will be paid to the address identified by the Potential CVR Recipient on the CVR Recipient Certification. The Effective Date CVR Value will be made available to the Potential CVR Recipients as soon as practicable, provided that if the Effective Date

 

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occurs on or prior to December 31, 2023, then the Effective Date CVR Value will be made available by no later than March 15, 2024, and if the Effective Date occurs prior to December 31, 2024, then it will be provided within 120 days after the Effective Date.

 

  6.

For the avoidance of doubt, any Potential CVR Recipient that does not submit a CVR Recipient Certification by the CVR Submission Deadline shall not receive any interest in the CVRs or any additional Cash payment in lieu of the CVRs.

The CVR Agreement shall be duly authorized without the need for any further corporate action and without any further action by the Parent or Reorganized Parent, as applicable.

As a result of the distribution of the CVRs pursuant to the CVR Distribution Framework in accordance with the Prepackaged Plan, the CVRs shall not be listed on a public stock exchange or voluntarily subjected to any reporting requirements promulgated by the SEC or Canadian securities Laws.

In order to comply with applicable Canadian securities Laws, the Reorganized Parent intends to rely upon the exemption from prospectus registration requirements provided by Section 2.11(a) of the National Instrument 45- 106 – Prospectus Exemptions in connection with the distribution of CVRs in accordance with the Prepackaged Plan, subject to and conditioned on the Bankruptcy Court’s approval of the Prepackaged Plan, on the basis that Prepackaged Plan constitutes a reorganization that is under a statutory procedure.

 

L.

New Notes and New RCF Exit Facility Agreement

In connection with the Reorganization Transaction, the issuance of the New Notes, the related guarantees (including the New Debt Facilities Guarantees) and security and similar agreements, and entry into the New RCF Exit Facility Agreement by the Reorganized Debtors shall be authorized without the need for any further corporate action or without any further action by the holders of Claims or Interests. The New Notes will be issued only to persons that are “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or “accredited investors” (as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in reliance on the exemptions provided by section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act, or persons that are outside of the United States and are not U.S. persons (and are not purchasing for the account of benefit of a U.S. person) within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act. Confirmation of the Prepackaged Plan shall be deemed authorization for the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, to, without further notice to or order of the Bankruptcy Court, (i) execute and deliver those documents and agreements necessary or appropriate to issue the New Notes and the related guarantees and enter into the New RCF Exit Facility Agreement, and incur and pay any fees, premiums, and expenses in connection therewith, and (ii) act or take action under applicable Law, regulation, order, or rule or vote, consent, authorization, or approval of any person, subject to such modifications as the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, may deem to be necessary to issue the New Notes, the related guarantees or enter into the New RCF Exit Facility Agreement.

On the Effective Date (or earlier, if provided in an order of the Bankruptcy Court), all Liens and security interests granted pursuant to, or in connection with the New Notes, the related guarantees (including the New Debt Facilities Guarantees) and New RCF Exit Facility Agreement, (i) shall be deemed to be approved and shall, without the necessity of the execution, recordation, or filing of mortgages, security agreements, control agreements, pledge agreements, financing statements, or other similar documents, be valid, binding, fully perfected, fully enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, the collateral securing the New Notes, the related guarantees(including the New Debt Facilities Guarantees) and the new RCF Exit Facility, with the priorities established in respect thereof under the New Debt Documents, applicable non-bankruptcy Law, the Prepackaged Plan, and the Confirmation Order; and (ii) shall not be enjoined or subject to discharge, impairment, release, avoidance, recharacterization, or subordination (including equitable subordination) for any purposes whatsoever and shall not constitute preferential transfers, fraudulent conveyances, or other voidable transfers under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable non-bankruptcy Law, the Prepackaged Plan, or the Confirmation Order.

The Reorganized Debtors and the Persons granted Liens and security interests under the New Notes, the related guarantees and New RCF Exit Facility Agreement, as applicable, are authorized to make all filings and recordings and to obtain all governmental approvals and consents necessary to establish and perfect such Liens and security interests under the provisions of the applicable state, provincial, federal, or other Law (whether domestic or

 

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foreign) that would be applicable in the absence of the Prepackaged Plan and the Confirmation Order (it being understood that perfection shall occur automatically by virtue of the entry of the Confirmation Order without the need for any filings or recordings) and will thereafter cooperate to make all other filings and recordings that otherwise would be necessary under applicable Law to give notice of such Liens and security interests to third parties.

 

M.

Corporate Action.

Upon the Effective Date, all actions contemplated under the Prepackaged Plan shall be deemed authorized and approved in all respects, including: (a) the issuance and distribution of the New Common Stock; (b) the issuance and distribution of the New Notes; (c) the offering and implementation of the Reverse Dutch Auction Opportunity; (d) implementation of the Restructuring Transactions, (e) entry into the CVR Agreement and distribution of the CVRs; (f) all other actions contemplated under the Prepackaged Plan (whether to occur before, on, or after the Effective Date); (g) adoption of the New Corporate Governance Documents; (h) the rejection, assumption, or assumption and assignment, as applicable, of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases (as applicable); and (i) all other acts or actions contemplated or reasonably necessary or appropriate to promptly consummate the Restructuring Transactions contemplated by the Prepackaged Plan (whether to occur before, on, or after the Effective Date). All matters provided for in the Prepackaged Plan involving the corporate structure of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, and any corporate, partnership, limited liability company, or other governance action required by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtor, as applicable, in connection with the Prepackaged Plan shall be deemed to have occurred and shall be in effect, without any requirement of further action by the Security holders, members, directors, or officers of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable. On or (as applicable) prior to the Effective Date, the appropriate officers of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall be authorized and (as applicable) directed to issue, execute, and deliver the agreements, documents, Securities, and instruments contemplated under the Prepackaged Plan (or necessary or desirable to effect the transactions contemplated under the Prepackaged Plan) in the name of and on behalf of the Reorganized Debtors, including the New Common Stock, the New Notes, the Reverse Dutch Election Opportunity, the New Corporate Governance Documents, the CVRs, the CVR Agreement, and any and all other agreements, documents, Securities, and instruments relating to the foregoing. The authorizations and approvals contemplated by this Article IV.M shall be effective notwithstanding any requirements under non- bankruptcy Law.

 

N.

New Corporate Governance Documents.

On or immediately prior to the Effective Date, the New Corporate Governance Documents shall be automatically adopted by the applicable Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable. To the extent required under the Prepackaged Plan or applicable non-bankruptcy Law, each of the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors will file its New Corporate Governance Documents with the applicable Secretaries of State and/or other applicable authorities in its respective state or country of organization if and to the extent required in accordance with the applicable Laws of the respective state or country of organization. The New Corporate Governance Documents will prohibit the issuance of non-voting equity Securities, to the extent required under section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code.

After the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors may amend and restate their respective New Corporate Governance Documents in accordance with the terms thereof, and the Reorganized Debtors may file such amended certificates or articles of incorporation, bylaws, or such other applicable formation documents, and other constituent documents as permitted by the Laws of the respective states, provinces, or countries of incorporation and the New Corporate Governance Documents.

 

  1.

Directors and Officers of the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors.

As of the Effective Date, the terms of the current members of the board of directors of the Debtors shall expire and the existing officers of the Debtors shall be automatically removed as officers, and the New Boards and new officers of each of the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors shall be appointed. For subsequent terms, following the Effective Date, members of the New Boards and new officers of each of the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtor shall be appointed in accordance with the New Corporate Governance Documents and other constituent documents of each Reorganized Debtor or Post-Effective Date Debtor, in each case, as applicable.

 

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Pursuant to section 1129(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, to the extent known, the identity and affiliation of any Person proposed to serve on the New Boards will be disclosed in the Plan Supplement or prior to the Confirmation Hearing, as well as those Persons that will serve as officers of the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtor. Provisions regarding the removal, appointment, and replacement of members of the New Boards, to the extent applicable, will be disclosed in the New Corporate Governance Documents.

 

  2.

Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions.

On and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors and/or Post-Effective Date Debtors, and their respective officers, directors, members, or managers (as applicable), are authorized to and may issue, execute, deliver, file, or record such contracts, Securities, instruments, releases, and other agreements or documents and take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, implement, and further evidence the terms and conditions of the Prepackaged Plan, and the Securities issued pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan in the name of and on behalf of the Reorganized Debtors, without the need for any approvals, authorizations, or consents except for those expressly required pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan.

 

O.

Preservation of Causes of Action.

In accordance with section 1123(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, but subject to Article VIII hereof, each Reorganized Debtor or Post-Effective Date Debtor, as applicable, shall retain and may enforce all rights to commence and pursue, as appropriate, any and all Causes of Action of the Debtors, whether arising before or after the Petition Date, including any actions specifically enumerated in the Schedule of Retained Causes of Action, and the Reorganized Debtors’ and Post-Effective Debtors’ rights to commence, prosecute, or settle such Causes of Action shall be preserved notwithstanding the occurrence of the Effective Date, other than the Causes of Action released by the Debtors pursuant to the releases and exculpations contained in the Prepackaged Plan, including in Article VIII hereof, which shall be deemed released and waived by the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors (or Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable) as of the Effective Date.

The Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, may pursue such retained Causes of Action, as appropriate, in accordance with the best interests of the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors. No Entity (other than the Released Parties) may rely on the absence of a specific reference in the Prepackaged Plan, the Plan Supplement, or the Disclosure Statement to any Cause of Action against it as any indication that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors (or Post-Effective Date Debtors), as applicable, will not pursue any and all available Causes of Action of the Debtors against it. The Debtors and Reorganized Debtors (or Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable) expressly reserve all rights to prosecute any and all Causes of Action against any Entity, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Prepackaged Plan, including Article VIII hereof. Unless any Causes of Action of the Debtors against an Entity are expressly waived, relinquished, exculpated, released, compromised, or settled in the Prepackaged Plan or a Final Order, the Reorganized Debtors and/or Post-Effective Date Debtors expressly reserve all Causes of Action, for later adjudication, and, therefore, no preclusion doctrine, including the doctrines of res judicata, collateral estoppel, issue preclusion, claim preclusion, estoppel (judicial, equitable, or otherwise), or laches, shall apply to such Causes of Action upon, after, or as a consequence of the Confirmation or Consummation.

The Reorganized Debtors and Post-Effective Date Debtors reserve and shall retain such Causes of Action of the Debtors notwithstanding the rejection or repudiation of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease during the Chapter 11 Cases or pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan. In accordance with section 1123(b)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, any Causes of Action that a Debtor may hold against any Entity shall vest in the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Prepackaged Plan, including Article VIII hereof. The applicable Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, through their authorized agents or representatives, shall retain and may exclusively enforce any and all such Causes of Action. The Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors shall have the exclusive right, authority, and discretion to determine and to initiate, file, prosecute, enforce, abandon, settle, compromise, release, withdraw, or litigate to judgment any such Causes of Action and to decline to do any of the foregoing without the consent or approval of any third party or further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

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P.

Certain Securities Law Matters.

The offering, issuance (or entry into), and distribution of the New Common Stock, the New Notes, the CVRs, and all other Securities entered into and/or issued in connection with the Prepackaged Plan, shall be exempt from, among other things, the registration requirements of section 5 of the Securities Act and any other applicable Law requiring registration prior to the offering, issuance, distribution, or sale of Securities to the maximum extent permitted by Law, in accordance with, and pursuant to, (i) section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code (with respect to the New Common Stock after the Petition Date and the CVRs), (ii) section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act or Regulation S under the Securities Act (with respect to the New Common Stock prior to the Petition Date and the New Notes), or (iii) any other available exemption from registration, as applicable.

In addition, the New Common Stock and CVRs issued under section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code (1) will not be “restricted securities” as defined in rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act and (2) will be freely tradable and transferable in the United States by a recipient thereof that (i) is an entity that is not an “underwriter” as defined in section 1145(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) is not an “affiliate” of the Debtors as defined in Rule 144(a)(1) under the Securities Act, (iii) has not been such an “affiliate” within 90 days of the time of the transfer, and (iv) has not acquired such securities from an “affiliate” within one year of the time of transfer, subject in each case to compliance with applicable securities Laws and any rules and regulations of the SEC or state or local securities Laws, if any, applicable at the time of any future transfer of such Securities, and subject to any restrictions in the New Corporate Governance Documents and CVR Agreement, as applicable.

The New Notes (and to the extent issuance under section 1145(a) of the Bankruptcy Code is unavailable, the New Common Stock and CVRs) will be issued without registration under the Securities Act in reliance upon the exemption set forth in section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation S under the Securities Act, and similar registration exemptions under state or local securities Laws, in each case to the maximum extent permitted thereunder. Any securities issued in reliance on section 4(a)(2) and/or Regulation S under the Securities Act, will be “restricted securities” under the Securities Act and/or subject to resale restrictions and may be resold, exchanged, assigned or otherwise transferred only pursuant to registration, or an applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act and other applicable Law and subject in each case to compliance with applicable securities Laws and any rules and regulations of the SEC or state or local securities Laws, if any, applicable at the time of any future transfer of such Securities, and subject to any restrictions in the New Debt Documents, New Corporate Governance Documents and CVR Agreement, as applicable.

Neither the issuance of the New Common Stock, New Notes, or CVRs nor the Reverse Dutch Election Opportunity shall constitute an invitation or solicitation of an invitation or offer to sell or buy, any securities in contravention of any applicable Law in any jurisdiction. No action has been taken, nor will be taken, in any jurisdiction that would permit a public offering of any of the New Common Stock, New Notes, or CVRs (other than securities issued pursuant to section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code) in any jurisdiction where such action for that purpose is required.

The ownership of the New Notes will be through the facilities of DTC. The Reorganized Debtors need not provide any further evidence other than the Prepackaged Plan or the Confirmation Order with respect to the treatment of the New Common Stock, New Notes, and CVRs under applicable securities Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, no Entity (including, for the avoidance of doubt, DTC and any transfer agent) shall be entitled to require a legal opinion regarding the validity of any transaction contemplated by the Prepackaged Plan, including, for the avoidance of doubt, whether the New Common Stock, New Notes and CVRs are exempt from registration and/or eligible for DTC book-entry delivery, settlement, and depository services. DTC and any transfer agent shall be required to accept and conclusively rely upon the Prepackaged Plan and Confirmation Order in lieu of a legal opinion regarding whether the New Common Stock, New Notes and/or CVRs are exempt from registration and/or eligible for DTC book-entry delivery, settlement and depository services.

 

Q.

1146 Exemption.

To the fullest extent permitted by section 1146(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, any transfers (whether from a Debtor to a Reorganized Debtor, Post-Effective Date Debtor, or to any other Person) of property under the Prepackaged Plan or pursuant to: (1) the issuance, distribution, transfer, or exchange of any debt, equity Security, or

 

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other interest in the Debtors, Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, including the New Common Stock, New Notes, and the CVRs; (2) the Restructuring Transactions; (3) the creation, modification, consolidation, termination, refinancing, and/or recording of any mortgage, deed of trust, or other security interest, or the securing of additional indebtedness by such or other means; (4) the making, assignment, or recording of any lease or sublease; (5) the grant of collateral as security for the Reorganized Debtors’ obligations under and in connection with the Exit Facilities; or (6) the making, delivery, or recording of any deed or other instrument of transfer under, in furtherance of, or in connection with, the Prepackaged Plan, including any deeds, bills of sale, assignments, or other instrument of transfer executed in connection with any transaction arising out of, contemplated by, or in any way related to the Prepackaged Plan, shall not be subject to any document recording tax, stamp tax, conveyance fee, intangibles or similar tax, mortgage tax, real estate transfer tax, personal property transfer tax, sales or use tax, mortgage recording tax, Uniform Commercial Code filing or recording fee, regulatory filing or recording fee, or other similar tax or governmental assessment, and upon entry of the Confirmation Order, the appropriate state or local governmental officials or agents shall forego the collection of any such tax or governmental assessment and accept for filing and recordation any of the foregoing instruments or other documents without the payment of any such tax, recordation fee, or governmental assessment. All filing or recording officers (or any other Person with authority over any of the foregoing), wherever located and by whomever appointed, shall comply with the requirements of section 1146(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall forego the collection of any such tax or governmental assessment, and shall accept for filing and recordation any of the foregoing instruments or other documents without the payment of any such tax or governmental assessment.

 

R.

Additional Sale Transaction Provisions.

Solely if the Sale Transaction occurs and is consummated, the following additional provisions shall be included in the Prepackaged Plan:

 

  1.

Post-Effective Date Debtors.

If the Sale Transaction is an asset sale, following the sale of certain assets of the Debtors under the Prepackaged Plan or the Sale Order(s), on and after the Effective Date, the Post-Effective Date Debtors shall continue in existence for purposes of (a) winding down the Debtors’ business and affairs as expeditiously as reasonably possible, (b) resolving Disputed Claims, (c) making distributions on account of Allowed Claims as provided hereunder, (d) funding distributions, (e) enforcing and prosecuting claims, interests, rights, and privileges under the Causes of Action on the list of Retained Causes of Action in an efficacious manner and only to the extent the benefits of such enforcement or prosecution are reasonably believed to outweigh the costs associated therewith, (f) filing appropriate tax returns, (g) complying with its continuing obligations under the Purchase Agreement(s), if any, and (h) administering the Prepackaged Plan in an efficacious manner. In such case, the Post-Effective Date Debtors shall be deemed to be substituted as the party-in-lieu of the Debtors in all matters, including (i) motions, contested matters, and adversary proceedings pending in the Bankruptcy Court, and (ii) all matters pending in any courts, tribunals, forums, or administrative proceedings outside of the Bankruptcy Court, in each case without the need or requirement for a plan administrator to file motions or substitutions of parties or counsel in each such matter.

 

  2.

Post-Effective Date Plan Administrator.

If the Sale Transaction is an asset sale and is consummated, on the Effective Date, the Post-Effective Date Plan Administrator shall be appointed with respect to each Post-Effective Date Debtor. The Post-Effective Date Plan Administrator shall act for the Post-Effective Date Debtors in the same fiduciary capacity as applicable to a Governing Body, subject to the provisions hereof (and all certificates of formation, membership agreements, and related documents shall be deemed amended by the Prepackaged Plan to permit and authorize the same) and retain and have all the rights, powers, and duties necessary to carry out their responsibilities under this Prepackaged Plan on terms which shall be disclosed in the Plan Supplement.

 

S.

Director and Officer Liability Insurance.

Notwithstanding anything in the Prepackaged Plan to the contrary, the Reorganized Debtors or the Post- Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Debtors’ D&O Liability Insurance Policies pursuant to section 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code effective as of the Effective Date. Entry of the

 

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Confirmation Order will constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s approval of the Reorganized Debtors’ or the Post-Effective Date Debtors’, as applicable, foregoing assumption of each of the unexpired D&O Liability Insurance Policies. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Prepackaged Plan, Confirmation of the Prepackaged Plan shall not discharge, impair, or otherwise modify any indemnity obligations assumed by the foregoing assumption of the D&O Liability Insurance Policies, and each such indemnity obligation will be deemed and treated as an Executory Contract that has been assumed by the Debtors under the Prepackaged Plan as to which no Proof of Claim need be filed.

In addition, after the Effective Date, none of the Reorganized Debtors or the Post-Effective Date Debtors shall terminate or otherwise reduce the coverage under any D&O Liability Insurance Policies (including any “tail policy”) in effect on or after the Petition Date, with respect to conduct occurring prior thereto, and all directors and officers of the Debtors who served in such capacity at any time prior to the Effective Date shall be entitled to the full benefits of any such policy for the full term of such policy, to the extent set forth therein, regardless of whether such directors and officers remain in such positions after the Effective Date.

 

T.

Indemnification Obligations.

Consistent with applicable Law, all indemnification provisions in place as of the Effective Date (whether in the by-laws, certificates of incorporation or formation, limited liability company agreements, other organizational documents, board resolutions, indemnification agreements, employment contracts, or otherwise) for current and former directors, officers, managers, employees, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, and other professionals of the Debtors, as applicable, shall be reinstated and remain intact, irrevocable, and shall survive the effectiveness of the Prepackaged Plan on terms no less favorable to such current and former directors, officers, managers, employees, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, and other professionals of the Debtors than the indemnification provisions in place prior to the Effective Date.

ARTICLE V.

TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES

 

A.

Assumption and Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases.

 

  1.

Reorganization Transaction.

In the event of an Reorganization Transaction, on the Effective Date, except as otherwise provided in Article V.H and elsewhere herein, all Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases not otherwise assumed or rejected will be deemed assumed by the applicable Reorganized Debtor in accordance with the provisions and requirements of sections 365 and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code, other than those that are: (a) identified on the Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Schedule; (b) previously expired or terminated pursuant to their own terms; (c) have been previously assumed or rejected by the Debtors pursuant to a Final Order; (d) are the subject of a motion to reject that is pending on the Effective Date; or (e) have an ordered or requested effective date of rejection that is after the Effective Date.

 

  2.

Sale Transaction.

In the event the Sale Transaction is to occur and be consummated on the Effective Date, on the Effective Date, except as otherwise provided in Article V.H and elsewhere herein, all Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases not otherwise assumed or rejected will be deemed rejected by the applicable or Post-Effective Date Debtor in accordance with the provisions and requirements of sections 365 and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code, other than those that are: (a) identified on the Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Schedule; (b) have been previously assumed by the Debtors pursuant to a Final Order; (c) are the subject of a motion to assume that Filed on or before the Confirmation Date; (d) are to be assumed by the Debtors or assumed by the Debtors and assigned to another third party, as applicable, in connection with any sale transaction, including the Sale Transaction; or (e) are a contract, instrument, release, indenture, or other agreement or document entered into in connection with the Prepackaged Plan.

 

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  3.

General Provisions.

Entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the assumptions, assumptions and assignments, or rejections of the Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases as set forth in the Prepackaged Plan, the Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Schedule (or the Assumed Executory Contract and Unexpired Leases Schedule in the case of a Sale Transaction), pursuant to sections 365(a) and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code. Except as otherwise specifically set forth herein, assumptions or rejections of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan are effective as of the Effective Date. Each Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease assumed pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan or by Bankruptcy Court order but not assigned to a third party before the Effective Date shall re-vest in and be fully enforceable by the applicable contracting Reorganized Debtor or Post-Effective Date Debtor in accordance with its terms, except as such terms may have been modified by the provisions of the Prepackaged Plan or any order of the Bankruptcy Court authorizing and providing for its assumption. Any motions to assume Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases pending on the Effective Date shall be subject to approval by a Final Order on or after the Effective Date but may be withdrawn, settled, or otherwise prosecuted by the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable.

To the maximum extent permitted by Law, to the extent any provision in any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease assumed or assumed and assigned pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan restricts or prevents, or purports to restrict or prevent, or is breached or deemed breached by, the assumption or assumption and assignment of such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease (including any “change of control” provision), then such provision shall be deemed modified such that the transactions contemplated by the Prepackaged Plan shall not entitle the non-Debtor party thereto to terminate such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease or to exercise any other default-related rights with respect thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Prepackaged Plan, the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, reserve the right to alter, amend, modify, or supplement the Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Schedule and the Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Schedule at any time up to forty-five (45) days after the Effective Date, so long as such allocation, amendment, modification, or supplement is consistent with the Restructuring Support Agreement.

 

B.

Claims Based on Rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases.

Unless otherwise provided by a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court, all Proofs of Claim with respect to Claims arising from the rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases, pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan or the Confirmation Order, if any, must be Filed with the Bankruptcy Court within thirty (30) days after the later of (1) the date of entry of an order of the Bankruptcy Court (including the Confirmation Order) approving such rejection, (2) the effective date of such rejection, or (3) the Effective Date. Any Claims arising from the rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease not Filed with the Bankruptcy Court within such time will be automatically disallowed, forever barred from assertion, and shall not be enforceable against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Post-Effective Date Debtors, the Estates, or their property without the need for any objection by the Reorganized Debtors or further notice to, or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court or any other Entity, and any Claim arising out of the rejection of the Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease shall be deemed fully satisfied, released, and discharged, notwithstanding anything in the Proof of Claim to the contrary. All Allowed Claims arising from the rejection of the Debtors’ Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases shall be classified as General Unsecured Claims and shall be treated in accordance with ARTICLE III.B.7 of this Prepackaged Plan.

 

C.

Cure of Defaults for Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases.

Any monetary amounts by which any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to be assumed under the Prepackaged Plan is in default shall be satisfied, under section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, by the Debtors, Reorganized Debtors, or Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, upon assumption thereof.

After the Petition Date and no later than seven (7) calendar days before the Confirmation Hearing, the Debtors shall serve notices of proposed assumptions to the counterparties to the Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to be assumed reflecting the Debtors’ intention to assume the contract, and setting forth the proposed Cure amount (if any) or otherwise indicating that the Cure amount shall be asserted against the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, in the ordinary course of business. Each such notice shall include a description of the procedures for

 

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resolving disputes related to the proposed assumption of applicable Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases. In the event that any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease is to be assumed after the provision of initial notices of proposed assumptions described above, a notice of proposed assumption with respect to such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease will be sent promptly to the counterparty thereof. If a counterparty to any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, intend to assume does not receive such a notice, the proposed Cure amount for such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease shall be deemed to be asserted against the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, in the ordinary course of business.

Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the parties to the applicable Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease, any objection by a counterparty to an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to a proposed assumption or related Cure amount must be Filed, served, and actually received by counsel to the Debtors no later than the date and time specified in the notice (which shall be not less than fourteen days after such notice is served). The Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, may reconcile and settle, with the consent of the Consenting Investor not to be unreasonably withheld, in the ordinary course of the Debtors’ business any dispute (following a timely filed objection) regarding any Cure or any other matter pertaining to assumption without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

Any counterparty to an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that fails to object timely to the proposed assumption or Cure amount (including any request for an additional or different cure amount) will be deemed to have assented to such assumption or Cure amount and any untimely request for an additional or different Cure amount shall be disallowed and forever barred, estopped, and enjoined from assertion, and shall not be enforceable against any Reorganized Debtor or Post-Effective Date Debtor, without the need for any objection by the applicable Reorganized Debtors or any other party in interest or any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

The Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, shall pay the Cure amounts, if any, on the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, in the ordinary course of business, or on such other terms as the parties to such Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases may agree; provided that if a dispute regarding assumption or Cure is unresolved as of the Effective Date, then payment of the applicable Cure amount shall occur as soon as reasonably practicable after such dispute is resolved. Any Cure shall be deemed fully satisfied, released, and discharged upon payment of the Cure.

The assumption of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan, in connection with the Sale Transaction or Reorganization Transaction, shall result in the full release and satisfaction of any nonmonetary defaults arising from or triggered by the filing of these Chapter 11 Cases, including defaults of provisions restricting the change in control or ownership interest composition or any bankruptcy-related defaults, arising at any time prior to the effective date of assumption. Any and all Proofs of Claim based upon Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases that have been assumed in the Chapter 11 Cases, including pursuant to the Confirmation Order, shall be deemed disallowed and expunged as of the later of (1) the date of entry of an order of the Bankruptcy Court (including the Confirmation Order) approving such assumption, (2) the effective date of such assumption, or (3) the Effective Date without the need for any objection thereto or any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

D.

Preexisting Obligations to the Debtors Under Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases.

Rejection of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan, in connection with the Reorganization Transaction or Sale Transaction, or otherwise shall not constitute a termination of preexisting obligations owed to the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, under such Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases. In particular, notwithstanding any non-bankruptcy Law to the contrary, the Reorganized Debtors or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, expressly reserve and do not waive any right to receive, or any continuing obligation of a counterparty to provide, warranties or continued maintenance obligations with respect to goods previously purchased by the Debtors pursuant to rejected Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases.

 

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E.

Insurance Policies.

Each of the Debtors’ insurance policies and any agreements, documents, or instruments relating thereto, shall be treated as Executory Contracts hereunder. Unless otherwise provided in the Prepackaged Plan, on the Effective Date, in connection with all contemplated transactions under this Prepackaged Plan, (1) the Debtors shall be deemed to have assumed all insurance policies and any agreements, documents, and instruments relating to coverage of all insured Claims, including all D&O Liability Insurance Policies, and (2) such insurance policies and any agreements, documents, or instruments relating thereto, including all D&O Liability Insurance Policies, shall revest in the applicable Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors.

Nothing in this Prepackaged Plan, Restructuring Support Agreement, the Plan Supplement, the Disclosure Statement, the Confirmation Order, or any other Final Order (including any other provision that purports to be preemptory or supervening), (1) alters, modifies, or otherwise amends the terms and conditions of (or the coverage provided by) any of such insurance policies or (2) alters or modifies the duty, if any, that the insurers or third party administrators have to pay claims covered by such insurance policies and their right to seek payment or reimbursement from the Debtors (or the Purchaser, solely to the extent assumed and assigned to the Purchaser under the Purchase Agreement) or draw on any collateral or security therefor. For the avoidance of doubt, insurers and third-party administrators shall not need to nor be required to file or serve a cure objection or a request, application, claim, Proof of Claim, or motion for payment and shall not be subject to any claims bar date or similar deadline governing cure amounts or Claims.

 

F.

Reservation of Rights.

Nothing contained in the Prepackaged Plan, the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, or the Plan Supplement shall constitute an admission by the Debtors or any other party that any contract or lease is in fact an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease or that any Reorganized Debtor has any liability thereunder. If there is a dispute regarding whether a contract or lease is or was executory or unexpired at the time of assumption or rejection, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall have forty-five (45) days following entry of a Final Order resolving such dispute to alter their treatment of such contract or lease.

 

G.

Nonoccurrence of Effective Date.

In the event that the Effective Date does not occur, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain jurisdiction with respect to any request to extend the deadline for assuming or rejecting Unexpired Leases pursuant to section 365(d)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

H.

Contracts and Leases Entered Into After the Petition Date.

Contracts and leases entered into after the Petition Date by any Debtor, including any Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases assumed by such Debtor, will be performed by the applicable Debtor, Reorganized Debtor, or Post-Effective Date Debtor in the ordinary course of their business. Accordingly, such contracts and leases (including any assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases) will survive and remain unaffected by entry of the Confirmation Order.

ARTICLE VI.

PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS

 

A.

Distributions on Account of Claims Allowed as of the Effective Date.

Except as otherwise provided herein, in a Final Order, or as otherwise agreed to by the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as the case may be, and the Holder of the applicable Allowed Claim on the first Distribution Date, the applicable Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors shall make initial distributions under the Prepackaged Plan on account of Claims Allowed on or before the Effective Date, subject to the Reorganized Debtors’ right to object to Claims; provided that (1) Allowed Administrative Claims with respect to liabilities incurred by the Debtors in the ordinary course of business during the Chapter 11 Cases or assumed

 

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by the Debtors prior to the Effective Date shall be paid or performed in the ordinary course of business in accordance with the terms and conditions of any controlling agreements, course of dealing, course of business, or industry practice, (2) Allowed Priority Tax Claims shall be paid in accordance with Article II.D of the Prepackaged Plan, and (3) Allowed General Unsecured Claims shall be paid in accordance with Article III.B.13 of the Prepackaged Plan. To the extent any Allowed Priority Tax Claim is not due and owing on the Effective Date, such Claim shall be paid in full in Cash in accordance with the terms of any agreement between the Debtors and the Holder of such Claim or as may be due and payable under applicable non-bankruptcy Law or in the ordinary course of business.

 

B.

Disbursing Agent.

The Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Post-Effective Date Debtors, or the Post-Effective Date Plan Administrator, as applicable, shall have the authority to enter into agreements with one or more Disbursing Agents to facilitate the distributions required hereunder. All distributions under the Prepackaged Plan shall be made by the Disbursing Agent. The Disbursing Agent shall not be required to give any bond or surety or other security for the performance of its duties unless otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court. Additionally, in the event that the Disbursing Agent is so otherwise ordered, all costs and expenses of procuring any such bond or surety shall be borne by the Reorganized Debtors or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable.

 

C.

Rights and Powers of Disbursing Agent.

 

  1.

Powers of the Disbursing Agent.

The Disbursing Agent shall be empowered to: (a) effect all actions and execute all agreements, instruments, and other documents necessary to perform its duties under the Prepackaged Plan; (b) make all distributions contemplated hereby; (c) employ professionals to represent it with respect to its responsibilities; and (d) exercise such other powers as may be vested in the Disbursing Agent by order of the Bankruptcy Court, pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan, or as deemed by the Disbursing Agent to be necessary and proper to implement the provisions hereof.

 

  2.

Expenses Incurred On or After the Effective Date.

Except as otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, the amount of any reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Disbursing Agent on or after the Effective Date (including taxes), and any reasonable compensation and expense reimbursement claims (including reasonable attorney fees and expenses), made by the Disbursing Agent shall be paid in Cash by the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors.

 

D.

Delivery of Distributions and Undeliverable or Unclaimed Distributions.

 

  1.

Record Date for Distribution.

On the Distribution Record Date, the Claims Register shall be closed and any party responsible for making distributions shall instead be authorized and entitled to recognize only those record holders listed on the Claims Register as of the close of business on the Distribution Record Date. If a Claim is transferred twenty (20) or fewer days before the Distribution Record Date, the Disbursing Agent shall make distributions to the transferee only to the extent practical and, in any event, only if the relevant transfer form contains an unconditional and explicit certification and waiver of any objection to the transfer by the transferor.

 

  2.

Delivery of Distributions in General.

Except as otherwise provided herein, the Disbursing Agent shall make distributions to holders of Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests (as applicable) as of the Distribution Record Date at the address for each such holder as indicated on the Debtors’ records as of the date of any such distribution; provided that the manner of such distributions shall be determined at the discretion of the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors.

 

  3.

Minimum Distributions.

 

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No fractional shares of New Common Stock shall be distributed and no Cash shall be distributed in lieu of such fractional amounts. When any distribution pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan on account of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest (if applicable) would otherwise result in the issuance of a number of shares of New Common Stock that is not a whole number, the actual distribution of shares of New Common Stock shall be rounded to the next lower whole number with no further payment therefor. The total number of authorized shares of New Common Stock to be distributed to the Holders of Allowed Claims hereunder shall be adjusted as necessary to account for the foregoing rounding.

Except with respect to the ordinary course payment in Cash of interest arising under the Prepetition 2025 Notes Indenture or the Prepetition 2028 Notes Indenture, none of the Reorganized Debtors, the Post-Effective Date Debtors, or the Disbursing Agent shall have any obligation to make a Cash distribution that is less than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) to any Holder of an Allowed Claim.

 

  4.

Undeliverable Distributions and Unclaimed Property.

In the event that any distribution to any Holder of Allowed Claims or Allowed Interests (as applicable) is returned as undeliverable, no distribution to such holder shall be made unless and until the Disbursing Agent has determined the then-current address of such holder, at which time all currently-due, missed distributions shall be made to such Holder without interest. Undeliverable distributions shall remain in the possession of the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, until such time as a distribution becomes deliverable, or such distribution reverts to the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable or is cancelled pursuant to this Article VI, and shall not be supplemented with any interest, dividends, or other accruals of any kind.

Any distribution under the Prepackaged Plan that is an unclaimed distribution or remains undeliverable (as reasonably deemed unclaimed or undeliverable by the Reorganized Debtors, the Post-Effective Date Debtors, or the Disbursing Agent) for a period of ninety (90) days after distribution shall be deemed unclaimed property under section 347(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and such unclaimed distribution or undeliverable distribution shall revest in the applicable Reorganized Debtor or Post-Effective Date Debtor automatically (and without need for a further order by the Bankruptcy Court, notwithstanding any applicable federal, provincial, or estate escheat, abandoned, or unclaimed property Laws to the contrary) and, to the extent such unclaimed distribution is comprised of New Common Stock, New Notes, or CVRs, then such New Common Stock, New Notes, or CVRs shall be cancelled. Upon such revesting, the Claim of the Holder or its successors with respect to such property shall be cancelled, released, discharged, and forever barred notwithstanding any applicable federal or state escheat, abandoned, or unclaimed property Laws, or any provisions in any document governing the distribution that is an unclaimed distribution, to the contrary, and the Claim of any Holder of Claims and Interests to such property or Interest in property shall be discharged and forever barred. The Disbursing Agent shall adjust the distributions of the New Common Stock, New Notes or the CVRs to reflect any such cancellation; however, for the avoidance of doubt, additional Securities shall not be issued to other Holders of Claims due to any such cancellations.

 

  5.

Surrender of Canceled Instruments or Securities.

On the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, each holder of a certificate or instrument evidencing a Claim or an Interest that has been cancelled in accordance with Article IV.G hereof shall be deemed to have surrendered such certificate or instrument to the Disbursing Agent. Such surrendered certificate or instrument shall be cancelled solely with respect to the Debtors, and such cancellation shall not alter the obligations or rights of any non-Debtor third parties vis-à-vis one another with respect to such certificate or instrument, including with respect to any indenture or agreement that governs the rights of the Holder of a Claim or Interest, which shall continue in effect for purposes of allowing holders to receive distributions under the Prepackaged Plan, charging liens, priority of payment, and indemnification rights. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this paragraph shall not apply to certificates or instruments evidencing Claims that are Reinstated under the Prepackaged Plan.

 

  6.

Delivery of Distributions on Senior Secured Notes Claims.

Except as otherwise reasonably requested by the Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Trustee, all distributions to holders of Allowed Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims and Allowed Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims shall be deemed completed when made to the applicable Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Trustees. The Prepetition Senior Secured

 

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Notes Trustee shall hold or direct such distributions for the benefit of the holders of Allowed Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims and Allowed Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims, as applicable. As soon as practicable in accordance with the requirements set forth in this Article VI, the Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Trustee shall arrange to deliver such distributions to or on behalf of its holders, subject to the Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Trustee’s charging lien. The Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Trustee may transfer or direct the transfer of such distributions directly through the facilities of DTC (whether by means of book-entry exchange, free delivery or otherwise) and will be entitled to recognize and deal for all purposes under the Plan with holders of Allowed Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims and Allowed Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims, to the extent consistent with the customary practices of DTC. If the Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Trustees are unable to make, or consents to the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, making such distributions, the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, with the Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Trustees’ cooperation, shall make such distributions to the extent practicable to do so; provided that until such distributions are made, the Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Trustees’ charging lien shall attach to the property to be distributed in the same manner as if such distributions were made through the Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Trustee. The Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Trustee shall have no duties or responsibilities relating to any form of distribution that is not DTC eligible and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall seek the cooperation of DTC so that any distribution on account of an Allowed Prepetition 2025 Notes Claim and/or Allowed Prepetition 2028 Notes Claim that is held in the name of, or by a nominee of, DTC, shall be made through the facilities of DTC on the Effective Date or as soon as practicable thereafter.

 

E.

Manner of Payment.

 

  1.

All distributions of the New Common Stock and New Notes to the holders of the applicable Allowed Claims under the Prepackaged Plan shall be made by the Disbursing Agent on behalf of the Debtors, or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable.

 

  2.

The CVRs shall be distributed in accordance with the CVR Distribution Framework.

 

  3.

All distributions of Cash to the holders of the applicable Allowed Claims under the Prepackaged Plan shall be made by the Disbursing Agent on behalf of the applicable Debtor, Reorganized Debtor, or Post- Effective Date Debtor.

 

  4.

At the option of the Disbursing Agent, any Cash payment to be made hereunder may be made by check or wire transfer or as otherwise required or provided in applicable agreements.

 

F.

Compliance with Tax Requirements.

In connection with the Prepackaged Plan, to the extent applicable, the Debtors, Reorganized Debtors, the Post-Effective Date Debtors, the Disbursing Agent, and any applicable withholding agent shall comply with all tax withholding and reporting requirements imposed on them by any Governmental Unit, and all distributions made pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan shall be subject to such withholding and reporting requirements. Notwithstanding any provision in the Prepackaged Plan to the contrary, such parties shall be authorized to take all actions necessary or appropriate to comply with such withholding and reporting requirements, including liquidating a portion of the distribution to be made under the Prepackaged Plan to generate sufficient funds to pay applicable withholding taxes, withholding distributions pending receipt of information necessary to facilitate such distributions, or establishing any other mechanisms they believe are reasonable and appropriate. The Debtors, Reorganized Debtors, and Post-Effective Date Debtors reserve the right to allocate all distributions made under the Prepackaged Plan in compliance with all applicable wage garnishments, alimony, child support, and similar spousal awards, Liens, and encumbrances.

 

G.

Allocations.

Distributions in respect of Allowed Claims shall be allocated first to the principal amount of such Claims (as determined for federal income tax purposes) and then, to the extent the consideration exceeds the principal amount of the Claims, to any portion of such Claims for accrued but unpaid interest.

 

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H.

No Postpetition Interest on Claims.

Unless otherwise specifically provided for in the Prepackaged Plan, the Confirmation Order, any other order of the Bankruptcy Court, or required by applicable bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy Law, postpetition interest shall not accrue or be paid on any prepetition Claims, and no Holder of a Claim shall be entitled to interest accruing on or after the Petition Date on such Claim.

 

I.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate.

Except as otherwise provided in a Bankruptcy Court order, as of the Effective Date, any Claim asserted in currency other than U.S. dollars shall be automatically deemed converted to the equivalent U.S. dollar value using the exchange rate for the applicable currency as published in The Wall Street Journal (National Edition), on the Effective Date.

 

J.

Setoffs and Recoupment.

Except as expressly provided in this Prepackaged Plan, each Reorganized Debtor or Post-Effective Date Debtor, as applicable, may, pursuant to section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code, set off and/or recoup against any Plan Distributions to be made on account of any Allowed Claim, any and all claims, rights, and Causes of Action that such Reorganized Debtor or Post-Effective Date Debtor, as applicable, may hold against the Holder of such Allowed Claim to the extent such setoff or recoupment is either (1) agreed in amount among the relevant Reorganized Debtor(s) or Post-Effective Date Debtor(s), as applicable, and the Holder of the Allowed Claim or (2) otherwise adjudicated by the Bankruptcy Court or another court of competent jurisdiction; provided that neither the failure to effectuate a setoff or recoupment nor the allowance of any Claim hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release by a Reorganized Debtor or Post-Effective Date Debtor, as applicable, or its successor of any and all claims, rights, and Causes of Action that such Reorganized Debtor or its successor may possess against the applicable holder. In no event shall any Holder of a Claim be entitled to recoup such Claim against any claim, right, or Cause of Action of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, unless such holder actually has performed such recoupment and provided notice thereof in writing to the Debtors in accordance with Article XII.G hereof on or before the Effective Date, notwithstanding any indication in any Proof of Claim or otherwise that such holder asserts, has, or intends to preserve any right of recoupment.

 

K.

Claims Paid or Payable by Third Parties.

 

  1.

Claims Paid by Third Parties/Insurers.

The Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, shall reduce in full a Claim, and such Claim shall be disallowed without a Claims objection having to be Filed and without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, to the extent that the Holder of such Claim receives payment in full on account of such Claim from a party that is not a Debtor, a Reorganized Debtor, or a Post-Effective Date Debtor. Subject to the last sentence of this paragraph, to the extent a Holder of a Claim receives a distribution on account of such Claim and receives payment from a party that is not a Debtor, a Reorganized Debtor, or a Post- Effective Date Debtor on account of such Claim, such holder shall, within fourteen (14) days of receipt thereof, repay or return the distribution to the applicable Reorganized Debtor or Post-Effective Date Debtor, to the extent the holder’s total recovery on account of such Claim from the third party and under the Prepackaged Plan exceeds the amount of such Claim as of the date of any such distribution under the Prepackaged Plan. The failure of such holder to timely repay or return such distribution shall result in the holder owing the applicable Reorganized Debtor or Post-Effective Date Debtor annualized interest at the Federal Judgment Rate on such amount owed for each Business Day after the fourteen (14) day grace period specified above until the amount is repaid.

 

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Claims Payable by Third Parties.

No distributions under the Prepackaged Plan shall be made on account of an Allowed Claim that is payable pursuant to one of the Debtors’ insurance policies until the Holder of such Allowed Claim has exhausted all remedies with respect to such insurance policy. To the extent that one or more of the Debtors’ insurers agrees to satisfy in full

 

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or in part a Claim (if and to the extent adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction), then immediately upon such insurers’ agreement, the applicable portion of such Claim may be expunged without a Claims objection having to be Filed and without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

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Applicability of Insurance Policies.

Except as otherwise provided in the Prepackaged Plan, distributions to holders of Allowed Claims shall be in accordance with the provisions of any applicable insurance policy. Nothing contained in the Prepackaged Plan shall constitute or be deemed a waiver of any Cause of Action that the Debtors or any Entity may hold against any other Entity, including insurers under any policies of insurance, nor shall anything contained herein constitute or be deemed a waiver by such insurers of any defenses, including coverage defenses, held by such insurers.

ARTICLE VII.

PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING CONTINGENT, UNLIQUIDATED, AND DISPUTED CLAIMS

 

A.

Disputed Claims Process.

In light of the Unimpaired status of all Allowed General Unsecured Claims under the Prepackaged Plan, there is no requirement to file a Proof of Claim (or move the Bankruptcy Court for allowance) to have a Claim Allowed for the purposes of the Prepackaged Plan, except as provided in Article V.B of the Prepackaged Plan or Article V.C with respect to a Cure amount, and the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, shall determine, adjudicate, and resolve any disputes over the validity and amounts of such Claims in the ordinary course of business as if the Chapter 11 Cases had not been commenced (and no approval or authority from the Bankruptcy Court shall be required) except that (unless expressly waived pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan) the Allowed amount of such Claims shall be subject to the limitations or maximum amounts permitted by the Bankruptcy Code, including sections 502 and 503 of the Bankruptcy Code, to the extent applicable; and provided, that the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, reserve the right to seek to set a future bar date that may require a Proof of Claim to be filed in the event that a Sale Transaction is pursued (in which case a separate order of the Bankruptcy Court will govern).

On and after the Effective Date, except as otherwise provided in this Prepackaged Plan, all Allowed Claims shall be satisfied in the ordinary course of business by the Reorganized Debtors or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable. The Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, and/or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, shall have the exclusive authority to (i) determine, without the need for notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, that a claim subject to any Proof of Claim that is Filed is Allowed and (ii) file, settle, compromise, withdraw, or litigate to judgment any objections to Claims as permitted under this Prepackaged Plan. If the Debtors, Reorganized Debtors, or Post-Effective Date Debtors dispute any Claim, such dispute shall be determined, resolved, or adjudicated, as the case may be, in the manner as if the Chapter 11 Cases had not been commenced and shall survive the Effective Date as if the Chapter 11 Cases had not been commenced; provided that the Debtors, Reorganized Debtors, or Post-Effective Date Debtors may elect, at their sole option, to object to any Claim (other than Claims expressly Allowed by this Prepackaged Plan) and to have the validity or amount of any Claim adjudicated by the Bankruptcy Court; provided further that holders of Claims may elect to resolve the validity or amount of any Claim in the Bankruptcy Court. All Proofs of Claim Filed in the Chapter 11 Cases shall be deemed objected to and Disputed without further action by the Debtors. Upon the Effective Date, all Proofs of Claim filed against the Debtors, regardless of the time of filing, and including Proofs of Claim filed after the Effective Date, shall be deemed withdrawn and expunged, except as otherwise provided herein. Notwithstanding anything in this Prepackaged Plan to the contrary, disputes regarding the amount of any Cure pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code and Claims that the Debtors seek to have determined by the Bankruptcy Court, shall in all cases be determined by the Bankruptcy Court. Except as otherwise provided herein, all Proofs of Claim Filed after the Effective Date shall be disallowed and forever barred, estopped, and enjoined from assertion, and shall not be enforceable against any Reorganized Debtor or Post-Effective Date Debtor, as applicable, without the need for any objection by the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, or any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

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B.

Allowance of Claims.

After the Effective Date, except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, each of the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Debtors, as applicable, shall have and retain any and all rights and defenses such Debtor had with respect to any Claim or Interest immediately prior to the Effective Date. The Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, may affirmatively determine to deem Unimpaired Claims Allowed to the same extent such Claims would be allowed under applicable non-bankruptcy Law, without further notice or order from the Bankruptcy Court.

 

C.

Claims Administration Responsibilities.

Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Prepackaged Plan, after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, in consultation with the Consenting Investor, shall have the exclusive authority: (1) to File, withdraw, or litigate to judgment, objections to Claims or Interests; (2) to settle or compromise any Disputed Claim without any further notice to or action, order, or approval by the Bankruptcy Court; and (3) to administer and adjust the Claims Register to reflect any such settlements or compromises without any further notice to or action, order, or approval by the Bankruptcy Court. For the avoidance of doubt, except as otherwise provided herein, from and after the Effective Date, each Reorganized Debtor or Post-Effective Date Debtor, as applicable, shall have and retain any and all rights and defenses such Debtor had immediately prior to the Effective Date with respect to any Disputed Claim or Interest, including the Causes of Action retained pursuant to ARTICLE IV.O of the Prepackaged Plan.

Any objections to Proofs of Claims (other than Administrative Claims) shall be served and Filed (a) on or before the date that is one hundred and eighty days following the later of (i) the Effective Date and (ii) the date that a Proof of Claim is Filed or amended or a Claim is otherwise asserted or amended in writing by or on behalf of a Holder of a Claim or (b) such later date as ordered by the Bankruptcy Court.

 

D.

Estimation of Claims and Interests.

Before, on, or after the Effective Date, the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, may (but are not required to) at any time request that the Bankruptcy Court estimate any Disputed Claim or Interest that is contingent or unliquidated pursuant to section 502(c) of the Bankruptcy Code for any reason, regardless of whether any party in interest previously has objected to such Claim or Interest or whether the Bankruptcy Court has ruled on any such objection, and the Bankruptcy Court shall retain jurisdiction to estimate any such Claim or Interest, including during the litigation of any objection to any Claim or Interest or during the appeal relating to such objection. Notwithstanding any provision otherwise in the Prepackaged Plan, a Claim that has been expunged from the Claims Register, but that either is subject to appeal or has not been the subject of a Final Order, shall be deemed to be estimated at zero dollars, unless otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court. In the event that the Bankruptcy Court estimates any contingent or unliquidated Claim or Interest, that estimated amount shall constitute a maximum limitation on such Claim or Interest for all purposes under the Prepackaged Plan (including for purposes of distributions), and the relevant Reorganized Debtor may elect to pursue any supplemental proceedings to object to any ultimate distribution on such Claim or Interest.

 

E.

Adjustment to Claims or Interests without Objection.

Any duplicate Claim or Interest or any Claim or Interest that has been paid, satisfied, amended, or superseded may be adjusted or expunged on the Claims Register by the Reorganized Debtors or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, without the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, having to File an application, motion, complaint, objection, or any other legal proceeding seeking to object to such Claim or Interest and without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

F.

Disallowance of Claims or Interests.

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Reorganized Debtors allege is a transferee of a transfer that is avoidable under sections 522(f), 522(h), 544, 545, 547, 548, 549, or 724(a) of the Bankruptcy Code shall be disallowed if: (a) the Entity, on the one hand, and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, on the other hand, agree or the Bankruptcy Court has determined by Final Order that such Entity or transferee is liable to turn over any property or monies under any of the aforementioned sections of the Bankruptcy Code; and (b) such Entity or transferee has failed to turn over such property by the date set forth in such agreement or Final Order. No payment or distribution shall be made on account of such Claim or Interest unless the transferee has paid or turned over such property.

 

G.

No Distributions Pending Allowance.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Prepackaged Plan, if any portion of a Claim or Interest is a Disputed Claim or Interest, as applicable, no payment or distribution provided hereunder shall be made on account of such Claim or Interest unless and until such Disputed Claim or Interest becomes an Allowed Claim or Interest; provided that if only the Allowed amount of an otherwise valid Claim or Interest is Disputed, such Claim or Interest shall be deemed Allowed in the amount not Disputed and payment or distribution shall be made on account of such undisputed amount.

 

H.

Distributions After Allowance.

To the extent that a Disputed Claim or Interest ultimately becomes an Allowed Claim or Interest, distributions (if any) shall be made to the Holder of such Allowed Claim or Interest in accordance with the provisions of the Prepackaged Plan. As soon as reasonably practicable after the date that the order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court allowing any Disputed Claim or Interest becomes a Final Order, the Disbursing Agent shall provide to the Holder of such Claim or Interest the distribution (if any) to which such holder is entitled under the Prepackaged Plan as of the Effective Date, without any interest to be paid on account of such Claim or Interest.

 

I.

No Interest.

Unless otherwise specifically provided for herein or by order of the Bankruptcy Court, postpetition interest shall not accrue or be paid on Claims, and no Holder of a Claim shall be entitled to interest accruing on or after the Petition Date on any Claim or right. Additionally, and without limiting the foregoing, interest shall not accrue or be paid on any Disputed Claim with respect to the period from the Effective Date to the date a final distribution is made on account of such Disputed Claim, if and when such Disputed Claim becomes an Allowed Claim.

 

J.

Accrual of Dividends and Other Rights.

For purposes of determining the accrual of distributions or other rights after the Effective Date, the New Common Stock and New Notes shall be deemed distributed as of the Effective Date regardless of the date on which they are actually distributed; provided, however, that the relevant Reorganized Debtors shall not pay any such distributions or distribute such other rights, if any, until after distribution of the applicable New Common Stock or New Notes actually takes place.

ARTICLE VIII.

SETTLEMENT, RELEASE, INJUNCTION, AND RELATED PROVISIONS

 

A.

Discharge of Claims and Termination of Interests.

Pursuant to and to the fullest extent permitted by section 1141(d) of the Bankruptcy Code, and except as otherwise specifically provided in the Definitive Documents, the Prepackaged Plan, or in any contract, instrument, or other agreement or document created or entered into pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan, the distributions, rights, and treatment that are provided in the Prepackaged Plan shall be in complete satisfaction, discharge, and release, effective as of the Effective Date, of Claims (including any Intercompany Claims resolved or compromised after the Effective Date by the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable), Interests, and Causes of Action of any nature whatsoever, including any interest accrued on Claims or Interests from and after the Petition Date, whether known or unknown, against, liabilities of, Liens on, obligations of, rights against, and interests in, the Debtors or any

 

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of their assets or properties, regardless of whether any property shall have been distributed or retained pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan on account of such Claims and Interests, including demands, liabilities, and Causes of Action that arose before the Effective Date, any liability (including withdrawal liability) to the extent such Claims or Interests relate to services performed by employees of the Debtors prior to the Effective Date and that arise from a termination of employment, any contingent or non-contingent liability on account of representations or warranties issued on or before the Effective Date, and all debts of the kind specified in sections 502(g), 502(h), or 502(i) of the Bankruptcy Code, in each case whether or not: (1) a Proof of Claim based upon such debt or right is Filed or deemed Filed pursuant to section 501 of the Bankruptcy Code; (2) a Claim or Interest based upon such debt, right, or interest is Allowed pursuant to section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code; or (3) the Holder of such a Claim or Interest has accepted the Prepackaged Plan. The Confirmation Order shall be a judicial determination of the discharge of all Claims (other than the Reinstated Claims) and Interests (other than the Intercompany Interests that are Reinstated) subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date.

 

B.

Release of Liens.

Except as otherwise provided in the Prepackaged Plan, the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Confirmation Order, the Purchase Agreement, or in any contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document amended or created pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan, on the Effective Date and concurrently with the applicable distributions made pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan and, in the case of a Secured Claim, satisfaction in full of the portion of the Secured Claim that is Allowed as of the Effective Date, except for Other Secured Claims that the Debtors elect to Reinstate in accordance with this Prepackaged Plan, all mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests against any property of the Estates shall be fully released and discharged, and all of the right, title, and interest of any holder of such mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests shall revert to the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors and their successors and assigns. Any Holder of such Secured Claim (and the applicable agents for such Holder) shall be authorized and directed, at the sole cost and expense of the Reorganized Debtors or Post- Effective Date Debtors, to release any collateral or other property of any Debtor (including any Cash Collateral and possessory collateral) held by such Holder (and the applicable agents for such Holder), and to take such actions as may be reasonably requested by the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors to evidence the release of such Liens and/or security interests, including the execution, delivery, and filing or recording of such releases. The presentation or filing of the Confirmation Order to or with any federal, state, provincial, or local agency, records office, or department shall constitute good and sufficient evidence of, but shall not be required to effect, the termination of such Liens.

To the extent that any Holder of a Secured Claim that has been satisfied or discharged in full pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan, or any agent for such Holder, has filed or recorded publicly any Liens and/or security interests to secure such Holder’s Secured Claim, then as soon as practicable on or after the Effective Date, such Holder (or the agent for such Holder) shall take any and all steps requested by the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Post-Effective Date Debtors that are necessary or desirable to record or effectuate the cancellation and/or extinguishment of such Liens and/or security interests, including the making of any applicable filings or recordings, and the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors shall be entitled to make any such filings or recordings on such Holder’s behalf.

 

C.

Releases by the Debtors.

Effective as of the Effective Date, pursuant to section 1123(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, each Released Party is conclusively, absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably, and forever released and discharged by each and all of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Post-Effective Date Debtors, and their Estates, in each case on behalf of themselves and their respective successors, assigns, and representatives, and any and all other Entities who may purport to assert any claim or Cause of Action, directly or derivatively, by, through, for, or because of the foregoing Entities, from any and all Claims, Interests, obligations, rights, suits, damages, Causes of Action, remedies, and liabilities whatsoever, including any derivative claims, asserted or assertable on behalf of any of the Debtors or their Estates, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, matured or unmatured, existing or hereafter arising, in Law, equity, contract, tort, or otherwise, whether arising under federal or state statutory or common law, or any other applicable international, foreign, or domestic Law, rule,

 

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statute, regulation, treaty, right, duty, requirement, or otherwise, that the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Post-Effective Date Debtors, their Estates or their Affiliates, heirs, executors, administrators, successors, assigns, managers, accountants, attorneys, representatives, consultants, agents, and any other Persons claiming under or through them would have been legally entitled to assert in their own right (whether individually or collectively) or on behalf of the Holder of any Claim against, or Interest in, a Debtor or other Entity, based on or relating to (including the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, entry into, or filing of, as applicable), or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors (including the management, ownership, or operation thereof) or their Estates, the purchase, sale, or rescission of the purchase or sale of any Security of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the subject matter of, or the transactions or events giving rise to, any Claim or Interest that is treated in the Prepackaged Plan, the business or contractual arrangements between any Debtor and any Released Party, the Debtors’ in- or out-of-court restructuring efforts, the decision to file the Chapter 11 Cases, any intercompany transactions, the Chapter 11 Cases, the negotiation, formulation, preparation, or consummation of the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Restructuring Transactions, the Prepackaged Plan (including the Plan Supplement), the solicitation of votes on the Prepackaged Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the pursuit of Confirmation and Consummation, the Reorganization Transaction, the Sale Transaction, the DIP Facility, the DIP Documents, the administration and implementation of the Prepackaged Plan, including the issuance or distribution of Securities pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan, or the distribution of property under the Prepackaged Plan or any other related agreement, but not, for the avoidance of doubt, any legal opinion effective as of the Effective Date requested by any Entity regarding any transaction, contract, instrument, document, or other agreement contemplated by the Prepackaged Plan, or upon any other act, omission, transaction, agreement, event, or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the releases set forth above do not release any obligations arising on or after the Effective Date of any party or Entity under the Prepackaged Plan, any Restructuring Transaction, or any document, instrument, or agreement (including those set forth in the Plan Supplement) executed to implement the Prepackaged Plan as set forth in the Prepackaged Plan.

Entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s approval, pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019, of the Debtor Release, which includes by reference each of the related provisions and definitions contained in the Prepackaged Plan, and further, shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s finding that the Debtor Release is: (1) in exchange for the good and valuable consideration provided by the Released Parties, including the Released Parties’ contributions to facilitating the Restructuring Transactions and implementing the Prepackaged Plan; (2) a good faith settlement and compromise of the Claims released by the Debtor Release; (3) in the best interests of the Debtors and all Holders of Claims and Interests; (4) fair, equitable, and reasonable; (5) given and made after due notice and opportunity for hearing; and (6) a bar to any of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Post-Effective Date Debtors or the Debtors’ Estates asserting any Claim or Cause of Action of any kind whatsoever released pursuant to the Debtor Release.

 

D.

Releases by the Releasing Parties.

Effective as of the Effective Date, to the fullest extent permissible under applicable Law, each Releasing Party, in each case on behalf of itself and its respective successors, assigns, and representatives, and any and all other entities who may purport to assert any Claim, Cause of Action, directly or derivatively, by, through, for, or because of a Releasing Party, is deemed to have conclusively, absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably, and forever released and discharged each Debtor, Reorganized Debtor, Post-Effective Date Debtor, and each other Released Party from any and all claims, interests, obligations, rights, suits, damages, Causes of Action, remedies, and liabilities whatsoever, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereafter arising, in Law, equity, contract, tort, or otherwise, whether arising under federal or state statutory or common law, or any other applicable international, foreign, or domestic Law, rule, statute, regulation, treaty, right, duty, requirement, or otherwise, including any derivative claims, asserted or assertable on behalf of any of the Debtors, their Estates or their Affiliates, heirs, executors, administrators, successors, assigns, managers, accountants, attorneys, representatives, consultants, agents, and any other Persons claiming under or through them would have been legally entitled to assert (whether individually or collectively), based on or relating to (including the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, entry into, or filing of, as applicable), or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors (including the management, ownership or operation thereof) or their Estates, the purchase,

 

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sale, or rescission of the purchase or sale of any Security of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Post- Effective Date Debtors, the subject matter of, or the transactions or events giving rise to, any Claim or Interest that is treated in the Prepackaged Plan, the business or contractual arrangements between any Debtor and any Released Party, the Debtors’ in- or out-of-court restructuring efforts, the decision to file the Chapter 11 Cases, any intercompany transactions, the Chapter 11 Cases, the negotiation, formulation, preparation, or consummation of the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Restructuring Transactions, the Prepackaged Plan (including the Plan Supplement), the solicitation of votes on the Prepackaged Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the pursuit of Confirmation and Consummation, the Reorganization Transaction, the Sale Transaction, the DIP Facility, the DIP Documents, the administration and implementation of the Prepackaged Plan, including the issuance or distribution of Securities pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan, or the distribution of property under the Prepackaged Plan or any other related agreement, or upon any other act, omission, transaction, agreement, event, or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the releases set forth above do not release any obligations arising on or after the Effective Date of any party or Entity under the Prepackaged Plan, any Restructuring Transaction, or any document, instrument, or agreement (including those set forth in the Plan Supplement) executed to implement the Prepackaged Plan as set forth in the Prepackaged Plan.

Entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s approval, pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019, of the Third-Party Release, which includes by reference each of the related provisions and definitions contained in this Prepackaged Plan, and, further, shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s finding that the Third-Party Release is: (1) consensual; (2) essential to the confirmation of the Prepackaged Plan; (3) given in exchange for the good and valuable consideration provided by the Released Parties, including the Released Parties’ contributions to facilitating the Restructuring Transactions and implementing the Prepackaged Plan; (4) a good faith settlement and compromise of the Claims released by the Third-Party Release; (5) in the best interests of the Debtors and their Estates; (6) fair, equitable, and reasonable; (7) given and made after due notice and opportunity for hearing; and (8) a bar to any of the Releasing Parties asserting any claim or Cause of Action of any kind whatsoever released pursuant to the Third-Party Release.

 

E.

Exculpation.

Effective as of the Effective Date, to the fullest extent permissible under applicable Law and without affecting or limiting either the Debtor Release or the Third-Party Release, and except as otherwise specifically provided in the Prepackaged Plan or the Confirmation Order, no Exculpated Party shall have or incur liability for, and each Exculpated Party shall be released and exculpated from any Cause of Action or any claim arising from the Petition Date through the Effective Date related to any act or omission in connection with, relating to, or arising out of, the Chapter 11 Cases, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, entry into, or filing of, as applicable the Chapter 11 Cases, the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Disclosure Statement, the Prepackaged Plan (including the Plan Supplement), the DIP Facility, the DIP Documents, or any Restructuring Transaction, contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created or entered into in connection with the Disclosure Statement or the Prepackaged Plan, the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of Consummation, the Reorganization Transaction, the Sale Transaction, the administration and implementation of the Prepackaged Plan, including the issuance of Securities pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan, or the distribution of property under the Prepackaged Plan or any other related agreement (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, providing any legal opinion effective as of the Effective Date requested by any Entity regarding any transaction, contract, instrument, document, or other agreement contemplated by the Prepackaged Plan), except for claims or Causes of Action related to any act or omission that is determined in a Final Order to have constituted actual fraud, willful misconduct, or gross negligence, but in all respects such Entities shall be entitled to reasonably rely upon the advice of counsel with respect to their duties and responsibilities pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan. The Exculpated Parties have, and upon Consummation of the Prepackaged Plan shall be deemed to have, participated in good faith and in compliance with the applicable Laws with regard to the solicitation of votes and distribution of consideration pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan and, therefore, are not, and on account of such distributions shall not be, liable at any time for the violation of any applicable Law, rule, or regulation governing the solicitation of acceptances or rejections of the Prepackaged Plan or such distributions made pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exculpation shall not release any obligation or liability of any Entity

 

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for any post-Effective Date obligation under the Prepackaged Plan or any document, instrument or agreement (including those set forth in the Plan Supplement) executed to implement the Prepackaged Plan.

The Exculpated Parties and other parties set forth above have, and upon confirmation of the Prepackaged Plan shall be deemed to have, participated in good faith and in compliance with the applicable Laws with regard to the solicitation of votes and distribution of consideration pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan and, therefore, are not, and on account of such distributions shall not be, liable at any time for the violation of any applicable Law, rule, or regulation governing the solicitation of acceptances or rejections of the Prepackaged Plan or such distributions made pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan.

Solely with respect to the exculpation provision, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or Plan Supplement, each of the 1125(e) Exculpated Parties shall not incur liability for any Cause of Action or Claim related to any act or omission in connection with, relating to, or arising out of, in whole or in part, (a) the solicitation of acceptance or rejection of the Plan in good faith and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code or (b) the participation, in good faith and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, in the offer, issuance, sale, or purchase of a security, offered or sold under the Plan. No Entity or Person may commence or pursue a Claim or Cause of Action of any kind against any of the Exculpated Parties or the 1125(e) Exculpated Parties that arose or arises from, in whole or in part, a Claim or Cause of Action subject to this paragraph, without this Bankruptcy Court (i) first determining, after notice and a hearing, that such Claim or Cause of Action represents a colorable Claim for actual fraud, gross negligence, or willful misconduct against any such Exculpated Party or 1125(e) Exculpated Party and such party is not exculpated pursuant to this provision; and (ii) specifically authorizing such Entity or Person to bring such Claim or Cause of Action against such Exculpation Party or 1125(e) Exculpation Party. The Bankruptcy Court will have sole and exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate the underlying colorable Claim or Causes of Action.

 

F.

Injunction.

Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Prepackaged Plan, or for obligations issued or required to be paid pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan or the Confirmation Order, all Entities that have held, hold, or may hold Claims or Interests that have been released, discharged, or are subject to exculpation are permanently enjoined, from and after the Effective Date, from taking any of the following actions against, as applicable, the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Post-Effective Date Debtors, the Exculpated Parties, or the Released Parties: (1) commencing or continuing in any manner any action or other proceeding of any kind on account of or in connection with or with respect to any such Claims or Interests; (2) enforcing, attaching, collecting, or recovering by any manner or means any judgment, award, decree, or order against such Entities on account of or in connection with or with respect to any such Claims or Interests; (3) creating, perfecting, or enforcing any encumbrance of any kind against such Entities or the property or the estates of such Entities on account of or in connection with or with respect to any such Claims or Interests; (4) asserting any right of setoff, subrogation, or recoupment of any kind against any obligation due from such Entities or against the property of such Entities on account of or in connection with or with respect to any such Claims or Interests unless such Holder has Filed a motion requesting the right to perform such setoff on or before the Effective Date, and notwithstanding an indication of a Claim or Interest or otherwise that such Holder asserts, has, or intends to preserve any right of setoff pursuant to applicable Law or otherwise; and (5) commencing or continuing in any manner any action or other proceeding of any kind on account of or in connection with or with respect to any such claims or interests released or settled pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan.

No Person or Entity may commence, continue, amend, or pursue a Claim or Cause of Action, as applicable, of any kind against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Post-Effective Date Debtors, the Exculpated Parties, or the Released Parties, as applicable, that relates to or is reasonably likely to relate to any act or omission in connection with, relating to, or arising out of a Claim or Cause of Action, subject to Article VIII.C, Article VIII.D, Article VIII.E, and Article VIII.F hereof, without the Bankruptcy Court (i) first determining, after notice and a hearing, that such Claim or Cause of Action, represents a colorable Claim of any kind, and (ii) specifically authorizing such Person or Entity to bring such Claim or Cause of Action, as applicable, against any such Debtor, Reorganized Debtor, Post-Effective Date Debtor, Exculpated Party, or Released Party, as applicable. At the hearing for the Bankruptcy Court to determine whether such Claim or Cause of Action represents a colorable Claim of any kind, the Bankruptcy Court may, or shall if any Debtor, Reorganized

 

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Debtor, Post-Effective Date Debtor, Exculpated Party, Released Party, or other party in interest requests by motion (oral motion being sufficient), direct that such Person or Entity seeking to commence or pursue such Claim or Cause of Action file a proposed complaint with the Bankruptcy Court embodying such Claim or Cause of Action, such complaint satisfying the applicable Rules of Federal Procedure, including, but not limited to, Rule 8 and Rule 9 (as applicable), which the Bankruptcy Court shall assess before making a determination.

The Bankruptcy Court will have sole and exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate the underlying colorable Claim or Causes of Action.

 

G.

Protections Against Discriminatory Treatment.

Consistent with section 525 of the Bankruptcy Code and the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, all Entities, including Governmental Units, shall not discriminate against the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, or deny, revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew a license, permit, charter, franchise, or other similar grant to, condition such a grant to, discriminate with respect to such a grant against, the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, or another Entity with whom the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, have been associated, solely because each Debtor has been a debtor under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, has been insolvent before the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases (or during the Chapter 11 Cases but before the Debtors are granted or denied a discharge), or has not paid a debt that is dischargeable in the Chapter 11 Cases.

 

H.

Document Retention.

On and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, may maintain documents in accordance with their standard document retention policy, as may be altered, amended, modified, or supplemented by the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable.

 

I.

Reimbursement or Contribution.

If the Bankruptcy Court disallows a Claim for reimbursement or contribution of an Entity pursuant to section 502(e)(1)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code, then to the extent that such Claim is contingent as of the time of allowance or disallowance, such Claim shall be forever disallowed and expunged notwithstanding section 502(j) of the Bankruptcy Code, unless prior to the Confirmation Date: (1) such Claim has been adjudicated as non-contingent or (2) the relevant Holder of a Claim has Filed a non-contingent Proof of Claim on account of such Claim and a Final Order has been entered prior to the Confirmation Date determining such Claim as no longer contingent.

ARTICLE IX.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN

 

A.

Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date.

It shall be a condition to the Effective Date that the following conditions shall have been satisfied or waived pursuant to the provisions of Article IX.B hereof:

 

  (a)

the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Confirmation Order (which shall include final approval of the Disclosure Statement), which shall be a Final Order, in form and substance consistent in all respects with the Restructuring Support Agreement (including any consent rights thereunder) and otherwise in form and substance acceptable to the Debtors, the Consenting Investor the Required Consenting Noteholders, and reasonably acceptable to the Required Consenting RCF Lenders, and which shall:

 

  (i)

authorize the Debtors to take all actions necessary to enter into, implement, and consummate the contracts, instruments, releases, leases, indentures, and other agreements or documents created in connection with the Prepackaged Plan;

 

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  (ii)

decree that the provisions in the Confirmation Order and the Prepackaged Plan are nonseverable and mutually dependent;

 

  (iii)

authorize the Debtors, as applicable/necessary, to: (a) implement the Restructuring Transactions, (b) distribute the New Common Stock, New Notes, and CVRs pursuant to the exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, or Regulation S under the Securities Act, as applicable; (c) make all distributions and issuances as required under the Prepackaged Plan, including Cash, the New Common Stock, the New Notes and CVRs; and (d) enter into any agreements, transactions, and sales of property as set forth in the Plan Supplement, in each case, in a manner consistent with the terms of the Restructuring Support Agreement and subject to the consent rights set forth therein;

 

  (iv)

authorize the implementation of the Prepackaged Plan in accordance with its terms; and

 

  (v)

provide that, pursuant to section 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code, the assignment or surrender of any lease or sublease, and the delivery of any deed or other instrument or transfer order, in furtherance of, or in connection with the Prepackaged Plan, including any deeds, bills of sale, or assignments executed in connection with any disposition or transfer of assets contemplated under the Prepackaged Plan, shall not be subject to any stamp, real estate transfer, mortgage recording, or other similar tax; and

 

  (b)

the Debtors shall have obtained all authorizations, consents, regulatory approvals, rulings, or documents that are necessary to implement and effectuate the Prepackaged Plan;

 

  (c)

the final version of each of the Prepackaged Plan, the Definitive Documents, and all documents contained in any supplement to the Prepackaged Plan, including the Plan Supplement and any exhibits, schedules, amendments, modifications, or supplements thereto or other documents contained therein shall have been executed or filed, as applicable in form and substance consistent in all respects with the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Prepackaged Plan, and comply with the applicable consent rights set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement and/or the Prepackaged Plan for such documents and shall not have been modified in a manner inconsistent with the Restructuring Support Agreement;

 

  (d)

the Restructuring Support Agreement shall not have been terminated as to the Consenting Investor, the Required Consenting Noteholders, or the Required Consenting RCF Lenders, shall be in full force and effect, and the Debtors and the other parties thereto shall be in compliance therewith;

 

  (e)

all Professional Fee Amounts that require the approval of the Bankruptcy Court shall have been paid in full or amounts sufficient to pay such fees and expenses after the Effective Date shall have been funded into the Professional Fee Account pending the approval of such fees and expenses by the Bankruptcy Court;

 

  (f)

all outstanding Restructuring Expenses and all outstanding reasonable and documented fees and expenses of the Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Trustees, including estimated fees and expenses through the Effective Date shall have been paid in full in cash;

 

  (g)

the Consenting Investor shall have provided the New Direct Investment and the Consenting Investor Cash Contribution;

 

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  (h)

the completion and consummation of the Reverse Dutch Election Opportunity shall have occurred;

 

  (i)

the Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities and Physician-Owned Entities shall have executed and delivered the New Debt Facilities Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entity Guarantees and New Debt Facilities Physician-Owned Entity Guarantees, respectively;

 

  (j)

no court of competent jurisdiction or other competent governmental or regulatory authority shall have issued a final and non-appealable order making illegal or otherwise restricting, preventing or prohibiting the consummation of the Prepackaged Plan;

 

  (k)

in the event of the Sale Transaction, the conditions to effectiveness to the Purchase Agreement(s) shall have been duly satisfied or waived;

 

  (l)

in the event of the Reorganization Transaction, the conditions to effectiveness of the Restructuring Support Agreement shall have been duly satisfied or waived and the New Common Stock will be issued in accordance with the Distribution Record Date;

 

  (m)

the Debtors shall have implemented the Restructuring Transactions and all transactions contemplated in the Prepackaged Plan in a manner consistent with the Restructuring Support Agreement (and subject to, and in accordance with, the consent rights set forth therein).

 

B.

Waiver of Conditions.

Except as otherwise specified in the Prepackaged Plan or the Restructuring Support Agreement, any one or more of the conditions to Consummation (or component thereof) set forth in this Article IX (other than entry of the Confirmation Order) may be waived by the Debtors with the prior written consent of the Consenting Investor and the Required Consenting Noteholders, and, solely with respect to those conditions set forth in clauses (i), (iii)(a), (iii)(d), (iv) of clause (a) and clauses (b), (c), (f), (i), and (l) of Article IX.A. with the reasonable consent of the Required Consenting RCF Lenders, without notice, leave, or order of the Bankruptcy Court or any formal action other than proceedings to confirm or consummate the Prepackaged Plan.

 

C.

Effect of Failure of Conditions.

If Consummation does not occur as to any Debtor, the Prepackaged Plan shall be null and void in all respects as to such Debtor and nothing contained in the Prepackaged Plan, the Disclosure Statement or Restructuring Support Agreement as to such Debtor shall: (1) constitute a waiver or release of any Claims by the Debtors, any Holders of Claims or Interests or any other Entity; (2) prejudice in any manner the rights of the Debtors, any holders of Claims or Interests, or any other Entity; or (3) constitute an admission, acknowledgment, offer, or undertaking by the Debtors, any holders of Claims or Interests, or any other Entity.

 

D.

Substantial Consummation

“Substantial Consummation” of the Prepackaged Plan, as defined in 11 U.S.C. § 1101(2), shall be deemed to occur on the Effective Date.

ARTICLE X.

MODIFICATION, REVOCATION, OR WITHDRAWAL OF THE PLAN

 

A.

Modification and Amendments.

Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Prepackaged Plan and subject to the consent rights set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Debtors reserve the right to modify the Prepackaged Plan, whether such modification is material or immaterial, and seek Confirmation consistent with the Bankruptcy Code and, as

 

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appropriate, not resolicit votes on such modified Prepackaged Plan. Subject to those restrictions on modifications set forth in the Prepackaged Plan and the requirements of section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code, Rule 3019 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, and, to the extent applicable, sections 1122, 1123, and 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code, each of the Debtors expressly reserves its respective rights to revoke or withdraw, or to alter, amend, or modify the Prepackaged Plan with respect to such Debtor, one or more times, after Confirmation, and, to the extent necessary may initiate proceedings in the Bankruptcy Court to so alter, amend, or modify the Prepackaged Plan, or remedy any defect or omission, or reconcile any inconsistencies in the Prepackaged Plan, the Disclosure Statement, or the Confirmation Order, in such matters as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of the Prepackaged Plan.

 

B.

Effect of Confirmation on Modifications.

Entry of the Confirmation Order shall mean that all modifications or amendments to the Prepackaged Plan since the solicitation thereof are approved pursuant to section 1127(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and do not require additional disclosure or resolicitation under Bankruptcy Rule 3019.

 

C.

Revocation or Withdrawal of Prepackaged Plan.

To the extent permitted by the Restructuring Support Agreement and subject to the consent of the Consenting Investor and the Required Consenting Noteholders, the Debtors reserve the right to revoke or withdraw the Prepackaged Plan prior to the Confirmation Date and to File subsequent plans of reorganization. If the Debtors revoke or withdraw the Prepackaged Plan, or if Confirmation or Consummation does not occur, then: (1) the Prepackaged Plan shall be null and void in all respects; (2) any settlement or compromise embodied in the Prepackaged Plan (including the fixing or limiting to an amount certain of any Claim or Interest or Class of Claims or Interests), assumption or rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases effected under the Prepackaged Plan, and any document or agreement executed pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan, shall be deemed null and void; and (3) nothing contained in the Prepackaged Plan shall: (a) constitute a waiver or release of any Claims or Interests; (b) prejudice in any manner the rights of such Debtor or any other Entity; or (c) constitute an admission, acknowledgement, offer, or undertaking of any sort by such Debtor or any other Entity.

ARTICLE XI.

RETENTION OF JURISDICTION

Notwithstanding the entry of the Confirmation Order and the occurrence of the Effective Date, on and after the Effective Date, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain exclusive jurisdiction over all matters arising out of, or relating to, the Chapter 11 Cases and the Prepackaged Plan pursuant to sections 105(a) and 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code, and to the fullest extent permissible by 28 U.S.C. § 1334 to hear, and by 28 U.S.C. § 157 to determine, all proceedings in respect thereof, including, without limitation, for the following purposes:

 

  (a)

allow, disallow, determine, liquidate, classify, estimate, or establish the priority, secured or unsecured status, or amount of any Claim or Interest, and the resolution of any and all objections to the secured or unsecured status, priority, amount, or allowance of Claims or Interests;

 

  (b)

decide and resolve all matters related to the granting and denying, in whole or in part, any applications for allowance of compensation or reimbursement of expenses to Professionals authorized pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or the Prepackaged Plan;

 

  (c)

resolve any matters related to: (a) the assumption, assumption and assignment, or rejection of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to which a Debtor is party or with respect to which a Debtor may be liable and to hear, determine, and, if necessary, liquidate, any Claims arising therefrom, including Cures pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) any potential contractual obligation under any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that is assumed; (c) the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors amending, modifying, or supplementing, after the Effective Date, pursuant to Article V hereof, any

 

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Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases to the list of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to be assumed or rejected or otherwise; and (d) any dispute regarding whether a contract or lease is or was executory or expired;

 

  (d)

to resolve disputes concerning Disputed Claims and consider the allowance, classification, priority, compromise, estimation, secured or unsecured status, amount or payment of any Claim, including any Administrative Claims, including any dispute over the application to any Claim of any limitation on its allowance set forth in sections 502 or 503 of the Bankruptcy Code or asserted under non-bankruptcy Law pursuant to section 502(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code;

 

  (e)

ensure that distributions to holders of Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests (as applicable) are accomplished pursuant to the provisions of the Prepackaged Plan, including with respect to (i) the New Notes pursuant to the New 2027 Notes Indenture and the New 2028 Notes Indenture, and (ii) the CVRs pursuant to the CVR Distribution Framework;

 

  (f)

adjudicate, decide, or resolve any motions, adversary proceedings, contested or litigated matters, and any other matters, and grant or deny any applications involving a Debtor that may be pending on the Effective Date;

 

  (g)

adjudicate, decide, or resolve any and all matters related to section 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code;

 

  (h)

enter and implement such orders as may be necessary to execute, implement, or consummate the provisions of the Prepackaged Plan and all contracts, instruments, releases, indentures, and other agreements or documents created or entered into in connection with the Prepackaged Plan or the Disclosure Statement, including the Restructuring Support Agreement;

 

  (i)

enter and enforce any order for the sale of property pursuant to sections 363, 1123, or 1146(a) of the Bankruptcy Code;

 

  (j)

resolve any cases, controversies, suits, disputes, or Causes of Action that may arise in connection with the Consummation, interpretation, or enforcement of the Prepackaged Plan or any Entity’s obligations incurred in connection with the Prepackaged Plan;

 

  (k)

issue injunctions, enter and implement other orders, or take such other actions as may be necessary to restrain interference by any Entity with Consummation or enforcement of the Prepackaged Plan;

 

  (l)

resolve any cases, controversies, suits, disputes, or Causes of Action with respect to the releases, injunctions, exculpations, and other provisions contained in Article VIII hereof and enter such orders as may be necessary or appropriate to implement such releases, injunctions, and other provisions;

 

  (m)

resolve any cases, controversies, suits, disputes, or Causes of Action with respect to the repayment or return of distributions and the recovery of additional amounts owed by the Holder of a Claim or Interest for amounts not timely repaid pursuant to Article VII.F hereof;

 

  (n)

enter and implement such orders as are necessary if the Confirmation Order is for any reason modified, stayed, reversed, revoked, or vacated;

 

  (o)

determine any other matters that may arise in connection with or relate to the Prepackaged Plan, the Plan Supplement, the Disclosure Statement, the Confirmation Order, or any

 

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contract, instrument, release, indenture, or other agreement or document created in connection with the Prepackaged Plan or the Disclosure Statement, including the Restructuring Support Agreement;

 

  (p)

enter an order concluding or closing the Chapter 11 Cases;

 

  (q)

adjudicate any and all disputes arising from or relating to distributions under the Prepackaged Plan;

 

  (r)

consider any modifications of the Prepackaged Plan in accordance with section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code, to cure any defect or omission, or to reconcile any inconsistency in any Bankruptcy Court order, including the Confirmation Order;

 

  (s)

determine requests for the payment of Claims and Interests entitled to priority pursuant to section 507 of the Bankruptcy Code;

 

  (t)

hear and determine disputes arising in connection with the interpretation, implementation, or enforcement of the Prepackaged Plan or the Confirmation Order, including disputes arising under agreements, documents, or instruments executed in connection with the Prepackaged Plan;

 

  (u)

hear and determine matters concerning state, local, and federal taxes in accordance with sections 346, 505, and 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code;

 

  (v)

to recover all assets of the Debtors and property of the Debtors’ Estates, wherever located;

 

  (w)

hear and determine all disputes involving the existence, nature, scope, or enforcement of any exculpations, discharges, injunctions, and releases granted in the Prepackaged Plan, including under Article VIII hereof;

 

  (x)

enforce all orders previously entered by the Bankruptcy Court; and

 

  (y)

hear any other matter not inconsistent with the Bankruptcy Code.

As of the Effective Date, notwithstanding anything in this Article XI to the contrary, the New Corporate Governance Documents, the New Notes, the New Common Stock, New RCF Exit Facility, and any documents related thereto shall be governed by the jurisdictional provisions therein and the Bankruptcy Court shall not retain jurisdiction with respect thereto.

ARTICLE XII.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

A.

Immediate Binding Effect.

Subject to Article IX.A hereof and notwithstanding Bankruptcy Rules 3020(e), 6004(h), or 7062 or otherwise, upon the occurrence of the Effective Date, the terms of the Prepackaged Plan (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the documents and instruments contained in the Plan Supplement) shall be immediately effective and enforceable and deemed binding upon the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Post-Effective Date Debtors, any and all holders of Claims or Interests (irrespective of whether such holders of Claims or Interests have, or are deemed to have accepted the Prepackaged Plan), all Entities that are parties to or are subject to the settlements, compromises, releases, discharges, and injunctions described in the Prepackaged Plan, each Entity acquiring property under the Prepackaged Plan, and any and all non-Debtor parties to Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases with the Debtors.

 

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B.

Additional Documents.

On or before the Effective Date, and consistent in all respects with the terms of the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Debtors may file with the Bankruptcy Court such agreements and other documents as may be necessary to effectuate and further evidence the terms and conditions of the Prepackaged Plan and the Restructuring Support Agreement. The Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, and all holders of Claims or Interests receiving distributions pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan and all other parties in interest shall, from time to time, prepare, execute, and deliver any agreements or documents and take any other actions as may be necessary or advisable to effectuate the provisions and intent of the Prepackaged Plan.

 

C.

Payment of Statutory Fees.

All fees payable pursuant to section 1930(a) of the Judicial Code shall be paid by each of the Reorganized Debtors or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, (or the Disbursing Agent on behalf of each of the Reorganized Debtors or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable) for each quarter (including any fraction thereof) until the earlier of entry of a final decree closing such Chapter 11 Cases or an order of dismissal or conversion, whichever comes first.

 

D.

Statutory Committee and Cessation of Fee and Expense Payment.

On the Confirmation Date, any statutory committee appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases shall dissolve and members thereof shall be released and discharged from all rights and duties from or related to the Chapter 11 Cases. The Reorganized Debtors or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, shall no longer be responsible for paying any fees or expenses incurred by the members of or advisors to any statutory committees after the Confirmation Date.

 

E.

Reservation of Rights.

Except as expressly set forth in the Prepackaged Plan, the Prepackaged Plan shall have no force or effect unless the Bankruptcy Court shall enter the Confirmation Order, and the Confirmation Order shall have no force or effect if the Effective Date does not occur. None of the Filing of the Prepackaged Plan, any statement or provision contained in the Prepackaged Plan, or the taking of any action by any Debtor with respect to the Prepackaged Plan, the Disclosure Statement, or the Plan Supplement shall be or shall be deemed to be an admission or waiver of any rights of any Debtor with respect to the holders of Claims or Interests prior to the Effective Date.

 

F.

Successors and Assigns.

The rights, benefits, and obligations of any Entity named or referred to in the Prepackaged Plan shall be binding on, and shall inure to the benefit of any heir, executor, administrator, successor or assign, Affiliate, officer, manager, director, agent, representative, attorney, beneficiaries, or guardian, if any, of each Entity.

 

G.

Notices.

All notices, requests, and demands to or upon the Debtors to be effective shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission) and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when actually delivered or, in the case of notice by facsimile transmission, when received and telephonically confirmed, addressed as follows:

 

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Debtors

  

Counsel to the Debtors

Akumin Inc.

8300 W Sunrise Blvd.

Plantation, FL 33322

Attention: Riadh Zine

  

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

51 West 52nd Street

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Eric Lopez Schnabel and Rachel P. Stoian schnabel.eric@dorsey.com

stoian.rachel@dorsey.com

   and
  

Jackson Walker LLP

1401 McKinney Street, Suite 1900

Houston, Texas 77010

Attention: Matthew D. Cavenaugh and Jennifer F. Wertz mcavenaugh@jw.com

jwertz@jw.com

Counsel to the Consenting Investor

  

Counsel to the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group

Sidley Austin LLP    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
787 Seventh Avenue    1 Bryant Park
New York, NY 10019    New York, NY 10036
Attention: Anthony Grossi and Jason Hufendick    Attention: Michael S. Stamer and Jason Rubin

Counsel to the Consenting RCF Lenders

    

King & Spalding LLP

1180 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 1600

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

Attention: Thaddeus D. Wilson and Britney Baker

  

After the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, have the authority to send a notice to Entities that to continue to receive documents pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002, such Entity must file a renewed request to receive documents pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002. After the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors are authorized to limit the list of Entities receiving documents pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002 to those Entities who have Filed such renewed requests.

 

H.

Term of Injunctions or Stays.

Unless otherwise provided in the Prepackaged Plan or in the Confirmation Order, all injunctions or stays in effect in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to sections 105 or 362 of the Bankruptcy Code or any order of the Bankruptcy Court, and extant on the Confirmation Date (excluding any injunctions or stays contained in the Prepackaged Plan or the Confirmation Order) shall remain in full force and effect until the Effective Date. All injunctions or stays contained in the Prepackaged Plan or the Confirmation Order shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.

 

I.

Entire Agreement.

Except as otherwise indicated, and without limiting the effectiveness of the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Prepackaged Plan (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the documents and instruments in the Plan Supplement) supersedes all previous and contemporaneous negotiations, promises, covenants, agreements, understandings, and representations on such subjects, all of which have become merged and integrated into the Prepackaged Plan.

 

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J.

Plan Supplement.

All exhibits and documents included in the Plan Supplement are incorporated into and are a part of the Prepackaged Plan as if set forth in full in the Prepackaged Plan. After the exhibits and documents are Filed, copies of such exhibits and documents shall be available upon written request to the Debtors’ counsel at the address above or by downloading such exhibits and documents from the Debtors’ restructuring website at https://dm.epiq11.com/Akumin or the Bankruptcy Court’s website at www.txs.uscourts.gov/bankruptcy. To the extent any exhibit or document is inconsistent with the terms of the Prepackaged Plan, unless otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, the non-exhibit or non-document portion of the Prepackaged Plan shall control.

 

K.

Severability of Prepackaged Plan Provisions.

If, prior to Confirmation, any term or provision of the Prepackaged Plan is held by the Bankruptcy Court to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, the Bankruptcy Court shall have the power to alter and interpret such term or provision to make it valid or enforceable to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the original purpose of the term or provision held to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, and such term or provision shall then be applicable as altered or interpreted. Notwithstanding any such holding, alteration, or interpretation, the remainder of the terms and provisions of the Prepackaged Plan will remain in full force and effect and will in no way be affected, impaired, or invalidated by such holding, alteration, or interpretation. The Confirmation Order shall constitute a judicial determination and shall provide that each term and provision of the Prepackaged Plan, as it may have been altered or interpreted in accordance with the foregoing, is: (1) valid and enforceable pursuant to its terms; (2) integral to the Prepackaged Plan and may not be deleted or modified without the Debtors’, Reorganized Debtors’, or Post-Effective Date Debtors consent, as applicable; and (3) nonseverable and mutually dependent.

 

L.

Votes Solicited in Good Faith.

Upon entry of the Confirmation Order, the Debtors will be deemed to have solicited votes on the Prepackaged Plan in good faith and in compliance with section 1125(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, and pursuant to section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors and each of their respective Affiliates, agents, representatives, members, principals, stockholders, officers, directors, employees, advisors, and attorneys will be deemed to have participated in good faith and in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code in the offer, issuance, sale, and purchase of securities offered and sold under the Prepackaged Plan and any previous plan, and, therefore, neither any of such parties or individuals or the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors will have any liability for the violation of any applicable Law, rule, or regulation governing the solicitation of votes on the Prepackaged Plan or the offer, issuance, sale, or purchase of the Securities offered and sold under the Prepackaged Plan and any previous plan.

 

M.

Closing of Chapter 11 Cases.

The Reorganized Debtors or the Post-Effective Date Debtors, as applicable, shall, promptly after the full administration of the Chapter 11 Cases, File with the Bankruptcy Court all documents required by Bankruptcy Rule 3022 and any applicable order of the Bankruptcy Court to close the Chapter 11 Cases.

 

N.

Waiver or Estoppel.

Each Holder of a Claim or an Interest shall be deemed to have waived any right to assert any argument, including the right to argue that its Claim or Interest should be Allowed in a certain amount, in a certain priority, secured or not subordinated by virtue of an agreement made with the Debtors or their counsel, or any other Entity, if such agreement was not disclosed in the Prepackaged Plan, the Disclosure Statement, or papers Filed with the Bankruptcy Court prior to the Confirmation Date.

 

O.

Creditor Default

An act or omission by a Holder of a Claim or an Interest in contravention of the provisions of this Prepackaged Plan shall be deemed an event of default under this Prepackaged Plan. Upon an event of default, the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors may seek to hold the defaulting party in contempt of the Confirmation Order

 

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and shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors in remedying such default. Upon the finding of such a default by a creditor, the Bankruptcy Court may: (a) designate a party to appear, sign and/or accept the documents required under the Prepackaged Plan on behalf of the defaulting party, in accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 7070; (b) enforce the Prepackaged Plan by order of specific performance; (c) award judgment against such defaulting creditor in favor of the Reorganized Debtor or Post-Effective Date Debtor in an amount, including interest, to compensate the Reorganized Debtors or Post-Effective Date Debtors for the damages caused by such default; and (d) make such other order as may be equitable that does not materially alter the terms of the Prepackaged Plan.

 

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Dated: October 22, 2023

      AKUMIN INC.
     

ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC GROUP, LLC

ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC RESOURCES, LLC

AFFILIATED PET SYSTEMS, L.L.C.

     

AFO IMAGING, INC.

AKUMIN FL, LLC

     

AKUMIN FLORIDA HOLDINGS, LLC

AKUMIN HEALTH ILLINOIS, LLC

AKUMIN HOLDINGS CORP.

AKUMIN OPERATING CORP.

ALLIANCE IMAGING NC, LLC

     

ALLIANCE ONCOLOGY OF ARIZONA, LLC

ALLIANCE RADIOSURGERY, LLC

DECATUR HEALTH IMAGING, L.L.C.

     

DIAGNOSTIC HEALTH CENTER OF ANCHORAGE, LLC

GREATER BOSTON MRI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

GREATER BOSTON MRI SERVICES, LLC

     

IMAGING CENTER OF WEST PALM BEACH, LLC

INMED DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES OF MA, LLC

LCM IMAGING, INC.

      MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS, LLC
     

MEDICAL OUTSOURCING SERVICES, LLC MID-AMERICAN IMAGING, INC.

MONROE PET, LLC

     

MUSC HEALTH CANCER CARE ORGANIZATION, LLC

NEHE/WSIC II, LLC

      NEHE-MRI, LLC
      NEOSPINE BLOCKER CORP.
      NEW ENGLAND HEALTH ENTERPRISES BUSINESS TRUST
     

NEW ENGLAND HEALTH IMAGING — HOULTON, LLC

NEW ENGLAND MOLECULAR IMAGING LLC

     

PET SCANS OF AMERICA CORP.

PMI PARTNERS, LLC

     

PREFERRED IMAGING AT CASA LINDA PLAZA, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING AT THE MEDICAL CENTER, LLC PREFERRED IMAGING HEB, LLC

     

PREFERRED IMAGING OF AUSTIN, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING OF CORINTH, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING OF DENTON, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING OF FORT WORTH, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING OF FRISCO, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING OF GARLAND, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING OF GRAPEVINE/COLLEYVILLE, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING OF IRVING, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING OF MCKINNEY, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING OF MESQUITE, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING OF PLANO, LLC

     

PREFERRED IMAGING ON PLANO PARKWAY, LLC

PREFERRED OPEN MRI, LLC

     

ROUND ROCK IMAGING, LLC

SHARED P.E.T. IMAGING, LLC

SMT HEALTH SERVICES, LLC

SYNCMED, LLC

 

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THREE RIVERS HOLDING, LLC

TIC ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, LLC

USR HOLDINGS, LLC

      VISTA PEM PROVIDERS, LLC
      WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS MAGNETIC RESONANCE SERVICES, LLC
      WOODLAND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, LLC
     

/s/ Riadh Zine

      Riadh Zine
      Authorized Signatory/CEO

 

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Exhibit A

Restructuring Support Agreement


Final

THIS RESTRUCTURING SUPPORT AGREEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER OR ACCEPTANCE WITH RESPECT TO ANY SECURITIES OR A SOLICITATION OF ACCEPTANCES OF A CHAPTER 11 PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1125 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE. ANY SUCH OFFER, ACCEPTANCE, OR SOLICITATION WILL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS AND/OR PROVISIONS OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS RESTRUCTURING SUPPORT AGREEMENT SHALL BE AN ADMISSION OF FACT OR LIABILITY OR, UNTIL THE OCCURRENCE OF THE AGREEMENT EFFECTIVE DATE ON THE TERMS DESCRIBED HEREIN, DEEMED BINDING ON ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO.

THIS RESTRUCTURING SUPPORT AGREEMENT IS THE PRODUCT OF SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO. ACCORDINGLY, THIS RESTRUCTURING SUPPORT AGREEMENT IS PROTECTED BY RULE 408 OF THE FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE STATUTES OR DOCTRINES PROTECTING THE USE OR DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS.

THIS RESTRUCTURING SUPPORT AGREEMENT DOES NOT PURPORT TO SUMMARIZE ALL OF THE TERMS, CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, AND OTHER PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RESTRUCTURING TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN, WHICH RESTRUCTURING TRANSACTIONS WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE COMPLETION OF DEFINITIVE DOCUMENTS INCORPORATING THE TERMS SET FORTH HEREIN AND THE CLOSING OF ANY TRANSACTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN SUCH DEFINITIVE DOCUMENTS AND THE APPROVAL RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES SET FORTH HEREIN AND IN SUCH DEFINITIVE DOCUMENTS, IN EACH CASE, SUBJECT TO THE TERMS HEREOF.

RESTRUCTURING SUPPORT AGREEMENT

This RESTRUCTURING SUPPORT AGREEMENT (including all exhibits, annexes, and schedules hereto in accordance with Section 16.02, this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of October 20, 2023 (the “Execution Date”), by and among the following parties (each of the following described in sub-clauses (i) through (viii) of this preamble, a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties”):1

 

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Akumin Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and each of its affiliates listed on Exhibit A to this Agreement that has executed and delivered counterpart signature pages to this Agreement to counsel to the Consenting Stakeholders (the Entities in this clause (i), collectively, the “Company Parties”);

 

  ii.

the undersigned holders (or beneficial holders) of, or nominees, investment advisors, sub-advisors, or managers of discretionary accounts that hold, Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims that have executed and delivered counterpart signature pages to this Agreement, a Joinder, or a Transfer Agreement to counsel to the Company

 

 

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Capitalized terms used but not defined in the preamble and recitals to this Agreement have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 1 of this Agreement.


 

Parties (the Entities in this clause (ii), collectively, the “Consenting 2025 Noteholders”);

 

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the undersigned holders (or beneficial holders) of, or nominees, investment advisors, sub-advisors, or managers of discretionary accounts that hold, Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims that have executed and delivered counterpart signature pages to this Agreement, a Joinder, or a Transfer Agreement to counsel to the Company Parties (the Entities in this clause (iii), collectively, the “Consenting 2028 Noteholders” and together with the Consenting 2025 Noteholders, the “Consenting Noteholders”);

 

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the undersigned lenders, administrative agent, and collateral agent holding Prepetition RCF Claims that have executed and delivered counterpart signature pages to this Agreement, a Joinder, or a Transfer Agreement to counsel to the Company Parties (the Entities in this clause (iv), collectively, the “Consenting RCF Lenders”);

 

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the undersigned holders (or beneficial holders) of, or nominees, investment advisors, sub-advisors of, or managers of discretionary accounts that are the holders of, Existing Common Stock Interests that have executed and delivered counterpart signature pages to this Agreement, a Joinder, or a Transfer Agreement to counsel to the Company Parties (the Entities in this clause (v), collectively, the “Consenting Equityholders”);

 

  vi.

Akumin Imaging Texas, LLC; Alliance Healthcare Services, Inc.; Alliance Oncology, LLC; Alliance Oncology of Alabama, LLC; New England Health Enterprises, Inc.; U.S. Radiosurgery, LLC; U.S. Radiosurgery of Columbus, LLC; U.S. Radiosurgery of Reno, LLC; U.S. Radiosurgery of Austin, LLC; U.S. Radiosurgery of Illinois, LLC; U.S. Radiosurgery of Philadelphia, LLC; U.S. Radiosurgery of Chicago, LLC; U.S. Radiosurgery of Rush-Chicago, LLC; and U.S. Radiosurgery of Tulsa, LLC (collectively, the “Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities”);

 

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Delaware Open MRI Radiology Associates, LLC; Elite Imaging, LLC; Elite Radiology of Georgia, LLC; Jeanes Radiology Associates, LLC; Lebanon Diagnostic Imaging, LLC; Rittenhouse Imaging Center, LLC; Rose Radiology Centers, LLC; and Wilkes-Barre Imaging, L.L.C. (collectively, the “Consenting Physician-Owned Entities”); and

 

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Stonepeak Magnet Holdings LP (the “Consenting Investor” and together with the Consenting Noteholders, the Consenting RCF Lenders, the Consenting Equityholders, the Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities, and the Consenting Physician-Owned Entities, the “Consenting Stakeholders”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company Parties and the Consenting Stakeholders have in good faith and at arm’s length negotiated or been apprised of certain restructuring and recapitalization

 

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transactions with respect to the Company Parties’ capital structure on the terms set forth in this Agreement and as specified in the prepackaged chapter 11 plan of reorganization attached as Exhibit B hereto (the “Prepackaged Plan” and, such transactions as described in this Agreement and the Prepackaged Plan, the “Restructuring Transactions”);

WHEREAS, the Company Parties intend to implement the Restructuring Transactions, including through the commencement by the Debtors of voluntary prepackaged cases under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court (the cases commenced, the “Chapter 11 Cases”);

WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to support the Restructuring Transactions subject to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (including the Prepackaged Plan) and desire to work together to complete the negotiation of the terms of the documents and the completion of each of the actions necessary or desirable to effect the Restructuring Transactions; and

WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to take certain actions in support of the Restructuring Transactions on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Prepackaged Plan;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Party, intending to be legally bound hereby, agrees as follows:

AGREEMENT

Section 1. Definitions and Interpretation.

1.01. Definitions. The following terms shall have the following definitions:

Ad Hoc Noteholder Group” means that certain ad hoc group comprised of beneficial holders (or investment managers or advisors to beneficial holders) of Prepetition Senior Secured Notes represented by the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group Advisors.

Ad Hoc Noteholder Group Fees and Expenses” means the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of (a) Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and local counsels to the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group, if any, and (b) any other attorneys, accountants, other professionals, advisors, and consultants for the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group, if any, as may be mutually agreed to by the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group, the Consenting Investor, and the Company Parties (the “Ad Hoc Group Advisors”), in each case, in accordance with the respective engagement letters for such professionals, incurred in connection with the Restructuring Transactions (including fees and expenses incurred before, on, or after the Petition Date and the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date, to the extent applicable).

Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in section 101(2) of the Bankruptcy Code as if such Entity was a debtor in a case under the Bankruptcy Code.

Affiliated Fund” means (a) any investment fund the primary investment advisor or sub-advisor to which is the Consenting Investor or an Affiliate thereof or (b) one or more special purpose vehicles that are wholly owned by the Consenting Investor and its Affiliated Funds,

 

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created for the purpose of holding the Company Claims/Interests, and in each case with respect to which the Consenting Investor remains obligated to fund the Consenting Investor Direct Investment Amount.

Agent ” means any administrative agent, collateral agent, or similar Entity under the Prepetition Senior Secured Notes, the Prepetition RCF Facility, and the DIP Facility, including any successors thereto.

Agents/Trustees” means, collectively, each of the Agents and Trustees.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement and, for the avoidance of doubt, includes all the exhibits, annexes, and schedules hereto in accordance with Section 16.02 (including the Prepackaged Plan).

Agreement Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions set forth in Section 2 have been satisfied or waived by the appropriate Party or Parties in accordance with this Agreement.

Agreement Effective Period” means, with respect to a Party, the period commencing on the Agreement Effective Date (or, in the case of any Consenting Stakeholder that becomes a party hereto after the Agreement Effective Date, the date as of which such Consenting Stakeholder becomes a Party hereto) and ending on the Termination Date applicable to that Party.

Alternative Restructuring Proposal” means any inquiry, proposal, offer, bid, term sheet, discussion, or agreement with respect to a sale, disposition, new-money investment, restructuring, reorganization, merger, amalgamation, acquisition, consolidation, dissolution, debt investment, equity investment, plan of reorganization or liquidation, asset sale, share issuance, consent solicitation, exchange offer, tender offer, recapitalization, share exchange, business combination, joint venture, debt incurrence (including, without limitation, any debtor-in-possession financing or exit financing) or similar transaction involving any one or more Company Parties or the debt, equity, or other interests in any one or more Company Parties that is an alternative to one or more of the Restructuring Transactions, including the Reorganization Transaction and the Sale Transaction.

Announcement” has the meaning provided in Section 16.23 hereof.

Bankruptcy Code” means title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1532, as amended from time to time.

Bankruptcy Court” means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Bidding Procedures” means the procedures governing the auction and the Sale Transaction, as approved by the Bankruptcy Court and as may be amended from time to time in accordance with their terms, a substantially final form of which is attached as Exhibit G hereto.

Bidding Procedures Motion” means the motion filed by the Debtors seeking approval of the Bidding Procedures.

 

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Bidding Procedures Order” means the order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the Bidding Procedures and establishing deadlines for the submission of bids and the auction in accordance with such procedures, which order shall be consistent in all material respects with this Agreement and the Prepackaged Plan.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state of New York.

Cash Collateral” has the meaning ascribed to such term in section 363(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Causes of Action” means any claims, interests, damages, remedies, causes of action, demands, rights, actions, controversies, proceedings, agreements, suits, obligations, liabilities, accounts, defenses, offsets, powers, privileges, licenses, Liens, indemnities, guaranties, and franchises of any kind or character whatsoever, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereinafter arising, contingent or non-contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, assertable, directly or derivatively, matured or unmatured, suspected or unsuspected, whether arising before, on, or after the Petition Date, in contract, tort, law, equity, or otherwise. Causes of Action also include: (a) all rights of setoff, counterclaim, or recoupment and claims under contracts or for breaches of duties imposed by law or in equity; (b) any claim based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, tort, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, violation of state or federal Law or breach of any duty imposed by Law or in equity, including securities laws, negligence, and gross negligence; (c) the right to object to or otherwise contest Company Claims/Interests; (d) claims pursuant to section 362 or chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code; (e) such claims and defenses as fraud, mistake, duress, and usury, and any other defenses set forth in section 558 of the Bankruptcy Code; and (f) any avoidance actions arising under chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code or under similar local, state, federal, or foreign statutes and common law, including fraudulent transfer laws.

Chapter 11 Cases” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Claim” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, against any of the Debtors.

Commencement Date” means the date on which the Company Parties commence the Solicitation.

Company Claims/Interests” means any Claim against, or Interest in, a Company Party, including the Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims, the Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims, the Prepetition Series A Notes Claims, the Prepetition RCF Claims, any Claim against a Company Party asserted by a Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entity, any Claim against a Company Party asserted by a Consenting Physician-Owned Entity, the Existing Common Stock Interests, and the Other Equity Interests.

Company Parties” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

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Confidentiality Agreement” means an executed confidentiality agreement, including with respect to the issuance of a “cleansing letter” or other public disclosure of material non-public information agreement, in connection with any proposed Restructuring Transactions.

Confirmation Order” means the confirmation order with respect to the Prepackaged Plan pursuant to inter alia, section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code and the order approving the Disclosure Statement pursuant to section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code, which order shall be consistent in all material respects with this Agreement and the Prepackaged Plan.

Consenting 2025 Noteholders” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Consenting 2028 Noteholders” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Consenting Equityholders” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Consenting Investor” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Consenting Investor Direct Investment Amount” means $130,000,000.00 ($130 million), provided that any new money funded by the Consenting Investor under the DIP Facility (or any other new money contributions made by the Consenting Investor to the Debtors prior to the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date) and any paid-in-kind interest accrued with respect thereto shall reduce the Consenting Investor Direct Investment Amount on a dollar-for-dollar basis.

Consenting Investor Fees and Expenses” means the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of (a) Moelis & Company LLC, pursuant to the engagement letter dated August 21, 2023, entered into by and between Moelis & Company LLC and Sidley Austin LLP (as counsel to and on behalf of Stonepeak Partners LLC), and Akumin Corp.; and (b) Sidley Austin LLP, as advisors to the Consenting Investor incurred in connection with the Restructuring Transactions (including fees and expenses incurred before, on, or after the Petition Date and the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date, to the extent applicable).

Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Consenting Noteholders” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Consenting Physician-Owned Entities” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Consenting RCF Lenders” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Consenting RCF Lender Fees and Expenses” means the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of (a) King & Spalding LLP and one local counsel to the Required Consenting RCF Lenders, if any, and (b) other attorneys, accountants, other professionals, advisors, and consultants for the Required Consenting RCF Lenders, solely to the extent mutually agreed to by

 

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the Required Consenting RCF Lenders, the Consenting Investor, and the Company Parties (the “Consenting RCF Lender Advisors”), in each case, in accordance with the respective engagement letters for such professionals, incurred in connection with the Restructuring Transactions (including fees and expenses incurred before, on, or after the Petition Date and the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date, to the extent applicable).

Consenting Stakeholders” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

CVRs” means those certain uncertificated, non-transferrable (unless expressly permitted therein) contingent value rights to be issued pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan, and the CVR Agreement.

CVR Agreement” means that certain agreement setting forth the full terms and conditions of the CVRs in accordance with the terms set forth in the Prepackaged Plan, a substantially final form of which is attached to this Agreement as Exhibit J.

Debtors” means the Company Parties that commence Chapter 11 Cases.

Definitive Documents” means the documents listed in Section 3.01.

DIP Claims means any and all Claims arising under, derived from, or based upon the DIP Facility and the DIP Loans, which DIP Claims shall have the priorities set forth in the DIP Facility Term Sheet and/or DIP Credit Agreement, as applicable, and the DIP Orders.

DIP Credit Agreement” means the debtor in possession credit agreement to govern the DIP Facility among, Parent as borrower, the Debtor guarantors as party thereto, and the lender parties thereto, as may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, or modified from time to time, in a form and substance consistent with the DIP Facility Term Sheet.

DIP Facility” means the junior secured debtor in possession financing facility for the DIP Loans, in the aggregate principal amount of $75 million, entered into on the terms and conditions set forth in the DIP Facility Documents.

DIP Facility Documents” means any documents governing the DIP Facility that are entered into in accordance with the DIP Facility Term Sheet (or DIP Credit Agreement, as applicable), and the DIP Orders, and any amendments, modifications, and supplements thereto, and together with any related notes, certificates, agreements, security agreements, documents, and instruments (including any amendments, restatements, supplements, or modifications of any of the foregoing) related to or executed in connection therewith.

DIP Facility Term Sheet” means the term sheet attached hereto as Exhibit F.

DIP Lender” has the meaning set forth in the DIP Facility Term Sheet (or DIP Credit Agreement, as applicable).

DIP Loans” means the loans provided under the DIP Facility, which shall be converted into New Common Stock on the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date in accordance with Article II.B. of the Prepackaged Plan.

 

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DIP Motion” means the motion seeking approval of the DIP Orders.

DIP Orders” means, together, the Interim DIP Order and the Final DIP Order.

Disclosure Statement” means the related disclosure statement with respect to the Prepackaged Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit E.

Entity” shall have the meaning set forth in section 101(15) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Execution Date” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Existing Common Stock Interests” means shares of the class of common stock of Parent, which is traded and quoted on the NASDAQ under the symbol “AKU” and Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “AKU.TO”, that existed immediately prior to the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date, including (i) any restricted stock units of Parent that vest upon a “change of control” transaction and (ii) the exercise of any stock options in Parent in accordance with their terms prior to the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date.

Final DIP Order” means any order approving the DIP Facility and related relief on a final basis.

First Day Pleadings” means the first-day motions and related pleadings that the Company Parties determine are necessary or desirable to file upon the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases.

Intercompany Interest” means an Interest in a Debtor held by another Debtor.

Interests” means, collectively, the shares (or any class thereof), common stock, preferred stock, limited liability company interests, and any other equity, ownership, or profits interests of any Company Party, and options, warrants, rights, or other securities or agreements to acquire or subscribe for, or which are convertible into the shares (or any class thereof) of, common stock, preferred stock, limited liability company interests, or other equity, ownership, or profits interests of any Company Party (in each case whether or not arising under or in connection with any employment agreement), including the Existing Common Stock Interests and the Other Equity Interests.

Interim DIP Order” means an order by the Bankruptcy Court approving the DIP Facility and related relief on an interim basis, a substantially final form of which is attached as Exhibit L hereto.

Joinder” means a joinder to this Agreement substantially in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit C.

Law” means any federal, state, local, or foreign law (including common law), statute, code, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, ruling, or judgment, in each case, that is validly adopted,

 

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promulgated, issued, or entered by a governmental authority of competent jurisdiction (including the Bankruptcy Court).

Milestones” means the milestones set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement.

New 2027 Notes” means new senior secured notes due 2027 in an initial aggregate principal amount of $475 million to be issued by Reorganized Parent on the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date and governed by the New 2027 Notes Indenture; provided, that the aggregate principal amount of the New 2027 Notes to be issued pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan shall be reduced dollar-for-dollar by the aggregate principal amount of the Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes that are Prepetition 2025 Notes for which the holder thereof shall receive the applicable Reverse Dutch Election Bid Price. For the avoidance of doubt, the aggregate principal amount of the New 2027 Notes shall not be reduced on account of any Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes for which the applicable holder does not receive any Reverse Dutch Election Available Proceeds on account of such Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes.

New 2027 Notes Indenture ” means the indenture that will govern the New 2027 Notes, a substantially final form of which is attached as Exhibit H hereto.

New 2028 Notes” means new senior secured notes due 2028 in an initial aggregate principal amount of $375 million to be issued by Reorganized Parent on the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date and governed by the New 2028 Notes Indenture; provided, that the aggregate principal amount of the New 2028 Notes to be issued pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan shall be reduced dollar-for-dollar by the aggregate principal amount of the Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes that are Prepetition 2028 Notes for which the holder thereof shall receive the applicable Reverse Dutch Election Bid Price. For the avoidance of doubt, the aggregate principal amount of the New 2028 Notes shall not be reduced on account of any Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes for which the applicable holder does not receive any Reverse Dutch Election Available Proceeds on account of such Reverse Dutch Election Participating Notes.

New 2028 Notes Indenture ” means the indenture that will govern the New 2028 Notes, a substantially final form of which is attached as Exhibit I hereto.

New Common Stock” means, depending on the transaction structure, shares of common stock of Reorganized Parent to be issued on the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date or as otherwise permitted pursuant to the New Corporate Governance Documents.

New Corporate Governance Documents” means the documents providing for corporate governance of the Reorganized Debtors, including charters, bylaws, operating agreements, or other organizational documents or shareholders’ agreements, as applicable, which shall be consistent with this Agreement, the Prepackaged Plan, and section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code (as applicable).

New Debt Documents” means, collectively, the New Notes Documents, the New RCF Exit Facility Documents, and all other agreements, documents, and instruments evidencing or securing the New Debt Facilities, to be delivered or entered into in connection therewith (including any guarantee agreements (including the New Debt Facilities Guarantees), pledge and collateral

 

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agreements, intercreditor agreements, subordination agreements, commitment letters, term sheets, fee letters, and other security documents).

New Debt Facilities” means, collectively, the New RCF Exit Facility and the New Notes.

New Debt Facilities Guarantees ” means, collectively, the New Debt Facilities Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entity Guarantees and the New Debt Facilities Physician-Owned Entity Guarantees.

New Debt Facilities Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entity Guarantees” means those certain secured guarantees on the New Debt Facilities, to be provided by the Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities as guarantors in favor of one or more of the Company Parties as obligor of the obligations under the New Debt Documents from and after the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date, which guarantees and related liens and security interests (together with any amendments thereto) shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).

New Debt Facilities Physician-Owned Entity Guarantees” means those certain secured guarantees on the New Debt Facilities, to be provided by the Consenting Physician-Owned Entities as guarantors in favor of one or more of the Company Parties as obligor for the obligations under the New Debt Documents from and after the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date, which guarantees, liens and security interests (together with any amendments thereto) shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Consenting Physician-Owned Entities (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).

New Indentures” means, collectively, the New 2027 Notes Indenture and the New 2028 Notes Indenture.

New Notes” means, collectively, the New 2027 Notes and the New 2028 Notes.

New Notes Documents” means, collectively, the New Notes, the New Indentures, and all other agreements, documents, and instruments evidencing or securing the New Notes, to be delivered or entered into in connection therewith (including any guarantee agreements (including the applicable New Debt Facilities Guarantees), pledge and collateral agreements, intercreditor agreements, subordination agreements, commitment letters, term sheets, fee letters, and other security documents), each of which shall be consistent in all material respects with this Agreement and the Prepackaged Plan.

New RCF Exit Facility” means that certain new revolving credit facility to be entered into by certain of the Company Parties on the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date pursuant to the New RCF Exit Facility Term Sheet.

New RCF Exit Facility Agreement” means the revolving credit agreement governing the New RCF Exit Facility, a copy of which will be filed in the Plan Supplement, which shall be in accordance with the New RCF Exit Facility Term Sheet.

New RCF Exit Facility Documents” means, collectively, the New RCF Exit Facility Term Sheet, the New RCF Exit Facility Agreement, and all other agreements, documents, and

 

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instruments evidencing or securing the New RCF Exit Facility, to be delivered or entered into in connection therewith (including any guarantee agreements, pledge and collateral agreements, intercreditor agreements, subordination agreements, commitment letters, term sheets, fee letters, and other security documents), each of which shall be consistent in all material respects with this Agreement.

New RCF Exit Facility Term Sheet” means the term sheet attached hereto as Exhibit K.

Other Equity Interests” means any and all Interests in the Company Parties other than Existing Common Stock Interests or the Intercompany Interests, including any and all outstanding and unexercised or unvested Prepetition Consenting Investor Warrants, other warrants, options, or rights to acquire Existing Common Stock Interests or other Interests in the Company Parties existing immediately prior to the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date and any Claims arising under section 510(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Parent” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Parties” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Permitted Transferee” means each transferee of any Company Claims/Interests who meets the requirements of Section 9.01.

Petition Date” means the first date on which any of the Company Parties commences a Chapter 11 Case.

Plan Supplement” means the compilation of documents and forms of documents, term sheets, agreements, schedules, and exhibits to the Prepackaged Plan that, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, an initial draft of which will be filed by the Debtors with the Bankruptcy Court prior to the Confirmation Hearing, and any additional documents filed prior to the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date as amendments to the Plan Supplement.

Post-Effective Date Debtors” means, in the event of a Sale Transaction, the Debtors after the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date.

Prepackaged Plan” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Prepackaged Plan Effective Date” means the occurrence of the effective date of the Prepackaged Plan according to its terms.

Prepetition 2025 Notes” means the 7.00% Senior Secured Notes, due 2025, outstanding under the Prepetition 2025 Notes Indenture.

Prepetition 2025 Notes Claim” means any Claim for obligations arising under the Prepetition 2025 Notes Indenture, including any Claims in respect of all principal amounts outstanding, interest, fees, redemption premiums, expenses, costs and other charges arising thereunder or related thereto, including postpetition interest, as applicable.

 

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Prepetition 2025 Notes Indenture” means that certain Indenture, dated as of November 2, 2020 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among Parent, as issuer; certain of the Company Parties, as guarantors; and the Prepetition 2025 Notes Trustee.

Prepetition 2025 Notes Trustee” means UMB Bank, National Association, in its capacity as trustee and collateral agent under the Prepetition 2025 Notes Indenture.

Prepetition 2028 Notes” means the 7.50% Senior Secured Notes, due 2028, outstanding under the Prepetition 2028 Indenture.

Prepetition 2028 Notes Claim” means any Claim for obligations arising under the Prepetition 2028 Notes Indenture, including Claims in respect of all principal amounts outstanding, interest, fees, redemption premiums, expenses, costs and other charges arising thereunder or related thereto, including postpetition interest, as applicable.

Prepetition 2028 Notes Indenture” means that certain Indenture, dated as of August 9, 2021 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among Parent, as issuer and successor to Akumin Escrow Inc., certain of the Company Parties, as guarantors, and the Prepetition 2028 Notes Trustee.

Prepetition 2028 Notes Trustee” means UMB Bank, National Association, in its capacity as trustee and collateral agent under the Prepetition 2028 Notes Indenture.

Prepetition Consenting Investor Warrants” means warrants to purchase Existing Common Stock Interests held by the Consenting Investor.

Prepetition RCF Claims” means any Claim for obligations arising under the Prepetition RCF Credit Agreement or relating to the Prepetition RCF Facility, including the Prepetition Swap Claims and Claims for all principal amounts outstanding, interest, fees, expenses, costs and other charges arising thereunder or related thereto.

Prepetition RCF Credit Agreement” means that certain Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November 2, 2020, by and among certain of the Company Parties as borrowers and guarantors thereto, the lenders party thereto from time to time, and PNC Bank, National Association, as successor to BBVA USA, in its capacity as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.

Prepetition RCF Facility” means the revolving credit facility arising under the Prepetition RCF Credit Agreement.

Prepetition Senior Secured Notes” means, collectively, the Prepetition 2025 Notes and the Prepetition 2028 Notes.

Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Claim” means any Claim on account of the Prepetition Senior Secured Notes.

 

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Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Trustees” means the Prepetition 2025 Notes Trustee and the Prepetition 2028 Notes Trustee.

Prepetition Senior Secured Notes” means, collectively, the Prepetition 2025 Notes and the Prepetition 2028 Notes.

Prepetition Series A Notes” means those certain 11% Cash / 13% PIK Unsecured Notes due 2032 / 2033, issued by Parent to the Consenting Investor on September 1, 2021.

Prepetition Series A Notes Claim” means any Claim on account of the Prepetition Series A Notes.

Prepetition Swap Agreement” means, collectively, as may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, or modified from time to time, the Amended and Restated ISDA Master Agreement dated as of September 28, 2012, between PNC Bank, National Association and Alliance-HNI Leasing Co., L.L.C. and subsequently supplemented on March 29, 2019 and March 19, 2020.

Prepetition Swap Claims” means any and all Claims against the Company Parties arising under, derived from, or based upon the Prepetition Swap Agreement.

Purchase Agreement” means the definitive purchase agreement(s) effectuating the Sale Transaction, including all exhibits and schedules thereto, and as may be amended, modified, or supplemented in accordance with the terms thereof.

Qualified Marketmaker” means an Entity that (a) holds itself out to the public or the applicable private markets as standing ready in the ordinary course of business to purchase from customers and sell to customers Company Claims/Interests (or enter with customers into long and short positions in Company Claims/Interests), in its capacity as a dealer or market maker in Company Claims/Interests and (b) is, in fact, regularly in the business of making a market in claims against issuers or borrowers (including debt securities or other debt).

Related Investor” means, with respect to the Consenting Investor, any reasonably creditworthy Affiliate or Affiliated Fund of the Consenting Investor or its Affiliates.

Reorganization Transaction” means the Restructuring Transaction contemplated by the Prepackaged Plan where the Debtors, the Consenting Investor and the Required Consenting Noteholders agree not to pursue a Sale Transaction.

Reorganized Debtor” means collectively, Reorganized Parent and each other Debtor, any successor or assign thereto, by merger, consolidation, or otherwise, on and after the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date.

Reorganized Parent” means Parent, as reorganized on the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date in accordance with the Prepackaged Plan.

 

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Required Consenting 2025 Noteholders” means Consenting 2025 Noteholders that hold, in the aggregate, at least 50.01% in principal amount outstanding of all Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims held by the Consenting 2025 Noteholders as of the date of determination.

Required Consenting 2028 Noteholders” means Consenting 2028 Noteholders that hold, in the aggregate, at least 50.01% in principal amount outstanding of all Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims held by the Consenting 2028 Noteholders as of the date of determination.

Required Consenting Equityholders” means, as of the relevant date, Consenting Equityholders holding at least 50.01% of the aggregate outstanding amount of Existing Common Stock Interests that are held by the Consenting Equityholders.

Required Consenting Noteholders” means the Required Consenting 2025 Noteholders and the Required Consenting 2028 Noteholders.

Required Consenting RCF Lenders” means, as of the relevant date, Consenting RCF Lenders holding 100% of the aggregate outstanding amount of Prepetition RCF Claims that are held by the Consenting RCF Lenders.

Restructuring Transactions” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Reverse Dutch Election Forms” means the forms and instructions to be prepared by the Company Parties and distributed to holders of Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims and Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims in accordance with the Prepackaged Plan.

Rules” means Rule 501(a)(l), (2), (3), (7), (8), (9), (12) and (13) under the Securities Act.

Sale Order” means one or more Bankruptcy Court orders, which may be the Confirmation Order, approving the Debtors’ entry into one or more Purchase Agreement(s) in connection with the Sale Transaction, which order shall be consistent in all material respects with this Agreement and the Prepackaged Plan.

Sale Transaction” means one or more sales of all, substantially all, or a material portion of the Debtors’ Estate assets pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or the Prepackaged Plan in accordance with the Bidding Procedures and the Prepackaged Plan.

Sale Transaction Documents” means the documents governing the Sale Transaction, including, without limitation, the Bidding Procedures, the Bidding Procedures Motion, the Bidding Procedures Order, the Purchase Agreement(s) and any Sale Order.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Solicitation” means the solicitation of votes to accept or reject the Prepackaged Plan.

Solicitation Materials” means all solicitation materials in respect of the Prepackaged Plan together with the Disclosure Statement, which Solicitation Materials shall be consistent in all material respects with this Agreement, the Prepackaged Plan, and the Definitive Documents.

 

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Solicitation Procedures” means the procedures governing the Solicitation to be described and set forth in the Solicitation Procedures Motion.

Solicitation Procedures Motion” means the motion seeking, among other things, (i) provisional approval of the Disclosure Statement and the Solicitation Materials as containing “adequate information” as required by section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code and (ii) approval of the Reverse Dutch Election Forms and the procedures for participation in the Reverse Dutch Election Opportunity (as defined in and in accordance with the Prepackaged Plan).

Termination Date” means the date on which termination of this Agreement as to a Party is effective in accordance with Section 13 hereof.

Threshold Consenting RCF Lenders” means, as of the relevant date, Consenting RCF Lenders holding 50.1% of the aggregate outstanding amount of Prepetition RCF Claims held by the Consenting RCF Lenders.

Transfer” means to sell, resell, reallocate, use, pledge, assign, transfer, hypothecate, participate, donate or otherwise encumber or dispose of, directly or indirectly (including through derivatives, options, swaps, pledges, forward sales or other transactions).

Transfer Agreement” means an executed form of the transfer agreement providing, among other things, that a transferee is bound by the terms of this Agreement and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.

1.02. Interpretation. For purposes of this Agreement:

(a) in the appropriate context, each term, whether stated in the singular or the plural, shall include both the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine, and the neuter gender;

(b) capitalized terms defined only in the plural or singular form shall nonetheless have their defined meanings when used in the opposite form;

(c) unless otherwise specified, any reference herein to a contract, lease, instrument, release, indenture, or other agreement or document being in a particular form or on particular terms and conditions means that such document shall be substantially in such form or substantially on such terms and conditions;

(d) unless otherwise specified, any reference herein to an existing document, schedule, or exhibit shall mean such document, schedule, or exhibit, as it may have been or may be amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time; provided that any capitalized terms herein which are defined with reference to another agreement, are defined with reference to such other agreement as of the date of this Agreement, without giving effect to any termination of such other agreement or amendments to such capitalized terms in any such other agreement following the date hereof;

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(f) the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereinafter,” “hereunder,” and “hereto” refer to this Agreement in its entirety rather than to any particular portion of this Agreement;

(g) captions and headings to Sections are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the interpretation of this Agreement;

(h) references to “shareholders,” “directors,” and/or “officers” shall also include “members” and/or “managers,” as applicable, as such terms are defined under the applicable limited liability company Laws;

(i) all exhibits attached hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein;

(j) the use of “include” or “including” is without limitation, whether stated or not;

(k) unless otherwise specified, when calculating the period of time before which, within which, or following which any act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is the reference date in calculating such period shall be excluded and, if the last day of such period is a non-Business Day, the period in question shall end on the next succeeding Business Day; and

(l) the phrase “counsel to the Consenting Stakeholders” refers in this Agreement to each counsel specified in Section 16.10 other than counsel to the Company Parties.

Section 2. Effectiveness of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective and binding upon each of the Parties at 12:01 a.m., prevailing Eastern Standard Time, on the “Agreement Effective Date,” which is the date on which all of the following conditions have been satisfied or waived in accordance with this Agreement:

(a) each of the Company Parties shall have executed and delivered counterpart signature pages of this Agreement to counsel to each of the Parties;

(b) each of the Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities shall have executed and delivered counterpart signature pages of this Agreement to counsel to each of the Parties;

(c) each of the Consenting Physician-Owned Entities shall have executed and delivered counterpart signature pages of this Agreement to counsel to each of the Parties;

(d) the following shall have executed and delivered counterpart signature pages of this Agreement:

(i) holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66.67%) of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Prepetition 2025 Notes; provided, that such signature pages shall be (a) treated in accordance with Section 16.23 and (b) delivered to other Consenting Stakeholders in a redacted form that removes the details of such holder’s holdings of Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims;

 

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(ii) holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66.67%) of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Prepetition 2028 Notes; provided, that such signature pages shall be (a) treated in accordance with Section 16.23 and (b) delivered to other Consenting Stakeholders in a redacted form that removes the details of such holder’s holdings of Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims; and;

(iii) holders of one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Prepetition RCF Claims; and

(iv) the Consenting Investor;

(e) counsel to the Company Parties shall have given written notice to counsel to the Consenting Stakeholders in the manner set forth in Section 16.10 hereof (email being sufficient) that the other conditions to the Agreement Effective Date set forth in this Section 2 have occurred or are otherwise waived; and

(f) the Company Parties shall have paid in full the then accrued Ad Hoc Noteholder Group Fees and Expenses and the then accrued Consenting RCF Lender Fees and Expenses on or before one (1) Business Day prior to the Agreement Effective Date.

Section 3. Definitive Documents.

3.01. The Definitive Documents governing the Restructuring Transactions and any modifications, amendments, or supplements thereto shall each be in form and substance reasonably acceptable and, with respect to clauses (a), (o), (s), and (t), acceptable to the Company Parties; acceptable to the Consenting Investor; reasonably acceptable and, with respect to clauses (a)-(d), (f), (j), (p), and (q), acceptable to the Required Consenting Noteholders; and, with respect to clauses (a)-(d), (f), (j), (p) and (q) reasonably acceptable and solely with respect to clause (g), acceptable, to the Required Consenting RCF Lenders; provided that to the extent that any Revolving Loans under the Prepetition RCF Facility are not paid in full within three (3) Business Days after entry of the Interim DIP Order, the Definitive Documents governing the Restructuring Transactions and any modifications, amendments, or supplements thereto shall be reasonably acceptable and, with respect to clauses (a)-(d), (f), (g), (j), (p), and (q), acceptable to the Required Consenting RCF Lenders. The Definitive Documents shall include the following: (a) the Prepackaged Plan; (b) the Confirmation Order; (c) the Disclosure Statement; (d) the Solicitation Procedures Motion and order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the Solicitation Procedures Motion and the Solicitation Materials; (e) the First Day Pleadings and all orders sought pursuant thereto; (f) the New Notes Documents; (g) the New RCF Exit Facility Documents; (h) the DIP Credit Agreement; (i) the DIP Motion; (j) the DIP Orders; (k) the DIP Facility Documents; (l) the Bidding Procedures; (m) the Bidding Procedures Motion; (n) the Bidding Procedures Order; (o) in the event of a Sale Transaction, the Sale Transaction Documents; (p) the Solicitation Procedures; (q) the Reverse Dutch Election Forms; (r) the Plan Supplement (for the avoidance of doubt, only in regard to Definitive Documents not referenced expressly in this Section 3.01 and without modification of the consent rights regarding such Definitive Documents); (s) the CVRs; (t) the CVR Agreement; and (u) the New Corporate Governance Documents.

 

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3.02. The Definitive Documents not executed or in a form attached to this Agreement as of the Execution Date remain subject to negotiation, agreement, and completion. Upon completion, the Definitive Documents and every other document, deed, agreement, filing, notification, letter or instrument related to the Restructuring Transactions shall contain terms, conditions, representations, warranties, and covenants consistent with the terms of this Agreement, as they may be modified, amended, or supplemented in accordance with Section 14. Further, the Definitive Documents not executed or in a form attached to this Agreement as of the Execution Date shall otherwise be approved by the applicable Parties in accordance with Section 3.01.

3.03. The Company Parties acknowledge and agree that they will provide advance initial draft copies of the Definitive Documents and any other substantive pleadings to counsel for the Consenting Investor, the Consenting Noteholders, and the Consenting RCF Lenders as soon as reasonably practicable and will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide such documents no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the date when any Company Party intends to file the applicable Definitive Document with the Bankruptcy Court or otherwise finalize such document; provided that (a) in no event shall the Company file any Definitive Document or other substantive pleading with the Bankruptcy Court unless an advance initial draft of such Definitive Document or other substantive pleading was provided to counsel for the Consenting Investor, the Consenting Noteholders, and the Consenting RCF Lenders one (1) calendar day in advance of such filings and (b) the Company Parties shall ensure that no Definitive Document is filed with the Bankruptcy Court or finalized unless the consent rights set forth in this Section 3 have been satisfied.

Section 4. Milestones. The following Milestones shall apply to this Agreement unless extended or waived in writing by the Company Parties, the Consenting Investor, and the Required Consenting Noteholders:

(a) no later than October 20, 2023, the Company Parties shall commence the Solicitation, and shall not, without the prior written consent of the Consenting Investor and the Required Consenting Noteholders, withdraw or modify the Solicitation;

(b) no later than one (1) Business Day following the commencement of the Solicitation, the Petition Date shall have occurred;

(c) no later than one (1) calendar day after the Petition Date, the Debtors shall have filed with the Bankruptcy Court (i) the Plan; (ii) the Disclosure Statement; (iii) the Solicitation Procedures Motion, (iv) the DIP Motion, and (v) the Bidding Procedures Motion;

(d) no later than two (2) Business Days following the Petition Date, subject to Bankruptcy Court availability, the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered (i) the Interim DIP Order and (ii) the order approving the Solicitation Procedures Motion;

(e) no later than fourteen (14) calendar days following the Petition Date, the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Bidding Procedures Order;

(f) no later than twenty-one (21) calendar days following the Petition Date, the Company Parties shall commence the Reverse Dutch Election Opportunity;

 

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(g) no later than forty-five (45) calendar days following the Petition Date, the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Final DIP Order and the Confirmation Order; and

(h) no later than sixty (60) calendar days following the Petition Date, (the “Outside Date”), the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date shall have occurred; provided, however, that the Outside Date will be automatically extended (without need for further action by the Company Parties or the Consenting Stakeholders) by up to an additional sixty (60) calendar days if regulatory approvals necessary to consummate the Prepackaged Plan have not yet been obtained by the Debtors solely to the extent that all other conditions to the occurrence of the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date have been satisfied or waived except those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied on the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date; provided, further, that the Outside Date may be further extended by the consent of the Consenting Investor, the Required Consenting Noteholders, and the Threshold Consenting RCF Lenders, not to be unreasonably withheld, if such regulatory approvals are not obtained during the initial extension period.

Section 5. Commitments of the Consenting Stakeholders.

5.01. General Commitments, Forbearances, and Waivers.

(a) During the Agreement Effective Period, each Consenting Stakeholder agrees, severally, and not jointly and severally, in respect of itself and all of its Company Claims/Interests, to:

(i) support the Restructuring Transactions, on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, and, subject to Section 5.02 of this Agreement, vote and use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise any powers or rights available to it (including in any board, shareholders’, or creditors’ meeting or in any process requiring voting or approval to which they are legally entitled to participate) in each case in favor of any matter requiring approval to the extent reasonably requested and necessary to implement the Restructuring Transactions;

(ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with and assist the Company Parties in obtaining additional support for the Restructuring Transactions from the Company Parties’ other stakeholders;

(iii) give any notices, orders, instructions, or directions to the applicable Agents/Trustees necessary to give effect to the Restructuring Transactions on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement; provided that no Consenting Noteholder or Consenting RCF Lender shall be required hereunder to provide such Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Trustees, or any other person, with any indemnities or similar undertakings in connection with taking any such action or incur any fees or expenses in connection therewith;

(iv) forbear from the exercise of its rights (including any right of set-off) or remedies it may have under the agreements governing its Company Claims/Interests, as applicable, and under applicable U.S. or foreign law or otherwise, in each case, with respect to any breaches, defaults, events of default, or potential defaults by the Company Parties or its co-obligors (including, for avoidance of doubt, the Consenting Physician-Owned Entities and the Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities). As applicable, each Consenting Stakeholder further agrees that if any applicable administrative agent or collateral agent takes any action inconsistent with

 

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any such Consenting Stakeholder’s obligations under this Agreement, such Consenting Stakeholder shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such administrative agent or collateral agent to cease and refrain from taking such actions; and

(v) negotiate in good faith and use commercially reasonable efforts to execute and implement the Definitive Documents that are consistent with this Agreement, including, with respect to the Consenting Physician-Owned Entities and the Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities, the New Debt Facilities Guarantees.

(b) During the Agreement Effective Period, each Consenting Stakeholder agrees, severally and not jointly and severally, in respect of itself and all of its Company Claims/Interests, that it shall not, other than to enforce this Agreement or any Definitive Document or as otherwise permitted under this Agreement, directly or indirectly:

(i) object to, delay, impede, or take any other action in a manner inconsistent with this Agreement that is reasonably likely to interfere with acceptance, implementation, or consummation of the Prepackaged Plan or the Restructuring Transactions;

(ii) solicit, propose, file, support, or vote for any Alternative Restructuring Proposal;

(iii) seek to modify the Definitive Documents, in whole or in part, in a manner inconsistent with this Agreement and the Prepackaged Plan;

(iv) propose, support, or file, or direct any Agent/Trustee to propose, support, or file any motion, pleading, or other document with the Bankruptcy Court or any other court seeking entry of an order authorizing, indirectly or directly, any use of Cash Collateral or debtor-in-possession financing other than as proposed in this Agreement or the DIP Orders;

(v) file any motion, pleading, or other document with the Bankruptcy Court or any other court (including any modifications or amendments thereof) that, in whole or in part, is not materially consistent with this Agreement and the Prepackaged Plan;

(vi) initiate, or have initiated on its behalf, any litigation or proceeding of any kind with respect to the Chapter 11 Cases, this Agreement, the Prepackaged Plan, or the Restructuring Transactions contemplated herein against the Company Parties or the other Parties other than to enforce this Agreement or any Definitive Document or as otherwise permitted under this Agreement;

(vii) exercise, or direct any other person to exercise, any right or remedy for the enforcement, collection, or recovery of any Claims against or Interests in the Company Parties;

(viii) terminate the Prepetition Swap Agreement; or

(ix) object to, delay, impede, or take any other action to interfere with the Company Parties’ ownership and possession of their assets, wherever located, or seek to modify or lift the automatic stay arising under section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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5.02. Commitments with Respect to Chapter 11 Cases.

(a) During the Agreement Effective Period, each Consenting Stakeholder that is entitled to vote to accept or reject the Prepackaged Plan pursuant to its terms, severally, and not jointly and severally, agrees that it shall, subject to receipt by such Consenting Stakeholder, whether before or after the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases, of the Solicitation Materials (including a ballot):

(i) agree to provide, and to not opt out of or object to, the releases set forth in the Prepackaged Plan;

(ii) support all of the Debtor and third-party releases, injunctions, discharge, indemnity, and exculpation provisions provided in the Prepackaged Plan;

(iii) provided that its vote has been solicited in accordance with applicable Law and the Prepackaged Plan comports with the consent rights of such Consenting Stakeholder, vote each of its Company Claims/Interests to accept the Prepackaged Plan by delivering its duly executed and completed ballot accepting the Prepackaged Plan on a timely basis following the commencement of Solicitation and its actual receipt of the Solicitation Materials and the ballot; and

(iv) refrain from changing, withdrawing, amending, or revoking (or causing to be changed, withdrawn, amended, or revoked) any vote or election referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above; provided that such vote may be revoked (and, upon such revocation, deemed void ab initio) by a Consenting Stakeholder at any time following the expiration of the Agreement Effective Period, or upon termination of this Agreement as to such Consenting Stakeholder pursuant to the terms hereof (other than a termination resulting from a breach of this Agreement by such Consenting Stakeholder).

(b) During the Agreement Effective Period, each Consenting Stakeholder, severally, and not jointly and severally, in respect of itself and each of its Company Claims/Interests, will support, and will not directly or indirectly object to, delay, impede, or take any other action to interfere with any motion or other pleading or document filed by a Company Party in the Bankruptcy Court that is consistent with this Agreement unless such Consenting Stakeholder in good faith provides prior written notice to the Consenting Investor, the Required Consenting Noteholders, and the Required Consenting RCF Lenders, that such Consenting Stakeholder disputes that such motion, other pleading, or document is consistent with this Agreement.

5.03. Commitments of Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities and Consenting Physician-Owned Entities. On or prior to the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date, the Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities and the Consenting Physician-Owned Entities shall have executed and delivered the New Debt Facilities Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entity Guarantees and the New Debt Facilities Physician-Owned Entity Guarantees, respectively.

5.04. Consenting Investor Direct Investment. On and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and the terms and conditions set forth in the Prepackaged Plan, including entry of the Confirmation Order, in the event of a Reorganization Transaction, on the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date, the Consenting Investor shall deliver to Parent (or cause any of its Related Investors

 

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to deliver), and Parent shall accept, as a contribution to Parent’s capital, the Consenting Investor Direct Investment Amount, which funds shall be delivered by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account as Parent shall designate in writing. The Consenting Investor shall have the right to Transfer, by written notice to Parent no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, all or any portion of its investment commitments hereunder to any of its Related Investors; provided that no such Transfer shall relieve the Consenting Investor from any of its obligations under this Agreement.

Section 6. Additional Provisions Regarding the Consenting Stakeholders’ Commitments. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall: (a) prevent any Consenting Stakeholder from appearing as a party in interest in any matter arising in the Chapter 11 Cases (to the extent not inconsistent with this Agreement); (b) affect the ability of any Consenting Stakeholder to consult with any other Consenting Stakeholder, the Company Parties, or any other party in interest in the Chapter 11 Cases (including any official committee appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases and the United States Trustee); (c) impair or waive the rights of any Consenting Stakeholder to assert or raise any objection permitted under this Agreement in connection with the Restructuring Transactions; (d) prevent any Consenting Stakeholder from enforcing this Agreement or contesting whether any matter, fact, or thing is a breach of, or is inconsistent with, this Agreement or any Definitive Documents; (e) prevent any Consenting Stakeholder from taking any action that is required by applicable Law or require any Consenting Stakeholder to take any action that is prohibited by applicable Law or to waive or forego the benefit of any applicable legal professional privilege; (f) require any Consenting Stakeholder to provide any information that it determines, in its reasonable discretion, to be sensitive or confidential; (g) other than as provided for in this Agreement, limit the ability of a Consenting Noteholder to purchase, sell or enter into transactions regarding the Company Claims/Interests; (h) prevent any Consenting Stakeholder by reason of this Agreement or the Restructuring Transactions from making, seeking or receiving any regulatory filings, notifications, consents, determinations, authorizations, permits, approvals, licenses or the like; (i) obligate the Consenting Stakeholders to deliver a vote to support the Prepackaged Plan or prohibit the Consenting Stakeholders from withdrawing such vote, in each case from and after the Termination Date (other than a Termination Date as a result of the occurrence of the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date); and for the avoidance of doubt, that upon the Termination Date, such Consenting Stakeholder’s vote shall automatically be deemed void ab initio and such Consenting Stakeholder shall have a reasonable opportunity to cast a vote; (j) require a Consenting Stakeholder to consent to, acquiesce in, vote for, support, or not object to any Alternative Restructuring Proposal; and (k) except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, require a Consenting Stakeholder to incur any non-reimbursable expenses, liabilities, or other obligations, or to agree to any commitments, undertakings, concessions, indemnities, or other arrangements that could result in expenses, liabilities, or other obligations to such Consenting Stakeholder or its affiliates. For the avoidance of doubt, each Consenting RCF Lender and each Consenting Noteholder, as applicable, shall only be bound under this Agreement to the extent of such Consenting RCF Lender’s or such Consenting Noteholder’s Company Claims/Interests set

 

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forth on such Consenting RCF Lender’s or such Consenting Noteholder’s signature page to this Agreement.

Section 7. Commitments of the Company Parties.

7.01. Affirmative Commitments. Except as set forth in Section 8, during the Agreement Effective Period, the Company Parties agree to:

(a) commence Solicitation on or before the date set forth in Section 4(a) herein;

(b) commence the Chapter 11 Cases on or before the date set forth in Section 4(b) herein;

(c) support, act in good faith, and take all steps necessary and desirable to consummate the Restructuring Transactions in accordance with this Agreement, including (i) commencing Solicitation pursuant to the Disclosure Statement and the related Solicitation Materials; and (ii) obtaining entry of the Confirmation Order, approval of the applicable Definitive Documents, and consummation of the Restructuring Transactions pursuant to the Prepackaged Plan, in each case, in accordance with the applicable Milestones unless waived or modified in accordance with the terms hereof;

(d) to the extent any legal or structural impediment arises that would prevent, hinder, or delay the consummation of the Restructuring Transactions contemplated herein, take all steps necessary and desirable to address any such impediment, including to negotiate in good faith appropriate additional or alternative provisions to address any such impediment, in each case, in a manner acceptable to the Consenting Investor, reasonably acceptable to the Required Consenting Noteholders, and, to the extent such necessary and desirable steps materially and adversely impact the Consenting RCF Lenders, reasonably acceptable to the Required Consenting RCF Lenders;

(e) use commercially reasonable efforts to oppose any party or person from taking any actions contemplated in Section 7.02(b);

(f) (i) stipulate to the allowance and amounts of Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims, Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims, and Prepetition RCF Claims in accordance with the Prepackaged Plan and to the validity of the liens securing any such Claims and (ii) timely file a formal objection to any motion filed with the Bankruptcy Court by a third party challenging the validity, enforceability, perfection or priority of, or seeking avoidance, disallowance or subordination of, any portion of the Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims, Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims, and/or Prepetition RCF Claims or the liens securing such Claims (as applicable);

(g) use reasonable best efforts to obtain any and all required governmental, regulatory, licensing, Bankruptcy Court, and/or third-party approvals (including any necessary third-party consents) necessary to implement and/or consummate the Restructuring Transactions;

(h) negotiate in good faith and use reasonable best efforts to execute and implement the Definitive Documents (which shall be consistent with the requirements contained herein and in the Prepackaged Plan) and any other required agreements to effectuate and consummate the Restructuring Transactions as contemplated by this Agreement;

 

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(i) use best efforts to seek additional support for the Restructuring Transactions from their other material stakeholders to the extent reasonably necessary and coordinate their activities with the Consenting Stakeholders (subject to the terms hereof) in respect of all matters concerning the implementation and consummation of the Restructuring Transactions, and take any and all appropriate actions in furtherance of this Agreement;

(j) provide the Consenting Stakeholders with any documentation or information they may reasonably request to facilitate the Restructuring Transactions, including regarding the Company Parties’ business operations and the status of the Restructuring Transactions, subject to any confidentiality restrictions the Company Parties may be subject to;

(k) provide the advisors to the Consenting Noteholders and the Consenting RCF Lenders with reasonably timely responses to all reasonable diligence requests provided by any such advisors;

(l) prosecute and defend any objections, oppositions, or appeals relating to the Restructuring Transactions, including the First Day Pleadings, the Bidding Procedures Order, the Solicitation Procedures Motion, the DIP Facility Documents, the Disclosure Statement, and/or the Confirmation Order;

(m) oppose the formation of an official committee of unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 Cases;

(n) oppose the formation of an official committee of equity security holders in the Chapter 11 Cases;

(o) promptly pay the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group Fees and Expenses, the Consenting RCF Lender Fees and Expenses, and the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of the Prepetition Senior Secured Notes Trustees as and when due; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent that this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 13 hereof, the Company Parties’ reimbursement obligations under this Section 7.01(o) shall survive with respect to any and all such fees and expenses earned or incurred on or before the Termination Date, and such termination shall not automatically terminate any applicable fee or engagement letters, if any, between the Company Parties and the applicable party or professional;

(p) promptly pay the Consenting Investor Fees and Expenses on the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date;

(q) pay the Consenting RCF Lenders the consent fee set forth in the New RCF Exit Facility Term Sheet on the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date;

(r) timely file a formal objection (in consultation with counsel to the Consenting Noteholders, the Consenting RCF Lenders, and the Consenting Investor) to any motion filed with the Bankruptcy Court by any Person seeking the entry of an order (i) converting the Chapter 11 Cases to cases under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code; (ii) dismissing the Chapter 11 Cases; (iii) modifying or terminating the Debtors’ exclusive right to file and solicit acceptances of a plan of reorganization; (iv) seeking the appointment of an official committee of unsecured creditors; (v) seeking the appointment of an official committee of equity security holders; (vi) seeking the

 

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appointment of a chapter 11 trustee; or (vii) for relief that (A) is inconsistent with this Agreement in any respect or (B) would, or would reasonably be expected to, frustrate the purposes of this Agreement, including by preventing the consummation of any Restructuring Transaction;

(s) comply with all Milestones;

(t) from the date hereof until the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date, (i) operate their business in the ordinary course in a manner that is consistent with past practice and this Agreement, and use reasonable efforts to preserve intact the Company Parties’ business organization and relationships with third parties and employees (which shall not prohibit the Company Parties from taking actions outside of the ordinary course of business with the consent of the Consenting Investor), taking into account the Restructuring Transactions; (ii) operate the business in the ordinary course, in a manner consistent with applicable Law and actions taken by similarly situated companies in the industry in which the Company Parties operate, and maintain good standing (or equivalent status under the Laws of its incorporation or organization) under the Laws of the jurisdiction in which the Company Parties are incorporated or organized, taking into account the Restructuring Transactions; (iii) consult in good faith with counsel for the Consenting Investor prior to the Company Parties’ entry into, termination of, or modification of any material operational contracts, leases, or other arrangements; (iv) refrain from increasing the compensation payable (whether through the payment of, or agreement to pay, bonus amounts or otherwise) to any executive employee, except as required by the terms of and in accordance with any written employment or engagement agreement currently in effect between the Company Parties and an executive employee or with the prior written consent of the Consenting Investor; and (v) subject to Section 8.01, refrain from entry into any transaction involving the direct or indirect sale, purchase, transfer, or other disposition of a material portion of the Company Parties’ assets without the prior written consent of the Consenting Investor;

(u) notify counsel to the Consenting Investor, counsel to the Consenting Noteholders, and counsel to the Consenting RCF Lenders within two (2) calendar days after obtaining knowledge of the happening or existence of any event that could prevent, hinder, delay, or make any part of the Restructuring Transactions (including the Prepackaged Plan) incapable of being consummated on or prior to the Outside Date;

(v) notify counsel to the Consenting Investor, counsel to the Consenting Noteholders, and counsel to the Consenting RCF Lenders within two (2) calendar days after obtaining knowledge of any (i) occurrence, or failure to occur, of any event which occurrence or failure would cause any covenant of the Company Parties not to be satisfied in any respect; (ii) receipt of any written notice by the Company Parties from any governmental body in connection with this Agreement or the Restructuring Transactions; (iii) receipt of any written notice by the Company Parties of any proceeding commenced or threatened against any Company Party relating to, involving, or otherwise affecting the Restructuring Transactions; or (iv) receipt of any notice from any party alleging that the consent of such party is or may be required in connection with the Restructuring Transactions; and

(w) (i) take all actions reasonably necessary or desirable to delist Existing Common Stock Interests from the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) and to deregister under the Exchange Act as promptly as practicable in compliance with Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)

 

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rules, (ii) file a Form 25 with the SEC to delist the Existing Common Stock Interests from Nasdaq and to deregister the Existing Common Stock Interests from Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act (unless Nasdaq has already filed a Form 25 with the SEC providing for such delisting and deregistration), (iii) file post-effective amendments (the “Post-Effective Amendments”) to terminate all of Parent’s currently effective registration statements under the Securities Act, (iv) file a Form 15 notifying the SEC of the suspension of Parent’s duty to file reports under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, (v) take all actions reasonably necessary or desirable to delist Existing Common Stock Interests from the Toronto Stock Exchange and to cease to be a reporting issuer under Canadian securities laws, and (vi) take all actions reasonably necessary or desirable to ensure (A) that the New Common Stock and the CVRs shall not be listed on a public securities exchange and that the Reorganized Debtors shall not be required to list the New Common Stock or CVRs on a recognized securities exchange, except, in each case, as otherwise may be required pursuant to the New Corporate Governance Documents or the CVR Agreement, as applicable, and (B) that the Reorganized Debtors and/or Post-Effective Date Debtors shall not be voluntarily subjected to any reporting requirements promulgated by the SEC.

7.02. Negative Commitments. Except as set forth in Section 8, during the Agreement Effective Period, each of the Company Parties shall not directly or indirectly:

(a) object to, delay, impede, or take any other action to interfere with acceptance, implementation, or consummation of the Restructuring Transactions;

(b) enter into any other Restructuring Support Agreement related to a partial or total restructuring of the Company Parties’ obligations unless such support agreement is not inconsistent with this Agreement and is in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Consenting Investor;

(c) take any action that is inconsistent in any material respect with, or is intended to frustrate or impede approval, implementation and consummation of the Restructuring Transactions described in, this Agreement, the Definitive Documents, or the Prepackaged Plan;

(d) (i) execute, deliver and/or file with the Bankruptcy Court any agreement, instrument, motion, pleading, order, form, or other document that is to be utilized to implement or effectuate, or that otherwise relates to, this Agreement, the Prepackaged Plan and/or the Restructuring Transactions that, in whole or in part, is materially inconsistent with this Agreement or is otherwise not in form and substance acceptable in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 3 hereof, or if applicable, file any motion, application or other pleading with the Bankruptcy Court seeking authorization to accomplish or effect any of the foregoing; or (ii) waive, amend, or modify any of the Definitive Documents, or, if applicable, file with the Bankruptcy Court a motion, application or other pleading seeking to waive, amend, or modify any term or condition of any of the Definitive Documents, which waiver, amendment, modification, or filing contains any provision that is materially inconsistent with this Agreement or is otherwise not in form and substance acceptable in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 3 hereof;

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(f) amend or change, or propose to amend or change, any of the Company Parties’ respective organizational documents, except to the extent required to comply with the terms of this Restructuring Support Agreement;

(g) grant, agree to grant, or make any payment on account of (including pursuant to a key employee retention plan, key employee incentive plan, or other similar arrangement) any additional or increase in the wages, salary, bonus, commissions, retirement benefits, pension, severance or other compensation or benefits of any employee or director qualifying as an insider under the Bankruptcy Code, without the prior written consent of the Consenting Investor and the Required Consenting Noteholders;

(h) authorize, create, issue, sell or grant any additional Interests, or reclassify, recapitalize, redeem, purchase, acquire, declare any distribution on, or make any distribution on any equity interests;

(i) file any motion, application, pleading, or Definitive Documents with the Bankruptcy Court or any other court (including any modifications or amendments thereof) that, in whole or in part, is not materially consistent with this Agreement or the Prepackaged Plan or is otherwise not in form and substance acceptable in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 3 hereof;

(j) (i) seek discovery in connection with, prepare, or commence any proceeding or other action that challenges (A) the amount, validity, allowance, character, enforceability, or priority of any Company Claims/Interests of any of the Consenting Stakeholders, or (B) the validity, enforceability, or perfection of any lien or other encumbrance securing any Company Claims/Interests of any of the Consenting Stakeholders or (ii) support any person in connection with any of the acts described in clause (i) of this Section 7.02(j);

(k) consummate the Restructuring Transactions unless each of the conditions to the consummation of such Restructuring Transactions set forth in this Agreement has been satisfied (or waived by the applicable persons in accordance with Section 14 hereof);

(l) amend, alter, supplement, restate, or otherwise modify any Definitive Documents in a manner inconsistent with this Agreement;

(m) solicit, participate in, negotiate, propose, support, or vote for any Alternative Restructuring Proposal; provided that the Company Parties may pursue a Sale Transaction (as defined in and in accordance with the Prepackaged Plan);

(n) enter into, terminate, modify, or transfer any material operational contracts, leases, or other arrangements that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on the Company Parties, taken as a whole, without the prior consent of the Consenting Investor; provided that the Company Parties may pursue a Sale Transaction (as defined in and in accordance with the Prepackaged Plan);

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(p) encourage or facilitate any person or Entity to do any of the foregoing.

Section 8. Additional Provisions Regarding Company Parties’ Commitments.

8.01. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall require a Company Party or the board of directors, board of managers, or similar governing body of a Company Party or any duly constituted committee of any of the foregoing, to take any action or to refrain from taking any action with respect to the Restructuring Transactions to the extent such person or persons determines, in good faith, upon the advice of outside legal counsel, that taking or failing to take such action would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law or its fiduciary obligations under applicable Law and any such action or inaction pursuant to this Section 8.01 shall not be deemed to constitute a breach of this Agreement; provided that the Company Parties shall promptly provide written notice to the Consenting Stakeholders’ respective counsel (and, in any case, within one (1) calendar day) of any such determination in accordance with this Section 8.01 to take or refrain from taking any action. This Section 8.01 shall not impede the Consenting Stakeholders’ right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Sections 13.01 and 13.02 of this Agreement, as applicable.

8.02. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement (but subject to Section 7.01 and Section 8.01 and the Bidding Procedures), until the entry of the Confirmation Order, each Company Party and their respective directors, officers, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors or representatives shall have the right to: (a) solicit, consider, respond to, and seek to consummate Alternative Restructuring Proposals; provided that the Company Parties must use their reasonable best efforts to (i) provide copies of any such Alternative Restructuring Proposal received to the financial and legal advisors to the Consenting Investor, the Consenting Noteholders, and the Consenting RCF Lenders no later than one (1) calendar day following receipt thereof; (ii) provide the financial and legal advisors to the Consenting Investor, the Consenting Noteholders, and the Consenting RCF Lenders with regular updates as to the status and progress of such Alternative Restructuring Proposal; and (iii) respond promptly to information requests and questions from the financial and legal advisors to the Consenting Investor, the Consenting Noteholders, and the Consenting RCF Lenders relating to such Alternative Restructuring Proposal; (b) provide access to non-public information concerning any Company Party to any Entity or enter into Confidentiality Agreements or nondisclosure agreements with any Entity for the purpose of facilitating such Entity’s participation in the Restructuring Transactions; and (c) enter into or continue discussions or negotiations with holders of Company Claims/Interests (including any Consenting Stakeholder), any other party in interest in the Chapter 11 Cases (including any official committee and the United States Trustee), or any other Entity regarding the Restructuring Transactions.

8.03. Nothing in this Agreement shall: (a) impair or waive the rights of any Company Party to assert or raise any objection permitted under this Agreement in connection with the Restructuring Transactions; or (b) prevent any Company Party from enforcing this Agreement or contesting whether any matter, fact, or thing is a breach of, or is inconsistent with, this Agreement.

 

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Section 9. Transfer of Interests and Securities.

9.01. During the Agreement Effective Period, no Consenting Stakeholder shall Transfer any ownership (including any beneficial ownership as defined in the Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) in any Company Claims/Interests to any affiliated or unaffiliated party, including any party in which it may hold a direct or indirect beneficial interest, unless:

(a) in the case of any Company Claims, the authorized transferee is either (1) a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A of the Securities Act, (2) a non-U.S. person in an offshore transaction as defined under Regulation S under the Securities Act, (3) an institutional accredited investor (as defined in the Rules), or (4) a Consenting Stakeholder or an Affiliate thereof; and

(b) either (i) the transferee executes and delivers to counsel to the Company Parties, at or before the time of the proposed Transfer, a Transfer Agreement or Joinder, or (ii) the transferee is a Consenting Stakeholder or an Affiliate thereof and the transferee provides notice of such Transfer (including the amount and type of Company Claim/Interest Transferred) to counsel to the Company Parties at or before the time of the proposed Transfer.

9.02. Upon compliance with the requirements of Section 9.01, the transferee shall be deemed a Consenting Stakeholder and the transferor shall be deemed to relinquish its rights (and be released from its obligations) under this Agreement to the extent of the rights and obligations in respect of such transferred Company Claims/Interests. Any Transfer in violation of Section 9.01 shall be void ab initio.

9.03. This Agreement shall in no way be construed to preclude the Consenting Stakeholders from acquiring additional Company Claims/Interests; provided, however, that (a) such additional Company Claims/Interests shall automatically and immediately upon acquisition by a Consenting Stakeholder be deemed subject to the terms of this Agreement (regardless of when or whether notice of such acquisition is given to counsel to the Company Parties or counsel to the Consenting Stakeholders) and (b) such Consenting Stakeholder must provide notice of such acquisition (including the amount and type of Company Claim/Interest acquired) to counsel to the Company Parties and the other Consenting Stakeholders (as applicable) within five (5) Business Days of such acquisition.

9.04. This Section 9 shall not impose any obligation on any Company Party to issue any “cleansing letter” or otherwise publicly disclose information for the purpose of enabling a Consenting Stakeholder to Transfer any of its Company Claims/Interests. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent a Company Party and another Party have entered into a Confidentiality Agreement, the terms of such Confidentiality Agreement shall continue to apply and remain in full force and effect according to its terms, and this Agreement does not supersede any rights or obligations otherwise arising under such Confidentiality Agreements.

9.05. Notwithstanding Section 9.01, a Qualified Marketmaker that acquires any Company Claims/Interests with the purpose and intent of acting as a Qualified Marketmaker for such Company Claims/Interests shall not be required to execute and deliver a Transfer Agreement in respect of such Company Claims/Interests if (i) such Qualified Marketmaker subsequently

 

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transfers such Company Claims/Interests (by purchase, sale assignment, participation, or otherwise) within ten (10) Business Days of its acquisition to a transferee that is an Entity that is not an Affiliate, affiliated fund, or affiliated Entity with a common investment advisor; (ii) the transferee otherwise is a Permitted Transferee under Section 9.01; and (iii) the Transfer otherwise is a Permitted Transfer under Section 9.01. To the extent that a Consenting Stakeholder is acting in its capacity as a Qualified Marketmaker, it may Transfer (by purchase, sale, assignment, participation, or otherwise) any right, title or interests in Company Claims/Interests that the Qualified Marketmaker acquires from a holder of the Company Claims/Interests who is not a Consenting Stakeholder without the requirement that the transferee be a Permitted Transferee.

9.06. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9, the restrictions on Transfer set forth in this Section 9 shall not apply to the grant of any liens or encumbrances on any claims and interests in favor of a bank or broker-dealer holding custody of such claims and interests in the ordinary course of business and which lien or encumbrance is released upon the Transfer of such claims and interests.

Section 10. Representations and Warranties of Consenting Stakeholders. Each Consenting Stakeholder severally, and not jointly and severally, represents and warrants that, as of the date such Consenting Stakeholder executes and delivers this Agreement and as of the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date:

(a) it is the beneficial or record owner of the face amount of the Company Claims/Interests or is the nominee, investment manager, or advisor for beneficial holders of the Company Claims/Interests reflected in such Consenting Stakeholder’s signature page to this Agreement or Joinder to this Agreement or a Transfer Agreement, as applicable (as may be updated pursuant to Section 9);

(b) it has the full power and authority to act on behalf of, vote and consent to matters concerning, such Company Claims/Interests;

(c) such Company Claims/Interests are free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, charge, claim, equity, option, proxy, voting restriction, right of first refusal, or other limitation on disposition, transfer, or encumbrances of any kind, that would materially and adversely affect in any way such Consenting Stakeholder’s ability to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement at the time such obligations are required to be performed; and

(d) solely with respect to holders of Company Claims/Interests, (i) it is either (A) a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A of the Securities Act, (B) not a U.S. person (as defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act), or (C) an institutional accredited investor (as defined in the Rules), and (ii) any securities acquired by the Consenting Stakeholder in connection with the Restructuring Transactions will have been acquired for investment and not with a view to distribution or resale in violation of the Securities Act.

 

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Section 11. Representations and Warranties of Company Parties. Each Company Party represents and warrants to each other Party that as of the date such Company Party executes and delivers this Agreement and on the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date:

(a) entry into this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder is consistent with the exercise of such Company Party’s fiduciary duties; and

(b) to the best of its knowledge having made all reasonable inquiries, no order has been made, petition presented or resolution passed for the winding up of or appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of it or any other Company Party, and no analogous procedure has been commenced in any jurisdiction.

Section 12. Mutual Representations, Warranties, and Covenants. Each of the Parties, severally, and not jointly and severally, represents, warrants, and covenants to each other Party, as of the date such Party executed and delivers this Agreement, a Joinder, or a Transfer Agreement, as applicable, and on the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date:

(a) it is validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the state of its organization, and this Agreement is a legal, valid, and binding obligation of such Party, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by applicable Laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability;

(b) except as expressly provided in this Agreement, the Prepackaged Plan, and the Bankruptcy Code, no consent or approval is required by any other person or Entity in order for it to effectuate the Restructuring Transactions contemplated by, and perform its respective obligations under, this Agreement;

(c) the entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement do not, and will not, conflict in any material respect with any Law or regulation applicable to it or with any of its articles of association, memorandum of association or other constitutional documents;

(d) except as expressly provided in this Agreement, it has (or will have, at the relevant time) all requisite corporate or other power and authority to enter into, execute, and deliver this Agreement and to effectuate the Restructuring Transactions contemplated by, and perform its respective obligations under, this Agreement; and

(e) it is not a party to, or in discussions regarding, any contract, agreement, commitment, understanding, or other binding agreement or obligation (written or oral) with any other person with respect to an Alternative Restructuring Proposal.

Section 13. Termination Events.

13.01. Consenting Investor Termination Events. This Agreement may be terminated with respect to the Consenting Investor by the delivery to the Company Parties of a written notice in accordance with Section 16.10 hereof upon the occurrence of the following events:

 

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(a) the material breach by a Company Party of any of the representations, warranties, or covenants of the Company Parties set forth in this Agreement and made to, owed to, or for the benefit of the Consenting Investor, that remains uncured for two (2) Business Days after the Consenting Investor transmits a written notice in accordance with Section 16.10 hereof detailing any such breach;

(b) the issuance by any governmental authority, including any regulatory authority or court of competent jurisdiction, of any final, non-appealable ruling or order that (i) enjoins the consummation of a material portion of the Restructuring Transactions and (ii) remains in effect for five (5) Business Days after the Consenting Investor transmits a written notice in accordance with Section 16.10 hereof detailing any such issuance; provided, that this termination right may not be exercised by any Party that sought or requested such ruling or order in contravention of any obligation set out in this Agreement;

(c) the Interim DIP Order or the Final DIP Order is reversed, stayed, dismissed, vacated, reconsidered, modified, or amended in a manner that is not acceptable to the Consenting Investor;

(d) the DIP Lender delivers a Termination Notice in accordance with the DIP Orders, which declares an acceleration of outstanding borrowings under the DIP Facility following the occurrence of an Event of Default or terminates the commitments under the DIP Facility;

(e) the entry of an order by the Bankruptcy Court or the filing of a motion, application, or other pleading by any Company Party seeking entry into or approval of any debtor in possession financing facility other than the DIP Facility that is not acceptable to the Consenting Investor;

(f) any of the Company Parties enters into a material executory contract, lease, or other arrangement outside of the ordinary course of business without obtaining the prior written consent of the Consenting Investor, and such entry is not withdrawn and/or such executory contract, lease, or other arrangement remains in effect for two (2) Business Days after the Company Parties receive written notice from the Consenting Investor delivered in accordance with Section 16.10;

(g) except with respect to a Sale Transaction, the Company Parties file with the Bankruptcy Court any motion, application, or other pleading seeking authority to sell any material assets without the prior written consent of the Consenting Investor and such motion is not withdrawn within two (2) Business Days after the Company Parties receive written notice from the Consenting Investor delivered in accordance with Section 16.10;

(h) the failure to meet a Milestone that has not been waived or extended in a manner consistent with this Agreement, unless such failure is the result of any act, omission, or delay on the part of the Consenting Investor in violation of its obligations under this Agreement;

(i) (i) any Definitive Document is inconsistent in any material respect with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, including Section 3 hereof, and the Prepackaged Plan or (ii) any Definitive Document is waived, amended, modified, or supplemented in a manner that is inconsistent in a material manner with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, including Section 3 hereof, and the Prepackaged Plan, in each case, which has not been reversed

 

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or cured within one (1) calendar day after the Company Parties receive written notice from the Consenting Investor delivered in accordance with Section 16.10;

(j) any court of competent jurisdiction or other competent governmental or regulatory authority issues a final, non-appealable order, or ten (10) Business Days after there is a change in law, making illegal or otherwise preventing or prohibiting the consummation of the Restructuring Transactions in a way that cannot be reasonably remedied by the Company Parties subject to the reasonable satisfaction of the Consenting Investor, the Required Consenting Noteholders, and the Required Consenting RCF Lenders;

(k) the breach in any material respect by any of the Consenting Noteholders of any of the representations, warranties, or covenants of such Consenting Noteholders set forth in this Agreement (to the extent not otherwise cured or waived within five (5) Business Days after notice of such breach is provided in accordance with the terms hereof) such that the non-breaching Consenting Noteholders hold (i) less than 66.67% of the principal amount of outstanding 2025 Notes and (ii) less than 66.67% of the principal amount of outstanding 2028 Notes;

(l) the Company Parties (A) withdraw the Prepackaged Plan, (B) execute a definitive written agreement with respect to an Alternative Restructuring Proposal, (C) file, propound or otherwise support any plan of reorganization other than the Prepackaged Plan, or (D) announce their intention to do either of (A), (B) or (C);

(m) the Bankruptcy Court shall enter an order terminating, annulling, modifying or conditioning the automatic stay with respect to any material assets of the Company Parties with a

value in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate without the prior written consent of the Consenting Investor;

(n) the entry of an order by the Bankruptcy Court, the filing of a motion or application or other pleading by any Company Party, or the failure of the Company Parties to timely object to any motion, application, or other pleading seeking an order terminating exclusivity under Bankruptcy Code section 1121;

(o) any Company Party files, joins, or supports through a pleading filed with the Bankruptcy Court any motion, application, adversary proceeding or Cause of Action seeking to impose liability upon or enjoin the Consenting Investor, in its capacity as such, without the prior written consent of the Consenting Investor, and in each case to the extent inconsistent with this Agreement;

(p) the Confirmation Order is reversed or vacated, and the Bankruptcy Court does not enter a revised Confirmation Order acceptable to the Consenting Investor within five (5) Business Days;

(q) the entry of an order by the Bankruptcy Court, or the filing of a motion or application by any Company Party seeking an order (without the prior written consent of the Consenting Investor, not to be unreasonably withheld), (i) converting one or more of the Chapter 11 Cases of a Company Party to a case under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) appointing an examiner with expanded powers beyond those set forth in sections 1106(a)(3)

 

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and (4) of the Bankruptcy Code or a trustee in one or more of the Chapter 11 Cases of a Company Party, or (iii) rejecting this Agreement;

(r) the Consenting Investor Fees and Expenses are not paid by the Company Parties on the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date; or

(s) the termination of this Agreement by the Required Consenting Noteholders pursuant to Section 13.02 hereof or the Consenting RCF Lenders pursuant to Section 13.03.

13.02. Consenting Noteholder Termination Events. This Agreement may be terminated with respect to the Consenting Noteholders, by the Required Consenting Noteholders, in each case, by the delivery to the Company Parties of a written notice in accordance with Section 16.10 hereof upon the occurrence of the following events:

(a) the material breach by a Company Party of any of the representations, warranties, or covenants of the Company Parties set forth in this Agreement and made to, owed to, or for the benefit of the Consenting Noteholders, that remains uncured for two (2) Business Days after such terminating Consenting Noteholders transmit a written notice in accordance with Section 16.10 hereof detailing any such breach;

(b) the issuance by any governmental authority, including any regulatory authority or court of competent jurisdiction, of any final, non-appealable ruling or order that (i) enjoins the consummation of a material portion of the Restructuring Transactions and (ii) remains in effect for five (5) Business Days after such terminating Consenting Noteholders transmit a written notice in accordance with Section 16.10 hereof detailing any such issuance; provided, that this termination right may not be exercised by any Party that sought or requested such ruling or order in contravention of any obligation set out in this Agreement;

(c) the Interim DIP Order or the Final DIP Order is reversed, stayed, dismissed, vacated, reconsidered, modified, or amended in a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to the Required Consenting Noteholders;

(d) the DIP Lender delivers a Termination Notice in accordance with the DIP Orders, which declares an acceleration of outstanding borrowings under the DIP Facility following the occurrence of an Event of Default or terminates the commitments under the DIP Facility;

(e) the Company Parties’ right to use Cash Collateral has been terminated pursuant to the DIP Orders;

(f) the entry of an order by the Bankruptcy Court or the filing of a motion, application, or other pleading by any Company Party seeking entry into or approval of any debtor in possession financing facility other than the DIP Facility that is not acceptable to the Required Consenting Noteholders;

(g) any of the Company Parties enters into a material executory contract, lease, or other arrangement outside of the ordinary course of business without obtaining the prior written consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders, and such entry is not withdrawn and/or such executory contract, lease, or other arrangement remains in effect for two (2) Business Days after the

 

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Company Parties receive written notice from the Required Consenting Noteholders delivered in accordance with Section 16.10;

(h) the failure to meet a Milestone that has not been waived or extended in a manner consistent with this Agreement, unless such failure is the result of any act, omission, or delay on the part of any terminating Consenting Noteholder in violation of its obligations under this Agreement;

(i) except with respect to a Sale Transaction, the Company Parties file with the Bankruptcy Court any motion, application, or other pleading seeking authority to sell any material assets without the prior written consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders (not to be unreasonably withheld) and such motion is not withdrawn within two (2) Business Days after the Company Parties receive written notice from the Required Consenting Noteholders delivered in accordance with Section 16.10;

(j) (i) any Definitive Document is inconsistent in any material respect with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, including Section 3 hereof, and the Prepackaged Plan or (ii) any Definitive Document is waived, amended, modified, or supplemented in a manner that is inconsistent in a material manner with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, including Section 3 hereof, and the Prepackaged Plan, in each case, which has not been reversed or cured within one (1) calendar day after the Company Parties receive written notice from the Required Consenting Noteholders delivered in accordance with Section 16.10;

(k) any court of competent jurisdiction or other competent governmental or regulatory authority issues a final, non-appealable order, or ten (10) Business Days after there is a change in law, making illegal or otherwise preventing or prohibiting the consummation of the Restructuring Transactions in a way that cannot be reasonably remedied by the Company Parties subject to the reasonable satisfaction of the Required Consenting Noteholders;

(l) the Company Parties (A) withdraw the Prepackaged Plan, (B) execute a definitive written agreement with respect to an Alternative Restructuring Proposal, (C) file, propound or otherwise support any plan of reorganization other than the Prepackaged Plan, or (D) announce their intention to do either of (A), (B) or (C);

(m) the Bankruptcy Court shall enter an order terminating, annulling, modifying or conditioning the automatic stay with respect to any material assets of the Company Parties with a value in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate without the prior written consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders;

(n) the entry of an order by the Bankruptcy Court, the filing of a motion or application or other pleading by any Company Party, or the failure of the Company Parties to timely object to any motion, application, or other pleading seeking an order terminating exclusivity under Bankruptcy Code section 1121;

(o) the Confirmation Order is reversed or vacated, and the Bankruptcy Court does not enter a revised Confirmation Order acceptable to the Required Consenting Noteholders within five (5) Business Days;

 

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(p) the entry of an order by the Bankruptcy Court, or the filing of a motion, application, or other pleading by any Company Party seeking an order (without the prior written consent of the Required Consenting Noteholders, not to be unreasonably withheld), (i) converting one or more of the Chapter 11 Cases of a Company Party to a case under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) appointing an examiner with expanded powers beyond those set forth in sections 1106(a)(3) and (4) of the Bankruptcy Code or a trustee in one or more of the Chapter 11 Cases of a Company Party, or (iii) rejecting this Agreement;

(q) the (i) filing of any motion, application or other pleading or (ii) taking of discovery in connection with, preparation, or commencement of any proceeding or other action by any Company Party that challenges (A) the amount, validity, allowance, character, enforceability, or priority of any portion of the Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims and/or Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims, as applicable, or (B) the validity, enforceability, or perfection of any lien, security interest or other encumbrance securing any portion of the Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims and/or Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims, as applicable;

(r) the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group Fees and Expenses are not paid by the Company Parties as and when due; provided that the Company Parties shall have until the earlier of (i) two (2) Business Days after receiving notice (email being sufficient) of any deficiency from counsel to the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group (with a copy to the Consenting Investor) and (ii) immediately prior to the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date, to cure any unpaid amounts before a termination right arises under this provision; or

(s) the termination of this Agreement by the Consenting Investor pursuant to Section 13.01 hereof.

13.03. Consenting RCF Lenders Termination Events. This Agreement (i) may be terminated with respect to the Consenting RCF Lenders by the Threshold Consenting RCF Lenders, and, (ii) solely with respect to paragraph (c) herein, shall be terminated automatically with respect to the Consenting RCF Lenders unless such automatic termination is waived by the Required Consenting RCF Lenders, in each case, by the delivery to the Company Parties of a written notice in accordance with Section 16.10 hereof upon the occurrence of the following events:

(a) the material breach by a Company Party of any of the representations, warranties, or covenants of the Company Parties set forth in this Agreement and made to, owed to, or for the benefit of the Consenting RCF Lenders, that remains uncured for two (2) Business Days after such terminating Consenting RCF Lenders transmit a written notice in accordance with Section 16.10 hereof detailing any such breach;

(b) the issuance by any governmental authority, including any regulatory authority or court of competent jurisdiction, of any final, non-appealable ruling or order that (i) enjoins the consummation of a material portion of the Restructuring Transactions and (ii) remains in effect for five (5) Business Days after such terminating Consenting RCF Lenders transmit a written notice in accordance with Section 16.10 hereof detailing any such issuance; provided, that this termination right may not be exercised by any Party that sought or requested such ruling or order in contravention of any obligation set out in this Agreement;

 

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(c) the Borrowings under the Prepetition RCF Facility (including all interest related thereto) are not paid down to $0.00 within seven (7) Business Days of the entry of the Interim DIP Order as reflected in the Interim DIP Order and as required by the New RCF Exit Facility Term Sheet;

(d) the Interim DIP Order or the Final DIP Order is reversed, stayed, dismissed, vacated, reconsidered, modified, or amended in a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to the Required Consenting RCF Lenders (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld);

(e) the DIP Lender declares an acceleration of outstanding borrowings under the DIP Facility following the occurrence of an Event of Default and upon the delivery of a Termination Notice to the Remedies Notice Parties as specified in the DIP Facility Documents;

(f) the Company Parties’ right to use Cash Collateral has been terminated pursuant to the DIP Orders.

(g) (i) except with respect to a Sale Transaction, the Company Parties file with the Bankruptcy Court any motion, application, or other pleading seeking authority to sell any material assets without the prior written consent of the Required Consenting RCF Lenders (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) and such motion is not withdrawn within two (2) Business Days after the Company Parties receive written notice from the Required Consenting RCF Lenders delivered in accordance with 16.10;

(h) the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date has not occurred by the Outside Date and the Outside Date has not been extended in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;

(i) the Prepackaged Plan or any Definitive Document is amended, modified, or supplemented in a manner that materially and adversely affects the Consenting RCF Lenders; provided that this Section 13.03(i) shall only apply to the Consenting RCF Lenders whose rights or treatment are materially and adversely affected by such amendment, modification, or supplement, and if the Consenting RCF Lenders terminate this Agreement in accordance with this Section 13.03(i), such Agreement shall otherwise remain in full force and effect with respect to all other Parties;

(j) any court of competent jurisdiction or other competent governmental or regulatory authority issues a final, non-appealable order, or ten (10) Business Days after there is a change in law, making illegal or otherwise preventing or prohibiting the consummation of the Restructuring Transactions in a way that cannot be reasonably remedied by the Company Parties subject to the reasonable satisfaction of the Required Consenting RCF Lenders;

(k) the Company Parties (A) withdraw the Prepackaged Plan, (B) execute a definitive written agreement with respect to an Alternative Restructuring Proposal, (C) file, propound or otherwise support any plan of reorganization other than the Prepackaged Plan, or (D) announce their intention to do either of (A), (B) or (C);

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value in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate without the prior written consent of the Required Consenting RCF Lenders;

(m) the entry of an order by the Bankruptcy Court, the filing of a motion or application or other pleading by any Company Party, or the failure of the Company Parties to timely object to any motion, application, or other pleading seeking an order terminating exclusivity under Bankruptcy Code section 1121;

(n) the Confirmation Order is reversed or vacated, and the Bankruptcy Court does not enter a revised Confirmation Order reasonably acceptable to the Required Consenting RCF Lenders within five (5) Business Days;

(o) the entry of an order by the Bankruptcy Court, the filing of a motion or application or other pleading by any Company Party or the failure of the Company Parties to timely object to any motion, application, or other pleading seeking an order (i) converting one or more of the Chapter 11 Cases of a Company Party to a case under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) appointing an examiner with expanded powers beyond those set forth in sections 1106(a)(3) and (4) of the Bankruptcy Code or a trustee in one or more of the Chapter 11 Cases of a Company Party, or (iii) rejecting this Agreement;

(p) (i) the filing of any motion, application or other pleading or taking of discovery in connection with, preparation, or commencement of any proceeding or other action by any Company Party that challenges (A) the amount, validity, allowance, character, enforceability, or priority of any portion of the Prepetition RCF Claims, or (B) the validity, enforceability, or perfection of any lien, security interest or other encumbrance securing any portion of the Prepetition RCF Claims, or (ii) an order is entered by the Bankruptcy Court (or any court with jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases) providing relief against the interests of the Consenting RCF Lenders with respect to any of the foregoing causes of action or proceedings, including, but not limited to, invalidating, avoiding, disallowing, recharacterizing, subordinating, or limiting, as applicable, the enforceability, priority or validity of the liens securing the obligations owed under the Prepetition RCF Credit Agreement or the claims in respect thereof;

(q) the Consenting RCF Lender Fees and Expenses are not paid by the Company Parties as and when due; provided that the Company Parties shall have until the earlier of (i) two (2) Business Days after receiving notice (email being sufficient) of any deficiency from counsel to the Consenting RCF Lenders (with a copy to the Consenting Investor) and (ii) immediately prior to the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date, to cure any unpaid amounts before a termination right arises under this provision; provided further that any amounts that are disputed in good faith by the Company Parties shall not give rise to a termination right hereunder until such dispute is resolved; or

(r) the termination of this Agreement by the Consenting Investor pursuant to Section 13.01 hereof or the Required Consenting Noteholders pursuant to Section 13.02 hereof.

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case, by the delivery to the Company Parties of a written notice in accordance with Section 16.10 hereof upon the occurrence of the following events:

(a) the Prepackaged Plan or any Definitive Document is amended, modified, or supplemented in a manner that materially and adversely affects the releases provided to the Consenting Equityholders; provided that this Section 13.04(a) shall only apply to the Consenting Equityholders whose rights or treatment are materially and adversely affected by such amendment, modification, or supplement, and if the Consenting Equityholders terminate this Agreement in accordance with this Section 13.04(a), such Agreement shall otherwise remain in full force and effect with respect to all other Parties.

13.05. Consenting Physician-Owned Entities Termination Events. This Agreement may be terminated with respect to the Consenting Physician-Owned Entities, by the Consenting Physician-Owned Entities, in each case, by the delivery to the Company Parties of a written notice in accordance with Section 16.10 hereof upon the occurrence of the following events:

(a) the Prepackaged Plan or any Definitive Document is amended, modified, or supplemented in a manner that materially and adversely affects the releases provided to the Consenting Physician-Owned Entities; provided that this Section 13.05(a) shall only apply to the Consenting Physician-Owned Entities whose releases are materially and adversely affected by such amendment, modification, or supplement, and if the Consenting Physician-Owned Entities terminate this Agreement in accordance with this Section 13.05(a), such Agreement shall otherwise remain in full force and effect with respect to all other Parties.

13.06. Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities Termination Events. This Agreement may be terminated with respect to the Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities, by the Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities, in each case, by the delivery to the Company Parties of a written notice in accordance with Section 16.10 hereof upon the occurrence of the following events:

(a) the Prepackaged Plan or any Definitive Document is amended, modified, or supplemented in a manner that materially and adversely affects the releases provided to the Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities; provided that this Section 13.06(a) shall only apply to the Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities whose releases are materially and adversely affected by such amendment, modification, or supplement, and if the Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities terminate this Agreement in accordance with this Section 13.06(a), such Agreement shall otherwise remain in full force and effect with respect to all other Parties.

13.07. Company Party Termination Events. Any Company Party may terminate this Agreement as to all Parties upon prior written notice to all Parties in accordance with Section 16.10 hereof upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

(a) the breach in any material respect by any of the Consenting Noteholders of any of the representations, warranties, or covenants of such Consenting Noteholders set forth in this Agreement (to the extent not otherwise cured or waived within five (5) Business Days after notice of such breach is provided in accordance with the terms hereof) such that the non-breaching

 

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Consenting Noteholders hold (i) less than 66.67% of the principal amount of outstanding Prepetition 2025 Notes and (ii) less than 66.67% of the principal amount of outstanding Prepetition 2028 Notes;

(b) following delivery of notice by the Company Parties pursuant to Section 8.01, the board of directors, board of managers, or such similar governing body of any Company Party determines in good faith, upon the advice of outside legal counsel in accordance with Section 8 hereof, (i) that proceeding with any of the Restructuring Transactions would be inconsistent with the exercise of its fiduciary duties or applicable Law or (ii) in the exercise of its fiduciary duties, to pursue an Alternative Restructuring Proposal; provided that the Consenting Stakeholders reserve all rights they may have to challenge the exercise by the Company Parties of their ability to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 13.07(b).

(c) the issuance by any governmental authority, including any regulatory authority or court of competent jurisdiction, of any final, non-appealable ruling or order that (i) enjoins the consummation of a material portion of the Restructuring Transactions and (ii) remains in effect for thirty (30) Business Days after such terminating Company Party transmits a written notice in accordance with Section 16.10 hereof detailing any such issuance; provided, that this termination right shall not apply to or be exercised by any Company Party that sought or requested such ruling or order in contravention of any obligation or restriction set out in this Agreement; or

(d) the Confirmation Order is reversed or vacated.

13.08. Mutual Termination. This Agreement, and the obligations of all Parties hereunder, may be terminated by mutual written agreement among all of the following: (a) the Consenting Investor; (b) the Required Consenting Noteholders; and (c) each Company Party.

13.09. Automatic Termination. This Agreement shall terminate automatically without any further required action or notice immediately after the Prepackaged Plan Effective Date.

13.10. Effect of Termination. Upon the occurrence of a Termination Date as to a Party, this Agreement shall be of no further force and effect as to such Party and each Party subject to such termination shall be released from its commitments, undertakings, and agreements under or related to this Agreement and shall have the rights and remedies that it would have had, had it not entered into this Agreement, and shall be entitled to take all actions, whether with respect to the. Restructuring Transactions or otherwise, that it would have been entitled to take had it not entered into this Agreement, including with respect to any and all Claims or Causes of Action; provided, however, that in no event shall any such termination relieve any Party from (a) liability for its breach or non-performance of its obligations under this Agreement prior to the Termination Date or (b) obligations under this Agreement which by their terms expressly survive a termination of this Agreement. Upon the occurrence of a Termination Date prior to the Confirmation Order being entered by a Bankruptcy Court, any and all consents or ballots tendered by the Parties subject to such termination before a Termination Date shall be deemed, for all purposes, to be null and void from the first instance and shall not be considered or otherwise used in any manner by the Parties in connection with the Restructuring Transactions and this Agreement or otherwise; provided, however, that any Consenting Stakeholder withdrawing or changing its vote pursuant to this Section 13.10 shall promptly provide written notice of such withdrawal or change to each other

 

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Party to this Agreement and, if such withdrawal or change occurs on or after the Petition Date, file notice of such withdrawal or change with the Bankruptcy Court. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as prohibiting a Company Party or any of the Consenting Stakeholders from contesting whether any such termination is in accordance with its terms or to seek enforcement of any rights under this Agreement that arose or existed before a Termination Date. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, nothing herein is intended to, or does, in any manner waive, limit, impair, or restrict (a) any right of any Company Party or the ability of any Company Party to protect and reserve its rights (including rights under this Agreement), remedies, and interests, including its claims against any Consenting Stakeholder, and (b) any right of any Consenting Stakeholder, or the ability of any Consenting Stakeholder, to protect and preserve its rights (including rights under this Agreement), remedies, and interests, including its claims against any Company Party or Consenting Stakeholder. No purported termination of this Agreement shall be effective under this Section 13.10 or otherwise if the Party seeking to terminate this Agreement is in material breach of this Agreement, except a termination pursuant to Section 13.09. Nothing in this Section 13.10 shall restrict any Company Party’s right to terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 13.07(b).

13.11. Automatic Stay. The Company Parties acknowledge that the giving of notice of default or termination by any other Party pursuant to Section 13 of this Agreement shall not be a violation of the automatic stay under section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code, and the Company Parties hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the applicability of the automatic stay as it relates to any such notice being provided; provided that nothing herein shall prejudice any Party’s rights to argue that the giving of notice of default or termination was not proper under the terms of this Agreement.

Section 14. Amendments and Waivers.

(a) This Agreement (including as to the required content of and consent rights with respect to any Definitive Document) may not be modified, amended, or supplemented, and no condition or requirement of this Agreement may be waived, in any manner except in accordance with this Section 14.

(b) Subject to the consent rights set forth in Section 3 herein, this Agreement may be modified, amended, or supplemented, or a condition or requirement of this Agreement may be waived, in a writing signed by: (a) each Company Party (b) the Consenting Investor, and (c) the Required Consenting Noteholders; provided, however, that if the proposed modification, amendment, waiver, or supplement has a material, disproportionate, and adverse effect on any of the Company Claims/Interests held by a Consenting Stakeholder, then the consent of each such affected Consenting Stakeholder shall also be required to effectuate such modification, amendment, waiver or supplement; provided further that, for the avoidance of doubt, (A) if the proposed modification, amendment, waiver, or supplement materially and adversely affects any of the Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims or the Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims held by a Consenting Noteholder in a manner that is different or disproportionate in any material respect from the effect such modification, amendment, or supplement has on the Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims or Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims held by other Consenting Noteholders, other than in proportion to the amount of such Prepetition 2025 Notes Claims or Prepetition 2028 Notes Claims, then the consent of each such affected Consenting Noteholder shall also be required to effectuate such

 

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modification, amendment, waiver or supplement; (B) if the proposed modification, amendment, waiver, or supplement materially and adversely affects any of the Prepetition RCF Claims held by a Consenting RCF Lender in a manner that is different or disproportionate in any material respect from the effect such modification, amendment, or supplement has on the Prepetition RCF Claims held by other Consenting RCF Lender, other than in proportion to the amount of such Prepetition RCF Claims, then the consent of each such affected Consenting RCF Lender shall also be required to effectuate such modification, amendment, waiver or supplement; and (C) any modification or amendment to the definitions of “Required Consenting Noteholders”, “Required Consenting Equityholders”, “Required Consenting RCF Lenders”, “Threshold Consenting RCF Lenders”, and any other defined term whose definition affects the population covered thereby shall require the consent of all Consenting Noteholders, Consenting Equityholders, or Consenting RCF Lenders, as applicable.

(c) Any proposed modification, amendment, waiver or supplement that does not comply with this Section 14 shall be ineffective and void ab initio.

(d) The waiver by any Party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a further or continuing waiver of such breach or as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. No failure on the part of any Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any such right, power or remedy or any provision of this Agreement, nor shall any single or partial exercise of such right, power or remedy by such Party preclude any other or further exercise of such right, power or remedy or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. All remedies under this Agreement are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other remedies provided by Law.

Section 15. Intentionally Omitted.

Section 16. Miscellaneous.

16.01. Acknowledgement. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, this Agreement is not and shall not be deemed to be an offer with respect to any securities or solicitation of votes for the acceptance of a plan of reorganization for purposes of sections 1125 and 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise. Any such offer or solicitation will be made only in compliance with all applicable securities Laws, provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, and/or other applicable Law.

16.02. Exhibits Incorporated by Reference; Conflicts. Each of the exhibits, annexes, signatures pages, and schedules attached hereto is expressly incorporated herein and made a part of this Agreement, and all references to this Agreement shall include such exhibits, annexes, and schedules. In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement (without reference to the exhibits, annexes, and schedules hereto) and the exhibits, annexes, and schedules hereto, this Agreement (without reference to the exhibits, annexes, and schedules thereto) shall govern.

16.03. Further Assurances. Subject to the other terms of this Agreement, the Parties agree to execute and deliver such other instruments and perform such acts, in addition to the matters herein specified, as may be reasonably appropriate or necessary, or as may be required by order of the Bankruptcy Court, from time to time, to effectuate the Restructuring Transactions, as

 

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applicable; provided, however, that this Section 16.03 shall not limit the right of any Party hereto to exercise any right or remedy provided for in this Agreement (including approval rights set forth in Section 3).

16.04. Complete Agreement. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, oral or written, among the Parties with respect thereto, other than any Confidentiality Agreement.

16.05. GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION: SELECTION OF FORUM. THIS AGREEMENT IS TO BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF. Each Party hereto agrees that it shall bring any action or proceeding in respect of any claim arising out of or related to this Agreement, to the extent possible, in the Bankruptcy Court, and solely in connection with claims arising under this Agreement: (a) irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court; (b) waives any objection to laying venue in any such action or proceeding in the Bankruptcy Court; and (c) waives any objection that the Bankruptcy Court is an inconvenient forum or does not have jurisdiction over any Party hereto.

16.06. TRIAL BY JURY WAIVER. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE RESTRUCTURING TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

16.07. Execution of Agreement. This Agreement may be executed and delivered in any number of counterparts and by way of electronic signature and delivery, each such counterpart, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute the same agreement. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, each individual executing this Agreement on behalf of a Party has been duly authorized and empowered to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of said Party.

16.08. Rules of Construction. This Agreement is the product of negotiations among the Company Parties and the Consenting Stakeholders, and in the enforcement or interpretation hereof, is to be interpreted in a neutral manner, and any presumption with regard to interpretation for or against any Party by reason of that Party having drafted or caused to be drafted this Agreement, or any portion hereof, shall not be effective in regard to the interpretation hereof. The Company Parties and the Consenting Stakeholders were each represented by counsel during the negotiations and drafting of this Agreement and continue to be represented by counsel.

16.09. Successors and Assigns; Third Parties. This Agreement is intended to bind and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns, as applicable. There are no third-party beneficiaries under this Agreement, and, except as set forth in Section 9, the rights or obligations of any Party under this Agreement may not be assigned, delegated, or transferred to any other person or Entity.

 

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16.10. Notices. All notices hereunder shall be deemed given if in writing and delivered, by electronic mail, courier, or registered or certified mail (return receipt requested), to the following addresses (or at such other addresses as shall be specified by like notice):

(a) if to a Company Party, to:

Akumin Inc.

8300 W Sunrise Blvd.

Plantation, FL 33322

Attention: Riadh Zine

Email: riadh.zine@akumin.com

with copies to:

Stikeman Elliott

5300 Commerce Court West

199 Bay Street

Toronto Ontario M5L 1B9

Canada

Attention: Dee Rajpal

Email: drajpal@stikeman.com

-and-

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

51 West 52nd Street

New York, NY 10019-6119

Attention: Eric Lopez Schnabel and Rachel P. Stoian

Email: schnabel.eric@dorsey.com; stoian.rachel@dorsey.com

(b) if to a Consenting Noteholder, to the address or e-mail addresses set forth on such Consenting Noteholder’s signature page to this Agreement (or in the signature page to a Joinder or Transfer Agreement in the case of any Consenting Noteholder that becomes a Party hereto after the Agreement Effective Date), and, with respect to the Required Consenting Noteholders, with a copy to::

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

One Bryant Park

Bank of America Tower

New York, NY 10036-6745

Attention: Michael S. Stamer, Jason Rubin, and Stephen Kuhn

Email: mstamer@akingump.com; jrubin@akingump.com;

skuhn@akingump.com

(c) if to the Consenting RCF Lenders, to:

PNC Bank, National Association

One Federal Place

 

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1819 Fifth Avenue North, Suite 900

Mailstop G5-KBFA-09-4

Birmingham, AL 35203

Attention: Christopher Gribble, Senior Vice President

Email: Christopher.gribble@pnc.com

with copies to:

King & Spalding LLP

1180 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 1600

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

Attention: Thaddeus D. Wilson and Britney Baker

Email: thadwilson@kslaw.com; bbaker@kslaw.com

(d) if to any of (i) the Consenting Non-Debtor Hospital Partner Entities, (ii) the Consenting Physician-Owned Entities, or (iii) the Consenting Equityholders, in the care of:

Akumin Inc.

8300 W Sunrise Blvd.

Plantation, FL 33322

Attention: Riadh Zine

Email: riadh.zine@akumin.com

(e) if to the Consenting Investor, to:

Stonepeak

55 Hudson Yards

550 West 34th Street, 48th Floor

New York, NY 10001

Attention: Legal & Compliance

Email: legalandcompliance@stonepeakpartners.com

with copies to:

Sidley Austin LLP

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Tom Califano, Anthony Grossi, and Jason Hufendick

Email: tom.califano@sidley.com; agrossi@sidley.com; jhufendick@sidley.com

Any notice given by delivery, mail, or courier shall be effective when received.

16.11. Independent Due Diligence and Decision Making. Each Consenting Stakeholder hereby confirms that its decision to execute this Agreement has been based upon its independent investigation of the operations, businesses, financial and other conditions, and prospects of the Company Parties.

 

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16.12. Enforceability of Agreement. Each of the Parties to the extent enforceable waives any right to assert that the exercise of termination rights under this Agreement is subject to the automatic stay provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, and expressly stipulates and consents hereunder to the prospective modification of the automatic stay provisions of the Bankruptcy Code for purposes of exercising termination rights under this Agreement, to the extent the Bankruptcy Court determines that such relief is required; provided that nothing herein shall prejudice any Party’s rights to argue that the exercise of termination rights was not proper under the terms of this Agreement.

16.13. Waiver. If the Restructuring Transactions are not consummated, or if this Agreement is terminated for any reason, the Parties fully reserve any and all of their rights. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 408 and any other applicable rules of evidence, this Agreement and all negotiations relating hereto shall not be admissible into evidence in any proceeding other than a proceeding to enforce its terms or the payment of damages to which a Party may be entitled under this Agreement.

16.14. Specific Performance. It is understood and agreed by the Parties that money damages would be an insufficient remedy for any breach of this Agreement by any Party, and each non-breaching Party shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive or other equitable relief (without the posting of any bond and without proof of actual damages) as a remedy of any such breach, including an order of the Bankruptcy Court or other court of competent jurisdiction requiring any Party to comply promptly with any of its obligations hereunder.

16.15. Several, Not Joint and Several, Claims. Except where otherwise specified, the agreements, representations, warranties, and obligations of the Parties under this Agreement are, in all respects, several and not joint and several.

16.16. Severability and Construction. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect if essential terms and conditions of this Agreement for each Party remain valid, binding, and enforceable.

16.17. Remedies Cumulative. All rights, powers, and remedies provided under this Agreement or otherwise available in respect hereof at Law or in equity shall be cumulative and not alternative, and the exercise of any right, power, or remedy thereof by any Party shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise of any other such right, power, or remedy by such Party.

16.18. Capacities of Consenting Stakeholders. Each Consenting Stakeholder has entered into this agreement on account of all Company Claims/Interests that it holds (directly or through discretionary accounts that it manages or advises) and, except where otherwise specified in this Agreement, shall take or refrain from taking all actions that it is obligated to take or refrain from taking under this Agreement with respect to all such Company Claims/Interests.

16.19. Survival. Notwithstanding (i) any Transfer of any Company Claims/Interests in accordance with this Agreement or (ii) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the agreements and obligations of the Parties in Section 9, Section 13.10, and Section 16, and any defined terms needed for the interpretation of any such Sections and the Confidentiality

 

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Agreements shall survive such Transfer and/or termination and shall continue in full force and effect for the benefit of the Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

16.20. Email Consents. Where a written consent, acceptance, approval, or waiver is required pursuant to or contemplated by this Agreement, pursuant to Section 3, Section 14, or otherwise, including a written approval by the Company Parties, the Consenting Investor, or the Required Consenting Noteholders, such written consent, acceptance, approval, or waiver shall be deemed to have occurred if, by agreement between counsel to the Parties submitting and receiving such consent, acceptance, approval, or waiver, it is conveyed in writing (including electronic mail) between each such counsel without representations or warranties of any kind on behalf of such counsel.

16.21. Relationship Among Parties.

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the duties and obligations of the Consenting Stakeholders under this Agreement shall be several, and neither joint nor joint and several. None of the Consenting Stakeholders shall have by virtue of this Agreement any fiduciary duty or any other duty of trust or confidence in any form to each other, any Consenting Stakeholder, any Company Party or affiliate thereof, or any of the Company Parties’ or their respective affiliates’ creditors or other stakeholders. None of the Consenting Stakeholders shall have by virtue of this Agreement any duties or responsibilities to each other, any Consenting Stakeholder, any Company Party or affiliate thereof, or any of the Company Parties’ or their respective affiliates’ creditors or other stakeholders, and there are no commitments among or between the Consenting Stakeholders, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement. It is understood and agreed that any Consenting Stakeholder may trade in any debt or equity Securities of any Company Parties without the consent of the Company Parties or any other Consenting Stakeholder, subject to applicable securities Laws, the terms of this Agreement, and the terms of the Definitive Documents. No prior history, pattern or practice of sharing confidences among or between any of the Consenting Stakeholders, and/or the Company Parties shall in any way affect or negate this understanding and agreement. The Parties acknowledge that this Agreement does not constitute an agreement, arrangement, or understanding with respect to acting together for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting, or disposing of any Securities of any of the Company Parties and shall not be deemed, as a result of its entering into and performing its obligations under this Agreement, to constitute a “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act or Rule 13d-5 promulgated thereunder. For the avoidance of doubt: (1) each Consenting Stakeholder is entering into this Agreement directly with the Company Parties and not with any other Consenting Stakeholder, (2) no other Consenting Stakeholder shall have any right to bring any action against any other Consenting Stakeholder with respect this Agreement (or any breach thereof), other than in accordance with this Agreement, and (3) no Consenting Stakeholder shall, nor shall any action taken by a Consenting Stakeholder pursuant to this Agreement, be deemed to be acting in concert or as any group with any other Consenting Stakeholder with respect to the obligations under this Agreement, nor shall this Agreement create a presumption that the Consenting Stakeholders are in any way acting as a group. All rights under this Agreement are separately granted to each Consenting Stakeholder by the Company Parties and vice versa, and the use of a single document is for the convenience of the Parties. Each Party’s decision to commit to enter into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement has been made independently and is based upon its own business judgment with the understanding that no Company Party has made

 

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any representations or warranties as to the success of the Restructuring Transactions or, ultimately, the Confirmation of the Prepackaged Plan.

(b) The Company Parties understand that the Consenting Stakeholders are engaged in a wide range of financial services and businesses, and, in furtherance of the foregoing, the Company Parties acknowledge and agree that the obligations set forth in this Agreement shall only apply to the trading desk(s) and/or business group(s) of the Consenting Stakeholders that principally manage and/or supervise the Consenting Stakeholder’s investment in the Company Parties, and shall not apply to any other trading desk or business group of the Consenting Stakeholder so long as they are not acting at the direction or for the benefit of such Consenting Stakeholder and so long as confidentiality is maintained consistent with any applicable Confidentiality Agreement.

16.22. No Recourse. This Agreement may only be enforced against the named Parties hereto (and then only to the extent of the specific obligations undertaken by such parties in this Agreement). All claims or Causes of Action (whether in contract, tort, equity, or any other theory) that may be based upon, arise out of, or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution, or performance of this Agreement, may be made only against the persons that are expressly identified as Parties hereto (and then only to the extent of the specific obligations undertaken by such Parties herein). No past, present or future direct or indirect director, manager, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, stockholder, equity holder, trustee, affiliate, controlling person, agent, attorney, or other representative of any Party hereto (including any person negotiating or executing this Agreement on behalf of a Party hereto), nor any past, present, or future direct or indirect director, manager, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, stockholder, equity holder, trustee, affiliate, controlling person, agent, attorney, or other representative of any of the foregoing (other than any of the foregoing that is a Party hereto) (any such Person, a “No Recourse Party”), shall have any liability with respect to this Agreement or with respect to any proceeding (whether in contract, tort, equity, or any other theory that seeks to “pierce the corporate veil” or impose liability of an Entity against its owners or affiliates or otherwise) that may arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution, or performance of this Agreement.

16.23. Publicity and Confidentiality. Except as required by Law, no Party or its advisors shall (a) use the name of any Consenting Noteholder in any public manner (including in any press release) with respect to this Agreement, the Restructuring Transactions or any of the Definitive Documents or (b) disclose to any person (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any other Consenting Noteholder), other than advisors to the Company Parties and the Consenting Investor (who are under obligations of confidentiality to the Company Parties and the Consenting Investor, as applicable, with respect to such disclosure, and whose compliance with such obligations the Company Parties and the Consenting Investor, as applicable, shall be responsible for), the principal amount or percentage of any Claims held by any Consenting Noteholder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Claims acquired pursuant to any Transfer) without such Consenting Noteholder’s prior written consent (it being understood and agreed that each Consenting Noteholder’s signature page to this Agreement shall be redacted to remove the name of such Consenting Noteholder and the amount and/or percentage of Claims held by such Consenting Noteholder); provided, however, that (i) if such disclosure is required by Law, advance notice of the intent to disclose, if permitted by applicable Law, shall be given by the disclosing Party to each Consenting Noteholder (who shall have the right to seek a protective order prior to disclosure) and

 

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(ii) the foregoing shall not prohibit the disclosure of the aggregate percentage or aggregate principal amount of Claims held by the Consenting Noteholder of the same class, collectively. The Company Parties further agree that such information shall be redacted from “closing sets” or other representations of the fully executed Agreement, any Joinder or Transfer Agreement submitted to any person other than advisors to the Company Parties, the Consenting Investor, and the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company Parties will coordinate with Sidley Austin LLP and Moelis & Company LLC, and submit to Sidley Austin LLP and Moelis & Company LLC, and the advisors to the Consenting Noteholders, all press releases, public filings, public announcements, or other communications with any news media, in each case, to be made by any of the Company Parties relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and any amendments thereof (each, an “Announcement”) and will submit any such Announcement at least two (2) Business Days before the public disclosure of such Announcement unless not feasible pursuant to applicable Law and with respect to which such parties shall have consent rights.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the day and year first above written.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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Company Parties

Signature Page to the Restructuring

Support Agreement

 

       

ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC GROUP, LLC

ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC RESOURCES, LLC

AFFILIATED PET SYSTEMS, L.L.C.

AFO IMAGING, INC.

AKUMIN FL, LLC

AKUMIN FLORIDA HOLDINGS, LLC

AKUMIN HEALTH ILLINOIS, LLC

AKUMIN HOLDINGS CORP.

AKUMIN INC.

AKUMIN OPERATING CORP.

ALLIANCE IMAGING NC, LLC

ALLIANCE ONCOLOGY OF ARIZONA, LLC

ALLIANCE RADIOSURGERY, LLC

DECATUR HEALTH IMAGING, L.L.C.

DIAGNOSTIC HEALTH CENTER OF ANCHORAGE, LLC

GREATER BOSTON MRI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

GREATER BOSTON MRI SERVICES, LLC

IMAGING CENTER OF WEST PALM BEACH, LLC

INMED DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES OF MA, LLC

LCM IMAGING, INC.

MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS, LLC

MEDICAL OUTSOURCING SERVICES, LLC

MID-AMERICAN IMAGING, INC.

MONROE PET, LLC

MUSC HEALTH CANCER CARE ORGANIZATION, LLC

NEHE/WSIC II, LLC

NEHE-MRI, LLC

NEOSPINE BLOCKER CORP.

NEW ENGLAND HEALTH ENTERPRISES BUSINESS TRUST

NEW ENGLAND HEALTH IMAGING - HOULTON, LLC

NEW ENGLAND MOLECULAR IMAGING LLC

PET SCANS OF AMERICA CORP.

PMI PARTNERS, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING AT CASA LINDA PLAZA, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING AT THE MEDICAL CENTER, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING HEB, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING OF AUSTIN, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING OF CORINTH, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING OF DENTON, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING OF FORT WORTH, LLC


[Signature page continued]   
  

PREFERRED IMAGING OF FRISCO, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING OF GARLAND, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING OF GRAPEVINE/COLLEYVILLE, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING OF IRVING, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING OF MCKINNEY, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING OF MESQUITE, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING OF PLANO, LLC

PREFERRED IMAGING ON PLANO PARKWAY, LLC

PREFERRED OPEN MRI, LLC

ROUND ROCK IMAGING, LLC

SHARED P.E.T. IMAGING, LLC

SMT HEALTH SERVICES, LLC

SYNCMED, LLC

THREE RIVERS HOLDING, LLC

TIC ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, LLC

USR HOLDINGS, LLC

VISTA PEM PROVIDERS, LLC

WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS MAGNETIC RESONANCE

SERVICES, LLC

WOODLAND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, LLC

 

By:  

/s/ Riadh Zine

Name: Riadh Zine
Title: Authorized Signatory/CEO

Address: 8300 W Sunrise Boulevard, Plantation, Florida 33322

E-mail address(es): riadh.zine@akumin.com


Consenting Stakeholders’ Signature Page to

the Restructuring Support Agreement

[Signature pages of the Consenting Noteholders redacted

pursuant to Section 16.23 of this Agreement.]


Consenting Stakeholders’ Signature Page to

the Restructuring Support Agreement

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as a Consenting RCF Lender

 

/s/ Christopher B. Gribble

Name: Christopher B. Gribble

Title: Senior Vice President

Address:

PNC Bank, National Association

One Federal Place

1819 Fifth Avenue North, Suite 900

Mailstop G5-KBFA-09-4

Birmingham, AL 35203

Attention: Christopher Gribble, Senior Vice President

E-mail address(es): Christopher.gribble@pnc.com

 

Aggregate Amounts Beneficially Owned or Managed on Account of:

Prepetition RCF Facility1

                           

Prepetition 2025 Notes

   $0.00

Prepetition 2028 Notes

   $0.00

Prepetition Series A Notes

   $0.00

Existing Common Stock Interests

   $0.00

Other Equity Interests

   $0.00

 

1 

The amounts listed on this signature page reflect aggregate, outstanding principal amounts only.


Consenting Stakeholders’ Signature Page to

the Restructuring Support Agreement

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as a Consenting RCF Lender and Holder of

Prepetition Swap Claims

 

/s/ Christopher B. Gribble

Name: Christopher B. Gribble

Title: Senior Vice President

Address:

PNC Bank, National Association

One Federal Place

1819 Fifth Avenue North, Suite 900

Mailstop G5-KBFA-09-4

Birmingham, AL 35203

Attention: Christopher Gribble, Senior Vice President

E-mail address(es): Christopher.gribble@pnc.com


Consenting Stakeholders’ Signature Page to

the Restructuring Support Agreement

CITIBANK, N.A.,

as a Consenting RCF Lender

 

/s/ Robert J. Kane

Name: Robert J. Kane

Title: Vice President

Address: 388 Greenwich Street, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10013

E-mail address(es): robert.j.kane@citi.com; alexandra l.smith@citi.com; karin.avivi@citi.com; sephorah.alouidor@citi.com

 

Aggregate Amounts Beneficially Owned or Managed on Account of:

Prepetition RCF Facility1

                           

Prepetition 2025 Notes

   $0.00

Prepetition 2028 Notes

   $0.00

Prepetition Series A Notes

   $0.00

Existing Common Stock Interests

   $0.00

Other Equity Interests

   $0.00

 

1 

The amounts listed on this signature page reflect aggregate, outstanding principal amounts only.


Consenting Stakeholders’ Signature Page to

the Restructuring Support Agreement

BARCLAYS BANK PLC (“Barclays”),

as a Consenting RCF Lender, solely in respect of its Portfolio Management Group (“PMG”) and not any other desk, unit, group, division, or affiliate of Barclays and solely in respect of the PMG’s Prepetition RCF Claims set forth below. For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Agreement, nothing in the Agreement shall bind Barclays or its affiliates to take or not take any action, or otherwise in any respect, other than with respect to its PMG and its Prepetition RCF Claims set forth below.

 

/s/ Adeel Khalid

Name: Adeel Khalid

Title: Authorized Signatory

Address:

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10019

E-mail address(es): adeel.khalid@barclays.com

 

Aggregate Amounts that PMG Beneficially Owned or Managed on Account of:

Prepetition RCF Facility1

                           

Prepetition 2025 Notes

   $0.00

Prepetition 2028 Notes

   $0.00

Prepetition Series A Notes

   $0.00

Existing Common Stock Interests

   $0.00

Other Equity Interests

   $0.00

 

1 

The amounts listed on this signature page reflect aggregate, outstanding principal amounts only.

Restricted - Internal


Signature Page to the Restructuring

Support Agreement

 

/s/ Thomas (Tom) Davies

Name: Thomas (Tom) Davies

Title: Executive Vice President of The Remington Group Inc. and Director of Akumin Inc.

Address:                                                                                                                   

E-mail address(es):                                                                          

 

Aggregate Amounts Beneficially Owned or Managed on Account of:

Prepetition RCF Facility

  

Prepetition 2025 Notes

  

Prepetition 2028 Notes

  

Prepetition Series A Notes

  

Existing Common Stock Interests

                                                

Other Interests

  


Company Parties’ Signature Page to

the Restructuring Support Agreement

 

[CONSENTING STAKEHOLDER]

STAN DUNFORD /s/ STAN DUNFORD

Name:

Title:

Address:                                                                                                                                                                                                     

E-mail address(es):                                                                                                                                        

 

Aggregate Amounts Beneficially Owned or Managed on Account of:

Prepetition RCF Facility

               

Prepetition 2025 Notes

  

Prepetition 2028 Notes

  

Prepetition Series A Notes

  

Existing Common Stock Interests

                           

Other Interests

               


Signature Page to the Restructuring

Support Agreement

          G. C. Family Investments Inc.

Per:

 

/s/ Christopher Bratty

 

Name: Christopher Bratty

 

Title: A.S.O

Address:                                                                                                                                                                                                 

E-mail address(es):                                                                                                                                                

 

Aggregate Amounts Beneficially Owned or Managed on Account of:

Prepetition RCF Facility

               

Prepetition 2025 Notes

  

Prepetition 2028 Notes

  

Prepetition Series A Notes

  

Existing Common Stock Interests

                           

Other Interests

  


Signature Page to the Restructuring

Support Agreement

 

/s/ Murray Lee

Name: Murray Lee

Title:

Address:                                                                                                                                                                     

E-mail address(es):                                                                                                       

 

Aggregate Amounts Beneficially Owned or Managed on Account of:

Prepetition RCF Facility

  

Prepetition 2025 Notes

  

Prepetition 2028 Notes

  

Prepetition Series A Notes

  

Existing Common Stock Interests

                           

Other Interests

  


Signature Page to the Restructuring

Support Agreement

          Ruland Realty Limited

 

Per:

 

/s/ Christopher Bratty

 

Name: Christopher Bratty

 

Title: Vice-President

Address:                                                                                                                                                                     

E-mail address(es):                                                                                                       

 

Aggregate Amounts Beneficially Owned or Managed on Account of:

Prepetition RCF Facility

  

Prepetition 2025 Notes

  

Prepetition 2028 Notes

  

Prepetition Series A Notes

  

Existing Common Stock Interests

                           

Other Interests

  


Signature Page to the Restructuring

Support Agreement

 

/s/ Ross Sinetair

Name:

Title: Director

Address:                                                                                                                                                                     

E-mail address(es):                                                                                                       

 

Aggregate Amounts Beneficially Owned or Managed on Account of:

Prepetition RCF Facility

  

Prepetition 2025 Notes

  

Prepetition 2028 Notes

  

Prepetition Series A Notes

  

Existing Common Stock Interests

                           

Other Interests

  


Signature Page to the Restructuring

Support Agreement

 

/s/ PAUL S. VIVIAND

Name:

Title: Director

Address:                                                                                                                                                                     

E-mail address(es):                                                                                                       

 

Aggregate Amounts Beneficially Owned or Managed on Account of:

Prepetition RCF Facility

  

Prepetition 2025 Notes

  

Prepetition 2028 Notes

  

Prepetition Series A Notes

  

Existing Common Stock Interests

                           

Other Interests

                                    


Signature Page to the Restructuring

Support Agreement

 

/s/ John R. Wagner

Name: John Wagner

Title: Manager, SCW Capital Management, LP

Address:                                                                                                                                                                     

E-mail address(es):                                                                                                                                                    

 

Aggregate Amounts Beneficially Owned or Managed on Account of:

Prepetition RCF Facility

  

Prepetition 2025 Notes

  

Prepetition 2028 Notes

  

Prepetition Series A Notes

  

Existing Common Stock Interests

                           

Other Interests</