EX-10 2 cmax-ex10_1.htm EX-10.1 EX-10

[***] CERTAIN INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN EXCLUDED PURSUANT TO REGULATION S-K, ITEM 601(B)(10). SUCH EXCLUDED INFORMATION IS BOTH NOT MATERIAL AND IS THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL.

 

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of March 8, 2023 (this “Amendment”), is made by and among CareMax, Inc. (the “Borrower”), the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Lenders party hereto, Jefferies Finance LLC, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), the Existing Lenders (as defined herein) and the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Lenders (as defined herein). All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement referred to below.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders and Issuing Banks from time to time party thereto, the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and the other persons party thereto are party to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 10, 2022 (as amended by that certain Consent and First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of November 10, 2022 and as further, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment, the “Existing Credit Agreement” and, as amended by this Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested additional delayed draw term loans in the aggregate principal amount of $60,000,000 (the “Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitments”) and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders signatory hereto constituting the Required Lenders (the “Existing Lenders”) have agreed to permit the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitments and to amend certain provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement, in each case pursuant to Section 11.02 of the Existing Credit Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Lenders providing the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitments (the “Delayed Draw Term Loan B Lenders”) have indicated their willingness to provide the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitments on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, the parties hereto are willing, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein to amend the Existing Credit Agreement as hereinafter set forth.

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

SECTION 1. Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitments.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Person listed on Exhibit A hereto as a Delayed Draw Term Loan B Lender severally (and not jointly) agrees, pursuant to Section 2.01(d) of the Credit Agreement, to make Delayed Draw Term B Loans available to the Borrower prior to the Delayed Draw Term B Commitment Expiration Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed such Lender’s “Delayed Draw Term B Loan Commitment” set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Exhibit A hereto.

(b) The Delayed Draw Term B Loans shall constitute “Loans,” “Term Loans” and “Obligations” incurred under the Credit Agreement.

 

 


 

SECTION 2. Amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement. The Existing Credit Agreement is, as of the Second Amendment Effective Date (as defined below) and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 of this Amendment, hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the bold, double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Credit Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B.

SECTION 3. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective on the first date (the “Second Amendment Effective Date”) when, and only when, each of the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied in accordance with the terms herein:

(a) Amendment. this Amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, the Existing Lenders and the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Lenders;

(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of this Amendment shall be true and correct in all material respects; provided that, to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided, further, that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates.

(c) Fees and Expenses.

(i) The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of each of the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Lenders, a fee in an amount equal to 5.00% of the amount of Delayed Draw Term Loan B Loan Commitments provided by such Delayed Draw Term Loan B Lender, which shall be fully earned and nonrefundable upon the effectiveness of the Second Amendment Effective Date.

(ii) The Administrative Agent, the Lead Manager and the Lenders shall have received all other fees and amounts due and payable on or prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date in accordance with the Credit Agreement, including, to the extent invoiced on the Second Amendment Effective Date, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower in connection with this Amendment pursuant to Section 11.03 of the Credit Agreement.

(d) No Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing or would exist, in each case, after giving effect to this Amendment.

(e) Corporate Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received:

(i) a certificate of the secretary or assistant secretary (or equivalent officer) on behalf of each Loan Party dated the Second Amendment Effective Date, certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of each Organizational Document of such Loan Party and, with respect to the articles or certificate of incorporation or organization (or similar document) certified (to the extent applicable) as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of its organization, (B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Amendment and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect as of the date of such certificate, and (C) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each Responsible Officer executing the Amendment, any other Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such Loan Party (together

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with a certificate of another officer or authorized person as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the officer or authorized person executing the certificate in this clause ‎(i));

(ii) to the extent applicable, a certificate as to the good standing of each Loan Party as of a recent date, from such Secretary of State (or other applicable Governmental Authority) of its jurisdiction of organization;

(iii) the results of a recent lien, tax lien, judgment and litigation search in each of the jurisdictions or offices (including, without limitation, in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office) in which UCC financing statement or other filings or recordations should be made to evidence or perfect security interests in all assets of the Loan Parties), and such search shall reveal no Liens or judgments on any of the assets of the Loan Parties, except for) Existing Liens; and

(iv) a certificate dated the Second Amendment Effective Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, confirming satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections ‎3(b) and ‎(d).

(f) Legal Opinion. The Administrative Agent shall have received the legal opinion of DLA Piper LLP, counsel for the Loan Parties, which opinion shall (A) be dated as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, (B) be addressed to the Agents and the Lenders and (C) cover such matters relating to the Amendment as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require. Each Loan Party hereby instructs such counsel to deliver such opinions to the Agents and the Lenders.

(g) Solvency Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a solvency certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H to the Credit Agreement dated the Second Amendment Effective Date and signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower.

SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties. To induce the Administrative Agent and Lenders party hereto to enter into this Amendment, each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants that:

(a) The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment by each Company (i) are within such Company’s corporate or other power, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action required to be taken by such Company and (iii) do not and will not (x) contravene the terms of any Company’s Organizational Documents, (y) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien (other than under the Loan Documents and Permitted Liens) under (A) any Contractual Obligation to which such Company is a party or affecting such Company or by which any of its property is or may be bound or (B) any applicable order of any court or any rule, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority or (z) violate any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, except with respect to clause (iii) (other than with respect to the creation of Liens) as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the Loan Parties.

(c) This Amendment constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Company, enforceable against each such Person in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(d) No Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing or would exist, in each case, after giving effect to this Amendment.

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(e) After giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties of the Borrower, and each of the other Loan Parties contained in the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects; provided that, to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided, further, that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates.

SECTION 5. Expenses. The Borrower, on behalf of itself and each of the other Loan Parties, hereby reconfirms the respective obligations of the Loan Parties pursuant to Section 11.03 of the Credit Agreement to pay all reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lead Manager in connection with this Amendment, subject to any limitations as provided in Section 11.03 of the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 6. No Other Amendments or Waivers; Reaffirmation of the Loan Parties.

(a) Except as expressly provided herein (i) the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be unmodified and shall continue to be in full force and effect in accordance with their terms, (ii) the consents and agreements of the Administrative Agent and Lenders set forth herein shall be limited strictly as written and shall not constitute a consent or agreement to any transaction not specifically described in connection with any such consent and/or agreement, and (iii) this Amendment shall not be deemed a waiver of any term or condition of any Loan Document and shall not be deemed to prejudice any right or rights which Administrative Agent or any Lender may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with any Loan Document or any of the instruments or agreements referred to therein, as the same may be amended from time to time.

(b) This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document.

(c) The Borrower, on behalf of itself and each other Loan Party, hereby confirms and agrees that, notwithstanding the effectiveness of this Amendment, each Loan Document to which any Loan Party is a party is, and the obligations of each Loan Party contained in the Credit Agreement, this Amendment or in any other Loan Document to which it is a party are, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects, in each case as modified by this Amendment. For greater certainty and without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower, on behalf of itself and each other Loan Party, hereby confirms that the existing security interests granted by the Loan Parties in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents in the Collateral described therein shall continue to secure the Obligations as and to the extent provided in the Loan Documents.

SECTION 7. No Reliance, Etc. For the avoidance of doubt, and without limitation of any other provisions of the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, Jefferies Finance LLC, in its capacity as Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of Article X and Sections 11.03 and 11.16 of the Credit Agreement as if such provisions were set forth in full herein mutatis mutandis.

SECTION 8. Amendment, Modification and Waiver. This Amendment may not be amended, modified or waived except in accordance with Section 11.02 of the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 9. Integration; Effect of Modifications. This Amendment, together with the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Amendment and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Amendment shall control; provided that the inclusion of supplemental

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rights or remedies in favor of the Agents or the Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Amendment. Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of any party under, the Credit Agreement, nor alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. It is understood and agreed that each reference in each Loan Document to the Credit Agreement, whether direct or indirect, shall hereafter be deemed to be a reference to the Credit Agreement as modified hereby and that this Amendment is a Loan Document.

SECTION 10. GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION, SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. SECTIONS 11.09 AND 11.10 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THIS AMENDMENT MUTATIS MUTANDIS AND SHALL APPLY HERETO.

SECTION 11. Severability. If any provision of this Amendment is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Amendment shall not be affected or impaired thereby. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 12. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Amendment on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same contract, and shall become effective as provided herein. Signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Amendment by facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g., “PDF” or “TIFF”) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Amendment, in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Amendment as of the date first written above.

CAREMAX, INC., as Borrower

By /s/ Kevin Wirges
Name: Kevin Wirges
Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

CAREMAX MEDICAL GROUP, L.L.C.

CAREMAX MEDICAL CENTER OF BROWARD, L.L.C.

CAREMAX MEDICAL CENTER OF HIALEAH, L.L.C.

CAREMAX MEDICAL CENTER OF HOMESTEAD, L.L.C.

CAREMAX OF MIAMI, L.L.C.

CAREMAX MEDICAL CENTER OF NORTH MIAMI, L.L.C.

CAREMAX MEDICAL CENTER OF PEMBROKE PINES, L.L.C.

CAREMAX MEDICAL CENTER OF CORAL WAY, L.L.C.

CAREMAX MEDICAL CENTER OF TAMARAC, L.L.C.

CAREMAX MEDICAL CENTER OF WESTCHESTER, L.L.C.

Each as a Subsidiary Guarantor

By /s/ Kevin Wirges
Name: Kevin Wirges
Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Second Amendment to Credit Agreement]


 

CAREMAX MEDICAL CENTER OF LITTLE HAVANA, L.L.C.

CAREMAX MEDICAL CENTER OF LITTLE HAVANA II, L.L.C.

PINES CARE MEDICAL CENTER, LLC

CAREMAX MEDICAL CENTER OF EAST HIALEAH, L.L.C.

CAREMAX MEDICAL CENTER, LLC

CARE ALLIANCE, LLC

CARE HOLDINGS GROUP, L.L.C.

CARE OPTIMIZE, LLC

CARE GARAGE, LLC

HEALTHCARE ADVISORY SOLUTIONS, L.L.C.

MANAGED HEALTHCARE PARTNERS LLC

CLEAR SCRIPTS, L.L.C.

ANALITICO, LLC

STALLION MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

SENIOR MEDICAL ASSOCIATES LLC

CAREMAX MEDICAL CENTERS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, LLC

CAREMAX MANAGEMENT LLC

IMC TRANSPORT FLEET, LLC

JOSE ORCASITA-NG, LLC

JESUS MONTESANO MD, LLC

CAREMED PHARMACY LLC

CAREMAX IPA, LLC

Each as a Subsidiary Guarantor

By /s/ Kevin Wirges
Name: Kevin Wirges
Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 


 

 

IMC MEDICAL GROUP HOLDINGS, LLC

INTERAMERICAN MEDICAL CENTER GROUP, LLC

PHYSICIAN SERVICE ORGANIZATION, LLC

SUNSET HOLDING, LLC

SUNSET CARDIOLOGY, LLC

PRIMARY PROVIDER, INC.

 

Each as a Subsidiary Guarantor

 

By /s/ Kevin Wirges
Name: Kevin Wirges
Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 


JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

By /s/ Peter Cucchiara
Name: Peter Cucchiara
Title: Senior Vice President

[Signature Page to Second Amendment to Credit Agreement]


 

TENNENBAUM SENIOR LOAN FUND II, LP

TENNENBAUM SENIOR LOAN FUND V, LLC

TCP DIRECT LENDING FUND VIII-A, LLC

TCP DIRECT LENDING FUND VIII-S, LLC

TCP DIRECT LENDING FUND VIII-T, LLC

PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY

RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

SAFETY NATIONAL CASUALTY CORPORATION

U.S. SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

BUILD PRIVATE CREDIT, L.P.

 

On behalf of each of the above entities:

 

By: TENNENBAUM CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC

Its: Investment Manager

 

By: /s/ Rajneesh Vig__________

Name: Rajneesh Vig

Title: Managing Director

 

BLACKROCK MT. HOOD CLO X, LLC

 

By: Blackrock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC,

Its: Collateral Manager, acting as agent and attorney-in-fact

 

By: /s/ Rajneesh Vig__________

Name: Rajneesh Vig

Title: Managing Director

 

BLACKROCK SHASTA SENIOR LOAN FUND VII, LLC

BLACKROCK DLF IX 2019 CLO, LLC

BLACKROCK DLF IX 2020-1 CLO, LLC

BLACKROCK DLF IX CLO 2021-1, LLC

BLACKROCK DLF IX CLO 2021-2, LLC

 

By: BlackRock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC

Its: Collateral Manager

 

By: /s/ Rajneesh Vig__________

Name: Rajneesh Vig

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 


 

BLACKROCK MAROON BELLS CLO XI, LLC

 

By: BlackRock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC,

Its: Investment Manager

 

By: /s/ Rajneesh Vig__________

Name: Rajneesh Vig

Title: Managing Director

 

BLACKROCK DLF IX ICAV,

an umbrella type Irish collective asset management vehicle

acting solely for and on behalf of its sub-fund

BLACKROCK DIRECT LENDING FUND IX-U (IRELAND)

 

By: Blackrock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC

Its: Investment Manager acting as attorney-in-fact

 

By: /s/ Rajneesh Vig__________

Name: Rajneesh Vig

Title: Managing Director

 

BLACKROCK DLF IX ICAV,

an umbrella type Irish collective asset management vehicle

acting solely for and on behalf of its sub-fund

BLACKROCK DIRECT LENDING FUND IX-L (IRELAND)

 

By: Blackrock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC

Its: Investment Manager acting as attorney-in-fact

 

By: /s/ Rajneesh Vig__________

Name: Rajneesh Vig

Title: Managing Director

 

DLF IX-L FUNDING, LP

 

By: Blackrock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC

Its: Investment Manager acting as attorney-in-fact

 

By: /s/ Rajneesh Vig__________

Name: Rajneesh Vig

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 


 

BLACKROCK LISI CREDIT FUND, LP

By: BlackRock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC,

Its: Sub-Advisor

 

By: /s/ Rajneesh Vig__________

Name: Rajneesh Vig

Title: Managing Director

 

BLACKROCK DIVERSIFIED PRIVATE DEBT FUND MASTER LP

By: BlackRock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC,

Its: Sub-Investment Manager

 

By: /s/ Rajneesh Vig__________

Name: Rajneesh Vig

Title: Managing Director

 

BLACKROCK DIRECT LENDING FUND IX-U (LUXEMBOURG) SCSP

BLACKROCK RAINIER CLO VI, LTD

TCP WHITNEY CLO, LTD

BLACKROCK ELBERT CLO V, LLC

BLACKROCK BAKER CLO 2021-1 LTD

 

By: BlackRock Capital Investment Advisors, LLC,

Its: Manager

 

By: /s/ Rajneesh Vig__________

Name: Rajneesh Vig

Title: Managing Director

 

ASG 2022 CAYMAN HOLDINGS V, LTD.

By: BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. Its: Manager

 

By: /s/ Pam Chan_____________

Name: Pam Chan

Title: Managing Director

 

ASG 2022 OFFSHORE HOLDINGS II, LP

By: BlackRock Financial, Management, Inc. Its: Manager

 

By: /s/ Pam Chan_____________

Name: Pam Chan

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 


 

TCP DLF VIII-S FUNDING, LLC

By: TCP Direct Lending Fund VIII-S, LLC

Its: Sole Member

By: Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC

Its: Investment Manager

 

By: /s/ Rajneesh Vig__________

Name: Rajneesh Vig

Title: Managing Director

 

TCP DLF VIII-T FUNDING, LLC

By: TCP Direct Lending Fund VIII-T, LLC

Its: Sole Member

By: Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC

Its: Investment Manager

 

By: /s/ Rajneesh Vig__________

Name: Rajneesh Vig

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 


 

AMERICAN LIFE & SECURITY CORP.,

for and on behalf of the ALSC CL Re 1 FW account

as a Consenting Lender and a Delayed Draw Term Loan B Lender

 

By: Crestline Management, L.P., its investment manager

By: Crestline Investors, Inc., its general partner

 

By: /s/ Will Palmer___________

Name: Will Palmer

Title: Managing Director

 

AMERICAN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY

as a Consenting Lender

 

By: Crestline Management, L.P., its investment manager

By: Crestline Investors, Inc., its general partner

 

By: /s/ Will Palmer___________

Name: Will Palmer

Title: Managing Director

 

CRESTLINE EAGLE CREEK, L.P. (OF)

as a Consenting Lender

 

By: Crestline Management, L.P., its investment manager

By: Crestline Investors, Inc., its general partner

 

By: /s/ Will Palmer___________

Name: Will Palmer

Title: Managing Director

 

CRESTLINE LION FUND MINI-MASTER, L.P.

as a Consenting Lender

 

By: Crestline Management, L.P., its investment manager

By: Crestline Investors, Inc., its general partner

 

By: /s/ Will Palmer___________

Name: Will Palmer

Title: Managing Director

 

CRESTLINE OPPORTUNISTIC CREDIT IA FUND, L.P. (OF)

as a Consenting Lender

 

By: Crestline Management, L.P., its investment manager

By: Crestline Investors, Inc., its general partner

 

By: /s/ Will Palmer___________

Name: Will Palmer

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 


 

CRESTLINE SPECIALTY LENDING III, L.P.

as a Consenting Lender

 

By: Crestline Management, L.P., its investment manager

By: Crestline Investors, Inc., its general partner

 

By: /s/ Will Palmer___________

Name: Will Palmer

Title: Managing Director

 

CSL FUNDING III, L.P.

as a Consenting Lender

 

By: Crestline Management, L.P., its investment manager

By: Crestline Investors, Inc., its general partner

 

By: /s/ Will Palmer___________

Name: Will Palmer

Title: Managing Director

 

CRESTLINE DIRECT LENDING UL MASTER FUND, L.P.

as a Delayed Draw Term Loan B Lender

 

By: Crestline Management, L.P., its investment manager

By: Crestline Investors, Inc., its general partner

 

By: /s/ Will Palmer___________

Name: Will Palmer

Title: Managing Director

 

CRESTLINE STEPSTONE OPPORTUNISTIC CREDIT MASTER FUND I, L.P.

as a Delayed Draw Term Loan B Lender

 

By: Crestline Management, L.P., its investment manager

By: Crestline Investors, Inc., its general partner

 

By: /s/ Will Palmer___________

Name: Will Palmer

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 


 

Exhibit B

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of May 10, 2022,

among

CAREMAX, INC.,
as the Borrower,

THE OTHER GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,
as Guarantors,

THE LENDERS AND ISSUING BANKS PARTY HERETO,

and

JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC,

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

 

JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC
as Sole Lead Arranger and Bookrunner

 

 

BLACKROCK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT,

as Lead Manager

 

 

CRESTLINE DIRECT FINANCE, L.P.,

as Documentation Agent

 

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Article I DEFINITIONS

1

Section 1.01

Defined Terms

1

Section 1.02

Classification of Loans and Borrowings

59

Section 1.03

Terms Generally

59

Section 1.04

Accounting Terms; GAAP

60

Section 1.05

Pro Forma Calculations

60

Section 1.06

Resolution of Drafting Ambiguities

60

Section 1.07

Rounding

60

Section 1.08

Currency Fluctuations

60

Section 1.09

Divisions

61

Section 1.10

Rates

61

Article II THE CREDITS

61

Section 2.01

Commitments

61

Section 2.02

Loans

62

Section 2.03

Borrowing Procedure

63

Section 2.04

Evidence of Debt; Repayment of Loans

64

Section 2.05

Fees

65

Section 2.06

Interest on Loans

66

Section 2.07

Termination and Reduction of Commitments

68

Section 2.08

Interest Elections

69

Section 2.09

Amortization of Term Borrowings

70

Section 2.10

Optional and Mandatory Prepayments of Loans

70

Section 2.11

Making or Maintaining Benchmark Rate Loans

74

Section 2.12

Increased Costs; Change in Legality

77

Section 2.13

Breakage Payments

79

Section 2.14

Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs

79

Section 2.15

Taxes

81

Section 2.16

Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

84

Section 2.17

Letters of Credit

85

Section 2.18

Defaulting Lenders

90

Section 2.19

Increases of the Term Loan

92

Section 2.20

Extensions of the Term Loan

96

Section 2.21

Refinancing Facilities

98

Article III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

99

Section 3.01

Existence, Qualification and Power

99

Section 3.02

Authorization; Enforceability

99

Section 3.03

No Conflicts

99

Section 3.04

Financial Statements; Projections

100

Section 3.05

Properties

100

Section 3.06

Intellectual Property

102

Section 3.07

Equity Interests and Subsidiaries

102

Section 3.08

Litigation; Compliance with Laws

102

Section 3.09

Healthcare Laws

103

 

 


 

Section 3.10

Federal Reserve Regulations

105

Section 3.11

Investment Company Act

105

Section 3.12

Use of Proceeds

105

Section 3.13

Taxes

105

Section 3.14

No Material Misstatements

106

Section 3.15

Labor Matters

106

Section 3.16

Solvency

106

Section 3.17

Employee Benefit Plans

106

Section 3.18

Environmental Matters

107

Section 3.19

Insurance

108

Section 3.20

Security Documents

108

Section 3.21

Sanctions

109

Section 3.22

Anti-Terrorism Laws

110

Section 3.23

Anticorruption

110

Article IV CONDITIONS TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS

111

Section 4.01

Conditions to Initial Credit Extension

111

Section 4.02

Conditions to Subsequent Credit Extensions

113

Section 4.03

Conditions to Delayed Draw Term Loan Extensions

114

Article V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

114

Section 5.01

Financial Statements, Reports, etc

115

Section 5.02

Litigation and Other Notices

117

Section 5.03

Existence; Businesses and Properties

117

Section 5.04

Insurance

118

Section 5.05

Obligations and Taxes

119

Section 5.06

Employee Benefits

119

Section 5.07

Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections

119

Section 5.08

Use of Proceeds

120

Section 5.09

Compliance with Environmental Laws

120

Section 5.10

Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors

121

Section 5.11

Security Interests; Further Assurances

123

Section 5.12

Information Regarding Collateral

124

Section 5.13

Anti-Cash Hoarding

124

Section 5.14

Compliance with Statutes, Regulations, Etc.

125

Section 5.15

Fiscal Year

125

Section 5.16

Sanctions; Anti-Money Laundering; Anti-Corruption Compliance

125

Section 5.17

Line of Business

125

Section 5.18

Post-Closing Obligations

125

Section 5.19

Beneficial Ownership Certifications

125

Article VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS

125

Section 6.01

Indebtedness

126

Section 6.02

Liens

129

Section 6.03

Sale and Leaseback Transactions

131

Section 6.04

Investments, Loans and Advances

131

Section 6.05

Mergers and Consolidations

134

Section 6.06

Asset Sales

135

 

 


 

Section 6.07

Dividends

136

Section 6.08

Transactions with Affiliates

136

Section 6.09

Prepayments of Other Indebtedness; Modifications of Organizational Documents, Acquisition and Certain Other Documents, etc.

137

Section 6.10

Limitation on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries

138

Section 6.11

Business

139

Section 6.12

Management Services Agreements

139

Section 6.13

Fiscal Year

139

Section 6.14

No Further Negative Pledge

139

Section 6.15

Financial Covenants

139

Section 6.16

Anti-Terrorism Law; Anti-Money Laundering; Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Law

140

Section 6.17

Sanctioned Persons

140

Section 6.18

Borrower Following Post-Closing Reorganization

141

Article VII GUARANTEE

142

Section 7.01

The Guarantee

142

Section 7.02

Obligations Unconditional

142

Section 7.03

Reinstatement

143

Section 7.04

Subrogation; Subordination

144

Section 7.05

Remedies

144

Section 7.06

Instrument for the Payment of Money

144

Section 7.07

Continuing Guarantee

144

Section 7.08

General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations

144

Section 7.09

Release of Guarantors

144

Section 7.10

Right of Contribution

145

Section 7.11

Keepwell

146

Article VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT

146

Section 8.01

Events of Default

146

Section 8.02

[reserved]

149

Section 8.03

Right to Cure

149

Article IX APPLICATION OF COLLATERAL PROCEEDS

151

Section 9.01

Collateral Account

151

Section 9.02

Application of Proceeds

151

Article X THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT

152

Section 10.01

Appointment

152

Section 10.02

Agent in Its Individual Capacity

153

Section 10.03

Exculpatory Provisions; Agent Acting at Direction of Required Lenders

153

Section 10.04

Reliance by Agent

154

Section 10.05

Delegation of Duties

154

Section 10.06

Successor Agent

155

Section 10.07

Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders

155

Section 10.08

Name Agents

155

Section 10.09

Indemnification

156

 

 


 

Section 10.10

Withholding Taxes

156

Section 10.11

Lender’s Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgements

157

Section 10.12

Collateral Documents and Guarantee

157

Section 10.13

Administrative Agent May File Bankruptcy Disclosure and Proofs of Claim

159

Section 10.14

Erroneous Payments

160

Article XI MISCELLANEOUS

162

Section 11.01

Notices

162

Section 11.02

Waivers; Amendment

165

Section 11.03

Expenses; Indemnity

169

Section 11.04

Successors and Assigns

172

Section 11.05

Survival of Agreement

177

Section 11.06

Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness

177

Section 11.07

Severability

178

Section 11.08

Right of Setoff

178

Section 11.09

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

179

Section 11.10

Waiver of Jury Trial

179

Section 11.11

Headings; No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements

180

Section 11.12

Confidentiality

180

Section 11.13

Interest Rate Limitation

181

Section 11.14

Assignment and Assumption

181

Section 11.15

Obligations Absolute

181

Section 11.16

Waiver of Defenses; Absence of Fiduciary Duties

182

Section 11.17

Patriot Act

182

Section 11.18

Judgment Currency

182

Section 11.19

Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions

183

Section 11.20

Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs

183

ANNEXES

Annex I Initial Term Loan Amortization Table

Annex II Lenders and Commitments

SCHEDULES

Schedule 1.01(a) Pledgors

Schedule 1.01(c) Subsidiary Guarantors
Schedule 3.05(b) Real Property

Schedule 3.05(h) Leases or Subleases of Owned Real Property

Schedule 3.07(a) Equity Interests and Subsidiaries

Schedule 3.07(c) Corporate Organizational Chart

Schedule 3.19(d) UCC Filing Jurisdictions

Schedule 4.01(a) Closing Date Security Documents

Schedule 5.18 Post-Closing Obligations

Schedule 6.01(b) Existing Indebtedness

Schedule 6.02(c) Existing Liens

Schedule 6.04(a) Existing Investments

Schedule 6.08(g) Transactions with Affiliates

Schedule 6.14 No Further Negative Pledge

 

 


 

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit B Form of Borrowing Request

Exhibit C Form of Compliance Certificate

Exhibit D Form of Interest Election Request

Exhibit E-1 Form of Term Note

Exhibit E-2 Form of Revolving Note

Exhibit E-3 Form of Delayed Draw Term Loan Note

Exhibit F-1 Form of Perfection Certificate

Exhibit F-2 Form of Perfection Certificate Supplement

Exhibit G-1 Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Exhibit G-2 Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Tax Purposes)

Exhibit G-3 Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Tax Purposes)

Exhibit G-4 Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Tax Purposes)

Exhibit H Form of Solvency Certificate

Exhibit I Issuance Notice

 

 

 


CREDIT AGREEMENT

This CREDIT AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), dated as of May 10, 2022, among CareMax, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Subsidiary Guarantors (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined herein having the meaning given to it in ‎Article I), the Lenders from time to time party hereto and Jefferies Finance LLC, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “Administrative Agent”) and as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “Collateral Agent”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, the Borrower (a) has requested the Lenders to extend credit in the form of (i) term loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to $190,000,000 and (ii) delayed draw term loan A commitments in an aggregate principal amount equal to $110,000,000 and (b) has requested that the Revolving Lenders extend Revolving Loans at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date and prior to the Revolving Maturity Date in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $5,000,000 (provided that following the Closing Date, Revolving Commitments may be increased to $30,000,000; provided further, that the aggregate outstanding amount of Revolving Loans (exclusive of the Letter of Credit Sublimit) may not exceed $5,000,000 45,000,000). The proceeds of the term loans will be used by the Borrower on the Closing Date to (i) to refinance the existing indebtedness under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 8, 2021, among the Borrower, the financial institutions party thereto as lenders and issuing banks and Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent and collateral agent (the “Refinancing”) and (ii) pay fees, costs (including debt breakage costs in connection with the Refinancing) and expenses related to the transaction. The proceeds of the delayed draw term A loans will be available after the Closing Date for (i) Permitted Acquisitions and other similar permitted Investments, de novo center growth and optimization of de novo centers and management services organization performance and (ii) replenish cash on the balance sheet or repay Revolving Loans that, in either case, were drawn to finance such transactions within thirty (30) days prior to the date of funding of such delayed draw term A loans. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans will be available after the Closing Date for general corporate purposes.

WHEREAS, the Borrower and each other Loan Party desire to secure all of the Obligations by granting to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in and Lien upon substantially all of the property and assets of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, subject to the limitations described herein and in the Security Documents.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Article I
DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Defined Terms

. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:

 

 


 

ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, is used when such Loan comprising such Borrowing is, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing are, bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article ‎II.

ABR Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.

ABR Loan” shall mean any ABR Term Loan or ABR Revolving Loan.

ABR Revolving Loan” shall mean any Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article ‎II.

ABR Term Loan” shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article ‎II.

Acquisition Consideration” shall mean the purchase consideration for a Permitted Acquisition and all other payments (but excluding any related acquisition fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any Permitted Acquisition), directly or indirectly, by any Company in exchange for, or as part of, or in connection with, a Permitted Acquisition, whether paid in cash or by exchange of Equity Interests or of any Property or otherwise and whether payable at or prior to the consummation of a Permitted Acquisition or deferred for payment at any future time (including Earn-Outs); provided that any such Earn-Out or other future payment that is subject to a contingency shall be considered Acquisition Consideration only to the extent of the reserve, if any, required under GAAP at the time of such sale to be established in respect thereof by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, further, that Acquisition Consideration shall not include (a) the portion of consideration or payment constituting salary payments pursuant to ordinary course employment agreements and salary bonuses payable thereunder to the extent relating to the applicable Permitted Acquisition and (b) cash and Cash Equivalents acquired by the Companies as part of the applicable Permitted Acquisition (except to the extent that such cash and Cash Equivalents were (x) directly or indirectly funded or financed by any of the Companies or (y) after giving effect to any repayment of, or incurrence of, Indebtedness (and the release of any Liens in connection therewith) with respect to, or in connection with, such Permitted Acquisition on, or immediately after, the date of consummation thereof, such cash and Cash Equivalents are subject to any Lien (other than the Liens created under the Security Documents)).

Additional Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section ‎2.21(a).

Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR” means an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Daily Simple SOFR, plus (b) 0.10%; provided that if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR Rate as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement.

Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto and includes each other person appointed as the successor administrative agent pursuant to ‎Article X.

Administrative Agent Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 2.05(c).

Administrative Questionnaire” shall mean an administrative questionnaire in the form supplied from time to time by the Administrative Agent.

Advisors” shall mean legal counsel (including foreign and local counsel, but excluding in-house counsel), auditors, engineers, accountants, consultants, appraisers or other advisors.

 

 


 

Affected Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.

Affiliate” shall mean, when used with respect to a specified person, another person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the person specified; provided, however, that, (i) for purposes of ‎Section 6.08, the term “Affiliate” shall also include [***].

Agent Fee Letter” shall mean that certain Agent Fee Letter, dated as of May 10, 2022, by and between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

Agents” shall mean the Arranger, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent; and “Agent” shall mean any of them, as the context may require.

Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

Agreement Among Lenders” shall mean the Agreement Among Lenders, to be entered into among the Term Loan Lenders, the Revolving Lenders and the Administrative Agent.

Alternate Base Rate” shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next 1/100th of 1%) equal to the greatest of (a) the Base Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50%, (c) the sum of (x) the Benchmark Rate calculated for each such day based on an Interest Period of one (1) month determined two (2) Business Days prior to such day (but for the avoidance of doubt, not less than the Floor), plus (y) 1.00%. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in any of the foregoing shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the “bank prime loan” rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Benchmark Rate for an Interest Period of one (1) month. If the Administrative Agent shall have determined in its reasonable discretion (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Benchmark Rate for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms of the definition thereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause (b) or (c), as applicable, of the preceding sentence until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in any of the foregoing shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the Base Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Benchmark Rate for an Interest Period of one (1) month.

“Anti-Corruption Laws” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎‎Section 3.22(a).

Anti-Terrorism Laws” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 3.20(a).

Applicable Margin” shall mean a percentage per annum equal to, in the case of Term Loans (A) maintained as ABR Loans, 8.00%, and (B) maintained as Benchmark Rate Loans, 9.00%; provided that with respect to any applicable interest period for which the Borrower has made a PIK Toggle Election, the Applicable Margin in the case of Term Loans (1) maintained as ABR Loans, shall be 8.50%, and (B) maintained as Benchmark Rate Loans, shall be 9.50%. The Applicable Margin in respect of any Incremental New Term Loans, Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Loans, Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the applicable Incremental Loan Amendment, Extension Offer or Refinancing Amendment, respectively.

Applications and Filings” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.08(e).

 

 


 

Approved Electronic Communications” shall mean any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material that any Loan Party provides to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed to the Agents or the Lenders by means of electronic communications pursuant to ‎Section 11.01(b).

Approved Fund” shall mean any Fund or any other person (other than a natural person) that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

Arranger” shall mean Jefferies Finance LLC, in its capacity as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner.

Asset Disposition Threshold” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section ‎2.10(c)(i).

Asset Sale” shall mean (a) any Disposition of any Property by any Company (excluding sales and dispositions permitted by ‎Section 6.06 (other than ‎Section 6.06(b))) and (b) any sale or other Disposition of any Equity Interests in a Subsidiary of the Borrower to any person other than a Loan Party.

Assignment and Assumption” shall mean an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender, as assignor, and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required pursuant to Section ‎11.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent from time to time.

Available Tenor” shall mean, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark Rate, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark Rate (or component thereof) or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark Rate (or component thereof), as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period for any term rate or otherwise, for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark Rate that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 2.11(e).

Bail-In Action” shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.

Bail-In Legislation” shall mean (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).

Bank Product” shall mean each and any of the following bank products and services provided by any Bank Product Provider: (a) credit cards for commercial customers (including, without limitation, “commercial credit cards” and purchasing cards), (b) store value cards, and (c) depository, cash management, and treasury management services (including, without limitation, controlled disbursement, automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, overdrafts and interstate depository network services).

 

 


 

Bank Product Agreement” shall mean any agreement entered into by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with Bank Products that has been designated as a “Bank Product Agreement” by Borrower in a written notice to the Administrative Agent.

Bank Product Obligations” shall mean any and all of the obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor) in connection with Bank Products provided pursuant to a Bank Product Agreement.

Bank Product Provider” shall mean any Person in its capacity as a provider of Bank Products, provided that such Person (i) is an Agent or a Lender or an Affiliate of any of the foregoing (or was an Agent or a Lender or an Affiliate of any of the foregoing at the time it provides a Bank Product) and (ii) executes and delivers to the Administrative Agent a letter agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent pursuant to which such counterparty (x) appoints the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent as its agents under the applicable Loan Documents and (y) agrees to be bound by the provisions of ‎Section 11.03, ‎Section 11.09 and ‎Section 11.12 as if it were a Lender hereunder.

Base Rate” shall mean, for any day, the “U.S. Prime Lending Rate” published in The Wall Street Journal for such day; provided that if The Wall Street Journal ceases to publish for any reason such rate of interest, “Base Rate” shall mean the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent).

Benchmark Rate” means, initially, for any Interest Period for a Benchmark Rate Loan, Term SOFR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event, and the related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to Term SOFR or the then-current Benchmark Rate, then “Benchmark Rate” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.11(b); provided, further, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Benchmark Rate shall at no time be less than the Floor.

Benchmark Rate Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Benchmark Rate Loans.

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

Benchmark Rate Revolving Loan” shall mean any Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Benchmark Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article ‎II.

Benchmark Rate Term Loan” shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Benchmark Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article ‎II.

Benchmark Replacement” means, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:

1) the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR;

2) the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark Rate for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration

 

 


 

to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Governmental Authority or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark Rate for dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time in the United States and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;

If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark Rate with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark Rate with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Governmental Authority on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and/or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark Rate with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.

Benchmark Replacement Date” means, with respect to any Benchmark Rate, the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark Rate:

1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark Rate (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark Rate (or such component thereof); or

2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark Rate (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark Rate (or such component thereof) to be no longer representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark Rate (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.

For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Interest Rate Determination Date in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Interest Rate Determination Date for such determination and (ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark Rate upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark Rate (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

 

 


 

Benchmark Transition Event” means, with respect to any Benchmark Rate, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark Rate:

1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark Rate (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark Rate (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark Rate (or such component thereof);

2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark Rate (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Board of Governors, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Term SOFR Administrator, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark Rate (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark Rate (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark Rate (or such component), in each case, which states that the administrator of such Benchmark Rate (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark Rate (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark Rate (or such component thereof); or

3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark Rate (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark Rate (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative.

For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark Rate if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark Rate (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark Rate for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.11 and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark Rate for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.11.

Beneficial Ownership Certification” shall mean a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

Beneficial Ownership Regulation” shall mean 31 C.F.R § 1010.230

BlackRock Financial Management” shall mean BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. and its applicable affiliates and/or their applicable respective funds and accounts under management.

 

 


 

Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

Board of Directors” shall mean, with respect to any person, (a) in the case of any corporation, the board of directors of such person, (b) in the case of any limited liability company, the board of managers or board of directors, as applicable, of such person, or if such limited liability company does not have a board of managers or board of directors, the functional equivalent of the foregoing, (c) in the case of any partnership, the board of directors or board of managers, as applicable, of the general partner of such person and (d) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.

Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

Borrowing” shall mean Loans of the same Class and Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Benchmark Rate Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

Borrowing Request” shall mean a request by Borrower in accordance with the terms of ‎Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit B, or such other form as shall be reasonably approved by the Administrative Agent from time to time.

“Business Combination” shall mean the combination between Deerfield Healthcare Technology Acquisitions Corp., CareMax Medical Group, LLC, IMC Medical Group Holdings, LLC, and other entities named in the Business Combination Agreement dated December 18, 2020 and completed June 8, 2021.

Business Day” shall mean any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of New York or is a day on which banking institutions located in such state are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

“Business Combination” shall mean the combination between Deerfield Healthcare Technology Acquisitions Corp., CareMax Medical Group, LLC, IMC Medical Group Holdings, LLC, and other entities named in the Business Combination Agreement dated December 18, 2020 and completed June 8, 2021.

Capital Expenditures” shall mean, without duplication, for any period (a) any expenditure or commitment to expend money made during such period for any purchase or other acquisition of any asset including capitalized leasehold improvements, which would be classified as a fixed or capital asset on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices prepared in accordance with GAAP and (b) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by such persons during such period with respect to real or personal Property acquired during such period, or Synthetic Lease Obligations incurred by such persons during such period, but in each case, excluding (i) expenditures made in connection with the replacement, substitution or restoration of Property pursuant to ‎Section 2.10(c), (ii) any Permitted Acquisitions, (iii) expenditures to the extent reimbursed within such period or paid for by a person who is not a Company (or any of Affiliates thereof) in the ordinary course of business (including, tenant improvements paid or reimbursed by landlords), (iv) the purchase price of equipment or other fixed assets that are purchased in the ordinary course of business substantially contemporaneously with the trade-in of existing assets in the ordinary course of business to the extent that the gross amount of such purchase price is reduced by the credit granted by the seller of such assets for the assets being traded-in at such time, (v) expenditures to the extent financed with the Net Cash Proceeds of Asset Sales that are reinvested in accordance with ‎Section 2.10(c), and (vi) expenditures funded directly with the net cash proceeds of issuances of Equity Interests (other than Permitted Cure Securities) of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) to its shareholders and only to the extent that the net cash proceeds of such issuances of

 

 


 

Equity Interests are immediately contributed to the Borrower as cash common equity, and in turn immediately contributed to the Borrower as cash common equity.

Capital Lease Obligations” shall mean, as to any Person, the obligations of such person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal Property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as financing leases on a balance sheet of such person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will any lease that would have been categorized as an operating lease (including a Tenant Improvement Lease Transaction) as determined in accordance with GAAP as of December 31, 2017 be considered a Capitalized Lease.

Capital Requirements” shall mean, as to any person, any matter, directly or indirectly, (a) regarding capital adequacy, capital ratios, capital requirements, the calculation of such person’s capital or similar matters, or (b) affecting the amount of capital required to be obtained or maintained by such person or any person controlling such person (including any direct or indirect holding company), or the manner in which such person or any person controlling such person (including any direct or indirect holding company), allocates capital to any of its contingent liabilities (including letters of credit), advances, acceptances, commitments, assets or liabilities.

Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank (as applicable) and the Lenders, as collateral for the Letter of Credit Obligations or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect thereof (as the context may require), cash or deposit account balances or, if the Issuing Bank benefitting from such collateral shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to (i) the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Issuing Bank. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support. “Cash Collateralization” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing.

Cash Equivalents” shall mean, as to any person, (a) marketable securities issued, or directly, unconditionally and fully guaranteed or insured, by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition by such person, (b) time deposits and certificates of deposit of any Lender or any commercial bank having, or which is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia having, capital and surplus aggregating in excess of $250,000,000 and a rating of “A” (or such other similar equivalent rating) or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act) with maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition by such person, (c) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than thirty (30) days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (a) above entered into with any person meeting the qualifications specified in clause (b) above, (d) commercial paper issued by any person incorporated in the United States having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from S&P or Moody’s, in each case maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition by such person, (e) investments in money market funds substantially all of whose assets are comprised of securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (d) above and (f) demand deposit accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (b) above.

Cash Interest Expense” shall mean, for any period, Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, less the sum of (a) interest on any debt paid by the permanent increase in the principal amount of such debt including by issuance of additional debt of such kind for such period, (b) items described in clause

 

 


 

(c) or, other than to the extent paid in cash, clause ‎(g) of the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” for such period and (c) cash interest income received by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in such period.

Casualty Event” shall mean any involuntary loss of title or any involuntary loss of or damage to or destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking (including by any Governmental Authority) of, any Property of any Company. “Casualty Event” shall include any taking of all or any part of any Real Property of any person or any part thereof, in or by condemnation or other eminent domain proceedings pursuant to any Legal Requirement, or by reason of the temporary requisition of the use or occupancy of all or any part of any Real Property of any person or any part thereof by any Governmental Authority, or any settlement in lieu thereof.

CERCLA” shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.

CFC” shall mean a Foreign Subsidiary that is a controlled foreign corporation under Section 957 of the Code.

Change in Control” shall mean (a) an event or series of events by which any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or group or its respective subsidiaries, and any person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that for purposes of this clause such person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of Voting Stock of the Borrower representing more than [***] or (b) the occurrence of any “change of control” (or similar event, however denominated) under any other Indebtedness with an aggregate principal amount equal to, or in excess of $10,000,000. [***]

Change in Law” shall mean (a) the adoption of, or taking effect of, any law, treaty, order, rule or regulation after the Closing Date, (b) any change in any law, treaty, order, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date or (c) compliance by any Lender (or for purposes of ‎Section 2.12(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Closing Date; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

Charges” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 11.13.

Claims” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 11.03(b).

Class” (a) when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Initial Term Loans, Delayed Draw Term Loans, New Term Loans of any series established as a separate “Class” pursuant to Section ‎2.19 or Extended Term Loans, (b) when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Commitment, Initial Term Loan Commitment, Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, New Term Loan Commitment of any series established as a separate “Class” pursuant to ‎Section 2.19 or refers to a

 

 


 

Commitment made pursuant to an Extension Offer, and (c) when used in reference to any Lender, whether such Lender has a Loan or Commitment of a particular Class.

Closing Date” shall mean the date of the initial Credit Extensions hereunder, which shall have occurred on May 10, 2022.

Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Collateral” shall mean, collectively, all of the Security Agreement Collateral, the Mortgaged Property and all other Property of whatever kind and nature, whether now existing or hereafter acquired, granted or purported to be granted as collateral or otherwise subject to a security interest or purported to be subject to a security interest under any Security Document, which for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Excluded Assets.

“Collateral Account” shall mean a collateral account or sub-account established and maintained from time to time by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in accordance with the provisions of ‎Section 9.01.

“Collateral Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

Collaboration Agreement” means a collaboration agreement in form and substance acceptable to the Required Lenders in their reasonable discretion to be entered into on or after the Closing Date between the Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries and a commercial health insurance payor (“Payor”) pursuant to which Payor will make unsecured loans, defer rent obligations or make other unsecured credit extensions to the Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries to finance the establishment of de novo facilities, including costs and expenses incurred in connection with entering into a Management Services Agreement and other similar agreements in respect of any Physician-Owned Practice which will operate such facilities (such credit extensions the “Collaboration Agreement Obligations”). The Collaboration Agreements shall provide that the Collaboration Agreement Obligations shall be subordinated to the Obligations.

“Collateral” shall mean, collectively, all of the Security Agreement Collateral, the Mortgaged Property and all other Property of whatever kind and nature, whether now existing or hereafter acquired, granted or purported to be granted as collateral or otherwise subject to a security interest or purported to be subject to a security interest under any Security Document, which for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Excluded Assets.

“Collateral Account” shall mean a collateral account or sub-account established and maintained from time to time by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in accordance with the provisions of ‎Section 9.01.

“Collateral Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

Commitment” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, Initial Term Loan Commitment, Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, New Term Loan Commitment or any commitment in connection with an Extended Term Loan.

Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a).

Commodity Exchange Act” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

 


 

Communications” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 11.01(d).

Companies” shall mean the Borrower and the Subsidiaries; and “Company” shall mean any one of them.

Compliance Certificate” shall mean a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit C.

Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Alternate Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 2.11 and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents); provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no “Conforming Changes” shall result in any material effect on the timing or amount of payments or borrowings.

Consolidated Amortization Expense” shall mean, for any period, the amortization expense of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (including accelerated amortization from the write-off or write-down of tangible or intangible assets (other than the write-down of current assets) including capitalized software and organizational costs).

Consolidated Cash Balance” means, at any time, (a) the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, treasury bonds and bills, certificates of deposit, investments in money market funds, and commercial paper, in each case, held or owned by (either directly or indirectly), credited to the account of or would otherwise be required to be reflected as an asset on the balance sheet of the Physician-Owned Practices less (b) Excluded Cash.

Consolidated Current Assets” shall mean, as at any date of determination, the total assets of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices (other than cash and cash equivalents including Cash Equivalents, and excluding the effects of adjustments pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of recapitalization accounting or purchase accounting, as the case may be, in relation to the Transactions or any consummated acquisition), which may properly be classified as current assets on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Current Liabilities” shall mean, as at any date of determination, the total liabilities (excluding deferred taxes and taxes payable) of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices which may properly be classified as current liabilities (other than (w) the current portion of any Loans and other long-term liabilities, and liabilities in respect of Hedging Obligations, and, in each case, accrued interest thereon, (x) liabilities in respect of unpaid earnouts and accrued litigation settlement costs

 

 


 

and (y) current liabilities consisting of deferred revenue) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices in accordance with GAAP, plus the amount of long-term deferred revenue of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices in accordance with GAAP and furthermore, excluding the effects of adjustments pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to the Transactions or any consummated acquisition.

Consolidated Depreciation Expense” shall mean, for any period, the depreciation expense of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (including accelerated depreciation from the write-off or write-down of tangible or intangible assets (other than the write-down of current assets) including capitalized software and organizational costs).

Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period, adjusted by (y) adding thereto, without duplication, in each case, only to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income and not added back pursuant to the definition of Consolidated Net Income, and provided that to the extent the ability to add back any item is capped or otherwise limited pursuant to one clause of this definition, no other clause herein shall operate to permit an amount in excess of such cap or limitation to be added back:

(a) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period;

(b) Consolidated Amortization Expense for such period;

(c) Consolidated Depreciation Expense for such period;

(d) Consolidated Tax Expense for such period;

(e) all

(i) transaction fees, costs, expenses, charges and losses related to, or incurred in connection with, (x) the Transactions and (y) any amendments, waivers or other modifications to the Loan Documents;

(ii) transaction fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of any transaction that is out of the ordinary course of business (or any transaction proposed but not consummated and including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date) permitted under this Agreement, including equity issuances, investments, acquisitions, asset sales or other dispositions, recapitalizations, consolidations, mergers, amalgamations, option buyouts and the incurrence, modification or repayment of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Agreement (including any Permitted Refinancing in respect thereof) or any amendments, waivers or other modifications under the agreements relating to such Indebtedness or similar transactions; provided that the aggregate amount added back under this clause (e)(ii) with respect to any such transaction that fails to close and is no longer being pursued shall not exceed [***] for the four fiscal quarter period ending on the last day of such period;

(iii) fees and expenses (including, but not limited to, travel expenses) of, and indemnification payments paid to, board members, board advisors and board observers, and all fees, costs and expenses relating to directors and officers insurance; and

 

 


 

(iv) proceeds from business interruption insurance (to the extent not reflected as revenue or income in Consolidated Net Income and to the extent that the related loss was deducted in the determination of Consolidated Net Income); plus

(v) non-recurring and non-operational (A) professional fees and (B) expenses, costs, accruals and losses that are, in good faith, one-time in nature, in each case, limited to (I) non-recurring consulting and legal fees and expenses related to the Business Combination, establishing public company processes, and mergers and acquisitions, (II) non-recurring legal fees, expenses and charges resulting from litigation arising from transactions permitted by this Agreement, securities-related matters or other non-core business activities, (III) non-recurring consulting and legal expenses related to entry into strategic relationships with Anthem, Inc. and The Related Companies, L.P. and (IV) without duplication, non-recurring or non-operational expenses, accruals and losses that are non-cash; provided that this clause (e)(v) shall not include an any professional fees, expenses, costs, accruals and losses relating to any Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment Data Validation audit;

(f) all charges, costs, expenses, accruals or reserves in connection with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Equity Interests held by officers or employees of the Borrower and all losses, charges and expenses related to payments made to holders of options or other derivative Equity Interests in the common equity of the Borrower in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to equityholders of such Person or any of its direct or indirect parents, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders as though they were equityholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution; plus

(g) all non-cash losses, charges and expenses, including, without limitation, any non-cash expense relating to the vesting of warrants and any write-offs or write-downs; provided that if any such non-cash charge represents an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future four-fiscal quarter period (i) the Borrower may determine not to add back such non-cash charge in the period for which Consolidated EBITDA is being calculated and (ii) to the extent the Borrower does decide to add back such non-cash charge, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future four-fiscal quarter period will be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA for such future four-fiscal quarter period; plus

(h) non-cash earn-out obligations, deferred purchase price or other adjustments of purchase price or, in each case, similar obligations and expenses related thereto incurred in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment; plus

(i) minority interest expense or deduction attributable to minority Equity Interests or non-controlling interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary; plus

(j) costs and expenses related to, or incurred in connection with, de novo facilities start-up, opening, and pre-opening, including costs and expenses incurred in connection with entering into Management Services Agreements and other similar agreements in respect of Physician-Owned Practices and/or to ensure that such agreements comply with all applicable laws; provided that the aggregate amount added back under this clause (j) shall not exceed [***] per de novo facility (i) opened during the preceding four fiscal quarters or (ii) having a signed lease agreement and is anticipated, in good faith, to be opened during the subsequent two fiscal quarters, and for the avoidance of doubt no losses, charges, expenses, costs, accruals or reserves related to de novo facilities following the opening of such facilities shall be added back under this clause (j); plus

 

 


 

(k) other than for purposes of calculating the step-down to the minimum Liquidity required by Section 6.15(b), all net losses, charges, expenses, costs, accruals or reserves of any kind related to de novo facilities during the first 36 months of opening of such facility; plus

(l) add-backs subject to Schedule I provided to Lenders on May 3, 2022; plus

(m) without duplication, adjustments and add-backs (which add-backs and adjustments shall not, for the avoidance of doubt, be limited to the time periods in respect of which such add-backs and adjustments were reflected therein) that are contained in a quality of earnings report made available to the Administrative Agent prepared by financial advisors in connection with a Permitted Acquisition (which financial advisors are (A) nationally recognized or (B) reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (it being understood and agreed that any of the “Big Four” accounting firms are acceptable)) and retained by a Loan Party; provided that the aggregate amount added back under this clause (m), clause (n) below, clause (o) below or clauses (2) or (3) of the definition of “Pro Forma Basis,” (with the exception of cost savings and the related severance expenses that are both (I) specifically identified in the applicable quality of earnings report and (II) for which substantial steps will be taken within the 18 months following consummation of the applicable acquisition in the good faith determination of the Borrower and are reasonably expected by the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices to be realized within 18 months of the date of such calculation (without duplication of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions)), shall not exceed the Expenses and Synergies Cap for the four fiscal quarter period ending on the last day of such period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis and before giving effect to any such add-backs); provided further that any cost savings added back pursuant to this clause (m) are factually supportable and reasonably identifiable in the good faith determination of the Borrower, as certified in writing by a Financial Officer of the Borrower; plus

(n) all losses, charges, expenses, costs, accruals or reserves of any kind (i) attributable to the planning, undertaking and/or implementation of cost savings or strategic initiatives, business optimization, cost rationalization programs, operating expense reductions and/or other initiatives, actions or synergies (including, without limitation, in connection with any integration, restructuring or transition), (ii) relating to the closure or consolidation of any facility and/or discontinued operations (including but not limited to severance, rent termination costs, moving costs and legal costs), any systems implementation, any software development, any expansion and/or relocation or any entry into a new market, or (iii) relating to any severance, any signing, retention or completion bonus, or any modification to any pension and post-retirement employee benefit plan, indemnities and expenses, including, without limitation, any one time expense relating to enhanced accounting function or other transaction costs, including those associated with becoming a standalone entity or a public company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any one time Public Company Cost and any one time cost related to any Permitted Acquisition and excluding in the case of clauses (i) through (iii) above any amounts related to business performance normalization (including any such steps undertaken in connection with COVID-19 or another epidemiological condition)); provided, that, the aggregate amount added back under this clause (n), clause (m) above, clause (o) below or clauses (2) and (3) of the definition of “Pro Forma Basis” shall not exceed [***] of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices for the four fiscal quarter period ending on the last day of such period (the Expenses and Synergies Cap”) (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis and before giving effect to any such add-backs); provided, further, that the aggregate amount added back under this clause (n) pertaining to severance that has actually already been actioned prior to the date that is 36 months following the Closing Date, shall (x) not be included in the Expense and Synergies Cap for any purpose under this Agreement and (y) not exceed [***] during the term of this Agreement; plus

(o) pro forma “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions, restructuring charges and synergies related to operational efficiencies, strategic and cost saving initiatives, purchasing improvements, acquisitions, divestitures, other specified transactions, restructurings and other initiatives and actions, in

 

 


 

each case, for which substantial steps have been taken and are reasonably expected by the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices to be realized within 18 months of the date of such calculation (without duplication of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions), which cost savings, operating expense reductions, restructuring charges and synergies are factually supportable and reasonably identifiable in the good faith determination of the Borrower, as certified in writing by a Financial Officer of the Borrower; provided that the aggregate amount added back under this clause (o), clause (m) above, clause (n) above, or clauses (2) and (3) of the definition of “Pro Forma Basis” shall not exceed the Expenses and Synergies Cap for the four fiscal quarter period ending on the last day of such period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis and before giving effect to any such add-backs); provided, that, no amounts added back under this clause (o) shall relate to business performance normalization (including any such steps undertaken in connection with COVID-19 or another epidemiological condition);

and (z) subtracting therefrom, without duplication and to the extent increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, by non-cash gains (excluding any non-cash gains that represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges that were deducted (and not added back) in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for any prior period ending after the Closing Date).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, that Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices for the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2021, September 30, 2021, December 31, 2021, March 31, 2022 shall be deemed to be [***], [***], [***] and [***], respectively, in each case, as adjusted on a Pro Forma Basis, as applicable; it being agreed that for purposes of calculating any financial ratio or test on a Pro Forma Basis (after the end of any of the four quarterly periods set forth above) in connection with a Subject Transaction, Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated in a manner consistent with Consolidated EBITDA for such quarterly period and the adjustments set forth above in this definition.

Other than for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis to give effect to any Subject Transaction, and for the purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, the pro forma adjustments set forth in the preceding clause (l) shall not be taken into account in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA.

Consolidated First Lien Indebtedness” shall mean, as of any date of determination, without duplication, the aggregate amount of Consolidated Indebtedness of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices that, as of such date, is secured by a first priority Lien on any asset or property of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Physician-Owned Practices; provided, however, that, for the avoidance of doubt, Consolidated First Lien Indebtedness shall not include Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(q).

Consolidated Indebtedness” shall mean, at any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount, determined on a consolidated basis, without duplication, in accordance with GAAP, of (i) all Indebtedness of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices of the types referred to in clauses (a) (but only in respect of the principal amount thereof), (b) (but only in respect of the principal amount thereof and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, surety bonds), (d) (provided that, in the case of purchase price adjustments or Earn-Outs, solely to the extent not overdue by five (5) or more Business Days), (f) and (i) (but only in respect of the drawn amount thereof) of the definition of “Indebtedness” in this Section ‎1.01 (giving effect to the proviso to such definition) and (ii) without duplication, all Indebtedness of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices of the type referred to in clause (viii) of the definition of “Indebtedness” to the extent that such Guaranteed Obligations relate to liabilities under clauses (a) (but only in respect of the principal amount thereof), (b) (but only in respect of the principal amount thereof and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, surety bonds), (e) and (i) (but only in respect of the drawn amount thereof) of the definition of “Indebtedness” (giving effect to the proviso to such definition) but, in each case, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (A) any Bank Product Obligations (other than any

 

 


 

overdrafts incurred in respect of the foregoing), (B) Swap Obligations, and (C) any Indebtedness in connection with [***].

Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, for any period, the total consolidated interest expense of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP plus, without duplication:

(a) imputed interest on Capital Lease Obligations of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices for such period;

(b) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Physician-Owned Practices with respect to letters of credit securing financial obligations, bankers’ acceptance financing and receivables financings for such period;

(c) amortization of Debt Issuance costs, debt discount or prepayment or other premiums and other financing fees and expenses incurred by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Physician-Owned Practices for such period;

(d) cash contributions to any employee stock ownership plan or similar trust made by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Physician-Owned Practices to the extent such contributions are used by such plan or trust to pay interest or fees to any person (other than the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary which is a Subsidiary) in connection with Indebtedness incurred by such plan or trust for such period;

(e) all interest paid or payable with respect to discontinued operations of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Physician-Owned Practices for such period;

(f) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligations of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Physician-Owned Practices for such period; and

(g) all interest on any Indebtedness of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Physician-Owned Practices of the type described in clause (e) or (j) of the definition of “Indebtedness” for such period;

provided that (a) to the extent directly and exclusively related to the consummation of the Transactions, Debt Issuance costs, debt discount or premium and other financing fees and expenses shall be excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Interest Expense and (b) Consolidated Interest Expense shall be calculated after giving effect to Hedging Agreements (including associated costs) intended to protect against fluctuations in interest rates, but excluding unrealized gains and losses with respect to any such Hedging Agreements. For the purposes of determining the Consolidated Interest Expense, for any period, such determination shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis to give effect to any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred for ordinary course working capital needs under ordinary course revolving credit facilities) incurred, assumed or permanently repaid or prepaid or extinguished at any time on or after the first day of the Test Period and prior to the date of determination in connection with any Permitted Acquisition, Asset Sale or other Disposition (other than any Dispositions in the ordinary course of business), and discontinued lines of business or operations as if such incurrence, assumption, repayment or extinguishing had been effected on the first day of such period.

Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded from such net income (to the extent otherwise included therein), without duplication:

 

 


 

(a) all non-cash extraordinary, exceptional, nonrecurring or unusual gains, losses, income, expenses, costs, accruals, charges and reserves of any kind, and in any event including all Transaction Costs, non-cash restructuring (whether or not classified as restructuring expense on the consolidated financial statements) (other than restructuring charges and synergies related to operational efficiencies), severance, relocation, retention, consolidation or other similar charges and expenses, one-time charges (including compensation charges), contract termination costs, litigation and other legal and arbitration costs, excess pension charges, system establishment charges, expenses related to any reconstruction, decommissioning, recommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for alternative uses, fees, expenses or charges relating to curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans in connection with the Transactions or otherwise, and any non-cash fees, expenses, charges or change in control payments related to the Transactions or otherwise (including any transition-related expenses incurred before, on or after the Closing Date); provided, no amounts excluded pursuant to this clause (a) shall relate to business performance normalization (including any such steps undertaken in connection with COVID-19 or an other epidemiological condition); provided, further, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to any extraordinary, exceptional, nonrecurring or unusual gain, loss, income, expense, costs accrual, charge or reserve that is also described or referenced in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”, such extraordinary, exceptional, nonrecurring or unusual gain, loss, income, expense, costs accrual, charge or reserve shall instead be subtracted from (and/or added back to) Consolidated Net Income in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA in accordance with the definition of such term set forth in this Agreement; provided, further, that, for the avoidance of doubt, no cash items of any kind shall be excluded pursuant to this clause (a);

(b) all net after-tax income, loss, expense or charge from abandoned, closed or discontinued operations and any net after tax gain or loss on the disposal of abandoned, closed or discontinued operations;

(c) all net after-tax gain, loss, expense or charge attributable to business dispositions (including Equity Interests of any Person), asset dispositions, abandonments other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower);

(d) all net after-tax income, loss, expense or charge attributable to the early extinguishment, conversion or cancellation of Indebtedness, Hedging Agreements or other derivative instruments (including deferred financing costs written off, premiums paid or other expenses incurred);

(e) all non-cash gain, loss, expense or charge attributable to the movement in the mark-to-market valuation of Hedging Agreements or other derivative instruments, including any ineffectiveness recognized in earnings related to hedge transactions or the fair value of changes therein recognized in earnings for derivatives that do not qualify as hedge transactions;

(f) (a) the net income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary of the referent Person, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, will be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are or are permitted to be paid in cash (or converted into cash) to the referent Person or a Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period; and (b) the net income for such period will include any ordinary course dividends, distributions or other payments in cash received from any such Person during such period in excess of the amounts included in clause (a) hereof;

(g) the cumulative effect of a change in law, regulation or accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies, in each case during such period;

(h) the effects of purchase accounting, fair value accounting or recapitalization accounting adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the referent Person and its Subsidiaries) resulting from the application of purchase accounting, fair value accounting or recapitalization

 

 


 

accounting in relation to the Transactions or any acquisition consummated before or after the Closing Date, and the amortization, write-down or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes;

(i) all impairment charges and asset write-ups, write-downs and write-offs or write-downs;

(j) all equity-based or non-cash compensation or similar charge, cost or expense or reduction of revenue, realized in connection with or resulting from stock option plans, employee benefit plans or agreements or post-employment benefit plans or agreements, or grants or sales of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock, preferred stock or similar rights;

(k) any costs or expenses incurred in connection with the payment of dividend equivalent rights to option holders pursuant to any management equity plan, stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or post-employment benefit plan or agreement;

(l) accruals and reserves for liabilities (including contingent liabilities) or expenses that are established or adjusted as a result of the Transactions within eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date;

(m) all amortization and write-offs of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and expensing of any bridge, commitment or other financing fees;

(n) any non-cash currency translation gains and losses related to changes in currency exchange rates (including remeasurements of Indebtedness and any net loss or gain resulting from Hedging Agreements for currency exchange risk);

(o) (i) the non-cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense will be excluded and (ii) the cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense that exceeds the amount expensed in respect of such rent expense will be included;

(p) expenses and lost profits with respect to liability or Casualty Events or business interruption to the extent covered by insurance (including business interruption insurance) and actually reimbursed, or, so long as such Person has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer, but only to the extent that such amount (a) has not been denied by the applicable insurer in writing and (b) is in fact paid or reimbursed within 365 days of the date on which such liability was discovered or such Casualty Event or business interruption occurred (with a deduction for any amounts so added back that are not reimbursed within such 365-day period); provided that any proceeds of such reimbursement when received will be excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Net Income to the extent the expense or lost profit reimbursed was previously disregarded pursuant to this clause (p);

(q) losses, charges and expenses that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other asset disposition to the extent actually reimbursed, or, so long as such Person has made a determination that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement, but only to the extent that such amount is in fact paid or reimbursed within 365 days of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such 365 days); and

(r) non-cash charges, expenses, accruals or reserves related to adjustments to historical tax exposures and any deferred tax expense associated with tax deductions or net operating losses arising as a result of the Transactions, or the release of any valuation allowances;

Article IIn addition, to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net

 

 


 

Income shall include the amount of: (i) proceeds actually received or reimbursed from business interruption insurance and (ii) reimbursements of any losses, charges and expenses pursuant to indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets, in each case, permitted under the terms hereof.

Consolidated Secured Indebtedness” shall mean, as of any date of determination, without duplication, the aggregate amount of Consolidated Indebtedness of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices that, as of such date, is secured by a Lien on any asset or property of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Physician-Owned Practices; provided, however, that, for the avoidance of doubt, Consolidated Secured Indebtedness shall not include Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(q).

Consolidated Tax Expense” shall mean, for any period, the tax expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and net of any applicable credits or reimbursements received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries during such period (to the extent such credit or reimbursement (as applicable) is otherwise included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated EBITDA (as applicable)).

Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean at any date of determination, the net book value of all assets of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and Physician-Owned Practices determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Contingent Obligation” shall mean, as to any person, any obligation, agreement, understanding or arrangement of such person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (“primary obligations”) of any other person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation, agreement, understanding or arrangement of such person, whether or not contingent: (a) to purchase any such primary obligation or any Property constituting direct or indirect security therefor; (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor; (c) to purchase or lease Property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation; (d) with respect to bankers’ acceptances, letters of credit and similar credit arrangements, until a reimbursement obligation arises (which reimbursement obligation shall constitute Indebtedness); or (e) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the holder of such primary obligation against loss (in whole or in part) in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term “Contingent Obligation” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or any product warranties or other contingent obligations (other than with respect to borrowed money or capital leases) incurred in the ordinary course of business, including indemnities. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made (or, if less, the maximum amount of such primary obligation for which such person may be liable, whether singly or jointly, pursuant to the terms of the instrument evidencing such Contingent Obligation) or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such person in good faith.

Contribution Share” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section ‎7.10(a).

Control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

 

 


 

Control Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.

Convertible Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness of the Borrower permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Agreement that is either (a) convertible into common stock of the Borrower (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock) or (b) sold as units with call options, warrants or rights to purchase (or substantially equivalent derivative transactions) that are exercisable for common stock of the Borrower and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock).

Corresponding Tenor” with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.

Credit Extension” shall mean the making of a Loan by a Lender.

Cumulative Amount” shall mean, on any date of determination (the “Reference Date”), the sum of (without duplication):

(a) $5,000,000; plus

(b) the portion of Excess Cash Flow, determined on a cumulative basis for all fiscal years of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, commencing with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2023, that was not required to be applied to prepay Term Loans pursuant to Section ‎2.10(e); minus the aggregate amount of all voluntary prepayments made during such period that reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis the amount required to be applied to prepay Term Loans pursuant to Section ‎2.10(e) in respect of such period; plus

(c) an amount determined on a cumulative basis from the Closing Date equal to the net cash proceeds from the issuance of Equity Interests of, or a contribution to the capital of, the Borrower (other than (I) to the extent constituting a Cure Amount or (II) to the extent that such cash proceeds have been previously applied or used for another purpose); plus

(d) an amount determined on a cumulative basis equal to the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower from Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock issued after the Closing Date and subsequently converted or exchanged into Qualified Stock of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower (other than to the extent constituting a Cure Amount); plus

(e) to the extent not included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, an amount determined on a cumulative basis equal to the net cash proceeds of sales of Investments previously made pursuant to ‎Section 6.04(q) using the Cumulative Amount, up to a maximum amount of such original Investment; plus

(f) to the extent not included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, the aggregate amount of Dividends, profits, returns or similar amounts received in cash or Cash Equivalents on Investments previously made pursuant to ‎Section 6.04(q) using the Cumulative Amount, up to a maximum amount of such original Investment; plus

(g) [reserved];

(h) the aggregate amount of prepayments which are declined or waived by any Lender pursuant to Section ‎2.10(h); minus

 

 


 

(i) the aggregate amount of (i) Investments made pursuant to ‎Section 6.04(q) using the Cumulative Amount, (ii) dividends made pursuant to Section 6.07(c) using the Cumulative Amount, (iii) payments in respect of Junior Indebtedness made pursuant to Section 6.09(a)(ii) using the Cumulative Amount and (iv) any other payment made hereunder using the Cumulative Amount, in each case during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date (without taking account of the intended usage of the Cumulative Amount on such Reference Date).

Cure Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section ‎8.03(a).

Cure Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section ‎8.03(a).

Cure Right” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section ‎8.03(a).

Cure Specified Date” shall mean, with respect to any of the first three fiscal quarters of the Borrower in a fiscal year, within forty five (45) days after the end of such fiscal quarter, and with respect to the fourth fiscal quarter of the Borrower in a fiscal year, within ninety (90) days after the end of such fiscal quarter, in each case, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2022.

Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal SOFR for the day that is five (5) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (ii) if such SOFR Rate Day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as such SOFR is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website. Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in SOFR without notice to the Borrower.

Debt Issuance” shall mean the incurrence by any Company of any Indebtedness after the Closing Date (other than as permitted by ‎Section 6.01).

Debt Service” shall mean, for any period, Cash Interest Expense for such period plus scheduled principal amortization (and other scheduled mandatory prepayments and repayments (whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise)) of all Indebtedness for such period (including the implied principal component of scheduled payments made in respect of permitted Capital Lease Obligations).

Debtor Relief Laws” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

Default” shall mean any event, occurrence or condition which is, or upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute, an Event of Default.

Default Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 2.06(c).

Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.18(b), any Lender that (i) has failed to (a) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied or waived, or (b) pay to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation

 

 


 

in Letters of Credit) within two Business Days of the date when due, (ii) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (iii) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided, such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (iii) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (iv) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (a) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (b) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (c) become the subject of a Bail-in Action; provided, a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in such Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (i) through (iv) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.18(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and each Lender.

“Delayed Draw Term A Loans” shall mean the delayed draw term loans made by the Delayed Draw Term Loan A Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section ‎2.01(c). From and after the date of any borrowing of any Delayed Draw Term A Loans, each Delayed Draw Term A Loan shall be deemed a Term Loan hereunder and part of the same Class as the Initial Term Loans for all purposes hereunder.

“Delayed Draw Term B Loans” shall mean the delayed draw term loans made by the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section ‎2.01(d). From and after the date of any borrowing of any Delayed Draw Term B Loans, each Delayed Draw Term B Loan shall be deemed a Term Loan hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, the Delayed Draw Term B Loans shall not belong to the same Class as the Initial Term Loans or any Class of Delayed Draw Term Loans established prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date and shall constitute a separate Class of Term Loans.

Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Delayed Draw Term Loan A Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Delayed Draw Term Loan Lender to make a Delayed Draw Term Loan A. The aggregate principal amount of the Delayed Draw Term Loan A Lenders’ Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitments on the Closing Date is $110,000,000.

Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitment Expiration Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section ‎2.02(f)(i).

Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitment Fee Rate” shall mean, for the period from (and including) the Closing Date to (but excluding) the Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitment Expiration Date, a rate per annum equal to 1.00% of the average daily unused portion of the Delayed Draw Term Loan

 

 


 

A Commitments of non-defaulting Lenders with Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitments, payable quarterly in arrears, and calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and shall be payable for the actual days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

Delayed Draw Term Loan Extension A Lender” shall mean the making ofa Lender with a Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitment or an outstanding Delayed Draw Term A Loan.

Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility”shall mean the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments and the Delayed Draw Term Loans A Repayment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 2.09(b).

 

“Delayed Draw Term Loan A Ticking Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 2.05(b)(i).

Delayed Draw Term Loan Lender B Commitment” shall mean a Lender, with a respect to each Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding B Lender, to make a Delayed Draw Term B Loan. The aggregate principal amount of the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Lenders’ Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitments on the Second Amendment Effective Date is $60,000,000.

Delayed Draw Term Loan Extension” shall mean the making of a Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitment Expiration Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section ‎2.02(f)(ii).

Delayed Draw Term Loans Loan B Commitment Fee Rate” shall mean, for the delayed draw term loans made by period from (and including) the Second Amendment Effective Date to (but excluding) the Delayed Draw Term Loan Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2 .01(c). From and after the date of any borrowing of any B Commitment Expiration Date, a rate per annum equal to 1.00% of the average daily unused portion of the Delayed Draw Term Loans, each Loan B Commitments of non-defaulting Lenders with Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitments, payable quarterly in arrears, and calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and shall be payable for the actual days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

 

Delayed Draw Term Loan shall be deemed a Term Loan hereunder and part of the same Class as the Initial Term Loans for all purposes hereunder B Lender” shall mean a Lender with a Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitment or an outstanding Delayed Draw Term B Loan.

 

Delayed Draw Term Loan B Repayment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 2.09(b c).

Delayed Draw Term Loan B Ticking Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 2.05(b)(ii).

“Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Expiration Date” shall mean collectively the Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitment Expiration Date and the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitment Expiration Date.

“Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments” means collectively the Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitments and the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitments.

“Delayed Draw Term Loan Extension” shall mean the making of a Delayed Draw Term Loan.

 

 


 

“Delayed Draw Term Loan Lender” shall mean collectively the Delayed Draw Term Loan A Lenders and the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Lenders.

“Delayed Draw Term Loans” means collectively the Delayed Draw Term A Loans and the Delayed Draw Term B Loans.

Discharge of the Guaranteed Obligations” shall mean and shall have occurred when (i) all Guaranteed Obligations shall have been paid in full in cash and all other obligations under the Loan Documents shall have been performed (other than (a) those expressly stated to survive termination, (b) contingent obligations as to which no claim has been asserted and (c) obligations and liabilities under Specified Hedging Agreements and Bank Product Agreements as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable counterparties have been made) and (ii) all Commitments shall have terminated or expired.

Disposition” shall mean, with respect to any Property, any conveyance, sale, lease, sublease, assignment, transfer or other disposition (including by way of merger or consolidation and including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of such Property, and the terms “Dispose”, “Disposed” and “Disposing” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

Disqualified Institution” shall mean any Person (or its subsidiaries and affiliates) who is an operating competitor of the Borrower or its subsidiaries and that is separately identified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent by name in writing prior to the Closing Date (which list of operating competitors may be supplemented by the Borrower after the Closing Date by means of a written notice to the Administrative Agent; provided that (i) such supplementation shall not apply retroactively to disqualify any persons that have previously acquired an assignment or participation in the Loans or commitments hereunder and (ii) such list and any supplement thereto may be posted by the Administrative Agent for the Lenders).

Disqualified Stock” shall mean any equity interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or instrument into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable), or upon the happening of any event, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable (other than for shares of equity that are not Disqualified Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable (other than for shares of equity that are not Disqualified Stock) at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, or requires the payment of any cash dividend or any other scheduled payment (other than in shares of equity that are not Disqualified Stock) constituting a return of capital, in each case, on a date that is prior to 91 days after the Final Maturity Date, or (b) is convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for (i) debt securities or other indebtedness or (ii) any equity interest referred to in clause (a) above or (c) contains any repurchase or payment obligation (other than payments or dividends solely in shares of equity that are not Disqualified Stock); provided, however, that any equity interests that would not constitute Disqualified Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof (or the holders of any security into or for which such equity interests is convertible, exchangeable or exercisable) the right to require the issuer thereof to redeem such equity interests upon the occurrence of a Change in Control shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if such equity interests provide that the issuer thereof will not redeem any such equity interests pursuant to such provisions prior to the repayment in full of the Facilities (or any refinancing thereof).

Dividend” shall mean, with respect to any person, that such person has declared or paid a dividend or returned any equity capital to the holders of its Equity Interests or authorized or made any other distribution, payment or delivery of Property (other than common equity of such person) or cash to the holders of its Equity Interests as such, or redeemed, retired, purchased or otherwise acquired, directly or indirectly, for consideration any of its Equity Interests outstanding (or any options or warrants issued by such person with respect to its Equity Interests), or set aside or otherwise reserved, directly or indirectly,

 

 


 

any funds for any of the foregoing purposes, or shall have permitted any of its Subsidiaries to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any of the outstanding Equity Interests of such person (or any options or warrants issued by such person with respect to its Equity Interests). Without limiting the foregoing, “Dividends” with respect to any person shall also include all payments made or required to be made by such person with respect to any stock appreciation rights, plans, equity incentive or achievement plans or any similar plans or setting aside of or otherwise reserving any funds for the foregoing purposes.

Dollar Equivalent” shall mean, as to any amount denominated in a Judgment Currency as of any date of determination, the amount of Dollars that would be required to purchase the amount of such Judgment Currency based upon the spot selling rate at which the Administrative Agent (or another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) offers to sell such Judgment Currency for Dollars in the London foreign exchange market at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such date for delivery two Business Days later.

Dollars” or “$” shall mean lawful money of the United States.

Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary organized under the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States or any state thereof, other than a CFC Holdco Holding Company or a Subsidiary of a CFC or a CFC Holdco Holding Company.

Earn-Outs” shall mean, with respect to a Permitted Acquisition or any other acquisition of any assets or Property by any Company, that portion of the purchase consideration therefor and that portion of all other payments and liabilities (whether payable in cash or by exchange of Equity Interests or of any Property or otherwise), directly or indirectly, payable by any Company in exchange for, or as part of, or in connection with, such Permitted Acquisition or such other acquisition, as the case may be, that is deferred for payment to a future time after the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or such other acquisition, as the case may be, whether or not any such future payment is subject to the occurrence of any contingency, and includes any and all payments representing the purchase price and any assumptions of Indebtedness, “earn-outs” and other agreements to make any payment the amount of which is, or the terms of payment of which are, in any respect subject to or contingent upon the revenues, income, cash flow or profits (or the like) of any person or business.

EEA Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

EEA Member Country” shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

EEA Resolution Authority” shall mean any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

Employee Benefit Plan” shall mean any Pension Plan and any other “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan and other than a Foreign Plan) which is or was maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to by any Company.

 

 


 

Engagement Letter” shall mean the Engagement Letter, dated as of February 10, 2022 between the Borrower and Jefferies LLC (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or modified from time to time in accordance with its terms).

Environment” shall mean any surface or subsurface physical medium or natural resource, including air, land, soil, surface waters, ground waters, sediments (including stream and river sediments), biota and any indoor surface area, surface or physical medium, and any ecological systems and living organisms supported by these media.

Environmental Claim” shall mean any claim, notice, demand, Order, action, suit, investigation, proceeding, or other communication or legal proceeding alleging or asserting liability or obligations under Environmental Law, including liability or obligation for investigation, enforcement proceedings, governmental response, assessment, remediation, removal, cleanup, Response, corrective action, monitoring, post-remedial or post-closure studies, investigations, operations and maintenance, injury, damage, destruction or loss to natural resources, personal injury, medical monitoring, wrongful death, property damage, fines, penalties or other costs resulting from, related to or arising out of (a) the presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials in, on, into, through or from the Environment at any location or (b) any violation of or non-compliance with Environmental Law, and shall include any claim, notice, demand, Order, action, suit or proceeding seeking damages (including the costs of remediation), contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, penalties, fines, indemnities, compensation or injunctive relief resulting from, related to or arising out of the presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Material or alleged injury or threat of injury to human health and safety (as it relates to exposure to Hazardous Materials) or the Environment.

Environmental Law” shall mean any and all applicable Legal Requirements relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning human health and safety (as it relates to exposure to Hazardous Materials) or pollution, preservation, or protection of the Environment, the Release, threatened Release, or the generation, manufacture, use, labeling, treatment, storage, handling, or transportation of Hazardous Material, natural resources or natural resource damages, or occupational safety or health (as it relates to exposure to Hazardous Materials).

Environmental Permit” shall mean any permit, license, approval, consent, notifications, exemptions, registration or other authorization required by or from a Governmental Authority under any Environmental Law.

Equity Interest” shall mean, with respect to any person, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents, including membership interests (however designated, whether voting or nonvoting), of equity of such person, including, if such person is a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), or if such person is a limited liability company, membership interests, and any other interest or participation that confers on a person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of Property of, such partnership, whether outstanding on the Closing Date or issued on or after the Closing Date, but excluding Convertible Indebtedness.

Equity Issuance” shall mean, without duplication, (a) any issuance or sale by the Borrower of any Equity Interests in the Borrower (including any Equity Interests issued upon exercise of any warrant or option or equity-based derivative) or any warrants or options or equity-based derivatives to purchase Equity Interests of the Borrower or (b) any contribution to the capital of the Borrower.

 

 


 

ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by any Governmental Authority, as from time to time in effect.

ERISA Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any person, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with such person, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA, or solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

ERISA Event” shall mean (i) a “reportable event” within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA (other than any such event with respect to which the notice requirement has been waived) with respect to any Pension Plan; (ii) the failure of any Company or any ERISA Affiliate to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 or 303 of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Code) or the failure of any Company or any ERISA Affiliate to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure of any Company or any ERISA Affiliate to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan, or the filing of any request for or receipt of a minimum funding waiver under Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan; (iii) a determination that any Pension Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at risk” status (as defined in Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (iv) the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such Pension Plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA, the termination of any Pension Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA or the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such Pension Plan, if such termination would require material additional contributions in order to be considered a standard termination within the meaning of Section 4041(b) of ERISA; (v) a determination that any Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, in “critical” or “endangered” status under Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (vi) the withdrawal by any Company or any ERISA Affiliate from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability of any Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (vii) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition which could reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (viii) the imposition of liability on any Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (ix) the complete or partial withdrawal of any Company or any ERISA Affiliate from any Multiemployer Plan (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) if there is any potential liability therefor, or the receipt by any Company or any ERISA Affiliate of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to Section 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA; (x) the failure of any Pension Plan (or any other Employee Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code) to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code, or the failure of any trust forming part of any Pension Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code; (xi) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or pursuant to ERISA or a violation of Section 436 of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan; or (xii) a Foreign Plan Event.

Erroneous Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section ‎10.14(a).

Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section ‎10.14(d).

Erroneous Payment Impacted Class” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section ‎10.14(d).

 

 


 

Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section ‎10.14(d).

Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section ‎10.14(d).

EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 8.01.

Excess Cash” shall mean, the amount by which the Consolidated Cash Balance exceeds $5,000,000.

Excess Cash Flow” shall mean, for any Excess Cash Flow Period:

(a) the sum, without duplication, of

(i) Consolidated EBITDA for such Excess Cash Flow Period;

(ii) cash items of income actually received by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices during such Excess Cash Flow Period not included (or deducted) in calculating Consolidated EBITDA; and

(iii) the decrease, if any, in Net Working Capital of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices from the start to the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period; minus

(b) the sum, in each case without duplication, of:

(i) the aggregate amount of cash Consolidated Tax Expense paid or payable by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices with respect to such Excess Cash Flow Period and, if payable, for which, to the extent required under GAAP, reserves have been established;

(ii) the aggregate amount of Debt Service for such Excess Cash Flow Period;

(iii) the aggregate amount of permanent repayments and prepayments of Indebtedness (including the Voluntary Loan Prepayment Amount made during such Excess Cash Flow Period that is applied by Borrower to Term Loans that are due and payable within the same fiscal year that such amortization payment is due pursuant to ‎Section 2.09, as applicable, but excluding, in each case, the Voluntary Loan Prepayment Amount for such Excess Cash Flow Period that is applied by Borrower to Term Loans that are due and payable during such Excess Cash Flow Period in any fiscal quarter following the date such Voluntary Loan Prepayment Amount is made) made by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices during such Excess Cash Flow Period but only to the extent that (x) such repayments and prepayments by their terms cannot be reborrowed or redrawn, (y) such repayments and prepayments do not occur in connection with a refinancing of all or a portion of such Indebtedness, and (z) such repayments and prepayments are funded with Internally Generated Funds (other than to the extent made using the Cumulative Amount);

 

 


 

(iv) the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures actually paid or committed to be paid by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period and anticipated to be made prior to the date the mandatory prepayment is required by ‎Section 2.10(e) to the extent funded from Internally Generated Funds (other than to the extent made using the Cumulative Amount); provided that any such amounts not actually used shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow in the subsequent Excess Cash Flow Period;

(v) the aggregate amount of Acquisition Consideration with respect to Permitted Acquisitions, other Investments permitted hereunder, other than Investments of a type permitted under ‎Section 6.04(b) (other than clause (iv) therein) or (f) in each case, paid in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period (or committed to be paid in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period and anticipated to be made prior to the date the mandatory prepayment is required by ‎Section 2.10(e); provided that any such amounts not actually used shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow in the subsequent Excess Cash Flow Period) to the extent funded from Internally Generated Funds (other than to the extent made using the Cumulative Amount);

(vi) the aggregate amount of expenditures, other than Capital Expenditures, made in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period and capitalized in accordance with GAAP during such Excess Cash Flow Period to the extent such expenditures are funded from Internally Generated Funds (other than to the extent made using the Cumulative Amount);

(vii) the aggregate amount of cash items of expense (including losses) during such Excess Cash Flow Period not deducted in calculating Consolidated EBITDA;

(viii) the aggregate amount of any Dividends (other than Dividends of a type permitted under ‎Section 6.07(a)) paid during such Excess Cash Flow Period;

(ix) the aggregate amount of any cash paid to repurchase Term Loans to the extent funded from Internally Generated Funds;

(x) the aggregate amount of cash items included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for such period to the extent paid in cash by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such Excess Cash Flow Period;

(xi) the amount of any severance costs and expenses, restructuring expenses, charges, accruals and reserves, cost synergies and operating expense reductions, in each case, to the extent constituting adjustments included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for such Excess Cash Flow Period;

(xii) the increase, if any, in Net Working Capital of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices from the start to the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period;

(xiii) the amount of any non-cash gain included in Consolidated EBITDA for such Excess Cash Flow Period recognized as a result of any Dispositions; and

(xiv) cash payments by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices during such Excess Cash Flow Period in respect of long-term liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than obligations described in clause ‎(v) above or Indebtedness) to the extent such payments are not expensed during any Excess Cash Flow Period or are not deducted in calculating Consolidated EBITDA;

 

 


 

provided, that, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow for any Excess Cash Flow Period, for each Permitted Acquisition or other Investment consummated during such Excess Cash Flow Period, the Consolidated EBITDA of a target of any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment shall be included in such calculation only from and after the date of the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or Investment, as applicable.

Excess Cash Flow Period” shall mean, commencing with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2023, each fiscal year of the Borrower.

Excess Net Cash Proceeds” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 2.10(c)(i).

Excess Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section ‎7.10(a).

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Excluded Assets” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.

Excluded Cash” shall mean, without duplication, (a) any restricted cash or cash equivalents to pay royalty obligations, working interest obligations, suspense payments, severance taxes, payroll, payroll taxes, other taxes, employee wage and benefit payments and trust and fiduciary obligations or other obligations of the Physician-Owned Practices to third parties and for which the Physician-Owned Practices have issued checks or has initiated wires or ACH transfers (or, in the Borrower’s discretion, will issue checks or initiate wires or ACH transfers within five (5) Business Days) in order to pay, (b) any cash or cash equivalents constituting purchase price deposits held in escrow by an unaffiliated third party pursuant to a binding and enforceable purchase and sale agreement with an unaffiliated third party containing customary provisions regarding the payment and refunding of such deposits and (c) any cash or cash equivalents that is reasonably required by applicable Legal Requirements to be held by the Physician-Owned Practices.

Excluded Subsidiary” shall mean (i) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by applicable law at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary from becoming a Guarantor, (ii) (A) any Subsidiary that is a CFC, to the extent making such CFC a Guarantor would result in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower (as mutually determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) and any and all direct or indirect subsidiaries of such excluded CFC or CFC Holding Company (as defined below) and (B) any Subsidiary that has no material assets other than equity (or equity and indebtedness) of excluded CFCs described in the foregoing clause (ii)(A) (a “CFC Holding Company”) and/or excluded CFC Holding Companies, (iii) any Immaterial Subsidiary and (iv) any Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or other similar Investment permitted by this Agreement that is an obligor in respect of secured indebtedness that is permitted pursuant to this Agreement and not incurred in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition or other similar investment and any Subsidiary thereof that Guarantees such secured Indebtedness, in each case to the extent (and for so long as) such secured indebtedness prohibits such subsidiary from becoming a Guarantor. For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower shall at no time constitute an Excluded Subsidiary. No Excluded Subsidiary may own any Intellectual Property that is material to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

Excluded Swap Obligation” shall mean any obligation of any Guarantor to pay or perform under any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act (a “Swap”), if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee by such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor or the Borrower of a security interest to secure, such Swap (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation, or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official

 

 


 

interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder.

Excluded Taxes” shall mean, with respect to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as applicable (each, a “Recipient”), of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder, or under any Loan Document, (a) Taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case (i) imposed by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by Borrower under ‎Section 2.16), any U.S. federal withholding Tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Recipient at the time (i) such Recipient becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, in each case except to the extent that such Recipient (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section ‎2.15(a), (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.15(e), and (d) any United States federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

Executive Order” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 3.20(a).

Existing Lien” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 6.02(b).

Expenses and Synergies Cap” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in clause (n) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.

Extended Term Loans” shall have the meaning specified in ‎Section 2.20(a).

Extending Lender” shall have the meaning specified in ‎Section 2.20(a).

Extension” shall have the meaning specified in ‎Section 2.20(a).

Extension Offer” shall have the meaning specified in ‎Section 2.20(a).

Facilities” shall mean the Term Loan Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility.

Fair Market Value” shall mean, with respect to any asset (including any Equity Interests of any person), the price at which a willing buyer (that is not an Affiliate of the seller), and a willing seller who does not have to sell, would agree to purchase and sell such asset, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Borrower or, pursuant to a specific delegation of authority by such Board of Directors or a designated senior executive officer, of the Borrower (or the Subsidiary of the Borrower selling such asset).

FATCA” shall mean sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Closing Date (or any amended or successor version to the extent such version is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, and any intergovernmental agreements or agreements implementing the foregoing entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code.

Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System of the United States arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve

 

 


 

Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary to the next 1/100th of 1%) of the quotations for the day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

Fee Letter” shall mean that certain Fee Letter, dated as of May 10, 2022, by and between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

Fees” shall mean the Commitment Fees, the Administrative Agent Fees and the other fees referred to in ‎Section 2.05(d), Section 2.05(f), Section 2.05(g), Section 2.05(h) and Section 2.05(i).

Final Maturity Date” shall mean the later of (i) the Revolving Maturity Date and (ii) the Term Loan Maturity Date.

Financial Officer” of any person shall mean any of the president, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer, or controller of such person.

FIRREA” shall mean the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended.

“First Amendment” means the Consent and First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of the First Amendment Effective Date, by and among the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.

“First Amendment Effective Date” means November 10, 2022.

First Lien Leverage Ratio” shall mean, at any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the Consolidated First Lien Indebtedness outstanding on such date minus Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries that are Domestic Subsidiaries and the Physician-Owned Practices that are (x) held in pledged accounts subject to a Control Agreement as of the last day of such fiscal quarter or (y) held in an account governed by a Management Services Agreement, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000 to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period then most recently ended.

Flood Certificate” shall mean a “Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form” of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and any successor Governmental Authority performing a similar function.

Floor” shall mean 1.00% per annum.

Foreign Lender” shall mean any Lender that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

Foreign Plan” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan, fund, program, policy, arrangement, or agreement, or other similar program established, maintained or contributed to by any Company on behalf of (or for the benefit of) its employees, officers or directors employed, or otherwise engaged, outside the United States.

Foreign Plan Event” shall mean, with respect to any Foreign Plan, (i) the existence of unfunded liabilities in excess of the amount permitted under any applicable Legal Requirement, or in excess of the amount that would be permitted absent a waiver from a Governmental Authority, (ii) the failure to make

 

 


 

the required contributions or payments, under any applicable Legal Requirement, on or before the due date for such contributions or payments, (iii) the receipt of a notice from a Governmental Authority relating to the intention to terminate such Foreign Plan or to appoint a trustee or similar official to administer such Foreign Plan, or alleging the insolvency of such Foreign Plan, or (iv) the incurrence of any liability by any Company under applicable Legal Requirements on account of the complete or partial termination of such Foreign Plan or the complete or partial withdrawal of any participating employer therein.

Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to the Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage of the outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank other than Letter of Credit Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.

Fund” shall mean any Person (other than a natural Person), fund, investment vehicle or managed account that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds, and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.

GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis.

Governmental Act” shall mean any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto government or Governmental Authority.

Governmental Authority” shall mean any federal, state, local or foreign (whether civil, administrative, criminal, military or otherwise) court, central bank or governmental agency, tribunal, authority, instrumentality or regulatory body or any subdivision thereof or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

Granting Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 11.04(i).

Guaranteed Obligations” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 7.01.

Guarantees” shall mean the guarantees issued pursuant to Article ‎VII by each of the Guarantors.

Guarantors” shall mean the Subsidiary Guarantors and, with respect to Hedging Obligations and Bank Product Obligations, the Borrower.

Hazardous Materials” shall mean any substances, chemicals, or wastes that are listed, regulated, or otherwise defined as hazardous, toxic, radioactive, a pollutant or a contaminant (or words of similar regulatory intent or meaning), under any Environmental Laws, or which could give rise to liability under any Environmental Law, including but not limited to, polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”) or any substance or compound containing PCBs, asbestos or any asbestos-containing materials in any form or condition, lead-based paint, pesticides, radon or any other radioactive materials including any source, special nuclear or by-product material, petroleum, petroleum by-products, crude oil or any fraction thereof, toxic mold, or per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Healthcare Laws” shall mean all Legal Requirements applicable to the Companies and each Physician-Owned Practice, as enacted or in effect as of the date hereof, related to: (a) the licensure,

 

 


 

certification, qualification or authority to transact business in connection with the provision of, payment for, or arrangement of, health care services, health benefits or health insurance (“Healthcare Permits”)including Legal Requirements that regulate persons bearing the financial risk for the provision or arrangement of health care services; (b) the administration of health care claims or benefits or processing or payment for health care services, treatment, drugs or supplies furnished by healthcare providers, including third-party administrators, utilization review agents, and persons performing quality assurance, credentialing or coordination of benefits; (c) the Medicare and Medicaid programs, including the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, and other health care programs administered by a Governmental Authority; (d) the solicitation or acceptance of improper incentives involving persons operating in the health care industry, including Legal Requirements prohibiting or regulating fraud, waste and abuse, patient referrals or provider incentives generally, including the following statutes: the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b), the Stark Law (42 U.S.C. § 1395nn), the Federal Civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729, et seq.), the Federal Civil Monetary Penalties Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a), the Federal Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act (31 U.S.C. § 3801 et seq.), the Federal Health Care Fraud Law (18 U.S.C. § 1347), the criminal False Claims Act 42 (U.S.C. 1320a-7b(a)); any criminal laws relating to health care fraud and abuse, including but not limited to 18 U.S.C. Sections 286, 287, 1035 and 1349 and the health care fraud criminal provisions under HIPAA (as defined below) and the Exclusion Laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7); (e) the privacy, security, transmission, breach notification, storage or other protection of patient information, including but not limited to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-191), as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (Pub. L. No. 111-5) (“HIPAA”); (f) corporate practice of medicine, fee-splitting, provider participation in government healthcare programs, provider networks, including any willing provider laws, referrals, billing and submission of false or fraudulent claims, claims processing, risk adjustment, including those related to risk categorization, scoring and data submission, quality, safety, medical necessity, data privacy and security, patient confidentiality and informed consent, the hiring of employees or acquisition of services or supplies from persons excluded from participation in government health care programs, standards of care, quality assurance, risk management, mandated reporting of incidents, occurrences, diseases and events and the advertising or marketing of healthcare services; and (g) other aspects of the Companies’ or Physician-Owned Practices’ respective healthcare operations.

Healthcare Permits” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Healthcare Laws.”

Hedging Agreement” shall mean (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options or warrants to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by, or otherwise subject to, any master agreement or any netting agreement, and (b) any and all transactions or arrangements of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement (or similar documentation) published from time to time by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such agreement or documentation, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

Hedging Obligations” shall mean obligations under or with respect to Hedging Agreements.

HHS” means the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

 

 


 

HIPAA” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Healthcare Laws.”

Historical Financial Statements” shall mean (a) the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and certain of its Affiliates (as specified therein) as at the end of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, and (b) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and certain of its Affiliates (as specified therein) as at the end of the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2022, and, in each case, the related consolidated statements of income or operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal periods, including the notes thereto.

Immaterial Subsidiary” shall mean, as of any date, any Subsidiary (x) whose total assets, in the aggregate with the total assets of all other Subsidiaries constituting Immaterial Subsidiaries, in each case, as measured as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered, equal or are less than 5.00% of Consolidated Total Assets, (y) whose total revenue in the aggregate with the total revenue of all other Subsidiaries constituting Immaterial Subsidiaries, in each case, as measured as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered, equal or are less than 5.00% of consolidated total revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (z) whose Consolidated EBITDA, in the aggregate with Consolidated EBITDA of all other Subsidiaries constituting Immaterial Subsidiaries, in each case, as measured as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered, equal or are less than 5.00% of Consolidated EBITDA; provided that a Subsidiary will not be considered to be an Immaterial Subsidiary if it directly or indirectly, guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness of any Loan Party, or if it owns any Intellectual Property that is material to the business of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary.

Increased Amount Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 2.19(a)(b).

Increasing Lenders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section ‎2.19(b)(c).

Incremental Excess Yield” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 2.19(a)(b).

Incremental Facility” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 2.19(a)(b).

Incremental Loan Amendment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 2.19(c)(d).

Incremental Loan Increase Request shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section ‎2.19(b)(c).

Incremental Loan Response Deadline” means a response by the then existing Lenders to an Incremental Loan Increase Request delivered on or prior to 8:00 p.m. New York City time on the fifth (5th) Business Day following such Lenders’ receipt of an Incremental Loan Increase Request.

Indebtedness” of any person shall mean, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such person for borrowed money or advances (including unreimbursed amounts outstanding under letters of credit and any Convertible Indebtedness); (b) all obligations of such person evidenced by loan agreements, bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments; (c) all obligations of such person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to Property purchased by such person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such Property); (d) all obligations of such person issued or assumed as part of the deferred purchase price of Property or services (excluding (w) trade accounts payable and accrued obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business on normal trade terms, (x) deferred rent obligations, (y) customary obligations

 

 


 

under employment arrangements and (z) purchase price adjustments or Earn-Outs that have not yet become liabilities on the balance sheet of such person in accordance with GAAP); (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by any Lien on Property owned or acquired by such person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, but limited to the lower of (i) the Fair Market Value of such Property and (ii) the amount of the Indebtedness secured; (f) all Capital Lease Obligations, Purchase Money Obligations and Off-Balance Sheet Obligations of such person; (g) the amount of all obligations of such person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of Disqualified Stock; (h) all Hedging Obligations to the extent required to be reflected on a balance sheet of such person; (i) all obligations of such person for the reimbursement of any obligor in respect of letters of credit (but only to the extent of drawn but unreimbursed amounts thereunder), letters of guaranty, bankers’ acceptances and similar credit transactions; and (j) all Contingent Obligations of such person in respect of Indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above. The Indebtedness of any person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such person is a general partner) to the extent such person is liable therefor as a result of such person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except (other than in the case of general partner liability) to the extent that terms of such Indebtedness expressly provide that such person is not liable therefor; provided that Indebtedness shall not include accrued expenses, deferred revenue, deferred rent, deferred taxes and deferred compensation and customary obligations under employment arrangements.

Indemnified Taxes” shall mean (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.

Indemnitee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 11.03(b).

Information” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 11.12.

Initial Term Lender” shall mean any Lender with an Initial Term Loan Commitment or holding Initial Term Loans.

Initial Term Loan Commitment” means, with respect to each Initial Term Lender, the commitment of such Initial Term Lender to make Initial Term Loans. The aggregate amount of the Initial Term Loan Commitments on the Closing Date is $190,000,000.

“Initial Term Loan Repayment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 2.09(a).

Initial Term Loans” means the term loans made by the Initial Term Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section ‎2.01(a).

“Initial Term Loan Repayment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 2.09(a).

Insolvency Law” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, conservatorship, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, reorganization, or similar Legal Requirements of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

Insurance Policies” shall mean the insurance policies and coverages required to be maintained by each Loan Party that is an owner or lessee of Mortgaged Property with respect to the applicable Mortgaged Property pursuant to ‎Section 5.04 and all renewals and extensions thereof.

 

 


 

Insurance Requirements” shall mean, collectively, all material provisions of the Insurance Policies, all material requirements of the issuer of any of the Insurance Policies and all material Orders, rules, regulations and any other requirements of the National Board of Fire Underwriters (or any other body exercising similar functions) binding upon any Loan Party that is an owner of Mortgaged Property and applicable to the Mortgaged Property or any use or condition thereof.

“Issuance Notice” shall mean an Issuance Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit I.

“Issuing Bank” shall mean (a) any Lender that becomes an Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 11.02(e), in its capacity as an issuer of standby Letters of Credit hereunder (it being understood that no Issuing Bank shall not be obligated to issue any trade or commercial letters of credit) and/or (b) any other Lender holding Revolving Commitments who is reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and agree to act as an Issuing Bank hereunder, in each case, together with their permitted successors and assigns in such capacity.

Intellectual Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 3.06(a).

Interest Election Request” shall mean a request by Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing, Term Borrowing in accordance with ‎Section 2.08(b), substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

Interest Payment Date” shall mean (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter to occur during any period in which such Loan is outstanding, (b) with respect to any Benchmark Rate Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Benchmark Rate Loan with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day that would have been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of three months’ duration been applicable to such Borrowing, (c) with respect to any Revolving Loan, the Revolving Maturity Date or such earlier date on which the Revolving Commitments are terminated and (d) with respect to any Term Loan, the applicable Term Loan Maturity Date.

Interest Period” means, with respect to any Benchmark Rate Loan, the period commencing on the Business Day such Loan is disbursed or continued, or commencing on the date on which an ABR Loan is converted to the Benchmark Rate Loan, and in each case ending on the date one (1), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request; provided that:

(a) if any Interest Period pertaining to a Benchmark Rate Loan would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, that Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month, in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;

(a) any Interest Period pertaining to a Benchmark Rate Loan that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;

(b) no Interest Period for the Initial Term Loan shall extend beyond the last scheduled payment date therefor and no Interest Period for any Revolving Loan shall extend beyond the Revolving Maturity Date;

(c) no Interest Period applicable to the Initial Term Loan or portion thereof shall extend beyond any date upon which is due any scheduled principal payment in respect of such Term Loan unless

 

 


 

the aggregate principal amount of such Term Loan represented by ABR Loans or by Benchmark Rate Loans having Interest Periods that will expire on or before such date is equal to or in excess of the amount of such principal payment; and

(d) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 2.11(e) shall be available for specification in such Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request.

Interest Rate Determination Date” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Term SOFR.”

Intermediate Co” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Post-Closing Reorganization.

Internally Generated Funds” shall mean funds not constituting the proceeds of any Indebtedness, Debt Issuance, Equity Issuance, Asset Sale or Casualty Event (in each case, without regard to the exclusions from the definitions thereof).

Investments” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 6.04.

“Issuance Notice” shall mean an Issuance Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit I.

“Issuing Bank” shall mean (a) any Lender that becomes an Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 11.02(e), in its capacity as an issuer of standby Letters of Credit hereunder (it being understood that no Issuing Bank shall not be obligated to issue any trade or commercial letters of credit) and/or (b) any other Lender holding Revolving Commitments who is reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and agree to act as an Issuing Bank hereunder, in each case, together with their permitted successors and assigns in such capacity.

IT Systems” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.08(c).

Joinder Agreement” shall mean a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 3 to the Security Agreement.

Judgment Currency” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 11.18.

Judgment Currency Conversion Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 11.18.

Junior Indebtedness” shall mean any Indebtedness of any Company that is (x) secured by a Lien that is junior in priority to the Lien securing the Obligations, (y) by its terms subordinated in right of payment to all or any portion of the Obligations or (z) unsecured, in each case, other than Indebtedness among the Loan Parties.

LCA Election” shall mean the Borrower’s election to treat a specified acquisition as a Limited Condition Acquisition.

Lead Manager” shall mean BlackRock Financial Management, in its capacity as lead manager.

Leases” shall mean any and all leases, subleases, tenancies, options, concession agreements, rental agreements, occupancy agreements, franchise agreements, access agreements and any other agreements (including all amendments, extensions, replacements, renewals, modifications and/or guarantees thereof), whether or not of record and whether now in existence or hereafter entered into, affecting the use or occupancy of all or any portion of any Real Property.

 

 


 

Legal Requirements” shall mean, as to any person, the Organizational Documents of such person, and any treaty, law (including the common law), statute, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, license, permit, guidelines, decrees, requirement, Order or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, or other legally binding requirements, in each case would reasonably be interpreted to be applicable to or binding upon such person or any of its Property or to which such person or any of its Property would reasonably be interpreted to be subject.

Lender Presentation shall mean that certain lender presentation furnished to the initial Lenders in connection with the syndication of the Facilities on or around the March 14, 2022.

Lenders” shall mean (a) each financial institution and other persons party hereto as “Lenders” on the date hereof, (b) each Additional Lender and (c) each financial institution or other person that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption (including pursuant to Section ‎2.19 and Section ‎2.20), other than, in each case, any such financial institution or person that has ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

Letter of Credit” shall mean a commercial or standby letter of credit issued or to be issued by the Issuing Bank pursuant to this Agreement; provided that the Issuing Bank shall only be required to issue standby letters of credit hereunder.

Letter of Credit Obligations” shall mean, as at any date of determination, the sum of (i) the maximum aggregate amount that is, or at any time thereafter may become, available for drawing under all Letters of Credit then outstanding, plus (ii) the aggregate amount of all drawings under Letters of Credit honored by the Issuing Bank and not theretofore reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower.

Letter of Credit Sublimit” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the lower of (i) $0, and (ii) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments as of such date minus the Revolving Exposure of Revolving Commitments as of such date.

Licensed Provider” shall mean any licensed employee, agent or independent contractor of the Companies or Physician-Owned Practice that provides healthcare services.

Lien” shall mean, with respect to any Property, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien (statutory or otherwise), pledge, encumbrance, claim, charge, assignment, hypothecation, security interest or encumbrance of any kind, including any easement, right-of-way or other encumbrance on title to Real Property, in each of the foregoing cases whether voluntary or imposed by law, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such Property, and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities; provided, that in no event shall an operating lease (including a Tenant Improvement Lease Transaction) be deemed to constitute a Lien.

Limited Condition Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition or investment permitted hereunder by any Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing; provided that solely for the purpose of (i) measuring the relevant ratios and baskets with respect to the incurrence of any Indebtedness (including any New Term Loans) or Liens or the making of any acquisitions or other Investments, Dividends, Restricted Debt Payments payments on other Indebtedness, Asset Sales or other sales or dispositions of assets or fundamental changes or (ii) determining compliance with representations and warranties or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, in each case, in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition after giving effect thereto, if the Borrower has made an LCA Election with respect to such Limited Condition

 

 


 

Acquisition, the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into (the “LCA Test Date”), and, if after giving pro forma effect to the Limited Condition Acquisition and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent Test Period ending prior to the LCA Test Date, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCA Test Date in compliance with such ratio, basket, representation or warranty, such ratio, basket, representation or warranty shall be deemed to have been complied with. If the Borrower has made an LCA Election for any Limited Condition Acquisition, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or basket on or following the relevant LCA Test Date and prior to the earliest to occur of (i) the date on which such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated, (ii) the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Acquisition is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition or (iii) the date that is 120 days after the relevant LCA Test Date, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated (A) on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Acquisition and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated until such time as the applicable Limited Condition Acquisition has actually closed, the acquisition agreement with respect thereto has been terminated or such 120-day period has expired and (B) on a standalone basis without giving effect to such Limited Condition Acquisition and the other transactions in connection therewith.

Liquidity” means, with respect to any fiscal quarter, the sum of (i) all Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents that are (x) held in pledged accounts subject to a Control Agreement as of the last day of such fiscal quarter or (y) held in an account governed by a Management Services Agreement, plus (ii) the availability of Revolving Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility (calculated as the aggregate Revolving Commitments minus the aggregate Revolving Exposure of the Revolving Lenders) as of the last day of such fiscal quarter in an aggregate amount for purposes of this clause (ii) not to exceed $5,000,000.

Loan” or “Loans” shall mean, as the context may require, a Revolving Loan, Initial Term Loan, Extended Term Loan, New Term Loan or a Delayed Draw Term Loan.

Loan Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Notes (if any), the Security Documents and each Joinder Agreement, but excluding any Hedging Agreement. Any reference in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto, and shall refer to this Agreement or such Loan Document as the same may be in effect at any and all times such reference becomes operative.

Loan Parties” shall mean the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

Management Services Agreement” means an administrative management services agreement (x) in substantially the same form provided to the Lenders prior to the Closing Date (other than any changes to the form required by applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority) or (y) in any other form reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, in each case, between the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of a Loan Party and a Physician-Owned Practice, pursuant to which the Borrower, such other Loan Party or such other Wholly Owned Subsidiary of a Loan Party shall provide administrative management services to such Physician-Owned Practice; provided that, if a Management Services Agreement is entered into with a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of a Loan Party, such Wholly Owned Subsidiary becomes a Loan Party in accordance with